Summary: The article discusses the progress of the Beijing Municipal Administrative Center (BMAC) and its role in the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. The BMAC is positioned as one of Beijing's "two wings," along with the Xiong'an New Area, to relieve Beijing of its non-capital functions, and is meant to coordinate with these other regions. By the end of 2024, most Beijing municipal agencies will have relocated to the BMAC. The article highlights integrated transportation, industrial collaboration, and shared public services between the BMAC and surrounding areas. The BMAC is experiencing rapid growth, with its GDP doubling in the last decade.
Summary: During a September 2024 inspection, Xi Jinping called on Gansu to actively promote new industrialization and develop new quality productive forces based on local conditions. Gansu Province is focusing on developing a modern industrial system with local characteristics, including upgrading traditional industries through technological upgrades and expanding emerging industries like data centers and low-altitude economy. Gansu is also proactively planning for future industries like thorium-based molten salt reactors and commercial aerospace. The province is fostering innovation through strategic infrastructure and platforms, aiming to advance key technologies in areas such as quantum sensing. Gansu's digital economy scale exceeded 520 billion yuan during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period.
Summary: The article highlights China's success in poverty alleviation and its contributions to global poverty reduction efforts. Xi Jinping emphasized the global significance of China's success in eradicating absolute poverty, arguing that it demonstrates the possibility of solving poverty in developing countries through perseverance and strategic planning. China's "precision poverty alleviation" strategy and development-oriented poverty reduction methods are presented as models for other nations, with examples given of their implementation in countries like Uganda, Cambodia, and Uzbekistan. The article also mentions China's collaboration with the UN on poverty reduction initiatives and the sharing of successful poverty reduction cases with other developing countries. It does not mention the United States or U.S. China relations.
Summary: Wang Huning sent a congratulatory letter to the 21st United Nations Vesak Day celebration held in Wuxi, Jiangsu, emphasizing the event's role in promoting global peace and development. Wang highlighted China's commitment to the UN-centered international system and its initiatives for global governance and a shared future. Li Ganjie attended the opening ceremony and delivered a speech, calling for dialogues that promote world peace and human civilization. Li also met with some of the guests attending the UN Vesak Day event, which saw participation from representatives and scholars from 67 countries. There was no discussion reported of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: China's 26th National Science and Technology Week, themed "Striving for the '15th Five-Year Plan' and Writing New Chapters in Science and Technology," took place from May 24-31. Various regions across China organized public science activities, including exhibitions, interactive experiences, and study tours. An image shows children in Xinjiang engaging with interactive science activities. The article makes no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: According to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, China's 5G network construction has continued to advance, with the total number of 5G base stations reaching 5.009 million by the end of April, a net increase of 171,000 since the end of last year. The number of 5G mobile phone users has also rapidly increased to 1.262 billion. Fixed broadband access users have steadily increased, with the total number reaching 698 million. Gigabit fiber broadband network construction is also steadily progressing.
Summary: China's e-commerce sector continues to bolster the domestic economy, with digitalization driving industrial upgrades and stimulating consumer spending. Online retail sales of agricultural products increased by 12.2% in the first four months of the year, while e-commerce transactions in metal products and chemical products grew significantly. E-commerce is also boosting the service sector, with online sales in tourism and catering experiencing substantial growth. The eighth "Double Brand Online Shopping Festival" promoted domestic consumption.
Summary: This article covers diverse topics, including the importance of contributing to long-term goals ("功成不必在我、功成必定有我"). It highlights the rapid development of China's innovative drug industry. Furthermore, it discusses advancements in agricultural technology leading to higher yields with less seed usage. Finally, it features a German author's journey along the Long March route, emphasizing the importance of understanding its spirit to comprehend China. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the provided text.
Summary: Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif made an official visit to China at the invitation of Premier Li Qiang, where he met with President Xi Jinping and held talks with Li. Both countries reaffirmed their commitment to the China-Pakistan all-weather strategic cooperative partnership, agreeing to deepen cooperation across various sectors and strengthen coordination on international issues. Pakistan reiterated its firm adherence to the One China principle, supporting China's position on Taiwan, Xinjiang, Tibet, Hong Kong, and the South China Sea. Both sides expressed their commitment to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and welcomed third-party participation. The two countries also discussed counter-terrorism cooperation and the situation in Afghanistan.
Summary: President Xi Jinping met with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Beijing, reaffirming strong strategic trust and friendship. Xi awarded Vucic the "Friendship Medal" and emphasized mutual support, while Sharif reiterated Pakistan's firm adherence to the One China Principle and support on issues related to China's core interests. Both leaders expressed commitment to multilateralism and global initiatives, contrasting with the spread of unilateralism. Xi advocated for an "equal and orderly multipolar world" and "inclusive economic globalization". These interactions highlighted China's commitment to developing friendly cooperation with all countries and sharing development opportunities with the world, with no mention of the United States.
Summary: During President Trump's visit to China at the invitation of Xi Jinping, the two leaders agreed to define their relationship as a "constructive strategic and stable relationship," providing strategic guidance for the future. Both countries, as permanent members of the UN Security Council, acknowledged the potential global disruption from conflict and the necessity of dialogue. They agreed to establish trade and investment councils to address agricultural market access, promote expanded bilateral trade, and exchanged views on international issues, including the Middle East, Ukraine, and the Korean Peninsula. The article emphasizes that this "constructive strategic and stable relationship" is crucial for global stability amid increasing global challenges and that competition should be managed while cooperation is prioritized. The author ultimately argues the United States and China can avoid the "Thucydides Trap" by adhering to principles of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence, and win-win cooperation, contributing to a community with a shared future for mankind.
Summary: At a UN Security Council high-level meeting initiated by China, Foreign Minister Wang Yi emphasized the need to strengthen the UN and its charter in the face of complex global changes. Wang called for renewed action and solidarity to safeguard peace, uphold justice, and reform global governance. He specifically advocated for revitalizing the UN Charter, strengthening the Security Council's authority, boosting international development cooperation, improving global governance platforms, and enhancing the UN system's effectiveness. Wang Yi stated China's commitment to multilateralism and a more just global governance system. Wang Yi also met with the UN Secretary-General and the Foreign Ministers of Bahrain and Indonesia.
Summary: Chinese Central Military Commission Vice Chairman Zhang Shengmin met with Pakistani Chief of Army Staff General Syed Asim Munir in Beijing. Zhang stated that Xi Jinping values the development of China-Pakistan relations and seeks to deepen their all-weather strategic partnership. He expressed China's desire to strengthen strategic communication and practical cooperation between the two militaries. Munir affirmed Pakistan's commitment to being a steadfast friend and partner of China, aiming to deepen practical cooperation in defense and security. The discussion did not include the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The Shenzhen International Cultural Industries Fair featured an APEC economic zone for the first time, showcasing cultural products from various member economies. Indonesian batik crafts and Vietnamese cultural products, including hand-drip coffee, were particularly popular. Vietnam's Consul General in Guangzhou, Nguyen Viet Dung, promoted Vietnam's culture, hoping to expand cooperation between the two countries. Cho Tae-Bong, chairman of the Korea Culture Content Licensing Association, expressed his desire to deepen IP licensing cooperation with Chinese companies. The fair aimed to facilitate cultural exchange and business opportunities within the APEC region.
Summary: The 14th China-UK Party Dialogue was held in Jiangsu, focusing on building a long-term, stable, comprehensive strategic partnership. Liu Haixing, head of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee, delivered the keynote speech, while figures such as former UK First Secretary of State David Lidington, British MPs, and business representatives attended. Both sides agreed on the importance of a stable China-UK relationship for both countries and the world, emphasizing the need to implement the consensus reached by the two countries' leaders, manage differences, and deepen mutually beneficial cooperation. A China-UK Entrepreneur Roundtable was also held within the framework of the dialogue.
Summary: The International Symposium on Scientific and Legal Issues of the Continental Shelf and the International Seabed Area convened in Xiamen. Natural Resources Vice Minister Sun Shuxian emphasized China's commitment to upholding the authority of multilateral governance and international law, including the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. Foreign Vice Minister Hua Chunying, speaking via video, called for multilateralism and practical cooperation in global ocean governance, highlighting the importance of the newly enacted Marine Biodiversity Agreement and a corresponding secretariat. The symposium, attended by representatives from UNCLOS bodies and international experts, focused on global ocean governance and ecological security. There was no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: A conference was held in Beijing on May 26th by the Publicity Department of the Central Committee of the CCP to promote the Party's innovative theory dissemination project. The meeting emphasized the importance of popularizing and accurately disseminating the Party's innovative theories, particularly Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, as a key political task. Attendees included officials from central departments, provincial propaganda departments, key theoretical work platforms, experts, scholars, media workers, and grassroots speakers. The meeting stressed adapting to digital trends and enhancing the effectiveness and appeal of theoretical dissemination. There was no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: At a press conference, Guangdong Province Governor Meng Fanli outlined the province's "15th Five-Year Plan," emphasizing high-quality development, advanced manufacturing, and technological innovation to maintain its leading economic position. The plan focuses on integrating Hong Kong and Macau into the Greater Bay Area through deepened industrial, technological, and infrastructure cooperation. Guangdong aims to promote coordinated urban-rural development by strengthening county-level industries and optimizing resource allocation, while simultaneously pursuing green and low-carbon development. Guangdong officials mentioned deepening cooperation with Hong Kong and Macau's five-year plans. No mention of the U.S. was reported.
Summary: China's agricultural sector is seeing increased integration of "new productive forces" like AI, drones, and robotics, as the country aims to increase grain production to 1.45 trillion jin by 2025, a target outlined in the "15th Five-Year Plan"纲要. These technologies are being deployed to improve planting, irrigation, and harvesting efficiency, moving away from traditional farming methods. The focus is also on developing and utilizing high-quality seed varieties to increase yields and improve crop resilience, showcased by examples from Jilin, Shandong, and Henan provinces. The country also promotes the integration of science and technology to help with summer harvest season and ensure a stable and high-quality food supply. No mention of United States or U.S.-China relations was made in this article.
Summary: China recently released guidelines to improve basic public services for long-term residents without local *hukou*, including over 170 million migrant workers and their families. Officials from the National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Civil Affairs, and National Healthcare Security Administration outlined measures to ensure access to employment services, housing, education for children, and healthcare in cities of residence. Efforts include expanding public rental housing, increasing public school enrollment for migrant children, and streamlining cross-provincial medical insurance settlement. The goal is to promote urbanization that is people-oriented and improves the lives of new urban residents. There was no mention of the United States in the article.
Summary: Multiple regions in China are taking advantage of breaks in the recent heavy rainfall to harvest crops. The effort comes in response to the strongest precipitation event since the beginning of the flood season. The article highlights actions taken to mitigate the negative impacts of the weather. The article does not mention specific officials, the United States, or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: China's Aviation Engine Group announced the successful first flight of a weather drone equipped with two domestically developed F406 turbofan engines, each with 600 kg of thrust. The engine is designed to operate at high altitudes and speeds, offering long endurance and high reliability. The successful flight validates the engine's reliability and maturity, offering a strong and autonomous power option for Chinese drones from 1.5 to 4 tons. This enhances the suitability of China's small and medium-sized high-end civilian drones for various scenarios.
Summary: The seventh Qingdao Multinationals Summit, co-hosted by the Ministry of Commerce and Shandong Province, will be held from June 15-17, focusing on the theme of "Multinational Corporations and China" and "joining hands for the '15th Five-Year Plan'." Vice Minister of Commerce, Yan Dong, stated that China is committed to high-level opening-up, providing a stable market and strong institutional guarantees for foreign investment. China's efforts to attract foreign investment include expanding access in service industries like telecom and healthcare, aligning with high international standards in areas like intellectual property, and encouraging investment in advanced manufacturing and high-tech sectors. Yan Dong emphasized that China is a "must-choose destination" for multinationals and aims to ensure foreign companies are "willing to come, able to stay, and develop well".
Summary: State Councilor Chen Yiqin attended the opening of the 7th China-Central and Eastern European Countries (CEEC) Local Leaders' Meeting and delivered a speech, emphasizing the fruitful results of the China-CEEC cooperation mechanism over the past 14 years under the guidance of President Xi Jinping. Chen called for strengthened strategic alignment, pragmatic outcomes, green innovation, and cultural exchange within the framework of local cooperation to further advance China-CEEC ties, which she framed as beneficial to Sino-European relations. Foreign guests affirmed China as a trustworthy partner, expressing their desire to deepen local exchanges and cooperation based on mutual respect and mutual benefit. On the sidelines of the event, Chen met separately with North Macedonian Deputy Prime Minister Stoilkovic and Bosnia and Herzegovina's House of Representatives Deputy Chairman Cavara.
Summary: The 2026 Media Convergence Development Forum was held in Wuhan, Hubei, focusing on "systemic reform, towards the new and towards excellence" in media integration. Attendees emphasized the need for innovation in response to evolving media landscapes, aligning with the "15th Five-Year Plan" to enhance mainstream media's guidance of public opinion. Participants stressed implementing Xi Jinping's directives on media convergence, driving innovation in mechanisms, expression, and technology. The forum, hosted by People's Daily, included representatives from central and local media, experts, and businesses, totaling over 300 attendees. The event featured parallel forums on content innovation, technological empowerment, and related activities.
Summary: The article discusses the development of the Beijing Municipal Administrative Center (BMAC) in Tongzhou as part of the broader Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei integration strategy, emphasizing its role in alleviating Beijing's urban pressures. It mentions Xi Jinping's instructions on the BMAC's relationship with the Xiongan New Area, the central city, and surrounding areas. The article reports that by the end of the year, most Beijing municipal organs will have moved to the BMAC. The BMAC is intended to serve as a new growth pole, with coordinated development with areas of Hebei province, including transportation and economic integration.
Summary: The article reports on rescue and repair efforts in Chongqing's Yongchuan district after a sudden, extreme rainstorm triggered flash floods and geological disasters between the night of May 23rd and the early morning of May 24th. Workers are shown repairing power lines in Anxi Village, Chashan Zhuhai Street, Yongchuan District. The article focuses on the immediate aftermath of the natural disaster. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the article.
Summary: The Ministry of Water Resources and the China Meteorological Administration jointly issued an orange alert for potential flash floods in parts of Hubei, Chongqing, and Guizhou. The State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters and the Ministry of Emergency Management continue to coordinate with multiple departments to analyze rainfall trends and deploy flood prevention and disaster relief efforts in key provinces, including Chongqing, Hubei, and Guizhou. A Level IV emergency response has been activated for Guizhou, while the existing Level IV responses for Chongqing, Hunan, and Hubei remain in effect. Continuous heavy rainfall is expected in southern China from May 26th to 28th, potentially causing river levels to rise.
Summary: The Chinese Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Emergency Management have allocated an additional 160 million yuan in disaster relief funds for flood-stricken areas in Anhui, Hunan, Chongqing, and Guizhou, as well as for earthquake relief in Guangxi. Of this, 110 million yuan is designated for flood relief efforts, focusing on risk mitigation, search and rescue, and resettlement. The remaining 50 million yuan will support earthquake relief, including assisting affected populations and repairing damaged housing. The Ministry of Finance emphasized the importance of prioritizing the safety of people's lives and property during this flood season and ensure sufficient financial support for local disaster relief. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Bai Jingfu, former Executive Vice Minister of the Ministry of Public Security, died in Beijing on April 29, 2026, at the age of 81. Central leaders expressed condolences and sympathy to his family. Bai's career included various positions in Heilongjiang Province before becoming Vice Minister and later Executive Vice Minister of Public Security. He was an alternate member of the 16th Central Committee and a member of the 17th Central Committee. He also served on the Standing Committee of the 11th National People's Congress.
Summary: The article reports on the "Government Flash Delivery" service in Ya'an, Sichuan, specifically focusing on how it benefits disabled citizens in remote areas. The service dispatches government workers like Zhu Chengjie, a staffer at the Baoxing County Disabled Persons' Federation, and medical professionals like doctor Wang Ganglun to provide in-home assessments for disability benefits. In one instance, Zhu and Wang visited a 74-year-old paralyzed man, Feng Jincai, to evaluate his eligibility for severe disability care subsidies, collecting necessary documents and ensuring the application process was streamlined. Baoxing County has established a "Flash Delivery" team of over 60 people. Ya'an plans to expand the service to proactively match residents with relevant policies.
Summary: During an inspection in Gansu in September 2024, Xi Jinping called for the province to promote new industrialization, upgrade traditional industries, strengthen advantageous industries, and develop strategic emerging industries. Gansu Province is focused on developing new quality productive forces by promoting digitalization and green technologies, and investing in new sectors such as digital economy, new energy, and industrial internet platforms. The province is upgrading traditional industries by improving recycling and digitalizing manufacturing processes, as well as fostering emerging industries like data centers and aerospace technology. Gansu is also making advancements in the production of materials needed for medical equipment, reducing reliance on imports.
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Summary: This article discusses China's approach to reform and development by focusing on identifying key "leverage points" for achieving significant progress. It highlights the revised "Commodity Barcode Management Measures" as an example of a small change with a large impact, improving transparency and consumer confidence. The piece emphasizes the importance of problem-oriented reform, citing examples of local governments addressing specific business challenges. It also stresses that effective reform requires both thorough investigation and a broad, strategic perspective to ensure localized efforts contribute to overarching goals. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: An employee of the Anqing City Land and Spatial Planning Compilation and Research Service Center in Anhui Province discusses their role as a natural resource administrator and the challenges they face in enforcing regulations. They emphasize the importance of protecting arable land and preventing illegal land use, highlighting efforts to restore damaged land and address violations. The author also stresses the need for education and understanding in enforcement, advocating for a collaborative approach with those being regulated. They further note that illegal occupation of land and destruction of resources are becoming more difficult to hide. The author views their work as rooted in the land and dedicated to preserving it for future generations.
Summary: The article emphasizes the importance of "patient research" (耐心科研) and patience in various fields for long-term success and sustainable development. It argues that patience, fostered by trust between researchers and institutions, leads to more efficient innovation and problem-solving. The piece uses examples like Yiwu's global trade success, the "green heart" of Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan, and the Xiong'an New Area to illustrate how a long-term perspective and historical patience are crucial for achieving significant progress. It suggests that patience is an essential quality rooted in Chinese culture, enabling the nation to adapt to change and create a better future. No mention of the US or US-China relations was made in the article.
Summary: To celebrate the 16th China Tourism Day and the beginning of the 15th Five-Year Plan, which emphasizes building a "tourism powerhouse," various regions are innovating tourism activities. These initiatives include launching study tour routes, offering tourism trains and themed buses, and providing discounts at scenic spots, hotels, and shopping districts based on consumption. The goal is to stimulate nationwide travel enthusiasm and boost cultural and tourism consumption. This is done by optimizing product supply and increasing benefits for the people.
Summary: A six-month pilot program in 50 Chinese cities incentivizing consumers to request invoices ("fapiao") for purchases has demonstrably boosted consumption. The program, which offered monetary rewards for submitted invoices, saw participation from over 2.6 million businesses in sectors like retail and catering, with over 520 million individuals entering the lottery. The initiative aims to stimulate domestic demand by encouraging consumers to request invoices, thus formalizing economic activity and promoting tax compliance among businesses. Local governments innovated by integrating the fapiao lottery with tourism and holiday spending to maximize impact. The program disbursed 4.89 billion yuan in prize money against 208.82 billion yuan in invoices.
Summary: The article discusses Tianjin's strategy to integrate into the "capital commuter circle" and capitalize on opportunities presented by the expansion of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (京津冀) region. It emphasizes two key approaches: actively integrating Tianjin's strengths into the broader regional development and strategically attracting resources and industries to complement the region's overall needs. The author suggests focusing on improving communication, collaboration, and service efficiency to promote the relocation of businesses from Beijing to Tianjin, noting that "Beijing research, Tianjin transformation" (北京研发、天津转化) should be the guiding principle. It also encourages local governments to provide better service for companies. By proactively integrating and attracting resources, Tianjin can strengthen its own development while contributing to the overall progress of the region.
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Summary: Archaeologists in Ningxia have concluded nine years of excavation at the Suyukou porcelain kiln site in the Helan Mountains, revealing the largest and most complete fine white porcelain kiln site in Northwest China. The site is confirmed to be a royal kiln dating back to the Western Xia Dynasty, evidenced by "官" (official) markings and high-quality white porcelain matching artifacts from high-ranking Western Xia sites. After the archaeological dig, the team is working to ensure that the site will be understandable and accessible to the public. The team plans to display the excavation's findings in a future exhibition.
Summary: The Su峪口 porcelain kiln site achieved four ceramic technology innovations, including a "black clay + vein quartz" formula that increased quartz content in porcelain to 70.8%-75.1%, predating Jingdezhen kilns in producing high-quartz white porcelain by two centuries. The site also pioneered the large-scale application of "glaze" sealing of saggars, developing the "high-temperature anti-bonding" function of the "glaze", and discovered the earliest, best-preserved coal-fired kilns in China, pushing back the era of coal-fired porcelain in the north to the early Western Xia dynasty. A kiln specifically for calcining vein quartz was discovered, advancing the technology of quartz sand production in China to the Western Xia. These innovations represent localized improvements based on existing technologies, showcasing cultural exchange.
Summary: Craftsman Xue Lin'gen, a master of the traditional "Faqiang" technique used to create upturned eaves in traditional Chinese architecture, has dedicated 60 years to the restoration of Suzhou gardens. He participated in the maintenance of world cultural heritage sites such as the Humble Administrator's Garden, the Canglang Pavilion and the Master of the Nets Garden, which promoted the innovation and development of the traditional craftsmanship. Xue learned both "tender Faqiang" and "water Faqiang" methods and eventually taught his disciples his self-summarized "secrets": not high enough, no strength; too high, no spirit. During the renovation of Yuhan Hall on Shantang Street in Suzhou, Xue's team innovatively used openwork carving of gold bricks, which was more difficult. His son, Xue Dong, a graduate student from the Architecture Institute of Tongji University, also used computers to draw more than 300 large component drawings, including roofs, beams, and brick carved gate towers, which greatly improved efficiency.
Summary: The article recounts an incident in Sanya where traffic police officer Bai Yaxian stopped a construction worker riding home late at night wearing a hardhat instead of a proper helmet. Bai Yaxian gifted the worker a spare helmet from her patrol vehicle and ensured he wore it correctly before letting him proceed. Bai's actions, captured on video, generated positive attention online, and are presented as an example of her dedication to public safety and community engagement through traffic education and outreach. The article does not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article highlights China's success in poverty alleviation and its contributions to global poverty reduction efforts. Xi Jinping emphasized the global significance of China's achievements, demonstrating that developing countries can overcome poverty with perseverance and strategic planning. China shares its "precision poverty alleviation" strategies and development models with other nations through initiatives like the "Global Poverty Reduction Partnership Initiative" with the UN and South-South cooperation projects. The success of initiatives like hybrid rice and Juncao technology in developing countries further underscores China's commitment to international poverty reduction. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: China has approved 19 innovative drugs this year, with 15 being domestically produced, reflecting growing international recognition of China's pharmaceutical R&D capabilities as evidenced by outward licensing deals exceeding $60 billion in Q1 2024. Innovation is being driven by firms such as Fosun Pharma, which has licensed two anti-tumor and diabetes drugs to Eisai and Pfizer, respectively, as part of an effort to strengthen its key technology platforms. The article highlights government efforts to accelerate approvals and ensure the quality and safety of innovative drugs through regulatory reforms and stringent oversight. Examples of domestically produced drugs that are helping patients include Edaravone Dexborneol Sublingual Tablets and Olantadine Tablets. The article did not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, in conjunction with the Ministry of Education, is conducting a "Hundred-Day Action" to bring employment services to campuses, running from April 1 to July 10. Various regions are implementing measures such as policy promotion, recruitment services, vocational training, and entrepreneurial support to help college graduates find employment. Cities are creating specialized employment service stations within universities, and provinces are linking universities with counties to match graduates with jobs in key industries. Some regions are focusing on pairing schools with areas that have high employment pressure. There is no mention of the United States in the article.
Summary: A recent job fair in Shenyang, Liaoning, aimed at attracting talent, particularly doctoral candidates, to the region. The event featured 699 employers from Northeast China offering over 16,000 positions, with a significant portion dedicated to PhD holders. According to Wang Bo from the Shenyang Municipal Party Committee Organization Department, the "Doctoral Candidates in Shenyang" program has successfully attracted over 4,000 PhDs to settle in Shenyang since 2023. Sun Xiangyu from the Liaoning Provincial Party Committee Organization Department highlighted the province's efforts to connect high-level talent with key enterprises. Liaoning has implemented various measures, including service systems and talent evaluation reforms, resulting in the attraction of 4,456 high-level talents and a net inter-provincial population inflow of 45,000 people in 2025.
Summary: Ahead of the 2026 International Children's Day, eleven departments, including the All-China Women's Federation, jointly issued a notice to mobilize various regions and departments to organize celebrations for children. The notice emphasizes education on the CCP's history, the Long March, and achievements of the new era, utilizing various outreach groups. It also calls for activities promoting children's health, safety, legal awareness, and support for vulnerable children, such as those who are left-behind or migrants. Furthermore, it stresses parental responsibility and the provision of guidance services, and asks local governments to focus on creating a positive environment for children. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The "Study Times" platform ("Xuexi Qiangguo") launched the third season of its "Along the Border Looking at China" series, framing it as an important practice rooted in national strategy and focused on border development. Nong Tao, Party Secretary and Director of the Publicity and Public Opinion Research Center of the Central Propaganda Department and editor-in-chief of the "Study Times" platform, stated the new season will be an outdoor reality show inviting representatives to travel the border and showcase its development. The "Study Times" platform also launched the "Walking China" channel in collaboration with a technology company, designed to showcase innovative practices and achievements in high-quality development and "Beautiful China" construction. The series aims to promote understanding, love, and development of China's border regions. The article does not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Construction is underway on the Yichang Yangtze River Highway-Rail Bridge in Hubei Province, a key component of the Shanghai-Chongqing-Chengdu high-speed railway's Yichang-Fuling section. The bridge features an innovative single-column combined main tower design with a separated steel truss girder cable-stayed structure, placing the railway above and the highway and rail transit below. It runs parallel to the existing Yiwan Railway Bridge. No US or US-China relations discussion mentioned.
Summary: China's first national-level shale oil demonstration zone in the Shengli-Jiyang area has exceeded 2 million tons in cumulative production, marking a breakthrough in exploring and developing medium-to-low maturity shale oil. Located primarily in Shandong Province, the zone boasts estimated resources of 10.5 billion tons, with proven reserves of 327 million tons reported. Utilizing advanced technologies, the zone has significantly increased oil production per well and reduced drilling times. The zone is on track to produce 700,000 tons by 2025. The article makes no mention of the United States.
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Summary: Heilongjiang Beidahuang Agriculture Co.'s Xinhua branch is using domestically-produced, Beidou-navigated transplanters to improve rice yields. Xinhua branch's Agricultural Comprehensive Service Center Director Zhang Wanqi is quoted explaining the benefits of "pot seedling transplanting" which minimizes root damage and reduces the time needed for the plants to take root. Chen Fei Teng, the head of the Agricultural Comprehensive Service Center, introduced a "rice precision seedling production line" that utilizes air-suction seeding technology to ensure each pot receives the optimal number of seeds. Farmer Zhang Wei, who is trying out the new technology on 200 acres, estimates a significant increase in yield and income due to the improved seedling quality and reduced costs.
Summary: According to the Chairman of Transfar Group, private enterprises are contributing to China's modernization through specialization, globalization, and technological innovation, particularly in light of global political and economic changes. The company is focused on developing new materials, biotech, and AI-driven industries, while also emphasizing technological innovation, talent management, and modernizing its corporate structure. Transfar Group is also actively integrating AI into various industrial applications, including R&D and supply chain management, and silicon-based liquid cooling to serve the AI computing and energy storage industries. The company is also building a robot new materials joint laboratory with the Zhejiang humanoid robot innovation center.
Summary: A recent People's Daily article examines consumer experiences with AI customer service in China, highlighting persistent issues like irrelevant responses and difficulty reaching human agents. While the software and information technology service industry, including AI customer service, has experienced significant growth, consumers expect better service. The article emphasizes the need for improved standards, increased computing power (suanli), and ecosystem coordination to enhance AI customer service, noting the importance of national standards for virtual digital assistants and China's leading intelligent computing scale. The article also recognizes the continued importance of human customer service.
Summary: Dao County in Yongzhou, Hunan Province, is bolstering its silkworm industry through structural adjustments and enhanced silkworm base construction. These efforts aim to expand employment opportunities for villagers, enabling them to find stable work locally and increase their income. No mention of the US or U.S.-China relations in the article.
Summary: In the first four months of the year, China's mobile internet traffic reached 142 billion GB, an 18.5% year-on-year increase, according to data from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. Mobile internet users reached 1.624 billion, a net increase of 14.16 million since the end of last year. The average monthly mobile internet access traffic per user in April was 23.17 GB, a 13.5% year-on-year increase. Mobile IoT terminal users also experienced rapid growth, reaching 2.976 billion, a net increase of 87.63 million since the end of last year. Internet TV users reached 410 million, a net increase of 1.456 million from the end of last year.
Summary: The State Administration for Market Regulation has approved and released a national standard (GB/T 47484—2026) standardizing online service halls for telecommunications and internet services, covering websites and mobile apps. The standard emphasizes transparent information display regarding pricing, service content, and usage rules, prohibiting misleading terms like "free" and avoiding hidden restrictions. It also calls for accessible interfaces, including elderly-friendly designs without pop-up ads. Furthermore, it mandates user authorization for personal data collection and the use of encryption and access controls to prevent data breaches and misuse.
Summary: Ningbo, Zhejiang is optimizing electricity services for its industrial parks, focusing on comprehensive coverage of energy needs. The State Grid Ningbo Electric Power Company is promoting a "five-full" model to integrate electricity supply, energy efficiency, and carbon efficiency. This includes customized energy solutions, support for green technologies like solar power and energy storage, and assistance with carbon footprint accounting to help companies meet international trade regulations. The aim is to lower energy costs and facilitate green development for businesses in the region.
Summary: Guangdong Province has launched a 100 billion RMB strategic emerging industries investment fund, its first perpetual, company-based provincial government investment fund. With an initial registered capital of 50 billion RMB, the fund will operate on market principles with government guidance, focusing on early-stage, small, long-term, and hard technology investments. It aims to support Guangdong's modern industrial system by investing in areas like new-generation information technology, new energy, new materials, and intelligent manufacturing, while also covering future industries and traditional industrial upgrades. The fund will operate through a "guidance fund - mother fund - sub-fund" structure.
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Summary: In a speech opening the "15th Five-Year Plan," Xi Jinping emphasized that cadres should adopt a correct view of performance, aligning their actions with the party's mission, serving the people, and adhering to the party line, while avoiding detachment from national realities. He stressed a "功成不必在我、功成必定有我" (功成不必在我, 功成必定有我) spirit, which translates to "achieving success does not necessarily have to have me, but achieving success definitely has me," to promote Chinese-style modernization. The article argues that this principle requires cadres to prioritize the people's interests, exercise power impartially, and focus on long-term, sustainable development, avoiding short-sighted or self-serving actions. It emphasizes the importance of balancing immediate needs with long-term goals, coordinating local initiatives with the overall national strategy, and promoting both economic growth and social stability. The article also mentions the importance of developing a new form of cadre evaluation system that avoids "GDP-ism" and promotes the selection of upright cadres.
Summary: The Supreme People's Court released six model cases concerning the prevention and punishment of infringements on minors' rights within families, highlighting issues such as neglecting guardianship duties and parental abuse. One case emphasized that parents must prioritize child support obligations when disposing of personal property after divorce and cannot evade these duties by claiming reduced income. Another case addressed "non-action" abuse, holding guardians accountable for failing to prevent abuse by cohabitating partners, even resulting in criminal charges. The court stressed a zero-tolerance policy for abuse and highlighted the importance of multi-agency collaboration to protect minors, involving schools, police, and community organizations. The model cases did not contain discussions relating to the United States.
Summary: A recent State Council opinion paper focuses on strengthening grassroots fire safety work, emphasizing proactive prevention and risk management at the local level. The document outlines five key principles: prioritizing the people and their lives, balancing development and safety, focusing on grassroots governance, shifting towards proactive prevention, and promoting shared social governance of fire safety. It calls for a collaborative framework involving Party committees, government leadership, fire departments, and community participation. The opinion emphasizes the use of technology, incentives, and accountability mechanisms to improve fire safety outcomes and contribute to China's modernization. The author represents the National Fire and Rescue Administration.
Summary: A job fair in Haikou, Hainan province, organized as part of the "Hundred Cities, Thousand Schools, Ten Thousand Enterprises" initiative, featured 185 private companies offering approximately 5,000 jobs in sectors like finance, technology, and tourism. The event aimed to connect private enterprises with university students to promote employment.
Summary: The Ministry of Public Security (MPS) is cracking down on online rumors, identifying them as threats to social order and public trust. The MPS highlighted five recent cases involving fabricated scenarios, AI-generated content, and staged events designed to attract attention and generate illegal profits for social media influencers and self-media accounts. These cases included fabricated kidnapping claims and AI-generated disaster footage. The MPS warns that those who intentionally create and spread rumors will face administrative or criminal penalties based on the severity of their actions.
Summary: Guangxi is implementing a tiered risk management system to improve food safety, covering the entire food supply chain. The region has screened 85,000 online food vendors, identifying and addressing violations, and transferring serious cases to public security organs. Guangxi has also broken down departmental barriers by establishing collaborative teams and joint service stations in agricultural wholesale markets to strengthen food safety supervision. A system of credit rating downgrades and increased penalties is enforced for businesses that do not resolve violations. The region has also implemented a "cloud monitoring + AI recognition" system which uses multiple sources of data to move from reactive responses to proactive prevention.
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Summary: The article discusses the revitalization of traditional architecture and cultural tourism in Kaiping, Guangdong, focusing on the restoration of *qiaoxiang* (僑鄉, overseas Chinese hometown) buildings like *qilou* and *diaolou*. It details the systematic preservation efforts undertaken in places like Chikan Ancient Town, which have spurred economic growth through tourism and cultural activities. These efforts are attracting visitors and writers, and revitalizing the surrounding villages. The restored buildings serve as tangible links to the past for overseas Chinese. There is no mention of the United States.
Summary: The author discusses their six-year journey writing the novel *Jin Xu* (金墟) about Chikan, a town with rich overseas Chinese history. The author emphasizes the town's transformation through tourism and cultural preservation, aiming to capture the stories of overseas Chinese and their connection to their homeland. The novel has been published in Arabic and is being adapted into a stage play, reflecting the growing international interest in the narratives of the town. The author hopes the stories will resonate and promote the spirit of patriotism. The article does not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The 2026 International Ocean Technology Conference commenced in Sanya, Hainan, focusing on the theme of "Towards the Deep Blue." Nearly 750 experts, scholars, and industry leaders from 26 countries and regions are participating in discussions on marine technology innovation and industrial development. Organized by the IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society and others, the four-day conference will cover topics such as deep-sea exploration, marine AI, offshore wind power, and polar observation. Fifty-one domestic and international exhibitors will showcase their latest technologies and equipment. The conference aims to leverage Hainan's Free Trade Port advantages to deepen international collaboration in marine-related research and development.
Summary: The 2026 Harbin Summer Music Season was launched on May 25th, running until September with the theme "Summer Encounter in Ice City." The music season aims to integrate classical and pop music, professional and folk performances, and local and external elements to build an all-encompassing music tourism industry. The event will be divided into three parts: "Summer Elegance," "Public art and colour" and "Summer music tour", including concerts, art festivals, and public activities. The initiative is designed to promote cultural tourism development and meet the high-quality cultural needs of the people.
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Summary: In the past decade, Shannan City in Tibet has focused on economic development, urban and rural construction, ecological protection, and ethnic unity, achieving a significant increase in GDP and advancements in clean energy. The city has promoted new industries like hydrogen energy and low-altitude economy while also boosting cultural tourism, with tourist visits and revenue tripling. Shannan has also improved transportation infrastructure and living conditions in both urban and rural areas, expanded ecological governance, and strengthened ethnic unity through various initiatives. The city aims to further integrate into regional development strategies and focus on building a modern socialist new Shannan in the future. There is no reporting on the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Lu Hong, a disabled entrepreneur in Suzhou, Jiangsu, is developing and manufacturing assistive technology for disabled individuals. His company, established in 2025, focuses on wheelchair attachments and mobility solutions to improve the lives and employment prospects of people with disabilities. Lu Hong's company has exported products to North America and Europe, and recently secured an order from the Asian Paralympic Committee after his product outperformed a high-end German competitor. He is also collaborating with Suzhou University to further research and development in assistive technology. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: A young man surnamed Sun, experiencing social anxiety, successfully obtained employment in Cangxi County, Guangyuan City, Sichuan Province, after seeking help through the "Sichuan People's Voice" online platform. Local officials from the Cangxi County Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, including Yi Jun and Jiang Rong, responded to his online request by providing tailored job information and accompanying him to a job interview. Sun was hired at a local shoe factory after officials helped him through the application process and provided on-site support. The local government has initiated multiple programs to support people with employment and other challenges, including a numerical platform and teams dispatched to rural villages. The article emphasizes the government's commitment to assisting vulnerable individuals in finding employment.
Summary: Harbin Railway Bureau launched its first Xinjiang-bound "Youxiang Longjiang Yinlu Hao" (Enjoying Heilongjiang Silver Tourism) train, a senior-friendly tourism train. This train, Y408, carried 520 passengers and marks the train's first journey into Northwest China, traversing four provinces and connecting several scenic spots. Since its senior-friendly renovation in August 2025, the "Youxiang Longjiang Yinlu Hao" has served over 5,000 passengers on routes to various destinations. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Following two 5.2 magnitude earthquakes in Liuzhou, Guangxi, Guangxi's universities are offering aid to students from the affected area. Universities are providing financial assistance, mental health support and other resources to students whose families were impacted by the earthquake, having identified 184 students in need of aid so far. Several universities from other provinces, including Beijing, Guangdong, Shaanxi and Sichuan, have also announced relief efforts targeted toward Liuzhou students.
Summary: A report from the National Healthcare Security Administration (NHSA) indicates that since the 2020 centralized bulk-buying program for cardiac stents, over 10 million such stents have been used, accounting for 90% of total usage. A study led by the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Fuwai Hospital suggests that the bulk-buying program has achieved its goal of "lower costs, better treatment". The study of 90,000 patients across eight hospitals showed increased usage, more standardized application, and reduced hospitalization costs, with no compromise in effectiveness. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in this article.
Summary: The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region will train 15,000 long-term care workers between 2026 and 2028, according to a joint notice issued by the region's Medical Insurance Bureau and the Human Resources and Social Security Department. The training program focuses on improving the quality and expanding the talent pool of long-term care providers in response to an aging population. Training content will cover areas like daily care, medical nursing, rehabilitation, psychological support, and palliative care for the elderly, disabled, and those with cognitive impairments. The initiative is intended to support the development of the silver economy and improve social welfare.
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Summary: A Chinese national labor model, Yin Yuzhen, who has dedicated her life to combating desertification, has renewed contact with Ronald Sakolsky, an American who donated $5,000 in 1999 to support her tree-planting efforts. Sakolsky, who was teaching in China at the time, was moved by Yin's story and raised the funds. Yin used the money to plant over 50,000 trees, and is hoping to show Sakolsky the results of his contribution in person, as they plan to meet in China soon. Yin's work has inspired others, including an American who volunteered in the area, and she hopes to continue expanding her efforts to combat desertification with the help of others around the world.
Summary: Since mid-May, China has experienced significantly above-average rainfall, particularly in the central and eastern regions, with the most intense precipitation since the start of the flood season occurring after May 23rd. The China Meteorological Administration forecasts continued heavy rainfall in southern China. Experts attribute this to a combination of factors, including an unusually strong and positioned subtropical high, the imminent onset of the South China Sea monsoon leading to increased moisture transport from the Bay of Bengal, and mid-to-high latitude circulation patterns. Global warming and the developing El Niño event are also contributing to increased atmospheric moisture.
Summary: Over the past decade, the city of Yichun in Heilongjiang province has undergone a significant transformation, shifting away from its reliance on logging towards ecological preservation and diversified industries. Yichun has focused on ecological tourism, forest-based industries, and upgrading traditional sectors while developing new energy sources. The city's forest coverage has increased to 83.8%, with significant afforestation efforts and ecological protection measures in place. These efforts have led to improved living standards and increased incomes for residents, with a focus on eco-friendly employment opportunities. There is no mention of the United States in the provided text.
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Summary: A Chinese media report highlights the severe desertification challenges facing Mauritania and other African nations, where expanding deserts threaten livelihoods and exacerbate economic and ecological problems. African countries are pursuing the "Great Green Wall" initiative and other localized strategies to combat desertification, yet they are constrained by funding and technological limitations. China is providing assistance through collaborative projects such as the China-Africa Green Technology Park in Mauritania, transferring expertise in drought-resistant agriculture and sand stabilization. These projects have seen positive results, such as increased vegetation cover and reduced livestock mortality, demonstrating the potential of Sino-African cooperation in addressing desertification. The report notes that African officials view Chinese anti-desertification successes as a model for the continent.
Summary: The article discusses historical memory in the Netherlands concerning the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) during World War II, specifically highlighting atrocities such as the use of "comfort women" and the "Death Railway." It criticizes Japanese right-wing narratives that portray Japan as an "liberator" of Asia, arguing this is a distortion of history and a disservice to the victims. The author emphasizes the importance of remembering and accurately representing history, warning against attempts to whitewash Japan's wartime actions. The piece notes that many in Europe are reflecting on their own nations' colonial history, but this should not excuse Japan's revisionist narrative. There is no mention of U.S. involvement or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Iran's Foreign Ministry issued a statement condemning the U.S. for "illegal and provocative actions" violating the ceasefire agreement reached after diplomatic engagement facilitated by Pakistan. The statement cited instances of "maritime harassment" against Iranian commercial vessels by the U.S. as proof of its untrustworthiness. Iran expressed extreme distrust towards the U.S. across military and diplomatic levels due to its perception of U.S. hostility and aggression. The statement holds the U.S. responsible for any consequences arising from these actions, emphasizing Iran's resolve to defend its people.
Summary: India is experiencing a severe and prolonged heatwave across its northwestern and central plains, breaking temperature records and impacting public health, agriculture, and the economy. The heatwave, characterized by early arrival, wide scope, high intensity, and persistent nighttime temperatures, is attributed to both seasonal patterns and natural/human factors. Agriculture faces significant challenges due to increased irrigation needs, and industries like tourism and transportation are also affected. A Harvard study estimates substantial economic losses due to reduced labor productivity in extreme heat. The heatwave has strained the healthcare system with a surge in heatstroke cases.
Summary: The 2026 Iraqi Living Heritage Festival, themed "Crafts, Tastes, and Memories," was held in Baghdad. Local artisans showcased traditional crafts such as pottery and carpet weaving. The event aimed to promote the inheritance and development of Iraq's traditional folk handicrafts and demonstrate its long history and culture. The event was reported by Zhang Zhiwen.
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Summary: This advertisement promotes the "Jingdong 618" sales event, emphasizing "good quality and low prices." The promotion highlights discounts of up to 50% on select items. The advertisement directs readers to the Jingdong app for further details about the promotional rules. The text does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations. There are no reported statements or actions of officials.
Summary: German authors Volker Hering and Christian Schmidt retraced the Long March by bicycle, starting in Ruijin, Jiangxi, and ending in Wuqi, Yan'an, Shaanxi, over four months. Hering and Schmidt's journey aimed to understand the spirit of the Long March and contemporary China, experiencing firsthand the hardships and resilience of the Red Army. They have shared their experiences in Germany, emphasizing the importance of witnessing China firsthand to overcome biases and gain a more objective understanding. Hering noted the significant improvements in China's infrastructure and the widespread adoption of digital technologies. They were impressed by how the spirit of the Long March has been preserved.
Summary: An Italian sinologist who hosts a radio program on China reflects on their decades of experience promoting cultural exchange between Italy and China through the lens of intangible cultural heritage (ICH). They emphasize the importance China places on preserving and promoting its ICH, highlighting the active role of government, institutions, and individuals in its transmission. They argue that China's ICH is vibrant and relevant, adapting to modern life through innovation and technology and contributing to increased intercultural understanding. Their work, including a book on Ruian's ICH, has been recognized by the Italian President, underscoring the potential for ICH to foster deeper connections between the two nations. The author aims to use ICH to present a more comprehensive and objective view of China to Italians who may not have the opportunity to visit.
Summary: Wu Ruilong, a Venezuelan professor at Nankai University, has been living in China for 11 years and has become involved in *xiangsheng* (Chinese comedic monologue or dialogue). He participates in a project translating and performing *xiangsheng* in Spanish with his students to promote Tianjin culture. Wu studies classic *xiangsheng* routines and even consulted with Ma Xiaochuan to better understand the art form. He believes *xiangsheng* shares similarities with Latin American humor and sees it as a window into Chinese culture, leading to a role as a foreign volunteer guide at the Tianjin Museum. Wu hopes to promote cultural exchange by sharing Chinese history with Spanish-speaking tourists.
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Summary: The article highlights a surge in orders across various sectors of China's manufacturing industry, from World Cup merchandise in Yiwu to ship engines in Jiangsu and aluminum products in Sichuan. This "order explosion" (爆单) reflects China's industrial transformation, robust supply chains, and technological innovation. The trend is attributed to upgrades in technology, complete industrial system and innovation. The article emphasizes the need to maintain product quality and continue investing in technological innovation to ensure long-term competitiveness.
Summary: Mianyang Science and Technology City New District is promoting the transformation of scientific and technological achievements by building platforms, cultivating talent, and optimizing the environment. The district has established a public service platform for pilot projects (中试) and is fostering collaboration between research institutions and enterprises. The platform offers both technical and soft services, including market research and patent layout, to shorten the cycle of technology transfer. The district also focuses on providing financial support and comprehensive services to address enterprises' concerns.
Summary: The world's first 24,000 TEU methanol dual-fuel container ship, "Orient Wisdom," built by COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry, has completed its sea trial and is scheduled to be delivered in late June for operation on the Asia-Europe route. This ship, powered by green methanol, can reduce CO2 emissions by approximately 150,000 tons per year and significantly reduce sulfur oxide emissions. China is the world's largest producer of methanol, and ports such as Shanghai, Ningbo, Qingdao, and Tianjin already have methanol refueling capabilities. COSCO Shipping plans to further expand its fleet of dual-fuel vessels, with 70 already on order, to enhance its green shipping capabilities. This development highlights China's advancement in green shipping technology and its potential impact on global maritime trade.
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Summary: The article discusses the abuse of "refund only" policies on e-commerce platforms in China, highlighting a recent case where a merchant traveled 1600km to investigate a fraudulent claim. It notes that while the policy is intended to protect consumers in specific situations, it is increasingly exploited through methods like AI-generated fake images. The Market Supervision Administration has taken steps to regulate platform rules and protect merchants, and the article argues platforms need to upgrade their technology to prevent the abuse. The article attributes this issue to "involution" competitive pressure among e-commerce platforms and the need for improvements to platform policy to ensure fair treatment of merchants.
Summary: Changsha is boosting its cultural and entertainment sectors by linking ticket stubs to city-wide discounts, activating commerce and tourism. Small theaters are also booming, driving growth of surrounding businesses. The city is actively supporting "performance spaces," offering subsidies and support to venue operators. Immersive experiences and cultural tourism are also gaining traction.
Summary: The article discusses the 紅陶獸形壺 (red pottery animal-shaped pot), a relic from the Dawenkou culture of the late Neolithic period in China, now housed in the Shandong Museum. It highlights the artifact's unique design as a functional heating vessel and its later iterations in Chinese history. Zhang Xiaosong, deputy director of the Shandong Museum's social service department, noted the popularity of cultural products based on the pot, with annual sales exceeding one million yuan. The museum has developed over 30 related products, including the popular "Pig" Yuan Yurun plush pendant, to promote traditional Chinese culture. There is no discussion or allusions to the United States or U.S.-China relations in the article.
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Summary: The geologist recalls a childhood marked by Japanese aggression, instilling a lifelong dedication to strengthening China. The individual highlights their involvement in selecting the site for China's first underground nuclear test, emphasizing the responsibility to prevent groundwater contamination, with Deputy Director of the Science and Technology Commission Zhang Aiping accompanying them on an aerial survey of the site. The geologist also recounts studying lunar samples provided by the U.S., surprising American scientists with the depth of their findings. Later, as the first chief scientist of China's lunar exploration project, they celebrated the success of Chang'e-1, marking a significant step in China's space program.
Summary: The article discusses a book titled "Heartfelt Voices – Poems by Three Tsinghua Scholars in Science, Engineering, and Literature," and reflects on the authors' ability to seamlessly integrate rational and emotional thinking in their literary works. It admires the three authors' mastery of traditional Chinese literary forms and their poems' sincere expression of love for family, homeland, and nation. The author emphasizes the profound ideological depth of their poems, which go beyond mere emotional expression. The article concludes that the authors effectively convey their insights on life, society, and the universe through traditional literary styles, offering both aesthetic pleasure and spiritual enlightenment.
Summary: This article is a poem reflecting on themes of urban life, perseverance, and quiet hope. The poem describes the transition from evening to night and then to morning, highlighting the quiet dedication and hard work that occur even in darkness. It emphasizes the importance of nurturing hope and staying true to oneself and one's time despite difficulties. The poem concludes with an image of a new day dawning, filled with promise. There is no mention of any political figures, the United States, or U.S.-China relations in the text.
Summary: This article discusses the history and cultural significance of "mingwa" (明瓦), a type of translucent tile used for lighting in traditional Chinese houses. The author reminisces about their childhood fascination with these tiles and explores their origins in Nanjing, where they were historically made from materials like sheep horn and shells. The article highlights the ingenuity of traditional craftsmen in creating these lighting solutions and contrasts them with modern glass versions. Different regional names for similar lighting objects are also mentioned, emphasizing the universal desire for light. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in this article.
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Summary: The article recounts the story of a man, Lao Yang, and his son, Xiao Yang, who transitioned from being a carpenter to working for his son's aluminum window and door business in their rural hometown. Lao Yang initially worked in a factory in Bengbu before returning home with his son, who studied in the same city. Xiao Yang took over the business due to his better understanding of modern communication methods, materials, and younger clients' preferences. The shift in roles highlights the importance of younger generations returning to their hometowns to contribute to the local economy. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: This text is a call for submissions to the "Dadi" section of the People's Daily newspaper. It specifies that submissions should be original, first-publication works and not submitted to multiple publications simultaneously. The email address for submissions is provided. There is no mention of specific political figures, events, or U.S.-China relations.
By: 本报记者 胡 健 王昊男
Boating on the Grand Canal, the new greenery on both banks is lush, and modern buildings are densely packed; leaning on the railing and looking into the distance, the sparkling waves reflect a thousand years in the blink of an eye... After ten years of planning and construction, the Beijing Municipal Administrative Center (北京城市副中心) has released its report card: the comprehensive realization rate of planning exceeds 55%, and the relocation of Beijing (北京) municipal-level organs will be fully completed by the end of this year.
Planning and constructing the Beijing Municipal Administrative Center (北京城市副中心) to form new "wings" with the Hebei Xiong'an New Area (河北雄安新区) for Beijing (北京) is a major decision and deployment made by the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core, and is a millennium plan and a national priority.
On May 12, 2023, when General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) chaired a symposium on further promoting the coordinated development of Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津), and Hebei (河北), he emphasized that the construction of the Beijing Municipal Administrative Center (北京城市副中心) "must properly handle the relationship with the Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区)," "must properly handle the relationship with the central urban area," and "must properly handle the relationship with the surrounding areas."
Always bearing in mind these instructions, anchoring to the requirements of "global vision, international standards, Chinese characteristics, and high-point positioning," firmly grasping the "ox nose" of relieving Beijing's (北京) non-capital functions, Beijing (北京) is accelerating the high-quality development of the Municipal Administrative Center (城市副中心).
Coordinated linkage, differentiated development, and governance of Beijing's (北京) "big city disease."
More than a decade ago, Beijing (北京) was developing in a "spreading pancake" style, and the city's carrying capacity was approaching its "ceiling." Dense population, traffic congestion, and overburdened ecological environment... Solving Beijing's (北京) "big city disease" requires "surgical intervention."
"Coordinated linkage and differentiated development with the Hebei Xiong'an New Area (河北雄安新区)." Zhou Hao (周浩), a member of the Party Leadership Group of the Beijing Municipal Development and Reform Commission (北京市发展改革委) and Deputy Director of the Office of the Leading Group for Promoting the Coordinated Development of Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津), and Hebei (河北), said that the Beijing Municipal Administrative Center (北京城市副中心) and the Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区) both shoulder important missions in undertaking the relief of Beijing's (北京) non-capital functions. "We have established a normalized working docking and cooperation mechanism with the Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区), focusing on mutual learning and reference in key areas such as urban construction, reform and innovation, and green and low-carbon development."
Complementary advantages and coordinated efforts.
Anchoring the development positioning of the Municipal Administrative Center (城市副中心) and relieving the pressure on medical services in the central urban area, seven medical institutions, including the Tongzhou (通州) campus of the Friendship Hospital (友谊医院) and the Tongzhou (通州) campus of the Anzhen Hospital (安贞医院), have successively settled in...
Over the past decade, Tongzhou District (通州区) has newly built and expanded 33 schools, adding more than 70,000 basic education places. The number of senior teachers has grown from zero to over one hundred. The number of students has increased from 119,000 to 182,000, rising to fourth place in the city.
"Four universities have been located and laid out, and the Tongzhou (通州) campuses of the Renmin University of China (中国人民大学) and the Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology (北京服装学院) have opened and are teaching classes." Li Xianxia (李先侠), Executive Deputy Mayor of Tongzhou District (北京市通州区), introduced that currently, more than 6,400 teachers and students have moved into the Municipal Administrative Center (副中心), and the number of teachers and students in school will increase to 25,000 during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period.
With the deputy assisting the main and the main and deputy prospering together, the capital's urban pattern has achieved a historic and major adjustment.
About 30 kilometers east of Tiananmen Square (天安门), there is a "Millennium Guarding Forest," and the administrative office area of the Municipal Administrative Center (副中心行政办公区) is located next to the forest. In January 2019, the Beijing (北京) Municipal Administrative Center (市级行政中心) officially moved into the Municipal Administrative Center (城市副中心). As of now, 81 Beijing (北京) municipal-level organs and 1 central unit that moved with them have a total of nearly 30,000 cadres and employees stationed there.
"By the end of this year, except for units that perform the functions of maintaining the capital's security and stability, ensuring urban operation, have territorial management functions, and provide management services to citizens, enterprises, and society, all other Beijing (北京) municipal-level organs will be relocated to the Beijing Municipal Administrative Center (北京城市副中心)," said Chen Xiaofeng (陈晓峰), Deputy Director of the Administrative Committee of the Beijing Municipal Administrative Center (北京城市副中心管委会).
"We must transform the effectiveness of relief into development momentum and build a new growth pole for the capital's development." Li Junjie (李俊杰), Secretary of the Tongzhou District (通州区) Party Committee, said that focusing on the task of relieving and undertaking, the Municipal Administrative Center (副中心) maintains an annual investment scale of 100 billion yuan.
Universal Studios (环球影城) became a "top performer" upon opening, receiving an average of 10 million visitors per year; the Grand Canal Business District (运河商务区), which accounts for less than 1% of Tongzhou (通州), has attracted more than 20,000 registered enterprises, contributing more than 22% of tax revenue... Over the past decade, Tongzhou's (通州) regional GDP has increased from 65.03 billion yuan to 163.88 billion yuan, doubling the total amount, and the growth rate in 2025 reached 10.8%, ranking first in the city.
With the deputy assisting the main and the main and deputy prospering together, a new development pattern is forming in an orderly manner.
Integrated linkage and integrated development drive high-quality development in surrounding areas.
Take the subway to Hebei (河北)! At the construction site of Beijing Rail Transit Line 22 (Pinggu Line) (北京轨道交通22号线 (平谷线)), machinery is roaring, and sweat is soaking the workers' backs. This inter-provincial regional express line will be ready for operation by the end of this year. From the Beijing Municipal Administrative Center (北京城市副中心) to the three northern counties of Hebei (河北), it only takes 9 minutes at the fastest.
"After the subway opens, I can sleep a little longer every morning." Li Jianying (李剑英), who lives in Dachang Hui Autonomous County (大厂回族自治县), Langfang City (廊坊市), Hebei (河北), is very clear about the transportation changes in the Municipal Administrative Center (副中心) in recent years: the Beijing-Tangshan Intercity Railway (京唐城际) is connected, the Beijing Tongzhou Station (北京通州站) is put into operation, and the Changtong Road (厂通路) is opened... "The 'acceleration' of transportation integration is constantly building people's 'road to happiness'."
In the first quarter of this year, Tongzhou District (通州区) enterprises invested in and established 41 new enterprises in Langfang City (廊坊市), Hebei Province (河北省), and Wuqing District (武清区), Tianjin (天津), with a total registered capital of nearly 320 million yuan, of which technology service, software information, and advanced manufacturing and other technology-based enterprises accounted for more than half.
Build a Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津), and Hebei (河北) education collaborative digital platform, share more than 200 characteristic courses and more than 300 teaching cases, and teachers from the three places attend the same class.
Transportation interconnection, from "connection" to "smooth flow"; industrial collaboration, from "docking" to "integration"; livelihood sharing, from "pilot" to "normal"; ecological joint control, from "co-governance" to "long-term effectiveness," the Municipal Administrative Center (副中心) and the three northern counties continue to consolidate the "four unifications" mechanism of planning, policies, standards, and control.
Today, more than 3,600 government service items at the Beijing (北京) municipal and Tongzhou (通州) district levels, 453 convenience items and 294 high-frequency business license items involving enterprises in the three northern counties of Langfang (廊坊北三县) are included in the scope of "regional general handling."
The "Beijing Municipal Administrative Center Regulations" (北京城市副中心条例), which officially came into effect on May 1 this year, further clarifies the direction of high-quality development of the Municipal Administrative Center (城市副中心) in the form of legislation.
Ten years of planting trees, gathering wood into forests. On the banks of the vibrant Grand Canal (大运河), a modern new city is growing vigorously.
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Late at night, a company's overseas users' selfie beautification requests are broken down into word elements and instantly transmitted to Qingyang (庆阳), Gansu (甘肃). The server operates at high speed, completing millisecond-level calculations—from "storing data" to "refining data," from "selling cabinets" to "selling word elements." The Qingyang Eastern Data and Western Calculation Industrial Park is accelerating the transformation of computing power resources into industrial value.
Massive word elements surge, photovoltaic arrays "generate gold," and wind turbine blades spin rapidly... From eastern Gansu to western Gansu, computing power surges on the Loess Plateau, and "unlimited scenery" unfolds in the Gobi Desert.
In September 2024, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out during his inspection in Gansu: "Gansu should actively promote new industrialization, accelerate the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries, strengthen and optimize characteristic and advantageous industries, actively develop strategic emerging industries, and develop new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions."
"Bearing in mind General Secretary Xi Jinping's earnest entrustment, Gansu is focusing on intelligence, greening, and integration, striving to build a modern industrial system that reflects Gansu's characteristics and advantages, and developing new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions," said Hu Changsheng (胡昌升), Secretary of the Gansu Provincial Party Committee.
Gansu continues to strengthen institutional supply and resource investment in new fields and new tracks, and accelerate the cultivation and expansion of new driving forces. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the scale of Gansu Province's digital economy exceeded 520 billion yuan, the total installed capacity of new energy increased by more than 56 million kilowatts, and the average annual growth rate of industrial added value was 6.2%. In the first quarter of this year, the added value of strategic emerging industries and high-tech industries in Gansu's industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 9.2% and 16.6% year-on-year, respectively.
Optimizing and upgrading traditional industries—
What can industrial waste slag and waste acid be turned into?
"The rhenium extracted from it has been successfully applied to the turbine blades of domestic large aircraft engines," said Li Yanlong (李彦龙), Deputy Director of the Metallurgical New Materials Research Institute of the Baiyin Group (白银集团) Northwest Mining and Metallurgical Research Institute. Relying on independently developed technology, the group refines rare metals and optimizes the circular economy, recovering rare and dispersed metals from smelting waste slag and co-producing a variety of metals, among which the added value of rare and dispersed metal products has increased by more than 10 times.
Walking into the welding digital workshop of Lanzhou Petrochemical Machinery Equipment Co., Ltd. (兰石集团) Heavy Equipment Company, welding robots precisely clamp the welding gun. The popularization rate of digital R&D and design tools of Lanzhou Petrochemical Machinery Equipment Co., Ltd. exceeds 95%, and the numerical control rate of key processes exceeds 80%. From "equipment manufacturer" to "digital intelligence service provider," Lanzhou Petrochemical Machinery Equipment Co., Ltd. has helped more than 200 enterprises inside and outside the province to implement digital transformation projects and business cloudification in recent years.
Accelerating the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries, during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Gansu has cumulatively transformed 1,424 projects and built more than 30 industrial Internet platforms, 45 5G factories, and 122 intelligent factories.
Cultivating and expanding emerging industries—
In Qingyang, the intelligent computing power scale of the data center cluster exceeds 150,000 PFLOPS (peta floating-point operations per second). The "digital brain" operates efficiently, and the demand for electricity continues to grow. Industrial upgrading and ecological protection are coordinated and promoted. Relying on local wind and solar resources, Qingyang is exploring the promotion of direct green electricity connection, integrating decentralized clean energy to directly supply computing power parks.
Computing power empowers the real-time processing of low-altitude flight data and the intelligent adaptation of scenarios. The Digital China Innovation Competition (数字中国创新大赛) set up the low-altitude economy track for the first time and landed in Qingyang. In April this year, it attracted 405 teams and 1,570 people from all over the country to sign up for the competition.
Medical heavy ion accelerator is one of the important radiotherapy equipment. In the Heavy Ion Center of Wuwei Tumor Hospital (武威肿瘤医院), the high-purity oxygen-free copper material required for the key components of the accelerator has long been dependent on imports. Based on the Jinbai Lanwu Nonferrous Metals National Advanced Manufacturing Cluster (金白兰武有色金属国家级先进制造业集群), relying on the complete copper raw material supply advantages of Jinchang (金昌), Jinchuan Group (金川集团) jointly developed 4N5 high-purity oxygen-free copper plate and strip materials with Lanzhou Taiji Ion Technology Co., Ltd. (兰州泰基离子技术有限公司) and Lanzhou University of Technology (兰州理工大学), which filled the key short board for the industrialization development of medical heavy ion accelerators.
Gathering chains into groups and clusters into momentum. At present, the Jinbai Lanwu Nonferrous Metals Cluster has built 34 national-level technological innovation platforms and attracted more than 20 academicians from the two academies to join.
Forward-looking layout of future industries—
The Gobi Desert has a unique safety barrier. Gansu adapts to local conditions and proactively lays out emerging tracks.
In Minqin County (民勤县), Wuwei (武威), the 2 MW liquid fuel thorium-based molten salt experimental reactor is operating stably, and it is expected to build a safe and efficient nuclear energy system in the inland area; in Jinta County (金塔县), Jiuquan (酒泉), the commercial aerospace innovation test zone plans 28 commercial aerospace launch positions, and the Jiuquan Aerospace Industrial Park (酒泉航天产业园区) is focusing on building the "China Jiuquan Aerospace Port (中国酒泉航天港)."
Thanks to the national nuclear industry accumulation, Gansu's isotope industry is steadily growing. In February this year, the main body of the IP-SAFE project accelerator device was installed in Lanzhou New District (兰州新区), marking an important step in the construction of the first international alpha medical isotope mass production demonstration device based on a superconducting linear accelerator. Sun Liangting (孙良亭), executive deputy manager of the project, introduced, "After the project is fully completed, it will play a role in the treatment of diffuse and postoperative metastatic tumors."
Around the future industry, Gansu is building an innovation platform system that "major scientific and technological infrastructure leads and multi-level platforms collaborate," optimizing the connection between talent training and industrial needs, and focusing on tackling key technologies in cutting-edge fields of future industries such as quantum sensing and special robots.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 邓剑洋
Time etches history and illuminates the future.
After eight years of hard work, China has historically shaken off absolute poverty. After a five-year transition, China has successfully completed the goal of consolidating and expanding the achievements in poverty alleviation and effectively connecting them with rural revitalization, firmly guarding the bottom line of preventing large-scale relapse into poverty.
"China's poverty alleviation journey shows that, with the perseverance, determination, and fighting spirit of 滴水穿石 (dī shuǐ chuān shí - "dripping water pierces stone," perseverance can accomplish anything) and drawing a blueprint to the end, the poverty problems of developing countries can be solved, and weak birds can fly first and fly high." General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) profoundly discussed the world significance of China's successful victory in the battle against poverty.
This year is the first year of carrying out normalized assistance, and the world's attention is focused on China. China contributes innovative solutions to the global poverty reduction problem and is committed to building a community with a shared future for mankind that is free from poverty and promotes common development.
Poverty can not only be overcome, but also be blocked and prevented from recurring.
Across the vast land, the countryside is changing day by day.
Camel Bay Village (骆驼湾村) in Fuping County (阜平县), Hebei (河北), once known as "nine mountains, half water, half field, it's hard to make money in the cracks of the rocks," has undergone tremendous changes. Relying on tourism, edible fungi, and alpine forest fruit, the average household income in Camel Bay Village exceeded 7,000 yuan last year. Villager Bai Long (白龙) sells mountain goods to the whole country through live streaming, "Everyone's wallets are bulging, and life is getting better and better."
From "cars climb to the sky, nine ridges to climb for nine years" to all 10 administrative villages being connected by hardened roads, Xiadang Township (下党乡) in Shouning County (寿宁县), Ningde (宁德), Fujian (福建) is now thriving with smooth roads and industries. Homestays, study tours, and other agricultural, cultural, and tourism industries are booming, receiving more than 620,000 tourists last year. Cai Zengyi (蔡增艺), a villager in Bikengshan Village (碑坑山村) in Xiadang Township, said with emotion: "I didn't expect to be able to make money from old houses."
From poverty alleviation to comprehensive rural revitalization, one journey after another, the practice of shaking off poverty is magnificent—
China won the battle against poverty, achieving the UN 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda poverty reduction goal 10 years ahead of schedule. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, all 832 poverty-stricken counties across the country have cultivated 2 to 3 leading industries with prominent advantages and strong driving capabilities, with a total output value of more than 1.7 trillion yuan; the per capita disposable income growth rate of rural residents in poverty-stricken counties has been higher than the national average for rural residents for five consecutive years, and the foundation for poverty alleviation is more solid and the results are more sustainable.
The rural transformation on Chinese soil brings new enlightenment to solving human development problems. In recent years, "Up and Out of Poverty" and "Excerpts from Xi Jinping's (习近平) Discourse on Poverty Alleviation" have been translated into various foreign languages and placed on the desks of many foreign readers. China's poverty reduction cause has achieved unparalleled great achievements, embarked on a poverty reduction path with Chinese characteristics, and formed a poverty alleviation theory with Chinese characteristics.
The poverty alleviation battle of "not one person can be left behind" and the achievement defense battle of "preventing large-scale relapse into poverty" show that China's poverty alleviation experience has contributed Chinese solutions and Chinese wisdom to the global poverty reduction cause.
In Mbale (姆巴莱) City, Uganda (乌干达), Tianjin Industrial Vocational College (天津工业职业学院) and Elgon Technical Vocational College (埃尔贡职业技术学院), relying on the China-Uganda Mbale Industrial Park (中乌姆巴莱工业园), the Luban Workshop (鲁班工坊) jointly built has trained more than 1,200 skilled personnel for the industrial park since 2020; in Kampong Chhnang (磅清扬) Province, Cambodia (柬埔寨), the Guangxi (广西) Aid Cambodia Modern Agricultural Technology Cooperation Poverty Reduction Project's smart vegetable greenhouses have helped local vegetable farmers who once "relied on the sky for food" to achieve scientific vegetable cultivation and stable and abundant harvests...
One solid cooperation after another takes root, and China's poverty reduction experience is constantly enhancing the confidence and ability of developing countries to get rid of poverty. China breaks the shackles of "poverty determinism" with real and tangible practices, and important concepts for getting rid of poverty such as "weak birds fly first" and "dripping water pierces stone" bring new inspiration to the world.
Former Director-General of UNESCO, Bokova (博科娃), believes: "If China can do it, other developing countries can also do it. This is the enlightenment that China's poverty alleviation battle brings to the world."
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Take firm steps step by step, and advance stage by stage." China's poverty reduction practice fully proves that, with the perseverance, determination, and fighting spirit of dripping water piercing stone and drawing a blueprint to the end, poverty can not only be overcome, but also be blocked and prevented from recurring.
The concept of "Targeted Poverty Alleviation" is Going Global
In China's poverty reduction concept and practice, targeted poverty alleviation has become an effective experience widely recognized globally.
UN Secretary-General Guterres (古特雷斯) said that the targeted poverty alleviation strategy is the only way to help the poor and achieve the ambitious goals set by the UN 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, and China's experience can provide useful lessons for other developing countries.
In the hinterland of the Wuling Mountains (武陵山), the birthplace of "targeted poverty alleviation," Shibadong Village (十八洞村) in Huayuan County (花垣县), Hunan (湖南), two folk songs sing the new look of the countryside: In the past, "three ditches and two forks in the mountain gully, sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn cakes; if you want to eat a meal of rice, unless you are sick and have a baby." Now, "the Miao people live in a gold and silver nest, with many green mountains and clear waters; water and electricity are connected, and everyone lives a good life."
Shi Kang (施康), a young man who returned to his hometown, set up his mobile phone and skillfully introduced the village's specialties to netizens. From "testing the waters" with live streaming to establishing an e-commerce studio, Shi Kang has allowed the village's characteristic agricultural products to ride on the "e-commerce express train" through live streaming, and the benefits have become better and better. He has cumulatively helped villagers sell more than 6 million yuan of agricultural and sideline products. "With the popularity of live streaming, more and more young people in the village are joining us."
Selected as one of the world's "Best Tourism Villages," building an international poverty reduction exchange base, and planning for common development and industrial co-prosperity with surrounding villages... Shibadong Village adheres to adapting to local conditions and basing itself on its characteristics, actively developing rural tourism, mountain spring water, Miao embroidery and other industries. The per capita annual income of Shibadong Village has increased from 1,668 yuan in 2013 to 30,755 yuan in 2025.
Shibadong Village has undergone earth-shaking changes, and the concept innovation of "targeted poverty alleviation" in the new era has also gone global from here.
"The targeted poverty alleviation strategy implemented by China, adapting to local conditions and adapting to people, has brought tangible changes to the lives of the poor, which provides valuable experience for African countries to solve the problem of poverty," said Humphrey Moshi (汉弗莱·莫西), Director of the China Research Center at the University of Dar es Salaam (达累斯萨拉姆大学) in Tanzania (坦桑尼亚).
The concept of "targeted poverty alleviation" has taken root, sprouted, and blossomed overseas. Establishing government departments specifically responsible for poverty reduction and welfare monitoring and poverty reduction centers, cultivating the ability of the poor to start businesses and become rich, introducing the "poverty-stricken household assistance roster" mechanism, and formulating training programs for poverty alleviation cadres... Uzbekistan (乌兹别克斯坦) actively draws on a series of beneficial practices of China's targeted poverty alleviation to promote the effective implementation of poverty reduction work. As of the end of last year, Uzbekistan's poverty rate has dropped to 6%, and it is expected to further drop to 4.5% in 2026.
Khon Kaen (孔敬府), Thailand (泰国), learned from China's targeted poverty alleviation experience and formulated a "pairing assistance" plan that conforms to local realities, realizing the transformation from "blood transfusion" poverty alleviation to "blood creation" poverty alleviation, and achieving precise poverty alleviation through targeted poverty alleviation. Local officials said: "China not only makes the world understand the importance of targeted poverty alleviation and see the possibility of poverty alleviation, but also provides the courage and experience to solve the problem of poverty."
From winning the battle against poverty to consolidating and expanding the achievements in poverty alleviation, “一把钥匙开一把锁” (yī bǎ yào shi kāi yī bǎ suǒ - "one key opens one lock," to adopt different methods to solve different problems), consistently. Chinese wisdom such as "targeted poverty alleviation" and "development-oriented assistance" is triggering unprecedented resonance in the world, making important contributions to the cause of human poverty reduction and helping more developing countries get rid of poverty.
Making Beautiful Visions a Reality
Perceive the future from a small mountain village. In Zhaoxing Dong Village (肇兴侗寨), Liping County (黎平县), Guizhou (贵州), songs echo in the ancient Dong village. The cultural tourism boom has changed the once poor village, with a total tourism revenue of 1.505 billion yuan last year. Lu Wei (陆卫), Secretary of the Party Committee and Director of the Village Committee of Zhaoxing Village, said with emotion, "The villagers are getting more and more motivated."
2026 is the opening year of the "15th Five-Year Plan." Anchoring agricultural and rural modernization, the "15th Five-Year Plan" proposes to "promote global poverty reduction cooperation, strengthen the construction and full-chain management of the foreign aid system, and increase foreign aid." From comprehensive rural revitalization to promoting Chinese-style modernization, China "concentrates on doing its own things well, being a better version of itself, and sharing development opportunities with countries around the world," not only changing itself through development, but also changing the world by developing itself.
Eliminating poverty is a common goal of all countries in the world. China promotes global poverty reduction cooperation through action, which helps to build a fair world with common development, making poverty a thing of the past and making beautiful visions a reality.
China's poverty reduction experience is resonating globally. China and the United Nations Development Programme (联合国开发计划署) jointly launched the "Global Poverty Reduction Partnership Initiative" and established the "China-United Nations Global Poverty Reduction Case Database," which includes poverty reduction cases from more than 100 developing countries to promote the sharing of global poverty reduction experience.
"Development-oriented assistance" helps the global poverty reduction cause. By implementing agricultural South-South cooperation projects, agricultural foreign aid projects, and poverty reduction demonstration cooperation projects, it helps more developing countries achieve independent development and find a poverty reduction path that suits their own national conditions. Hybrid rice has spread to nearly 70 countries on five continents, and Juncao technology has taken root in more than 100 countries and regions around the world.
Looking to the future, China will continue to be a contributor to the global poverty reduction cause. In the process of strengthening poverty reduction exchanges and cooperation with countries around the world, it will work together to promote the international poverty reduction process and build a beautiful world away from poverty and with common prosperity.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Nanjing (南京) on May 26th (Reporter Li Xiaohong (李晓宏) and Li Changyu (李昌禹)) - The 21st United Nations Vesak Day opened on May 26th in Wuxi (无锡), Jiangsu (江苏) Province, China. Wang Huning (王沪宁), member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, sent a congratulatory letter, extending congratulations to the United Nations Vesak Day celebrations and greetings to the guests attending the celebrations.
Wang Huning (王沪宁) stated that Vesak Day is an important festival for Buddhists around the world to commemorate the birth, enlightenment, and Nirvana of the Buddha. The International Council for United Nations Vesak Day, adhering to the spirit of the United Nations resolution, promotes the Buddhist spirit of compassion and peace, promotes friendly exchanges among Buddhist circles in various countries and regions, and has made important contributions to enhancing friendship among people of all countries, maintaining world peace, and promoting common development.
Wang Huning (王沪宁) pointed out that the Chinese government firmly upholds the international system with the United Nations as its core and the basic norms of international relations based on the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, and is committed to promoting the development of the global governance system in a more just and reasonable direction, and working with countries around the world to build a community with a shared future for mankind. In recent years, President Xi Jinping (习近平) has successively proposed the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative, the Global Civilization Initiative, and the Global Governance Initiative, injecting more stability and certainty into a world intertwined with turmoil and contributing Chinese wisdom and Chinese solutions to solving global problems. In the future, we will, as always, support the Chinese Buddhist community in strengthening friendly exchanges with Buddhist communities in various countries and regions on the basis of independence, autonomy, equality, friendship, and mutual respect, actively participate in the activities of international Buddhist organizations such as the International Council for United Nations Vesak Day, widely participate in international religious dialogue and exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations, and contribute to enhancing friendship between the Chinese and foreign people and jointly building a world of lasting peace, universal security, common prosperity, openness and inclusiveness, and cleanliness and beauty.
Wang Huning (王沪宁) stated that this United Nations Vesak Day, with the theme of "The Role of Buddhist Wisdom in Promoting Global Sustainable Development and Building a Common Future for Humanity," demonstrates the Buddhist community's sense of responsibility for the future destiny of mankind. It is hoped that the participating guests and the broad Buddhist community will carry forward the fine traditions of Buddhism, conduct in-depth exchanges and enlighten ideas around the theme, and contribute wisdom and strength to maintaining world peace, enhancing human well-being, and building a community with a shared future for mankind.
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 (中央统战部), attended the opening ceremony and delivered a speech. He said that the United Nations Vesak Day is an equal, diverse, and open platform, and he hopes that the broad Buddhist community will actively carry out exchanges and dialogues, deeply explore Buddhist ideas that are in line with the concepts of sustainable development and common development, and jointly make positive contributions to world peace and development and the progress of human civilization.
Prior to the opening ceremony, Li Ganjie (李干杰) met with some of the guests attending this United Nations Vesak Day.
The 21st United Nations Vesak Day was hosted by the International Council for United Nations Vesak Day and organized by the Buddhist Association of China (中国佛教协会) and the Buddhist Association of Jiangsu Province (江苏省佛教协会). Phra Brahmapundit, President of the International Council for United Nations Vesak Day, and about 1,000 representatives from Buddhist circles, experts, and scholars from 67 countries and regions attended.
Return to TopThis year, May 24th to 31st is the 26th National Science and Technology Activities Week, with the theme "Striving for the '15th Five-Year Plan' and Writing a New Chapter in Science and Technology." During the Science and Technology Activities Week, many places carried out a variety of mass science and technology activities, including exhibitions, interactive experiences, visits and study tours, etc.
The picture shows on May 25th, at the Cultural Square of Shawan City (沙湾市), Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (新疆维吾尔自治区), children experience the charm of science and technology through interactive experiences.
Photo by Yang Wenxiu (杨文秀) (Image China)
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) May 26th dispatch (Reporter Wang Zheng (王政)): The latest statistics from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (工业和信息化部) show that since the beginning of this year, China's (中国) 5G network construction has continued to advance. As of the end of April, the total number of 5G base stations reached 5.009 million, a net increase of 171,000 compared with the end of last year, accounting for 38.7% of the total number of mobile base stations, an increase of 0.5 percentage points compared with the first quarter. The number of 5G users is growing rapidly, with 5G mobile phone users reaching 1.262 billion, a net increase of 57.58 million compared with the end of last year, accounting for 68.7% of mobile phone users.
The number of fixed broadband access users has steadily increased, and the scale of gigabit users continues to expand. As of the end of April, the total number of fixed Internet broadband access users of the three basic telecommunications companies reached 698 million, a net increase of 7.271 million compared with the end of last year.
The construction of gigabit optical fiber broadband networks is steadily advancing. As of the end of April, the number of Internet broadband access ports nationwide reached 1.27 billion, a net increase of 18.94 million compared with the end of last year.
Return to TopAccording to the Ministry of Commerce (商务部), in the first four months of this year, China's e-commerce continued to play an enabling role, with digitalization promoting industrial upgrading, scenarios stimulating consumption vitality, and globalization expanding cooperation space, helping to consolidate and strengthen the foundation of the real economy.
E-commerce empowers industrial transformation and upgrading. According to business big data monitoring, in the first four months, the national online retail sales of agricultural products increased by 12.2% year-on-year, and the e-commerce transaction volume of key monitored metal products and chemical products industries increased by 34.8% and 12.2% respectively. E-commerce has a strong diversion effect, driving the rapid development of service industries such as tourism and catering. In the first four months, the sales of tourism and catering industries through online channels increased by 33.2% and 20% respectively.
Digital consumption drives the growth of quality consumption. The 8th "Double品" Online Shopping Festival serves "Buying in China" and releases the vitality of quality consumption with diverse scenarios. In the first four months, the national online retail sales of goods and services increased by 6.6%, and the contribution rate of online retail sales of goods to the total retail sales of social consumer goods reached 72.2%.
Reported by Luo Shanshan (罗珊珊), Beijing (北京), May 26th.
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I. At the invitation of Premier Li Qiang (李强) of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (夏巴兹·谢里夫) of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan paid an official visit to China from May 23 to 26, 2026.
During the visit, President Xi Jinping (习近平) of the People's Republic of China met with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, and Premier Li Qiang of the State Council held talks with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. In a cordial and friendly atmosphere, the two sides reached new and broad consensus on deepening the China-Pakistan all-weather strategic cooperative partnership and international and regional issues of common concern. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif attended the commemorative activities for the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Pakistan and successfully visited Hangzhou (杭州), Zhejiang Province.
II. Both sides agreed that the traditional friendship between China and Pakistan, personally forged by the older generation of leaders of the two countries, is a valuable asset and strategic asset of the two countries and their peoples. Over the 75 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations, no matter how the international and regional situation has changed, the friendship between China and Pakistan has remained **坚如磐石** (jiān rú pán shí - "as solid as a rock," extremely firm and unshakable), and China and Pakistan have always firmly trusted, respected, and supported each other, sharing weal and woe and standing together through thick and thin. As the once-in-a-century changes accelerate, the China-Pakistan all-weather strategic cooperative partnership has more strategic and contemporary value. The two countries will accelerate the building of a closer China-Pakistan community with a shared future in the new era and set an example for building a community with a shared future in the surrounding areas.
III. The two sides are determined to unswervingly safeguard and develop China-Pakistan relations, maintain high-level exchanges, implement the "Action Plan (2025-2029) between the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan on Building a Closer China-Pakistan Community with a Shared Future in the New Era," deepen mutual trust, pragmatic cooperation, defense and security cooperation, maintain close coordination on international and regional issues, so that China-Pakistan relations can better benefit the two peoples, and contribute to promoting regional and world peace, stability and prosperity.
The Pakistani side attaches great importance to and supports President Xi Jinping's concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind, as well as the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative, the Global Civilization Initiative, and the Global Governance Initiative.
IV. Both sides highly appreciated the successful visit of Pakistani President Asif Zardari (阿西夫·扎尔达里) to Hunan Province and Hainan Province in China at the end of April and the beginning of May 2026, and the successful visit of Pakistani National Assembly Speaker Sardar Sadiq (萨达尔·萨迪克) to China in January 2026. Both sides welcomed the successful holding of the 7th China-Pakistan Foreign Ministers' Strategic Dialogue in January 2026 and the China-Pakistan Political Parties Forum and the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor Political Parties Joint Consultation Mechanism Meeting in May. The Pakistani side thanked Cai Dafeng (蔡达峰), Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China, for leading a delegation to Pakistan in May 2026 and attending the commemorative activities for the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Pakistan held by the Pakistani side. The two sides agreed to strengthen strategic communication and exchanges at all levels, enhance political mutual trust, and jointly safeguard the direction of the development of China-Pakistan relations.
V. Both sides reiterated their firm support for safeguarding each other's core interests. Both sides emphasized that the authority of UN General Assembly Resolution 2758 is beyond question and challenge. The Pakistani side reiterated its firm adherence to the one-China principle, believing that Taiwan is an inalienable part of the territory of the People's Republic of China and that the Taiwan issue is the core of China's core interests, firmly supporting China's efforts to achieve national reunification, and resolutely opposing any form of "Taiwan independence." The Pakistani side supports China's just position on issues related to Xinjiang, Tibet, Hong Kong, and the South China Sea. The Chinese side reiterated its firm support for Pakistan in safeguarding national sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity, and firmly supports Pakistan's efforts to maintain national security and stability, development and prosperity.
VI. The Pakistani side congratulated the Chinese side on the successful completion of the strategic goals of the "14th Five-Year Plan" and the smooth start of the "15th Five-Year Plan." The Chinese side congratulated the Pakistani leaders on leading the country to achieve macroeconomic stability with the National Economic Transformation Plan (2024-2029) as the center. The two sides agreed to jointly build the "Belt and Road" with high quality, hold meetings of the Joint Committee of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, and promote the high-quality development of the "2.0 upgraded version" of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. The two sides agreed to promote the realignment project of the Karakoram Highway Phase II (Thakot to Raikot section) in an orderly and phased manner. Unleash the potential of Gwadar Port and build a regional connectivity hub. Make good use of the Khunjerab Pass to strengthen China-Pakistan land connectivity. Both sides welcomed the participation of third parties in the construction of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor according to the model agreed upon by China and Pakistan.
VII. The two sides agreed to promote the construction of industrial parks in accordance with local conditions and create demonstration projects for industrial cooperation in fields such as textiles and home appliances. The two sides positively evaluated the successful holding of the China-Pakistan Mining Full Value Chain Cooperation Forum in January 2026 and agreed to promote cooperation in mining and oil and gas exploration and development between the two countries in an orderly manner.
VIII. Both sides congratulated the successful completion of the training program for 1,000 young Pakistani agricultural technicians in China, and the Pakistani side thanked Shaanxi Province, Hubei Province, Sichuan Province, and Hainan Province in China for their strong support. The Chinese side agreed to help Pakistan improve its agricultural production level through various means, encourage Chinese-funded enterprises to carry out agricultural investment and cooperation in Pakistan, and promote the access of more high-quality Pakistani agricultural products to China.
IX. The two sides agreed to explore the potential for cooperation in the fields of economy and trade, energy, digital economy, finance, scientific and technological innovation, artificial intelligence, information and communication, water conservancy, and marine affairs, strengthen talent training, negotiate and promote trade liberalization, and jointly maintain the stability and security of industrial and supply chains. The Pakistani side appreciated China's cooperation concept of "**鱼渔并授**" (yú yú bìng shòu - "giving both fish and the skill to fish," teaching a man to fish), and the two sides are willing to implement more "small but beautiful" livelihood projects in the fields of infrastructure, agriculture, education, and medical care. The Chinese side will continue to implement the plan to provide 3,000 training opportunities to Pakistan from 2025 to 2029. The two sides will implement the education and cultural cooperation and exchange implementation plan and expand cooperation between friendly provinces and cities. The Chinese side welcomed two Pakistani astronauts to China for training and looked forward to Pakistani astronauts becoming the first foreign astronauts to enter the Chinese space station as soon as possible. The two sides will continue to deepen space cooperation in a peaceful and mutually beneficial manner.
X. The Chinese side is willing to work with the Pakistani side to thoroughly implement the Global Security Initiative, establish a China-Pakistan security partnership, continue to carry out bilateral and multilateral counter-terrorism cooperation, strengthen cooperation between the two militaries, and further play a positive role in promoting regional peace and stability. The Pakistani side will strengthen security measures and security cooperation in a targeted manner to ensure the safety of Chinese personnel, projects, and institutions in Pakistan. The Chinese side supports Pakistan in continuing to firmly combat terrorism. Both sides called on the international community to strengthen counter-terrorism cooperation, and reiterated their firm opposition to double standards on counter-terrorism issues and to politicizing and instrumentalizing counter-terrorism issues.
XI. Both sides firmly defend 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, and are committed to promoting an equal and orderly world multipolarity and an inclusive and beneficial economic globalization.
XII. Both sides agreed that it is necessary to firmly safeguard the achievements of the victory of World War II, oppose any attempts to revive fascism and militarism, and support the post-war international order established by relevant international legal documents and principles such as the Cairo Declaration and the Potsdam Proclamation, safeguard world peace and security, and safeguard historical truth and international justice.
XIII. The Pakistani side supports China's initiative to establish the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization, believing that this is a practical action to promote the benevolent and inclusive development of artificial intelligence, and will work with China to promote global governance and international cooperation in artificial intelligence.
XIV. Both sides reiterated the importance of maintaining peace and stability in South Asia and resolving all outstanding disputes through dialogue and diplomacy, and opposed any unilateral actions. The Pakistani side briefed the Chinese side on the latest situation in the Jammu and Kashmir region. The Chinese side reiterated that the Kashmir issue is a dispute left over from history and should be properly resolved peacefully in accordance with the UN Charter, relevant UN Security Council resolutions, and relevant bilateral agreements.
The two sides are willing to carry out cross-border water resources cooperation on the basis of equality and mutual benefit, and reiterated the importance of maintaining international and regional security and stability.
The Chinese side reiterated its support for Pakistan to assume the next rotating presidency of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council from 2025 to 2026, and further deepen coordination and cooperation between the two countries in multilateral occasions. The Chinese side appreciated Pakistan's resolution on multilateralism, peaceful settlement of disputes, and promotion of regional cooperation when it served as the rotating president of the Security Council in July 2025.
XV. The Pakistani side supports President Xi Jinping's four-point proposal on maintaining and promoting peace and stability in the Middle East. The Chinese side appreciated Pakistan's facilitation of the temporary ceasefire between the United States and Iran and its hosting of the Islamabad talks. Both sides reiterated the five-point initiative on restoring peace and stability in the Gulf and the Middle East, and are willing to continue to make positive contributions to the early restoration of peace and stability in the Middle East.
XVI. The Pakistani side positively evaluated the China-Afghanistan-Pakistan trilateral informal meeting in Urumqi in April 2026 and welcomed China's provision of a dialogue platform for communication between Pakistan and Afghanistan. The two sides agreed to maintain close communication and coordination on the Afghan issue. Both sides emphasized that no individuals, groups, or political parties, including the "Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan" (TTP) and the "East Turkestan Islamic Movement" (ETIM), should be allowed to use relevant territories to harm and threaten regional security and interests, and engage in terrorist acts and activities.
XVII. During the visit, the two sides signed cooperation documents in multiple fields.
XVIII. On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Pakistan, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif thanked the government and people of the People's Republic of China for their warm and friendly reception to him and the Pakistani delegation.
(Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, May 26)
Return to TopTwo diplomatic events not only demonstrated the strategic mutual trust and profound friendship between China and Serbia, and China and Pakistan, but also reflected the distinct characteristics of China's major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics, which always adheres to independence and self-reliance, promotes fairness and justice, and upholds the right path of the world. It demonstrates the international community's broad recognition of China's position, concepts, and sense of responsibility as a major country.
On May 25th, the Great Hall of the People in Beijing (北京人民大会堂) welcomed two of China's "ironclad friends." On that day, President Xi Jinping (习近平) held talks and meetings respectively with Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić (武契奇) and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (夏巴兹), who were visiting China, and awarded President Vučić (武契奇) the "Friendship Medal." These two diplomatic events not only demonstrated the strategic mutual trust and profound friendship between China and Serbia, and China and Pakistan, but also reflected the distinct characteristics of China's major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics, which always adheres to independence and self-reliance, promotes fairness and justice, and upholds the right path of the world. It demonstrates the international community's broad recognition of China's position, concepts, and sense of responsibility as a major country.
In today's international relations, the meaning of "firmness" is particularly valuable. Serbia is the first European country to jointly build a community with a shared future for mankind in the new era with China and is an important partner of China in Southeast Europe. President Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized that the two sides should continue to firmly support each other. China supports Serbia in adhering to a development path that suits its own national conditions and is willing to strengthen exchanges of experience in governance with Serbia. China and Pakistan are good friends and all-weather strategic cooperative partners. President Xi Jinping (习近平) stated that no matter how the international situation changes, China will always place the development of China-Pakistan relations as a priority in its neighborhood diplomacy. The responses from the leaders of "Iron Serbia" and "Iron Pakistan" were equally sincere and firm: "Serbia attaches great importance to developing relations with China and unswervingly firmly supports China's core interests" and "Pakistan firmly adheres to the one-China principle and firmly supports China's position on all issues involving China's core interests, and will always be a good friend and good partner of China." The mutual understanding between China and Serbia, and China and Pakistan, is a vivid portrayal of mutual respect and equal treatment between countries.
In an international environment full of uncertainty, the value of "cooperation" becomes increasingly prominent. Serbia is one of the first European countries to sign cooperation documents with China on jointly building the "Belt and Road" initiative. In recent years, from the revitalization of the HBIS Smederevo Steel Plant (河钢斯梅戴雷沃钢厂), to the full opening of the Serbian section of the Hungary-Serbia Railway (匈塞铁路) which is called "a gift for future generations" by Serbia; from the realization of full coverage of direct flights between China and Serbia to Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou (北上广), to the continuous warming of trade and cultural exchanges between China and Serbia, cooperation between the two sides in various fields has been full of highlights and fruitful results. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's (夏巴兹) visit to China was packed with events, witnessing the establishment of friendly exchange relations between two provinces of China and Pakistan, attending the China-Pakistan B2B Investment Summit, and visiting Chinese Internet companies, etc., releasing a strong willingness of Pakistan to deepen cooperation with China. The development history of practical cooperation between China and Serbia, and China and Pakistan, fully demonstrates that opening up and cooperation are still the trend of history, and mutual benefit and win-win results are still what people want.
In the face of global challenges, "multilateralism" has become a broad consensus. In today's world, unilateralism is rampant, the law of the jungle prevails, and unilateral coercive measures are rampant, and mankind is facing the danger of returning to the law of the jungle of 弱肉强食 (ruò ròu qiáng shí - "the weak are prey to the strong," survival of the fittest). In the two diplomatic events, President Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized that both sides should promote "an equal and orderly multipolar world" and "inclusive and beneficial economic globalization." The leaders of Serbia and Pakistan deeply agreed with this. President Vučić (武契奇) stated that China, as a major country, has always respected small countries equally, abided by international law, and set an example for the world. Serbia supports the major global initiatives proposed by President Xi Jinping (习近平) and is willing to continue to strengthen multilateral cooperation with China to safeguard international peace and fairness and justice. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (夏巴兹) stated that President Xi Jinping (习近平) is a great friend of the Pakistani people and a great friend of all peace-loving people in the world. Pakistan is willing to coordinate closely with China to jointly contribute to promoting world peace and stability. The positive response from the leaders of "Iron Serbia" and "Iron Pakistan" once again confirms that China, which always adheres to the path of peaceful development and practices true multilateralism, has become a stabilizing force in a turbulent world.
The "ironclad friendship" between China and Serbia, and China and Pakistan, continues to inject new impetus into promoting the building of a community with a shared future for mankind. No matter how the international situation changes, China will always adhere to developing friendly cooperation with all countries on the basis of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, adhere to sharing development opportunities with the world, adhere to safeguarding international fairness and justice, and make greater contributions to promoting world peace and development.
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As long as we adhere to the principles of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence, and win-win cooperation, China and the United States can transcend the historical trap of the "Thucydides Trap" and open up a broad path for a new type of major-country relationship.
At the invitation of President Xi Jinping (习近平), U.S. President Donald Trump (特朗普) paid a state visit to China from May 13 to 15. The two heads of state agreed to position "China-U.S. constructive strategic stability relationship" as a new orientation for bilateral relations, providing strategic guidance for China-U.S. relations for the next three years or even longer, and sending a positive signal of peace and cooperation to a world intertwined with changes and chaos.
China and the United States are both permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, and are the world's largest developing country and the largest developed country, respectively. Their combined economic volume exceeds 1/3 of the world's total, and their trade in goods accounts for about 1/5 of the world's total. The bilateral trade volume exceeds 500 billion US dollars. The two countries have huge economies and deeply intertwined interests. Once conflict and confrontation occur, not only will the people of the two countries suffer huge losses, but also the stability of the global industrial chain and supply chain will be impacted, triggering multiple crises such as energy and food security. After many rounds of fierce game-playing, the U.S. gradually realized that containing and suppressing China would not work, and dialogue and consultation is the right choice. Competition is never the whole of China-U.S. relations, and the field of cooperation far exceeds differences. History has repeatedly proven that China and the United States benefit from cooperation and are harmed by confrontation. Mutually beneficial and win-win results, rather than zero-sum games, are the essence of bilateral relations.
Building a "China-U.S. constructive strategic stability relationship" conforms to the trend of the times and meets the universal expectations of all countries in the world. From trade exchanges and scientific and technological cooperation to mutual learning between civilizations, every positive advancement in China-U.S. relations in the past has brought tangible gains to the people of both countries. During this meeting between the heads of state of China and the United States, the two sides agreed to establish a Trade Council and an Investment Council to address each other's concerns about market access for agricultural products, promote the expansion of two-way trade under the framework of reciprocal tax reductions, and exchange views on major international and regional issues such as the Middle East situation, the Ukraine crisis, and the Korean Peninsula. At present, the century-old changes are accelerating, and the global peace deficit, development deficit, security deficit, and governance deficit are continuing to increase. The international community needs a strategic, constructive, and stable China-U.S. relationship more than ever before. Achieving the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and making the United States great again can be completely parallel, mutually reinforcing, and beneficial to the world. China and the United States managing the boundaries of competition, adhering to the bottom line of cooperation, and unblocking communication channels, in line with the general trend of history and the broad expectations of the international community, will inject more stability and certainty into a world intertwined with changes and chaos.
Building a "China-U.S. constructive strategic stability relationship" focuses on grasping its profound connotations and re-establishing the basic order of avoiding loss of control, maintaining cooperation, and leading peace for China-U.S. relations. As President Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out, "constructive strategic stability" should be a positive stability dominated by cooperation, a benign stability with measured competition, a normal stability with controllable differences, and a lasting stability with peace in sight. This important conclusion points the way for the way major countries should get along in the new era. The current international situation is intertwined with changes and chaos. China and the United States should demonstrate the responsibility of major countries, make rational and pragmatic choices, resolutely avoid the danger of the world sliding into a "new Cold War," and jointly inject stability and certainty into the cause of human peace and development. Under the strategic guidance of head-of-state diplomacy, China and the United States should grasp the new positioning, calibrate the new course, and promote China-U.S. relations to stride forward into a new era.
The broad Pacific Ocean can accommodate both China and the United States and other countries, and the endless stream of global challenges calls on the two countries to assume the responsibilities of major countries. The stability of China-U.S. relations will open up broad space for both sides to expand cooperation at a higher starting point. From addressing global challenges such as climate change, public health, and artificial intelligence, to maintaining the stability of the industrial chain and supply chain and improving the global economic order, the common interests of the two countries are broad and far-reaching. Working together to build a more just and reasonable global governance system is not only an inherent requirement of bilateral relations, but also a common responsibility to the world.
At the same time, we should also clearly see that the structural contradictions between China and the United States will not be resolved overnight, and many problems facing the world remain to be solved. Both sides need to grasp the overall situation with strategic determination, properly handle differences with a constructive attitude, and seek a common future with innovative wisdom. As long as we adhere to the principles of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence, and win-win cooperation, China and the United States can transcend the historical trap of the "Thucydides Trap" and open up a broad path for a new type of major-country relationship. Times have changed, and China-U.S. relations cannot simply return to the past, but they can completely write a new chapter in the way major countries get along in the new era, work together to seek happiness for the people of the two countries, seek common ground for human society, and jointly promote the building of a community with a shared future for mankind towards a bright future.
(The author is the President of the China Foreign Affairs University)
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from the United Nations on May 26th (Reporter Li Zhiwei (李志伟)): On the 26th, at the initiative of China as the rotating President of the United Nations Security Council for this month, the Security Council held a high-level meeting on "Upholding the Purposes and Principles of the United Nations Charter and Strengthening the International System with the United Nations as the Core." Wang Yi (王毅), member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs, presided over the meeting. United Nations Secretary-General Guterres (古特雷斯) briefed on the situation. Representatives from more than 100 countries, including more than 20 foreign ministers and high-level representatives, made a special trip to attend.
Wang Yi (王毅) stated in his speech that the current international situation is undergoing the most complex and profound changes since World War II. The ship of human civilization has sailed into dangerous waters, and the cause of world peace and development is at a crossroads. The challenges at hand test the international community's belief in safeguarding peace, its determination to uphold justice, and its courage to innovate. We must unite, take action, safeguard the United Nations, revitalize the United Nations, and strengthen the United Nations.
First, revitalize the United Nations Charter to demonstrate stronger leadership. Second, revitalize the authority of the Security Council to demonstrate stronger action. Third, revitalize international development cooperation to gather stronger mobilization. Fourth, revitalize the global governance platform to shape stronger execution. Fifth, revitalize the effectiveness of the United Nations system to cultivate stronger vitality.
Wang Yi (王毅) emphasized that this year marks the 55th anniversary of the restoration of the lawful seat of the People's Republic of China in the United Nations. Over the past 55 years, China, as a permanent member of the Security Council, has actively participated in promoting the cause of the United Nations. Standing at a new historical starting point, China will continue to uphold justice and follow the right path, achieve greater unity with all countries under the banner of multilateralism, promote the construction of a more just and reasonable global governance system, and jointly move towards the goal of building a community with a shared future for mankind.
That morning, Wang Yi (王毅) met with United Nations Secretary-General Guterres (古特雷斯), as well as the foreign ministers of Bahrain and Indonesia, and exchanged greetings with high-level representatives attending the meeting, such as the joint foreign minister of Nicaragua and the first deputy foreign minister of Kazakhstan.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, May 26th (Reporter Mei Changwei (梅常伟)) Central Military Commission Vice Chairman Zhang Shengmin (张升民) met with Pakistan's Chief of Defence Staff and Chief of Army Staff, General Munir (穆尼尔), in Beijing on the 26th.
Zhang Shengmin (张升民) stated that President Xi Jinping (习近平) highly values the development of China-Pakistan relations, and together with Pakistani leaders, they provide guidance and direction, promoting the continuous deepening of the China-Pakistan all-weather strategic cooperative partnership. China is willing to continue its traditional friendship with Pakistan, strengthen strategic communication, deepen pragmatic cooperation, and promote the high-level and high-quality development of relations between the two militaries.
Munir (穆尼尔) said that Pakistan will always firmly be China's good friend and good partner, further deepen pragmatic cooperation with China in areas such as defense and security, and continuously push the ironclad friendship between Pakistan and China to a new height.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 姜晓丹
It is the "China Year" of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC). The 22nd China (Shenzhen) International Cultural Industries Fair (hereinafter referred to as "ICIF"), which just concluded, set up an APEC Economies Exhibition Area for the first time. During the exhibition, many visitors walked into the exhibition area to check in and experience the unique cultural creations and unique humanistic charm of various economies at close range.
The Indonesian booth was particularly popular, and a batik mobile phone bag became a sought-after item, attracting many visitors to stop. Huang Yanghong (黄阳鸿), a staff member at the booth, introduced: "Batik batik is a traditional Indonesian craft. The fabric is shipped from Indonesia and the design and production are completed in China. The team innovatively designs on the basis of inheriting ancient methods, so that ancient techniques are close to modern life."
"The dozen or so batik mobile phone bags that were initially brought were quickly sold out, and they were quickly sold out after replenishment. Soaps and sauces are also very popular." Huang Yanghong (黄阳鸿) said that the exhibition hopes to use the opportunity of the APEC "China Year" and the high-quality platform of the ICIF to allow more people to appreciate the unique charm of Indonesian culture and further promote the deep connection and close cooperation between Indonesia and China in the fields of culture, commerce and trade.
As the host of APEC in 2027, Vietnam's booth was also very popular and highlighted. The ingenious integration of intangible cultural heritage skills and life culture, the delicate and exquisite traditional embroidery shows the profound heritage of craftsmanship, and the mellow and rich aroma of hand-brewed coffee lingers throughout the venue, attracting a large number of visitors to taste and experience. Nguyen Viet Dung (阮越勇), Consul General of Vietnam in Guangzhou, came to the scene to promote: "I hope to use the ICIF to showcase Vietnam's natural scenery and humanistic charm, and use handicrafts, food and coffee culture as a link to expand cooperation in the cultural field and promote friendly exchanges between the two peoples."
Cho Tae-bong (赵泰奉), Chairman of the Korea Culture Content Licensing Association, is an "old friend" of the ICIF. This time, he brought his team to participate again. When talking about the original intention of continuing to participate in the exhibition, Cho Tae-bong (赵泰奉) said that he hopes to connect with more Chinese companies of various types to deepen IP (intellectual property) licensing cooperation. "The association has been doing the promotion of cultural IP licensing in the Chinese market, and we have also brought some new IPs this time." He admitted, "There are many business opportunities in the Chinese market, and the ICIF has brought us cooperation opportunities, so we have always insisted on participating in the exhibition."
Soft and cute Peruvian alpaca wool dolls, textured Malaysian pewter, trendy and interesting Thai blind box figures, mellow and sweet Chilean wine... The APEC Economies Exhibition Area focuses on the development achievements of cultural tourism in the Asia-Pacific region. Yu Chaozong (于朝宗), curator of the China Chamber of International Commerce, said that the exhibition area is arranged in combination with the attributes of the cultural and creative industry, and more than 20 exhibitors are organized. Excellent cultural and creative brands from home and abroad gather together. "This time we came to the ICIF, the exhibitors have a strong demand for business docking. On the one hand, they hope to open up domestic market sales channels and find partners in related industries; on the other hand, many exhibitors also use the ICIF opportunity to lay out globalization. At present, we have received a lot of docking needs."
Taking culture as a link, it connects the friendship and cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region. This ICIF APEC Economies Exhibition Area has opened a new window for mutual learning among Asia-Pacific civilizations, and in the warm exchanges and interactions, it has written a vivid chapter of openness, inclusiveness, and win-win cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region.
Return to TopThis newspaper's Nanjing (南京) dispatch on May 26th (Reporter: Shen Lin (申琳)) On May 26th, the 14th China-UK Party Dialogue was held in Yangzhou (扬州), Jiangsu (江苏) Province, with the theme of "发挥政党作用，构建中英长期稳定的全面战略伙伴关系" (Give play to the role of political parties and build a long-term, stable, comprehensive strategic partnership between China and the UK). Liu Haixing (刘海星), Minister of the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, attended and delivered a keynote speech. Representatives from relevant ministries, local governments, and universities in China, as well as David Lidington, former First Secretary of State of the United Kingdom and Chairman of the China-Britain Business Council, Members of Parliament from the Labour and Conservative parties of the United Kingdom, officials from the British Embassy and Consulates in China, and more than 60 business representatives from both countries attended.
The two sides conducted frank, in-depth, and constructive exchanges, believing that the development of a long-term, stable, comprehensive strategic partnership between China and the UK is of great significance to both countries and the world. Both sides should implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries, adhere to the original aspiration of strategic partnership and the spirit of seeking common ground while reserving differences, openness and inclusiveness, properly handle differences, deepen mutually beneficial cooperation, strengthen people-to-people and cultural exchanges, strengthen communication and collaboration on international affairs, and promote common development and world peace and stability.
A China-UK Entrepreneur Roundtable was also held within the framework of the dialogue.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Xiamen, May 26th. The 8th International Symposium on Scientific and Legal Issues of the Continental Shelf and the International Seabed Area System opened in Xiamen (厦门) on May 25th.
Sun Shuxian (孙书贤), Vice Minister of the Ministry of Natural Resources (自然资源部) and Director of the State Oceanic Administration (国家海洋局), said in his speech that building a just and reasonable international maritime order is the common aspiration of all countries. The three major institutions established by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea have played an important role, and the Agreement on Marine Biodiversity, which officially came into effect in January this year, has opened a new chapter in global ocean governance. China is willing to work with all parties to safeguard the authority of multilateral governance, earnestly abide by international law, including the Convention, respect the statutory functions of the three major institutions, and promote the improvement of the global ocean governance system; deepen scientific research exchanges and cooperation, and empower ocean governance with scientific and technological innovation; promote the implementation of rules and regulations, and coordinate the review and consultation of the implementation process; and jointly protect marine ecological security and strengthen international cooperation in marine ecological protection.
Hua Chunying (华春莹), Vice Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (外交部), pointed out in a video speech that, facing global governance in the marine field, China calls on all parties to practice multilateralism, advocate the rule of international law, and promote pragmatic cooperation. The entry into force of the Agreement on Marine Biodiversity has opened a new chapter in global ocean governance. We need a secretariat that matches the importance and development prospects of the agreement. China firmly supports multilateralism and the United Nations cause, and is willing and able to make important contributions.
The symposium lasts for two days and is hosted by the National Key Laboratory of Seabed Science and Delineation, the Second Institute of Oceanography of the Ministry of Natural Resources (自然资源部第二海洋研究所), and the Institute for Marine Development Strategy of the Ministry of Natural Resources (自然资源部海洋发展战略研究所). Representatives from the three major institutions of the Convention, the United Nations Office of Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, and experts and scholars from various countries participated in the symposium.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, May 26th (北京) -- On the 26th, the Central Propaganda Department (中宣部) held a promotion conference in Beijing (北京) for the Party's Innovative Theory Dissemination Project.
The meeting pointed out that the implementation of the Party's Innovative Theory Dissemination Project is a major decision and deployment made by the Party Central Committee, and a strategic arrangement to promote the popularization and accurate dissemination of the Party's innovative theory. It is of great significance for further improving the theoretical dissemination mechanism and work pattern, and improving the system of arming the entire Party, educating the people, and guiding practice with the Party's innovative theory.
The meeting emphasized that studying, publicizing, and implementing Xi Jinping (习近平) Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era should be taken as the primary political task. We should conform to the development trend of digitalization, networking, and intelligence, grasp the laws of communication, focus on the characteristics of the audience, strengthen overall coordination, and strive to improve pertinence, effectiveness, attractiveness, and penetration, and continue to promote the Party's innovative theory to 飞入寻常百姓家 (fēi rù xún cháng bǎi xìng jiā - "fly into ordinary people's homes," to become widely known and understood by ordinary people).
Responsible comrades from relevant central departments, propaganda departments of Party committees in various regions, key theoretical work platforms, as well as experts and scholars, media workers, and representatives of grassroots publicity backbones attended the meeting.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 吴齐强 贺林平
On May 26th, the "15th Five-Year Plan" Guangdong Special Press Conference was held in Guangzhou (广州). Meng Fanli (孟凡利), Deputy Secretary of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee and Governor of Guangdong Province, stated that they will thoroughly implement the important instructions and requirements of General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) regarding Guangdong's work. Guangdong is anchoring its efforts to be at the forefront of advancing Chinese-style modernization, focusing on resolutely shouldering its responsibilities as a major economic province and comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong province. The aim is to maintain its leading economic aggregate, lead and demonstrate high-quality development, and promote a more prosperous, happier, and better life for the people.
Accelerating the Construction of a Modern Industrial System with Advanced Manufacturing as the Backbone
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Guangdong's regional GDP increased from 11.37 trillion yuan to 14.58 trillion yuan, ranking first in the country for 37 consecutive years. The operating income of industrial enterprises above designated size reached 19.34 trillion yuan, and the total import and export volume reached 9.49 trillion yuan. The region's innovation capability has led the country for nine consecutive years.
During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, Guangdong will effectively focus on the real economy, particularly manufacturing, especially advanced manufacturing. It will rely on technological innovation to accelerate the cultivation and development of new quality productive forces and accelerate the construction of a modern industrial system with advanced manufacturing as the backbone.
Promote the integrated development of industries. Promote the accelerated optimization and upgrading of traditional industries, the accelerated expansion and strengthening of emerging industries, and the accelerated formation of future industries. Focus on high-end manufacturing, intelligent manufacturing, green manufacturing, bio-manufacturing, and service-oriented manufacturing.
Optimize the industrial ecosystem. Innovate empowerment pathways, construct a "five ones" promotion pathway: "a demand list, a resource pool, an online platform, a series of matchmaking activities, and a set of support policies." Improve the empowerment ecosystem, gather over 700 high-quality empowerment institutions, and promote the matching of diversified enterprise needs with the capabilities of empowerment entities. Innovate empowerment models, construct a collaborative innovation ecosystem of industry, academia, research, and application with deep coupling of upstream and downstream and supporting enterprises, industry alliances, and research institutions.
Give full play to the leading and driving role of scientific and technological innovation. Guangdong is advancing the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (粤港澳大湾区) International Science and Technology Innovation Center at a high level, vigorously promoting the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation. It will use enterprise demand to lead innovation across society, better leverage the role of the government and various social resources, implement incentive measures in taxation and finance, and promote increased R&D investment by enterprises. It will build more and higher-level innovation platforms and carriers, increase the introduction and cultivation of talent, and construct a strong and complete science and technology financial security system.
Better Promote the Construction and Development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area
For Guangdong, the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is both a major responsibility and a rare development opportunity.
"Actively connect with Hong Kong's first five-year plan and Macau's third five-year plan, deepen comprehensive cooperation among the three regions, and jointly build a vibrant and internationally competitive first-class bay area and world-class city cluster," said Gong Zhenzhi (龚桢梽), Director of the Guangdong Provincial Development and Reform Commission.
Deepen industrial and technological cooperation. Guangdong is accelerating the joint construction and sharing of major science and technology infrastructure clusters and high-level laboratory systems, strengthening joint research on basic research and key core technologies, and constructing a two-way interactive science and technology innovation cooperation system. It is strengthening the supply of systems, technologies, and markets in new fields and new tracks, focusing on cross-border low-altitude logistics and clinical trial collaboration, and jointly cultivating and expanding new economic forms. It is deepening joint talent cultivation among universities in the three regions, enhancing the service effectiveness of Hong Kong and Macau talent stations, and promoting coordinated talent cultivation, introduction, and utilization.
Deepen all-round interconnection. In terms of "hard connectivity," promote the construction of a three-dimensional cross-border transportation network of highways, rail transit, waterways, and low-altitude transportation, and deepen business cooperation between airports and ports. In terms of "soft connectivity," promote the convenient cross-border flow of personnel, goods, funds, and data, and improve the level of mutual recognition and interconnection in areas such as technical standards, professional qualifications, and government services. In terms of "heart connectivity," deepen cooperation in livelihood areas such as medical resource sharing, youth employment and entrepreneurship, and cultural exchanges, and jointly build a happy home that is livable, workable, and enjoyable.
Strengthen the construction and utilization of major cooperation platforms. Better leverage the experimental and demonstration roles of major cooperation platforms such as Hengqin (横琴), Qianhai (前海), Nansha (南沙), and Hetao (河套), explore more breakthrough measures in customs supervision, cross-border flow of factors, and cultivation of emerging industries, and support qualified cities to jointly build characteristic cooperation platforms with Hong Kong and Macau to continuously expand economic cooperation space.
Promote Coordinated Urban-Rural and Regional Development at a High Level
Meng Fanli (孟凡利) introduced that during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, Guangdong will promote major progress in the "Hundred Counties, Thousand Towns, Ten Thousand Villages High-Quality Development Project" (百县千镇万村高质量发展工程), deeply implement the people-oriented new urbanization strategy, effectively stimulate the development potential of counties, and reduce the ratio of per capita disposable income between urban and rural residents to 2.05.
Strengthen the advantageous industries of counties. Enhance the level of county manufacturing through cluster development, and coordinate local industrial cultivation with undertaking external industrial transfer. Make good use of "local specialties" through quality development, promote the extension of characteristic planting and breeding to intensive processing, and vigorously develop marine ranches. Accelerate the integration of agriculture, culture, tourism, and sports through characteristic development, and focus on cultivating a number of strong agricultural counties, large industrial counties, and famous tourist counties.
Optimize the functional layout of counties, towns, and villages. Promote the construction of urbanization with counties as important carriers in categories, and optimize and improve the basic public service resources and allocation in counties. Promote towns to strengthen the node functions of connecting cities and leading villages, and strengthen central towns, specialize in professional towns, and optimize characteristic towns. Promote the development of town and village areas in groups, and achieve the integrated development of industries, the integrated improvement of the environment, and the integrated construction of organizations.
Stimulate the vitality and impetus of reform. Relax authority, deepen the reform of expanding county power, strengthening county power, and the county-town management system. Activate factors, further mobilize the enthusiasm of the masses by deepening the cultivation of rural collective economic managers. Revitalize resources, allow idle resources and funds to flow through comprehensive land consolidation in the whole region. Brighten the green and beautiful ecological background. Consolidate the natural ecological barrier of Southern Guangdong, strengthen the protection and restoration of the ecosystem in all directions, and comprehensively improve the level of biodiversity protection. Deeply promote deep decarbonization in key areas such as industry, construction, and transportation, create a number of zero-carbon parks and zero-carbon factories, construct a green, low-carbon, safe, and efficient new energy system, and accelerate the construction of a beautiful China pioneer zone.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 常 钦 李晓晴
The fields in May see spring plowing not yet finished and summer harvest already arriving, with agricultural seasons connecting and advancing in succession.
In the Sichuan Basin (四川盆地), golden waves of wheat ripple as combine harvesters roar, breaking ground for the harvest. In the Yangtze River (长江) basin, trays of lush seedlings leave intelligent seedling cultivation centers, heading for vast paddy fields. In the northeastern black soil region, high-performance seeders seize the moisture to plant soybeans, and Beidou (北斗) intelligent agricultural machinery traces straight lines with precise operations. The "Sanxia" (三夏) busy season unfolds gradually from south to north.
The latest agricultural situation dispatch from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (农业农村部) shows that over 80% of the national spring grain sowing has been completed, slightly faster than the same period last year. By crop, spring corn sowing is over 90%, medium rice planting is over 50%, and spring soybean sowing is over 60%. Spring sowing in the Northeast region is over 80%, faster than the same period last year.
The "15th Five-Year Plan" (十五五规划纲要) lists "achieving a comprehensive grain production capacity of about 1.45 trillion jin" as one of the main goals of economic and social development. Stepping into the fields and visiting agricultural production in the opening year of the "15th Five-Year Plan," one will find that new quality productive forces are taking root in the vast fertile fields.
Production is more intelligent.
"New agricultural tools" emerge, shifting from relying on experience to managing fields with data.
By 2025, China's grain output will reach 1.43 trillion jin, with yield improvement contributing more than 90% to the national grain production increase.
This year, the national action to increase the yield per unit area of grain and oil crops continues to expand, focusing on five major crops: corn, rice, wheat, soybeans, and rapeseed. The number of counties advancing as a whole has increased to 1,000, and 20 cities advancing as a whole have been launched.
Large-scale yield improvement relies on the support of modern equipment and high-tech means. On the busy front lines of agricultural production, "new agricultural tools" are constantly emerging, injecting new momentum into the fields.
In Jiaxiang County (嘉祥县), Shandong Province (山东省), a bumper wheat harvest is in sight. Not long ago, Shan Wanmin (山万民), a post-00s new farmer, organized the last "one spray three preventions" operation. "Twelve drones took off at the same time, completing 4,000 mu of land in half a day," Shan Wanmin said with emotion. In the past, it would take a dozen workers seven or eight days to complete the work under the sun, but now it can be done neatly with the flick of a finger.
In Xinxiang County (新乡县), Henan Province (河南省), the circular sprinkler corner arm intelligent irrigation system developed by the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (中国农业科学院) is showing its skills. Traditional circular sprinklers water in circles, and the four corners of square plots always "go thirsty." The added corner arm can automatically extend and retract, precisely supplementing the missed areas. This system is also connected to the Beidou (北斗) satellite navigation system and the sprinkler start-stop variable irrigation algorithm, and is combined with the "irrigation prescription map" generated by drone remote sensing, watering more in water-deficient plots and less in moisture-sufficient plots. Guo Zhimin (郭志民), a large grain grower, said that the irrigation coverage rate of square farmland has increased to more than 95%, saving more than 30% of water in spring irrigation alone.
"Promote the combination of artificial intelligence and agricultural development, and expand the application scenarios of drones, the Internet of Things, robots, etc." - This year, keywords such as drones and robots were written into the No. 1 Central Document (中央一号文件) for the first time, releasing a clear signal to accelerate the cultivation of new quality productive forces in agriculture. Spring irrigation robots running on the ground, agricultural drones flying in the sky, Shennong (神农) large models calculating on the "cloud"... a modern equipment concerto is playing in the fields.
From relying on the weather to working knowing the weather, from flood irrigation to supply on demand, from relying on experience to managing fields with data, new quality productive forces are leading a profound transformation in agricultural production methods.
The foundation is more solid.
Good seeds support high-yield and high-quality grain.
By the end of 2025, China's contribution rate of agricultural science and technology progress will exceed 64%, the coverage rate of improved crop varieties will exceed 96%, and the area share of independently bred varieties will continue to increase, making the foundation of agricultural production more solid.
In Fuyu City (扶余市), Jilin Province (吉林省), large grower Li Hongwu (李洪武) breathed a sigh of relief after sowing the last ridge of peanuts: "This year, I don't have to worry about yellowing seedlings anymore!" In previous years, yellow and weak peanut seedlings and soil-borne diseases from continuous cropping always worried him.
The turning point came from a biological coupling technology developed by the team of Academician Li Peiwu (李培武) of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (中国工程院). This technology can not only effectively control aflatoxin contamination, but also significantly increase the number of crop root nodules and nitrogenase activity.
Li Hongwu (李洪武) introduced that the Gao Fu Zhuan (高富专) peanut special fertilizer developed using this technology increased the yield of 405 mu of land by more than 6,000 kilograms of peanuts, increasing income by more than 40,000 yuan in one season, while reducing the application of artificial fertilizers. Tiny biological bacteria have blazed a new path for green yield increase.
In the main grain-producing areas, improved varieties are leading a new round of quantity and quality upgrades. The wheat variety "Yangmai 53" (扬麦53) aggregates multiple excellent disease resistance traits, becoming a good variety that is resistant to scab and powdery mildew and can make chewy noodles, tying a "safety belt" for the wheat area in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River (长江). High-yield and high-quality wheat varieties such as "Zhongmai 578" (中麦578), "Jimai 44" (济麦44), and "Nongda 753" (农大753) are widely used, realizing partial substitution of imported high-quality bread wheat. In the past three years, a batch of high-quality and high-yield new varieties have been approved and launched by the state, and the proportion of high-quality rice varieties has exceeded 55%.
"Chinese grain" mainly uses "Chinese seeds," and Chinese rice bowls have "Chinese chips." From eating enough to eating well, from high yield to high quality, the chain of seed industry innovation continues to extend.
This year's "Government Work Report" (《政府工作报告》) proposed to implement the seed industry revitalization action in depth and accelerate the selection and promotion of breakthrough varieties. Relevant officials from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (农业农村部) stated that they will increase efforts to promote the integrated efficiency of good fields, good seeds, good machines, and good methods, select and promote a batch of dense-resistant, high-yield, and multi-resistant varieties, and promote large-scale balanced yield increase.
Agricultural seasons are more smoothly connected.
Agricultural technology helps "Sanxia" (三夏) run.
Spring-sown grain area accounts for more than half of the year. Stabilizing spring plowing and spring management will lay a solid foundation for firmly grasping the initiative in annual grain production. At present, the main summer grain producing areas across the country have successively entered the key harvest period. The latest agricultural situation dispatch from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (农业农村部) shows that the harvest in the southwest wheat area has exceeded 80%, and the Huanghuaihai (黄淮海) wheat area is about to start large-scale harvesting. This relay race tests the resilience of agricultural production and also tests the effectiveness of agricultural technology.
The Central Plains granary Henan (河南) is one of the main venues for this relay race. From last winter to this spring, continuous rain once slowed down the progress of wheat sowing. Relying on agricultural technology to fully promote the transformation from weak to strong, the seedling situation has caught up with the normal year, stabilizing the foundation for a bumper harvest. Facing the summer harvest exam, Henan (河南) province has established 763 agricultural machinery emergency operation service teams, planning to invest 4 million units (sets) of various machines, and has issued 53,000 inter-regional operation permits to ensure "mature one piece, harvest one piece."
As China's main summer oil crop, winter rapeseed oil production accounts for more than 40% of domestic edible vegetable oil. In Dazhou City (达州市), Sichuan Province (四川省), in response to the "post-ripening" characteristics of rapeseed, the local area has widely promoted segmented harvesting, freeing up land one week in advance to plant rice. Jingmen City (荆门市), Hubei Province (湖北省), vigorously promotes two-stage harvesting technology, reducing the rapeseed machine harvesting loss rate from 20% to less than 8%.
At present, China's agricultural science and technology innovation has generally entered the world's first phalanx. From single-point breakthroughs to system integration, from laboratory technology to results that farmers can feel, from "sweat agriculture" to smart agriculture, new quality productive forces are leaping in the fertile fields. This is the confidence that the Chinese rice bowl is held more firmly, and it is also the driving force for a more solid pace in building an agricultural power.
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The "Implementation Opinions on Promoting the Provision of Basic Public Services at the Place of Permanent Residence" was recently released, marking the first dedicated document issued at the national level focusing on providing basic public services at the place of permanent residence. On May 26, the State Council Information Office (国务院新闻办) held a State Council policy briefing, where officials from relevant departments introduced the related situation.
Over 250 million people in China reside in urban areas for extended periods without having obtained local household registration (户口), including 170 million rural migrant workers and their accompanying family members. "In recent years, the coverage of basic urban public services has continuously expanded, with more new urban residents gaining access to public rental housing and participating in social security in cities, and the coverage of off-site medical record services has continued to expand," said Zheng Bei (郑备), Deputy Director of the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委). China's urbanization is transitioning from a period of rapid growth to a period of stable development. Promoting the provision of basic public services at the place of permanent residence, allowing new urban residents to access basic services such as education for their children, housing security, employment social security, and medical care in the cities where they stably work and reside, and enjoying a better life, is an important aspect of deeply implementing the people-oriented new urbanization strategy.
Improving employment support and public service systems is an important means of resolving structural employment contradictions. Zhang Lixin (张立新), Director of the Planning and Finance Department of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (人力资源社会保障部), introduced that in order to promote the implementation of the opinions, multiple measures will be taken: In terms of employment services, the construction of "employment service stations at the doorstep" and zero-work markets will create a "15-minute employment service circle" to support every worker in enjoying equal employment services at their place of permanent residence; in terms of entrepreneurial support, focusing on the different development stages of entrepreneurial projects—seed stage, early stage, growth stage, and mature stage—targeted entrepreneurial services will be provided to permanent residents who are willing to start businesses; in terms of employment assistance, permanent workers who meet the conditions will be promptly identified as people with employment difficulties and provided with classified employment assistance; in terms of vocational training and skill certification, rural migrant workers will be treated as a key service group, and large-scale vocational skill improvement training actions will be carried out.
Solving housing problems, allowing permanent residents without household registration to come, stay, live safely, and develop their careers, is an inherent requirement of practicing the people-centered urban development concept. "Guiding various regions to provide basic housing security for urban low-income families with housing difficulties, and to meet the basic housing needs of new urban residents, young people, and urban salaried groups based on local conditions and policies. Some cities and counties with the conditions have expanded the scope of public rental housing security to include rural migrant workers and other permanent residents without household registration, and a total of more than 3 million rural migrant workers who stably work and reside in cities have received public rental housing security," said Xu Liang (徐亮), Director of the Housing Security Department of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (住房城乡建设部). Policies and measures will be refined, security will be implemented in an orderly manner, and operation and management will be strengthened to promote more cities to include families of permanent residents without household registration who stably work and reside in the public rental housing security system.
The education of children accompanying migrant workers is a concern for migrant families. You Sen (游森), head of the Department of Basic Education of the Ministry of Education (教育部), said that efforts will be made to ensure that school-age children, including the children of migrant workers in cities, can enjoy more equitable and higher-quality compulsory education. The provision of basic public education services by the place of permanent residence will be implemented. On the one hand, a mechanism will be established to link basic public education services with the permanent population, promote the strengthening of the responsibilities of the governments in population inflow areas, tap the potential for providing school places, gradually increase the proportion of children of migrant workers in cities attending public schools during the compulsory education stage, and reduce the educational burden on migrant families. On the other hand, the expansion and quality improvement of basic education will be accelerated, the group-based school management of compulsory education and the construction of urban-rural school communities will be promoted, schools at the doorstep of the people will be well-run, ordinary high school education resources will be continuously expanded, and the registration conditions for participating in high school entrance examinations in inflow areas will be relaxed in accordance with local conditions to promote the continuous acceptance of basic education by eligible children of migrant workers.
Mobile children refer to minors under the age of 16 who have left their place of household registration with their parents or other guardians, either both or one, and have lived or resided in a different county for more than 6 months. They are an important group among the mobile population. The opinions clearly propose supporting the integration of mobile children into cities. "The document establishes the overall principle of 'inflow area as the main provider, outflow area as the collaborator' for permanent residence service guarantee at the national level, promoting mobile children to equally enjoy all-round guarantees such as upbringing, education, medical care, assistance for the needy, and spiritual care in their place of permanent residence," said Meng Zhiqiang (孟志强), Director of the Department of Child Welfare of the Ministry of Civil Affairs (民政部). Guidance will be provided to various regions to issue and improve the basic list of care services enjoyed by mobile children in their place of residence, and at the same time, the content of care services, handling procedures, and assistance standards will be gradually unified to promote the standardization and standardization of care services for mobile children, and jointly safeguard the healthy growth of every mobile child.
The opinions propose strengthening the management and service of direct settlement of medical expenses in different places. "The National Healthcare Security Administration (国家医保局) and the Ministry of Finance (财政部) have jointly issued relevant documents to comprehensively improve the handling process for filing medical treatment in different places. In terms of settlement and reimbursement, the direct settlement service for cross-provincial medical treatment has covered various insured populations and various medical treatment scenarios, and the direct settlement rate for cross-provincial hospitalization expenses has reached more than 90%," said Jiang Chengjia (蒋成嘉), Director of the Planning, Finance and Regulations Department of the National Healthcare Security Administration. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, a total of 728 million people enjoyed the convenient service of direct settlement of cross-provincial medical treatment, reducing the burden of advance payments by more than 700 billion yuan. "We will further expand the scope of direct settlement of medical treatment in different places, further promote the cross-provincial sharing of employee medical insurance personal accounts, and promote the realization of more high-frequency service items that can be 'handled in different places and handled nearby'."
Return to TopRecently, China has experienced the strongest rainfall since the beginning of the flood season. Faced with the adverse effects of the rainy weather, many regions are seizing the window of opportunity to "seize grain from the rain" (雨口夺粮).
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on May 26th (Reporter Qiu Chaoyi (邱超奕)): This reporter learned recently from the Aero Engine Corporation of China (中国航空发动机集团有限公司) that the 600 kg thrust-class F406 turbofan engine, independently developed by Sichuan Tianfu Light Power Technology Co., Ltd. (四川天府轻型动力科技有限公司), a subsidiary of the Aero Engine Corporation of China (中国航发集团), has successfully completed its first flight test when twin-engine equipped on an advanced meteorological unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). During the flight, the engine operated normally and stably. After completing all scheduled flight subjects, the UAV successfully returned and landed.
The engine has complete independent intellectual property rights and can operate stably at an altitude of 15 kilometers and a speed of over Mach 0.8. It has outstanding performance such as long endurance and high reliability, filling a number of technical gaps in the field of small and medium thrust turbofan engines in China. It can be widely used in multi-purpose UAV platforms such as long-endurance inspection, high-altitude meteorological detection, and unmanned cargo transportation. The first flight preliminarily verified the reliability and maturity of the engine under real flight conditions, and will provide strong power support for the development of the low-altitude economy.
The success of this first flight means that China has a powerful and independently controllable optimal solution for the power selection of various UAVs in the 1.5-ton to 4-ton class, which significantly improves the scene adaptation capability of small and medium-sized high-end civil UAVs in China and injects new impetus into the development of general aviation.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 罗珊珊
The 7th Qingdao Summit for Multinational Corporation Leaders, co-hosted by the Ministry of Commerce (商务部) and the Shandong Provincial People's Government (山东省人民政府), will be held in Qingdao (青岛) from June 15th to 17th. On May 26th, the State Council Information Office (国务院新闻办) held a press conference to introduce the relevant situation.
Vice Minister of Commerce Yan Dong (鄢东) introduced that the Qingdao Summit has been held for six consecutive sessions since its inception in 2019. The summit has always focused on the core theme of "Multinational Corporations and China," playing a positive role in promoting China's high-level opening up and deepening cooperation with multinational corporations.
This year marks the beginning of the "15th Five-Year Plan" period. This summit is a major institutional event for multinational corporations. The summit will focus on the theme of "Working Together for the '15th Five-Year Plan', Towards Newness and the Future," setting up an opening ceremony, a high-quality development forum for multinational corporations, and a series of parallel forums. It will also continue to release the "Multinational Corporations in China" research report, comprehensively promoting China's "15th Five-Year Plan" opening policies, market opportunities, and innovation space, promoting the deep integration of multinational corporations into China's industrial chain, supply chain, and innovation chain, and sharing the dividends of China's large market, the fruits of innovative development, and the dividends of institutional opening up.
Warm Introduction (温暖), Vice Governor of Shandong Province (山东省), introduced that, to date, 435 corporate guests have confirmed their participation. Among them, 355 are from overseas multinational corporations, from 36 countries and regions including ASEAN, the European Union, and South Korea; 80 are from domestic enterprises, mainly heads of Fortune 500 companies and industry-leading enterprises.
Yan Dong (鄢东) said that currently, the global economic landscape is undergoing profound adjustments, and the uncertainty of world economic recovery is rising. At the same time, a new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation is accelerating, and new tracks such as the digital economy, green and low-carbon, and advanced manufacturing are booming. Global companies have an unprecedentedly strong desire to seek stable markets, high-quality business environments, and long-term cooperation spaces. China is unswervingly promoting high-level opening up, releasing the dividends of its super-large market, and attracting and utilizing foreign investment with greater efforts, providing solid institutional guarantees and broad market space for various business entities, including multinational corporations, to deeply cultivate China and plan for the long term.
In the first quarter of this year, China's gross domestic product increased by 5.0% year-on-year, achieving a good start. From January to April this year, more than 20,000 new foreign-invested enterprises were established nationwide, an increase of 6.8% year-on-year, of which more than 3,000 foreign-funded enterprises have increased their investment; the actual use of foreign capital in high-tech industries reached 116.33 billion yuan, an increase of 20.3% year-on-year. The latest surveys by several foreign chambers of commerce show that many multinational corporations plan to increase their investment in China. These situations fully demonstrate that China is not only a "stabilizer" of the global economy, but also a "must-choose destination" for multinational corporations to plan for the future.
During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, the Ministry of Commerce (商务部) will continue to unswervingly promote high-level opening up, actively shape new advantages in attracting foreign investment, and support foreign-funded enterprises to invest in China and deeply cultivate China.
Deepen the opening up of the service industry and broaden the "new space" for foreign investment. With the comprehensive "clearing" of foreign investment access restrictions in China's manufacturing sector, the Ministry of Commerce (商务部) will next improve the negative list management system for cross-border service trade, orderly expand the autonomous opening up of service industries such as telecommunications, the Internet, education, culture, and medical care, steadily implement pilot projects for opening up value-added telecommunications, biotechnology, and wholly foreign-owned hospitals, support foreign-funded service enterprises to extend their value chains, and ensure that foreign investment is "allowed to enter and operate" in the already opened fields. We will continue to deepen the comprehensive pilot demonstration of expanding the opening up of the national service industry, and coordinate the layout and construction of platforms such as the National Demonstration Zone for Innovative Development of Service Trade and the National Demonstration Zone for Digital Trade, to share the dividends of service industry development with foreign-funded enterprises.
Connect with high standards and build a "new framework" for institutional opening up. We will proactively connect with international high-standard economic and trade rules, accelerate the reform of systems and regulatory systems in areas such as intellectual property protection, government procurement, and fair competition, and provide foreign-funded enterprises with more stable, transparent, and predictable institutional guarantees. At the same time, we will fully implement the upgrading strategy of free trade pilot zones, focusing on service trade, green trade, and digital trade, and pilot a number of institutional innovation measures conducive to the development of new business forms and new models.
Optimize the investment structure and activate the "new momentum" of foreign investment. The Ministry of Commerce (商务部) has issued and implemented the "Catalogue of Industries Encouraging Foreign Investment (2025 Edition)," which has a net increase of 205 items in the encouraged category, focusing on advanced manufacturing, modern services, high technology, energy conservation and environmental protection, and other fields, providing policy support for foreign-funded enterprises to expand into high-end and emerging fields. Next, we will attract more multinational corporations to place their research and development and high-end manufacturing links in China, so that the investment structure of foreign businesses in China will be more optimized and the innovation momentum will be stronger.
Strengthen full-cycle services and create a "new benchmark" for the business environment. We will implement the series of policies to encourage foreign-funded enterprises to reinvest in China, fully implement national treatment for foreign-funded enterprises, and support foreign-funded enterprises to participate in activities such as boosting consumption, government procurement, and bidding on an equal footing. We will continue to hold round table meetings for foreign-funded enterprises, continuously update the list of key foreign-funded projects, and carry out activities to "provide services and guarantees to foreign-funded enterprises," so that foreign-funded enterprises are "**愿意来、留得住、发展好**" (yuàn yì lái, liú de zhù, fā zhǎn hǎo - "willing to come, able to stay, and develop well").
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Jinan, May 26th (Reporter Gao Tian) The 7th China-Central and Eastern European Countries (CEEC) Local Leaders' Meeting and the 2026 Shandong International Friendship City Cooperation and Exchange Week opened in Jinan (济南) on the 26th. State Councilor Chen Yiqin (谌贻琴) attended the opening ceremony and delivered a speech.
Chen Yiqin (谌贻琴) stated that under the joint planning and strategic guidance of President Xi Jinping (习近平) and the leaders of Central and Eastern European countries, the China-CEEC cooperation mechanism has achieved fruitful results in the 14 years since its launch, playing an important role in promoting the coordinated development of bilateral relations, regional cooperation, and China-Europe relations. Local cooperation, as an important part of China-CEEC cooperation, should grasp the general trend of history, adhere to open cooperation, strengthen strategic alignment, create pragmatic results, focus on green innovation, enhance development momentum, deepen mutual learning among civilizations, and promote people-to-people connectivity, so as to continuously push cooperation to new heights.
The foreign guests attending the meeting stated that China is a trustworthy and important partner, and they are willing to adhere to the principles of mutual respect and mutual benefit, further deepen exchanges and cooperation with Chinese localities, seize development opportunities, promote more cooperation projects that benefit the people's livelihood, and continuously contribute to the development of relations between Central and Eastern European countries and China.
The meeting was co-sponsored by the Shandong Provincial People's Government (山东省人民政府), the Secretariat for China-CEEC Cooperation, and the China-CEEC Association of Provincial Governors, with the theme of "Working Together to Create the Future." About 400 people from 44 countries attended the meeting, including leaders, former politicians, provincial and state governors, ambassadors to China, representatives of friendship cities, friendship groups, business associations, and enterprises.
On the same day, Chen Yiqin (谌贻琴) held bilateral meetings with North Macedonian Deputy Prime Minister Stojilković and Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina Čavara, who attended the meeting.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Wuhan on May 26th (Reporters Cao Shulin (曹树林) and Fan Haotian (范昊天)) The 2026 Media Convergence Development Forum was held in Wuhan (武汉市), Hubei Province (湖北省) on May 26th. The theme of this forum is "Systemic Change, Towards New and Better."
The "15th Five-Year Plan" outlines, "Deepen the systemic reform of mainstream media, promote the integrated management of news and online public opinion, and improve the guiding ability of mainstream public opinion." Participating guests believe that this year is the opening year of the "15th Five-Year Plan." Facing the profound evolution of the public opinion ecology, media landscape, and communication environment, only by embracing the new can we accumulate advantages. We must further enhance our sense of mission and urgency, and promote media convergence to a deeper level and higher quality.
Participating guests stated that it is necessary to thoroughly implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important exposition on promoting the development of media convergence, continuously promote mechanism innovation, expression renewal, and technological innovation, take deepening systemic reform as the traction, and continuously promote content production to be better, user experience to be better, communication effectiveness to be better, and talent pool to be better, so as to make new and greater contributions to consolidating and expanding the mainstream ideology and public opinion of striving for a new era.
The forum was hosted by the People's Daily (人民日报社). More than 300 people attended the conference, including responsible comrades from relevant departments of the central and state organs, responsible comrades from central and local media, experts, scholars, and enterprise representatives. In addition to the opening ceremony, the forum also set up two parallel sub-forums: "New Momentum of Convergence: Content Innovation and Ecological Reconstruction" and "New Landscape of Digital Intelligence: Technology Empowerment and Future Scenarios," and launched a series of activities such as the magic drama "AI on the Yellow Crane Tower (黄鹤楼)."
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 胡 健 王昊男
Boating on the Grand Canal, the new greenery on both banks is lush, and modern buildings are densely packed; leaning on the railing and looking into the distance, the sparkling waves reflect a thousand years in an instant... After ten years of planning and construction, the Beijing Municipal Administrative Center (北京城市副中心) has released its report card: the comprehensive realization rate of planning exceeds 55%, and the relocation of Beijing (北京) municipal-level agencies will be fully completed by the end of this year.
Planning and constructing the Beijing Municipal Administrative Center (北京城市副中心), forming Beijing's new "two wings" with the Xiongan New Area (雄安新区) in Hebei (河北), is a major decision and deployment made by the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core, and is a millennium plan and a national priority.
On May 12, 2023, when General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) chaired a symposium on further promoting the coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (京津冀), he emphasized that the construction of the Beijing Municipal Administrative Center (北京城市副中心) "must properly handle the relationship with the Xiongan New Area (雄安新区)," "must properly handle the relationship with the central urban area," and "must properly handle the relationship with the surrounding areas."
Always bearing in mind the entrustment, anchoring the requirements of "global vision, international standards, Chinese characteristics, and high-point positioning," firmly grasping the "bull nose" of relieving Beijing's non-capital functions, Beijing (北京) is accelerating the high-quality development of the Municipal Administrative Center (北京城市副中心).
Coordinated linkage, differentiated development, and governance of Beijing's "big city disease"
More than a decade ago, Beijing (北京) was developing in a "spreading pancake" style, and the city's carrying capacity was approaching its "ceiling." Dense population, traffic congestion, and overburdened ecological environment... Solving Beijing's "big city disease" requires "surgical intervention."
"Coordinated linkage and differentiated development with the Xiongan New Area (雄安新区) in Hebei (河北)." Zhou Hao (周浩), a member of the Party Leadership Group of the Beijing Municipal Development and Reform Commission (北京市发展改革委) and Deputy Director of the Office of the Leading Group for Promoting the Coordinated Development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (京津冀协同发展领导小组办公室), said that the Beijing Municipal Administrative Center (北京城市副中心) and the Xiongan New Area (雄安新区) both shoulder important missions in undertaking the relief of Beijing's non-capital functions. "We have established a normalized working docking and cooperation mechanism with the Xiongan New Area (雄安新区), focusing on mutual learning and reference in key areas such as urban construction, reform and innovation, and green and low-carbon development."
Complementary advantages and coordinated efforts.
Anchoring the development positioning of the Municipal Administrative Center (北京城市副中心), relieving the pressure on medical services in the central urban area, Youyi Hospital Tongzhou Branch (友谊医院通州院区), Anzhen Hospital Tongzhou Branch (安贞医院通州院区), and other 7 medical institutions have settled in one after another...
In the past decade, Tongzhou District (通州区) has newly built and expanded 33 schools, adding more than 70,000 basic education places. The number of senior teachers has grown from zero to more than 100. The number of students has increased from 119,000 to 182,000, rising to fourth in the city.
"Four universities have been located and laid out, and the Tongzhou (通州) campuses of Renmin University of China (中国人民大学) and Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology (北京服装学院) have started classes." Li Xianxia (李先侠), Executive Deputy Mayor of Tongzhou District (北京市通州区), introduced that currently, more than 6,400 teachers and students have moved into the Municipal Administrative Center (北京城市副中心), and the number of teachers and students in school will increase to 25,000 during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period.
With the auxiliary supporting the main, and the main and auxiliary prospering together, the capital's urban pattern has achieved a historic and major adjustment
About 30 kilometers east of Tiananmen Square (天安门), there is a "Millennium Guarding Forest" (千年守望林), and the administrative office area of the Municipal Administrative Center (北京城市副中心) is located next to the forest. In January 2019, the Beijing (北京) Municipal Administrative Center (北京市级行政中心) officially moved into the Municipal Administrative Center (北京城市副中心). As of now, 81 Beijing (北京) municipal-level agencies and 1 central agency that moved with them have a total of nearly 30,000 cadres and employees stationed there.
"By the end of this year, except for units that perform the functions of maintaining the capital's security and stability, ensuring urban operation, have territorial management functions, and provide management and services to citizens, enterprises, and society, all other Beijing (北京) municipal-level agencies will be relocated to the Beijing Municipal Administrative Center (北京城市副中心)," said Chen Xiaofeng (陈晓峰), Deputy Director of the Administrative Committee of the Beijing Municipal Administrative Center (北京城市副中心管委会).
"We must transform the effectiveness of the relief into development momentum and build a new growth pole for the capital's development." Li Junjie (李俊杰), Secretary of the Tongzhou District Committee (通州区委书记), said that focusing on the task of relieving and undertaking, the Municipal Administrative Center (北京城市副中心) maintains an annual investment scale of 100 billion yuan.
Universal Studios (环球影城) was a "top performer" upon opening, receiving an average of 10 million visitors per year; the Canal Business District (运河商务区), which accounts for less than 1% of Tongzhou (通州), has attracted more than 20,000 registered enterprises, contributing more than 22% of tax revenue... Over the past decade, Tongzhou District's (通州区) gross domestic product has increased from 65.03 billion yuan to 163.88 billion yuan, doubling in total, and the growth rate in 2025 reached 10.8%, ranking first in the city.
With the auxiliary supporting the main, and the main and auxiliary prospering together, a new development pattern is taking shape in an orderly manner.
Integrated linkage and integrated development, driving high-quality development in surrounding areas
Take the subway to Hebei (河北)! At the construction site of Beijing Rail Transit Line 22 (Pinggu Line) (北京轨道交通22号线（平谷线）), machinery is roaring, and sweat is soaking the workers' backs. This inter-provincial regional express line will be ready for operation by the end of this year. From the Beijing Municipal Administrative Center (北京城市副中心) to the three northern counties of Hebei (河北北三县), it will only take 9 minutes at the fastest.
"After the subway opens, I can sleep a little longer every morning." Li Jianying (李剑英), who lives in Dachang Hui Autonomous County (大厂回族自治县) in Langfang City (廊坊市), Hebei (河北), is very clear about the transportation changes in the Municipal Administrative Center (北京城市副中心) in recent years: the Beijing-Tangshan Intercity Railway (京唐城际) has been opened, Beijing Tongzhou Station (北京通州站) has been put into operation, and Changtong Road (厂通路) has been opened... "The 'acceleration' of transportation integration is constantly building people's 'road to happiness.'"
In the first quarter of this year, Tongzhou District (通州区) enterprises invested in 41 newly established enterprises in Langfang City (廊坊市), Hebei Province (河北省), and Wuqing District (武清区), Tianjin (天津市), with a total registered capital of nearly 320 million yuan, of which technology service, software information, and advanced manufacturing and other technology-based enterprises accounted for more than half.
Build a Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (京津冀) education collaborative digital platform, share more than 200 characteristic courses and more than 300 teaching cases, and teachers from the three places attend the same class.
Transportation interconnection, from "connection" to "smoothness"; industrial collaboration, from "docking" to "integration"; livelihood sharing, from "pilot" to "normalization"; ecological joint control, from "joint governance" to "long-term effectiveness," the Municipal Administrative Center (北京城市副中心) and the three northern counties continue to consolidate the "four unifications" mechanism of planning, policies, standards, and control.
Today, more than 3,600 municipal and Tongzhou District (通州区)-level government service items, 453 convenience service items in the three northern counties of Langfang (廊坊北三县), and 294 high-frequency business license items involving enterprises have been included in the scope of "regional inter-office handling."
The "Beijing Municipal Administrative Center Regulations" (北京城市副中心条例), which officially came into effect on May 1 this year, further clarifies the direction of the Municipal Administrative Center's (北京城市副中心) future high-quality development in the form of legislation.
Ten years of planting trees, gathering wood into forests. On the banks of the vibrant Grand Canal (大运河), a modern new city is growing vigorously.
Return to TopOn May 26, in Anxi Village (安溪村), Chashan Zhuhai Subdistrict (茶山竹海街道), Yongchuan District (永川区), Chongqing (重庆), workers were repairing power supply lines.
From the night of May 23 to the early morning of May 24, Yongchuan District (永川区) experienced a sudden, instantaneous, extremely heavy rainstorm, triggering flash floods and geological disasters. The local area is making every effort to carry out emergency rescue work.
Xinhua News Agency reporter Huang Wei (黄伟) photo
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on May 26th (Reporter Deng Jianyang (邓剑洋)) - This reporter learned from the Ministry of Water Resources (水利部): The Ministry of Water Resources (水利部) and the China Meteorological Administration (中国气象局) jointly issued an orange mountain flood disaster meteorological warning at 18:00 on May 26th.
It is expected that from 20:00 on May 26th to 20:00 on May 27th, there is a high possibility of mountain flood disasters in some areas of western Hubei (湖北), northeastern Chongqing (重庆), and eastern Guizhou (贵州), among other places. In particular, there is a high possibility of mountain flood disasters in some local areas of eastern Guizhou (贵州). Other regions may also experience mountain flood disasters due to localized short-duration heavy rainfall. All regions should pay attention to real-time monitoring, flood prevention warnings, and evacuation to avoid risks, among other preventative measures.
This newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on May 26th (Reporter Liu Wenxin (刘温馨)) - On May 26th, the Office of State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters (国家防总办公室) and the Ministry of Emergency Management (应急管理部) continued to organize multi-departmental consultations to analyze and assess the development trend of heavy rainfall and study and deploy flood prevention and disaster relief work in key provinces such as Chongqing (重庆), Hubei (湖北), Anhui (安徽), Hunan (湖南), Guizhou (贵州), Jiangsu (江苏), and Henan (河南). The State Flood Control Headquarters (国家防总) activated a Level IV emergency response for flood control in Guizhou (贵州) at 12:00 on the 26th, and maintained the Level IV emergency response for flood control in Chongqing (重庆), Hunan (湖南), and Hubei (湖北). The working groups previously dispatched by the Office of the State Flood Control Headquarters (国家防总办公室) continue to work on the front lines in Hubei (湖北) and Chongqing (重庆).
The consultation pointed out that, according to forecasts, there will still be a large-scale rainfall process in southern regions from the 26th to the 28th, with high local intensity. Affected by continuous heavy rainfall, the water levels of some rivers are rising, and the task of flood prevention and disaster relief remains heavy.
Return to TopBeijing, May 26th (Reporter Qu Zhehan (曲哲涵)) Since mid-May, many places in southern China have experienced continuous heavy rainfall, triggering severe floods and geological disasters. A 5.2 magnitude earthquake in Liuzhou (柳州), Guangxi (广西) has caused casualties and property losses. On May 26th, based on the previously allocated 120 million yuan, the Ministry of Finance (财政部) and the Ministry of Emergency Management (应急管理部) once again urgently pre-allocated 160 million yuan of central natural disaster relief funds. Among them, 110 million yuan was pre-allocated to support the four provinces of Anhui (安徽), Hunan (湖南), Chongqing (重庆), and Guizhou (贵州) to carry out flood prevention and disaster relief work, focusing on eliminating risks, searching for, transferring, and resettling affected people, and effectively ensuring the safety of people's lives and property. The other 50 million yuan was pre-allocated to support Guangxi (广西) in assisting the affected people in the earthquake disaster and repairing damaged houses, and to promote the rapid restoration of normal production and life order in the disaster area.
Currently, China is in the flood season, and the situation for flood prevention and disaster relief is complex and severe. The Ministry of Finance (财政部) will resolutely maintain a tight grip on flood prevention and disaster relief, always putting the safety of people's lives and property first, closely monitoring the development and changes of the disaster situation, strengthening financial security, and supporting local governments in doing a good job in flood prevention and disaster relief.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, May 26th. Bai Jingfu (白景富), former Executive Deputy Minister and Deputy Party Secretary of the Ministry of Public Security (公安部) (ministerial level), passed away in Beijing (北京) on April 29, 2026, due to illness, at the age of 81.
After the passing of Comrade Bai Jingfu (白景富), relevant central leaders expressed their condolences in various ways and extended their sympathies to his family.
Bai Jingfu (白景富) was born in July 1945 in Fengrun (丰润), Hebei (河北) Province. He started working in August 1970 and joined the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) in April 1973. From September 1973 to March 1985, he successively served as Deputy Director of the Qitaihe (七台河) Municipal Party Committee Office in Heilongjiang (黑龙江) Province, Deputy Chief Procurator of the Qitaihe (七台河) Municipal Procuratorate, Director and Party Secretary of the Qitaihe (七台河) Municipal Public Security Bureau, Deputy Mayor and Deputy Party Secretary of Qitaihe (七台河) City, etc. From March 1985 to December 1988, he successively served as a member of the Standing Committee of the Heilongjiang (黑龙江) Provincial Party Committee, Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee, Director and Party Secretary of the Heilongjiang (黑龙江) Provincial Public Security Department, and Deputy Leader and Director of the Office of the Heilongjiang (黑龙江) Provincial Party Committee Political and Legal Coordination Group, etc. From December 1988 to August 1991, he served as Director and Party Secretary of the Heilongjiang (黑龙江) Provincial Public Security Department and Secretary-General of the Provincial Party Committee Political and Legal Committee. From August 1991 to December 1993, he served as Deputy Minister and Member of the Party Committee of the Ministry of Public Security (公安部). From December 1993 to March 2005, he served as Deputy Minister and Deputy Party Secretary of the Ministry of Public Security (公安部). From March 2005 to May 2008, he served as Executive Deputy Minister and Deputy Party Secretary of the Ministry of Public Security (公安部).
Bai Jingfu (白景富) was an alternate member of the 16th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (中共) and a member of the 17th Central Committee, a member of the Standing Committee of the 11th National People's Congress (全国人大) and Deputy Chairman of the Internal and Judicial Affairs Committee, and Deputy Chairman of the Internal and Judicial Affairs Committee of the 12th National People's Congress (全国人大).
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 王永战
In the mountains, the coolness is refreshing. Early in the morning, Zhu Chengjie (朱丞杰), a staff member of the Baoxing County Disabled Persons' Federation (宝兴县残联) in Ya'an (雅安), Sichuan (四川), called Wang Ganglun (王刚伦), a doctor at the Baoxing County People's Hospital (宝兴县人民医院): "Lao Wang (老王), let's set off now!" Subsequently, Zhu Chengjie drove to the hospital to pick up Wang Ganglun.
Zhu Chengjie is a "flash deliveryman" for government services. Some time ago, Lü Cuilin (吕翠琳), the person in charge of disabled persons' affairs in Yanxikou Village (烟溪口村), Daxi Township (大溪乡), reported that villager Feng Jincai (冯金才) was paralyzed in bed due to cerebral infarction and needed to apply for severe disability care subsidies. Upon learning of the situation, Zhu Chengjie quickly contacted Wang Ganglun to arrange a home assessment service.
Since November 2025, Ya'an City (雅安市) has comprehensively promoted the "government flash delivery" service. Baoxing County (宝兴县) has included "one matter" for disabled persons' services and veteran services in the service list, and has also included items such as resident ID card processing and issuing household registration certificates on their behalf.
"In the past few months, we have served many people," said Zhu Chengjie. "Collecting forms on their behalf, submitting applications on their behalf, and providing home assessment services benefit disabled people," Wang Ganglun said with deep feeling.
As they spoke, an old house came into view. Guided by Lü Cuilin, the two entered the house, where 74-year-old Feng Jincai was lying in bed.
"Grandpa Feng (冯大爷), we are here to provide you with an assessment service," Wang Ganglun stepped forward to inquire in detail and understand the old man's situation.
Previously, Feng Jincai suffered a sudden cerebral infarction. After being treated and discharged from the hospital, his lower limbs were unable to move, and the movement of his right arm was also restricted. The old man had difficulty moving and could not go to the county hospital to assess the condition of his limb disability. Therefore, Lü Cuilin applied to Zhu Chengjie for "government flash delivery."
"Grandpa, try to lift your leg slightly," Wang Ganglun said softly. Feng Jincai strained himself, but still could not move his leg. Then, Wang Ganglun gently touched the old man's legs, "After a long time of being unable to move, the muscles have begun to atrophy." Seeing that Feng Jincai's right arm muscles were relaxed, after some massage, Wang Ganglun also confirmed the restricted movement of his right upper limb.
After the examination, Wang Ganglun took out the assessment form and began to fill it out. "The patient has dysfunction in both lower limbs and the right upper limb, which meets the criteria for moderate dysfunction of three limbs." In the identification column, Wang Ganglun identified Feng Jincai as "Level 2 limb disability."
Zhu Chengjie did not rest either. To handle the "one matter" for disabled persons, it is also necessary to record information such as ID card, household registration book, and social security card. After collecting all the information, Zhu Chengjie also needed the old man's photo. Seeing that the photo was a bareheaded photo with a red background, he told the old man not to worry, "We will process it into a white background later and print it and paste it on the form."
With the form filled out and the information collected, "Grandpa Feng, don't worry, it will take about 10 working days to complete." Zhu Chengjie said that after the assessment form is stamped by the hospital, and after the subsequent publicity in the village committee and township, and after the township application, civil affairs and the Disabled Persons' Federation review, the old man will be able to obtain a disability certificate and enjoy a monthly care subsidy.
"We collect needs through village or community, the 12345 hotline and other channels, and the County Government Service Center coordinates and dispatches orders to flash deliverymen in various departments to carry out policy consultation, collection and delivery on behalf, remote assistance and other services," said Zhang Hengming (张恒铭), director of the Baoxing County Administrative Approval Bureau (宝兴县行政审批局). The county has established a flash delivery service team of more than 60 people.
Wang Qiang (王强), director of the Ya'an Municipal Government Service Administration (雅安市政务服务管理局), introduced that the next step will be to expand from "delivering services" to matching residents with one-stop services, realizing "**政策找人**" (zhèngcè zhǎo rén - "policy finds people," ensuring policies reach and benefit the intended recipients), and helping key groups enjoy convenient services.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 董洪亮 王锦涛 曾亦辰
Late at night, a company's overseas users' selfie beautification requests are broken down into word elements and instantly transmitted to Qingyang (庆阳), Gansu (甘肃). The server operates at high speed, completing millisecond-level calculations—from "storing data" to "refining data," from "selling cabinets" to "selling word elements," the Qingyang Eastern Data and Western Computing Industrial Park (庆阳东数西算产业园区) is accelerating the conversion of computing power resources into industrial value.
Massive word elements surge, photovoltaic arrays "generate gold," wind turbine blades spin... From Longdong (陇东) to Hexi (河西), computing power surges on the Loess Plateau, and "the scenery is boundless" in the Gobi Desert.
In September 2024, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out during his inspection in Gansu (甘肃): "Gansu (甘肃) should actively promote new industrialization, accelerate the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries, strengthen and optimize characteristic and advantageous industries, actively develop strategic emerging industries, and develop new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions."
"Bearing in mind General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) earnest entrustment, Gansu (甘肃) is focusing on intelligence, greening, and integration, and is committed to building a modern industrial system that reflects Gansu's (甘肃) characteristics and advantages, and developing new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions," said Hu Changsheng (胡昌升), Secretary of the Gansu Provincial Party Committee.
Gansu (甘肃) continues to strengthen the supply of systems and resource investment in new fields and new tracks, and accelerate the cultivation and expansion of new driving forces. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the scale of Gansu Province's (甘肃省) digital economy exceeded 520 billion yuan, the total installed capacity of new energy increased by more than 56 million kilowatts, and the average annual growth rate of industrial added value was 6.2%. In the first quarter of this year, the added value of strategic emerging industries and high-tech industries above the designated size in Gansu (甘肃) increased by 9.2% and 16.6% year-on-year, respectively.
Optimizing and upgrading traditional industries—
What can industrial waste slag and waste acid be turned into?
"The rhenium extracted from it has been successfully applied to the turbine blades of domestically produced large aircraft engines," said Li Yanlong (李彦龙), Deputy Director of the Metallurgical New Materials Research Institute of Baiyin Group Northwest Mining and Metallurgy Research Institute (白银集团西北矿冶研究院冶金新材料研究所). Relying on independently developed technologies, the group refines rare metals and optimizes the circular economy, recovering rare and precious metals from smelting waste slag and producing multiple metals in combination. Among them, the added value of rare metal products has increased by more than 10 times.
Walking into the welding digital workshop of Lanshi Group Heavy Equipment Company (兰石集团重装公司), welding robots precisely clamp the welding gun. The popularization rate of digital R&D and design tools of Lanshi Group (兰石集团) exceeds 95%, and the numerical control rate of key processes exceeds 80%. From "equipment manufacturer" to "digital intelligence service provider," Lanshi Group (兰石集团) has helped more than 200 enterprises inside and outside the province to implement digital transformation projects and business cloudification in recent years.
Accelerating the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries, during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Gansu (甘肃) has cumulatively transformed 1,424 projects and built more than 30 industrial Internet platforms, 45 5G factories, and 122 intelligent factories.
Cultivating and expanding emerging industries—
In Qingyang (庆阳), the intelligent computing power scale of data center clusters exceeds 150,000 PFLOPS (peta floating-point operations per second). The "digital brain" operates efficiently, and the demand for electricity continues to grow. Industrial upgrading and ecological protection are coordinated and advanced. Relying on local wind and solar resources, Qingyang (庆阳) is exploring the promotion of direct green electricity supply, integrating decentralized clean energy to directly supply computing power parks.
Computing power empowers the real-time processing of low-altitude flight data and the intelligent adaptation of scenarios. The Digital China Innovation Competition (数字中国创新大赛) established the low-altitude economy track for the first time and landed in Qingyang (庆阳). In April of this year, it attracted 405 teams and 1,570 people from all over the country to sign up for the competition.
Medical heavy ion accelerator is one of the important radiotherapy equipment. In the Heavy Ion Center of Wuwei Tumor Hospital (武威肿瘤医院重离子中心), the high-purity oxygen-free copper material required for the key components of the accelerator has long relied on imports. Based on the Jinbailanwu Nonferrous Metals National Advanced Manufacturing Cluster (金白兰武有色金属国家级先进制造业集群), relying on Jinchang's (金昌) complete copper raw material supply advantages, Jinchuan Group (金川集团) jointly developed 4N5 high-purity oxygen-free copper plate and strip materials with Lanzhou Taiji Ion Technology Co., Ltd. (兰州泰基离子技术有限公司) and Lanzhou University of Technology (兰州理工大学), which filled the key shortcomings for the industrialization development of medical heavy ion accelerators.
Gathering chains into groups and clusters into momentum. At present, the Jinbailanwu Nonferrous Metals Cluster (金白兰武有色金属集群) has built 34 national-level technological innovation platforms and attracted more than 20 academicians from the two academies to join.
Forward-looking layout of future industries—
The Gobi Desert has a unique safety barrier. Gansu (甘肃) adapts to local conditions and proactively lays out emerging tracks.
In Minqin County (民勤县), Wuwei (武威), the 2 MW liquid fuel thorium-based molten salt experimental reactor is operating stably, and it is expected to build a safe and efficient nuclear energy system in the inland area; in Jinta County (金塔县), Jiuquan (酒泉), the commercial aerospace innovation test zone plans 28 commercial aerospace launch positions, and Jiuquan Aerospace Industrial Park (酒泉航天产业园区) is focusing on building the "China Jiuquan Aerospace Port (中国酒泉航天港)."
Thanks to the national nuclear industry accumulation, Gansu's (甘肃) isotope industry is steadily growing. In February of this year, the main body of the IP-SAFE project accelerator device was installed in Lanzhou New Area (兰州新区), marking an important step in the construction of the world's first alpha medical isotope mass production demonstration device based on a superconducting linear accelerator. Sun Liangting (孙良亭), executive deputy manager of the project, introduced, "After the project is fully completed, it will play a role in the treatment of disseminated and post-operative metastatic tumors."
Around the future industry, Gansu (甘肃) is building an innovation platform system that "major science and technology infrastructure leads and multi-level platforms collaborate," optimizing the connection between talent training and industrial needs, and focusing on tackling key technologies in cutting-edge fields of future industries such as quantum sensing and special robots.
Return to TopBy: 邹 翔
Finding the Fulcrum Requires a Holistic View. As the saying goes, "Those who paint bamboo must have a complete bamboo in their minds, meaning the idea precedes the brushstroke, and then the ink is applied." Only with a global perspective can one make precise moves.
The newly revised "Measures for the Administration of Commodity Barcodes" officially came into effect on May 1st. The inconspicuous barcode on commodity packaging bags is associated with the manufacturer, name, anti-counterfeiting information, and other content, making information more transparent and consumption more reassuring. Although the barcode is small, its role is significant.
For example, in trade-ins, commodity barcodes are one of the key technical means to ensure the accurate and efficient distribution of government subsidies. Furthermore, commodity barcodes are unique, and a unified commodity barcode standard also helps to break down information barriers between different enterprises and regions, improving circulation efficiency. This revision expands the scope of the national commodity barcode standard, making the application of commodity barcodes more standardized and operable.
A barcode, an improvement, effectively brings convenience to consumers, releases benefits to enterprises and industries, and adds impetus to high-quality development, vividly demonstrating the guiding and driving role of reform.
Reform and development is a complex system engineering project, in which the elements are interrelated and mutually influential. To achieve "**四两拨千斤**" (sì liǎng bō qiān jīn - "four ounces deflect a thousand pounds," to use minimal force to achieve maximum effect), and promote reform to deepen and development to move forward, we must find the fulcrum.
To leverage small fulcrums to drive major development, the key is to start from problems and take pain points, blockages, and difficulties as the focus of reform.
How to innovate in providing good enterprise services? In the first quarter of this year, cadres from relevant departments in Gaoyou (高邮), Jiangsu (江苏) visited more than 60 project construction sites in a "running once in another's shoes" activity, and found that "in the past, serving enterprises meant pushing policies and guiding applications according to fixed procedures, like dressing all enterprises in 'uniform clothes', which inevitably led to 'ill-fitting' situations." Different enterprises and different projects have different blockages, so the local government established a project "physical examination file" system to manage and implement precise policies for the individual problems of enterprises. Institutional innovation helps to revitalize the business environment.
The worries, concerns, and anxieties of the masses, and the urgent needs and difficulties of enterprises, often hide breakthroughs in reform. Starting with problems will make reform more precise, targeted, and effective.
"Leveraging" requires skill, but behind it there is also unseen "clumsy effort."
Where does the leverage effect of the trade-in policy come from? At the beginning of the policy's introduction, relevant departments conducted on-site investigations in the auto market, learned about the ideas and sales of home appliance sales companies in shopping malls, and conducted questionnaire surveys of consumers. Understanding the needs of all parties and solving the problems of "what to replace" and "how to replace" ultimately made the policy more scientific, reasonable, and in line with social expectations. As of May 4, 2026, the consumer goods trade-in program has benefited 86.204 million people and driven sales of 629.27 billion yuan.
Reform needs to make good use of skill, but this does not mean speculation or opportunism, but rather to lay the foundation with solid "clumsy effort." Only by conducting in-depth and solid investigations and research, and by thoroughly understanding the actual situation, will "golden ideas" and new ideas emerge endlessly.
To achieve "**四两拨千斤**" (sì liǎng bō qiān jīn - "four ounces deflect a thousand pounds," to use minimal force to achieve maximum effect), we must not only find the "four ounces," but also have the "thousand pounds" in mind.
Nowadays, the "efficient handling of one matter" in various places is widely praised. In Ludian County (鲁甸县), Zhaotong City (昭通市), Yunnan (云南), teacher qualification recognition only requires "one entry"; in Qingdao City (青岛市), Shandong (山东), some citizens completed the handling of real estate inheritance business in 15 minutes; in Haibowan District (海勃湾区), Wuhai City (乌海市), Inner Mongolia (内蒙古), old-age subsidies can be applied for by simply tapping a mobile phone... The reason why "efficiently handling one matter" can drive the overall improvement of governance capabilities lies not only in addressing the pain points of "difficult, slow, and cumbersome handling of affairs," but also in the fact that all localities and departments focus on "benefiting the people, facilitating the people, and securing the people," consciously jumping out of the limitations of "one's own small plot," promoting work under the overall situation, daring to break down data barriers, and promoting data resource sharing.
From this perspective, finding the fulcrum also requires a holistic view. As the saying goes, "Those who paint bamboo must have a complete bamboo in their minds, meaning the idea precedes the brushstroke, and then the ink is applied." Only with a global perspective can one make precise moves. Adhering to starting from the overall situation and thinking under the overall situation, doing more big calculations and accounting for big accounts, and doing less small calculations and accounting for small accounts, and finding the key links that affect the whole body, can we achieve "one move activates the whole game."
The success of things requires both hard work and skill. Finding the fulcrum, focusing accurately, will surely open up a new world of reform and development with key moves.
Return to TopBy: 陈 芳
Like a tree of life, deeply rooted, guarding this mountain, this land, protecting their inherent appearance, the meaning lies in the soil under our feet, and the mountains and rivers in our hearts.
There is a saying about the TV series "Tree of Life": "Trees have roots, and spirits also have roots." The poplar tree planted by Sonam Daje (索南达杰) at his former residence grows tenaciously on the permafrost at an altitude of nearly 4,200 meters. The tree of life blossoms with vitality on the plateau, inseparable from the power of protection.
Five years ago, I entered the natural resources administrative law enforcement post and became a land guardian. Today, China's natural resource management and territorial space planning have all been incorporated into a "single map," clearly showing where ecological conservation is needed, where development and construction are possible, and where the red lines for arable land are. Natural resources administrative law enforcement is about being a good "steward" of natural resources and a guardian of a beautiful China.
Living with mountains and rivers, relying on forests and fields, running to sites, entering mines, covered in sweat on sunny days, covered in mud on rainy days, leaving early and returning late is the norm. Land, minerals, planning, surveying and mapping... there are many and wide-ranging enforcement points, making it difficult to collect and solidify evidence, and difficult to promote rectification. The most difficult thing is to fight against people's inherent concepts and behavioral inertia. For example, some people are still stuck in the mindset of opposition between protection and development, believing that development depends on projects, projects require land, and ecological law enforcement cannot hinder development; others still take chances and play "edge balls," always feeling that affecting the ecology is "not a big deal."
Rooting downwards, encountering coarse and hard gravel and hardened soil layers, with numerous obstacles, what should we do? I thought of a type of plant with thick taproots and strong soil-breaking power, dense lateral roots that can continuously loosen the soil, not only rooting deeply and widely, but also effectively improving soil structure. Guarding the land, which often touches real interests, also requires such vigor.
1.8 billion mu of arable land is a red line, a strategic bottom line. There was a place that used the guise of comprehensive renovation to engage in the resale of sand and gravel. We stationed ourselves on-site, supervised the restoration day and night, and the land dotted with pits and ponds gradually became flat, and green wheat seedlings grew again. We also encountered some projects that planned to "occupy the land first and then complete the procedures," which were difficult to investigate due to the involvement of cross-departmental approvals. We verified from multiple sources, clarified the chain of evidence, and imposed penalties. Protecting arable land, resolutely stopping "non-agriculturalization" and "non-grain production," is to protect the "lifeline" of national food security.
Each inspection, each survey, each wind and rain, is transformed into nutrients for rooting downwards, and the meaning of persistence becomes clearer little by little. Strict law enforcement will not hinder development, but is to prevent short-sighted behavior from overdrawing the future. Holding on to and not giving an inch to illegal occupation of arable land, illegal mining, and illegal encroachment on ecological protection red lines, protects not only a mountain forest or a field, but also the foundation for future generations to live and thrive.
The law has its own rigidity, but it also has warmth. Law enforcement is not cold punishment, but purposeful correction. A party involved in illegally building a road in a national forest park was initially very resistant and uncooperative. We delivered the law to her door time and time again, talking about the consequences and responsibilities, and taking her to restore the vegetation and replant. She changed her mind and sincerely exclaimed, "You are not making things difficult for me, you are really thinking about this land and thinking about me."
With strict law enforcement accountability, the past land occupation behavior of directly leveling land and destroying farmland on a large scale has been effectively curbed, but violations of land occupation caused by not fully understanding policies and taking things for granted still occur from time to time. As the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside continues to advance, the demand for land is increasing, and new situations and new phenomena are constantly emerging, and supervision and legal education should be done in advance.
Law enforcers and administrative counterparts are not opposites, but can completely become a protection community and partners in high-quality development. Lowering our stance, transforming into legal educators and service personnel, adhering to flexible law enforcement and reasoning-based law enforcement, combining leniency and strictness, obtaining the understanding and recognition of administrative counterparts from the bottom of their hearts, and in return, we get the conscious action of jointly protecting the land.
"Looking from the sky, checking on the ground, and managing online," today, the natural resource law enforcement and supervision system is constantly improving, and the collaborative mechanism with public security, procuratorate, law, and ecological environment and other relevant departments is also accelerating construction, making it difficult for illegal land occupation and resource destruction behaviors to escape. What is even more gratifying is that more and more people are spontaneously joining us and becoming "extra-establishment guardians."
Like a tree of life, deeply rooted, guarding this mountain, this land, protecting their inherent appearance, the meaning lies in the soil under our feet, and the mountains and rivers in our hearts.
(The author is a staff member of the Anqing City Land Spatial Planning Compilation and Research Service Center (安徽安庆市国土空间规划编研服务中心) in Anhui (安徽), and this article is selected and edited from email submissions)
Return to TopBy: 崔 妍
【Keywords】Patience
【Event】Not long ago, a new genetic encoding fluorescent probe system research achievement was published in a top journal, achieving the first international study of the core pathological markers of Parkinson's disease in the living brain. This is the result of breaking down assessment frameworks and encouraging free exploration, and it is also the fruitful result of "patient scientific research." With long-term stable support, independent determination of scientific research direction and funding use, and long-cycle milestone evaluation models, "patient scientific research" has taken root and achieved results in new R&D institutions in Beijing (北京), providing a reference for the construction of new R&D institutions in various places.
【Commentary】
It is worthwhile to understand "patient scientific research" from a two-way perspective. Scientific researchers cultivate their careers with patience, and scientific research institutions patiently wait for the flowers to bloom—the two-way commitment of "patience" cultivates the soil for starting a business. Looking deeper, the two-way commitment is based on trust. Institutions believe that no matter how difficult the team encounters, they will forge ahead and ultimately reap scientific research results; scientific researchers believe that institutions will "never abandon," thus dispelling concerns and daring to take root and challenge. When trust becomes a philosophy of getting along, hesitation and internal friction are reduced, efficiency is improved, and scientific research breakthroughs and the implementation of results become smoother. This is the power of patience.
Not only in scientific research, patience releases energy in many fields. A teacher at a rural primary school patiently teaches students to skip rope, and many netizens commented, "This is the most touching aspect of education." The slow and steady watering is moving. The former "barren land" of the Mu Us Desert (毛乌素沙地) is now experiencing "greening advances and desert retreats," which is inseparable from generations of people screening suitable tree species and deepening desertification control experience. From patience, one can always see a kind of composure—an accurate grasp and application of the laws. Following the laws, making scientific decisions, being courageous in making progress, but not being rash, can grasp the sense of rhythm of development. In the end, this sense of rhythm is a kind of historical patience, containing the way to success.
How does patience lead to success? Knowing both what is possible and what is desired, based on the present and looking to the future, a clear path is visible. Yiwu (义乌), Zhejiang (浙江), does not rely on the sea or border, so how can it trade globally? The key lies in maintaining the patience of "promoting commerce and building the city." From carrying out reforms to expand economic and social management authority to accelerating the integration of domestic and foreign trade, in line with the trends of the times and development needs, Yiwu has continuously solved the "growing pains" and put on "big clothes" in more than 40 years. Therefore, maintaining patience requires hammering one after another, focusing on the present, making "this hammer" solid, and working for a long time to connect "every hammer" into a line.
Patience contains a grand view of time. There is a quiet "green heart" between the three cities of Changsha (长沙), Zhuzhou (株洲), and Xiangtan (湘潭). This is not the unfinished part of urban planning, but a special "blank space." It can not only leave enough space for future urban development and avoid the short-sightedness of blind demolition and reconstruction, but also purify the air, conserve water sources, and regulate the climate. It is an "ecological capital" that can continue to appreciate in value for the present and even the next few decades. The patience of development lies in taking a broad view of the past, present, and future, jumping out of the gains and losses of the moment, laying out with a long-term perspective, and anchoring the course of sustainable development.
The "future city" is growing vigorously, and the historical patience of "achieving success without necessarily being me" has shaped the extraordinary temperament of Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区); the Dujiangyan (都江堰) Irrigation System has stood for more than 2,000 years, and successive governance has allowed the unruly river to nourish civilization and nourish the people; the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests (祈年殿) in the Temple of Heaven (天坛), the tenon and mortise brackets are precisely matched, and this sense of order is a masterpiece of patience... In the continuation of civilization and cultural inheritance, patience has become a part of the spirit of the Chinese nation and an important quality.
Anchor in the fleeting time, and be calm in the turbulent changes. Patience is a trick to discuss with time, a pace to advance with time, so that we always keep up with the changes of the times and the world, and create the future in standing at the forefront.
In the inaugural year of the "15th Five-Year Plan," the "construction of a strong tourism nation" was written into the national five-year plan for the first time. Releasing study tour boutique routes; launching tourist trains and themed buses; enjoying scenic spot reductions, hotel discounts, and business district discounts with consumption vouchers... Taking the 16th China Tourism Day (中国旅游日) as an opportunity, various regions innovated activity forms, optimized product supply, and increased benefit-the-people measures to further stimulate the enthusiasm of the whole people to travel and release the vitality of cultural tourism consumption.
This is precisely:
The Divine Land has many scenic spots,
Appropriate travel measures are new.
Scenery and objects enter the embrace,
Interest and fun can naturally be intimate.
Liao Yuanwen (廖沅文)
Return to TopBy: 丁 铁
Earlier this year, China launched a six-month prize-winning invoice pilot program in 50 cities, achieving significant results. Data from the Ministry of Commerce (商务部) shows that as of May 13, over 2.6 million merchants in eight major industries, including retail and catering, participated, and over 520 million people uploaded invoices for the lottery.
The prize-winning invoice campaign is full of vigor, stemming from precisely meeting consumer demand. This pilot program covers industries closely related to the public, such as retail and catering, using a "small incision" to connect with people's livelihood consumption scenarios. A single invoice with a tax-inclusive amount of 100 yuan is eligible to participate in the lottery, and the prize money is instantly credited in the form of electronic red envelopes, making it "universally accessible, easy to obtain, and instantly redeemable," breaking the previous stalemate of consumers "passively receiving invoices" and merchants "unwilling to issue invoices."
It is reported that 50 pilot cities invested 4.89 billion yuan in prize money, and the amount of invoices participating in the activity reached 208.82 billion yuan. This set of data is a vivid manifestation of the precise efforts of the policy.
Mechanism innovation turns "small surprises" into "long-term motivation." Various regions have innovated activity forms according to local conditions, allowing prize-winning invoices to integrate into daily consumption. For example, Kaifeng (开封), Henan (河南) implemented a "instant win + regular draw" model. The "instant win" sets seven levels of prizes ranging from 5 yuan to 100 yuan, and the monthly regular draw sets four levels of incentives ranging from 200 yuan to 800 yuan. Double benefits continue to ignite consumer enthusiasm. Real rewards can promote consumers to develop the habit of "must issue invoice for consumption."
Scene integration helps transform "traffic" into "retention." Various regions cleverly combine invoice lotteries with holiday economy, cross-city consumption, cultural tourism integration and other scenarios to create a closed loop of "consumption + lottery + tourism + promotion." In Changchun (长春), Jilin (吉林), consumers from surrounding cities have become the main force of cross-city consumption. During key holidays, the number of invoices from out-of-town consumers participating in the lottery after consuming in Changchun continues to rise, continuously amplifying the driving effect of "an invoice gathers popularity and promotes consumption."
Consumers actively request invoices, forcing merchants to standardize invoice issuance and truthfully declare, making honest operation a greater consensus. Merchants participate in a standardized manner and actively remind consumers to issue invoices, promoting the formation of a virtuous cycle in which the more standardized, the more popular, and the more popular, the more vibrant. The growth in consumer demand for invoices has also promoted the transformation of merchants' invoice issuance models to digitization and automation, helping the construction of smart taxation to be implemented and effective.
Small invoices contain great people's livelihood and great governance. This pilot practice uses micro-incentives to leverage macro consumption, and uses institutional innovation to stimulate market vitality. It is expected that all parties will continue to exert efforts and actively explore, creating a better environment and more possibilities for people's consumption, merchant operations, and high-quality economic development.
(Excerpted from "Workers' Daily" (《工人日报》), originally titled "How Can 'Small Invoices' Leverage Hundreds of Billions of 'Large Consumption'?")
Return to TopBy: 武卫政
Not long ago, the first cross-city commuter bus route between Beijing and Tianjin was launched – "Wuqing Special Line 1". It starts from Xinguang Zhi Cheng in Wuqing District (武清区) of Tianjin and arrives at Ci渠 subway station in Tongzhou District (通州区) of Beijing (北京), taking about 60 minutes. It operates all day on weekdays, weekends, and holidays, which is very convenient. Judging from the steadily increasing passenger flow data, this is a pragmatic measure for Tianjin to actively integrate into the capital's commuter circle.
The capital's commuter circle is related to two things: building a modern capital metropolitan area and expanding the Beijing International Science and Technology Innovation Center to Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei. The "building the circle" and "expanding the scope" implemented this year can be said to be new opportunities for Tianjin. How to seize the opportunity? You might as well carefully consider two keywords: integration and introduction.
Integration means digging out one's own advantages and using them as a foothold to serve the overall situation. For example, Tianjin is accelerating its integration into the construction of a modern capital metropolitan area and jointly building the Beijing (Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei) International Science and Technology Innovation Center with a more active posture. Since the beginning of this year, from upgrading the Tianjin Port Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区) Service Center and delivering port services to the doorsteps of enterprises; to launching pilot projects at 10 locations including Tongwu廊 and Xiong'an New Area, gathering 33 "cross-provincial" social security business items in Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei; and then to several major science and technology innovation parks optimizing services and promoting enterprises to better integrate into the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei "six chains and five clusters" industrial layout... Tianjin has expanded its stage through "integration." Breaking the mindset of "one-mu three-point land" and taking new steps in innovation collaboration, industrial cooperation, and service sharing can continuously open up new development horizons.
Introduction means clarifying the needs of the overall situation and using this as a breakthrough to forge the strengths of a region. The Jingqing Automobile Industrial Park in Wuqing (武清) of Tianjin attracts many automobile-related enterprises to settle down, of which more than 75% of the enterprises provide supporting services for Beijing (北京) auto companies; Hongqiao District (红桥区), which has many branches of central enterprises, tries every means to promote the co-existence and win-win situation between the "chain owner" of central enterprises and local small and medium-sized enterprises, and the industrial agglomeration effect continues to expand. Only by adhering to adapting to local conditions, paying attention to collaborative linkage, promoting differentiated development, and realizing complementary advantages and shared benefits can we firmly seize the opportunity.
To turn the planning of "building the circle" and "expanding the scope" into a real scene, we need to focus on key links and make precise breakthroughs.
To solve the bottlenecks in coordinated development, we must activate "chain-group linkage" with "two-way efforts." Moving around and asking about needs are important starting points. From the "professional technology brokers" in Wuqing (武清), Tianjin shuttling between Beijing (北京) research institutes and Wuqing's factories and workshops, to the industrial (economic) and information technology departments of Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei implementing a normalized docking mechanism of "one chain per month and one cluster per quarter," the key to coordinated development lies in improving the penetration of "demand inquiry-cooperation." The government, enterprises, and research institutions break the inertia of "waiting, relying, and asking," and interact with a posture of "seeing more, listening more, asking more, and learning more," which further promotes the implementation of "Beijing R&D, Tianjin transformation." This also shows that the depth of regional coordination depends to a certain extent on the effectiveness of communication and the precision of action.
Bringing enterprises in relies on opportunities; whether enterprises can take root and grow depends on the soil. For enterprises to go from "being able to stay" to "growing bigger," they cannot be separated from the affinity of the development environment and the temperature of service. Tianjin Port (天津港) promotes the upgrading of "road-to-water" services between Tianjin and Hebei with the "single-bill model," the Baodi District (宝坻区) "escort team" solves the pain points of enterprises "running around in multiple places," and the Binhai New Area (滨海新区) uses "intelligent approval" and "cloud survey" services to improve the quality and efficiency of handling affairs... Optimizing services and promoting development cannot stop at "smiling faces," but also "knowing you and understanding you," so that the introduced projects and talents have real development space. As policy supply gradually turns to "precision drip irrigation" and service standards are continuously upgraded to "creating value," whoever has a stronger ecological cultivation ability will more easily win the initiative in development competition and achieve "attracting those nearby and attracting those from afar."
As the coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei continues to deepen and become more solid, new opportunities, large and small, will continue to emerge. Opportunities always favor those who are prepared and work hard. Focusing on in-depth integration and active introduction, strengthening oneself in serving the overall situation, and serving the "overall progress" with the "efforts of one region" is precisely the meaning of coordinated development.
(The author is a reporter from this newspaper's Tianjin branch)
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Return to TopBy: 本报记者 焦思雨
In the depths of the Helan Mountains (贺兰山) in Ningxia (宁夏), at the archaeological site of the Suyukou (苏峪口) porcelain kiln, countless fragments of saggars are scattered across the ground, and archaeologists are carefully cleaning them. "The archaeological excavation is coming to an end and we are about to backfill the site. We are cleaning and checking again to see if there are any other cultural remains," said Chai Pingping (柴平平), the executive leader of the Suyukou (苏峪口) porcelain kiln archaeological team.
Since 2017, the team from the Ningxia (宁夏) Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology has conducted systematic archaeological surveys and excavations here for nine consecutive years, clearing a total of 8 kilns, 6 workshops, 9 sites for storing porcelain clay, 5 sites for windlasses, 5 sites for processing quartz, and more than 30 sites for grinding quartz. It has been confirmed as the largest and most complete fine white porcelain site discovered in Northwest China to date. In 2026, the Suyukou (苏峪口) porcelain kiln site was selected as one of the top ten new archaeological discoveries in China for 2025.
In the gaps between the sand and stones, this group of archaeologists used their hands to gently brush away the dust, allowing the nearly thousand-year-old Western Xia (西夏) official kiln to see the light of day again.
The challenge began with the first shovel of dirt.
In 2017, Zhu Cunshi (朱存世), director of the Ningxia (宁夏) Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, heard that someone had seen many porcelain fragments in the depths of the Helan Mountains (贺兰山). At that time, the source of the white porcelain unearthed from the Western Xia Mausoleums (西夏陵) was still unclear. He immediately had the idea of conducting an archaeological survey and began the investigation with archaeological team members Chai Pingping (柴平平), Bai Tingting (白婷婷), and others.
Initially, they followed the method of regional systematic archaeological survey, carefully checking each gully and terrace on the eastern foot of the Helan Mountains (贺兰山). Finally, on a terrace in Suyukou (苏峪口), they discovered a large number of saggar fragments, which are refractory containers used to hold blanks when firing porcelain. In subsequent investigations, they discovered 13 kilns on the surface alone and immediately registered them.
In 2018, after the team completed three-dimensional mapping, they preliminarily judged that the kiln site was of great value. "This may be the site of a former porcelain kiln, and it is related to Western Xia (西夏)," said Zhu Cunshi (朱存世). But at that time, they did not know what secrets the porcelain kiln held, what the shape and characteristics of the kiln were, what the firing technology was, and what the porcelain-making process was. All of this had to be confirmed through formal excavation.
The real challenge began with the first shovel of dirt.
The strata of the Helan Mountains (贺兰山) are all sand and stone. "Archaeological scraping is a challenge. After scraping for a day, my arms are so sore," said Chai Pingping (柴平平). But the biggest challenge is identifying the stratigraphic lines. Sand is not as easy to divide as loess. Archaeologists must rely on rich experience and keen observation to gradually sort out the superposition relationship of the strata.
"This is the team's first excavation of a porcelain kiln site, and it is also the first time facing the sloping accumulation of the Helan Mountains (贺兰山). At the beginning, everyone was afraid to dig down," Chai Pingping (柴平平) admitted. "Facing the sloping accumulation and sandy and stony strata, our progress was very slow. During the excavation process, when we encountered problems, we discussed them at any time, dissected them locally, and gradually advanced. Gradually, we finally figured out a set of excavation methods suitable for sandy and stony strata."
In addition to stratigraphic identification, the lack of historical data is also a difficult problem. At present, there is no record of this kiln site in the literature. The identification of its nature and the division of its functional areas can only be completed through archaeological surveys and comparison with the testing and analysis of porcelain unearthed from high-level sites. "For example, the cleaned-up porcelain clay processing site and the stone-paved ground were speculated to be used for kneading clay. As the cleaning deepened, we slowly sorted out their specific functional areas," said Chai Pingping (柴平平).
Faced with numerous difficulties, the team actively introduced modern technological means. Three-dimensional scanning, drone photogrammetry, and other new technologies were followed throughout the process to ensure the integrity and accuracy of data recording. In the nine years of archaeological research, the team gradually clarified the layout of the kiln, the firing process of porcelain, and the rise and fall of the kiln industry.
"The kiln site unearthed many saggars stamped with the inscription '官' (guan - official), and more than 98% are fine white porcelain with a pure white and delicate body and a warm and jade-like glaze. The characteristics of the body and glaze of these porcelains are highly consistent with the objects unearthed from high-level sites such as the Western Xia Mausoleums (西夏陵) and royal temples. It can basically be confirmed that this is a royal kiln of the Western Xia (西夏) imperial family," said Chai Pingping (柴平平). "This discovery not only fills the material gap in the 'official workshops' handicraft industry in the *Tiansheng Law Code* (《天盛律令》), but also confirms the existence of the Western Xia (西夏) official kiln for the first time, fills a gap in the history of Chinese ceramics and the development of handicrafts, and provides evidence for the study of Western Xia (西夏) history, culture, and ethnic integration."
Perseverance: The wind and rain cannot extinguish the love in the heart.
The excavation of the Suyukou (苏峪口) porcelain kiln site not only tests technology but also tempers will.
To go to the archaeological site, you must first drive for half an hour from the entrance of the Helan Mountains (贺兰山), then get out of the car and walk, climbing over a small hill. The surrounding area is surrounded by tall stone mountains, and there is no mobile phone signal. Faced with this situation, archaeologist Chen Rui (陈瑞) said: "No one disturbs us, so we can focus more on our work."
But what is more troublesome is the unpredictable weather of the Helan Mountains (贺兰山). "The weather in the mountains is unpredictable. One second it is sunny, and the next second it may be windy, rainy, or even snowy. We are either sweating profusely from the sun or shivering from the cold. Later, even if we came to work in the summer, everyone brought a thick coat," said Chen Rui (陈瑞).
She recalled a thrilling experience: "Once we felt that the weather was not right and it was going to rain heavily, so we quickly told everyone to go down the mountain. We had just driven through a culvert when a flash flood suddenly rushed down. I still feel scared when I think about it." After that flash flood, the team members found that a total station instrument was soaked in mud when they counted the equipment, but no one complained - everyone was glad that everyone was safe. Chen Rui (陈瑞) touched the frayed edges of her sleeves and said: "All we can do is make every step solid."
Unpredictable weather, wind and sand, and no shelter are the norm for archaeologists. They come to the construction site early every day and plunge into the excavation work until it gets dark before they stop work. The winters in the Helan Mountains (贺兰山) are long and cold, and the time window suitable for archaeology is very short. They race against time and dare not waste a day. Years of field work have made everyone's skin rough and dark.
However, the team maintains an optimistic attitude. If they can't go back at noon, everyone sits on the ground and eats their boxed lunches. After eating, they simply lie down on the spot and take a nap on the rocks. Chen Rui (陈瑞) said with a smile: "When you personally excavate a saggar engraved with the word '官' (guan - official), the joy is irreplaceable."
If field excavation is a test of physical strength, then sorting porcelain fragments is a practice of patience. A large number of fragments are similar in color and feel, and can only be compared slowly with care and patience. In the next few years, the team will likely be immersed in the sorting and research of unearthed porcelain fragments.
"Sometimes my family can't figure it out. Every time they call me, I'm on the construction site," said Chen Rui (陈瑞). "**说到底** (shuō dào dǐ - "in the final analysis," ultimately, when all is said and done), it's because of love. Watching everyone reveal this kiln site little by little and restore the appearance of history, the excitement is indescribable."
Nine years have passed, and this archaeological team has undergone personnel changes, and some people have always stuck to it. They are used to the wind and sand of the Helan Mountains (贺兰山) and have also developed the ability to excavate carefully in sandy and stony strata.
Innovation: Making backfilling not just "burying".
After the excavation of the site is completed, it usually needs to be backfilled to protect the main body. But if it is simply backfilled and the surface is restored to its original state, it will be difficult for the public to perceive the true appearance of the Suyukou (苏峪口) porcelain kiln site. In order to prevent this history from being "buried," the team members repeatedly pondered solutions.
"In the end, we followed the principles of 'minimum intervention' and 'reversibility' and designed an innovative display plan that meets protection requirements and allows the public to see and understand," said Gu Tianjiao (谷天骄), who graduated from Shandong University (山东大学) with a major in cultural heritage protection and is mainly responsible for the backfilling and protection of the site in this archaeological excavation.
How to do it specifically? First, the team implemented traditional backfilling protection on the main body of the site, properly covering the kilns, workshops, and other remains. But this time there was an extra ingenuity - adding a layer of isolation material between the backfilling material and the main body of the remains. With it, if you want to restore the original appearance of the excavation surface in the future, you only need to completely uncover the sealed soil.
In addition, the archaeological team also erected signs on the backfilling layer, using lines to outline the shape and scope of the kiln on the surface. Viewers can stand on it and look down to see the kiln under their feet clearly. To make the picture more vivid, they also backfilled the excavated broken saggars near the surface, covering them with stainless steel wire mesh for protection. Looking at these saggar fragments, and with the explanation, viewers can directly understand the appearance of the porcelain kiln at that time.
"We have also put a lot of effort into ecological and environmental protection," said Gu Tianjiao (谷天骄). The Helan Mountains (贺兰山) have strong winds and heavy rains, and wild animals come to "visit" from time to time. The team has made full preparations for this. They built flood discharge ditches along the natural terrain to avoid damage to cultural heritage from rainwater; they built colored steel sheds on the top of the kilns and installed stainless steel protective nets on important walls. In order to make the shed more coordinated with the surrounding environment, the roof was specially paved with sand and gravel consistent with the surrounding landforms. From a distance, the shed seemed to be integrated with the mountain.
Zhu Cunshi (朱存世) said that the next step for the team will be to systematically sort out and study the millions of porcelain, kiln tools, and other cultural relics unearthed in the past few years and form an academic report. After the sorting is completed, a special exhibition will be held to show the public the latest achievements of the Suyukou (苏峪口) porcelain kiln site. "We will do it step by step, bit by bit, break open and knead the stories behind each piece of porcelain, and present the thousand-year memory of Western Xia (西夏) white porcelain completely to the world," he said.
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The Suyu Pass (苏峪口) Porcelain Kiln Site achieved four innovations in porcelain-making technology.
First, it adopted a binary formula technology of "black clay + vein quartz," increasing the quartz content in the porcelain body to 70.8%-75.1%, and firing high-quartz white porcelain products with a light transmittance of 40%. This technology is two centuries earlier than the Jingdezhen Kiln (景德镇窑) and is also the first high-quartz white porcelain discovered in China. Second, it massively applied the "glaze" sealing sagger mouth technology, that is, the unearthed saggers were all sealed with glaze, and creatively developed the "high-temperature resistance and anti-bonding" function of "glaze," which improved the yield of excellent products and the utilization rate of saggers. Third, it discovered China's earliest and most complete kiln for firing porcelain with coal, pushing the era of mature coal-fired porcelain in the north to the early Western Xia (西夏). Fourth, it discovered stone-built kilns specifically used for calcining vein quartz, with two shapes: one is nearly square, and the other is transformed from a porcelain kiln, advancing China's technology of using calcination to produce quartz sand to the Western Xia (西夏) Dynasty.
These four technological innovations are actually localized innovations and improvements to porcelain-making technology based on inheriting the kiln technology of the Northern Ding Kiln (定窑) and the glaze formula of the Southern Hutian Kiln (湖田窑), making the Suyu Pass (苏峪口) Porcelain Kiln Site a vivid example of the exchange and mutual learning of cultures of various ethnic groups.
(The author is the executive leader of the Suyu Pass (苏峪口) Porcelain Kiln Site archaeological team, interviewed and compiled by Jiao Siyu (焦思雨), reporter of this newspaper)
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The traditional "fa qiang" technique involves using different types and specifications of bricks and tiles to create upturned eaves, making the corners of the roof appear high and the eaves large, like a large bird spreading its wings. This is also the signature skill of Xue Lingen (薛林根), a national cultural relic master craftsman and a craftsman of the Suzhou Xiangshan Gang (苏州香山帮). Over his 60-year career, he has participated in the renovation of many World Cultural Heritage sites such as the Humble Administrator's Garden (拙政园), Canglang Pavilion (沧浪亭), and Master of the Nets Garden (网师园), allowing this unique skill to develop through inheritance and innovate while maintaining its essence, showcasing the precision and ingenuity of garden architectural techniques.
Walking into the Suzhou gardens, you will see that the eaves of many pavilions, terraces, and towers have an "upturned" corner. The bright lines and smooth curves add lightness and delicacy to the buildings. The key to determining whether the flying eaves and upturned corners of ancient buildings are agile is the "fa qiang" technique. This is the signature skill of Xue Lingen (薛林根), a national cultural relic master craftsman and a craftsman of the Jiangsu Suzhou Xiangshan Gang (江苏苏州香山帮).
Xiangshan (香山) in Suzhou is located on the shore of Taihu Lake (太湖), and local craftsmen are known for their expertise in complex and delicate traditional Chinese architectural techniques. The Xiangshan Gang (香山帮), which has been passed down for thousands of years, integrates "eight major crafts" including carpentry, masonry, stonework, lacquer work, painting, plaque making, street paving, and rockery. In 2006, the traditional architectural construction techniques of the Xiangshan Gang (香山帮传统建筑营造技艺) were included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.
Born into a craftsman family, Xue Lingen (薛林根) became an apprentice to his uncle Xue Hongxing (薛鸿兴) in 1966 at the age of 15, entering the world of ancient building restoration as a "mason," starting with basic skills such as bricklaying and plastering. In 1969, Xue Lingen (薛林根) completed his apprenticeship, just in time for a large-scale renovation of Suzhou gardens. Xue Hongxing (薛鸿兴) asked him to learn the "fa qiang" technique and participate in the major renovation of the Huxinting (湖心亭) in the West Garden of Jietan Law Temple (戒幢律寺西花园).
"Many craftsmen have never done 'fa qiang' in their lives. I was lucky to have this opportunity. In 'masonry,' this is a highly technical job. Locals describe a craftsman with superb skills by saying, 'Do the Longmen (龙门) well and the qiang well, and the three-flying brick wall door is just a show.'" Xue Lingen (薛林根) recalled that his uncle taught him hand-in-hand, and if he did something wrong, he would tear it down and redo it.
Xue Lingen (薛林根) introduced that the "fa qiang" technique, simply put, is to use different types and specifications of bricks and tiles to make upturned corners at the eaves, making the corners of the roof high and the eaves large. Specifically, butterfly tiles are first laid as a base, and then different bricks and barrel tiles are used to build different shapes with a trowel, building 2 cm of Erlu tile strips and about 10 cm high rollers, stacking them one by one, layer by layer, and then plastering them to make the turns gradually transition and naturally go upward, "picking" out a beautiful arc in the air.
In 1971, Xue Lingen (薛林根) followed the craftsman Du Yunliang (杜云良) to participate in the major renovation of the Ouxiangxie (藕香榭) in Yiyuan (怡园). Du Yunliang (杜云良) said that although the appearance of the qiang corners is similar, the "fa qiang" techniques of the two are very different: the qiang corners of the Huxinting (湖心亭) in the West Garden of Jietan Law Temple (戒幢律寺西花园) are "tender qiang fa qiang," that is, on the basis of the existing wooden structure of the tender qiang wood, bricks and tiles are laid to make upturned corners; while the wooden structure of the Ouxiangxie (藕香榭) in Yiyuan (怡园) does not have tender qiang wood as a base, so it is necessary to first use clay sculpture to make a "mantis belly" or "tiger mouth" shape to pull up the arc of the "upturned corner," build bricks and tiles, and then plaster it, which is called "water qiang fa qiang."
Having mastered the two "fa qiang" methods, in 1972, Xue Lingen (薛林根) independently completed the two qiang corners of the Sheya Corridor (射鸭廊) in the Master of the Nets Garden (网师园) for the first time. "This is a garden open to the public, and it is also the first work I completed independently. Even today, every time I come to the Master of the Nets Garden (网师园), I will sit in the pavilion opposite and admire it, and my heart is full of pride," said Xue Lingen (薛林根). In the Sheya Corridor (射鸭廊) that year, he carefully measured with a plumb bob and a wooden ruler to ensure that the qiang corners were visually vertical and the eaves were consistent, and he kept in mind the formula taught by his uncle: "Small qiang five, seven, nine, big qiang seven, nine, twelve," that is, the size of the Chao Ban tiles above the roller head, the first is five inches, the second is seven inches... The arc of the upturn has never had a standard, and it all depends on the experience of the master. In the decades since then, with his rich experience, he has also taught his disciples the "secret" he summarized: if it is not upturned high enough, it has no strength; if it is upturned too much, it has no spirit.
Above the roof, there is another component that embodies the ingenuity of "masonry": the roof ridge. "The roof ridge is the ridge decoration, and the specifications range from simple to complex, and there are many types," said Xue Lingen (薛林根). Ridge decorations not only play a decorative and beautifying role, but also are a concentrated embodiment of the cultural connotation of Suzhou gardens and the aesthetic of traditional Chinese ancient architecture.
Many cultural relics and ancient buildings have been damaged or even no longer exist due to their age and exposure to wind and sun. Taking the renovation of Yuhantang (玉涵堂) in Shantang Street (山塘街) in Suzhou in 2003 as an example, "Yuhantang (玉涵堂) has a total of 18 halls and buildings. The main hall is a relic of the Ming Dynasty, and the original roof ridge no longer exists," Xue Lingen (薛林根) recalled. In the restoration and construction, the team changed the traditional clay sculpture solid roof ridge style ridge head and innovatively adopted the more difficult gold brick brick fine hollow carving. Xue Lingen (薛林根) explained that it was not easy to obtain gold brick materials in ancient times, but modern materials can be obtained more conveniently, making roof ridges that the ancients wanted to make but could not achieve, which not only restored the traditional style but also upgraded the artistic value.
In addition, in this renovation, Xue Dong (薛东), the son who graduated from the School of Architecture of Tongji University (同济大学建筑学院) with a master's degree, used computer technology that was not popular at the time to draw more than 300 large component drawings, including roofs, beams, brick carving gate towers, etc., which greatly improved efficiency. This was also the first time the team used digital technology.
Today, new technologies and equipment are increasingly integrated into the ancient building restoration of Xiangshan Gang (香山帮) craftsmen: three-dimensional scanning and modeling technology accurately captures various details of buildings; when inspecting cultural relics buildings, geological radar is used for flaw detection, which can avoid "laparotomy" inspections of the cultural relics themselves... Xue Lingen (薛林根) believes that modern functional needs must be embraced, but the hand-eye-mind method of craftsmen is irreplaceable. "Deeply carving a 10 cm hollowed-out door tower belly, the machine first chisels seven or eight centimeters, which can save time and effort, but the rest must be carved manually to be agile; flower leaky windows can be designed with the help of computers to innovate patterns, but if they are mass-produced, they will lose the charm of 'one window, one scene' in Suzhou gardens," Xue Lingen (薛林根) said that what is innovated is the practical process, and what is adhered to is the original flavor, and such works can stand the test of time.
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In Sanya (三亚), Hainan (海南) in May, the daytime is sweltering, and it only slowly cools down after nightfall. Late at night, traffic on a certain section of Jiyang District (吉阳区) is sparse. Bai Yaxian (白雅娴), a member of the Women's Iron Cavalry Squadron of the Jiyang Brigade of the Traffic Management Detachment of the Sanya Public Security Bureau (三亚市公安局), rides her patrol motorcycle on a routine night patrol.
In the distance, a bright yellow color jumps into view. It's the color of a construction site safety helmet, particularly conspicuous in the dark night. Riding closer, a man wearing a yellow safety helmet is driving an electric bicycle, loaded with tools, heading home covered in dust.
"Brother, please pull over to the side of the road for a moment," Bai Yaxian (白雅娴) says calmly as she parks her motorcycle. She patiently explains to the late-returning worker that construction site safety helmets are specifically for preventing falling objects from heights and cannot properly protect the head while riding. He needs to wear a dedicated helmet for riding an electric bicycle.
The man's surname is Liao (廖), and he works at a nearby construction site. He had just finished a day's work and was heading home. He nodded repeatedly after listening, but he didn't have a compliant helmet on him. "It was very late at the time, and I felt sorry for the brother who had just gotten off work and was going home." So, Bai Yaxian (白雅娴) turned around and opened the trunk of the patrol car, taking out a spare helmet: "Here's a dedicated helmet for you, please put it on, and be sure to wear it when riding in the future. Keep the construction helmet for the construction site." The helmet was brand new and still sealed in plastic. She watched as Master Liao (廖师傅) put on the helmet and fastened the buckle before feeling relieved.
Master Liao (廖师傅) later recalled this late-night encounter, telling reporters, "Her attitude was very good, and I was very touched."
The 360-degree recorder on the patrol car captured this scene. The video received a lot of attention from netizens after it was released. Facing the sudden attention, Bai Yaxian (白雅娴) said, "There's nothing special about this, it's just a small thing."
Since joining the Sanya (三亚) traffic police force, Bai Yaxian (白雅娴) has been working diligently, whether standing guard, patrolling, or responding to calls. When standing guard on the road and encountering situations such as not wearing a helmet, running red lights, or not driving in the designated lane, Bai Yaxian (白雅娴) often steps forward to persuade and carefully explain the safety hazards. "If the yellow light is flashing, just wait for another light, it's not worth it for that little bit of time, right?" Bai Yaxian (白雅娴) always says tirelessly.
In addition to patrolling and duty, Bai Yaxian (白雅娴) brings prepared traffic sign props and goes into辖区 kindergartens and communities to teach children to recognize traffic lights and learn traffic gesture exercises. During holidays, she and her colleagues also go to Nanshan Temple (南山寺), Tianya Haijiao (天涯海角) and other scenic spots to carry out interactive publicity. "Protecting everyone's safety is my job, and I also want to add a little warmth to this city," said Bai Yaxian (白雅娴).
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Time etches history and illuminates the future.
After eight years of hard work, China has historically shaken off absolute poverty. After a five-year transition, China has successfully completed the goal of consolidating and expanding the achievements in poverty alleviation and effectively connecting them with rural revitalization, firmly guarding the bottom line of preventing large-scale relapse into poverty.
"China's poverty alleviation journey shows that, with the resilience, perseverance, and fighting spirit of 滴水穿石 (dī shuǐ chuān shí - "dripping water pierces stone," perseverance can accomplish anything) and drawing a blueprint to the end, the poverty problems of developing countries can be solved, and weak birds can fly first and fly high." General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) profoundly discussed the world significance of China's successful fight against poverty.
This year marks the first year of carrying out normalized assistance, and the world's attention is focused on China. China contributes innovative solutions to the global poverty reduction problem and is committed to building a human community with a shared future free from poverty and with common development.
Poverty can not only be overcome, but also be blocked and prevented from recurring.
Across the vast land, the countryside is changing day by day.
Camel Bay Village (骆驼湾村) in Fuping County (阜平县), Hebei Province (河北), once known as "nine mountains, half water, and half field, it's hard to make money in the cracks of rocks," has undergone tremendous changes. Relying on tourism, edible fungi, and alpine forest fruit as its three major industries, Camel Bay Village's average household income increased by more than 7,000 yuan last year. Villager Bai Long sells mountain products to the whole country through live streaming, "Everyone's wallets are bulging, and life is getting better and better."
From "cars climbing to the sky and nine ridges climbed for nine years" to all 10 administrative villages being connected by hardened roads, Xiadang Township (下党乡) in Shouning County (寿宁县), Ningde (宁德), Fujian (福建) now has smooth roads and thriving industries. Homestays, study tours, and other agricultural, cultural, and tourism industries are booming, receiving more than 620,000 tourists last year. Cai Zengyi (蔡增艺), a villager in Bikengshan Village (碑坑山村) in Xiadang Township (下党乡), said with emotion: "I didn't expect to be able to make money from old houses."
From poverty alleviation to comprehensive rural revitalization, one journey after another, the practice of shaking off poverty is magnificent—
China won the battle against poverty, achieving the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda poverty reduction goal 10 years ahead of schedule. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, all 832 poverty-stricken counties across the country have cultivated 2 to 3 leading industries with prominent advantages and strong driving capabilities, with a total output value of more than 1.7 trillion yuan; the growth rate of per capita disposable income of rural residents in poverty-stricken counties has been higher than the national average for rural residents for five consecutive years, and the foundation for poverty alleviation is more solid and the results are more sustainable.
The rural transformation on Chinese soil brings new enlightenment to solving human development problems. In recent years, "Up and Out of Poverty" and "Excerpts from Xi Jinping (习近平) on Poverty Alleviation" have been translated into various foreign languages and placed on the desks of many foreign readers. China's poverty reduction cause has achieved unparalleled great achievements, embarked on a poverty reduction path with Chinese characteristics, and formed a poverty alleviation theory with Chinese characteristics.
The poverty alleviation battle of "no one can be left behind" and the achievement defense battle of "preventing large-scale return to poverty" China's poverty alleviation experience has contributed Chinese solutions and Chinese wisdom to the global poverty reduction cause.
In Mbale (姆巴莱) City, Uganda (乌干达), Tianjin Sino-German University of Applied Sciences (天津工业职业学院) and Elgon Technical College (埃尔贡职业技术学院), relying on the China-Uganda Mbale Industrial Park (中乌姆巴莱工业园), the Luban Workshop (鲁班工坊) jointly built has trained more than 1,200 skilled workers for the industrial park since 2020; in Kampong Chhnang (磅清扬) Province, Cambodia (柬埔寨), the Guangxi (广西) Aid Cambodia Modern Agricultural Technology Cooperation Poverty Reduction Project's smart vegetable greenhouse has helped local vegetable farmers who used to "rely on the sky for food" to achieve scientific vegetable cultivation, stable production, and bumper harvests...
One solid cooperation after another has taken root, and China's poverty reduction experience is constantly enhancing the confidence and ability of developing countries to get rid of poverty. China breaks the shackles of "poverty determinism" with real and tangible practices, and important concepts such as "weak birds fly first" and "dripping water pierces stone" bring new inspiration to the world.
Irina Bokova (博科娃), former Director-General of UNESCO, believes: "If China can do it, other developing countries can also do it. This is the enlightenment that China's poverty alleviation battle brings to the world."
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Take firm steps step by step and advance stage by stage." China's poverty reduction practice fully proves that, with the resilience, perseverance, and fighting spirit of dripping water piercing stone and drawing a blueprint to the end, poverty can not only be overcome, but also be blocked and prevented from recurring.
The concept of "targeted poverty alleviation" is going global.
In China's poverty reduction concept and practice, targeted poverty alleviation has become an effective experience widely recognized globally.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres (古特雷斯) said that the strategy of targeted poverty alleviation is the only way to help the poor and achieve the ambitious goals set by the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, and China's experience can provide useful lessons for other developing countries.
In the hinterland of the Wuling Mountains (武陵山), the birthplace of "targeted poverty alleviation," Shibadong Village (十八洞村) in Huayuan County (花垣县), Hunan (湖南), two folk songs sing the new look of the countryside: In the past, "three ditches and two forks in the mountain gully, sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn cakes; if you want to eat a meal of rice, unless you are sick and have a baby." Now, "the Miao people live in a gold and silver nest, with green mountains and clear waters and abundant resources; water and electricity are available, and everyone lives a good life."
Shi Kang (施康), a young man who returned to his hometown, set up his mobile phone and skillfully introduced the village's specialties to netizens. From live streaming "testing the waters" to establishing an e-commerce studio, Shi Kang has put the village's characteristic agricultural products on the "e-commerce express train" through live streaming, and the benefits are getting better and better. He has sold more than 6 million yuan of agricultural and sideline products for the villagers. "With the popularity of live streaming, more and more young people in the village are joining us."
Selected as one of the world's "Best Tourism Villages," building an international poverty reduction exchange base, and planning and developing together with surrounding villages and promoting industrial prosperity... Shibadong Village (十八洞村) adheres to adapting to local conditions and basing itself on its characteristics, actively developing rural tourism, mountain spring water, Miao embroidery, and other industries. The per capita annual income of Shibadong Village (十八洞村) has increased from 1,668 yuan in 2013 to 30,755 yuan in 2025.
Tremendous changes have taken place in Shibadong Village (十八洞村), and the concept innovation of "targeted poverty alleviation" in the new era has also gone global from here.
"The targeted poverty alleviation strategy implemented by China, adapting to local conditions and adapting to people, has brought tangible changes to the lives of the poor, which provides valuable experience for African countries to solve the problem of poverty," said Humphrey Moshi (汉弗莱·莫西), director of the China Research Center at the University of Dar es Salaam (达累斯萨拉姆大学) in Tanzania (坦桑尼亚).
The concept of "targeted poverty alleviation" has taken root, sprouted, and blossomed overseas. Establishing government departments specifically responsible for poverty reduction and welfare monitoring and poverty reduction centers, cultivating the ability of the poor to start businesses and become rich, introducing the "poverty-stricken household assistance roster" mechanism, and formulating poverty alleviation cadre training programs... Uzbekistan (乌兹别克斯坦) actively draws on a series of beneficial practices of China's targeted poverty alleviation to promote the effective implementation of poverty reduction work. As of the end of last year, Uzbekistan's poverty rate had dropped to 6%, and it is expected to further drop to 4.5% in 2026.
Khon Kaen (孔敬府), Thailand (泰国), learned from China's targeted poverty alleviation experience and formulated a "pairing assistance" plan that conforms to local realities, realizing the transformation from "blood transfusion" poverty alleviation to "blood creation" poverty alleviation, and achieving precise poverty alleviation through targeted poverty alleviation. Local officials said: "China not only makes the world understand the importance of targeted poverty alleviation and see the possibility of poverty alleviation, but also provides the courage and experience to solve the problem of poverty."
From winning the battle against poverty to consolidating and expanding the achievements in poverty alleviation, "one key opens one lock" consistently. Chinese wisdom such as "targeted poverty alleviation" and "development-oriented assistance" is triggering unprecedented resonance in the world, making important contributions to the cause of human poverty reduction and helping more developing countries get rid of poverty.
Let beautiful visions become reality.
Perceive the future from a small mountain village. In Zhaoxing Dong Village (肇兴侗寨), Liping County (黎平县), Guizhou (贵州), songs echo in the ancient Dong village. The cultural tourism boom has changed the once-poor village, with a total tourism revenue of 1.505 billion yuan last year. Lu Wei (陆卫), Secretary of the Party Committee of Zhaoxing Village (肇兴村) and Director of the Village Committee, said with emotion, "The villagers are getting more and more motivated."
2026 is the opening year of the "15th Five-Year Plan." Anchoring agricultural and rural modernization, the "15th Five-Year Plan" proposes to "promote global poverty reduction cooperation, strengthen the construction and full-chain management of the foreign aid system, and increase foreign aid efforts." From comprehensive rural revitalization to promoting Chinese-style modernization, China "concentrates on doing its own affairs well, being a better self, and sharing development opportunities with countries around the world," not only changing itself through development, but also changing the world by developing itself.
Eliminating poverty is a common goal of all countries in the world. China promotes global poverty reduction cooperation through action, which helps to build a just world with common development, making poverty a thing of the past and making beautiful visions a reality.
China's poverty reduction experience is echoing around the world. China and the United Nations Development Programme (联合国开发计划署) jointly launched the "Global Poverty Reduction Partnership Initiative" and established the "China-United Nations Global Poverty Reduction Case Database," which includes poverty reduction cases from more than 100 developing countries to promote the sharing of global poverty reduction experience.
"Development-oriented assistance" helps the global poverty reduction cause. By implementing agricultural South-South cooperation projects, agricultural foreign aid projects, and poverty reduction demonstration cooperation projects, we will help more developing countries achieve independent development and find a poverty reduction path that suits their own national conditions. Hybrid rice has spread to nearly 70 countries on five continents, and Juncao technology has taken root in more than 100 countries and regions around the world.
Looking to the future, China will continue to be a contributor to the global poverty reduction cause. In the process of strengthening poverty reduction exchanges and cooperation with countries around the world, we will work together to promote the international poverty reduction process and build a better world far from poverty and with common prosperity.
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The latest data released by the National Medical Products Administration (国家药监局) shows that since the beginning of this year, China has approved the marketing of 19 innovative drugs, of which 15 are domestically produced innovative drugs. In the first quarter of this year, China's total transaction value for the external licensing of innovative drugs exceeded 60 billion US dollars, nearly half of the more than 130 billion US dollars for the entire year of 2025, setting a new historical record. Behind the rapid growth of the total transaction value for external licensing is the international recognition of China's innovative drug research and development strength and quality.
Innovative drugs are a solid shield for safeguarding people's lives and health. This year's "Government Work Report" proposed "promoting the high-quality development of innovative drugs and medical devices to better meet the diversified medical and medication needs of the people." What is the clinical use of innovative drugs? How to accelerate innovation while ensuring quality? The reporter conducted research and interviews.
Meeting Clinical Needs, Benefiting More Patients
Aunt Zhang from Taizhou (泰州), Jiangsu Province, suddenly suffered a stroke. Doctors found that Aunt Zhang's brain blood vessels were extensively blocked, and the condition was complicated, requiring immediate transfer to Suzhou (苏州) for thrombectomy.
From the moment an acute ischemic stroke occurs, approximately 1.9 million brain cells die every minute. The golden time for thrombectomy is 4.5 hours, while the journey from Taizhou (泰州) to Suzhou (苏州) takes about 2 hours. How can the time be maximized during transportation to reduce the risk of disease deterioration for patients? Li Jingwei (李敬伟), President of the Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing University (南京大学附属苏州医院) and a neurology expert, provided a solution: thrombolysis during transportation, while taking Edaravone Dexborneol Orally Disintegrating Tablets to protect brain cells.
"The surgery was very successful, and after discharge, this drug was continued to be used for anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidation purposes. The patient recently came for a follow-up examination and has recovered very well," said Li Jingwei (李敬伟). In the past, the mortality rate for this type of patient was very high. Now, with this innovative drug, it plays an important role in helping patients recover.
It is reported that stroke is the leading cause of death and disability among Chinese residents. More than 60% of stroke patients in China suffer from ischemic stroke. However, the means and drugs for treating ischemic stroke have been very limited. Edaravone Dexborneol Orally Disintegrating Tablets, approved for marketing in December 2024, were developed by Saliai Gene Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd. (先声药业集团有限公司) and are mainly used for neuroprotective treatment in the acute phase of ischemic stroke, which can improve the success rate of patient rescue and improve prognosis.
Uncle Chen, who lives in Guangzhou (广州), Guangdong Province, is 76 years old and has suffered from hypertension and diabetes for many years. Recently, he suddenly had a high fever and severe cough and was diagnosed with influenza A by Nanfang Hospital of Southern Medical University (南方医科大学南方医院).
Family members reported that in the past, when the elderly used conventional anti-influenza drugs, they either had strong gastrointestinal reactions or the efficacy was not good. Peng Jie (彭劼), Director of the Department of Infectious Diseases who received the consultation, decisively used Onladivir Tablets, an innovative drug targeting the PB2 subunit of the influenza A virus. "The fever dropped in the morning after taking the medicine, and within 24 hours, the fever and cough were significantly relieved," said Ms. Chen, a family member.
Influenza A has repeatedly triggered global public health crises, and the drug resistance of traditional drugs is becoming increasingly prominent. There is a very strong clinical need for new "highly effective, low-resistance" solutions. Onladivir Tablets is an innovative drug jointly developed by multiple units in Guangdong (广东) over 10 years and was approved for marketing in May 2025.
"The clinical data of Onladivir Tablets for influenza A is impressive. Not only is the drug safe to use, but patients with mild to moderate renal insufficiency do not need to adjust the dose, building a safety barrier for high-risk groups," said Peng Jie (彭劼).
From "foreign monopoly" to "domestic breakthrough," in recent years, China's innovative drugs have achieved leapfrog development, providing more treatment options for patients with major diseases such as stroke and malignant tumors. Data shows that during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, a total of 230 innovative drugs were approved for marketing in China, achieving a substantial increase. Among them, 76 were approved for marketing in 2025, with domestic research and development accounting for more than 80%, and cutting-edge therapies such as targeted therapy, immunotherapy, and antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) continue to emerge.
Adhering to Innovation-Driven Development, Increasing R&D Efforts
On February 5 this year, China's independently developed anti-tumor drug Serplulimab Injection was licensed to Eisai Co., Ltd. (卫材株式会社) of Japan; in December 2025, oral small molecule glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists and products containing the active ingredient were licensed to Pfizer (辉瑞公司). The R&D company of these two innovative drugs, Fosun Pharma (复星医药), insists on putting R&D first, continuously strengthening the capabilities of the four major technology platforms of antibodies, ADCs, cell therapy, and small molecules, and accelerating the transformation and implementation of innovative technologies and products.
Since 2019, Fosun Pharma (复星医药) has had more than 10 innovative drugs approved for marketing, and its external licensing transactions have also continued to increase. In 2025, it achieved 7 external licensing and cooperative development projects, with a total down payment of 261 million US dollars and a potential transaction amount of over 4 billion US dollars.
"Powerful innovation output stems from continuous strategic investment." Wang Xingli (王兴利), Co-President of Fosun Pharma (复星医药) and Chief Executive Officer of the Innovative Drug Division, introduced that in 2025, the company's R&D investment related to innovative drugs reached 4.303 billion yuan, an increase of 15.98% year-on-year, accounting for 80.26% of the R&D investment in the pharmaceutical business.
Innovative drug R&D is very "expensive," usually requiring an investment of 1 billion yuan and taking 10 years, with only a 10% success rate in the end. In recent years, innovative pharmaceutical companies have spared no effort in R&D investment. The 2025 financial reports of innovative drug listed companies show that R&D investment accounts for more than 15% of revenue, and some even exceed 25%.
Innovative drug R&D cannot be separated from the hard work of R&D personnel and the strong policy support.
The R&D team of Saliai Gene Pharmaceutical (先声药业) spent 10 years overcoming numerous difficulties such as preparation technology to complete the R&D of Edaravone Dexborneol Orally Disintegrating Tablets, which also received the "Breakthrough Therapy" designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
The Guangdong Provincial Drug Administration (广东省药监局) included the R&D project of Onladivir Tablets in the key support list, opened a "priority review + R&D review linkage" green channel, and greatly compressed the time to market. In addition, the special funds for R&D plans in key areas of Guangdong Province provided R&D support, and Guangzhou (广州) and Huangpu District (黄埔区) also provided supporting funds and industrial policies.
In order to promote the R&D and marketing of innovative drugs, the National Medical Products Administration (国家药监局) continues to promote the reform of the drug review and approval system. Relevant officials from the Drug Registration Management Department of the National Medical Products Administration (国家药监局药品注册管理司) introduced that the National Medical Products Administration (国家药监局) has established four accelerated channels for breakthrough therapy drugs, conditional approval, priority review and approval, and special approval, formulated and improved relevant policies and regulations and guiding principles, and established a full-process mechanism to accelerate the marketing of innovative drugs from the front end of R&D to the end of review. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, a total of 369 items were included in the breakthrough therapy drug program, 143 drug registration applications (calculated by indication) were conditionally approved for marketing, and 554 drug registration applications were included in the priority review and approval program.
Strengthening Quality Control to Ensure Safety and Effectiveness
With the accelerated marketing of innovative drugs, how to ensure quality and safety is a topic of social concern. Yang Yue (杨悦), a researcher and doctoral supervisor at the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Tsinghua University (清华大学药学院), said that ensuring the efficacy of innovative drugs is key to implementing full-process quality management responsibilities. Quality management in every link, from R&D approval to approval for marketing and clinical use, cannot be relaxed.
Safety and effectiveness are the life of innovative drugs. In December 2025, Zorifertinib Tablets, a Class 1 innovative drug declared by Beijing Norchenghua Pharmaceutical Technology Co., Ltd. (北京诺诚健华医药科技有限公司), was conditionally approved for marketing through the priority review and approval procedure of the National Medical Products Administration (国家药监局), bringing new treatment options for patients with lung cancer, brain metastasis tumors, thyroid cancer, etc. Relevant persons in charge of Norchenghua (诺诚健华) stated that the company has established a full-process high-quality management system, strictly adheres to the bottom line of drug safety, and strives to ensure that every innovative drug is safe, effective, and quality compliant.
"In order to allow patients to use 'safe drugs,' we have built a full life cycle quality control system from R&D to production and transportation." Li Haijun (李海军), President of ZS Pharma (众生睿创), introduced that Onladivir Tablets has undergone sufficient stability studies, with a shelf life of 3 years. As an ordinary tablet, it does not require a special cold chain, and transportation is convenient and safe; strict standards are implemented in the production process to ensure consistent efficacy and stable quality between batches.
Promote the improvement of innovative drug quality through system reform. In 2019, China officially established the marketing authorization holder system, and the marketing authorization holder of drugs is legally responsible for the safety, effectiveness, and quality controllability of the entire process of drug research and development, production, operation, and use. This has increased the requirements for the quality management capabilities of innovative pharmaceutical companies and further strengthened the company's awareness of its main responsibilities.
Strengthen pre-market supervision of innovative drugs. The National Medical Products Administration (国家药监局) has established scientific, open, fair, and continuously improving drug review quality management specifications, and fully utilizes the role of multi-disciplinary parallel review, professional review meetings, comprehensive review meetings, and expert advisory committees in the review and decision-making process. Focusing on the forefront of drug R&D and actual clinical needs, it has issued technical guidance principles covering multiple links of various drugs. In addition, during the clinical trial and other key stages of innovative drug R&D, guiding companies to conduct scientific trial designs and ensure the authenticity and effectiveness of data during the R&D process is conducive to evaluating the safety and effectiveness of drugs.
Strengthen post-market supervision of innovative drugs. The person in charge of the Drug Supervision and Management Department of the National Medical Products Administration (国家药监局药品监督管理司) introduced that, strictly implementing the "Four Strictest Requirements" (四个最严 - sì gè zuì yán - "four strictest," refers to the strictest standards, supervision, punishment, and accountability), the National Medical Products Administration (国家药监局) continues to strengthen post-market supervision of innovative drugs, fully guarantees the continuous stability, safety, and controllability of the quality of innovative drugs, and strengthens the collaborative supervision of the entire chain and across regions. At the same time, it will do a good job in monitoring and evaluating innovative drugs, and strengthen guidance on the post-market drug vigilance work of innovative drug holders.
Return to TopThe Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, together with the Ministry of Education, launched the "Hundred-Day Action for Employment Public Services Entering Campuses" from April 1 to July 10, according to a report in this newspaper on May 26 from Beijing (Beijing) (reporter Qiu Chaoyi (邱超奕)). Human resources and social security departments in various regions seized the time window, implemented the "six entries to campuses" requirements of policy publicity, recruitment services, vocational training, career guidance, assistance for the disadvantaged, and entrepreneurial services, promoted the entry of employment service resources into campuses, and promoted the early employment of college graduates.
Beijing (北京) launched special service activities to enter campuses. Activities such as "Capital Famous Enterprises Entering Campuses" and "Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (京津冀) Coordinated Development Special Recruitment" were organized to develop positions around key industries such as the digital economy, advanced manufacturing, and modern service industries, and to accurately connect with graduates' job search needs. Relying on college employment guidance centers, functional platforms such as career guidance expert studios, simulated interview training rooms, and skill training bases were introduced to create specialized employment service stations integrating employment guidance, policy consultation, skills training, and recruitment docking. Currently, 14 college employment service stations have been built in the city.
Tianjin (天津) promotes high-quality employment public services directly to campuses. Combining the characteristics of different colleges and universities, focusing on the actual situation of characteristic majors and majors with greater employment pressure, intensive on-campus recruitment is organized, and recruitment zones are set up by industry and major to improve the accuracy of matching people and positions. At present, 60 on-campus recruitment service docking activities have been carried out, and more than 3,900 enterprises have been organized to enter campuses to deliver jobs. At the same time, 11 universities with high employment pressure were selected for "one-on-one" pairing, integrating various forces to build 5 campus employment stations, providing employment services for graduates nearby.
Anhui (安徽) takes multiple measures to serve the employment of college graduates. "Offline + online" linkage to push positions, hold activities such as "Recruiting Talents and Attracting Wisdom to Universities" and "2+N" theme recruitment, promote the "Just in Jianghuai (江淮)" live broadcast job delivery service model, and have held more than 500 various campus recruitment activities. "Training + guidance" synergistic empowerment and growth, relying on the National Key Laboratory of the University of Science and Technology of China (中国科学技术大学), college graduates are organized in batches to participate in artificial intelligence application skills training; a series of activities such as "Enlightenment Star" career guidance entering campuses are carried out, and more than 170 career training guidance sessions are carried out.
Shandong (山东) coordinates and collaborates to escort the employment of college graduates. Schools and localities jointly build service stations, relying on 59 college student employment and entrepreneurship empowerment centers in the province to provide employment guidance, policy consultation, skills training, recruitment docking, display and recommendation of grassroots employment projects, and employment and entrepreneurship support. Carry out the "Hundred Counties to Hundred Schools to Promote Employment Action", promote the pairing of the top 100 economic counties with key assistance universities, accurately connect more than 10,000 job needs, open up a direct channel for county talent introduction and college graduate employment, and fully guarantee high-quality and full employment for graduates.
Chongqing (重庆) highlights regional characteristics to help college graduates find employment. Linkage with districts and counties to explore key industry positions, organize county groups to enter schools to deliver jobs and attract talents, invite colleges and universities to visit and explore positions on the ground, and promote the stable pairing of 10 districts and counties such as Wanzhou District (万州区) and Fuling District (涪陵区) with 6 universities, guiding graduates to employment at the grassroots level. Innovate the "industrial chain special + job ability portrait" model, closely focusing on the characteristics of Chongqing's (重庆) industrial clusters and the actual needs of employers, set up recruitment zones by category, carry out 53 on-campus job delivery activities, organize more than 4,000 enterprises to provide employment positions, and reach employment intentions of more than 20,000 people.
By: 本报记者 郝迎灿
"If the position and benefits are suitable, I would be willing to consider staying in Shenyang (沈阳) for work and bringing my family from Guangxi (广西) to live together." With pleasant communication with prospective companies, Qin Zhenmo (覃振模), a doctoral student in Economic Law from Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (上海财经大学), walked with particularly brisk steps. Recently, the first National Hundred Universities Students' Local Tour (Shenyang Station) and the 2026 "Doctoral Shenyang Tour" event, held at the Global Industrial Internet Conference Center in Shenyang (沈阳), Liaoning (辽宁), attracted many job seekers.
During the event, 699 employers from the three northeastern provinces and one region prepared a total of 16,000 high-quality positions, including 7,356 doctoral positions, accounting for 45.2%. According to statistics, the job fair attracted over 12,000 attendees, reaching 3,175 employment intentions.
A precise and efficient recruitment event opened the door to employment for college students and reduced the cost of talent search for enterprises. Wang Bo (王勃), a member of the Shenyang Municipal Party Committee Organization Department (沈阳市委组织部), introduced that the "Doctoral Shenyang Tour" event, since its launch in 2023, has attracted more than 4,000 doctoral students to settle in Shenyang (沈阳), with more than 1,600 doctoral students landing in Shenyang (沈阳) for employment and entrepreneurship in 2025 alone.
In recent years, Liaoning (辽宁) has vigorously promoted the integrated development of education, science, technology, and talent, cultivating, introducing, and utilizing talents in an all-round way. "We continue to deepen the 'Double Hundred Link' activity, that is, more than one hundred high-level talents link more than one hundred entrepreneurs, and more than one hundred scientific and technological innovation achievements link more than one hundred key enterprises." Sun Xiangyu (孙湘寓), Deputy Director of the Talent Work Division of the Liaoning Provincial Party Committee Organization Department (辽宁省委组织部), introduced that by the end of last year, the province had facilitated the successful "linking" of 1,243 experts and talents with 1,013 key enterprises, reaching 1,405 cooperation items, using a strong talent chain to activate the innovation chain and optimize the industrial chain, and jointly build a strong engine for revitalization and development.
With first-class service to gather first-class talent, Liaoning (辽宁) continues to improve the service system for the implementation of talent policies, the fulfillment of benefits, entrepreneurial support, and social security continuation, and promotes the reform of the talent evaluation mechanism by category, so that talents in Liaoning (辽宁) have a platform for work, space for development, quality of life, and a sense of belonging in their hearts. Data shows that in 2025, Liaoning (辽宁) Province introduced a total of 4,456 high-level talents, and the net inter-provincial inflow of permanent residents was 45,000.
Return to TopThis reporter learned on May 26th from Beijing (北京): The 2026 "June 1st" International Children's Day is approaching. On the 26th, the reporter learned from the All-China Women's Federation (全国妇联) that the All-China Women's Federation (全国妇联) and 11 other departments jointly issued a notice, mobilizing various localities and departments to organize a variety of celebration activities to help children spend a healthy, happy, and meaningful holiday.
The notice pointed out that all localities and departments should focus on the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) and the 90th anniversary of the victory of the Long March of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (中国工农红军长征胜利), give play to the role of women's publicity teams, Young Pioneers publicity groups, and "Five Olds" reporting groups, vividly tell the Party's struggle history, the epic of the Long March heroes, and the development achievements of the new era, and give a good "red compulsory course"; widely carry out activities such as "Families with Books Reciting Classics" and "Good Reading in Youth," guide children to appreciate the beauty of ancient and modern classics, and inherit the Chinese cultural heritage; relying on patriotic education bases, revolutionary memorial halls, Long March sites and monuments, etc., organize the majority of children to sing patriotic songs, explore red landmarks, and paint magnificent rivers and mountains, and establish correct historical, ethnic, national, and cultural views in immersive experiences.
The notice emphasized that all localities and departments should attach importance to children's health, safety, and all-round development, adhere to the concept of health first, carry out popular science publicity online and offline, promote multi-departmental joint prevention and co-management, and help children cultivate a sunny mentality; focus on carrying out activities such as "Sending Children a Beam of Legal Light" and "Caring for Tomorrow, Legal Popularization First," and through simulated courts, case explanations, legal popularization animation, safety tips, etc., help children improve their legal awareness and self-protection ability; combined with the "accurate investigation, accurate filing, and refined service" work for migrant children and left-behind children, deepen the pairing and care activities of loving mothers, and accompany children to spend a warm holiday by carrying out a visit and condolences, organizing a collective care, and helping children realize a "micro-wish."
The notice requires that all localities and departments should strengthen the main responsibility of parents, provide guidance services such as expert lectures, parent classrooms, and parenting consultations, and help parents improve their ability to educate their children scientifically; they should coordinate resources from all parties, carefully organize educational and entertaining activities such as literary and artistic popularization, scientific and intellectual development, sports and fitness, and labor practice, so that children can gain happy growth; they should promote the principle of children first and the concept of child-friendliness by holding excellent children's drama performances and producing and broadcasting "June 1st" themed programs, and create a good festive atmosphere.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on May 26th (Reporter Yi Shuran (易舒冉)) The launching ceremony of the third season of "Viewing China Along the Border" hosted by the "Xuexi Qiangguo (学习强国)" learning platform and the launch conference of the "Xuexi Qiangguo (学习强国)" Walking China Channel were held in Beijing (北京) on the 26th.
Nong Tao (农涛), Party Secretary and Director of the Publicity and Public Opinion Research Center of the Central Propaganda Department (中宣部宣传舆情研究中心), and Editor-in-Chief of the "Xuexi Qiangguo (学习强国)" learning platform, stated that the "Viewing China Along the Border" series of reports is an important practice for the "Xuexi Qiangguo (学习强国)" learning platform to base itself on national strategy, focus on border development, and innovate communication paradigms. The third season will be upgraded to a weighty, warm, and communicative new era border exploration outdoor reality show. Representatives from all walks of life will be invited to walk the border with the reporting team, using more vivid, more intuitive, and more immersive methods to tell the stories of border defense in the new era, showcase the achievements of border development, and allow more people to understand the border, love the border, and build the border.
According to reports, since 2024, the "Xuexi Qiangguo (学习强国)" learning platform has successively carried out a series of integrated media reports such as "Viewing China Along the Border," "Viewing China Along the Coast," and "Viewing China Along the Yellow River." The Walking China Channel, jointly launched by "Xuexi Qiangguo (学习强国)" and 1905 (Beijing) Technology Service Co., Ltd. (一九零五（北京）技术服务有限公司), takes "walking" as the main line and is characterized by immersive, progressive, experiential, and narrative styles. Combining thematic research activities of central media, local linkage reports, interpretations by experts and scholars, and visits by online influencers, it showcases the innovative practices, typical experiences, and outstanding achievements of various regions in the process of high-quality development and the construction of a beautiful China, creating a window for users to perceive the pulse of China's development in the new era.
Return to TopOn May 26th, the construction site of the Yangtze River Highway-Railway Bridge in Yichang (宜昌), Hubei (湖北) was filled with the roar of machinery, presenting a busy scene. The bridge adopts a separated steel truss cable-stayed bridge structure with the railway on top and the highway and rail transit below, and innovatively applies a single-column combined main tower design. This bridge runs parallel to the existing Yichang-Wanzhou Railway Bridge (宜万铁路大桥) and is a key control project of the Yichang-Fuling section of the Shanghai-Chongqing-Rongcheng Yangtze River High-speed Railway (沪渝蓉沿江高铁宜涪段).
Wang Geng (王耿) Photo (Image China)
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on May 26th (Reporters Wang Yunshan (王云杉) and Hou Linliang (侯琳良)) The reporter learned from Sinopec (中国石化): China's first national-level shale oil demonstration zone in a continental rift basin—the Shengli Jiyang (胜利济阳) Shale Oil National Demonstration Zone—has exceeded 2 million tons in cumulative production, marking a historic breakthrough in the exploration and development of medium-low maturity shale oil in China. Within the demonstration zone, the peak daily oil production of 59 wells exceeded 100 tons, with a maximum of 263 tons. The annual production has climbed from an initial 131,000 tons to 700,000 tons in 2025, completing the target task one year ahead of schedule, and forming an efficient exploration and development model for shale oil in continental rift basins.
Shale oil is an unconventional resource contained in shale formations, mainly shale. China has great potential for shale oil resource exploration, and has formed a production increase pattern of three shale oil demonstration zones in Jimsar (吉木萨尔), Xinjiang (新疆), Gulong (古龙), Daqing (大庆), and Shengli Jiyang (胜利济阳), and a main production area in Qingcheng (庆城), Changqing (长庆). In 2022, the Shengli Jiyang (胜利济阳) Shale Oil National Demonstration Zone was officially unveiled, mainly distributed in Shandong Province (山东省), with a cumulative reported proven reserve of 327 million tons and an estimated resource volume of 10.5 billion tons.
The Shengli Jiyang (胜利济阳) shale oil research team accelerated the iterative upgrade of exploration and development technologies, forming six major key technology series, such as three-dimensional development, rapid drilling, and efficient balanced fracturing. The drilling cycle for 6,000-meter well depth has been reduced from 133 days to 17 days, the average predicted oil production per well has exceeded 43,000 tons, and the localization rate of core equipment has increased to more than 95%, realizing the efficient development of shale oil in continental rift basins.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 方 圆
The rice demonstration field of Xinhua Branch of Heilongjiang Beidahuang Agriculture Co., Ltd. (黑龙江北大荒农业股份有限公司新华分公司) is rippling with tender green seedlings in the breeze.
In the field, a ninth-generation domestically-produced high-speed pot seedling transplanter equipped with the Beidou Navigation System (北斗导航系统) is moving smoothly. Grabbing the stem, pulling out the seedling, inserting it into the soil... the machine works at a uniform speed, and wherever it passes, rows of seedlings are precisely "placed" into the mud, neatly arranged. From a distance, the black soil looks like it is covered with a uniform green velvet carpet. The technological style of modern agriculture is coming to us.
A Seedling
Moving with soil, transplanted seedlings take a "special car"
"What is pot seedling transplanting?"
"Transplanting with soil, without damaging the seedlings. It's like growing flowers at home, transplanting the entire flower and soil from the pot to the ground. The roots of the seedlings are not damaged at all, so naturally there is no need for 'slow seedling growth'." On the ridge, Zhang Wanqi (张万奇), director of the Agricultural Comprehensive Service Center of Xinhua Branch, explained, holding a pot seedling with complete roots and a soil clod in his hand.
When traditional rice transplanters are used, the roots of the seedlings are severely torn, and it takes a week for them to recover after being planted in the ground; the pot seedling transplanter uses claws to grab the stems without touching the roots at all, without damaging the roots. "The seedlings can survive as soon as they are planted in the ground." Zhang Wanqi said, pointing to the transplanter in operation, "The 7 to 10 days of effective accumulated temperature that we have gained are too precious for our cold-region rice. It is directly related to whether we can grow high-yield, high-quality grain."
Next to this demonstration field is a rice field cultivated using the traditional blanket seedling cultivation method. In contrast, the difference is visible to the naked eye. The seedlings in the traditional seedling field are of varying heights. The seedlings in the pot seedling field, on the other hand, are like rows of energetic soldiers - with thick stems, dark green leaves, and some seedlings have even tillered.
"Look at this seedling, when you lift it up, the root is a complete 'pot', and the soil does not scatter at all. The roots of seedlings cultivated in the traditional way are all tangled together, and they break as soon as you pull them." Zhang Wanqi squatted down and held up the two kinds of seedlings side by side, "The quality of the seedlings is different, and the starting point for the later yield and quality is different."
Driving this transplanter is "old hand" Lu Baotang (芦宝堂). Taking advantage of the gap between the machine's automatic navigation, he patted the machine next to him, his dark face full of smiles: "This pot seedling transplanter is already the ninth generation. Every year, it will be adjusted and updated according to our actual operation, and it is more and more convenient to operate every year."
A Seed
Air-suction seeding, seeds live in "decorated houses"
The premise for new machines to be able to run and transplant seedlings in the field is that good seedlings must be cultivated first.
How can we cultivate good seedlings? A seedling greenhouse not far from the demonstration field holds the answer. The greenhouse is 60 meters long and 13 meters wide. At present, most of the seedlings have been transported to the field, and only a small number of samples are left for comparative experiments.
Inside the shed, seedlings cultivated by three kinds of seedling cultivation methods are displayed side by side: conventional blanket seedling cultivation, pot tray seedling cultivation, and seedlings cultivated by the "Rice Precision Seedling Production Line" on the basis of pot trays.
In the conventional blanket seedling tray, the seedlings are of different heights, some are dense and some are sparse. When you pull up a seedling, the roots are tangled together; while the seedlings in the pot tray have a completely different "spirit": the stems are thick, the leaves are dark green, and each hole is independent, the roots are not connected, and the seedlings are not crowded, like living in their own "single room".
"Each pot is a 'decorated house', with enough space and nutrition, so the seedlings are naturally strong." Chen Feiteng (陈飞腾), director of the Agricultural Comprehensive Service Center of Xinhua Branch, squatted in the shed, picked up a pot seedling at random, and handed it to the reporter, "Plus the newly introduced precision seedling machine, dual technology empowerment, the effect is very good."
Chen Feiteng is 27 years old this year. He introduced this "Rice Precision Seedling Production Line" before the rice transplanting season. As a native of Heilongjiang (黑龙江), he has a deep affection for the black soil under his feet. After graduating with a master's degree from Yunnan Agricultural University (云南农业大学), he chose to return to his hometown.
After coming to work at the Agricultural Comprehensive Service Center, he often wondered: How can advanced technology be transformed into productivity in the fields and let the folks in his hometown truly enjoy the benefits of science and technology to revitalize agriculture?
Last winter, after learning that a manufacturer in the south produced air-suction seeders for planting vegetables, he immediately sent the pot trays to the other party and asked them to adjust the conveyor belt and modify the air-suction needle mold according to the size. After several adjustments, this specially made machine was finally shipped before the rice transplanting season.
The pot trays produced by the precision production line have exactly 6 seeds in each hole, neatly arranged; while the pot trays operated by the conventional seeder have a number of seeds ranging from 1 to 9 in each hole. "The core of the equipment is this set of air-suction seeding technology." Chen Feiteng said, "The seeds are not randomly scattered, but are 'sucked' up one by one, and then accurately thrown into each pot hole. The infrared induction automatically controls the process, and the process of soil application, seeding, soil covering, and watering is completed in one go."
An Account
Increase production and income, 200 mu of paddy fields for demonstration
In the fields, the reporter met Zhang Wei (张伟), one of the first batch of growers to "eat crabs". Zhang Wei, 55 years old, lives in the Twelfth Operation Station of Daoxiang Management District (稻香管理区十二作业站) and contracts 400 mu of paddy fields. This year, he took the initiative to take out 200 mu to try new technologies.
As soon as the seedlings were planted, their strong growth attracted onlookers. Every day, villagers went to the fields to wander around, watching and asking questions.
The quality of the seedlings is obviously different, and the planting costs are also significantly different. Taking the same variety as an example, the amount of seeds sown per pot tray is only 66.28 grams, which is more than 50% less than the 140 grams of the blanket tray; the amount of seeds used per mu is reduced from 4.67 kg to 2.65 kg, and the cost of seed breeding alone saves 12.12 yuan per mu, and the amount of soil used for the seedbed is also reduced by about half.
"The cost has come down, the quality has gone up, and the villagers are naturally willing to try it." Zhang Wei is actually an old user of pot seedling technology. At the beginning, he came into contact with the pot seedling transplanting mode and used a domestically-produced transplanter developed by the Engineering Institute of Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences (黑龙江农垦科学院工程所). The machine was not stable enough, so he and the R&D team repeatedly worked together on the front line of production, discovered problems and gave feedback in a timely manner, and then modified and tested it again the following year. By 2025, the ninth-generation domestically-produced high-speed pot seedling transplanter was finalized in the field, with a yield of more than 900 kg per mu, and its performance was comparable to that of imported models, and the price also dropped from hundreds of thousands of yuan to tens of thousands of yuan.
Zhang Wei calculated an account: Last year, compared with ordinary fields, the pot seedling fields yielded 140 kg more grain per mu and sold for more than 200 yuan, which alone increased income by more than 40,000 yuan. This year, a precision seedling production line was introduced in the seedling breeding stage, and the number of seeds per hole was evenly controlled at 6, making the seedlings more uniform and stronger. "I estimate that the yield per mu will exceed 910 kg this year," he said.
From the iteration of domestic machinery to the breakthrough of precision seeding, behind it is a clear agricultural development idea. From rice seed screening, intelligent coating, and hydrogen peroxide germination, to precision seeding, side-deep fertilization, and pot seedling transplanting, every link is asking technology for yield and machinery for efficiency.
"The way out for agriculture is in science and technology, and this is absolutely true." Zhang Wanqi said, standing on the ridge, that transplanting is now coming to an end. During the summer field management period, they will organize variety observation, technology observation, field classrooms and other activities to let growers enter the demonstration fields, see the growth of the seedlings with their own eyes, and calculate the accounts of increased production and income with their own hands. "**技术再好，老百姓不信、不用，等于零**" (jì shù zài hǎo, lǎo bǎi xìng bù xìn, bù yòng, děng yú líng - "no matter how good the technology is, if the people don't believe it or use it, it's equal to zero," if the technology is not accepted and used by the people, it is useless). What we have to do is to send the mature technology to their eyes and hands," he said.
Good seedlings account for 80% of the grain. Standing by the field and looking out, the seedlings are all standing up straight. Zhang Wei patted the soil on his hands and said with a smile: "This year's seedlings make me feel confident." His words were full of the simple expectations of the black soil.
Return to TopBy: 徐冠巨
Deeply cultivating core businesses, looking globally, and bravely scaling the peaks of science and technology, the high-quality development of private enterprises will contribute even greater strength to the construction of Chinese-style modernization.
The vigorous vitality of the private economy is inseparable from a stable and sound legal environment.
Since the implementation of the Law on Promoting the Private Economy, the business environment has been continuously optimized, investment and financing channels have become smoother, and support for technological innovation has been continuously increased, fully guaranteeing equal participation in market competition and comprehensively protecting the legitimate rights and interests of enterprises, allowing us to focus on deeply cultivating our core businesses and planning for the long term without distractions, and to be full of confidence in starting businesses.
Currently, the global political and economic landscape is undergoing profound adjustments, and a new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation is accelerating breakthroughs, bringing new opportunities and challenges to enterprise development. Facing the changing times, we embrace change with a more open and confident attitude, fully promote transformation and upgrading and high-quality development, and actively embrace digitalization and AI (Artificial Intelligence). Since the beginning of this year, facing the supply chain shocks brought about by changes in the international situation, relying on legal guarantees and our own transformation accumulation, we have stabilized the basic business, and various operating indicators have achieved positive growth and a good start in the first quarter, demonstrating the resilience brought about by transformation.
Based on the fertile ground of the rule of law, to achieve innovative development, we are focusing on four directions:
First, aligning with national strategies and trends of the times, and connecting with the development of new quality productive forces. We are aligning with the national innovation and development direction during the "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan" period, vigorously promoting the high-quality development of existing industries, and promoting manufacturing and service collaboration. At the same time, we will vigorously develop new materials, promote the transformation of traditional chemical industry to a high-end new materials platform, and drive industrial upgrading with innovation; actively cultivate biotechnology and AI future industries, and create an innovative industrial ecosystem suitable for the AI era.
Second, we firmly regard technology, talent, and management as the three major development elements, and strive to build core competitiveness. We comprehensively promote technological innovation in line with global standards, and strengthen technological innovation and technological management; optimize organization, talent, culture, and mechanism construction, and consolidate the foundation for strategic development; and build a modern enterprise management system to promote quality and cost control system engineering.
Third, we actively embrace the surging wave of AI technology and allow AI to take root in industrial scenarios. We take the lead in promoting AI application by everyone, realizing "everyone + AI"; and promote AI application in high-value vertical scenarios such as R&D, supply chain, and production. On the basis of consolidating leading advantages, we vigorously develop new materials, and silicon-based liquid cooling and other technologies have successfully served AI computing power and energy storage industries; we jointly established a joint laboratory for robot new materials with the Zhejiang Humanoid Robot Innovation Center (浙江人形机器人创新中心) to seize new tracks in the technological revolution.
Fourth, we strengthen the construction of a modern enterprise system and standardize corporate governance. We improve the top-level design of the enterprise and build a modern enterprise system, system, and mechanism; create an integrated operation and specialized management model for diversified groups, and strengthen scientific decision-making, standardized operation, and value creation.
Deeply cultivating core businesses, looking globally, and bravely scaling the peaks of science and technology, the high-quality development of private enterprises will contribute even greater strength to the construction of Chinese-style modernization.
(The author is the chairman of Transfar Group (传化集团), and this article was compiled by Dou Hao (窦皓), a reporter from this newspaper.)
Return to TopBy: 人民网记者 申佳平 方经纶
Currently, what is the application experience of intelligent customer service?
"It is indeed more convenient to handle basic businesses such as modifying orders and refunding price differences. However, when encountering complex situations such as complaints, it is easy to 'not understand human language'."
"In March of this year, I filed a complaint on a travel platform. The intelligent customer service repeatedly listed possible reasons, but none of them corresponded to the problem I wanted to reflect. After tossing back and forth for a long time, the matter was not resolved until I was transferred to a human customer service representative."
Recently, the "Chai Mi You Yan (财米油盐)" column of People's Daily (人民网) interviewed several consumers about their experience using intelligent customer service. Many interviewees said that the current intelligent customer service still has prominent problems such as 答非所问 (dá fēi suǒ wèn - "answering beside the point," giving an irrelevant answer), "repeated processes," and "difficulty in transferring to a human representative."
The software and information technology service industry, represented by intelligent customer service, is an important part of the productive service industry. Data shows that in 2025, the overall operating income of the industry reached 15.48 trillion yuan, which is 6.2 times that of 2012, with an average annual compound growth rate of 15.1%.
On the one hand, there is the realistic need for enterprises to reduce costs and increase efficiency, and on the other hand, there is the expectation of consumers for a more comfortable service experience. How can intelligent customer service move from "usable" to "easy to use"? Standards, computing power, and ecology are all indispensable.
Standards come first. The recommended national standard "General Technical Requirements for Customer Service Virtual Digital Human for Information Technology" (GB/T 46483—2025) issued by the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) (市场监管总局) (National Standardization Administration (国家标准委)) clearly proposes that the voice response time of virtual digital humans should not exceed 2 seconds, the semantic understanding accuracy rate should not be less than 85%, and the emotional interaction success rate should not be less than 80%.
Computing power support. Word elements, as the smallest data unit for processing text, are the "grain" of artificial intelligence large models. Data from the National Data Administration (国家数据局) shows that in March of this year, the national daily average word element call volume has exceeded 140 trillion, an increase of more than a thousand times in two years. The rapid growth of word element call volume is inseparable from China's continuous optimization and layout of computing power infrastructure. Data from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) (工业和信息化部) shows that China has built 42 10,000-card intelligent computing clusters, and the scale of intelligent computing power exceeds 1590 hundred billion trillion times/second (EFLOPS), ranking among the top in the world. At the same time, in order to lower the threshold for small and medium-sized enterprises to use, various regions are actively issuing "computing power coupons" to help more enterprises use and afford computing power resources.
Ecological collaboration. The State Council's (国务院) opinions on promoting the expansion and quality improvement of the service industry clearly propose to implement the "Artificial Intelligence+" action in depth, accelerate the research and development and use of intelligent programming tools, and support the procurement of large models and intelligent body services. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) (工业和信息化部) will carry out a special action of "Artificial Intelligence + Software" to accelerate the research and application of intelligent programming and cultivate new business forms such as model-as-a-service and intelligent body-as-a-service.
It is worth noting that human customer service is still an irreplaceable important force. The Notice of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) (工业和信息化部) on Further Enhancing the Service Capabilities of Mobile Internet Applications clearly requires encouraging the improvement of the response capabilities of customer service hotlines, with a maximum average monthly response time of 30 seconds, and a human service response rate of over 85%.
Intelligent information services require both artificial intelligence to hold the "lower limit of efficiency" and human customer service to reach the "upper limit of service." Let technology better understand users, and let services be more warm.
Return to TopIn recent years, Dao County (道县), Yongzhou City (永州市), Hunan Province (湖南省) has continuously strengthened and expanded the silkworm industry by adjusting the industrial structure and strengthening the construction of mulberry silkworm bases, broadening employment channels for villagers, and enabling villagers to achieve local employment and stable income increase.
All of the above pictures were taken by Jiang Keqing (蒋克青) (Image China).
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on May 26th (Reporter Liu Wenxin (刘温馨)): Data from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (工业和信息化部) shows that in the first four months, the cumulative mobile internet traffic reached 142 billion GB (gigabytes), a year-on-year increase of 18.5%.
The mobile internet traffic is growing rapidly. As of the end of April, the number of mobile internet users reached 1.624 billion, a net increase of 14.16 million compared to the end of last year. In April alone, the average mobile internet access traffic per household reached 23.17GB/household/month, a year-on-year increase of 13.5%, which is 0.13GB/household/month higher than the end of last year.
The number of mobile IoT terminal users is growing rapidly. As of the end of April, the three basic telecommunications companies had developed 2.976 billion mobile IoT terminal users, a net increase of 87.63 million compared to the end of last year. The number of internet TV users reached 410 million, a net increase of 1.456 million compared to the end of last year.
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on May 26th (Reporter Lin Lili (林丽鹂)) The State Administration for Market Regulation (市场监管总局) recently approved and issued the national standard "Telecommunications and Internet Services - Service Specifications for Online Business Halls of Basic Telecommunications Enterprises" (GB/T 47484—2026), which standardizes the entire process of online telecommunications service business halls in the form of websites and mobile apps.
Regarding information transparency, the standard proposes that key items such as the tariff standards, service content, scope of application, and usage rules of the business should be prominently displayed on the same page, and expressions that are likely to cause user misunderstandings, such as "0 yuan," "free," "unlimited," and "permanent," should not be used. Restrictive conditions should not be concealed or diluted through folding, concealment, blurring, or other forms.
Regarding barrier-free services, the standard proposes that online business halls should provide users with a friendly interface design, such as providing age-appropriate pages for the elderly, and no advertising pop-up windows should appear on the pages.
Regarding personal information protection, the standard proposes that when online business halls collect and use users' personal information, they should obtain users' authorized consent as required. During the data usage process, technical means such as encryption, desensitization, and access control should be adopted to prevent data from being illegally obtained, tampered with, or misused.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 刘军国
On the shores of the East China Sea, machines hum. In Ningbo (宁波), Zhejiang (浙江), a city with over a hundred national-level manufacturing single-item champion enterprises, there are many industrial parks, dense businesses, and high energy demands.
How to make the operation of industrial parks smoother and the energy use of enterprises greener?
As one of the first national pilot cities for enhancing the construction capacity of new power systems, Ningbo (宁波) continues to optimize electricity services for industrial parks. State Grid Ningbo Power Supply Company (国网宁波供电公司) promotes the "Five-Full" park electricity service model, covering full business coverage, full resource utilization, full data access, full service process, and full life cycle management. Traditional power supply services have been upgraded and expanded into integrated guarantees for power supply, energy efficiency, and carbon efficiency.
In the Jinshan Intelligent Manufacturing Park (金山智造园) located in Jiangbei District (江北区), Ningbo (宁波), compressed air is flowing through pipelines into the production workshops of Ningbo Xinma Electronics Co., Ltd. (宁波新马电子有限公司), where automotive relays are being produced in an orderly manner.
The Jinshan Intelligent Manufacturing Park (金山智造园) used to be a low-efficiency and simple factory area. State Grid Ningbo Power Supply Company (国网宁波供电公司), combined with its production characteristics, customized an integrated electricity-carbon energy consumption plan. Today, the Jinshan Intelligent Manufacturing Park (金山智造园) has become the first "Five-Full" green, low-carbon, and intelligent park in Zhejiang Province (浙江省).
"Making production more stable and energy consumption more controllable, and making enterprises more confident in green development, is one of the important tasks of the Jinshan Intelligent Manufacturing Park's (金山智造园) upgrade and transformation," said Zhang Li (张力), an employee of Ningbo Yongyao Group Comprehensive Energy Company (宁波永耀集团综合能源公司), who is responsible for the joint commissioning and linkage of the microgrid system. By uniformly dispatching rooftop photovoltaic and energy storage resources, the park achieves independent energy security.
What makes enterprises worry-free and saves them money is the proactive electricity service.
The Yuyao Mold Industrial Park (余姚模具产业园), which is under construction, has always prioritized energy security. At the beginning of the project, the power supply company took the initiative to intervene and provide proactive services, assisting the park in planning energy facilities such as photovoltaics, energy storage, and charging piles.
"Energy facilities are being promoted simultaneously with the construction of the park, so enterprises can use energy conveniently as soon as they move in, and the park is more confident in attracting investment," said Xiao Li (肖丽), head of Yuyao Industrial Park Industrial Development Group Co., Ltd. (余姚工业园区产业发展集团有限公司).
The continuous optimization of the business environment attracts enterprises to accelerate their agglomeration, and the park's electricity demand is steadily increasing. In the Le'yin Industrial Park (乐鄞产业园) in Yinzhou District (鄞州区), Ningbo (宁波), a group of advanced manufacturing enterprises are promoting green transformation by building green and intelligent factories, applying photovoltaic energy storage, and purchasing green electricity and green certificates.
"We analyze energy consumption data to guide enterprises in applying energy-saving and carbon-reducing technologies, and help calculate the carbon footprint of products, preparing a 'carbon passport' for enterprises to cope with new international trade regulations," said Song Lei (宋磊), a carbon metering expert at the State Grid Zhejiang Marketing Service Center (国网浙江营销服务中心).
Lowering electricity services to the front line makes enterprises more secure in their development. In the Lingfeng Industrial Community (灵峰工业社区) in Beilun District (北仑区), Ningbo (宁波), high-end manufacturing industries are gathering momentum. Electricity community managers are stationed in offices, and energy expert teams regularly visit to help enterprises solve electricity problems.
Ningbo Xusheng Group Co., Ltd. (宁波旭升集团股份有限公司) is a parts supplier for many well-known car companies. "Our electricity costs are high, and overseas customers have strict requirements for green electricity," said Wang Zhefeng (王哲峰), energy department manager of the company. With the support of electricity services, the company has built an energy data platform, which collects water, electricity, and gas data centrally, and energy consumption is accurate to each production line. Rooftop photovoltaic coverage has been achieved in all 9 factory areas, and energy storage and waste heat recovery equipment have been put into use simultaneously, reducing the company's electricity costs.
Electricity bill accounting and photovoltaic consumption used to be management problems. In Rongxing Micro-enterprise Innovation Park (荣兴小微创业园), the power supply company provided a package of electricity services, realizing remote centralized meter reading and automatic accounting through smart meters, and the park achieved "**小事不出园、大事快响应**" (xiǎo shì bù chū yuán, dà shì kuài xiǎng yìng - "small matters not leave park, big matters quick response," minor issues are resolved within the park, and major issues are addressed promptly).
"We hope to deliver convenience and benefits to enterprises and help them save energy and reduce carbon emissions," said Hu Hai (胡海), director of the marketing department of State Grid Ningbo Power Supply Company (国网宁波供电公司).
Return to TopGuangzhou, May 26th (Reported by Li Gang (李刚) and Luo Aihua (罗艾桦)) The launching ceremony of the Guangdong Provincial Strategic Emerging Industries Investment Guidance Fund was held in Guangzhou (广州) on the 25th. This is Guangdong's (广东省) first perpetually operating company-based provincial government investment fund, with a total scale of 100 billion yuan and an initial registered scale of 50 billion yuan. It will be supported by patient capital to help build Guangdong's (广东省) modern industrial system.
The fund follows the principles of government guidance, market-oriented operation, and professional management, constructing a "guidance fund - fund of funds - sub-fund" structure, focusing on early-stage, small-scale, long-term, and hard technology investments, with a focus on new-generation information technology, new energy, new materials, intelligent manufacturing, and other fields, while simultaneously covering future industries and the upgrading of traditional industries.
Return to TopBy: 洪向华
The view of achievements concerns important issues such as for whom to govern, how to govern, the effectiveness of practice, and the implementation of responsibilities. At the beginning of the "15th Five-Year Plan," General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "Leading cadres at all levels must, starting from the realization of the Party's mission, establish and practice a correct view of achievements, 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, and policies and the Party Central Committee's major decisions and deployments, and whether they have deviated from the national conditions and the actual situation of their regions and departments, with the spiritual realm of **功成不必在我、功成必定有我** (gōng chéng bù bì zài wǒ, gōng chéng bì dìng yǒu wǒ - "success need not be on me, but success must have me," meaning one should focus on long-term goals without seeking immediate personal credit, while still contributing to the overall success), single-mindedly promoting Chinese-style modernization." On the great journey of promoting the construction of Chinese-style modernization, it is necessary to deeply understand the historical responsibility of daring to shoulder the burden, the political mind of selfless dedication, the strategic determination of long-term perseverance, and the historical initiative of striving for progress contained in "success need not be on me, but success must have me," and take it as an important guideline for establishing and practicing a correct view of achievements, calibrating the direction and demonstrating responsibility in complex practices, and creating outstanding achievements that can withstand the test of practice, the people, and history.
Clarify the Value Orientation of Governing for the People
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "The Party's foundation is in the people, its bloodline is in the people, and its strength is in the people." "The Party's greatest political advantage is its close ties with the masses, and the greatest danger after the Party comes to power is being divorced from the masses." Marxist historical materialism believes that the people are the creators of history and the main force in historical development and social progress. "Success need not be on me, but success must have me" not only demonstrates the Chinese Communists' political character and sense of responsibility of bearing the overall situation in mind and being willing to dedicate themselves, but also fundamentally answers the fundamental question of "for whom" to govern from the fundamental standpoint.
With the Mind of Achieving Success with Me, Adhere to the Original Intention of Seeking Benefits for the People. The spiritual core of "success need not be on me, but success must have me" is a clear interpretation of the value position of "governing for the people." General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "Our Communists engage in undertakings and create achievements for the benefit of the people, not for personal promotion or gain." This important exposition profoundly points out that the correct view of achievements is a view of achievements that benefits the people, revealing that the essence of achievements lies not in the display of personal fame, but in the increase of the people's well-being. "Success need not be on me" is essentially an adherence to "governing without selfishness," requiring Party members and cadres to jump out of the narrow perspective of personal promotion and gain, oppose treating achievements as "bonsai" to decorate the facade or as "stepping stones" to seek personal gain, and put their wisdom and energy into practical things that lay the foundation, benefit the long term, and benefit the people's livelihood, with the historical patience of "making contributions in the present and benefiting future generations," willingly doing the work of paving the way and daring to grasp the achievements that have not yet been made. The initiative and active responsibility demonstrated by "success must have me" embodies the requirement of "governing must be effective." Every Party member and cadre is a public servant of the people, and the power in their hands comes from the people. They must take the responsibility of "always being worried" and take the initiative to take responsibility in solving the urgent and difficult problems of the masses, actively act in increasing the well-being of the people's livelihood, and seek practical results, make practical moves, and seek practical results in the most concerning, most direct, and most realistic interests of the masses, such as employment, education, medical care, elderly care, and housing, so that the people can truly feel that development is of higher quality and people's livelihood is warmer. This adherence to the value position stems from a deep understanding of the essence of the Marxist party. The Communist Party of China (中国共产党) never represents the interests of any interest group, any powerful group, or any privileged class, and always puts the interests of the people first. Practicing "success need not be on me, but success must have me" is to transform this essential requirement into concrete actions, ensuring that governing activities always revolve around "benefiting the people," and fundamentally consolidate the value foundation of "governing for the people."
Uphold Selfless Achievement, Abide by the Bottom Line and Use Power Impartially. To achieve "success need not be on me," Party members and cadres need to be selfless and devoted to the public. Only by being selfless in everything can they have a correct view of right and wrong, a correct view of righteousness and benefit, a correct view of power, and a correct view of career, and can they truly achieve "success must have me." The realm of selfless achievement is never passive avoidance of responsibility or inaction, but rather abandoning selfish thoughts and putting aside personal gains and losses, and always treating power with impartiality and practicing the mission with selflessness. This is the ideological foundation for Party members and cadres to use power impartially. Among them, abiding by the bottom line is the prerequisite and guarantee for using power impartially. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "Power is a double-edged sword. Exercising it on the track of the rule of law can benefit the people, while exercising it outside the law will inevitably harm the country and the people." Without the constraints of the bottom line, power will deviate from the right track and breed corruption, and selfless achievement will become empty talk. As the exercisers of public power, Party members and cadres must keep in mind that the power in their hands is for serving the people, not for personal property. Only by jumping out of the limitations of personal interests, not贪虚名, 不谋私利 (tān xū míng, bù móu sī lì - "coveting false fame and seeking personal gain"), can they truly use power on the "blade" and use it to do practical things and solve problems for the people. To adhere to selfless achievement, it is necessary to cultivate the noble feelings of dedicating oneself to the cause of the Party and the people with the broad mind of "success need not be on me, but success must have me," fulfill one's duties based on one's position, share the worries of the Party, do things for the country, and seek benefits for the people, willingly be an unsung hero, resolutely resist privileged thinking and unhealthy tendencies, and handle the relationship between public and private, emotion and reason, benefit and law with the self-discipline of "having awe in the heart and stopping in action," and single-mindedly fulfill the sacred duties entrusted by the Party and the people.
Practice Diligent Responsibility, Personally Fulfill Duties and Work Hard for the People. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Working hard can rejuvenate the country, while empty talk can mislead the country." If we do not calm down and grasp implementation, no matter how good the goals or how good the blueprints are, they can only be flowers in a mirror or the moon in the water. The dialectical unity of "success need not be on me, but success must have me" provides action guidelines for abandoning empty talk, avoiding false achievements, practicing the concept of "governing for the people," and answering the question of serving the people with true work and hard work. Entering the new era, the main social contradiction in our country has been transformed into the contradiction between the people's growing needs for a better life and unbalanced and inadequate development. The people's needs are changing from the basic guarantee of "whether there is" to the quality pursuit of "whether it is good" and "whether it is excellent." Whether it is the promotion of equalization of basic public services, the continuous strengthening of the bottom-line guarantee of people's livelihood, or the continuous improvement of the living environment, we must rely on solid investment, hard-hitting tackling, and relay-style hard work to move forward step by step. "Success need not be on me" requires Party members and cadres to cultivate the historical patience of "predecessors planting trees and later generations enjoying the shade," not贪一时之功、不图一时之名 (tān yī shí zhī gōng, bù tú yī shí zhī míng - "coveting temporary achievements and seeking temporary fame"), and make the potential achievements solid and in place; "success must have me" requires Party members and cadres to personally fulfill their duties and vigorously grasp implementation with a sense of responsibility of "always being worried," and knock with the spirit of nailing nails one hammer at a time until the nails are firmly nailed, ensuring that various measures for people's livelihood take root and benefit the masses. To adhere to the value pursuit of "success need not be on me, but success must have me," we must adhere to creating achievements for the people and creating achievements with hard work, establishing ourselves with hard work, establishing our careers with solid achievements, and benefiting the people with practical results, and create solid achievements worthy of the times and worthy of the people in continuous struggle.
Clarify the Working Methods for Creating Achievements
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "A correct view of achievements requires us to adhere to starting from reality and acting according to the law, and create achievements that can withstand the test of practice and history, truly benefit the people, and be recognized by the masses through scientific decision-making and hard work." "Success need not be on me, but success must have me" clearly marks the scientific path of "how to create achievements" for Chinese Communists in the new era from the perspective of principles, directions, and practical methods. Scientific decision-making is not only a concentrated embodiment of the correct worldview and methodology, but also a practical necessity and action obligation for practicing the correct view of achievements. To establish and practice a correct view of achievements, Party members and cadres are required to take "success need not be on me, but success must have me" as an important guideline and implement scientific decision-making in place.
Coordinate the Relationship between the Present and the Long Term, and Adhere to Achieving Success without Coveting Temporary Achievements. The key to establishing and practicing a correct view of achievements lies in grasping the relationship between the present and the long term, both based on the present to solve the people's worries and focusing on the long term to consolidate the foundation. "Success need not be on me" is an inherent unity of the long-term historical view and the correct view of achievements, requiring the integration of the small self into the big self. As long as things are scientific, realistic, and in line with the people's wishes, they should be done one after another, and a blueprint should be drawn to the end. To achieve "success need not be on me," Party members and cadres are required to correctly handle the relationship between the present and the long term in their work and fulfillment of duties, maintain historical patience and strategic determination, and recognize that comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization is a gradual process. We must neither deviate from reality and engage in advanced and rash advances, nor should we stick to old ways and miss development opportunities. Based on the present, we must focus on the practical problems that the people are anxious about and urgently need to solve, face the outstanding contradictions and deep-seated challenges in the development process, accurately solve the blockages and pain points in the field of people's livelihood with practical and feasible measures, effectively prevent and resolve various risks and hidden dangers, and truly solve the most concerning, most direct, and most realistic interests of the masses, so that the people can truly feel the effectiveness and changes brought about by development in their daily lives. Focusing on the long term, we must avoid the impetuous mentality of seeking quick success and instant benefits and short-sighted behavior, calm down and invest more resources and energy in potential achievements that lay the foundation, benefit the long term, and manage the fundamentals, systematically plan long-term development plans with foresight, and lay a solid foundation for long-term development and sustainable development. Only by always maintaining the strategic determination and historical patience to jointly deploy, jointly promote, and jointly implement the current urgent tasks and long-term grand goals, and achieve an effective balance between short-term visible results and long-term development, can the development results of Chinese-style modernization be firmly rooted, continuously benefit the people, and truly withstand the test of practice, the people, and history.
Coordinate the Relationship between the Whole and the Part, and Serve the Overall Development with the Overall Situation in Mind. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "All regions and departments must adhere to the concept of systems, consciously act under the overall situation, and play a good game of chess across the country. We must be good at 'playing the piano,' planning a field without forgetting the whole, basing ourselves on the present without ignoring the long term, and highlighting the key points without ignoring the general. We should pay attention to the coordination of various policies, maintain the consistency of macro policy orientation, and prevent and overcome localism and local protectionism." "Success need not be on me, but success must have me" contains the Chinese Communists' distinct political character, that is, always bearing the overall situation in mind and contributing the power of "success" without seeking the name of "success." To promote Chinese-style modernization single-mindedly with the spiritual realm of "success need not be on me, but success must have me," Party members and cadres are required to take the correct view of achievements as the guide, establish a global perspective, correctly handle the relationship between "the whole" and "the part," and find their own position and promote local development in serving the overall situation. Party members and cadres fulfill their duties, focusing on cultivating the thinking of "the whole country as one game," and always put their work into the overall development trend for consideration. Bearing the overall situation in mind does not negate local enthusiasm, but rather better leverage local advantages under the premise of obeying the overall situation. Different regions have different resource endowments and different stages of development. The key lies in finding their own functional positioning in the overall situation and avoiding rushing into action and blindly following the trend. To adhere to the spirit of "success need not be on me, but success must have me" in starting a business, we must abandon erroneous ideas such as "localism" and consciously put the work of our own field and region into the overall development of the Party and the country. The overall work is an organic whole. Some links may have shortcomings and weaknesses, and some fields may temporarily have blank blind spots. Party members and cadres must dare to stand up and take the initiative to take responsibility, rather than stand by and shirk responsibility. Especially when dealing with major risks and challenges and completing urgent, difficult, and dangerous tasks, we must give priority to the overall interests, regardless of personal gains and losses, and dare to sacrifice and dedicate ourselves, and practice the responsibility of "success must have me" with practical actions. On the one hand, based on the responsibilities of the position, we should deeply cultivate various specific tasks, create highlights in the work, and improve the quality and efficiency of the work; on the other hand, we should actively connect with the overall deployment, find the combination point and focus point of local work and overall work, so as to both win glory for one field and add color to the overall situation, and promote the coordinated efforts and overall improvement of various tasks.
Coordinate the Relationship between Macro Strategies and Specific Actions, and Strive for Greatness and Precision in Planning and Layout. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "Strengthen the sense of responsibility, and implement the decisions and deployments and policies and measures of the CPC Central Committee without compromise. We must strengthen coordination and cooperation, enhance the flexibility, coordination, and matching of policies and measures, and strive to achieve the greatest policy effect." The decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee manage the overall situation and manage the long term. They are the fundamental guidelines for all localities to carry out their work. We must implement them without compromise and always take aligning with the spirit of the Party Central Committee as an important political task, deeply understand its core essence and practical requirements, and ensure that the direction of work is not biased and the action is not false. At the same time, our country has a vast territory and the conditions in various places vary greatly, and the development foundation, resource endowment, and contradictions and problems are different. In this regard, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "We must strengthen precise thinking, adhere to 'striving for greatness and precision,' and achieve overall planning and meticulous operation, and do our work solidly and in place with the skill of embroidery." To practice the work orientation of "success need not be on me, but success must have me," we must not only be good at examining problems and grasping the general trend from the height of the overall situation, but also be good at working hard and seeking practical results in the details. This requires the majority of leading cadres to base themselves on the strategic height in planning and layout, deeply grasp the general trend of the development of the times and the core requirements of the work, clarify the overall direction, key tasks, and promotion path of the work, and neither deviate from the main line of development nor ignore long-term value. In specific implementation, we must be good at using the concept of systems, decompose macro strategies into phased goals, refine overall tasks into specific measures, conduct in-depth investigations and research, understand local conditions, and combine local development realities to implement policies according to local conditions and precisely. At the same time, we must abandon the crude and extensive work model, deeply study and judge the blockages and difficulties in the work, scientifically formulate targeted measures, refine the division of tasks, and consolidate the responsibilities of the position, and decompose the macro strategic deployment layer by layer into concrete actions that can be implemented and tested, and grasp the work in detail and in a solid and effective manner.
Coordinate the Relationship between Stability and Progress, and Strive for Steady Progress and Courageous Advancement in Starting a Business. Being an official in one place and governing for a time requires both boldly carrying out work and forging ahead, and maintaining overall stability and continuity of work. The general tone of seeking progress while maintaining stability is an important principle for our Party to govern the country. To practice "success need not be on me, but success must have me," we must scientifically grasp the dialectical unity relationship between "stability" and "progress." "Stability" is a scientific working method and a responsible pursuit of achievements. It is by no means not thinking about making progress or stagnating. Its core lies in guarding the bottom line and consolidating the foundation to ensure that development does not deviate and people's livelihood is guaranteed. "Progress" is an important driving force for breaking through difficulties and promoting development. "Stability" that is divorced from "progress" is easy to slip into a passive situation of being content with the status quo and sticking to old ways. The two complement each other to achieve steady progress and courageous advancement in starting a business. The "15th Five-Year Plan" period is a critical period for laying the foundation and fully exerting efforts to basically realize socialist modernization. To achieve the goal of "significant results in high-quality development" during this period, we must take the responsibility of "success need not be on me, but success must have me" and overcome difficulties in key areas. We must firmly grasp the principle of seeking progress while maintaining stability and promoting stability with progress, coordinate development and security, adhere to the people first, and promote a better combination of an effective market and a promising government. Specific to the practical path, on the one hand, we must adhere to "stability first and seeking progress while maintaining stability," and actively forge ahead on the basis of firmly guarding the bottom line, prevent rushing into action and blindly advancing, and ensure that every step forward is solid, steady, and effective. On the other hand, we must use "progress" to consolidate "stability," dare to break the mindset, and be brave in promoting institutional innovation, mechanism innovation, and practical innovation. By deepening reform, optimizing distribution, and promoting coordination, we will continue to solve the problems of unbalanced and insufficient development, so that the foundation of high-quality development is more stable and the driving force is stronger.
Clarify the Evaluation Criteria for the Effectiveness of the View of Achievements
Evaluation Criteria for Clearly Defining Achievements
The idea of "achieving success does not necessarily require me, but achieving success definitely requires me" demonstrates a sense of responsibility that does not seek immediate gains or pursue empty reputations. More importantly, it reflects a historical consciousness rooted in long-term perspectives and overall situations. The development of our Party's cause has never been achieved overnight. Many major projects and important undertakings often require generations of continuous struggle and sustained efforts. This clarifies the evaluation criteria for achievements, requiring us to judge the gains and losses of work from a historical and holistic perspective.
Upholding the evaluation criteria with strong Party spirit and stabilizing the "lodestar" of a correct view of achievements. The decisive factor in establishing and practicing a correct view of achievements is Party spirit. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Only with a strong Party spirit and the abandonment of selfish thoughts can we ensure that the view of achievements does not deviate." Party spirit is an important cornerstone for Party members and cadres to establish themselves, their careers, their words, and their virtues. It is also the fundamental yardstick for measuring whether the view of achievements is correct. Cadres with a strong Party spirit always put the interests of the Party and the people first, adhere to exercising power according to law, impartially, and with integrity. Their work is based on selflessness, clear distinction between public and private interests, putting public interests first, and forgetting personal interests for the sake of the public. They pursue practical results that can withstand historical scrutiny, rather than temporary glamorous reputations. Conversely, if Party spirit is impure and selfish desires are at play, one will lose direction, deviate from the track, and go astray in the view of achievements. This requires taking the study of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important expositions on establishing and practicing a correct view of achievements as a compulsory course, adhering to the integration of theory with practice, and truly internalizing the realm of "achieving success does not necessarily require me" and the responsibility of "achieving success definitely requires me" into the heart and translating them into action. We must sincerely fulfill our duties and responsibilities for the Party and the people, and create true, good, and solid achievements that can withstand scrutiny.
Correcting the coordinates of achievements with historical consciousness, adhering to the equal importance of "latent achievements" and "manifest achievements." Measuring the effectiveness of achievements cannot be limited to short-term data, but must be examined in the long river of history. 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, achieve both manifest and latent achievements." Evaluating the effectiveness of achievements requires looking at both "manifest achievements" and "latent achievements." "Manifest achievements" are immediate results that are directly visible to the masses, while "latent achievements" are fundamental work that focuses on the long term and benefits future generations. Adhering to the equal importance of "latent achievements" and "manifest achievements" emphasizes the coordination of the present and the long term, taking into account both the present and the future. On the one hand, based on the present, we should actively develop social and economic projects with significant benefits and handle practical matters related to people's livelihoods with visible results, striving to make the growth of manifest achievements benefit the masses and achieve success in the present. On the other hand, focusing on the long term, we should consolidate the foundation for development, accumulate potential energy, and proactively undertake paving and foundational work, abandoning the short-sighted behavior of 竭泽而渔 (jié zé ér yú - "drain the pond to catch the fish," to seek short-term benefits at the expense of long-term interests), and achieving benefits for future generations. Currently, China's economy has entered a stage of high-quality development. High-quality development encompasses systematic projects such as industrial upgrading, innovation-driven development, factor optimization, and green transformation, each of which requires sustained efforts. Party members and cadres must adhere to the equal importance of "latent achievements" and "manifest achievements" and abandon the impetuous mentality of quick results. For example, for strategic emerging industries with high technical barriers, long investment return cycles, but related to national competitiveness, we must dare to invest and be good at cultivating them, and not avoid responsibility or waver in determination because of slow results, so that the fruits of development truly benefit all the people and future generations.
Improving the evaluation system with institutional innovation to eliminate the tendency of "solely focusing on GDP" and "solely focusing on the short term." General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "We must establish a scientific and standardized cadre assessment and evaluation system to form an effective mechanism to encourage cadres to seek truth and be pragmatic, so that those cadres who value reality, tell the truth, do practical things, and seek practical results will not only not suffer losses, but also be encouraged, commended, and given important responsibilities; and those cadres who engage in superficial work, engage in 'image projects' and 'vanity projects' that waste money and manpower, and seek official positions will not only not gain any benefits, but also be criticized and punished." A scientific assessment and evaluation system is a key guarantee for establishing and practicing a correct view of achievements, directly affecting cadres' achievement orientation and work guidance. Taking practical actions to make cadres feel the organization's fairness, justice, and impartiality requires taking institutional innovation as a breakthrough, improving the cadre assessment and evaluation system, accelerating the construction of a cadre assessment and evaluation system that reflects the new development concept and meets the requirements of high-quality development, taking the establishment and practice of a correct view of achievements as an important content, and encouraging cadres to fulfill their duties and responsibilities for the Party and the people with a sense of responsibility of "always being uneasy" and a spirit of active responsibility. On the one hand, we must build a diverse, comprehensive, and dynamic assessment indicator system, closely focusing on the new development concepts of innovation, coordination, green development, openness, and sharing, and scientifically set up evaluation indicators that are critical, leading, and operable. On the other hand, we must fully consider the differences in functional positioning, development stages, and responsibilities and tasks of different regions, promote classified assessment and differentiated assessment, avoid "one size fits all," and truly establish the standard of "doing well" and establish the guidance of "doing practically."
Clearly Define the Responsibilities of Party Members and Cadres in Starting Businesses
The idea of "achieving success does not necessarily require me, but achieving success definitely requires me" clarifies the responsibilities of Party members and cadres in the new era to start businesses, demonstrating the original aspirations and mission of Chinese Communists. Currently, China's development has entered a period in which strategic opportunities and risks and challenges coexist, and uncertain and unpredictable factors are increasing. The more dangers and opportunities coexist, and the more uncertain and unpredictable it is, the more necessary it is to give full play to the Party's leading core role in overseeing the overall situation and coordinating all parties, and to build a high-quality cadre team that is politically strong, capable, and has a strong work style. We must take the correct view of achievements as the guide, place the strengthening of the construction of the ruling backbone team in a prominent position, focus on forging a ruling backbone team that is politically loyal, highly capable, and self-disciplined, and strive unremittingly for the cause of the Party and the people with a high degree of political consciousness, ideological consciousness, and action consciousness.
Consolidate the foundation of ideals and beliefs and temper the political character of absolute loyalty. The lofty realm and mission of "achieving success does not necessarily require me, but achieving success definitely requires me" essentially stems from absolute loyalty to the Party, sincere love for the people, and unwavering faith in Marxism, profoundly demonstrating the political stance, value pursuit, and spiritual character of Chinese Communists in the new era. The responsibility of starting a business is by no means an abstract concept, but a political mission specific to each position and each Party member, reflecting the inherent requirements and practical criteria of loyalty to the Party, responsibility to the country, and dedication to the people. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "With firm ideals and beliefs, the position will be higher, the vision will be broader, and the mind will be more open. We can adhere to the correct political direction, not be proud or impatient in victory and smooth progress, not be depressed or waver in difficulties and adversity, withstand various risks and difficulties, consciously resist the erosion of various decadent thoughts, and always maintain the political character of Communists." To establish and practice a correct view of achievements, the first requirement is to consolidate the foundation of ideals and beliefs, integrate political loyalty into the blood and cast it into the soul, and continuously enhance political judgment, political understanding, and political execution in ideological tempering, political training, practical training, and professional training. As the backbone force of our Party in governing the country, Party members and cadres must take firm ideals and beliefs as a lifelong topic, deeply understand the decisive significance of the "two establishments," strengthen the "four consciousnesses," strengthen the "four confidences," and achieve the "two safeguards," and always maintain a high degree of consistency with the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core in thought, politics, and action. We must embody loyalty to the Party in the practical actions of implementing the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, embody it in the concrete results of promoting high-quality development, consciously plan and promote implementation from the overall situation of the Party and the country, and integrate the political consciousness of truly loving the Party, always worrying about the Party, firmly protecting the Party, and wholeheartedly revitalizing the Party into the entire process of fulfilling duties and responsibilities and into all aspects of work and life. With rock-solid ideals and beliefs and absolutely pure loyal character, with the spiritual realm of "achieving success does not necessarily require me" and the historical responsibility of "achieving success definitely requires me," we will build a solid political foundation for shouldering the responsibility of starting a business.
Honing outstanding skills in performing duties and demonstrating the courage to work hard and do practical work. In starting a business, ability is the foundation, and responsibility is the key. Faced with new situations, new tasks, and new challenges, Party members and cadres must place the improvement of ability and the enhancement of skills in an important position, and shoulder the mission with outstanding qualities. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "Cadres, especially young cadres, must improve their political ability, investigation and research ability, scientific decision-making ability, reform and tackling ability, emergency response ability, mass work ability, and implementation ability." These "seven abilities" constitute the necessary qualities for promoting high-quality development and are the key yardstick for testing whether Party members and cadres can shoulder heavy responsibilities. To hone outstanding skills in performing duties and demonstrate the courage to work hard and do practical work, so that the spiritual realm of "achieving success does not necessarily require me, but achieving success definitely requires me" can take root, the key lies in continuously improving the "seven abilities." Among them, improving political ability focuses on continuously improving political judgment, political understanding, and political execution to ensure that all work moves forward in the correct political direction. Improving the ability to investigate and research focuses on going deep into the grassroots, deep into the masses, and deep into reality, and finding the root causes of problems in mastering first-hand information, so that decisions are based on solid and reliable research. Improving the ability to make scientific decisions focuses on establishing a strategic vision, being good at weighing the pros and cons, and scientifically demonstrating that all decisions are in line with actual conditions, objective laws, and the wishes of the masses. Improving the ability to reform and tackle tough problems focuses on daring to tackle tough problems and daring to take risks, cultivating opportunities in crises, opening up new situations in changes, and solving development problems with reform methods. Improving the ability to respond to emergencies focuses on enhancing risk awareness and bottom-line thinking, improving risk prevention and control mechanisms, and effectively preventing and resolving various risks and hidden dangers. Improving the ability to work with the masses focuses on always standing firm on the people's position and closely linking the Party with the people in handling practical matters related to people's livelihoods. Improving the ability to implement focuses on carrying forward the spirit of nailing nails, doing one thing after another, and transforming the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee into concrete actions with the tenacity of grasping iron and leaving marks and stepping on stones and leaving footprints, and turning the grand blueprint into a beautiful reality. Only when Party members and cadres combine the honing of abilities with long-term responsibility, experience wind and rain, see the world, and strengthen their muscles and bones in the tasks of laying the foundation and benefiting the long term, can they make up for their shortcomings in abilities and develop outstanding skills in solving problems and responding to challenges. Only by adhering to investigation and research, seeking truth and being pragmatic, calming down to practice skills, and going down to grasp implementation, can we continuously improve political judgment, political understanding, and political execution, and support responsibility with professional ability. Only with the courage of "paving roads when encountering mountains and building bridges when encountering water" and the tenacity of "making persistent efforts and achieving success," can we transform our responsibilities and missions into concrete actions for starting a business, and interpret the responsibility of "achieving success definitely requires me" with practical actions and achievements.
Adhere to the bottom line of integrity and self-discipline and forge a strong and powerful cadre team. Integrity and self-discipline are the bottom line for Party members and cadres to engage in politics and an important guarantee for the Party's long-term governance and perpetual vitality. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "If a person's integrity and self-discipline are not up to standard, he will have no backbone as a person." "High-quality development requires high-quality Party building to lead it. We must establish correct employment and work orientations, guide cadres at all levels, especially leading cadres, to practice a correct view of achievements, enhance their skills, take responsibility, and strive for excellent results." The responsibility of "achieving success does not necessarily require me, but achieving success definitely requires me" should be based on integrity and self-discipline to ensure that the cadre team is clean, pure, strong, and powerful. Self-revolution is the Party's second answer to jumping out of the historical cycle of rise and fall. Currently, the "four major tests" and "four major dangers" faced by the Party exist for a long time, and comprehensively and strictly governing the Party is always on the road, and the Party's self-revolution is always on the road. Party members and cadres should persistently promote self-revolution with the spiritual realm of "achieving success does not necessarily require me, but achieving success definitely requires me," get used to working and living in an environment of being supervised and constrained, and continuously achieve self-purification, self-improvement, self-innovation, and self-enhancement. For Party organizations at all levels, we must adhere to grasping Party spirit, Party conduct, and Party discipline together, connecting rectifying conduct and enforcing discipline with anti-corruption, improve the constraints and supervision mechanisms for the allocation and operation of power, resolutely rectify the misplaced behavior of formalism and bureaucracy, and continuously rectify unhealthy tendencies and corruption problems around the masses, and promote cadres to dare to do things boldly under the premise of abiding by rules and disciplines, being clean and honest. We must integrate the requirements of integrity and self-discipline into the entire process of Party members and cadres starting businesses, and use a strong and powerful work style to unite Party hearts and people's hearts, forge a cadre team that the Party can rest assured of and the people are satisfied with, and ensure that the Party always becomes the strong leadership core of Chinese-style modernization. In addition, we must also take integrity and self-discipline as an important yardstick for cadre selection and appointment, pay attention to examining and identifying cadres on the front line of major struggles, both improve the various skills to promote high-quality development, and strengthen the awareness of discipline and rules, and resolutely "veto" Party members and cadres with hard injuries in integrity, so that cadres can continuously enhance their ability to resist corruption and prevent degeneration in ideological tempering, political training, practical training, and professional training.
(The author is the Deputy Secretary-General of the Xi Jinping (习近平) Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era Research Center of the Central Party School (National Academy of Governance))
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The family should be the "first classroom" for the healthy growth of minors and the "first line of defense" for safeguarding their legitimate rights and interests. However, from a judicial perspective, some families are experiencing guardianship deficiencies and a breakdown of this line of defense: some guardians evade their statutory duty of support, while others perversely regard abusing minors as "doing what's best for the child," seriously infringing upon the rights and interests of minors and crossing legal and moral bottom lines.
What legal consequences should be borne for knowingly allowing a remarried spouse to commit domestic violence against children? Will the court support a request for reduction or exemption of child support payments based on reduced income after disposing of personal property? ... The Supreme People's Court (最高人民法院) released six typical cases on the 26th regarding the prevention and punishment of internal family infringements on the legitimate rights and interests of minors, responding to social concerns, promoting the advancement of family protection, and urging guardians to fulfill their responsibilities.
When parents dispose of personal property after changes in their marital relationship, they should prioritize fulfilling their obligation to support minor children.
Mr. Zhang (张先生) and Ms. Wang (王女士) divorced, and their child, Zhang (张某), lived with his mother. According to the court's judgment, Ms. Wang transferred 1.3 million yuan to Mr. Zhang as compensation for the house, and Mr. Zhang paid 6,000 yuan per month in child support. In the year and a half after the divorce, Mr. Zhang transferred more than 3 million yuan to Ms. Liu (刘某) (in a romantic relationship, later married). Afterward, Mr. Zhang resigned from his original company and transferred all the deposits in his bank account under his name. Before resigning, anticipating that his future income might decrease significantly, Mr. Zhang filed a lawsuit requesting a reduction in child support to 2,000 yuan per month.
Is Mr. Zhang's claim reasonable? The trial court held that after a divorce, parents still have the rights and obligations to raise, educate, and protect their children. Mr. Zhang has the obligation to pay Zhang a monthly child support payment in accordance with the effective judgment.
"Having predicted that his income might decrease significantly, Mr. Zhang did not reserve corresponding property to fulfill his statutory duty of support. Instead, he filed a lawsuit before resigning from his original company requesting a reduction in child support, and then successively transferred all bank account deposits to zero. His property disposal behavior hindered the fulfillment of his statutory duty of support." The trial court held that Mr. Zhang did not provide evidence to prove the necessity of the property disposal, and his request to reduce child support based on the grounds that he had no property under his name and his income had decreased significantly was insufficient. The court ruled to reject Mr. Zhang's claim.
The Supreme People's Court (最高法) pointed out that natural persons have the right to dispose of their personal property, but the exercise of rights should also follow legal boundaries. In particular, those who need to fulfill support obligations after divorce should properly handle the relationship between disposing of property and fulfilling support obligations. This case adheres to the principle of the best interests of the minor, clarifies the boundary between freedom of personal property and statutory support responsibilities, and warns parents that when disposing of personal property after changes in their marital relationship, they should prioritize fulfilling their obligation to support minor children and will not support those who evade support obligations by disposing of property.
Eliminate "non-action" harm and prevent minors from suffering illegal harm from within the family at the source.
Parents' support, education, and protection of their minor children are statutory obligations that cannot be relaxed or abandoned. If a child is abused, but the guardian does not act, how should they be punished?
After Ms. Zhu (朱女士) remarried with Qing (卿某), her second son, Zhao (赵某), lived with them. Once, Zhao's father found injuries on the child's body during a visit and reported it to the police. It turned out that Qing used iron hangers and mobile phone charging cables to beat Zhao at home because Zhao was out playing, causing Zhao to be injured. The public security organs gave Qing administrative detention and a fine for this.
After the incident, Zhao's father filed a lawsuit with the court requesting a change in Zhao's custody.
The court held that, according to the investigation by the public security organs, Qing's behavior had clearly exceeded the scope of general family education and constituted domestic violence. Ms. Zhu, as Zhao's mother and direct caregiver, took a laissez-faire attitude towards Qing's domestic violence and did not stop it, failing to fulfill her guardianship duties. It was not conducive to the physical and mental health of the minor to have her as the direct caregiver, which is a statutory circumstance for changing the custody relationship. In addition, Zhao was already 7 years old and had a basic ability to identify the advantages and disadvantages of the living environment and the care situation. Living with his father, Zhao, was his true wish. In summary, the court determined that it was not appropriate for Zhao to continue living with Ms. Zhu and supported the lawsuit requesting a change in the custody relationship in accordance with the law.
"Non-action" harm can cause a heavier price.
Ms. Wang (王女士) lived with her young son, Chen (陈某), and her boyfriend, Huang (黄某). During their cohabitation, Huang repeatedly abused Chen, causing Chen to be covered in scars (identified as minor injuries) and forced Chen to smoke and drink alcohol. Once, Huang hit Chen's left leg hard, causing it to fracture (identified as a minor injury, second degree). Ms. Wang was present when Huang committed the abuse, but did not stop him or take Chen to see a doctor.
The trial court held that Huang repeatedly committed violent abuse against the young child Chen, and his behavior constituted the crime of abuse and the crime of intentional injury, which should be punished concurrently in accordance with the law. The court finally decided to execute a three-year fixed-term imprisonment.
Should Ms. Wang bear criminal responsibility? The trial court stated that Ms. Wang, as the legal guardian of the minor Chen, knew that Huang was abusing Chen but did not stop him, failed to fulfill her protection obligations, and allowed the abuse to continue. Ms. Wang and Huang were jointly abusing, as an accessory, and was sentenced to one year of fixed-term imprisonment by the court.
"The people's court convicts and sentences guardians who allow cohabiting persons to abuse minor children in particularly egregious circumstances for the crime of abuse, forcing guardians to fulfill their responsibilities." The Supreme People's Court (最高法) pointed out that this also warns guardians that they must fulfill their protection obligations in accordance with the law, eliminate "non-action" harm, and prevent minors from suffering illegal harm from within the family at the source.
Build a full-chain protection channel to promote the formation of a multi-departmental collaborative and society-wide participation in the protection of minors.
"People's courts have always adhered to zero tolerance and severe punishment for acts of abuse and harm to minors." The Supreme People's Court (最高法) stated that those who have committed long-term abuse and harm, with cruel means, resulting in the death of minors, and whose crimes are extremely serious, will be resolutely and severely punished in accordance with the law, up to the death penalty.
Internal family infringements on minors are highly concealed and have lasting harm. To effectively prevent and stop such infringements, timely discovery, reporting, and intervention are needed, as well as the joint efforts of judicial organs, functional departments, and all sectors of society.
In one case, a school teacher found unexplained bruises on Zhou's (周某) body and face during routine teaching observations. After questioning, she learned that Zhou had been abused by her mother, Tian (田某某). She immediately reported the situation to the responsible judge of the "Minor Legal Work Studio" established by the People's Court in the school. The court, together with public security, education and sports, civil affairs, community, women's federation, and other departments, consulted and immediately placed Zhou in a temporary shelter. Because Zhou's father had been working away from home for a long time, the court, upon application by the Women's Federation, issued a personal safety protection order in accordance with the law, prohibiting Tian from approaching or contacting Zhou. After research and judgment, the fact that Tian had committed long-term violence was suspected of criminal offenses, and the school reported the case to the public security organs.
The trial court held that Tian had long-term abused her biological daughter Zhou, who lived with her, and the circumstances were egregious. Her behavior constituted the crime of abuse; she repeatedly forced Zhou to take photos and videos of exposed body parts and sell them according to the requirements of others, seriously infringing on the personality dignity and physical and mental health of the minor, and constituted the crime of indecent assault on children. Accordingly, Tian was punished for the crimes of abuse and indecent assault on children, and it was decided to execute a seven-year fixed-term imprisonment.
At the same time, the People's Court promptly appointed a professional psychological counselor to provide psychological counseling for Zhou, issued judicial assistance funds to Zhou in accordance with the law, and provided necessary support for her subsequent life and study. The local Women's Federation filed an application to revoke guardianship qualifications. After trial, the court revoked Tian's guardianship qualifications for her daughter Zhou in accordance with the law, and Zhou's grandmother was responsible for raising and caring for her. The court, together with relevant departments, made regular return visits, and Zhou's various physical and mental indicators gradually recovered.
Comprehensively use personal safety protection orders, revocation of guardianship qualifications, criminal prosecution, judicial assistance, psychological counseling, post-judgment return visits, and other measures to build a "discovery-intervention-accountability-assistance-protection" full-chain protection channel, and promote the formation of a multi-departmental collaborative and society-wide participation in the protection of minors. The Supreme People's Court (最高法) stated that the people's courts will give full play to their adjudicative functions, clarify the boundaries of guardianship responsibilities with fair trials, and consolidate the protection synergy through collaborative linkage to urge and support families to fulfill their guardianship responsibilities in accordance with the law.
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The Party Central Committee and the State Council have always attached great importance to grassroots governance. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized that a strong grassroots level leads to a strong country, and stability at the grassroots level ensures stability nationwide. Grassroots fire governance is an important component of grassroots social governance and the forefront of fire prevention and control. On March 3, the General Office of the State Council issued and implemented the "Opinions on Strengthening Grassroots Fire Protection Work" (hereinafter referred to as the "Opinions"), focusing on the bottlenecks and pain points in grassroots fire safety governance, proactively responding to the practical needs of grassroots fire prevention and control, and making institutional designs and systematic deployments for strengthening grassroots fire protection work. The issuance of the "Opinions" fully embodies the great importance attached by the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core to grassroots fire protection work and the safety of people's lives and property, demonstrates the governing philosophy of putting the people first and life first, promotes the transformation of grassroots fire governance towards proactive prevention, and will surely inject strong impetus into the development of the fire and rescue cause in the new era.
To implement the "Opinions," the prerequisite is to fully understand the essence of the spirit and accurately grasp the work requirements. The "Opinions" thoroughly implement the deployments of the Party Central Committee and the State Council on fire protection reform and the requirements of fire protection laws and policies, focusing on the grim situation of "small fires causing deaths," "small fires leading to major disasters," and the large scale and wide scope of hidden dangers at the grassroots level, using reform thinking to break the deadlock and start the situation, and emphasizing overall planning and coordinated promotion. This is mainly reflected in "five adherences." Adhere to putting the people first and life first. Firmly establish the people-centered development thought, take ensuring people's safety and well-being as the ultimate goal of fire protection work, proactively respond to the new expectations and new requirements of the masses, consolidate the foundation of grassroots fire governance, improve the terminal prevention and control system, and make every effort to solve the safety hazards around the masses, and continuously enhance the people's sense of gain, happiness, and security. Adhere to coordinating development and safety. Anchor the theme of high-quality development in the new era, dialectically handle the relationship between development and safety, strengthen the bottom-line thinking, grasp the governance of traditional fire safety risks, and accurately adapt to the safety development needs of new business forms and new fields, promote the deep integration of fire safety and economic and social development, resonate at the same frequency, promote each other, and achieve a virtuous interaction between high-level safety and high-quality development. Adhere to the clear orientation of focusing on the grassroots. Always take grasping the grassroots and laying the foundation as a long-term plan and a fundamental strategy, regard the grassroots as the main battlefield for fire safety governance, improve the fire governance mechanism that connects the top and bottom, integrates the blocks and lines, and covers the entire region, promote the downward shift of the governance focus, the sinking of resources and forces, and the forward shift of prevention and control checkpoints, consolidate the grassroots fire protection foundation, and build a solid fire safety base. Adhere to the transformation of the fire governance model towards proactive prevention. Firmly establish the concept of prevention first, take being able to prevent as the hard truth, use systematic thinking to further improve the governance mechanism for preventing and resolving risks and effectively responding to challenges, promote the iterative upgrading of supervision concepts, supervision systems, and supervision methods, and promote the transformation of grassroots fire governance from passive handling to proactive prevention. Adhere to the social co-governance of fire safety. Vigorously cultivate a safety culture for the whole society, comprehensively implement the national fire safety literacy improvement action, and promote the concept of national fire protection to be more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Comprehensively use market-oriented means such as credit, insurance, and funds, expand the channels for group organizations, volunteer forces, and grassroots masses to participate in fire governance, and create a urban and rural fire safety governance system of co-construction, co-governance, and sharing.
To implement the "Opinions," the core is to build a grassroots fire protection work pattern of party committees and government organization and leadership, fire protection leading, departmental coordination, county-town integration, and mass prevention and mass governance. To promote the implementation of leadership responsibilities by party committees and governments, it is necessary to promote party committees and governments at all levels to implement the requirements of "the party and government share the same responsibility, one post with dual responsibilities, joint management, and accountability for dereliction of duty," improve the fire safety coordination mechanism led by the main or responsible persons of the government, clarify the internal institutions of townships (streets) that assume fire protection responsibilities, and guide various localities to take various measures such as adjusting administrative or institutional establishment, "reducing the top and supplementing the bottom," "county management and township use," and firefighter transfer and resettlement to enrich grassroots forces, and ensure that grassroots fire protection work is managed and supervised. Guide industry departments to implement the "three managements and three musts" responsibilities. Incorporate grassroots fire protection work into the routine management of industry systems, integrate it into daily industry management work such as industry planning, laws and standards, qualification qualifications, and administrative licenses, and improve the inherent fire safety level of the industry. Relevant industry departments should study and strengthen specific measures such as administrative approval source control and construction project-related license approval, and build a full-chain risk prevention and control system of source prevention and control and process management and control. Consolidate the main responsibility of social units for fire safety. The unit is the basic unit of fire safety management and a key link in preventing and resolving fire risks. It is necessary to adhere to self-inspection for safety, self-elimination of hidden dangers, and self-responsibility, establish a fire safety responsibility system for each level and each post, cultivate fire safety "knowledgeable people," and realize the transformation from other-discipline to self-discipline. For key fire protection units and high-risk industries and fields, it is necessary to strengthen independent management and promote standardized fire safety management by industry. For contiguous densely populated places, old residential areas, and commercial self-built houses, support the adoption of methods such as government procurement of services to provide regional shared fire control services, fire facilities, and self-defense and self-rescue forces to enhance fire prevention capabilities.
To implement the "Opinions," the foundation is to build a solid people's line of fire safety. Adhere to the combination of specialized work and the mass line, widely mobilize all sectors of society and all the people to actively participate, and accelerate the construction of a fire governance community where everyone is responsible, everyone fulfills their responsibilities, and everyone enjoys the benefits. It is necessary to implement the national fire safety literacy improvement project, carry out activities such as popularizing fire knowledge, basic skills training, evacuation and self-rescue drills, and case education and warning, and improve the public's awareness of risk prevention and self-rescue and mutual rescue capabilities. Improve the hidden danger complaint and reporting mechanism, encourage the whole society to actively check for hidden dangers and actively prevent risks, and stimulate the public's enthusiasm and initiative to participate in fire governance. It is necessary to strengthen self-defense and self-rescue forces, seize the strategic opportunity of various localities to focus on the grassroots and strengthen the foundation, accelerate the construction of township full-time fire brigades, carry out hidden danger investigation, publicity and education, fire fighting and rescue work with "prevention and elimination of joint duty, one specialty and multiple skills," and incorporate them into the overall planning and layout of the national fire rescue force, and implement unified command, unified discipline, unified training, and unified honor. It is necessary to vigorously promote the construction of village (community) and unit micro fire stations, incorporate them into the fire dispatch and command system, and achieve prevention first, early detection, and small disposal. The fire department should play the role of "unified," and coordinate and dispatch national teams, full-time teams, volunteer teams, micro fire stations, grassroots fire protection workers, and social organizations to carry out fire safety inspections and investigations. It is necessary to strengthen co-construction, co-governance, and sharing, promote the "credit + supervision" model, improve the joint punishment mechanism for dishonesty, and use it as an important reference basis for credit approval, land approval, and financial support. Innovate the fire insurance service model, encourage insurance companies to open fire public liability insurance products suitable for the market and public needs, and build a fire risk protection system that "focuses on prevention, combines prevention, resistance, and rescue." Widely mobilize social forces such as foundations and charitable organizations to orderly participate in grassroots fire protection, expand governance channels, gather governance synergy, and promote good governance with co-governance and ensure safety with good governance.
To implement the "Opinions," the fundamental is to eliminate hidden dangers before fire. Fundamentally eliminate accident hazards and fundamentally solve problems. It is necessary to firmly establish the concept of systematic governance and proactive prevention, put more effort into planning ahead and preventing problems before they occur, and promote the transformation of the fire governance model towards proactive prevention. It is necessary to improve the closed-loop mechanism for hidden danger rectification. For traditional risks, it is necessary to focus on high-risk links such as fire facilities, life channels, and pipeline shafts, and target the treatment and accurately eliminate hidden dangers. For the risks of new business forms and new industries, local governments at the county level and above should analyze and judge in a timely manner, clarify regulatory responsibilities, and prevent loss of control and leakage of management. It is necessary to promote the practice of "street and township blowing the whistle and departments reporting," incorporate it into grid management services, improve the mechanisms for hidden danger discovery, reporting, transfer, investigation, and feedback, resolve risks at the end, and solve problems at the front line. It is necessary to enhance the resilience of regional fire prevention, promote local governments to incorporate fire protection work into local economic and social development plans and related special plans, incorporate it into major policy implementation and people's livelihood projects such as rural revitalization and urban renewal actions, increase investment in fire protection infrastructure, improve public fire protection infrastructure, eliminate major fire hazards, and protect the stability of the entire region with the safety of the grassroots. Use technology to empower fire governance, and leverage the major strategic deployment of the National "15th Five-Year Plan" Outline on building a strong country in science and technology, fully integrate into the construction of local digital governments and smart cities, and realize data connectivity across levels, regions, and systems. Accelerate the construction of a comprehensive fire supervision and service and fire risk monitoring and early warning network, strengthen the deep integration and application of technological means such as the Internet of Things and artificial intelligence, and promote the digital and intelligent transformation of fire governance. It is necessary to promote non-on-site supervision, comprehensively use big data technology to implement all-time monitoring of the fire safety status of grassroots units and residential communities, and realize full-domain perception and accurate early warning.
To implement the "Opinions," the key is for the fire department to play a leading role. The issuance of the "Opinions" is a major deployment made by the Party Central Committee and the State Council to accurately grasp the laws of fire protection work. The fire department must resolutely shoulder its responsibilities and actively take action. It is necessary to strengthen the awareness of government functional departments. Fire departments at all levels should jump out of the inertial thinking of line management, use the brand of "Fire and Rescue Bureau," fulfill their territorial supervision responsibilities, and consciously integrate fire protection work into the overall situation of local economic and social development. It is necessary to strengthen comprehensive supervision of grassroots fire protection work, rely on the platforms of safety production committees and fire safety committees at all levels, improve working mechanisms such as consultation and judgment, information sharing, joint inspection, and letter supervision, and promote the implementation of fire protection responsibilities by various departments and industries. It is necessary to promote the integration of prevention and elimination. The "Opinions" empower fire rescue stations with the functions of carrying out fire supervision and inspection and implementing corresponding administrative penalties, which opens up the "prevention and rescue" chain and enhances the professional strength of grassroots fire governance. It is necessary to promote the extension of fire professional supervision forces to the grassroots, establish and improve working mechanisms such as sub-area supervision, force dispatch, and personnel posting, organize and implement fire supervision and inspection, assist townships in carrying out fire protection work, and build a fire supervision system covering urban and rural areas. It is necessary to improve the supervision model, scientifically coordinate law enforcement resources and force investment according to risk levels, implement hierarchical and classified differentiated supervision of units and places in the jurisdiction, and comprehensively improve the professionalism and accuracy of supervision. It is necessary to promote simple law enforcement, simplify case handling procedures, optimize case handling processes, and use more efficient and convenient law enforcement methods to promptly correct minor violations, reduce the burden on the masses and enterprises, and make "law enforcement powerful and service warm."
To implement the "Opinions," the focus is on strictly implementing the reward and punishment incentive mechanism. The "Opinions" make rigid provisions on assessment rewards and punishments, accountability, and exemption from duty, which are not only key measures to improve the execution and credibility of fire protection work by government and industry departments, but also a solid guarantee for all levels and departments to tighten and consolidate fire safety responsibilities. It is necessary to make good use of the safety production assessment and inspection platform, promote the effectiveness of grassroots fire protection work as an important reference for the reward and punishment incentives of grassroots cadres, give full play to the role of the assessment baton and the vane effect, strengthen the application of results, and establish a clear orientation of those who are capable are in position, those who can do are promoted, and those who are excellent are given priority. It is necessary to make good use of the means of investigating and handling fire accidents, improve the risk prevention mechanism guided by fire investigation and handling, and promote governments, industry departments, and social units at all levels to consciously standardize administrative behavior and management and operation behavior. It is necessary to make good use of exemption from duty, refine the circumstances of exemption, mitigation, and mitigation of punishment, take responsibility for those who are responsible, and stimulate the internal motivation of grassroots fire protection workers to take responsibility and start businesses.
The blueprint has been drawn, and it is time to forge ahead. The "15th Five-Year Plan" period is a key period for laying the foundation and fully exerting efforts to basically realize socialist modernization. Let us take the implementation of the "Opinions" as an opportunity, establish and practice the correct concept of political achievements, with a high degree of political consciousness and a strong sense of mission, be pragmatic and diligent, work hard, overcome difficulties, comprehensively consolidate the grassroots foundation of fire safety, and contribute fire protection strength to promoting Chinese-style modernization!
(The authors are the Director and Political Commissar of the National Fire and Rescue Administration (国家消防救援局), respectively.)
Return to TopA few days ago, the Hainan Province 2026 "Hundred Cities, Thousand Schools, Ten Thousand Enterprises" private enterprise-university joint promotion of employment action campus special recruitment fair was held at Haikou University of Economics. 185 private enterprises from fields such as finance and securities, software and communications, new energy, artificial intelligence, culture and media, and aviation tourism provided nearly 5,000 knowledge-based and technical positions. The picture shows the scene of the recruitment fair.
Photo by Su Biken (苏弼坤) (Image China)
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on May 26th (Reporter Zhang Tianpei (张天培)) The reporter learned from the Ministry of Public Security (公安部): In the digital age, online rumors have become a hidden danger threatening social order and public trust. Some self-media bloggers create "visual impact" to attract netizens' attention through deliberate scene design and scripted role-playing, ultimately achieving the purpose of illegal profit.
Recently, the Cyber Security Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security (公安部网安局) announced five typical cases of cracking down on and rectifying online rumors. Among them, some people used live broadcast rooms to falsely stage "kidnapping" rumors and incite netizens to report to the police. Some people, in order to gain traffic, planned and performed false information through live online connections on Internet platforms. Some people even used AI (artificial intelligence) tools to fabricate the scene of a "collapse accident" in order to attract attention and traffic, and released it through short video platforms, maliciously蹭取热点话题热度 (céng qǔ rèdiǎn huàtí rèdù - "taking advantage of hot topics," to exploit trending topics for attention), causing public panic and seriously disrupting public order. In response, public security organs have imposed corresponding administrative or criminal penalties on the parties involved.
Relevant officials from the Cyber Security Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security (公安部网安局) reminded that for those who deliberately fabricate and spread rumors, the public security organs will, according to the degree of harm caused by the rumors, pursue the corresponding legal responsibilities of the rumor-mongers in accordance with the law.
Return to TopThe Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Market Supervision Bureau (广西壮族自治区市场监督管理局) reported on May 26th from Nanning (南宁), that Guangxi (广西) has innovated a hierarchical governance model to comprehensively safeguard the people's "safety on the tip of the tongue." Since the beginning of this year, Guangxi's (广西) market supervision departments have conducted a full coverage screening of 85,000 online food delivery merchants throughout the region, discovering 7,486 cases of food safety violations by online stores, filing 3,680 cases, and transferring 109 cases to public security organs.
Guangxi (广西) took the lead in compiling graded and classified standards for food safety risk hazards across the entire chain, covering 21 key areas such as planting and breeding, production, circulation, and catering. Risks are accurately divided into four levels: particularly significant, significant, relatively large, and general, corresponding to the implementation of a five-link graded closed-loop management system of "disposal—rectification—acceptance—dynamic upgrading—result application." Guangxi (广西) conducted a province-wide comprehensive investigation to identify and sort out 40 risk issues in 7 major categories, formulated 113 targeted measures, and formed three lists of "problems, tasks, and responsibilities," implementing list-based promotion and **销号式** (xiāo hào shì - "cancel-number style," a management method that involves assigning numbers to problems and then canceling them off the list as they are resolved) rectification.
Guangxi (广西) broke the "each manages its own segment" dilemma, established and improved 10 special coordination groups, and layered the regulatory responsibilities of 14 departments. "Joint service booths" were innovatively established in 19 large agricultural wholesale markets to "test first, then list" products without qualified certificates. The province strengthened the connection between administrative and criminal justice, and jointly with public security, procuratorate, and judicial departments, deeply investigated major cases to form a strong deterrent. In the first four months of this year, the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Market Supervision Bureau (广西壮族自治区市场监督管理局) jointly investigated 158 food criminal cases with public security organs, and destroyed 65 dens.
In addition, the market supervision department conducts credit downgrading and implements untrustworthy punishment on business entities that fail to rectify effectively, and dynamically upgrades the control of risks that continue to exist. 5,042 food delivery riders were hired as food safety supervisors to promote "on-the-spot shooting, instant reporting," and 279 problem clues were verified and dealt with. Guangxi (广西) incorporated "cloud monitoring + artificial intelligence recognition" into the source of risk identification at all levels, integrated multi-departmental food safety complaints, reports, sampling inspections, public opinion and other multi-source data, promoted enterprise self-discipline, public participation and media supervision to exert efforts at all levels, and shifted from passive response to active prevention, to further consolidate the entire chain of food safety defense line.
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The currently showing movie "A Letter from Grandma" has moved millions of viewers with its letters of overseas Chinese remittances, also boosting the popularity of overseas Chinese hometown tourism.
Chikan Town (赤坎镇) in Kaiping City (开平市), Guangdong (广东), tells the story of an overseas Chinese hometown through its century-old architecture. Stepping into the ancient town, rows of arcade buildings stretch out, and various watchtowers stand scattered, with bluestone paths winding through the streets and alleys. Strolling through it, the architectural texture and historical features of the overseas Chinese hometown come to life.
The arcade buildings are iconic structures of the overseas Chinese hometowns in Lingnan (岭南), serving as shops below and residences above, suitable for both sunny and rainy days, and carrying the memory of commerce and trade. The various watchtowers are a testament to the overseas Chinese protecting their homes. These ancient buildings are not just architectural landscapes, but also historical witnesses of the surrounding villages, emotional anchors for the villagers, and carriers of nostalgia for overseas Chinese.
However, many years ago, many arcade buildings were dilapidated and in disrepair, with crumbling walls, aging beams and columns, and incomplete doors and windows. The appearance of the villages gradually dimmed, and the story of the overseas Chinese hometown was once silent. "In the early years, the market here was prosperous, but later the old streets gradually became deserted, and most young people went out to make a living," Fang Weirong (方伟荣), a villager from Zili Village (自力村) in Tangkou Town (塘口镇), told tourists while rowing a boat in the scenic area. "Later, the town protected and renovated the old houses, the popularity of the old streets returned, and I also got to eat 'tourism rice'."
"The systematic renovation of the ancient town adheres to the principle of restoring the old as before and minimizing intervention, and meticulously restores more than 680 arcade buildings, watchtowers, and ancient rural buildings," said Hu Bing (胡兵), chairman of Chikan Overseas Chinese Ancient Town (赤坎华侨古镇).
Jinghui Building (景辉楼) is a typical example. Before the renovation, the roof leaked, the wooden structure was decayed, and the internal furnishings were damaged. It was once idle and abandoned. During the renovation, the ancient town found professional ancient building restoration craftsmen to restore the beams, columns, carvings, skylights, and patios according to the original appearance of the Republic of China, recreating the combination of Chinese and Western arcade residential pattern.
The overseas Chinese houses in the countryside have also been gradually restored. Ancient buildings have been restored to their former glory. Many overseas Chinese who returned to their hometowns and saw the restored old houses said that this place has retained their memories and guarded their roots.
The lives of the villagers are also changing. Li Liyu (李丽愉), the owner of a snack shop in the ancient town, often takes her children to play in the arcade buildings. A plate of hometown flavors and an old story allow the children to remember the history of the overseas Chinese hometown in a subtle way.
The protection of ancient buildings has brought about opportunities for coordinated development. Around Chikan Overseas Chinese Ancient Town (赤坎华侨古镇), Kaiping (开平) is accelerating the construction of a world heritage-style agricultural, cultural, and tourism integrated development industrial park, promoting the linkage of towns and villages in Chikan (赤坎), Tangkou (塘口), Baihe (百合), and Xiangang (蚬冈), connecting ancient towns, watchtowers, villages, and cultural and creative spaces to form a comprehensive cultural tourism complex for the entire region.
Ying Village (鹰村), a natural village under the jurisdiction of Hongxi Village (红溪村) in Chikan Town (赤坎镇), relies on watchtowers such as Hongyi Building (宏裔楼) and Tingyi Building (庭裔楼) to revitalize idle overseas Chinese houses and land, introduce new business formats such as watchtower tea and coffee, pastoral research and study, and rural camping. The old watchtowers and old houses have been transformed into literary and artistic check-in spots and new employment platforms. Uncle Guan (关叔), who works at the Ying Village (鹰村) Coffee Camp, said: "I used to farm at home, but now I work nearby." Tangkou Town (塘口镇) has transformed the old granary into the Vanguard Granary Bookstore (先锋天下粮仓书店), driving the clustered development of cultural and creative industries, research and study, and homestays, becoming a vivid example of literary and artistic empowerment of the countryside.
The ancient town streets and alleys have become open-air stages. Immersive performances such as "Fire Show" (《火秀》) and "The Way Home" (《归途》) allow tourists to immerse themselves in the experience. Some tourists said that here they can see the architecture, hear the stories, and retain their nostalgia.
The ancient charm of the overseas Chinese hometown is being told, and the business formats of the overseas Chinese hometown are becoming active. In March of this year, the Chinese Writers Association's (中国作协) "Famous Writers Arrive at the Literary 'County' Scene" event was held in Kaiping (开平), attracting many book fans. Xiong Yuqun (熊育群), the writer who created the novel "Jin Xu" (《金墟》) based on the local conditions and customs of Chikan (赤坎), said with emotion: "It used to be rare to see people here at night, but now it is full of popularity. The ancient town and its surroundings are alive, and the cultural atmosphere is getting stronger and stronger."
Using culture to shape tourism and tourism to enrich agriculture. According to statistics, in 2025, Kaiping (开平) received more than 12.08 million tourists, and tourism revenue reached 7.432 billion yuan. The historical depth and humanistic charm of Chikan (赤坎) are being seen, understood, and spread by more people.
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My connection with Chikan (赤坎) began with a visit many years ago. At that time, the ancient town had rows of arcade buildings, and the architectural texture revealed a strong overseas Chinese atmosphere. However, the streets and alleys were desolate, and there were few people after nightfall. Walking on the streets, I couldn't help but feel sorry – such an ancient town with history and stories should not be buried by time.
What really made me determined to write about Chikan (赤坎) was the 30th-anniversary celebration of a rural school. On the day of the celebration, more than 30 descendants of overseas Chinese traveled across mountains and seas, and the campus was filled with banners of blessings from all over the world. At that moment, I was deeply touched: Chikan (赤坎) may be small, but it is connected to the world. This unique historical value and cultural weight made me determined to use words to preserve this nostalgia and rural charm.
To create the novel "Jin Xu (金墟)," I spent six years, almost walking through every ancient building in the ancient town, taking photos and visiting each building, meticulously restoring the architectural pattern and streetscape. I placed the characters of the novel in real buildings, allowing the fictional story to take root in the real scenery of the countryside, striving for the text to be in sync with reality, and for history to echo the present. I heard that the ancient town plans to create a tour route around the content of the novel, allowing readers and tourists to walk into Chikan (赤坎) following the text. I think this is the best encounter between literature and the countryside.
Over the years, I have witnessed the transformation of Chikan (赤坎) with my own eyes. The ancient town has gradually awakened in protection and revitalization, with more and more tourists and a stronger and stronger atmosphere of life. The renovation of ancient buildings strives to preserve the original style, repairing the old as before, with a long-lasting ancient charm. What makes me even more gratified is that the local area pays attention to the excavation of local culture, creating exhibition spaces based on local historical figures, presenting the real stories of overseas Chinese and human history to tourists in their original flavor, so that ancient streets and ancient buildings are not just scenery, but also have spiritual connotations that can be read and savored.
The development of cultural tourism has injected vitality into the ancient town, and various performing arts programs are also trying to tell the stories of overseas Chinese. The lively scene is gratifying, and I look forward to deeply exploring the real history of overseas Chinese in the future, integrating the moving stories of the ancestors who traveled across the oceans, 落叶归根 (luò yè guī gēn - "fallen leaves return to their roots," returning to one's origin), and serving the country and loving their hometown into it, so that the literature and art here have soul, roots, and warmth, and let the culture of overseas Chinese directly reach people's hearts.
The popularity of Chikan (赤坎) is increasing day by day, bringing not only the atmosphere of life but also the dissemination power of culture. I hope that more and more people can understand the patriotic feelings of overseas Chinese and the spiritual temperament of Chikan (赤坎) through architecture and stories.
The overseas Chinese story written in "Jin Xu (金墟)" is also going to the world. The Arabic version of "Jin Xu (金墟)" has been officially published, and the work has been selected into the "New Era Literature Climbing Plan" and other projects, and is widely promoted overseas. The drama adapted from "Jin Xu (金墟)" is also being carefully polished, and will reproduce the century-old history of overseas Chinese with stage art. The power of literature and art allows the stories of overseas Chinese to cross mountains and seas and be seen by more people.
(The author is the Deputy Director of the Prose Committee of the Chinese Writers Association (中国作协散文委员会), and the author of the novel "Jin Xu (金墟)." Interview and compilation by Jiang Xiaodan (姜晓丹), reporter of this newspaper.)
Return to TopThis reporter Sun Haitian (孙海天) reported from Sanya (三亚) on May 26th: The 2026 International Ocean Technology Conference opened in Sanya (三亚), Hainan (海南) on the 26th. With the theme of "Going into the Deep Blue," this conference brought together nearly 750 leading experts, young scholars, and industry elites from 26 countries and regions to jointly explore marine science and technology innovation and industrial development.
The International Ocean Technology Conference is an authoritative academic conference in the field of global marine engineering and science and technology. This conference is jointly hosted by the IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society and other organizations. The conference lasts for 4 days, focusing on in-depth exchanges on cutting-edge topics such as deep-sea exploration and archeology, marine artificial intelligence, offshore wind power, and polar observation. 51 domestic and foreign exhibitors will focus on displaying the latest technologies and equipment achievements.
As an important gathering place for national deep-sea technology, Sanya (三亚) has now gathered more than 30 national and provincial-level scientific research institutions in the deep-sea field and built a scientific research mother port. This conference will further rely on the advantages of the Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自由贸易港) to deepen international marine industry-university-research cooperation.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Harbin on May 26th (Reporter Fang Yuan (方圆)): On the 25th, the launching ceremony of the 2026 Harbin Summer Music Season was held at the Heilongjiang (黑龙江) Harbin Grand Theater (哈尔滨大剧院). This year's music season will last until September, focusing on the theme of "Summer Encounter Ice City, Cool Appointment," deeply integrating classical and popular music, professional and folk performances, local and external elements, and building an all-area, all-season, and all-age music tourism format.
At the launching ceremony, the Harbin Symphony Orchestra (哈尔滨交响乐团), the Harbin Ballet (哈尔滨芭蕾舞团), the Harbin Mass Culture and Art Museum (哈尔滨市群众文化艺术馆), and other artistic troupes and performance venues released their music season performance and mass cultural activity arrangements. This year's music season is an important measure to continue the city's musical heritage and enhance the cultural brand of the Ice City. By coordinating high-quality artistic resources, innovating diverse performance forms, and launching a series of benefit-the-people activities, it will continuously meet the high-quality cultural needs of the masses and promote the deep integration and development of culture and tourism.
This year's music season is divided into three major sections. The "Summer Capital Elegance" professional art section covers eight units, including Chinese classical music, Eurasian Symphony - China-Russia Cultural and Artistic Exchange, Harbin Music Day Special, Midsummer City Art Season, Romantic Summer Night Chamber Music Collection, and the 2026 Harbin Music Festival. The "Arts and Colors for All" mass culture section includes 10 activities such as the Citizens' Music Carnival, Mass Chorus Performance, "Singing Good Songs for Everyone" Vocal Competition, and Village Song Demonstration. The "Summer of Music Tourism" art-tourism integration section will simultaneously launch activities such as the International Youth Trend Art Week and "Music Fills the City" outdoor benefit performances to boost cultural and tourism consumption.
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Return to TopThe Yarlung Tsangpo River flows ceaselessly, and "Tibet Source Shannan" (藏源山南) presents a new look. On May 27, 2016, Shannan City (山南市) of the Tibet Autonomous Region (西藏自治区) was officially inaugurated. This land, bearing Tibetan culture, officially opened a new chapter in the era of urban development and governance modernization.
For ten years, it has weathered the wind and rain, and for ten years, it has forged ahead. Shannan City (山南市) has closely focused on the "four major tasks" of stability, development, ecology, and strengthening the border, and has continuously strived in economic construction, urban and rural appearance, ecological protection, people's livelihood improvement, and ethnic unity, turning development goals into reality, making the Yalong land full of vitality, and writing a vivid answer sheet for high-quality development on the snowy plateau.
Industry Revitalizes the City
Iterative Momentum Strengthens the Foundation, Improves Quality and Efficiency to Build a Highland
Over the past 10 years, Shannan City (山南市) has been based on its resource endowments, unswervingly promoted industrial transformation and upgrading, laid out and developed new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions, and promoted economic development from "quantitative accumulation" to "qualitative leap." The city's gross regional product has jumped from 9.812 billion yuan in 2015 to 33.18 billion yuan in 2025, an increase of more than 238%, achieving a historic leap.
Clean energy is on the rise, and the "green engine" is surging with power. Relying on the advantages of hydropower, solar energy, and wind energy resources, Shannan City (山南市) actively integrates into the Yarlung Tsangpo River (雅鲁藏布江) basin's integrated water, solar, wind, and storage pattern. The total installed power capacity that has been built and is under construction reaches 5.92 million kilowatts, with an annual power generation of over 7.5 billion kilowatt-hours. Jiacha (加查), Dagu (大古) and other hydropower stations have been built and put into operation, photovoltaic and wind power projects are being promoted in an orderly manner, the green electricity trading mechanism is constantly improving, and cross-provincial green electricity trading has been successfully achieved. The clean energy industry has become an important pillar of the industrial economy.
New quality productive forces are poised to set sail, and new momentum for development is accelerating. Shannan City (山南市) is building a new benchmark for industry. The pilot project for the integrated hydrogen production and refueling station has started construction, and the application of hydrogen energy is accelerating. Adhering to application scenarios as the traction, the low-altitude economy is accelerating its development, and unmanned aerial vehicles are accelerating their application in afforestation, emergency rescue, and smart border defense.
The deep integration of culture and tourism empowers the city, and the "Tibet Source Shannan" (藏源山南) brand shines brightly. The Yalong Cultural Tourism Festival (雅砻文化旅游节), the Shannan City Yalong Material Exchange Fair (山南市雅砻物资交流会), the Sijinla Tso (思金拉错) Cultural Tourism Brand Promotion and Lake Opening Ceremony in Sangri County (桑日县), and the Zhegu Herders' Festival (哲古牧人节) and other festival activities are constantly expanding their influence. "Prosperous Borderland, Love in Shannan" (盛世边疆·爱在山南), the border tour of patriotism, and the Pumoyong Tso (普莫雍错) "Blue Ice Rendezvous" and other cultural tourism IPs are constantly being launched. In the past 10 years, the number of tourists received and the total tourism revenue in Shannan City (山南市) have increased by more than 3 times. The cultural tourism industry has become a "golden key" to drive consumption and employment.
Commercial circulation is becoming increasingly active, and the city's "atmosphere of life" is becoming increasingly strong. The number of business entities in Shannan City (山南市) has increased from 19,600 in 2016 to 62,500 in the first quarter of 2026, and the number of individual industrial and commercial households and private enterprises has increased significantly. Night economy agglomeration areas and county-level commercial systems are gradually being improved. The Shannan City (山南市) Third "Pomegranate Seed Cup" (石榴籽杯) Grassland Football Invitational Tournament and other series of sports events have ignited the city's enthusiasm. New consumption scenarios such as the "Yalongli" (雅砻里) Cultural and Art Block are constantly emerging. Cold chain logistics and e-commerce are developing rapidly. Six national-level e-commerce demonstration projects have been successfully created to promote rural areas. Shannan apples are exported to Nepal, and wine is sold to Hong Kong. The urban and rural consumer markets continue to heat up, and the total retail sales of social consumer goods have doubled in 10 years.
Urban and Rural Renewal
Coordinated Integration Promotes Development and Depicts a New Picture of Livable Living
Over the past 10 years, Shannan City (山南市) has adhered to urban-rural integration and coordinated development, promoted urban renewal and comprehensive rural revitalization in a coordinated manner, continuously improved infrastructure, balanced coverage of public services, and made it more convenient for the masses to travel, live more comfortably, and live more conveniently.
Transportation arteries are open in all directions, and a three-dimensional transportation network is accelerating its formation. The mileage of highways open to traffic in Shannan City (山南市) has exceeded 10,000 kilometers. High-grade highways, national and provincial trunk lines, and rural roads are interconnected, and the accessibility rate of townships and administrative villages has reached 100%. The Lhasa-Linzhi Railway (拉林铁路) has been opened to traffic, and the Lhasa Gonggar International Airport (拉萨贡嘎国际机场) T3 terminal and the Shannan Longzi Airport (山南隆子机场) have been built and put into operation. Shannan City (山南市) has been identified as a carrier city for an airport-based national logistics hub. The Lhasa-Zedang (泽当) Expressway on the Tibet S5 Line (西藏S5线) has been opened to traffic, forming a comprehensive three-dimensional transportation pattern with coordinated efforts from highways, railways, and aviation. The construction of "Four Good Rural Roads" (四好农村路) is strong, the public transportation of rural passenger transport is steadily advancing, and the construction of a rural express delivery logistics system has achieved remarkable results. Express delivery has fully covered villages, effectively solving the problem of express delivery for the masses.
The quality of the city has been significantly improved, and the ancient city has been revitalized with a livable new look. The central urban area of Shannan City (山南市) is constantly expanding, and the city's purification, optimization, beautification, greening, and intelligence are being promoted simultaneously. A number of new urban landmarks such as Shenli Times Square (神力时代广场), Yajiang Tiangjie (雅江天街), and Shannan Station (山南站) are constantly emerging. Public service facilities such as cultural and art centers, employee service centers, swimming pools, and gymnasiums have been put into use. The capacity for water supply, power supply, heating, and communication has been significantly enhanced. The former plateau town has gradually transformed into a modern new city with complete functions and livability.
Beautiful and harmonious villages are gradually blooming, and rural construction is being steadily promoted. Shannan City (山南市) has invested 4.4 billion yuan to implement 189 projects for livable, business-friendly, beautiful and harmonious villages. The improvement of the rural living environment has been carried out in depth. 86 autonomous region-level beautiful and livable demonstration villages have been created, and a number of counties and districts have been rated as advanced counties in the national village cleaning action. The popularization rate of rural tap water has increased to 91%, and power grids, broadband, and 4G or 5G networks have achieved full coverage of administrative villages. Talents, funds, and technologies flow to the countryside, and channels for farmers and herdsmen to transfer employment and return to their hometowns to start businesses are constantly being broadened.
Ecological Empowerment
Protecting the Pure Land and Rich Heritage, Polishing the Golden Business Card of Ecology
Shannan City (山南市) has always adhered to the priority of ecology and green development, placed the protection of the ecological security barrier of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (青藏高原) in a prominent position, coordinated the integrated protection and systematic management of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, and grasslands, and continued to promote sand prevention and control, land greening, and pollution prevention and control, so that blue skies, clear waters, and pure land have become the distinct symbols of Shannan.
Significant results have been achieved in ecological management, and the scene of sand retreating and green advancing is gratifying. Shannan City (山南市) has innovated sand fixation and afforestation technologies. With the north-south mountain greening project as the center, it has adhered to scientific greening and promoted applicable technologies such as deep planting of large seedlings, T-shaped dam sand fixation, and algae and moss biological carpets. In the past 5 years, it has completed a cumulative afforestation of 470,000 mu and grassland ecological restoration of 1,856,500 mu. The ecological environment has been steadily improved, and the trend of desertification expansion has been effectively curbed. The forest chief system and the river and lake chief system have been fully implemented, a four-level management and protection system has been established, and more than 24,000 forest rangers and grass managers have been equipped to achieve grid-based management and protection of forests, grasslands, and wetlands. Ecological environment monitoring and biodiversity protection have been continuously strengthened. The number of rare wild animals such as black-necked cranes and Tibetan wild donkeys has steadily increased, and the picture of harmonious coexistence between humans and nature is more vivid.
The environmental quality continues to improve, and the construction of "waste-free cities" ranks among the top in the region. The battles to defend blue skies, clear waters, and pure land have been carried out in a solid manner. The proportion of days with excellent air quality has been stable at over 98%, the water quality of centralized drinking water sources has met the standards for 10 consecutive years, the soil environmental quality has remained stable, 43 key projects have been implemented and achieved results, and the capacity for the disposal of domestic waste, construction waste, kitchen waste, and hazardous waste has been comprehensively improved. The harmless treatment rate of industrial solid waste, domestic waste, and medical waste has reached 100%, and the level of solid waste resource utilization has been continuously improved.
The results of ecological benefits for the people are shared, and green dividends benefit the masses. Through ecological management and protection posts, work-for-relief programs, and industrial driving, ecological construction in Shannan City (山南市) has driven an increase in income for farmers and herdsmen of over 2.5 billion yuan in 10 years. The north-south mountain greening project alone has brought thousands of long-term management and protection posts.
Unity and Border Consolidation
Working Together to Consolidate the Border, Benefiting the People and Warming the Heart to Aggregate Strength
Over the past 10 years, Shannan City (山南市) has always taken the consolidation of the sense of community of the Chinese nation as the main line, promoted the deep integration of ethnic unity, improvement of people's livelihood, and strengthening the border and consolidating defense. People of all ethnic groups are tightly united like pomegranate seeds, jointly guarding the sacred land and building a happy home.
Ethnic unity is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and a harmonious movement is jointly played. Shannan City (山南市) has successfully created a national model city for ethnic unity and progress. All counties (districts, cities) and townships (towns) have achieved full coverage of model creation, and a number of units and individuals have been rated as national model collectives and model individuals for ethnic unity and progress. Regular publicity and education on ethnic unity and the construction of a common spiritual home for the Chinese nation are carried out, the popularization of the national common language and writing is promoted, and more than 20,000 people are exchanged with other provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities) every year. The provinces and cities aiding Tibet and Shannan City (山南市) help each other, and the flower of ethnic unity is always in full bloom in the Yalong land.
The bottom line of people's livelihood security is secured, and the people's happiness index is improved. Shannan City (山南市) adheres to tilting fiscal expenditure towards people's livelihood, and employment, education, medical care, social security, elderly care, and assistance have made comprehensive progress. In the past 10 years, the number of new urban jobs has exceeded 57,000, and the employment rate of college graduates has remained above 98%. The balanced development of education has been fully implemented for 15 years of free education, the balanced development of compulsory education has passed the national assessment, the conditions for running schools and the level of teachers have been greatly improved, and special education, preschool education, and high school education have developed in a coordinated manner.
Social assistance is precise and efficient, and special groups are cared for. The social assistance system of Shannan City (山南市) is constantly improving, and the standards for urban and rural subsistence allowances, special hardship support, and temporary assistance have been increased many times. Nearly 800 million yuan of assistance funds have been allocated cumulatively in 10 years. Elderly care service facilities are gradually being improved, centralized support for elderly people in extreme poverty has been achieved, the two subsidies for disabled people and the protection standards for orphans and de facto unattended children have been steadily increased, mental health welfare and funeral public services have filled the gaps, and the people's livelihood security network has been woven more closely.
Ten years of hard work and ten years of fruitful results. Standing at a new historical starting point, Shannan City (山南市) will continue to focus on the "four major tasks," actively integrate into the Lhasa-Shannan (拉萨-山南) development core and the Yajiang Economic Belt (雅江经济带) construction, focus on the strategic positioning of Shannan City's (山南市) "one pole and five districts," continue to expand domestic demand, optimize supply, increase the construction of the "four networks" of water conservancy, transportation, energy, and communication, accelerate the development of advantageous pillar industries, make every effort to cultivate new quality productive forces, focus on building industrial clusters, optimize the business environment, make articles on tapping the potential of private investment and expanding local consumption, coordinate the promotion of new urbanization and comprehensive rural revitalization, earnestly do a good job in people's livelihood, strive to create a national civilized city, promote the effective improvement of economic quality and the rational growth of quantity, continuously enhance the people's sense of gain, happiness, and security, strive to achieve a good start in the "15th Five-Year Plan," and strive to write a new chapter in high-quality development.
Data source: Publicity Department of the CPC Shannan Municipal Committee (中共山南市委宣传部)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 王伟健
In Tianming Science and Technology Industrial Park, Tongli Town, Wujiang District, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, Lu Hong (陆鸿) is extremely busy: he just went to a cooperative enterprise to discuss the development details of the "unmanned driving" technology for wheelchair traction heads; and immediately rushed back to the factory to prepare goods for the June exhibition.
Lu Hong (陆鸿), who had run a repair stall and a photo album factory, made an astonishing decision in 2025: to cross-border "build cars." In less than a year since the company was founded, the sales of wheelchair heads designed and manufactured for people with disabilities have exceeded 3,000 units.
Recently, a reporter walked into Lu Hong's (陆鸿) enterprise to explore the path of this disabled person's technological assistance for the disabled.
Origin
Wanting People with Disabilities to Earn a Living with Dignity
Lu Hong (陆鸿) is 47 years old this year and suffers from cerebral palsy. In his childhood, a high fever damaged his brain nerves, causing him to have unclear speech, inconvenient hands and feet, and unstable walking. After graduating from vocational high school, his physical disabilities made his job search full of thorns.
In order to make a living, he sold newspapers, ran a telephone supermarket, rented out CDs, and even taught himself photography and opened a photo studio, gradually moving from self-care to independent entrepreneurship. After earning his "first pot of gold," at the end of 2017, he founded Suzhou Yuanyue Paper Products Co., Ltd. (苏州缘跃纸制品有限公司) in Lianfeng Village (联丰村), Pingwang Town (平望镇), Wujiang District (吴江区), to develop, produce, and sell paper photo albums. The product types have developed from several to thousands, and the photo albums are not only sold all over the country, but also exported to North America, Europe and other places, with annual sales once exceeding 14 million yuan.
Because he himself suffered from the pain of disability, Lu Hong (陆鸿) established a principle for the factory: prioritize the recruitment of people with disabilities. Over the years, a total of more than 150 people with disabilities have worked in Lu Hong's (陆鸿) factory, and more than 50 of them have realized their dreams of independence, self-reliance, returning to their hometowns to start businesses, and escaping poverty and becoming rich with his help.
However, Lu Hong's (陆鸿) sense of responsibility is getting heavier and heavier: "A factory can only provide a limited number of jobs. Outside the factory, how many brothers and sisters are like me, how should they earn a living with dignity?"
During a business trip, a scene on the street deeply stung him: a disabled person who had lost both legs was sitting on the ground selling vegetables with difficulty. A strong idea sprouted in Lu Hong's (陆鸿) heart: to create a lightweight, easy-to-use, and affordable stall car so that people with disabilities can work and live more decently. The most important thing about a good stall car is a reliable car head.
How to create a reliable and economical car head? Lu Hong (陆鸿) began to explore.
Tackling Key Problems
Using "Clumsy Efforts" to Pry Open the Door of Technology
In March 2025, Lu Hong (陆鸿) invested tens of thousands of yuan to purchase six mainstream domestic and foreign wheelchair electric traction heads from various channels as "teaching materials" for dissection and learning.
Lu Hong (陆鸿) is usually happy to help others. Hearing that he was going to "build cars," many technicians from nearby factories came to help. They brought their own tools and did not care about remuneration, just to contribute to Lu Hong's (陆鸿) cause. However, wheelchair heads are also a completely new field for them, and they can only start from scratch to explore.
They chose the most "clumsy" method: disassembling the purchased car heads and using 3D printing technology to "replicate" hundreds of parts one by one. However, when the brand-new parts were piled up on the table, no matter how the technicians tried, it was difficult to assemble them into a smoothly running whole.
Lu Hong (陆鸿) was not discouraged. After calmly reviewing the situation, he realized that it is difficult to achieve a real breakthrough by relying on imitation alone.
But where is the way out? Just when Lu Hong (陆鸿) was confused, he met Lu Yi (卢义), who runs a precision manufacturing enterprise in Tongli Town (同里镇), by chance. Lu Yi (卢义) has rich experience in mechanical manufacturing and is also enthusiastic about public welfare. He is willing to help Lu Hong (陆鸿).
The two had a heart-to-heart talk, and Lu Yi (卢义) suggested: professional barriers must be overcome by professional forces, and a professional team must be found to do it.
Lu Hong (陆鸿) suddenly became enlightened. Soon, he and Lu Yi (卢义) acquired an electric vehicle company in Xishan District (锡山区), Wuxi City (无锡市), and founded Suzhou Xinzhi Power Technology Co., Ltd. (苏州新芝动力科技有限公司). In order to help Lu Hong (陆鸿), the main leaders of the Tongli Town (同里镇) government personally led a team to help with the procedures, and various departments opened a "green channel," and the new license was processed within 3 days.
This acquisition brought a mature technology platform, but transforming ordinary products into special car heads suitable for people with disabilities is still a huge challenge: for example, the original car head was too bulky and difficult for people with disabilities to drive, and it urgently needed to be "slimmed down"; at the same time, the performance must be greatly improved in order to easily tow the stall carriage.
Lu Hong (陆鸿) led the design team into the studio, drawing one drawing after another, revising the plan again and again, and trying various materials. Finally, the car head was "slimmed down" from the original 16 kilograms to 12 kilograms, and the performance was not reduced while being lightweight.
When the first sample car head was placed in front of him, Lu Hong (陆鸿) was so excited that tears filled his eyes. He named the car head "Little Steel Cannon" - small in size, but powerful.
Lu Hong (陆鸿) successfully connected the "Little Steel Cannon" car head with the wheelchair and stall carriage, and a stall car resembling a "small train" took initial shape. However, new problems followed: insufficient body stability, inability to meet climbing requirements, and poor anti-skid performance in rainy days...
What to do? Lu Hong (陆鸿) personally acted as a "test driver." In order to test the climbing performance, he repeatedly tested on steep slopes with a seat belt; in order to verify the anti-skid effect, he often squatted in the rain for several hours. After several months of repeated polishing, the stall car finally underwent a complete transformation: it is not only lighter and more flexible, but also has good anti-skid and climbing ability, and various performances such as load carrying and steering have reached the ideal state. With a stall car, people with disabilities have a mobile stall, and a small carriage can hold up to 200 kilograms of goods.
After the "stall car" was successfully developed, Lu Hong (陆鸿) led the R&D team to develop a variety of assistive products suitable for different scenarios. For example, the "Little Tail," a tail similar to a skateboard is added to the back of the wheelchair, so that the caregiver can stand on it and follow the wheelchair forward.
Xie Songsong (谢松松), a 32-year-old young man from Xuzhou (徐州), suffered from lower limb mobility problems due to an accidental injury on the construction site. After failing to find a job in many places, he came to Lu Hong's (陆鸿) factory, attracted by its reputation, and served as the manual supervisor. He had used many wheelchairs before, but they were difficult to meet his needs due to problems such as being bulky and having a short battery life. Since using the wheelchair traction head created by Lu Hong's (陆鸿) team, his travel radius has been greatly expanded. Not long ago, Xie Songsong (谢松松) also drove a wheelchair to Taihu Lake (太湖) for a "self-driving tour," traveling more than 50 kilometers back and forth, and the battery was still sufficient. "With this car head, I can finally go to the places I want to go," Xie Songsong (谢松松) said.
Among the more than 60 employees of Xinzhi Power (新芝动力), people with disabilities account for nearly 70%, and R&D positions also try to employ potential disabled employees.
In Lu Hong's (陆鸿) R&D laboratory, Ma Xinyu (马昕玉), a 29-year-old cerebral palsy employee, is focusing on modifying the wheelchair taillight design on the computer. "This is the intelligent taillight we developed. When the car head rotates or brakes, the taillight automatically senses and lights up, improving the safety of the wheelchair," Ma Xinyu (马昕玉) said.
It is precisely through the efforts of such a special team that different models of wheelchair heads have been developed. But Lu Hong (陆鸿) knows that his "car building" journey has just begun.
Expansion
Making the Road of "Technological Assistance for the Disabled" Wider and Wider
With the products made, market development has become a tough battle to be fought next.
You can't rely on brute force to break into the market. Lu Hong (陆鸿) first conducted a detailed market survey. He found that the domestic market is highly competitive, and it is difficult for new brands to quickly gain a foothold, but there are still opportunities in many overseas regions. In September 2025, Lu Hong (陆鸿) boarded a flight to a European country. It was his first time going abroad to run a business, and he was uneasy in the face of an unfamiliar market environment.
At the beginning of the contact, the other party's response was flat. However, through in-depth negotiations, he successfully won an overseas order for 1,300 wheelchairs. "I really didn't expect to have such a harvest on my first trip overseas. Our advantages have finally become apparent," Lu Hong (陆鸿) said with emotion.
What are the advantages? The key lies in the independent processing capacity of core components. Lu Yi (卢义) is from a mechanical processing background. He told reporters that all key sheet metal parts of the company are produced independently. For the car head parts alone, self-made costs are 30% lower than outsourcing.
Not only is there a cost advantage, but the performance is also excellent. At the end of last year, Majid Rashed, chairman of the Asian Paralympic Committee, came to the factory to inspect and brought a German high-end traction head priced at more than 40,000 yuan to "compete" with Lu Hong's (陆鸿) "Little Steel Cannon." As a result, the "Little Steel Cannon," priced at more than 4,000 yuan, won in core indicators such as power and stability. Majid Rashed was amazed and signed an order for more than 100 units on the spot.
With sales picking up, Lu Hong (陆鸿) is more confident. Not long ago, he turned his attention to a more challenging field - developing intelligent robots that can independently "climb stairs." The R&D team is in Shenzhen (深圳), Guangdong (广东), and the production base is in Suzhou (苏州).
In the company's test field, Lu Hong (陆鸿) demonstrated this stair-climbing robot called "Kangbao" (康豹). He sat steadily in the driver's seat, flicked his finger on the button, and issued an instruction. The robot started immediately: the tires slowly retracted, and four tracks steadily extended, and the "digital brain" accurately identified the environment. Between the rotation of the tracks, the machine carried people and climbed easily. "Don't look at its small size, it can climb 70 floors even with a load of 150 kilograms," Lu Hong (陆鸿) said. It can help people with disabilities and the elderly climb stairs, and can also be used in mountain cargo transportation and other scenarios.
How does Lu Hong (陆鸿), who is not highly educated, drive high technology? "**算法、代码，我确实不懂，但我深信专业团队的力量。**" (suànfǎ, dàimǎ, wǒ quèshí bù dǒng, dàn wǒ shēn xìn zhuānyè tuánduì de lìliàng - "algorithms, code, I really don't understand, but I firmly believe in the power of professional teams.") He said that he would regularly go to Shenzhen (深圳) to communicate face-to-face with the R&D team, and often invite core R&D personnel to the Suzhou (苏州) base, while he would do his best to coordinate and guarantee.
Zhao Ming (赵明) and Zhao Zunwei (赵尊威), a "father and son team" from Shenzhen R&D, are the backbone of the team. Zhao Ming (赵明), the 55-year-old father, is the leader of R&D and focuses on technical barriers, while his 27-year-old son Zhao Zunwei (赵尊威) is mainly responsible for transforming laboratory data into mature products.
"Although Lu Hong (陆鸿) is not a technical expert, he understands the real needs of people with disabilities," Zhao Ming (赵明) said. For example, at the beginning, the stair-climbing robot shook violently when climbing stairs. It was no problem for ordinary people, but it was very unfriendly to people with disabilities. To this end, the technicians widened the wheelbase and installed gyroscopes, harmonic reducers, etc., and finally made the "big guy" climb the stairs steadily.
Lu Hong's (陆鸿) path of technological assistance for the disabled is getting wider and wider. Not long ago, he reached a cooperation with Suzhou University (Future Campus) (苏州大学（未来校区）) to establish a joint laboratory on campus to promote the deep integration of industry, academia and research. "**好的助残点子，可以在这里碰撞、孵化、研发出来，让助残设备品类更丰富，惠及更多人。**" (hǎo de zhù cán diǎnzi, kěyǐ zài zhèlǐ pèngzhuàng, fūhuà, yánfā chūlái, ràng zhù cán shèbèi pǐnlèi gèng fēngfù, huìjí gèng duō rén - "Good ideas for helping the disabled can be collided, incubated, and developed here, so that the categories of assistive devices are more abundant and benefit more people.") Lu Hong (陆鸿) is full of hope for the future.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 游 仪
A hesitant message was earnestly received, and an ordinary request for help received a patient response, upholding the dignity of equal employment for every worker.
Sun Xiaohu (孙小虎) (pseudonym) didn't expect that he would receive a reply within 2 hours and successfully start his job 5 days later after leaving a message online.
"Can you help me find a job? I'm a bit autistic... I want to find a general worker in Cangxi County (苍溪县), Guangyuan City (广元市), Sichuan Province (四川省). I'm usually afraid to ask. I've left my contact information below." On March 13, on the "Sichuan Masses' Voices" online mass work platform, Sun Xiaohu plucked up his courage and posted a message saying that he wanted to find a job locally. Soon, the message attracted the attention of Yi Jun (易俊), a staff member of the Cangxi County (苍溪县) Human Resources and Social Security Bureau in Guangyuan City (广元市).
"Hello! We understand your concerns about job hunting very well, and we thank you for your willingness to seek help from us through the Sichuan Province Online Mass Work Platform. We especially cherish your trust. Regarding your request to find a general worker position in Cangxi County (苍溪县), we have compiled the latest job information for you... In order to help you connect with a position quietly and avoid the pressure of directly facing unfamiliar communication, we will not actively disturb you, but will only send you the job details via SMS/WeChat first. You can reply if you think it is suitable. If you need to contact the company, we can communicate on your behalf and help you arrange an interview time before informing you. Our staff will accompany you throughout the process, and you only need to confirm your willingness at key points..." Two hours later, Yi Jun (易俊) replied.
Combining the actual situation, he helped the job seeker screen out three suitable positions and posted the job information in the reply. "He specifically mentioned 'a bit autistic.' We were thinking that this job seeker might need more support than the average person." Yi Jun (易俊) said that considering his concerns about communication, they decided to communicate through SMS and online platforms first.
Immediately afterwards, that afternoon, Jiang Rong (蒋蓉), a staff member of the Employment and Entrepreneurship Section of the Cangxi County (苍溪县) Employment Service Center, made a phone call, which was answered by Sun Xiaohu's (孙小虎) mother. "The job seeker is a 21-year-old young man who is afraid to answer the phone himself, but you can feel that he has a very strong desire to find a job." Jiang Rong (蒋蓉) said.
In fact, Sun Xiaohu (孙小虎) also wanted to find a suitable job after graduation. However, after experiencing several jobs, either the environment was too noisy or he had to deal with people, he always found it difficult to adapt. His parents had to go to work, and he had nothing to do at home. Thinking of the "Sichuan Masses' Voices" section, out of a desire to find a job, Sun Xiaohu (孙小虎) decided to post a message to try, "Both nervous and expectant, hoping to find a suitable job, but not knowing if it could be realized."
So, after obtaining the consent of the job seeker and his family, on March 17, Jiang Rong (蒋蓉) took the initiative to visit and took the young man to Guangyuan Shuzhiheng Shoe Industry Co., Ltd. (广元舒之恒鞋业有限公司) in Cangxi County (苍溪县) for an interview.
Inside the shoe factory, everything was in order, and the workers were doing their jobs, working hard to rush orders. "As soon as the young man came, he felt that our environment was very good. It's assembly line work, and there's not much need for communication." Wen Xiaohua (文小华), the interviewer and assistant to the chairman of the company, introduced that Sun Xiaohu (孙小虎) started his job on March 18 and received a salary of 2,360 yuan a month later.
Now, Sun Xiaohu (孙小虎) is very skilled at his job. In the workshop, he lowers his head, holds the shoe upper with his left hand, and holds the glue bottle with his right hand, pointing the bottle mouth at the edge of the lining. He presses his wrist lightly, spreads the glue evenly, and then sticks the lining tightly to the shoe upper, seamlessly. In the two months since he joined the company, Sun Xiaohu (孙小虎) has adapted well to this work rhythm. Wen Xiaohua (文小华) said that he can be trained to be a needle car worker in the future.
"I posted the message with a try-it-and-see attitude, but I didn't expect the staff to do such a thoughtful job." Sun Xiaohu's (孙小虎) job search process moved his mother very much.
In recent years, Cangxi (苍溪) has pursued both efficiency and warmth in its employment services, innovatively launching the "Small Village Employment Loudspeaker," using local dialects to send job information to farmhouses; and training 403 village-level labor brokers to conduct "one-on-one" accurate screening of people with employment difficulties. As of now, the county has completed 106,000 work assignments through the "Shu Wo · Hui Zhao Huo" smart platform, continuously helping rural laborers and people with employment difficulties achieve employment at their doorstep.
From finding a job to adapting to the position, Sun Xiaohu's (孙小虎) growth is obvious to all. A hesitant message was earnestly received, and an ordinary request for help received a patient response, upholding the dignity of equal employment for every worker.
Return to TopOn May 26th, at the Harbin East Railway Station (哈尔滨东站) platform in Heilongjiang Province (黑龙江省), two passengers traveling on the "Youxiang Longjiang·Yinlü Hao" ("悠享龙江·银旅号") train posed for a photo with the train. This is the first age-friendly tourism train to Xinjiang (新疆) launched this year by China Railway Harbin Bureau Group Co., Ltd. (中国铁路哈尔滨局集团有限公司), with 520 passengers traveling to Xinjiang (新疆) on the Y408 "Youxiang Longjiang·Yinlü Hao" ("悠享龙江·银旅号") tourism train.
Since completing its age-friendly renovation and entering operation in August 2025, the "Youxiang Longjiang·Yinlü Hao" ("悠享龙江·银旅号") has successively launched routes to destinations such as Arxan (阿尔山), Yichun (伊春), Hailar (海拉尔), Yabuli (亚布力), Mohe (漠河), Hong Kong and Macau (港澳), and Sichuan (四川), serving a cumulative total of over 5,000 passengers. This Xinjiang (新疆)-bound train is its first entry into the Northwest region, traversing the four provinces of Xinjiang (新疆), Gansu (甘肃), Ningxia (宁夏), and Inner Mongolia (内蒙古), and connecting scenic spots such as Shapotou (沙坡头), Tonghu Grassland (通湖草原), and Tian Shan Tianchi (天山天池).
Photo by Tang Shouhong (唐守弘) (Image China).
Return to TopThis reporter learned from the Department of Education of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (广西壮族自治区) that the earthquake relief work in Liunan District (柳南区), Liuzhou (柳州), Guangxi (广西) has touched the hearts of all sectors of society. Guangxi (广西) universities responded immediately, and many universities across the country urgently opened special assistance green channels for affected students. Relevant负责人 of the Guangxi Student Financial Aid Management Center (广西学生资助管理中心) stated that Guangxi (广西) students from Liuzhou (柳州) whose families have been affected by the earthquake and are experiencing financial difficulties should contact their school counselors or the school's financial aid management department as soon as possible to report the situation and apply for special assistance.
On May 18, Liuzhou (柳州) experienced two 5.2-magnitude earthquakes, causing casualties and damage to houses. After the earthquake, universities in Guangxi (广西) comprehensively investigated the disaster situation of students from Liuzhou (柳州), simplified the approval process, and shortened the processing time limit. At present, Guangxi (广西) universities have cumulatively investigated 19,000 students from Liuzhou (柳州), of which 184 students need financial assistance due to temporary family financial difficulties caused by the earthquake. The first batch of temporary hardship subsidies of 84,000 yuan has been distributed. In addition to financial subsidies, universities in Guangxi (广西) have successively opened psychological counseling and 24-hour psychological hotlines to provide psychological counseling and life guidance for students from disaster-stricken families. Many universities in Beijing (北京), Guangdong (广东), Shaanxi (陕西), Sichuan (四川) and other places have also taken the initiative to extend a helping hand, issuing special assistance notices to open temporary hardship subsidies, living assistance, and psychological care and other assistance channels for current students in the affected areas of Liuzhou (柳州), Guangxi (广西).
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on May 26th (Reporter Sun Xiuyan (孙秀艳)): The reporter learned from the National Healthcare Security Administration (国家医保局): Since the first national centralized volume-based procurement of cardiac stents (coronary stents) was organized in 2020, as of April 2026, the cumulative clinical use of centrally procured cardiac stents has exceeded 10 million, accounting for more than 90% of the total use of cardiac stents during the same period. The number of medical institutions capable of performing cardiac stent implantation has increased significantly, and more county-level hospitals are participating in the race to save the lives of patients with acute myocardial infarction.
Starting in 2024, Fuwai Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (中国医学科学院阜外医院) (National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases) led eight hospitals nationwide with large volumes of cardiac stent implantation surgeries and high quality of diagnosis and treatment to conduct research on real-world data regarding the use of cardiac stents, clinical efficacy, and health economics in more than 90,000 patients before and after centralized procurement. The results showed that centrally procured cardiac stents meet the policy goal of "lower cost, better treatment."
The usage continues to increase. The total number of coronary intervention procedures in the eight hospitals increased by 15%. The increase in surgeries is mainly supported by centrally procured cardiac stents, indicating that the "volume for price" strategy of centrally procured cardiac stents continues to be successful. Doctors are "willing to use" them, and patients "want to use" them, giving cardiac stent manufacturers a 定心丸 (dìng xīn wán - "heart-stabilizing pill," a reassuring influence; something that puts one's mind at ease) to actively participate in centralized procurement.
The usage is more standardized. The average number of cardiac stents used per patient in coronary intervention procedures in the eight hospitals decreased from 1.5 to 1.3, a decrease of 13%, indicating that the clinical use of cardiac stents is more standardized. For example, some lesions are suitable for long stents. In the past, multiple short stents were used in series, which was more expensive. Now, this situation has been significantly reduced.
The treatment is more economical. The average hospitalization cost per patient for coronary intervention procedures in the eight hospitals decreased by 25.8%. While reducing the burden, the utilization rate of treatment-related intravascular imaging and functional evaluation examinations and complex techniques increased by more than 200%, 300%, and 50% respectively compared to before centralized procurement. More things are done with less money, and the treatment itself becomes safer and more precise.
The effect remains stable. There was no difference in the incidence of major adverse cardiovascular events such as in-stent thrombosis within two years after the coronary intervention procedures in the eight hospitals compared to before centralized procurement, indicating that the price reduction of centrally procured cardiac stents did not reduce quality, 用事实打破 (yòng shì shí dǎ pò - "break with facts," to refute or disprove something with factual evidence) the prejudice of "you get what you pay for."
Return to TopUrumqi, May 26th (People's Daily reporter Shang Rongzheng (尚嵘峥)) On the 25th, the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (新疆维吾尔自治区) Medical Insurance Bureau and the Department of Human Resources and Social Security jointly issued a notice proposing to train 15,000 long-term care workers from 2026 to 2028, further promoting the construction of a long-term care worker talent team, and meeting the needs of the medical insurance field for improving the quality and expanding the capacity of long-term care service talents.
The notice pointed out that the training work will focus on long-term care, elderly care services, medical care and other fields, taking the implementation of the "Skills Illuminate the Future" training action as a guide, continuing to deepen and standardize the evaluation of vocational skill levels, and focusing on building a high-quality and skilled long-term care service talent team to provide solid talent support for coping with the aging of the population, developing the silver economy, and enhancing people's well-being.
The training content focuses on life care, medical care, rehabilitation assistance, psychological support, and hospice care for the elderly, disabled and semi-disabled people, and severely disabled people, including practical skills, safety standards, professional qualities, and humanistic care. It also encourages the development of training modules adapted to emerging needs such as smart elderly care, community home care, and dementia care, to promote the professionalization, refinement, and humanization of long-term care services.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 赵景锋 李祉瑶
"The donation you gave me back then planted a forest. When will you come and take a look? I especially want to see you." In the video, Yin Yuzhen (殷玉珍), a national model worker who has been dedicated to combating desertification and afforestation in the Mu Us Desert, sincerely expressed her feelings to the other party.
Across the ocean, 69-year-old Ronald S. Suleski was equally excited, "I will try my best, I want to find you to plant a tree."
With the help of all sectors of society, a green agreement spanning 26 years has achieved an "online reunion." The two agreed to meet in China soon.
Recently, reporters rushed to Uxin Banner (乌审旗), Ordos City (鄂尔多斯市), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (内蒙古自治区), to Yin Yuzhen's (殷玉珍) home in the Mu Us Desert to hear her tell the story of this transnational friendship and desertification control.
$5,000 for more than 50,000 trees
"Hello, Mr. S. Suleski, if you can see this video, I also especially invite you to return to China..." Not long ago, a video became popular online.
In the video, Yin Yuzhen (殷玉珍) is looking for an American friend named S. Suleski. S. Suleski's real name is Ronald S. Suleski. In 1999, Suleski raised $5,000 through a foundation to support Yin Yuzhen (殷玉珍) in planting trees; in 2000, he made a special trip to the Mu Us Desert to meet Yin Yuzhen (殷玉珍). That short encounter has been deeply etched in Yin Yuzhen's (殷玉珍) mind.
Driving through the Mu Us Desert, clusters of new greenery flashed past on both sides of the asphalt road. "Come on, let me show you the '$5,000' first!" Yin Yuzhen (殷玉珍) laughed heartily, pointing to a dense forest outside the car window and said, "Most of the trees here were bought with that money back then, there are more than 50,000 trees in total!"
"$5,000 for more than 50,000 trees, is it worth it?" Yin Yuzhen (殷玉珍) asked a question that others had asked before.
In the forest, Scots pine, oil pine, poplar and other tree species are scattered, the tallest trees are over 20 meters, and some tree trunks are so thick that one person cannot embrace them. The continuous greenery takes root in the sandy land inch by inch, firmly locking the yellow sand. Yin Yuzhen (殷玉珍) also wants Suleski to witness this answer with his own eyes.
In 1999, Suleski, who was teaching at Luoyang Foreign Language School (洛阳外国语学校) in Henan (河南), accidentally saw Yin Yuzhen's (殷玉珍) story of desertification control on TV and was deeply shocked. After watching the program, he kept thinking about how to help Yin Yuzhen (殷玉珍). In October of the same year, Suleski began writing emails to many institutions in the United States, hoping to raise donations. Eventually, an institution in Boston was willing to contribute $5,000 to support Yin Yuzhen (殷玉珍) in combating desertification and afforestation.
After receiving the donation, Yin Yuzhen (殷玉珍) thought: "A stranger raised such a large sum of money for me, without even confirming with me. I must plant the trees well and not let down this trust."
Yin Yuzhen (殷玉珍) carefully calculated: what kind of seedlings are easy to survive, where to plant them to lock the sand, and how to irrigate them to save water... A few months later, a large area of seedlings emerged on the sandy land.
In 2000, Suleski and his colleague Bai Fan (白帆) finally met Yin Yuzhen (殷玉珍). With Bai Fan's (白帆) translation, Suleski had a brief exchange with Yin Yuzhen (殷玉珍), and Yin Yuzhen (殷玉珍) took them to see the newly planted seedlings.
When Suleski walked into Yin Yuzhen's (殷玉珍) home, he saw only simple tools such as hoes and shovels. "He said 'impossible' several times." Bai Fan (白帆) recalled that although Suleski was moved by Yin Yuzhen's (殷玉珍) spirit, he did not have much hope that the seedlings would survive at that time. Yin Yuzhen (殷玉珍) was determined that one day she would let Suleski see that those newly planted seedlings would grow into towering trees.
More than 70,000 mu of sandy land, planted with more than 8 million trees
In 1985, Yin Yuzhen (殷玉珍) married to a place called Jingbeitang (井背塘) in Sala Wusu Village (萨拉乌苏村), Uxin Banner (乌审旗). It is located in the hinterland of the Mu Us Desert, surrounded by yellow sand. Yin Yuzhen (殷玉珍) knew that if she wanted the sand to "soften," she could only rely on planting trees.
In 1986, Yin Yuzhen (殷玉珍) sold a sheep from her family and exchanged it for 600 seedlings, which she planted in front of and behind her house. But after a strong wind, less than 10 seedlings survived. "Now almost 10 trees can survive, and in the future, 100, 1,000 trees can survive." In the eyes of others, "failure" is "hope" in Yin Yuzhen's (殷玉珍) eyes.
Yin Yuzhen (殷玉珍) was not discouraged. She took seedlings and tools and plunged into the sandy sea with her husband, Bai Wanxiang (白万祥). A six-foot-long steel bar was once Yin Yuzhen's (殷玉珍) "tree planting artifact." She used the steel bar to poke a hole in the sandy land, put the seedlings in, watered them, and then stepped on them with her feet. After 40 years of use, the steel bar was worn down by two feet.
Yin Yuzhen (殷玉珍) tried a new method of planting trees - first use Artemisia sphaerocephala to tie grass squares to fix the shifting sand, and then plant shrubs such as sand willow, Caragana korshinskii, and Amorpha fruticosa. After the sandy land is stabilized, plant trees such as poplar and elm, so that the survival rate of seedlings is higher.
Her tree planting range gradually expanded from the area around her home to the distant sand ridges. With the support of the local government, in 2007, an 8-kilometer-long asphalt road was opened to Yin Yuzhen's (殷玉珍) doorstep, making it much easier to transport seedlings and plant trees; relying on the "Three-North" Shelterbelt Project and local special funds, the government provided her with some seedlings and project support for afforestation, and also sent a tractor... Under the leadership of the government and the driving force of desertification control experts such as Yin Yuzhen (殷玉珍), over the past 40 years, more than 70,000 mu of sandy land around Yin Yuzhen's (殷玉珍) home has been treated, and more than 8 million trees have been planted; at present, the area of Mu Us Desert treated in Uxin Banner (乌审旗) has reached 8.3939 million mu, with a treatment rate of 85%, and the forest coverage rate has increased to 32.92%.
More than 240 afforestation households have emerged in the surrounding area, and volunteers from more than 20 countries and regions have participated
In addition to Suleski, in recent years, volunteers from more than 20 countries and regions have visited Yin Yuzhen (殷玉珍), and many people have formed sincere transnational friendships with her.
Donald Ashton Jones from the United States was an English teacher at a school in Harbin (哈尔滨市), Heilongjiang Province (黑龙江省) in 2015. After seeing a documentary about Yin Yuzhen's (殷玉珍) desertification control, he came to Yin Yuzhen (殷玉珍) to learn how to plant trees. After becoming skilled, he could plant more than 50 trees a day by himself. He recognized Yin Yuzhen (殷玉珍) as his sister and gave himself the name "Yin Yifan (殷一凡)". In the years since, he has taken the time to come to the sandy land almost every year to accompany Yin Yuzhen (殷玉珍) in planting trees and fixing sand.
Yin Yuzhen's (殷玉珍) story was also made into a documentary by Korean media. After seeing it, the Zhao Sankui (赵三奎) family from Seoul (首尔) was deeply touched. After contacting and communicating with the Korean media, the family came to Yin Yuzhen's (殷玉珍) home to plant trees together and provided her with financial assistance.
"When more people from all over the world pay attention, I slowly realize that this is a common wish of all mankind." Yin Yuzhen (殷玉珍) said. Yin Yifan's (殷一凡) words are still fresh in her memory: "Although we come from two countries, we live on the same planet. We all love nature and love the earth."
Walking along the forest road, there is a monument engraved with "Global Villagers" on the roadside. The back of the monument is engraved with the names of people from different places at home and abroad. These people have contributed to this forest in different ways.
Under the leadership of Yin Yuzhen (殷玉珍), more than 240 afforestation households with more than 3,000 mu have emerged in the surrounding area. "I want to encourage more people to participate in tree planting and make the earth, the common home of mankind, better." Yin Yuzhen (殷玉珍) said.
(People's Daily Online reporter Tang Jia (唐佳) participated in writing)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 蒋雪鸿
Since mid-May this year, the national average precipitation has been abnormally higher than the same period in previous years, especially in most areas of the central and eastern regions where heavy rainfall has occurred frequently. Meteorological monitoring shows that from May 11 to 23, the national average precipitation was 46% higher than the same period in previous years.
In the new round of rainfall that began on the night of May 23, the strongest precipitation process since the flood season occurred, with heavy rainstorms in many provinces, and extremely heavy rainstorms in some areas of Hubei (湖北), Anhui (安徽), and Jiangxi (江西). The National Meteorological Center (中央气象台) predicts that from May 26 to 28, there will still be a wide range of heavy rainfall in southern China, with large cumulative rainfall and strong convective activity in some areas of northern Jiangnan (江南) and eastern Southwest China, and local precipitation will be extreme. At 18:00 on May 26, the National Meteorological Center (中央气象台) continued to issue a yellow alert for rainstorms and a blue alert for severe convective weather.
Why has precipitation been abnormally high since mid-May? Gao Hui (高辉), chief forecaster at the National Climate Center (国家气候中心), introduced that this weather anomaly is affected by the synergistic effect of multiple factors.
First, the position and intensity of the Western Pacific subtropical high (hereinafter referred to as "subtropical high") have been abnormal recently. Since the latter half of May, the subtropical high has continued to be stronger, more westerly, and more northerly. Its westerly southerly wind transports water vapor from the tropical ocean surface to the inland. The northern boundary of the subtropical high reaches 27 degrees north latitude and above, which is equivalent to the climatic northern boundary position in June of a normal year. The water vapor guided by the west side of the subtropical high can be transported to a more northerly position.
Second, the South China Sea summer monsoon is in a critical period of outbreak, resulting in an abnormally abundant southwest water vapor transport from the Bay of Bengal. The corresponding cross-equatorial airflow is significantly enhanced compared with the previous period, carrying more abundant southwest warm and humid water vapor from the tropical Indian Ocean and the South China Sea to the East Asian continent, and convective heavy rainfall in the Yangtze River (长江) and southern regions has increased significantly.
Third, the mid-high latitude circulation system plays an important role. Since mid-May, the Sea of Japan to the Yellow Sea (黄海) and the East China Sea (东海) have been controlled by a stable blocking high pressure, and the central potential height is abnormally higher than normal. At the same time, Lake Baikal (贝加尔湖) and the west are controlled by deep low troughs, and the central potential height is significantly lower than normal. The East Asian trough is weaker, and the path of cold air activity is westward. This circulation configuration is conducive to the southward penetration of cold air along the northwest path, which frequently converges with the warm and humid air currents in the south, forming a strong water vapor convergence in the central and eastern regions of China.
In addition, global rapid warming coupled with the rapid development of El Niño in spring has increased the water content of the atmosphere, which also provides a climate background with abundant water vapor for the recent abnormal precipitation in China.
Meteorological experts remind that areas affected by heavy rainfall need to pay close attention to the impact of precipitation on agricultural production, transportation, urban operation, etc., and strengthen the prevention of local mountain floods, geological disasters, small and medium-sized river floods, and urban rainstorm waterlogging. They should 防微杜渐 (fáng wēi dù jiàn - "prevent the bad in its early stages," to nip something in the bud).
Return to TopIn the early summer, the Lesser Khingan Mountains (小兴安岭) are covered in green, full of vitality.
Yichun City (伊春市), Heilongjiang Province (黑龙江省), located in the hinterland of the Lesser Khingan Mountains (小兴安岭), is known as the "Forest Capital of China (中国林都)," "Hometown of Korean Pine (红松故乡)," and "Natural Oxygen Bar (天然氧吧)." Since 2016, Yichun City (伊春市) has always taken the "Three Questions for the Forest Area" as a guide for action, striving to answer the three questions: "How is the economic transformation and development of the forest area? How is the ecological protection of the forest area? How is the life of the forest farm workers?" It has shown great vitality in transformation and development.
Once upon a time, "relying solely on timber (一木独大)" was a distinct mark of Yichun (伊春), which also restricted its development. Transformation is an important issue that Yichun (伊春) cannot avoid; development is the urgent expectation of the people in the forest area. In the pain of imbalance between "harvesting" and "cultivating," and on the turning road of "reform" and "change," Yichun (伊春) began a long and arduous exploration...
Deepening Reform and Breaking the Impasse of Transformation
Over the past 10 years, Yichun (伊春) has resolutely abandoned the traditional path of "relying on the mountains for a living and cutting down trees for food," and completed the "Three Major Reforms" of state-owned forest area reform, adjustment of some administrative divisions, and reform of local party and government institutions with the courage of 壮士断腕 (zhuàng shì duàn wàn - "brave warrior sever wrist," resolute determination to overcome difficulties). Ecotourism has flourished, and the tourism industry has achieved quality, functional, and connotative iterative development from "one-season hot" to "four-season hot" and from "seeing mountains and rivers" to "forest health preservation." The international recognition and brand influence of "Forest Capital Yichun (林都伊春) - Home in the Forest" has continued to increase. The "Lindu (林都) Express" and "Yichun (伊春) Express" trains were selected as one of the top 100 overseas cases of cultural and tourism brands in 2025, becoming an important window to showcase the image of Heilongjiang (黑龙江) culture and tourism. Shangganling Xishui National Forest Park (上甘岭溪水国家森林公园) and four other places were rated as the first batch of "International Forest Bathing Bases" in China. "Yichun Wuhua Mountain (伊春五花山)" has become a popular tourist destination for enjoying autumn foliage. Yichun (伊春) has won the title of "Top Ten Ice and Snow Tourism Cities" for five consecutive years.
Prospering the Forest and Enriching the People: Industrial Upgrading
Focusing on building a pilot area for practicing the grand food concept, Yichun (伊春) has developed the under-forest economy across the entire industrial chain. Giving full play to the advantages of "agriculture and forestry integration," grain production has achieved "22 consecutive years of bumper harvests," and 205 characteristic planting and breeding bases have been built. The city's "Nine Treasures and Eighteen Products" have increased to 122, and "Bay Area Certification" has reached 11. The brand value of blueberries has reached 1.835 billion yuan, and "Yichun Birch Sap (伊春桦树汁)" has won the title of China's Famous Consumer Product. The intelligent and green upgrading of traditional industries such as Jianlong Xigang (建龙西钢) and Luming Mining (鹿鸣矿业) is being promoted simultaneously with the expansion of new energy industries such as wind power, hydropower, and photovoltaics. The enabling effects of the digital economy and bioeconomy are becoming apparent, and Yichun (伊春) has been selected as a typical case of transformation and development in resource-based areas nationwide.
Protecting Ecology: Forest Protection and Management
In 2026, the forest coverage rate of Yichun (伊春) reached 83.8%, and the ecological protection red line accounted for nearly half of the city's total area. The total value of ecological products (GEP) reached 424 billion yuan. The pilot project for ecological protection and restoration of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, and grasslands has been completed. The city's forest stock volume has increased by an average of more than 10 million cubic meters per year over the past 10 years, achieving 22 consecutive years without major forest fires. 2.178 million mu of afforestation and 23.738 million mu of forest tending and sustainable management have been successfully completed, and the area of forested land has increased by 1.815 million mu.
Yichun (伊春) always puts ecological environmental protection first, and coordinates the promotion of carbon reduction, pollution reduction, green expansion, and growth, and resolutely protects the original ecological landscape of the Lesser Khingan Mountains (小兴安岭). Deeply carry out the blue sky, clear water, and pure land defense battles, and accelerate the construction of a "waste-free city." Yichun (伊春) was awarded the title of Ecological Civilization Construction Demonstration Zone, National Environmental Health Management Pilot, and the first batch of Green Heilongjiang (绿色龙江) Construction Pioneer Zone.
Benefiting the People and Warming Hearts: Happy Forest Capital
Yichun (伊春) always adheres to the people-centered approach, vigorously guiding employees to "transfer to the forest and transfer outside the forest," and the channels for employment and income increase are more stable and wider. A large number of employees and the masses are eating "ecological food" at their doorsteps, and more and more young people are returning to their hometowns to start businesses.
Yichun (伊春) insists on guaranteeing and improving people's livelihood in development, and has launched a series of measures to benefit the people and warm their hearts. In 2026, the number of new urban jobs exceeded the provincial target, the enterprise employee pension has achieved "21 consecutive increases," the minimum living standard has achieved "19 consecutive increases," and 67,000 households have been renovated in shantytowns and 103,000 households have been renovated in old residential areas. The per capita disposable income of urban and rural permanent residents increased by 60.5% and 99.9% respectively compared with 2015. The level of public services such as education and medical care has steadily improved, and the county medical community has achieved full coverage. Yichun Lindu Airport (伊春林都机场) has completed expansion and quality improvement, and the He-Yi Expressway (鹤伊高速) and Ha-Yi High-speed Railway (哈伊高铁) are about to open to traffic. Build livable, workable, and beautiful villages (forest farms), and successfully create 56 provincial-level beautiful and livable villages. "Heilongjiang Yichun (黑龙江伊春): Harmonious Sonata of Ecological Civilization and Urban Civilization" was selected as an excellent case of national urban civilization construction. Yichun (伊春) has been repeatedly awarded the title of National Sanitary City and National Civilized City, and has won the highest honor of national comprehensive management and safe construction, the "Chang'an Cup (长安杯)," three times. The people's sense of gain is more substantial, the sense of happiness is more sustainable, and the sense of security is more guaranteed.
Data source: Publicity Department of the Yichun Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China (中共伊春市委宣传部)
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Return to TopBy: 本报记者 黄培昭
In recent days, a reporter set foot on the land of Mauritania, where the boundless yellow sand is the most distinctive backdrop. Driving through the streets of Nouakchott (努瓦克肖特), the capital of Mauritania, the scorching wind carries fine sand particles that hit the car windows, creating a continuous "rustling" sound. This land shrouded in the Sahara Desert is a true reflection of the desertification dilemma facing the African continent. From the oases swallowed by the Sahel region to the shrinking arable land along the Red Sea coast of Sudan, and the frequent droughts in Ethiopia, desertification has always been a difficult problem facing many African countries. Faced with severe challenges, the people of African countries are working hard to explore ways to combat desertification with a spirit of perseverance, and the sincere help from China has injected important impetus into the desertification control of this continent.
The harm of desertification has penetrated into all fields of economy and society.
Starting from Nouakchott (努瓦克肖特), the reporter drove east along National Highway N3. The city buildings gradually disappeared, replaced by a monotonous and vast reddish-brown desert and Gobi. As one of the African countries most severely affected by desertification, Mauritania has 3/4 of its territory covered by the Sahara Desert, and the only arable land is concentrated in the narrow area along the Senegal River in the south. Local media reported that in the past few decades, the country's arable land has shrunk by an average of 2.1% per year, and now its grain self-sufficiency rate is less than 30%, with the vast majority of grain relying on imports. The expansion of the desert not only takes away land, but also destroys the livelihood of local people.
In a village on the outskirts of Nouakchott (努瓦克肖特), many houses have their walls half-covered by yellow sand. Under the date palm trees at the entrance of the village, several old people stared at the farmland submerged by sand, their eyes full of confusion and helplessness. "Ten years ago, this was an oasis, growing millet and beans, with herds of cattle and sheep. But now the sand has come, the crops are dead, the cattle and sheep have no grass to eat, and young people can only leave their homes and go to the city to work." 72-year-old villager Omar (奥马尔) told the reporter, his hoarse voice revealing bitterness and anxiety.
Mauritania's (毛里塔尼亚) predicament is a microcosm of the desertification crisis on the African continent. The latest data from the United Nations Environment Programme shows that about 45% of Africa's land is desertified to varying degrees, and 55% is at risk of further desertification, making it the continent with the most prominent desertification problem in the world. The Sahara Desert is expanding southward at a rate of several kilometers per year, continuously swallowing the land in the Sahel region, directly threatening the food security and living environment of 200 million people in the region.
In Sudan (苏丹), the once lush oases are shrinking at a rate of more than 2% per year, the arable land along the White Nile is covered by yellow sand, and farmers are forced to abandon traditional farming and turn to nomadic herding; in Ethiopia (埃塞俄比亚), overgrazing and deforestation have exacerbated land degradation, more than 60% of the land has been desertified, and frequent droughts and famines have caused countless families to be displaced; in Senegal (塞内加尔), desert expansion has led to salinization of coastal land, sharp reduction of fishery resources, and villagers who depend on fishing for a living have fallen into a quagmire of poverty.
The harm of desertification has deeply penetrated into all fields of African economy and society. At the ecological level, the sharp drop in vegetation cover has led to damage to biodiversity, and more than 300 species of animals and plants are on the verge of extinction due to habitat loss; at the economic level, Africa loses more than 9 billion US dollars per year due to desertification, and agriculture, animal husbandry, and tourism have been severely damaged, forming a vicious cycle of the more desertified, the poorer, and the poorer, the more over-exploited the land, thereby exacerbating desertification; at the regional security level, resource competition and food shortages caused by desertification have exacerbated regional conflicts, and a large number of refugees have fled their homes, bringing huge pressure to regional security and stability.
Explore diversified desertification control models according to local conditions.
Faced with the severe reality of desertification in Africa, the African Union has always placed desertification control at the priority of regional development. In 2007, the African Union launched the African "Great Green Wall" project, with the initial goal of creating a vegetation belt 7,700 kilometers long and 15 kilometers wide in the Sahel region to prevent the Sahara Desert from expanding southward. After more than 10 years of development, the plan has been upgraded to a comprehensive desertification control system, with members expanding to more than 20 countries and organizations, with the goal of restoring 100 million hectares of land, storing 250 million tons of carbon, and creating 10 million jobs by 2030.
African countries have also combined their own realities to explore diversified desertification control models. Mauritania (毛里塔尼亚) has listed desertification control as a top priority for national development, established a national "Great Green Wall" agency to coordinate desertification control, promoted windbreak and sand fixation, ecological agriculture and other measures, and strictly controlled overgrazing and deforestation. Sudan (苏丹) has promulgated the "Land Degradation Prevention and Control Law", designated grazing ban areas and nature reserves, and promoted grassland improvement technology. Ethiopia (埃塞俄比亚) has implemented the "Sustainable Land Management Program", mobilizing more than 10 million people to plant trees every year, promoting rotational grazing and livestock-farming combination models, and restoring degraded grasslands. Niger (尼日尔) focuses on "ecological and people's livelihood win-win", promoting the integrated model of "pasture + animal husbandry", while curbing desertification and broadening the income channels of herdsmen.
A report by the Secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification shows that the "Great Green Wall" project has restored 18 million hectares of land, increased plant biomass by 20%, created about 400,000 green jobs, and generated more than 90 million US dollars in revenue. For example, Niger (尼日尔) has significantly reduced livestock mortality and significantly improved vegetation coverage in some areas by promoting drought-resistant crop cultivation and grassland restoration. Senegal (塞内加尔) has planted mangroves on a large scale in coastal areas, effectively curbing land salinization and protecting fishery resources. On the urban fringe of Nouakchott (努瓦克肖特), patches of acacia and pearl millet grow tenaciously, forming a simple windbreak and sand fixation barrier. Local officials said that although these artificially planted vegetation are limited in scale, they have ignited the hope of combating desertification for the people.
Despite the initial results, desertification control in Africa still faces many difficulties. The shortage of funds is the most prominent bottleneck. 10 of the 11 founding countries of the "Great Green Wall" are the least developed countries, and the tight financial situation has led to the investment in desertification control funds being only about 1/3 of the demand (annual demand of 3.6 billion to 4.3 billion US dollars). At the same time, technological backwardness, regional security turbulence, uneven progress in desertification control in various countries, unstable precipitation caused by climate change, and overgrazing and deforestation caused by population growth have further increased the difficulty of desertification control in Africa. "We are well aware of the importance of desertification control and have made many efforts, but the shortage of funds and technology makes action difficult, and we urgently need the support of the international community." Sidna Ely (西德纳·埃利), director of the Mauritania (毛里塔尼亚) National "Great Green Wall" Agency, said at the 4th Taklimakan Desert International Forum held last December.
China's experience helps Africa prevent and control desertification.
Driving an hour and a half from Nouakchott (努瓦克肖特) to the outside of the village of Bir Baraka (比尔·巴拉卡村), an oasis in the vast yellow sand comes into view - this is the China-Africa Green Technology Park. In the environment of scorching sun and sandstorms, this green inlaid on the southern edge of the Sahara Desert vividly interprets the solid strength of China-Africa cooperation in combating sand.
Walking into the park, rows of photovoltaic panels convert solar energy into electricity to drive water pumps, drip irrigation pipelines precisely deliver water between the ridges, eggplants and tomatoes grow well in the sandy land, and acacia and pearl millet weave a windbreak and sand fixation barrier on the periphery. Local workers squat in the fields to check the drip irrigation pipelines, sweat dripping down their foreheads, but it is difficult to hide the smiles on their faces. "This piece of land used to be barren, and even footprints could not be left when the wind and sand came." Pang Guocong (庞国聪), head of the Mauritania (毛里塔尼亚) representative office of China Carbon Forest Resources (Beijing) Co., Ltd., introduced that the team's task here is to localize China's mature desertification control technology, "so that the desert can grow hope."
The demonstration project is jointly implemented by China and Mauritania (毛里塔尼亚), with technical support from the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Pang Guocong (庞国聪) introduced that the project adheres to the concept of "ecology + people's livelihood", and has carried out multiple rounds of technical training, covering seedling planting, drip irrigation maintenance and other fields. Many local workers have been able to independently complete park management and maintenance, and have become the main force in future desertification control. In response to local problems such as high temperature and low rainfall, land salinization, and power shortage, the team selected drought-resistant tree species, innovatively adopted the "tree seed ball" technology to ensure the survival rate of vegetation in the dry season, and formed replicable and scalable desertification control experience.
In addition, China (中国) has built a number of desertification control pilot demonstration zones in Mauritania (毛里塔尼亚), Nigeria (尼日利亚) and other countries, and the fenced enclosure demonstration zone built in Ethiopia (埃塞俄比亚) covers an area of more than 200 hectares. With the help of Chinese technology and experience, new achievements have been made in desert management in Africa: the vegetation coverage in the pilot area of Mauritania (毛里塔尼亚) has increased from 3% to 22%, the livestock mortality rate in Niger (尼日尔) has decreased by 35%, and more than 2,000 herdsmen have increased their income through ecological projects... A series of vivid data witness the pragmatic achievements of China-Africa cooperation in preventing and controlling desertification.
Diop Souleymane (迪奥普·苏莱曼), head of the Geographic Information System and Database of the Pan-African "Great Green Wall" Organization Secretariat, said that China's achievements in the field of desertification control are world-renowned, and Africa can gain valuable inspiration from it. By working together, the two sides can contribute to addressing global issues such as sustainable development and climate change. Mauritania's (毛里塔尼亚) Minister of Commerce and Tourism Hmeidna (赫梅德纳) said: "Mauritania (毛里塔尼亚) attaches great importance to cooperation with China (中国) in the field of desertification control. The cooperation project between the two sides has become a pragmatic example of South-South cooperation, providing valuable reference for African countries to carry out international desertification control cooperation."
As the sun sets, the Sahara dunes cast long shadows, and the greenery of the China-Africa Green Technology Park becomes more and more eye-catching in the twilight. This oasis in the yellow sand not only solves the local desertification control problem, but also builds a bridge of friendship between China and Africa. Chinese technicians and African people are fighting side by side, continuing to write a moving chapter of jointly planting greenery and combating sand deep in the Sahara Desert, and contributing wisdom and strength to global desertification control.
(Reported from Nouakchott (努瓦克肖特) by this newspaper)
Return to TopBy: 牛瑞飞
During many years of interviews in Europe, I have had an increasingly strong feeling: history has never gone far and cannot be arbitrarily tampered with.
Take the Netherlands as an example. On August 15, 1945, Japan announced its unconditional surrender. For many, the war and suffering did not truly end on that day. Every August, the Netherlands holds solemn commemorative events to mourn the compatriots who died under Japanese occupation in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) during World War II. Those names, those faces, those lives interrupted by violence, constitute the intersection of European and Asian historical memories.
However, Japanese right-wing forces have been peddling an absurd narrative for many years: Japan is the "liberator" of Asia. This fallacy, to the ears of the Dutch who have experienced both colonizing others and being invaded, is tantamount to a blatant mockery of history. European society has been deeply reflecting on its own colonial history in recent years. More and more Europeans are beginning to face up to the colonial crimes of their ancestors. This reflection is commendable, but it must not become a shield for the Japanese right wing to whitewash itself. The logic is simple: the fact that a colonizer is driven away does not mean that the invaders who later broke in with guns can magically become "liberators."
Historical facts are the best rebuttal. In 1942, the Japanese army occupied the Dutch East Indies. What the local people waited for was not freedom, but a deeper disaster. Civilians were imprisoned in concentration camps, soldiers were reduced to prisoners of war, and hunger, disease, beatings, and death followed them like shadows. The so-called "liberation" was actually a harsh military rule and endless enslavement.
In February 1944, the Japanese army forced Dutch women in several concentration camps in Semarang (三宝垄), Indonesia, to serve as "comfort women." In this arrest alone, more than 100 women were captured. Throughout the occupied area, a large number of Dutch and mixed-race women were systematically transported to comfort stations and subjected to organized sexual slavery. This was not "collateral damage of war," but an atrocity led by the state machine.
Look again at the "Death Railway." In order to open up a strategic passage on the Thai-Burma border, the Japanese army forcibly conscripted more than 60,000 Dutch, British, and Australian prisoners of war and about 200,000 Southeast Asian laborers. In the end, more than 10,000 Allied prisoners of war and more than 90,000 laborers died tragically on the construction site. Under each sleeper lies a life that has been drained. That railway was paved with blood and bones.
During interviews in the Netherlands, many descendants of victims and staff members of memorial institutions repeatedly emphasized a simple but firm principle: history cannot be forgotten, let alone distorted. Once the truth of history is blurred or tampered with, all reflection, commemoration, and reconciliation will lose their foundation. For this reason, many Dutch civil groups have been working for the victims for decades, insisting on demanding apologies and compensation.
When the Japanese right wing calls aggression "liberation," enslavement "kindness," and cemeteries "witnesses," and continues to use rhetoric such as "complex historical background" and "multi-faceted war" to beautify aggression and dilute guilt, this is by no means explaining history, but a blasphemy against the dead and another harm to the survivors. While verbally expressing "regret," the perpetrators peddle the lie of "liberators," which will only further alert the world that this bloody history must not be forgotten.
What the Japanese invaders brought to Asian countries was never liberation, but disaster. The most basic respect for this history can be summed up in four words: stop distorting. Facing up to crimes is the true comfort to the deceased. Only by upholding the bottom line of right and wrong can historical reflection be meaningful. Any attempt to paint over the background color of history will eventually be judged by time and conscience together.
Return to TopIran: U.S. Undermines Ceasefire, Deep Distrust of the U.S.
According to Xinhua News Agency, Tehran (德黑兰), May 26th, Iran's Foreign Ministry issued a statement on the 26th, strongly condemning the United States for continuing to take "illegal and provocative actions" after the ceasefire with Iran.
The statement said that since the Iranian-U.S. ceasefire was announced on April 8th, especially in the 48 hours before this statement was issued, the U.S. has repeatedly carried out "maritime harassment" against Iranian merchant ships, constituting a violation of the ceasefire. The statement said that the above actions occurred when both sides were promoting diplomatic processes through Pakistan (巴基斯坦), showing that the United States lacks integrity towards Iran, regional countries, and the international community. Based on the understanding of the "hostile and aggressive nature" of the United States, Iran has extreme distrust of the United States at all levels, including military and diplomatic. The statement emphasized that these actions clearly violate the UN Charter and related ceasefire arrangements, and the United States should bear all the consequences caused thereby. The statement also stated that Iran "will never ignore any aggression" and "will not hesitate in the slightest" to defend its people.
Argentina: No Evidence Yet that Captured Rodents are Infected with Hantavirus
According to Xinhua News Agency, Buenos Aires (布宜诺斯艾利斯), May 25th (Reporters Zhang Duo (张铎) and Wang Zhongyi (王钟毅)) Experts from the Carlos G. Malbrán Institute (卡洛斯·马尔夫兰研究所) of the National Administration of Laboratories and Health Institutes of Argentina (阿根廷国家实验室与卫生研究所管理局) recently stated that there is no evidence yet that rodents captured in Ushuaia (乌斯怀亚), a city in the south of the country, are infected with Hantavirus.
Experts from the Malbrán Institute arrived in Ushuaia (乌斯怀亚), the capital of Tierra del Fuego Province (火地岛省), on the 18th to investigate Hantavirus. During a week-long investigation, they set up more than 200 traps to capture rodents such as the long-tailed pygmy rice rat, which is related to the spread of Hantavirus. An expert from the institute said in an interview with Argentine media that there is currently no evidence that the captured animals are infected with Hantavirus, and the next step will be laboratory analysis. The expert said that all collected samples have been sent to the Malbrán Institute for serological testing, and if suspicious or positive samples are found, researchers will use techniques such as reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) to trace the source.
Japan's Net External Assets Fall to Third Globally
Xinhua News Agency, Tokyo (东京), May 26th (Reporter Li Shimeng (李诗萌)) Japan's Ministry of Finance (日本财务省) announced data on the 26th: As of the end of 2025, Japan's net external assets were 561.75 trillion yen (approximately 159 yen to 1 U.S. dollar), an increase of 4.4% year-on-year. In terms of national and regional rankings, Japan fell from second to third globally.
Net external assets refer to the difference between a country's overseas assets and liabilities. Japan's Ministry of Finance (日本财务省) stated that due to the increase in external assets being higher than the increase in external liabilities, Japan's net external asset balance has increased for the eighth consecutive year.
Data shows that driven by factors such as the continued expansion of overseas direct investment and securities investment by Japanese companies, as well as the rise in the prices of foreign securities held by residents, Japan's external asset balance increased by 8.5% year-on-year, reaching 1805.63 trillion yen, an increase for the seventeenth consecutive year. At the same time, affected by factors such as the rise in the prices of Japanese securities held by foreign investors and the continuous inflow of overseas funds into Japanese assets, Japan's external liability balance increased by 10.5% year-on-year, reaching 1243.88 trillion yen, an increase for the seventh consecutive year.
International comparison data released by Japan's Ministry of Finance (日本财务省) shows that as of the end of 2025, Germany's net external assets were approximately 675.54 trillion yen, ranking first globally. According to the Nikkei (日本经济新闻) website, Japan was still ranked first globally at the end of 2023, but was surpassed by Germany at the end of 2024, and its ranking has further declined this time.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 李 墨
Recently, the northwestern and central plains of India have experienced persistent extreme high temperatures, with temperatures frequently breaking historical extremes. The widespread heatwave weather has brought all-round impacts on the local people's lives, public health, agricultural production, and economic operation.
Recently, the highest local temperature in northern India soared to 48.2 degrees Celsius, breaking the national record for the highest temperature, and the highest temperature in the capital New Delhi (新德里) reached 45 degrees Celsius. Currently, the India Meteorological Department has continuously issued high-temperature warnings for Rajasthan (拉贾斯坦邦), Uttar Pradesh (北方邦), Madhya Pradesh (中央邦), Punjab (旁遮普邦) and other places, predicting that this round of extreme high-temperature weather will continue until the end of May.
This round of high temperature shows significant characteristics of coming early, wide range, high intensity, long duration, and difficulty in cooling down at night. Multi-party monitoring and analysis believe that the causes of this round of extreme high temperature in India are complex, which is not only a reflection of seasonal patterns, but also affected by multiple natural and man-made factors. According to the New Delhi Television (新德里电视台) report, the daytime temperatures in major cities such as Delhi (德里), Ahmedabad (艾哈迈达巴德), and Nagpur (那格浦尔) generally remain at 42 to 44 degrees Celsius, and the nighttime temperatures are more than 5 degrees Celsius higher than the same period of the previous year. The combination of humid and hot weather and continuous high temperatures makes the actual perceived temperature far exceed the measured value, forming all-weather hot weather, which greatly exacerbates the impact of disasters.
The continuous extreme heatwave has caused a direct and severe impact on agricultural production in India. High temperatures have led to a surge in irrigation demand in various places, and the pressure on agricultural production has increased sharply. The "Extreme High Temperature and Agriculture" report jointly released by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Meteorological Organization warns that extreme high temperatures have become a fatal threat to India's agricultural system. If effective prevention and control measures are lacking, rice production in major river basins in the country will be severely affected, and the livelihoods of millions of farmers will face severe challenges.
The secondary disasters caused by high temperatures continue to spread outwards, and multiple industries such as tourism and transportation have been affected. According to the *Times of India*, many popular tourist cities in India have strictly limited outdoor activities to low-temperature periods in the morning and evening, and the development of local tourism is hindered. Long-distance transportation on highways has become very difficult during the day, and logistics efficiency continues to decline.
A white paper released in April by the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainable Development at Harvard University showed that about 380 million workers in India work in extreme high-temperature environments for a long time, accounting for 3/4 of the country's total labor force. Researchers said that outdoor workers in high-temperature environments have harsh working conditions and health risks continue to rise. New Delhi Television (新德里电视台) reported that high-temperature weather causes India's labor force to lose more than 160 billion working hours each year, and it is estimated that by 2030, the economic losses caused by extreme high temperatures may reach 2.5% to 4.5% of India's gross domestic product.
Continuous high temperatures have triggered a large number of heatstroke cases, and the medical system in many parts of India continues to be under pressure. According to Indian media reports, since March 1, Andhra Pradesh (安得拉邦) has reported a cumulative total of 325 heatstroke cases, and Maharashtra (马哈拉施特拉邦) has more than 220 heatstroke cases. On May 23, the temperature in Telangana (特伦甘纳邦) once exceeded 45 degrees Celsius, and the heatwave caused at least 16 deaths. Industry experts estimate that the average treatment cost for severe heatstroke patients is as high as 100,000 to 200,000 Indian rupees (1 RMB is approximately 14.13 Indian rupees), which most salaried families cannot afford. Nearly 60% of rural households and 40% of urban households in India need to pay for high-temperature-related disease treatment through debt and selling assets.
The World Meteorological Organization's data model predicts that the probability of El Niño occurring between May and August is 62% to 80%, which may lead to less summer precipitation in India. The India Meteorological Department warned that this year's national seasonal precipitation may drop to about 92% of the annual average, and the risk of high-temperature drought will continue to rise.
Currently, governments at all levels in India have responded to the heatwave through short-term measures such as issuing high-temperature warnings, adjusting public schedules, and popularizing heatstroke prevention knowledge, but the overall prevention and control is still mainly based on emergency response, and there is a lack of a long-term governance mechanism. The Harvard University white paper emphasizes that India needs to incorporate high-temperature climate governance into macro systems such as urban planning, public health, and labor security, improve the meteorological health monitoring network, make up for the fragmentation of medical and meteorological data, promote low-cost green cooling technologies, and improve the climate security mechanism for vulnerable groups to systematically enhance the ability to resist extreme weather.
Return to TopRecently, the 2026 Iraqi Living Heritage Festival was held in Baghdad (巴格达). With the theme of "Crafts, Tastes, and Memories," the event invited local artisans to showcase folk crafts such as pottery making and traditional carpet weaving, aiming to promote the inheritance and development of traditional folk handicrafts in the country and showcase its long history and culture.
(People's Daily reporter Zhang Zhiwen (张志文))
Illustration: Wang Ting (王婷)
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By: 本报记者 刘 赫
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Riding through snow-capped mountains, grasslands, and loess plateaus, observing urban construction. The journey of German writers Volker Heering and Christian Schmidt retracing the Long March is not only an extreme challenge to physical strength and will but also a field study to understand China's red history and delve into contemporary Chinese society. In their view, the spirit of the Long March is the united strength of the people and the unwavering perseverance, which is also one of the important reasons for China's remarkable achievements today. These most authentic travel experiences have driven them to continuously tell the German people about the 90-year-old spirit of the Long March and the vivid and dynamic contemporary China.
Berlin (柏林), Germany, the evening breeze carries a hint of coolness, but the hall of the Chinese Cultural Center is bustling and warm.
Many German people gathered here early, waiting for Volker Heering and Christian Schmidt to tell their story of cycling and retracing the Long March in China.
From 2023 to 2024, Heering and Schmidt set off from Ruijin (瑞金), Jiangxi (江西) Province, heading west and then north, following the footsteps of the Central Red Army (中央红军), cycling for more than 4 months, and arriving at Wuqi County (吴起县), Yan'an (延安), Shaanxi (陕西) Province.
"If you don't understand the spirit of the Long March, you can't truly understand China," a Red Army veteran told Heering more than 20 years ago.
Heering stepped onto the podium, wearing a black T-shirt he designed, with the striking characters "Long March" printed on the chest. "From that day on, I was determined to do this," Heering's eyes showed determination.
Tracing history through snow –
"Only after experiencing it firsthand can you truly understand how dangerous the snow-capped mountains are"
"Mount Jiajin (夹金山), Mount Jiajin, birds cannot fly over it, mortals cannot climb it..."
In June 1935, the Central Red Army arrived at the foot of Mount Jiajin, marching towards this "mountain of death" in the eyes of the locals. This was the first major snow-capped mountain on the Long March. Starting from Mount Jiajin, Heering and Schmidt told reporters about their "cycling Long March."
"At that time, the wind kept blowing from the side, mixed with snow and cold air." After riding 1.7 kilometers of rugged mountain road, approaching the Jiajin Mountain Pass at an altitude of 4,114 meters, Heering could no longer ride and could only push his bike and climb hard in the snow. Not far away, Schmidt walked heavily, his ears ringing – "The higher you go, the thinner the air becomes."
Above the snow line, the temperature dropped sharply. Heering recalled the situation that day: "There was less and less vegetation on the mountain, the distant cliffs were frightening, and the oncoming cold wind was mixed with rain and snow, which was particularly biting." Schmidt, who was already 67 years old at the time, was worried: "I think I must be crazy to be here, I don't know if my body can hold on." Severe altitude sickness forced him to rely on medication to barely hold on. When they finally reached the pass, they were exhausted.
"91 years ago, facing encirclement and suppression, Red Army soldiers wearing single clothes and straw sandals resolutely embarked on the road to conquer the snow-capped mountains, which lasted seven days and seven nights. But we were riding electric bicycles and wearing冲锋衣(chōng fēng yī - "storm suits," waterproof and windproof jackets), but we already felt that our bodies were approaching their limits," Heering couldn't help but sigh. Schmidt also admitted that when he read about "crossing the snow-capped mountains" in books before, he always felt that it was just a symbolic statement, "Only when the sound of the wind overwhelms all sounds, and you feel that every step you take is extremely difficult – only after experiencing it firsthand can you truly understand how dangerous the snow-capped mountains are, and you can more deeply feel the resilience and courage of the Red Army."
When Heering was 15 years old, he first came into contact with the Long March. Deeply shocked, he then read a large number of historical materials. How can the great spirit of the Long March transcend time and space and influence generations of Chinese people? With curiosity and questions, at the age of 54, Heering and Schmidt, who shared the same interests, hit it off and embarked on the "cycling Long March."
The nearly 7,000-kilometer journey was an adventure for the two, and a great test of physical strength and will. In the cold nights, they often couldn't sleep all night; when they traveled to the western Sichuan (川西) area, the severe cold, headwinds, high altitude, and continuous undulating terrain made it difficult to move even downhill. In the second half of the ride, mechanical failures followed one after another: the transmission failed, the spokes of the wheels broke, and even about 450 kilometers from the finish line, Heering's electric bicycle motor completely broke down, and they had to temporarily change their route to avoid the steep climbing sections that were almost impossible to conquer without electric assistance...
Heering said that during the cycling Long March, they deeply felt the hardships of the Red Army along the way. Seeing the development and changes in China today, he felt even more the difficulty of this journey in China.
Witnessing firsthand, breaking prejudice –
"As long as you go and see for yourself, people will naturally form a more objective judgment"
If the snow-capped mountains, grasslands, and canyons allowed them to touch the "coldness" of the Long March, then the encounters between people allowed them to feel the "warmth" of the Chinese people.
"We two are often invited to dinner," Heering joked. When cycling in China, once people know that they are retracing the Long March, the original restraint and hesitation quickly disappear, replaced by enthusiasm and respect.
There is a very warm memory about the story of "eating." It was in a restaurant in a small city, and Heering and Schmidt were dining. Perhaps because they didn't often see foreigners, a group of curious children gathered around the table, and as they chatted, they took the initiative to become Chinese "little teachers," patiently teaching them to practice pronunciation. "That was a relaxed and sincere exchange, and the children's smiling faces were the most touching and beautiful moments of the entire trip," Heering recalled with a smile.
In the face of difficulties and challenges, the sincere kindness encountered along the way is even more unforgettable. During the ride, Heering and Schmidt took a 3-month break and returned to Zunyi (遵义), Guizhou (贵州) Province. Previously, they parked their bicycles in the basement of the hotel, accompanied by a pile of old furniture, tools, and spare parts. What if the staff changed and no one remembered us? Would these bicycles be regarded as unclaimed items? What about the batteries? After 3 months without charging, can they still be used? A series of worries disappeared when they arrived at the hotel entrance. "Your cars are all fine!" Uncle Zhao (赵大爷), the gatekeeper, greeted them warmly.
Lao Dai (老戴), the owner of a bicycle shop in Xichang (西昌), Sichuan (四川) Province, has been running the shop for more than 30 years. He replaced the new chains and tires for Heering and Schmidt and also thoughtfully provided many practical cycling suggestions; Xiao Li (小李), a local tour guide in Yan'an, spoke fluent English and took them to visit many red scenic spots; when they got lost, some people helped to inquire, and some people told them when the next bus would come and which small road they could take... Heering recalled, his eyes shining with warmth: "Meeting so many kind and simple Chinese people is the most valuable treasure along the way."
In October 2025, the book "The Long Cycling Long March – 7,000 Kilometers Across China" recording this ride was published in Germany. They held sharing sessions in many places in Germany, such as Hamburg (汉堡), Leipzig (莱比锡), and Berlin, and many local people held books and waited in long lines for the two authors to sign.
Rui Wufeng (芮悟峰), the former German Consul General in Shanghai (上海), is one of the readers. He was deeply touched and said that cycling is an ideal way to deeply understand China, which can allow people to better integrate into the environment, more deeply feel the scenery and culture, and obtain direct and real experiences. German reader Kathleen Krüger (凯思琳·克鲁特) lived in China for 12 years and visited Suzhou (苏州), Hangzhou (杭州), Qingdao (青岛) and other places, but has not yet been to the Long March route. She told reporters that this special trip to listen to Heering's sharing allowed her to relive her years in China and also felt as if she was in that magnificent history.
"It is far from enough to rely solely on books and articles to truly understand China for the Western public. Personal experience is especially important," Heering said. With the full implementation of China's visa-free policy for entry, more and more overseas tourists and bloggers are going to China to record what they see and hear through pictures and videos. This method has positive significance. "As long as you go and see for yourself, people will naturally form a more objective judgment."
The intersection of the past and the present, the same frequency of pulsation –
"Truly touching the pulse of contemporary China's development while walking"
The wheels are turning again, and the road has become wide and smooth. This is a newly built road, and the asphalt is shimmering in the sun. The distant mountains are penetrated by tunnels, and a high-speed train roars out, disappearing on the other side in a few seconds.
On this ride, Heering and Schmidt constantly switched between two time and space: one is the "past" that is constantly approached through historical sites and materials, and the other is the "present" that continues to unfold before their eyes and under their feet.
In fact, this is not the first time Heering has popularized knowledge about China to the Western public. In the 1990s, the young man first set foot on Chinese soil and knew almost nothing about this ancient oriental country. More than 30 years have passed, and he has cycled more than 60,000 kilometers in China, leading cycling groups through China's towns and villages, and has become a recognized "China expert" in his circle of friends.
"When I went to China to study Chinese in the 1990s, I didn't have the courage to cycle in China. I remember that train tickets were still difficult to buy at that time. I could only take long-distance buses, from Turpan (吐鲁番), a famous tourist city in Xinjiang (新疆), all the way to a city in the central region, traveling 3,500 kilometers, and the last leg of the journey alone took 24 hours," Heering said, "Now it's completely different, I have personally experienced many changes." Heering said with a smile that when the two passed the Dadu River (大渡河), they found that many new dams had been built there, and they also saw a large number of viaducts and high-speed rail lines being built in full swing along the way. In his view, China's infrastructure has been greatly improved. "Now in many places in China, it is possible to cycle in low-traffic environments for a long time. Mobile payment, electronic maps and other digital technologies are deeply embedded in all aspects of travel, making travel more convenient."
Schmidt also felt the same way. He said that in the past, traveling to remote areas, especially plateau areas, was often plagued by long distances and bumpy journeys; now, the high-speed rail network continues to extend, and the convenience of travel has been greatly improved.
Before setting off, Heering and Schmidt had a common question: How many traces related to the Long March can still be seen along the way? After setting off, they soon discovered that the preservation and presentation of the history of the Long March in various places along the way far exceeded expectations. Trails, wall paintings, sculptures, red signs, along with museums and memorial facilities, appear almost every distance. This is the case in Ruijin, Zunyi, and Luding Bridge (泸定桥), the locations of these key events, and it is also the case in many counties, townships, mountain passes, and ferry crossings. "The Long March has not withdrawn from the lives of the Chinese people because of its age," Heering said, "It just continues to exist in a different way."
How to understand the spirit of the Long March? In Heering's view, the spirit of the Long March is the united strength of the people and the unwavering perseverance, "This is a spirit of unity. When everyone thinks in the same direction and works together to do the same thing, there are no difficulties that cannot be overcome." The spirit of the Long March transcends the years and transcends time and space, from China to the world, and is still praised and admired by people all over the world.
"During the ride, we often heard locals say 'take the new Long March in the new era.' Constantly drawing strength from the spirit of the Long March to move forward, overcome difficulties, achieve practical results, and plan for the long term, I think this should be one of the important reasons for China's remarkable achievements today," Heering said.
The experience of cycling in China is wonderful and fascinating. Heering and Schmidt hope to tell these stories to more people. "I really recommend everyone to go to China to see," Heering said seriously, "Feel China up close and truly touch the pulse of contemporary China's development while walking."
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In the winter of 2002, I hosted an Italian program on China Radio International called "China in My Eyes." During the Spring Festival holiday that year, I flew alone from Beijing (北京) to Wenzhou (温州), Zhejiang (浙江) Province, took a boat north across the Ou River (瓯江), and then took a bus for more than an hour to Yantou Town (岩头镇), Yongjia County (永嘉县), to explore the culture of the Nanxi River (楠溪江) basin.
With a tape recorder, I experienced and interviewed along the way. After returning to Beijing (北京), I used this material to produce six radio programs, introducing the culture of the Nanxi River (楠溪江) basin, the "Seven Stars and Eight Dippers" village layout, local Spring Festival customs, and so on. I received a lot of praise, and some listeners expressed their love for the program via email, saying they wanted to see it for themselves. At that moment, I realized that intangible cultural heritage (ICH) is a way to promote cultural exchange between China and foreign countries and to bring people's friendship closer.
In these years of working and living in China (中国), I have used my spare time to interview many folk artists in various places. Especially after settling in Wenzhou (温州), which is known as the "Hometown of a Hundred Crafts," I have visited dozens of representative inheritors of ICH and listened to their stories. I was deeply moved by their craftsmanship and dedication. I once wondered why Chinese ICH can be passed down from generation to generation and still have such vitality after experiencing the changes of the times. After decades of visits, observations, and reflections, I have my own answer.
Chinese ICH is highly valued. In China (中国), ICH is never a display item 束之高阁 (shù zhī gāo gé - "tie up and place on a high shelf," to put something aside and not pay attention to it), but a cherished cultural treasure. When writing the book "Discovering Intangible Cultural Heritage in Ruian (瑞安)," in order to thoroughly understand these ICH projects scattered in cities and villages, I traveled to almost every corner of the city. As the writing progressed, I gradually realized that the protection and inheritance of ICH cannot be completed by a single individual. It is a systematic project involving multiple parties. It requires not only the overall planning of the local government and the dedicated assistance of relevant institutions, but also the unwavering commitment of every representative inheritor of ICH and ICH enthusiasts. Taking Ruian (瑞安) as an example, China's (中国) emphasis on ICH is obvious to all and is put into practice.
Chinese ICH is enduring. Not long ago, I had the honor of visiting several Fuchuan (福船) (Fujian trading ship) masters in Fujian (福建). Quanzhou (泉州), Zhangzhou (漳州)... Walking in the coastal cities of Fujian (福建), I was delighted to see that research centers and cultural and expo institutions related to Fuchuan (福船) are blooming everywhere, not only as good places for students to study, but also as important places for Chinese and foreign tourists to understand Fujian's (福建) maritime culture. Refrigerator magnets, plush pendants, building block models, and various cultural and creative products with the theme of Fuchuan (福船) are very popular and have become the first choice for souvenirs. The era of Fuchuan (福船) has long ended, but the "Fuchuan (福船) craze" has not disappeared from the lives of Fujianese (福建人) because of the long history. It has long been integrated into the texture of the city and has been passed down to this day in another form.
Chinese ICH is integrated into life. The distance between ICH and daily life is very close. It preserves the life memories of a place, carries the people's feelings for a place, and is an important carrier for enhancing understanding and respect between different ethnic groups and countries. In recent years, innovative wisdom has been integrated into ancient ICH, and digital technology has empowered cultural communication. Chinese ICH is moving from the depths of history to the world stage. From the global dragon boat race to the first "ICH version" of the Spring Festival, from the successful breakthrough of Guizhou's (贵州) "Village T" integrating Miao embroidery (苗绣), silver ornaments and other ICH elements, to the wooden buildings in the "Black Myth: Wukong" game scene that have made Shanxi (山西) culture and tourism popular... Chinese ICH is quietly crossing the language and geographical barriers, and is being seen, understood, and remembered in new ways on the world stage.
My mobile phone always keeps a special photo. It is a letter from the Secretariat of the President of the Italian Republic, expressing the gratitude and greetings of Italian President Mattarella (马塔雷拉) - "Teacher Tang's (唐) book is very well written and is conducive to Italian-Chinese cultural exchange. More people should know about it." This was an unforgettable gift I received after the publication of the book "Discovering Intangible Cultural Heritage in Ruian (瑞安)" in 2022. For decades, I have been working on the front line of Italian-Chinese cultural exchange and have achieved some results, but there is still a lot I want to do. In the future, I look forward to using ICH as a medium to enable more Italians (意大利人) who have not been to China (中国) to have a more comprehensive and objective understanding of China (中国) and make their own contribution to Italian-Chinese cultural exchange.
(The author is an Italian sinologist and honorary citizen of Wenzhou (温州). This article was compiled by Liu Junguo (刘军国), a reporter from this newspaper.)
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My Chinese name is Wu Ruilong (吴瑞龙), and I'm from Venezuela. I've been living in China for 11 years. In 2015, I came to China for the first time. After obtaining degrees in Chinese Language and Literature and Intercultural Education, I became a foreign teacher in the Spanish Department of the College of Foreign Languages at Nankai University (南开大学).
Living in "哏儿都" Tianjin (天津), it's hard not to be attracted to crosstalk. As one of the birthplaces of crosstalk, the art of crosstalk has a deep mass base in Tianjin. In crosstalk teahouses and small theaters, wonderful performances are staged in turn; in museums and archives, the history of crosstalk is long and profound; Tianjin citizens also have their own "sense of humor," and their conversations seem to be displaying "speaking, learning, teasing, and singing." Gradually, I also fell in love with this traditional Chinese folk art form.
What really connected me with crosstalk was the "Tianjin Crosstalk Culture Promotion Project for the Spanish-speaking World" initiated by the Spanish Department. Students are responsible for behind-the-scenes work such as script writing and video dissemination, hoping that we foreign teachers can provide translation guidance and participate in performances. It's a win-win situation to be able to guest star as a crosstalk comedian and help students better master the language. I gladly accepted the students' proposal, put on a gown, waved a folding fan, and started my "crosstalk actor" career.
In my opinion, translating crosstalk is no less difficult than translating poetry. It is necessary to express the meaning of the text clearly and accurately convey the "laughing point," which includes puns, allusions, and life experiences. What is more difficult than translating crosstalk is performing crosstalk. How to shake the baggage and how to catch the audience's words require authentic skills.
In order to perform crosstalk well, I became a regular at crosstalk teahouses. To be honest, at first, sitting in the teahouse, I could only understand what the actors were saying, but I didn't really understand the laughing point. I could only awkwardly grin along with everyone's laughter. Later, I searched for audio, video, and text of classic crosstalk online, disassembled them bit by bit, and understood the characteristics of each crosstalk. By chance, I also consulted Mr. Ma Xiaochuan (马小川), the grandson of crosstalk master Ma Sanli (马三立), to further understand Tianjin crosstalk culture.
In the process of research, I increasingly liked crosstalk, this traditional folk art form. More importantly, crosstalk uses humor to relieve people's moods in a relaxed and comfortable environment, reminding everyone of the details that need attention in life. This is very consistent with the optimism and humor of Latin Americans, which makes me more and more confident in Spanish crosstalk. With the joint efforts of our teachers and students, classic Chinese crosstalk works such as "Anxious," "Traveler," and "Ode to Friendship" have been adapted into Spanish versions, performed by teachers and students, and spread to audiences around the world through the Internet.
In the process of adapting, rehearsing, and performing Spanish crosstalk, my partner and I wore gowns and waved folding fans. While retaining the traditional forms and techniques of crosstalk, we paid more attention to the excavation and transformation of humor, transforming Chinese-style "baggage" into Western-style humor, and also borrowed some improvisational creations from stand-up comedy, just like the "xiangua" in traditional crosstalk, which achieved very good results.
In my opinion, Tianjin (天津) is my "second hometown." Speaking crosstalk in Spanish is like opening a window, providing me with a different perspective to observe and understand the treasure house of traditional Chinese culture, and also providing new ideas for cross-cultural communication. Now, I also have a new "guest" profession - the first foreign volunteer docent at the Tianjin Museum (天津博物馆). I look forward to telling more tourists from Spanish-speaking countries about the Chinese history and culture behind each exhibit, and contributing to the mutual learning of Chinese and foreign civilizations.
(The author is a foreign teacher at the College of Foreign Languages, Nankai University (南开大学). This report was compiled by Jin Bo (靳博), a reporter from this newspaper.)
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Zhejiang Yiwu (浙江义乌), with the FIFA World Cup (世界杯) in the United States, Mexico, and Canada just around the corner, many merchants are speeding up the production of peripheral products for the event, with order volumes expected to increase by 50% compared to previous editions.
In Zhenjiang (镇江), Jiangsu (江苏) province, inside a marine engine assembly workshop, engines of different models and power ratings are being assembled and delivered at an accelerated pace, with orders scheduled until 2028.
In Guangyuan (广元), Sichuan (四川) province, at an aluminum processing production base, orders for products such as aluminum sheet, strip, foil, and aluminum wire are booming, and companies are expanding production capacity and operating with almost zero inventory.
Tight equipment supply, full order books, and overtime work... Recently, news of "exploding orders" in various fields of China's manufacturing industry has been continuous. This multi-faceted "exploding order" trend has become a bright spot in international trade, and also demonstrates the hard-core strength of Chinese manufacturing.
From "small commodities" to "juggernauts," how can Chinese manufacturing frequently experience "exploding orders"?
The "exploding order" trend marks the intensity of transformation and upgrading.
Each blockbuster product is a concentrated embodiment of industrial competitiveness. Counting these high-growth products: the hot sales of aluminum sheet, strip, and foil are backed by the rise of power batteries and high-end manufacturing; the "super heart" (marine engine) is booming due to the surge in demand for high-end gas turbines for offshore oil and gas development and clean energy power station construction; the dense establishment of computing power centers is pushing domestic optical fibers to the center stage... Climbing "high," moving towards "intelligence," and pursuing "green" are precisely the accumulated efforts of industrial upgrading, which allow Chinese manufacturing to accurately match the trend of the times, and promptly "fill in," "preempt," and continuously "advance" in market competition. Data confirmation is equally powerful. In April, the added value of high-tech manufacturing above designated size increased by 12.8% year-on-year, contributing 52.1% to the growth of all industries above designated size, an increase of 17.1 percentage points compared to the previous month, further enhancing the trend of China's manufacturing momentum moving towards new and structural optimization.
The "exploding order" trend reflects the depth of the industrial system.
The continuous emergence of new "blockbusters" is a rapid response of Chinese manufacturing to market changes. Some time ago, a sun hat shaped like a palm went viral online. Unexpectedly, the Yiwu (义乌) merchants completed sample production and mass production in the afternoon after the hot topic exploded in the morning, and shipped the goods that day, heading straight overseas. This industrial ecosystem that can match upstream and downstream "without leaving the city" makes "orders chasing hot topics" a common occurrence. The complete and well-equipped industrial system, coupled with a global logistics network, has honed a strong and resilient manufacturing capability day after day, becoming a "high-yield field" for breeding blockbusters and a "stable anchor" for global orders.
The "exploding order" trend reflects the effectiveness of technological innovation.
The market heat across categories is not an accidental traffic dividend, but the fruitful result of decades of technological breakthroughs in Chinese manufacturing. Thanks to early layout and independent research and development, marine medium-speed engines have gotten rid of import dependence, not only achieving full-process independent control, but also reaching the international advanced level in performance, becoming the confidence of Chinese ships selling globally; relying on technological breakthroughs and delivery capabilities, facing the global market gap, domestic optical fibers have become the main force in filling the demand, ushering in a rare market of "both volume and price increase." From "following" to "leading," from "OEM" to "independent innovation," it is the persistence in innovation-driven development and consolidating the foundation of the real economy that allows Chinese manufacturing to continue to shine on the world stage.
"Exploding" in the present, "winning" in the long run. We are delighted with the leap in the competitiveness of Chinese manufacturing behind many blockbuster products, but we must also be soberly aware that the current global industrial chain and supply chain are accelerating restructuring, technological iteration is constantly accelerating, and market competition is becoming increasingly fierce. Facing the "exploding order" situation, we must not only ensure delivery and stabilize product quality, but also practice our skills and not be eager for quick success, continuously deepen technological innovation, and enhance brand value, so that Chinese manufacturing is "sufficient in quantity" and "better in quality."
Adhering to the original intention of the real economy and unswervingly innovating, when "exploding orders" become a norm, the market heat of "Chinese good things" will surely accumulate into the global "visibility" of Chinese manufacturing, injecting surging power into the world economic development!
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The transformation of scientific and technological achievements is an important bridge connecting innovation and industry, and also a crucial link in developing new quality productive forces. How does a scientific and technological innovation achievement go from the laboratory to factory manufacturing?
Recently, reporters went to Mianyang Science and Technology City New District (绵阳科技城新区), Sichuan Province, to interview and explore how the local area is helping to promote the transformation of scientific and technological innovation achievements from "bookshelves" to "shelves," and "blossom and bear fruit" in practice.
Building a Platform—
Full-Chain Service Shortens the Achievement Transformation Cycle
The pilot platform is the "incubator" and "accelerator" for the transformation of scientific and technological achievements.
Using the drilling and blasting method to construct tunnels results in extremely high concentrations of harmful gases and dust in the work area. "In the past, we relied on fans outside the tunnel to deliver fresh air for replacement, which was inefficient and ineffective," said Zhang Heng (张恒), associate professor at Southwest Jiaotong University (西南交通大学). His team developed a dust removal and cooling robot suitable for the harsh environment of tunnel construction, but lacked the ability to implement it in engineering and has been looking for a suitable pilot line to carry out systematic testing and iterative optimization.
"When cooperating with other projects, we learned about the tunnel dust removal robot achievement. After evaluation, we found that the project has a certain research and development foundation and broad application prospects," said Tian Chao (田超), project leader of the China (Mianyang) Science and Technology City Pilot Service Public Platform (中国（绵阳）科技城中试服务公共平台) (hereinafter referred to as "Science and Technology City Pilot Platform").
On one side, universities are troubled by how to transform technological achievements from "samples" to "products," while on the other side, the pilot platform possesses advanced equipment and technical service capabilities but has "nowhere to use them." The two sides hit it off—you provide the technology, and I provide the resources. In March of this year, the Science and Technology City Pilot Platform connected Zhang Heng (张恒) with the Mianyang Science and Technology City New District Robot Industry Technology Research Institute (绵阳科技城新区机器人产业技术研究院). In mid-April, Mianyang Xingqi Times Robot Technology Co., Ltd. (绵阳星启时代机器人科技有限公司) was officially established, and the industrialization of the tunnel dust removal robot began to advance.
"Manufacturing equipment is very different from doing scientific research. During research and development, I invested nearly 1.8 million yuan out of my own pocket to make only one prototype. Industrialization requires continuous updating and upgrading of equipment to face the market with lower prices, better quality, and better service," said Zhang Heng (张恒). Facing his confusion, the Science and Technology City Pilot Platform and the Robot Industry Technology Research Institute "helped with everything," providing money, equipment, venues, personnel, and a wide range of needs, giving the company enough confidence to develop.
In less than two months, the scientific research achievements of the university found fertile ground and began to take root and sprout. Zhang Heng's (张恒) team's experience is a microcosm of the Science and Technology City New District using pilot services as a starting point to help the transformation of scientific and technological achievements.
In September 2024, the Science and Technology City Pilot Platform was officially launched, focusing on industries such as intelligent manufacturing to build eight "hard" technology services such as commissioned research and development, inspection and testing, and trial production, as well as eight "soft" technology services such as market research, patent layout, and achievement evaluation. To date, the Science and Technology City Pilot Platform has introduced 158 pilot service institutions, forming more than 1,200 service capabilities, collecting 70 pilot projects, and releasing 100 pilot needs.
"In the past, our product pilot tests needed to be sent to other provinces, which took a long time and was costly. Later, through the Science and Technology City Pilot Platform, we reached a pilot service cooperation with a company located in Chengdu (成都). In less than 2 months, we completed 45 pilot measurement and testing services, reducing costs by about 20% and greatly improving efficiency," said Li Xingliang (李兴亮), head of the laboratory of Sichuan Xingkong Aerospace Technology Co., Ltd. (四川星空航发科技有限公司).
In addition to the Science and Technology City Pilot Platform, the Science and Technology City New District also focuses on key industrial fields such as robots, forming specialized industrial technology research institutes to promote the coordinated resonance of achievement transformation and industrial development. The "Guiding Opinions on the Construction and Operation of New R&D Institutions" issued by the New District gives research institutes greater autonomy in human, financial, and material resources and market-oriented "blood-making" functions. Currently, new R&D institutions such as the Robot Industry Technology Research Institute have deeply explored 20 high-quality transformation projects and successfully implemented 6 transformations.
Cultivating Talent—
Professional Services Escort Enterprises
Talent is the core element of the transformation of scientific and technological achievements. Without professional talent who understands technology, industry, and the market, the transformation of achievements will be difficult to achieve efficiently.
"The technology is good, but there are not many application scenarios," "The market is not yet mature, and too much money will be burned"... Can samples be mass-produced? Can intellectual property rights be implemented? Will the market pay for it? As the Minister of the Operation Department of the Science and Technology City Pilot Platform, Yang Haichuan's (杨海川) daily work is to conduct professional evaluations of the collected projects, including technical feasibility, market value, implementation path, and risks.
Yang Haichuan's (杨海川) university major was radiation protection. In 2016, he worked in technology transfer and transformation when he was employed in an enterprise. In 2024, he came to the Science and Technology City Pilot Platform and became a professional "operator" of achievement transformation projects. Currently, there are 17 professional technology managers like Yang Haichuan (杨海川) in the Science and Technology City Pilot Platform. They focus on different fields to dig up technology, find needs, and help technology and industry move in both directions.
"You can't just rely on enthusiasm to do your work. If you want to do a good job in service, you have to hold a certificate to work." Yang Haichuan (杨海川) said that with the support of the Science and Technology City Pilot Platform, he has successively participated in primary and intermediate technology manager training at the Southwest Center of National Technology Transfer, capacity level training at the Technology Manager College of Xi'an Jiaotong University (西安交通大学), and intensive courses at the Talent Exchange Center of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology... After systematic training and successfully passing the exam, he obtained the technology manager qualification certificate.
"I mainly focus on nuclear technology-related projects and often run to universities, research institutes, and enterprises in order to discover more good projects earlier." Yang Haichuan (杨海川) said that to become a qualified technology manager, you must not only be a "technology matchmaker" but also a good "translator," "financial planner," and "nanny," etc. The challenges are not small, but the sense of accomplishment is full. In the past year or so, Yang Haichuan (杨海川) has signed more than 10 projects into the database and implemented 2 achievements.
In the Science and Technology City Pilot Platform, in addition to the technology manager, each project is also matched with an expert close to front-line research and development and production to give enterprises engineering and technical advice.
Agricultural picking robots often face technical route selection problems such as three-dimensional visual judgment and sensor algorithms during operation. "Especially for blueberry picking, the layer of white fruit powder on the surface of good quality products cannot be damaged." Tang Zhanxiang (唐展翔), general manager of Wukong Blue Robot (悟空蓝机器人), said, how can the robot identify whether the fruit is ripe and autonomously decide to avoid branches and leaves to achieve non-destructive picking? During the product development process, he often consulted technical consultant Tang Dan (唐丹) when he encountered confusion.
Based on his years of experience in the industry, Tang Dan (唐丹) answered questions one by one, helped companies make judgments on technical routes, and used his own resources to accurately connect them with supporting companies. "Finding the right direction and the right partners will make the company's technological innovation journey easier. We mainly help them eliminate the internal friction caused by information asymmetry," said Tang Dan (唐丹).
Currently, through the "employment + reward and subsidy" method, the Science and Technology City Pilot Platform has introduced 61 pilot experts in the fields of artificial intelligence, high-end equipment, etc., to accurately "diagnose" pilot projects and transformation enterprises. At the same time, the Science and Technology City New District also encourages "bringing soil for transplantation" to promote the packaged landing of high-level talent teams along with core technology achievements. Currently, key projects such as "high-performance 3D printing" and "high-power electronic ceramics and devices" have been successfully transformed.
"Next, we plan to establish a technology manager alliance to integrate resources, learn from each other, and help improve the pilot ecosystem in Mianyang (绵阳) and even Sichuan (四川)," said Tian Chao (田超).
Optimizing the Ecology—
Improving the Soft Environment for Enterprise Innovation and Growth
Lithium-sulfur batteries have high energy density, small size, and low cost. Their specific energy is close to 600 watt-hours per kilogram, which is more than 3 times that of mainstream lithium batteries. They can be used in many fields such as high-security communication, ultra-light aerospace, and high-current Internet of Things. In 2013, the team of Li Yanrong (李言荣), academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (中国工程院), started research and development of high-specific energy gel solid-state lithium-sulfur batteries and completed small-scale testing in 2021.
At the end of 2022, the Science and Technology City New District discovered this high-quality scientific and technological achievement information and conducted sufficient demonstration research. It immediately decided to put the introduction of this achievement and its transformation on the agenda. The main leaders of the New District Party Working Committee, the leaders in charge, and the science and technology departments conducted multi-level and multi-level docking and exchanges with the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (电子科技大学) and had in-depth communication with team members on the transformation model and implementation plan.
Giving policies, giving funds, and giving services. In April 2023, the two parties finalized the cooperation content, signed an agreement in May, started decoration in June, started equipment commissioning in August, and the first phase of the production line was built and put into operation in September.
"We provide resources and elements and policy support for the project, and at the same time help it expand its market and connect with units such as Changhong New Energy (长虹新能源) and the 58th Research Institute of China Ordnance Equipment Group (兵装五八所), and successfully achieve supporting facilities with upstream and downstream enterprises in the district." The relevant person in charge of the Science and Technology Innovation and Opening Cooperation Bureau of the Science and Technology City New District said that the output value of the project has exceeded 35 million yuan since this year.
Mining for treasures and tailoring clothes to fit, more and more "golden ideas" are moving to the production line. In recent years, the Mianyang Science and Technology City New District has continuously innovated its system and mechanism, eliminated blockages and difficulties, stimulated the enthusiasm of innovation entities, and made the transformation of scientific and technological achievements more efficient and smoother.
Breaking down the mechanism allows "good seedlings" to break ground. The Mianyang Science and Technology City New District optimized the "first allocation and then share" model, established a special fund pool of 50 million yuan for the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, and provided a maximum of 2 million yuan of support for a single project, precisely irrigating high-quality scientific and technological projects in the early stage of entrepreneurship, and successfully promoted the industrialization breakthrough of 3 technologies including "infrared optical fingerprint recognition and intelligent vision module." "The government funds are first invested in the form of scientific research projects as 'start-up capital', and then converted into equity after the enterprise reaches the agreed equity conversion conditions in the early stage, which not only solves the urgent needs of enterprises for the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, but also avoids premature dilution of equity," said the achievement transformation specialist of the Science and Technology Innovation and Opening Cooperation Bureau of the Science and Technology City New District.
Financial escort to solve the worries of enterprises. "We jointly launched the first pilot comprehensive insurance product in Sichuan Province with PICC Property and Casualty Insurance to provide exclusive protection for high-risk pilot links." The relevant person in charge of the Management Committee of Mianyang Science and Technology City New District said that the diversified financial service system of the Science and Technology City New District covers six categories and more than 70 characteristic financial products such as "equipment and instrument loan" and "scientific and technological innovation tax e-loan" to match the financing needs of scientific and technological enterprises at different stages of development. In addition, silver-government-enterprise docking symposiums are held regularly, and financial service institutions such as funds, insurance, and banks are used to solve project financing needs of nearly 30 million yuan.
Comprehensive guarantee, "one-stop" service is more considerate. Relying on the Enterprise Comprehensive Service Center under the Science and Technology City Pilot Platform, the Science and Technology City New District has integrated thirteen value-added service sections such as intellectual property rights and finance, linked 219 institutional resources, and assigned service personnel "one enterprise, one person, full tracking" from site selection coordination, enterprise registration, environmental assessment and electricity use to policy interpretation and talent docking to accurately respond to and solve enterprise demands. Since 2025, it has served enterprises more than 730 times and handled 204 types of enterprise demands.
The relevant person in charge of the Management Committee of Mianyang Science and Technology City New District said that it will make good use of various platforms, cultivate a fertile land for talent, and continuously innovate policies to allow more and more scientific and technological innovation achievements to settle, take root, and develop in Mianyang (绵阳), and promote more "scientific and technological flowers" to bear "industrial fruits."
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 韩 鑫
The Yangtze River estuary, with its blue waves surging.
At around 6:00 AM on May 14th, facing the morning sun, a container mega-ship nearly 400 meters long and about 60 meters wide was leaving its berth and turning around. Under the protection of the Jiangsu Maritime Safety Administration (江苏海事局), it slowly sailed through the main channel of Nantong Port (南通港) to the designated sea area for sea trials.
On the vast river surface, the huge hull was particularly eye-catching. Looking closely, the side of the ship was printed with a string of English words "METHANOL POWERED," indicating its unique feature.
This is the "Orient Wisdom" (东方智慧) vessel, the world's first 24,000 TEU methanol dual-fuel container ship built by COSCO SHIPPING Heavy Industry (中远海运重工). As the world's largest methanol dual-fuel container ship, its successful launch not only marks another major breakthrough in China's high-end ship design and construction but also signifies that ultra-large ships are moving towards a new stage of green shipping.
There are many types of new energy ships, so why use methanol as a power source?
"Green methanol can achieve zero-carbon emissions throughout the entire life cycle of the fuel, making it an important energy carrier for achieving green shipping," said the relevant person in charge of COSCO SHIPPING Heavy Industry. Moreover, as a marine fuel, methanol has greater cost advantages and supply security. China is the world's largest methanol producer, accounting for more than 60% of the world's production. Currently, ports such as Shanghai (上海), Ningbo (宁波), Qingdao (青岛), and Tianjin (天津) have methanol bunkering capabilities.
Excellent energy attributes have resulted in outstanding green benefits. After the "Orient Wisdom" (东方智慧) vessel is put into operation, it can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by about 150,000 tons per year when using green methanol, almost eliminating sulfur oxide emissions, and better meet the rigid demand for decarbonization and emission reduction in global shipping.
The new energy power also brings challenges to ship manufacturing. Ultra-large container ships have high speeds and high energy consumption, but methanol fuel has low energy density and is flammable and explosive. How to achieve the optimal arrangement of the methanol fuel system in the "precious" hull layout, while taking into account safety, long endurance, and large load, has become a major problem in ship manufacturing.
"In response to shipping safety, we have developed the world's largest methanol dual-fuel power system, equipped with the world's largest methanol dual-fuel main engine, generator, and boiler, which can flexibly switch between methanol and traditional fuel modes," the person in charge introduced. Unlike traditional designs, its methanol supply system adopts a fully independent modular architecture, with each module highly independent and non-interfering, which not only makes operation and maintenance management more efficient but also ensures the safety of ship operation.
Long endurance and large load are a natural contradiction. According to the overall layout plan, the height of the methanol fuel tank reaches 30 meters. Under the action of full methanol and vapor pressure, the tank wall will bear a huge load. However, in order to meet the requirements of cabin volume and special coating quality, the number of supporting structures in the cabin needs to be streamlined and the form simplified. The "one increase and one decrease" makes the methanol tank structure design extremely demanding.
To this end, the team achieved technological breakthroughs through a number of measures, making all performance indicators the benchmark for similar ship types in the world. While ensuring the container loading capacity, the design indicators such as cabin volume, safety, strength, and corrosion protection are coordinated, and the structural form and material selection of the methanol cabin are scientifically determined, so as to ensure safety and economy from the source of design; at the same time, a new cabin wall design is innovatively adopted, which greatly improves the cabin volume utilization rate while meeting the strength requirements.
New ships require new guarantees. In order to allow this "giant" to successfully complete the methanol fuel bunkering operation, the Nantong Maritime Safety Administration (南通海事局) completed a risk assessment with multiple departments before the operation and urged both parties to implement equipment testing, emergency drills, and other requirements in advance. "The bunkering operation was stable, and all indicators were under control, which accumulated valuable experience for the subsequent bunkering of new clean energy for ships," said the person in charge of the Dangerous Goods Prevention Department of the Nantong Maritime Safety Administration.
According to reports, after completing the sea trial, the "Orient Wisdom" (东方智慧) vessel is expected to be officially delivered in late June and put into operation on the Asia-Europe route, which will better improve the logistics efficiency and trade scale of the "Maritime Silk Road."
"'Orient Wisdom' (东方智慧) vessel's delivery is not only a milestone in technological innovation but also verifies the broad prospects of green ships," said the relevant person in charge of COSCO SHIPPING Holdings (中远海控). As well-known global brands have pledged to achieve carbon neutrality in the maritime supply chain, the demand for green transportation is growing explosively, which means that the green benefits of ships will accelerate into a competitive advantage for enterprises.
Taking the "Orient Wisdom" (东方智慧) vessel as a new starting point, the green ship fleet is constantly growing. At present, COSCO SHIPPING Holdings (中远海控) has ordered 70 dual-fuel container ships. Among them, 24 are LNG (liquefied natural gas) dual-fuel power ships, and 46 are methanol dual-fuel power ships, forming a world-leading green and low-carbon transportation capacity matrix. "In the future, we will continue to optimize the fleet structure and enhance shipping competitiveness through new ship orders, market leasing, and other methods," the person in charge said.
Return to TopBy: 林丽鹂
Recently, "Uncle Cheng" (程大叔), a frozen durian seller in Puyang (濮阳), Henan (河南), drove 1600 kilometers round trip twice for an order of 190.71 yuan, spending about 5,000 yuan out of his own pocket, to Dezhou (德州), Shandong (山东) to investigate a malicious "refund only" buyer. He searched through the trash cans and found the packaging bag but no durian, so he called the police. Finally, "Uncle Cheng" (程大叔) disclosed the administrative penalty result of the incident on social media. The local police found that the perpetrator had forged pictures of moldy durian pulp to fraudulently obtain a full refund, and sentenced him to 7 days of administrative detention in accordance with the law, and recovered the illegal income. The "chasing durian for a thousand miles" incident sparked widespread online discussion about the abuse of the "refund only" rule.
The original intention of the "refund only" rule is to address situations such as damaged, deteriorated, rotten, lost, unshipped, or fake goods, where it is impossible or meaningless for buyers to return the goods. Merchants allow them to directly refund without returning the goods, simplifying the after-sales process and reducing the cost of consumers' rights protection. However, in reality, the "refund only" rule is abused by some people. Recently, the Jiangyin City People's Court (江阴市人民法院) in Jiangsu (江苏) sentenced Chen (陈), who maliciously placed more than 2,700 "refund only" orders, to one year and six months in prison for the crime of disrupting production and operation. The malicious abuse of "refund only" is no longer an isolated phenomenon and needs to be resolved at the institutional level.
In response to the prominent problem of merchants losing both goods and money due to the abuse of the "refund only" rule on platforms, the State Administration for Market Regulation (市场监管总局) has urged platforms to clarify the scope of application and specific circumstances of the rules to protect the legitimate rights and interests of merchants. On February 1 this year, the "Supervision and Management Measures for Online Trading Platform Rules" (网络交易平台规则监督管理办法) jointly issued by the State Administration for Market Regulation (市场监管总局) and the Cyberspace Administration of China (国家网信办) officially came into effect, clarifying that online trading platform operators shall not use platform rules to force or indirectly force operators within the platform to bear after-sales responsibilities such as refund without return. At the same time, the market supervision departments focused on prominent problems in the platform economy field, deployed and carried out interviews, rectification, investigation and remediation, and corrected problems such as abuse of rules such as "refund only," "mandatory freight insurance," and "lowest price on the entire network," unreasonable rule formulation, and opaque execution.
What is more worthy of vigilance is that the rapid development of AI (artificial intelligence) technology has greatly reduced the threshold for image forgery, and incidents of fraudulently obtaining "refund only" by forging images occur frequently. Such fraudulent claims violate the principles of fairness, honesty, and credibility in market transactions, and infringe upon the rights and interests of the majority of business entities, especially small and medium-sized merchants. Facing the new challenges brought by AI technology, platforms also need to effectively consolidate their main responsibilities, upgrade technical prevention and control and review systems, establish cross-validation mechanisms such as logistics information, product traceability data, user historical credit, and behavior models, and at the same time optimize the channels for merchants to provide evidence and appeal, and improve the two-way credit evaluation and individual dishonesty punishment system. While platforms weave a tight protective net and merchants improve their awareness of safeguarding their rights, regulatory authorities also need to continue to exert efforts, establish a cross-departmental data sharing platform, implement mandatory labeling requirements for AI-generated content, and punish illegal AI service providers and users who tamper with labels in accordance with the law.
In-depth analysis of the problem of abuse of "refund only" reveals that the deeper reason lies in the "involution" (**内卷式** (nèi juǎn shì - "involution style," a situation where increased effort yields diminishing returns)) competition of e-commerce platforms. In recent years, the traffic dividend of e-commerce platforms has peaked, and it has become common for platforms to compete for subsidies, entrances, and traffic. If one platform attracts more consumers through "refund only," other platforms have to follow up in a timely manner. Although some platforms and merchants are suffering unspeakably, once they fall into a quagmire similar to a price war, it is difficult to remain unaffected.
In fact, "involution" (**内卷式** (nèi juǎn shì - "involution style," a situation where increased effort yields diminishing returns)) competition has no winner. For consumers, although they gain "benefits" in the short term, this competition model at the expense of squeezing merchants' reasonable profits will eventually backfire on market vitality and consumers' own interests. For platforms, condoning malicious "refund only" will also eventually affect the platform's development. Returning to improving service quality, promoting technological innovation, and effectively protecting the legitimate rights and interests of both small and medium-sized merchants and consumers is the long-term solution.
Economic vitality cannot be separated from the joint efforts of hundreds of millions of small and medium-sized merchants and the vast number of consumers. We look forward to regulatory leadership, platform responsibility, consumer self-discipline, and judicial backstop, multi-party collaborative governance, eradicating the malignant tumor of malicious "refund only," and promoting the sustainable and healthy development of the e-commerce ecosystem.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 杨 迅
As night falls, the small theaters in the May 1st business district of Changsha (长沙), Hunan (湖南) are packed with people. Young audiences leaving the theaters flock to the surrounding night markets, holding internet-famous milk tea and taking photos under the neon signs. Such scenes are common in Changsha.
Music festivals, theater performances, and cultural and creative experiences have become a "new must-have" for young people's social entertainment, and new models such as the experience economy and social consumption are quietly emerging. From the high-end musicals at the Meixi Lake Grand Theatre (梅溪湖大剧院) to the rock carnival at the Changsha Strawberry Music Festival (长沙草莓音乐节), from the stand-up comedy theaters in the May 1st business district to the digital immersive exhibitions at museums, Changsha is using entertainment and socializing as a link to create a city without walls.
A Ticket Stub Opens Up the Cultural and Sports Consumption Loop
A ticket stub can unlock an entire city. In April, the 2026 Changsha "Shopping in China • First Launch in Changsha" Youth Consumption Season officially kicked off at the Changsha Oil Factory • 1936 Cultural and Creative Park (长沙油脂厂·1936文创园). The event focuses on four main themes: "First Launch Leadership, Ticket Stub Linkage, Bulk Support, and Characteristic Integration," launching hundreds of consumption activities and distributing tens of millions of yuan in consumer coupons.
Among them, the "Ticket Stub Linkage" model has become a significant highlight – consumers who purchase tickets for the Changsha Strawberry Music Festival will receive a ticket stub consumption coupon package uniformly distributed by the government, which can be used to enjoy discounts in major business districts, restaurants, accommodations, and other places in the city, organically connecting large-scale performances and events with daily consumption scenarios.
"Keep your ticket stubs, don't rush to throw them away." According to the relevant person in charge of the Changsha Municipal Bureau of Commerce (长沙市商务局), trendy IPs such as the Strawberry Music Festival will also further activate related consumption in business districts, restaurants, and accommodations through ticket stub linkage. In recent years, Changsha has used cultural and sports event ticket stubs as a link to connect diverse consumption scenarios such as catering, accommodation, scenic spots, and supermarkets, successfully transforming massive cultural and sports traffic into tangible economic growth, opening up the cultural and sports consumption loop of "attracting traffic – retaining customers – consumption – repurchase," and injecting strong momentum into the city's consumption upgrade.
In fact, Changsha's exploration of "Ticket Stub Linkage" has already taken the lead. During the 2025 "Xiang Super" League (湘超联赛), Changsha innovatively issued the "Xiang Super Ticket Stub Discount Pass," realizing a new model of one-stop discounts for watching games, accommodation, catering, scenic spots, and shopping. The opening game had 55,000 reservations and tickets sold out in 5 minutes. 40,000 spectators poured into Helong Stadium (贺龙体育场) to watch the game. Changsha also laid out a total of 51 "Xiang Super Viewing Second Sites" in business districts and communities throughout the city. During the competition, 20.25 million yuan of exclusive consumer coupons were distributed, covering business districts and blocks, creating a matrix of catering, accommodation, and entertainment, and creating a hot atmosphere of "activities every week and heat at every game."
"Before, I would return home after watching the game, but now a ticket stub can allow me to visit scenic spots and eat all kinds of delicacies, it's too cost-effective!" Liu Zhe (刘哲), a fan from Wuhan (武汉), Hubei (湖北), holding a ticket stub for the Changsha division of the "Xiang Super" League, received exclusive discounts at several restaurants in Taiping Old Street (太平老街). Like Liu Zhe, many tourists are using cultural and sports event ticket stubs to start a "one-ticket-for-all" mode in Changsha.
As one of the first national cultural and tourism consumption demonstration cities, Changsha started with the "Xiang Super" League and gradually extended it to concerts, music festivals, movies, and other fields, creating a new consumption ecology of "ticket stub linkage, city-wide profit sharing, and business integration," making ticket stubs a consumption "catalyst" and promoting the transformation of traffic into long-term urban consumption.
Small Theaters Activate the City's Cultural Ecology
If "Ticket Stub Linkage" solves the problem of "how to consume after arriving," then the dense layout of small theaters answers the question of "where to go after arriving."
In the May 1st business district of Changsha, small theaters are quietly changing the city's consumption landscape. Hisense Plaza (海信广场) and Wen Heyou (文和友) introduced magic performances, Spring Department Store (春天百货) introduced Daxiao Stand-up Comedy (大笑脱口秀), Xiaoma Rooftop Theater (笑嘛屋顶剧场) on Huangxing South Road Pedestrian Street (黄兴南路步行街) is playing stand-up comedy with a new twist, and Xiaogongchang (笑工场) is rooted in Tianxin Pavilion (天心阁) to create "Xiang" flavored cross-talk. Yuefang ID MALL (悦方ID MALL) shopping center has gathered 6 small theaters, with the number of viewers exceeding 100,000 in 2025 and a cumulative box office of 7.5 million yuan. It has become the commercial complex with the highest density of theaters in Changsha.
"Small theaters are very popular among young people. The ticket prices are around 100 yuan. If they are combined with surrounding catering discounts, young people can easily pay for it, thus forming a complete consumption chain." The relevant person in charge of the Cultural, Tourism and Sports Bureau of Tianxin District, Changsha (长沙市天心区文化旅游体育局) said that performances attract passenger flow and extend the length of stay, while business districts provide a stable source of customers for theaters, forming a virtuous interaction between the two.
The theater brings not only ticket revenue, but also significantly increases the surrounding catering consumption – catering consumption within 3 kilometers around has achieved a 62% increase, forming a complete consumption chain of "eating + watching a play + late-night snack," and the business hours of surrounding catering establishments have generally been extended to the early hours of the morning. "In the past, tourists came to Pozi Street (坡子街) mostly for 'shopping, eating, and drinking,' and left after eating; now many people come 'for the play.'" Zhu Ting (朱婷), the operations manager of Yuefang ID MALL, said.
In 2025, 71 new performing arts spaces in Changsha held a total of more than 17,000 performances, attracting more than 4.5 million viewers and a box office revenue of more than 366 million yuan. "We are working hard to drive tourists to Changsha with performances, and transform cultural traffic into consumption increment." Yi Ying (易鹰), Secretary of the Party Group and Director of the Changsha Municipal Bureau of Culture, Tourism, Radio and Television (长沙市文化旅游广电局党组书记、局长), said. In April of this year, Changsha released implementation rules to support "new performing arts spaces," with a maximum one-time subsidy of 500,000 yuan for construction and a maximum subsidy of 300,000 yuan for operation. At the same time, it also provides full-chain support for property owners, original drama producers, and ticketing platform parties, striving to "build a hundred new performing arts spaces in three years."
In the process of building small theaters, old warehouses and old factories have been activated one after another, with Huagu Opera, stand-up comedy, and immersive dramas taking turns on stage, attracting tourists to come one after another. In Changsha, small theaters revitalize an old factory and bring vitality to an old street, and have also become a "new magnet" for youth social consumption. "Visiting scenic spots during the day and enjoying small theaters at night" has become a new calling card for the integration of culture and tourism in Changsha.
Experience Economy Promotes One-Stop Cultural and Tourism Consumption
From large-scale music festivals to high-end theater performances, from black technology experiences in museums to urban roaming in cultural and creative parks, as a pilot city for new consumption formats, new models, and new scenarios, Changsha leads consumption changes with innovation, deeply integrates diverse cultural consumption formats such as music festivals, museums, theaters, and cultural and creative parks, highlights the sense of experience, and creates a one-stop cultural and tourism consumption experience.
During the "May Day" holiday this year, the immersive interactive street drama "Changsha" produced by the Hunan Provincial Drama Theatre (湖南省话剧院) officially premiered in the Houhu • Ximatou Performing Arts New Space (后湖·戏码头演艺新空间). The play uses Changsha dialect to perform, deeply cultivating the fireworks of the market and humanistic feelings. The performance breaks the boundaries of the traditional stage, and the audience can freely shuttle through the carefully constructed street scenes with the actors, immersing themselves in the life atmosphere and warm feelings of old Changsha.
At the same time, museums and cultural and creative experiences are also injecting new vitality into urban consumption scenarios. Walking into the cultural and creative area of the Changsha Museum (长沙博物馆), there is a dazzling array of creative products that collide with ancient charm and trends. The Jin-style handle mirror inspired by the museum's collection of Jin Dynasty mythical beast pattern mirrors, replicating the aesthetic style of the Wei and Jin Dynasties, has become a must-buy item for young tourists; cultural and creative products such as the "Changsha Dialect Mirror Lamp" and "Metal Laser Handbook" combine local cultural symbols with practical functions, with both commemorative and practical value. Extending from the museum to the business district, the Changsha Museum integrates cultural relic elements into trendy items such as figurines, realizing the two-way empowerment of historical culture and urban consumption. During the "May Day" holiday this year, the museum received nearly 60,000 tourists in 5 days, and immersive experiences such as the "Searching • Changsha" theater and the "Porcelain Elegance" flash mob drove significant growth in cultural and creative sales and secondary consumption.
In the Changsha Oil Factory • 1936 Cultural and Creative Park, industrial relics have been transformed into literary and artistic check-in destinations. Giant oil tanks hide digital light and shadow shows, trendy buyer stores, music venues, and art exhibitions. "Watching free art + immersive consumption" is becoming a new choice for local residents and tourists' City Walk. Dongfeng Cultural and Creative Park (东风文创园), Xiaoxiang Film Studio (潇湘电影制片厂), 233 Art Community (233艺术社区) and other art parks have become popular one after another, making the city move further from a "consumption landmark" to an "experience landmark." Chen Yu (陈语), a tourist from Shanghai (上海), said: "After watching the small theater stand-up comedy, I laughed so much that I was decompressed. I turned directly to the Xiang River (湘江) after coming out. The evening breeze was very comfortable, and the aroma of late-night snacks was fragrant. A performance, a river of lights, and a late-night snack, Changsha has blended culture and fireworks just right, and this night is worth all the expectations."
According to statistics from the Changsha Municipal Bureau of Commerce, in recent years, the emerging formats of experiential consumption in Changsha have developed rapidly. Consumption forms such as immersive performances, trendy theme markets, fun interactive experiences, and cultural and creative trendy games have maintained an average annual growth rate of double digits for many years. Today, experiential consumption has become the main force of night consumption in Changsha, accounting for more than 60%. Major commercial complexes in the city are transforming and upgrading accordingly. Business districts such as Beichen Hui (北辰荟) and Yunda Hui (运达汇) are breaking the traditional retail model and actively implementing diverse formats such as small theater performances, stand-up comedy specials, parent-child leisure and entertainment, and trendy technology experiences. The business thinking has gradually shifted from simply selling goods to creating trendy lifestyle consumption scenarios.
When ticket stubs connect the entire city, when small theaters become the traffic engine of business districts, and when museums use technology to refresh sensory experiences, Changsha is using new methods to create new cultural consumption scenarios, adapting to the general trend of upgrading residents' consumption. From "internet celebrity traffic" to "long-term popularity," from "commodity consumption" to "experience consumption," Changsha is continuously building a more attractive, competitive, and influential consumption ecology.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 王 沛
Do you like to drink hot water? Nowadays, many young people are obsessed with health preservation. On the internet, all kinds of health pots emerge one after another. They not only need to have good performance, but also be beautiful and convenient, providing aesthetic value. In fact, as early as 5,000 years ago, the ancients in the Neolithic Age also had similar "hobbies." The red pottery animal-shaped pot, one of the treasures of the Shandong Museum (山东博物馆), is a vivid representation.
The head and body of the red pottery animal-shaped pot resemble a pig, while its limbs and tail resemble a dog, so it has a very unique name - animal-shaped pot (兽形壶). It has a round face and erect ears, a height of 21.8 cm, and a length of 22.3 cm. There are small holes in the ears, an arched nose, and an open mouth. Its body is stout, with a handle on its back and a short, upturned tail. There is a chimney-shaped opening on the upper part of the tail, which serves as the water inlet, and the mouth serves as the water outlet. The water inlet is lower than the water outlet, and the water outlet faces upwards, which ensures that it will not overflow after being filled with water. The whole shape looks like it is opening its mouth to beg its owner for food. Despite the addition of a handle and a water inlet on the back of the animal for practical needs, it is still simple and lovable, lively and interesting. The entire device is ingeniously conceived, integrating practicality, bionics, and art.
Liu Yujing (刘玉静), an expert from the Collection Department of the Shandong Museum (山东博物馆), said that the red pottery animal-shaped pot was unearthed at the Dawenkou Site (大汶口遗址) in Tai'an (泰安), Shandong (山东). It is a unique type of vessel from the late Neolithic Dawenkou Culture (大汶口文化). It is a variant of the pottery Gui (陶鬶) (a type of wine warmer), made of sandy red pottery, which is fire-resistant and high-temperature resistant, making it suitable for repeated heating.
The raw material for red pottery is generally clay. To prevent cracking and make the utensils more durable, sand and shell powder are sometimes added to form sandy pottery. The firing temperature is between 800 and 1000 degrees Celsius, and it is fired in the open air or in an open kiln. Under high temperature, most of the iron elements contained in the clay are converted into ferric iron under oxidizing atmosphere roasting, and the fired pottery appears red.
Because red pottery is resistant to high temperatures, it is also determined that this animal-shaped pot can undertake the function of heating. Its four feet stand upright, equivalent to a support. Fire can be lit under the belly to boil water or warm wine.
In fact, in terms of the function of "boiling water," the red pottery animal-shaped pot is not the earliest. As early as the late Paleolithic Age more than 10,000 years ago, pottery kettles, cooking utensils that "can boil water," had already appeared. During the Dawenkou Culture (大汶口文化) period, pottery Gui (陶鬶) similar to modern "kettles" appeared. The red pottery animal-shaped pot is a bionic variant of this pottery Gui (陶鬶): three feet + spout + handle, which can boil water, pour water, and be held by hand.
During the Xia, Shang, and Zhou Dynasties, a large number of bronzes appeared. The thermal conductivity of metal is far better than that of pottery. The bronze Ti Liang He (提梁盉) has a round bulging belly, and the lid and the vessel are buckled together with a tenon-mortise joint. The lid has a knob, and the upper part of the belly has a spout and a handle. There is also a handle above the lid, and the flat bottom bears three feet. It is already very close to the shape of a modern "kettle" and may also be used for warming water.
During the Tang and Song Dynasties, tea culture flourished, giving rise to special water-boiling utensils. For example, in the Tang Dynasty, Fu (鍑) was used to boil water and cook tea. It was often made of pig iron, but also of porcelain stone and silver. The belly was small and open, which was convenient for observing the water shape and listening to the sound of water. In the Song Dynasty, Tang Ping (汤瓶) was used as a water-boiling and tea-making utensil. Gold was the best material, followed by silver, iron, porcelain, and stone. It had a slender pot shape, a slightly open mouth, a long neck, full shoulders, a curved handle, and a long, pointed spout, which was convenient for precisely controlling the amount and speed of water output. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, "boiling tea" became "brewing tea," and the function of the kettle focused on rapid and efficient water boiling. Among them, sand pots were highly respected because they had no "cooked soup smell."
The exquisite and lovely shape of the red pottery animal-shaped pot highly coincides with modern aesthetics. In the cultural and creative store of the Shandong Museum (山东博物馆), the plush pendant in the shape of a red pottery animal-shaped pot smiles and opens its small mouth, as if greeting the visitors.
Zhang Xiaosong (张小松), deputy director of the Social Service Department of the Shandong Museum (山东博物馆社会服务部), said that this is a "pig" round and jade-like plush pendant jointly launched by the red pottery animal-shaped pot and the Lu State Jade Bi (鲁国大玉璧). The annual sales of a single model exceed 50,000 pieces, and it has long been among the top three best-selling museum cultural and creative products.
Promoting the "two creations" of outstanding Chinese traditional culture and promoting the active utilization of cultural relics, the Shandong Museum (山东博物馆) allows objects that are quietly placed in display cabinets to enter daily life in a new form, using the bionic shape of cultural relics, the profound historical heritage, and the typical Dawenkou (大汶口) patterns as core elements, combined with modern design language and technology for creative transformation. More than 30 cultural and creative products in the red pottery animal-shaped pot series have been developed, covering decorations, stationery, household items, and other categories.
Last year, the museum launched a new cultural and creative product, the "Red Pottery Animal-Shaped Bag," which brought cultural relics to the streets and was very popular in online and offline cultural and creative stores. At present, the annual sales of cultural and creative products related to the red pottery animal-shaped pot have exceeded one million yuan.
Return to TopBy: 欧阳自远
My career is related to my experiences.
My childhood was spent fleeing from war. Japanese planes bombed from the sky, and Japanese soldiers hunted down fleeing people with extreme cruelty and inhumanity. When a country and a nation are weak, its people will be bullied and slaughtered, becoming slaves of a conquered nation, and the country will perish. We can only rely on ourselves; we must strive and fight for our own strength!
From that time on, a seed was planted in my naive heart – China must become strong!
In 1952, upon graduating from high school, the country implemented a unified national college entrance examination. The loudspeakers in the county town broadcast the voice of the Central People's Broadcasting Station: "Young students! You must awaken the sleeping mountains and make them offer up their rich minerals!" I applied to the newly established Department of Geological Exploration at the Beijing Institute of Geology (北京地质学院) and was admitted, beginning my studies in the exploration of metallic and non-metallic mineral resources. At that time, the country was recovering from devastation and needed to achieve industrialization, and geological prospecting was the foundation of industry. I thought that personal aspirations aligned with the needs of national development were the greatest happiness.
The Road to Mineral Exploration
In 1956, I was admitted to the graduate program of Professor Tu Guangchi (涂光炽) at the Institute of Geology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院), engaging in research on the genesis and prospecting prospects of iron and copper deposits in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River (长江). First, regional geological surveys and metallogenic geological surveys of mining areas were conducted. I vividly remember conducting surveys in the underground tunnels of the mining area. The large vertical shaft was the channel for transporting ore, and geological surveyors could only climb down through small ladders in the ventilation shafts between the multi-layered tunnel systems. The ventilation shafts were narrow and without light, only accommodating one person to climb vertically up and down. The plane tunnels were dimly lit, and the ground was covered with water, so walking meant soaking your feet. I was focused on collecting as many ore samples and taking as many photos as possible. Every morning at 7 o'clock, I entered the tunnels, and at 7 o'clock in the evening, I exited. Lunch was two steamed buns and pickles. Returning to the residence in the evening, I organized records and registered sample numbers, feeling that every day was full of gains. After working in the field and mining area for 4 months, I returned to the institute with seven large wooden boxes of research samples. Two years later, I completed my graduate thesis, "The Genesis and Prospecting Direction of Iron and Copper Deposits in the Middle and Lower Reaches of the Yangtze River," and achieved excellent results.
After graduating, I was transferred to the director's office of the Institute of Geology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院), following Director Hou Defeng (侯德封) in conducting research on nuclear geology and nuclear geochemistry. This was a new field of distant hybridization and integration of earth science and nuclear physics. Unexpectedly, the country wanted me to undertake the major tasks of "site selection for China's underground nuclear test site and prevention of groundwater pollution" and "comprehensive geological effects of China's underground nuclear tests" because I studied geology and nuclear physics.
At that time, China was preparing to conduct its first underground atomic bomb explosion, and the leadership asked me to lead a team to select an underground nuclear test site. I was told that if the groundwater in the nuclear test area was polluted, leading to large-scale pollution of rivers and lakes in the area, we would all be sinners in history. The institute organized 19 professional and technical personnel from multiple disciplines to form the "219 Research Group," and I served as the leader. We boarded the train westward and "disappeared" from the sight of relatives and friends.
We worked day and night, and through a series of investigations, surveys, and demonstrations, we initially selected Nanshan (南山) as the underground nuclear test site.
One morning in October 1968, I followed General Zhang Aiping (张爱萍), deputy director of the Commission for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (国防科委), on a special plane to survey the Nanshan (南山) underground nuclear test site. General Zhang Aiping (张爱萍) received me outside the cabin and entered the cabin with me. After the plane took off, General Zhang (张将军) constantly asked questions. Through the transparent glass panel at the bottom of the cabin, I introduced the topography, geology, rock characteristics, fault fracture distribution, and groundwater conditions of Nanshan (南山), and also made suggestions for engineering design.
Before dawn on September 23, 1969, the exciting moment arrived. I sat quietly on a small stool in the safety zone, holding binoculars and staring at the cross on the top of Nanshan Mountain (南山). Suddenly, I saw the cross jump upwards and then fall steadily. Then, the earth shook and a deafening explosion resounded through the sky. The loose rocks on the mountain crashed down, and dense smoke gradually obscured the view. Cheers and applause erupted in the safety zone. According to the monitoring of various data after the explosion, the underground nuclear test was a complete success!
According to long-term groundwater radioactivity monitoring, the various radioactive nuclides produced by the underground nuclear explosion have not been carried out by groundwater to this day. The radioactive nuclides produced by the underground nuclear explosion will forever be wrapped in water-insoluble glass bodies, and various radioactive nuclides will gradually decay according to their respective half-lives.
In 1968, after completing a stage of the mission, I returned to my home in Beijing (北京). My son saw a "stranger" enter the house and ran to tell his mother that an uncle had come to the house. When I took out a bag of raisins for my children to eat, my wife realized where I had gone after I "disappeared."
The Mystery of Meteorites
My office is filled with many stones, including various ores and meteorites, which visitors are very curious about. I tell them that I study stones from the ground and the sky.
For a long time, Chinese scientists only studied minerals and rocks on Earth and had not studied the structure of the moon, asteroids, and planets outside the Earth, as well as the rock, mineral, element, and isotope characteristics and genesis of these planets, and how their materials differed from those of the Earth. Fortunately, fragments of celestial bodies outside the Earth, such as the moon, Mars, and asteroids, also fall on the Earth. These are the "visitors from outer space" – meteorites and cosmic dust. Chinese scientists had not systematically studied these objects. Since no one was doing it, we could do it. We began to collect and systematically study various "visitors from outer space."
In 1958, during the Great Leap Forward's nationwide steelmaking campaign, the small blast furnaces in Nandan County (南丹县), Guangxi (广西) could not melt and refine a widely distributed "iron ore." Local technicians brought samples of the "iron ore" to Beijing (北京) to consult with the Institute of Geology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院). I was very surprised when I saw it and exclaimed excitedly: "This is not iron ore, this is an iron meteorite that fell from the sky!" Iron meteorites are a type of stainless steel made of iron and nickel, with a special metallographic structure. They are iron-nickel alloy steel formed by high-temperature melting in the core of asteroids. Of course, small blast furnaces cannot melt them. After research and identification, these "iron ores" were the product of a shower of iron meteorites that fell during the Zhengde (正德) period of the Ming Dynasty (明朝), later named "Nandan Iron Meteorites (南丹铁陨石)."
I have studied the Jilin Meteorite Shower (吉林陨石雨), the Xinjiang Large Iron Meteorite (新疆大型铁陨石), the Inner Mongolia Stone Meteorite (内蒙古石陨石), the meteorites found by the Chinese Antarctic Research Expedition (中国南极考察队) in Antarctica, led a team to participate in meteorite research in cooperation with Germany, and also organized a research team to collect stratospheric cosmic dust. I believe the most important thing is to conduct research and identification on the lunar samples brought back by Apollo 17 (阿波罗17号).
The lunar rock that the United States (美国) sent to China (中国) in 1978 was only the size of a small soybean, weighing about 1 gram. I proposed to first conduct non-destructive testing and research, and then conduct destructive testing and research. The team analyzed, tested, and studied 0.5 grams of lunar rock for 4 months, confirming that this rock was a lunar rock sample numbered 70017-291 collected by the Apollo 17 (阿波罗17号) lunar astronauts. Our research team published 14 papers. When the research conclusions were published, the Americans had to admire and say: "We didn't say anything, but they know everything."
In 1979, we sent the remaining 0.5 grams of basalt collected by the Apollo 17 (阿波罗17号) lunar astronauts to the Beijing Planetarium (北京天文馆) and asked them to display it to the public and introduce some lunar-related knowledge. Now, the lunar rock exhibit at the Beijing Planetarium (北京天文馆) has become a treasure of the museum.
Dream of Lunar Exploration
When I was a child, I dreamed of landing on the moon, wanting to know what the moon was like, and wanting to know why the osmanthus tree was cut down and then restored. Later, when I grew up, I gradually learned that the moon is a very harsh and desolate world. But this aroused my interest even more.
I firmly believe that China (中国) will fly into space and explore the moon. I hope to have a lunar sample collected by China (中国) itself. We have focused our main efforts on the study of the moon and lunar exploration. The team has been making scientific preparations and putting forward preliminary ideas for China (中国) to carry out lunar exploration in light of national conditions.
In 1992, China's (中国) manned space program was established. In 1993, I submitted research reports on "The Necessity and Feasibility of China (中国) Carrying Out Lunar Exploration," "The Development Strategy and Long-Term Plan for China's (中国) Lunar Exploration," and "The Scientific Objectives and Effective Payload Configuration of China's (中国) First Lunar Exploration." After 10 years of systematic demonstration, China's (中国) first lunar exploration project was established in early 2004. The Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (国防科工委) launched the project and organized the leading members of the overall Chinese Lunar Exploration Project, appointing Luan Enjie (栾恩杰) as the general commander of the project, Sun Jiadong (孙家栋) as the chief designer of the project, and me as the first chief scientist of the Chinese Lunar Exploration Project. The three of us in the aerospace industry worked together in unity and supported each other, and were praised as the "Iron Triangle."
On October 24, 2007, Chang'e-1 (嫦娥一号) was launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center (西昌卫星发射中心). The rocket broke through the sky and disappeared into the distant clouds. After 13 days, 14 hours, and 19 minutes of operation, Chang'e-1 (嫦娥一号) reached the vicinity of the moon. We gathered in the hall of the Beijing Flight Control Center (北京飞控中心), waiting for the arrival of the critical moment that would determine success or failure. "Chang'e-1 (嫦娥一号) has been captured by the moon and is orbiting the moon." Suddenly, a firm and excited voice came from the loudspeaker, and applause immediately erupted throughout the hall. I whispered in Sun Jiadong's (孙家栋) ear: "Please have the measurement and control system check again!" Academician Sun (孙院士) instructed the measurement and control system to recheck. A few minutes later, a firm voice sounded again from the loudspeaker: "Report! After repeated checks, Chang'e-1 (嫦娥一号) is orbiting the moon in an elliptical orbit." Applause rang out again. Academician Sun (孙院士) and I were so excited that tears streamed down our faces, and we hugged tightly. At that time, CCTV (中央电视台) wanted to interview me, and I said in a choked voice: "It's orbiting! It's orbiting! It's orbiting..." I only had one picture in my mind, Chang'e-1 (嫦娥一号) was orbiting the moon.
From 2010 to 2024, Chang'e-2 (嫦娥二号), Chang'e-3 (嫦娥三号), Chang'e-4 (嫦娥四号), Chang'e-5 (嫦娥五号), and Chang'e-6 (嫦娥六号) were successfully launched one after another. China (中国) has successfully completed the three-step strategy of "orbiting, landing, and returning" in the unmanned lunar exploration stage. Each step is full of the dreams and perseverance of countless Chinese aerospace workers. In particular, the lunar samples brought back by Chang'e-5 (嫦娥五号) and Chang'e-6 (嫦娥六号) have solved the "old and new" problems in the evolutionary history of the moon for the first time internationally. The moon was born 4.5 billion years ago, and the earliest magmatic activity was 4.25 billion years ago. By 2 billion years ago, the moon's internal energy had been exhausted. Since 2 billion years ago, there has been no magmatic activity inside the moon, only rotation and revolution around the Earth under external forces. The 1:2.5 million scale lunar geological map we compiled has become the most accurate lunar geological map.
In May 2021, Tianwen-1 (天问一号) successfully landed on Mars, executing China's (中国) first independent Mars exploration mission. China (中国) will also gradually carry out scientific exploration of the solar system's space, planets and their satellites, and asteroids.
I am fortunate to live in this great era. The major needs of national development, such as geological prospecting, underground nuclear testing, the initial material of the solar system – meteorite research, and lunar and Mars exploration, have all inspired me to wholeheartedly, 不畏艰难 (bù wèi jiān nán - "not fear difficulty," to face difficulties without fear), pioneer and innovate, and complete my mission! In every task, we must do better than others in everything that others have done; but there is always a part that others have not done, which is China's (中国) original creation. In this way, we can steadily achieve "catching up" and "surpassing."
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I originally thought that there was a wall with a window separating rational thinking and emotional thinking. If a person wants to move freely between the two modes of thinking, they can, but they need to constantly jump over the window. And frequently jumping over this window is easy to get hurt, and the performance after the injury is that it is difficult for the jumper to gain much in both modes of thinking. But this view has recently changed, which stems from my reading experience. After reading the book "Voices from the Heart - A Trio of Tsinghua Scholars in Literature, Science, and Engineering," I found that Mr. Wang Yuming (王玉明), Shing-Tung Yau (丘成桐), and Wan Junren (万俊人) can all move freely between the two modes of thinking, and have produced fruitful results using both modes of thinking. This makes me feel that what separates rational thinking and emotional thinking may only be a curtain, not a wall with a window.
What I admire most is that the three authors have made great achievements in several major styles of traditional literature. Poetry, lyrics, songs, prose, and couplets are the main literary forms and styles of traditional literature. A person who specializes in literary creation usually gallops in one or two of these literary forms and wields a sword on one or two mountain peaks, which is already great. But these three gentlemen have climbed all the major peaks of traditional literature, and have left their footprints and the figures of their swordsmanship at the heights of the mountains. There are generalists in the crowd, and all-rounders in society, and this book is proof of that.
Reading this book, I also have a little touch, that is, each author's works are filled with sincere love. Love and being loved are the basic driving forces of human life. Each of our life processes is closely intertwined with love and being loved. Therefore, no matter what concrete content or expressive style literary works write about, "love" cannot be absent. After reading the works of the three gentlemen, I feel very warm in my heart, because each of their works is filled with kindness and love for the world. Among them, there is the expression of love for relatives, friends, and mentors, the expression of love for hometown, country, and nation, and the expression of love for mountains, rivers, and all things in nature. Mr. Wang Yuming (王玉明) wrote in "Water Melody - Mourning the Two Academicians Yuan Longping and Wu Mengchao (袁隆平吴孟超)": "Raising tearful eyes, sending you away, may you rest in peace. In the fragrance of rice flowers, the dream of global abundance should be fulfilled..." The deep affection for friends is touching. Mr. Shing-Tung Yau (丘成桐) wrote in the seven-character律 poem "Feelings on Returning Home": "Half a lifetime of books and swords adds to the disheveled hair, and the ancient well and clear spring relieve all sorrows. The infinite meaning of love and attachment, the clouds and waters of the banana village surround the heart." The strong love for the hometown is touching. Mr. Wan Junren (万俊人) wrote in "Qitianle - Feelings on the 70th Anniversary of the National Day and the Military Parade": "The original intention is full of enthusiasm, to fulfill the mission of China, and still rely on our generation. Reborn from the ashes, the phoenix soars again, and the great cause is still expected." The love for the country and the nation inspires people to move forward.
And the deepest feeling is that the poems and essays of the three authors have unique ideological connotations. To judge the quality of a poem, a song, a prose, or a couplet, in addition to identifying the words, rhymes, and emotions, it is more important to see whether it has profound ideological connotations, whether it is 无病呻吟 (wú bìng shēn yín - "groaning without being ill," to moan and groan without being really ill; to be affectedly sentimental), and to see the depth of thinking behind the words. When I read the works of the three gentlemen, I felt that they, who are good at rational thinking, paid special attention to giving the words ideological content after switching to emotional, that is, image thinking. For example, Mr. Wang Yuming (王玉明) lamented in the poem "Cassia Branch Fragrance - Dreaming of Visiting Tianshan and Nostalgia": "Thinking of the world, the competition for power and money. Seeing the success or failure, rise and fall, how fast the reincarnation. Poets and writers make empty,黍离悲哭. No one tells the vast heart, the most sad, how can it be related to red and green. The great river is deserted, the sun is repeated three times, and the Wei City is left behind." His thoughts on the relationship between changes in social customs and social progress are thought-provoking. Mr. Shing-Tung Yau (丘成桐) wrote in "Ode to the Calabi-Yau Universe Model in Shanghai": "Quantum gravity, ten-dimensional space-time. String universe, Calabi-Yau's new contribution. Mustard seed contains Mount Sumeru, thinking about people is endless. String membrane duality, sighing at the work of heaven." His chanting of the multi-dimensionality of space-time makes us clearly realize that there is still a long way to go for mankind to understand the mysteries of the external world. Mr. Wan Junren (万俊人) wrote in the poem "South Township - Old Tour of Jinling": "Again on the Yuejiang Tower (阅江楼), the tiger crouches and the dragon coils on the left bank in autumn. The golden powder of the Six Dynasties sings with wine, what to worry about? Wu Dai competes for elegance, and the Peng soars southeast day and night. Don't forget the mirror of joy and sorrow for thousands of years, who listens? And change the new words to describe the old tour." Using exquisite words to remind people not to forget the historical lessons of the golden powder of the Six Dynasties, and not to repeat the traps that predecessors have stepped on.
Combining their own life experiences, the three gentlemen convey to us their understanding of the process of life, the development of society, the relationship between man and nature, and the mysteries of the universe in the process of scientific research and teaching through traditional literary styles such as poetry, lyrics, songs, prose, and couplets, so that we can obtain spiritual enlightenment while enjoying the beauty.
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Pink sunset halo spreads,
Watching the tide on the road gradually recede.
A lamp lights up again in the darkness,
Quietly illuminating outside the window.
There is no time to wait,
When black coffee and the black night are arranged together.
The phone lights up with care from mother.
When the night lights up,
Some hope needs to be gently nurtured,
Just like the flowers bloom,
Always quietly blossoming with color.
When the night lights up,
No matter how much hardship, I never leave.
Let the moon confess,
Be worthy of one's own heart, be worthy of the times.
The fish-belly white of the horizon,
Reflects a sea of flowers piece by piece in the morning.
Breakfast, newspaper, and the sun come out together.
By: 袁益民
In the past, houses in the countryside were mostly five-ridge beams with gable roofs, low and simple, so that adults could reach the eaves with their hands. The low houses had poor lighting. If there were tall locust trees, chinaberry trees, poplars, shellbark hickories, and paulownia trees around the house, the house would be simply drab. Therefore, people embedded a piece of glass on the sunny slope of the roof, called "Mingwa" (明瓦). Mingwa could be square or rectangular, bringing bright daylight into the room.
Mingwa, just hearing it makes you feel open and bright. Mingwa can illuminate most of the room. Opening your eyes in the morning, the light coming through Mingwa instantly activates the whole person from a daze. In the early years, there was no electricity in the countryside. On moonlit nights, the moonlight shone through Mingwa, casting a pillar of light, so adults and children didn't have to fumble in the dark.
The most magical thing is that on a sunny midday, the sun casts a rectangular or square beam of light from above Mingwa. In the beam of light, there are several tiny gray-white dots flying up and down, like a group of busy ants—of course, much smaller than ants. Every time at this time, I would be fascinated, wondering what those little dots were, whether they had life, and why they didn't fall. What made me even more incredible was why these little dots were only under Mingwa and nowhere else. The heart of a teenager was scratched by these mysteries and could not be at ease, but no one told me the answer. Mingwa doesn't speak, but it's very lively above. Sparrows also seem to be particularly interested in this transparent thing. They gather on the glass, chirping and frolicking, their claws slipping and sliding, like performing a slapstick comedy. When they found me staring at them in the house, they scattered with a "whoosh."
When I went to Nanjing (南京) to study, I heard a place name called "Mingwa Corridor" (明瓦廊), and I immediately felt a sense of "meeting an old friend in a foreign land." One Sunday, I took a bus to Xinjiekou (新街口) and found this place. It was a back street alley, a residential area, a bit messy, just like the old streets and alleys of the 1980s. I walked back and forth, but I didn't see a single piece of Mingwa. Why is this place called Mingwa Corridor?
When I was young, I had a strong desire for knowledge. I read ancient books and learned that in the Ming Dynasty (明代), many places that made and sold Mingwa gathered here, hence the name Mingwa Corridor. At that time, craftsmen used materials such as sheep horns to boil into glue, pressed them into transparent thin sheets, and embedded them in the windows or ceilings of houses for lighting. The craftsmen also strung Mingwa together to make translucent sheep horn lanterns (also known as "Mingjiao lanterns" (明角灯)). According to literature records: "The sheep horn lanterns were a special product of Jinling (金陵) in the past. They were made by boiling sheep horns into liquid... All those who made this made this. The lanterns are made by stringing Mingwa together, which are transparent and bright, have no fire hazard, and are not brittle, so they were also used in the Qing Dynasty (清代) palace." Digging deeper, I gained more. Mingwa is not unique to one place. In some places, such as coastal areas, people grind oyster and clam shells into thin slices. "Oyster light comes from the sea in Yangjiang (阳江). It is a different kind of oyster with no meat. The shell is treated and applied to window partitions. It is thin and bright, and is called Mingwa." Nanjing is far from the sea, and oysters and clams are hard to find, so smart craftsmen set their sights on sheep horns.
In the early 21st century, archaeologists discovered eight clam shells with a thickness of only 0.1 mm at the shipyard site in Nanjing in the Ming Dynasty where Zheng He (郑和) built treasure ships. They were very transparent and were installed on the ships for light transmission.
The Mingwa I saw when I was a child were all made of glass, which was light, regular, and had good light transmission. After understanding the history of Mingwa, I felt a sense of loss—glass is not as elegant as sheep horns, sea oysters, and sea clams after all, and it is also richer in valuable traditional craftsmanship.
In Hubei (湖北), Sichuan (四川), and other places, this object used for lighting is called "Liangwa" (亮瓦). Mr. Mao Dun's (茅盾) hometown calls it "Skylight" (天窗). He wrote an essay from a child's perspective in his early years called "Skylight," which is very clear and full of childlike fun. He said: "The adults who invented this 'skylight' should be thanked. Because lively and thoughtful children will know how to see 'existence' from 'non-existence' and see 'reality' from 'illusion,' which is more real, broader, more complex, and more certain than letting him see it!" "Liangwa" opens a window for children to observe the outside world.
Whether it's "Mingwa," "Skylight," or "Liangwa," they are all chasing light—who doesn't like light?
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I first met Lao Yang (老杨) in the yard of my new neighbor, Teacher Liu (刘老师). Some workers were busily renovating their house.
Teacher Liu (刘老师) had moved from deep in the mountains. Every place name here evokes rich imagery. Zhufuo Temple (诸佛庵), Immortal's Valley (仙人冲), a small stream joyfully rushes out of the valley along the mountain's contours, its name quite fairytale-like – Peacock River (孔雀河). Several Third Front factories were once scattered throughout the valley, but they moved out of the mountains at the end of the last century. Ten years ago, the local government used the idle factory buildings, dormitories, and other resources to prepare to build this several-mile-long valley into an "art village." Painter Teacher Liu (刘老师) was one of the earliest residents. Recently, due to the need for partial planning adjustments, the management department relocated him to a new house, and we became close neighbors.
I arrived at the banks of the Peacock River (孔雀河) a year later than him. The mountains are beautiful, the water is clear, and the air is pleasant. It is an ecological leisure resort that is "nine out of ten perfect" – the one "imperfection" being that when the houses were initially renovated, the contractor treated me, the owner, as a sucker, and the quality of the renovation was terrible. Every time I come for a short stay, I can't help but want to redo those imperfections. Teacher Liu (刘老师) laughed, pointing to the workers working in his yard and saying, "Find them, they will never fool you."
At that time, Master Lao Yang (老杨) was unloading aluminum alloy profiles from a truck. I asked him about replacing and installing the resin tile roof. He directed me to a young man on the other side of the truck: "I'm just a worker, I can't make the decisions." Lao Yang (老杨) is sociable and said cheerfully, "This is my son. He used to work for me, now I work for him. He's the boss."
Lao Yang (老杨) looked to be in his 50s, the prime of life to be a boss. Later, I learned that he was already in his 60s this year. Perhaps because of his optimistic personality, he looks younger than his peers. Lao Yang (老杨) has had a knack for carpentry since childhood. In his early years, he felt that staying at home in his small plot of land, even with some skills, wouldn't earn him much money. To change his life, he had to go out and make a name for himself.
He was very lucky. The Jiangbei Machinery Factory (江北机械厂), a Third Front factory in Immortal's Valley (仙人冲), later moved entirely to Bengbu (蚌埠). He went to the factory to work as a carpenter. Sometimes, after drinking a couple of glasses of wine, he felt like he was still walking on the old mountain roads until he returned to Zhufuo Temple (诸佛庵) in 2007. That year, he switched to making aluminum alloy doors and windows.
Why 2007? There was also a tacit understanding between father and son. Lao Yang's (老杨) son, Yang Anshun (杨安顺), was born in 1988. In 2004, he applied to Anhui Electronic Engineering School (安徽电子工程学校) in Bengbu (蚌埠) and graduated three years later. As Xiao Yang (小杨) finished his studies, Lao Yang (老杨) also completed his "carpentry career," and the father and son returned to their hometown together, doing aluminum alloy door and window home improvement projects.
Xiao Yang (小杨) is tall and sturdy, with slightly curly hair and a handsome appearance. I guessed that his father's plan was to let him study in Bengbu (蚌埠) so that the two of them could keep each other company there. Compared to the clear mountains and waters of his hometown, Xiao Yang (小杨) didn't like the noisy city. After leaving school, he didn't want to migrate north and south like a migratory bird every year. He eventually bought a ticket and followed his father back to his hometown, doing aluminum alloy door and window home improvement projects.
In just five or six years, one day Lao Yang (老杨) suddenly realized that most of their business was already being handled by his son, and his son was also arranging various jobs. Lao Yang (老杨) stepped back, Xiao Yang (小杨) took over, and the roles of the two were reversed. All of this changed imperceptibly.
A few days later, the job of repairing the roof and windows of my house was handed over to Xiao Yang (小杨). During a break, I jokingly asked him how he successfully "removed" Lao Yang (老杨) from the stage and became the boss himself. Xiao Yang (小杨) replied simply that most of today's customers are young people, and the way of communication is different from the past. For example, Lao Yang (老杨) doesn't play well with typing on WeChat; moreover, Lao Yang (老杨) doesn't necessarily understand the preferences of young people, and he doesn't know many fashionable things, so there is a generation gap when they chat. "Including some new types of materials," Xiao Yang (小杨) patted the building materials beside him, "for example, he doesn't understand this resin tile... So, he naturally retreated to the back."
The hometown needs young people, needs them to go back and create a better life. Now Xiao Yang (小杨) is considered to have started a family and established a career. He bought a shop in the county town, his wife runs a supermarket, and his child attends Wenfeng Middle School (文峰中学). The father and son take on renovation projects one by one, and the whole family's life is on a stable track.
Looking at the green mountains and clear waters in front of me, I think Xiao Yang's (小杨) ideals may not be very lofty or romantic, but they are very practical and warm.
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