People's Daily - May 29, 2026

Xi Jinping Replies to Letters from Students of China and the United States Participating in the "Sailing the Blue: China-U.S. Youth Friendship Tour"

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, May 28th (Xinhua) On May 23rd, Chinese President Xi Jinping (习近平) replied to a letter from students of both countries who participated in the "Sailing the Blue: China-U.S. Youth Friendship Tour" activity.

Xi Jinping (习近平) said that he was very pleased to learn that the students of the two countries had taken the "China-U.S. Youth Friendship" and jointly experienced an unforgettable journey of friendship. The story of China-U.S. friendship is written by the people, and the future of China-U.S. relations is created by the youth. Since I proposed the initiative to "invite 50,000 American youths to China for exchange and study in 5 years" in November 2023, more than 50,000 American youths have visited China, achieving the expected goal two and a half years ahead of schedule. In exchanges, Chinese and American youths are meeting each other halfway, deepening mutual understanding, forging profound friendships, and writing a new chapter in friendly exchanges between the two peoples.

Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that young people are the most energetic and dreamful, and are the future and hope of China-U.S. relations, as well as the future and hope of the world. He hopes that more Chinese and American youths will take over the relay baton of the cause of friendship between the two countries, learn from each other, make progress together, become "envoys of friendship" across the Pacific Ocean, and make new contributions to the stable, healthy, and sustainable development of China-U.S. relations.

Recently, Chinese and American students who participated in the "Sailing the Blue: China-U.S. Youth Friendship Tour" activity wrote to President Xi Jinping (习近平), thanking the "5 Years, 50,000" initiative for providing valuable opportunities for youth learning and exchange between the two countries.

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Xi Jinping and Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen Exchange Congratulatory Messages on the 55th Anniversary of the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations Between China and Austria

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, May 28th. On May 28th, President Xi Jinping (习近平) and Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen (范德贝伦) exchanged congratulatory messages to celebrate the 55th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that over the 55 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations, China-Austria relations have weathered the storms and maintained healthy and stable development. In 2018, President Van der Bellen (范德贝伦) and I jointly established a new positioning for the China-Austria friendly strategic partnership, opening a new stage of development in bilateral relations. Last May, a new pair of "Panda Ambassadors" appeared in Vienna (维也纳), further deepening the friendship between the two peoples. At present, the international situation is intertwined with turbulence and changes. As promoters of world peace, supporters of multilateralism, and maintainers of free trade, China and Austria should jointly adhere to mutual respect and mutual trust, openness and inclusiveness, and cooperation and mutual benefit. I attach great importance to the development of China-Austria relations and am willing to work with President Van der Bellen (范德贝伦) to take the 55th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations as an opportunity to promote China-Austria relations to a new level and make greater contributions to world peace and development.

Van der Bellen (范德贝伦) said that he paid a state visit to China in 2018 and, together with President Xi (习近平), upgraded bilateral relations to a friendly strategic partnership, which is of great milestone significance for bilateral relations. Over the past 55 years, cooperation between Austria and China has continued to deepen, and exchanges in various fields such as humanities, education, scientific research, culture, and economy have been frequent, and the foundation of bilateral friendship has been continuously consolidated. In the current turbulent international situation, it is particularly important for Austria and China to maintain broad contacts, jointly maintain stability, and enhance understanding. It is hoped that both sides will work together to promote the continuous in-depth development, quality improvement, and upgrading of bilateral relations.

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Xi Jinping and Surinamese President Santokhi Exchange Congratulatory Messages on the 50th Anniversary of the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations Between China and Suriname

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, May 28th. On May 28th, President Xi Jinping (习近平) and Surinamese President Chandrikapersad Santokhi exchanged congratulatory messages to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that the friendship between China and Suriname has a long history and has grown stronger over time, 历久弥坚 (lì jiǔ mí jiān - "the longer it lasts, the more firm it becomes," becomes stronger and more durable as time passes). Over the past half-century, the two sides have always respected each other, treated each other as equals, firmly supported each other on issues involving each other's core interests and major concerns, and continuously deepened mutually beneficial cooperation, bringing tangible benefits to the people of both countries. I attach great importance to the development of China-Suriname relations and am willing to work with President Santokhi to take the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries as a new starting point, enhance strategic mutual trust, continue traditional friendship, promote more achievements in pragmatic cooperation in various fields, and jointly write a new chapter in the China-Suriname strategic cooperative partnership.

Santokhi said that since the establishment of diplomatic relations 50 years ago, Suriname-China relations have continued to develop in depth, the friendship between the two countries is solid and profound, and strategic cooperation has become increasingly close. I highly value the fruitful results of cooperation between the two countries in various fields. Looking forward to the next 50 years, I look forward to both sides further strengthening unity, deepening and expanding cooperation, and realizing the common vision of prosperity and development.

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Building a Financial Powerhouse Steadily and Vigorously ("15th Five-Year Plan" Getting Off to a Good Start)

By: 本报记者 赵展慧 郁静娴

"To build a strong financial nation, we must accelerate the construction of a modern financial system with Chinese characteristics." General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has conducted in-depth and systematic expositions on the main characteristics, objectives, and practical requirements of a strong financial nation, providing basic guidelines for solid and efficient financial work during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period.

Anchoring on "accelerating the construction of a strong financial nation" during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, various regions and departments are striving to take the lead, adhering to the fundamental purpose of serving the real economy with finance. At the end of March, loans in the fields of science and technology, green finance, inclusive finance, elderly care, and digital finance maintained double-digit growth, the financial bloodline is smoother, and supports the real economy to be strong and healthy.

——Doing a good job in the "five major articles" of finance to serve high-quality development.

"Surprising but not unexpected." Liu Yongxin (刘永新), a customer manager at the Chongqing Branch (重庆市分行) of the Bank of China (中国银行), said upon learning that Zhangxue Motorcycle (张雪机车) had won consecutive championships in the World Superbike Championship.

Science and technology finance helps enterprise innovation. In the initial stage of Zhangxue Motorcycle's development, under the guidance of the Chongqing Financial Regulatory Bureau (重庆金融监管局), the Chongqing Branch (重庆市分行) of the Bank of China (中国银行) "identified" the company's innovation potential and issued the first batch of 10 million yuan in credit to support the company in stabilizing its development pace during the difficult stage of research and development.

"The technology is outstanding, the R&D orientation is clear, and the product line planning is clear." Liu Yongxin (刘永新) said that the company is very much in line with the science and technology finance logic of "looking at technology and looking at the future," and will help the company transform "high-profile competition" into "long-term industrial success." In May of this year, the bank helped the company reduce the pressure on capital occupation in export business.

Chongqing's (重庆市) financial industry supports the local motorcycle industry chain to accelerate innovation. As of the end of May, the balance of related loans increased by more than 10% year-on-year, helping more "young" leading enterprises like Zhangxue Motorcycle (张雪机车) stand out.

The precise drip irrigation of financial resources cannot be separated from the policy "baton." This year, a series of structural monetary policy tools have been optimized and implemented to guide financial institutions to do a good job in the "five major articles" of finance. The re-lending quota for technological innovation and technological transformation has increased by 400 billion yuan, and private small and medium-sized enterprises with high R&D investment levels have been included in the scope of support; re-lending and re-discounting for agriculture and small businesses have been used in conjunction and the quota has been increased to help increase the volume and coverage of inclusive finance; the interest rates of various structural monetary policy tools have been lowered by 0.25 percentage points to guide the reduction of financing costs...

——Aiming at expanding domestic demand, and increasing support for major strategies, key areas, and weak links.

Building a strong domestic market is a key task during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period. Focusing on this task, financial institutions are focusing on expanding domestic demand as a strategic base point and innovating products and services.

Policy financial instruments promote investment to accelerate the formation of physical workload. Roadbed filling, prefabricated box girder pouring... The construction of the Cangzhou (沧州) section of the Hebei Qugang Expressway (河北曲港高速公路) is in full swing. Since the beginning of this year, the Hebei Branch (河北省分行) of the National Development Bank (国家开发银行) has invested more than 1 billion yuan in new national policy financial instrument funds in this project to help accelerate construction progress. This year, 800 billion yuan of new policy financial instrument funds will be accelerated and orderly invested to give full play to the driving role of government investment and leverage more private investment vitality.

Financial services help accelerate the implementation of consumption promotion policies. More and more banks are using their advantages such as wide customer reach to organically integrate policies, consumption scenarios, and financial services.

The service industry is an important engine for expanding domestic demand. Since the beginning of this year, the service industry has maintained steady growth, which is inseparable from financial support. Increase financial support for new consumption scenarios, optimize the implementation of loan interest subsidies for service industry business entities... Seize the combination of benefiting people's livelihoods and promoting consumption, promote the virtuous interaction between consumption and investment, and financial support will increase to support the expansion and quality improvement of the service industry.

——Strengthen division of labor and collaboration, and various financial institutions achieve complementary advantages in serving the real economy.

In May, in Gyantse County (江孜县), Shigatse City (日喀则市), Tibet (西藏), new seedlings of highland barley are breaking ground and sprouting, and it is currently a critical stage for field management.

Sonam (索朗), a villager in Pangqong Village (番琼村), Gyantse County (江孜县), clearly remembers that the timely loan at the beginning of the year helped him drive the "big iron ox" home.

Farmers often encounter funding problems when purchasing agricultural machinery. The Tibet Branch (西藏分行) of the Agricultural Bank of China (中国农业银行) has jointly launched the "Rural Revitalization·Benefiting Farmers Machinery Guarantee Loan" with financial institutions, leading enterprises, guarantee institutions, and agricultural machinery dealers. Sonam (索朗) is a beneficiary of this product.

A sound mechanism of multi-party division of labor, collaboration, and complementary advantages is being formed. "Accurately connecting with the production needs of enterprises and farmers, from basic financial services to exclusive credit products, diversified financial services strongly support the entire chain development of plateau characteristic agriculture." Jiangba Danzeng (江巴旦增), the head of the Agricultural Bank of China (中国农业银行) Gyantse County Branch (江孜县支行), said.

In early May, in Xuwen County (徐闻县), Zhanjiang City (湛江市), Guangdong (广东), the harvested pineapple fields were connected into a "golden sea." This characteristic industry is the focus of "drip irrigation" by local financial institutions. Since the beginning of this year, the Xuwen Rural Commercial Bank (徐闻农商银行) service team has visited more than 300 local growers, allowing them to apply for loans without leaving their villages.

"The main force status and role of large banks are more prominent, and small and medium-sized institutions give play to regional advantages, serve the local area, and achieve more effective results in characteristic development." Wen Bin (温彬), chief economist of China Minsheng Bank (中国民生银行), introduced that a multi-level and wide-coverage financial institution system is increasingly improving, effectively complementing each other in serving economic and social development, and the industry as a whole is accelerating towards high-quality development.

At the same time, the reform and risk resolution of small and medium-sized financial institutions have continued to achieve effective results, reducing quantity and improving quality through methods such as restructuring and integration.

Pan Gongsheng (潘功胜), Secretary of the Party Committee and Governor of the People's Bank of China (中国人民银行), said that the People's Bank of China (中国人民银行) will continue to implement a moderately loose monetary policy, take promoting stable economic growth and reasonable price recovery as an important consideration of monetary policy, give play to the integrated effect of incremental policies and existing policies, create a good monetary and financial environment for stable economic growth, high-quality development, and stable operation of the financial market, and provide strong financial support for achieving a good start to the "15th Five-Year Plan."

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Wang Huning Meets with UK Cross-Party Parliamentary Delegation

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, May 28th. Wang Huning (王沪宁), a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (全国政协), met in Beijing (北京) on the 28th with a delegation of British cross-party parliamentarians who came to China to attend the 14th China-UK Party Dialogue.

Wang Huning (王沪宁) stated that in January of this year, President Xi Jinping (习近平) met with Prime Minister Starmer (斯塔默) who was visiting China. The two sides agreed to develop a long-term and stable comprehensive strategic partnership, which pointed out the direction for the development of bilateral relations. The Chinese side is willing to work with the British side to jointly implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries, strengthen party exchanges, enhance political mutual trust, and promote more achievements in mutually beneficial cooperation between the two countries. The National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (全国政协) is willing to make positive contributions to this end.

Former First Secretary of State of the United Kingdom and Chairman of the Great Britain-China Centre (英中协会), David Lidington (利丁顿), and others stated that this trip witnessed China's greater development achievements, and a prosperous and stable China (中国) is in the interests of all parties. The British side attaches importance to cooperation opportunities with China (中国), appreciates China's (中国) contributions to global governance, and is willing to strengthen mutually beneficial cooperation and multilateral coordination with the Chinese side to promote common development and world peace and stability.

Wang Dongfeng (王东峰) and others attended the meeting.

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State Council Issues the "15th Five-Year Plan" for Urban Renewal

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing (北京), May 28th. The State Council recently issued the "15th Five-Year Plan for Urban Renewal" (《城市更新“十五五”规划》, hereinafter referred to as the "Plan"), which clarifies the goals, indicators, key tasks, major projects, and policy measures for urban renewal during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period.

The "Plan" emphasizes adhering to Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era (习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想) as guidance, fully and accurately implementing the new development concept, adhering to the general principle of seeking progress while maintaining stability, adhering to a people-centered approach, adhering to a systematic approach, adhering to planning guidance, adhering to coordinated development and security, adhering to the principle of prioritizing protection, ensuring full protection, and promoting protection through utilization, adapting to local conditions, providing classified guidance, doing our best and acting according to our capabilities, establishing a sustainable urban renewal system and mechanism and policies and regulations, promoting high-quality urban renewal, and providing a solid foundation for building modern people's cities.

The "Plan" proposes that by 2030, significant progress will be made in urban renewal actions, the transformation of urban development and construction methods will initially achieve results, the foundation for safe development will be more solid, service efficiency will continue to improve, the living environment will be significantly improved, the conversion of old and new kinetic energy will be accelerated, cultural heritage will be effectively protected, the characteristics of the landscape will be more prominent, the level of governance will be greatly improved, and cities will become spaces for people to live high-quality lives.

The "Plan" benchmarks the construction goals of innovative, livable, beautiful, resilient, civilized, and intelligent modern people's cities, and deploys six key tasks: cultivating and strengthening new drivers of urban development, creating high-quality urban living spaces, promoting the green and low-carbon transformation of urban development, enhancing urban safety and resilience, promoting the prosperity and development of urban culture, and improving the level of urban governance capabilities. It proposes seven policy measures: improving the implementation mechanism of urban renewal, building a sustainable urban construction and operation investment and financing system, supporting the revitalization of existing land with greater efforts, establishing a full life cycle safety management system for houses, building a multi-stakeholder collaborative participation mechanism, improving the legal and regulatory standard system, and strengthening the supporting role of science, technology, and talent. At the same time, it clarifies 14 major projects and actions, such as the construction and transformation of "good houses," the expansion and quality improvement of complete community construction, the transformation and upgrading of old blocks and factory areas, and the improvement of municipal infrastructure.

The "Plan" requires adhering to and strengthening the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee, and building a working pattern of central coordination, provincial responsibility, and city implementation. The people's governments of all provinces (autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the central government) should clarify the goals, tasks, and measures of urban renewal in their respective regions. The people's governments of all cities should earnestly fulfill their responsibilities, refine and implement key tasks, and ensure smooth implementation. The Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (住房城乡建设部) should, in conjunction with relevant departments, strengthen overall guidance and coordination support.

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"Sanxia" Large-Scale Wheat Harvesting Fully Underway

According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (农业农村部), as of 5:00 PM on May 28th, a total of 48.97 million mu of summer grain wheat has been harvested across various regions, with the area harvested by machine exceeding 10 million mu on that day. The large-scale mechanized wheat harvest for this year's "Sanxia" (三夏) season has fully commenced nationwide. The overall progress of the wheat harvest is currently nearing 20%. The wheat harvest in the Southwest region and Hubei Province (湖北省) is nearing its end, while the progress in Henan Province (河南省) and Anhui Province (安徽省) is nearly 10%. Jiangsu Province (江苏省), Shaanxi Province (陕西省), and other regions are successively starting their harvests. During this year's "Sanxia" (三夏) season, over 17 million sets of various agricultural machines will be deployed nationwide, including over 800,000 combine harvesters, with over 200,000 participating in inter-regional operations.

To actively address the adverse effects of recent heavy rainfall, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (农业农村部) has guided relevant provinces to take swift action, organizing over 3,300 regional agricultural mechanization social service centers, over 2,000 regional agricultural emergency disaster relief centers, and over 5,900 standing agricultural machinery emergency operation service teams, mobilizing over 280,000 tracked harvesters and over 70,000 dryers to ensure that mature wheat is harvested quickly and dried as much as possible, 应烘尽烘 (yīng hōng jìn hōng - "should dry exhaustively," to dry all that should be dried).

(Reporter Yu Jingxian (郁静娴))

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How to Ensure "School Meals" are Safe and Nutritious (Policy Q&A: Addressing Concerns)

By: 本报记者 吴 丹

Ensuring children eat safely is a concern for every family. High-quality "school meals" provide nutritional support for the healthy growth of young people.

How can we protect campus food safety? As International Children's Day approaches, a reporter interviewed relevant officials from the Department of Physical, Health, and Arts Education of the Ministry of Education (教育部体育卫生与艺术教育司).

How to Ensure Food Safety and Staff Quality
Reader Concern: To do a good job with "school meals," food safety and the quality of practitioners are key. What regulatory measures are in place for this?
"The key to safeguarding campus food safety is to solidify the primary responsibility of schools and strictly control all aspects such as food procurement, acceptance, storage, processing, serving, and staff management," said the official.

In terms of food management, in recent years, in accordance with the work guidelines provided by the education departments, schools across the country have strictly implemented the food procurement and acceptance system, focusing on bulk food such as rice, flour, oil, meat, eggs, and milk, strictly reviewing the qualifications of suppliers, collectively accepting, and ensuring openness and transparency. At the same time, strengthen the whole process management of food storage, processing and production, cleaning and disinfection of tableware, and food sampling.

Managing food also requires managing people. In March of this year, the Ministry of Education (教育部) clearly put forward "Ten Musts" for campus food safety and "Ten Prohibitions" for school canteen staff, drawing red lines from the operational norms: canteen staff must hold valid health certificates to work and undergo annual health checks; formulate annual training plans and conduct food safety knowledge training for employees, etc.

How Parents Can Understand Dining Situation
Reader Concern: How can parents understand the "school meal" situation? If there are questions about the quality of the food, how can they provide feedback?

Parents are both important informants about students' meals at school and important participants in the supervision of "school meals." According to relevant regulations, schools should proactively disclose information such as recipes, meal supply methods, and complaint channels. Those with conditions can also use methods such as "bright kitchen and stove" and food management platforms to facilitate parents' understanding of students' meals at school.

The Ministry of Education (教育部) issued the "Working Methods for Parent Committees for School Meal Supervision in Primary and Secondary Schools (Trial Implementation)," supporting parents to participate in daily supervision through open days, accompanying meals, and other methods.

If parents have doubts about the quality of food, hygiene, etc., they can first report to the school, canteen management personnel, or the parent committee for meal supervision; for problems that need further reflection, they can also report to the local education administrative department, market supervision department, etc. Schools and relevant parties should promptly accept, carefully verify, and provide feedback on the reported problems.

How Can Smart Supervision Be Practical and Useful
Reader Concern: I heard that some places have promoted "school meal" smart supervision. Are these new methods useful?

Only what is visible can be managed.

The Ministry of Education (教育部) and the State Administration for Market Regulation (市场监管总局) are promoting the construction of "Internet + Bright Kitchen and Stove," live-streaming the back kitchen of school canteens in real time. The dining area can be watched on-site, and authorized supervisors can view the kitchen environment, hygiene, food processing operations, and other conditions in real time. By the end of 2025, the coverage rate of "Internet + Bright Kitchen and Stove" will reach 99%, and the rate of information interconnection between county (and above) education, market supervision, and other relevant departments will reach 99%.

Various places are actively exploring: In Xuchang (许昌), Henan (河南), QR codes are posted at the entrances of 1,183 schools, and parents can scan the codes to "watch" the school's back kitchen washing, cutting, and cooking; Chongqing Liangjiang New Area (重庆两江新区) has launched the "AI (Artificial Intelligence) + Campus Meal Smart Management" application, and problems such as staff not wearing hats in a standardized manner and non-compliant placement of kitchen utensils will be identified and reminded to rectify by the system.

"Smart supervision focuses on being practical and useful. It is necessary to extend the supervision chain from the back kitchen to procurement acceptance, warehousing management, food sampling, and other links, and combine it with on-site inspections and problem rectification to truly achieve anytime check and full-process traceability," said the official.

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Improve the quality and effectiveness of hidden danger investigation and rectification, and firmly hold the bottom line of safe development.

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, May 28th. Zhang Guoqing (张国清), member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, attended the launching ceremony of the 2026 National "Safe Production Month" activity in Beijing on the 28th and delivered a speech. He emphasized that it is necessary to thoroughly study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important instructions and approvals on safe production, implement the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, always keep the string of safe production tight, thoroughly investigate various risks and hidden dangers, effectively improve the quality and efficiency of rectification, and firmly hold the bottom line of safe development.

Zhang Guoqing (张国清) emphasized that General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) attaches great importance to safe production work, and has continuously issued important instructions and approvals, requiring close attention to the implementation of safe production responsibilities, grasping the investigation and rectification of risk hidden dangers in key industries and fields, strengthening public safety management, and ensuring the safety of people's lives and property. All regions and departments must deeply learn from the lessons of accidents, truly put themselves in, put their work in, vigorously grasp the implementation of safe production responsibilities and the implementation of safety management measures, and firmly hold the bottom line that development cannot be at the expense of safety. It is necessary to improve the judgment standards for major accident hidden dangers, strengthen on-site supervision, downhole supervision, and all-round supervision, improve the professionalism and penetration of investigation, and keep a close eye on problems and hidden dangers, see people and see things, and ensure that closed-loop rectification is in place. It is necessary to use heavy punches to "crack down on illegal activities and rectify violations," strictly investigate and severely punish illegal and irregular behaviors such as hidden working faces in coal mines, falsification of safety monitoring, black dens of hazardous chemicals, and fireworks and firecrackers enterprises exceeding the number of people, exceeding the amount of medicine, and exceeding the scope of permits, strengthen the connection between administrative and criminal justice, and form a strong deterrent. It is necessary to carry out normalized science popularization, skills training, and emergency drills to promote the whole society to enhance risk awareness, cultivate a safety culture, and build a solid people's defense line for safe production.

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Steadfastly Implement the Employment-First Strategy and Take Multiple Measures to Stabilize and Promote Employment

Xinhua News Agency, Jinan, May 28th. State Councilor Chen Yiqin (谌贻琴) recently conducted research on employment work in Shandong (山东), emphasizing the need to deeply study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important instructions, earnestly implement the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, firmly establish and practice a correct view of performance, unswervingly implement the employment-first strategy, strengthen service support, and stabilize and promote employment with greater efforts and more practical measures.

From May 26th to 28th, Chen Yiqin (谌贻琴) visited Jinan City (济南市) and Zibo City (淄博市), going deep into enterprises, communities, employment service agencies, university student innovation and entrepreneurship incubation bases, and recruitment activity sites to investigate the employment of key industries, grassroots employment and entrepreneurship services, employment assistance for key groups, and vocational skills improvement training.

Chen Yiqin (谌贻琴) pointed out that employment is the greatest livelihood issue. The current employment situation is generally stable, and it is necessary to continuously strengthen the employment-first orientation, accelerate the advancement of actions to stabilize jobs, expand capacity, and improve quality, effectively stimulate the effectiveness of entrepreneurship driving employment, and continuously promote new progress in high-quality and full employment. It is necessary to weave a dense employment service network, strengthen the summary and promotion of local experiences, promote the integration of the "15-minute employment service circle" and the "15-minute convenient living circle," support community "micro-employment" and "micro-entrepreneurship," strengthen digital and intelligent employment services, and help workers find good employment and be well-employed at their doorsteps. It is necessary to provide policy support and service guarantees for college graduates and other young people, strengthen precise assistance for migrant workers and people with employment difficulties, and continuously enhance people's well-being. It is necessary to deepen large-scale vocational skills improvement training, strengthen the production-education-evaluation, order-based, and project-based training models, further enhance the pertinence and effectiveness of training, support workers in improving their skills and increasing their income, and better serve the overall situation of economic and social development.

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Henan High-Quality Construction of a Manufacturing Powerhouse (Starting the "15th Five-Year Plan" - Special Press Conference)

By: 本报记者 王乐文 方 敏

On May 28th, the "15th Five-Year Plan" Henan special press conference was held in Zhengzhou (郑州). Wang Kai (王凯), Deputy Secretary of the Henan Provincial Party Committee and Governor of Henan Province, stated that in order to thoroughly implement the important instructions and requirements of General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) on Henan's work, Henan will fully implement the strategic deployment of accelerating the rise of the central region, ecological protection and high-quality development of the Yellow River Basin, and focus on building a modern industrial system and a strong agricultural province, improving people's livelihoods, strengthening social governance, strengthening ecological and environmental protection, and promoting cultural prosperity, striving to write a new chapter in promoting Chinese-style modernization in the Central Plains.

Playing a Greater Role in Deepening the Construction of a National Unified Market

Connecting the east and the west, and linking the north and the south, Henan's location advantages and transportation advantages make it unique in the construction of a national unified market. Striving for the "15th Five-Year Plan," Henan will focus on implementing the basic requirements of "five unifications and one opening," build a national unified market circulation hub, create a fulcrum for the domestic and international dual-cycle markets, and play a greater role in deepening the construction of a national unified market.

Breaking through bottlenecks. Accelerate the improvement of basic market systems and rules, strictly implement the "national unified list" for market access, standardize the economic promotion behavior of local governments, implement the list of encouragement and prohibition items for investment promotion, treat all types of business entities equally, eliminate various forms of local protection and market segmentation, and effectively reduce institutional transaction costs.

Building a hub. Focus on building a logistics channel hub, comprehensively improving the modernization level of the comprehensive transportation system, and promoting integrated integration, safety improvement, digital transformation, and green transformation; focus on building a consumer business hub, building Zhengzhou (郑州) and Luoyang (洛阳) international consumer center cities and pilot cities for new consumer formats, new models, and new scenarios, and improving the functions of backbone circulation corridors; focus on building an industrial link hub, and accelerate the construction of a modern industrial system with Henan's unique advantages; focus on building a factor allocation hub, and focus on the pilot project of comprehensive reform of market-based allocation of factors in Zhengzhou (郑州), and accelerate the construction of a national comprehensive pilot zone for data factors.

Becoming a fulcrum. Create a high-quality "Belt and Road" convergence fulcrum, deepen and expand the "Air Silk Road" dual hub model of Zhengzhou (郑州)-Luxembourg, enhance the capacity of the Zhengzhou (郑州) assembly center of the China-Europe Railway Express, and promote the expansion of the China-Europe (Asia) Railway Express; create a fulcrum for foreign trade transfer, deeply implement the free trade zone upgrading strategy, expand the "bonded +" function of comprehensive bonded zones, and strengthen trade in goods, trade in services, and digital trade; create a fulcrum for international investment cooperation, connect with international high-standard economic and trade rules, improve the quality of foreign investment utilization, and promote Henan enterprises to "go global" in an orderly manner.

Leading High-Quality Manufacturing Development with Technological Innovation

Henan has always adhered to high-quality manufacturing development as the main direction, and Henan manufacturing has accelerated in many fields, increased in parallel running, and emerged in leading running. In 2025, the operating income of industrial enterprises above designated size in the province will exceed 5 trillion yuan.

During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, Henan will focus on building a strong manufacturing province with high quality, and strive to create a modern industrial system with higher energy levels, better structure, stronger innovation, better quality and efficiency, and unique advantages in Henan.

Enhance the energy level of chains and clusters, and strengthen the industrial bones and muscles. Aiming at artificial intelligence, new materials, new energy, electronic information, advanced equipment, food and health, fashion consumption and other fields, Henan will implement a new round of key industrial chain cultivation actions, promote traditional industries to climb to higher quality and efficiency, emerging industries to move towards stronger strength, and future industries to lay out in newer tracks, and create a number of trillion-yuan industrial clusters and 100 billion-yuan industrial chains. Increase the proportion of manufacturing to about 28% and maintain it stably in a reasonable range, and the proportion of strategic emerging industries will reach 30%.

Promote integrated empowerment and ignite the innovation engine. Implement industrial innovation projects, improve the mechanism of "industry posing questions and technology answering questions," focus on breaking through 200 basic technologies and 100 cutting-edge technologies, and promote "Henan manufacturing" to continue to "launch new products." Deepen the "artificial intelligence + manufacturing" action, create an industrial large model matrix, accelerate scenario cultivation and opening up, and give manufacturing the "strongest brain." Accelerate the integrated development of intelligentization, greening, and integration, and build more than 1,000 intelligent factories and green factories each.

Accelerate gradient cultivation and build an enterprise echelon. In recent years, Henan has gathered enterprises such as BYD and CATL, and cultivated enterprises such as Muyuan (牧原) and Zhongchuang Zhiling (中创智领), and the head goose effect has become a trend. During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, Henan will focus on implementing the "Head Goose" leading, "Strong Goose" spreading wings, and "Young Goose" enriching wings actions, accelerate the formation of a good pattern of integrated development of large, medium and small enterprises, and lead industrial upgrading with enterprise transformation.

Promote Agricultural Modernization and Rural Modernization in an Integrated Manner

During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Henan's annual total grain output has remained stable at more than 130 billion catties, the total output value of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery has exceeded 1 trillion yuan, and the annual output value of the rural prosperity industrial chain has exceeded 2 trillion yuan.

During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, Henan will promote agricultural modernization and rural modernization in an integrated manner, and accelerate the construction of a strong agricultural province with strong grain production capacity, strong supply guarantee capacity of agricultural products, strong agricultural science and technology innovation capacity, strong rural industrial competitiveness, high farmer income level, and high rural modernization level.

Shoulder the responsibility of grain security. Deeply implement the 10 billion catties of grain production capacity improvement project, use the integrated mechanism of "investment, construction, operation and management" to build high-standard farmland, promote the integrated integration of good fields, good seeds, good machines and good methods, and promote the increase of yield per unit area on a large area. Build the National Biological Breeding Industry Innovation Center and the National Agricultural Machinery Equipment Innovation Center at a high level, and create innovation highlands for modern seed industry and agricultural machinery equipment. Strive to reach a new level of 140 billion catties in Henan's comprehensive grain production capacity by 2030.

Accelerate the construction of agriculture into a modern large industry. Deeply implement the rural prosperity industry and facility planting industry development actions, accelerate the cultivation of six major industrial clusters and 18 industrial chains, expand the agricultural product processing industry, revitalize the urban and rural commercial trade circulation service industry, optimize the rural cultural tourism industry, strengthen the "Yu Nong You Pin (豫农优品)" regional public brand, and do a good job in the county's "local specialties" industrial chain.

Promote the construction of livable, workable and beautiful villages. Deeply study and apply the experience of the "Thousand Villages Demonstration, Ten Thousand Villages Renovation" Project (千万工程), promote rural revitalization in a classified and orderly manner and in a block-based manner, deepen the block-based promotion, group-style development, and pioneer zone leading mechanisms, and cultivate a number of pioneer zones for the construction of livable, workable and beautiful villages. Continue to consolidate and expand the achievements of poverty alleviation, make every effort to increase farmers' income, and promote integrated urban-rural development.

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China Launches Third National Sample Survey of Persons with Disabilities

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, May 28th (Reporter Wei Guanyu (魏冠宇)) The General Office of the State Council (国务院办公厅) issued a notice on May 28th stating that the State Council (国务院) has decided to conduct the Third National Sample Survey of Persons with Disabilities starting in June 2026. The survey targets all permanent residents in the sampled survey districts within China, with a total of approximately 2.8 million people sampled nationwide.

It is reported that the survey content involves the basic personal and family information of the survey respondents, as well as the disability status, causes of disability, disability certificate status (including reasons for not holding a certificate), living conditions, service status, and needs of persons with disabilities among the survey respondents.

The survey requires a comprehensive and objective reflection of the basic situation of persons with disabilities and their families in China, as well as the disability status, living conditions, and development status of persons with disabilities, in order to improve relevant laws, regulations, and policies, promote high-quality population development, and provide accurate statistical information support.

Relevant officials from the China Disabled Persons' Federation (中国残联) stated that this National Sample Survey of Persons with Disabilities is an important national condition survey conducted among persons with disabilities after 1987 and 2006, and will end in December 2028.

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Going All Out to Rescue Over 70% of Affected Crops (Three Summers in Progress: Flood Prevention and Ensuring a Bumper Harvest)

By: 本报记者 周 欢

On the afternoon of May 28th, in Changxia Village (昌下村), Shuibei Town (水北镇), Yushui District (渝水区), Xinyu City (新余市), Jiangxi Province (江西省), plant protection drones swept over contiguous rice paddies, showering down white medicinal mist.

"Working overtime to race against time to protect the seedlings! The most I flew in a day was 400 mu, twice the usual amount," said Chen Xiaomei (陈小美), a drone operator from Xinyu Xinlong Agricultural Materials Co., Ltd. (新余市新隆农资有限公司), as she moved between different fields, working until night for three consecutive days.

Since May 19th, Xinyu (新余) has experienced continuous heavy rainfall, affecting 137,800 mu of crops such as rice. In Shuibei Town (水北镇), approximately 15,000 mu of rice paddies were flooded to varying degrees.

"On the night of the 23rd, the rain was particularly heavy. Thinking about the flooded seedlings, I didn't sleep well all night," said Ao Shuiya (敖水芽), a major grain grower in Changxia Village (昌下村), standing on the ridge of the field. On the white gauze net next to him, a brown horizontal mark higher than the seedlings was particularly noticeable, a trace of the flood. "Fortunately, the drainage in the field is good, and the water receded quickly, so the seedlings were not soaked for a long time," said Ao Shuiya (敖水芽).

Rescuing the affected crops cannot only involve draining the accumulated water and clearing the silt from the canals. "After heavy rainfall, the soil in the farmland has high humidity, the crop leaves are damaged, and the temperature is high, which can easily lead to the breeding and spread of diseases and insect pests such as sheath blight and rice planthoppers. Floods can also easily cause nutrient loss and reduced root vitality, so reasonable fertilization should be applied to help plants recover and grow," said Huang Dan (黄丹), head of the Crop Division of the Xinyu Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (新余市农业农村局).

Upon receiving the rainstorm warning, the Xinyu Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (新余市农业农村局) deployed resources—ascertaining the reserves of relevant disease and pest control agents and fertilizers, advising agricultural machinery socialization service organizations to seize the time to repair plant protection drones, and distributing disaster prevention and mitigation technical manuals to farmers.

"After receiving the message, we immediately configured agents and fertilizers from various channels to ensure sufficient supply. Three plant protection drones and pilots are on standby at any time," said Zhang Yanyan (张艳艳), head of Xinlong Agricultural Materials (新隆农资).

On May 20th, Xinyu City (新余市) formed an agricultural flood prevention and disaster relief guidance service team, with a cumulative total of more than 2,000 person-times going to the front line to verify the disease and pest situation and formulate rescue plans.

In a rice paddy in Huangkeng Village (黄坑村), Shuibei Town (水北镇), agricultural technician Gong Zilong (龚梓隆) parted the rice clumps and found signs of sheath blight on the leaves. "Quickly spray pesticides to kill insects, and after the seedlings turn green, apply quick-acting tiller-protecting fertilizer, and spray urea mixed with potassium dihydrogen phosphate foliar fertilizer to enhance the rice plants' resistance," Gong Zilong (龚梓隆) prescribed. "If the seedlings grow normally after the disaster, fertilizer and pesticides can be mixed and sprayed; if there are abnormalities, pesticides should be applied first, followed by fertilizer," Gong Zilong (龚梓隆) introduced.

Racing against time, going all out to ensure a good harvest. As of the evening of May 28th, Xinyu (新余) had rescued more than 70% of the affected crops, and insurance companies had provided agricultural post-disaster loss assessment and claims settlement for more than 30 farmers.

"Thanks to the guidance of agricultural technicians and the application of pesticides and fertilizers by drone operators, it was very timely," said Ao Shuiya (敖水芽).

"The rescue measures were implemented quickly, and no large-scale secondary diseases and insect pests occurred after the disaster in the city, stabilizing the good situation of grain production," said Huang Dan (黄丹). At present, rice planting in Xinyu (新余) is in the critical period of tillering, and growth is greatly affected by factors such as temperature, light, and water. "It is expected that the next few days will be mainly showers and cloudy weather, and the humidity in the fields will be high. We will combine the weather conditions to continue to do a good job in rescue, and closely cooperate with the water conservancy department to scientifically regulate water and use water, and strive to allow the rice fields to better restore their vitality," said Huang Dan (黄丹).

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Internet companies to launch cloud recruitment month.

According to a report from our newspaper in Beijing on May 28th (Reporter Qiu Chaoyi (邱超奕)), the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (人力资源社会保障部) announced that to actively mobilize internet companies to release job positions, build a connection platform, and increase market enthusiasm, an Internet Enterprise Cloud Recruitment Month event is scheduled to be held in June. The event will last for one month, focusing on serving employers mainly in internet companies and key groups mainly composed of college graduates and other young people.

During the event, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (人力资源社会保障部) will rely on the China Public Recruitment Website (中国公共招聘网) to open an online main venue, setting up recruitment columns such as "Enterprise Zone," "Local Zone," and "Live Streaming Job Promotion" to centrally release recruitment information and job postings.

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China's first automaker to produce and sell over 100 million vehicles emerges

Shanghai, May 28th (Reporter Shen Wenmin (沈文敏)) On May 28th, SAIC Motor's (上汽集团) global 100 millionth customer vehicle delivery ceremony was held. With the delivery of the IM LS9 (智己LS9) Hyper model, SAIC (上汽) has become the first automobile company in China to have a cumulative production and sales volume exceeding 100 million vehicles.

The delivery adopted a global relay model, with more than 10 vehicle brands and 19 models under SAIC (上汽) being delivered simultaneously in multiple cities at home and abroad, covering diverse travel scenarios such as passenger and commercial use.

Relying on a well-established global layout, SAIC's (上汽) business covers more than 170 countries and regions, with cumulative overseas sales exceeding 7 million vehicles.

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A New Type of Power Grid: Stronger, Greener, and Smarter (New Economic Orientation: Precisely Focusing Efforts to Build the "Six Networks" Well)

By: 本报记者 王云杉 窦 皓

The power grid is a pivotal platform connecting electricity production and consumption, and a core component of the new power system. With the continuous increase in the proportion of new energy power generation and the accelerated industrial transformation and upgrading, a stronger, greener, and more intelligent power grid has become a necessity of the times.

During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, China will focus on promoting the construction of a new power grid, investing more than 5 trillion yuan, promoting the scale of west-to-east power transmission to more than 420 million kilowatts, effectively ensuring the demand of 13.5 trillion kilowatt-hours of electricity, and supporting the realization of the "dual carbon" goals and the construction of a strong energy nation.

Adapting to the Transformation of Energy Structure and Fortifying the Energy Security Defense Line

On the roof of the factory building of Yuyao Dafah Chemical Fiber Co., Ltd. (余姚大发化纤有限公司) in Zhejiang Province, 5,000-kilowatt photovoltaic panels are neatly arranged.

"The electricity generated by the rooftop photovoltaic panels can generally meet the production needs, but there are fluctuations. We still need to connect to the large power grid. When the photovoltaic power generation is high, the surplus electricity is connected to the grid, and when the power output is insufficient, the grid provides a bottom-line guarantee," said Shen Junyao (沈军耀), general manager of the company.

While large-scale new energy installations help enterprises achieve green development, they also bring challenges: photovoltaics "depend on the weather" (看天吃饭 - kàn tiān chī fàn - "look to the sky for food," dependent on weather conditions), and cloudy and rainy days will lead to a sharp drop in power generation. How can enterprises confidently "bet" their production electricity on this? How can the power grid withstand the large fluctuations in power generation?

From the perspective of energy structure, building a new power grid is an inevitable requirement for adapting to the transformation of energy structure.

By the end of 2025, China's cumulative installed new energy capacity will exceed 1.8 billion kilowatts, accounting for more than 40%. China's new energy has entered a stage of large-scale and high-proportion development, and it is expected that the average annual increase in new energy installed capacity will remain at about 200 million kilowatts in the next 10 years.

High electricity demand, high penetration rate of new energy, and larger-scale power transmission will bring profound changes to the structure and operation characteristics of China's power system, and the development of the power grid faces huge challenges. "The traditional power grid is mainly based on 'one-way power transmission and passive adaptation.' Now that the energy structure has changed, it is necessary to build a new power grid architecture that can flexibly absorb a high proportion of new energy," said Zhang Lin (张琳), director of the Planning and Development Department of the China Electricity Council (中国电力企业联合会).

From the perspective of energy distribution, building a new power grid is a strategic measure to fortify the national energy security defense line.

The basic pattern of the reverse distribution of energy resources and load centers in China has long existed. Resources are concentrated in the western region, and demand is concentrated in the eastern region, requiring greater flexibility to cope with the spatial constraints of energy resources.

"Building a new power grid can further enhance the ability to optimize the allocation of energy resources on a large scale and enhance the power grid's ability to resist risks and ensure supply in extreme scenarios," said Wang Xuesong (王雪松), director of the Comprehensive Strategic Planning Institute of the Electricity Industry Planning Research and Monitoring and Early Warning Center (电力行业规划研究与监测预警中心).

Strengthening Inter-Regional Interconnection and Inter-Assistance to Facilitate Large-Scale Allocation of Energy Resources

At the junction of Fujian and Guangdong provinces, relying on mountains and facing the sea, the Minyue Interconnection Converter Station (闽粤联网换流站) in Yunxiao County (云霄县), Zhangzhou City (漳州市), Fujian Province, stands majestically. As a cross-provincial and cross-power grid normalized two-way inter-assistance power transmission project, the project opens up the energy channels of the two major power grids of Fujian and Guangdong, and becomes a key hub for the interconnection of new power systems in the southeast coast.

The project is based on the differences in resource endowments between Fujian and Guangdong provinces, giving full play to the seasonal peak shaving of hydropower and the staggered peak and valley characteristics of electricity load, and realizing the mutual supplement and mutual protection of regional power resources. As of April this year, the cumulative power transmission has exceeded 15.3 billion kilowatt-hours.

"During the peak summer and winter periods, we can accurately supplement the supply, and under extreme weather conditions such as typhoons, the power grids of the two provinces can be used as backups for each other," said Zeng Zhiyong (曾智勇), a specialist in the Marketing Department of Guangdong Power Grid Co., Ltd. (广东电网公司) of China Southern Power Grid (南方电网).

The new power grid is new in its functional architecture.

At present, a number of cross-regional power flexible inter-assistance projects are being implemented. From the end of 2025 to the beginning of 2026, five DC back-to-back projects, including Min-Gan (闽赣), Wan-E (皖鄂), Xiang-Yue (湘粤), Yu-Qian (渝黔), and Xiang-Qian (湘黔), will be approved and started one after another. These projects are of great significance for enhancing the ability to supplement power surpluses and shortages and provide emergency accident support. After being put into operation, they can increase the power inter-assistance capacity between provinces by 15 million kilowatts.

Wang Xuesong (王雪松) said that the traditional power grid is planned and constructed according to administrative regions, while the new power grid strengthens inter-regional and inter-provincial interconnection and inter-assistance, which can facilitate the large-scale allocation of energy resources.

The new power grid is new in its technological application.

In recent years, the development of distributed photovoltaics in Yuyao City (余姚市) has been on the fast track. As of the end of April this year, the installed capacity was nearly 2 million kilowatts. Photovoltaic power generation is unstable, how to ensure the balance of power supply?

"We have a 'main distribution and marketing dispatch decision-making center' here, which can not only predict the trend of light in advance and capture the subtle changes in power generation and consumption of enterprises, smooth out the voltage fluctuations caused by photovoltaic fluctuations, but also quickly start flexible regulation and control, and achieve mutual assistance through surrounding energy storage or virtual power plants to ensure the safe and stable operation of the power grid," said Ji Yanping (吉晏平), director of the Dispatching Center of State Grid Yuyao City Power Supply Company (国网余姚市供电公司). The average daily accuracy rate of using artificial intelligence large models to predict photovoltaic power generation power has exceeded 96%.

"In order to fully ensure the grid connection of high-proportion new energy and the safe and stable operation of the power grid in extreme scenarios, the new power grid will apply a large number of digital and intelligent technologies, which will greatly improve the power grid's perception, decision-making, and control capabilities," said Wang Xuesong (王雪松).

The Main Power Grid, Distribution Network, and Smart Microgrid Support Each Other

Not long ago, a "stress test" was launched in Dadaosha Village (大刀沙村), Panyu District (番禺区), Guangzhou City (广州市), Guangdong Province.

Simulating transformer failure, disconnecting from the main power grid, and quickly switching to the independent operation of the smart microgrid, the electricity consumption of 94 households was as stable as usual. "Using methanol hydrogen energy as a backup power source, the switching is seamless, and the villagers' electricity consumption remains stable," said a distribution expert from Guangzhou Panyu Power Supply Bureau (广州番禺供电局) of China Southern Power Grid (南方电网).

Dadaosha Island (大刀沙岛), where the village is located, is located at the mouth of the Pearl River (珠江), and the island's power supply faces many problems: it relies solely on a single overhead line to supply power across the river, with no backup line, and the grid structure is fragile; the geographical environment surrounded by water on all sides makes it difficult to troubleshoot and carry out emergency repairs at night and in bad weather.

In order to solve the problem of ensuring supply, the island's microgrid layout was constructed: when the external power grid is running, the microgrid can participate in power mutual assistance, peak shaving and valley filling, and reduce losses; when the external power grid fails, it can switch to the island operation mode in milliseconds and quickly restore power supply.

The "Guiding Opinions on Promoting the High-Quality Development of the Power Grid" issued at the end of last year proposed that by 2030, a new power grid platform with the main power grid and distribution network as important foundations and the smart microgrid as a beneficial supplement will be initially built.

"If the main power grid is the main artery of national energy resource allocation, the distribution network is the hub node connecting the main grid and end users, then the smart microgrid is a small autonomous system integrating distributed power sources, energy storage, and loads, making up for the end and realizing local microcirculation, promoting the nearby development and local consumption of new energy, and improving the reliability of power supply in remote areas and the end of the power grid. The three support each other and jointly improve the safety, economy, and flexibility of the power grid," said Wang Xuesong (王雪松).

Zhang Lin (张琳) said that the key to building a new power grid lies in the synergy of "main distribution and micro," taking the construction of power grids at all levels as the focus, and building a power grid development pattern with clear interfaces, complete functions, intelligent operation, and efficient interaction.

Experts suggest that in terms of the main power grid, the planning and construction of cross-provincial and cross-regional transmission channels should be promoted in an orderly manner, and the national power flow should be scientifically optimized with demand as the guidance; in terms of the distribution network, the focus should be on improving the power supply guarantee capacity, comprehensive carrying capacity, and disaster prevention and mitigation capacity, and promoting the transformation of the distribution network into a two-way interactive resource-grid-load-storage efficient allocation platform; in terms of the smart microgrid, construction should be carried out according to local conditions to achieve local self-balancing, self-regulation, and self-safety, and gradually increase the proportion of self-generation and self-use of new energy.

Tan Hongjiang (谭洪江), Deputy Director of the Electricity Department of the National Energy Administration (国家能源局), said that the "15th Five-Year Plan" implementation plan for the construction of a new power grid is currently being studied and formulated to promote the initial construction of a safe, reliable, green, low-carbon, strong, resilient, intelligent, and flexible new power grid by 2030.

(Xue Ziyi (薛子怡) participated in the writing)

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Joining Hands with Global Forces to Jointly Promote Poverty Reduction

On May 27th, the 2026 High-Level Forum on Poverty Reduction and Development was held in Beijing (北京). The forum, themed "Joining Hands with Global Forces to Promote Poverty Reduction," brought together approximately 350 representatives from various countries' agricultural and poverty reduction-related departments, embassies in China, international organizations, enterprises, think tanks, and other institutions to discuss global poverty reduction and development strategies.

Currently, the world faces multiple challenges such as slowing growth, geopolitical conflicts, and climate change, placing significant pressure on the global poverty reduction cause. The world's attention is focused on China, hoping to learn from China's solutions and work together with China to promote global poverty governance, accelerate the global poverty reduction process, and inject more impetus into achieving the poverty reduction goals of the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda.

"China has proven to the world that poverty can be defeated with long-term vision, consistent policies, and concrete actions."

"Poverty remains an urgent global development challenge, profoundly affecting people in every corner of the world." At the opening ceremony of the forum, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres (安东尼奥·古特雷斯) used data to warn, "There are still 800 million women, children, and men living in extreme poverty." He emphasized that governments must invest in decent work, quality education, healthcare, resilient rural development, and universal social security, "This forum offers hope, and the solutions are within reach."

Faced with the challenge of poverty, China has delivered a remarkable answer to the world – successfully winning the battle against poverty, consolidating and expanding the achievements in poverty alleviation, establishing a normalized mechanism to prevent returning to poverty, and forging a path of poverty reduction with Chinese characteristics, making significant contributions to global poverty governance.

"China has proven to the world that poverty can be defeated with long-term vision, consistent policies, and concrete actions," said Sabino Guterres (萨比诺), Deputy Prime Minister of Timor-Leste, adding that China has rich experience in poverty reduction and can play a leading and exemplary role in global poverty reduction cooperation.

During the forum, the Global Poverty Reduction and Development Partnership Alliance, jointly initiated by China and 53 countries and 9 international organizations, was officially established. The logo of the alliance, featuring ears of wheat surrounding a pair of clasped hands, conveys the willingness of all parties to work together. The alliance declaration states: Faced with challenges, we firmly believe that only by building global consensus, mobilizing multilateral resources, and deepening partnership cooperation can we foster new momentum for poverty reduction and development and jointly create a new era of poverty reduction and development.

Over the past few decades, China has successfully lifted 800 million people out of poverty. "This great achievement belongs not only to China but also to the world," said Jennifer Mojica Flórez (卡瓦哈利诺), Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of Colombia, adding that joining the Global Poverty Reduction and Development Partnership Alliance to jointly commit to building a world without poverty is because "we believe that humanity has the ability to overcome poverty and achieve fairness and justice."

"As 2030 approaches, the issue of poverty reduction must be placed in a more important position on the global sustainable development agenda. The establishment of the alliance is timely and will transform experience in the field of poverty reduction into pragmatic results," said Vongsey Vissoth (翁赛维索), Deputy Prime Minister of Cambodia, adding that China is committed to international development and cooperates within the framework of the "Belt and Road" initiative and the Global Development Initiative, playing an important role in promoting international poverty reduction.

The Chinese side stated that China's launch of the Global Poverty Reduction and Development Partnership Alliance has injected new impetus into accelerating the global poverty reduction process. China will actively support the alliance in playing its role, strengthening policy dialogue, technology demonstration, and talent training, building a number of "small and beautiful" cooperation projects, and helping developing countries improve their poverty reduction capabilities.

"Chinese experience tells us that poverty reduction is not a one-time job, but requires sustained investment."

"Global Poverty Reduction Case Studies," "Selected Stories of Poverty Alleviation Cases in China," "Research Report on China-Latin America Poverty Reduction Cooperation," "International Poverty Reduction Theory and Frontier Issues (2025)"... During the forum, the specially set up book corner was crowded with guests eager to read.

Manding Saidykhan (曼丁·赛迪坎), Deputy Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defense of Gambia, plans to take these books back to his country and share them with colleagues who were unable to attend the meeting. He told reporters, "We are working hard to eliminate poverty, and everyone hopes to learn more from China's experience."

Siddharth Chatterjee (杰思衡), the United Nations Resident Coordinator in China, said that China's poverty reduction achievements are of extraordinary significance for achieving the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals and promoting global poverty eradication. "China's role model is unprecedented, and countries in the Global South urgently need to learn from China's successful experience."

Sabina Alkire (萨宾娜·阿尔基尔), Director of the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative, said that from establishing files for impoverished people to continuously improving the dynamic monitoring and assistance mechanism to prevent returning to poverty, China has continuously improved the quality and efficiency from identifying risks to implementing assistance measures. Many countries have now begun to build similar poverty registration systems. "Chinese experience tells us that poverty reduction is not a one-time job, but requires sustained investment."

"Countries in the Global South are at the forefront of fighting poverty and also have the power to make the world a better place," Paulo Santos (保罗·桑托斯), Legal Advisor of the Brazilian Ministry of Social Development and Assistance, Family and Combating Hunger, told this reporter, "The international community is paying attention to China and wants to learn from China's experience and practices in order to eliminate hunger and poverty on a global scale."

At the "Rural Craftsmen" product exhibition in a corner of the venue, exquisite Yi embroidery attracted many guests to stop and admire. These embroideries from the mountains of Yunnan (云南) are officially authorized intangible cultural heritage products of this year's FIFA World Cup. Ding Lanying (丁兰英), a national rural craftsman master and provincial representative inheritor of the national intangible cultural heritage representative project (Yi costumes), told reporters that thanks to industrial support and other policies, women in her hometown no longer have to go out to work, but can "carry their babies on their backs, embroider flowers, and support their families."

After learning about this story, Okpalamma (奥克帕兰马), Senior Special Assistant to the Governor of Enugu State, Nigeria, on Sustainable Development Goals, was deeply touched: "These products from small Chinese villages can go to the world, indicating that skills training and industrial cultivation can truly empower ordinary people to increase their income and become rich. Developing countries should pay more attention to the cultivation of people's skills, so that more people can master a skill and become wealth creators. China can do it, and other countries can do the same."

"China has always adhered to the principle of 'leaving no one behind' in its own poverty alleviation efforts, and has also actively played a role in international cooperation."

At the four sub-forums on "Monitoring, Early Warning and Targeted Assistance," "Development-Oriented Poverty Alleviation and Green Development," "Social Equity and Inclusive Development," and "Social Mobilization and Social Participation," guests from various countries shared their experiences in poverty reduction practices and cooperation needs. In many parts of the world, the pragmatic results of poverty reduction cooperation are taking root.

In Brazil, the China-Brazil Family Agricultural Mechanization Brasilia Science and Technology Small Courtyard was unveiled at the University of Brasilia in November 2024. Lin Wanlong (林万龙), Vice President of China Agricultural University, introduced that China Agricultural University has built overseas science and technology small courtyards in Malawi, Brazil, and other countries. Among them, the Agricultural University cooperates with Brazilian universities, family agricultural practitioners, and enterprises to not only jointly train agricultural science and technology talents, but also bring Chinese agricultural machinery and technology to Brazil, helping to improve the labor productivity of Brazilian family agriculture.

In May of this year, the China (Chongqing) Aid Nepal Poverty Reduction and Development Project Livestock and Aquaculture Demonstration Center was officially established in the Jhapa (贾帕) region. The project is implemented by the China Foundation for Rural Development Nepal Office and is another important achievement of China-Nepal agricultural cooperation. Liu Wenkui (刘文奎), Executive Vice Chairman of the China Foundation for Rural Development, said that the foundation will rely on the Global Poverty Reduction and Development Partnership Alliance to share rural development experience with countries along the "Belt and Road," implement more "small and beautiful" projects, and actively promote international poverty reduction cooperation.

Tamba Lamina (坦巴·拉米纳), Minister of Local Government and Community Affairs of Sierra Leone, has deep feelings about the effectiveness of China-Africa poverty reduction cooperation: "China has always adhered to the principle of 一个都不能少 (yī gè dōu bù néng shǎo - "not even one less," leaving no one behind) in its own poverty alleviation efforts, and has also actively played a role in international cooperation, insisting that no country or nation should be left behind on the road to human pursuit of happiness. From providing agricultural technology and equipment to developing human resources in medical care, education, and other fields, Sierra Leone and China's poverty reduction cooperation is broad, deep, and effective."

In northeastern Thailand, thousands of poor families have been successfully lifted out of poverty after 26 counties and 526 villages under Khon Kaen (孔敬府) Province learned from China's experience and implemented the "pairing assistance poverty alleviation" project. Kaisorn (盖颂), the former governor of Khon Kaen Province, said that many officials in Khon Kaen Province have traveled to many parts of China to learn about poverty alleviation experience, which has brought new ideas to poverty reduction in Thailand and promoted local economic and social development. "We hope to further strengthen cooperation with China to help more poor people get rid of poverty and live a happy life."

"The Uzbek government has promoted China's poverty reduction experience in all states of the country," said Marat Djuraev (马拉特·朱拉耶夫), First Deputy Minister of Employment and Poverty Reduction of Uzbekistan, in his speech, sharing the practical results of poverty reduction cooperation between Uzbekistan and China. Djuraev said that he has visited China three times this year, "Every exchange can bring pragmatic results" - several projects of the China-Central Asia Poverty Reduction Cooperation Center have been planned and launched, and two regions in Uzbekistan are planning to promote the cultivation of Juncao mushrooms. "China strengthens the exchange of experience among countries and promotes joint project cooperation through forums, alliances, and other platforms, which helps to form greater poverty reduction synergy and achieve practical results."

(Reporters Qu Pei (屈佩), Li Yan (李琰), Zhang Xiaodong (张晓东), Liu Hui (刘慧), Sun Guangyong (孙广勇), Deng Jianyang (邓剑洋), and Mike Oduro participated in the writing)

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A society that is always moving forward.

By: 本报记者 颜 欢 许海林

The president of the Spanish newspaper *Debate*, Bieito Rubido (比埃托·鲁比多), recently set foot on Chinese soil for the fourth time. "This is a society that is always moving forward." This is how he summarized his view of China in an interview with this reporter. Compared with his first visit to China in 2014, China's development and changes have left a deeper impression on him.

In Beijing (北京) and Shanghai (上海), the wide and clean streets and the vibrant urban landscape made this senior media person feel a "continuous forward momentum." He said that Western media had long portrayed China as suffering from severe pollution and unbalanced development, but after visiting China many times, he saw a different picture: "The cities are clean and tidy, the facilities are modern and convenient, the social order is well-maintained, and the sense of security is very strong."

In Rubido's view, the "sense of security" presented by Chinese society is precisely a resource that is increasingly scarce in today's European society. "It is very important for people to be able to live and travel in the city with peace of mind." He said that strolling through the streets of China, new energy vehicles shuttle back and forth, modern commercial facilities are densely packed, high-quality hotels are scattered everywhere, and efficient and convenient infrastructure is ubiquitous—these vivid scenes allow people to directly feel the real pulse of Chinese-style modernization.

Rubido comes from the Galicia region of Spain and has lived in coastal cities for a long time, so he has a natural affinity for Shanghai. He believes that Shanghai has both international flair and quality of life, and is not only "a modern city, but also embodies a long-term planning development concept." "In 2018, I visited the Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Center and strongly felt the systematic and forward-looking nature of China's urban development." Rubido said, "China's development is not accidental, but stems from long-term planning and the continuous drive of clear goals."

In his view, this planning ability is an important feature of Chinese-style modernization. "China is firmly implementing the Five-Year Plan, demonstrating the characteristic of 言出必行 (yán chū bì xíng - "what is said must be done," keeping one's word; being true to one's promise)." He said that once China establishes a goal, it can efficiently promote its implementation.

Rubido believes that China has shown increasing global competitiveness in areas such as technological innovation, green transformation, and the digital economy. "China has many things worth learning from Europe." He said that especially in the fields of new energy vehicles, communication technology, and clean energy, China's industrial system is well-developed. Currently, a number of Chinese automobile companies have reached industrial cooperation with Spain, and many Chinese electronic brands are popular with Spanish consumers. "The openness shown by Chinese consumers and companies has allowed European companies to see more opportunities for cooperation," Rubido said.

Looking back on his more than 40 years of journalism career, Rubido knows that "lack of understanding often leads to misunderstanding." In his view, on the one hand, many Europeans do not know the true state of China's development today; on the other hand, there are long-standing preconceived prejudices in European society. He told reporters that whenever Spanish friends return from China, they always tell him that China is "unbelievable" and "beyond imagination." "The media should assume the important responsibility of enhancing mutual understanding between different societies. Spanish and Chinese media should leverage their own advantages and influence to show the real China and Spain to the people of both countries," Rubido said.

Rubido said that in recent years, Spain and China have maintained good exchanges, and the Chinese community in Spain has integrated well into the local society, and this grassroots connection is very valuable. Spain has unique advantages in culture, tourism, and cuisine, while China has more than 5,000 years of civilization and rich natural and cultural resources. Spain and China have broad cooperation space in economic, cultural, and tourism fields. "Spain sincerely welcomes more Chinese tourists to come and enjoy the sun and food, and I also look forward to continuing to delve into the Chinese hinterland, exploring the development potential constantly released in China's vast regions, and observing the constantly emerging changes in China," Rubido said.

(Reported from Madrid (马德里) on May 28 by this newspaper)

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Creating a Bright Future for China-Soviet Relations (Ambassador's Notes)

By: 林 棘

On May 28th, President Xi Jinping (习近平) and Surinamese President Chandrikapersad Santokhi exchanged congratulatory messages to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries. President Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that taking the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries as a new starting point, we should enhance strategic mutual trust, continue traditional friendship, promote practical cooperation in various fields to achieve more results, and jointly write a new chapter in the China-Suriname strategic partnership.

On May 28, 1976, China and Suriname officially established diplomatic relations. Over the past half century, the two sides have always respected each other, treated each other as equals, firmly supported each other on issues involving each other's core interests and major concerns, and continuously deepened mutually beneficial cooperation, bringing tangible benefits to the people of both countries. Under the joint leadership of President Xi Jinping (习近平) and Surinamese leaders, the two countries have maintained high-level exchanges, bilateral trade has repeatedly reached new highs, practical cooperation has continued to expand, cultural exchanges have continued to deepen, and good cooperation has been maintained in international and regional affairs. The relations between the two countries have long been at the forefront of China's relations with Caribbean countries, and can be called a model of friendly coexistence and equal treatment between large and small countries.

Political mutual trust has become stronger over time, and China and Suriname are sincere friends. Suriname has always firmly adhered to the one-China principle, and China has always supported Suriname's independent choice of development path. In 2019, China-Suriname relations were upgraded to a strategic partnership, and Suriname became one of the first Caribbean countries to sign cooperation documents on jointly building the "Belt and Road." In 2024, then Surinamese President Santokhi paid a state visit to China. After the establishment of the new Surinamese government in July 2025, China-Suriname relations continued their good momentum of development. President Xi Jinping (习近平) and President Santokhi exchanged letters, charting the course for bilateral relations. Based on the common foundation of developing countries, the two countries advocate and support multilateralism and work together to promote the unity and cooperation of the Global South.

Practical cooperation has yielded fruitful results, and China and Suriname are win-win partners. In particular, in recent years, China and Suriname have achieved remarkable results in jointly building the "Belt and Road" with high quality, which has not only created major projects to promote local development, but also carried out "small but beautiful" projects that benefit people's livelihoods, playing an important role in improving Suriname's infrastructure, promoting local economic development, and improving people's livelihoods. The Wanica Hospital, the Agricultural Technology Cooperation Center, and the National Broadband Network, which were aided by China, have brought tangible gains to the Surinamese people. More and more Chinese companies are investing and doing business in Suriname, and practical cooperation between the two sides continues to improve in quality and upgrade. In addition to traditional areas of cooperation, China and Suriname are constantly exploring emerging areas of cooperation such as the digital economy and green energy.

People-to-people friendship has become more and more lasting, and China and Suriname are close brothers. Since the first group of Chinese arrived in Suriname more than 170 years ago, generations of overseas Chinese have established businesses and integrated into this beautiful land, and have become an important part of Surinamese society. Suriname is the first country in the Western Hemisphere to designate the Chinese Spring Festival as a national legal holiday. The kinship between China and Suriname is thicker than water, and the relationship between the two sides has transcended the ordinary relationship between countries, demonstrating blood ties. China provides government scholarships, holds training courses and other means to create opportunities for people from all walks of life in Suriname to study and exchange in China, and help Suriname strengthen human resource construction.

千川江海阔 (qiān chuān jiāng hǎi kuò - "a thousand rivers and seas are wide," a vast expanse of rivers and seas; a metaphor for a broad future) , the wind is good for sailing. Standing at a new historical starting point, China is willing to work with Suriname to continue traditional friendship, deepen political mutual trust, expand practical cooperation, enrich cultural exchanges, and work together in the historical process of promoting the building of a community with a shared future for mankind to create a better future.

(The author is the Chinese Ambassador to Suriname)

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Wang Yi Holds Symposium with People from Various Sectors in the United States

This newspaper reported from New York on May 27th (Reporter Li Zhiwei (李志伟)) On the 27th local time, Wang Yi (王毅), member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs, held a symposium with American strategic, commercial, and industrial figures in New York during the United Nations Security Council high-level meeting.

Wang Yi (王毅) stated that the consistent call from all parties attending the high-level Security Council meeting in New York this time is to revisit the original aspiration of the Charter, revitalize the authority of the United Nations, and practice multilateralism. Revitalizing the United Nations begins with revitalizing the Security Council, and the key is coordination and cooperation among the permanent members, among which the direction of China-U.S. relations is crucial. Facts have proven that China-U.S. relations transcend the bilateral scope, affect world peace, and concern the fate of mankind.

Wang Yi (王毅) stated that the Chinese and American heads of state held a historic meeting in Beijing, conducting frank, in-depth, constructive, and strategic communication on major issues concerning China-U.S. relations and world peace and development, and reached a series of important consensuses. The two sides agreed to take the "China-U.S. constructive strategic and stable relationship" as a new positioning of the two countries' relations, hoping to make efforts towards the direction of cooperation as the main focus, competition within limits, controllable differences, and peace being expectable, and jointly explore the correct way for major countries to get along in the new era. President Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that the realization of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and making America great again can be parallel, mutually reinforcing, and beneficial to the world. The two sides also reached overall balanced and positive economic and trade results, and mutually supported the successful holding of the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting and the G20 Leaders' Summit.

Wang Yi (王毅) emphasized that "Taiwan independence" is 水火不容 (shuǐ huǒ bù róng - "water and fire do not tolerate each other," incompatible) with peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait. Only by adhering to the one-China principle and the spirit of the three China-U.S. joint communiqués can peace in the Taiwan Strait be guaranteed and conflict and confrontation avoided.

Wang Yi (王毅) stated that China is willing to work with the United States to implement the important consensus of the two heads of state and take concrete actions to make the "constructive strategic and stable relationship" a reality as soon as possible.

The American participants stated that U.S.-China relations are the most important bilateral relations in the world today. The Chinese economy demonstrates strong resilience and vitality, and American companies are optimistic about the Chinese market and look forward to increasing investment and cooperation with China.

Wang Yi (王毅) also answered questions about the Chinese economy, artificial intelligence, the Iranian situation, and other topics.

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"Friends of Multilateralism Group" Meeting Joint Communiqué

On May 28, 2026, the "Group of Friends on Global Governance" meeting was held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, with the theme of "Reforming and Improving Global Governance and Working Together to Address Global Challenges." Wang Yi (王毅), Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs, attended the meeting and delivered a speech. Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Dar of Pakistan, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Meredov of Turkmenistan, Foreign Minister Rodriguez of Cuba, Foreign Minister Kulubaev of Kyrgyzstan, Foreign Minister Murwira of Zimbabwe, First Deputy Foreign Minister Ashikbayev of Kazakhstan, and Secretary of State of the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Palida, along with representatives from more than 60 countries, attended the meeting.

Members of the group believe that the world today has entered a period of turbulence and change, the pressures on the United Nations and the multilateral system are increasing, and the global governance deficit is expanding. All parties welcomed the Global Governance Initiative proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping (习近平) and its five core concepts—adhering to sovereign equality, abiding by international rule of law, practicing multilateralism, advocating a people-centered approach, and focusing on action-oriented approaches. They appreciated that the Global Governance Initiative is in line with the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, aiming to defend and practice multilateralism and strengthen the core role of the United Nations in international affairs.

Members of the group affirmed the efforts made by the group on global governance-related issues since its establishment, and conducted in-depth exchanges on how to reform and improve the global governance system, reaching broad consensus. In order to jointly address global challenges, members of the group called on the international community to make the following efforts:

--Maintain the authority of the United Nations. Recognizing that the United Nations is an important outcome of the victory of World War II, it affirmed its irreplaceable and important contributions to maintaining world peace, promoting sustainable development, and protecting and promoting human rights over the past 80 years since its establishment. Firmly safeguard the international system with the United Nations as its core, emphasizing that the role of the United Nations can only be strengthened, not weakened, especially by not taking unilateral actions or politicized and selective means.

--Defend international rule of law. Maintain multilateralism based on international law to strengthen international peace and security, develop friendly and cooperative relations among countries, and maintain the basic norms of international relations based on the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, including respect for national sovereign equality, territorial integrity and political independence, non-interference in the internal affairs of other countries, and no use or threat of force in international relations, and peaceful settlement of disputes. Emphasize that neutrality, dialogue and confidence-building measures are conducive to maintaining peace and security.

--Strengthen solidarity and cooperation. Practice true multilateralism, rebuild bilateral and multilateral mutual trust, strengthen dialogue and consultation, develop international partnerships, deepen cooperation between the United Nations and relevant regional organizations, and jointly address urgent and emerging global challenges such as peace and security, sustainable development, artificial intelligence governance, and the negative impacts of climate change. Focus on action-oriented approaches to form pragmatic results in global governance and respond to the expectations of people of all countries.

--Improve global governance. Promote the United Nations to better adapt to changes in the international situation. By reforming the global governance architecture, including international financial institutions, enhance the voice and representation of countries in the Global South, create an international environment and global partnerships conducive to development, better reflect the legitimate demands of the vast number of developing countries, and support the United Nations to improve quality and efficiency through reforms, and better fulfill the mandates entrusted by member states. Call on the international community to address the challenges, constraints and needs faced by developing countries, especially countries in special situations, African countries, least developed countries, landlocked developing countries and small island developing countries, including the impact of unilateral coercive measures, which are inconsistent with the purposes and principles of the UN Charter and international law.

Members of the group agreed that it is necessary to value friendship and justice, **立己达人** (lì jǐ dá rén - "establish oneself and help others," while seeking success for oneself, one should also help others succeed), closely link their own future and destiny with the future and destiny of the people of all countries, strengthen unity and cooperation, and expand partnerships. It is necessary to adhere to integrity and innovation, openness and inclusiveness, strengthen dialogue and coordination on global governance-related issues, and continuously improve the group's mechanism construction.

Members of the group thanked China for its efforts in hosting this meeting and looked forward to strengthening unity and cooperation to promote the construction of a more just and reasonable global governance system and create a common and beautiful future of peace, security, prosperity and progress.

(Xinhua News Agency, United Nations, May 28)

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Wang Yi Attends "Group of Friends of Global Governance" Meeting

This newspaper reported from the United Nations on May 28th (Reporter Li Zhiwei (李志伟)) Wang Yi (王毅), Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs, attended the "Group of Friends of Global Governance" meeting at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on the 28th. Representatives from more than 60 countries, including the Foreign Ministers of Pakistan (巴基斯坦), Turkmenistan (土库曼斯坦), Kyrgyzstan (吉尔吉斯斯坦), Cuba (古巴), and Zimbabwe (津巴布韦), attended. Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Amina Mohammed, gave a briefing.

Wang Yi (王毅) stated in his keynote speech that President Xi Jinping (习近平) solemnly proposed the Global Governance Initiative last September, emphasizing the five core concepts of sovereign equality, international rule of law, multilateralism, people-centered approach, and action orientation. The initiative has been supported and responded to by nearly 160 countries and international organizations. The "Group of Friends of Global Governance" has been established successively in New York, Geneva, and Vienna, with the number of members reaching more than 60 countries.

Wang Yi (王毅) emphasized that to reform and improve global governance, China proposes the following nine reform directions: First, promote the reform and efficiency of the United Nations; second, enhance the authority and capacity of the Security Council; third, promote the modernization of peacekeeping operations; fourth, build international consensus on accelerating development; fifth, correct the direction of international human rights governance; sixth, deepen the reform of the economic and financial system; seventh, establish artificial intelligence management rules; eighth, strengthen the governance of new frontiers such as cyberspace and outer space; ninth, promote cultural exchange and achieve inclusive mutual learning.

Wang Yi (王毅) stated that this autumn, China will host the "Xiong'an Global Governance Forum" in Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区), this "city of the future," to discuss with all parties the major plan for reforming and improving global governance.

Representatives from participating countries highly praised and supported the Global Governance Initiative and looked forward to strengthening unity and cooperation within the framework of the Group of Friends to jointly promote the construction of a more just and reasonable global governance system.

The meeting also issued a joint communiqué of the "Group of Friends of Global Governance" meeting.

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Shen Yueyue Leads Delegation to Visit Kyrgyzstan

Xinhua News Agency, Bishkek, May 28th (Reporter Jiang Youlin (江宥林)) From May 26th to 28th, Shen Yueyue (沈跃跃), Vice Chairperson of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and Chairperson of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Committee on Good-Neighborliness, Friendship and Cooperation, visited Kyrgyzstan, meeting with Kyrgyz President Zhaparov (扎帕罗夫), Deputy Prime Minister Akunbekov (阿昆别科夫), and Presidential Special Representative Torobaev (托罗巴耶夫), and attended the SCO Forum of Local Leaders and Forum of Sister Cities and the "Health Express Brightness Journey" event.

Shen Yueyue (沈跃跃) conveyed President Xi Jinping's (习近平) cordial greetings to President Zhaparov (扎帕罗夫), stating that under the strategic guidance of the two heads of state, the China-Kyrgyzstan comprehensive strategic partnership in the new era maintains a good momentum of development. China is willing to work with Kyrgyzstan to implement the important consensus of the heads of state and promote the building of a China-Kyrgyzstan community with a shared future featuring good-neighborliness, friendship, and common prosperity. China fully supports Kyrgyzstan in hosting this year's SCO summit.

President Zhaparov (扎帕罗夫) asked Shen Yueyue (沈跃跃) to convey his sincere greetings to President Xi Jinping (习近平), saying that Kyrgyzstan and China are good neighbors, good friends, and good partners. Kyrgyzstan supports the four major global initiatives and is willing to strengthen cooperation with China in various fields to promote the steady and long-term development of bilateral relations.

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Zhu Yongxin Leads CPPCC Delegation on Visit to Namibia

Xinhua News Agency, Windhoek, May 28th (Reporter Lin Jing) From May 26th to 28th, Zhu Yongxin (朱永新), Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (全国政协), led a delegation to visit Namibia, meeting with Namibian Vice President Nangolo Mbumba, Speaker of the National Assembly Katjavivi, and Chairperson of the National Council Lukas Sinimbo Muha.

Zhu Yongxin (朱永新) stated that the traditional friendship between China and Namibia is profound and has remained as solid as a rock 坚如磐石 (jiān rú pán shí - "solid as a rock," extremely firm and unshakable) despite international vicissitudes. This year marks the beginning of China's "15th Five-Year Plan." China is willing to work with Namibia to take the important consensus reached by the two heads of state and the achievements of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (中非合作论坛) Beijing Summit as guidance, promote traditional friendship, strengthen the alignment of development strategies, deepen pragmatic cooperation, and continuously elevate the China-Namibia comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership to new levels, working together to build a closer China-Africa community with a shared future in the new era.

Namibian leaders expressed their gratitude to China for its long-term and valuable support to Namibia. Namibia will unswervingly adhere to the One China principle, maintain close high-level exchanges with China, expand exchanges and cooperation in various fields, and continuously enrich the connotation of the Namibia-China comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership.

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Brazilian Foreign Minister Vieira to Visit China

The People's Daily, Beijing, May 28th (Reporter Cui Qi) Foreign Ministry Spokesperson announced on May 28th: At the invitation of Wang Yi (王毅), Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Brazilian Foreign Minister Vieira will pay an official visit to China from May 31st to June 2nd.

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Zhejiang Jiaxing Nanhu Airport Opens First International Cargo Route

This Hangzhou (杭州) report on May 28th (Reporter Liu Junguo (刘军国)) states that the first international cargo route of Jiaxing Nanhu Airport (嘉兴南湖机场) in Zhejiang (浙江) officially opened on the 28th. Relying on advanced international cargo station facilities, a mature port supervision system, and efficient air-land combined transportation support, Jiaxing Nanhu Airport (嘉兴南湖机场) can achieve efficient cargo collection, rapid inspection, and quick release, reducing costs and increasing efficiency for cargo owners.

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The Private Sector Has Broad Prospects and a Promising Future (Authoritative Release)

By: 本报记者 李昌禹

The private sector is a vital force in advancing Chinese-style modernization and a crucial foundation for high-quality development, playing an irreplaceable role in promoting economic growth, fostering entrepreneurship and innovation, absorbing urban and rural employment, and enhancing people's well-being. On May 28th, the State Council Information Office (国务院新闻办公室) held a meeting with Chinese and foreign journalists on "Strivers on the New Journey," where five representatives of private entrepreneurs and new social strata focused on "Striving in the '15th Five-Year Plan' – Private Enterprises Taking on Responsibilities." They shared their experiences and insights, basing their discussions on corporate practices and integrating into the strategic layout of the "15th Five-Year Plan" to plan for the future development of their enterprises.

"The '15th Five-Year Plan' clearly proposes to accelerate the development of the cultural industry and cultivate excellent cultural enterprises and brands," said Wang Ning (王宁), founder, chairman, and CEO of POP MART International Group. Over the past 16 years of entrepreneurship, Wang Ning has led POP MART from a trendy general store in Beijing (北京) to a world-leading trendy culture and entertainment group, using craftsmanship and innovation to create world-class IP brands.

Wang Ning said that POP MART, as a Chinese cultural enterprise, has received support from various parties in recent years and hopes to become a company like a "tree," creating not only greater commercial value but also more social value, bringing culture and art into life.

Yan Junjie (闫俊杰), founder and CEO of Shanghai Xiyu Jizhi Technology Co., Ltd. (上海稀宇极智科技有限公司), began conducting artificial intelligence research while pursuing his doctorate and started his business four years ago. Currently, he serves hundreds of millions of users worldwide.

Yan Junjie noted that the "15th Five-Year Plan" has a very comprehensive elaboration and layout for "Artificial Intelligence +." Yan Junjie said that artificial intelligence has developed rapidly in recent years and has become a tangible productive force. In the future, efforts should be made to combine artificial intelligence with the entire industrial chain, accelerate industrial development with artificial intelligence, and better benefit the public with artificial intelligence.

"We hope to further enhance our research and judgment capabilities, make the model more advanced, and enable the model to serve more users," said Yan Junjie.

Taking over the baton from his father, inheriting the spirit of industry. Chen Yanni (陈嫣妮), chairman and president of Wolong Holding Group Co., Ltd. (卧龙控股集团有限公司), is a second-generation successor of a private enterprise engaged in the motor and drive control industry. "Since I was a child, my father often took me to the factory. The roar of the lathes in the factory and the scene of the workers carefully soldering wires are very deep memories of my childhood," said Chen Yanni. It was not until she took over the company that she realized the heavy weight of the word "industry."

From a small township factory to today, how to handle the relationship between inheritance and innovation?

"'Inheritance' lets us know where we come from, and 'innovation' lets us know where we are going," said Chen Yanni. The entrepreneurial spirit and the feeling of serving the country through industry that her father's generation has accumulated are the cultural foundation that must be maintained. Promoting the long-term high-quality development of the enterprise depends on innovation. "Facing the '15th Five-Year Plan,' we will closely focus on national strategies and continue to move forward on the road of serving the country through industry."

Liu Wenfeng (刘文峰), chairman and general manager of Jiangxi Feishang Technology Co., Ltd. (江西飞尚科技有限公司), is a technology entrepreneur and also a representative of the new social strata. Since its establishment nearly 16 years ago, the company has grown into an enterprise with more than 1,000 independent intellectual property rights and more than 350 software and hardware products.

"The vitality of an enterprise comes from continuous innovation." In Liu Wenfeng's view, with the continuous iteration of technology, innovation must be continuous.

"The '15th Five-Year Plan' provides many opportunities for private enterprises, especially technology-based private enterprises." Liu Wenfeng said, "In this era, as long as private enterprises can base themselves on their businesses, root themselves in their main industries, continue to innovate, and closely follow national strategies, they will have great potential."

Similar to Liu Wenfeng, Gao Qing (高青), general manager of Shenzhen Jingfeng Crystal Technology Co., Ltd. (深圳市晶峰晶体科技有限公司), is also a representative of the new social strata and a member of the "Kechuang China" service group for new social strata nationwide.

"The new social strata are dynamic, knowledgeable, and powerful," said Gao Qing. "We should continue to use our expertise and professional knowledge to serve the country."

Engaged in the key basic electronic component quartz crystal industry for many years, Gao Qing has led the company to focus on technology, conduct in-depth research and development, and break the monopoly of foreign products. Today, Jingfeng Crystal has become a core supplier to many Fortune 500 companies.

"The '15th Five-Year Plan' provides significant opportunities for the development of our electronic component industry." Gao Qing said, "Looking forward to the '15th Five-Year Plan,' we are very confident that we will seize the opportunities, on the one hand, use artificial intelligence and digital intelligence to improve production efficiency; on the other hand, we must make up for shortcomings and strengthen weaknesses, and specialize and refine our products."

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The Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee Allocates 72 Million Yuan from Party Membership Dues Managed on Behalf of the Central Committee to Support Disaster Relief in Six Provinces and Regions Including Anhui and Guangxi

People's Daily, Beijing, May 28th (Reporter Zhang Yang (张洋)) Recently, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) made important instructions on flood prevention and disaster relief work. In order to implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important instructions, the Organization Department of the Central Committee (中央组织部) allocated 72 million yuan of special funds from the Party fees managed on behalf of the Central Committee to 6 provinces and autonomous regions including Anhui (安徽) and Guangxi (广西) to support disaster relief work.

The Organization Department of the Central Committee (中央组织部) requested that all localities earnestly implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important instructions, fully respond to the disaster situation, solidly carry out disaster relief work, and effectively safeguard the safety of people's lives and property. The Organization Department of the Central Committee (中央组织部) emphasized that this Party fee should be allocated to the grassroots level in a timely manner, and relevant provinces and cities should implement supporting funds from the Party fees managed at their own level according to the actual situation and invest them in disaster relief work.

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Exemplary Conduct, Solid Achievements (People's Forum)

By: 于 石

What is the purpose of being an official?

During grassroots research, when discussing this topic with young cadres, I found that the concept of "becoming an official and getting rich are two separate paths" is firmly rooted in their minds. However, some also frankly admitted: "There are considerable 'tests' in the work, especially those temptations that help you achieve political achievements, and special attention should be paid to prevention."

"When a pie falls from the sky, it is when there is a trap on the ground." General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) once quoted this sentence to warn party members and cadres at all levels, "Once a benefit suddenly comes out of nowhere, you must be vigilant." Keeping the warning in mind and guarding against it at all times, and comparing ourselves with role models to reflect on ourselves at all times, will help us strengthen our awareness of integrity and cultivate a correct view of political achievements.

In the heavy rain, Yin Chunyan (尹春燕), who was organizing the evacuation of the masses, was unfortunately swept away by the flood. The last phone call she made said: "I will only feel relieved when I see it with my own eyes"; rooted in the snowy plateau, Jianzeng Luobu (坚增罗布), the "most beautiful civil servant," insisted on guarding the border, adhering to the principle of "dedication without complaint, endless pursuit"... With the masses in their hearts and thinking of the masses in everything, they achieve real results and true achievements with a selfless state.

"To accomplish great things, one must endure great hardships. The top leader must rely on urgent, difficult, dangerous, and heavy tasks." Wang Boxiang (王伯祥) led the people of Shouguang (寿光) in Shandong (山东) to develop the vegetable market and develop Shoubei (寿北), turning barren beaches into granaries; He Jiaolong (贺娇龙) practiced the people-centered concept with her life, turning personal traffic into increased development for her hometown, and all live broadcast rewards were used for public welfare... Daring to touch "hard nails" and being good at solving "complex equations," they engraved their political achievements in the hearts of the people with a sense of responsibility.

On the other hand, some people, driven by selfish and distracting thoughts, equate being an official with enjoying happiness and political achievements with promotion, and become keen on engaging in "image projects" and "vanity projects." When the desire for promotion meets a "project" that is delivered to their door, when the impulse for political achievements meets a coincidental "good thing," the trap is at their feet.

Power belongs to the public, not to the individual. It can only be used to share worries for the party, do things for the country, and seek benefits for the people. Doing everything out of public interest, being clear about public justice, and adhering to public morality, breaking away from personal gain, temporary benefit, and the interests of one's own corner, can enable us to have sharp eyes to recognize traps and a calm mind to maintain a firm work style.

With a strong work style, we must also learn to act according to the rules, not take shortcuts or seek false fame, 心不动于微利之诱，目不眩于五色之惑 (xīn bù dòng yú wēi lì zhī yòu, mù bù xuàn yú wǔ sè zhī huò - "heart unmoved by petty profits, eyes undazzled by colorful temptations," to remain steadfast and unswayed by temptations), and do things well in a down-to-earth and pragmatic manner.

Zhongxian County (忠县) in Chongqing (重庆), located in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River (长江), has made subtractions in attracting investment, rejecting more than 10 high-consumption and high-pollution industrial projects; it has made additions in green transformation, carrying out green and intelligent transformation of 56 projects in 26 enterprises, creating 2 national-level green factories, and building more than 100,000 mu of bamboo forests on both sides of the Yangtze River. Instead of being greedy for temporary gains or engaging in superficial work, it pursues "real and substantial growth without exaggeration."

From project implementation to urban renewal to investment promotion, all work should not be based on the impulse for political achievements. How to resist temptation and avoid traps? General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has a vivid saying: "Our door gods must be placed correctly, and big and small ghosts must not enter."

With a heart of reverence, cultivate the inner learning of Party spirit. With a sense of awe in our hearts, be cautious in solitude, in the beginning, in the subtle, and in desire. Only by adhering to principles in the face of temptation can we put more thought and energy into achieving political achievements for the people and achieving political achievements through hard work.

Establish preventive measures and build a solid line of defense for the rule of power by the system. From clarifying the list of powers and responsibilities to consolidating the main responsibility, establishing iron rules and strengthening hard constraints, ensuring that there must be responsibility for power, the use of power is subject to supervision, dereliction of duty must be held accountable, and violations of the law must be investigated, truly achieving success without accidents, and making achievements without acting recklessly.

With a strong work style, political achievements are solid. Taking the responsibility of serving the Party for the public and benefiting the people on our shoulders, not believing in "good things" that fall from the sky, but doing good things in a down-to-earth manner, and cultivating a correct view of political achievements with a pragmatic style, a clean style, and a people-centered style, "our minds must be particularly clear and our positions must be particularly firm."

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Photo Report

On May 27th, the newly built Chao Lake (巢湖) to Ma'anshan (马鞍山) High-Speed Railway officially started static acceptance work, marking the basic completion of the main construction of the high-speed railway. The picture shows the construction scene of Ma'anshan South Station (马鞍山南站) taken on May 28th.

Photo by Zhang Mingwei (张明伟) (People's Vision (人民视觉)).

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The First Batch of Basic Medical Insurance Medical Service Item Catalog to be Released in the Fourth Quarter

This newspaper reported from Beijing on May 28th (Reporter Sun Xiuyan (孙秀艳)) The National Healthcare Security Administration (国家医保局) recently released the "National Basic Medical Insurance Medical Service Item Directory (First Batch) Formulation Work Plan" and publicly solicited social opinions.

The formulation of the directory adheres to the principle of putting people's health at the center, firmly grasping the "basic security" function of basic medical insurance, doing our best and acting according to our capabilities. Comprehensively considering factors such as the affordability of funds in various provinces, clinical needs, and social impact, the principle of overall stability and smooth connection is followed to scientifically delineate the scope of medical service item security. Considering that there are certain differences in the scope of medical insurance payment for medical service items in various provinces (autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government), the National Healthcare Security Administration (国家医保局) medical service item directory will first be implemented for patients receiving cross-provincial medical treatment in different places, and then gradually promote national unification.

According to reports, the medical insurance medical service item directory is based on clinically chargeable medical service price items with government-guided prices. Except for special items such as blood-related charges, the classification and item scope are determined based on the "National Medical Service Price Item Project Establishment Guidelines (Trial Implementation)" issued by the National Healthcare Security Administration (国家医保局). Considering that most of the project establishment guidelines have been issued, the National Healthcare Security Administration (国家医保局) will formulate them in batches according to the implementation of the project establishment guidelines in various provinces, following the procedures. The first batch considers covering 11 categories of items: "clinical scale assessment, Traditional Chinese Medicine (moxibustion, cupping, massage), Traditional Chinese Medicine external treatment, Traditional Chinese Medicine acupuncture, Traditional Chinese Medicine bone injury, Traditional Chinese Medicine special therapy, dental implant, assisted reproduction, obstetrics, radiological examination, and rehabilitation."

According to the work plan arrangement, the formulation of the first batch of medical insurance medical service item directory will be promoted in three stages: "preparation-review-release." Among them, October to November 2026 is the release stage. Combining expert review opinions and fund measurement, the first batch of directories will be formed and printed and distributed according to procedures.

The relevant person in charge of the National Healthcare Security Administration (国家医保局) stated that because it is the first time to formulate, all tasks need to start from scratch and explore in a coordinated manner. Therefore, the formulation cycle is relatively long, and it is initially estimated that it will take about 2 years to complete the formulation and release of the entire directory.

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A Career Taster Guided Me to My Goal (Stable Employment: My Job-Seeking Story)

By: 本报记者 沈靖然

In front of the production line of the Chang'an Automobile Chongqing Production Base (长城汽车重庆生产基地), Wu Yue, a 2026 graduate of Chongqing Intelligent Engineering Vocational College (重庆智能工程职业学院), was carefully checking the incoming and outgoing materials with a terminal device in his hand. Just a few months ago, this young man in his early twenties was still worried about his future. But now, his eyes are filled with steadfastness, "A career experience has helped me find the direction to work towards."

Wu Yue participated in the "100,000 College Students Career Experience Action" launched by Chongqing Municipality (重庆市) in August 2025. This initiative utilizes winter and summer vacations, weekends, and other spare time to organize college students, recent graduates, and unemployed college graduates within two years of graduation to participate in 1 to 5 days of career experience in grassroots government agencies, advanced manufacturing, and productive service enterprises nearby. Since the implementation of the action, it has cumulatively organized 78,000 college students to enter enterprises and factories, and has facilitated more than 36,000 college students to achieve employment or participate in employment preparation activities.

Walking into the workshop, seeing the real industry

Three years ago, when Wu Yue stepped into the gate of a vocational school, his heart was full of apprehension. In today's rapidly developing intelligence, he was worried about his future after graduation.

The change happened in a career experience. Last year, Wu Yue signed up for a career experience activity at the Chang'an Automobile Chongqing Production Base (长城汽车重庆生产基地) located in Yongchuan District, Chongqing (重庆市永川区). The moment he walked into the factory building, the scene in front of him subverted his impression - there was no noisy and harsh machine noise, and the entire workshop was clean, tidy, and orderly.

"The big screen above is like the 'smart brain' of the workshop, and the production data and equipment operating status of each workstation are displayed on it in real time." What impressed Wu Yue the most was the intelligent torque system in the workshop. In the past, he heard the old masters say that tightening screws relied entirely on the master's feel and experience, but here the system automatically sets the precise torque value, and after tightening, the data is directly uploaded to the cloud for archiving, and the status of each connection point is clear and traceable at any time.

The master who took Wu Yue was a technical backbone in the factory. Once, the master found a subtle abnormal curve on the screen and said to him: "Although this parameter is only a slight fluctuation, if it is not adjusted in time, it will cause a jam later, and the efficiency of the entire production line will be dragged down. Remember, in our line of work, sensitivity to data is the key to solving problems."

That time, Wu Yue followed the master, holding a terminal to scan the code, retrieve the equipment operation log, and analyze the cause of the abnormality. For the first time, he truly felt that the current workers are no longer simple operators, but technicians who integrate digital production lines and intelligent manufacturing.

"This experience allowed me to match the theory in the classroom with the actual skill requirements of the workshop, and I suddenly felt confident." After returning, Wu Yue was no longer confused, and he plunged into the study of professional skills. Now, he has successfully joined the Chang'an Automobile Chongqing Branch (长城汽车重庆分公司). In his opinion, vocational education is a high-quality track that can reap a skill and have great potential.

Filling the gaps, finding the right career direction

"Before going to the enterprise for experience, I always felt that the atmosphere of the workplace would be particularly serious, and I was a little worried." Zhao Pei, a computer science and technology major at the School of Computer Science of Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications (重庆邮电大学计算机学院), recalled. In the second semester of her senior year, she saw a post about the "100,000 College Students Career Experience Action" on the school's official account. Under the mobilization of the school teachers, she booked a position online with a try-it-out mentality.

Zhao Pei went to Changan Minsheng Logistics (长安民生物流) and CVTE Group (视源股份), a technology company, one after another. After entering the enterprise, she found that everyone was particularly kind and amiable, and she relaxed all of a sudden. "This experience also made me less nervous during the interview later," Zhao Pei said.

When experiencing at CVTE Group (视源股份), Zhao Pei did not submit her resume online in advance, but wanted to learn more about the company's recruitment positions and direct sales business, so she handed her resume to the human resources department on the spot. The human resources department saw that she was here to participate in the experience activity and arranged an interview for her on the spot.

This experience not only helped Zhao Pei gain the opportunity for an on-site interview, but also made her see her shortcomings. In the exchange, she noticed that these companies attached great importance to big data and economics knowledge when recruiting. After returning to school, Zhao Pei learned knowledge in related fields in a targeted manner, and supplemented and emphasized these skill points when submitting her resume later. In the end, these skill points helped her successfully sign a contract with Huawei Cloud Computing Technology Co., Ltd. (华为云计算技术有限公司).

Yu Bingbing, a classmate of Zhao Pei, found his career direction in the experience of the intelligent warehousing center of Changan Minsheng Logistics (长安民生物流). "I used to think that studying engineering must be engaged in technology development. After the experience, I found that I prefer to communicate with people than pure development positions. Finding a job is about finding a stage that fits my abilities." After finding the right position, Yu Bingbing turned his job search direction to sales and management trainee positions. When applying for the management trainee position of China Unicom Chongqing Branch (中国联通重庆分公司), he fully demonstrated his organizational planning and communication skills to solve problems, and finally successfully obtained a job invitation.

Multi-party linkage, building a bridge between schools and enterprises

Campus recruitment was also directly moved to the factory workshop. Nan'an District (南岸区) organized 50 college students from Chongqing Jiaotong University (重庆交通大学) to enter China Power Construction Group Chongqing Engineering Co., Ltd. (中国电建集团重庆工程有限公司) for career experience, and opened a green channel for direct resume submission on the spot. On the same day, 10 college students directly reached employment intentions with the enterprise.

These vivid stories of young job seekers are precisely Chongqing's attempt to explore the front-end of public employment services.

"In response to the problems of college graduates and other young people's vague career planning and one-sided understanding of positions, we have adopted a '4+1+N' service model." Bin Liyong, deputy director of the Employment Promotion and Unemployment Insurance Division of the Chongqing Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau (重庆市人社局), introduced, "'4' means organizing college students to 'see the development of the city, see the corporate culture, see the production workshop, and see the food and accommodation conditions'; '1' is to arrange business backbones to demonstrate on-site and let students do hands-on practice; 'N' is to provide supporting public services such as policy publicity, career guidance, and entrepreneurship guidance."

In order to build a high-quality experience platform, Chongqing has gathered the resource advantages of multiple departments such as human resources and social security, education, and economy and information technology. Each district and county has visited and conducted centralized publicity to mobilize high-quality enterprises and institutions to participate. Up to now, the city has selected 185 key enterprises as career experience units, developed about 30,000 experience positions in four major categories, including school-enterprise cooperation internships, employment internships, grassroots government agencies experience, and "returning home" social practice, and established a special area on the public service website to release information.

After college students successfully register online, the information will be uniformly summarized, and the government will fund the purchase of 7-day personal accident insurance for students through commercial insurance companies to eliminate worries.

"In the next step, Chongqing Municipality (重庆市) will focus on organizing and mobilizing the 2027 college graduates to participate in career experience, continue to expand the scale of the experience base, improve the talent training mechanism, and use carefully designed positions and open workshops to clear the fog of employment for more young students and build a bridge for trial and error and growth," Bin Liyong said.

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The Welfare and Protection of Children in Difficult Circumstances Continues to Improve

This newspaper reported from Beijing on May 28th (Reporter Wu Chuqi (吴储岐)) that the reporter learned from the Ministry of Civil Affairs (民政部): By the end of 2025, a total of 570,000 orphans and de facto unattended children nationwide have been included in the scope of protection, and the protection standards have been steadily improved. Among them, the average protection standard for orphans raised in children's welfare institutions is 2069.9 yuan per person per month; the average protection standard for socially scattered orphans is 1606.8 yuan per person per month; and the average protection standard for de facto unattended children is 1593.4 yuan per person per month. All regions have promptly and fully distributed basic living expenses to orphans and de facto unattended children, effectively guaranteeing their basic living conditions.

The Ministry of Civil Affairs (民政部) urged and guided all regions to improve and perfect precise protection measures for de facto unattended children in terms of basic living, education, psychological health, and care services. It also improved and implemented a long-term mechanism to control dropout rates, preventing new dropouts and rebounds, implementing educational assistance and support measures, ensuring that disadvantaged children groups such as de facto unattended children have equal access to compulsory education, and comprehensively improving the psychological health level and physical and mental health of disadvantaged children such as de facto unattended children.

The Ministry of Civil Affairs (民政部) promoted the improvement of the quality and efficiency of child assistance and protection institutions, and issued the "Interim Measures for the Management of Child Assistance and Protection Institutions." During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the number of child assistance and protection institutions established with the approval of the establishment department increased by 2 times compared with the end of 2020. The Ministry of Civil Affairs (民政部) carried out the first batch of national high-quality development reform pilot projects for children's welfare institutions, issued the "Judgment Standards for Major Accident Hazards in Children's Welfare Institutions," and organized the formulation and revision of 12 industry standards in the field of child welfare. The Ministry of Civil Affairs (民政部) has incorporated the entire group of mobile children into the scope of national system protection, and jointly with relevant departments issued the "Action Plan for Strengthening the Care and Protection of Mobile Children."

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Page 1 Editors: Hu Anqi, Zhao Zheng, Luan Xinyi; Page 2 Editors: Lü Li, Qi Jiarun, Guo Xueyan; Page 3 Editors: Han Xiaoming, Jiang Bo, Guan Haoyu; Page 4 Editors: Yuan Zhenxi, Chen Zhen, Zhang Xueyan

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Develop Broad Shoulders and Hone True Skills (Talking About Establishing and Practicing a Correct View of Performance Achievements ⑤)

General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "Leading cadres must not only have broad shoulders to take responsibility, but also have real skills to accomplish things." Broad shoulders are needed to bear heavy burdens, and strong skills are needed to accomplish things. In this issue of "Everyone's Talk," we have selected and published three submissions to share the thoughts and insights of the three authors with you.

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Persist in "Digging Deep Wells"

Ma Fangzheng (马方正), Bozhou City, Anhui Province

When I first arrived at the grassroots level, I asked a senior for advice on how to do a good job. He said, "Don't be impetuous. It's better to dig one deep well that can quench thirst and last for a long time than to dig a hundred shallow wells." After working for a period of time, I have a deeper understanding of "digging deep wells." For example, some villages develop industries, but the projects change frequently. Although it seems lively, it is actually a waste of effort, and the villagers can hardly benefit from it. In starting a business, the most taboo is being eager for quick success and instant benefits, and scratching the surface, just like digging a well to find a spring, emphasizing the word "deep."

To dig a deep well, it is necessary to find the right direction. To dig a well, it is necessary to accurately locate it. If you do not distinguish the soil and water, it is difficult to see a clear spring. Based on the overall situation, understand the local reality, the people's expectations, and the laws of development, so that each "swing of the shovel" is connected to the needs of development and the aspirations of the people, so that the "well water" can flow for a long time and benefit the people for a long time.

To dig a deep well, it is also necessary to overcome difficulties. Not afraid of difficulties, not detouring when encountering stubborn rocks, and using the spirit of nailing nails to tackle tough problems, can we solve problems in deep digging.

To dig a deep well, the satisfaction of the masses should be the standard. Whether a well is good or not depends not on the size of the wellhead, but on whether the water quality is clear and the water volume is sufficient. To truly let the clear spring flow into the hearts of the people, we must take the people's sense of gain as a measure, and use every effort on the blade.

True achievements are made by working hard in a down-to-earth manner; good days are created bit by bit. Digging a deep well shows responsibility and ability.

Put in the "Slow Work"

Song Jiafeng (宋佳峰), Quzhou City, Zhejiang Province

Good tea needs to go through withering, rolling, and baking. If there is a problem in one link, the quality will not be guaranteed. The most important thing is "slow work." This is the principle of making tea, and the same is true for doing work.

Slow is not standing still, let alone being passive and slack, but to understand the situation and lay a solid foundation. When I first joined the job, I always wanted to do something as soon as possible. However, the senior gave me "a bucket of cold water." Instead of rushing to put pressure on me, he handed me a pen, a notebook, and a map: "Don't think about anything else. Take a month to understand the roads, water, fields, people, and other conditions in the village." At the same time, he also arranged for experienced "old township" officials to take me to the countryside hand in hand.

Slow is not procrastination, but to do one thing at a time and strive for practical results. From the first time I knocked on the door of an old villager's house with sweat in my palms and a tongue-tied, to now the villagers kindly call "Little Song (小宋) is here," from only asking "What other ideas do you have?" to writing down in the notebook "How long has a certain section of the canal been repaired and not yet repaired?" Slowly, I became familiar with the villagers and found more points of effort and breakthroughs in my work. Step by step, the sales channels of agricultural products have been widened, the damaged road surfaces have been repaired, and the village appearance has become cleaner.

Steady and steady progress may seem slower, but it is not easy to take detours, and it will be faster in the long run. Remove the impetuousness of seeking quick success, cultivate the determination to seek progress in stability, and put in the "slow work" to truly benefit the masses and benefit them for a long time.

Actively "Find Things to Do"

Ma Ailong (马爱龙), Hotan Prefecture, Xinjiang

When visiting the village, I heard an old branch secretary say, "Cadres serving the masses are most afraid of being like the beads on an abacus, not moving unless they are moved," and I couldn't help but feel nervous. Whether it is proactive or passive, the effect is very different. If you only want to "maintain the status quo" and "get by," it will affect the progress of serving the people and damage the image of the Party and the government in the hearts of the people.

Serving the people should not be passive waiting, but proactive action. When some cadres visited, they saw that there was a section of road without street lights on the way home from school for left-behind children. They immediately reported it to the relevant departments and strived to coordinate funds to install street lights. The masses commented, "The matter was handled well"; some cadres found that the drainage ditch was blocked before the rainy season, and organized cleaning and dredging without waiting for flood notifications. The villagers praised, "The young man is careful." These things seem small, but they make the masses truly feel that "cadres are around." Actively discovering problems and actively solving problems is true action and true responsibility.

Between "waiting for instructions" and "finding things to do," there is often a sense of responsibility. The former is a passive response of "want me to do it," and the latter is a proactive action of "I want to do it." Grassroots work is complex and complicated. If everything is about "waiting," it may turn small problems into big contradictions and easily miss good opportunities. Those cadres who make the masses give a thumbs up are often those who have work in their eyes, things in their hearts, work in their hands, and mud on their feet. Changing from "waiting for the masses to come to the door" to "delivering services to the door," actively thinking about things, planning things, and doing things, can we be good intimate people of the masses and create extraordinary achievements in ordinary positions.

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Don't Let Sightseeing Become "Scenery-Damaging" (Commentator's Observation)

By: 常 晋

Embracing a systematic perspective, clarifying causal chains, identifying intervention points, and utilizing the rule of law for precise governance are essential for effectively resolving complex issues.

In recent years, hiking in the mountains has become fashionable, and the outdoor economy is booming. However, in some places, along with the large number of tourists, comes a massive amount of garbage. Beverage bottles and packaging bags are scattered in valleys and grass, which not only spoils the scenery but also causes lasting damage to the ecology.

How can we manage garbage while developing the outdoor economy? In addition to strengthening publicity and education and awakening moral consciousness, many places rely on government support to clean up garbage or rely on volunteer teams to pick it up regularly. In addition, what other good ideas are there?

We can find the answer by planning the overall situation with systematic thinking, consolidating the foundation with the rule of law thinking, and improving quality and efficiency with precise governance, as well as cultivating habits, upgrading governance, professional guidance, and joint prevention and control by the masses.

The concept of system is a basic ideology and working method, which points out the way for building a co-governance system. The planning and management of hiking routes often involve multiple departments such as forestry and grassland, culture and tourism, and local towns, which can easily lead to ambiguity of powers and responsibilities and create gaps in governance. Only by straightening out the chain of responsibility of various departments and links, coordinating various means such as the rule of law and economy, and building a co-governance mechanism led by the government and coordinated by the society can we resolve the dual challenges of difficulty in developing environmental protection habits and high governance costs, restore the purity of green mountains, and protect the clarity of green waters.

The accumulation of garbage in some mountainous areas is largely related to the absence of supervision and the lack of rules to follow. In particular, it is necessary to strengthen the ability to apply the rule of law thinking and promote the construction of regulations in a targeted manner. Taking Jinchuan County (金川县) in Sichuan (四川) as an example, the local government issued the "Mountain Climbing and Outdoor Sports Management Measures (Trial Version)," clarifying the main responsibilities and explicitly requiring hiking teams to properly dispose of garbage, and non-degradable garbage must be carried down the mountain and disposed of in accordance with regulations. Continuously improving local legislation and issuing targeted documents, so that governance has rules to follow and responsibilities are assigned to someone, outdoor garbage management will have a more stable and lasting impetus.

Finding the root cause also requires finding the right treatment and putting in the effort of "embroidery." Precise governance means varying according to time, place, and people, with both constraints and incentives, using clever efforts to leverage the solution of problems. In reality, some places charge a "hygiene fee" to all people entering the mountains, which has caused controversy. It should be noted that not all tourists litter, and the lack of facilities such as trash cans in some places is also one of the causes of the problem. In contrast, some scenic spots have innovated the "environmental protection deposit" system, where tourists can get a refund if they bring back a certain weight of garbage on their return trip; some places distribute free environmental protection bags to encourage picking up garbage and exchanging it for souvenirs. These measures not only help to make up for the shortcomings of facilities, but also strengthen the public's sense of responsibility. Innovating the guidance mechanism and creating an atmosphere in which everyone actively participates is the best policy.

To prevent the "broken window effect," strict law enforcement and supervision are necessary guarantees. In March of this year, two tourists were severely criticized and punished according to law for littering in the Qinling Mountains (秦岭) and clashing with volunteers, demonstrating the majesty of the rule of law. Strengthening public interest litigation for ecological environment and carrying out warning of typical cases can continuously increase the cost of violations, so as to form an effective deterrent and prompt tourists to respect regulations and restrain themselves.

Looking at the broader picture, various governance problems continue to emerge. If we only respond passively and treat the symptoms, we will always be fighting fires. Embracing a systematic perspective, clarifying causal chains, identifying intervention points, and utilizing the rule of law for precise governance are essential for effectively resolving complex issues. For example, Shanghai (上海) promotes garbage classification. In addition to issuing management regulations, it also provides facilities such as hand washing and deodorization to address residents' mentality of "disliking dirt and fearing trouble," using precise services to resolve governance resistance. As another example, Beijing (北京) has promoted the construction of more than 1 million charging interfaces, while strictly investigating violations, combining dredging and blocking, and the phenomenon of charging electric bicycles indoors has been significantly reduced.

With the tenacity of achieving success over time and the ingenuity of being good at achieving success, turning "thinking" into "doing" and making self-discipline a conscious action, the flower of civilization will surely bloom in the mountains and take root in the depths of people's hearts.

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Helping Innovation Navigate Slopes and Overcome Obstacles (People's Daily Commentary)

By: 李 婧

Achieving a high level of self-reliance and self-strengthening in science and technology is an inevitable requirement for winning the initiative in development and a strategic support for high-quality development. During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, how can we promote the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation with industrial innovation and improve the ability of systematic innovation?

Two recent news stories offer inspiration.

Shanghai (上海) released the 2026 Basic Research Program "Explorer Program" (first batch) project application guidelines, encouraging more companies to join in scientific and technological activities such as the formation, investment, organization, and evaluation of basic research projects.

Chengdu (成都), Sichuan (四川) Province, is implementing a "Science and Technology Vice President" system, and a new batch of high-level scientific and technological talents from universities and research institutes have been stationed in enterprises to help open up channels for the industrialization of scientific and technological achievements.

The practices in the two regions focus on the original innovation "from 0 to 1" and the transformation of achievements "from 1 to N" respectively, which are vivid examples of leveraging government guidance and complementary roles to enhance the effectiveness of the integration of scientific and technological innovation with industrial innovation.

Basic research is "climbing a slope," characterized by long cycles, large investments, and high risks. It is impossible to rely solely on market regulation and corporate investment. It is necessary to precisely compensate for the failure of the invisible hand with a tangible hand. Shanghai's (上海) "Explorer Program" breaks the traditional direct financial subsidy model, with the government and enterprises jointly investing to push industry-university-research cooperation to the forefront of the innovation chain. The tangible hand does not overstep to interfere with technical routes or replace market judgment of direction, but rather builds a platform to coordinate topic selection and resources, guiding innovative elements to tilt towards basic research.

The transformation of achievements is "crossing a hurdle." From the laboratory to the production line, a large number of technological achievements are trapped in the "two skins" of the research and industrial ends. The government, acting as a "barrier breaker" and "bridge builder," is conducive to close cooperation between the research and industrial ends. Chengdu's (成都) "Science and Technology Vice President" system is a vivid practice of this governance approach, which not only allows researchers to realize their self-worth in the implementation of technology, but also incorporates practical industrial problems into the scope of scientific research, accelerating the large-scale and industrial application of scientific and technological achievements.

The cultivation of systematic innovation capabilities cannot be achieved through the simple superposition of policies. It is necessary to enhance systematic thinking, pay attention to comprehensive balance, and strengthen reform and innovation. The government's role needs to be further transformed into a service provider and enabler, safeguarding the cultivation of an open, inclusive, vibrant, and virtuous cycle of high-quality innovation ecosystem.

Shifting from all-encompassing to precise policy implementation requires a proactive role for the enabling government to fill the blind spots of the market mechanism and not overstep in areas where the market mechanism operates effectively. In response to shortcomings such as weak basic research, dispersed innovation resources, and unsmooth flow of factors, we must actively take action and exert precise efforts. In the face of pain points and difficulties such as institutional barriers to talent mobility, information asymmetry caused by poor communication, and mismatches between scientific research evaluation and industrial needs, we must remove obstacles and unleash potential. With more precise and appropriate efforts from the tangible hand, the innovation nursery will be more prosperous.

Shifting from project thinking to ecological thinking, the focus of government services should not remain in one area, but should focus on the overall situation. In the past, various regions used all their means to compete for projects and platforms; now, cultivating talent pools and nurturing innovation ecosystems has become the proactive choice of more and more places. Cultivating an innovation ecosystem should not be **大包大揽** (dà bāo dà lǎn - "undertaking everything," taking on too much responsibility), but should follow the laws and pay attention to practicalities: cultivating good regulatory soil, such as intellectual property protection and risk-sharing mechanisms; building good platform facilities, such as generic technology research and development and pilot-scale maturation bases; and activating innovative elements, such as flexible talent mobility and patient capital accompaniment.

A superior ecosystem leads to stronger innovation. In the surging tide of the new round of technological revolution, the competition for innovation has long surpassed a single technological competition and evolved into a deep game about industrial integration, ecological cultivation, and governance wisdom. Taking proactive action and improving the ability of systematic innovation will surely inject a continuous stream of momentum into high-quality development.

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Upgrading orchards by grafting superior varieties and dwarfing; drone transportation and "field-side station" cold chain logistics facilities quickly "lock in" freshness; "lychee customization" new production and marketing models help fruit farmers increase their income... It's lychee season again, and the "lychee freedom" that satisfies the taste buds, from "one season of fresh fruit" to "year-round industry," is backed by a comprehensive upgrade of the modern agricultural industrial system, production system, and management system.

This is precisely:

Without the need for swift horses to tread the mortal world,
Vast mountains and passes are traversed in a single day.
Industrial transformation promotes the prosperity of the people,
Every fresh and sweet kernel enters the heart.

Cheng Senwen (成森文)

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Industrial tourism should have substance and warmth (Perspective)

By: 周明华

From removing the "No Entry for Unauthorized Personnel" sign to the high demand for visits to Xiaomi's smart factory and young people taking photos at the Shougang Park (首钢园) blast furnace, industrial tourism is rapidly "going viral." Visiting factories and production lines, the 798 Art District (798艺术区) in Beijing (北京), the Hainan (海南) Wenchang (文昌) Aerospace Supercomputing Center (航天超算中心)... new cultural tourism highlights are everywhere.

Why is industrial tourism so popular? Ultimately, it scratches three itches for tourists. First, curiosity: people often use their phones, but few can explain how chips "grow" from sand. Second, nostalgia: the roar of machines in old factories holds echoes of their parents' youth. Third, a sense of contrast: cold steel collides with warm life, and hardcore production lines encounter romantic travel, creating a sense of novelty through this mix-and-match.

In Sichuan (四川), the "Third Front Memories" (三线记忆) of the steel city of Panzhihua (攀枝花), the deep drilling relics of well salt in Zigong (自贡), and the Third Front military industrial relics in Deyang (德阳)... these are all industrial cultural tourism gold mines with considerable potential. But to truly break through, simply opening the doors is not enough; various methods must be employed.

For example, making hardcore industry more interesting. Autostadt in Wolfsburg, Germany, turns the area next to the Volkswagen factory into an automotive amusement park, allowing visitors to drive simulators, race cars, and manually tighten screws, maximizing the experience. The Third Front relics in Sichuan (四川) could create immersive script murder mystery games, allowing young people to touch history while "solving cases" in the game, which is more enjoyable than simply listening to explanations.

Furthermore, turning old sites into showplaces. The Eastern Suburb Memory (东郊记忆) block in Chengdu (成都) accommodates the heat of music festivals and the contemplation of art exhibitions in mottled old factory buildings, attracting a constant stream of visitors. Old factories are transformed magnificently, with memory embracing the future, giving industrial heritage warmth.

However, if limited to these measures, industrial tourism may only become a temporary "internet sensation." To achieve overall upgrades and move towards long-term popularity, three "turns" need to be completed.

From "showing off selling points" to "explaining the intricacies." Industrial tourism should not be limited to taking photos and shopping, but should be an immersive "industrial literacy class"—thoroughly explaining the logic of industrial civilization, the craftsmanship of manufacturing, and the trajectory of innovation. Only by digging deep can we expand outwards.

From "single-point check-ins" to "linear roaming." Most industrial relics are distributed around cities, requiring efforts to connect the dots into chains and link points into areas, forming "industrial heritage corridors" or "industrial tourism zones," coupled with characteristic homestays, themed dining, and other business formats, attracting tourists to stay a few more nights, slow down, and take a good look.

From "supporting role" to "leading role." In industrial tourism, some factories themselves have cultural tourism attributes. For example, the Tate Modern in London, England, transforms the turbine hall of a power plant into an art exhibition hall, and turns industrial chimneys into city landmarks. Production lines become scenic lines, injecting an industrial style into the tourism industry, which can also expand new development space.

The charm of industry is more fully demonstrated the moment it opens to the public. Cities and factories welcome visitors from all directions, reaping not only traffic and income, but also profound cultural confidence.

(Excerpted from *Sichuan Daily* (《四川日报》), originally titled "Industrial Tourism Needs to Open Doors and Open 'Brain Holes'")

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The Deepest Affection Moves People's Hearts (Heartwarming News & Hot Takes)

By: 程 红

Key words: "A Letter to Grandma"

Event: Recently, "A Letter to Grandma" has become a dark horse in the film market, with both box office and word-of-mouth soaring. Without traffic stars, no cool special effects, no deliberate sensationalism, and no aggressive marketing, this small-budget film has repeatedly won the single-day box office champion, and has attracted more than 700,000 people to score on the rating website Douban (豆瓣), obtaining a high score of over 9 points. The film's "reversal" has triggered widespread discussion: what kind of works does the market like, and how should literary and artistic works obtain lasting vitality?

Review:

The story of "A Letter to Grandma" is not complicated: Teochew (潮汕) youth Zheng Musheng (郑木生) goes to Nanyang (南洋) to make a living, while his wife Ye Shurou (叶淑柔) stays in her hometown, raising children and managing the family. The two maintain contact through Qiaopi (侨批) (remittance vouchers with attached letters or simple notes). Years later, Ye Shurou's grandson goes to Thailand (泰国) to find relatives, only to uncover this half-century-long story of affection: Zheng Musheng had already passed away, and it was Xie Nanzhi (谢南枝), who had been helped by him, who guarded this family in his name for 18 years.

The tension of a story sometimes does not lie in storms; the warmth of true feelings in everyday life can also directly reach people's hearts. More than 90% of the plots in the film come from real prototypes. The director team visited nearly 300 Chinese families and sorted out oral materials from more than 120 elderly Teochew people. A large number of lines are excerpted from the original Qiaopi documents collected by the Guangdong Shantou Qiaopi Cultural Relics Museum (广东汕头侨批文物馆). A solid foundation has shaped authentic details. A netizen commented: "Grandma's appearance is so real, just like my grandma." A good story is the foundation of a good work, and a good story does not come out of thin air, but must be extracted from the soil of life. Aim the camera at ordinary life, let ordinary people become the protagonists, and everyone can find empathy in it.

Authenticity does not mean unadorned; how to tell a story is also an art. Gentleness and restraint are the most prominent emotional characteristics of the film. "Sailing into the night, just as the bright moon rises on the river, as if admiring it with you side by side. The rivers and seas are thousands of miles away, but thinking of you in my heart makes me not feel far away"... The letters are implicit and sincere. Upon unexpectedly learning that Zheng Musheng had already passed away, Grandma did not collapse and cry as the audience expected, but was only stunned for a moment and continued to wash the olives in the basket in the kitchen. The slow narrative rhythm, simple and elegant pictures, and no wanton rendering of grief instead gave the audience room for savoring and emotional development.

The superposition of the reality of life and the artistic blank space is like a returning olive, bitter at first taste, but with a long aftertaste. This is the sincere expression of the creators, who respect both the story itself and the audience.

The story seems to be about love, but it is actually all about affection and righteousness. "Grandma said: One must have affection and righteousness. People without affection and righteousness cannot be associated with." Lines from the film have been excerpted by many netizens and repeatedly savored. What is affection, and what is righteousness? A glimpse can be seen in the Qiaopi.

In the film, the Silver Letter Bureau (银信局) is always crowded with people. Hearing that a fellow villager could not afford to send money home to treat his mother's illness, everyone present, despite not being well-off themselves, did not hesitate to donate to help. Reporting safety, sending lovesickness, and helping with life, in an era when communication was extremely underdeveloped, Qiaopi was the economic lifeline between wanderers and their families, and even more so an emotional umbilical cord.

Outside the film, what Qiaopi carries is an even heavier sense of responsibility for the country and family.

Hearing that his hometown was in the midst of the Anti-Japanese War (抗战), overseas Chinese Tan Yixi (谭裔熙) went around raising donations and collected 165 Hong Kong dollars (港银) to remit back to China (国内), "All descendants of the Yellow Emperor (轩辕) who cannot wield weapons on the battlefield... should plan for the rear... to fulfill the responsibility of a citizen."

Learning of the plight of their hometown, overseas Yu (余) clan members initiated a joint donation to provide disaster relief to their hometown. The overseas Chinese who remitted money referred to themselves as "brothers from all ports," meaning that the donors were all "brothers of the same family."

Old overseas Chinese Xu Manda (许满大), when seriously ill, expressed such hope to his descendants: "I would like to tell the youth of China (中华) to work harder and strive for the paradise of the country, the family, the people, the public, and future generations."

"Send one yuan if you have one yuan, and ten yuan if you have ten yuan." These letters travel across mountains and rivers, conveying a sincere heart, giving a concrete and profound expression to "paper is short, but affection is long"—"This is the Chinese people, Chinese culture, Chinese spirit, and Chinese heart."

Patriotism is always the most simple emotional foundation of the Chinese people. The affection and righteousness engraved in the bones of the Chinese people are passed down in their hometowns and abroad, and will surely run through history and the future.

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This edition's editors: Liu Tianliang, Zou Xiang, Chang Jin

This edition's email: rmbpl@peopledaily.cn (Please indicate the column name when submitting manuscripts)

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Making Contributions and Achieving Success on the New Journey of Building a Strong Country in Science and Technology (Promoting the Spirit of Scientists - Special Report on National Science and Technology Workers' Day)

General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "The fundamental source of national scientific and technological innovation lies in people." In recent years, China's scientific and technological undertakings have made remarkable achievements. New breakthroughs have been achieved in basic frontier research, new leaps have been made in strategic high-tech fields, the scientific literacy of the whole people has been continuously improved, and scientific and technological innovation has comprehensively empowered high-quality development. Behind every achievement lies the hard work and dedication of the vast number of scientific and technological workers.

As the National Science and Technology Workers' Day on May 30th approaches, reporters interviewed four scientific and technological workers from different fields to hear their stories of upholding firm ideals and beliefs, bravely scaling the peaks of innovation, and popularizing scientific and technological knowledge.

——Editor

Only by daring to try can breakthroughs be possible.
Lu Ling (陆凌)

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The conference room fell silent for a moment. Someone asked, "If there have been no results, is it really possible for this material to exist?" Lu Ling (陆凌) stood in front of the whiteboard and said, "Even if it is ultimately proven that it does not exist, it is equally important. Finding 'why it is impossible' is itself a scientific discovery." After a pause, he looked at the new data on the screen, "Moreover, almost no one is really studying this direction in depth, so we may have a chance."
On the top shelf of my office bookcase, there is a small clay handicraft, like an open book, with the model of the new transparent conductive material our team recently discovered displayed in the "pages."

Initially, this research was not favored. Transparent conductors are the core materials for optoelectronic devices such as mobile phone touch screens and displays. However, transparency and conductivity are mutually exclusive. Currently, the mainstream transparent conductors are obtained by doping semiconductors or insulators, sacrificing some transparency.

How to solve this problem? I come from a background in optical micro-nano structure design and know that it is impossible to achieve the transparency of conductors solely through structural design, so new materials are key. Although it was theoretically proposed in 2005 that a very special band structure could allow metallic materials to obtain ideal transparency properties, this transparent metal has never been discovered in the real world. But this also gave me the opportunity to decide whether I could find this magical optical material by trying across fields.

My team and I conducted high-throughput computational searches of tens of thousands of materials in the inorganic material database and conducted long-term experimental research, but we achieved nothing. Some team members began to waver, and some wanted to leave. Some colleagues even advised me to give up: "Professional material scientists haven't done it, so it's even more impossible for your 'amateur' team."

Since I couldn't find it in inorganic materials, I started trying to find it in more types of organic materials. I never thought about giving up. Only by daring to try can breakthroughs be possible. We conducted preliminary research on organic materials and continued to try along the clues. Finally, we discovered a class of organic materials that might meet the requirements. After a long experimental cycle, we finally obtained crystals that were both transparent and conductive, opening up a new path for intrinsic transparent conductors.

(The author is a researcher at the Institute of Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院物理研究所). This article was compiled by Wu Yuehui (吴月辉), a reporter from this newspaper.)

The road to exploring the ocean and the poles is endless.
Tang Limei (唐立梅)

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At 9 p.m., the lights in Tang Limei's (唐立梅) office were still on. During the day, she taught at the school and guided students in revising their papers; at night, she worked on her upcoming book. Looking at the rock samples collected from the Yap Trench (雅浦海沟) in the Pacific Ocean, Tang Limei (唐立梅) once again recalled the luminous creatures she saw when she dived with the "Jiaolong" (蛟龙) submersible, and once again recalled the snowfields she visited when she went to Antarctica with the "Xuelong" (雪龙) icebreaker for scientific expeditions...

My research work in marine geology has always been related to China's independently developed manned deep-sea submersible "Jiaolong" (蛟龙). Since participating in the first scientific expedition of "Jiaolong" (蛟龙), the Yap Trench (雅浦海沟) is the one I have studied for the longest time, already 10 years, and the project is still ongoing.

Abyssal science is the frontier field of marine science. My main research is on the subduction process and magmatic action direction of the Yap Trench (雅浦海沟). The first batch of scientific samples I obtained were collected by "Jiaolong" (蛟龙) in the deep ocean. However, due to objective conditions, I only got 3 olivine rocks, and they were severely affected by seawater alteration. At first, I was a little worried that the research progress would not be ideal. We carefully cleaned and cut the samples, made a small part of them into thin sections and probe sections, and conducted microscopic petrographic studies. After that, we selected relatively fresh parts of the samples, crushed them into powder, and analyzed the major elements, trace elements, rare earth elements, and platinum group elements. In 2018, after analyzing all the data and compiling it into a paper, we successfully published the first research result.

This greatly boosted the confidence of me and my team. Later, "Jiaolong" (蛟龙) dived into the Yap Trench (雅浦海沟) again and obtained new samples. Our team also successfully applied for some olivine, basalt, and gabbro samples. We knew that it was not easy to collect them, so we used every piece until **连渣都不剩了** (lián zhā dōu bù shèng le - "not even dregs left," used up completely; nothing is left over).

In recent years, we have conducted separate studies on each type of sample and published a series of results. Especially in 2024 and 2025, we published research results on gabbro in international authoritative geochemistry journals, which the team is very proud of.

I feel that it is a lucky thing to be able to participate in deep-sea science-related research. The road to exploring the ocean and the poles is endless, and I want to work hard to explore more mysteries of the deep ocean.

(The author is a professor at the School of Maritime Transport of Zhejiang Jiaotong Vocational and Technical College (浙江交通职业技术学院海运学院). This article was compiled by Yin Jie (尹洁), a reporter from Global People.)

Bring the mobile science and technology museum to more children.
Sun Jin (孙晋)

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Unscrew the device screws, uncover the cover plate, find the detached circuit, and re-fix it with hot melt glue... On the weekend, Sun Jin (孙晋) went to Tasha Middle School (他山中学) in Yuqing County (余庆县), Guizhou Province (贵州省). The mobile science and technology museum exhibition has been held at the school for some time. A few days ago, local teachers reported that some equipment had malfunctioned. It was almost noon when the equipment returned to normal operation, and Sun Jin (孙晋) left with peace of mind.

In June last year, I was dispatched to Xiahe Village (小河村), Longxi Town (龙溪镇), Yuqing County (余庆县), to carry out village-based assistance work. During this period, the Guizhou Science and Technology Museum (贵州科技馆) held a mobile science and technology museum exhibition in two primary and secondary schools in the county. During holidays, I would always go to the site. Whether the teachers explained it well, whether the children's experience was good, whether the equipment was running well... Although these were not within my scope of work, I still kept them in mind.

In 2006, I became a science popularization explainer at the Guizhou Science and Technology Museum (贵州科技馆). In my work, many children often chased after me and asked about the scientific principles behind the science popularization facilities. At that time, I thought, students in the city can walk into the science and technology museum, but how can children in the mountains get in touch with science? Since 2016, our museum has launched regular science and technology activities in rural areas, and I actively signed up to participate.

Initially, the activities were carried out in the form of science popularization caravans. In some remote towns, large vehicles could not pass, so we used small vehicles to transport equipment in batches. To ensure that the exhibition was held as scheduled, the team had to set off in advance and set up the exhibition overnight after arriving.

The most impressive thing was an exhibition at a school in Baiquan Town (百泉镇), Dushan County (独山县). When demonstrating the magnetic levitation light bulb, the moment the light bulb was suspended and lit up, a girl's eyes widened. When I was explaining the principle, she also took the initiative to ask questions and communicate. From her, I once again felt the value of science popularization work.

The science popularization caravan exhibition only lasts for 1 day at each station, and the children often feel unsatisfied. When leaving, they often chased after and asked: "Teacher, when will you come again?" Therefore, we later upgraded and launched the mobile science and technology museum exhibition: selecting a school around the county seat, building a temporary science and technology museum, equipping it with richer equipment, and the exhibition period is 3 to 4 months. Relying on special funding support, surrounding schools can organize centralized visits.

Up to now, I and my colleagues have carried out more than 1,600 science popularization exhibitions. When the village-based work is over, I will also return to the exhibition team and continue to bring the mobile science and technology museum to more children.

(The author is a staff member of the grassroots science popularization department of the Guizhou Science and Technology Museum (贵州科技馆). This article was compiled by Cheng Huan (程焕), a reporter from this newspaper.)

To do agricultural science popularization, your heart must be close to the soil.
Gao Yunwang (高允旺)

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"Teacher Gao (高老师), why is my 'bamboo fungus egg' growing green mold?" On the other end of the phone, a bamboo fungus grower's tone was anxious. "Don't worry, take a picture and send it to me." After looking at the photo, Gao Yunwang (高允旺) began to explain, "A few days ago, it was hot and dry, and the 'bamboo fungus eggs' were dry and shriveled. These days, it has been rainy, so they are growing green mold." He gave some management suggestions - there must be some tender grass in the ground to retain water and prevent drought; cover the shade net; insist on watering once a day... "Do as I say, and you can't go wrong!" Gao Yunwang (高允旺) said.

What is a "bamboo fungus egg"? In fact, it is the fruiting body of the bamboo fungus, which is the sexual reproduction structure of the fungus. We vividly call it the "bamboo fungus egg." To do science popularization in rural areas, you have to make knowledge easy to understand and then explain it to farmers. I have been teaching farmers to grow bamboo fungus for more than 20 years. The goal is to make them understand, grow well, and make money.

Bamboo fungus is sown every January and can be harvested from May to September. I have explored a set of "three increases, pile fermentation" technology that uses bamboo shavings instead of sawdust, which can solve the "fungus-forest contradiction" in the development of the bamboo fungus industry and realize "getting rich without cutting down trees." In recent years, I have been promoting related technologies, even now that I am retired, I am still working hard.

In 2016, after listening to the technical training course I held, a farmer named Wei Rongxiang (魏荣相) was the first in their village to try under-forest bamboo fungus cultivation. At that time, some farmers were still watching. I first helped Wei Rongxiang (魏荣相) find a forest land in a convenient location, with fertile soil, shady, and gentle mountain depression, and then taught him the whole set of technologies such as cultivating material fermentation, covering soil, and covering grass management. I would go there once every ten and a half days. That year, the under-forest bamboo fungus had a bumper harvest, and the quality was also good. Compared with the traditional field-grown bamboo fungus, the price was 30 yuan more per kilogram.

After Wei Rongxiang's (魏荣相) successful planting, I took other farmers to visit the demonstration site. Gradually, more and more farmers began to learn under-forest bamboo fungus cultivation.

In recent years, I have not only driven local farmers to grow bamboo fungus, but also promoted the technology to more than 200 villages in 27 cities and counties in 5 provinces. This year, a farmer in Zhangzhou (漳州), Fujian (福建) successfully grew bamboo fungus. A few days ago, I also went to the local area to do on-site training, so that more local farmers can benefit from bamboo fungus cultivation.

To do agricultural science popularization, your heart must be close to the soil. Seeing the white bamboo fungus growing in the mountains and forests and the farmers' pockets bulging, I feel sincerely happy.

(The author is a science and technology commissioner in Shunchang County (顺昌县), Fujian Province (福建省). This article was compiled by Shi Yu (施钰), a reporter from this newspaper.)

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Accumulating Momentum for Technological Innovation (Commentary)

By: 张智琪

Grasping innovation means grasping development, and planning innovation means planning the future. Whether in the ten-thousand-meter deep sea or the vast starry sky, whether buried in the laboratory or walking in the fields, the vast number of science and technology workers are setting their sights on goals, persevering in the slightest details, and not giving up on any small achievements on the journey of Chinese-style modernization, sowing the seeds of scientific and technological innovation.

Sowing seeds requires the determination to take root downwards. The long and arduous exploration of bravely venturing into the "no man's land" of scientific research, the repeated trial and error "from 0 to 1," behind every major scientific research achievement, often condenses the scientific researchers' perseverance of "sharpening a sword for ten years." It is this willingness to endure loneliness in "deep squatting" that has allowed China's scientific and technological innovation to accumulate the power of "take-off" and run out of acceleration in the global arena of scientific and technological innovation.

Growth requires cultivating fertile soil for scientific and technological innovation. Mobile science and technology museums go deep into thousands of households, lighting up children's scientific dreams; the footprints of science and technology commissioners are all over the fields and villages, using new technologies to help farmers increase production and income. The improvement of the scientific literacy of the whole people is a solid foundation for scientific and technological innovation. The science and technology workers walking in the front line of the grassroots level allow the seeds of innovation to cross mountains and seas and take root and sprout on a wider land.

Seeking deeper, we will surely grow into tall and upright trees; extending further, we will eventually converge into a lush forest. The hardworking figures of the vast number of science and technology workers are the confidence and tomorrow of China's scientific and technological innovation.

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2026 RCEP Local Government and Friendship City Cooperation (Huangshan) Forum Opens in Anhui

Xinhua News Agency, Hefei, May 28th (Reporters He Xiyue (何曦悦) and Hu Rui (胡锐)) On May 28th, the 2026 RCEP Local Government and Friendship City Cooperation (Huangshan) Forum, hosted by the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (中国人民对外友好协会) and the People's Government of Anhui Province (安徽省人民政府), opened in Huangshan (黄山), Anhui (安徽). Tie Ning (铁凝), Vice Chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (全国人大常委会), delivered a speech and announced the opening.

The forum, themed "New Blueprint, New Opportunities, New Cooperation," held several dialogues focusing on new quality productive forces, trade and investment, educational exchange and cooperation, media think tanks, and other topics. It also saw the signing of 20 cooperation outcome documents involving economy and trade, science and technology, culture, and friendly provinces/states (cities). Participating parties also jointly released the "East Huangshan RCEP Local Exchange and Cooperation Demonstration Zone Initiative."

All parties present unanimously expressed their commitment to continuously expanding pragmatic cooperation among member states in areas such as economy and trade, and culture, so as to inject new impetus into promoting the high-quality implementation of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (《区域全面经济伙伴关系协定》) (RCEP) and deepening Asia-Pacific regional economic integration.

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National standards for electronic legal and regulatory documents to take effect on September 1

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, May 28th (Reporter Sun Pengcheng (孙鹏程)) - This reporter learned on May 28th from a symposium held by the General Office of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (全国人大常委会办公厅) on the publicity, implementation, and enforcement of the "National Standard for Electronic Legal and Regulatory Documents" that three national standards for electronic legal and regulatory documents, spearheaded by the General Office of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (全国人大常委会办公厅), have recently been officially approved and issued by the State Administration for Market Regulation (国家市场监督管理总局) (National Standardization Administration Committee (国家标准化管理委员会)) and will officially take effect on September 1, 2026.

According to reports, currently, the public's demands for convenience, authority, and reliability in querying, obtaining, and using legal and regulatory information are increasing. With the mass generation and rapid circulation of electronic documents, risks and hidden dangers such as tampering, loss, and leakage are also gradually becoming prominent. The drafting of national standards for electronic legal and regulatory documents is a necessary requirement for implementing the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee (党中央) and an important guarantee for maintaining the unity, dignity, and authority of the national legal system. The drafting of the three national standards took more than three years and was specifically organized and implemented by the National People's Congress Information Center (全国人大信息中心), with the participation of 15 departments.

These three national standards aim to unify the page format, file structure, system interfaces, etc., of electronic legal and regulatory documents, to achieve the standardized generation, orderly management, and efficient exchange of electronic legal and regulatory documents. They fill the gap in the field of national standards for electronic legal and regulatory documents in China, marking a new stage in the management of electronic legal and regulatory documents towards standardization, normalization, and systematization. This is of great significance for improving the effectiveness of legal and regulatory affairs handling, information sharing, and public services, and for promoting the digitalization and intelligentization of the comprehensive rule of law.

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Shenzhou-21 and Shenzhou-23 Astronaut Crews Complete In-Orbit Handover

This newspaper reported from Beijing on May 28th (Reporter Liu Shiyao (刘诗瑶)) On May 28th, the Shenzhou-21 and Shenzhou-23 astronaut crews held a handover ceremony, and the two crews handed over the keys to the China Space Station.

According to the China Manned Space Engineering Office (中国载人航天工程办公室), the Shenzhou-21 astronaut crew has completed all scheduled tasks and will return to the Dongfeng Landing Site (东风着陆场) in the Shenzhou-22 manned spacecraft in the near future.

Currently, the landing site and all participating systems are working **紧锣密鼓** (jǐn luó mì gǔ - "tight drums dense gongs," to prepare intensively and meticulously) to prepare for the astronauts' return home.

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The 169th Session of the "Core Socialist Values Hundred Lectures Forum" Held

Xinhua News Agency, Hefei, May 28th (Reporter Zhu Qing) The 169th event of the "Core Socialist Values Hundred Lectures" hosted by the Publicity and Education Bureau of the Central Propaganda Department (中宣部宣教局) and Guangming Daily was held on May 28th in Tongcheng City (桐城市), Anhui Province (安徽省). With the theme of "Looking at the Contemporary Value of Traditional Chinese Culture of Courtesy and Concession from Six-Foot Lane," Peng Fenglian (彭凤莲), President of Anqing Normal University (安庆师范大学) and Director of the Anhui Six-Foot Lane Work Method Research Center (安徽省六尺巷工作法研究中心), delivered a lecture.

Peng Fenglian (彭凤莲) stated that Six-Foot Lane (六尺巷) carries the historical wisdom of ancestors in resolving conflicts and is a vivid embodiment of the Chinese nation's traditional virtues of humility, courtesy, and valuing harmony. She elaborated on the rich connotations and contemporary value of the traditional Chinese culture of courtesy and concession, represented by Six-Foot Lane (六尺巷), from the personal, family, professional, and social levels. Combining vivid cases, she interpreted the innovative practices and typical experiences of the "New Era Six-Foot Lane Work Method" and expounded on the inherent logic and realistic path of integrating outstanding traditional Chinese culture into grassroots social governance.

Peng Fenglian (彭凤莲) believes that we should adhere to the "two combinations" and further explore and utilize the valuable moral resources contained in the traditional Chinese culture of courtesy and concession, so that it can better play the role of cultivating ideological and moral character, harmonizing interpersonal relationships, and empowering social governance, continuously cultivating a good atmosphere of civilization, courtesy, advocating morality and goodness, effectively guiding social emotions, and resolving conflicts and disputes, so as to provide strong support for creating a peaceful and prosperous, harmonious and stable social environment.

Zhang Yun (张耘), Secretary of the Party General Branch and Director of the Neighborhood Committee of Liuchixiang Community (六尺巷社区), Wenchang Street (文昌街道), Tongcheng City (桐城市), shared her experiences and insights based on her work practice.

This event was organized by the Publicity Department of the Anhui Provincial Party Committee (安徽省委宣传部) and Guangming Online (光明网), and co-organized by the Publicity Department of the Anqing Municipal Party Committee (安庆市委宣传部), the Tongcheng Municipal Party Committee (桐城市委), and the Tongcheng Municipal People's Government (桐城市人民政府). Guangming Online (光明网) and Guangming Daily Client (光明日报客户端) broadcast the event live.

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State Post Bureau Announces "Top 10 Couriers" for 2026

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, May 28th (Reporter Wang Yuhao (王聿昊)) The State Post Bureau announced the "Top Ten Couriers" for 2026 on the 28th. Zhang Qian (张骞), Shen Yun (沈云), Ruan Hailiang (阮海良), Wang Jun (王军), Huang Kaihui (黄凯辉), Liang Canxian (梁灿贤), Wang Xin (王鑫), Yang Ying (杨莹), and two collectives, the Beijing Dashilar (北京大栅栏) Courier Team and the China Post Gongbujiangda County (工布江达县) Branch Team in Tibet (西藏), were selected.

It is reported that among the "Top Ten Couriers" for 2026, some travel deep in the Wuling Mountains (武陵山) in western Hubei (鄂西), with a working mileage of 700,000 kilometers in 10 years; some stick to the Gobi (戈壁) postal route, writing the most beautiful poems with their youth; some care about their neighbors, warmly accompanying lonely elderly people; some use the courier network as a link to accurately deliver convenient services to the end of rural areas; some help agricultural products get out of the mountains, allowing the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside to run at an "accelerated speed"... They are dedicated to their work, courageous in innovation, and enthusiastic about public welfare, vividly demonstrating the demeanor of the new era courier group with practical actions.

The relevant person in charge of the State Post Bureau stated that China's express delivery volume has ranked first in the world for 12 consecutive years, which embodies the hard work and silent dedication of the vast number of front-line express delivery practitioners. Selecting the "Top Ten Couriers" aims to give full play to the exemplary and leading role of advanced models and promote the entire industry to learn from role models and strive to be pioneers.

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2026 Sino-German (European) Hidden Champion Forum Held

The Beijing (北京) China-Germany Industrial Cooperation Development Forum – 2026 China-Germany (Europe) Hidden Champion Forum was held in Shunyi (顺义), Beijing (北京) recently. (Reported by Wang Zhou (王洲), from this newspaper, Beijing (北京), May 28th). With the theme of "Joint Innovation and Integrated Development," this forum explored new opportunities for German (European) hidden champions and innovative small and medium-sized enterprises to develop and cooperate in China.

At the forum, six German (European) industrial projects covering cutting-edge fields such as semiconductors and intelligent manufacturing were centrally signed and landed. The "China-Germany (Europe) Technical Trade Measures Public Service Station" was launched. The service station will provide one-stop services such as technical regulation consultation, standard comparison, and compliance training for companies willing to cooperate, helping companies to understand market technical requirements in a timely manner.

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Editors of this edition: Kang Yan, Song Yu, Zhang Zhiqi

Layout design: Zhang Fangman (张芳曼)

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Three Perspectives on New Changes in Inbound Tourism (Big Data Observation: China Service)

By: 本报记者 沈靖然 施 芳 孙 超

China continues to optimize its visa-free entry policy for foreigners, continuously improving the convenience for foreigners to come to China, and bringing new vitality to the cultural and tourism markets in various regions. From the perspectives of internet-famous bloggers with many overseas fans, foreign teachers who have lived in China for many years, and tourism practitioners in popular scenic spots, we can observe the new changes in inbound tourism for foreign tourists.

"China Travel," "Most Chinese," "Becoming Chinese"... On overseas social media platforms, similar entries continue to be popular. More and more foreigners are sharing their experiences of traveling in China, recording their feelings about Chinese culture, and telling stories about China in their eyes in various ways.

These vivid expressions not only reflect the continuous improvement of the convenience of traveling to China, but also shape a new form of cultural exchange between China and foreign countries. Data shows that in the first quarter of this year, China's travel service exports were 105.35 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 32.3%, ranking first in the growth rate of various service export fields.

Chen Rui (陈睿), short video blogger:
"Now foreign tourists want to see the 'inside' of Chongqing (重庆) even more"

The studio of short video blogger Chen Rui (陈睿) (online name "瑞哥英语") is not far from the famous internet-famous check-in spot in Chongqing (重庆), "Liziba Rail Transit Passing Through Buildings" (李子坝单轨穿楼). Outside his studio window, in recent years, there have often been foreign faces carrying cameras, holding mobile phones, and full of curiosity and surprise.

"Foreigners who could only be seen occasionally in the past have been coming in droves in the past two years. If I take a walk around Liziba (李子坝), I can meet at least five or six groups of foreigners in an hour." Chen Rui (陈睿) is a native of Chongqing (重庆). "I often chat with them. In the past, they were just taking a quick look at the novelty. Now foreign tourists want to see the 'inside' of Chongqing (重庆) even more and experience the lifestyle of the locals."

At the beginning of 2024, Chen Rui (陈睿) began to publish cross-cultural English science videos on short video platforms, using American pronunciation combined with local style to **破圈** (pò quān - "break the circle," to become popular outside of one's original sphere of influence), attracting more than 8 million fans at home and abroad. After becoming popular on the internet, he often receives cooperation invitations from some overseas bloggers, including Joshua, an American chef blogger.

Joshua's video account has tens of millions of fans overseas. Before coming to Chongqing (重庆), he made a list of "one-dollar snack challenges." "What he wanted to eat were the roadside stalls that Chongqing (重庆) people have been eating since they were young." Chen Rui (陈睿) took Joshua into the old alleys of Chongqing (重庆). In front of a stall with only a few short benches, Joshua said: "This is completely different from the Chinese food I used to eat in Chinatown. Only by coming to China can you truly experience Chinese food culture."

In addition to internet-famous bloggers, Chen Rui (陈睿) also often receives inquiries and shares from ordinary foreign tourists. "In recent years, the development and progress of Chinese technology has surprised many foreigners. They see that the automatic delivery robots in the hotel will turn around in the corridor and take the elevator to deliver takeaways to the guests, and they can take pictures around it for a long time," said Chen Rui (陈睿).

Thanks to the visa-free policy, German tourists Jacob and his wife started their trip to China a week ago. "Before coming, my impression was still stuck in some old reports. I always felt that China was gray and full of factories," Jacob said. When he really set foot on the land of Chongqing (重庆), this stereotype was instantly shattered. "Chongqing (重庆) is simply a futuristic city in a science fiction world! Only by seeing its inclusiveness and diversity for yourself can you truly understand it," Jacob said.

"In recent years, my fans have been increasing, but in fact, I am 'riding' Chongqing's (重庆) traffic," said Chen Rui (陈睿). In recent years, Chongqing (重庆) has been deeply promoting the construction of a world-renowned tourist destination, accurately focusing on the actual needs of overseas tourists, and creating successful cultural and tourism publicity and urban brand image. Li Zhenzhen (李真真), director of the Yuzhong District Culture and Tourism Development Committee of Chongqing (重庆市渝中区文化和旅游发展委员会), introduced that in response to the details of payment, transportation, and communication that foreign tourists are concerned about, the local area continues to improve the "one-stop" service, and the number of inbound overnight tourists increased by 107.3% in 2025.

Dominic, a British man living in China:
"Here, you can live the diverse life you want"

"In China, you only need a mobile phone to go out." Dominic, a young man from the UK, has all kinds of life applications on his mobile phone. "I didn't expect to settle in Beijing (北京) at first, but now I have fallen in love with this ancient and modern city."

Dominic is from a small town in southern England. In 2017, a friend asked him if he would like to come to Beijing (北京) to be an English teacher. "What if I don't understand Chinese? Is life in China convenient? Can I get used to Chinese food?" With trepidation and curiosity, Dominic set foot on this unfamiliar land.

After a year of experience, Dominic decided to stay in China: "The people here are very warm and thoughtful, and there are many job opportunities."

Dominic has moved many times in Beijing (北京) - from the hutongs around Gulou (鼓楼) to the blocks near the Olympic Forest Park (奥林匹克森林公园). "I like to spend hours wandering in the hutongs, hiking in the suburbs, and walking in the park near my home," Dominic said with emotion, "Here, you can live the diverse life you want."

The convenience is supported by policies. Around the diverse needs of foreign nationals, Beijing (北京) has built a foreign-related service network with wide coverage and excellent experience: launching a new "one-stop" model for handling visa-free transit, setting up a special area for handling "temporary entry permits," and greatly improving customs clearance efficiency; Beijing (北京) urban rail transit has achieved full network, full-time, and full-gate support for the five major international card organizations to swipe cards through gates; it has pioneered a new model of "city-wide tax refund, one-point handling," and promoted Beijing (北京) and Tianjin (天津) to take the lead in realizing the mutual recognition of "instant purchase and instant refund" for departure tax refunds in different places...

"With the implementation of convenient measures for inbound tourism services such as visas, customs clearance, payment, accommodation, and transportation, more and more foreign tourists are starting happy trips to China, and Beijing (北京) has become one of the most popular inbound tourism destinations," said Wang Rui (王睿), director of the Foreign Exchange and Cooperation Department of the Beijing (北京市) Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism. In 2025, Beijing (北京) received a total of 5.48 million inbound tourists, a year-on-year increase of 39%.

"Now it is very convenient to come to China. My mother has been to Beijing (北京) five times, and many British friends also plan to travel to China," Dominic said, "Policy convenience attracts more people to explore the real face of China, and more and more foreigners are falling in love with it here."

Now, Dominic has married a Chinese girl, Li Dong (李冬), and had children. He also makes videos of what he sees and hears in Beijing (北京) and publishes them on social platforms at home and abroad: "I want to show the world the beauty of life in Beijing (北京)."

Zhang Wei (张炜), head of a travel agency:
"Not only check in at mountains and rivers, but also experience culture"

Early in the morning, the mobile phone of Zhang Wei (张炜), general manager of Zhangjiajie Nabal International Travel Agency (张家界纳百利国际旅行社) in Hunan (湖南), rang. On the other end of the phone was a South Korean inbound tourism partner.

"Korean teams with an average age of over 60 were very common in Zhangjiajie (张家界) more than ten years ago. At that time, there was a popular saying in South Korea, 'It is true filial piety to take your parents to Zhangjiajie (张家界),'" said Zhang Wei (张炜). "But now, Zhangjiajie (张家界) has also become popular among young people in South Korea." From the movie "Avatar" making the scenery of Zhangjiajie (张家界) famous all over the world, to the line in the hit Korean drama "Bittersweet" (《苦尽柑来遇见你》) "Next year we will go to Zhangjiajie (张家界) to see the autumn leaves," Zhangjiajie (张家界) has become a romantic destination in the hearts of more and more young people in South Korea.

"In the past three years, the growth rate of middle-aged and young customers has exceeded 30%. These foreign tourists not only check in at mountains and rivers, but also experience culture." With the changes in tourist structure and demand, Zhang Wei (张炜) led the travel agency to form an internet marketing team that understands Korean, and deeply cultivates overseas social media to "grow grass" with content; and cooperates with a number of high-end characteristic homestays in Zhangjiajie (张家界) to launch experience projects such as tea art, calligraphy, and brocade weaving.

In April of this year, Ms. Kim (金女士) from South Korea finally fulfilled her long-cherished wish to travel to Zhangjiajie (张家界). Her favorite is the characteristic intangible cultural heritage experience activities such as Tujia (土家族) brocade weaving: "I sat in front of the brocade weaving machine for two hours and took a lot of videos to send to my relatives and friends in South Korea."

In recent years, Hunan (湖南) has successively issued the "Twelve Measures to Promote the Development of Inbound Tourism in Hunan" (《促进湖南入境旅游发展的十二条措施》) and the "Action Plan for the Construction of the Greater Zhangjiajie International Tourism Zone" (《大张家界国际旅游区建设行动方案》). "Increasing international routes, expanding departure tax refunds, and improving port efficiency benefit foreign tourists and also benefit cultural and tourism practitioners," said Zhang Wei (张炜).

In 2025, Zhangjiajie (张家界) received 1.3303 million inbound tourists, a year-on-year increase of 32.79%, with customers covering 192 countries and regions. Ding Shibiao (丁石彪), deputy general manager of Xingzhilv Travel Agency (星之旅旅行社), which mainly engages in receiving European and American tourists, introduced that "European and American tourists, in addition to shopping, also like to experience high-quality accommodation, catering and outdoor projects."

In Zhangjiajie (张家界), Qixingshan (七星山) Via Ferrata, Grand Canyon (大峡谷) bungee jumping, hiking through forest parks and other novel experiences attract young people from all over the world. The real-life performances such as "Charming Xiangxi" (《魅力湘西》) have multi-language subtitles broadcast simultaneously. The International Street Dance Week, the International New Acrobatics Drama Week, and the XTERRA Off-Road Running World Series continue to gain popularity.

Zhang Wei (张炜) admitted that in the past, the pain points of inbound tourism were concentrated on payment, language, and customs clearance efficiency. Nowadays, Zhangjiajie (张家界) actively recruits bilingual talents, and has also established a civil servant mutual dispatch and exchange study mechanism with Hadong County (河东郡) in South Korea. Scenic spot guide maps, signs, and safety tips are all covered in multiple languages. "Only by making the supply of the cultural and tourism market more refined can we adapt to the constantly changing consumption needs of tourists," said Zhang Wei (张炜).

Layout design: Zhang Danfeng (张丹峰)
This issue is coordinated by: Zhai Qinqi (翟钦奇)

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Opening a New Window to Understand China (Brief Commentary)

By: 张天培

The extension of visa-free transit duration and the increase in applicable ports allow foreign tourists to stay longer and travel more conveniently in China. Driven by China's visa-free policy, the popularity of foreigners entering the country continues to rise, and a "go-as-you-please" trip to China is becoming a new international trend.

Spanish tourists stayed in the homes of farmers in Zhangjiajie (张家界), Hunan (湖南), and Brazilian tourists cheered and cheered with local villagers at the "Village Super League" in Guizhou (贵州)... Convenient entry not only promotes the export of travel services, but also fosters deeper exchanges, making China's international image more three-dimensional and comprehensive. Foreign tourists are no longer satisfied with checking in at landmarks, but choose to walk into the streets and alleys, fields and rural areas, experience the lives of ordinary Chinese people, and intuitively feel China's development and changes.

From "cloud imagination" to "personal perception," a new window for understanding China is opening. When foreign tourists chat with locals in a bathhouse in Northeast China, or participate in discussions among entrepreneurs in a maker space in Shenzhen (深圳), what they perceive is no longer a single-dimensional "other" under the lens of foreign media, but a China full of vitality and tension, warmth and texture.

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"One-Person-Tall" Wheatgrass Grown in Desert Saline-Alkali Land (Exploration)

By: 本报记者 李亚楠

On the edge of the Taklamakan Desert (塔克拉玛干沙漠) in summer, the sun is scorching, and heatwaves distort the air. Surrounded by sand dunes, there is a field of wheat, yellow-green in color, which is the pilot project area for the comprehensive utilization of saline-alkali land in Bachu County (巴楚县), Xinjiang (新疆). Walking into it, one almost disappears – this wheat is as tall as a person.

"This is not ordinary wheat; it is a new type of grain and forage crop, triticale, which embodies the decades of hard work of several generations of breeding scientists," introduced Kuang Feiting (邝翡婷), General Manager of Xinjiang Maishengdao Biotechnology Co., Ltd. (新疆麦生道生物技术有限公司). Triticale is a new intergeneric hybrid of wheat and rye, combining the high quality and yield of wheat with the stress resistance of rye, making it resistant to barrenness, saline-alkali conditions, and wind and sand.

Kuang Feiting (邝翡婷) has been engaged in breeding work for many years and was a member of the Hunan Hybrid Rice Research Center (湖南杂交水稻研究中心) of the Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences (湖南农科院), a "grand-disciple" of Academician Yuan Longping (袁隆平). When she was investigating the front-line needs of crops in Xinjiang (新疆), someone asked if there was a way to solve the problem of forage shortage in Xinjiang (新疆). With the help of breeding scientists, Kuang Feiting (邝翡婷) found triticale. "At that time, I was attracted by its forage yield, which could produce three to four tons of fresh grass per mu."

Xinjiang (新疆) has strong winds, and wheat with tall stalks often falls completely in a wind, making it difficult to harvest. This is also the reason why triticale has been selected for many years, but the promotion area has been relatively limited. However, if it is used as forage, harvesting grass in April and May can not only solve the problem of forage shortage during the period of seasonal scarcity but also avoid the problem of lodging.

With good seeds, the next step is to find ways to promote them. After obtaining the operating rights of triticale, Kuang Feiting (邝翡婷) conducted seed production while trial planting. "We have set up more than 30 points across the country, some with one or two mu, and some with a few fen, just to see what kind of environment is more suitable for planting it."

One trial planting site simultaneously planted wheat and triticale. Near the drainage ditch, the wheat grew sparsely, while the triticale was not affected at all. "Adapting the crop to the land and nourishing the land with grass, triticale can not only solve the forage problem but also play a role in saline-alkali land improvement." This made Kuang Feiting (邝翡婷) very happy.

Last year, the pilot project for the comprehensive utilization of saline-alkali land in Bachu County (巴楚县) needed a salt-alkali-tolerant winter crop. After trial planting and testing by a professional team, 9,700 mu of newly reclaimed land that year was planted with triticale.

Sprouting in 4 days, and more than half a month later, the growth far exceeded the pilot project's goal of "67% green coverage in the current year." After wintering, the wheat seedlings began to grow wildly, eventually reaching the height of a person. The wheat stalks were twice as tall as ordinary wheat, and the ears were also twice as long as ordinary wheat. The sample plot yield measurement conducted a while ago showed that the fresh grass yield of forage reached 3 tons per mu.

"It can be officially harvested in early June. Looking at the growth, the grain yield per mu can reach 300 kilograms," said Zhang Shaoliang (张绍亮), the person in charge of China National Chemical Environmental Remediation (Shandong) Co., Ltd. (中化环境修复（山东）有限公司) in the pilot project. "Surrounded by the desert and on newly reclaimed land in the current year, it is truly a surprise to be able to grow wheat more than one meter high and achieve such a yield under these two harsh conditions."

The improvement cycle of sandy land and saline-alkali land usually lasts two to three years, while triticale achieves transformation, planting, and harvesting in the same year, turning idle saline-alkali land into fertile land in the same year – after half a year of planting, the soil salt content decreased from 1.4% before improvement to 0.76%, and the organic matter increased significantly. More importantly, the water consumption of triticale is only half that of ordinary wheat, and the fertilizer application is reduced by 1/3.

To industrialize a variety, the most important thing is to make farmers earn money. Now, Kuang Feiting (邝翡婷) is leading the team to promote forage triticale in Kashgar (喀什) and other places in Xinjiang (新疆), exploring the "triticale +" rotation mode. "If it is used as forage, a crop of castor, tiger nuts, sorghum, etc. can be planted again after harvesting," said Kuang Feiting (邝翡婷).

Kuang Feiting (邝翡婷) said that according to seed orders, the promotion area this year is expected to exceed 100,000 mu, and the team is preparing to develop triticale flour-related products. "With new products and a larger market, we can carry out promotion on a larger scale."

"Academician Yuan (袁老) said that scientific research should be grounded and benefit the people." Kuang Feiting (邝翡婷) said that turning barrenness into hope is the best memorial to Academician Yuan Longping (袁隆平).

The wind blows, the wheat waves roll, rustling, as if the echo of the "dream of enjoying the cool under the rice" across time and space.

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The 14th Mainland, Hong Kong and Macao Legal Seminar Held in Xiamen

This newspaper Xiamen May 28th (Reporter Liu Xiaoyu (刘晓宇)) The 14th Mainland and Hong Kong and Macao Legal Seminar was held in Xiamen (厦门), Fujian (福建) on the 28th. Participants conducted in-depth exchanges and discussions on the theme of "Deepening Legal Cooperation between the Mainland, Hong Kong and Macao to Serve the High-Quality Joint Construction of the Maritime Silk Road."

Wang Hongxiang (王洪祥), Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Executive Vice President of the China Law Society (中国法学会), attended the opening ceremony and delivered a speech. He stated that the more integrated and open the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (粤港澳大湾区) becomes, the more necessary it is to strengthen the rule of law, better leverage the fundamental, stabilizing, and long-term guaranteeing role of the rule of law, and inject strong legal impetus into the high-quality development of the Bay Area and the promotion of high-level opening up. The Mainland and Hong Kong and Macao Legal Seminar is an important platform for the legal communities of the Mainland, Hong Kong and Macao to build consensus, deepen cooperation, and learn from each other. It has played a positive role in unswervingly implementing the "One Country, Two Systems" principle and using the power of the rule of law to promote the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and serve the country's high-level opening up.

The seminar was co-sponsored by the China Law Society (中国法学会), the Department of Justice of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government (香港特区政府律政司), and the Secretariat for Administration and Justice of the Macao Special Administrative Region Government (澳门特区政府行政法务司). Approximately 150 government officials, experts, scholars, and representatives from the legal practice community from the Mainland, Hong Kong and Macao attended the meeting.

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World Intelligence Congress Opens in Tianjin

This newspaper Tianjin (天津) May 28th (Reporter Gong Xiangjuan (龚相娟)) On the 28th, the 2026 World Intelligence Congress, co-hosted by the Tianjin (天津) and Chongqing (重庆) governments, opened in Tianjin (天津). With the theme of "Intelligence Drives the World, Capability Moves the Future," the expo will hold exhibitions, competitions, matchmaking exchanges, interactive experiences and other activities to promote breakthroughs in artificial intelligence technology, the implementation of scenarios, and the construction of ecosystems, and to build an international high-end exchange and cooperation platform for the intelligent industry.

The expo has a planned exhibition area of 130,000 square meters, with one comprehensive exhibition area and six thematic exhibition areas: core artificial intelligence technology, embodied intelligence, intelligent connected vehicles, low-altitude economy and commercial aerospace, intelligent manufacturing, and smart living. Among them, the embodied intelligence exhibition area is independently established for the first time this year, with more than 80 domestic and foreign companies focusing on displaying nearly 150 kinds of robot complete machines and related products, and building a "Robot Town" to fully display robot landing scenarios.

The expo lasts for 4 days, during which activities such as the Tianjin (天津) Talent High-Quality Development Conference will be held, and a number of key projects and strategic cooperation agreements will be signed centrally. At the same time, intelligent sports-themed display and interactive activities will be held, and a centralized display area for sports technology equipment and scientific research results will be set up, open to the public for observation and experience. In addition, more than 200 research reports and innovative achievements will be released to create a "weathervane" for the intelligent industry.

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Photo Report

On May 28th, Lianyungang (连云港), Jiangsu Province (江苏省), the CNNC Tianwan (中核田湾) 2-gigawatt tidal flat photovoltaic demonstration project is under construction. As China's largest offshore photovoltaic project, after the CNNC Tianwan (中核田湾) 2-gigawatt tidal flat photovoltaic demonstration project is fully completed, the average annual on-grid electricity will be 2.234 billion kilowatt-hours, which will be coupled with the CNNC (中核集团) Tianwan Nuclear Power Base (田湾核电基地) to form a large-scale clean energy base with a total installed capacity of more than 10 million kilowatts.

Photo by Geng Yuhe (耿玉和) (Image China (影像中国))

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Building a Financial Superpower Advances Steadily and Vigorously (Starting Well in the "15th Five-Year Plan")

By: 本报记者 赵展慧 郁静娴

"To build a strong financial nation, we must accelerate the construction of a modern financial system with Chinese characteristics." General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has conducted in-depth and systematic expositions on the main characteristics, goals, and practical requirements of a strong financial nation, providing a fundamental guideline for solid and efficient financial work during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period.

Anchoring the "acceleration of building a strong financial nation" during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, various regions and departments are striving to take the lead, adhering to the fundamental purpose of serving the real economy with finance. At the end of March, loans in the fields of science and technology, green finance, inclusive finance, elderly care, and digital finance maintained double-digit growth, the financial bloodline became smoother, and the support for the real economy became stronger and healthier.

——Doing a good job in the "five major articles" of finance to serve high-quality development.

"Surprising but not unexpected." Liu Yongxin (刘永新), a client manager at the Chongqing Branch (重庆市分行) of the Bank of China (中国银行), said upon learning that Zhangxue Motorcycle (张雪机车) had won consecutive championships in the World Superbike Championship.

Science and technology finance helps enterprise innovation. In the initial stage of Zhangxue Motorcycle's development, under the guidance of the Chongqing Financial Regulatory Bureau (重庆金融监管局), the Chongqing Branch (重庆市分行) of the Bank of China (中国银行) "identified" the company's innovation potential and issued the first batch of 10 million yuan in credit to support the company in stabilizing its development pace during the difficult stage of research and development.

"Outstanding technology, clear R&D orientation, and clear product line planning," said Liu Yongxin (刘永新), adding that the company is very much in line with the science and technology finance logic of "looking at technology and looking at the future," and that they will help the company transform its "high performance on the racetrack" into "long-term success in the industry." In May of this year, the bank helped the company reduce the pressure on capital occupation in its export business.

Chongqing's financial industry supports the accelerated innovation of the local motorcycle industry chain. As of the end of May, the balance of related loans increased by more than 10% year-on-year, helping more "young" leading enterprises like Zhangxue Motorcycle (张雪机车) stand out.

The precise drip irrigation of financial resources cannot be separated from the "baton" of policy. This year, a series of structural monetary policy tools have been optimized and implemented to guide financial institutions to do a good job in the "five major articles" of finance. The re-lending quota for technological innovation and technological transformation has been increased by 400 billion yuan, and private small and medium-sized enterprises with high R&D investment levels have been included in the scope of support; re-lending and rediscounting for agriculture and small businesses have been integrated and used, and the quota has been increased to help increase the volume and coverage of inclusive finance; the interest rates of various structural monetary policy tools have been lowered by 0.25 percentage points to guide the reduction of financing costs...

——Aiming at expanding domestic demand, and increasing support for major strategies, key areas, and weak links.

Building a strong domestic market is a key task during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period. Focusing on this task, financial institutions are focusing on expanding domestic demand as a strategic base point and innovating products and services.

Policy-based financial instruments promote investment to accelerate the formation of physical workload. Roadbed filling, precast box girder pouring... The construction of the Cangzhou (沧州) section of the Qugang Expressway (曲港高速公路) in Hebei (河北) is in full swing. Since the beginning of this year, the Hebei Branch (河北省分行) of the National Development Bank (国家开发银行) has invested more than 1 billion yuan in new policy-based financial instruments in this project to help accelerate the construction progress. This year, 800 billion yuan of new policy-based financial instruments will be accelerated and orderly invested, giving full play to the driving role of government investment and leveraging more private investment vitality.

Financial services help accelerate the implementation of policies to promote consumption. More and more banks are taking advantage of their wide customer reach to organically integrate policies, consumption scenarios, and financial services.

The service industry is an important engine for expanding domestic demand. Since the beginning of this year, the service industry has maintained steady growth, which is inseparable from financial support. Increase financial support for new consumption scenarios, optimize the implementation of loan interest subsidies for service industry business entities... Seize the combination of benefiting people's livelihoods and promoting consumption, promote the virtuous interaction between consumption and investment, and financial institutions are increasing their support for the expansion and quality improvement of the service industry.

——Strengthen the division of labor and cooperation, and various financial institutions achieve complementary advantages in serving the real economy.

In May, in Gyantse County (江孜县), Shigatse City (日喀则市), Tibet (西藏), new seedlings of highland barley are breaking ground and sprouting, and it is currently a critical stage for field management.

Sonam (索朗), a villager in Pangqong Village (番琼村), Gyantse County (江孜县), clearly remembers that the timely loan at the beginning of the year helped him drive the "big iron ox" home.

Farmers often encounter funding problems when purchasing agricultural machinery. The Tibet Branch (西藏分行) of the Agricultural Bank of China (中国农业银行) has jointly launched the "Rural Revitalization·Benefit Farmers Machinery Guarantee Loan" with financial institutions, leading enterprises, guarantee institutions, and agricultural machinery dealers. Sonam (索朗) is a beneficiary of this product.

A sound mechanism of multi-party division of labor, cooperation, and complementary advantages is being formed. "Accurately connecting with the production needs of enterprises and farmers, from basic financial services to exclusive credit products, diversified financial services strongly support the entire chain of highland characteristic agriculture," said Jiangba Danzeng (江巴旦增), head of the Gyantse County Branch (江孜县支行) of the Agricultural Bank of China (农行).

In early May, in Xuwen County (徐闻县), Zhanjiang City (湛江市), Guangdong (广东), the harvested pineapple fields are connected into a "golden sea." This characteristic industry is the focus of "drip irrigation" by local financial institutions. Since the beginning of this year, the Xuwen Rural Commercial Bank (徐闻农商银行) service team has visited more than 300 local growers, allowing them to apply for loans without leaving their villages.

"The main force status and role of large banks are more prominent, and small and medium-sized institutions play their regional advantages, serving the local area, and achieving more effective results in characteristic development," said Wen Bin (温彬), chief economist of China Minsheng Bank (中国民生银行). He added that a multi-level and broad-coverage financial institution system is increasingly improved, effectively complementing each other in serving economic and social development, and the industry as a whole is accelerating towards high-quality development.

At the same time, the reform and risk resolution of small and medium-sized financial institutions have continued to achieve effective results, reducing quantity and improving quality through methods such as restructuring and integration.

Pan Gongsheng (潘功胜), Secretary of the Party Committee and Governor of the People's Bank of China (中国人民银行), said that the People's Bank of China (中国人民银行) will continue to implement a moderately loose monetary policy, take promoting stable economic growth and reasonable price recovery as important considerations for monetary policy, give play to the integrated effect of incremental and existing policies, create a good monetary and financial environment for stable economic growth, high-quality development, and stable operation of the financial market, and provide strong financial support for achieving a good start to the "15th Five-Year Plan."

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This section is edited by: Ji Yalin, Zhai Qinqi, Xian Gan

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Editor's Note

Editor's Note: A passenger motor vehicle driver who has accumulated more than 8 hours of driving time within 24 hours should be identified as fatigued driving; implement a combination of developing water sources and conserving water, continuously enhance the ability to guarantee water supply security, and promote equalization of water supply services; operators shall not use improper means such as theft, bribery, fraud, or coercion to obtain the trade secrets of the right holder... From June, a batch of laws and regulations such as the *Rules for Determining Fatigue Driving of Motor Vehicle Drivers*, *Water Supply Regulations*, and *Provisions on the Protection of Trade Secrets* will be implemented, focusing on solving prominent problems reflected by the masses and escorting the high-quality development of the economy and society.

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Clarifying the Standards for Drowsy Driving, Accurately Determining the Cause of Accidents (Focus on the Rule of Law)

By: 本报记者 张天培

Driving a vehicle in a state of physical fatigue can easily lead to traffic accidents. However, determining whether the driver was fatigued at the time of the incident is quite difficult.

To address this, the National Standardization Technical Committee on Road Traffic Management organized and formulated the recommended public safety industry standard "Rules for Determining Fatigue Driving of Motor Vehicle Drivers" (GA/T 2372—2026). This standard will be implemented on June 1, 2026.

"This document applies to the determination of fatigue driving behavior of motor vehicle drivers in the road traffic accident investigation and handling process," the person in charge of drafting the standard introduced. "The standard stipulates that if a passenger motor vehicle driver drives continuously for more than 2 hours between 22:00 and 6:00 the next day without stopping to rest, or the rest time is less than 20 minutes, and if a passenger motor vehicle driver's cumulative driving time exceeds 8 hours within 24 hours, it should be determined as fatigue driving."

Does the regulation for passenger motor vehicle drivers apply to taxis and online ride-hailing vehicles? In response to this question, the person in charge stated that the two situations in the standard regarding the determination of fatigue driving for passenger motor vehicle drivers are based on the provisions of the "Safety Management Specifications for Road Passenger Transport Enterprises." The "Safety Management Specifications for Road Passenger Transport Enterprises" applies to road passenger transport enterprises and drivers and vehicles engaged in road passenger transport (i.e., scheduled bus passenger transport, chartered bus passenger transport, and tourist passenger transport) operations, and does not involve taxi (including online ride-hailing) operations.

Are there any special regulations regarding the continuous driving time for truck drivers? The person in charge introduced that the standard does not have special regulations for the continuous driving time of truck drivers, and the general regulations for motor vehicles apply, that is, if a motor vehicle driver drives a motor vehicle continuously for more than 4 hours without stopping to rest or the rest time is less than 20 minutes, this is also the provision of Article 62, Paragraph 7 of the Implementing Regulations of the Road Traffic Safety Law.

The standard also stipulates that if a motor vehicle driver who had the conditions to avoid danger during the occurrence of a road traffic accident but failed to take effective avoidance measures in a timely manner, and after investigation, if monitoring equipment shows multiple instances of closing eyes, yawning, or deviating gaze, or if the life trajectory shows continuous staying up late, high-intensity labor, etc., it can also be determined as fatigue driving.

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Strengthening Supervision, Refining Fines for Various Illegal Activities (Focus on the Rule of Law)

By: 本报记者 王 浩

The "Water Supply Regulations" have been implemented since June 1 this year, coordinating urban and rural water supply at the administrative regulation level, and providing strong legal guarantees for ensuring the safety of urban and rural residents' water supply.

The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Water Resources (水利部) stated that, based on the original "Urban Water Supply Regulations," the "Water Supply Regulations" include rural scaled water supply in the scope of application, and clarify that rural water supply other than scaled water supply shall be subject to separate management measures formulated by the water administrative department of the State Council in conjunction with relevant departments. The "Water Supply Regulations" make detailed and comprehensive provisions for ensuring the quality of rural water supply, standardizing water supply operation and services, strengthening facility management and protection, and emergency management and disposal. For example, the construction of water supply sources should take into account surface water and groundwater, local water and external water transfer, to achieve multi-source complementarity; local people's governments at or above the county level should formulate water supply emergency plans for their regions in accordance with the law, and coordinate the reserve and dispatch of water supply emergency materials.

Chen Dayong (陈大勇), Director of the Department of Policies, Laws and Regulations of the Ministry of Water Resources (水利部政策法规司), introduced that the "Water Supply Regulations" further improve the system of illegal liabilities, add the responsible entity for water transfer project management, expand the specific circumstances of illegal services by water supply units, add penalties for failing to publicly disclose water supply application and connection procedures, service standards, water quality testing results, and other information in accordance with the law, and refine the amount of fines for various illegal acts, which will effectively improve the quality and efficiency of supervision.

Wu Xiaomei (邬晓梅), a senior engineer at the China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (中国水利水电科学研究院), said that the "Water Supply Regulations" clarify that local people's governments at or above the county level bear the main responsibility for water supply security in their administrative regions, and strengthen the government's responsibilities in organizing leadership, coordinating and solving major water supply issues, and guaranteeing funding.

Ni Wenjin (倪文进), Director of the Department of Rural Water Resources and Hydropower of the Ministry of Water Resources (水利部农村水利水电司), introduced that the rural areas in China that currently do not have access to tap water are mainly distributed in pastoral areas, mountainous areas, high-altitude and remote areas, and are mainly supplied by small and scattered water supply projects, which is a weak link in rural water supply. In the next step, the Ministry of Water Resources (水利部) will continue to expand the scope of integrated urban and rural water supply and scaled water supply, and strive to achieve a 98% penetration rate of tap water in rural areas nationwide by 2030, with most of the population currently served by small and scattered water supply projects having access to tap water.

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"Data" and "Algorithms" Included in the Scope of Trade Secret Protection (Focus on the Rule of Law)

By: 本报记者 林丽鹂

The "Regulations on the Protection of Trade Secrets" (《商业秘密保护规定》) (hereinafter referred to as the "Regulations") officially came into effect on June 1 this year. A relevant person in charge of the State Administration for Market Regulation (市场监管总局) introduced: "Trade secrets are the core intellectual property of enterprises, the key to maintaining enterprise competitiveness and stimulating enterprise innovation vitality, and an important cornerstone for supporting industrial security and helping the development of new quality productive forces."

The "Regulations" fill the gap in the detailed rules for administrative protection of trade secrets. The "Regulations" for the first time detail the rules for determining trade secrets, types of infringement, and administrative protection procedures at the level of departmental regulations, providing accurate, specific, and operable action guidelines for law enforcement by market supervision departments and compliant operations by various enterprises.

The "Regulations" are more adaptable to the digital age. With the in-depth development of the digital economy, digital assets such as data, algorithms, computer programs, and code have become core trade secrets of enterprises, and new types of infringement such as electronic intrusion and remote crawling occur frequently. Lu Haijun (卢海君), a professor and doctoral supervisor at the University of International Business and Economics (对外经济贸易大学), introduced that the new regulations clearly include "data" and "algorithms" in the scope of technical information protected by trade secrets, comprehensively detail the types of acts that infringe trade secrets, and accurately cover new types of infringement methods in the digital age; it is clarified that digital behaviors such as electronic intrusion, unauthorized access, illegal transmission, private downloading, and use beyond authorization belong to unfair means of obtaining trade secrets.

In addition, the "Regulations" add clauses on instigating, inducing, and assisting infringement, improve the responsibilities of third parties, and achieve full-chain accountability. To implement the Anti-Unfair Competition Law, extraterritorial application is added, and if overseas infringement disrupts the domestic market order, China's regulatory authorities can pursue accountability in accordance with the law.

During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, the State Administration for Market Regulation (市场监管总局) will accelerate the research and formulation of opinions on strengthening the protection of trade secrets, carry out a new batch of innovation pilots, cultivate specialized appraisal institutions, and promote the establishment of a list of trade secret protections for key industries and key enterprises. The person in charge of the Price Supervision and Anti-monopoly Bureau (价监竞争局) of the State Administration for Market Regulation (市场监管总局) believes that as the network for the protection of trade secrets becomes increasingly dense, enterprises' confidence to dare to venture and create will be even more firm.

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Dig deep into the root causes of problems, and promote social governance through individual case handling.

People's Daily, Beijing, May 28th (Reporter Ni Yi (倪弋)) The Supreme People's Procuratorate (最高人民检察院) released on the 28th a set of typical cases on "Strengthening Procuratorial Supervision to Promote the Prevention and Governance of Juvenile Delinquency." This batch of 10 typical cases focuses on current social concerns regarding the protection of minors, such as new types of drugs, cybercrime, and mandatory reporting, and centrally reflects the beneficial practices of procuratorial organs in legally punishing, precisely assisting and educating, and protecting rights and interests.

"Forming gangs and factions" and "repeated offenses" are common phenomena in juvenile delinquency and are also pain points in assistance, education, and correction. In the Wang Moumou (王某某) et al. theft case, the procuratorial organ promoted governance through the case, promoting the reduction of crime risks caused by dropping out of school and lack of supervision from the source.

The abuse of new addictive substances is a prominent issue in the protection of minors in recent years. In the Yu Moumou (于某某) et al. illegal business case, targeting the governance blind spots of new addictive substances such as "laughing gas," the procuratorial organ, based on handling the case, proposed local legislative suggestions, promoting the filling of legislative gaps at the provincial level.

The Zhu Moumou (朱某某) case of assisting in information network criminal activities and the Liu Moumou (刘某某) case of illegally obtaining computer information system data reveal the new characteristics of juvenile cybercrime in the digital age. The former targets bank card management loopholes, and the Xuzhou (徐州) Procuratorate in Jiangsu Province (江苏省) used digital procuratorial means to cut off the black industrial chain of "tool people." For the latter, the Beijing (北京) Procuratorate carried out precise correction through digital empowerment, explored the guiding path of "technology for good," and helped the minors involved return to the right path.

The prevention and governance of crimes of molestation of minors has received high social attention. In the Fang Mou (方某) case of molesting children, the handling procuratorate took the lead in establishing a cross-regional mandatory reporting collaboration mechanism in the Yangtze River Delta (长三角) integration demonstration zone to realize the regional coordinated implementation of the mandatory reporting system. In the case of the procuratorate of a certain county in Guizhou Province (贵州省) urging the implementation of administrative public interest litigation for campus safety management, the handling procuratorate relied on the suggestions of deputies to the People's Congress to discover supervision clues and promote the strengthening of the protection of minors in remote teaching locations.

The cases released this time also emphasized the "governance from case" of the procuratorate's legal handling of cases to promote comprehensive governance. In the Duan Mou (段某) case of provoking trouble, the procuratorial organ promoted the promulgation of normative documents with "procuratorial suggestions + research reports" to prevent minors from purchasing dangerous tools to commit violent crimes from the source. In the Han Moumou (韩某某) theft case, the procuratorial organ deeply analyzed the causes of crime among minors in difficulty, jointly assisted and educated in a three-dimensional manner with multiple departments, established files to assist 52 similar juvenile offenders, and prevented recidivism.

This batch of typical cases focuses on comprehensively and accurately implementing the criminal policy of combining leniency and severity and accurately grasping the relationship between punishment and protection. The procuratorial organs promoted the establishment and improvement of a "different severity, different emphasis, and tiered connection" hierarchical classification intervention mechanism, strengthened personalized assistance, education, and correction while legally punishing, and deeply explored the root causes of problems, promoted social governance through individual case handling, and eliminated the inducements for juvenile delinquency from the source.

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ICBC Chongqing Branch: Financial Support for the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor Construction, Serving Chongqing's High-Level Opening-Up

On February 12 this year, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Chongqing Branch (工行重庆市分行, referred to as "ICBC Chongqing Branch") jointly held a "single bill of lading" financial service centralized signing event with the Chongqing Changshou District People's Government (重庆市长寿区人民政府) at the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor (陆海新通道) Financial Service Center. Through "policy empowerment + platform collaboration + financial innovation," they are helping to create a comprehensive "logistics + trade + finance" service ecosystem.

As a vital financial force rooted in Chongqing (重庆) and serving the local area, ICBC Chongqing Branch closely follows national strategies and the construction deployment of Chongqing's inland open comprehensive hub. It fully leverages the group's comprehensive and international operational advantages, achieving efficient domestic and international collaboration to provide all-round, multi-level financial services for the construction of the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor. By the end of 2025, ICBC Chongqing Branch's financing balance in related fields of corridor construction was nearly 100 billion yuan, with a cumulative total of over 40 billion US dollars in international settlement and foreign exchange transactions throughout the year.

Breaking the Problem with Innovation, Activating New Momentum for Cross-border Trade

On April 16, ICBC Chongqing Branch successfully issued the city's first "single bill of lading" digital RMB financing business for a manufacturing enterprise in Chongqing, with an initial loan amount of 4 million yuan. The implementation of this innovative business marks a crucial step for ICBC Chongqing Branch in the field of digital RMB empowering foreign trade entities.

Currently, Chongqing is accelerating the construction of the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor, continuously implementing a series of policies to stabilize foreign trade and foreign investment, vigorously promoting the "single bill of lading" bill of lading financing model, and promoting the innovative application of digital RMB in cross-border trade scenarios. ICBC Chongqing Branch integrates its own development into the practice of implementing major strategies, taking technological empowerment and product innovation as breakthroughs, continuously optimizing cross-border financial services, actively exploring application scenarios for "single bill of lading" land trade rules, improving the level of cross-border trade settlement and investment and financing facilitation along the corridor, and contributing to the high-quality development of the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor.

As early as 2017, ICBC Chongqing Branch opened the world's first import letter of credit using a "railway bill of lading" as a transport document; in 2022, it achieved a breakthrough in import letter of credit business under the multimodal transport "single bill of lading"; in 2024, it achieved a breakthrough in "railway bill of lading" import T/T financing business. To date, ICBC Chongqing Branch has cumulatively handled nearly 200 million yuan in related financing.

Not limited to the innovation of the "single bill of lading" bill of lading financing model, ICBC Chongqing Branch also actively utilizes digital RMB cross-border settlement, financing, and electronic evidence storage service scenarios, as well as innovative products such as ICBC Global Pay and ICBC e-Second Arrival, to build a digital, cross-border trade, safe, and efficient settlement foundation.

Exerting Efforts on Industry, Igniting a Strong Engine for Chongqing Enterprises to Go Global

In 2025, with the accelerated construction of China Changan Automobile's (中国长安汽车) Thai production base and Southeast Asian sales network, high-frequency repatriation of funds has become a rigid demand for the enterprise. Facing the pain points of traditional cross-border settlement processes being cumbersome and lengthy, ICBC Chongqing Branch actively implements convenient cross-border RMB policies, linking with ICBC Thailand (工银泰国) to include the enterprise in the list of high-quality cross-border RMB enterprises, opening a green channel for settlement, and achieving simplification of documents and accelerated crediting. To date, it has cumulatively completed over 1.9 billion yuan in convenient cross-border RMB receipts, strongly supporting the smooth operation of China Changan Automobile's overseas research and development, production, and sales system.

This is a vivid microcosm of ICBC Chongqing Branch safeguarding Chongqing enterprises going global with financial strength. ICBC Chongqing Branch focuses on Chongqing's goal of building a "33618" modern manufacturing cluster system, focusing on advantageous industries such as automobiles and electronic information, providing comprehensive financial solutions, and helping Chongqing enterprises expand into the global market through the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor. When facing the hedging needs brought about by exchange rate fluctuations, ICBC Chongqing Branch helps customers establish a risk-neutral awareness, and through forward, swap, option, and option combination exchange rate hedging products, helps customers achieve effective control of exchange rate risks.

Empowering Projects, Consolidating the Hard Support for Corridor Construction

Currently, the construction of the Xi'an-Kunming High-speed Railway (西昆高铁) corridor has entered a stage of full sprint. ICBC Chongqing Branch provides full support for project construction with efficient financial services. While providing credit support for the construction of the Xi'an-Kunming High-speed Railway, it also conducts intelligent supervision of the flow of construction funds of construction units, effectively improving the efficiency of full-process fund supervision of Xikun Company (西昆公司). By the end of 2025, ICBC Chongqing Branch had cumulatively provided 3.767 billion yuan in loans for the construction of the Xi'an-Kunming High-speed Railway corridor.

In recent years, ICBC Chongqing Branch has always focused on key areas of infrastructure construction, and through diversified financing channels and diversified financial products, has continued to increase financial support for projects related to the construction of the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor. By the end of 2025, it had cumulatively provided financial support for more than 60 major infrastructure projects in Chongqing's southeast, northwest, and four-way open corridors, with a financing balance of nearly 80 billion yuan and a financing amount of over 15 billion yuan in 2025.

In the construction of cross-regional transportation hubs, ICBC Chongqing Branch strengthens联动合作 with the "13+2" provinces and cities along the corridor, and forms syndicated loans with financial institutions in Sichuan (四川), Yunnan (云南), Guizhou (贵州) and other provinces to jointly provide financing support for major infrastructure projects such as the Xi'an-Kunming High-speed Railway, Chongqing-Changsha High-speed Railway (渝湘高铁), Chengdu-Chongqing Central Line High-speed Railway (成渝中线高铁), and Chongqing-Guizhou Railway (渝黔铁路). By the end of 2025, the related financing balance was 13.3 billion yuan, providing solid support for the coordinated economic development of the regions along the corridor.

In order to smooth the "muscles and veins" of the real economy, which is logistics, ICBC Chongqing Branch continues to increase financing support for logistics base projects and daily liquidity financing support for logistics companies involved in corridor operations. By the end of 2025, the related financing balance was nearly 4 billion yuan, providing financial guarantees for key operating entities of the corridor such as Chongqing Logistics Group (重庆物流集团), Chongqing Port (重庆港), and Minsheng Comprehensive Logistics (民生综合物流).

Data source: Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Chongqing Branch

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

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Promote the Implementation of Responsibilities for Governing the Party and Exercising Strict Party Self-Governance (In-depth Study and Implementation of Xi Jinping's Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era)

By: 王希鹏

Implementing the responsibility for governing and administering the Party is an important political responsibility of Party organizations at all levels, providing a strong guarantee for establishing and practicing a correct view of performance. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "High-quality development requires high-quality Party building to lead it." The tighter and more solid the governance and administration of the Party, the more stable the "ballast stone" of a correct view of performance, the more sustainable the development "long-distance running," and the more able to create achievements that truly benefit the people and are recognized by the masses.

Governing and administering the Party provides political guidance and guarantees for establishing and practicing a correct view of performance.

Implementing the responsibility for governing and administering the Party and establishing and practicing a correct view of performance are mutually causal and mutually reinforcing. In the process of establishing and practicing a correct view of performance, the responsibility for governing and administering the Party is both a political guide and a political guarantee; establishing and practicing a correct view of performance can also promote the in-depth development of governing and administering the Party, forming a virtuous circle.

Governing and administering the Party provides a political guarantee for establishing and practicing a correct view of performance. To govern a country, one must first govern the Party; only when the Party prospers can the country be strong. The Party's leadership is the "stabilizing needle" for the development of the Party and the country. The more complex the situation and the more arduous the task, the more necessary it is to strengthen the Party's overall leadership through governing and administering the Party. Just as trees cannot grow on floating sand, a correct view of performance cannot be established and practiced in a lax and weak management environment, but requires Party organizations to guide and regulate it through a strict responsibility system. The purpose of governing and administering the Party is to create a positive and healthy political ecology by clarifying the direction, establishing rules, rectifying the atmosphere, and strengthening immunity, so that Party members and cadres can let go of their hands and feet to do business and start a career. The great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is like a giant ship sailing far away. Only through strict governance and administration of the Party, building the Party organization's fighting fortress more firmly, and tempering the style of the Party member team more strongly, can the entire Party and the people of all ethnic groups across the country unite under the Party's banner into "a piece of hard steel," thinking in one direction and working together to push the Chinese ship to brave the wind and waves and move steadily and far. By governing and administering the Party and resolutely eliminating negative factors affecting economic and social development, we can provide a political guarantee for establishing and practicing a correct view of performance, ensuring that development does not deviate or distort, and ensuring that the Party always maintains its vigorous vitality and strong combat effectiveness, and always becomes the strong leading core of Chinese-style modernization.

Governing and administering the Party builds a solid ideological dam for establishing and practicing a correct view of performance. The decisive factor in establishing and practicing a correct view of performance is Party spirit. The view of performance reflects Party members and cadres' fundamental understanding and attitude towards fulfilling their duties and creating achievements, and is a concentrated reflection of their worldview, outlook on life, and values in their political behavior. To establish and practice a correct view of performance, we must fully implement the responsibility for governing and administering the Party, starting from the ideological source of correcting the view of performance, promoting Party members and cadres to strengthen their ideals and beliefs, enhance their awareness of Party spirit, forge their loyalty to the Party, cultivate their feelings for the people, purify their moral character, and maintain their integrity. In reality, some Party-member leading cadres, in order to gain capital and seek promotion, do not hesitate to use human, material, and financial resources to engage in large-scale "image projects" and "performance projects"; some appoint people based on favoritism and profit, and even engage in "those who obey me prosper, those who oppose me perish"; some seek personal gain by abusing their power, engaging in corruption and bending the law, and seeking personal gain for themselves and small groups; and so on. The root cause of these phenomena is a problem with Party spirit. To strengthen ideals and beliefs, one must first know them and then believe in them, and then act on them. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "The firmness of ideals and beliefs comes from the firmness of ideological theory. Recognizing the truth, mastering the truth, believing in the truth, and defending the truth are the spiritual prerequisites for strengthening ideals and beliefs." Xi Jinping (习近平)'s Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era is contemporary Chinese Marxism, Marxism of the 21st century, and the essence of the Chinese culture and spirit of the times, realizing a new leap in the Sinicization and modernization of Marxism. To establish and practice a correct view of performance, we must take strengthening the Party ideologically and strengthening the Party theoretically as a major political responsibility for governing and administering the Party, and unswervingly use Xi Jinping (习近平)'s Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era to unite the people's hearts and minds, deeply study and understand General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平)'s important exposition on establishing and practicing a correct view of performance, especially to transform the worldview, methodology, and the positions, viewpoints, and methods running through this important thought into ideological weapons, so as to internalize them in the heart and externalize them in action, and with the spiritual realm of "achieving success does not necessarily require me, but achieving success definitely requires me," wholeheartedly do their job well, and contribute to comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization.

Governing and administering the Party provides a style guarantee for establishing and practicing a correct view of performance. Style and view of performance are mutually reinforcing. To establish and practice a correct view of performance, we must start by abandoning the style of vanity and floating, and start by establishing a pragmatic style. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "We must firmly establish a view of performance that benefits the people, take the lead in following the Party's mass line in the new era, correct the stubborn diseases of formalism and bureaucracy, effectively reduce the burden on the grassroots, and promote the implementation of work through the transformation of style." In reality, some Party members and cadres fail to take responsibility or act on the Party Central Committee's decisions and deployments, and are numb and lax; some engage in "bonsai projects" and "flipping pancakes" in order to achieve short-term brilliance and rapid promotion; some have "easy doors to enter, good-looking faces, but difficult things to handle"; some grasp work by sticking to routines without coming up with ideas, avoid contradictions and dare not take responsibility, and when things happen, they either ask for instructions from higher levels or sign responsibility statements to lower levels, but do not go to implement them. These problems are both style problems and view of performance problems. To establish and practice a correct view of performance, we must take strengthening style construction as an important link in governing and administering the Party, educate and guide Party members and cadres to continuously strengthen style tempering, carry forward the spirit of seeking truth from facts and doing practical work, resolutely eliminate "stubborn diseases" in style, tell the truth, observe the truth, report the true numbers, plan practical measures, do practical things, and seek practical results. Unswervingly implement the spirit of the Central Eight-Point Regulation, vigorously rectify formalism to reduce the burden on the grassroots, resolutely correct the problems of blind decision-making, eagerness for success, extravagance and waste, flashy and unrealistic, and data fraud caused by the misalignment of the view of performance, and educate and guide Party members and cadres to do one thing after another, year after year, and down-to-earthly turn the established action program, strategic goals, and work blueprint into reality.

Governing and administering the Party provides a test standard for establishing and practicing a correct view of performance. Achievements are all made through hard work, and only real work can produce real achievements and true achievements. The implementation of the responsibility for governing and administering the Party must ultimately be reflected in the actual results of benefiting the people and promoting high-quality development. Since the new era, our Party has adhered to the people-centered development ideology, educated and guided Party members and cadres to fully implement the responsibility for governing and administering the Party, firmly established a view of performance that benefits the people, "doing things" not "showing off," "benefiting" not "creating momentum," unswervingly enhancing the people's well-being, and doing good and practical things to the hearts of the masses. High-quality development is the primary task of comprehensively building a socialist modern country. Adhering to high-quality development is an important part of Party members and cadres establishing and practicing a correct view of performance, and it is also an important standard for testing the implementation of the responsibility for governing and administering the Party. This requires Party members and cadres to work hard to fully, accurately, and comprehensively implement the new development concept, and develop new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions. To establish and practice a correct view of performance, we must adhere to high-quality development, and not engage in greed for greatness, foreignness, blind recklessness, or sensationalism; adhere to producing practical measures and seeking practical results, and not engage in flashy and unrealistic, opportunistic, or data fraud; adhere to laying the foundation for long-term benefits, and not engage in short-sightedness, draining the pond to catch fish, or wasting money and manpower. Only by continuously strengthening their sense of responsibility and consciously accepting the "measurement" test of the responsibility for governing and administering the Party, and pursuing development that is real, without moisture, and unified in speed, quality, and efficiency, can Party members and cadres create real achievements that can stand the test of practice, the people, and history.

Governing and administering the Party provides a system guarantee for establishing and practicing a correct view of performance. The view of power directly affects the view of performance. Governing and administering the Party regulates the operation of power through system constraints, minimizing the living space for erroneous views of performance. Our Party prevents arbitrary use of power by strictly implementing democratic centralism and the "major issues to be decided by the Party committee" decision-making system, and guides Party members and cadres to establish and practice a correct view of performance by improving Party discipline and regulations. The revised "Regulations on Disciplinary Sanctions of the Communist Party of China" in 2023 added Article 57, adding provisions for disciplinary sanctions for Party-member leading cadres whose view of performance is misaligned, violating the new development concept, and deviating from the requirements of high-quality development, and adjusted the behavior of engaging in "image projects" and "performance projects" that waste money and manpower from violating mass discipline to violating political discipline. By clarifying disciplinary requirements, we promote Party-member leading cadres to establish and practice a correct view of performance and implement the requirements of high-quality development. The "Regulations on the Selection and Appointment of Party and Government Leading Cadres" clearly stipulates: "Prevent the simple evaluation of work performance based on the rate of economic growth." Erroneous views of performance are often accompanied by bad styles. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, our Party has strictly implemented the spirit of the Central Eight-Point Regulation and its implementation rules, severely investigated and dealt with "image projects" and "performance projects" that waste money and manpower, and continuously rectified formalism and bureaucracy, so that the false practices of "only obeying superiors and not seeking truth from facts" and "only seeking excitement and not emphasizing practical results" have lost their market, and cadres who are keen on engaging in "mountains of documents and seas of meetings" and "excessive traces" have nowhere to hide. To establish and practice a correct view of performance, we must adhere to governing power by the system and using power in accordance with regulations, improve the system, establish good rules, clarify what can be done, what cannot be done, and how it should be done, and improve the system mechanism that unifies authorization, use of power, and restriction of power, is clear, transparent, and traceable, and focus on compressing the space for arbitrary power.

Practice has fully proven that places where Party building work is done solidly and governing and administering the Party are strict are often places where the relationship between the Party and the masses is harmonious and the momentum for development is sufficient. The actual results of promoting development through Party building are a powerful proof of establishing and practicing a correct view of performance. It can be said that Party building is the command, and development is the goal; Party building is the guarantee, and development is the result. If governing and administering the Party are lax and weak, the organization is scattered, and discipline is lax, the fruits of development will not only fail to benefit the masses, but may even deviate from the correct track due to abuse of power.

Strengthening the "rigid constraint" of governing and administering the Party on establishing and practicing a correct view of performance.

General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Economic and social development should establish a correct view of performance, and Party building should also establish a correct view of performance, and it should be based on pragmatism." Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, our Party has adhered to the strict tone, strict measures, and strict atmosphere, grasping Party spirit, Party conduct, and Party discipline together, connecting the rectification of style and discipline with anti-corruption, grasping iron with traces and stepping on stone with prints, solving one problem after another, continuously exerting efforts, and advancing step by step, effectively promoting the in-depth development of comprehensively and strictly governing the Party. This is a vivid embodiment of establishing and practicing a correct view of performance in governing and administering the Party. To establish and practice a correct view of performance, we must take the implementation of the responsibility for governing and administering the Party as an "iron law" engraved in the bones and blood of Party members and cadres, persevere and make long-term efforts, and never allow any slackness.

The responsibility for governing and administering the Party is significant, and no Party organization or Party member cadre can stand aloof. 单丝不成线，独木不成林 (dān sī bù chéng xiàn, dú mù bù chéng lín - "a single thread cannot make a line, a single tree cannot make a forest," one person can't accomplish much alone). Governing and administering the Party is a systematic project, which cannot be completed solely by the central government or a few leading cadres, but requires every Party organization to shoulder its responsibilities, take steps, and set an example. In reality, some Party members and cadres express more support for comprehensively and strictly governing the Party, but take less initiative to grasp it, and turn a deaf ear to some problems that they know very well. Some members of the leadership team and functional departments believe that the "two responsibilities" are the responsibility of the Party secretary and the secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission, and that it is none of their business. These tendencies are all wrong. Party organizations at all levels must firmly establish the concept that "grasping Party building is the job, not grasping Party building is dereliction of duty, and not grasping Party building well is incompetence," promote the implementation of Party building responsibilities at all levels, and grasp Party building work practically, meticulously, and in place. More than 5 million grassroots Party organizations are like more than 5 million "piles," and only when each pile is grounded and each root is solid can the Party's ruling mansion withstand the wind and waves and sit firmly on the Diaoyutai (钓鱼台).

Currently, some Party members and cadres still have some deviations in implementing the responsibility for governing and administering the Party. Some do not pay attention to it ideologically and do not act on it in action, thinking that grasping Party building is more virtual than grasping development, and it is not easy to produce obvious achievements. It is enough to hold a few meetings a year to arrange it, and there is no need to be so concerned and exert effort. Some are very clear about what is the Party and what is the government, what is in charge of business and what is in charge of Party affairs, and they "position" themselves and abandon the responsibilities they should perform. Some emphasize form over content, process over results, quantity over quality, which looks lively, but the actual effect is not good, and even "two skins" with the central work, with no effect. Some lack a systematic concept, treating the head when it hurts and the foot when it hurts, resulting in more and more contradictions and problems. Individual places have been revolving around a few points for a long time, and even use the method of helping seedlings grow by pulling them up to cultivate typical examples, and use the method of "opening a small stove" and "eating partial meals" to promote typical examples, which not only cannot lead the way, but also encourages a style of vanity. There are many reasons for these problems, and the root cause is the problem with the view of performance. A Party member cadre who truly has a correct view of performance must be responsible for the cause of the Party and the country, and must be serious and tough on governing and administering the Party, rather than cherishing his feathers. Conversely, if a Party member cadre discounts or makes changes in governing and administering the Party, turns a blind eye to unhealthy trends and evil practices, and dares not fight or is unwilling to fight against violations of discipline and law, then no matter how loudly he shouts the correct view of performance, his view of performance is essentially wrong.

The process of implementing the responsibility for governing and administering the Party is also the process of transforming the correct view of performance from a "soft constraint" to a "hard measure." The view of performance itself is a "soft constraint," and the responsibility for governing and administering the Party puts "teeth" on the "soft constraint" and turns the "inner drama" into a "real scene." Party organizations at all levels quantify assessment indicators, so that emphasizing Party building and emphasizing practical results become specific actions that can be inspected and quantified from ideological requirements; hold accountable those who engage in "image projects" and "performance projects"; and directly link assessment and evaluation with the promotion and demotion of cadres. With this set of "combined punches," the correct view of performance is no longer a flexible advocacy that is "important to talk about and secondary to do," but a rigid constraint that cadres must follow and practice.

To implement the responsibility well, we must hold the "bull nose" of the responsibility system. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized that "to strictly govern the Party, we must enhance the awareness of governing and administering the Party and implement the responsibility for governing and administering the Party," and that "without clarifying responsibilities, without implementing responsibilities, and without holding responsibilities accountable, it is impossible to strictly govern the Party." Without a clear responsibility system, the correct view of performance is a castle in the air; without a full chain of responsibility, even the best system will be reduced to formality, and the view of performance will easily deviate. The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China proposed major strategic measures to improve the system of comprehensively and strictly governing the Party. In January 2023, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized at the Second Plenary Session of the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection that "we must adhere to full coverage in content, full coverage in objects, full chain in responsibility, and full connection in system, and further improve the system of comprehensively and strictly governing the Party," of which "full chain in responsibility" is an important content. In June 2024, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized when presiding over the 15th collective study of the Political Bureau of the 20th CPC Central Committee: "We must improve the responsibility system with clear subjects and clear requirements. We must establish and improve the responsibility system in layers and categories, and promote Party organizations at all levels and the vast number of Party members and cadres to know their responsibilities, assume their responsibilities, and fulfill their responsibilities."

Adhering to the "full chain in responsibility" is consistent with the goal of "improving the responsibility system with clear subjects and clear requirements." At the same time, the two have their own emphasis on implementing the responsibility system for governing and administering the Party. "Full chain in responsibility" focuses on the "vertical connection" of responsibility, solving the problem of responsibility "disconnection, detachment, and failure to transmit in place," emphasizing the continuity of responsibility operation; "responsibility system with clear subjects and clear requirements" focuses on the "horizontal boundaries" of responsibility, solving the problem of responsibility "ambiguity, intersection, and no one claiming," emphasizing the accuracy of responsibility content. The two coordinate and promote each other, forming an organic whole, and pointing out the direction for further improving the system of comprehensively and strictly governing the Party.
To consolidate the responsibility for governing the Party and administering the country, a responsibility system that reaches the bottom vertically and the edge horizontally must be established. From a vertical perspective, Party organizations at all levels must tighten and consolidate their responsibilities, perform their duties and cooperate closely to form a good situation of one level grasping one level and layers grasping implementation. From a horizontal perspective, Party committees (Party groups) at all levels must fulfill their primary responsibilities, the Party secretary, that is, the "top leader," must fulfill the responsibility of the first person responsible, other members of the leading body must earnestly assume "dual responsibilities for one post," discipline inspection commissions at all levels must fulfill their supervisory responsibilities, and every Party member and cadre must fulfill their due responsibilities, promoting the formation of a responsibility system in which Party organizations and various subjects at all levels are strictly responsible, jointly manage, and are interlocked.

The primary responsibility is in a key position in the responsibility for governing the Party and administering the country. Whether the responsibility for governing the Party and administering the country can be shouldered depends on how the primary responsibility is implemented. Entering the new era, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized "primary responsibility" from the strategic overall situation of governing the Party and administering the country, which is a major ideological, theoretical, institutional, and practical innovation in governing the Party, clarified the status of the Party committee as the leader, executor, and promoter in comprehensively and strictly governing the Party, fundamentally solved the problem of "who is responsible and how to be responsible," effectively reversed the problem of responsibility virtualization and layer-by-layer reduction, and formed a strict responsibility chain of "one level grasping one level and layers grasping implementation."

How a place and department comprehensively and strictly govern the Party depends on whether the Party organization and leading cadres, especially the "top leader," have fulfilled their responsibilities. In reality, some leading cadres express more support for comprehensively and strictly governing the Party but take less initiative to grasp it, and hold a "better to say less when you know something is wrong" attitude toward some prominent problems, acting as "silent gentlemen." This kind of tendency must be resolutely corrected. Party committees (Party groups) must earnestly regard comprehensively and strictly governing the Party as their own business and due responsibility, focusing on strengthening leadership over governing the Party, selecting and using cadres well, strengthening supervision and restriction of power operation, deeply carrying out Party conduct and integrity building and the anti-corruption struggle, safeguarding the interests of the masses, and truly shoulder the burden and cultivate their own "responsibility field." The Party committee must take the initiative to grasp and manage, and must not replace its own primary responsibility with the supervisory responsibility of the discipline inspection commission, let alone abandon responsibility and push it away. The Party committee (Party group) secretary, as the first person responsible, must firmly establish the concept that "grasping Party building is one's job, not grasping Party building is dereliction of duty, and not grasping Party building well is incompetence," focusing on grasping the leading body, leading the team well, and promoting implementation, both taking the lead and going into battle, and earnestly ensuring that important work is personally deployed, major issues are personally inquired about, important links are personally coordinated, and important cases are personally supervised.

Implementing the responsibility for governing the Party and administering the country is a "grand chorus" of collective responsibility undertaken by the Party organization. The Party committee should act as the "lead singer," grasping the direction and managing the overall situation. The secretary should act as the "backbone," taking the lead in cultivating his own "Party building responsibility field." The discipline inspection commission should fulfill its special supervisory responsibilities, focusing on efficient supervision, strict discipline enforcement, and accurate accountability, focusing on the main responsibility and doing a good job in the main business, and must not exercise the powers of the Party committee and the government, nor can it replace functional departments to grasp supervision. Other members of the leading body should combine their duties and tasks, fulfill their responsibilities for governing the Party and administering the country in accordance with the requirements of "dual responsibilities for one post," and must not engage in the set of things that are not their own business and hang high. Party members and cadres should focus on strict self-discipline and mutual supervision, mutual reminders and assistance, and fulfill their specific responsibilities in combination with the characteristics of their posts and the actual work. All responsible subjects must know their responsibilities, shoulder their responsibilities, and fulfill their responsibilities, and must not act as "good old boys," allowing the image of the Party and the interests of the people to be damaged for the sake of so-called personal image. It is necessary to improve the accurate and scientific accountability mechanism, transmit pressure layer by layer, and promote the implementation of the responsibility for governing the Party and administering the country in place with the responsible subject in place, the responsibility requirements in place, and the assessment and accountability in place.

Combining strict management and love is a profound summary of the law of comprehensively and strictly governing the Party. The purpose of comprehensively and strictly governing the Party is not to control people to death, make people look forward and backward, be timid, and turn into a pool of stagnant water that is lifeless and inactive, but to create a positive and healthy political ecology and a good environment for doing business and starting a business. Comprehensively and strictly governing the Party is like a careful garden maintenance, the purpose is to create a political ecology with sufficient sunshine, smooth ventilation, and fertile soil by clarifying the correct direction of growth, erecting supporting rules and frameworks, straightening trees that have been blown askew by wind and rain, and strengthening the immune system to resist diseases and insect pests, so that every "tree" can grow freely upward within the framework of rules, with deep roots and luxuriant foliage, and full of vitality, and ultimately form a good environment for all trees to compete for glory and start a business. Party organizations at all levels must deeply grasp the relationship between strict management and supervision and encouraging responsibility and action, better stimulate the enthusiasm, initiative, and creativity of the vast number of Party members and cadres, and form a strong atmosphere and vivid situation of striving for a new journey and making contributions to a new era, which is also the inherent meaning of establishing and practicing a correct view of performance.

Guarantee Scientific Decision-Making and Pragmatic Implementation Through Implementing Democratic Centralism

Democratic centralism is the Party's fundamental organizational principle and leadership system, providing an important institutional guarantee for governing the Party and administering the country. Democratic centralism includes two aspects: democracy and centralism, which are mutually conditional and complementary. Adhering to democratic centralism is an important part of Marxist Party building theory and an important symbol of a Marxist political party. This system can ensure that our Party transforms scattered opinions and suggestions into systematic and scientific guidelines and policies, and is the magic weapon for our Party to always maintain unity and unification, make scientific decisions, and gather the strength to move forward. Just like building a magnificent building, it requires not only every craftsman to contribute superb skills and unique insights, but also the chief designer to coordinate the overall situation and make final decisions on the basis of collective wisdom.

Scientific decision-making is an important part of establishing and practicing a correct view of performance. To achieve scientific decision-making, it is necessary to fully promote intra-Party democracy and concentrate the wisdom of the entire Party. Among them, "promoting intra-Party democracy" is the basis of scientific decision-making. Only by fully promoting intra-Party democracy, unblocking channels for expressing intra-Party opinions, and respecting and guaranteeing the democratic rights of Party members can the creativity of the entire Party be maximized. "Concentrating the wisdom of the entire Party" is the rich fertile ground for scientific decision-making. As the world's largest political party, our Party's members and grassroots organizations are widely distributed and have the advantage of extensive information tentacles, which can sensitively perceive the subtle changes in economic and social development and the realistic demands of the people, and can systematically analyze and comprehensively judge complex issues from different perspectives, and summarize and form scientific decision-making suggestions.

"Promoting intra-Party democracy and concentrating the wisdom of the entire Party" is interconnected with establishing and practicing a correct view of performance. Among them, promoting intra-Party democracy and concentrating the wisdom of the entire Party is the "source of living water" for establishing and practicing a correct view of performance. Without broad democracy, the view of performance will fall into the quagmire of subjectivism; and establishing and practicing a correct view of performance is the "vivid embodiment" of promoting intra-Party democracy and concentrating the wisdom of the entire Party. Only by establishing and practicing a correct view of performance will democracy not become "empty talk." In reality, some Party members and cadres have misplaced views of performance and violated the principle of democratic centralism, causing serious consequences. For example, some do not respect scientific laws in making plans and grasping development, ignore realistic conditions and historical stages, do not analyze resource endowments and environmental carrying capacity, do not count input costs or output benefits, blindly pursue "large-scale" and "unconventional," and even deviate from local realities to engage in so-called "leapfrogging," causing serious mistakes and waste. Some regard collective research as a formality, treat expert argumentation as a decoration, determine projects based on personal preferences, and rely on subjective speculation to start projects, transforming "daring to make decisions" into "randomly making decisions." Some, in order to establish "personal authority" and show "courage and insight," insist on their own way and forcibly promote major matters, leading to serious consequences such as unfinished projects, debt accumulation, and ecological damage. Some are bold and reckless in decision-making, causing serious losses, which often involve corruption problems behind them, in order to seek rent and seek personal gain. The root cause of these problems lies in the distortion of the view of power and the lack of awareness of rules, placing personal will above organizational principles and professional rationality, and treating public resources as "experimental fields" for practicing personal ideas, which not only causes development stagnation and financial waste, but also overdraws public trust and damages the foundation of the cause.

The Party Constitution stipulates: "The Party's committees at all levels implement a system of combining collective leadership with individual division of labor and responsibility." The *Regulations on the Working Organs of the Communist Party of China* also clearly require that "the Party's working organs must adhere to democratic centralism, and the leading body implements a system of combining collective leadership with individual division of labor and responsibility." The system of combining collective leadership with individual division of labor and responsibility is the specific embodiment of democratic centralism in the Party's leadership work. Among them, collective leadership and individual division of labor and responsibility are closely linked, internally unified, inseparable, and indispensable. The strength of the Party comes not only from the wisdom of the collective, but also from the responsibility of the individual. The system of combining collective leadership with individual division of labor and responsibility in the leading body is like a ship sailing steadily and far, which requires not only the "rudder" of the captain's unified command, but also the "oars" of every sailor's hard rowing, which are interdependent and indispensable. In this system, collective leadership is the "lodestar," ensuring that the direction does not deviate. Decisions on major matters, appointments and removals of important cadres, arrangements for major projects, and the use of large amounts of funds must not be decided by individuals "patting their heads." It is necessary to follow the principle of "collective leadership, democratic centralism, individual deliberation, and meeting decision," so that everyone can bring their opinions to the table and discuss them face-to-face and thoroughly. The process of collective decision-making is a gathering of wisdom where everyone adds firewood to make the fire high, and it is also a strict rule and hard constraint, resolutely preventing "one person making all the decisions."

Individual division of labor and responsibility is the "responsibility field," ensuring effective implementation. Once the leading body has made a collective decision, the rest is to grasp implementation separately. Each member of the leading body must have a clear responsibility field, so that everything is managed and everyone has expertise. Members of the leading body should "nail nails" one hammer at a time to consolidate the tasks they share, and "tighten screws" one turn at a time to tighten the work they are responsible for, neither "waiting, relying on, or asking for" to be a hands-off shopkeeper, nor acting independently and singing against each other.

In practice, it is necessary to resolutely prevent two tendencies. One is individual autocracy, treating collective leadership as a "rubber stamp" and engaging in "I am the master of my territory"; the other is weakness and laxity, treating division of labor and responsibility as "dividing the family and living separately," shirking responsibility when things happen, and engaging in "too many dragons, no rain." It must be clearly recognized that collective leadership is not a "big huddle" where everything is grasped indiscriminately, and division of labor and responsibility is not "railway police each managing a section." Members of the leading body should be like ten fingers playing the piano, each fulfilling their responsibilities and cooperating with each other, so that there is division of labor but no separation, success but no failure, and support but no dismantling. Only by integrating the collective "brain" and the individual "hands and feet," relying on collective wisdom to "steer the rudder well" and relying on individual responsibility to "row the oars well," can the cause of the Party and the country ride the wind and waves and move forward steadily and far.

Establishing and practicing a correct view of performance requires Party members and cadres to have higher standards, stricter requirements, and do better in implementing democratic centralism. Scientific decision-making is never generated out of thin air by individuals "patting their heads," but is formed in the process of combining centralization on the basis of democracy and democracy under the guidance of centralization. Party members and cadres should think carefully when participating in the study of major decisions and fully express their opinions out of public interest; they should promptly, objectively, and comprehensively reflect the real situation they have learned in their work, and should not only report good news but not bad news. In the fields under their charge and the places they govern, they should strictly implement the rules of procedure for the leading body to discuss and make decisions, improve and implement the "major issues, important personnel appointments and removals, major project arrangements, and large amounts of funds" decision-making supervision mechanism, encourage everyone to speak freely, resolutely avoid individual autocracy and "one person making all the decisions," avoid individual instructions and private transactions, effectively identify and resolutely abandon those short-sighted, flashy, and unrealistic "image projects" and "performance projects." It is necessary to be good at correctly concentrating, extracting correct opinions that conform to the laws of development of things and conform to the fundamental interests of the broad masses of the people, prevent deliberation without decision, and ensure that scientific decisions can be formed that lay the foundation, benefit the long term, and benefit the people's livelihood. After the Party organization makes a major decision, Party members and cadres must obey the organizational decision and organizational division of labor, perform their duties within the scope of their responsibilities in accordance with the spirit of the Party Central Committee and collective decision-making, must not arbitrarily change the collective decision when implementing the collective decision, must not impose personal opinions on the collective, organization, or others, and must not illegally interfere in work matters that do not belong to their field of responsibility or should be avoided, to ensure that organizational decisions are grasped to the end and achieve practical results. It is necessary to effectively strengthen the sense of responsibility, dare to be responsible and dare to act, and the things that have been decided, especially the things that have been decided by the Party Central Committee, must be grasped well, promoted step by step, implemented little by little, until effective results are achieved, so as to both win glory for one's own region and add color to the overall situation.

In short, only by running democratic centralism through the entire process of performance creation, relying on collective wisdom to "distinguish between true and false" when making decisions, relying on division of labor and responsibility to "grasp implementation" when implementing, and relying on institutional constraints to "correct deviations" when supervising, can we fundamentally eradicate the soil for distorted views of performance, do more things that lay the foundation and benefit the long term, seek truth and be pragmatic, grasp implementation in a down-to-earth manner, dare to take responsibility, and truly be responsible to history and the people.

(The author is a researcher at the China Discipline Inspection and Supervision College (中国纪检监察学院).)

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Investing in People to Promote People's All-Round Development (High-Quality Development Stories Collection, No. 19)

By: 本期主讲人：中国经济体制改革研究会会长 郭兰峰

People are the most active and decisive force in the productive forces. Adhering to the close integration of investing in things and investing in people is a deepening of our Party's understanding of the laws of economic work under the new situation, and demonstrates that the essence of modernization is the value pursuit of people's modernization.

Adhering to the Close Integration of Investing in Things and Investing in People

In May 2023, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized at the first meeting of the 20th Central Finance and Economics Commission that "investing in things" should be closely integrated with "investing in people," doing our best and acting according to our capabilities to establish and improve a population service system covering the entire population and the entire life cycle. The 2025 "Government Work Report" clearly requires promoting more funds and resources to be "invested in people" and serving people's livelihoods, supporting the expansion of employment, promoting increased income and reduced burdens for residents, strengthening consumption incentives, and forming a virtuous cycle of economic development and improved livelihoods. The "15th Five-Year Plan" outline incorporates investing in people into the chapter "Building a Strong Domestic Market and Accelerating the Construction of a New Development Pattern." On the new journey, adhering to the close integration of investing in things and investing in people will inject profound and lasting impetus into building a socialist modern country in all respects.

First, investing in people is a requirement of the times. Reviewing the history of economic development, the input of material capital plays a major role in the early stages of a country's development, and can consolidate the material and technical foundation for development. At present, 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. To adapt to the changes in the stage of development and the main social contradiction, we must focus on improving the quality and efficiency of development, and adhere to the close integration of benefiting people's livelihoods and promoting consumption, investing in things and investing in people.

Second, investing in people is a basic means for better integration of economic and social development. Economic and social development models are changing. On the one hand, we must transform our country's advantage in population size into an advantage in talent quality; on the other hand, we must shift from relying on population growth to drive economic growth to relying on the improvement of people's quality of life to promote economic development and social development to complement each other.

Third, investing in people is a realistic choice to cope with global competition. At present, a new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation is reshaping the world economic structure. Whoever has a high-quality talent team will occupy a dominant position in the high end of the innovation chain and value chain. If our country wants to win strategic initiative in the new round of global competition, it must attach great importance to investing in people and accelerate the cultivation of a group of internationally competitive talent teams.

Fourth, investing in people is an important path to promote people's all-round development and common prosperity. The "15th Five-Year Plan" outline proposes to promote people's all-round development and solid progress towards common prosperity for all. People's all-round development covers multiple dimensions such as knowledge, skills, health, civilization, and innovation and creation. Investing in people is to focus on this goal, and through education, medical care, skills training, social security and other means, create fair development opportunities and space for capacity improvement for individuals, so as to comprehensively improve the quality of workers, stimulate creative potential, and enhance people's comprehensive capabilities.

Accurately Grasp the Direction and Focus of Investing in People

Narrowly defined, investing in people focuses on economic inputs that directly enhance human capital, including education, health, skills training, employment support and other fields, mainly through fiscal inputs, household expenditures or enterprise training to improve workers' knowledge level, physical quality and production skills. Broadly defined, investing in people is a systematic investment in people's all-round development, including individual growth, rights protection, environmental optimization, institutional support and all kinds of inputs related to people. In specific practice, we must not only pay attention to the "hard" investment in human capital, but also pay attention to the "soft" construction of the institutional environment, and jointly serve people's all-round development.

First, we must adhere to investing in people throughout the entire life cycle of people. Different life cycle stages have different development needs and investment priorities. Investing in people must follow the laws of people's growth and build an investment system covering the entire life cycle. Childhood and adolescence are the basic stages of individual development, and we must increase investment in inclusive childcare and basic education to reserve human capital for the future. The focus of investment in adulthood is to create employment opportunities, strengthen vocational training, protect labor rights, and maintain occupational health, and we must improve the social security system. The population of our country aged 60 and above has exceeded 320 million, and we must increase health investment, improve healthy life expectancy through the construction of medical and health systems and health management; strengthen social participation investment and improve the quality of elderly people's participation in social activities.

Second, we must adhere to the close integration of investing in things and investing in people. Investing in things consolidates the material foundation for development and provides objective conditions for production practice, innovation and creation; investing in people focuses on improving people's abilities, ensuring health and improving the quality of life, and stimulates people's creativity and consumption potential. The two are interdependent and mutually supportive. At the same time, investing in things often has the characteristics of quick results and short cycles, and can quickly form physical workloads, which has a direct pulling effect on economic growth; investing in people has the characteristics of long cycles and slow results. Therefore, investing in people does not mean weakening investing in things. Only by closely integrating the two, basing ourselves on the present and consolidating the foundation for development through effective investment, and focusing on the long term and stimulating development potential through human capital, can we achieve high-quality development. We must pay attention to overall planning, and the input of things must be matched with the construction of people's abilities to avoid the situation of "equipment waiting for people" or "people waiting for equipment." We must ensure that the investment of things meets people's needs and ensure that it is always arranged around improving people's well-being and empowering people's development.

Third, we must adhere to combining investing in people with promoting social fairness and justice. There are natural objective differences between different regions, different ethnic groups, different industries, and different generations. This is the natural law of social development. We must take investing in people as a starting point, focus on key areas such as education equity, employment equality, and rights protection, break down barriers such as identity and region, promote the equalization of basic public services, build a multi-governance social participation mechanism, and improve the system and mechanism for promoting harmonious coexistence of various groups, so that differences can be transformed into diversity advantages and stimulate vitality in ensuring fairness.

Grasp the Work of Investing in People in Detail and Solidly

Recently, the State Council issued the "Implementation Opinions on Promoting the Provision of Basic Public Services in the Place of Permanent Residence," promoting a significant improvement in the level of equalization of basic public services. At present, investing in people faces some difficulties and challenges. From the perspective of scale, there is still a large room for improvement in the proportion of education, social security, employment, and medical and health-related expenditures in total fiscal expenditures in various provinces. From the perspective of structure, there are still similar phenomena in some places: focusing on survival security and neglecting development empowerment, focusing on hardware investment and neglecting software construction, and focusing on scale expansion and neglecting performance output. From the perspective of efficiency, for a long time in the past, basic public service resources in our country were mostly allocated according to the registered population. If basic public services are only provided by the place of registered residence, it means that many floating populations cannot equally enjoy the same basic public services as the local registered population in their place of permanent residence, which not only inhibits consumption potential, but also hinders the efficient allocation of the labor market. In the face of objectively existing contradictions, we must rely on reform measures to solve the blockages and difficulties that hinder investing in people.

First, we must deepen the reform of the fiscal system. In budget preparation, gradually increase the proportion of investment in early education, vocational skills training, preventive medical care and other fields. Take the supply of permanent residence as an important mechanism for regulating redistribution, unblock the isolation of residents' information and credit reporting systems across regions, and encourage diversified social participation and increase supply. In budget management, build an inclusive mechanism for human capital growth. Improve the factor allocation mechanism oriented by the population, establish a "people-oriented investment" fund allocation mechanism, and optimize the structure of transfer payments and special bonds.

Second, we must optimize the comprehensive performance evaluation mechanism. Establish an investment evaluation system oriented by population adaptation, carry out structural adaptation evaluation, demand response dynamic monitoring, and long-term comprehensive benefit evaluation. Establish a quantifiable, traceable, and evaluable performance indicator database, and directly link the performance evaluation results with the next year's budget arrangement, transfer payment allocation, assessment and evaluation.

Third, we must improve the institutional environment for serving investing in people. At important nodes in the life cycle such as birth, school enrollment, and retirement, integrate the responsibilities, policies, and funds scattered in different departments, and solve the problems of policy fragmentation and difficulty in resource integration from the management system. Use big data, artificial intelligence and other means to build a human resources service platform for the entire life cycle, realize accurate push and intelligent matching, and reduce transaction costs. When deploying major industrial and infrastructure projects, encourage the allocation of a certain proportion of funds for labor skills training, education security for employees' children, and improvement of related community public service facilities.

Case 1

Developing Skills and Finding Ways Out, Small Shops Also Have Great Prospects

Narrator: Xu Xiaoyan (徐晓燕), owner of Doudou Fresh Supermarket in Xixingjia Village, Zhengding County, Hebei Province (河北省正定县西邢家庄村)

Having worked in the retail industry for 24 years, I once felt that my small shop was about to close down. There are building materials factories, wood factories and logistics parks around the village, and there are many customers, but in the past, the purchase price was expensive, and many villagers would rather run a few more miles to the county town to spend money.

In 2023, my career took a turn for the better after my small shop joined the Tongfu Sharing Platform.

The platform created a set of government-enterprise collaborative small shop empowerment system for me: opening up centralized procurement direct supply channels, the purchase price dropped, and the quality was more guaranteed; upgrading stores and optimizing the consumer experience on-site, making customers more comfortable to shop; implanting community comprehensive services such as express delivery collection and convenient printing, which broadened the channels for increasing income. The platform also taught me digital operation hand-in-hand - from community maintenance, live streaming to digital management, so that I grew from a self-employed person who only knew how to sell goods to a new type of small shop manager who understands operation and management. Today, the operating area of my supermarket has expanded from 300 square meters to 500 square meters, the daily turnover is stable at 14,000 yuan, and it has also driven the villagers returning to their hometowns to find employment at their doorstep.

Our village originally had a diversified industrial base of agriculture, industry and logistics. The platform effectively integrates scattered resources, and villagers have multiple ways to get rich by farming, working and starting businesses. When the villagers have work to do and earn money, they naturally dare to spend money. The small shop is bustling with a variety of services such as express delivery, printing, and group purchase pick-up.

Helping people develop skills and find ways out is more effective than directly giving money and things.

Hebei Province (河北省) is vigorously promoting the county commercial construction action, supporting platforms like Tongfu to empower small shop owners, so that we have work to do and money to earn. I hope that more and more grassroots operators like me can keep their happiness with a stable career and light up their lives with increased income.

(Organized by Zhu Yansheng (朱延生) and Jing Yue (景玥), reporters from People's Daily Online)

Case 2

Taking Care of the Old and the Young, Cleverly Solving the Care Anxiety

Narrator: Zeng Yi (曾艺), Director of the People's Livelihood Security Service Center in Xinbei District, Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province (江苏省常州市新北区)

As a grassroots civil affairs cadre, I often hear such voices when I run to the community: the elderly in the family lack companionship, the children have no one to take care of, and the young people are caught in the middle. How to solve the care anxiety of "taking care of the old and the young"?

"Upstairs for the elderly, downstairs for childcare, and sharing for all ages" is the answer we give. Through government-enterprise collaboration, we revitalize 9,800 square meters of idle housing to create the Mudan All-Age Center, focusing on exploring business integration, smart empowerment, and intergenerational symbiosis.

The project started operation in July last year. At present, there is a medical and nursing integration care space with 130 beds, a 560-square-meter inclusive childcare center, and a community canteen on the first floor, with seamless connection between elderly care, childcare and catering. In addition to dedicated spaces and cross-age activities, we also tried to launch a "volunteer service + low-cost residence" model, and the addition of young volunteers added vitality to the All-Age Center.

Someone once asked me, what role does the government department play in this project? Simply put, it is to build a good stage so that all parties can perform well. The project is based on the close integration of investing in things and investing in people, reducing the burden on families, revitalizing labor resources, continuously improving the health and well-being of the elderly, and helping to promote people's all-round development.

Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province (江苏省常州市) also relies on the Xinbei District Life and Health Industrial Park and the West Taihu Science and Technology Industrial Park to cultivate characteristic industrial clusters of the silver-haired economy, promote the development of elderly supplies manufacturing, anti-aging and other industries, so that the elderly care cause and the elderly care industry can develop together.

(Organized by Ren Xiaoran (任晓燃) and Cui Xiaosu (崔小粟), reporters from People's Daily Online)

Case 3

Willing to Work and Dare to Start a Business, Talent Roots Rely on Service

Narrator: Yong Yan Jia (雍颜嘉), Section Chief of the Talent Work Section 1 of the Organization Department of the Xicheng District Committee of Beijing (北京市西城区委组织部)

As the core functional area of the capital, Xicheng District, Beijing (北京市西城区) has always regarded investing in people as a strategic task to promote high-quality development. We take the "Xirong Plan" as the starting point, and show our responsibility to attract and gather talents through "strengthening policies, building platforms, and optimizing services."

We have built a "1+1+N" talent policy system, investing 100 million yuan of special funds every year, and regularly carrying out the "Xirong Talent" identification, giving outstanding talents a maximum reward of 1 million yuan. At the same time, we promote the integrated development of education, science and technology talents, deepen the collaborative innovation of government, industry, academia and research, and use stable and long-term policies to allow all kinds of talents to work with peace of mind and start businesses with confidence.

With good policies, there must also be good platforms. We have jointly established the "Beijing Xicheng · University Development Alliance" with 31 universities including Peking University (北京大学) and Tsinghua University (清华大学), initiated the "Central-Local-University · Partner Cooperation Plan" with resident units, and jointly built a joint laboratory for youth wisdom innovation with universities and high-quality primary and secondary schools.

The development of the cause depends on talents, and the rooting of talents depends on services. We have specially launched the "Xirong Talent Card" to equip all kinds of talents with public affairs and market-oriented exclusive services, and create the "Xirong · Talent Port" to provide a one-stop position for talent service exchange, achievement display, and activity docking.

Adhering to the concept of investing in people, we will continue to cultivate and strengthen high-quality enterprises, continue to deepen the "Xirong Plan," deeply cultivate the talent ecology of "those nearby are pleased and those far away are attracted," and promote regional high-quality development with solid intellectual support.

(Organized by Yan Yan (闫妍), reporter from People's Daily Online)

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This edition's editors: Wu Yan, Wu Kai, Huang Jinyu

Layout Design: Zhang Danfeng (张丹峰)

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Riding Along, Listening to a Chorus of Frogs (Beautiful China: Focusing on Biodiversity Conservation)

By: 本报记者 董泽扬

In Hainan, multiple ecological corridors are set up on the double loop lines of the Hainan Island Tourism Highway and the Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park Tourism Highway to provide passages for the breeding and habitation of species such as frogs, protect local biodiversity, and expand space for the development of ecotourism.

"Why are the frogs here croaking so loudly?" Attaching a video and location, a cycling enthusiast asked in a WeChat group. At dusk, traveling to the Danzhou (儋州) section of the Hainan Island Tourism Highway, he heard particularly loud croaking.

A cycling enthusiast who often passes by gave the answer: the frog habitat is nearby, and culverts are specially set up under the highway to leave passages for the frogs, which can also "amplify" the croaking. For experienced cycling enthusiasts, avoiding small animals on the road and protecting the habitat along the way has become a habit, and they are very familiar with the facility signs along the way.

Multiple ecological corridors are set up on the double loop lines of the Hainan Island Tourism Highway and the Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park Tourism Highway to provide passages for the breeding and habitation of species such as frogs, allowing cycling enthusiasts, tourists, and small animals to go their own way and enjoy themselves. The village stations connected by the tourism highway have also been revitalized.

Building Culverts and Setting Up "Road Signs"
How the "Frog Walkway" Was Built

In April, after the conclusion of the 17th Tour of Hainan Island International Road Cycling Race in 2026, many cycling enthusiasts came to experience the classic stages. The Hainan Island Tourism Highway, with a total length of 988.2 kilometers, has become a popular route for race experiences due to its diverse landforms and the natural landscapes of coastal cities and counties it connects.

Traveling to the Danzhou (儋州) section, in front of the lush curved road, there is no noisy honking, and the croaking of frogs rises and falls. Under the highway, there is a 22.5-meter-long culvert, which is not an ordinary drainage facility, but a "frog walkway" specially built for amphibians such as frogs.

"At that time, the plan was revised several times, and we constructed according to the drawings. Now it seems that the 'frog walkway' is very helpful to the frogs!" Yao Zhen (姚振), chief engineer of the fifth engineering area project management department of the Hainan Island Tourism Highway, said impressively.

In May 2022, the highway construction team came here and unexpectedly discovered a frog habitat around the project. "We consulted experts, who said that there were tree frogs, swamp frogs, paddy frogs, and tiger frogs, which are national second-class protected wild animals," Yao Zhen (姚振) said. If the highway directly crossed, it would divide the habitat into two halves, causing the frogs that need to migrate back and forth between land and water to get "lost."

How to let frogs safely "cross the road"? After more than 4 months of field investigation and program demonstration, the project construction party decided to reserve culverts under the highway and design and build passages that meet the "travel needs" of frogs.

Inside the culvert, one side is a concrete step, and the other side is a waterway paved with gravel. In the dry season, frogs can walk along the waterway, passing through more than 200 scattered stones; when the water level rises in the rainy season, they can jump onto the steps less than 1 meter high to avoid being washed away by the water.

The "frog walkway" also has special "road signs." In order to allow the frogs to successfully find the passage, the project party also replanted aquatic plants such as duckweed in the wetland, and paved a migration corridor of more than 500 meters long with gravel.

"Although the construction cost increased by more than 300,000 yuan, we thought we still had to calculate the 'ecological account'," Yao Zhen (姚振) said. The island tourism highway looks at the ecological beauty, and road construction should be more considerate, leaving enough space for wild animals.

Leaving Room and Clever Layout
Hundreds of Passages Help Animals Cross

Cycling on the outer ring Hainan Island Tourism Highway offers views of the coastal scenery. If you enter the inner ring Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park Tourism Highway, which is about 466 kilometers long, through the connecting line, you can explore the mountains and fields and travel through the forests. Traveling on the inner and outer double rings allows tourists to "fast forward and slow travel"; the 612 animal passages set up on the inner ring also allow animals living in the rainforest to cross the highway and inhabit and breed.

"As early as when selecting the route, we paid attention to avoiding the core protected area of ​​the national park, and mainly integrated existing resources such as national and provincial highways," said Deng Jinsong (邓劲松), deputy chief engineer of Hainan Highway Construction Project Management Co., Ltd. The Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park Tourism Highway is laid out along the existing transportation road network, which can not only reduce project costs, but also reduce ecological disturbance and achieve a reasonable layout of ecological corridors.

The ecological corridors set up on the Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park Tourism Highway need to be "tailor-made" in combination with animal habits. Culvert-style "underground passages" are for amphibians to pass through; "sky corridors" under bridges facilitate arboreal animals to cross; specially reserved natural vegetation belts become "invisible paths" for large animals to pass through.

"The design of each ecological corridor has been investigated and demonstrated. During on-site construction, we also try our best to 'excavate less and disturb less'," said Deng Jinsong (邓劲松).

The construction records contain many details. For example, in order to protect an area where wild animals are frequently active, the construction team abandoned large machinery and used manual hole-digging technology to build bridge pile foundations. For another example, an ancient tree over 140 years old once made the design team repeatedly deliberate, and finally decided to change the route to bypass it, set up protective fences and flushing troughs, and leave sufficient space.

"When cycling, I am afraid of encountering small animals on the road. Building passages for them makes our cycling more at ease." Cycling enthusiast Mr. Ou (欧先生) is a regular visitor to the Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park Tourism Highway and often shares animal protection knowledge with friends. On the cycling road, snakes may be crawling in the roadside grass, or frogs may be jumping in the culverts under the road. Ecological corridors are promoting "undisturbed encounters."

Setting Up Stations and Connecting Villages
Double Loop Lines Connect and "Grow" New Scenery

The double loop lines formed by the Hainan Island Tourism Highway and the Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park Tourism Highway leave room for animal passage and expand space for the development of ecotourism. The new Li (黎) village residences by the rainforest and the ancient volcanic villages by the coastline have "grown" new scenery due to the connection of the double loop lines.

In Yacha Town (牙叉镇), Baisha Li Autonomous County (白沙黎族自治县), Hainan, the Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park Tourism Highway connects Xin Gaofeng Village (新高峰村) with the tropical rainforest. The buildings with Li ethnic customs and the characteristic scenery of the rainforest attract tourists to stop and play.

"The village name has the word 'new' because we moved here to restore the rainforest," villager Fu Qingyou (符清友) introduced. The old site of Gaofeng Village (高峰村) is located in Nankai Township (南开乡), hidden in the hinterland of Yinggeling (鹦哥岭), and is located in the core protected area of ​​the Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park. In order not to disturb the breeding of rainforest animals, the entire Gaofeng Village (高峰村) was relocated ecologically.

Walking in the new village, the buildings are neatly arranged, and the sounds of laughter and laughter are heard from the village cultural center and the village cultural square. In the southeast of the village, the Baisha Courtyard (白沙大院), a composite tourist station, welcomes tourists.

"We went back to the old village to take a look. It has been covered by vegetation, and we can see mountain chickens and wild boars," said Fu Qingyou (符清友). Through the "forest land replacement + off-site reconstruction" model, the 7,600 mu of forest land in the old village has returned to nature, and the relevant areas are re-greened with native tree species, and the rainforest ecological corridor is gradually being restored.

Looking outward, the Dan'er Zhuguang Station (儋耳追光驿站) next to the Hainan Island Tourism Highway is even more different. On the volcanic coast, the station cleverly combines mangrove wetlands, sandy beaches, and ecotourism.

In the mangrove exploration class, children touch the unique breathing roots of mangrove plants and learn about the scientific value of mangroves in fixing carbon, releasing oxygen, protecting embankments, and consolidating beaches; they take classes following the tides, and under the guidance of research teachers, they feel the rhythm and beat of the ocean. "Before, mainly cycling enthusiasts came here, but now there are more parent-child tours and research teams," said the person in charge of Dan'er Zhuguang Station (儋耳追光驿站).

The double loops are connected and the mountains and seas are connected. The tourism highway with ecological corridors allows animals to migrate freely and adds popularity to the villages along the way. "We will work with relevant departments to continue to maintain the double loop lines, monitor the effectiveness of ecological corridors, and make the tourism highway a scenic road, an ecological road, and a road to prosperity," said the relevant person in charge of the Hainan Provincial Department of Transportation.

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Why are Yunnan's wild mushrooms so diverse? (Telling you about nature)

By: 孙达锋

The unique three-dimensional climate determines the diversity of wild mushroom species in Yunnan, and the mountainous terrain preserves a diverse habitat for wild mushrooms.

Wild mushrooms from various parts of Yunnan are being launched on the market one after another. Matsutake, truffles, boletus... Yunnan not only has many types of wild mushrooms, but also a wide distribution, with distribution in all prefectures and cities throughout the province. So, why are Yunnan's wild mushrooms so diverse?

Simply put, the low latitude and high altitude difference create a unique three-dimensional climate of "four seasons on one mountain, different weather every ten miles," which in turn determines the diversity of wild mushroom species in Yunnan. From Meili Snow Mountain (梅里雪山) in northwestern Yunnan to Hekou (河口) in southeastern Yunnan's Honghe (红河), the altitude difference in Yunnan Province exceeds 6,000 meters. Shangri-La City (香格里拉市) in Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (迪庆藏族自治州) is rich in matsutake, and Jinghong City (景洪市) in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture (西双版纳傣族自治州) is rich in *Russula vinosa* resources; morels suitable for cold areas grow well in high-altitude areas, and *Termitomyces albuminosus*, which coexists with termites, is distributed in the vast majority of areas in Yunnan... The different temperature, humidity, and light conditions in different altitude areas provide a natural "habitat" for various wild mushrooms.

In addition, the diversity of wild mushrooms in Yunnan is also related to the mountainous terrain of Yunnan. Under mountainous terrain conditions, agricultural development is relatively less, and large areas of native vegetation have been preserved, preserving a diverse habitat for wild mushrooms; and the long-term geographical isolation caused by mountain uplift has promoted the formation of new species of wild mushrooms in Yunnan.

Yunnan wild mushrooms are not only rich in variety, but also high in yield. Dense vegetation and abundant humus provide a constant supply of nutrients for the growth of wild mushrooms, and the climate of simultaneous rain and heat helps wild mushrooms grow rapidly after summer rains. Sufficient output creates conditions for market development.

The reason why wild mushrooms are loved is inseparable from their rich umami taste. Wild mushrooms are rich in glutamic acid, aspartic acid and other umami amino acids, and are also rich in various inosinic acid, guanylic acid and other nucleotide substances. The diverse umami substances produce a synergistic effect, increasing the diversity of umami, making the umami of wild mushrooms more intense and lasting. *Russula virescens* is crisp, boletus is smooth, different wild mushrooms have different tastes and unique flavors, and then supplemented by different cooking methods such as stir-frying, deep-frying, and stewing, the flavor of wild mushrooms is further enriched.

From local specialties to national tables, the sustainable use of wild mushrooms also poses challenges. On the one hand, Yiliang (宜良) in Kunming (昆明) and other places are exploring the "contracting mountains for mushroom picking" model to promote the standardized picking and sustainable development of wild mushrooms; on the other hand, breakthroughs have been made in the artificial cultivation technology of morels, boletus and other strains, which effectively increases the market supply of fungi and drives the income of local people.

(The author is the director of the Kunming Edible Fungus Research Institute of the All China Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives (中华全国供销合作总社昆明食用菌研究所), interviewed and compiled by Yang Wenming (杨文明), a reporter from this newspaper)

Email for topic clues: rmrbsbt@peopledaily.cn

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Temperature Indices for Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and Yangtze River Delta (Series) Released

This newspaper reported from Beijing on May 28th (Reporter Li Hongmei (李红梅)): It was learned from the China Meteorological Administration (中国气象局) that on May 27th, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the Yangtze River Delta Temperature Index (Series), jointly developed by the National Meteorological Information Center (国家气象信息中心), Fudan University (复旦大学), Guangzhou Futures Exchange (广州期货交易所), Guangdong Meteorological Bureau (广东省气象局), and Shanghai Meteorological Bureau (上海市气象局), was officially released. The index (series) is oriented towards the two core economic circles of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the Yangtze River Delta, providing data support for the research and listing of weather derivatives, helping weather-sensitive industries such as energy, power, agriculture, tourism, health, and insurance manage weather risks, and enhancing the ability of the real economy to cope with climate change.

The first batch includes a total of 5 indexes. Among them, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area temperature index includes the daily average temperature index and the cooling index, and the main applicable areas include the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (香港特别行政区), the Macao Special Administrative Region (澳门特别行政区), and 9 cities in Guangdong Province (广东省). The Yangtze River Delta temperature index includes the daily average temperature index, the cooling index, and the heating index, and the main applicable areas include the entire regions of Shanghai (上海), Jiangsu (江苏), Zhejiang (浙江), and Anhui (安徽). Other regions can also refer to and apply this series of indexes.

"Based on the latest version of the baseline climate stations and basic meteorological station data in relevant regions, we use the 'Tianqing' of the National Meteorological Information Center's meteorological big data cloud platform and the 'Tianjing' of the meteorological integrated business real-time monitoring system to perform index calculation and operational quality monitoring to ensure that the temperature index (series) has good representativeness, accuracy, transparency, and anti-manipulation." Zhao Yanxia (赵艳霞), specially-appointed researcher of the Institute of Atmospheric Sciences of Fudan University and director of the Key Open Laboratory of Financial Meteorology of the China Meteorological Administration, introduced, "We will work with the meteorological, financial, and related industries to jointly promote the deep integration of technological innovation and industrial innovation, cultivate and broaden the application scenarios of meteorological index products, and actively and steadily promote the transformation of temperature indexes from service-oriented indexes to transaction-oriented indexes, from over-the-counter applications to on-exchange operations, to achieve standardized and scaled value release."

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Critically Endangered Baihua Mountain Grape Returns to the Wild

By: 本报记者 施 芳

Entering summer, the Beijing Songshan Nature Reserve (北京松山自然保护区) is full of vitality, with dozens of *Vitis baihuashanensis* vines spreading their leaves and growing vigorously. As of now, about 700 *Vitis baihuashanensis* plants have completed their return to the wild in Yanqing (延庆), Mentougou (门头沟), Miyun (密云) and other places in Beijing (北京), and are growing well. This marks the preliminary success of the rescue and protection work of *Vitis baihuashanensis*, a unique national first-class key protected wild plant in Beijing.

*Vitis baihuashanensis* was first discovered in Baihua Mountain (百花山), Mentougou District (门头沟区) in 1984 and officially named in 1993. It is a unique wild plant germplasm resource in Beijing. It has unique bird-foot-shaped five-foliolate compound leaves, with the central leaflet rhomboid and with 3 deep lobes. After maturity, it bears small purple-black berries with a diameter of 0.5 to 0.8 cm. In the "Red List of Biodiversity in China" rating, *Vitis baihuashanensis* is listed as critically endangered and is a key target for biodiversity conservation in China.

Currently, only two natural wild *Vitis baihuashanensis* plants have been found in Baihua Mountain worldwide, and both are female plants. The two plants are about 30 kilometers apart, completely losing their natural pollination and reproduction capabilities. The natural renewal of the population has completely stagnated, and rescue protection work is imminent.

In order to protect *Vitis baihuashanensis*, the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Parks and Greenery (北京市园林绿化局) took the lead and joined forces with the Baihua Mountain Management Office (百花山管理处), Beijing Forestry University (北京林业大学), Beijing University of Agriculture (北京农学院), National Botanical Garden (国家植物园) and other units to form a special scientific research team to continuously carry out technical research. Aiming at the pain points of difficult natural reproduction and low survival rate of *Vitis baihuashanensis*, the team repeatedly experimented and tackled key problems, explored and mastered core technologies such as cutting propagation, seed sowing, and tissue culture rapid propagation, and successfully achieved breakthroughs in artificial propagation. Currently, more than 5,000 *Vitis baihuashanensis* seedlings have been cultivated, laying the foundation for large-scale return planting in the wild.

Wild return site selection is a key link in the wild survival of species. Beijing Songshan Nature Reserve (北京松山自然保护区) has sufficient light, smooth drainage, excellent ventilation conditions, and habitat conditions such as altitude, climate, soil, and humidity that are highly consistent with the original habitat of Baihua Mountain (百花山). Moreover, the regional ecosystem is stable and there is very little human interference, which is suitable for the wild growth and reproduction needs of *Vitis baihuashanensis*. This became one of the first pilot areas for the return of *Vitis baihuashanensis* in 2017, and two plants eventually survived. "When *Vitis baihuashanensis* was first transplanted, it was only about 20 centimeters high, but now it is more than 1 meter high," said An Qing (安菁), head of the Scientific Research and Management Section of the Beijing Songshan Nature Reserve Management Office (北京松山自然保护区管理处科研管理科). "After returning to the planting site, we continuously track growth data such as plant height, stem thickness, leaf condition, and pest and disease conditions, and establish complete individual growth records. At the same time, we combine all-weather infrared monitoring with regular manual patrols, and regularly carry out water and fertilizer maintenance and green pest and disease control to comprehensively ensure the healthy growth of returning plants."

Protecting *Vitis baihuashanensis* is not only protecting a single species, but also protecting valuable native plant genetic resources. Sun Guofeng (孙国峰), a senior engineer at the National Botanical Garden (国家植物园), introduced that wild plant germplasm resources are important resources to support food security, industrial production, and crop variety improvement. Nowadays, many crops and fruit and vegetable varieties are derived from the domestication and cultivation of wild relatives. The genetic resources of *Vitis baihuashanensis* have potential scientific research and application value, and are expected to cultivate better quality and more adaptable new grape varieties.

Although the protection of *Vitis baihuashanensis* has achieved phased results, restoring its natural reproduction ability is still a long way to go. According to the national key protected wild plant resource survey standards, species need to have more than 5,000 mature individuals to achieve stable population survival. "During the '15th Five-Year Plan' period, we plan to complete the wild return of no less than 5,000 seedlings. Through 3 to 5 years of wild cultivation, we will stabilize its population size, and then through 3 to 5 years of continuous observation and experiments, we will systematically study its stress resistance characteristics and potential economic value," said He Yi (贺毅), a first-level researcher at the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Parks and Greenery Resource Protection Center (北京市园林绿化资源保护中心).

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Second Phase of Yangtze River Estuary South Channel Improvement Project Commences

This newspaper reported from Beijing on May 28th (Reporter Han Xin (韩鑫)): On the 26th, the second phase of the Yangtze River Estuary South Channel Management Project officially commenced construction. Through the project, the navigable depth of the channel will be increased from 6 meters to 8 meters, enabling 5,000-ton vessels to navigate in all tides, 10,000-ton vessels to navigate in both directions fully loaded with the tide, and 20,000-ton vessels to navigate with the tide and large empty vessels to navigate downstream with the tide, further optimizing and enhancing the navigation capacity and safety resilience of the Yangtze River Estuary channel.

As the first major waterway project implemented on the Yangtze River trunk line during the "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan" period, the project is located in the South Channel section of the Yangtze River Estuary, with a total length of approximately 86 kilometers and a construction period of 4.5 years. It is the largest channel management project organized and implemented by the Changjiang Estuary Waterway Administration (长江口航道管理局) of the Ministry of Transport (交通运输部) since the completion of the 12.5-meter deep-water channel management project in the Yangtze River Estuary in 2011.

The Yangtze River Estuary is the key hub of the Yangtze River's golden waterway. Currently, nearly 280,000 ships pass through it annually, with a cargo volume of 1.7 billion tons. As an important part of the "one main, two auxiliary, and one branch" channel system of the Yangtze River Estuary, the South Channel currently handles approximately 70% of the ship traffic in the Yangtze River Estuary and is the main channel for small and medium-sized ships and river-sea intermodal transport ships entering and exiting the Yangtze River. However, the water depth of the South Channel is only 6 meters, which is difficult to adapt to the development needs of the steadily increasing cargo volume and the accelerated promotion of ship enlargement in the Yangtze River Estuary.

After the project is completed, it will effectively divert the navigation pressure of the 12.5-meter deep-water channel in the North Channel. It is estimated that by 2035, the proportion of ships of 20,000 tons and below in the North Channel will decrease from 31.2% to 12.2%, significantly improving the efficiency of deep-water utilization of the main channel and improving the overall navigation order. At the same time, it will strongly support the river-sea intermodal transport development of container in the Xiaoyangshan North (小洋山北) Operation Area and Luojing Port Area (罗泾港区), meet the channel guarantee needs of approximately 18.6 million TEUs of throughput capacity per year, further unblock the logistics corridor of the Yangtze River Basin, and reduce the logistics costs of enterprises along the river.

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Shaanxi and Gansu Provinces Promote Horizontal Ecological Compensation in the Wei River and Jialing River Basins

This newspaper's Xi'an (西安) May 28th dispatch (Reporter Jia Fengfeng (贾丰丰)) - This reporter learned from the Shaanxi Provincial Department of Finance (陕西省财政厅) that the Shaanxi Provincial People's Government (陕西省人民政府) and the Gansu Provincial People's Government (甘肃省人民政府) recently signed the "Wei River Basin Upstream and Downstream (Gan-Shaan Section) Horizontal Ecological Compensation Agreement" and the "Jialing River Basin Upstream and Downstream (Gan-Shaan Section) Horizontal Ecological Compensation Agreement."

The Wei River (渭河) is Shaanxi's (陕西) "mother river," and its water quality directly affects the ecological security of the Yellow River Basin (黄河流域). The Jialing River (嘉陵江) is key to consolidating the ecological barrier in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River (长江) and ensuring national water security. Under the leadership of the Shaanxi Provincial Department of Finance (陕西省财政厅), Shaanxi (陕西) and Gansu (甘肃) provinces, with the goal of joint basin governance, clarified upstream and downstream responsibilities, signed compensation agreements, and promoted the coordinated protection and management of the Wei River (渭河) and Jialing River (嘉陵江). In the selection of compensation indicators, the water quality category and the improvement of the concentration of three characteristic pollutants, namely, permanganate index, ammonia nitrogen, and total phosphorus, were used as the basis for calculating the water quality compliance compensation and the pollutant concentration improvement compensation, respectively. In the selection of compensation sections, the Shaanxi Provincial Department of Finance (陕西省财政厅) consulted with the Shaanxi Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment (陕西省生态环境厅) and Gansu Province (甘肃省), based on the special water system pattern of the Jialing River (嘉陵江) in Shaanxi (陕西) and Gansu (甘肃) provinces, which are "upstream and downstream to each other," and innovatively adopted a two-way section compensation model, with Zao Huo An (灶火庵) (Shaanxi (陕西) as the upstream) and Baishui River (白水江) (Gansu (甘肃) as the upstream) as the common compensation monitoring sections. This design is an important breakthrough in Shaanxi's (陕西) inter-provincial basin compensation mechanism, precisely connecting water system characteristics, and achieving two-way constraints with a "two-way compensation, equal responsibility" mechanism to promote the overall improvement of basin water quality.

The signing of the two agreements marks the initial formation of a governance pattern in Shaanxi (陕西) with shared responsibility for the protection of the Yellow River (黄河) and Yangtze River (长江) basins, joint governance of upstream and downstream basins, and shared ecological benefits. It is an important practice for implementing the deployment of in-depth promotion of the construction of a horizontal ecological protection compensation mechanism for major rivers and rivers and opening up the transformation channel of 绿水青山就是金山银山 (lǜ shuǐ qīng shān jiù shì jīn shān yín shān - "Green waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets," the idea that environmental protection and economic development are mutually reinforcing).

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The excavation of the main channel of the Pinglu Canal is completed.

This newspaper's Nanning (南宁) May 28th dispatch (Reporters Pang Geping (庞革平) and Zhang Yunhe (张云河)) On the 28th, at the Jiuzhou River (旧州江) section of the waterway downstream of the Qishi (企石) Hub of the Pinglu Canal (平陆运河), the final section of the central rock ridge excavation was completed, marking the complete excavation of the main waterway project of the Pinglu Canal, and the construction of the Pinglu Canal, a backbone project of the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor (西部陆海新通道), ushered in new progress.

The Pinglu Canal is the first major canal connecting rivers to the sea built since the founding of New China (新中国), and is scheduled to be completed and open to navigation within this year. After opening to navigation, the Pinglu Canal will directly open up the shortest, most economical, and most convenient waterway channel from Guangxi (广西) and southwestern China to the ASEAN (东盟) region. The Pinglu Canal focuses on the development of shipping, combined with functions such as water supply, irrigation, flood control, and improvement of the aquatic ecological environment. It mainly constructs waterway engineering, shipping hub engineering, water conservancy facility renovation engineering, cross-river facility engineering along the route, and supporting engineering.

The Pinglu Canal waterway project is 125.5 kilometers long, with a total excavation volume of approximately 214 million cubic meters of earth and stone. Along the canal, karst and soft soil strata are intertwined, the geological conditions are complex, and it passes through many ecologically sensitive areas. The Pinglu Canal construction management team strictly implements various environmental protection measures, sets up water quality monitoring points for key sections of the Qinjiang (钦江) main stream, deploys anti-pollution curtains to block water pollution, and adopts a jump-section operation method for waterway excavation to reduce disturbance to the water body during construction operations; it clearly prohibits the discharge of construction vessel wastewater, domestic sewage, and waste residue into the river, and comprehensively protects the water quality of the main stream source. At the same time, it vigorously promotes intelligent construction and technological innovation, comprehensively using BIM (Building Information Modeling) technology, drone aerial surveying, unmanned ship underwater surveying and other digital means to implement precise control over the entire process of waterway excavation.

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Editors of this page: Zhang Ye, Zhang Xiaoyu, Dong Wenxin

Layout design: Zhang Fangman (张芳曼)

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7,500 Kilometers: A Life of Speed in the Desert (Sports Grandstand)

By: 本报记者 尚嵘峥

Amidst the dragon-like winding dunes, the roaring engine sounds grew closer and louder. In an instant, the race car charged straight up from the bottom of the dune, speeding and kicking up dust into the sky.

Such scenes are common in the 2026 China Taklimakan Rally (hereinafter referred to as "Taklimakan Rally"). The race cars set off on May 16th and will compete in 14 stages, ending on June 1st. Held in Xinjiang (新疆) since 2005 and later included in the International Automobile Federation (FIA) calendar, the Taklimakan Rally has developed over more than 20 years to become the largest and most internationally influential long-distance cross-country event in China, and is known as the "Oriental Dakar."

Difficult stages, race cars "drink" domestic racing gasoline to compete.

This year's Taklimakan Rally has a total mileage of 7,500 kilometers, of which 3,400 kilometers are special stages, the longest in history. The Kumtag Desert (库木塔格沙漠) returns to the Taklimakan Rally stage list after 9 years. This desert welcomes the contestants back with about 90 kilometers of gravel roads and more than 200 kilometers of desert roads, becoming the first super-long desert stage of this event. Razor-sharp sand ridges and huge sand pits test the drivers' desert driving skills, as well as the suspension performance and tire performance of the vehicles.

The Yudu Secret Realm (玉都秘境) stage, after being sealed for many years, has also been reopened this year. This 281.32-kilometer-long track is covered with soft sand and muddy sections, making it easy for vehicles to get stuck, and they may also get wet mud, causing them to move forward with a heavy load. The roads formed by long-term wind erosion are hidden among them. When vehicles pass by, the continuous high-frequency vibration will affect the chassis and suspension mechanics of the vehicles, and the suspension system may also operate at high intensity and high load.

The high-difficulty track has attracted 299 drivers to participate, including 28 foreign drivers from 8 countries and regions, setting new highs in terms of participation scale and internationalization.

On May 16th, at the starting ceremony, the iconic blue truck of the Kamaz Master Team (卡玛兹大师车队) from Russia attracted the attention of the audience as soon as it appeared. Founded in the 1980s, the Kamaz Master Team has participated in more than 30 Dakar Rallies, winning about 20 championships. It has absolute strength in the truck category. This year, they joined the Taklimakan Rally for the first time. The team sent two groups of drivers, one is a veteran elite combination, and the other is a combination of new and old. "Our goal for the first participation is to familiarize ourselves with the track, adapt to the terrain, and feel the atmosphere of the event. If the progress is smooth, we plan to participate again next year with a stronger lineup," said Eduard Nikolaev (爱德华·尼古拉耶夫), director of the team.

This year, the race cars participating in the Taklimakan Rally are "drinking" the No. 103 racing gasoline independently developed and produced in China for the first time. This new gasoline is specially designed for the high speed, high load, and long-term operation conditions of racing car engines. It can effectively suppress engine knocking and protect the engine to operate stably under high compression ratio and high load, becoming the designated fuel for this year's Taklimakan Rally.

Change and the unknown, rally races test drivers' endurance and skills.

"No one dares to say that they can win the first place. When competing, it is not only about challenging the difficulty, but the most important thing is to challenge yourself." In the Kumtag Desert stage, Zakir Yakup (扎克尔·牙克甫) of the Apollo RFN team had blisters on his palms, and the motorcycle had a mechanical failure. The front oil pump was damaged, causing the rear fuel tank to fail to supply fuel normally. He had to repair the car urgently, losing nearly 10 minutes. "This is Taklimakan," Zakir Yakup said with a smile, giving two thumbs up with both hands.

The charm of the Taklimakan Rally lies in change and the unknown. A sudden sandstorm, a misjudgment of direction, or a wheel slip may bring a series of mistakes and accidents.

"Parking alarm! Parking alarm!" On May 19th, in the Ayding Lake (艾丁湖) stage, the experience of Du Jun (杜军), a driver of the Dongfeng Mengshi Team (东风猛士车队) in the car group, replicated the scene in the movie - the hood was accidentally lifted, blocking the windshield. "When we reached 300 kilometers, the hood suddenly came up and completely blocked the view ahead. We could only see the road from the gap and slowly stepped on it for more than 100 meters before stopping," Du Jun said. After stopping steadily on the side of the road, he and navigator Sun Ou (孙欧) used wire to firmly fix the hood before getting back on the road. Constant episodes are a test of the drivers' endurance in the Taklimakan Rally.

On May 22nd, the drivers rushed into the Taklamakan Desert (塔克拉玛干沙漠) and launched a fierce competition in the Yudu Secret Realm stage. Driving into the muddy section, the Kamaz Master Team race car, which was still speeding the previous second, suddenly got stuck and was firmly trapped in the mud pit, unable to move. The driver urgently called his teammates for help. Another race car from the team drove over and pulled the front car out of the mud pit, but then got stuck in the mud pit itself. "The drivers were a little frustrated. They are still young and need to accumulate experience, but what is gratifying is that everyone persevered," said the team assistant of the Kamaz Master Team.

The one-week race is just an "appetizer." From May 23rd to 26th, the drivers successively started the Qiemo Tianxian (且末天险) stage, the Moyu County Sand Sea Veteran (墨玉县沙海老兵) stage, and the Yutian Daliyabuyi (于田达里雅布依) stage, sprinting from the edge of the Taklamakan Desert to the hinterland. Between the flowing dunes, rain came suddenly, and strong winds rolled up sandstorms. Extreme weather and complex terrain were superimposed, and the difficulty of the stage increased sharply.

In the Qiemo Tianxian stage, Tao Yongming (陶永明) of the Duonai Shock Absorber Team (多耐减振器车队), the champion of the car group in the previous stage, started first, but suffered a setback. He plunged into a small and deep "chicken coop pit," and the lower arm of the car was directly broken. The sand and dust caused the visibility to drop sharply. This kind of hidden and widely distributed sand pit was extremely difficult to avoid. Many drivers chose to release the throttle and slow down. The drivers said that the continuous days of desert hinterland stages are a tough battle for both people and cars, and even if it is suffering, they cannot retreat.

Being enthusiastically "fed," the warmth and emotion outside the track.

On the track, the duel is in full swing; outside the track, there is full of sincere warmth.

This year's Taklimakan Rally started from Urumqi (乌鲁木齐市) and passed through Turpan (吐鲁番市), Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture (巴音郭楞蒙古自治州), Hotan Prefecture (和田地区), Kashgar Prefecture (喀什地区), and ended in Aksu Prefecture (阿克苏地区) on June 1st. The organizing committee set up 7 camps along the race route. Every time they arrived, the drivers were welcomed by the local people.

In the Shanshan Railway North Station (鄯善火车北站) camp in Turpan, the table was covered with colorful Atlas silk, and filled with specialties such as raisins, nuts, small white apricots, and fried dough twists. The race cars slowly drove in. As soon as the drivers opened the door and before they had time to get out of the car, they were enthusiastically "fed" by the people holding food. At the award ceremony of the Urumqi to Zero Altitude City stage, the drivers received a giant trophy of 0.5 meters high and shaped like a wine glass, filled with freshly squeezed pomegranate juice, and the prize was a steering wheel-shaped naan. "Come and experience it!" At the Yulongwan Desert Paradise (玉龙湾沙漠乐园) camp in Lop County (洛浦县), Hotan Prefecture, more than 300 students from Lop County No. 1 Middle School (洛浦县第一中学) came to visit. The drivers invited the students to get in the car and experience it, and talked about the difficulties and persistence of the competition. The team staff explained the vehicle structure and the development history of domestic racing cars on the spot.

"This year, we launched a Taklimakan Rally tourism package covering scenic spot tickets, accommodation, refueling, and catering, designed and released 6 Taklimakan boutique tourism routes, set up viewing points along the race route to facilitate tourists to feel the charm of the event up close, and also held a live broadcast to help farmers in the Urumqi competition area to introduce Xinjiang's special agricultural products to everyone," said Du Jing (杜晶), head of the event organizing committee.

Relevant负责人 of the event organizing committee introduced that in the future, they plan to continuously improve the influence and popularity of the event by applying for the China station of the FIA World Rally Championship.

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Young Man at the Foot of Snowy Mountains Loves Football

By: 本报记者 乔 栋

What does it feel like to play football under the snow-capped mountains?

Here is the Gesar Stadium in Guoluo Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (果洛藏族自治州), Qinghai Province (青海省), at an altitude of 3,800 meters. The Amnye Machen (阿尼玛卿) Mountains spread their arms, embracing Maqin County (玛沁县), the seat of the prefecture. The Gequ River (格曲河) rushes towards the Yellow River (黄河), dozens of kilometers away. On the stadium, flying tackles, shots... the scene is intense and exciting.

With a series of beautiful dribbles, Caiwen Suonan (才文索南), the captain of the Guoluo Prefecture Gesar team, cut inside and unleashed a powerful shot, the football flying straight into the corner of the goal, bringing the score to 2-2. He excitedly ran to the corner flag area, clenching his fist and interacting with the home fans. Horns and applause echoed throughout the stadium.

Arriving in Guoluo Prefecture (果洛州), one always has a feeling of being "in the clouds." The Amnye Machen (玛卿岗日雄矗) Mountains, over 6,000 meters above sea level, have clouds hanging on their waists. As one of the highest home venues in Qinghai Province (青海省), any team that comes here must be mentally prepared - blood oxygen levels below 90%, the boiling point of water below 90 degrees Celsius, and ordinary people will be out of breath even walking fast here, let alone engaging in intense football.

But the people of the plateau are particularly fond of football. Two schoolbags and two piles of cow dung can be used as goals. On the grassy mountains and rocky grounds, there are figures of these children from pastoral areas playing football everywhere. It doesn't matter if the shoes are broken, it doesn't matter if they fall, they pat the dirt and keep running. For them, it is a feeling of being integrated with the snow-capped mountains and grasslands.

The plateau environment shapes their purity. This team, composed of local lads, is known as the "football team on horseback." Caiwen Suonan (才文索南), who scored 2 goals in two games, is the main player of this team. In high school, he entered the Xining Duoba Sports School (西宁多巴体校) for training and was once a professional player in the reserve team of a China League One club. After the launch of the first Qingchao League in 2024, he returned to his hometown and put on the No. 10 jersey. "It is my honor to represent Guoluo (果洛) in football."

"From the moment I stepped on the grass and kicked the ball, I knew that this is what I want to do for the rest of my life." Because of football, Caiwen Suonan (才文索南) saw the outside world. His wish is simple and plain: "I want to bring back what I have learned and encourage more plateau children to fall in love with football and walk out of the mountains."

In the stands, the cheers of the fans rose and fell. The reporter walked into the fan camp organized by the Guoluo Fan Association (果洛球迷协会), as if entering a red ocean, and the fans' cheers resounded through the clouds.

The lively Guozhuang dance (锅庄舞) spread from inside the stadium to outside. Fans who didn't know each other joined in the dance. Perhaps this is the unique charm of plateau football.

The president of the Fan Association, named Gasang Gong (尕桑贡), is less than 30 years old this year. He wears a red sun-protective scarf and intently directs the fans in the stands. From time to time, he makes a "Ge Hei" sound unique to pastoral areas, and thunderous applause erupts in the fan area. Even for away games, he organizes fans to cheer for the Gesar team (格萨尔队). "It is a happy thing to be able to watch your home team on the spot." There was a lucky draw in the stadium, and the first prize was a "local flavor" gift - a Tibetan sheep.

From stone stadiums to grass stadiums, from playing wild football to professional training, in the Sanjiangyuan (三江源) area, from the prefecture to the county, and then to the schools, "everyone participating in football" has become a trend. The Guoluo Prefecture Campus Football League (果洛州校园足球联赛) has more than 100 participating teams, with more than 3,000 participating young players. Professional clubs come to pastoral areas to select seedlings, and children go from the source of the rivers to the outside world.

Outside the stadium, Guoluo Prefecture's (果洛州) yak jerky, cordyceps mushrooms, intangible cultural heritage calligraphy and painting, and copper carving products are all available. The temporarily built snack plaza is crowded with people. In front of each stall, there is almost a mobile phone stand, and live sales are carried out simultaneously. Dajie (达杰) from Guoluo Prefecture (果洛州) sells beeswax, beaming with joy: "I sold more than 3,000 yuan in one afternoon."

Sports attracts traffic, and cultural tourism empowers. "The integration of worldly atmosphere and ethnic customs allows more people to know this plateau city," said Duojie Caidan (多杰才旦), deputy director of the Guoluo Prefecture Culture, Sports, Tourism, Radio and Television Bureau (果洛州文体旅游广电局).

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In Tennis, What is a "Lucky Loser"? (Sports Explained)

In the 2026 French Open, Hong Kong, China's young player Coleman Wong (黄泽林) participated in the men's singles main draw as a "lucky loser."

What is a "lucky loser"? This is a "lucky gift" that tennis tournaments give to those who lose in the qualifying rounds.

If a main draw player withdraws before the start of the tournament, their vacant spot will be filled by a player who lost in the final round of qualifying. They were originally "losers," but they were fortunate enough to get a second chance. Different tournaments have different ways of selecting "lucky losers." Some randomly select from the highest-ranked losers; others fill the spot based on the players' world rankings.

In the history of tennis, there is no shortage of "lucky losers" who seize the opportunity and win to the end. At the 2019 WTA (Women's Tennis Association) Linz station, American player Coco Gauff won the championship of the event as a "lucky loser," winning the first title of her career. This is where tennis is so charming, it favors those who never give up.

(Reported by Li Shuo (李硕), this newspaper)

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2026 China Weiqi League Kicks Off

The first round of the 2026 Chinese Weiqi League A was completed in Changxing (长兴), Zhejiang (浙江) Province on May 28th. (Reported by Zheng Yi (郑轶) of this newspaper) The Weiqi League A of this season opened on the evening of the 27th, with a total of 16 teams participating. The first 3 rounds adopt a tournament system.

According to the schedule, the league is divided into two stages: the regular season and the finals. The regular season will consist of 15 rounds of single round-robin matches. In the finals, the top 8 teams will enter the championship group, and the bottom 8 teams will enter the ranking group. After 7 rounds of single round-robin matches within each group, the final ranking will be determined.

This season's Weiqi League A has undergone an important change, re-establishing the position of the leading general. A total of 22 rounds of matches will be held throughout the year, aiming to provide high-quality games for top players and help them prepare for world competitions. Chang Hao (常昊), Chairman of the Chinese Weiqi Association (中国围棋协会), said that the new competition system will bring more intensive confrontations and more intense suspense, demonstrating competitive charm.

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"There's more potential in my athletic career."

By: 本报记者 季 芳 陈晨曦

On May 26th, inside the training hall of the Winter Sports Management Center of the Shandong Provincial Sports Bureau (山东省体育局冬季运动管理中心), Li Fanghui (李方慧) was already covered in sweat after a set of physical training. "Summer training is crucial for determining the upper limit of performance in the snow season. It is an important period for us to improve our specific sports abilities, strengthen our physical fitness, and make up for our shortcomings," she said.

Three months ago, in the freestyle skiing women's U-shaped venue skills final at the Milan Winter Olympics, Li Fanghui (李方慧) steadily and surely executed two high-difficulty inverted 900s, scoring 93.00 points and winning the silver medal. She stood on the Winter Olympics podium alongside another Chinese team athlete, Gu Ailing (谷爱凌). "The third run was the first time I successfully completed that move in a competition, and this silver medal is very meaningful to me." Li Fanghui (李方慧) still remembers the scene vividly.

Li Fanghui (李方慧), just turned 23, has already participated in two Winter Olympics. At the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (北京冬奥会), she made her debut on the Winter Olympics stage, finishing fifth. Afterwards, her collarbone fracture recurred twice. The long recovery period after surgery, accompanied by a decline in her competitive state, caused her to fall into a slump for a time. But she ultimately chose to persevere, "believing that there are more possibilities in my sports career."

It was this stubbornness and persistence that allowed her to continue to make breakthroughs in the time that followed. In February 2025, she won the gold medal in the freestyle skiing women's U-shaped venue skills competition at the 9th Asian Winter Games. Subsequently, she won her first individual World Cup title at the World Cup in Calgary, Canada, becoming the second Chinese athlete after Gu Ailing (谷爱凌) to win the annual overall championship trophy for the event.

"That season, I gained something from almost every stop of the competition, but the biggest gain was confidence," said Li Fanghui (李方慧).

She started practicing skiing at the age of 9, and was successfully selected into the national training team before the age of 13, becoming one of the earliest athletes in China to specialize in freestyle skiing U-shaped venue skills... Over the years, she has become accustomed to carrying a 30-kilogram ski bag to train and compete across China and around the world, and has also witnessed the development of this sport in China from scratch, constantly achieving breakthroughs.

Countless times of skiing, jumping, and rotating, countless times of falling and getting back up, are not boring in Li Fanghui's (李方慧) view. "I like the feeling of 'flying' on the snow. I can show myself to the fullest, and even create my own moves," she said.

Regarding her sports career, Li Fanghui (李方慧) hopes that she can compete in two more Winter Olympics. "I like to constantly break through myself and strive to reach new heights. This has always been my motivation to move forward," said Li Fanghui (李方慧).

(Reporters Shang Dan (尚丹) and An Bowen (安博文) contributed to this article)

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Finding His Stride: Young Man "Skates" Out of Life's Low Point

By: 本报记者 王欣悦

The rain has just stopped, and the surface of the playground at the Special Education School in Fengdu County (丰都县), Chongqing (重庆) is still wet. A young man is jogging here to warm up. An hour later, he squats down, plants his feet firmly, lowers his center of gravity, leans forward, and begins to practice gliding.

The young man's name is Li Yi (李毅). He has a level-two intellectual disability and is 16 years old this year. He won 1 gold, 1 silver, and 2 bronze medals in the roller skating event at the 12th National Games for Persons with Disabilities and the 9th Special Olympics of China (hereinafter referred to as the "National Disability Games"). At this moment, he is already preparing for the next competition.

Li Yi (李毅) has lived with his elderly grandparents since he was a child. In 2020, with the help of town and village officials, his grandmother Zhang Baiyu (张百玉) sent her grandson to Fengdu County (丰都县) Special Education School. "Learn more skills, and the child will have a way to survive in the future."

During a physical education class, homeroom teacher Du Xiuhua (杜秀华) noticed that Li Yi's (李毅) running speed far exceeded that of his peers, and immediately recommended him to join the school's sports interest group to learn roller skating.

The first time he wore roller skates, Li Yi (李毅), like all beginners, only felt them rubbing his feet uncomfortably. But even when blisters formed on his feet, he didn't say a word. Learning to turn was a difficult problem in roller skating. Losing control of his center of gravity would cause him to fall repeatedly. Physical education teacher Yu Bin (余斌) said that Li Yi (李毅) fell no less than 20 times in one training session, but he became braver the more he fell. After training, Li Yi (李毅) would stay behind and skate lap after lap into the night. "This persistence is moving," said Yu Bin (余斌).

At the 7th Chongqing (重庆) Games for Persons with Disabilities in 2024, Li Yi (李毅) stood on the official competition field for the first time. He swept all 5 gold medals in the 5 roller skating events. In 2025, he switched to track and field and won another 3 gold medals. With 8 gold medals in two years, he was selected for the Chongqing (重庆) team, aiming for the National Disability Games.

In October 2025, Li Yi (李毅) went to the central urban area of Chongqing (重庆) for closed training for the first time. In that month, Li Yi (李毅) called his homeroom teacher Du Xiuhua (杜秀华) more than 300 times. Du Xiuhua (杜秀华) answered them all. She understood that this was the only way this taciturn child could express his longing.

At the National Disability Games, Li Yi (李毅) faced strong opponents from all over the country. He knew he could only rely on hard work: teamwork in the relay race, endurance in the 1000 meters, and explosiveness in the 500 meters and 300 meters. With 1 gold, 1 silver, and 2 bronze medals, he took everything he could.

After returning from winning the championship, Li Yi (李毅) changed. When eating in the cafeteria, he would take the initiative to sit next to the teachers and try to say a few words. When the teachers praised him, he would lower his head and smile shyly.

He himself is not sure what the next goal is. But the mottled scratches on those roller skates make it clear - his life path is pieced together step by step, 一步一步 (yī bù yī bù - "step by step," gradually; progressively).

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Rehabilitation Aids Accelerate Promotion and Application

This newspaper reported from Beijing on May 28th (Reporter: Wu Chuqi (吴储岐)) On the 28th, the ninth plenary meeting of the inter-ministerial joint conference on accelerating the development of the rehabilitation assistive devices industry was held at the National Rehabilitation Aids Research Center (国家康复辅具研究中心). The meeting also held an exhibition of achievements in the development of the rehabilitation assistive devices industry, with representatives from 21 member units of the inter-ministerial joint conference and 45 companies in the field of rehabilitation assistive devices participating.

The meeting reviewed the inter-ministerial joint conference's 2025 work summary, 2026 work priorities, and the "Guiding Opinions on Accelerating the Promotion and Application of Rehabilitation Assistive Devices (Draft for Solicitation of Comments)." The Ministry of Education (教育部), the Ministry of Commerce (商务部), the National Health Commission (国家卫生健康委), the General Administration of Customs (海关总署), and the National Bureau of Statistics (国家统计局) and other departments and units made exchange speeches.

The achievement exhibition held concurrently focused on five typical application scenarios: intelligent travel, brain-computer interface therapy, rehabilitation medical treatment, limb and hearing disability rehabilitation, and smart elderly care, and concentratedly displayed more than 70 domestically produced rehabilitation assistive device products from 45 companies, highlighting the characteristics of being domestically produced, advanced, and practical, and presenting the actual level of current industrial development in multiple dimensions.

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Giving full play to the talents of truly capable scientists and technologists (People's Perspective: Deepening the Reform of the Science and Technology System)

Building a strong socialist modern country hinges on self-reliance and strength in science and technology. China's science and technology workforce possesses enormous innovative potential, and the key is to effectively unleash this potential through deepening reforms of the science and technology system.

In May 2021, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out at the 20th Academic Conference of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the 15th Academic Conference of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and the 10th National Congress of the China Association for Science and Technology: "We must genuinely study problems, let leading science and technology talents who want to do things, can do things, and can accomplish things take the lead, implement the chief technology officer responsibility system, the lump-sum funding system, and the credit commitment system, and ensure that there are no restrictions based on seniority or thresholds, so that science and technology personnel with real talent and practical knowledge have a place to use their abilities!"

Reform stimulates vitality. The 2025 list of globally highly cited scientists shows that 1,406 mainland Chinese scholars were listed, accounting for 19.7% of the global total, more than 10 times the 111 in 2014. In the same year, China's national innovation index ranked ninth in the world, an increase of 11 places compared to 2012.

As the 10th National Science and Technology Workers' Day approached on May 30 this year, reporters went deep into Beijing (北京), Shanxi (山西), Sichuan (四川) and other places to explore how the chief technology officer responsibility system, the lump-sum funding system, and the credit commitment system activate the "pool of spring water" of scientific and technological innovation and help leading science and technology talents take the lead.

Sichuan Pilot Project for Chief Technology Officer Responsibility System—
Inviting Experts to "Manage the Home" and Delegating Power to the Chief Technology Officer
By You Yi (游仪), Reporter of this Newspaper

With a buzzing sound in the ears, the aircraft ascends vertically, hovers in the air, and the propellers rotate at high speed.

In February of this year, Chengdu (成都), Sichuan's (四川) main urban area, conducted the first manned verification flight of an eVTOL (electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft). The aircraft stayed about 80 meters above the ground for about 10 minutes before landing safely. This is a key project led by Ai Yi (艾毅) after he became the chief technology officer of Sichuan Low-Altitude Economy Industry Development Co., Ltd. (四川省低空经济产业发展有限公司).

"The low-altitude economy has taken off to new heights, thanks to the empowerment of science and technology system reform." Ai Yi (艾毅) has long served as the director of the Low-Altitude Digital Intelligence Research Institute of the Air Traffic Management College of the Civil Aviation Flight University of China (中国民用航空飞行学院空中交通管理学院低空数智化研究所), and has previously assisted companies in the transformation of technological achievements many times. At that time, he usually provided decision-making references as a technical consultant, with limited say, which limited the implementation of good ideas.

In July 2025, the Organization Department of the Sichuan Provincial Party Committee (四川省委组织部), the Sichuan Provincial Department of Economy and Information Technology (四川省经济和信息化厅) and other departments issued documents to select about 200 outstanding talents in the field of applied science from universities and scientific research institutes inside and outside the province every year to serve as chief technology officers in enterprises in the province in full-time or part-time forms, giving them greater decision-making power over technical routes, financial allocation, and resource scheduling. As a science and technology innovation talent in Sichuan Province (四川省), Ai Yi (艾毅) was selected as the first batch of chief technology officers.

From experts and scholars in the ivory tower to chief technology officers on the front line of industry, Ai Yi (艾毅) has a broad space to display his talents. "In the past, when doing projects, technical solutions were submitted for approval layer by layer, and the procurement process was lengthy. Following the steps may miss the best window of opportunity." After Ai Yi (艾毅) became the chief technology officer of the company, he led the key technical routes and also presided over the construction of the "Zhifei Center" project, a drone theme park in Jinjiang District (锦江区), Chengdu (成都市).

The "Zhifei Center" project is the only first-level low-altitude vertical take-off and landing facility in Chengdu (成都市), with a total land area of about 24,400 square meters. Ai Yi (艾毅) is fully responsible for everything from site selection and layout to functional zoning, from battery solutions to digital base.

Taking the eVTOL charging and battery swapping system as an example, there were initially two options: centralized and distributed construction. Some people considered the cost and proposed selecting one company for operation and maintenance, which would be cheaper. Others, from the perspective of long-term development, advocated maintaining an open source model, which would be conducive to building an open ecosystem.

Considering both options, Ai Yi (艾毅) finally decided to adopt a hybrid route of "distributed as the main and centralized as a backup," while reserving compatible interfaces for multiple mainstream models.

"The chief technology officer can make decisions and is willing to take responsibility. He can concentrate on scientific research with peace of mind. The time for finalizing the company's technical plan has been reduced from more than 3 months in the past to about 1 month." Long Zhiyu (龙志宇), chairman of Sichuan Low-Altitude Economy Industry Development Co., Ltd. (四川省低空经济产业发展有限公司), introduced that the selection time for technical backbones has also been shortened from half a year to more than a month.

The company replaced layer-by-layer approval with a filing system, allowing Ai Yi (艾毅) to directly find experienced engineers from cooperative units and universities, and quickly formed a composite team that understands civil aviation airport engineering, low-altitude air traffic control, and software platforms.

By delegating power to scientists and inviting experts to "manage the home," companies fully trust the chief technology officer. In February of this year, Long Zhiyu (龙志宇) volunteered to board an eVTOL and ascend to high altitude, successfully completing a manned verification flight. "As the person in charge of the company, we dare to sit and dare to fly, which is more credible." Long Zhiyu (龙志宇) said that this is also an actual action to express trust and support for the chief technology officer.

"The greater the trust and the more authorization the company gives, the heavier the burden and responsibility on my shoulders." Ai Yi (艾毅) said that the term of the chief technology officer is 2 years, and the cumulative working time in the company each year is no less than 3 months.

In Sichuan (四川), the mid-term evaluation and expiration assessment of the chief technology officer are dominated by corporate evaluation. If the degree of integration between industry and talent is not high and the cooperation results are not obvious, the company can propose to terminate the cooperation. Relevant policies also clarify that, while retaining personnel relations and salary待遇 in the original unit, the chief technology officer can sign an employment contract with the company and obtain corresponding remuneration in accordance with the law.

Focusing on building a scientific management method with equal responsibilities and rights, Sichuan (四川) guides chief technology officers to focus on tackling "bottleneck" problems. The province has so far broken through 116 technical bottlenecks and achieved the implementation of 149 innovative achievements. This year, Sichuan (四川) selected 215 chief technology officers and assigned them to 193 companies in 20 cities (prefectures), covering six major advantageous industries such as electronic information and equipment manufacturing.

[Expert Opinion]
Yan Chuanqi (颜川奇), Professor of Southwest Jiaotong University (西南交通大学):

It is not a new phenomenon for university teachers and experts from scientific research institutes to go down to the front line of industry, but the difference of the chief technology officer is that they not only help companies make suggestions, but also deeply participate in corporate decision-making. The change of identity promotes the shift of work focus.

Why can the chief engineer lead the team to overcome difficulties and break through the situation?

Flexible talent introduction realizes a two-way rush from "project cooperation" to "deep binding."

In the past, the cooperation between enterprises and universities and research institutes was mostly based on the "project system," where enterprises proposed questions and experts solved them, and the cooperation ended when the project ended. External experts "do not seek their own affairs in their positions," and their role is limited. Nowadays, the chief technology officer "personally enters the game." The former project party B has become a business partner working side by side, deeply integrated into the development of the enterprise.

Scientific talent utilization realizes the overall planning from "technical consultation" to "systematic prescription."

From one enterprise to one industry, the value of the chief technology officer lies not only in solving a single technical problem, but also in promoting industrial transformation and upgrading. They strengthen forward-looking thinking, overall planning, and overall promotion with systematic thinking, focus on the technical pain points of enterprises, the difficulties of industrial upgrading, and the blockages of achievement transformation, and accurately exert efforts to draw a long-term blueprint for enterprise development.

Ecological talent gathering realizes the transformation of kinetic energy from "short-term blood transfusion" to "long-term service."

Different from the past remote talent introduction model across the screen, various places are exploring to transform "external brain" resources into the "brain" of corporate decision-making, which helps to promote cooperation through careers, optimize the business environment through talent ecology, and then allow companies to dare to invest and experts are willing to take root, forming a virtuous circle of "industry attracting talents, talents empowering industry, and ecology retaining talents."

Beijing Promotes the Lump-Sum Scientific Research Funding System—
The Money for "Buying Soy Sauce" Can Be Used to "Buy Vinegar"
By Wang Haonan (王昊男), Reporter of this Newspaper

What are the budget requirements for applying for scientific research funding of over 10 million yuan? Jin Yidun (金毅敦), full-time deputy director of the Zhongguancun Panlian Mobile Communication Technology Innovation Application Research Institute (中关村泛联移动通信技术创新应用研究院) in Beijing (北京市), took out a contract that was just signed this year. Looking closely at the item "Relevant Agreements on Funding Support," only one number was filled in—30 million yuan.

"The lump-sum scientific research funding system frees scientific researchers from administrative work such as filling out budget forms, allowing them to focus more on scientific research." The "6G Key Technology Research and Development and Industrial Ecology Cultivation" project that Jin Yidun (金毅敦) is responsible for has a total funding of 150 million yuan, a cycle of 5 years, and is allocated once a year. "In the past, it would take 1 month to prepare the budget for applying for a project of this scale."

The over-detailed management of scientific research funding has been criticized by scientific researchers.

"A project application of three or four hundred pages, 2/3 of which are budget-related explanations, must be prepared according to 12 subjects." Jin Yidun (金毅敦) has a vivid memory, "For some projects with long execution times, even the destination and number of days of business trips must be listed one or two years in advance, so we have to rack our brains to 'compile' them. Some colleagues joked, 'To be a project leader, you must first learn finance.'"

Scientific research work has the characteristics of instantaneous inspiration, and there are many uncertainties in the scientific research process. In the face of technical route optimization and adjustment, experimental material updates and iterations, and dynamic changes in personnel needs, the funding budget needs to be adjusted in a timely manner.

"In the past, every expenditure was stipulated in great detail. It was very troublesome to adjust the budget during the execution process, and we had to repeatedly coordinate with the financial staff." said Zhang Xinjing (张新敬), professor of the School of Energy and Mining of China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing) (中国矿业大学（北京）能源与矿业学院).

Compared with the visible rules and regulations at the institutional level, Zhang Xinjing (张新敬) is more worried about the invisible ideological constraints, "Due to the restrictions of the budgeted budget, some scientific researchers are willing to be more conservative in the face of new frontiers that emerge in the scientific research process. Because once there is a problem with the budget execution, the scientific research project may face the risk of being unable to be completed."

Breaking the rules and regulations requires freeing scientific researchers. In 2018, Beijing (北京) explored the reform of the lump-sum scientific research funding system, based on trust and guided by results, established a negative list, delineated institutional red lines, and granted project units and scientific researchers the autonomy to use funds, eliminating the time-consuming and laborious accounting process.

"The money for 'buying soy sauce' can be used to 'buy vinegar,' as long as it is related to 'cooking.'" Zhang Xinjing (张新敬) used an analogy and cited his "Wind-Storage Coupling Mechanism and Carbon Reduction Research" as an example: The project received 500,000 yuan in funding in 2023. Thanks to the "lump-sum" funding, labor costs can be flexibly distributed, and Zhang Xinjing's (张新敬) 10 students were able to participate in the research. By the end of 2025, a total of 5 patents were obtained, and some patents were transformed and implemented.

"Full authorization does not mean being a 'hands-off shopkeeper.'" Shen Haoxing (申昊星), director of the Asset Management Department of the Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission and the Zhongguancun Management Committee (北京市科委、中关村管委会资管处), said that it is necessary to "let go" and also "manage." The competent department first sets the rules and then authorizes, and the negative list is the red line.

"Project funds must not be used for donations, investments, sponsorships, fines, and payment of academic education funds for on-the-job personnel, etc., and must not be used for expenditures unrelated to research..." Zhang Zesheng (张泽盛), chairman of Beijing Jingge Lingyu Semiconductor Co., Ltd. (北京晶格领域半导体有限公司), can recite the negative list of fund use like a treasure.

In 2023, Zhang Zesheng (张泽盛) received 600,000 yuan in funding through the Beijing Science and Technology Rising Star Program (北京市科技新星计划). "As long as it is not on the negative list, companies can independently arrange the use, saving a lot of energy for scientific researchers." Zhang Zesheng (张泽盛) said that Jingge Lingyu (晶格领域) Company, founded in 2020, continues to accelerate research and development, and the multiple products it has developed have filled industry gaps.

Funding "loosening" does not mean that scientific researchers can "breathe a sigh of relief." Jin Yidun (金毅敦) said bluntly, "I feel more pressure than before." The 6G project he is responsible for has flexible funding use, but the assessment is very "hardcore." At the beginning of each year, the team must jointly agree on annual goals with the Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission and the Zhongguancun Management Committee (北京市科委、中关村管委会), and experts will conduct acceptance at the end of the year.

"We must produce landmark achievements every year." Jin Yidun (金毅敦) said that currently, the unit has applied for more than 64 6G technology patents, and the project-related achievements have been selected as major scientific and technological achievements of the Zhongguancun Forum Annual Conference for three consecutive years.

Reducing process intervention and strengthening result orientation, this "loosening + pressurization" design is precisely the reform logic of Beijing's (北京市) lump-sum scientific research funding system. "Scientific researchers are no longer bound by budget subjects, but must produce tangible scientific research results." Shen Haoxing (申昊星) said.

Scientific research burden reduction and innovation acceleration. The coverage of Beijing's (北京市) lump-sum scientific research funding system reform continues to expand. It has now been fully implemented in the city's natural science fund projects, benefiting nearly a thousand units and more than 35,000 scientific researchers.

[Expert Opinion]
Li Xiaolei (李晓磊), Director of Beijing Science and Technology Evaluation Center (北京科技审评中心):

Scientific research is a career of exploring the unknown. It is impossible to "**未卜先知**" (wèi bǔ xiān zhī - "unborn know first," to be able to predict the future), and we must fully respect the characteristics and laws of scientific research such as the instantaneous nature of inspiration, the randomness of methods, and the uncertainty of paths.

As an important reform measure in the field of scientific research, the lump-sum funding system grants scientific researchers full autonomy in the use of funds and simplifies the management links in the process of fund use to the greatest extent. Reducing the time cost of fund management helps scientific researchers invest more energy in the main business of scientific research.

There is no need to prepare a detailed budget, cancel the proportion limit of fund use subjects, and dynamically adjust the fund direction according to actual needs... After the implementation of the lump-sum scientific research funding system, resource allocation is more flexible, which helps funds to be truly used where they are needed most.

The lump-sum funding system is not a one-size-fits-all approach, and management loosening does not mean letting it go. Beijing (北京市) has explored the establishment of a negative list mechanism, clarifying the division of rights and responsibilities and prohibited expenditures, eliminating the ambiguity in policy implementation, and ensuring that fund use is "open and sustainable," helping scientific researchers to walk the management "balance beam" well.

To deepen the reform of the lump-sum funding system, we still need to continue to focus on combining decentralization and control and implementing precise policies in the future. In order to avoid "one-size-fits-all" management, it is recommended to adopt a flexible model combining "full lump-sum" and "partial lump-sum" based on the different characteristics of project types and research fields, and promote the combination of the lump-sum funding system with models such as "revealing the list and taking command" and "horse racing system" to build a synergistic and efficient scientific innovation ecosystem.

Shanxi Explores the Scientific Research Credit Commitment System—
"A Piece of Paper Commitment" Replaces "A Pile of Materials"
By Fu Mingli (付明丽), Reporter of this Newspaper

Walking into the office of Sang Shengbo (桑胜波), vice president of Taiyuan University of Technology (太原理工大学), a pile of materials neatly stacked along the corner of the wall catches the eye. "In the past, scientific research projects had to accept regular reviews by the competent department, and the inspection materials accumulated over time into a 'small mountain.' Now, only a letter of commitment is required, and there is no need to worry about complicated trivial matters." Speaking of the changes brought about by the credit commitment system, Sang Shengbo (桑胜波) sighed.

Sang Shengbo (桑胜波) is a leading talent in emerging industries in Shanxi Province (山西省) and has presided over more than 30 national natural science fund projects and provincial and ministerial-level key scientific research projects. Unlike previous projects, a key technology research and development project for silicon carbide material defect identification and suppression that he "revealed the list and took command" last year adopted a credit commitment management model.

"Science and technology management is good at doing 'subtraction' and returning time to scientific researchers." Zhao Zongqiang (赵宗强), chief of the High-tech Section of the Taiyuan Science and Technology Bureau (太原市科技局高新技术科), introduced that since 2023, Taiyuan (太原) has focused on 100 key core technologies in the industry around high-quality transformation and development, and promoted key project tackling through "revealing the list and taking command." All of these "revealing the list and taking command" projects adopt a credit commitment management system. The competent department generally does not conduct process intervention such as evaluation, inspection, and audit, but only tracks the project implementation progress and fund use at corresponding nodes.

As the chief technology officer of the project, Sang Shengbo (桑胜波) solemnly signed the project integrity commitment letter, making commitments on research time, content, goals, data authenticity, and the legality of fund use.

"A piece of paper commitment" replaces "a pile of materials." Sang Shengbo's (桑胜波) team does not need to provide supporting documents such as previous research results and the titles and academic qualifications of team members as in the past. If there are matters such as technical routes, fund use, and personnel adjustments, they only need to simply file them.

Putting more energy into technology research and development, Sang Shengbo (桑胜波) quickly assembled a team of 30 people across disciplines and will build a large-size silicon carbide substrate production demonstration line for the company, with an estimated annual production capacity of more than 20,000 pieces and an output value of 50 million yuan.

Of course, "a piece of paper commitment" is not just a signature. To implement it, various mechanisms must work together and be checked at all levels—
Of course, a "paper commitment" is not a one-time signature; its implementation relies on the coordinated efforts of various mechanisms and checks at each level—

The first checkpoint is the school. In November 2021, Taiyuan University of Technology (太原理工大学) issued measures for the management of scientific research integrity, clarifying eight types of scientific research misconduct and eleven types of internal disciplinary measures, with termination of employment for serious cases.

The second checkpoint is the government. The R&D funding for "whoever can do it takes the lead" ("揭榜挂帅") projects is composed of self-raised funds from enterprises and government financial subsidies, with funds allocated in batches according to agreed-upon milestones, effectively constraining scientific research behavior.

The third checkpoint is society. Dishonest information will be reported to the Credit China (Shanxi Taiyuan) (信用中国（山西太原）) platform and other information sharing systems, and dishonest entities will face penalties such as limited application, delayed acceptance, or even prohibition from applying for projects.

"We combine guidance and punishment to ensure that the credit commitment system is truly binding," introduced Zhan Wenjun (詹文君), head of the Credit Section of the Taiyuan Municipal Development and Reform Commission (太原市发展改革委). The Credit China (Shanxi Taiyuan) (信用中国（山西太原）) platform brings together more than 50 municipal departments, enterprises, and institutions in the city, comprehensively collecting specific credit information such as scientific and technological research and development, tax payment, and social security, and publicly disclosing it in accordance with laws and regulations.

[Expert Opinion]

Liu Ying (刘瑛), Vice President of the Beijing Credit Association (北京信用学会) and Director of the Intellectual Property Credit Special Committee:

Guaranteeing time is protecting innovation capabilities. We must never let scientific and technological personnel spend a lot of time on some meaningless activities, on unnecessary review and evaluation, or on various burdens of formalism and bureaucracy.

In the past, the management of scientific research projects tended to "emphasize approval and neglect supervision." From application to completion, it was often accompanied by a large number of form fillings, material reviews, and process turnovers, which burdened scientific researchers. Even with layers of defense, scientific research misconduct still occurs from time to time, which cannot help but make people reflect: How can guaranteeing scientific research integrity rely solely on reporting materials?

The credit commitment system changes the traditional model of "stamping" and "endorsing" at each level, returning the "primary responsibility" for scientific research integrity to the main body of scientific research activities, and delineating specific responsibilities and behavioral boundaries through written commitments with legal effect and moral constraints.

The "paper commitment" seems to simplify the front-end process, but in fact, it extends the management focus from post-event accountability to pre-event guidance and mid-event supervision. It is not that the standards have been relaxed, but that the governance method has been upgraded—allowing honest people to proceed smoothly with a "paper commitment" and making dishonest people pay the price for speculation and opportunism.

Scientific research integrity is the "high-voltage line," "lifeline," and "baseline" of academic research. The credit commitment system is not about letting things go "unmanaged," but about strengthening management effectiveness on the basis of "less management." Only by emphasizing both self-discipline and supervision can we cultivate a good ecosystem with a good system.

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Gene Editing: Moving Towards a New Stage of Precision Medicine (International Science and Technology Frontier)

By: 李 旭

In recent years, one indicator on physical examination reports has garnered increased attention: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol. It is commonly known as "bad cholesterol," and if it remains elevated for an extended period, it can accumulate on the walls of blood vessels like sludge, leading to atherosclerosis and, more seriously, potentially causing myocardial infarction and stroke. For high blood lipid issues, traditional therapies rely more on long-term medication and lifestyle adjustments for control. Recently, the international journal *Nature Medicine* published a new therapy implemented by a team from Renji Hospital (仁济医院), affiliated with the Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine (上海交通大学医学院), in conjunction with Yaotang Biotechnology (尧唐生物) and other teams, providing new ideas for treating this condition. This in vivo adenine base editing therapy, called YOLT-101, aims to achieve "one treatment, long-term effectiveness" by precisely "turning off" the PCSK9 gene in the liver that leads to elevated bad cholesterol.

This achievement also signifies that gene editing applications are moving from treating rare genetic diseases to the risk prevention and control of common chronic diseases. From initially only being able to simply cut DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) to now evolving into a "proofreader" that can precisely correct the code of life, gene editing technology is demonstrating enormous application potential in multiple fields such as clinical medicine, drug research and development, and even agricultural breeding at an unprecedented speed.

Technological Evolution from "Crude Splicing" to "Precise Rewriting"

Genes are DNA fragments with hereditary effects that control the traits of organisms and support the basic structure and performance of life. If we compare our DNA to a "life manual" written with 3 billion "letters" (the four bases A, T, C, and G), it usually operates normally, but if a "typo" appears in a critical position, it can lead to disease or trait changes. As the name suggests, gene editing, like text editing, can help us precisely locate a specific page and line in this vast "manual" and directly delete, insert, or replace specific sequences in the original manuscript.

This technology did not emerge out of thin air. From Mendel's laws of inheritance to the discovery of the DNA double helix structure, humanity's pursuit of genetics has never stopped. The birth of recombinant DNA technology in the 1970s gave humans the ability to roughly "splice" genes for the first time. At the turn of the century, some early molecular scalpels were introduced one after another, and gene editing began to move towards a precise microsurgery era, but it was difficult to popularize due to complicated designs and high costs.

Around 2012, the CRISPR-Cas9 system began to show its advantages in related fields. It was originally a natural immune mechanism of bacteria. Scientists cleverly used its guide RNA (ribonucleic acid) to precisely "lead the way," guiding specific Cas proteins (a molecular scissor produced by bacteria) to cut open the double-stranded DNA at the target location, and then using the cell to repair the "break," achieving the deletion or replacement of specific genes. Due to its extremely simple design, low cost, and extremely high efficiency, CRISPR quickly became a major important technology platform in the field of life sciences.

However, CRISPR-Cas9 is not the end point. Directly cutting the DNA double strand carries the risk of incorrect modification, deletion, or gene rearrangement. Subsequently, gentler tools such as base editing and guide editing emerged: base editing no longer cuts the DNA double strand, but opens the gene's "revision mode" for point-specific modification, replacing a single base with another base; guide editing, developed on this basis, further enhances the flexibility of "revision," enabling more complex sequence insertion, deletion, and replacement, and is described by some researchers as a "word processor."

From recombinant DNA to CRISPR, and then to base and guide editing, the history of gene editing is a history of technological evolution in pursuit of "increasing precision and increasing safety."

Clinical Leap from "In Vitro Repair" to "In Vivo Maintenance"

In order to apply these molecular-level modifications to patients, scientists have opened up two editing paths: "in vitro" and "in vivo." In vitro editing involves first removing the patient's target cells, completing the modification, testing, and screening in a laboratory environment, and then reinfusing them into the patient's body after confirming that there are no errors. This method is like driving a faulty car into a specialized repair shop, repairing it, and then putting it back on the road after passing inspection. Its advantages are strong controllability and high safety, and it is currently mainly used in blood and immune system diseases.

In December of last year, Prime Medicine (普里梅医药公司), an American company, developed a cell product called PM359. Researchers first extracted hematopoietic stem cells from the patient's body, precisely repaired the two missing bases on a key gene in vitro, and then reinfused them back into the patient's body. The repaired immune cells regained their bactericidal ability and regained their combat effectiveness, which is considered the first formal clinical application of guide editing technology. In April of this year, *The New England Journal of Medicine* published clinical data on reni-cel, an in vitro edited autologous hematopoietic stem cell therapy developed by Editas Medicine (埃迪塔斯医药公司), an American company. This therapy is used to treat sickle cell disease (commonly known as "sickle cell anemia"). It uses a new generation of gene scissors CRISPR-Cas12a, which has a different recognition site and incision shape from Cas9, to precisely modify the gene switch and reactivate the fetal hemoglobin production mechanism that was originally dormant in the patient's body.

However, in vitro editing is complex, costly, and not suitable for organs such as the liver and heart, which are difficult to remove cells from. Therefore, for a wider range of diseases, scientists prefer to use in vivo editing strategies. In vivo editing is more like sending out a precise "repair team" to directly enter the target tissue inside the body for on-site repair. In addition to the YOLT-101 therapy developed by the Chinese team mentioned above, Intellia Therapeutics (英提利亚疗法公司), an American company, developed a new gene editing drug called lonvo-z in April of this year, which achieved positive results in a phase III clinical trial for the treatment of hereditary angioedema. Patients with this rare disease produce an excessive amount of a substance in their bodies due to genetic defects, putting their bodies at risk of repeated and dangerous edema. This new drug only requires a single intravenous infusion to enter the body and "turn off" the gene that causes the disease, preventing the production of disease-causing substances at the source. Currently, the drug has been formally submitted to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for marketing approval.

Since it is necessary to operate directly inside the human body, how to accurately and safely deliver the "editor" is the key to success. Currently, scientists often use lipid nanoparticles or viral vectors as "ferry vehicles." In order to successfully load the "editor" into the carrier with limited capacity, how to miniaturize it has also become an important research direction in related fields in the past two years.

It is worth noting that the CRISPR toolbox is moving out of the single path of repairing genes. In May of this year, an international team led by the University of Utah (犹他大学) in the United States published a new achievement in the journal *Nature*, developing Cas12a2, a member of the Cas12 family, into a "targeted cell clearance tool": it can identify specific RNA signals in target cells and initiate strong DNA cleavage after being activated, causing cancer cells or virus-infected cells carrying the corresponding signals to die. During the same period, two studies published in the journal *Nature Biotechnology* showed that teams from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (香港科技大学) and the University of Florida (佛罗里达大学) in the United States respectively used artificially designed DNA guides to replace traditional RNA guides, which can more stably and at a lower cost guide Cas12 protein to recognize RNA targets for rapid disease detection and temporary regulation of cell functions.

Application Scenarios from Life Medicine to Other Fields

Currently, the impact radius of gene editing technology is becoming wider and wider. In the field of organ transplantation, gene editing is breaking the ice of xenotransplantation. Scientific experiments have shown that when transplanting certain organs from pigs into humans, modifying specific genes in pigs through gene editing can greatly reduce human immune rejection. Chinese scientists have successively completed early attempts at gene-edited pig-assisted liver transplantation and gene-edited pig kidney transplantation in living patients. In August 2025, a Chinese research team published the world's first case of successfully transplanting a gene-edited pig lung into a brain-dead human body, which was hailed by international experts as "a milestone" in related fields. In 2025, the FDA formally approved the first batch of clinical trials to test the transplantation of gene-modified pig kidneys into humans.

In the fields of agriculture and ecology, the potential of gene editing is equally remarkable. In 2025, India approved the first batch of rice varieties tailored using gene editing technology. Its biggest feature is that it "does not contain foreign DNA." After precise modification, some of these rice varieties have enhanced drought resistance and salt tolerance, while others have achieved early maturity and water saving. In terms of ecological intervention, a new development published in the journal *Nature* this year showed that scientists in Tanzania (坦桑尼亚) successfully developed Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes with special gene designs, and then used gene drive technology to allow the mosquitoes to produce antimalarial proteins, thereby rapidly spreading in wild mosquito populations and blocking malaria transmission. Scientists hope to cut off the transmission chain of malaria from the source.

The new era of gene editing has arrived, but under the technological boom, there are still many technical problems and ethical risks to be solved. How to overcome off-target effects and immune responses in the gene editing process still needs to be further addressed. More importantly, in gene editing objects, which can be edited and which cannot be edited is not only a scientific issue, but also a bottom line of safety and ethics. For example, a clear dividing line must be built between somatic cell editing used to treat serious diseases and germline editing that may change the genetic information of future generations.

Since the birth of mankind, we have been working hard to "understand" the "manual" of life; today, we are beginning to try to "proofread" and "modify" the "typos" in it. Gene editing brings a huge leap in life sciences, but it will not give humans the privilege to arbitrarily transform life, nor will it make all diseases disappear overnight. What it truly brings us is a revolutionary leap in medicine from "symptomatic treatment" to "causal treatment," allowing us to have the technical means to correct errors and restore health when facing gene defects that once left us helpless.

(The author is an associate professor of the School of Life Sciences and Medicine of the University of Science and Technology of China (中国科学技术大学) and a popular science researcher of the China Association for Science and Technology (中国科协).)

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AI Meets the Next-Generation Network (Science and Technology Panorama)

By: 赵 东

Currently, AI (Artificial Intelligence) is integrating into various fields of economic and social development at an unprecedented speed. In the past two years, the amount of information processed daily by global AI applications has surged nearly 300 times. AI phones, AI glasses, text-to-video applications, and other applications have permeated people's daily lives. Over 30 million intelligent agents are deeply empowering industrial manufacturing, financial transactions, and other fields, becoming new engines for quality and efficiency improvement. However, as the amount of data that AI devices need to transmit grows exponentially, a critical question arises: can the existing network still handle it?

The explosive growth of AI applications poses three core requirements for mobile communication networks. First, the upload speed needs to be faster. In the past, when we used the network to download music and movies, we paid more attention to the downlink speed. But now, AI terminals such as smart glasses and robots are equipped with cameras and sensors, which need to transmit images, videos, and environmental data back to the cloud in real time. For example, smart glasses need to transmit the scene they see to AI for analysis, and robots need to feed back the data of the operation process to the cloud. This requires that even in the worst signal corners, the uplink rate must be increased from the original 5-20Mbps (megabits per second) to at least 50Mbps to ensure that AI can always quickly "see clearly" and make accurate reactions. Second, the latency needs to be lower. Many AI applications that rely on the interaction of terminal-cloud computing power, such as embodied robots in factories, require real-time cooperation between the terminal and the cloud. During welding, if the robot receives instructions with a slight delay, defects may occur in the weld; when remotely controlling equipment, even a little delay may cause safety problems. This requires the network latency to be reduced from hundreds of milliseconds to tens of milliseconds, so that "instructions are executed immediately." Third, the number of connections needs to be greater. In future smart cities, from street lights to security inspections, all kinds of terminals need to be online in real time, and tens of millions of terminals need to be connected per square kilometer. It's like installing sensitive nerves in the city, so that every corner can transmit information in real time, so as to achieve precise governance.

These real-world needs not only pose new challenges to mobile communication, but also open up new spaces for value leap. Currently, the 6G global unified standard is in a critical definition period of gathering consensus, and the first version of the technical specification is expected to be officially frozen after the first quarter of 2029. At that time, after the technical outline is determined, the core indicators and evolution path will be launched. At the same time, the wave of AI development is rolling forward, and the industry needs a frequency band that can respond to intelligent needs in real time and seamlessly connect to the future. U6GHz (the upper half of the 6 GHz band) is currently recognized by the industry as the "golden frequency band," which has both wide coverage advantages and large capacity characteristics. It is like a wide and easy-to-use information highway, which can just meet AI's needs for high speed, large connection, and low latency. In the key window period of generation change, one end is connected to the present, adapting to the urgent needs of AI development; the other end leads to the future, and through the prior deployment in the 5G-A stage, it prepares for the smooth evolution to 6G with technical verification and capability reserve, ensuring the orderly inheritance and steady upgrade of network capabilities. In 2023, the World Radiocommunication Conference has clarified its international mobile communication spectrum positioning.

At present, more than 20 countries around the world have planned the U6GHz band for mobile communication. The United Arab Emirates has taken the lead in completing spectrum allocation and launching the world's first commercial network. Many operators in Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific region are also actively conducting live network tests, verifying the signal penetration and network capacity of the frequency band in urban environments. Recently, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (工业和信息化部) approved the IMT-2030 test license for U6GHz, and launched technical experiments on typical scenarios and key performance indicators.

In terms of the industrial chain, base stations and terminal equipment supporting U6GHz have been commercially available and deployed this year. During the 2026 Mobile World Congress, Huawei (华为) released the U6GHz full range of products, and many mainstream equipment manufacturers around the world also showcased the prototype system of the U6GHz band. At the same time, at the chip level, mainstream platforms such as Qualcomm (高通) have completed U6GHz adaptation; at the terminal level, CPE (Customer Premise Equipment) supporting the frequency band has been commercially available, and related smartphones are also expected to be launched this year.

In order to make this "golden spectrum" easier to use, technology companies are also constantly innovating, focusing on improving the user experience of the U6GHz band and effectively reducing the cost of large-scale deployment. For example, in response to the problems of fast signal attenuation and difficult coverage of high-frequency bands, Huawei (华为) uses ultra-large-scale antenna array technology and intelligent scheduling algorithms to concentrate signal energy into extremely narrow beams to accurately "illuminate" the terminal, capture the user's location in real time, making the signal more stable and the experience better. In order to reduce the deployment threshold, the new generation of base station equipment has achieved lightweight and miniaturization in the architecture design, and reduced energy consumption through a green architecture. In addition, the industry is also actively exploring cutting-edge technical solutions such as spectrum sharing, and the same set of hardware equipment can support spectrum sharing and function upgrades of different generations. These technologies will enable U6GHz to fully release its large bandwidth potential, helping operators achieve the development goal of "one investment, two generations of benefits."

The more powerful AI is, the more it needs the support of high-speed, stable, and ubiquitous networks. When AI meets the next-generation network, what is connected is not only a faster network, but also a "digital base" for building a smart society where everything is interconnected. Proactively laying out the U6GHz end-to-end industrial chain not only responds to the urgent needs of current AI application development, but also promotes the orderly evolution of the industry from 5G-A to 6G, which is a strategic pillar for supporting the high-quality development of the digital economy. Facing the future, operators, equipment manufacturers, terminal and chip manufacturers, and other entire industrial chain should work together to enhance network capabilities, prosper the industrial ecology, and jointly open a new landscape of intelligent connection of everything.

(The author is the Vice President of Huawei Wireless Network Product Line (华为无线网络产品线副总裁))

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Global Warming, Yet Lake Water Under Ice is Colder in Winter

According to Xinhua News Agency, Helsinki (朱昊晨, Xu Qian) -- Climate change is altering lake ecosystems, but its impact is not a simple "warming" across the board. A long-term study of Finnish lakes shows that climate warming leads to higher surface water temperatures in autumn and delayed freezing times, but this may actually cause lower under-ice water temperatures in winter.

The research report, jointly completed by institutions such as York University of Canada, the Finnish Environment Institute (芬兰环境研究所), and the University of Eastern Finland (东芬兰大学), found a negative correlation between lake freezing time and under-ice bottom water temperature in winter. In other words, in years with warmer autumns and later lake freezing, under-ice bottom water temperatures in winter tend to be lower than in years with colder autumns and earlier freezing.

Researchers explained that as the ice-free period in autumn lengthens, lake water continues to lose heat to the atmosphere. By the time the lake finally freezes in winter, the under-ice water temperature may have dropped to a lower level.

Changes in lake water temperature have a significant impact on ecosystems. Researchers say that in low-temperature environments, many organisms, from plankton to fish, tend to reduce their activity, and their physiological processes such as metabolism, growth, and reproduction may also be affected.

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Smallest QR code stores data for a millennium (Innovation Focus)

By: 本报记者 黄发红 刘 赫

How small can a QR code be? Recently, the Vienna University of Technology (维也纳工业大学) in Austria, in collaboration with Cerabyte (赛拉比特) Data Storage GmbH (数据存储公司) in Germany, successfully engraved a QR code with an area of only 1.977 square micrometers on a ceramic film. This breakthrough in the field of micro-storage has been recognized as the smallest QR code in the world. "We have created tiny, stable, and repeatedly readable QR codes, opening up new possibilities for the long-term preservation of human information," said Paul Mayrhofer (保罗·迈尔霍费尔), project leader and professor at the Institute of Materials Science and Technology at the Vienna University of Technology (维也纳工业大学), in an interview with our reporter.

This QR code was written by researchers using focused ion beam technology (using a high-speed focused ion beam to precisely bombard the surface of materials, thereby completing the operation of "cutting" or "engraving" patterns in the microscopic world), engraved on a high-temperature and corrosion-resistant metal ceramic material - chromium nitride film. This material is often used in the coating of high-performance cutting tools and has extremely high stability. Each pixel that makes up the QR code is only 49 nanometers in size, about 1/10 of the wavelength of visible light. The trace cannot be captured by the naked eye, but the pattern is clearly visible under an electron microscope. The research team then independently verified it with a calibrated scanning electron microscope, confirming that the QR code can be stably identified.

Mayrhofer (迈尔霍费尔) said that creating the "world's smallest QR code" was not the team's original goal, but a natural result of the research process. What they really care about is how to make the information structure exist stably for a long time on a very small scale and be reliably read. "It is not difficult to manufacture extremely small microstructures, but the problem is that on a very small scale, atoms will move positions or fill gaps, which may cause the stored data to be lost. How to maintain structural integrity and sufficient reading contrast for a long time has always been a huge challenge." He said that the team, through innovation in materials and preparation technology, allows the micro QR code to be stably read under an electron microscope, and the information will not decay over time, realizing the combination of nanoscale structure and long-term stability. The newly developed QR code is not only stable but also repeatable, and its size is only 37% of the original record holder.

Why choose ceramic film as the storage carrier? Mayrhofer (迈尔霍费尔) explained that ceramic films are extremely stable chemically and thermally. The electrical state of traditional electronic storage will decay over time, while ceramics store information in the form of physical bits (tiny pits and other physical structures), which can resist diffusion, corrosion, and aging. Data can be kept stable for a very long time without any energy input, completely eliminating energy dependence. In theory, this storage method can achieve thousands of years of data preservation, solving the industry pain points of easy loss and high energy consumption of long-term archived data. In addition, the capacity of this storage method is also very considerable. A ceramic storage box the size of an adult's palm (100×100×20 mm) can theoretically store about 290TB (terabytes) of raw data, which is equivalent to the total storage capacity of about 72 4TB mobile hard drives.

The research team believes that this storage method based on nanophysical structures will not replace daily high-speed storage devices in the future, but is more likely to be used as a "cold storage" technology for ultra-long-term, zero-energy archiving scenarios. For example, archives, museums, scientific research institutions, and other fields that need to preserve important data for a long time may become its potential application directions. At the same time, with the continuous growth of global data volume, the energy consumption problem caused by the long-term operation of data centers has also received increasing attention. Similar low-energy, long-life storage technologies can better cope with this problem.

Yan Yinzhou (闫胤洲), professor at the School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering of Beijing University of Technology (北京工业大学), told our reporter that the birth of the world's smallest QR code reflects the cutting-edge technological level in the field of micro-nano manufacturing, solves the manufacturing problem of extremely small structures on the surface of traditionally difficult-to-process materials, and profoundly changes the data recording method on the basis of significantly improving storage density, providing a new solution for low-carbon, ultra-long-life data storage of massive information in the era of big data.

Currently, this technology is still in the laboratory verification stage. Mayrhofer (迈尔霍费尔) frankly said: "The main challenge at present is how to further improve the writing speed, expand the preparation area, and develop more efficient and practical reading methods. The core task of the next stage is to promote laboratory-level demonstration results to industrial applications."

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German Government Releases "High-Tech Agenda" Roadmap

According to Xinhua News Agency, Berlin, the German government recently officially released a detailed roadmap for the "German High-Tech Agenda," clarifying the key technology development directions that are critical to Germany's economic strength, competitiveness, and technological sovereignty.

The roadmap released this time sets specific development paths and goals for relevant key technologies. For example, in the field of quantum technology, Germany plans to develop two error-correcting quantum computers that reach the top European level by 2030; in the field of biotechnology, the goal is to approve the first mRNA cancer immunotherapy by 2028; in the field of artificial intelligence, Germany plans to achieve 10% of its national economic output based on artificial intelligence by 2030.

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Accelerate the construction of a modern vocational education system.

The 3rd Vocational Education Forum, hosted by People's Daily Online, was recently held in Jinan (济南), Shandong (山东) Province. Guests from over a hundred vocational colleges across the country engaged in in-depth exchanges on topics such as "Cultivating High-Quality Technical and Skilled Talents for New Quality Productive Forces," "Innovation in Paths and Models for Digital Transformation of Vocational Education," and "Deepening the Practice of Municipal Industry-Education Consortia and Industry Communities," jointly exploring how to accelerate the construction of a modern vocational education system.
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　　Building a New Ecosystem of Industry-Education Integration
　　Huang Hui (黄辉), Deputy Director of the Vocational Education Development Center of the Ministry of Education

　　During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, facing multiple challenges such as industrial upgrading, technological changes, demographic shifts, and international competition, it is imperative to accelerate the construction of a modern vocational education system, optimize the layout of vocational education in coordination with regional development and in alignment with industrial layout, effectively achieve a high level of school running capacity and high quality of industry-education integration, and cultivate high-skilled talents on a large scale.

　　We should adhere to promoting education through industry, attracting education through industry, reforming education through industry, and advancing education through industry, deepen school-enterprise cooperation, clarify responsibilities, achieve mutual benefit and win-win results, and build a new ecosystem of industry-education integration. The development of secondary vocational schools should be based on local areas, optimizing functional positioning, adapting to the new needs of students' diversified development, promoting the integrated development of secondary and higher vocational education, and serving the high-quality development of county economies and the comprehensive revitalization of rural areas. Higher vocational schools should take the "Double High Construction Plan" as the traction for characteristic development, innovate talent cultivation carriers, deepen the reform of key elements of teaching, vigorously promote the cluster cultivation of high-skilled talents, and continue to work hard in shaping international influence and promoting digital transformation. We should adhere to the positioning of type education, build high-level vocational undergraduate schools, expand the supply of high-quality higher education resources, and promote the integration and connection with professional degree education.

　　Improving School Running Capacity with Key Elements
　　Dong Gang (董刚), Deputy Director of the Evaluation Expert Committee for Higher Vocational Education of the Ministry of Education

　　The reform of key teaching elements such as vocational education majors, courses, textbooks, teachers, and internship training is the basic project for building a vocational education system and a key measure for cultivating high-skilled talents. Carrying out the evaluation of the school running capacity of higher vocational schools is an inevitable requirement for vocational education to continuously enhance its adaptability and a realistic need to reshape the evaluation system based on the requirements of "setting the direction and strengthening the connotation."

　　Evaluating "high-level school running capacity" must focus on the main body of vocational education, follow the laws of technical and skilled personnel growth, and comprehensively evaluate the health, coordination, and guarantee of key teaching elements of colleges and universities; evaluating "high-quality industry-education integration" requires looking at vocational education beyond education, focusing on the degree of fit between education supply and industrial demand, and the contribution to industrial development.

　　Whether the talents cultivated by the school meet the real needs of enterprises' constantly changing positions, whether the professional structure can sensitively respond to and moderately precede the upgrading pace of regional industries, and whether the professional knowledge of teachers can truly solve the practical problems of enterprise production lines determine the development level and social recognition of vocational education.

　　Achieving Quality Improvement and Efficiency Enhancement in Vocational Education
　　Wang Hong (王纮), Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Director of the Jinan (济南) Municipal Education Bureau, Shandong (山东) Province

　　To achieve quality improvement and efficiency enhancement in vocational education and promote the integrated development of industry, education, and city, the key lies in seeking breakthroughs in "integration," "fusion," and "cultivation."

　　"Integration" creates a new governance pattern. Jinan (济南), Shandong (山东) Province, established a leading group with the main leaders of the municipal party committee and the municipal government serving as dual team leaders, incorporated vocational education into the overall urban development plan, issued 20 special policies, accelerated the promulgation of the "Jinan (济南) Municipal Industry-Education Integration Promotion Regulations," and consolidated the institutional foundation.

　　"Fusion" creates a new industry-education ecosystem. Jinan (济南) has strengthened the national-level intelligent manufacturing and high-end equipment industry-education consortium; led the establishment of the Yellow River Basin Industry-Education Alliance to promote co-construction and sharing among 9 provinces (regions); formed a provincial capital economic circle consortium to coordinate the allocation of resources in 7 cities; and laid out municipal and county vocational education consortia to open up the "last mile" of industry, education, and city integration.

　　"Cultivation" creates new channels for talent development. Jinan (济南) promotes dual-scenario education of "campus + park" and the cultivation of on-site engineers, with students growing step by step as students, apprentices, and quasi-employees. At the same time, it builds a collaborative craftsman cultivation system involving the city, districts and counties, industries, and enterprises, and establishes craftsman colleges and training sites to allow more skilled talents to take root in Jinan (济南).

　　Reshaping the Talent Cultivation Model with Digitalization
　　Yin Yuanhua (尹元华), Secretary of the Party Committee of Jinan Vocational College (济南职业学院)

　　Educational digitalization is an important support for building a strong education country and an inevitable path for vocational education to empower the real economy. Vocational education must resonate with industrial development and actively reshape the talent cultivation model, reconstruct the school running system, and rebuild the governance paradigm with digitalization.

　　To promote the digital transformation and upgrading of vocational education, the first priority is to consolidate the foundation and strengthen the hard support for digital and intelligent school running, lay out new digital infrastructure, and build an efficient and intensive cloud computing power base and a high-speed network covering the entire domain; the key is deep integration, based on the trend of regional industrial upgrading, and integrate artificial intelligence throughout the entire process of professional construction, classroom teaching, and talent cultivation; the focus is on empowering people-oriented, improving quality and good governance, empowering teachers' digital and intelligent teaching capabilities in layers, and cultivating students' digital literacy and intelligent technology application capabilities.

　　Jinan Vocational College (济南职业学院) has always anchored the strategic direction of educational digitalization, built a hybrid cloud computing power base and all-optical network; created characteristic scenarios such as AI intelligent bodies, virtual simulation, and digital ideological and political education, and laid out vertical large models such as intelligent connected vehicles, new energy vehicles, and smart cultural tourism; improved teachers' digital and intelligent capabilities, cultivated students' artificial intelligence literacy, and built a smart campus.

　　Innovatively Cultivating On-site Engineers
　　Tian Xin (田昕), Secretary of the Party Committee of Wuhu Institute of Technology (芜湖职业技术大学)

　　Facing new challenges in industrial upgrading, technological changes, and international competition, master craftsmen and high-skilled talents have become an important part of the national strategic talent force. Deepening industry-education integration and school-enterprise cooperation, and forging a team of on-site engineers with exquisite skills, comprehensive qualities, and adaptation to industrial innovation and development is not only the responsibility of vocational education but also the important mission of vocational undergraduate education to serve national strategies and support regional development.

　　Wuhu Institute of Technology (芜湖职业技术大学) closely follows the regional modern industrial system, creates a school-enterprise collaborative talent cultivation model, and focuses on cultivating on-site engineers who are skilled in operation, understand technology, can manage, and are good at innovation. The school takes the national-level municipal industry-education consortium as the carrier, promotes dual-entity school running, dual-mentor education, and dual-classroom teaching, and promotes the comprehensive alignment of professional settings and industrial layout, talent cultivation and industry standards, curriculum content and job requirements, teaching process and production process, and employment quality and social evaluation. Continuously improve the closed-loop mechanism of talent cultivation, evaluation, and use, promote the leap of talent cultivation from skill operation to engineering practice, and provide talent support for promoting regional high-quality development.

　　Building a Professional Pattern Adapted to the Industry
　　Zhang Jianjun (张建军), President of Tangshan Industry & Technology College (唐山工业职业技术大学)

　　The "15th Five-Year Plan" proposes to optimize the layout of vocational education in coordination with regional development and in alignment with industrial layout, and to promote professional settings to closely connect with the needs of the industrial chain innovation chain. Vocational colleges must actively grasp the trend of industrial development, adhere to the principle of "teaching following industry," continuously optimize professional layout and teaching content, timely integrate new technologies and new processes into teaching practice, deepen industry-education integration, promote professional upgrading and curriculum system reconstruction, and connect the education chain and the industrial chain.

　　Tangshan Industry & Technology College (唐山工业职业技术大学) focuses on building a professional pattern adapted to the regional industry, focusing on intelligent manufacturing, serving people's livelihood fields such as elderly care and childcare, and inheriting characteristic majors such as ceramic art. The school relies on the national-level municipal industry-education consortium to build a new ecosystem of industry-education integration of "learning factory + shared factory" to promote the implementation of industry-education integration results. At the same time, the school lays out cutting-edge fields such as humanoid robots, leads the implementation of high-skilled talent cluster cultivation plans, actively connects with and serves the development of future industries, builds a talent cultivation highland and a collaborative innovation platform, and is committed to cultivating high-skilled talents that meet the development requirements of new quality productive forces.

　　Vocational Education Should Actively Step Out of the Campus
　　Linghu Cai Tao (令狐彩桃), Secretary of the Party Committee of Guizhou Open University (Guizhou Vocational and Technical College) (贵州开放大学（贵州职业技术学院）)

　　Currently, China's vocational education is facing the dual challenges of industrial upgrading and population structure changes, and industry-education integration has become a "must-answer question." How to make the talents cultivated by schools truly match the positions needed by enterprises? The key to solving this problem lies in: vocational education must actively step out of the campus and establish a deep-binding, benefit-sharing, and responsibility-sharing integration mechanism with industries and enterprises, so that enterprises can change from "employers" to "educators" and schools can change from "suppliers" to a part of the "community."

　　Based on this, Guizhou Open University (Guizhou Vocational and Technical College) (贵州开放大学（贵州职业技术学院）) breaks the situation with "integration, cooperation, sharing, and symbiosis." The school has jointly established the Guizhou Civil Aviation Industry-Education Integration Community with 50 units, accurately solving the structural contradiction between the supply and demand of civil aviation talents, and has cultivated more than 5,000 professional and technical talents in the civil aviation field. "Integration" is the premise, breaking down institutional barriers and building a linkage mechanism between the government, industry, enterprises, and colleges to achieve industry-education integration; "cooperation" is the key, promoting substantive operation, school-enterprise co-construction platforms, and innovative revenue sharing models; "sharing" is the path, expanding cross-border cooperation, promoting resource sinking and standard going overseas; "symbiosis" is the goal, focusing on digital empowerment, achievement transformation, and standard setting, and building a sustainable industry-education integration ecosystem.

　　Cultivating Craftsman Talents with Craftsman Spirit
　　Liu Rong (刘蓉), Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Beijing Technology and Business University (北京科技职业大学)

　　As an education type closely related to economic society and close to industrial development, vocational education undertakes the mission of connecting the education chain, talent chain, industrial chain, and innovation chain. Vocational colleges should base themselves on the characteristics of type education, integrate the craftsman spirit into the entire process of school running and talent cultivation, and take multiple measures to build an all-round and multi-level talent cultivation practice system to cultivate master craftsmen, skilled craftsmen, and high-skilled talents for the front line of the industry.

　　As the first municipal vocational undergraduate university in Beijing (北京), Beijing Technology and Business University (北京科技职业大学) adheres to building a "craftsman" school with the craftsman spirit, using model workers and craftsmen to lead future craftsmen, and innovatively building a ladder-type cultivation model of technical experts, on-site engineers, and outstanding engineers for junior college, undergraduate, and master's degrees; creating "Jingrong College" and adopting a "college + academy" dual-academy collaborative education model; regularly carrying out 8 types of "large ideological and political courses" such as "walking large ideological and political courses" to build a "professional literacy" curriculum system covering multiple dimensions such as innovation, digital, and humanities; implementing a student professional literacy loose-leaf certificate system, which is deeply connected with vocational skill level certificates, to further improve the quality and efficiency of technical and skilled personnel training.

　　Let Digitalization Truly Serve Education Work
　　Yu Zhide (余智德), Vice President of Guangzhou Light Industry Technician School (广州市轻工职业学校)

　　Digital technology is an important force for reshaping education forms and improving service efficiency. Educational digitalization should avoid the development misunderstanding of "emphasizing hardware over application" and firmly grasp the inherent requirements of digitalization empowering the improvement of talent cultivation quality.

　　Strengthen top-level coordination. Educational digitalization is a deep-seated change in process reengineering, which requires coordinating resources, actively collaborating, and establishing and implementing new processes and new systems that are compatible with digitalization to avoid digitalization **穿新鞋走老路** (chuān xīn xié zǒu lǎo lù - "wearing new shoes walking the old road," to implement new methods while retaining old habits).

　　Focus on the cultivation of people and develop digital application habits. It is necessary to guide teachers to jump out of their comfort zones, integrate digital tools into daily teaching through regular application, and gradually change from passive use to active practice to continuously improve teachers' digital literacy.

　　Adhere to data-driven and anchor the effectiveness of education. By building a solid data base and realizing data integration, empowering teaching scenarios, improving the quality and excellence of education in the digital space, mining data value, and promoting the transition from experience-based decision-making to data-based decision-making. Let data serve student growth and school governance, eliminate hardware stacking, and make digitalization truly serve education work.

　　Cultivating Skilled Talents with International Vision
　　Li Wenyong (李文勇), President of Guangxi Transport Vocational and Technical College (广西交通职业技术学院)

　　The "15th Five-Year Plan" proposes to "improve the school running capacity of vocational schools" and "build higher vocational schools with distinctive characteristics." Vocational colleges need to find the right school running positioning, grasp regional and industry characteristics, and actively integrate into the modern industrial system and regional industrial layout. Guangxi Transport Vocational and Technical College (广西交通职业技术学院) adheres to the school running service positioning of being based on transportation, serving Guangxi (广西), and facing ASEAN, and cultivates skilled talents with an international vision.

　　Establish a school running concept. Serve the vocational education characteristics of Guangxi's (广西) "one district, two places, one park, and one channel" construction, support the industry background of building a strong transportation country, help build a highland for open cooperation and innovation in vocational education facing ASEAN, and continuously improve school running capacity.

　　Improve the cultivation model. Around the "real task, real scene, real skills," build a three-in-one practical training system of campus teaching workshops, virtual simulation workshops, and productive workshops to achieve an integrated education scene of "teaching, doing, evaluating."

　　Strengthen outcome orientation. Deepen "industry-education integration, science-education integration, and virtual-real integration," and promote the precise alignment of talent cultivation with industrial needs by taking industry-education integration bases as carriers.

　　Promoting Efficient Integration of Educational Resources
　　Li Zizheng (李子铮), Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Tianjin Light Industry Vocational Technical College (天津轻工职业技术学院)

　　Educational digitalization is an educational paradigm change led by digital technology, which promotes the efficient integration of educational resources by breaking the time and space limitations of traditional education, and thus shapes a systematic, open, and sustainable educational new ecosystem. To promote the digital construction of vocational colleges, it is necessary to take grasping the implementation of decision-making and deployment as the premise, building a collaborative and symbiotic development ecosystem as the starting point, and standardizing operating rules as the guarantee. The three are closely linked and indispensable.

　　Tianjin Light Industry Vocational Technical College (天津轻工职业技术学院) comprehensively integrates artificial intelligence application scenarios into the talent cultivation system and enhances students' comprehensive job adaptation capabilities by relying on diverse practical scenarios.

　　The school is fully committed to building a digital governance system. In 2023, it was selected as a pilot school for digital campus construction by the Ministry of Education and a national vocational education informatization benchmark school. It has built a data middle platform and a computing power center, promoted full-domain intelligent management and low-carbon campus construction, and formed a replicable and scalable vocational education digital governance model. In the next step, the school will continue to explore the use of digital technology to reduce the burden and increase efficiency for teachers, so that teachers can concentrate on educating people and teachers and students can share the fruits of development.

　　Continuously Deepening School-Enterprise Collaborative Education
　　Li Zhongxiang (李忠祥), Secretary of the Party Committee of Shandong Food and Drug Vocational College (山东药品食品职业学院)

　　In the process of building a strong education country, deepening school-enterprise collaborative education requires giving play to the main role of enterprises in education. Vocational education needs to accurately anchor the needs of industrial development, take "breaking barriers, precise adaptation, and real scenes" as the starting point, and realize real-scene education through four integrations of cultural integration, process integration, task integration, and team integration, promote enterprises to deeply integrate into the entire chain of talent cultivation, and build a deeply collaborative industry-education integration education pattern.

　　Shandong Food and Drug Vocational College (山东药品食品职业学院) takes four measures to break down collaborative barriers: building carriers such as industry-education integration communities to break down organizational barriers between "government, industry, enterprises, schools, and research"; building platforms such as productive training bases and technological innovation to break down resource barriers; having relevant enterprise leaders serve as key positions in carriers and platforms to be responsible for substantive operation, "empowering enterprises," and breaking down subject barriers; and agreeing on investment ratios, ownership of scientific and technological achievements, and distribution of operating profits from production training in articles of association or agreements, "clarifying rights and responsibilities," and breaking down interest barriers. Promote precise adaptation of industry and education with four lists: talent demand list, technical standard list, technical supply and demand list, and regulatory list.

　　Integrating Moral Education into Skills Training
　　Yuan Wencong (袁闻聪), Secretary of the Party Committee of Sichuan University of Science & Engineering Technology (四川工业科技学院)

　　Based on the requirements of high-quality development of higher vocational education in the new era, higher vocational colleges should closely focus on the fundamental task of establishing morality and cultivating people, focus on the key to the cultivation of technical and skilled talents, and strive to solve outstanding problems such as the disconnection between ideological and political education and professional skills training, and run value leadership through the entire process and all aspects of talent cultivation.
Based on the new requirements for high-quality development of higher vocational education in the new era, higher vocational colleges should closely focus on the fundamental task of fostering virtue through education, focus on the key to cultivating technical and skilled personnel, and strive to solve prominent problems such as the disconnection between ideological and political education and professional skills training, and integrate value guidance into the whole process and all aspects of talent cultivation.

Sichuan Industrial Science and Technology College (四川工业科技学院), combined with its school-running characteristics and the advantages of engineering education, has constructed a "system-based foundation, curriculum-based consolidation, platform-based empowerment, position-based soul-casting, and practice-based self-cultivation" whole-chain education system, and strives to create a distinctive talent training model that combines knowledge and action, and integrates morality and skills; innovates the "one foundation, two wings, three new, and four integrations" network education model, which not only focuses on professional courses but also on ideological and political education; has built a "digital intelligence ideological and political" platform to realize the quantification, tracking, and evaluation of ideological and political education through big data; builds an immersive ideological and political education position, opens academic lecture halls, creates mobile ideological and political courses, and incorporates red research, volunteer services, and enterprise training into the training process, guiding students to cultivate their national sentiments and temper their craftsmanship in practice.

Transforming Urban Potential into Educational Momentum

Du Lin (杜琳), President of Shandong Foreign Languages Vocational College (山东外国语职业技术大学)

In the process of building a strong education country, universities are faced with the era issue of opening up new fields of education, transforming urban potential into educational momentum, and empowering the high-quality development of cities. Universities are the main body of education, and cities are the scene of education. Vocational undergraduate colleges and cities jointly develop through talent co-cultivation, promoting the integration of the two from geographical association to functional and value integration, and better realizing the resonance of vocational education and urban development.

Shandong Foreign Languages Vocational College (山东外国语职业技术大学) adheres to the school-running philosophy of "seeking survival through contribution, seeking development through quality, and seeking space through service," constructs an educational ecology in which universities and cities are integrated and symbiotic, connects with the key industrial chains of Rizhao City (日照市), Shandong Province (山东省), and establishes a dynamic adjustment and service mechanism; focuses on the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside, the integrated development of ports, industries, and cities, and explores open and shared social service paths that empower professions; innovates the integrated regional cultural collaborative development model of culture, education, and creation, and builds a regional cultural inheritance, innovation, and dissemination promotion center, forming a good pattern of resource sharing, talent co-cultivation, and development symbiosis between schools and cities.

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The "Heart" Engine Empowering China-Africa Cooperation

The year 2026 marks the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Africa, and it is also the "Year of China-Africa People-to-People and Cultural Exchanges" jointly determined by both sides. Taking this as an opportunity, China and Africa will jointly hold a series of rich and colorful exchange activities, fully demonstrating the increasingly close ties and deepening friendship between the Chinese and African people, and will continue to promote the mutual understanding, emotional connection, and concerted efforts of more than 2.8 billion Chinese and African people.

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People-to-people friendship is an important cornerstone of China-Africa relations.

By: 麦克·奥杜罗

The passionate African dance made people can't help but sway to the rhythm; the rich and diverse African cuisine attracted many viewers to try and place orders; traditional handicrafts and modern fashion accessories led everyone to appreciate the unique aesthetics of the African people... On May 23rd, the "2026 Africa Day Cultural Festival" was held in Chaoyang Park (朝阳公园), Beijing (北京). At the event, national exhibition areas, cultural displays, and interactive experiences focused on presenting African traditional culture and modern innovative vitality. Frequent interactions between African and Chinese people occurred, with people discussing everything from zero tariffs on African goods to African Ubuntu philosophy, constantly sparking more sparks of friendship.

The year 2026 is the "China-Africa People-to-People and Cultural Exchange Year." Holding the "China-Africa People-to-People and Cultural Exchange Year" event on the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Africa is an important consensus reached by Chinese and African leaders, and an important measure to promote China-Africa friendship further into the hearts of the people at a new historical starting point. Throughout this year, China and Africa will hold nearly 600 people-to-people and cultural exchange activities around the theme of "Consolidating All-Weather Friendship and Pursuing Modernization Dreams Together." The infectious music, dance, and unique culture allow the Chinese people to appreciate the authentic and vivid African customs. At the same time, Chinese cultural icons such as calligraphy, tea art, and martial arts continue to enter Africa, allowing the African people to experience the charm of Chinese culture up close.

I am from Ghana. From being an international student to becoming a reporter, during these years of studying and working in China, I have witnessed and recorded too many moments of warm interaction and deep exchanges between the Chinese and African people. Walking on the streets of China, Chinese people often take the initiative to chat with me about African customs, history, and culture; and I am always full of curiosity, deeply perceiving China's social development and cultural heritage. In my opinion, this heartfelt mutual understanding and affinity between the Chinese and African people is a vivid portrayal of the China-Africa all-weather friendship that transcends time and is rooted in the hearts of the people.

Talent cultivation is one of the core pillars of China-Africa people-to-people and cultural exchanges. In recent years, China has built vocational training platforms such as the Luban Workshop (鲁班工坊) to impart practical vocational skills to African youth and help cultivate African professional talents. China also conducts multi-field training programs for African government officials to enhance mutual learning and mutual reference of governance concepts and development experiences. Many African people have visited various parts of China to conduct on-the-spot investigations of practical achievements in rural governance, poverty alleviation, and ecological governance, learn from China's development experience, and provide useful references for African countries to explore modernization paths that suit their own national conditions.

Over the past few decades, China has become one of the preferred destinations for African youth to study abroad. After completing their studies, a large number of African students have returned to their home countries and devoted themselves to the construction of their countries, growing into the backbone of various fields. Dr. Diallo (迪亚拉), a doctor from Mali (马里), has been deeply involved in clinical diagnosis and treatment and grassroots physician training, becoming the first foreign national to obtain a doctorate degree in traditional Chinese medicine in China. Today, he is committed to promoting traditional Chinese medicine into Africa to help solve local medical difficulties and continue the wonderful story of China-Africa health cooperation. Semu (塞姆), the first doctoral student enrolled in the China-Africa Science and Technology Small Courtyard (中非科技小院), has now returned to his hometown of Malawi (马拉维) for the second time to carry out localized practice. He is rooted in the Lisasazi County (利萨萨齐县) Agricultural Technology Extension Station, working with his partners to promote local agricultural transformation... China helps Africa cultivate more local professional talents, adding momentum to the sustainable development of African countries.

Language is a close bond for the Chinese and African people to know and love each other, and it is also an important part of China-Africa people-to-people and cultural exchanges. Today, more than 60 Confucius Institutes (孔子学院) have been built on the African continent, providing a platform for local people to learn Chinese and understand Chinese culture. More and more African countries have incorporated Chinese into their national education systems. A large number of African local Chinese learners have devoted themselves to Chinese teaching and Chinese cultural dissemination after completing their studies, serving as a natural bridge for communication between the two civilizations. More and more Chinese universities have also opened African language majors such as Hausa, Swahili, and Zulu, deeply cultivating African language research and talent cultivation, and building a two-way language communication channel.

People's friendship is an important cornerstone of China-Africa relations, and people-to-people and cultural exchanges are the driving force for China-Africa friendship from generation to generation. Based on the foundation of 70 years of all-weather friendly cooperation, and taking the "China-Africa People-to-People and Cultural Exchange Year" in 2026 as an opportunity, China and Africa will deepen practical cooperation in various fields, which will surely inject more vitality into China and Africa's joint efforts to promote modernization, consolidate the foundation for building a China-Africa community with a shared future in the new era, and continue to write a new chapter of China-Africa friendship from generation to generation and win-win development.

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Starting with South African Apples on Chinese Tables (Weekly Economic Review)

By: 晓 熠

This summer, the fruit plates of Chinese people have an extra touch of fruity fragrance from the African continent.

At midnight on May 1st, 24 tons of apples produced in South Africa, after being quickly supervised and released by Shenzhen Customs (深圳海关), left the port and were distributed to major supermarkets in South China. "Juicy, fragrant, sweet and crisp," one consumer commented. A small South African apple entering Chinese tables stems from a milestone opening measure—starting May 1, 2026, China will fully implement zero tariffs on 53 African countries that have diplomatic relations with China, making it the first major economy in the world to implement full coverage of zero tariffs on African countries with diplomatic relations.

Opening up makes the people's table richer, more affordable, and more diverse. The tariff on imported South African apples has dropped from 10% to 0, significantly reducing overall costs, which will ultimately benefit consumers. In April of this year, China and South Africa signed the "Supplementary Requirements on Phytosanitary for the Export of South African Citrus to China," which optimized quarantine standards and shortened cold treatment times, helping to reduce cold chain energy consumption and shipping costs. Customs has upgraded the "green channel" for access of African agricultural and food products to China, optimized access procedures, and implemented risk grading. While ensuring safety, the "green channel" makes African goods more affordable and reassuring to eat. The abundant fruits of the Southern Hemisphere are coming across mountains and seas: Mozambican cashews are full and leave a lingering fragrance; Beninese pineapples are fragrant, sweet, and juicy; Zimbabwean blueberries are making their debut, with outstanding quality and are widely popular...

Opening up strengthens the industrial chain, improves quality, and increases efficiency. African imported agricultural products are mostly off-season, special, and differentiated varieties, which are more about supplementing shortcomings, filling gaps, and enriching supply in the domestic market. Opening up is two-way empowerment, not one-way influx. While expanding imports, China's high-quality agricultural products, agricultural machinery and equipment, and planting technologies are also accelerating their entry into Africa. The benign competition brought about by high-quality imported products will promote the upgrading of domestic agricultural standards, the optimization of varieties, and the strengthening of brands, promote the upgrading of the agricultural industrial structure, further enhance the overall competitiveness of domestic agricultural products, and ultimately benefit farmers.

Opening up builds a long-term foundation and makes the Chinese economy more resilient. In the first quarter of this year, China's imports and exports exceeded 11 trillion yuan for the first time, with a quarterly growth rate reaching the highest in nearly 5 years. Exports of "new three items" products continued to grow rapidly, with exports of electric vehicles increasing by 77.5% year-on-year. At the same time, the technological content of China's exports to Africa has significantly increased, with exports of photovoltaic, lithium batteries, and electric vehicles growing, highly matching Africa's industrial transformation and green development needs. Facts and data prove that opening up brings progress, and cooperation can achieve win-win results. Opening up has written a mutually beneficial and win-win economic and trade story, and the resilience of the Chinese economy is constantly enhanced by promoting reform and development through opening up.

**大道不孤，众行致远** (dà dào bù gū, zhòng xíng zhì yuǎn - "The Great Way is not solitary, and many people can reach far," a great cause is never isolated, and collective efforts lead to success). A small South African apple connects the deep integration of two major markets, reflects China's firm determination to expand high-level opening up to the outside world, allows China's development to benefit the world more, and grasps a certain future in uncertainty.

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Sichuan Tea's Metamorphosis: A Lingering Fragrance (Three Meals, Four Seasons)

By: 本报记者 宋豪新

In early summer, the grass and trees are lush.
　　On the tea mountains of Qingchuan County (青川县), Guangyuan City (广元市), Sichuan Province (四川省), tea farmers' fingertips fly, and the newly picked "Baiye No. 1 (白叶一号)" summer shoots, mixed with the fresh fragrance of soil, jump into bamboo baskets; in the processing workshop next to them, spreading, de-enzyming, kneading, and other processes are carried out in an orderly manner, and fresh leaves are made into neatly twisted summer tea. When brewed with boiling water, the tea soup is tender green and clear, with a mellow and smooth taste and a long aftertaste, hiding the unique mountain and wild charm of early summer in Qingchuan.
　　Crossing mountains and seas, "Baiye No. 1 (白叶一号)," which took root in Qingchuan (青川), Sichuan (四川) from Anji (安吉), Zhejiang (浙江), is a unique bright spot in the Sichuan tea map. Qingchuan County (青川县) has deepened the flexible talent introduction mechanism, hiring a team of experts from Hangzhou (杭州) to go deep into the front line of tea gardens, clearing the technical bottlenecks in the entire chain, allowing "Baiye No. 1 (白叶一号)" to take root and sprout in the Qinba Mountains (秦巴山区), becoming the "prosperity leaf" for Qingchuan (青川) tea farmers, and adding a strong touch to the diversified development of Sichuan tea.
　　Sichuan (四川) is one of the birthplaces of Chinese tea and a major tea-producing province in the country. For thousands of years, tea has been integrated into the blood and texture of Sichuan people and has become a distinct cultural symbol engraved on the land of Bashu (巴蜀). Today, the tea garden area in Sichuan Province (四川省) is stable at around 5.9 million mu, and the annual comprehensive output value of the tea industry exceeds 120 billion yuan.
　　"Baiye No. 1 (白叶一号)," from trial planting to large-scale planting, from single tea making to diversified development, is a vivid microcosm of the continuous innovation, transformation, and upgrading of the Sichuan tea industry. A small tea leaf connects the entire industrial chain from planting to consumption, to processing, and even cross-border communication.
　　New Consumption Scenarios
　　Empowering Thousands of Flavors
　　In early summer in Qingchuan (青川), the tea gardens are busy. The freshly picked "Baiye No. 1 (白叶一号)" fresh leaves are sent to the local tea enterprise processing workshop as soon as possible. After standardized processing, this batch of tea, which combines appearance and taste, is quickly customized into portable packaging and gift boxes, heading to the national and even overseas markets.
　　"‘Baiye No. 1 (白叶一号)’ has a high amino acid content and outstanding freshness. We have customized cold brew models for young consumers, created high-end gift boxes for the gift market, and cooperated with tea drink brands to develop special tea bases, allowing niche teas to enter the mass market," said Lei Wanchun (雷万春), head of Qingchuan County Dingyuan Tea Industry Company (青川县鼎源茶业公司).
　　The humid climate and moderate temperature difference between day and night in the Sichuan Basin (四川盆地), coupled with the diverse topography, have nurtured diverse flavors of green tea with freshness, black tea with mellowness, and dark tea with aged aroma. Qingchuan's (青川) "Baiye No. 1 (白叶一号)," with its characteristics of high amino acids and low tea polyphenols, has become a representative of refreshing green tea in the Sichuan tea family. Modern processing technology empowers exquisite traditional tea-making techniques, allowing this talent to be maximized.
　　Yibin (宜宾) is one of the core producing areas of Sichuan tea and the earliest sprouting area of early spring tea at the same latitude in the country. Every year in early February, the early tea here is launched in batches, becoming the "first taste of freshness" in spring.
　　In the production workshop of Yibin Chuanhong Tea Industry Group (宜宾川红茶业集团), an intelligent production line is running at high speed, from fresh leaf processing to finished product packaging, the entire process realizes automatic control and standardized operation.
　　"Around different consumption scenarios, we have launched diversified products: small bagged black tea suitable for office workers, canned green tea suitable for family drinking, and high-end gift boxes for the gift market, to meet different needs in all aspects," said Wang Xinyu (王新宇), head of the company. In 2025 alone, the company's customized tea product sales reached 97 million yuan, accounting for 19% of total sales, becoming an important engine for performance growth.
　　Duan Xinyou (段新友), president of Sichuan Provincial Tea Brand Promotion Association (四川省川茶品牌促进会), said that with the upgrading of residents' consumption, consumers' demand for tea is no longer limited to "drinkable," but more to "delicious, healthy, and distinctive." Different consumption scenarios and different consumer groups have significant differences in the quality, form, and packaging requirements of tea, which requires Sichuan tea processing to accelerate the transformation towards refinement and customization.
　　From Qingchuan's (青川) "Baiye No. 1 (白叶一号)" to Yibin's (宜宾) early spring tea, from Mengding Ganlu (蒙顶甘露) to Chuanhong Gongfu Tea (川红工夫茶), each category of Sichuan tea is finding its own track in the wave of customization, and Sichuan tea processing is also moving towards better, greener, more refined, and more detailed directions, accurately adapting to diverse consumption needs, making each cup of Sichuan tea more distinctive and warmer.
　　Technology Cultivates Good Tea
　　Consolidate the Foundation of the Industry
　　As a major tea-producing area in China, Sichuan's tea garden area and crude tea output rank among the top in the country. Behind this impressive achievement is the cultivation of improved varieties and green planting under the empowerment of science and technology, which has laid a solid foundation for the high-quality development of the Sichuan tea industry.
　　Good-tasting tea is not necessarily easy to grow.
　　The seemingly weak tea tree needs to go through a cultivation period of 1 to 3 years from seedling to picking, and has extremely high requirements for climate, soil, water, and fertilizer conditions. The rainy and foggy climate in the Sichuan Basin (四川盆地) not only creates the unique fresh and mellow flavor of Sichuan tea, but also brings many challenges to tea tree planting - the easy breeding of pests and diseases, the high water content of fresh leaves, and the over-concentration of the picking period have plagued the majority of tea farmers.
　　In Qilong Village (骑龙村), Shuanghe Township (双河乡), Mingshan District (名山区), Ya'an City (雅安市), Chen Yongqiang (陈永强), a large tea grower, has been engaged in tea planting for more than 20 years. Talking about the changes in recent years, he said with emotion: "In the past, tea planting relied entirely on experience. When encountering pests and diseases, there were not many solutions, and the yield and quality of tea were not stable. Now, with the guidance of scientific and technological personnel, tea planting is becoming more and more worry-free, and both yield and quality have doubled." Last year, his 10 mu of tea garden produced 800 kilograms of fresh leaves per mu, an increase of 300 kilograms compared with 10 years ago, and the proportion of high-quality fresh leaves was 75%, with an annual income of more than 200,000 yuan, and he really tasted the sweetness of scientific and technological tea planting.
　　Wang Yun (王云), former director of the Tea Research Institute of the Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences (四川省农业科学院茶叶研究所), deeply understands the difficulties of tea farmers: "To achieve high-quality development of the Sichuan tea industry, improved varieties are the foundation and technology is the key. In the past, Sichuan's tea tree varieties were single, with poor stress resistance and uneven quality, which seriously restricted the development of the industry. In recent years, our team has been deeply involved in breeding technology innovation, cultivating a batch of high-quality, high-yield, and stress-resistant new tea tree varieties, injecting strong new impetus into the development of the Sichuan tea industry."
　　In addition to disease-resistant varieties, tea tree varieties that are resistant to dense planting and early budding are also favored by tea farmers. In Junlian County (筠连县), Yibin City (宜宾市), varieties such as "Wuniuzao (乌牛早)" and "Zaobaijian No. 5 (早白尖5号)" have become the leading varieties in the local area, budding about 20 days earlier than ordinary tea tree varieties, and can be picked in early February every year, successfully seizing the "golden period" of the spring tea market.
　　"Junlian (筠连) early tea buds are fat and fragrant, and the purchase price of fresh leaves per kilogram is 50 yuan higher than that of ordinary spring tea. I planted 10 mu, and I can earn 100,000 yuan just from spring tea," said Li Zhiwei (李治伟), a tea farmer in Junlian County (筠连县), with a smile. In 2025, the output of dry tea in Junlian County (筠连县) reached 25,600 tons, and the output and output value of black tea have ranked first in Sichuan Province (四川全省) for many years, driving more than 40,000 tea farmers to increase their income, becoming an important support for increasing income in the southern Sichuan tea industry.
　　Barren mountains were once a "restricted area" for tea tree growth. In Chaotian District (朝天区), Guangyuan City (广元市), the local area relies on scientific and technological forces to plant barren and drought-resistant "Baiye No. 1 (白叶一号)" tea tree varieties on barren mountains. Through supporting technologies such as soil improvement, water-saving irrigation, mulch film insulation and moisturizing, and soil loosening and weeding, the former chaotic stone wasteland has been turned into a lush "tea mountain."
　　"Our tea mountain used to be full of chaotic stone slopes, and nothing could grow well. Now that we have planted ‘Baiye No. 1 (白叶一号),’ the annual income has reached more than 8,000 yuan," said Yang Wenman (杨文满), a tea farmer in Wangping Village (望坪村), Linxi Township (临溪乡), Chaotian District (朝天区), full of recognition for scientific and technological tea planting. According to statistics, in 2025, the tea garden area in Guangyuan City (广元市) was 500,000 mu, the output was 22,300 tons, and the comprehensive output value reached 10 billion yuan, truly realizing the "barren mountain turning into a golden mountain" and injecting lasting impetus into rural revitalization.
　　Variety improvement, green cultivation, intelligent prevention and control... In recent years, the Tea Research Institute of the Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences (四川省农业科学院茶叶研究所) has joined hands with local tea enterprises and cooperatives to fully promote the transformation of Sichuan tea planting to standardization, greening, and intelligence through integrated comprehensive technologies. At present, the coverage rate of improved tea tree varieties in the province has reached 83.9%. The average output value per mu of tea gardens has increased from 5,500 yuan in 2020 to 6,800 yuan in 2024, and in some producing areas it is as high as 11,000 yuan, which has laid a solid foundation for the high-quality development of the Sichuan tea industry.
　　From "Drinking in a Cup"
　　Towards the Entire Industrial Chain
　　Continuous improvement in quality and continuous upgrading of processing support a resilient Sichuan tea industry chain. Today, the Sichuan tea economy has broken through the boundaries of traditional beverages and is in full bloom in multiple tracks such as food processing and cultural inheritance, and a leaf enriches the people.
　　Tea pastries, tea aromatherapy, tea soap, tea pillows... Walking into Sichuan Dujiangyan Qingcheng Tea Co., Ltd. (四川都江堰青城茶叶有限公司), various "tea peripheral products" with Qingcheng local good tea as the core raw material are dazzling.
　　"We use local Qingcheng Xueya (青城雪芽) and Qingcheng Dao Tea (青城道茶) as the core raw materials, and deeply integrate their unique Qingyou tea fragrance with modern food processing technology, and successfully integrate tea fragrance into pastries, leisure snacks, all-tea banquets, and aromatherapy fragrances and other more than 10 kinds of tea derivative products, covering multiple scenarios such as daily leisure and festival gifts," said Peng Mingfeng (彭明烽), general manager of Sichuan Dujiangyan Qingcheng Tea Co., Ltd. (四川都江堰青城茶叶有限公司). Relying on the natural charm of Qingcheng Mountain (青城山) local good tea, through the industrial development model of "company + base + scientific research institute + cooperative + farmer," the authentic Sichuan tea flavor is integrated into the public's daily leisure food, which not only broadens the consumption scenarios of Qingcheng tea and allows Sichuan tea to go from "drinking in a cup" to "eating on a plate," but also effectively extends the tea industry chain and enhances the comprehensive added value of tea, driving local tea farmers to increase their income, with an annual turnover of more than 30 million yuan.
　　"Taking tea pillows as an example, tea stalks left over from tea production are added to them, which can not only ‘turn waste into treasure,’ but also soothe the nerves and help sleep, absorb moisture and remove odors, which is very popular among consumers," said Peng Mingfeng (彭明烽). In the future, the company will continue to deeply cultivate the field of tea deep processing, launch more tea derivative products that meet market demand, and let the fragrance of Qingcheng tea drift to a wider market.
　　In the field of cultural inheritance, Sichuan tea intangible cultural heritage is releasing vigorous vitality. Mengding Mountain Tea (蒙顶山茶) making skills, Chuanhong Tea (川红茶) making skills, and Emei Mountain Tea (峨眉山茶) making skills have been successively included in the national and provincial intangible cultural heritage lists, becoming important carriers of Sichuan tea culture.
　　In the Mengding Mountain Tea Culture Tourism Area (蒙顶山茶文化旅游区), intangible cultural heritage inheritors demonstrate the manual frying skills of Mengding Ganlu (蒙顶甘露) on the spot, with skilled and smooth techniques, attracting passing tourists to stop and watch and experience it themselves.
　　"The hand-fried Mengding Ganlu (蒙顶甘露) has a richer aroma and a more mellow taste. Each cup carries the thousand-year history of Sichuan tea and the cultural heritage of Bashu (巴蜀)," said Chen Changming (陈昌明), an intangible cultural heritage inheritor.
　　The value of Sichuan tea is far more than just drinking and cultural aspects.
　　"Tea scraps, tea stalks, and tea seeds and other by-products generated during tea processing are ‘hidden resource libraries’ that have been neglected for a long time. Data shows that tea processing by-products contain a large amount of unutilized dietary fiber and some residual tea polyphenols and other internal substances, which have resource utilization value," said Yang Chaolin (杨朝林), technical director of Sichuan Tea Industry Group (四川省茶业集团). The group is building a high-value utilization system for tea industry by-products with the concept of "full tea utilization and making the best use of everything," which greatly enhances the added value of Sichuan tea, and its products are sold to other provinces in China and abroad.
　　Walking in the major tea producing areas of Sichuan, relying on the clustered industrial chain, the high-end value chain, and the integrated supply chain, the connotation of the Sichuan tea economy is constantly extending to deeper levels.
　　A tea, endless life; a fragrance, lingering for thousands of years. At present, on the lush tea mountains, the figures of tea farmers picking tea shuttle between them. The story of Sichuan tea is passed down from generation to generation, allowing more people to taste the fragrance of Sichuan tea, feel the beauty of Sichuan rhyme, and witness the transformation of Sichuan tea, so that this tea from the land of Bashu (巴蜀) will spread farther and benefit more people.

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Remote Mountain Village in塞外 Region Thrives on "Cultural Tourism" (Beautiful Countryside, My Home)

By: 本报记者 赵景锋

With a shout of "Departure!" a small boat slowly leaves the shore, oars gently swaying.

This beautiful waterscape comes from a mountain village beyond the Great Wall. In Naobao Village (恼包村), Xincheng District, Hohhot (呼和浩特市), Inner Mongolia (内蒙古), villager Li Zhihong (李志红) has become a boatman in the scenic area. "I used to farm, then I went out to work. I was busy from beginning to end all year round, but I didn't save much money. Now I work in the scenic area right at my doorstep, and life is 'getting better and better' (comfortable)!" Speaking of the changes over the years, Li Zhihong's dark face breaks into several wrinkles with a smile.

In Naobao Village (恼包村), many villagers have similar experiences to Li Zhihong (李志红). Before 2012, the per capita annual income of Naobao Village (恼包村) was less than 1,000 yuan. The word "Naobao" (恼包) comes from the transliteration of the Mongolian word "Aobao" (敖包), meaning "a small mountain of piled stones." The former Naobao Village (恼包村) was a place where "sewage relied on evaporation and garbage relied on the wind," with barren land, low-lying terrain, and low crop yields. A flash flood in the summer of 2012 caused many villagers to suffer.

Li Hengbiao (李恒彪), Secretary of the General Party Branch of Naobao Village (恼包村), clearly understood that without conserving water and soil and restoring the ecology, even if more houses were built and more roads were paved, it would be of no avail. "Ecological governance is a long-term strategy, and there are no shortcuts to take," said Li Hengbiao (李恒彪).

The village seized the opportunity of ecological governance of the front slope of the Daqing Mountains (大青山) in Hohhot (呼和浩特市), banning grazing and allowing grazing breaks, returning farmland to forest, and sowing grass seeds... After more than 10 years of continuous construction, protection, and governance, 80% of the land on the front slope of the Daqing Mountains (大青山) has achieved ecological greening, transforming into an ecological barrier integrating shrub belts, flower belts, and landscape belts. In front of and behind the houses in Naobao Village (恼包村), the greenery stretches endlessly, making it breathtakingly beautiful.

With a better ecology and a more beautiful village, Li Hengbiao (李恒彪) was clear that only by allowing villagers to have work and earn money could their lives thrive.

The village committee set its sights on the cultural tourism industry. The village is backed by the Daqing Mountains (大青山) and adjacent to the Changlechuan Grassland (敕勒川草原), and is only half an hour's drive from the city, giving it advantages and characteristics for developing tourism.

Problems were raised one after another, and Li Hengbiao (李恒彪) and the village cadres repeatedly pondered and solved them one by one: lacking development experience, they went to advanced areas to investigate and learn; lacking talent, they established a village collective enterprise, hired professional personnel, and provided skills training to villagers; lacking popularity, they conducted market research to find out what tourists wanted to see.

The blueprint for the cultural tourism development of Naobao Village (恼包村) became increasingly clear. Planning and design, investment promotion, construction... In 2019, the Naobao Village Cultural Tourism Industrial Park (恼包村文化旅游产业园区), covering an area of approximately 355 mu, officially opened to the public. The park is planted with various landscape seedlings and green plants, and more than 20 kinds of rare birds have "settled" here, constructing a village-encircling water system, rock landscape, and ecological green space system. Strolling through the village, there are well-equipped boutique homestays, amusement facilities, and food streets.

A good environment has filled pockets and enriched minds. Collective economic income benefits villagers, and the village provides condolences to the elderly, weak, sick, and disabled, and provides scholarships for those admitted to universities. "Now, we take extra care of every plant and tree in the village, because this is our home and our 'rice bowl'," said Li Zhihong (李志红).

Tian Xiaodong (田小冬), Deputy Minister of the Organization Department of the Xincheng District Committee (新城区委组织部), introduced that through Party building leadership, village cadre leadership, and villager participation, Naobao Village (恼包村) has become a cultural tourism business card of Hohhot (呼和浩特). The agricultural, cultural, tourism, and commercial industry platform built by the village collective has an annual output value of more than 1 billion yuan, providing more than 6,000 local and nearby employment opportunities for villagers in this village and surrounding villages.

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Why must doctors "churn out papers" to get promoted? (Operating Room Light)

By: 白剑峰

Five years ago, Wang Jia (王佳), attending physician in the Department of Gastroenterology at the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Medical University (西安医学院第一附属医院), completed an endoscopic diagnosis and treatment of a rare case of visceral inversion. At that time, she wrote a detailed report on the case, which was included in the China Clinical Case Achievement Database. After four of Wang Jia's case reports were included, Shaanxi Province (陕西省) officially incorporated cases included in the database into the health professional title evaluation system. Wang Jia (王佳) was successfully promoted to associate chief physician based on these materials.

In recent years, many hospitals have seen the phenomenon of "paper-rolling." For doctors to evaluate professional titles, papers have changed from "bonus points" to "hard requirements," with the quantity and quality constantly increasing, and the threshold getting higher and higher. Although relevant departments require weakening the weight of paper indicators in professional title evaluations and strengthening the comprehensive evaluation of clinical ability and practical performance, in actual operation, scientific research projects and academic papers still account for a higher weight, and even become a key factor in whether or not to be promoted. Some doctors have been sticking to the clinic for a long time, and no matter how well the surgery is done or how many patients are received, if they can't come up with a few "hard-core" papers, they may not be able to get a senior title even if they work until they are old. This "emphasizing papers and neglecting clinical practice" orientation is not in line with the growth law of doctors, nor is it in line with the fundamental interests of patients. Because the professional titles of some doctors are inconsistent with their clinical level, many netizens have posted "medical treatment guides": "To see a doctor, you should look for doctors with a good reputation, and never look for doctors with many papers!" This also reflects the defects of the doctor's professional title evaluation system from one side.

In 2021, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (人力资源社会保障部) and other three departments jointly issued the "Guiding Opinions on Deepening the Reform of the Professional Title System for Health Professionals," which proposed to establish and improve the evaluation indicators for the professional ability of clinical doctors; highlight the evaluation of performance level and actual contribution; eliminate the tendency to only value papers, only value academic qualifications, only value awards, and only value "hats"; and implement a system of representative works of achievements. Among them, clinical case records, surgical videos, popular science works, technical patents, and transformation of scientific research achievements can all be used as representative works of performance achievements to participate in the evaluation. In the past, although many doctors had rich clinical diagnosis and treatment experience, it was difficult to transform it into widely recognized achievements. In 2024, Shaanxi Province (陕西省) clearly stipulated that case reports included in the China Clinical Case Achievement Database should be used as one of the performance conditions for senior professional title evaluation, so that clinical experience can be transformed from "invisible efforts" into "evaluable achievements," which reflects the value orientation of "regarding daily diagnosis and treatment as a research site," and has become a practical move to eliminate the tendency to only value papers and establish a new benchmark for talent evaluation.

Eliminating the orientation of only valuing papers does not mean negating doctors' scientific research and writing papers. In fact, clinical practice and scientific research are not contradictory. In essence, they are both to solve clinical problems and seek the best solutions. If clinical practice is "growing grapes," scientific research is "making wine." The former is the foundation, and the latter is sublimation, and the two complement each other. It can be seen that clinical practice and scientific research are the "two wings" of doctors, and neither is indispensable. Of course, doing scientific research is not just writing papers, providing valuable case records is also doing scientific research. For example, a surgeon, if he only performs surgery day after day and always does simple repetitive labor, he can only be regarded as a skilled "surgeon"; if he wants to become a medical scientist, he must "jump out of the surgery to see the surgery," be good at discovering problems, analyzing problems, and solving problems in clinical practice, and become a leader in medical innovation. Only by closely combining clinical practice and scientific research can we better promote medical progress.

Doctors doing scientific research and writing papers must adhere to the patient-centered approach and be based on solving practical clinical problems. Whatever is useful in clinical practice, we will study; whatever patients need, we will try. In short, doing scientific research stems from responsibility to patients, love for clinical practice, and exploration of the unknown, and must never be done with a utilitarian heart. For example, some doctors rush to "produce" papers before the professional title evaluation, and do not hesitate to forge data, hire "ghostwriters," or even plagiarize, which seriously corrupts the academic atmosphere and must be resolutely corrected. Medicine is a matter of life and death. If the motives are impure and fraudulent, in addition to creating "academic garbage," it will also mislead people's lives and cause endless harm.

The reform of the professional title system involves the vital interests of doctors and is also related to social fairness and justice. It is hoped that relevant departments will give full play to the "baton" role of professional title evaluation, scientifically set talent evaluation standards, focus on clinical ability as the evaluation focus, resolutely correct the tendency of "only valuing papers" and "paper-rolling," so that clinical doctors can spend more energy on clinical practice and return to the original purpose of treating diseases and saving people.

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"Super Brain" Arrives for Frontline Clinical Practice (Health Focus)

By: 本报记者 陆凡冰

The "15th Five-Year Plan"纲要 makes important deployments and puts forward clear requirements for accelerating the construction of a healthy China. With the rapid development of science and technology, from early disease screening to precision diagnosis and treatment, from grassroots applications to hospital management, AI (artificial intelligence) is deeply changing the traditional medical model as a "super assistant," standardizing high-quality medical resources and making precision medicine more widely covered and reaching a larger audience.

How do doctors work with AI? What are the difficulties and obstacles? What role does AI play in clinical medicine? The reporter recently conducted interviews.

The "Super Assistant" of Clinical Doctors
Reclaiming the "Golden Rescue Time"

In Nanpi County People's Hospital (南皮县人民医院) in Cangzhou (沧州), Hebei Province (河北省), 89-year-old patient Dai Guiying (代桂英), accompanied by her son, walked into the cardiology clinic. "Doctor, my mother has had difficulty speaking for 5 days, please help me quickly." The son looked anxious. The doctor initially judged it to be a stroke and immediately asked Zhang Peipei (张佩佩), director of the Department of Neurology, for a consultation and ordered a head CT scan.

However, during the examination, Dai Guiying's condition suddenly worsened—she was in a daze and had complete paralysis of her right limb, and was highly suspected of having a large vessel lesion. Zhang Peipei decisively ordered an emergency CT angiography (CTA) and CT perfusion imaging (CTP) of the head and neck.

The key to treating acute stroke is "time is of the essence." "Time is life, and 1.9 million brain cells die every minute that is delayed," Zhang Peipei explained. In the traditional model, imaging doctors perform imaging, composition, and interpretation, which takes even experienced doctors about 40 minutes. However, after the introduction of the Shukun AI-assisted diagnosis intelligent body platform, it only took 10-15 minutes from the end of the scan to the issuance of the diagnostic report, reclaiming about half an hour of "golden rescue time" for the patient.

AI is not only fast, but also accurate. The system quickly prompted a left large vessel occlusion and generated perfusion assessment results: the ischemic area in the left hemisphere was about 84.5 ml, and the necrotic brain tissue was only 7.9 ml. This means that 76.6 ml of brain tissue can still be saved. This "quantified data" allows doctors to communicate with family members in more detail and accurately. In addition, AI can also assess collateral circulation, judge the prognostic effect, and even screen out extremely hidden and tiny aneurysms to avoid missed diagnoses.

"Based on the comprehensive AI score and clinical judgment, we decided to reperfuse." Zhang Peipei said. More than 20 days after the operation, the patient's speech function and limb mobility have recovered well.

This accuracy also shows great value on the operating table. Wang Luping (王路平), a doctor at the Imaging Center of Nanpi County People's Hospital (南皮县人民医院), introduced that in the face of high-incidence pulmonary nodules, AI three-dimensional reconstruction software can transform the entire lung, bronchi, arteries, and veins into transparent three-dimensional images. Doctors can use the "watershed view" and "cut edge ball view" to accurately plan lung segment resection surgery and clarify the relationship between the lesion and blood vessels. In the past, this type of reconstruction relied on third-party institutions, which took 3 days and was expensive. Now, it can be completed within a few minutes inside the hospital, which not only ensures data security, but also greatly reduces surgical risks and the burden on patients.

The hospital's operating efficiency has been effectively improved. "The number of outpatient visits to our hospital has increased significantly from the original average of about 2,000 per day, which is quite rare among county-level hospitals," Wang Luping said. In terms of imaging examinations, there are more than 150 chest CTs per day, and the total number of CTs averages more than 600 per day, with a peak of 800. Related AI-assisted diagnosis projects have been included in the scope of medical insurance surcharges, and there is corresponding fee support.

The "Strong Foundation Support" of Grassroots Medical Care
Letting High-Quality Resources Cross Mountains and Seas

At the end of last year, Ms. Xiao (肖女士), who lives in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture (凉山彝族自治州), Sichuan Province (四川省), went to Liangshan Prefecture Maternal and Child Health Hospital (凉山州妇幼保健院) for examination due to a right breast mass. As soon as the image appeared on the screen, the AI-assisted diagnosis system automatically marked the location and size of the lesion and gave a breast imaging report and data system (BI-RADS) 4C risk warning, indicating a high possibility of malignancy. Lin Hong (林红), director of the Breast Surgery Department of Liangshan Prefecture Maternal and Child Health Hospital (凉山州妇幼保健院), was deeply impressed by this. She said: "This nodule has a high risk of malignancy and is easy to misjudge in routine examinations." Based on the timely warning from AI, the hospital quickly arranged a right breast mass puncture biopsy for Ms. Xiao, and the results confirmed invasive breast cancer, and cancer cell infiltration had appeared in the right axillary lymph nodes. AI helped doctors discover hidden lesions in time, winning valuable treatment time for patients. Lin Hong said frankly: "AI is of great help to our auxiliary diagnosis."

Liangshan Prefecture (凉山州) used to be a deeply impoverished area. Although medical infrastructure has continued to improve in recent years, grassroots medical resources are still relatively scarce. Liu Deqi (刘德祺), president of Liangshan Prefecture Maternal and Child Health Hospital (凉山州妇幼保健院), introduced that there are only more than 30 breast ultrasound devices in the prefecture, about 140 ultrasound technicians, and only 1 mammography device in the maternal and child health system, making it challenging to carry out large-scale breast cancer screening in grassroots areas.

With the in-depth development of public health science popularization work, local people's awareness of "two cancers" screening has greatly increased. In the past, medical institutions often needed to spend a lot of effort to mobilize, but now, the number of people who actively go to the hospital for consultation and physical examination screening has increased year by year. How to improve the efficiency and quality of screening with a limited number of doctors and equipment has become a problem for grassroots medical institutions.

The transformation began in 2024, when Liangshan Prefecture Maternal and Child Health Hospital (凉山州妇幼保健院) introduced the Shukun AI-assisted diagnosis intelligent body platform in the "two cancers" prevention and treatment project. Through collaboration with existing ultrasound equipment, it analyzes images in real time and prompts early lesions that may be overlooked. Lin Hong said: "AI's sensitivity to images greatly compensates for possible omissions." In 2025, 17 counties and cities in the prefecture completed breast cancer screening for more than 70,000 people, and the annual screening task achieved 100% coverage.

In addition to serving as an auxiliary tool, AI is reshaping the training model for grassroots doctors. In the traditional medical system, grassroots doctors often need to accumulate years of experience in imaging diagnosis due to the lack of high-frequency professional training and rich case contact. Now, the AI system has become their database. Grassroots doctors can obtain instant feedback and reference information in each examination, helping them quickly master imaging features and accelerate the transformation from theory to clinical experience. For patients, AI allows preliminary screening and judgment to be completed locally with high quality, reducing the need to travel. Lin Hong said with emotion: "In the past, people had to run to other places as soon as they heard there was a problem. Now, they can make preliminary judgments locally, and the allocation efficiency of medical resources has been optimized."

This year, Liangshan Prefecture Maternal and Child Health Hospital (凉山州妇幼保健院) also upgraded related ultrasound equipment with AI, further expanding the application of AI in screening scenarios. With the addition of AI equipment such as "Turing Brain" and "Turing AR," AI's tentacles have extended to more application scenarios, further shortening patients' waiting time. Liu Deqi believes that AI provides a new path for grassroots medical capacity building. In the past, the sinking of high-quality medical resources relied more on "expert errands," and the coverage was limited. Now, the diagnosis and treatment capabilities are directly embedded in the AI-assisted diagnosis system, and the grassroots medical service capabilities have been effectively improved.

The Hospital's "Smart Hub"
Opening Up the Entire Chain of Regional Collaboration and Management

"The Nanpi County People's Hospital (南皮县人民医院) Imaging Center Medical Consortium adopts a remote model of 'grassroots examination, central diagnosis' and promises to issue a diagnostic report within one hour," Wang Luping introduced. At present, the county's electronic medical records, hospital information system, laboratory information system, and medical image storage and archiving system have achieved unified management. Township health centers are equipped with AI-assisted systems and imaging technicians. Patients complete filming in villages and towns, and images are uploaded to the county hospital diagnosis center in real time, truly achieving "data running more, and the masses running less."

AI is also exerting its strength at the first pass of patient visits. Wang Luping said: "The hospital has introduced intelligent triage and pre-consultation functions in the Internet service platform, which automatically collects symptom information and performs preliminary triage before patients enter the consultation process. Doctors can grasp key information before seeing patients, and the efficiency of seeing patients is significantly improved."

In the heavy clinical task of writing medical records, the AI voice assistant shows its skills. Wang Luping demonstrated this process: doctors only need to dictate the condition, and the system can automatically convert it into text. Different from ordinary speech-to-text, the system can automatically complete polishing, remove redundant modal particles, and accurately identify complex medical terms such as "Babinski's sign." This "human-machine collaboration" work model frees doctors from trivial desk work and allows them to have more time to return to the ward and listen to patients' needs face-to-face.

Regarding the quality control of medical records, Wang Luping said: "Multi-modal large models can achieve 'endogenous quality control,' automatically detect logical contradictions between outpatient records and inpatient records, and the matching degree between examination results and diagnostic basis, so that medical quality control evolves from simple 'format checking' to 'logic checking.'" For example, when the imaging report shows that there is a lesion but the diagnostic conclusion is not reflected, the system will automatically issue a warning. This fully closed-loop intelligent quality control significantly improves medical safety and greatly reduces the audit pressure on the medical affairs department.

The tentacles of smart healthcare even extend to pharmaceutical affairs management. Through the central cloud pharmacy and centralized prescription review center, the county has achieved "six unifications" of drug catalogs, procurement, distribution, storage, services, and supervision. Wang Luping said: "At present, the Nanpi County (南皮县) AI-driven intelligent prescription review system has cumulatively reviewed 870,000 prescriptions, and has realized real-time interception of unreasonable drug use behaviors such as excessive prescription of drugs, and has increased the qualified rate of grassroots prescriptions to more than 96%."

"We use AI to achieve closed-loop management from screening to diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of common diseases such as coronary heart disease, pulmonary nodules, and fractures, automatically perform risk grading, and assist doctors in formulating follow-up and intervention plans," Wang Luping said.

"Not only should we introduce hundreds of real experts, but also hundreds of 'digital doctors.'" Bi Ruwei (毕汝卫), secretary of the Nanpi County (南皮县) Party Committee, revealed that Nanpi County (南皮县) has deployed more than 20 AI intelligent bodies, covering nearly 70 scenarios such as triage, screening, diagnosis, and quality control. A county-level AI-native medical and health platform is accelerating its formation, and will provide residents with full life cycle health services through "one person, one file, one person, one policy" intelligent portraits.

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The "Three Nos" Life of a Centenarian Farmer (My Health and Wellness Story)

By: 主讲人：浙江省台州市黄岩区上郑乡下庙村107岁老人 王万春

My name is Wang Wanchun (王万春), and I am 107 years old. I have been a farmer in Xiamiao Village (下庙村), Shangzheng Township (上郑乡), Huangyan District (黄岩区), Taizhou City (台州市), Zhejiang Province (浙江省) all my life. I have lived in the mountains for over a century, observing all the rules, experiencing all the flavors, and letting go of everything I should, making my later years colorful and fulfilling.

I never stop, instilling self-discipline in my body.

Whether I lived in the old house in Xiamiao Village (下庙村) before, or since moving to my eldest daughter's home in Ningxi Town (宁溪镇) last year, every morning I wake up at five or six o'clock.

The first thing I do is exercise. Swinging my arms, twisting my waist, kicking my legs, turning my neck... I learned this set of exercises on TV 30 years ago, and later I added a few movements myself and have kept doing them ever since.

After exercising, I eat breakfast. My breakfast is a large bowl of fried rice porridge and pickles. Then I start washing clothes, planting vegetables, and chopping firewood. I insist on doing all the work I can, keeping the house in good order. After finishing these tasks, I go for a walk. The air in the mountains is always particularly fresh.

I am a clean person. When I was young and farming in the mountains, no matter how late, tired, or hungry I was when I came back in the summer, I would always wipe my body with a towel before eating. This habit has stayed with me my whole life.

I don't restrict myself, planting satisfaction in my stomach.

Many people in the village think that someone as long-lived as me eats very lightly. In fact, I quite like to eat meat. For me, without meat, it's like a play without gongs and drums, the meal is very bland.

In the past, there was no refrigerator at home, so to preserve pork, I used to pickle it into salted meat. Now, my daughters are worried about my health and limit the amount of salted meat I can eat. Now I also try to eat less, only having a few bites when I crave it, just to satisfy my taste buds.

I also "keep up with the times" and try the milk tea and snacks that my children and grandchildren bring back. "No dietary restrictions, follow your heart," this is probably my attitude towards food. I have always believed that while taking in enough nutrition and energy, the joy and satisfaction of the mind is also an irreplaceable remedy.

I don't compete, soaking my heart in open-mindedness.

My daughters always say that I am emotionally stable and never scold them. This is because I don't like to argue with others. I don't think that all problems can only be solved by getting angry. So I often tell my daughters "**吃亏是福**" (chī kuī shì fú - "suffering a loss is a blessing," it is better to suffer a small loss than to take advantage of others). Don't worry too much.

Over the years, I have only focused on my own little house. My daughters sometimes tell me about their troubles in life. I think their troubles mostly come from comparing themselves with others. I often comfort them: why not spend time in the field, hoeing two rows of weeds. Grass doesn't talk, but you know you have to hoe it when it grows tall; soil doesn't complain, but it grows whatever you plant. Having dealt with the land all my life, I only know that living my own life is enough to be satisfied and happy.

107 years of life are like old tea that has been steeped for a long time, bitter and fragrant, now leaving a sweet aftertaste. My life is like a mountain stream, stones can't stop it, mud can't trap it, it just flows forward, and even if it's shallow, it can reflect the moon.

(Interview and compilation by Zhang Shuang (张爽), Health Times reporter)

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Offering a Ray of Light for Children (Inside and Outside the Book)

By: 白 冰

In 2001, when I had just been transferred to serve as the editor-in-chief of Jieli Publishing House (接力出版社), I went to Italy to participate in the world's largest children's book fair – the Bologna Children's Book Fair. At the fair, 80%-90% of the children's books were picture books, vividly demonstrating that the world had entered the era of visual literacy.

Based on the concept of "allowing Chinese readers to read synchronously with the world," we planned to translate and introduce classic picture books to China, and brought back some sample books for discussion. An editor in the publishing house proposed publishing the foreign classic picture book "The Cat Who Lived a Million Times." The research results were disappointing. Salespersons in bookstores and some parents and teachers felt that hardcover picture books were expensive and had few words, so the cost performance was not high. Because this picture book was a classic, we still insisted on publishing it, printing 10,000 copies that year, but only selling 5,000 copies.

Picture books are a comprehensive art that integrates literature, painting, design, and child psychology. They are a wonderful artistic world jointly created by literary language and visual language. Picture books have extremely high value for children's cognitive enlightenment, native language learning and usage, aesthetic ability cultivation, and the shaping of the emotional world and personality world. Children's literature writer Jin Bo (金波) said: "Picture books are the gentle hand that soothes the childhood mind, helping children to settle their emotions and gain a sense of security." A foreign publisher also believes: "If a child is exposed to a large number of high-quality picture books in childhood, his whole life will be illuminated by the light of childhood."

At the turn of the century, relevant national departments began to recommend picture books in important book lists, encouraging publishing institutions to publish picture books. Some higher education institutions, such as the Central Academy of Fine Arts (中央美术学院), began to establish picture book majors. Reading promotion organizations such as the Capital Library (首都图书馆), "Red Mud Pie (红泥巴)," and "Old John (老约翰)," and some reading promoters spent great efforts in promoting high-quality picture books. More and more picture books are published in China, and reading is becoming more and more popular. Foreign picture books such as "The Tale of Peter Rabbit," "Guess How Much I Love You," and "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" have become the first choice for many families' parent-child reading. "The Cat Who Lived a Million Times" sold better and better, selling tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of copies a year, and selling more than 400,000 copies in the best years. High-quality imported books have also provided reference for the creation and publication of Chinese picture books, and China's first batch of original picture books in the modern sense began to try creation.

Since the new century, Cai Gao's (蔡皋) "The Story of Peach Blossom Spring (桃花源的故事)," Xiong Liang's (熊亮) "Little Mole's Potato (小鼹鼠的土豆)" and "Little Stone Lion (小石狮)," etc. have been published. Although the sales volume was average at that time, they sowed the seeds for the germination of Chinese original picture books. From 2005 to 2015, the creation and publication of Chinese original picture books entered a period of accumulation and growth. As young parents born in the 1980s became the main force in parenting, and the concept of parent-child reading became popular, parents no longer insisted on "literacy and test preparation," but began to value the companionship value and emotional enlightenment function of picture books, providing an accepting soil for original picture books.

At the same time, publishing institutions such as China Children's Press & Publication Group (中国少年儿童新闻出版总社), Tomorrow Publishing House (明天出版社), Jieli Publishing House (接力出版社), Jiangsu Phoenix Juvenile and Children's Publishing Ltd. (江苏少年儿童出版社), Haiyan Publishing House (海燕出版社), and Poplar Publishing (蒲蒲兰) boldly explored and began to cultivate professional editing teams and writer and artist teams, focusing on the publication of original picture books. Zhou Xiang's (周翔) "Early Market in Lotus Town (荷花镇的早市)" depicts the hustle and bustle of the Jiangnan (江南) water town, and every frame and painting is the childhood fireworks of Chinese people; Wang Zumin's (王祖民) "Sixty-Six Cows (六十六头牛)" deeply cultivates rural folk customs and nursery rhymes with naive and humorous brushstrokes, allowing traditional folk culture to glow with new vitality; Wang Zaozao (王早早)'s writing and Huang Li (黄丽)'s painting "Seeds of Peace (安的种子)" interpret the wisdom of growth with Eastern Zen, healing the soul. In 2008, the Feng Zikai Children's Picture Book Award (丰子恺儿童图画书奖), which specializes in supporting original Chinese works, was established. In 2009, "Reunion (团圆)" won the first prize, marking the official recognition of local originals by the industry. Cao Wenxuan (曹文轩) and Zhao Lei (赵蕾)'s "Chrysanthemum Doll (菊花娃娃)," Cao Wenxuan (曹文轩) and Li Rong (李蓉)'s "The Last Leopard (最后一只豹子)," etc., have both warmth and philosophical thinking, opening up a new world for original picture books. Jieli Publishing House (接力出版社), while deeply cultivating the imported "Master Classic Picture Book" series, launched the "Wawa Long Original Picture Book (娃娃龙原创图画书)." Among them, Yu Rong's (郁蓉) "Starling Like a Cloud (云朵一样的八哥)," Peng Yi (彭懿) and Jiu Er (九儿)'s "Don't Jump Rope with Frogs (不要和青蛙跳绳)," Han Xu's (韩煦) "Little Red Riding Hood Out of the Forest (走出森林的小红帽)" and other original works are loved by readers.

Writers and artists continue to hone and improve, and editors and publishers repeatedly polish the text, sculpt the pictures, and optimize the binding, making original picture books better and better. These books not only write about the fireworks and warmth of three meals and four seasons, but also explore profound themes such as local customs and nostalgia, life growth, ecological protection, and national sentiments. Ink painting, printmaking, paper-cutting and other art forms bloom, and traditional aesthetics and contemporary children's perspectives are perfectly integrated, with both ancient charm and national style, and the temperature of the times. A group of painters such as Zhu Chengliang (朱成梁) and Wang Zumin (王祖民) have emerged; famous children's literature writers such as Jin Bo (金波), Cao Wenxuan (曹文轩), Gao Hongbo (高洪波), and Zhang Zhilu (张之路) have crossed over to picture book creation, improving the literary level of original picture books. The children's publishing industry has formed a complete system from planning, creation, editing to marketing promotion and copyright output of picture books, and original picture books have knocked on the door of the international market, achieving a historic breakthrough. In the past 20 years, the Low-Age Reading Center of China Children's Press & Publication Group (中国少年儿童新闻出版总社) alone has exported more than 1,000 picture book copyrights such as "Feather (羽毛)," "Lemon Butterfly (柠檬蝶)," "The Elephant That Eats the Night (吃黑夜的大象)," and "Umbrella Tree (雨伞树)" to countries and regions such as the United States, Italy, and Russia, and Jieli Publishing House (接力出版社) has exported 885 picture book copyrights to foreign countries.

Since Yu Rong's (郁蓉) "Starling Like a Cloud (云朵一样的八哥)" won the Golden Apple Award at the 24th Bratislava International Biennial of Illustrations in 2013, works such as Hei Mi's (黑眯) "Braids (辫子)" and Zhu Chengliang's (朱成梁) "Don't Let the Sun Fall Down (别让太阳掉下来)" have also won the award. The works of Zhu Chengliang (朱成梁) and Yu Hongcheng (于虹呈) have also won the Bologna Children's Book Fair Illustration Award one after another, and Peng Yi (彭懿) and Jiu Er's (九儿) "Don't Jump Rope with Frogs (不要和青蛙跳绳)," Zhang Ning's (张宁) "The Turtle Family Goes to See the Sea (乌龟一家去看海)," Hei He (黑鹤) and Jiu Er's (九儿) "The Ewenki Moose (鄂温克的驼鹿)" and other works have been selected into the IBBY Honour List, and "Never Stop Running (永不停止的奔跑)" has won the Swedish Peter Pan Prize. In April this year, Cai Gao (蔡皋) won the Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration, becoming the first Chinese painter to win this honor, filling the gap in China's highest world award for picture books.

Today, compared with European and American picture books that have a history of more than 100 years, Chinese original picture books still have gaps, but they have ushered in a period of prosperity, achieving an all-round breakthrough in creation, publication, reading, and international influence. The sales and bestseller ratio of original picture books are getting higher and higher, becoming an important reading resource for parent-child co-reading and a major variety of copyright trade. A Chinese picture book writer and painter team with a high reputation at home and abroad is constantly growing, and research works such as Peng Yi's (彭懿) "World Picture Books: Reading and Classics (世界图画书：阅读与经典)," A Jia's (阿甲) "Original Picture Book Reading and Masterpieces (原创图画书阅读与精品)" and "A Little History of Picture Books (图画书小史)," and Chen Hui's (陈晖) "Theory and Practice of Chinese Picture Book Creation (中国图画书创作的理论与实践)" are also emerging.

In more than 20 years of ups and downs, Chinese original picture books have gone from the hard work of accumulation in the budding stage to the exploration and advancement in the growth stage, and then to the breakthrough and take-off in the development stage. Every step of the leap is inseparable from the perseverance of the creators and the responsibility of the publishers, and it also demonstrates the vitality and creativity of Chinese culture.

(The author is the honorary editor-in-chief of Jieli Publishing House (接力出版社) and a children's literature writer)

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Accessible publications are more than just format conversion.

By: 刘爱姝

The most exquisite aspect of a good story is that people of all ages, from 9 to 99, can have their own insights and resonance. At a certain moment, it can tear through despair, allowing people to see love and the power of life.

In 2021, "Hurricane is Home" was first serialized in braille in "Blind Children's Literature." The story of Hurricane and the blind child Xiaoshu (小树) quietly planted itself in the hearts of blind children like a seed. In 2025, People's Literature Publishing House published "Hurricane is Home" as a collection, allowing more people to know about this story and pay attention to the blind children's community. However, I still have a wish in my heart, which is to allow more blind children, children with low vision, and children with multiple disabilities who cannot skillfully use braille and large-print reading to see this story. At the same time, I want parents and children, teachers and students, sighted children and visually impaired children to sit together and feel the warmth and power of this story.

Finally, the accessible format version of "Hurricane is Home," integrating braille, large print, and audiobook, was released. As the planning editor and full participant, I deeply know that this is not only an accessible format conversion of an ordinary book, nor is it just a rebirth of a work, but also an experiment on "how to let love and reading break through the boundaries of perception." What we have to do is not just translate braille, enlarge the font size and spacing, and record audio files, but to reinterpret the charm of reading with touch, sight, and hearing, so that visually impaired children can touch the warmth of words and hear the heartbeat of the story.

From the compilation and printing of braille dots, to the design and layout of large print, and then to the polishing of the voice in the audio version, every detail embodies the team's efforts. We invited visually impaired readers to participate in the production process, and their opinions and suggestions made the "accessibility" of this book truly achieve "no barriers," allowing children with different visual conditions to find their own entry point and read the same story equally and without barriers in multiple ways.

Seeing totally blind children touching braille with their fingertips, children with low vision reading in large print, and children with multiple disabilities listening to the gentlest voices and trying to read one or two sentences, the sense of accomplishment and happiness as an editor arises spontaneously. The embrace of visually impaired people with the world no longer needs to cross thousands of mountains and rivers, but occurs naturally in accessible reading, like a gentle spring rain, warm and lasting.

Accessible format publications have many processes, long cycles, high costs, and few audiences, and there is no profit margin at all, relying entirely on national financial support. It is not just a simple format conversion, but a highlight of the social concepts of equality, sharing, and integration. With the progress of medicine and intelligent technology, there will be fewer and fewer visually impaired people, and there will be more and more ways for visually impaired people to read. The demand for accessible reading may become smaller and smaller, and the cost of accessible format publications may become higher and higher, but as long as there is demand, we will persist and send the concern and warmth of the whole society for people with disabilities to the hearts of visually impaired readers. Because everyone deserves to have a complete starry sky of reading.

In "Hurricane is Home," the blind child Xiaoshu (小树) sees beautiful colors in the dark and becomes a flying tree. This "dream" story not only encourages and warms visually impaired readers, but will also surely move every sighted reader, every adult and child who reads it. I sincerely hope that there will be more such excellent publications, like a hurricane accompanying and leading blind children forward, allowing them to feel love, see love, and learn to love, and to fly with strong wings, so that they can have a broad life from now on!

(The author is the editor-in-chief of "Blind Children's Literature" and the deputy editor-in-chief of China Braille Publishing House (中国盲文出版社))

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The true meaning lies beyond the spring mountains.

By: 陆绍阳

Some things in life can only be expressed through poetry. Poetry transforms them into imagery, rhythm, and blank space, allowing meaning to grow in the gaps between words; the beauty of poetry lies in this. Jia Shi's (甲士吾) poetry collection "A Spring Mountain in View" (《一望满春山》) (published by China Youth Publishing House (中国青年出版社)) uses a dialogue between thought and poetry to summon the rich connotations of words, enabling readers to constantly use their own experiences, pasts, and imaginations to understand the hidden meanings and appreciate the changing "scenery."

For example, the opening poem "A Spring Mountain in View" (《一望满春山》), on the surface, means that at a glance, the entire view is of spring mountains dyed green by vegetation; another layer of meaning is much more hidden, using the imagery of "grass and trees spreading, spring mountains can be expected" to express the vibrant vitality of spring; the third layer of meaning must be combined with the context described in this poem, where the author uses the vibrant spring colors to symbolize the vigorous spirit of the times. There are delicate personal emotions in the poem, as well as a spiritual temperament driven by faith, which makes the spiritual energy of the work higher than the simple lyrical "small beauty by the pond," possessing the aura of great mountains and rivers.

The charm of poetry lies not in explanation, but in generation. Some works in the poetry collection are very short, and at this time, the lack of words is a kind of wisdom. For example, "Go pick the initial moment of dawn, and then nail her to my door frame," the word "nail" turns the moment into eternity: welcoming a lover on the sunlit earth, what a grand ceremony this is.

Speaking of the unspeakable gives rise to new ideas, and the things being explained become richer. "Warming in Missing" (《在思念中取暖》), "Written Between You and Me" (《写在你与我之间》), and "One's Own Boatman" (《自己是自己的船夫》) all have such characteristics, and even more surprising is the poem "We Better Keep It Tacit" (《我们最好心照不宣》). Poetry originates from emotion, but emotion is also difficult to write; it must be true, passionate, unique, and approachable. 心照不宣 (xīn zhào bù xuān - "hearts reflect each other without speaking," a tacit mutual understanding) is a kind of silence. Since it is tacit, it can be completely buried in the heart, unspoken, but the poet still wrote it into a poem, turning tacit understanding into mutual trust, depicting a kind of telepathic understanding.

Poetry comes from the experience of thought. Once the floodgates of thought are opened, the meaning in the gaps can be revealed. For a good poem, as long as a few drops of thinking "developing solution" are added, the invisible becomes visible. "Now, I will write you a greeting card / Written between the great flood and your birthday / Written between the past and the future / Written between reality and realization / Written between you and me" ("Written Between You and Me" (《写在你与我之间》)). Just imagine, what is larger than the gaps referred to in the poem, between ancient/present, past/future, reality/realization? And the last sentence "Written between you and me" is quite powerful. The separation between you and me is like the distance between the groups of relationships listed earlier, so far away, yet we still want to meet, this is an emotional connection that transcends mountains and seas.

Poetry is the flower of language, and it blooms all the time. Because of writing poetry, the poet expands his spiritual boundaries. In "A Spring Mountain in View" (《一望满春山》), what is seen is not just the spring mountain, but above the spring mountain; what is written is not just words, but also true feelings and the times.

(The author is a professor at the School of Journalism and Communication, Peking University (北京大学))

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How can you know the beauty of the scenery without entering the garden?

By: 王忠波

"Da Jia Yi Shu" (大家艺述), as the name suggests, is a collection of works created by academic masters in the field of art. This series of books is an expansion of the "Da Jia Xiao Shu" (大家小书) brand in the field of art, and it continues to practice the concept of "books written by masters for everyone to read," with a gene for popularization. Among them, we first focus on launching a batch of works on architecture and gardens, which is the result of careful consideration.

Architecture and gardens are among the categories with the highest degree of comprehensiveness and the richest material heritage in traditional Chinese art. However, for a long time, books on Chinese gardens have generally been presented in a professional form, characterized by complete image data, detailed case explanations, and grand scale. There is a relative lack of popular reading materials with small volumes, simple explanations, and service to the public. Compiling popular articles by academic masters to present a three-dimensional and rich knowledge system of classical Chinese gardens to the public, enhancing people's sense of identity with cultural heritage, and improving people's cultural self-confidence and aesthetic cultivation is the original intention of compiling this series of books.

Although the creative backgrounds and times of the works in the series are different, they form a complementary and symbiotic trend as a whole. The academic backgrounds of the authors of each volume originate from Tsinghua University (清华大学) and Beijing Forestry University (北京林业大学), radiating to Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture (北京建筑大学) and other colleges and universities characterized by architecture and garden research, presenting a clear line of inheritance.

Cao Xun (曹汛) studied under Liang Sicheng (梁思成), and his book "Chinese Garden Art" (中国造园艺术) is the first work in the series, incisively explaining the formation and development of the "poetic and picturesque" tradition of classical Chinese gardens. Academician Wang Juyuan (汪菊渊), as the founder of the Chinese garden discipline, through "Swallowing Mountains and Embracing Valleys: The Art of Chinese Landscape Gardens" (吞山怀谷：中国山水园林艺术), succinctly clarified the aesthetic characteristics of Chinese landscape gardens. Mr. Zhou Weiquan (周维权) was the first graduate of the Department of Construction Engineering at Tsinghua University (清华大学). His two books, "The Artistic Conception of Gardens" (园林的意境) and "Wanfang Anhe: The Story of Royal Gardens" (万方安和：皇家园林的故事), explore the humanistic background and aesthetic characteristics of the development of classical Chinese gardens, and also expound the spirit of Chinese gardens that is "**本于自然又高于自然**" (běn yú zì rán yòu gāo yú zì rán - "rooted in nature yet higher than nature," gardens are inspired by nature but surpass it in artistry). Academician Meng Zhaozhen (孟兆祯) is a master of landscape architecture research, and he creatively proposed "scenic surface and literary heart" (景面文心). "Meng Zhaozhen's Three Books on Gardens" (孟兆祯园林三书) implements the general history research and artistic conception interpretation pioneered by previous scholars to the level of specific and operable garden construction rules.

The series jointly builds a systematic framework for understanding Chinese gardens, and its main contributions are reflected in three aspects. The first is historical review. "The Artistic Conception of Gardens" (园林的意境) points out that the prototype of Chinese gardens originated from you (囿), tai (台), and yuanpu (园圃). In the early days, they were not only places for sightseeing, hunting, and shooting, but also spaces for observing celestial phenomena and communicating with gods. Therefore, the development of Chinese gardens is a process from mystery to secularity and from royal power symbols to individual experience. Cao Xun's (曹汛) attention to Chinese garden art focuses on rockeries. He divides Chinese rockery art into three stages, namely the "natural as if" (有若自然) of the Qin and Han dynasties, the "small within the big" (小中见大) of the Wei, Jin, Tang, and Song dynasties, and the "corner of the mountain" (山麓一角) of the Ming and Qing dynasties. Ming and Qing gardens start from a corner, allowing us to glimpse the true taste of the entire mountain and river, and also allowing us to understand the essence of existing gardens.

The second is the elaboration of artistic conception theory and landscape garden aesthetics. Poetic and picturesque is the essence of Chinese gardens and the highest realm pursued by garden art. To understand Chinese gardens, one must first start with the theory of artistic conception. It is in classical gardens that nature and man reach a consensus. The third is the analysis of technical paths. What exactly is the rationale of Chinese gardens? Is there an aesthetic code that can be easily cracked? Meng Zhaozhen (孟兆祯), through the progressive explanation of three books, from the analysis of the rational structure to the frame-by-frame appreciation of existing gardens, and then to the introduction of stacking mountains and managing water, provides us with a scaffolding to enter the deep structure of Chinese gardens. Cao Xun's (曹汛) systematic restoration of the life experiences and garden construction techniques of the five major garden artists Ji Cheng (计成), Zhang Nanyuan (张南垣), Li Yu (李渔), Ye Tao (叶洮), and Ge Yuliang (戈裕良) during the Ming and Qing dynasties presents a rare builder's perspective.

At the beginning of the "Da Jia Yi Shu" (大家艺述) series, Mr. Cao Xun (曹汛), Meng Zhaozhen (孟兆祯), and others were already advanced in age, and the publication of the series can be said to be an important rescue of academic achievements. By building a bridge between professionals and the public, and between academia and readers, through popular reading materials, what readers touch is not only paper and words, but also the spiritual inheritance of several generations of scholars in the field of Chinese architecture and gardens.

(The author is the Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Wenjin Publishing House (文津出版社))

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A tearful and funny tragicomedy

By: 杨庆祥

How does a novel reflect the life of an era? How does a novel present the spirit of an era while reflecting the life of that era? This has always been a "meta-question" in contemporary literary creation. In particular, life in progress is in an unfinished state, appearing cluttered and fragmented due to its "present tense." Writers must immerse themselves deeply in this life, passionately engage with it, and also detach themselves to examine it with a higher perspective. Only then can they capture the era's emotions and spirit behind everyday life while empathizing with it. Such a writer is not only a superb writer but also a wise and profound philosopher.

Liu Zhenyun's (刘震云) latest novel, "Salty Jokes" (咸的玩笑), provides an approach to writing about such an era. "Salty Jokes" centers on Du Taibai (杜太白), an ordinary citizen of Yanjin (延津), Henan (河南), and unfolds the story around the "twists and turns" of his life. Du Taibai was originally a talented middle school Chinese teacher but lost his job due to a drunken fight. To make a living, Du Taibai abandoned his scholarly airs and became a host for local weddings and funerals in the small town. Life was going well until he behaved slightly "improperly" during a hosting event, was photographed and posted online, and became a universally condemned "rat crossing the street." Du Taibai rises and falls in the waves of this everyday life, and Liu Zhenyun narrates Du Taibai's life story with a humorous and slightly ironic tone. In this ordinary person, every reader seems to see a bit of their own life, and naturally, they can respond to his good and bad luck with knowing tears and laughter. In addition to Du Taibai, "Salty Jokes" also features charming characters such as Cao Wuche (曹五车), Chun Ya (春芽), Xiao Lin (小林), and Tian Jinxiu (田锦绣). This is an ensemble of ordinary people, and through his artistic portrayal of them, Liu Zhenyun presents the resilience, optimism, and contentment of ordinary Chinese people in the face of everyday life, and of course, sometimes there is also a bit of being too clever for one's own good.

The overall structure of the novel is full of profound meaning. Du Taibai's story is the main body of the novel, but it is presented in the form of "33 Chapters of Digressions." The two short stories at the beginning and end are short in length and are indeed "digressions," but they are presented as "Text One" and "Text Two." This "mismatched" structure forms a meaningful displacement with the content of the novel, but conceptually, it precisely embodies Liu Zhenyun's dialectical understanding of the world: "there is inevitability in chance, and chance in inevitability," and "the digression is the main topic, and the main topic is the digression."

In recent years, Liu Zhenyun has consistently emphasized that "the underlying tone of literature is philosophy," and this is fully reflected in "Salty Jokes." The story of the monk Zhiming (智明) at the beginning is full of philosophy, and the ending concludes with "my" understanding of the world, language, and boundaries, which stems from the words of the monk Zhiming. Du Taibai spends his life wandering between language, reason, and life. Just think, isn't everyone in this world like this? Du Taibai—his name implies traces of the two great poets Du Fu (杜甫) and Li Bai (李白)—as a member of the ordinary Chinese people, his understanding and use of language, his construction and deconstruction of reason, and his love and weariness of life, all imply the spiritual map of the Chinese people. "Salty Jokes" re-condenses contemporary life and generates meaning in the perspective of ancient and modern China and the West. It is a tragicomedy with tears and laughter, and also an everyday epic of ordinary people.

(The author is a professor at the School of Liberal Arts, Renmin University of China (中国人民大学))

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