Summary: The article reports on Xi Jinping's recent inspections and statements, emphasizing the CCP's central role in achieving "Chinese-style modernization" and the "second centenary goal." During visits to Qinghai, Guizhou, Hebei, Guangdong, and Shanghai, Xi stressed that the Party's leadership is key to national development, and he highlighted the importance of putting people first, as seen in his interactions with students and villagers. The piece also covers Xi's global governance initiative announced at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit, along with China's efforts to expand zero-tariff policies for African nations and promote AI development. No U.S. relations are discussed.
Summary: The article reports on the ongoing Party-wide education campaign to establish and practice a correct view of political achievement. It details how officials in Yiwu addressed complex TIR customs rules for cross-border logistics, shifting from inaction to proactive service to build a new trade corridor to Central Asia. In Baiyin, Gansu, local leaders resolved a 28-year property registration backlog for 17 households by forming a cross-departmental task force and later expanding the effort to address over 20,000 similar cases citywide. In Chengdu, the campaign spurred a matchmaking event between major "chain-lead" and smaller enterprises to resolve supply chain bottlenecks, with the city subsequently formalizing this into a permanent service mechanism for 17 key industrial chains. The piece concludes by highlighting institutional innovations in Ruichang and Huangshi to ensure accountability, framing these efforts as correcting past problems and building durable systems to prevent future issues, while not mentioning the United States.
Summary: The article reports on efforts to preserve and promote the "Yimeng spirit" in Linyi, Shandong, a revolutionary base area. It recounts Xi Jinping’s 2013 remarks during his visit to Linyi, where he praised the heroic figures of the Yimeng region and equated the Yimeng spirit with the Yan’an and Jinggangshan spirits as a precious party legacy. Local officials, including Wang Chuanxi, party secretary of Daicun village, and Liu Bo, party secretary of Lanshan District, are quoted emphasizing the integration of this spirit into daily life through education, simple weddings, and community services. No mention is made of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article profiles a Chinese air force unit operating the Y-20 "Kunpeng" transport aircraft, highlighting its strategic projection capabilities and recent achievements. Chief designer Tang Changhong told the unit that the aircraft has fulfilled its mission, while political commissar Li Shining emphasized that the aircraft's significance lies in its responsibility, not just its size. The unit has conducted multinational missions, including a 2025 flyover for the 80th anniversary of WWII victory and repatriation of Korean War martyrs' remains. No mention is made of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: In February 2024, Xi Jinping inspected Tianjin and urged it to leverage its advanced manufacturing and R&D advantages to lead in developing "new quality productive forces." The article highlights Tianjin's efforts to integrate innovation with Beijing, including a 84% year-on-year increase in technology contract value from Beijing in the first five months of 2025. It details how Tianjin is building innovation platforms like the Tiantian Kai high-tech park (天开园), which now hosts over 5,000 registered companies, and advancing future industries such as brain-computer interfaces through dedicated action plans. The city aims to achieve a total technology contract turnover exceeding 300 billion yuan by the end of the 15th Five-Year Plan period. No mention is made of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article reports that China’s first privately-operated high-speed rail line, the Hangzhou-Taizhou Railway, has surpassed 100 million passenger trips as of June 27. The 266.9 km line, designed for 350 km/h, connects Hangzhou, Shaoxing, and Taizhou, and has been in operation since January 8, 2022. Daily scheduled cross-line trains have increased from 17.5 to 35 pairs, with over 43,100 train pairs operated cumulatively. The average annual passenger growth rate is 71%, indicating continuously improving operational efficiency. The report includes a photo of a train on the line in Shengzhou, Zhejiang, credited to Xinhua.
Summary: The article commemorates the 105th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party, emphasizing China's progress toward a modernization model that harmonizes humanity and nature. It highlights efforts to solidify a green foundation for high-quality development, as discussed in sections six and seven. The report focuses on China's domestic environmental achievements without mentioning any specific officials, their statements, or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The Chinese Musicians' Association, Dancers' Association, and Acrobats' Association held their national congresses in Beijing on June 27, with Li Shulei, a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and head of the Propaganda Department, attending and delivering a speech. The congress emphasized the need to deeply study and practice Xi Jinping's cultural thought, produce outstanding works reflecting the times and the people, and strive toward the goal of building a strong cultural nation by 2035. Participants stressed the importance of using artistic creations to tell China's story effectively, enhance cultural confidence, and promote Sino-foreign cultural exchanges. The meeting also called for cultivating high-level talent and providing more platforms for grassroots, youth, and emerging artists. Tie Ning, Vice Chairperson of the NPC Standing Committee and Chairperson of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, attended the opening ceremony.
Summary: Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Guoqing visited Zhejiang from June 25 to 27 to inspect work on integrating technological and industrial innovation as well as quality and brand management. He stressed the need to strengthen enterprises' role in innovation, deepen application of artificial intelligence, and accelerate the transformation of traditional industries. During his visits to companies in Hangzhou and Yiwu, including Zhejiang Qiangnao Technology and Hangzhou Yunshenchu, he called for more investment in foundational research and breakthroughs in core technologies. At the Yiwu International Trade Mart, he emphasized prioritizing quality, building brand management systems, and cracking down on trademark infringements. No mention was made of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the article.
Summary: Wang Xiaohong, Secretary of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and State Councilor, conducted a research trip in Jilin Province from June 25 to 26. He emphasized the need to implement directives from President Xi Jinping and central authorities to develop new quality productive forces tailored to local conditions. Wang visited enterprises in Changchun and Jilin City to inspect production, R&D, and application of new technologies and materials. He stressed focusing on the real economy, optimizing industries like autos, petrochemicals, and new energy, while strengthening innovation and intellectual property protection. Wang also called for balancing development with security by thoroughly investigating safety risks to support high-quality growth and the revitalization of Northeast China.
Summary: The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), alongside the Ministry of Finance, has allocated the third tranche of 62.5 billion yuan in ultra-long-term special treasury bonds this year to support consumer trade-ins for new goods. As of June 20, sales from this program have surpassed 1 trillion yuan, with the subsidy leverage ratio improving from 1:7.8 in 2025 to 1:10.3. Driven by the policy, green and smart consumption is accelerating, with retail sales of high-efficiency home appliances growing over 30% and new energy vehicle penetration exceeding 60% for two consecutive months. Smart wearable devices, newly added to the subsidy scope, saw retail sales more than double year-on-year. Authorities will continue to guide local governments in pacing spending, ensuring efficient verification and closed-loop management to maximize central fund utilization.
Summary: The article, published by *People's Daily*, summarizes Xi Jinping's key statements on the CCP's central task of achieving Chinese-style modernization, emphasizing party leadership, people-centered development, and self-reliance. Xi is reported as stating that the Party's leadership is essential for national rejuvenation, and he stressed the importance of grassroots Party organizations during his inspection tours in Shandong, Qinghai, Guizhou, and Guangdong. The text also highlights Xi's calls for strengthening basic research and artificial intelligence development, as well as his global governance initiative proposed at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit. No mention is made of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article reports on the ongoing "study and education" campaign within the Chinese Communist Party to establish a correct performance view, emphasizing three key areas: raising ideological awareness, rectifying problems, and institutionalizing rules. It cites President Xi Jinping's statement that "performance view is a fundamental issue concerning governance for the Party and the people." Examples include Yiwu resolving cross-border logistics issues by overcoming bureaucratic barriers, Baiyin tackling a 28-year-old property registration problem for 17 households, and Chengdu facilitating industry chain cooperation between firms through government-led matchmaking. The campaign stresses combining temporary fixes with long-term institutional reforms, as seen in local governments adopting rules for leadership transitions and economic audits. No mention is made of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The 13th APEC Tourism Ministerial Meeting was held in Macau on June 27, with tourism officials from 21 APEC economies in attendance. Themed "Digital Innovation and Cooperation for the Future of Tourism in the Asia-Pacific," the meeting focused on fostering new drivers for high-quality tourism development. Participants highlighted tourism as a key engine for regional economic growth, citing expanding visa-free arrangements and improved cross-border travel facilitation. The event aimed to strengthen economic foundations and people-to-people ties for building an Asia-Pacific community. A preceding APEC Tourism Working Group meeting was held on June 24-25.
Summary: China's financial markets remained stable in the first five months of this year, with Panda bonds—renminbi-denominated bonds issued by foreign entities in China—totaling 132.98 billion yuan in issuance and 17 new overseas institutions entering the interbank bond market. In May, net government bond financing was 1,223.55 billion yuan, down 234.98 billion yuan year-on-year, while net corporate bond financing rose to 168.04 billion yuan. The total bond market custody balance reached 202.6 trillion yuan by the end of May. Panda bonds are highlighted as a key tool for opening China's bond market, expanding cross-border renminbi financing, and supporting renminbi internationalization. Additionally, the interbank renminbi derivatives market saw turnover of 5.0 trillion yuan in May, up 18.6% year-on-year, while the treasury bond futures market grew 29.4% to 9.9 trillion yuan.
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Summary: Yutong, a Chinese bus manufacturer, has supplied over 1,400 electric, hybrid, and natural gas buses to nearly 10 Mexican cities, supporting public transit ahead of the 2026 World Cup. Veracruz Governor Rocío Nahle, accompanied by officials, stated the buses are just the start of replacing older diesel vehicles, citing their economic and environmental benefits. Yutong's Mexico head Ren Wenhui emphasized a "rooted" strategy of localized technology adaptation, service networks, and training. Local officials and operators praised Yutong’s rapid maintenance response, with repair efficiency 50% higher than competitors. The company’s buses in Mexico City have saved 5 million liters of fuel and cut 12,000 tons of carbon emissions, aiding Mexico’s green transit goals.
Summary: President Xi Jinping announced in a reply letter to students participating in the "Sailing Together: China-U.S. Youth Friendship" event that the goal of inviting 50,000 American youth to China within five years has been achieved two and a half years early. The initiative, first proposed by Xi in San Francisco in November 2023, aimed to foster mutual understanding and people-to-people ties across the Pacific. The article highlights how American students from all 50 states and D.C. visited diverse regions of China, breaking through Western media-induced "information cocoons." It also notes that Xi and President Trump met in Beijing in May, providing strategic guidance for bilateral relations and youth exchanges. The piece, authored by the Chinese Ambassador to the U.S., calls for continued deepening of youth exchanges as a stabilizing force for U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Bosch Chairman Stefan Hartung, who has made multiple visits to China this year, highlighted the country’s rapid adoption of new technologies and its unique open-source AI ecosystem as key drivers of global innovation. He noted that Chinese consumers’ high demand for product upgrades creates a self-reinforcing positive cycle between supply and demand, making China the “best test ground” for global innovation. Hartung emphasized that Bosch’s strategy aligns with China’s 15th Five-Year Plan, particularly in hydrogen and smart connected new energy vehicles, and that the company is deepening localization—such as adapting driver-assistance systems to Chinese road conditions and cooking habits. He also discussed Bosch’s collaboration with Chinese universities and startups on humanoid robots, aiming to establish industrial standards. Finally, Hartung described Chinese EV makers’ overseas expansion as a mutual opportunity, with Bosch providing global supply chain support to help them enter markets like Latin America and Europe.
Summary: China's State Council Information Office released the fifth National Human Rights Action Plan (2026–2030), which prioritizes the protection of civil and political rights, including new sections on personal rights and democratic rights. The plan addresses challenges from technological change and calls for integrating human rights due diligence into corporate foreign trade and investment. It also emphasizes active participation in global human rights governance, including dialogue with the UN and other international bodies. The plan reflects China's effort to balance domestic development with a more proactive stance in international human rights affairs. The author, director of the Human Rights Research Center at Nankai University, frames the plan as contributing to a more just and inclusive global human rights system.
Summary: Chinese Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva, Jia Guibing, delivered a joint statement on behalf of nearly 20 countries at the 62nd session of the Human Rights Council, condemning unilateral tariff abuses under the pretext of "forced labor." The statement firmly opposed a specific country’s misuse of domestic laws to unilaterally impose additional tariffs on other economies, arguing this undermines workers' rights and global supply chains. It urged the relevant country to stop politicizing trade and weaponizing human rights issues. The joint statement garnered broad support from Russia, Pakistan, Cuba, Venezuela, Sudan, Cambodia, and other developing nations.
Summary: The article reports on the “Export to China” business forum in Berlin, co-hosted by China’s Ministry of Commerce and the German Chamber of Commerce. Chinese Vice Commerce Minister Ling Ji stated China’s willingness to expand imports of high-quality German goods and technology. German State Secretary Thomas Steffen emphasized open cooperation and shared challenges like aging and digitalization, while noting that about half of German firms in China plan to increase investment. The forum highlighted opportunities in smart manufacturing, green energy, and emerging tech sectors, with German executives expressing confidence in China’s market. The article also promoted the 9th China International Import Expo, framing it as a key gateway for German businesses amid China’s industrial upgrade and “15th Five-Year Plan.”
Summary: The construction ceremony for the second section of the Montenegro North-South Highway, built by Chinese enterprises, was held in Kolašin, Montenegro, on June 26. Montenegrin President Milatović, Prime Minister Spajić, and Chinese Ambassador to Montenegro Chen Xufeng attended the event. The 22-kilometer section, valued at approximately 694 million euros, is the largest infrastructure project currently in Montenegro. The highway will connect the coastal city of Bar to the Serbian border. The project is led by a Chinese consortium headed by PowerChina.
Summary: At a symposium marking the 120th anniversary of Deng Xiaoping's birth, Xi Jinping emphasized that establishing Deng Xiaoping Theory as the Party's guiding ideology was an unshakable conclusion drawn from history and reality. The article recounts the 15th National Congress of the Communist Party in 1997, which enshrined Deng Xiaoping Theory in the Party constitution and set cross-century development goals, including achieving a moderately prosperous society and basic modernization by mid-century. Xi noted that the best way to commemorate Deng is to continue advancing the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics. The piece also recalls Xi's 2012 visit to Shenzhen's Lianhua Mountain Park, where he paid respects to a statue of Deng and planted a banyan tree, symbolizing the ongoing reform and opening-up in the new era.
Summary: Min Hongyan, the 63-year-old party secretary of Yanhe Village in Hubei province, known locally as "Min Heizi" for his sun-darkened skin, has led the village from poverty to prosperity by developing tea plantations and eco-tourism. Initially, per capita income was only a few hundred yuan, but after Min and his family led by example in building tea gardens, the village established collective enterprises and later a tourism cooperative, boosting average annual income to 40,000 yuan. Min also spearheaded the construction of a 12.5-kilometer mountain road and a folk culture park, earning the village honors like National 4A Tourist Attraction. To promote shared prosperity, he formed an alliance with seven neighboring villages to create a "tea town" project, with each village's collective income now exceeding 250,000 yuan annually. The article highlights how local leadership and collective action under the party have transformed the village's resources into sustainable wealth.
Summary: Lv Zhipeng, director of the Yangjiang Hydrological Survey Center and a Communist Party branch secretary, voluntarily led a team of party members to the worst-hit areas of Yangjiang, Guangdong, during severe flooding on June 19, emphasizing that "party members must stand at the front line." They used unmanned boats and advanced acoustic Doppler equipment to capture critical flood data—maximum velocity, peak flow, and water-level changes—which was transmitted to the city’s flood control headquarters to inform emergency evacuations and power shutdowns. After the flood warning receded, Lv and his team conducted post-event inspections of rain gauge stations to recalibrate instruments and verify data, noting that "any detail could affect forecast accuracy." The article highlights the shift from dangerous manual boat-based measurements to high-tech "smart hydrology" methods, praised by veteran party member Guan Wei as safer and more efficient. No mention was made of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article reports on the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF)’s Y-20 "Kunpeng" transport aircraft unit, highlighting its enhanced strategic projection capabilities. The unit, which operates the domestically developed Y-20A, Y-20B, and Y-20U variants, is portrayed as successfully implementing Xi Jinping’s thought on strengthening the military. Key reported statements from unit members emphasize their rapid adaptation to new equipment, including a self-developed electronic flight bag system to improve combat readiness. The article notes the Y-20B’s first public appearance during the September 2025 victory parade in Beijing, and its first overseas mission to repatriate Chinese soldiers' remains from South Korea. The report also mentions the unit’s average pilot age of 31, and that by 2025, the "Kunpeng" had conducted missions across over 30 countries on four continents.
Summary: The article reports on Tianjin's push to develop "new productive forces" through technological innovation, following a directive from Xi Jinping during his February 2024 inspection. It highlights collaborative innovation with Beijing and Xiong'an, exemplified by Meikamande Robotics and its cross-regional deployment. Tianjin's Tiankai Science Park has fostered over 5,000 registered firms and numerous patents, including world-leading brain-computer interface technology. Officials such as Yang Dongmei, deputy director of the Tianjin Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, outlined a "6+X" future industry matrix targeting biomanufacturing, brain-computer interfaces, and embodied intelligence. The city aims to achieve over 300 billion yuan in technology contract turnover by the end of the "15th Five-Year Plan" period.
Summary: The article highlights Hong Kong Education University’s (EdUHK) transformation over the past decade, with President Li Zijian emphasizing a shift from traditional teacher training to dual-degree and AI-integrated curricula. The university has established a National Security and Law Education Research Centre, with Director Gu Minkang stressing that national security education must be practical and linked to digital and data safety. Secretary for Education Choi Yeuk-lin noted that teacher professional development is key to improving education quality. The report also discusses EdUHK's expanding exchanges with mainland China, including partnerships with institutions like Hunan First Normal University and Yan’an University. No mention is made of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Chinese enterprises signed contracts with Taiwan farmers and trade groups to purchase agricultural products like pineapples and pomelos under ten new cross-strait cooperation measures, aiming to help Taiwanese growers access the mainland market. The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities threatened these groups with penalties, with a DPP official falsely claiming that Taiwanese rarely consume pineapples, drawing widespread criticism. The article contrasts Beijing's efforts to improve Taiwanese livelihoods with the DPP's obstructionist tactics, accusing the DPP of using "information silos" to prevent citizens from learning about the mainland. It highlights progress in cross-strait integration, including increased ferry services, infrastructure projects, and growing Taiwanese youth engagement with mainland apps and culture. Data shows 2,612 new Taiwan-funded enterprises in Fujian in 2025 and a 29.7% rise in Taiwanese visitors to the province in early 2025.
Summary: A food culture exchange event for youth from both sides of the Taiwan Strait was held in Xiangyang, Hubei. Taiwanese youth visited the ancient city to experience local customs and cuisine, toured projects run by Taiwanese entrepreneurs in Xiangyang, and learned about local startup and employment policies. The event highlighted cross-strait cultural connections and the city's dynamic atmosphere.
Summary: The article highlights Macau’s unique cultural fusion, exemplified by the “Tusheng Portuguese cuisine” technique, which was inscribed on China’s national intangible heritage list. It reports that the APEC 13th Tourism Ministers’ Meeting was held in Macau, drawing global attention to the city’s blend of Chinese and Western influences. Macau is described as a “window” connecting China to the world since the Ming Dynasty, now positioning itself as a platform for China-Portuguese speaking country cooperation and a base for multicultural exchange. The piece presents Macau as a living example of successful hybridity, where elements like the Ruins of St. Paul’s coexist with a哪吒 (Nezha) temple. Ultimately, it frames Macau as a showcase for China’s “one country, two systems” success and a gateway for the world to share in China’s development opportunities.
Summary: The article reports on the "Yue Super" and "Yue BA" tournaments in Zhuhai, where Hong Kong and Macau youth traveled to watch games, facilitated by policies such as "Hong Kong cars going north" and the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge. Macau youth Qiu Zhihui attended wearing a self-designed jersey, while Hong Kong resident Zhen Siming drove across the bridge in 50 minutes, praising the convenience of the policy. Spectators formed cheering groups and suggested forming Hong Kong and Macau teams to join "Yue BA" for cultural exchange. The events boosted local tourism and dining, with ticket holders receiving discounts, and officials in Zhuhai launched six travel routes linking key landmarks. The article highlights the growing integration of the Greater Bay Area through sports and infrastructure, without mentioning the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: The article reports that China's average PM2.5 concentration in prefecture-level and above cities fell to 28.0 µg/m³ in 2025, with 91.4% of surface water reaching Grade I–III, citing the Ministry of Ecology and Environment's annual report. It highlights Xi Jinping's statement that "ecological civilization is a fundamental plan for the sustainable development of the Chinese nation" and characterizes environmental protection as both a political issue tied to the Party's mission and a social issue related to people's livelihoods. The article emphasizes the Party's historical commitment to ecological protection, noting that since the 18th National Congress, the Central Committee under Xi has prioritized ecological civilization, achieving transformative progress in environmental quality and green development. It details the establishment of a robust institutional and legal framework, including the upcoming Ecological Environment Code, and spotlights local implementation, such as the Sanjiangyuan National Park reforms led by officials like Quyang Cairang. The piece concludes by framing green transformation as integral to China's modernization and high-quality development, without addressing U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article profiles the Zhang family’s multi-generational involvement in the "Three-North" Shelterbelt Program, a major Chinese ecological project combating desertification. Zhang Jianrong, a retired worker, describes transforming the Mu Us Sandy Land in Inner Mongolia from a sand-buried landscape to a green expanse. His granddaughter Zhang Li, a "third-generation" forestry worker, highlights modern scientific methods like drought-resistant seedlings and drone patrols accelerating desert control since 2023. The family’s efforts have raised the local forest coverage from 2.6% to 32.92% and reduced sandy land by nearly 80%. Zhang Li vows to pass the baton to her child, aiming to fully reclaim the Mu Us Sandy Land by the project’s 2050 completion.
Summary: The article profiles Jia Feide, deputy station chief of the Baixiongping Protection Station in the Tangjiahe area of Sichuan's Giant Panda National Park, who describes how his work has evolved from foot-based tracking of pandas using feces and feeding signs to employing advanced equipment like drones, cameras, and satellite phones. Since the park's establishment in 2021, the area has built an integrated "sky-earth" intelligent monitoring network, and a panda AI recognition system trained on field footage now identifies individual pandas by facial features and fur details. The improved ecosystem has boosted cross-region panda exchanges and population growth, while the panda's "umbrella effect" has enhanced habitats for species like golden monkeys and takins. Jia now also serves as an ecological educator, helping local villagers shift from resource extraction to eco-industries for sustainable income. The article does not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: The article highlights China's achievements in green development, noting that in 2025, carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP fell by 5.0% year-on-year, and the proportion of days with good air quality in cities reached a historic high. It credits these results to the implementation of Xi Jinping's ecological thought, emphasizing that China has contributed about 25% of the global increase in green space since the new era and built the world's largest renewable energy system. The piece argues that green, low-carbon development is essential for high-quality growth and China's modernization, given its need to sustain a large population with limited resources. It states that the "15th Five-Year Plan" accelerates the comprehensive green transformation of the economy and society to build a "Beautiful China." The article concludes that this path will provide China's impetus for global economic recovery and sustainable development, ensuring a cleaner environment for future generations.
Summary: The article reports on Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's recent remarks at a press conference, where he emphasized China's commitment to a "community with a shared future for mankind" and called for major powers, particularly the United States, to abandon Cold War mentality. Wang Yi was accompanied by other Chinese diplomats at the event. He specifically addressed U.S.-China relations, urging Washington to stop its "unreasonable suppression" of China and to return to a path of mutual respect and cooperation. The minister also reiterated China's firm stance on the Taiwan issue, warning against any form of separatist activities. The summary focuses on Wang Yi's stated positions and the accompanying officials, as reported.
Summary: The article commemorates the 105th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party, celebrating its historical journey and spiritual legacy through the lens of art. It highlights how generations of artists have used their work to sustain the Party's revolutionary cultural lineage and express faith in its mission. The piece introduces a special edition titled "Earth's Splendor · Essence" to explore the secret of the Party's enduring vitality through aesthetic beauty. No mention is made of any specific official, accompanying figures, or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article discusses the evolution of Chinese modern art as a reflection of the Communist Party of China’s (CPC) 105-year history, emphasizing its role in shaping national spirit and ideology. It outlines three phases of Party-history-themed art creation: 1951–1970 focused on heroic narratives, 1971–2000 shifted toward everyday realism, and post-2001 saw large-scale state projects, including the centennial celebrations. The author, a Chinese Artists Association official, argues that historical painting balances factual accuracy with artistic imagination, asserting its unique value as a collective spiritual epic. The article makes no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article discusses a Chinese official's statement emphasizing the importance of maintaining stable and healthy U.S.-China relations. The official was reported to have made these remarks during a meeting with a visiting U.S. delegation, accompanied by other Chinese diplomats. The focus was on mutual respect and cooperation between the two nations. No further details on specific policy changes were provided.
By: 本报记者 钱一彬 张 洋 程 龙
Beijing, on the east side of the northward extension of the central axis, the Chinese Communist Party History Exhibition Hall. One picture after another, one relic after another, one story after another engrave the steadfast original aspiration of the century‑old Party… Many visitors here relive the glorious years and perceive the Communist Party steering the towering ship forward through the waves.
The road we came from is the righteous path of vicissitudes; the road of rejuvenation is the brilliance of dreams.
In the golden October of 2022, the grand voyage of rejuvenation marked a new coordinate of struggle—
General Secretary Xi Jinping solemnly declared: “From now on, the central task of the Communist Party of China is to unite and lead the people of all ethnic groups nationwide to comprehensively build a socialist modernized strong nation, achieve the second centenary goal, and fully advance the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation through Chinese‑style modernization.”
The new journey is a glorious and dream‑filled expedition. On June 24 this year, while inspecting Dezhou, Shandong, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: “For 105 years our Party has united and led the people of all ethnic groups in unremitting struggle, creating great achievements worthy of history and the people.”
“Continuously push forward the magnificent cause of Chinese‑style modernization,” the whole Party and the people of all ethnic groups forge ahead, anchoring on the goals of building a strong nation and achieving national rejuvenation.
“Comprehensively building a socialist modernized country and comprehensively advancing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation— the key lies with the Party.”
Located at the junction of the three provinces of Qinghai, Gansu and Sichuan, in the upper reaches of the Dadu River, Banma County (班玛县), Guoluo Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (果洛藏族自治州), Qinghai Province, the pasture is green and the yaks are robust.
“From riding horses to herd, to riding motorcycles, to now using drones, my hometown is becoming more and more modern!”
In June 2024, in a bright classroom of Guoluo Xining National Middle School (果洛西宁民族中学) built with Shanghai assistance, 15‑year‑old Ni Dongla Mao (尼东拉毛) told the visiting General Secretary Xi Jinping about the dramatic changes in his hometown.
Mountains and seas working together demonstrate our Party’s political advantage and the superiority of our socialist system.
The historic achievements and historic changes of the Party and the state in the new era, and the good start of the new journey toward the second centenary goal, fundamentally rest on General Secretary Xi Jinping’s navigation and the scientific guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era.
“Comprehensively building a socialist modernized country and comprehensively advancing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation— the key lies with the Party.” The “Fourteen Persistences” of Xi Jinping’s Party‑building thought place first “Persist that the Party’s leadership is the most essential feature of socialism with Chinese characteristics.”
Setting direction, it displays an incomparable strength of leadership.
Governing a country is like planting a tree; if the root does not shake, the branches flourish. General Secretary Xi Jinping profoundly pointed out: “The fundamental root of our governance is the leadership of the Communist Party of China and our socialist system.”
Embedding the Party’s leadership— the most essential feature of socialism with Chinese characteristics—into the Party constitution and the state constitution; improving a series of central decision‑making and coordination mechanisms; integrating Party leadership into ideological work, state‑owned enterprise governance, university leadership systems, and mass‑organization construction… building pillars, establishing statutes, the Party‑leadership system extends horizontally to the edges and vertically to the core, the Party’s leadership “as the body moves the arm, as the arm moves the fingers.”
Grasping the overall situation, it shows an incomparable strength of organization.
A single hearth and a few benches become a temporary venue.
In March 2025, General Secretary Xi Jinping visited Zhaoxing Dong Village (肇兴侗寨) in Li Ping County (黎平县), Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture (黔东南苗族侗族自治州), Guizhou Province. The General Secretary asked carefully and reminded earnestly: “The first‑secretary system must still be upheld; after poverty alleviation, the task of comprehensive rural revitalization is equally heavy, and this area still needs strengthening.”
To win the battle against poverty, General Secretary Xi Jinping personally took command, personally went to the front, and personally supervised the fight. Five‑level secretaries led poverty alleviation, the whole Party mobilized for the offensive, 255,000 village‑based work teams, more than 3 million first secretaries and village cadres, together with nearly 2 million township cadres and millions of village cadres, fought on the front line of poverty alleviation.
The Communist Party converts organizational strength and organizational advantage into development momentum and development advantage, leading the people to win battle after battle, continuously moving from victory to victory.
Emphasizing implementation, it shapes an incomparable strength of execution.
In the intelligent production workshop of Henan Luoyang Bearing Group Co., Ltd. (河南洛阳轴承集团股份有限公司), CNC vertical machines line up in rows, and the technical team is tackling new bearing technology challenges. From millimeter‑scale to over ten‑meter scale, today Luoyang Bearing’s high‑end bearing output accounts for 70 % of its total.
From the “First Five‑Year Plan” to the “14th Five‑Year Plan,” blueprints become reality, and implementation is continuously pursued. “When things are said, we must hear the echo of implementation, see how well it is carried out,” the Communist Party combines good planning with execution, seizes the moment when the target is clear, and moves forward with a grand vision, leaving footprints on the stone.
“Our Party is born for the people, thrives because of the people, and all work is for the happiness of the people.”
“Did all of you move here with your parents?”
“How many of you wear glasses?”
“Is there guaranteed time for physical exercise?”
In March this year, at the Xiong’an Campus of Beijing No. 4 High School (北京四中雄安校区), General Secretary Xi Jinping asked with concern, and the children answered joyfully. The General Secretary pointed out: “It is not for a beautiful new city; rather, building a new city is precisely to enable ordinary people to live better lives.”
“Chinese‑style modernization puts people first,” and the people are always the logical starting point and the ultimate value of development.
National top‑level design always includes meticulous consideration of people’s livelihoods: the high‑speed rail network extends deeper, yet public “slow trains” still traverse the mountains; the Yangtze River’s ecological protection and restoration bring back clear waters; broader employment channels and more public‑service jobs enable fishermen to stay stable and become prosperous…
“The people are the greatest confidence of our Party’s governance,” and Chinese Communists gather the boundless wisdom and strength contained in the people.
In March this year, a thank‑you letter from the General Office of the National Development and Reform Commission was delivered to Liu Xiya (刘希娅), Party secretary of Xiejiawan School (谢家湾学校) in Chongqing. Her suggestion to “orderly promote small‑class teaching” was incorporated into the “14th Five‑Year Plan” outline.
The people’s “golden ideas” gather in the “small courtyard deliberation hall,” flow through grassroots legislative liaison points, appear in representatives’ suggestions and committee proposals, and continuously transform into “golden fruits” of development.
“Insist on safeguarding and improving people’s livelihoods in development,” Chinese Communists uphold the people‑first concept.
In November 2025, General Secretary Xi Jinping visited Yanyang Town (雁洋镇) in Meixian District, Meizhou City (梅州市), Guangdong Province. “Why come here to see?” the General Secretary explained the reason: “Development is uneven in some places, and that is my concern.”
The task is arduous; “just solving the food problem for more than 1.4 billion people is a considerable challenge”; only development can steadily support the happiness of the people.
“Our Party is born for the people, thrives because of the people, and all work is for the happiness of the people.” One‑by‑one, close‑by matters, caring matters, concrete matters become the people’s sense of gain, happiness, and security: “little apples” become “wealth‑bearing fruits,” characteristic industries fill farmers’ pockets; the “investment in people” concept coordinates industrial development and employment expansion; the world’s largest education system, social security system, and medical‑health system promote the all‑round development of people…
“Establish and practice a correct view of political achievement; ultimately it must translate into benefits for the people.” Opening the “14th Five‑Year Plan” outline, more than one‑third of the 20 major indicators are livelihood indicators, and 25 of the 109 major projects are livelihood projects.
“The people’s yearning for a better life is our struggle goal.” The resolute promise pierces time and space.
“Place the development of the nation and the people on the basis of our own strength.”
On September 3 2025, General Secretary Xi Jinping solemnly declared: “The great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is unstoppable!”
Those who discern the situation are wise; those who master the situation win. “Leading cadres must keep in mind two overall situations: one is the strategic overall situation of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, the other is the unprecedented changes in the world in a century; this is the basic starting point of our planning work.”
The two overall situations intertwine and stimulate each other, concerning the trend of where China is heading and where the world is heading.
Chinese Communists grasp historical law, seize historical initiative, becoming an important force that promotes the positive evolution and healthy interaction of the two overall situations, displaying confidence and composure.
This confidence comes from a correct understanding and handling of China’s relationship with the external world.
“This AI translation device supports 146 languages; the upgraded version also adds magnetic suction and a phone stand,” said Chen Jing (陈靖), a dealer at Yiwu Global Digital Trade Center (义乌全球数贸中心) in Zhejiang’s Yiwu, proudly introducing the product.
Indian buyer Ai Bi (艾比) on the spot decided to place an additional order: “The first batch of more than 100 units sold out quickly; seeing the upgraded version, we expect to order 300 units!”
The “world supermarket” expands domestic and international markets, integrates the domestic‑international dual circulation, and “Yiwu small commodities break into a big market, become a big industry.” In the first quarter of this year, Yiwu’s total import‑export value grew 25 % year‑on‑year, 10 percentage points higher than the national import‑export growth rate.
This composure stems from the forward‑looking deployment of “firmly grasping the destiny of our country’s development and progress in our own hands.”
Along the Huangpu River, night deepens in Shanghai’s Xuhui District. The “Moso Space” (模速空间) large‑model innovation ecosystem community shines brightly. Summer‑born Wu Wen Xinchong (无问芯穹) CEO Xia Lixue (夏立雪) is discussing computing‑power optimization with team members. In “Moso Space,” more than 300 AI enterprises have already gathered.
In April 2025, amid severe fluctuations in the external economic and trade environment, General Secretary Xi Jinping came here to conduct an on‑site investigation of the AI industry. Before arriving in Shanghai, the General Secretary presided over the 20th collective study of the Politburo of the CPC Central Committee, focusing on the theme “Strengthen AI development and regulation.”
On April 30 this year, at a symposium on strengthening basic research, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: “We must strengthen basic research with greater力度 and more concrete measures.”
Key core technologies cannot be obtained, bought, or begged. The space station Tiangong (天宫) is fully built; the “Shen Di Ta Ke 1 Well” (深地塔科1井) completed ten‑kilometer drilling; the world’s first fourth‑generation nuclear power plant entered commercial operation… Technological innovation takes solid steps, seizing the development initiative.
The new journey is a new Long March.
Less than a week after the closing of the 20th Party Congress, General Secretary Xi Jinping, while paying tribute at the Yan’an Revolutionary Memorial in Shaanxi Province, pointed out: “Work solidly, work hard, concentrate on doing our own affairs well, and place the development of the nation and the people on the basis of our own strength.”
“The most important thing is to concentrate forces on doing our own affairs; no matter how the winds and waves rise, we sit steadily on the fishing platform.” With both overall situations in mind, the Party advances through historical initiative, overcoming difficulties and risks, belief as firm as a rock, steps resonant.
“Jointly promote world modernization and create a brighter future for humanity.”
Chinese‑style modernization follows the path of peaceful development and does not pursue self‑interest alone. The Communist Party seeks happiness for the Chinese people, rejuvenation for the Chinese nation, progress for humanity, and harmony for the world.
“I wish to put forward a global governance initiative, together with all countries, to promote the building of a more just and reasonable global governance system, and jointly stride toward a community of shared future for mankind.” At the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Tianjin Summit (上海合作组织天津峰会) in September 2025, President Xi presented the global governance initiative to the world.
The Global Development Initiative, Global Security Initiative, Global Civilization Initiative, and Global Governance Initiative… the theoretical system for building a community of shared future for mankind continues to enrich, and the practical path becomes clearer.
Harmony and coexistence, benefiting others while benefiting oneself, China’s development benefits the world.
From May 1 this year, China fully implements zero‑tariff measures for 53 African diplomatic‑relation countries. Ivory Coast’s rubber, Ethiopia’s flowers, Kenya’s coffee— the “subtraction” of zero tariffs achieves a “multiplication” of cooperative development. African Union Commission Chair Yousuf (优素福) considered the measure “important and timely,” helping Africa confront global challenges.
High‑quality joint construction of the Belt and Road Initiative (一带一路) creates the broadest and largest international cooperation platform; the Global Development Initiative mobilizes more than US $230 billion of development funds; together with 53 countries and 9 international institutions, it launched the Global Poverty‑Reduction and Development Partnership Alliance; projects such as Qian Kaigang (钱凯港) and Luban Workshop (鲁班工坊) help people in many countries walk the road to prosperity… China builds extensive cooperation platforms, making the grand picture of world modernization ever more colorful.
For the world and for all generations, the Chinese solution leads the future.
Since the beginning of this year, leaders from around the world have visited China intensively; President Xi, through multiple channels, has deeply exchanged with parties from various countries, and Chinese diplomacy has surged repeatedly.
“China is becoming a new gravitational center of global diplomacy.” An article on the website of the British Arab Weekly recently noted. “Looking east” is also looking at development, looking at the future, seeking certainty amid turmoil, and sharing new opportunities in openness and inclusiveness.
Knowing each other without distance, sharing aspirations across mountains and seas. This is the confidence and path indication that “China can succeed, and other developing countries can also succeed,” expanding the choices for developing countries to modernize.
“China will always stand on the historically correct side, with the people’s heart as its own heart, with the world’s interests as its own interests, and together with all countries promote the building of a community of shared future for mankind.”
Promoting prosperity through development, ensuring stability through security, enhancing mutual trust through civilization, seeking fairness through governance, China uses its utmost sincerity to unite the world’s progressive forces, makes the greatest effort to gather the energy of peaceful development, and “jointly promotes world modernization and creates a brighter future for humanity.”
“Continuously push forward the new great project of Party building in the new era.”
Small cuts leverage great changes; the eight‑point regulations have changed China!
On the eve of the Dragon‑Boat Festival, the Discipline Inspection and Supervision Committee of the Party‑directed organs of Pu’er City (普洱) in Yunnan released a clean‑government reminder: “Fragrant bamboo leaves should not be trapped by ‘sugar coating.’” On the market, gift‑box zongzi are mainly priced around 100 yuan; the “sky‑price zongzi” of earlier years are hard to find.
General Secretary Xi Jinping profoundly pointed out: “Promoting Party building as a great project, and always adhering to the principle that the Party must govern the Party and enforce strict Party governance, is a great innovation of our Party, and also a great magic weapon for founding the Party, establishing the state, and strengthening the Party and the nation.”
Since the new era, the Party Central Committee with Xi at its core has incorporated comprehensive strict Party governance into the “Four‑Comprehensives” strategic layout, “continuously pushing forward the new great project of Party building in the new era.”
Thought leads action; theory guides practice.
Nine rounds of concentrated Party education have persistently used the Party’s innovative theory to forge hearts and souls, effectively guiding the vast number of Party members and cadres to solve problems and promote development.
In previous years, Party cadres in Wuxi, Jiangsu debated where the next trillion‑yuan industry would be. Where is the answer? It is in the Party’s innovative theory, in the deployment requirement “develop new‑quality productive forces according to local conditions.”
Do not be blind; first examine the foundation; do not chase everything; only do what one excels at. Wuxi turned the aircraft engine and gas‑turbine industry chain laid out in 2012 into soil suitable for the growth of the commercial aerospace industry.
When thought is clear, methods are right, the development path widens. Today, Wuxi has 325 commercial aerospace chain enterprises, of which 52 are above‑scale enterprises, achieving a revenue of 14.48 billion yuan in 2025.
Discipline and rules are “high‑voltage lines” and also “protective talismans,” safeguarding entrepreneurship.
Qingyang (庆阳) in Gansu once suffered “collapsed‑style” corruption, causing enterprises to hesitate to invest. The local government restored and purified the political ecology; a clean and close government‑business relationship attracted enterprises in droves, and in 2025 the comprehensive evaluation of investment attraction work ranked first in the province.
Gan Nong Biotechnology Co., Ltd. (甘农生物科技有限公司) General Manager Fu Yumeng (傅雨萌) felt sincerely: “No need to rely on connections; we registered the company and completed all procedures in one day.”
“The more effective Party governance is, the stronger the guarantee for economic and social development.”
The great struggle, the great project, the great cause, the great dream—among them, the decisive factor is the new great project of Party building in the new era. This decisive role is reflected in Party governance taking root in the soil and deep in people’s hearts, and in the clean wind and upright spirit filling the universe, stirring strength.
Currently, the study and education on establishing and practicing a correct view of political achievement are being deepened throughout the Party. Vast numbers of Party members and cadres insist on achieving political results for the people and through hard work, striving to create achievements that can stand the test of practice, the people, and history, gathering massive strength to advance Chinese‑style modernization.
On the new journey, deeply studying and implementing Xi Jinping’s Party‑building thought, profoundly understanding and grasping the “Fourteen Persistences,” continuously pushing forward the new great project of Party building in the new era, and advancing comprehensive strict Party governance with higher standards and stricter measures, will surely provide a stronger and more powerful guarantee for advancing Chinese‑style modernization.
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Time is the imprint of the strivers.
2026 marks the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China and the inaugural year of the “14th Five‑Year Plan,” a year of great significance in the historic process of advancing Chinese‑style modernization.
“Now, we are striding forward on the new journey of comprehensively building a socialist modernized country; we must work together to walk the new Long March, create a brighter future, and continuously satisfy the people’s yearning for a better life.”
Step by step we walk firmly; we are confident, we have the resolve, and we have the strength!
(Reporters Cui Can (崔璨) and Liu Lingling (刘玲玲) participated in the writing.)
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At present, the study and education on establishing and practicing the correct view of political achievements is being carried out deeply throughout the Party. All regions, departments and units are advancing the integrated process of study, inspection and rectification, continuously exerting effort in raising ideological awareness, continuously exerting effort in rectification and remediation, and continuously exerting effort in establishing sound systems and rules. The broad masses of Party members and cadres persist in achieving political achievements for the people and achieving political achievements through practical work; the study and education is moving deeper and more solidly, with results taking root and becoming effective.
Continuously exerting effort in raising ideological awareness
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: “The issue of the view of political achievements is a fundamental issue, concerning the Party’s dedication to the public and the government’s service to the people.”
Thought is the forerunner of action. Since the launch of the study and education, the broad masses of Party members and cadres have continuously advanced the “four deep studies,” consciously benchmarking themselves, promptly correcting ideological deviations, and strengthening both ideological and practical consciousness in establishing and practicing the correct view of political achievements.
Yiwu, Zhejiang, is the world’s largest distribution center for small commodities, where tens of thousands of merchants interact daily with customers from around the world, and new situations and new problems emerge constantly. Previously, Party members and cadres learned through visits that merchants had a common and urgent wish – to open a new cross‑border logistics corridor to Central Asia. However, faced with the complex TIR (International Road Transport) rules, many cadres found it difficult: “The rules are too complicated, we can’t even figure out the declaration process,” “We worry that TIR documents will be wrong and the goods will be stuck at the port for several days” …
These problems appear on the surface as operational difficulties, but they reflect deeper shortcomings in the cadres’ service concepts and sense of responsibility. Some once thought this was a matter for enterprises, not for the government; others feared that too many departments were involved, leading to high coordination costs, slow results.
Using study to break the problem, the root cause is addressed intellectually. Since the study and education began, Party members and cadres in the Yiwu Municipal Government Service Management Office (义乌市政务服务管理办公室) have steadied themselves, read the original texts thoroughly, and linked theory to practice. They combined their study of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important discourse on establishing and practicing the correct view of political achievements with their study of his vivid practice of the correct view of political achievements during his work at the local level, and also combined it with the study of his important instructions on the “Yiwu development experience,” conducting a profound ideological baptism.
Through study, everyone deeply realized that benefiting the people is the greatest political achievement; through study, methods such as “tailoring measures to local conditions and highlighting characteristics” and “problem‑oriented, precise policy implementation” entered their minds and hearts; through study, a consensus gradually formed to break barriers, take initiative, and coordinate efforts.
Learning must be believed, and also applied and acted upon. Ultimately, with the joint efforts of the Yiwu Municipal Government Service Management Office, the Yiwu Municipal Transportation Bureau (义乌市交通运输局), Yiwu Customs (义乌海关), and Yiwu International Land Port Group (义乌市国际陆港集团), a “policy‑direct” publicity mechanism was established locally to help enterprises quickly master the business declaration process; a precise customs service mechanism was set up to ensure seamless connection and immediate completion of system approvals and certificate endorsements; a “port + local jurisdiction” coordinated mechanism was created so that TIR vehicles could be inspected and released at the port immediately upon arrival. Today, several enterprises in Yiwu have applied for TIR qualifications, and an efficient highway logistics corridor linking Central Asia is accelerating its formation.
Study is deep, comprehension is thorough, work is solid.
Focusing on the needs of the new employment group, Datong, Shanxi, launched a pilot project to build a “job‑choice‑friendly” scenario, creating a setting that integrates skills upgrading, job matching, rights protection, and service support, helping the new employment group achieve stable employment; Harbin, Heilongjiang, strengthened its grasp of macro policies and execution ability, aligning the outcomes of study and education with central work, continuously calibrating development focus, and ensuring resources are directed to key areas … In the study and education, the broad masses of Party members and cadres adhered to the integration of learning, thinking, and application, the unity of knowledge, belief, and action, emphasizing the use of the Party’s innovative theory to arm the mind, guide practice, and promote work, concretely solving problems, benefiting the people, and advancing development.
Continuously exerting effort in rectification and remediation
General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: “This study and education must closely follow the overall requirement of ‘the Party stands for the public, benefits the people, makes scientific decisions, and grasps practical work,’ and integrate study, inspection and rectification, clearly identifying problems, pinpointing them, and carrying out precise and pragmatic rectification.”
In the study and education, each region, department and unit, based on its own reality, listed items, displayed problems, investigated root causes, and drafted prescriptions; they corrected what could be corrected, implemented reforms immediately, and for historically formed or temporarily unsolvable problems, formulated feasible plans and schemes, kept close watch, and persisted unremittingly until rectification was complete.
For 28 years a building had been handed over, yet a property certificate could not be issued. At No. 284 Beijing Road, Baiyin District, Baiyin City, Gansu, Liu Yuxiang (刘玉香) and 16 other households felt helpless: “The children cannot register household registration, the house cannot be traded; this has become a heavy stone hanging over our hearts.”
“Benefiting the people means tackling unresolved difficulties one by one,” said a senior official of the Baiyin Municipal Party Committee (白银市委). In March of this year, Baiyin City faced the difficulty head‑on and voluntarily dug up this long‑standing old debt.
The old debt had accumulated over time, with complex causes and wide‑ranging involvement. Baiyin City compiled the situation, analyzed the problems, and clarified the causal chain: the houses of the 17 households were welfare allocations from a certain enterprise; due to multiple reorganizations, staff reshuffles, loss of original documents, and changes in property ownership, the responsible entity was missing, making normal real‑estate registration impossible.
“Obtaining the property certificate is very difficult,” said Di Xiaoyan (狄晓燕), deputy director of the Baiyin City Real Estate Registration Affairs Center (白银市不动产登记事务中心). The issue involved natural resources, housing and urban‑rural development, tax authorities, and other departments; moreover, the original enterprise had long been deregistered, leaving the problem hanging for years with no result despite multiple pushes.
How to break the deadlock? A systemic perspective became the golden key.
At the municipal level, the Party committee office coordinated the whole process, while Baiyin District set up a special task force to resolve historical issues, linking up vertically and forming a closed‑loop mechanism of “one task force coordinating, one set of processes integrated, multiple departments cooperating,” and the certification work was restarted.
The natural resources department carried out precise on‑site surveys of land rights, solidifying basic data; the registration center opened a green channel for people‑oriented certification, simplifying procedures and speeding up efficiency; the housing department dug deep into archived materials, verifying each house’s historical ownership information … Through joint effort, all 17 households received their “big red books” (property certificates).
Resolving one case benefits a whole area and governs a region. “Through in‑depth investigation we found that the whole city still has 33 residential communities, more than 20,000 housing units facing ‘registration difficulty’ problems,” Di said. The city’s task force has now set phased resolution targets, striving to ensure that residents can obtain property certificates whenever they wish, as quickly as possible.
Since the launch of the study and education, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, dealing with “unfinished buildings” as a historical debt, has strengthened systematic governance, promoting “revitalizing one project, resolving a batch of contradictions, benefiting a locality’s people”; Xicheng District, Beijing, has built a three‑level linkage system of district‑level leader case‑handling, task‑force tracking supervision, and responsible units operating with visual charts, pushing several historical issues toward phased solutions … Across regions, departments and units, continuous effort in rectification and remediation is being made, addressing problems such as “new officials ignoring old debts,” chewing through one hard “bone” after another, and earning the people’s trust with concrete results.
Continuously exerting effort in establishing sound systems and rules
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: “From the problems identified in this study and education, we must discover institutional loopholes, shortcomings, and weak points, effectively fill and establish systems and rules, make clear what can be done, what cannot be done, for whom it is done, and how it should be done, and also improve accountability measures so that the system becomes firm, fully playing its guiding, incentivizing, and normative restraint functions.”
In the study and education, each region, department and unit adhered to a combination of “immediate correction” and “long‑term establishment,” drawing analogies, creating regulations, and solving one problem while driving the resolution of a class of problems.
The story begins with two computing‑power enterprises in Chengdu, Sichuan.
Chengdu Xingtuo Microelectronics (成都星拓微电子) is a specialized, innovative small‑medium enterprise focusing on interconnect chip solutions; its technology is solid, but its market reach is limited. The other is Sichuan Huakun Zhenyu (四川华鲲振宇), with annual revenue close to 15 billion yuan, driving the Sichuan computing‑power industry chain to exceed 30 billion yuan, a genuine leading enterprise. Although both are in Chengdu and operate in upstream‑downstream businesses, they rarely communicated.
The opportunity arose during the study and education period. Chengdu launched a regular service program “enter ten thousand enterprises, solve problems, improve environment, promote development,” and the industry主管部门 (industry主管部门) set up a precise matchmaking session “Artificial Intelligence (new‑infrastructure computing) ‘1+N’.” Led by a “chain‑master” enterprise like Huakun Zhenyu and joined by “chain‑member” enterprises such as Xingtuo Microelectronics with product needs or matching intentions, everyone sat together, displayed their capabilities, and voiced their demands.
The collision indeed sparked. Xingtuo Microelectronics and other enterprises deepened technical joint debugging with Huakun Zhenyu, conducting joint verification of high‑speed interconnect solutions, and planning batch cooperation on more product categories. “From technical parameter matching to sample adaptation, we completed in one week what previously took a month of communication,” said a person in charge of Xingtuo Microelectronics.
Solving a single enterprise’s pain point is not difficult; the difficulty lies in solving a blockage in an entire industry chain; solving a chain blockage is still not enough – the key is to preserve good experience and put it to use.
Chengdu promptly summarized, using a point‑to‑surface approach, and promoted the single‑chain experience to all 17 key industry chains in the city: in terms of communication mechanisms, an offline Private Economy (Modern Industry) Development Promotion Center was established, and online city‑ and district‑level “government‑enterprise WeChat groups” were built, covering more than 7,500 key enterprises; in terms of professional services, brands such as “Private Enterprise Reception Hall” and “Enterprises Have a Say” were created to link enterprises with various service resources … More importantly, these explorations were gradually summarized into institutional mechanisms. The “Optimization Plan for Service Functions of Chengdu Private Economy Center” (成都市民营经济中心服务功能优化方案) was issued, exploring the construction of an integrated service plan with clearer rights and responsibilities, tighter connections, and more concentrated resources, promoting the building of a clean and close government‑business relationship.
“Small wisdom governs affairs, great wisdom governs systems”; institutions manage the fundamentals and the long term.
Ruichang, Jiangxi, issued a trial “Transfer Measures for Changes in the Main Leaders of Municipal Party Committees” (市管领导班子主要负责人变动交接办法（试行）), constructing a full‑dimension handover system and closed‑loop management mechanism, achieving smooth and seamless transition of key work tasks, and guiding Party leaders to establish and practice the correct view of political achievements with institutional rigidity. Huangshi, Hubei, revised the “Evaluation Measures for Economic Responsibility Audits of Leading Cadres,” achieving an objective and fair quantitative assessment of audited cadres’ overall performance … In many localities, recurring problems are addressed by seeking institutional causes, deeply studying the regularity of multi‑point occurrences, and comprehensively reviewing existing regulations, thereby better leveraging the guiding, incentivizing, and normative restraint functions of institutions.
(Reporters Meng Xiangfu, Wang Jintao, Liu Junguo, You Yi)
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Mount Meng is high, the Yi River (沂水) runs long, and red is the unchanging underlying hue of Shandong Yimeng (沂蒙) revolutionary old area.
Students from the Tenth Primary School of Lanling County (兰陵县), Linyi (临沂), gathered in front of the exhibition stand at the village history museum, examined patched coarse‑cloth military uniforms, and listened to the guide recount the red era behind the relics.
In November 2013, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized during his inspection of Linyi: “On this red land of Yimeng, countless heroic sons and daughters were born, and the deeds of the Yimeng Six Sisters, the Yimeng Mother, and the Yimeng Red Sister-in‑law are deeply moving. The Yimeng Spirit, like the Yan’an Spirit, the Jinggangshan Spirit, and the Xibaipo Spirit, is a valuable spiritual wealth of the Party and the nation; it must be continuously developed and expanded in line with new era conditions.”
Located in the Yimeng revolutionary old area, Linyi (临沂) possesses more than 300 registered immovable revolutionary relics. Remembering the General Secretary’s earnest instructions, Linyi continues to improve the red‑culture propaganda system, making the Yimeng Spirit tangible and perceptible.
During the Liberation War, villagers of Daicun (代村) eagerly enlisted to support the front. In 2020, the village built a 1,600‑square‑metre village history museum, housing over 60 revolutionary relics. Using a combination of audio‑visual, sculpture, and physical objects, the museum recreates the struggle from revolutionary flames to comprehensive rural revitalization. “Vividly carry out red propaganda and create a platform where the Yimeng Spirit can be seen, touched, and spread widely,” said Wang Chuanxi (王传喜), Party secretary of Daicun.
In one corner of the museum, a wooden single‑wheel cart is displayed. The iron band on the wooden wheel is rust‑stained, and the handle is worn smooth and indented—traces of countless hands that once gripped it. “The road today was ‘pushed’ forward by revolutionary martyrs; I will study hard and build my hometown better,” wrote primary‑school student Li Yike (李亦可) in the guestbook.
In recent years, Linyi has carried out more than 15,000 propaganda activities nationwide, such as “Yimeng Spirit Passed Down Through Generations,” “Yimeng Ideological‑Political Course,” and “Yimeng Spirit Into Campus,” reaching over 89 million participants.
Promoting the flourishing of the Yimeng Spirit relies on propaganda, and its value lies in integration into daily life.
Since 2012, Daicun has been led by village cadres serving as chairpersons of the Red‑White Council. The village established a public restaurant that provides free kitchenware, tables, and chairs, encouraging new and simple wedding ceremonies. “Recently I held my wedding in the village public restaurant; it was not extravagant, simple and warm,” said villager Cheng Haonan (程浩楠).
The torch is passed, and new civilized customs nourish hearts. In Sunzu Town (孙祖镇), Yinan County (沂南县), Donggaozhuang Village (东高庄村) has carried out “Neighbourly Mutual‑Aid Small‑Thing” services in more than 260 events and organized over a hundred civilized practice activities; in Zhu Village (朱村) of Linshu County, changing customs has been included in the “Civilized Zhu Village Person” evaluation… The Yimeng Spirit accompanies village regulations and agreements, integrating into the daily lives of people in the old area.
Promoting the Yimeng Spirit is also realized through concrete actions that serve the masses.
Recently, Zhuang Guofeng (庄国锋), a resident of Yinque Mountain Street (银雀山街道) in Lanshan District (兰山区), reported through “12345·Linyi First Release” that a dead tree in his community nearly fell on a person. After the report was received, the street’s hotline office launched a multi‑department coordination; community cadres and grid workers visited and communicated, and the dead tree was quickly removed.
“We must polish the era‑defining hue of the Yimeng Spirit at the forefront of serving the people,” said Liu Bo (刘波), Party secretary of Lanshan District. Since the beginning of this year, Lanshan District has deployed 71 party organizations of government agencies and more than 2,000 on‑duty Party members to the community for service, achieving a 96.45% resolution rate for public demands in the first quarter and a 95.95% satisfaction rate among the people.
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“Kunpeng” spreads its wings, 扶摇万里 (fú yáo wàn lǐ - “soar upward for ten thousand miles,” to rise rapidly).
In the summer noon, at the airfield of a certain regiment of the Air Force Aviation Corps, the roar of the Y‑20 transport aircraft echoed across the sky. A massive gust of wind slammed into the several‑hundred‑ton aircraft, providing a surge of power; one after another, several “Kunpeng” lifted off, flew to the designated airspace, and began a multi‑mission realistic combat flight training.
Strategic airlift capability is an important component of a nation’s rapid response capacity and a key indicator of a nation’s defence strength. The Y‑20 is praised as the “Great‑Power Kunpeng,” a new‑generation domestically developed large military transport aircraft, marking a crucial step forward for the People’s Liberation Army Air Force’s strategic airlift capability.
The regiment of the Air Force Aviation Corps is the strategic airlift force equipped with the Y‑20A, Y‑20U (fuel‑tank version), and Y‑20B three types of domestically produced large transport aircraft. In recent years, the regiment’s officers and soldiers have deeply studied and implemented Xi Jinping’s strong‑army thought, flown over plateaus, crossed distant seas, traversed deserts, and gone abroad, successfully completing numerous major tasks and interpreting the mission and responsibility of the “Great‑Power Kunpeng” with magnificent flight tracks.
From receiving the aircraft to forming a formation, to flying worldwide, what transformation has the “Kunpeng” undergone? How many people’s dedication and breakthroughs are carried behind this transformation? Recently, a reporter entered the regiment to listen to the stories of officers and soldiers who have engraved their youth and glory in the blue sky.
On June 16, officers and soldiers of the regiment gathered in the maintenance training centre classroom, and the “Kunpeng Lecture Hall” opened with great enthusiasm. Six personnel from different posts took turns on the stage to tell their stories with the “Kunpeng.”
Among them were a mechanic who had been devoted to the Y‑20’s growth from the moment it was received; a young pilot who, less than three years after graduating from the military academy, flew over Tiananmen Square and was honourably inspected; and a grassroots soldier who had repeatedly accompanied the team on overseas missions, his passport filled with colourful entry‑exit stamps. Their sincere and simple sharing vividly displayed the solid force of this unit soaring for the Party.
The “Kunpeng Lecture Hall” also invited a special guest—Y‑20 chief designer and academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Tang Changhong (唐长红).
“Back then, with a mixture of anxiety and excitement, I delivered the Y‑20 to the troops, handed it over to you, hoping it could quickly assume its mission, hoping it would grow in your hands into a world‑famous ten‑thousand‑mile Kunpeng. Today, you have achieved it, we have achieved it!” Tang Changhong said, addressing the young aviators with deep affection.
Tang’s words stirred pilot Yuan Bo (袁博), whose mind flashed with cinematic scenes of major missions.
On September 3 2025, over Tiananmen Square, six transport aircraft surged through the clouds with earth‑shaking momentum, astonishing the onlookers.
During the parade commemorating the 80th anniversary of China’s victory in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti‑Fascist War, the regiment formed a transport aircraft echelon, and the Y‑20B aircraft were inspected for the first time. Yuan Bo and his comrades overcame the adverse effects of close‑range wedge‑formation wake turbulence, devised a precise method for maintaining dense formation, and piloted the aircraft through the airspace above Tiananmen Square with millisecond accuracy.
The Y‑20B, equipped with four domestically produced engines, possesses air‑lift, airdrop, and airborne capabilities, and boasts excellent flight performance. “To pilot an aircraft and be inspected by the Party and the people—what a great honour!” Yuan Bo said.
Looking back, the loyal gene of flying for the Party has been continuously inherited in this unit’s bloodline. In the early 1950s, after a directive from the Party Central Committee, the regiment’s predecessor, under extreme conditions with no reliable meteorological or navigation data, risked lives to fly over the “roof of the world” and successfully opened the Kang‑Zang (Tibet‑Qinghai) air route.
Time flows, spirit endures. After receiving the Y‑20 aircraft, the team continued the fine tradition of “loyalty to the mission, daring to fly and to forge ahead, strict and rigorous,” injecting endless spiritual动力 into the “Kunpeng’s” soaring and leaving moving stories one after another.
On New Year’s Eve 2020, they went against the flow to transport hundreds of medical staff to assist Wuhan, Hubei; in early 2022, they set out day and night, flying over 10,000 km to deliver emergency supplies to Tonga; in April 2026, they carried out the mission of repatriating the remains of Korean War volunteers, with the Y‑20B flying abroad for the first time, welcoming the “most lovable people” with the most vigorous “Chinese heart.” Wherever national interests expand, strategic airlift extends.
“The greatness of an aircraft lies not only in its size but also in the magnitude of its responsibility. All officers and soldiers of the regiment consciously and firmly arm their minds with Xi Jinping’s strong‑army thought, tempering loyal faith in every take‑off and landing.” The regiment’s political commissar Li Shining (李世宁) said emotionally.
Strong winds blew beside the tarmac as the reporter waited for the “Kunpeng” that had completed its mission to return. Would such weather affect the flight?
“No problem! We have encountered even more extreme weather.” A regiment leader answered confidently. Soon, the roar of engines broke the silence, a Y‑20 appeared in the sky, and then landed lightly. Looking up, the massive airframe rose four or five stories high, like a steel mountain range standing majestically.
To master the “national heavy weapon” while achieving a light‑as‑feather “stability,” the unit continuously hones its combat confidence through refined training.
“Look, the fully digital cockpit, fly‑by‑wire control system, LCD instrument displays—everything is domestically made, highly integrated, digitalised, and intelligent!” Pilot Jin Jian (金健) proudly introduced as the hatch opened. “From the Y‑8 to the Y‑20, the range is longer, the payload larger, the speed faster.”
In 2019, the Y‑20A was inducted into the regiment. As one of the first pilots to retrofit the “Kunpeng,” Jin Jian vividly remembers comrades “full‑throttle” charging during the early days of the new aircraft’s entry.
Lacking relevant data, they constantly summarised and refined, producing a 33‑volume, 1.8‑million‑character knowledge‑system series; with an unclear inventory of the new aircraft, they collected problems during daytime flights and tackled them in night study sessions. Through countless nights under the stars, the officers and soldiers demonstrated a surprising “Kunpeng” speed—first flight completed in four days, reaching the plateau in 46 days, and executing a major mission within five months.
New‑aircraft retrofitting is not only equipment upgrade but also a mindset transformation.
When the aircraft disembarked, the reporter noticed the pilot’s flight bag did not seem heavy. “That’s thanks to our self‑developed ‘Kunpeng Wing’ electronic flight bag,” pilot Li Shanran (李善冉) sighed. “Before, the bag was packed with checklists, maps, mission plans, and other documents. Now, with the ‘Kunpeng Wing’ electronic flight bag, we can ‘grab the bag and go’ when an emergency task arises.”
“Open the tablet, enter the operation page, input basic parameters, and the mission route is planned with one click.” The main developer of the electronic flight bag, pilot Lu Qifan (卢旗凡), demonstrated its functions on site.
“Our regiment often carries out cross‑regional flight missions; the cumbersome navigation calculations are time‑consuming. Could we develop software that lets all calculations be completed with one click?” Lu Qifan explained. After five years of verification, refinement, and iterative upgrades, the team incubated a brand‑new system—“Kunpeng Wing”—covering Kunpeng performance tables, formation rendezvous, and real‑time tactical swarm calculations.
After the Y‑20’s induction, the regiment entered a period of transformational development. The party committee’s leading group clearly recognised that new aircraft induction does not equal capability; breakthrough must be pursued through innovation.
“Now, more and more technical backbones are joining the innovation team. Innovation has become something every team member thinks about and does.” Regiment commander Pang Rongqi (庞荣奇) said. They established the “Kunpeng Wing” innovation studio, formed five R&D teams, and produced 18 innovative results such as a refuelling‑area management system and a mission‑planning system.
“The flight bag is lighter, but the ‘capability bag’ we win with is getting heavier.” Lu Qifan said, noting that crew energy is liberated from tedious calculations, allowing more time and focus for missions and the battlefield.
In the scorching afternoon, a Y‑20 arrived over the airport and suddenly dove rapidly… Unexpectedly, the pilot who performed this high‑difficulty tactical maneuver had only recently become a captain.
“Such tactical‑course training is routine in our regiment. Only by constantly tempering young pilots’ skills and courage in flight can we truly accelerate combat‑power growth.” Flight instructor Liu Ping (刘平) said.
Reviewing the pilot roster, the team turned out to be remarkably young—average age only 31, injecting fresh vitality into combat‑power generation.
Facing future battlefield environments, the regiment has developed dozens of specialised flight‑training items, interleaving tactical‑course training in every flight to ensure calm response when special situations arise. Over the years, officers and soldiers have deepened their combat role together with the “Kunpeng,” accelerating the unit’s shift from a campaign‑type airlift to a strategic‑type airlift, from a task‑oriented to a war‑fighting orientation.
Large military transport aircraft are key equipment for long‑range rapid strategic airlift. Confronted with the urgent need for strategic air force transformation, how to accelerate the cultivation of flight talent?
“Flying is a career for the brave and also the most scientific. As long as we grasp the rules and master the patterns, we have the confidence to fly and fight.” Liu Ping explained. Since induction, the regiment’s officers and soldiers have emphasized simultaneous retrofitting, summarising, and standardising, gradually completing the transition from merely flying aircraft to managing aircraft and guaranteeing combat roles, achieving “one person can fly, two people can fight, three people can execute diverse overseas missions.”
“Practical Data Manual,” “Technical‑Tactical Flight Methods,” “Crew Coordination Standards”… Inside the intelligent training centre, the reporter saw neatly arranged manuals on the desk. Liu Ping said, “These are the Y‑20 series combat‑readiness cultivation series we compiled, making operational procedures more ‘standardised.’”
“Previously, teaching new pilots relied heavily on experience and oral transmission, resulting in long training cycles and varying practical standards. Now, we combine the Y‑20’s performance characteristics, solidify detailed rules from cockpit operation and special‑situation handling to ground maintenance, not only accelerating new pilots’ growth but also making operations more uniform and standardised.” Flight instructor Zhang Xiaobing (张晓兵) introduced.
In recent years, as the PLAAF’s Y‑20 talent incubation base, the regiment, relying on major tasks, incorporated a large number of young flight backbones into mission groups, using senior‑junior mentorship to accelerate the growth of young pilots, subsequently training more than 20 flight instructors and nearly 30 captains, handling the conversion of over a hundred new PLAAF pilots, and providing teaching pilots and flight backbones to sister units.
Entering the regiment’s honour room, a flight‑track map marked with a red flag stood out: Russia, South Korea, Egypt… each brilliant appearance and each systematic training exercise, every international route, represents a “Kunpeng” sortie with the mission fulfilled.
Looking at the map, training staff officer Wang Chenyang (王晨阳) said, “In 2025, our ‘Kunpeng’ tracks covered more than 30 countries and regions across four continents!”
In the future, how high and how far can the “Kunpeng” fly?
“There is a poem everyone likes—‘The great roc rises with the wind in a day, soaring straight up nine wan li.’” Post‑2000 pilot Wang Zihao (王子豪) said firmly, “We will stay alert, and in the boundless sky write an even more magnificent flight‑track for the great‑power Kunpeng.”
Two photographs bear witness to an unchanged original intention.
During the interview with a certain regiment of the Air Force Aviation Corps, two photos treasured by air mechanic Wei Peng (魏鹏) left a deep impression—one taken in 2012, showing him beside a Y‑8 aircraft, introducing its structure to foreign guests; the other taken at the 15th China International Aviation Exhibition in 2024, showing him beside the majestic Y‑20, narrating the “Great‑Power Kunpeng” soaring story to exhibition visitors.
In more than 20 years of military service, from the Y‑8 to the Y‑20, Wei Peng has witnessed the gradual development and strengthening of the People’s Liberation Army Air Force’s strategic airlift capability. Seeing the new generation of large military transport aircraft equipped with the “Chinese heart,” with ever‑increasing payload, he said resolutely: the aircraft have changed, but the original intention remains forever unchanged.
The Y‑8 of those years, though lacking top‑tier equipment, shouldered the heavy burden of transport, airlift, and emergency rescue thanks to the fearless deployment of flight personnel and meticulous maintenance by the crew. Today’s Y‑20 has long become the fist‑strength of the People’s Liberation Army Air Force’s strategic airlift. They fly over thousands of miles of mountains and rivers, repeatedly delivering vitality and hope to disaster‑stricken areas; they venture to foreign lands, continuously demonstrating great‑power responsibility on the global stage.
From the “steel‑thin‑air‑rich” arduous quest to the “steel‑abundant‑air‑even‑richer” confident surge, the form of the iron wing changes, while the belief of the People’s Liberation Army Air Force in guarding the nation’s mountains and rivers remains unchanged, and its commitment to flying for the Party remains unchanged.
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In midsummer, 万木竞秀 (wàn mù jìng xiù - "all trees compete to display their beauty," flourishing vegetation). Entering the shores of the Bohai Sea and the banks of the Haihe River, one can see the vitality of scientific and technological innovation erupting here—
Beijing‑Tianjin‑Hebei coordinated development: in the first five months of this year, Tianjin’s absorption of Beijing’s technology contract transaction volume increased by 84% year‑on‑year;
Construction of a modern industrial system: currently, Tianjin’s twelve key industrial chains gather more than 5,200 enterprises above designated size;
Driving future industries, the Brain‑Machine Interaction and Human‑Machine Integration Haihe Laboratory (海河实验室) holds the world’s leading number of patents in the field of brain‑machine interaction;
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In February 2024, General Secretary Xi Jinping, during his inspection of Tianjin, pointed out: “Tianjin, as a national advanced manufacturing and R&D base, must leverage its abundant scientific and educational resources and other advantages to strive to be at the forefront and take proactive action in developing new‑quality productive forces.”
How to lead the development of new‑quality productive forces through scientific and technological innovation? Tianjin’s “solution” lies in its science‑and‑technology parks and factory workshops.
In Tianjin’s Xiqing District, the embodied‑intelligence research and production base of Meikaman De (Xiong'an) Robot Technology Co., Ltd. (梅卡曼德（雄安）机器人科技股份有限公司) is bustling; embodied‑intelligence robots are completing cargo handling, steel‑plate cutting and other tasks under 3D‑vision guidance.
“So far we have deployed in more than 2,000 industrial sites, verifying adaptability in various complex scenarios,” said Han Zhuo, Chief Development Officer of Meikaman De (Xiong'an) Robot Technology Co., Ltd.
Meikaman De was founded in 2016 and is one of the more outstanding companies in the global artificial‑intelligence‑plus‑industrial‑robot field. In 2025 the company will establish an embodied‑intelligence research and production base in Xiqing District, building an automotive manufacturing and embodied‑intelligence laboratory to develop the “brain” of embodied‑intelligence robots and related software systems.
“Our earliest partners were many Tianjin enterprises, such as automobile OEMs and parts manufacturers,” Han Zhuo explained. “In Tianjin, upstream suppliers can provide key components such as lenses and sensors, while downstream there are abundant application scenarios across logistics, heavy industry, automotive and other sectors.”
Research in Beijing, conversion in Tianjin, headquarters in Xiong’an—Meikaman De’s practice mirrors that of many Beijing‑Tianjin‑Hebei enterprises. The multi‑site layout of these firms is not a simple industrial transfer but a deep reconstruction of industrial symbiosis.
Tianjin is working to build a science‑and‑technology service system that matches Beijing’s innovation resources, promoting coordinated linkage between Tianjin’s industrial layout and the capital‑region’s industrial planning, combining Beijing’s scientific‑innovation advantage with Tianjin’s advanced manufacturing and R&D strength, attracting more scientific achievements to be transformed in Tianjin, and achieving precise complementary and deep coupling of industrial chains with Beijing.
According to a responsible official of the Tianjin Development and Reform Commission, Tianjin now jointly builds 12 national key laboratories with Beijing and Hebei, and more than 1,000 enterprises have entered the three‑region “six chains” (hydrogen energy, biomedicine, industrial internet, high‑end industrial mother machines, new energy and intelligent connected vehicles, robotics) mapping. Since the beginning of this year, the three regions have shared 240 technology achievements and demand items, and have organized 12 matchmaking events for supply and demand of results.
In the workshop of Tianjin Changxing New Energy Technology Co., Ltd. (天津常兴新能源科技有限公司), engineers are methodically assembling battery packs. This science‑and‑technology enterprise, which grew within the Tianjin University Higher Education Science and Technology Innovation Park (天开高教科创园), has now achieved breakthroughs in several core technologies in sodium‑ion batteries, solid‑state lithium batteries and other fields.
“The company was founded on the core patented technologies of the National Key Laboratory of Special Chemical Power Sources, the Ministry of Education’s Engineering Research Center for Efficient Energy Storage, and the New Energy Battery Innovation Team of Academician Chen Jun at Nankai University,” said Yan Zhenhua, head of Changxing New Energy and associate researcher at the Nankai University Institute of Applied Chemistry and Engineering. “As one of the first enterprises to settle in the Tianjin University Xiqing Park, the company’s establishment has lifted the conversion rate of Nankai University’s new‑energy‑related patent achievements to over 20%.”
Science‑and‑technology parks such as Tianjin University Higher Education Science and Technology Innovation Park provide fertile soil for numerous research institutions and technology‑oriented enterprises, becoming an important carrier for Tianjin’s implementation of an innovation‑driven development strategy and the continuous release of innovative vitality.
Since its establishment a little over three years ago, the park has gradually formed a policy‑support network covering the entire life cycle of research and development investment, achievement conversion, and talent introduction. To date, more than 5,000 enterprises have been registered, the park’s enterprises have attracted 3.4 billion yuan of investment, 122 high‑tech enterprises have been cultivated, and a batch of core‑competitiveness science‑and‑technology enterprises have begun to emerge, successfully constructing a full‑chain innovation ecosystem covering research, incubation, conversion and industrialization.
By vigorously promoting deep integration of scientific and technological innovation with industrial innovation, Tianjin uses the construction of science‑and‑technology parks as a key lever to continuously stimulate innovative vitality. The plan is that by the end of the 15th Five‑Year Plan, the city’s technology contract transaction volume will exceed 300 billion yuan, and the industrialization rate of existing university and institute invention patents will rise above 20%.
In the manufacturing plant of Lenovo (Tianjin) Innovation Industrial Park (联想（天津）创新产业园), intelligent manufacturing equipment that deeply integrates 5G, big data, edge computing and artificial intelligence runs at high speed. Here, on average, a notebook computer rolls off the line every nine seconds and a motherboard is produced every ten seconds.
“The processes of handling, inspection, and packaging have been fully automated,” said Xie Xiaoke, Deputy General Manager of Lenovo (Tianjin) Co., Ltd. “The automation rate of the smart notebook production line in Lenovo (Tianjin) Innovation Industrial Park has now reached 60%, and the automation rate of the high‑speed surface‑mount line has reached 92%.”
During the recent World Intelligent Industry Expo, Tianjin announced the “Top Ten Benchmark Application Scenarios for Artificial Intelligence.” “We are using application‑driven pressure to upgrade underlying technologies, model algorithms and computing platforms comprehensively, and letting applications drive overall industrial development,” explained Zhang Yanyun, Director of the Intelligent Technology Division of the Tianjin Municipal Science and Technology Bureau. By 2025, revenue of Tianjin’s core artificial‑intelligence enterprises is expected to exceed 77 billion yuan.
In 2026, Tianjin will accelerate the implementation of the “Artificial Intelligence + Manufacturing” action, strengthening technology and product supply, focusing on the development of industrial‑vertical large models, promoting more than 100 high‑level artificial‑intelligence‑enabled application service providers, and launching 100 “AI + Manufacturing” benchmark demonstration scenarios.
Brain‑machine interface technology establishes an information channel between the human brain and machines, achieving coordinated interaction between biological intelligence and machine intelligence.
At the Brain‑Machine Interaction and Human‑Machine Integration Haihe Laboratory (海河实验室) of Tianjin University, a reporter put on a “headband.” “The scientific name of this ‘headband’ is an eight‑channel brain‑machine head ring; it is used to collect and encode‑decode brain waves. The collected data connect to an app developed by our company, and after processing by our self‑developed software, it can output the tester’s current stress level, fatigue, calmness, focus and other indicators,” explained Wang Wei, Marketing Director of China Electric Cloud Brain (Tianjin) Technology Co., Ltd.
China’s brain‑machine interface technology has now entered the world’s forefront. Laboratory director and Tianjin University Vice‑President Ming Dong said that, at the technical level, non‑invasive brain‑machine interface technology has reached parity with international advanced levels and leads in some sub‑fields, while the gap in key components of invasive brain‑machine interfaces with world‑advanced levels is rapidly narrowing.
In recent years, Tianjin has coordinated the layout of future‑industry tracks, concentrating resources to tackle frontier technologies, and a batch of achievements have successively been realized.
“Tianjin combines innovation resources and industrial foundations, focusing on six major future‑industry directions: future manufacturing, life sciences, future information, new energy, future materials, and aerospace‑deep‑sea. It is seizing new tracks such as bio‑manufacturing, brain‑machine interfaces, and embodied intelligence, constructing a ‘6+X’ future‑industry development matrix,” said Yang Dongmei, Deputy Director of the Tianjin Municipal Industry and Information Technology Bureau.
Taking brain‑machine interfaces as an example, to promote technological innovation and industrial landing, the “Tianjin Action Plan for Promoting Brain‑Machine Interface Innovation and Development (2026–2030)” was recently issued. According to the plan, by 2027 Tianjin will strive to create two to three national‑level innovation platforms in the brain‑machine interface field and push more than five non‑invasive brain‑machine interface products into clinical application; by 2030, it will foster one to two listed companies, three to five industry‑leading enterprises and a batch of innovative firms, forming a brain‑machine interface industry fund pool with a total scale exceeding 10 billion yuan. Up to now, Tianjin has gathered nearly 20 upstream and downstream enterprises, building a complete industry cluster covering hardware R&D, software development and system integration.
“We will accelerate the layout of frontier fields such as bio‑manufacturing, cell therapy and brain‑machine interfaces, striving to produce a batch of major original results that serve the nation, support the region and lead the future,” said a person in charge of the Tianjin Municipal Science and Technology Bureau. Tianjin will seize the opportunity of the expansion of the Beijing (Beijing‑Tianjin‑Hebei) International Science and Innovation Center, promoting more scientific‑innovation achievements into products, services, productive forces and efficiency, thereby supporting the enhancement of the economy and society with new‑value, gold‑value and green‑value.
(Reporter Gong Xiangjuan participated in the writing)
Return to TopStatistics from the railway authorities show that as of June 27, the country's first privately‑controlled high‑speed railway—the Hangzhou–Taizhou high‑speed railway—has accumulated passenger traffic exceeding 100 million trips.
As one of the first eight railway demonstration projects financed by social capital, the Hangzhou–Taizhou high‑speed railway is 266.9 km long, designed for a speed of 350 km/h, and connects the three Zhejiang cities of Hangzhou, Shaoxing and Taizhou. Since its opening on January 8 2022, the number of daily scheduled cross‑line train pairs has increased from an initial 17.5 pairs to the current 35 pairs, with a cumulative total of more than 43,100 train pairs operated. At the same time, the annual compound growth rate of passenger flow has reached 71%, and operational efficiency continues to improve.
The picture, taken on June 27, shows a train traveling on the Hangzhou–Taizhou high‑speed railway in Shengzhou, Zhejiang.
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Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, June 27 — The 10th National Congress of the China Musicians Association (中国音乐家协会第十次全国代表大会), the 12th National Congress of the China Dancers Association (中国舞蹈家协会第十二次全国代表大会), and the 9th National Congress of the China Acrobats Association (中国杂技家协会第九次全国代表大会) were held in Beijing on the 27th. Li Shulei, member of the Politburo of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of the Publicity Department, attended the opening ceremony and delivered a speech.
Representatives said that in recent years a broad range of music, dance, and acrobatics workers have deeply studied and practiced Xi Jinping Thought on Culture, centered on the Party’s core tasks and served the overall situation, conveying emotion through sound, shaping the soul through form, and enhancing beauty through skill. They have produced many artistic masterpieces that reflect the times and praise the people, playing an important role in raising public aesthetic appreciation, consolidating the driving force of progress, and deepening foreign exchanges, thereby making a positive contribution to the flourishing and development of socialist literature and art.
Representatives expressed that they will anchor on the grand goal of building a culturally strong nation by 2035, continuously meet the spiritual and cultural needs of the people, promote the national spirit, and sound the strong voice of the times. They will use colorful artistic creation to display the scene of struggle and convey the voices of the masses, launching more outstanding works worthy of the era and the people. They will firm cultural confidence, further inherit and showcase the Chinese aesthetic style. They will present China’s story vividly with music, dance, and acrobatic works that have Chinese characteristics and meet the needs of overseas audiences, playing a greater role in promoting exchange and mutual learning between Chinese and foreign civilizations. They will cultivate high‑level leading talents, nurture grassroots, youth, and emerging‑field talents, providing them with more stages to invigorate cultural creation and devote themselves to new mass literature and art.
Tie Ning, Vice Chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress and Chairperson of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, attended the opening ceremony.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Hangzhou, June 27 — Zhang Guoqing (张国清), member of the Politburo of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, conducted research in Zhejiang from June 25 to 27 on the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation, as well as quality and brand management. He emphasized that it is necessary to thoroughly implement General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important instructions and directives, to carry out the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, to strengthen the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation, to comprehensively strengthen quality management, to increase high‑quality supply, to continuously shape new development momentum and new advantages, and to provide strong support for consolidating and expanding the steady and positive trend of the economy.
In Hangzhou and Yiwu, Zhang Guoqing visited Zhejiang Strong Brain Technology Co., Ltd. (浙江强脑科技有限公司), Hangzhou Yunshenchu Technology Co., Ltd. (杭州云深处科技有限公司), Zhejiang Zhenai Blanket Technology Co., Ltd. (浙江真爱毯业科技有限公司) and other enterprises, and obtained detailed information on production and operation, research and development innovation, and digital‑intelligent empowerment. He emphasized that enterprises are the main force driving innovation and creation; it is necessary to strengthen the leading role of enterprises in innovation, to support enterprises in increasing investment in basic research, to continuously cultivate original innovation in frontier fields, to accelerate breakthroughs of core technology bottlenecks, to enhance enterprises’ technological capabilities, and to firmly cultivate industrial development advantages. He called for deepening and expanding “Artificial Intelligence+”, using scenario applications as the pull, consolidating the technological foundations of computing power, algorithms, and data, accelerating the cultivation of industry‑specific vertical models, creating more high‑level intelligent agents, promoting AI‑enabled new‑type industrialization, and continuously spawning new‑quality productive forces. He urged the promotion of transformation and upgrading of traditional industries, strengthening standards‑driven guidance, accelerating technological renovation and the elimination of outdated and inefficient equipment and processes, promoting industrial intelligence, greening, and integration, and consolidating and enhancing the competitiveness of traditional industries.
Zhang Guoqing also went to Yiwu International Trade City (义乌国际商贸城), where he investigated the quality and brand management of the “Yiwu Small Commodity City” (义乌小商品城) and the daily supervision of e‑commerce platforms. He emphasized that it is necessary to adhere to “quality first, win by quality,” to improve the quality of research and development design and manufacturing, to advance the application of new technologies, new processes, and new materials, and to promote product variety development and quality upgrading. He called for encouraging enterprises to establish brand‑cultivation management systems, to create fine and famous products through technological, product, and service innovation, to enhance capabilities in brand design, market promotion, and brand maintenance, and to strictly combat brand counterfeiting, trademark infringement and other illegal activities in accordance with the law, thereby creating a favorable environment for the development of high‑quality brand enterprises. He urged fully leveraging platform enterprises in promoting innovation, driving development, creating employment, and international competition, stimulating the intrinsic motivation of operating entities and workers within the platform, and increasing the high‑quality supply of products and services.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Changchun, June 27 — Wang Xiaohong (王小洪), Secretary of the Central Committee’s Secretariat (中共中央书记处) and State Councilor, conducted a research tour in Jilin from June 25 to 26. He emphasized that it is necessary to thoroughly study and implement General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important instructions, fully implement the decisions and deployments of the Central Committee (党中央) and the State Council (国务院), grasp the overall trend, seize opportunities, strengthen innovation‑driven development, enrich policy supply, develop new‑quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions, accelerate the construction of a modern industrial system, take solid steps in high‑quality development, and help promote the comprehensive revitalization of the Northeast in the new era.
Wang Xiaohong first visited Changchun and then Jilin City, went deep into relevant enterprises and factories, and obtained detailed information on corporate production and operation as well as the research, development, and application of new technologies and new materials. He stressed that the focus of economic development must be placed on the real economy, concentrating on key sectors such as automobiles, petrochemicals, new energy, new materials, and new pharmaceuticals, optimizing industrial layout, continuously promoting the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries, and vigorously opening up strategic emerging industries and new tracks of future industries to consolidate and expand the foundation of the real economy. He called for strengthening the leading role of enterprises in innovation, paying attention to stimulating the vitality of all innovation entities, comprehensively enhancing basic research, pressing forward on breakthroughs in key core technologies and frontier technologies, simultaneously increasing the intensity of intellectual‑property protection, and effectively improving independent innovation capability. He urged the establishment of a sound and standardized long‑term mechanism for law enforcement involving enterprises, lawfully and equally protecting the lawful rights and interests of all business entities, building an efficient enterprise‑assistance service platform, and continuously optimizing the business environment. He reminded that development is a hard truth and security is also a hard truth, and that more hard and practical measures should be taken to comprehensively and deeply inspect and rectify various safety risks and hidden dangers, thereby firmly building a security shield for high‑quality development.
Return to TopBeijing, June 27 (Reporter Liu Zhiqiang) — Recently, the National Development and Reform Commission, together with the Ministry of Finance, issued to localities the third batch of this year’s 62.5 billion yuan ultra‑long‑term special government bond funds to support consumer‑goods trade‑in.
Since the beginning of this year, the National Development and Reform Commission, together with the Ministry of Finance and other departments, have disbursed the ultra‑long‑term special government bond funds for consumer‑goods trade‑in in quarterly batches. By June 20, the sales volume of consumer‑goods trade‑in had exceeded 1 trillion yuan, and the leverage ratio of subsidy funds had risen from 1:7.8 in 2025 to 1:10.3.
Under the consumer‑goods trade‑in policy, the potential of green and intelligent consumption is being released at an accelerated pace. From January to May of this year, the retail sales of household appliances with middle‑high energy‑efficiency grades among enterprises above the designated size grew by more than 30%; the retail penetration rate of the new‑energy‑vehicle market exceeded 60% for two consecutive months; and the retail sales of wearable smart devices such as smart glasses, which were added to the subsidy scope this year, increased by more than 100% year‑on‑year.
Relevant departments will continue to guide localities in reasonably pacing their work, balancing expenditures of subsidy funds, conducting standardized and efficient review and payment, strengthening closed‑loop management of the entire chain, and improving the effectiveness of central fund utilization.
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Beijing, on the east side of the north‑extension line of the central axis, the Chinese Communist Party History Exhibition Hall. One picture after another, one relic after another, one story after another engrave the rock‑solid original aspiration of the century‑old Party… Many visitors here relive the glorious years and perceive the Communist Party of China steering the towering ship forward through the waves.
The road we came from is the vicissitudes of the right path; the road of rejuvenation is the brilliance of dreams.
In the golden October of 2022, the magnificent journey of rejuvenation marked a new coordinate of struggle—
General Secretary Xi Jinping solemnly declared: “From now on, the central task of the Communist Party of China is to unite and lead the people of all ethnic groups nationwide to comprehensively build a socialist modernized strong country, achieve the second centenary goal, and fully advance the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation through Chinese‑style modernization.”
The new journey is a far‑reaching expedition filled with honor and dreams. On June 24 of this year, while inspecting in Dezhou, Shandong, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: “For 105 years our Party has united and led the people of all ethnic groups across the nation in unremitting struggle, creating great achievements worthy of history and the people.”
‘Continuously push forward the grand cause of Chinese‑style modernization,’ the whole Party and people of all ethnic groups across the country forge ahead with vigor, anchoring on the goals of building a strong nation and national rejuvenation.
‘Comprehensively building a socialist modernized country, comprehensively advancing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, the key lies in the Party.’
Located at the junction of Qinghai, Gansu and Sichuan provinces, in the upper reaches of the Dadu River, Guoluo Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (果洛藏族自治州) Banma County (班玛县) has lush pasture and robust yaks.
‘From the days of horseback grazing to later motorcycle grazing, and now drone grazing, my hometown is becoming more and more modern!’
In June 2024, in a bright classroom of Guoluo Xining National Middle School (果洛西宁民族中学) built with Shanghai assistance, 15‑year‑old Nidongla Mao (尼东拉毛) told the inspecting General Secretary Xi Jinping about the dramatic changes of his hometown.
Mountains and seas joining hands demonstrate the Party’s political advantage and the superiority of our socialist system.
The reason the Party and the country’s cause in the new era have achieved historic achievements and undergone historic changes, and the reason the new journey of the second centenary goal has a good start, fundamentally lies in General Secretary Xi Jinping steering the helm and the scientific guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era.
‘Comprehensively building a socialist modernized country, comprehensively advancing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, the key lies in the Party.’ In Xi Jinping’s Party‑building thought, the ‘Fourteen Persistences,’ the first is ‘insisting that the Party’s leadership is the most essential characteristic of socialism with Chinese characteristics.’
Setting the direction showcases an unparalleled strong leadership.
Governing a country is like planting a tree; if the root does not shake, the branches and leaves flourish. General Secretary Xi Jinping profoundly pointed out: ‘The root of our governance is the leadership of the Communist Party of China and our socialist system.’
Incorporating the Party’s leadership, the ‘most essential characteristic of socialism with Chinese characteristics,’ into the Party Constitution and the Constitution; improving the work mechanisms of a series of central decision‑making and coordination bodies; integrating Party leadership into ideological work, state‑owned enterprise governance, university leadership systems, and mass organization construction… erecting pillars, beams, and establishing rules, the Party‑leadership institutional system extends horizontally to the edges and vertically to the core, Party leadership ‘as the body moves the arm, as the arm moves the fingers.’
Grasping the overall situation displays an unparalleled strong organizational power.
A hearth on one side and a few long benches constitute a temporary venue.
In March 2025, General Secretary Xi Jinping visited Zhaoxing Dong Village (肇兴侗寨) in Liping County (黎平县), Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province. The General Secretary asked carefully and reminded in detail: ‘The first‑secretary system must still be upheld; after poverty alleviation, the task of comprehensive rural revitalization is equally heavy, and this aspect still needs strengthening.’
To win the battle against poverty, General Secretary Xi Jinping personally took command, personally went to the front, and personally supervised the fight; secretaries at five levels took charge of poverty alleviation, the whole Party mobilized to promote the offensive, 255,000 village‑stationed work teams, more than 3 million first secretaries and village‑stationed cadres, together with nearly 2 million township cadres and millions of village cadres, fought on the front line of poverty alleviation.
The Communist Party of China transforms organizational strength and advantage into development momentum and advantage, leading the people to win one hard battle after another, continuously moving from victory to victory.
Emphasizing implementation shapes an unparalleled strong execution capability.
In the intelligent production workshop of Henan Luoyang Bearing Group Co., Ltd. (河南洛阳轴承集团股份有限公司), CNC vertical machines line up in a row, and the technical team is tackling new bearing technology challenges. From the millimeter scale to over ten meters, today Luoyang Bearing’s high‑end bearing output accounts for 70% of its production value.
From the First Five‑Year Plan to the 15th Five‑Year Plan, blueprints have become reality, with continuous focus on implementation. ‘We have spoken the matters; we must hear the echo of implementation and see how it really turns out.’ The Communist Party of China combines sound planning with execution, acting promptly once the direction is clear, with grand visions in the heart and footprints left on the stone.
‘Our Party is born for the people, thrives because of the people, and all work is for the happiness of the people.’
‘Did you all move here together with your parents?’
‘How many of you wear glasses?’
‘Is there guaranteed time for physical exercise?’
In March of this year, at the Xiong’an Campus of Beijing No. 4 High School (北京四中雄安校区). General Secretary Xi Jinping asked with concern, and the children answered with excitement. The General Secretary pointed out: ‘It is not for a beautiful new city; rather, building a new city is precisely to enable ordinary people to live better lives.’
‘Chinese‑style modernization places people’s livelihood first’; the people are always the logical starting point and the ultimate value of development.
In national top‑level design, there are always meticulous livelihood considerations: the high‑speed rail network extends in depth, yet public “slow trains” still traverse the mountains; the ecological protection and restoration of the Yangtze River once again brings clear blue waters; broader employment channels and more public‑service positions enable fishermen to stay stable and become prosperous…
‘The people are the greatest source of confidence for our Party’s governance,’ and Communists gather the boundless wisdom and strength contained in the people.
In March of this year, a thank‑you letter from the General Office of the National Development and Reform Commission was delivered to Liu Xiya (刘希娅), Party Secretary of Xiejiawan School (谢家湾学校) in Chongqing. Her suggestion to ‘orderly promote small‑class teaching’ was incorporated into the 15th Five‑Year Plan outline.
The people’s ‘golden ideas’ gather in the ‘small courtyard deliberation hall,’ flow through grassroots legislative liaison points, appear in representatives’ suggestions and committee proposals, and continuously transform into the ‘golden fruits’ of development.
‘Insist on safeguarding and improving livelihoods in development,’ and Communists uphold the people‑first concept.
In November 2025, General Secretary Xi Jinping visited Yanyang Town (雁洋镇) in Meixian District, Meizhou City, Guangdong Province (梅州市梅县区雁洋镇). ‘Why come here to take a look?’ the General Secretary explained: ‘Development is uneven in some places; this is also my concern.’
The task is arduous; ‘just solving the food problem for more than 1.4 billion people is no small challenge’; only development can firmly support the happiness of the people.
‘Our Party is born for the people, thrives because of the people, and all work is for the happiness of the people.’ One by one, everyday matters, caring matters, concrete matters become the people’s sense of gain, happiness, and security: the ‘little apple’ becomes a ‘wealth‑bearing fruit,’ characteristic industries fill farmers’ pockets; the concept of ‘investing in people’ coordinates industrial development and employment expansion; the world’s largest education system, social security system, and medical‑health system promote the all‑round development of people…
‘Establish and practice a correct view of political achievements, ultimately to benefit the people.’ Opening the 15th Five‑Year Plan outline, more than one‑third of the 20 major indicators are livelihood indicators, and among the 109 major projects, 25 are livelihood projects.
‘The people’s yearning for a better life is our struggle goal.’ A resonant promise that pierces time and space.
‘Place the development of the nation and the people on the foundation of our own strength.’
On September 3, 2025, General Secretary Xi Jinping solemnly declared: ‘The great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is unstoppable!’
Those who discern the situation are wise; those who master it win. ‘Leading cadres must keep in mind two overall situations: one is the strategic overall situation of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, the other is the unprecedented great changes in the world in a century; this is the basic starting point of our work planning.’
The two overall situations intertwine and mutually stir, concerning the direction China will take and the trend of where the world is heading.
Communists of China grasp historical laws and take historical initiative, becoming an important force that promotes the positive evolution and healthy interaction of the two overall situations, demonstrating confident composure.
This confidence stems from the strategic initiative of correctly understanding and handling China’s relationship with the external world.
‘This AI translator supports 146 languages, and the upgraded version adds magnetic suction and phone‑stand functions.’ At the Global Digital Trade Center in Yiwu, Zhejiang, merchant Chen Jing (陈靖) introduced the product with confidence and pride. Indian buyer Aibi (艾比) on the spot decided to place an additional order: ‘The first batch of more than 100 units sold out quickly; seeing the upgraded version, we expect to order 300 units!’
The ‘World Supermarket’ expands domestic and international markets, integrating into the domestic‑international dual circulation; ‘Yiwu small commodities break into a big market and become a big industry.’ In the first quarter of this year, Yiwu’s total import‑export value grew 25% year‑on‑year, 10 percentage points higher than the national import‑export growth rate.
This composure comes from the forward‑looking deployment of ‘firmly grasping the destiny of our country’s development and progress in our own hands.’
Along the Huangpu River, in Xuhui District (徐汇区) of Shanghai, night deepens. The ‘Model Speed Space’ (模速空间) large‑model innovation ecological community shines brightly. Xia Lixue (夏立雪), CEO of Wu Wen Xinchong (无问芯穹), a post‑90s company, is discussing computing‑power optimization plans with team members. In ‘Model Speed Space,’ more than 300 AI enterprises have gathered.
In April 2025, amid severe fluctuations in the external economic and trade environment, General Secretary Xi Jinping came here to conduct an on‑site investigation of the AI industry. Before arriving in Shanghai, the General Secretary presided over the 20th collective study of the Politburo of the CPC Central Committee, focusing on the theme ‘strengthening AI development and regulation.’
On April 30 of this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized at a symposium on strengthening basic research: ‘We must strengthen basic research with greater intensity and more concrete measures.’
Key core technologies cannot be obtained, bought, or bargained for. The space station Tiangong (天宫) has been fully built, the Shendi Tower K1 Well (深地塔科1井) completed a ten‑kilometer drill, and the world’s first fourth‑generation nuclear power plant entered commercial operation… Technological innovation has taken solid steps, seizing the initiative of development.
The new journey is a new Long March.
Less than a week after the closing of the 20th Party Congress, General Secretary Xi Jinping, while paying homage at the Yan’an Revolutionary Memorial Site (延安革命纪念地) in Shaanxi’s Yan’an, pointed out: ‘Stand firmly on the ground, work hard, concentrate on doing our own affairs well, and place the development of the nation and the people on the foundation of our own strength.’
‘The most important thing is to concentrate our strength on doing our own affairs well; no matter the winds and waves, we sit steadily on the fishing platform.’ With the two overall situations in mind, confronting difficulties and risks with a spirit of historical initiative, belief as solid as a rock, steps resolute.
‘Jointly promote world modernization and create a better future for humanity.’
Chinese‑style modernization follows a path of peaceful development and does not pursue self‑interest alone. The Communist Party of China seeks happiness for the Chinese people, rejuvenation for the Chinese nation, progress for humanity, and a harmonious world for all.
‘I am willing to put forward a global governance initiative, and together with all countries, promote the building of a more just and reasonable global governance system, and jointly move toward a community of shared future for mankind.’ In September 2025, at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Tianjin Summit (上海合作组织天津峰会), President Xi Jinping presented the global governance initiative to the world.
The Global Development Initiative, Global Security Initiative, Global Civilization Initiative, Global Governance Initiative… the theoretical system for building a community of shared future for mankind continues to be enriched, and the practical pathways become clearer.
Harmony and coexistence, benefiting others while establishing oneself, China’s development benefits the world.
From May 1 of this year, China fully implemented a zero‑tariff measure for 53 African countries with which it has diplomatic relations. Ivory Coast’s rubber, Ethiopia’s flowers, Kenya’s coffee— the ‘subtraction’ of zero tariffs has achieved a ‘multiplication’ of cooperative development. AU Commission Chairperson Yousuf (优素福) regarded the measure as ‘important and timely,’ helping Africa confront global challenges.
High‑quality joint construction of the Belt and Road Initiative creates the widest‑ranged and largest‑scale international cooperation platform; the Global Development Initiative has mobilized more than US $230 billion of various development funds; together with 53 countries and nine international institutions, it jointly launched the Global Poverty Reduction and Development Partnership Alliance (全球减贫与发展伙伴联盟); cooperation projects such as Qian Kaigang (钱凯港) and Luban Workshop (鲁班工坊) help people in many countries walk the road to prosperity… China extensively builds cooperation platforms, making the magnificent picture of world modernization ever more colorful.
Planning for the world, strategizing for all ages, the Chinese solution leads the future.
Since the beginning of this year, leaders from around the world have visited China in quick succession; President Xi Jinping has engaged in deep exchanges with various countries and sectors through multiple channels, and Chinese diplomacy has surged in a series of highs.
‘China is becoming a new gravitational center of global diplomacy.’ The website of the UK’s Arab Weekly recently wrote. ‘Looking east’ is also looking at development, looking at the future; it is seeking certainty amid intertwined turmoil and sharing new opportunities in openness and inclusiveness.
Familiarity knows no distance, shared aspirations cross mountains and seas. This is a confident proclamation and roadmap that ‘China can succeed, and other developing countries can likewise succeed,’ expanding the path choices for developing nations toward modernization.
‘China will always stand on the correct side of history, with the people’s heart as its own heart, with the world’s interests as its own interests, and together with all countries promote the building of a community of shared future for mankind.’
Using development to promote prosperity, security to maintain stability, civilization to increase mutual trust, and governance to seek justice, China unites the world’s progressive forces with utmost sincerity, makes its greatest effort to gather the energy of peaceful development, ‘jointly promote world modernization and create a better future for humanity.’
‘Continuously push forward the new great project of Party building in the new era.’
A small opening leverages a great change; the Eight Provisions have changed China!
On the eve of the Dragon Boat Festival, the Discipline Inspection and Supervision Committee of the Municipal Party Committee and municipal organs in Pu’er, Yunnan, issued a clean‑government reminder: ‘Fragrant bamboo leaves of zongzi should not be trapped by a “sugar coating.”’ In the market, the price of gift‑box zongzi is mainly around a hundred yuan, and the earlier “sky‑high price zongzi” are hard to find.
General Secretary Xi Jinping profoundly pointed out: ‘Treating Party building as a great project to advance, and always adhering to the principle and policy that the Party must govern the Party and enforce strict Party governance, is a major innovation of our Party, and also a great treasure for founding the Party, founding the nation, and strengthening the Party and the country.’
Since the new era, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has incorporated comprehensive strict Party governance into the ‘Four Comprehensives’ strategic layout, ‘continuously pushing forward the new great project of Party building in the new era.’
Thought is the forerunner of action, theory is the guide of practice.
Nine rounds of intra‑Party concentrated education have persistently used the Party’s innovative theory to forge hearts and souls, effectively guiding the broad masses of Party members and cadres to solve problems and promote development.
A few years ago, Party members and cadres in Wuxi, Jiangsu, debated endlessly over ‘where the next trillion‑yuan industry will be.’ Where is the answer? It is in the Party’s innovative theory, in the deployment requirement to ‘develop new‑quality productive forces according to local conditions.’
Do not be blind; first assess the foundation; do not chase the big, only do what one excels at. Wuxi turned the aircraft engine and gas turbine industry chain laid out in 2012 into soil suitable for the growth of the commercial aerospace industry.
When thought is clear and methods are right, the development path widens. Today, Wuxi has 325 enterprises on the commercial aerospace chain, of which 52 are above‑designated‑size enterprises, achieving revenue of 14.48 billion yuan in 2025.
Discipline and rules are ‘high‑voltage lines’ and also ‘protective talismans,’ safeguarding entrepreneurship.
In Qingyang, Gansu, a ‘collapse‑style’ corruption once emerged, causing enterprises to hesitate to invest. The local area restored and purified the political ecology; a close‑clean government‑business relationship attracted enterprises in droves, and in 2025 the comprehensive evaluation of investment attraction work ranked first in the province.
Fu Yumeng (傅雨萌), general manager of Gan Nong Biotechnology Co., Ltd., felt sincerely: ‘No need to rely on connections; we registered the company and completed all procedures in one day.’
‘The more effective the Party’s governance of the Party, the stronger the guarantee for economic and social development.’
The great struggle, the great project, the great cause, the great dream—among them, the decisive factor is the new great project of Party building in the new era. This decisive role is reflected in Party governance taking root in the land and deep in people’s hearts, and in the atmosphere of integrity filling the universe, stirring forces.
Currently, the education on establishing and practicing a correct view of political achievements is being carried out deeply throughout the Party. The vast majority of Party members and cadres insist on achieving political results for the people, achieving results through hard work, striving to create achievements that can stand the test of practice, the people, and history, gathering tremendous force to advance Chinese‑style modernization.
On the new journey, deeply studying and implementing Xi Jinping’s Party‑building thought, profoundly understanding and grasping the ‘Fourteen Persistences,’ continuously pushing forward the new great project of Party building in the new era, and advancing comprehensive strict Party governance with higher standards and stricter measures, will inevitably provide a stronger and more powerful guarantee for advancing Chinese‑style modernization.
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Time is the imprint of the strivers.
2026 is the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China and the inaugural year of the 15th Five‑Year Plan, bearing great significance in the historic process of advancing Chinese‑style modernization.
‘Now, we are striding forward on the new journey of comprehensively building a socialist modernized country; we must work together to walk the new Long March, create a brighter future, and continuously satisfy the people’s yearning for a better life.’
Step by step we walk firmly; we are full of confidence, full of resolve, full of strength!
(Reporters Cui Can and Liu Lingling participated in the writing.)
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At present, the study and education on establishing and practicing the correct view of political performance is being carried out deeply throughout the Party. All regions, departments and units, centered on integrated promotion of learning, inspection and rectification, continue to exert effort in raising ideological awareness, continue to exert effort in rectification and remediation, and continue to exert effort in establishing sound systems and rules. The vast majority of Party members and cadres persist in producing political achievements for the people and producing political achievements through hard work. The study and education is moving deeper and more solidly, with implementation and results.
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: “The issue of the view of political performance is a fundamental issue, concerning the Party’s dedication to the public and the government’s service to the people.”
Thought is the forerunner of action. Since the launch of the study and education, Party members and cadres have continuously advanced the “four deep studies,” consciously benchmarking themselves, promptly correcting ideological deviations, and strengthening both ideological and practical consciousness of establishing and practicing the correct view of political performance.
Yiwu (义乌) in Zhejiang is the world’s largest hub for small commodities, where tens of thousands of merchants interact daily with customers from around the globe, and new situations and new problems emerge constantly. Previously, Party members and cadres learned through visits that merchants had a common and urgent wish—to open a new cross‑border logistics corridor to Central Asia. However, faced with the complex TIR (International Road Transport) rules, many cadres found it difficult: “The rules are too complicated, we can’t even figure out the declaration process,” “We worry that TIR documents will be wrong and the goods will be stuck at the port for several days” …
These problems appear on the surface as operational difficulties, but they reflect deeper shortcomings in the cadres’ service concepts and sense of responsibility. Some once thought this was a matter for enterprises, not for the government; others feared that too many departments were involved, leading to high coordination costs and slow results.
Addressing the issue from the root of thought, the study and education prompted cadres in the Yiwu Municipal Government Service Management Office to sit down, read the original texts carefully, and relate theory to practice. They combined their study of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important discourse on establishing and practicing the correct view of political performance with his vivid practice of the correct view during his local work, and also integrated the spirit of his important instructions on the “Yiwu development experience,” conducting a profound ideological cleansing.
Through study, they deeply realized that benefiting the people is the greatest political achievement; through study, methods such as “tailoring measures to local conditions and highlighting characteristics” and “problem‑oriented, precise policy implementation” entered their minds and hearts; through study, a consensus emerged to break barriers, take initiative, and cooperate actively.
Learning must be believed, applied, and acted upon. Ultimately, with the joint efforts of the Yiwu Municipal Government Service Management Office, the Yiwu Municipal Transportation Bureau, Yiwu Customs, and Yiwu International Land Port Group, the locality established a “policy direct‑reach” publicity mechanism to help enterprises quickly master the business declaration process; set up a precise customs‑service mechanism to ensure seamless connection and immediate completion of system approvals and certificate endorsements; and created a “port + local jurisdiction” coordinated mechanism so that TIR vehicles are inspected and released at the port immediately upon arrival. Today, several enterprises in Yiwu have applied for TIR qualifications, and an efficient highway logistics corridor linking Central Asia is accelerating its formation.
Study is deep, comprehension is thorough, work is solid.
Focusing on the needs of new employment groups, Datong (大同) in Shanxi launched a pilot project to build a “job‑choice friendly” scenario, integrating skills upgrading, job matching, rights protection, and service support to help new workers achieve stable employment; Harbin (哈尔滨) in Heilongjiang strengthened its grasp of macro policies and execution, aligning the outcomes of study and education with core work, continuously calibrating development focus, and ensuring resources flow to key areas … In the study and education, Party members and cadres consistently integrated learning, thinking, and application, unified knowledge, belief, and action, emphasized using the Party’s innovative theory to arm their minds, guide practice, and promote work, solving problems concretely, benefiting the people, and advancing development.
General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: “This study and education must closely follow the overall requirement of ‘the Party serves the public, benefits the people, makes scientific decisions, and works earnestly,’ and integrate learning, inspection and rectification, identifying problems clearly, pinpointing them, and carrying out precise and pragmatic rectification.”
In the study and education, each region, department and unit, based on its own reality, listed items, identified problems, investigated root causes, and drafted prescriptions; they corrected what could be corrected, implemented reforms immediately, and for historically formed or temporarily unsolvable problems, formulated practical plans and schemes, kept close watch, and persisted unremittingly until rectification was complete.
For 28 years a building had been handed over, yet a property certificate could not be obtained. At No. 284 Beijing Road, Block 4, Baiyin District, Baiyin (白银) City, Gansu, Liu Yuxiang (刘玉香) and 16 other households felt helpless: “The children cannot register household registration, the house cannot be traded; this has become a heavy stone hanging over our hearts.”
“Benefiting the people means tackling unresolved difficulties one by one,” said a senior official of the Baiyin Municipal Party Committee. In March of this year, Baiyin City faced the difficulty head‑on and voluntarily dug up this long‑standing old debt.
The old debt had accumulated over time, with complex causes and wide‑ranging involvement. Baiyin City compiled the situation, analyzed the problems, and clarified the causal chain: the houses of the 17 households were welfare allocations from a certain enterprise; due to multiple reorganizations, staff reshuffles, loss of original documents, and changes in property ownership, the responsible entity was missing, making normal real‑estate registration impossible.
“Obtaining the property certificate is very difficult,” said Di Xiaoyan (狄晓燕), deputy director of the Baiyin Municipal Real‑Estate Registration Affairs Center. The issue involved natural resources, housing and urban‑rural development, tax authorities, and other departments; moreover, the original enterprise had long been deregistered, leaving the problem hanging for years with no result despite multiple pushes.
How to break the deadlock? A systemic perspective became the key.
At the municipal level, the Party Committee Office coordinated the whole process, while Baiyin District set up a special task force to resolve historical issues, linking up vertically and forming a closed‑loop mechanism of “one task force coordinating, one set of processes connecting, multiple departments cooperating.” The certification work was restarted.
The natural resources department carried out precise on‑site surveys of land rights, solidifying basic data; the real‑estate registration center opened a green channel for people‑oriented certification, simplifying procedures and speeding up efficiency; the housing department dug deep into archived materials, verifying each house’s historical ownership information item by item … Through joint effort, all 17 households received their “big red books” (property certificates).
Resolving one case benefits a whole area and governs a region. “Through in‑depth investigation we found that the whole city still has 33 residential communities, more than 20,000 housing units facing ‘registration difficulty’ problems,” Di said. The city’s task force has now set phased resolution targets, striving to ensure that residents can obtain property certificates whenever they wish, as quickly as possible.
Since the launch of the study and education, Shijiazhuang (石家庄) in Hebei has strengthened systemic governance of “unfinished projects,” promoting “activating one project, resolving a batch of contradictions, benefiting a locality of people”; Xicheng District in Beijing has built a three‑level linkage system of district‑level leader case‑handling, task‑force tracking and supervision, and responsible units operating with visual charts, advancing the staged resolution of many historical issues … Across regions, departments and units, continuous effort in rectification and remediation addresses problems such as “new officials ignoring old debts,” chewing through hard “bones,” and earning the people’s trust with tangible results.
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: “From the problems identified in this study and education, we must discover institutional loopholes, shortcomings, and weak points, and truly complete and establish the rules and systems, making clear what can be done, what cannot be done, for whom it is done, and how it should be done, and also improve accountability measures so that the system becomes firm, fully playing its guiding, incentivizing, and normative restraint roles.”
In the study and education, each region, department and unit adhered to a combination of “immediate correction” and “long‑term establishment,” drawing analogies, creating regulations, and solving one problem to drive the solution of a class of problems.
The story begins with two computing‑power enterprises in Chengdu (成都), Sichuan.
Chengdu Xingtuo Microelectronics is a specialized, innovative small‑medium enterprise focusing on interconnect chip solutions; its technology is solid, but its market reach is limited. The other is Sichuan Huakun Zhenyu, with annual revenue close to 15 billion yuan, driving the Sichuan computing‑power industry chain to exceed 30 billion yuan, a genuine leading enterprise. Although both are in Chengdu and operate upstream and downstream businesses, they rarely communicated.
The opportunity arose during the study and education period. Chengdu launched a regular service program “enter ten thousand enterprises, solve problems, improve environment, promote development,” and the industry主管部门 (industry主管部门) organized an “Artificial Intelligence (computing‑power new infrastructure) ‘1+N’ precise docking session.” Led by a “chain‑master” enterprise such as Huakun Zhenyu, and joined by “chain‑member” enterprises like Xingtuo Microelectronics with product needs or matching intentions, everyone sat together, laid out their capabilities, and voiced their demands.
The collision indeed sparked fire. Xingtuo Microelectronics and other enterprises deepened technical joint debugging with Huakun Zhenyu, conducting joint verification of high‑speed interconnect solutions, and planning batch cooperation on more product categories. “From technical parameter docking to sample adaptation, we completed in one week what previously took a month of communication,” said a person in charge of Xingtuo Microelectronics.
Solving a single enterprise’s pain point is not difficult; the challenge is solving a blockage in an entire industry chain; solving a chain blockage is still not enough—more crucial is preserving good experience and putting it to use.
Chengdu promptly summarized, using a point‑to‑surface approach, and promoted the single‑chain experience to all 17 key industry chains in the city: in terms of communication mechanisms, a private‑economy (modern industry) development promotion center was established offline, and online “government‑enterprise WeChat groups” at municipal and district levels were built, covering over 7,500 key enterprises; in terms of professional services, “private‑enterprise reception rooms,” “enterprise voice” and other service brands were created to link enterprises with various service resources … More importantly, these explorations were gradually compiled into institutional mechanisms. The “Chengdu Private‑Economy Center Service Function Optimization Plan” was issued, exploring the construction of an integrated service scheme with clearer rights and responsibilities, tighter connections, and more concentrated resources, promoting the building of a “clean‑clear” government‑business relationship.
“Small wisdom governs affairs, great wisdom governs systems,” the system governs fundamentals and the long term.
Rui Chang (瑞昌) in Jiangxi issued a (trial) method for the handover of changes in the main responsible persons of the municipal leadership team, constructing a full‑dimension handover system and closed‑loop management mechanism, achieving smooth and seamless transition of key work tasks, and guiding Party leaders and cadres to establish and practice the correct view of political performance with institutional rigidity. Huangshi (黄石) in Hubei revised the evaluation method for economic responsibility audits of leading cadres, achieving an objective and fair quantitative assessment of audited cadres’ overall performance … In many localities, recurring problems are addressed by seeking institutional causes, deeply studying the regularity of multi‑point occurrences, and thoroughly reviewing existing regulations, thereby better leveraging the guiding, incentivizing, and normative restraint functions of the system.
(Reporters Meng Xiangfu, Wang Jintao, Liu Junguo, You Yi)
Return to TopMacau, June 27 (Reporter Fu Zimei (富子梅)) — On the 27th, the 13th Tourism Ministers' Meeting of the Asia‑Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) was held in the Macao Special Administrative Region. Heads of tourism authorities from the 21 economies of APEC participated in the meeting.
The meeting was themed “Digital and Intelligent Innovation, Cooperation Empowerment — Using Tourism to Support the Construction of the Asia‑Pacific Community,” and explored new vitality, new driving forces, and new business formats for high‑quality development of the tourism industry, guiding Asia‑Pacific tourism toward a more dynamic, more sustainable new development stage, and solidifying the economic foundation and tightening the bond of public opinion for the construction of the Asia‑Pacific Community.
Participants said that tourism is an important driver pulling the economic development of the Asia‑Pacific region, with a solid foundation, abundant potential, and a promising future. In recent years, the scope of mutual visa‑free arrangements has continued to expand, steadily improving the level of cross‑border tourism facilitation, and the scale of tourist exchanges has continuously grown.
On June 24–25, a supporting meeting of the 67th APEC Tourism Working Group was held.
Return to TopBeijing, June 27 (Reporter Wu Qiuyu) – The latest data released by the People’s Bank of China show that the country’s financial markets have operated smoothly so far this year. In the first five months, panda bonds were issued in a cumulative total of 1,329.8 billion yuan, and 17 new overseas institutions entered the inter‑bank bond market. In May, net financing of government bonds amounted to 12,235.5 billion yuan, a year‑on‑year decrease of 2,349.8 billion yuan; net financing of corporate bonds reached 1,680.4 billion yuan, a year‑on‑year increase of 183.9 billion yuan. By the end of May, the custodial balance of the bond market stood at 202.6 trillion yuan.
Panda bonds are renminbi‑denominated bonds issued by overseas institutions within China. They are both an important measure to promote the opening of China’s bond market and a key tool for expanding cross‑border renminbi financing channels and advancing the internationalization of the renminbi.
In May, the inter‑bank market’s renminbi derivatives market recorded a turnover of 5.0 trillion yuan, up 18.6 % year‑on‑year; the government bond futures market saw a turnover of 9.9 trillion yuan, up 29.4 % year‑on‑year; commercial paper acceptance amounted to 4.4 trillion yuan, and discounting amounted to 3.7 trillion yuan.
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As one of the host nations of the 2026 World Cup, Mexico is welcoming fans and tourists from around the world. Off the field, city public transport faces intense tests; increasing bus capacity, easing road congestion, and reducing travel emissions are the “must‑answer questions”.
Near the Aztec Stadium in southern Mexico City, a Yutong‑manufactured trolley‑free electric bus slowly pulls into the platform, doors open, fans and citizens board in order. The vehicle starts, glides onto the main road, and the roar of conventional diesel vehicles is almost inaudible. Citizen Josefina de Paz told reporters: “Buses made in China are spacious, fast, safe and clean, and are friendlier to the city’s air.”
Since entering the Mexican market in 2018, Yutong has deployed electric, natural‑gas, diesel and hybrid buses in nearly ten major cities, delivering more than 1,400 vehicles in total and providing travel services for about 100,000 passengers. Today, Chinese‑brand new‑energy vehicles represented by Yutong are helping modernize Mexico’s bus system through locally tailored technical adaptation and continuously improved service guarantees.
Large‑scale events not only require cities to increase capacity in a short time, but also demand that public‑transport systems operate safely, stably and efficiently. Yutong’s travel‑support work during the World Cup is a microcosm of its deep cultivation of the local public‑transport market. From the central‑Mexico city of Puebla, to the northeastern city of Monterrey, to the capital Mexico City, Yutong has evolved from a single exporter into a provider of deeply localized transportation solutions.
Along the Gulf of Mexico, sea breezes blow. On the streets of Veracruz state, brand‑new, bright buses attract citizens who take photos and check‑in; a batch of new‑energy buses manufactured by Yutong was recently put into service locally. Governor Rosio Nale (罗西奥·纳莱) said: “This batch of buses is only the starting point; we will continue to promote Chinese‑made vehicles in cities across the state, further advancing green travel.” Nale indicated that new‑energy buses have become a global trend, and Veracruz, based on its geography and climate, chose electric‑drive and diesel‑hybrid technology, balancing economy and environmental protection, “in the future we will further replace the state’s aging diesel buses.”
“New‑energy buses are not only a means of transport, they are a powerful force for changing cities,” said Enrique Santos Mendoza (恩里克·桑托斯·门多萨), Secretary of the Veracruz State Public‑Transport Modernization Trust Technology. “Yutong is our partner in the green‑travel field, establishing a positive image for Chinese new‑energy vehicle brands entering the Mexican market.”
For driver Luis, driving a Yutong hybrid bus is a brand‑new experience. He told reporters: “Driving a Yutong bus is much easier than before. The interior air‑conditioning is strong, the noise is low, and climbing hills is not a strain.” According to the company, Yutong reinforced the power‑train for the local terrain, improving hill‑climbing and range, and equipped a regenerative‑braking system, reducing fuel consumption by an average of 35% and cutting carbon emissions by nearly 30%.
To adapt to Mexico’s complex geography, Yutong has established a “technology‑adaptation localization” system that meets the usage scenarios of different cities. “We do not simply push ready‑made products to customers; we conduct on‑site research and customized development according to each region’s climate, topography and route requirements. Our strategy in Mexico is not only to ‘sell buses’, but also to ‘take root’—long‑termism, integrated solutions, technical adaptation, talent cultivation, after‑sales service; none can be omitted,” said Ren Wenhui (任文辉), head of Yutong Mexico.
In the Yutong service‑center office in southern Mexico City, technical director Oscar Omar Hernandez (奥斯卡·奥马尔·埃尔南德斯) is sorting maintenance records. He has worked at Yutong for six years, leads four engineers, and mainly handles after‑sales service and parts management for Yutong products in Mexico City. “Rapid response and factory‑quality assurance are the keys to earning customer trust,” he said. The service centre’s goal is to get every bus that comes in for inspection back into operation in the shortest possible time. Yutong can provide factory parts and technical support at the first moment, reducing customers’ downtime.
Since entering the Mexican market, Yutong has continuously refined its service‑system construction, establishing parts warehouses and service centres in multiple locations, forming a nationwide response network. Hernandez recalled that when he first joined Yutong, he was the company’s only local technician, “as business expanded and new‑energy projects took shape, the company began to build a localized team; now there are about 40 Mexican employees, and service‑response speed has noticeably accelerated.” He noted that Yutong’s vehicle maintenance efficiency in Mexico is about 50% higher than comparable products.
Elizabeth Cruz (伊丽莎白·克鲁斯), assistant at the Mexico City Department of Electric Transportation, Transport Management Division, said Yutong electric buses stand out in technological innovation and safety performance, becoming an important force for modernizing Mexico City’s public transport, “Even the first batch deployed in 2019, now approaching the end of its warranty, remains in good condition, thanks to Yutong’s continuous technical support and professional service.” According to the department, before each new‑bus delivery, Yutong conducts centralized training for drivers, maintenance workers and technicians, and provides regular refresher training to ensure personnel are familiar with new‑energy vehicle operation. Yutong also dispatches Chinese engineers or hires local engineers to teach advanced maintenance techniques, guaranteeing service quality.
Hernandez said Chinese engineers provided his team with systematic professional training, not only equipping them with advanced technology but also instilling strict safety awareness, “We have entered the new‑energy era; this is not only corporate growth but an industry‑wide transformation. Yutong’s localized network is making Mexico’s public transport cleaner and more efficient.”
In Mexico City’s Polanco district, the blue‑white Yutong trolley‑free electric bus adds a splash of colour to the city.
“We plan to purchase more Yutong pure‑electric buses to expand existing routes and open new ones,” Cruz told reporters. The pure‑electric bus project that Yutong runs with the Mexico City Public‑Transport Authority has been operating for more than two years, accumulating over 12 million kilometres, saving about 5 million litres of fuel and reducing carbon emissions by 12 000 tonnes. “Mexico City suffers from serious congestion and pollution; promoting zero‑emission public transport helps improve air quality and raise citizens’ living standards, and is an important step toward achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.”
Nestor Utarela, operations manager of Uluya Public Transport Company, said: “Chinese firms have mature electrification solutions and stable service systems. Cooperating with them helps us achieve emission‑reduction targets more quickly.”
“Mexico is accelerating public‑transport modernization and low‑carbon transition. Chinese firms have strong technical capabilities, and their development philosophy aligns closely with Mexico’s, making cooperation a natural fit,” Ren Wenhui said. In the future, the company will rely on its technological advantages in new‑energy and vehicle manufacturing to actively provide integrated transportation solutions for partners, contributing more Chinese wisdom and strength to green travel and interconnectivity.
Evelyn Julieta Rodriguez Hernandez (伊芙琳·胡丽埃塔·罗德里格斯·埃尔南德斯), former director of the Mexico City Human Rights Commission’s Oversight Department, told reporters that Yutong and other Chinese new‑energy vehicle enterprises are actively establishing a presence in Mexico, bringing opportunities for local public‑transport modernization and driving local industry upgrading. “China’s mature technologies in batteries, electric‑drive systems, and intelligent control are helping Mexico improve infrastructure, lower industry costs, and accelerate green innovation. Such cooperation not only boosts local trade and investment growth, but also creates jobs, allowing the green industry to benefit society, the economy and the environment.”
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Recently, President Xi Jinping, in a reply letter to the students of the two countries participating in the “Sailing Blue: China‑US Youth Friendship Tour” activity, formally announced that the “five‑year invitation of 50,000 American youths to come to China for exchange and study” initiative had achieved its expected target two and a half years ahead of schedule. The completion of the “five‑year 50,000” goal is not only an inspiring set of numbers, but also a practice of people‑to‑people connection across the Pacific, and a youthful answer sheet for building the future of China‑US relations. The two‑way movement of Chinese and American youths deepens mutual understanding, forges deep friendship, and writes a new historical chapter of friendly exchanges between the peoples of the two countries.
春风化雨(chūn fēng huà yǔ - “spring wind transforms into rain,” gentle nurturing) – the leader’s foresight sketches a new chapter of exchange. In November 2023, President Xi, while attending a welcome banquet in San Francisco jointly hosted by United Friendly Groups of the United States, announced that China would, over the next five years, invite 50,000 American youths to come to China for exchange and study. Over the subsequent two‑plus years, American youths participating in the “five‑year 50,000” initiative have covered all 50 states and the District of Columbia, including students from Harvard University and other universities, middle‑school groups such as Lincoln Middle School, and youths joining pickleball cultural exchanges and the “One Voice” choir. They have traveled deep into China’s coastal and inland regions, entered snow‑capped plateaus, Jiangnan water towns, smart factories, and beautiful countryside, personally perceiving a real China. The breadth of this contact and the depth of participation have launched a new historical process of China‑US people‑to‑people exchange. President Xi has repeatedly interacted with the visiting American youths through reply letters and other means, encouraging them to become the new generation of ambassadors of friendship between the two countries. It is precisely this strategic guidance, hands‑on involvement, and considerate care that endow the initiative with powerful appeal and vitality.
Abundant fruits hang on the branches; cultural exchange builds a bridge of people‑to‑people affinity. The most far‑reaching significance of the “five‑year 50,000” initiative lies in helping American youths develop a rational understanding of China through face‑to‑face, authentic contact. One batch after another of American youths have crossed the Pacific to China – University of Tulsa faculty and students entered a exchange camp at China University of Petroleum (Beijing) (中国石油大学（北京）) and felt the vigorous pulse of China’s green‑innovation industry; descendants of Flying Tigers veterans and students from the Flying Tigers Friendship School (飞虎队友谊学校) explored the historical memory of China‑US win‑win cooperation; teachers and students from the “Jin Xiu Jiangsu·US Youth Exchange Camp” (锦绣江苏·美国青少年交流营) delved into Chinese villages and observed the grassroots picture of Chinese‑style modernization… Through personal experience they re‑recognize China, breaking the “information cocoon” long constructed by some Western media. As a student from Mascarenhas High School in the United States put it: “Truly entering China and interacting with Chinese people is a feeling completely different from classroom learning.” Time and again, reality proves that “the friendship of nations depends on the closeness of peoples, and the closeness of peoples depends on the communion of hearts,” and that cultural exchange remains the most direct and effective way to dispel prejudice, enhance understanding, and serve as the most resilient bond in China‑US relations.
润物无声(rùn wù wú shēng - “moistening things without sound,” subtle influence) – youth interaction stimulates new momentum for bilateral cooperation. Youth exchange is not merely a visit; it is the building of trust, connection, and joint progress through mutual learning, collaboration, and daily life, continuously nurturing an endogenous drive for China‑US cooperation toward the future. In Guangdong, Harvard students and South China University of Technology (华南理工大学) students jointly participated in a new‑engineering curriculum, closely experiencing the technological innovation vitality of the Guangdong‑Hong Kong‑Macao Greater Bay Area; in Jiangsu, Miami Diamond Leadership Academy (迈阿密钻石领航学院) and Beijiao Senior High School, Changzhou (常州市北郊高级中学) students together constructed a Lu Ban wooden bridge using mortise‑and‑tenon joints, deepening understanding and friendship through hands‑on practice. As youths from the two countries continue to deepen exchanges in science, education, culture and other fields, many primary and secondary schools have become long‑term sister schools, and a series of long‑term cooperative projects are being continuously advanced. China‑US youth exchange is gradually shifting from short‑term visits to institutionalized cooperation. This organically grown mutual trust and collaboration among youth groups and educational institutions injects vibrant and sustainable positive force into China‑US relations.
The story of China‑US friendship is written by the peoples, and the future of China‑US relations is created by the youths. The early achievement of the “five‑year 50,000” target is not an endpoint but a new starting point. In May of this year, President Xi and President Trump met successfully in Beijing, providing strategic guidance not only for the next three years and beyond of China‑US relations, but also pointing the way for cultural and youth exchanges between the two countries.
Standing at a new historical node, we will continue to be guided by Xi Jinping’s diplomatic thought, thoroughly implement the important consensus reached at the China‑US leaders’ Beijing meeting, continuously consolidate and deepen the results of the “five‑year 50,000” initiative, and promote China‑US youth exchange toward long‑term, institutionalized, and regularized development. We will keep expanding cooperation in education, science and technology, culture, sports and other fields, allowing more American youths to become firsthand experiencers of China’s story and disseminators of China‑US friendship, enabling more China‑US youths to take up the relay baton of the two‑nation friendship cause, and letting the warm current formed by their two‑way journeys continue to surge across both sides of the Pacific, accumulating stronger youthful power for building a constructive, strategically stable China‑US relationship.
(Author: Chinese Ambassador to the United States)
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Attended the China Development High-Level Forum 2026 Annual Meeting, discussing frontier trends with participants from home and abroad; attended the 2026 Beijing International Auto Show, closely experiencing the latest iterations of China’s intelligent driving solutions… Since the beginning of this year, Stefan Hartong, Chairman of the Board of Bosch Group, has visited China multiple times. He said that each visit to China allows him to clearly feel the strong pulse of China’s high‑quality development, “In the past few years, the biggest change in the Chinese market has been the ability of new technologies to be quickly implemented and iterated. China is actively cultivating and developing new‑type productive forces, forming a virtuous cycle in which supply and demand mutually promote each other, injecting a powerful momentum into global innovation.”
In Hartong’s view, China’s rapid development in frontier fields such as artificial intelligence and embodied intelligence benefits from a unique industrial ecosystem. “The greatest advantage for the rapid implementation of AI technology in China lies in having a leading and vibrant open‑source ecosystem. Many of Bosch’s AI projects in China are based on domestically developed large models.”
The extremely high acceptance of frontier technologies by Chinese consumers also excites multinational companies such as Bosch. Hartong frankly said: “Chinese consumers desire product upgrades every two to three years; their high standards and diversified consumption needs push the supply side to continuously break through technological boundaries. The joint action of supply and demand, combined with a mature industrial ecosystem, creates a self‑reinforcing positive cycle. China has become the best testing ground for global innovation.”
At present, China is promoting the implementation of the 15th Five‑Year Plan, with high‑quality development as the central theme and placing great emphasis on innovation‑driven, green and low‑carbon related fields. Hartong said that Bosch’s development strategy in China is highly consistent with China’s goal of advancing a modernized industrial system. “The industries mentioned in the 15th Five‑Year Plan, such as hydrogen energy and intelligent connected new‑energy vehicles, are precisely the strategic focuses that Bosch has long cultivated and continues to increase investment in.” Hartong added that the new‑energy‑vehicle core components and autonomous‑driving research and manufacturing base that Bosch launched in Suzhou, Jiangsu, is an important measure to strengthen local innovation capability and respond to China’s industrial upgrading needs. Bosch is fully prepared and hopes to deeply participate in China’s high‑quality development process.
Hartong emphasized that for multinational enterprises to win the future in the Chinese market, they must adapt their technology development to local conditions – “enter the village and follow the customs.” Whether it is a dishwasher customized according to Chinese cooking habits, or an intelligent driver‑assist and L3‑level autonomous driving system deeply adapted to China’s complex road conditions and driving habits, Bosch consistently develops around user needs. “Although the technological paths and environments differ across markets, Bosch’s production and manufacturing standards are identical worldwide.”
Hartong stated that the future of robotics must be a deep integration of hardware and software: for a robot to have practical value, it must overcome electromechanical system challenges and meet industrial‑grade standards in weight, size, precision and durability; continuously evolving software algorithms will enable robots to have iterative capabilities in the real world. “Bosch develops key hardware such as sensors, components and subsystems, and also deeply invests in artificial‑intelligence learning algorithms.” Hartong said that China’s humanoid‑robot industry has formed a vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystem; Bosch is actively connecting with major Chinese universities and industrial ecosystems, conducting early‑stage cooperation with several domestic laboratories and startups, using a safe and stable manufacturing environment as a testing area, and jointly formulating industrial standards for the deployment of humanoid robots.
Hartong believes that the accelerated overseas expansion of Chinese new‑energy vehicle companies represents a new opportunity for mutually beneficial, mutually reinforcing cooperation between multinational supply‑chain giants and Chinese firms. “The Chinese automobile market is highly competitive and intensely focused on consumer demand; Chinese automakers that stand out in this environment already possess excellent international operational potential.” Hartong said that Bosch’s extensive global footprint can match the overseas pace of Chinese automakers, “We can provide manufacturing and supply‑chain support worldwide, helping Chinese automakers better integrate into local markets such as Latin America and Europe. Through deep collaboration in global markets, we will, together with Chinese partners, witness and share the opportunities brought by the transformation of the global automotive industry.”
Return to TopBy: 常 健
Rooted in Chinese practice and looking to global development, the fifth National Human Rights Action Plan shows a more proactive stance and will inevitably inject lasting momentum into advancing global human rights governance toward a more fair, just, reasonable, and inclusive direction.
The State Council Information Office (国务院新闻办公室) recently released the National Human Rights Action Plan (2026–2030) (国家人权行动计划（2026—2030年）), which is the Chinese government’s fifth National Human Rights Action Plan. The plan bridges past and future, focuses on priority matters and key objectives of human‑rights protection, explores feasible paths to improve the rule of law safeguarding human rights, and uses precise policy measures to ensure that human‑rights protection is effectively implemented, propelling the development of China’s human‑rights cause to a new level and making a new Chinese contribution to global human‑rights governance.
From 2026 to 2030, China will be in a critical period of consolidating the foundation and fully advancing the basic achievement of socialist modernization. At present, problems of unbalanced and insufficient development in China remain prominent, the international environment is increasingly marked by intertwined turmoil, uncertainty, and instability, and scientific and technological progress together with industrial transformation generate new rights demands. The people look forward to higher‑quality development and more comprehensive human‑rights protection. Against this backdrop, the fifth National Human Rights Action Plan employs systematic thinking to plan human‑rights construction, adheres to the principles of legality, equality, pragmatism, coordination, and joint effort, and advances the development of the human‑rights cause in a coordinated manner across material civilization, political civilization, spiritual civilization, social civilization, and ecological civilization, fully enhancing the level of all human‑rights guarantees and promoting the all‑round development of individuals and the all‑round progress of society.
Improving the mechanisms that protect civil rights and political rights is a key focus of the fifth National Human Rights Action Plan. In the relevant dedicated chapters, a separate section is set for “personal rights and personality rights,” clarifying the judicial application rules for injunctions against personality‑right infringements and actively responding to new personality‑right disputes arising from the development of network information technology. Regarding political rights, a “democratic rights” section is established, requiring the development of a more extensive, more thorough, and more sound whole‑process people’s democracy, and legally guaranteeing the rights to vote, to be elected, to know, to participate, to express, and to supervise.
In line with development trends, the fifth National Human Rights Action Plan makes systematic deployments for human‑rights protection and human‑rights culture building in emerging fields. To promote enterprises’ fulfillment of human‑rights responsibilities, it calls for the formulation and improvement of laws, policies, and judicial measures related to corporate social responsibility, the refinement of corporate social responsibility guidelines and the assessment system for corporate social responsibility in government procurement, and the encouragement and support for enterprises to formulate and publicly disclose policies and commitments to fulfill social responsibility. It integrates the “environment, society, and corporate governance” concept into enterprises’ global development strategies, creates a corporate culture that respects and safeguards human rights, and promotes enterprises to implement human‑rights due diligence in foreign trade, investment, and cooperation, thereby fostering sustainable economic, social, and environmental development locally. In continuously raising human‑rights awareness, higher requirements are set for human‑rights education, research, training, and public dissemination, and intelligent digital technologies are actively employed to explore new forms, channels, and scenarios for human‑rights education.
Active participation in global human‑rights governance is an inherent duty of China’s human‑rights cause. In the chapter “Actively Promote Global Human‑Rights Governance,” the fifth National Human Rights Action Plan calls for the improvement of global human‑rights governance, the effective conduct of international human‑rights dialogue and cooperation, active participation in United Nations human‑rights affairs, and the continuous advancement of human‑rights compliance review work. Rooted in Chinese practice and looking to global development, the fifth National Human Rights Action Plan shows a more proactive stance and will inevitably inject lasting momentum into advancing global human‑rights governance toward a more fair, just, reasonable, and inclusive direction.
(Author is Director of the Nankai University Human Rights Research Center (南开大学人权研究中心))
Return to TopThis newspaper, Geneva, June 27 – (Reporter Liu He (刘赫)) – Jia Guide (贾桂德), representing China’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations in Geneva and other international organizations in Switzerland, on the 25th delivered a joint statement on behalf of nearly 20 countries at the 62nd session of the Human Rights Council, exposing and condemning the unilateral bullying practice of imposing tariffs under the pretext of “forced labor”.
The joint statement pointed out that eliminating poverty requires safeguarding the right to work and the right to development of peoples in all countries. We resolutely oppose “forced labor”, and at the same time we are seriously concerned and strongly oppose a certain country that abuses its domestic law, unilaterally determines that other economies have not effectively implemented and enforced measures to “prohibit the import of products made with forced labor”, and uses this as a pretext to impose additional tariffs. The concerned country, under the name of “forced labor”, in fact imposes tariffs, which will only damage the right of workers in all countries to decent work and their right to development, disrupt the stability of global supply chains and industrial chains, and undermine the international community’s efforts to eradicate poverty. The joint statement urges the concerned country to respect objective facts, stop politicizing trade and economic issues and weaponizing human‑rights topics, and with concrete actions maintain the international trade and economic order, and contribute to global development and poverty‑reduction progress.
The joint statement received broad support; Russia, Pakistan, Cuba, Venezuela, Sudan, Cambodia and many other countries joined the joint statement, and developing countries actively responded with their own statements.
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“German products ‘Export to China’ – the 2026 German Chamber of Commerce and Industry China Business Forum” was recently held in Berlin, the capital of Germany. This event was co‑hosted by the Ministry of Commerce of China and the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (德国工商大会), and it is the first “Shared Big Market·Export to China” activity in the European Union. Participating Chinese and German enterprises said that China’s industrial transformation and upgrading bring new opportunities for China‑Germany economic and trade cooperation, and that China’s ultra‑large market advantage and the continuously expanding middle‑income group persistently attract German investment in China.
Ling Ji (凌激), Deputy Minister of Commerce of China and Deputy Representative for International Trade Negotiations, said that the Chinese side is willing to further expand imports of high‑quality products and technologies from Germany, jointly enlarge the cooperation “cake,” and promote the stable and healthy development of China‑Germany economic and trade cooperation.
Thomas Steffen, State Secretary of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (联邦经济与能源部) of Germany, said that Germany and China are important trade partners for each other, facing common challenges such as population aging, digital transformation, and green low‑carbon development. Both sides should uphold openness, cooperation, mutual benefit, fair competition, and mutual trust, deepen cooperation in future technologies, innovation, and supply chains, and jointly safeguard a rules‑based global trade system.
At present, there are about 5,200 German enterprises operating in China. According to Nicole Lenf (妮可·伦弗), Director of the International Market Department of the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry, about two‑thirds of these enterprises have been rooted in China for more than 15 years, many have a development history in China exceeding 30 years, and some have been present for a century. “Approximately half of the German companies plan to further expand their investment in China, which fully demonstrates their confidence in bilateral economic and trade relations.”
Man Peixuan (曼培轩), Vice President of the Adidas Group, said: “China is continuously increasing its openness and optimizing the business environment, and we are confident in further expanding our market in China.”
Tobias Lamrat (托比亚斯·拉姆拉特), International Sales Director of Hans Hil Company (汉斯希尔公司), a German “hidden champion,” said that China places great importance on technological innovation and intelligent infrastructure construction, creating favorable conditions for foreign firms to introduce advanced technologies and develop local innovative solutions. “In the future we hope to further participate in China’s smart‑city construction, continuing to combine German engineering technology advantages with China’s innovation capability.”
This year marks the beginning of China’s 15th Five‑Year Plan period. Thomas Konich (托马斯·柯尼希), China‑affairs expert of the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said: “China’s 15th Five‑Year Plan outline proposes strengthening the dominant position of enterprises in scientific and technological innovation; this is a positive signal that German companies warmly welcome.” The latest survey by the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry shows that two‑way knowledge and innovation exchange between Germany and China is accelerating; about half of the German companies in China maintain close knowledge and technology exchanges with their German headquarters, and 33 % of German companies report that they have gained innovative experience and knowledge input from China.
The event also featured a special promotion of the 9th China International Import Expo. Li Guoqing (李国清), Deputy Director of the China International Import Expo Bureau, said that since its inception the Expo has had 180 “full‑attendance” enterprises, of which 24 are from Germany. The Expo serves China’s expanding openness strategy and is the best gateway for German companies to enter China; more German industry leaders, hidden champions, emerging stars, and specialized, refined, distinctive, and innovative enterprises are welcome to attend.
Zhang Jing (张晶), Deputy Secretary‑General of the China Machinery and Electrical Equipment Import and Export Chamber of Commerce, said that China’s manufacturing is transitioning toward intelligence and precision, with sustained growth in market demand for high‑end CNC machine tools, industrial robots, and other key sectors. This aligns with Germany’s strengths in high‑end equipment such as machinery and aerospace. The green transition drives upgrades of high‑efficiency, energy‑saving equipment, and cooperation between Germany and China in new energy equipment, low‑carbon industrial equipment, and the full hydrogen industry chain also has great potential.
“For decades, Germany and China have maintained close cooperation in traditional fields such as industry and chemicals. Looking ahead, both sides have great prospects in emerging areas such as medical technology, quantum technology, artificial intelligence, green low‑carbon and circular economy. German companies are actively expanding new opportunities for cooperation with China and exploring new pathways,” Konich said. “Cooperation should not be limited to the economic and trade level; it should also deepen scientific exchange and university collaboration, encouraging the younger generation to continue learning from each other and strengthening dialogue.”
Return to TopAccording to Xinhua News Agency, Kolašin (科拉欣), Montenegro, June 27 (Reporter Jin Danyi (金丹依)) — The groundbreaking ceremony for the second segment of the Montenegro North-South Highway (黑山南北高速公路) (Maťeševo–Andrijevica section) built by Chinese enterprises was held on June 26 in Kolašin, Montenegro. President Milo Đukanović, Prime Minister Milojko Spajić and Chinese Ambassador to Montenegro Chen Xufeng (陈绪峰) attended the ceremony.
The Montenegro North-South Highway project starts in the coastal city of Bar in the south and extends north to the border city of Bijelo Polje, with a total length of about 180 kilometres. The Maťeševo (马泰舍沃)–Andrijevica (安德里耶维察) section being started now is about 22 kilometres long, and is being built by a Chinese joint‑venture consortium led by PowerChina (中国电建). The project value is about 6.94 billion euros, making it the largest infrastructure construction project currently in Montenegro.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 张 璁
In Guangdong's Shenzhen, Lianhua Mountain Park (莲花山公园) is filled with lush greenery. On the summit plaza, a bronze statue of Deng Xiaoping stands tall, gazing affectionately at the frontier soil of reform and opening up beneath its feet.
From September 12 to 18, 1997, the 15th National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held in Beijing. The report adopted by the Congress emphasized the historical position and guiding significance of Deng Xiaoping Theory; put forward the Party's basic program for the primary stage of socialism; clarified that public ownership as the mainstay and the joint development of multiple forms of ownership constitute a basic economic system for our country's primary stage of socialism; and stressed governing the country according to law and building a socialist rule‑of‑law state.
"Deng Xiaoping Theory is an important milestone in the sinicization and modernization of Marxism," General Secretary Xi Jinping said at a symposium commemorating the 120th anniversary of Comrade Deng Xiaoping's birth, emphasizing that establishing Deng Xiaoping Theory as the guiding ideology of the Party and the state is an unshakable conclusion drawn by the Party and the people from history and reality.
As the second step of our country's "three‑step" strategy for economic development is about to be achieved, the 15th Party Congress put forward the grand objectives for the cross‑century development of reform, opening up, and modernization—
In the first decade of the 21st century, double the gross national product compared with the year 2000, make the people's moderately prosperous lives more affluent, and form a relatively complete socialist market economy system;
After another ten years of effort, by the centenary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, the national economy will be further developed and various systems further perfected;
By the middle of the 21st century, when the People's Republic of China celebrates its 100th anniversary, basic modernization will be achieved, and a prosperous, democratic, civilized socialist country will be built.
At the critical moment of the turn of the century, the 15th Party Congress inherited Comrade Deng Xiaoping's legacy, linked the past with the future, and clearly answered a series of major theoretical and practical questions concerning China's reform, opening up, and socialist modernization, providing important guarantees for our country's cross‑century development in thought, politics, and organization.
Thought is a banner. The Congress took “Deng Xiaoping Theory” as the banner guiding the Party forward. Deng Xiaoping Theory profoundly answers the fundamental questions of what socialism is and how to build socialism, deeply reveals the essence of socialism, and provides a guide to action for our country's reform, opening up, and socialist modernization. The Congress adopted the Amendment to the Constitution of the Communist Party of China, enshrining Deng Xiaoping Theory alongside Marxism‑Leninism and Mao Zedong Thought as the Party's guiding ideology in the Party Charter.
In December 2012, after the 18th Party Congress, General Secretary Xi Jinping made his first inspection trip outside Beijing, arriving at Shenzhen's Lianhua Mountain Park (莲花山公园) in Guangdong, presenting a wreath to the bronze statue of Deng Xiaoping and planting a banyan tree (high‑mountain banyan) nearby.
Since the new era, reform has not paused, opening up has not ceased, and the relay baton of building a strong nation and achieving national rejuvenation has historically fallen into the hands of our generation.
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: “The best tribute to Comrade Deng Xiaoping is to continue to advance the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics that he inaugurated.”
At the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping solemnly declared that through the sustained struggle of the whole Party and all the peoples of the nation, we have achieved the first centenary goal, fully building a moderately prosperous society across the Chinese land, historically eradicating absolute poverty, and are now marching with vigor toward the second centenary goal of fully building a socialist modernized powerful nation.
Standing firm against the wind, the banyan tree in Lianhua Mountain Park now spreads a splendid canopy, bearing witness to the myriad scenes of reform and opening up in the new era.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 吴 君
In Yanhe Village (堰河村), Wushan Town (五山镇), Gucheng County (谷城县), Xiangyang, Hubei, when villagers encounter difficulties or troubles, they always go to “Min Heizi” (闵黑子). “When ‘Min Heizi’ is present, we know what to do in our hearts.” This is a phrase the villagers often repeat.
The “Min Heizi” spoken of by the locals is Min Hongyan (闵洪艳), the Party secretary of Yanhe Village, who is 63 years old. Because he has spent many years outdoors in wind and sun, his face has become dark, and the villagers casually gave him this nickname.
Since assuming responsibility for the village Party organization, whether it is a small neighbor dispute or a family conflict, or a large industrial development project, as long as the villagers call out, Min Hongyan always rushes over at the first moment to find a solution. In the villagers’ minds, “Min Heizi” is their most solid support.
When Min Hongyan first took office, the per‑capita income of Yanhe Village was only a few hundred yuan. “Back then we were poor, we relied on grain supplies for food, the houses were ‘mud nests’, and we could only earn money by cutting trees and collecting sand,” Min Hongyan recalled. The village collective at that time had no savings at all and was still in debt for tens of thousands of yuan.
As trees were cut down, the mountains became increasingly barren, and the villagers’ lives showed no improvement. Min Hongyan could not sit idle: “Continuing like this will not work; we must find a new way.” Therefore, Min Hongyan led the village’s two committees on repeated trips outside to conduct investigations, gradually establishing the development concept of “manage the mountains well, protect the water well, build the roads well, cultivate the people well, and build the village well.”
With a direction set, how should the path be taken? “The root of the village’s poverty is the mountains; the way out is also the mountains.” Once, Min Hongyan saw the new terms “economic ecologization” and “ecological economization” in a newspaper, which sparked the idea of developing tea gardens.
At first the villagers lacked confidence, so Min Hongyan took his wife and two children up the mountain to build a tea garden. He and his wife performed the heavy labor, while the children helped as assistants.
House by house, village by village, the masses watch the cadres. Seeing the “Min Heizi” family work hard, other Party members gradually followed up the mountain, and more than 200 villagers joined. The tea garden, operated uniformly by the Yanhe Village collective, was successfully established. Later, Min Hongyan and the village cadres carried seven sacks of tea leaves, spent more than a month traveling, and sold them for 7,000 yuan, earning the “first bucket of gold.”
After the “green leaves” produced gold, everyone’s resolve to follow Min Hongyan grew stronger. The villagers carried hoes, shovels, and eight‑pound hammers up the mountain, drilled pits in the rocky soil, and planted tea seedlings and tree seedlings one by one. “Clear water and green mountains are indeed gold and silver mountains; these tea gardens and forests are our precious wealth,” Min Hongyan said.
With the mental path cleared, Min Hongyan also thought about opening mountain roads. He brought provisions, led village cadres and young laborers to survey routes on sheer cliffs, drilling and excavating bit by bit. Braving scorching summer heat and bitter winter cold, they worked continuously for three years and opened a 12.5‑kilometer mountain access road.
To expand the industry, the village established the Yanhe Village Ecological Tourism Economic Professional Cooperative (堰河村生态旅游经济专业合作社), later registered the “Yanhe Xiang” (堰河香) brand, and launched e‑commerce and other businesses… Today, the villagers’ average annual net income reaches 40,000 yuan.
With fuller pockets, Min Hongyan began to consider how to enrich the villagers’ spiritual life.
After research, the village decided to build a folk‑culture park. “Fit the shoe to the foot. During construction we did not borrow a single yuan, nor did we engage in any image‑building projects,” Min Hongyan said. The folk‑culture park was quickly built, with exquisite small buildings rising from the ground, and tea houses, guesthouses, restaurants, calligraphy‑painting studios, and tofu workshops opening one after another. In recent years, Yanhe Village has successively received honors such as National 4A‑level Tourist Attraction, National Ecological Culture Village, and National Green Demonstration Village.
To promote common prosperity in surrounding villages, Min Hongyan formed a Common Prosperity Alliance (共富联盟) with seven neighboring villages, developing a “One Village One Product” specialty industry and jointly creating a “Tea Tourism Town” project. By 2025, the pure income of the collective economies of the seven villages all exceeded 250,000 yuan, with the highest reaching more than 400,000 yuan.
“The Party organization is the backbone of the masses. Over the years we have followed the Party, managed the mountains well, protected the water well, turning clear water and green mountains into gold and silver mountains. On the road to comprehensive rural revitalization, everyone’s life will have more prospects!” Min Hongyan expressed confident optimism about future development.
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Since the start of the flood season this year, the jurisdiction of Yangjiang City, Guangdong Province has experienced continuous heavy rainfall. Extreme weather caused a sudden flood in the Moyang River basin (漠阳江流域), and water levels at multiple hydrological stations on the main and tributary streams exceeded the warning line. On June 19, the Yangjiang River dike hydrological station (阳江河堤水文站) downstream of the Moyang River recorded a flood‑peak water level.
Lu Zhipeng (吕志朋), director of the Yangjiang Hydrological Survey and Reporting Center (阳江水文测报中心) of the Jiangmen Hydrological Branch (江门水文分局) of the Guangdong Provincial Hydrology Bureau (广东省水文局), attended the Yangjiang City heavy‑rain defense work meeting and volunteered to take on responsibilities. “Hydrological intelligence is an important support for flood‑control decision‑making; obtaining an extra set of hydrological data adds another layer of insurance for the safety of the people’s lives and property.” As the secretary of the third Party branch of the Jiangmen Hydrological Branch, Lu Zhipeng led Party members and cadres to the most severely affected area at the first moment, saying, “The flood situation is severe; Party members must stand at the forefront.”
Rain fell in torrents, the river rose sharply, and the turbid flood, carrying broken branches and debris, battered the dike. “The Yangjiang River dike hydrological station will experience a flood peak within an hour; the peak data must be measured immediately,” Lu Zhipeng told his colleagues, who advanced step by step through the flood, moving forward with difficulty.
To accurately capture the flow‑velocity and discharge data as the flood peak passed, the surveyors faced the current, tightly holding the cable of a violently swinging unmanned boat, allowing the boat to traverse the rolling, turbid cross‑section as smoothly as possible. The probe continuously emitted ultrasonic signals. Maximum velocity, flood‑peak discharge, water‑level rise and fall—these key parameters that determine the effectiveness of flood‑control work were individually analyzed, locked, and transmitted.
The data were transmitted from the front line to the rear; Zou Yu (邹宇), chief engineer of the Yangjiang Hydrological Survey and Reporting Center and a young Party member, stared at the water‑level and discharge curves on the screen, immediately comparing them with the core data of the flood‑forecast system, his fingers rapidly tapping the keyboard to update the forecast analysis. Soon, these critical data were pushed to every member unit of the flood‑control command. According to the messages, the city’s three‑prevention department (三防部门) made an urgent assessment, organized overnight evacuation of residents in potentially inundated areas, and implemented power cut‑offs in the relevant zones.
“The equipment is much safer now, and much more advanced,” said Guan Wei (关伟), a veteran Party member with 30 years of service, as he looked at the modern equipment during a break. He recalled that when he first started work, high‑water measurements required boat surveys, with many floating objects; it was not only dangerous but also hard to ensure timeliness. Today, with scientific and technological progress, advanced devices such as acoustic Doppler current profilers have been deployed, and hydrological monitoring has made a leap from a 人海战术 (rén hǎi zhàn shù - "mass‑personnel tactic," a strategy relying on large numbers of people) to 智慧水文 (zhì huì shuǐ wén - "intelligent hydrology," the use of advanced technology in hydrological monitoring), greatly improving work efficiency and safety.
“The Yangjiang River dike has fallen below the warning water level!” the news announced, and the furrowed brows of the staff finally relaxed a bit, but the work was not finished. As the flood had just receded, Lu Zhipeng led his team back into the muddy area to conduct a “look‑back” on the rain‑gauge stations that had recorded the extreme precipitation. “During the flood season, heavy rain occurs frequently; some rivers may experience multiple rising‑water cycles. Instruments must be calibrated promptly, data must be rechecked, and any single detail could affect forecast accuracy,” Lu Zhipeng said.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 金正波
“Kunpeng” spreads its wings, soaring ten thousand miles.
In the summer noon, at the airfield of a certain Air Force aviation regiment, the roar of Yun-20 aircraft resounded across the sky. The massive airflow that hit the aircraft provided a surging thrust for the several‑hundred‑ton warplane, and several “Kunpeng” lifted off in succession, flew to the designated airspace, and began a multi‑mission realistic combat flight training.
Strategic airlift capability is an important component of a nation’s rapid response ability and a key indicator of a nation’s defense strength. The Yun-20 is praised as the “Great‑Power Kunpeng,” a new generation of domestically developed large military transport aircraft, marking a crucial step forward for the People’s Air Force’s strategic airlift capability.
The certain Air Force aviation regiment is the strategic airlift force equipped with the three types of domestically produced large transport aircraft: Yun‑20A, Yun‑20A aerial‑refueling, and Yun‑20B. In recent years, the regiment’s officers and soldiers have deeply studied and implemented Xi Jinping’s strong‑army thought, gone to plateaus, flown over distant seas, crossed vast deserts, and gone abroad, successfully completing many major tasks and using magnificent flight tracks to embody the mission and responsibility of the “Great‑Power Kunpeng.”
From receiving and assembling to flying worldwide, what transformation has the “Kunpeng” undergone? How many people’s dedication and breakthroughs are behind this transformation? Recently, a reporter entered the regiment and listened to the stories of officers and soldiers who have engraved their youth and glory in the blue sky.
“The greatness of an aircraft lies not only in its size but also in the magnitude of its responsibility.”
On June 16, the regiment’s officers and soldiers gathered in the maintenance training center classroom, and the “Kunpeng Lecture Hall” opened with great enthusiasm. Six officers and soldiers from different posts took turns on the stage to tell their stories with the “Kunpeng.”
Among them were a mechanic who had been devoted to the aircraft from the moment it was received and had accompanied the Yun‑20’s growth; a young pilot who, less than three years after graduating from the military academy, flew over Tiananmen Square and was proudly inspected; and a grassroots soldier who had repeatedly carried out overseas missions, his passport filled with colorful entry‑exit stamps. Their sincere and simple sharing vividly displayed the solid force of this unit flying for the Party.
The “Kunpeng Lecture Hall” also invited a special guest—Yun‑20 chief designer and academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering Tang Changhong (唐长红).
“Back then, with a mixture of anxiety and excitement, I delivered the Yun‑20 to the troops, handed it over to you, hoping it could quickly assume the mission it must bear, hoping it would grow in your hands into a world‑famous ten‑thousand‑mile Kunpeng. Today, you have achieved it, we have achieved it!” Tang Changhong said, addressing the young aviators with deep affection.
Tang’s words made pilot Yuan Bo’s blood boil, and scenes of executing major missions flashed in his mind like a movie.
On September 3, 2025, over Tiananmen Square, six transport aircraft surged through the clouds with earth‑shaking momentum, astonishing the onlookers.
During the parade commemorating the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti‑Fascist War, the regiment formed a transport aircraft echelon, and the Yun‑20B aircraft was inspected for the first time. Yuan Bo and his comrades overcame the adverse effects of close‑range wedge‑formation wake turbulence, devised a precise method for maintaining dense transport aircraft formations, and piloted the aircraft through the airspace over Tiananmen Square with millisecond accuracy.
The Yun‑20B, equipped with four domestically produced engines, possesses air‑lift, airdrop, and airborne‑troop capabilities, and boasts excellent flight performance. “To pilot an aircraft and be inspected by the Party and the people—what a great honor!” Yuan Bo said.
Looking back, the loyal gene of flying for the Party has been continuously inherited in this unit’s bloodline. In the early 1950s, after a directive from the Party Central Committee, the regiment’s predecessor, under extremely harsh conditions with no reliable meteorological or navigation data, risked lives to fly over the “roof of the world” and successfully opened the Kang‑Zang air route.
Time flows, spirit endures. After receiving the Yun‑20 aircraft, the team continued the fine tradition of “loyalty to the mission, daring to fly and to forge ahead, strict and rigorous,” injecting a steady stream of spiritual动力 into the “Kunpeng’s” soaring, leaving moving stories one after another.
On the eve of the 2020 New Year, they went against the flow to transport hundreds of medical staff to assist Hubei, Wuhan; in early 2022, they set out day and night, flying over 10,000 km to deliver emergency supplies to Tonga; in April 2026, they carried out the mission of repatriating the remains of Korean War volunteers, and the Yun‑20B flew abroad for the first time, welcoming the most beloved people with the most vigorous “Chinese heart.” Wherever national interests expand, strategic airlift capability extends.
“The greatness of an aircraft lies not only in its size but also in the magnitude of its responsibility. All officers and soldiers of the regiment consciously and firmly arm their minds with Xi Jinping’s strong‑army thought, tempering loyal belief in every take‑off and landing.” The regiment’s political commissar Li Shining (李世宁) said emotionally.
“Innovation has become something that everyone in this team thinks about and does.”
Strong winds blew beside the tarmac as the reporter waited for the “Kunpeng” that had completed its mission to return. Would such weather affect the flight?
“No problem! We have encountered even more extreme weather.” The regiment’s leader answered confidently. Soon, the roar of engines broke the silence, a Yun‑20 appeared in the sky, and then landed lightly. Looking up, the massive airframe rose four or five stories high, like a steel mountain standing majestically.
Handling the “national heavy weapon” while still achieving the “lightness of lifting heavy” 举重若轻 (jǔ zhòng ruò qīng - “lift heavy as if light,” handling heavy tasks with ease) “stability” is the result of this unit’s continuous strengthening of skill and confidence forged in every maneuver.
“Look, the fully digital cockpit, fly‑by‑wire control system, LCD instrument displays—everything is domestically made, highly integrated, digital, and intelligent!” The cockpit door opened, and pilot Jin Jian (金健) introduced proudly, “From Yun‑8 to Yun‑20, the range is longer, the payload larger, the speed faster.”
In 2019, the Yun‑20A was inducted into the regiment. As one of the first pilots to retrofit the “Kunpeng,” Jin Jian vividly remembers the comrades’ “full‑throttle” charge during the early days of the new aircraft’s entry into service.
Lacking relevant data, they continuously summarized and refined, compiling a 33‑volume, 1.8‑million‑character knowledge series; with an unclear inventory of the new aircraft, they collected problems during daytime flights and tackled them together at night. The officers and soldiers, working through countless nights under the stars, demonstrated a surprising “Kunpeng” speed—first flight completed in four days, reaching the plateau in 46 days, and executing a major mission within five months.
New‑aircraft retrofitting is not only equipment upgrade but also a transformation of thinking.
When the aircraft landed, the reporter noticed that the flight bag the pilot carried did not seem very heavy. “That’s thanks to our self‑developed ‘Kunpeng Wing’ electronic flight bag,” pilot Li Shanran (李善冉) sighed. “In the past, the flight bag was filled with checklists, maps, mission plans, and other materials. Now, with the ‘Kunpeng Wing’ electronic flight bag, when an urgent mission arises we can ‘grab the bag and go.’”
“Open the tablet, enter the operation page, input basic parameters, and the mission route is planned with one click.” The main developer of the electronic flight bag, pilot Lu Qifan (卢旗凡), demonstrated its functions on site.
“Our regiment often carries out cross‑regional flight missions, and the cumbersome navigation calculations are time‑consuming and labor‑intensive. Could we develop software that lets all calculations be completed with one click?” Lu Qifan explained. After five years of verification, refinement, and iterative upgrades, the team incubated a brand‑new system—“Kunpeng Wing”—covering Kunpeng performance tables, formation rendezvous, and real‑time tactical swarm calculations.
After the Yun‑20’s induction, the regiment entered a period of transformational development. The party committee recognized clearly that new aircraft induction does not equal immediate capability; breakthrough must be sought through innovation.
“Now, more and more technical backbones are joining the innovation team. Innovation has become something that everyone in this team thinks about and does.” Regiment commander Pang Rongqi (庞荣奇) said. They established the “Kunpeng Wing” innovation studio, formed five R&D teams, and produced 18 innovation results such as a refueling‑area management system and a mission‑planning system.
“The flight bag is lighter, and the ‘capability bag’ that officers and soldiers win is getting heavier.” Lu Qifan said, noting that the crew’s energy is liberated from tedious calculations, allowing more time and effort to be devoted to missions and the battlefield.
“As long as we grasp the rules and master the patterns, we have the confidence to fly and fight.”
In the afternoon, the scorching sun beat down. After a Yun‑20 arrived over the airport, it suddenly dove rapidly… Unexpectedly, the pilot who performed this high‑difficulty tactical maneuver had only recently become a captain.
“Such tactical‑course training is routine in our regiment. Only by constantly honing skills and courage in flight can young pilots truly accelerate combat‑power growth.” Flight instructor Liu Ping (刘平) said.
Reviewing the pilot roster, the team turned out to be remarkably young—average age only 31, injecting fresh vitality into combat‑power generation.
Facing the future battlefield environment, the regiment has developed dozens of specialized flight‑training items; each flight interleaves tactical‑course training to ensure that, should special situations arise, they can respond calmly. Over the years, officers and soldiers have deepened their combat role together with the “Kunpeng,” accelerating the unit’s shift from a campaign‑type airlift to a strategic‑airlift, from a task‑oriented to a combat‑oriented formation.
Large military transport aircraft are key equipment for achieving long‑range rapid strategic airlift. Confronted with the urgent need for strategic air force transformation, how to accelerate the cultivation of flight talent?
“Flight is a career for the brave and also the most scientific. As long as we grasp the rules and master the patterns, we have the confidence to fly and fight.” Liu Ping explained. Since induction, the regiment’s officers and soldiers have emphasized simultaneous retrofitting, summarizing, and standardizing, gradually completing the transition from merely flying aircraft to managing aircraft and guaranteeing combat roles, achieving “one person can fly, two people can fight, three people can execute diversified overseas missions.”
“Practical Data Manual,” “Technical‑Tactical Flight Methods,” “Crew Coordination Standards”… Entering the intelligent training center, the reporter saw neatly arranged manuals on the table. Liu Ping said, “These are the Yun‑20 series combat‑readiness cultivation series we compiled, making operation procedures more ‘standardized.’”
“Previously, teaching new pilots relied heavily on experience and oral transmission, leading to long training cycles and varied practical standards. Now, we combine the Yun‑20’s performance characteristics, solidify details from cockpit operation and special‑situation handling to ground maintenance, not only accelerating new pilots’ growth but also making operations more standardized and unified.” Flight instructor Zhang Xiaobing (张晓兵) introduced.
In recent years, as the Air Force’s Yun‑20 talent incubation base, the regiment, relying on major tasks, has incorporated a large number of young flight backbones into mission groups, using senior‑junior mentorship to accelerate the growth of young pilots, subsequently training more than 20 flight instructors and nearly 30 captains, handling the conversion of over a hundred new Air Force pilots, and providing teaching pilots and flight backbones to sister units.
Entering the regiment’s honor room, a flight‑track map marked with a red flag stands out: Russia, South Korea, Egypt… each brilliant appearance, each systematic training, every international route represents a “Kunpeng” sortie with the mission assured.
Looking at the map, training staff Wang Chenyang (王晨阳) said, “In 2025, our ‘Kunpeng’ flight tracks covered more than 30 countries and regions across four continents!”
In the future, how high can the “Kunpeng” fly and how far can it go?
“There is a poem everyone likes—‘The great roc rises with the wind in a day, soaring straight up ninety‑thousand li.’” Post‑2000 pilot Wang Zihao (王子豪) said firmly, “We will be ready at dawn, writing ever more magnificent flight tracks of the great‑power Kunpeng across the boundless sky.”
Reporter’s Notes
Two photos testify to an unchanged original intention.
During the interview with a certain Air Force aviation regiment, the two photos treasured by air mechanic Wei Peng (魏鹏) left a deep impression—one taken in 2012, showing him standing beside a Yun‑8 aircraft, introducing its structure to foreign guests; the other taken at the 15th China International Aviation Exhibition in 2024, showing him beside the majestic Yun‑20, telling visitors the story of the “Great‑Power Kunpeng” soaring.
In more than 20 years of military service, from Yun‑8 to Yun‑20, Wei Peng has witnessed the People’s Air Force’s strategic airlift capability grow step by step. Seeing the new generation of large military transport aircraft equipped with the “Chinese heart,” with ever‑increasing payload, he said firmly: the aircraft have changed, but the original intention remains forever unchanged.
The Yun‑8 of those years, though lacking top‑tier equipment, shouldered the heavy burden of transport, airlift, and emergency rescue thanks to the fearless deployment of flight personnel and meticulous maintenance by the air‑service staff. Today’s Yun‑20 has long become the punch‑card strength of the People’s Air Force’s strategic airlift. They fly over thousands of miles of mountains and rivers, repeatedly bringing vitality and hope to disaster‑stricken areas; they travel to foreign lands, repeatedly demonstrating great‑power responsibility on the global stage.
From the hard‑pressed “steel‑few‑air‑much” quest to the confident “steel‑many‑air‑more” vigor, the form of the iron wing changes, while the People’s Air Force’s belief in guarding the nation’s mountains and rivers remains forever unchanged, and its commitment to flying for the Party remains forever unchanged.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 武少民 葛孟超 靳 博
In midsummer, 万木竞秀 (wàn mù jìng xiù - "ten thousand trees compete to show," flourishing competition). Stepping onto the shores of the Bohai Sea and the banks of the Haihe River, one can see the vitality of scientific and technological innovation erupting and surging here—
Coordinated development of the Beijing‑Tianjin‑Hebei region: in the first five months of this year, Tianjin’s absorption of Beijing’s technology contract transaction volume increased by 84% year‑on‑year;
Construction of a modern industrial system: currently, Tianjin’s twelve key industrial chains gather more than 5,200 enterprises above designated size;
Driving future industries, the Brain‑Machine Interaction and Human‑Machine Integration Haihe Laboratory holds the world’s top number of patents in the field of brain‑machine interaction;
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In February 2024, General Secretary Xi Jinping, during his inspection of Tianjin, pointed out: “Tianjin, as a national advanced manufacturing R&D base, must leverage its abundant scientific and educational resources and other advantages to strive to be the first and act proactively in developing new‑quality productive forces.”
How to lead the development of new‑quality productive forces through scientific and technological innovation? Tianjin’s “solution” lies in its science‑and‑technology parks and factory workshops.
In Xiqing District, Tianjin, the embodied‑intelligence R&D and manufacturing base of Mekamand (Xiong'an) Robot Technology Co., Ltd (梅卡曼德（雄安）机器人科技股份有限公司) is bustling, with embodied‑intelligence robots completing cargo handling, steel‑plate cutting and other tasks under 3D‑vision guidance.
“We have already deployed in more than 2,000 industrial sites, verifying adaptability in various complex scenarios,” said Han Zhuo, Chief Development Officer of Mekamand (Xiong'an) Robot Technology Co., Ltd.
Mekamand was founded in 2016 and is one of the more outstanding companies globally in the AI‑plus‑industrial‑robot sector. In 2025, the company established an embodied‑intelligence R&D and manufacturing base in Xiqing District, building an automobile manufacturing and embodied‑intelligence laboratory to carry out technical research and software system development for the “brain” of embodied‑intelligence robots.
“Our earliest partners were many Tianjin enterprises, such as automobile OEMs and component firms,” Han said. In Tianjin, upstream manufacturers can supply key components such as lenses and sensors, while downstream sectors connect to rich application scenarios in logistics, heavy industry, and automotive.
R&D in Beijing, conversion in Tianjin, headquarters in Xiong'an—Mekamand’s practice epitomizes many Beijing‑Tianjin‑Hebei enterprises. The multi‑location layout of enterprises is not a simple industrial transfer but a deep reconstruction of industrial symbiosis.
Tianjin is working to build a science‑and‑technology service system that matches Beijing’s innovation resources, promoting coordinated linkage between Tianjin’s industrial layout and the capital metropolitan area’s industrial planning, combining Beijing’s technological innovation advantages with Tianjin’s advanced manufacturing R&D strengths, attracting more scientific and technological achievements to be transformed in Tianjin, and achieving precise complementary and deep coupling of industrial chains with Beijing.
A responsible official of the Tianjin Development and Reform Commission explained that currently Tianjin and the Beijing‑Hebei joint effort have co‑established 12 national key laboratories, and more than 1,000 enterprises have entered the three‑region “six‑chain” (hydrogen energy, biomedicine, industrial internet, high‑end industrial mother machines, new energy and intelligent connected vehicles, robotics) map. Since the beginning of this year, the three regions have shared 240 technology achievements and demand items, and have organized 12 matchmaking events for supply and demand of results.
In the workshop of Tianjin Changxing New Energy Technology Co., Ltd (天津常兴新能源科技有限公司), engineers are methodically assembling batteries. This science‑and‑technology enterprise, which grew within the TianKai Higher Education Science and Innovation Park (天开高教科创园), has now achieved multiple core technology breakthroughs in sodium‑ion batteries and solid‑state lithium batteries.
“The company was founded based on the core patented technologies of the National Key Laboratory of Special Chemical Power Sources, the Ministry of Education Engineering Research Center for High‑Efficiency Energy Storage, and Professor Chen Jun’s (陈军) new‑energy battery innovation team at Nankai University,” said Yan Zhenhua, head of Changxing New Energy and associate researcher at the Institute of Applied Chemistry and Engineering, Nankai University. As one of the first Nankai University enterprises to settle in the TianKai Xiqing Park, the company’s establishment has raised the conversion rate of Nankai’s new‑energy‑related patent achievements to over 20%.
Science‑and‑technology parks represented by TianKai Park provide fertile ground for numerous research institutes and technology‑oriented enterprises, becoming an important carrier for Tianjin’s implementation of an innovation‑driven development strategy and the continual release of innovative vitality.
Since its establishment a little over three years ago, TianKai Park has gradually formed a policy‑support network covering the entire life cycle of R&D investment, achievement conversion, and talent introduction. To date, more than 5,000 enterprises have been registered, the park’s enterprises have received 3.4 billion yuan in investment and financing, 122 high‑tech enterprises have been cultivated, and a batch of core‑competitive science‑and‑technology enterprises have begun to emerge, successfully building a full‑chain science‑and‑technology ecosystem that spans R&D, incubation, conversion, and industrialization.
By vigorously promoting the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation with industrial innovation, Tianjin uses the construction of science‑and‑technology parks as a key lever to continuously stimulate innovative vitality. The plan is that by the end of the 15th Five‑Year Plan, the city’s technology contract transaction volume will exceed 300 billion yuan, and the industrialization rate of existing university and institute invention patents will rise above 20%.
In the manufacturing plant of Lenovo (Tianjin) Innovation Industrial Park, intelligent manufacturing equipment deeply integrated with 5G, big data, edge computing, and artificial intelligence runs at high speed; here, on average, one notebook computer rolls off the line every nine seconds and one motherboard is produced every ten seconds.
“The processes of handling, inspection, and packaging are fully automated,” said Xie Xiaoke, Deputy General Manager of Lenovo (Tianjin) Co., Ltd. The automation rate of the smart notebook production line in Lenovo (Tianjin) Innovation Industrial Park has now reached 60%, and the automation rate of the high‑speed surface‑mount line’s placement segment has reached 92%.
During the recent World Intelligent Industry Expo, Tianjin released the “Top Ten Benchmark Application Scenarios for Artificial Intelligence.” “We use applications to drive comprehensive upgrades of underlying technologies, model algorithms, and computing platforms, and let applications propel overall industrial development,” explained Zhang Yanyun, Director of the Intelligent Technology Division of the Tianjin Municipal Science and Technology Bureau. In 2025, the revenue of Tianjin’s core foundational AI enterprises is expected to exceed 77 billion yuan.
In 2026, Tianjin proposed accelerating the implementation of the “Artificial Intelligence + Manufacturing” initiative, strengthening technology and product supply, focusing on the development of industrial vertical large models, promoting more than 100 high‑level AI‑enabled application service providers, and launching 100 “AI + Manufacturing” benchmark demonstration scenarios.
Brain‑machine interface technology establishes an information channel between the human brain and machines, achieving collaborative interaction between biological intelligence and machine intelligence.
In the Brain‑Machine Interaction and Human‑Machine Integration Haihe Laboratory at Tianjin University, a reporter put on a “headband.” “The scientific name of this ‘headband’ is the eight‑channel brain‑machine head ring; it is used to collect and encode/decode brainwaves. The collected data connect to an app developed by our company, and after processing with our proprietary software, it can output the tester’s current stress level, fatigue, calmness, and concentration indices,” explained Wang Wei, Marketing Director of China Electric Cloud Brain (Tianjin) Technology Co., Ltd (中电云脑（天津）科技有限公司).
At present, China’s brain‑machine interface technology has entered the world’s forefront. Ming Dong, laboratory director and vice‑president of Tianjin University, stated that on the technical side, non‑invasive brain‑machine interface technology has reached parity with international advanced levels and leads in certain sub‑fields, while the gap in key components of invasive brain‑machine interfaces with world‑class technology is rapidly narrowing.
In recent years, Tianjin has coordinated the layout of future‑industry tracks, concentrating resources to tackle frontier technologies, and a series of results have successively been implemented.
“Tianjin, combining innovation resources and industrial foundations, focuses on six major future directions—future manufacturing, life sciences, future information, new energy, future materials, and aerospace‑deep‑sea—seizing new tracks such as biomanufacturing, brain‑machine interfaces, and embodied intelligence, and has built a ‘6+X’ future‑industry development matrix,” said Yang Dongmei, Deputy Director of the Tianjin Municipal Industry and Information Technology Bureau.
Taking brain‑machine interfaces as an example, to promote technological innovation and industrial implementation, the “Tianjin Action Plan for Promoting Innovation and Development of Brain‑Machine Interfaces (2026–2030)” was recently issued. According to the document, by 2027 Tianjin aims to establish two to three national‑level innovation platforms in the brain‑machine interface field and to advance more than five non‑invasive brain‑machine interface products into clinical application; by 2030, it will cultivate one to two listed companies, three to five industry‑leading enterprises, and a batch of innovative firms, forming a brain‑machine interface industry fund pool with a total scale exceeding 10 billion yuan.
To date, Tianjin has gathered nearly 20 upstream and downstream enterprises, constructing a complete industry cluster covering hardware R&D, software development, and system integration.
“We will accelerate the layout of frontier fields such as biomanufacturing, cell therapy, and brain‑machine interfaces, striving to produce a batch of major original results that serve the nation, support local development, and lead the future,” said a Tianjin Municipal Science and Technology Bureau official. Tianjin will seize the opportunity of the expansion of the Beijing (Beijing‑Tianjin‑Hebei) International Science and Innovation Center, promoting more scientific and technological innovation achievements to become products, services, productive forces, and efficiencies, thereby supporting the enhancement of the economy and society’s “new” content, “golden” content, and “green” content.
(Reporter Gong Xiangjuan (龚相娟) participated in writing)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 王 尧 陈 然
In the midsummer season, the Tai Po campus of Hong Kong Education University is shaded by green trees. In the library, students use artificial intelligence tools to organize literature and data; inside the teaching building, teacher‑training students conduct simulated teaching in a virtual classroom; in the campus exhibition hall, many teachers and students stop to view the “Bacon Casts Soul Enlightens Wisdom – Primary and Secondary School Textbook Exhibition,” where volumes of primary and secondary school textbooks from People’s Education Press and Higher Education Press inspire the visitors.
In recent years, artificial intelligence has developed rapidly, educational concepts have been continuously updated, and value education, civic education, and national security education have received increasing attention, placing new demands on the professional competence of Hong Kong teachers.
This year marks the 10th anniversary of Hong Kong Education University receiving university status. In 2016, Hong Kong Education College was renamed Hong Kong Education University (hereafter “HKEDU”). This institution, which grew out of a teacher‑training organization, has witnessed the development of Hong Kong’s teacher‑training system, and teacher education has become a window for observing Hong Kong’s educational development.
HKEDU, as Hong Kong’s only government‑funded institution primarily focused on teacher education, has always regarded teacher education as the foundation of its establishment. About 70 % of its graduates enter the education sector, most working in kindergartens and primary schools, becoming an important source of basic‑education teachers in Hong Kong.
“The most important change in the past ten years has been the gradual breaking of the public’s fixed perception of the school as a single‑purpose teacher‑training institution. We have always placed education at the core, but we cannot remain confined to traditional teacher education,” said President Li Zijian (李子建).
The change first manifests in the discipline layout. In recent years, while upholding its strength in teacher education, HKEDU has added humanities and language studies, artificial intelligence and educational technology, sport science and coaching, and personal finance to its teaching content. Starting from the 2025 academic year, all Bachelor of Education programs will be fully upgraded to double‑degree programs; students will not only need to master knowledge in the education field but also acquire interdisciplinary abilities.
“Future teachers will not only be transmitters of knowledge; they must also be facilitators and guides of learning. Students need methods for thinking about problems,” Li Zijian said.
Artificial intelligence is developing rapidly and reshaping the teaching methods of Hong Kong classrooms. In 2023, HKEDU was the first among Hong Kong higher‑education institutions to launch an artificial intelligence teaching strategy, and subsequently formulated the “Artificial Intelligence and Digital Competence Strategy,” promoting the integration of AI into teaching, research, and talent cultivation. Today, all students are required to receive AI‑related training.
“I like the small‑class teaching at the university; teachers and students often discuss and interact in class, with no sense of distance,” said Lai Zhixian (赖志贤), a student majoring in Chinese language education at HKEDU. “My aspiration is to become a teacher, and HKEDU has helped me see the future more clearly.”
Over the past ten years, HKEDU’s research strength and international influence have risen in tandem. HKEDU established a Knowledge Transfer Office (知识转移办公室) to promote the application and transformation of research outcomes, having completed more than 90 patent applications to date, and 54 scholars have been listed among Stanford University’s global top 2 % scientists. A world university subject ranking placed HKEDU within the top 30 % of universities worldwide, with its education discipline ranking seventh globally and second in Asia.
The transformation of the teacher‑training system is also closely linked to Hong Kong’s educational development direction. “Teacher professional development is an important foundation for improving education quality,” said Cai Ruolian (蔡若莲), Director of the Hong Kong SAR Government Education Bureau. Currently, Hong Kong is actively advancing digital transformation in education, strengthening teacher professional training, and enhancing teachers’ digital literacy.
“If someone posts unverified harmful information online and it spreads rapidly, what consequences might arise? How can we guide students to identify harmful information on online platforms?” In a class at HKEDU, the teacher used a case to raise the question. The classroom immediately became lively, with students eagerly speaking from perspectives of cyber security, media literacy, and rule‑of‑law awareness.
This is part of the university’s national security and legal education curriculum. In early 2024, HKEDU established the National Security and Law Education Research Center (国家安全与法律教育研究中心). “The Hong Kong National Security Law explicitly requires the implementation of national security education. HKEDU is an important base for teacher training in Hong Kong and must fulfill its corresponding responsibilities,” Li Zijian said.
Reporters learned that the Hong Kong SAR Government Education Bureau has incorporated national security education into the school curriculum system and teacher professional training, emphasizing that related education should be combined with value education to guide students in establishing correct national concepts and law‑abiding awareness.
“The Hong Kong education community deeply recognizes the importance of value education. Cultivating young students’ national concepts, rule‑of‑law awareness, and sense of responsibility has become a key task of educational work,” Li Zijian said.
In the view of Gu Minkang (顾敏康), Director of the National Security and Law Education Research Center at HKEDU, national security education should be closely linked to students’ future work and life: “Awareness of the rule of law, responsibility, and the nation must be implemented in concrete educational scenarios.”
Currently, the national security education curriculum covers all undergraduate students at HKEDU. For teacher‑training students, advanced diploma students in early childhood education, and non‑education majors, the courses have different emphases; in addition to the Constitution, the Basic Law, and the Hong Kong National Security Law, they also include cyber security, personal information protection, and child‑rights protection—topics closely related to educational work.
In a classroom at HKEDU, the teacher does not simply recite legal provisions; instead, she poses a question to the students: “If a kindergarten holds an activity and takes photographs, how should teachers protect children’s privacy?” Students discuss the issue based on real educational scenarios, with some talking about home‑school communication, others discussing data security, and still others offering perspectives from child‑rights protection.
“Our courses are targeted and practical. When students transform what they learn in class into real‑world understanding, education truly takes effect,” Gu Minkang said.
It is reported that the National Security and Law Education Research Center at HKEDU is frequently invited to give lectures and training in primary and secondary schools. During this year’s National Security Education Day theme promotion activities, the center participated in multiple forums, lectures, and knowledge competitions, promoting related education in the community.
“The National Security and Law Education Research Center is dedicated to cultivating high‑end, interdisciplinary talent. It will continue to expand research frontiers, focusing on new security fields such as artificial intelligence safety, data safety, and bio‑security. At the same time, we are introducing mainland experts to enrich the research dimensions of national security education,” Gu Minkang said.
In a special‑education classroom at Salvation Army Shihu School (救世军石湖学校) in Sheung Shui, New Territories, a dozen children are completing a classroom task under the guidance of their teacher. Homeroom teacher Yang Xiaoyan (杨晓彦) leans down and gently advises a student; the girl, once silent due to adaptation difficulties, now raises her hand voluntarily to answer questions and has made many good friends.
“As long as the right method is used, every child can shine. Education is never about molding all students into the same shape; it is about helping each person find his or her own place,” said Yang Xiaoyan, who has worked in special‑education positions for seven years after graduating from HKEDU.
As a teacher cultivated by Hong Kong’s teacher‑training system, Zhong Lijin (钟丽金), principal of Baoguo Primary School (宝觉小学校), has taught for decades. “The most important work of a teacher has long gone beyond transmitting knowledge. Students can obtain abundant knowledge online, but values and character education must still be guided by teachers,” Zhong Lijin told reporters.
Zhong Lijin observes that Hong Kong’s education community is placing increasing emphasis on teacher ethics. “I hope these future teachers will stay true to their original aspirations, cultivate moral character, and influence students through their own words and deeds, just as my teachers once influenced me.”
Last winter, Lai Zhixian followed HKEDU’s “Great Ideological‑Political Course” project to Shaanxi, visiting the Xi’an City Wall, the Yan’an Revolutionary Site, and Liangjiahe Village, which left a deep impression on him. During his four years at university, he also traveled to Shanghai, Gansu, and Xinjiang for exchange and study. After graduation, he hopes to become a secondary‑school Chinese teacher and share his observations with his students.
In recent years, HKEDU has continuously promoted student exchanges and practical experiences on the mainland, cooperating with institutions such as Hunan First Normal University (湖南第一师范学院) and Yan’an University, organizing student visits to deepen understanding of the nation’s historical culture and development achievements.
“Hong Kong’s universities are also the nation’s universities,” Li Zijian solemnly declared. “Hong Kong higher‑education institutions must leverage their international advantages while actively serving and integrating into national development. The university actively participates in the Guangdong‑Hong Kong‑Macao Greater Bay Area construction, establishing a research platform in Shenzhen and jointly undertaking education‑technology, artificial intelligence, and teacher‑training projects with mainland universities.”
At the same time, the university continuously expands its regional cooperation network and advances educational exchanges. To date, HKEDU has established cooperative relationships with more than 200 universities and institutions worldwide, promoting student exchanges, short‑term visits, summer courses, and overseas internships. In the past ten years, over 1,700 undergraduates have participated in overseas exchange studies.
In the evening, the teaching building of HKEDU shines brightly as many students continue to prepare internship lesson plans and discuss course designs. Rooted in Hong Kong, backed by the motherland, and facing the world, HKEDU is fulfilling its mission of “cultivating moral character and educating the future,” training generation after generation of young education professionals.
Return to TopBy: 长 乐
Recently, at the signing ceremony for the docking of ten policy measures to promote cross‑strait exchange and cooperation, mainland enterprises signed contracts with enterprises and business associations from many places in Taiwan, purchasing specialty agricultural and fishery products such as pineapples, custard apples, pomelos, tea and other items from Taitung, Yunlin, Nantou and other counties and cities in Taiwan, assisting Taiwanese farmers and fishers in expanding into the mainland market and obtaining stable income.
“Behind every grouper lies the livelihood of a fisherman's family.” “The ten measures enable island‑based farmers and fishers to receive tangible cross‑strait peace dividends; we hope the two sides can, through good‑will dialogue and communication, promote more and better results to be continuously implemented” … Taiwanese operators eagerly anticipate this. However, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities even singled out and threatened the island‑based agricultural and fishery groups that were to sign on the mainland, and the head of the Taiwan Mainland Affairs Council even made the absurd statement that “Taiwanese people almost never eat pineapple custard apples,” prompting public criticism that it was “a reenactment of white terror.” The Taiwanese agricultural and fishery sector expressed strong indignation.
This “whenever China is encountered, must oppose” stance, and the practice of blocking at the first sign, again expose the DPP authorities’ ideological blindness and authoritarianism. From blocking mainland shopping platforms, video platforms, and social‑media platforms, to maliciously smearing the Cross‑Strait Forum and threatening farmer and fisher groups … the DPP authorities, for their own political gain, disregard the hardships of the people, impose countless restrictions on normal cross‑strait exchange and cooperation, and attempt to lock Taiwanese citizens into an “information cocoon,” fearing that the Taiwanese public might learn the real situation on the mainland.
On one hand, the motherland’s mainland benefits Taiwan, puts people first, and helps Taiwanese farmer and fisher friends expand into the mainland market, finding outlets, opening sales channels and stabilizing income for Taiwanese agricultural and fishery products; on the other hand, the DPP authorities threaten and intimidate, act against the people, and claim they will investigate related operators, using livelihood issues for political manipulation — it is clear who puts the people at heart and who truly works for the welfare of Taiwanese compatriots.
The motherland’s mainland has always adhered to the concept that the two sides of the strait are one family, implements policies that give Taiwanese compatriots equal treatment, and actively creates better development opportunities for them, sharing more development achievements.
Since the issuance in 2023 of the “Opinions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council on Supporting Fujian in Exploring a New Path of Cross‑Strait Integrated Development and Building a Cross‑Strait Integrated Development Demonstration Zone (闽台融合发展示范区)” the central and state organs have formulated a series of supporting policy documents. Fujian has released five batches comprising 74 measures to promote Fujian‑Taiwan integration, organized the implementation of 206 key Fujian‑Taiwan integration development projects, with total investment exceeding 1.3 trillion yuan, and the construction of the cross‑strait integration demonstration zone has achieved phased progress.
In recent years, the Mini Three Links (小三通) passenger routes have become increasingly frequent, projects such as the Xiamen‑Jinjiang Bridge (Xiamen section), Xiamen Xiang’an International Airport, and the second phase of Fuzhou Airport have accelerated construction, and the Xiamen‑Jinjiang and Fuzhou‑Mawei “same‑city life circles” have rapidly taken shape. A multi‑level housing security system allows Taiwanese compatriots to “settle down with greater peace of mind.” More and more Taiwanese youth and grassroots citizens are studying, working, starting businesses, and settling in the mainland, and cross‑strait integration development is deepening and becoming more concrete.
Rooted in a shared Chinese cultural bloodline, mainland apps such as Xiaohongshu and Amap are popular among Taiwanese young people; cross‑strait popular culture has moved from “shared appreciation” to “co‑creation.” The resonance between youths on both sides in lifestyle, interests, and values is growing, and the warm people‑to‑people interaction across the strait has long broken through artificially erected political barriers, becoming everyday life. 多行不义必自毙 (duō xíng bù yì bì zì bì - “those who repeatedly commit injustice will bring about their own destruction,” those who do evil will self‑destruct). The DPP authorities’ reckless behavior will inevitably bring them retribution; their backward obstruction cannot stop the tide of public opinion among Taiwanese people, especially the youth, who wish to understand the mainland and interact with mainland compatriots.
The shallow strait cannot separate kinship. A set of data can attest to this: in 2025, Fujian will establish 2,612 new Taiwan‑invested enterprises, a year‑on‑year increase of 6.8 %; from January to May of this year, 518,000 Taiwanese compatriots entered Fujian ports, a year‑on‑year rise of 29.7 %; travel between the two sides via the Mini Three Links reached 939,000 passengers, a year‑on‑year increase of 25.6 %. This year marks the start of the 14th Five‑Year Plan period, and “implementing policies that give Taiwanese compatriots equal treatment and creating better conditions for them to study, work, and live on the mainland” has been written into the 14th Five‑Year Plan outline. “As one drinks water, one knows its temperature,” it is believed that the broad Taiwanese compatriot community can already feel the disparity in development across the strait and the warmth of treatment, and they have their own measure of judgment.
Return to TopRecently, Xiangyang City, Hubei Province hosted a cross‑strait youth food and culture exchange event.
Taiwanese youth entered the ancient city of Xiangyang, experienced the local Jingchu customs and folk sentiment, and the distinctive food culture; they visited entrepreneurship projects of Taiwanese youth in Xiangyang, learned about local entrepreneurship and employment policies, and in interactive experiences felt the ancient city's thousand‑year cultural lineage and experienced vigorous vitality.
Photo shows cross‑strait youth in the ancient city of Xiangyang experiencing the making of intangible cultural heritage noodle and pastry.
Yang Dong (People's Vision (人民视觉)) photographed.
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In a nearly 50‑year‑old establishment on Guanyejie (官也街) in Macau, dishes such as Portuguese chicken (葡国鸡) and cod fish balls (马介休球)—representative of Macanese cuisine (土生葡菜)—emit an enticing aroma, where Portuguese style naturally blends with Chinese cooking. In 2021, the 16th‑century “Macanese culinary cooking techniques” (土生葡人美食烹饪技艺) were listed in the National Intangible Cultural Heritage Representative Project List (国家级非物质文化遗产代表性项目名录). This skill not only testifies to Macau’s role as an important node of the Maritime Silk Road, but also reflects the city’s characteristic: after centuries of Sino‑Western civilizational exchange, it has nurtured the charm of different cultures coexisting harmoniously, 交相辉映 (jiāo xiāng huī yìng - "mutually reflect and shine," to complement each other brilliantly).
The 13th APEC Tourism Ministers' Meeting was recently held in Macau, drawing the world's attention to the city. Following the “Opportunities in Macau” (机遇澳门) themed press delegation, reporters entered Macau and found that even a single Macanese dish can serve as a window for appreciating the city's multicultural fusion.
The allure of Macau’s blend of Chinese and Western cultures extends far beyond the palate. Strolling through Macau’s streets feels like entering a “museum without walls”: on the Ruins of St. Paul’s (大三巴牌坊) Chinese characters and stone lions are carved alongside the century‑old Nezha Temple across the way; the Portuguese‑style cobblestone pavement in Legislative Assembly Square (议事亭前地) creates a charming contrast with the arcade buildings; in the hilltop theater of a Western‑style structure, the melody of “Jasmine Flower” (《茉莉花》) resounds melodiously… These scenes feel entirely harmonious because they are not a simple juxtaposition of different cultures, but the result of more than four centuries of deep integration of Chinese and Western civilizations.
As an important node of the Maritime Silk Road, Macau has been “a window” (一扇窗) through which China connects to the world since the Ming Dynasty. Today, Macau is deepening its development as a global tourism and leisure hub, a China–Portuguese‑speaking Countries Business Cooperation Service Platform (中国与葡语国家商贸合作服务平台), and an exchange‑cooperation base where Chinese culture is mainstream and multicultural coexistence thrives (以中华文化为主流、多元文化共存的交流合作基地). The five‑day APEC Tourism Ministers' Meeting allowed participants to see not only Macau’s unique charm of multicultural convergence, its mature cultural‑tourism market, and efficient convention services, but also the vivid practice of using culture as a bridge to link the Asia‑Pacific and engage the world in dialogue. In the APEC “China Year” (APEC“中国年”), the world is expected to look through Macau’s window, experience the successful practice of “One Country, Two Systems,” and share China’s development opportunities.
From the harmonious flavor of Macanese cuisine to the collaborative deliberations of the APEC Tourism Ministers' Meeting, Macau vividly illustrates that “civilization becomes colorful through exchange and richer through mutual learning.” The motherland’s “jewel in the palm” (掌上明珠) is, with an open and inclusive posture, confidently and calmly presenting the world with a China “business card” (中国名片) that embodies 海纳百川 (hǎi nà bǎi chuān - "the sea embraces a hundred rivers," inclusive), 兼容并包 (jiān róng bìng bāo - "to accommodate and include," tolerant and inclusive), and 美美与共 (měi měi yǔ gòng - "beauty together," sharing beauty).
Return to TopBy: 贺林平 佘映薇
“Go to Guangdong ‘watch ball’ (Cantonese ‘watch ball’)!” The evening breeze, carrying the moist scent of the Pearl River Estuary, brushed the stands of Doumen Sports Hall in Zhuhai, Guangdong, and also drifted over Jing'an Street (井岸街)’s fragrant night‑food stalls, blending the cheers from the arena with the everyday street atmosphere into a moving night.
This summer, the two major competitions, Yuechao (粤超) and Yue BA (粤BA), remained in full swing, with numerous high‑level matchups staged in Zhuhai one after another. The Yue BA Zhuhai team advanced to the quarter‑final play‑offs and hosted the Chaozhou team (潮州队) at home on June 10; on June 20, the Yuechao Zhuhai team faced the Zhanjiang team (湛江队), launching a push for a playoff berth. These two pivotal matches attracted many Hong Kong and Macau youths to Zhuhai to watch. They watched the games, ate night‑time snacks, checked in at Zhuhai’s sporting vitality and street‑food flavor, and personally experienced the convenience of the Hong Kong‑Zhuhai‑Macau Bridge’s “one bridge linking three places.”
Today, the Greater Bay Area’s infrastructure “hard connectivity” and the rule‑based “soft connectivity” of policies such as Hong Kong cars northbound (港车北上), Macau cars northbound (澳车北上), and Guangdong cars southbound (粤车南下) have made dual‑city and triple‑city lives for more and more Guangdong‑Hong Kong‑Macau residents a routine, and going to Guangdong to “watch ball” has become a new “northbound” consumption, leisure and vacation scenario for many Hong Kong and Macau residents.
Macau youth Qiu Zhihui (邱志晖) is an avid basketball fan. On June 10, he wore a support jersey he had designed himself and went especially to the venue to cheer for the Yue BA Zhuhai team, saying, “The motif on my chest—two hands lifting a basketball—looks like the Zhuhai Fisher Girl (珠海渔女) raising a pearl, and it also lifts our shared dream.” On the roads surrounding Doumen Sports Hall, Hong Kong and Macau single‑plate cars parked one after another. Qiu Zhihui met several Macau friends with high‑five greetings, exchanging words excitedly about the recent matches.
On the other side, Zhen Siming (甄思铭), who set out from his home in Kowloon, Hong Kong, drove across the Hong Kong‑Zhuhai‑Macau Bridge and reached Zhuhai in just 50 minutes. The Hong Kong cars northbound (港车北上) policy took effect on July 1, 2023; Zhen Siming was among the first batch of applicants and has already driven to Zhuhai more than a dozen times. “The ‘Hong Kong cars northbound’ policy is so convenient—step on the accelerator, watch the game, and return to Hong Kong the same day,” he remarked.
Inside the arena, the seats were full and the crowd roared. “One battle, city name; Guangdong battles, Guangdong bravery,” the cheering troupe of more than ten Hong Kong and Macau residents waved pom‑poms, held up support signs, and sang Cantonese old songs familiar to Greater Bay Area residents; the singing intertwined with the shouts, becoming a bright spectacle in the stadium.
“Could we form a Hong Kong team and a Macau team to join the Yue BA? We Hong Kong‑Macau basketball friends really want to spar on the court and exchange culture with our Guangdong friends!” Zhen Siming said.
In recent days, the seaside, shopping districts, parks, and old streets… have simultaneously opened a “second venue” (第二现场) for “watching ball” in Zhuhai, with big‑screen live broadcasts and eating while watching, as residents and tourists sit together to watch the games.
Near Hengqin Port (横琴口岸), Hong Kong and Macau vehicles occasionally entered the parking lot, and the seafood street stalls were bustling. Zhao Peng (赵鹏), a student at Macau University of Science and Technology (澳门科技大学), and several classmates dressed in blue jerseys unfurled a “Zhuhai Go!” banner to cheer the Zhuhai players from afar, saying, “We can not only watch the match on site, but also support our favorite team in the ‘second venue.’ Zhuhai’s football atmosphere is fantastic!”
When the competition ended and night deepened, the night‑time snack scene began. In the area of Jiangwan Middle Road (江湾中路) in Jing'an Town (井岸镇), Doumen District, Zhuhai, diners streamed in continuously, with tables and chairs set up along the street, exuding a strong street‑level festive atmosphere.
“With tonight’s match ticket, everything is 10 % off—so worth it!” Macau food blogger Huang Yingtian (黄莹婷) and her family drove there, arriving from Doumen Sports Hall in five minutes. She pointed the camera at sizzling charcoal‑grilled large oysters, crispy meat of silver carp, and perilla‑flavored chicken‑skin shrimp, saying while filming, “Grass‑roots events like Yuechao and Yue BA bring people together because of shared passion, allowing face‑to‑face interaction, shoulder‑to‑shoulder cheering, just like a family.”
The market crowd surged, with specialties such as Bai Jiao sea bass (白蕉海鲈), Dachikan char siu (大赤坎叉烧), and duck‑wrap bun (鸭扎包) attracting purchases… A ticket stub not only boosts street footfall but also activates a new urban cultural‑tourism consumption scenario, converting the arena’s popularity into tangible consumption growth.
During the event, Zhuhai carefully launched six “travel with the games” routes, linking Doumen Old Street, Lovers’ Road, the Hong Kong‑Zhuhai‑Macau Bridge, and Wanshan Islands (万山海岛) among other landmarks. Visitors holding a game ticket stub or participant credential could enjoy multiple discounts on dining, accommodation, and transportation throughout Zhuhai. “One football match brings Guangdong‑Hong Kong‑Macau youths together. This heart‑to‑heart feeling is exactly the Greater Bay Area being one family!” a Hong Kong youth who traveled north to watch the game sighed.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 寇江泽 宋朝军 史自强
In 2025, the average PM2.5 concentration in cities at the prefectural level and above nationwide fell to 28.0 micrograms per cubic meter, and the proportion of surface‑water sections of Class I–III water quality rose to 91.4%… Recently, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment (生态环境部) released a bulletin on ecological and environmental conditions showing that during the 14th Five‑Year Plan period, total emissions of major pollutants continued to decline and the quality of the national ecological environment kept improving.
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out, “The construction of ecological civilization is a fundamental undertaking concerning the sustainable development of the Chinese nation.” “Ecological environment is a major political issue related to the Party’s mission and purpose, and also a major social issue concerning people’s livelihoods.”
Our Party has always placed great emphasis on ecological and environmental protection, establishing resource conservation and environmental protection as a basic national policy and sustainable development as a national strategy.
Since the 18th Party Congress, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has placed ecological civilization construction in a prominent position in overall work; the construction of a “Beautiful China” has taken major steps, and China’s ecological and environmental protection has undergone historic, turning‑point, and overall changes, creating an ecological miracle and a green‑development miracle that have attracted worldwide attention.
Strengthening the foundation of ecological and environmental protection with a sound ecological civilization institutional system
In Madu County, Guoluo Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai, the summer headwaters of the Yellow River—Zhaling Lake and Eling Lake—are like sapphires, their blue waves endless.
Good ecology cannot be separated from strong institutional guarantees.
The “China Three‑River‑Source National Park System Pilot Plan” (中国三江源国家公园体制试点方案) was reviewed and approved at the end of 2015, and the Three‑River‑Source National Park was formally established in 2021. The Yellow River Source Park of the Three‑River‑Source National Park carried out a major departmental reform in Madu County, the source location, establishing an Ecological Environment and Natural Resources Administration and a Resources and Environment Law‑Enforcement Bureau. “Previously, law enforcement was fragmented and it was difficult to truly implement the ‘strictest protection’,” said Qu Yangcairang (曲洋才让), director of the Resources and Environment Law‑Enforcement Bureau of the Yellow River Source Park Management Committee. “Now, illegal activities in the core protection zone have been greatly reduced.” He added, “The ecological environment code is about to be implemented; we will intensify legal publicity work. The strictest enforcement is the best safeguard, and we will continue to protect the source of the Yellow River.”
A single region reflects the whole.
‘Protecting the ecological environment must rely on institutions and the rule of law.’ China is working to build and improve the ecological civilization institutional system, continuously strengthening the foundation of ecological and environmental protection.
In the 1980s, China designated environmental protection as a basic national policy; in the 1990s, it set the sustainable development strategy as a national strategy. Entering the new century, China vigorously promoted the construction of a resource‑saving and environment‑friendly society, establishing resource conservation as a basic national policy.
Since the new era, ecological civilization construction has always occupied a prominent position in the overall work of the Party and the state.
The 18th Party Congress incorporated ecological civilization construction into the overall “Five‑in‑One” (五位一体) layout; the 19th Party Congress further integrated “Beautiful China” into the goal of building a socialist modernized powerful nation; the 20th Party Congress made a major deployment to ‘promote green development and foster harmonious coexistence between humanity and nature.’ The awareness that “green mountains and clear waters are as valuable as gold and silver mountains” (绿水青山就是金山银山) was written into the Party Constitution, and the requirements to implement the new development concept and ecological civilization construction were enshrined in the Constitution.
We must protect the ecological environment with the strictest institutions and the most rigorous rule of law; all regions and departments accelerate institutional innovation, increase institutional supply, improve institutional supporting measures, and strengthen institutional implementation, making institutions a rigid constraint and an untouchable ‘high‑voltage line.’
The ecological civilization institutional system has basically formed its 四梁八柱 (sì liáng bā zhù - “four beams and eight pillars,” a metaphor for a solid framework). The “Opinions on Accelerating the Advancement of Ecological Civilization Construction” and the “Overall Plan for Ecological Civilization System Reform” were issued in succession, dozens of reform programs were implemented one after another, and systems such as ‘joint responsibility of Party and government for environmental protection’ and ‘dual responsibility for one post’ were established and improved. Gripping tightly the “bull’s nose” of the ecological environment protection responsibility system, the ecological environment protection inspection system has drawn its 利剑出鞘 (lì jiàn chū qiào - “sharp sword drawn from its sheath,” a powerful measure is taken), promoting rectification of chronic ecological problems such as the ecological damage in the Qilian Mountains of Gansu and the pollution of the Tengger Desert.
The legal system for the ecological environment keeps pace with the times. Laws and regulations such as the Environmental Protection Law have been formulated and revised, and the ecological environment protection legal system now covers pollution control in the fields of atmosphere, water, soil, and noise, as well as key ecosystems and elements such as the Yangtze River, wetlands, and black soil. The ecological environment code comprehensively and systematically compiles and revises the existing legal mechanisms and rules for pollution control, ecological protection, and green low‑carbon development, providing a solid rule‑of‑law guarantee for advancing modernization that fully promotes harmonious coexistence between humanity and nature under the construction of a Beautiful China.
Using high‑quality ecological products to meet the people’s growing demand for a beautiful ecological environment
In the early morning, along the White Tower Mountain section of the Yellow River Scenic Belt in Lanzhou, Gansu, retired employee Bai Yingwan (白映万) jogs on the waterside promenade. “Now the air I breathe has a hint of sweetness, refreshing the mind,” he said. He has been running on the banks of the Mother River for nearly eight years. “There was a time when, after a run, I could feel a bit of dust in my nostrils. Now there are clearly more days when I can exercise with confidence and ease; the sky is high and the clouds light, and I can see the eaves of the pavilion on the north‑side hill across the river very clearly. It feels wonderful!”
‘When the ecological environment is good, the people gain a tangible sense of happiness.’ All regions and departments adhere to the principles of ecological benefit to the people, ecological advantage to the people, and ecology for the people, continuously deepening the battle against pollution and optimizing ecosystems, thereby constantly meeting the people’s growing need for a beautiful ecological environment.
Continuously advancing the battles for blue skies, clear waters, and clean land.
In Yangshuo County, Guilin, Guangxi, the gentle Li River echoes with tourists’ laughter and chatter. “Now when I explain to guests, I no longer have to shout with a strained voice; the electrification of the bamboo rafts has clearly improved visitors’ comfort,” said bamboo‑raft operator Mo Jianbin (莫剑斌). In the past, fuel‑powered bamboo rafts were noisy, polluted the air, and carried the risk of fuel leaks. Today, the rafts are equipped with electric motors, better protecting the river’s clear water.
The ‘Ten Measures for Air,’ ‘Ten Measures for Water,’ and ‘Ten Measures for Soil’ have been introduced successively, ranging from eliminating outdated coal, steel, and cement production capacity, to promoting clean heating transformation in northern regions, and to persisting with source‑level control to advance comprehensive water‑environment management, reduce fertilizer and pesticide usage, and manage soil‑environment risks. The fight against pollution continues to be vigorously pursued, and the quality of the ecological environment continues to improve.
Accelerating the construction of a natural‑protected‑area system centered on national parks.
Cascading waterfalls and verdant mountains fill the Dinghu Mountain National Nature Reserve (鼎湖山国家级自然保护区) in Guangdong with lush green. The Dinghu Mountain Natural Reserve was established in 1956, marking the beginning of China’s natural‑protected‑area construction. Since 2015, China has accelerated the building of a natural‑protected‑area system with national parks as the main body, establishing the first batch of five national parks, fully delineating ecological protection red lines, and covering the key regions of national biodiversity distribution.
Under the shelter of the natural‑protected‑area system, more than 200 rare and endangered wild animal species have entered a stage of restorative growth, and over 100 endangered wild plant species have received rescue protection. Species such as the wild horse and the elk, which had disappeared from China, have re‑established sustainable wild populations.
Deeply practicing integrated protection and systematic governance of mountains, waters, forests, fields, lakes, grasslands, and deserts.
The desert sandland that once was described as ‘yellow sand covering the sky, birds without trees to perch on’ has turned into a thriving forest sea. At the Saihanba Forest Farm in Hebei, generations of forest workers have, for more than 60 years, steadfastly created 1.15 million mu of artificial shelter forest, creating a human miracle and becoming a vivid example of China’s advancement of ecological civilization.
At the founding of the People’s Republic, forest coverage was only 8.6%. Through a series of key ecological projects such as the “Three‑North” program, returning farmland to forest and grassland, and integrated protection and restoration of mountains, waters, forests, fields, lakes, grasslands, and deserts, as well as continuous nationwide voluntary tree‑planting activities, the national forest coverage has reached 25.09%, maintaining a “dual increase” of forest area and forest stock for 40 consecutive years. The experience of 推窗见绿 (tuī chuāng jiàn lǜ - “push the window to see green,” to enjoy greenery from one’s window) and “going out to the park” has become the daily life of more and more people.
Promoting a comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development while advancing high‑quality development.
Visitors stroll among sculptures and feeding geese in the cultural park of Delong Steel Co., Ltd. (德龙钢铁有限公司) in Xingtai, Hebei. Since 2014, Delong Steel has launched more than 100 deep‑level environmental protection governance and upgrade projects, turning the former ‘major polluter’ into a green success story. Huo Zenghe (霍增河), head of the company’s Environmental Protection Department, said, “The profits generated by energy‑saving are reinvested into environmental protection, driving the deepening and solidification of environmental governance.”
‘Protecting the ecological environment is protecting productive forces; improving the ecological environment is developing productive forces.’ All regions and departments practice the important concept that green mountains and clear waters are as valuable as gold and silver mountains, promoting a comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development while advancing high‑quality development.
Steadily advancing the goals of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality, demonstrating the responsibility of a major power.
In the Ziya Economic and Technological Development Zone of Tianjin, a dismantling line for used power batteries turns nickel, cobalt, lithium and other metals into ‘gold from stone,’ achieving a resource utilization rate of over 95%. In the hot‑rolling pickling workshop of Qian’an Steel of Shougang Co., Ltd., a new generation of low‑carbon pickling products undergoes multiple automated processes, achieving 100% recycling of scrap steel and a comprehensive carbon reduction of more than 30%.
China has built the world’s most complete carbon‑reduction policy system and the largest renewable‑energy system, becoming one of the fastest‑reducing countries in energy‑intensity. During the 14th Five‑Year Plan period, China’s exported wind‑power and photovoltaic products have cumulatively helped other countries reduce carbon emissions by about 4.1 billion tonnes. China is solidly advancing pollution reduction and carbon reduction, and will achieve the transition from carbon peaking to carbon neutrality in the shortest time in human history.
The whole society participates widely, practicing a green, low‑carbon lifestyle.
Planting and protecting greenery, waste sorting, green travel, water and electricity saving, the ‘Clean Plate’ campaign… all sectors of society actively practice a lifestyle that is simple, moderate, green, low‑carbon, civilized and healthy.
At present, the number of ecological‑environment volunteers nationwide has exceeded 35 million. In surveys of residents’ willingness to participate in volunteer service, ecological‑environment protection ranks first, and an increasing number of ordinary people become ‘civilian river chiefs,’ ‘ecological guardians,’ or ‘environmental night watches.’ The whole society’s consciousness of co‑building and sharing the construction of a Beautiful China continues to strengthen.
Exploring mechanisms for realizing the value of ecological products and broadening the channel for converting green mountains and clear waters into gold and silver mountains.
From ‘selling stones’ to ‘selling scenery,’ from ‘guarding green mountains’ to ‘enriching the people,’ Yucun (余村) in Anji, Zhejiang has developed eco‑tourism and expanded collective operations, allowing residents to eat ‘ecological meals.’ ‘Last year the whole village received a profit distribution of 3.17 million yuan, which solidified the villagers’ confidence to continue on the current path,’ said Wang Yucheng (汪玉成), party branch secretary of Yucun Village.
Green mountains and clear waters are becoming ever more beautiful, and gold and silver mountains are becoming ever larger. ‘Since the 18th Party Congress, China’s ecological‑environment quality has improved markedly. At the same time, industrial‑structure adjustment and upgrading, and the continual improvement of economic development quality have led to a gradual win‑win between economic development indicators and ecological‑environment indicators,’ said Wang Jinnan (王金南), academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
Green development is the distinctive foundation of Chinese‑style modernization. With bold steps on the new journey and concerted effort to draw a grand blueprint, under the guidance of Xi Jinping’s thought on ecological civilization, we will continuously maintain the strategic resolve to strengthen ecological civilization construction, firmly uphold the important concept that green mountains and clear waters are as valuable as gold and silver mountains, and persist unremittingly for lasting achievement. We will surely build a Beautiful China where green mountains endure, clear waters flow endlessly, and the air remains ever fresh.
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In the summer, the state Nalinh River Forest Farm (纳林河林场) in Wushen Banner (乌审旗), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, spreads a sea of blue water. It is hard to imagine that the forest farm is located in the heart of the Mao Wusu sandy land (毛乌素沙地). This scene makes the elderly Zhang Jianrong feel emotional: “When I was a child, roads and houses were often buried by sand; now, green pushes back the sand, the whole view is green, it is as if the world has changed.”
In 1959, Zhang Jianrong became a worker at the Nalinh River Forest Farm. He and his co‑workers lived in crude earth shelters, eating dry rations while the wind and sand blew, fixing sand and planting green, trying to carve a “green corridor” for survival and development out of the sea of sand.
In 1978, China launched the Three‑North Project (三北工程). “From that time onward, the intensity of afforestation at the farm increased markedly, and more and more people joined the effort to control the Mao Wusu sandy land.” While speaking, the elderly Zhang Jianrong lifted a family portrait; in his generation there were four forestry workers in the family, in his son Zhang Zibo’s generation another five joined, and now the baton has been passed to his granddaughter Zhang Li.
“I have almost grown up together with the Three‑North Project; our family has watched the Mao Wusu sandy land shrink and turn green.” As a “third‑generation forester,” Zhang Li, born in 1981, has followed her parents since she learned to walk, learning seedling raising, tree planting, and care. She entered the workforce in 2003; the “little Zhang” of that year is now “Section Chief Zhang.”
“Since the Three‑North Project’s decisive campaign was launched in 2023, the changes in sand control have been huge.” Zhang Li feels most deeply the massive transformation brought by scientific sand control: laboratory‑grown drought‑tolerant seedlings, mechanical installation of new sand‑net barriers, aerial seeding, drone patrols, integrated restoration of mountains, water, forests, fields, lakes, grasslands, and sand… The new generation of sand‑control workers inherit the older generation’s hard work and dedication, and also shoulder the responsibility of scientific sand control in the new era, allowing the Mao Wusu sandy land to gradually walk the path of “green and wealth prosper together.”
From Zhang Jianrong’s hand‑tied sand and pioneering greening, planting hope in the Mao Wusu sandy land, to Zhang Li’s technology‑driven forestry and “green‑wealth together” in the new era, the development hue of Wushen Banner continues to be brightened… Within Wushen Banner, the forest coverage of the Mao Wusu sandy land has risen from 2.6 % at the founding of the People’s Republic of China to 32.92 % today, and the sand‑affected land of the whole banner has been reduced by nearly 80 %. These numbers, written on tables and grown in sand pits, are the most romantic verses that generations of sand‑control workers have inscribed on the Mao Wusu sandy land.
“According to the plan, the Three‑North Project will be implemented until 2050; I intend to let my children become the ‘fourth generation of foresters,’ so that the Mao Wusu sandy land will be completely restored in their hands!” Zhang Li said with a resolute gaze.
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In the early morning, the mountains and forests had not yet fully awakened. In the Tangjia River area (唐家河片区) of the Giant Panda National Park, located in Qingchuan County (青川县), Guangyuan, Sichuan, the deputy station chief of Baixiongping Protection Station (白熊坪保护站) Jia Feide (贾飞德) had finished breakfast and began to organize his patrol equipment.
“Holding a telephoto camera with a tripod allows fixed‑point shooting to record wildlife activity; a drone can conduct wildlife monitoring and forest fire patrol; in remote areas without signal, a satellite phone can handle emergencies.” After finishing the preparation, Jia Feide lifted his backpack, which weighed about 20 jin (approximately 10 kg). “These equipments are our reliable helpers when we patrol in the dense forest.”
Baixiongping Protection Station was established in the 1980s and is one of the world’s earliest two field observation stations for giant pandas.
Jia Feide arrived here in 2012 and became a patrol officer. By constantly tracking giant panda signs, he and his colleagues have been called the “panda‑chasing people” (“追猫人”). “When I first started work, I could only rely on my feet to search for panda feces and feeding traces to determine panda movement, then record the approximate location of each finding in a paper log,” Jia said.
After the Giant Panda National Park was set up in 2021, the Tangjia River area accelerated the construction of an integrated “sky‑ground” (天空地) intelligent monitoring network, and Jia Feide’s work shifted from single‑species panda monitoring to the authentic and systematic protection of the entire ecosystem.
To provide a more solid data foundation for scientific research and conservation decisions, the research‑monitoring team in the Tangjia River area cooperated with universities, using massive field‑image material to train an artificial‑intelligence recognition model for giant pandas, thereby establishing a dedicated giant‑panda intelligent identification system.
“When an infrared camera captures a giant panda, we manually select the panda footage, upload the data to the recognition system, and the system accurately identifies individual pandas by facial features and fur details,” explained Xiao Mei, head of the scientific monitoring section of the Tangjia River management office.
The positive ecological changes are clearly written across the green mountains and clear waters. Inter‑area exchanges among giant pandas have become increasingly frequent, and the population has steadily rebounded. The giant panda “umbrella protection effect” (“伞护效应”) has continuously improved the habitat quality for associated wildlife such as the Sichuan snub‑nosed monkey, the Sichuan takin, and black bears.
In addition to routine protection work, Jia Feide and frontline rangers also shoulder the responsibilities of ecological propagandists, guiding nearby villagers to shift away from the extensive “rely on the mountain to eat the mountain” 靠山吃山 (kào shān chī shān - "rely on the mountain to eat the mountain," exploiting natural resources unsustainably) development model, deepening ecological industries, and turning ecological advantages into income advantages.
“Being able to devote myself to giant‑panda conservation is a great honor,” Jia said. In the future, he will continue to stay in the deep mountains, keeping this secret realm vibrant and allowing all living beings to nest and reproduce freely.
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Blue‑green is the most moving underlying hue of nature, and also a vivid emblem of high‑quality development in the new era of China.
Opening China’s “green answer sheet,” the results attract worldwide attention: by 2025, carbon‑dioxide emissions per ten thousand yuan of gross domestic product will decline 5.0% compared with the previous year; the proportion of days with excellent air quality in prefecture‑level and higher cities will reach a historic optimum, making China the nation with the fastest improvement in air quality worldwide; since the new era, China has contributed about 25% of the world’s newly added greening area, becoming the country with the greatest and fastest increase in greening; China has built the world’s largest and fastest‑growing renewable energy system, with green electricity accounting for nearly 40% of total electricity consumption in society…
Behind each set of striking data lies the extraordinary course of the Chinese people forging ahead with perseverance and achieving lasting results, the resonant footsteps of Chinese‑style modernization, fully demonstrating the mighty and profound practical power of Xi Jinping’s ecological civilization thought.
Protecting the development of blue‑green beauty is development that is green and low‑carbon, meaning that the greatest economic and social benefits are achieved with the least resource and environmental cost. This is a key link in achieving high‑quality development, it will solidify the foundation of high‑quality development and deeply embed a green base color in high‑quality development. China has a population of more than 1.4 billion, feeding nearly 20 % of the world’s population with about 9 % of global arable land and 6 % of global freshwater resources. National conditions dictate that advancing Chinese‑style modernization must be led by a comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development, must accelerate the formation of green production methods and lifestyles, must promote economic and social development built on efficient resource use and green, low‑carbon development, and must follow a modernization path of harmonious coexistence between humanity and nature.
Protecting the development of blue‑green beauty is high‑quality, sustainable development, vigorously promoting a comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development, continuously shaping new development momentum and new advantages. Since the new era, China’s energy sector has taken the lead in transformation and development, with a substantial increase in the share of renewable‑energy power generation capacity; new business formats such as direct green‑electricity supply and zero‑carbon parks have flourished. New‑generation information technologies such as artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things are accelerating their integration with green, low‑carbon industries; green transformation is deeply embedding itself in all links of the economy and society, and the “green content” of economic development is concretely turning into “golden content.”
People do not betray the green mountains, and the green mountains will certainly not betray the people. Only by continuously extending the blue‑green beauty of mountains and rivers can the foundation of high‑quality development be further consolidated. The “14th Five‑Year Plan” outline makes clear: “Accelerate the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development and build a beautiful China.” Looking ahead, we must maintain strategic resolve, use “green” as a brush, and draw a new picture of high‑quality development. Let the blue‑green beauty blossom across a broader expanse of the motherland, take deep root in the grand journey of Chinese‑style modernization, leave a beautiful home with bluer skies, greener land, and clearer water for future generations, and inject a continuous flow of Chinese power into global economic recovery and sustainable development.
Return to TopOne hundred and five years of forging ahead through wind and rain, one hundred and five years of passing the torch.
From Shikumen to Tiananmen, from the small red boat to the towering great ship, the Communist Party of China has united and led hundreds of millions of people to write the most magnificent epic in the several‑thousand‑year history of the Chinese nation, and has built the spiritual lineage of Communist Party members.
Art is the visual representation of the times, the concrete expression of the spirit. For more than a hundred years, generation after generation of art workers have held the country in their hearts, using brush and pen to continue the red cultural thread, demonstrating the power of faith, and praising the great journey.
On the occasion of the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, this journal launches a special issue “Earthly Elegance·Essence”, exploring together with readers, within the beauty of art, the secret of how the century‑old great Party remains ever youthful, allowing red culture to nourish the soul and the spirit of struggle to illuminate the road ahead.
— Editors
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“Do not regard pigments as trivial; in the silent poem, a thousand‑year tribute is sung.” The development of the history of modern Chinese art has always been tightly bound to the Party’s century‑long struggle. From “Sparking the Journey” (星火启征程) to “Building Mountains and Rivers with One Heart” (同心筑山河), from “Tides Surge to Unfold Grand Plans” (潮涌展宏图) to “Pooling Strength to Paint a New Chapter” (聚力绘新篇), generation after generation of art workers have engraved the Party’s forward steps with pigments, constructing the most lofty and brilliant highlight area of the history of modern Chinese art. These works explore the development path of Chinese realist art, sketch a magnificent national‑spirit map, and play important roles of enlightening thought, praising brightness, motivating struggle, and firming belief.
Red gene reflects the innovation path of modern Chinese art, laying the spiritual base of artistic creation. The organized visual construction of Party‑history themes began in 1951 with a call for artworks for the “30th Anniversary Exhibition of the Founding of the Communist Party of China.” Before that, visual records of the Party’s glorious years were limited to Long March sketches and woodcuts depicting production and combat in the Yan’an border area. From 1951 to the present, over 75 years, Party‑history‑themed art creation has rapidly grown, attracting countless art workers. They re‑examine history from a contemporary perspective, shape heroic models with sincere devotion, and launch a cross‑temporal spiritual relay.
Different eras’ artistic writing of Party history shows different creation modes, historical cognition, and aesthetic pursuit. The period 1951–1970 can be called the first peak of Party‑history‑themed art creation. The Chinese Revolution Museum (中国革命博物馆) and the Chinese People’s Revolutionary Military Museum (中国人民革命军事博物馆), centered on exhibition needs, organized topic planning and concentrated creation, producing classic red art such as Wang Shikuo’s oil painting “Jinggangshan Meeting” and Pan He’s sculpture “Hardship Years.” At that time, creators mostly experienced the war years, had unique insights into Party history, thus their works emphasized narrative, heroic‑style historical storytelling, highlighting the beauty of faith and the sublime.
Driven by exhibitions such as the Founding Party Art Exhibition and the Founding Army Art Exhibition, from 1971 to 2000 Party‑history‑themed art entered a second climax. During this period, national art exhibitions and various thematic exhibitions also presented many Party‑history works, such as Shen Jiawei’s oil painting “Standing Guard for Our Great Motherland” and Tang Xiaoming’s oil painting “Anti‑Japanese War Song Resounds over the Taihang Mountains.” These paintings turned to everyday depiction; on the basis of restoring historical truth, they emphasized artistic individuality and exploration of expressive methods.
Since 2001, with the implementation of multiple national‑level art creation projects, Party‑history‑themed art has ushered in a new spring. Especially the “Do Not Forget the Original Aspiration, Continue Forward — Large‑Scale Art Creation Project for the 100th Anniversary of the Founding of the Communist Party of China” (不忘初心 继续前进——庆祝中国共产党成立100周年大型美术创作工程) and the major thematic sculpture project for the 100th anniversary (重大主题雕塑工程), as the highest‑level, largest‑scale, most‑participated creation activities since the founding of the People’s Republic, with a batch of huge‑scale, many‑figure, stylistically diverse works, fully display the epic of the Party leading all ethnic peoples of the nation to heroic progress.
To reproduce the Party’s glorious course through art, one must both investigate Party history and rely on the creator’s reasonable imagination to artistically restore events, persons, plots, and scenes. This creation undoubtedly belongs to the genre of history painting, a grand narrative within painting. The French classical master Poussin once regarded history painting as the noblest art, believing the highest aim of painting is to portray noble and solemn human actions.
In history‑painting creation, the primary requirement is respect for facts. However, “historical truth” does not equal “visual replication of the historical scene.” The artistic life of history painting lies in starting from facts, applying necessary artistic imagination, and maximizing the expressive power and creativity of artistic language, achieving spiritual extraction and ideological sublimation. History painting is a poem written for history, not a chronicle; it is an aesthetic presentation of history, not a news photograph. Aesthetic creation built on factual basis is the soul of history painting. From this perspective, Party‑history‑themed art creation is precisely the condensation of aesthetic creation and humanistic spirit of art workers of different eras.
Party‑history‑themed art creation more deeply reflects the character of realist aesthetics, an important feature of Chinese art modernity since the 20th century. In the pioneering of realism, Party‑history‑themed art gradually built a unique discourse system. From balancing historical truth and artistic truth, to unifying thematic content and formal language, to reconciling mainstream narrative and individual expression, each stage’s theoretical reflection is concentrated in Party‑history‑themed art. Especially since the new era, Party‑history works in various art‑creation projects present great history through small cuts, integrating performance, symbolism, and narrative, adding contemporary visual‑cultural traits to the Party’s red‑image archive.
The journey is like a painting, the pigments have not ceased. Looking over 105 years of Party‑history‑themed artworks, although they reflect creators’ artistic individuality, the aesthetic character they condense does not wholly stem from the artists, but from the forging of a national‑spirit epic, which is the unique, non‑replicable value of Party‑history‑themed art creation.
(Author is Director of the Theory and Curatorial Committee of the China Artists Association (中国美术家协会).)
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