Concert "People First" Held in Beijing to Celebrate 105th Anniversary of CPC Founding

Beijing, June 29 (Reporter Wang Zhou) — Affectionate musical movements pay tribute to a glorious journey, and resonant singing voices sing the epic of the people. The concert celebrating the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, titled "People First," was held in Beijing on the evening of the 29th. Xi Jinping, Li Qiang, Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Cai Qi, Ding Xuexiang, Li Xi, Han Zheng, and other Party and state leaders, watched the performance together with approximately 3,000 audience members to jointly celebrate this glorious festival.

The Great Hall of the People was brilliantly lit, overflowing with a festive atmosphere. At 19:55, amidst cheerful musical pieces, Xi Jinping and other Party and state leaders arrived at the concert venue, and the entire hall erupted in warm applause.

"Sing a folk song for the Party, I compare the Party to my mother..." Accompanied by the clear choral voices of children, the concert drew its curtain. The performance was divided into five movements, in which literary and artistic workers, through exquisite performances and moving singing, expressed infinite love for the Party and sang out the powerful voice of the era of national rejuvenation.

The piece "Ode to the Red Flag" played magnificently, its vigorous melody stirring 赤子情怀 (chì zǐ qíng huái - "the feelings of a devoted child," pure and unswerving loyalty) of the people; the orchestral piece "To the Ancestors" expressed deep remembrance and sublime respect for the revolutionary martyrs. "Azaleas," "Osmanthus Blooms Everywhere in August," "Ode to the Yellow River," and "The Sky of the Liberated Areas" revisited the magnificent scenes of the military and civilians working with one heart and 众志成城 (zhòng zhì chéng chéng - "many wills form a fortress," unity of purpose) during the years of revolutionary war, conveying the joyful happiness of hundreds of millions of masses following the Party and welcoming new life. The orchestral and choral program "Colorful Homeland," composed of "Whipping the Horse to Hurry the Grain Transport," "By the Butterfly Spring," "The Laundry Song," "Spring Arrives in the Fields," "I Offer Oil to the Motherland," and "Sunshine Shines on Tashkurgan," depicted the fervent scenes of vigorous development across all walks of life during the period of socialist revolution and construction, and ethnic cadres and masses jointly building their homes. The orchestral and choral piece "Fields of Hope" used a series of classic songs to reflect the rapid and gratifying changes across the land of China since the reform and opening up, telling the beautiful inner voices of the sons and daughters of China building dreams with one heart.

105 years of sailing through storms in the same boat, 105 years of advancing hand in hand. The entire concert was soul-stirring and magnificent. The orchestral pieces "Joyful Song of Mountains and Waters" and "Hearts Beating as One" showcased the prosperous atmosphere of the flourishing age in the new era; the symphonic chorus "Emotions Filling the Mountains and Rivers" conveyed patriotism through delicate emotions; and the orchestral piece "Not Failing the People" was grand and majestic, pushing the atmosphere of the entire venue to a climax. Accompanied by the entire audience singing "Without the Communist Party, There Would Be No New China" in unison, the concert drew its curtain.

Members of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, Secretaries of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, Vice Chairmen of the Central Military Commission, Vice Chairpersons of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, State Councilors, President of the Supreme People's Court, Procurator-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, and Vice Chairpersons of the CPPCC National Committee in Beijing watched the concert.

Also watching the concert were: principal responsible comrades of various departments of the CPC Central Committee, Party, government, military, and mass organizations, and of Beijing; leaders of various democratic parties' central committees, the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, and representatives of non-party personages; representatives of recipients of meritorious service and honors; representatives of veteran Party members and veteran cadres; representatives of foreign experts working in China; representatives of grassroots Party members in the capital and people from all walks of life; and representatives of troops and officers stationed in Beijing.

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Xi Jinping meets with Belarusian President Lukashenko

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, June 29 — (Reporter Sun Yi) On the morning of June 29, President Xi Jinping met with Belarusian President Lukashenko at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing.

Xi Jinping pointed out that China and Belarus are true friends who mutually trust and support each other, are good partners for common development and prosperity, and are all-weather comprehensive strategic partners. China-Belarus relations have withstood the tests of international winds and clouds, have achieved leapfrog development in recent years, and have entered the best period in history. Political mutual trust between the two sides is as firm as a rock, the high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" Initiative has yielded fruitful results, key cooperation projects are being solidly advanced, and multilateral coordination has been effective. Facts prove that deepening all-weather, all-round cooperation between China and Belarus conforms to the trend of historical development and accords with the fundamental interests of the two peoples.

Xi Jinping emphasized that China and Belarus must maintain strategic communication, promote the continuous forward development of bilateral relations at a high level, and better benefit the people of both countries. The Chinese side supports the Belarusian side in safeguarding national sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity, and in following a development path that conforms to its own national conditions, and is willing to continue providing all possible assistance for the development and construction of Belarus. The two countries should mobilize resources from all aspects to promote the construction of the "Belt and Road" Initiative and enrich the connotations of pragmatic cooperation. The Chinese side is willing to work hand in hand with the Belarusian side to build a community with a shared future for mankind, practice the four global initiatives, strengthen coordination and cooperation within multilateral mechanisms such as the United Nations and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and act as a stabilizing force in a turbulent world.

Lukashenko stated that he completely agrees with President Xi Jinping's assessment of the relations between the two countries. China is an all-weather strategic partner of Belarus, and the pragmatic cooperation between the two countries is comprehensive and in-depth, providing important support for Belarus's economic and social development. The Belarusian side attaches great importance to its relations with China and looks forward to strengthening strategic communication with the Chinese side, expanding areas of cooperation, and promoting greater development in the relations between the two countries. President Xi Jinping has proposed the four global initiatives and promoted the political settlement of hotspot issues, making major contributions to world peace, stability, and prosperity. The Belarusian side is willing to continue to maintain close coordination with the Chinese side on international and regional affairs to jointly promote peaceful development and stability in the world and the region.

Wang Yi participated in the meeting.

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Grand meeting celebrating the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China held in Beijing on the morning of July 1

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, June 29 — The grand assembly to celebrate the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China will be held solemnly at 10:00 a.m. on July 1 at the Great Hall of the People. Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, will award medals to the recipients of the "July 1 Medal" and deliver an important speech.

The assembly will also confer commendations upon outstanding Communist Party members nationwide, outstanding Party affairs workers nationwide, and advanced primary-level Party organizations nationwide.

China Media Group and Xinhua Net will provide a live broadcast of the assembly; People.cn, CCTV.com, China.com, and other central key news websites, as well as new media platforms such as the People's Daily client, the Xinhua News Agency client, and the CCTV News client, will provide simultaneous broadcasts.

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Xi Jinping's Thought on Party Building Guides the New Journey of Strengthening the Party and the Nation

Beijing, June 29, Xinhua — On June 29, Xinhua News Agency published a political commentary titled "Xi Jinping's Thought on Party Building Leads the New Journey of Strengthening the Party and the Nation—Written on the Occasion of the 105th Anniversary of the Founding of the Communist Party of China." The full text is as follows:

"Why the Communist Party of China can succeed, and why socialism with Chinese characteristics is good, ultimately comes down to the fact that Marxism works, and it is Marxism adapted to the Chinese context and the needs of the times that works." Possessing the guidance of Marxist scientific theory is a distinct political character and a powerful political advantage of the Communist Party of China.

On June 15, 2026, on the occasion of the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, a national symposium on Party building was held in Beijing to make work arrangements for studying and implementing Xi Jinping's Thought on Party Building. As the chapter on Party building within Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, Xi Jinping's Thought on Party Building holds milestone significance in the history of the development of Marxist theories on party building and in the history of the Communist Party of China's Party building. The "Fourteen Persistences" profoundly grasp the internal connections between governing and managing the Party, rejuvenating and strengthening the Party, and strengthening the nation and achieving national rejuvenation; by coordinating the Party's leadership and the Party's building, they will surely drive the development of the Party and the nation's cause to continuously break new ground.

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Time flows, and the journey is like an abrasive stone.

The grand assembly celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China remains vivid in the mind, as if it were only yesterday. General Secretary Xi Jinping's forceful words from the Tiananmen rostrum have traversed time and space, resonating deeply in the hearts of hundreds of millions of Chinese sons and daughters.

"In the past hundred years, all the struggles, all the sacrifices, and all the creations that the Communist Party of China has led and united the Chinese people in, can be summarized into one theme: the realization of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation."

"To take history as a mirror and forge the future, we must persist in the strong leadership of the Communist Party of China."

These declarations, each weighing a thousand catties, manifest the original aspiration and mission, consolidate the strength for advancement, mark the historical position, and guide the direction of progress.

A century-old great Party continues to forge ahead. In these five years, we have faced risks and tests, overcome development difficulties, consolidated the achievements of comprehensively building a moderately prosperous society in all respects, taken new and steady steps toward Chinese modernization, maintained steady progress in high-quality development, and continuously improved people's livelihoods and well-being; one practical deed after another, one reform after another, is gradually unfolding across the divine land of China.

What is forging ahead through the years of hardship is the original aspiration and mission that is always upheld; what is extending in depth is the journey of the times, and what is consistent throughout is the sense of responsibility and undertaking. This is the profound cognition of the Communists of China rooted in over a century of struggle. This view of time does not measure the journey by the length of days and nights, but anchors the course by national rejuvenation and people's happiness; it both maintains the clarity of the "examination" that time waits for no one and that every moment must be seized, and adheres to the strategic determination of 久久为功 (jiǔ jiǔ wéi gōng - "work for a long time to achieve results," to persevere in long-term efforts) and steady progress; it both looks back at the path of the original aspiration to draw strength, and stands on the present to act with determination, while also looking far ahead to blueprint grand visions.

From the small red boat on South Lake in Jiaxing to the towering great ship navigating national rejuvenation, 105 years have been spent braving the wind and rain with steady steps. Having passed through the revolutionary years of bloody struggle, the period of construction through self-reliance, and the era of reform through pioneering and enterprising, we have stepped into the new era of building a strong nation. Our Party has always pioneered forward within the logic of historical progress and courageously undertaken responsibilities within the trends of temporal development. Generation after generation of Communists have placed the people in their hearts and carried the mission on their shoulders, making decisive choices at historical junctures and striving forward in overcoming difficulties, writing a magnificent epic of the development of the Chinese nation and walking a broad path of Chinese modernization that is based on national conditions and demonstrates Chinese characteristics.

"For a country to move toward modernization, it must not only follow the general laws of modernization but must also be based on its own national conditions and possess its own characteristics. The people of the country have the greatest say in what kind of modernization is most suitable for themselves." General Secretary Xi Jinping's important conclusion is based on the practice of human social development, profoundly clarifying that there is no one-size-fits-all template for modernization. Because countries differ in history, culture, social systems, and stages of development, their paths of autonomous exploration will inevitably be accompanied by internal and external challenges, the adjustment of contradictions, and tests of risk.

In today's world, the century-old changes are accelerating; global development imbalances, intertwined geopolitical conflicts, intensified civilizational divides, and prominent deficits in global governance have once again brought the modernization process of human society to a historical crossroads. The inherent modernization models of the West are mired in structural dilemmas of polarization, external plunder, civilizational confrontation, and institutional failure. Will it be polarization or common prosperity? Will it be the supremacy of material goods or the coordinated development of material and spiritual aspects? Will it be 竭泽而渔 (jié zé ér yú - "drain the pond to catch the fish," to reap immediate benefits at the expense of the future) or the harmonious coexistence of man and nature? Will it be zero-sum games or win-win cooperation? Will it be blindly copying the models of other countries or developing autonomously based on national conditions? A series of questions regarding modernization are profoundly related to the future and destiny of humanity, testing the responsibility and historical consciousness of political parties in all countries to lead and promote the modernization process.

Facing the era's inquiries regarding what kind of modernization the world needs and how to achieve it, General Secretary Xi Jinping clearly pointed out: we must adhere to the concept of putting people first and highlight the people-centered nature of the direction of modernization; we must uphold the principle of independence and autonomy and explore the diversity of modernization paths; we must establish an awareness of 守正创新 (shǒu zhèng chuàng xīn - "uphold integrity and innovate," to maintain correctness while pursuing innovation) and maintain the continuity of the modernization process; we must promote the spirit of helping oneself and others and enhance the inclusivity of the fruits of modernization; we must maintain a proactive and enterprising posture to ensure the firmness of the leadership of modernization. From value orientation to practical paths, and from domestic development to global responsibility, this important discourse is lofty in its conception and rigorous in its logic, systematically solving the common problems of the human modernization process and providing powerful ideological guidance for advancing the cause of Chinese modernization.

History profoundly demonstrates that modernization will not fall from the sky, but must be achieved through developing the spirit of historical initiative. As an important force leading and promoting the modernization process, the value concepts, leadership level, governance capacity, spiritual outlook, and willpower of a political party are directly related to the future and destiny of national modernization. He who conquers himself is strong. On the new journey, we can only ensure that we always have the confidence, will, and ability to respond well to the challenges of the times and respond well to the expectations of the people, and ensure that our Party always remains the leadership core of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics, by closely combining the Party's own building with the country's modernization construction, and by coordinating the overall situation of domestic development with the common destiny of humanity, and the great cause of national rejuvenation with the general trend of peaceful world development, through courageous action and self-transcendence.

Xi Jinping's Thought on Party Building is the latest achievement of the "Two Combinations" and the "Six Must-Adhere-To" in the field of Party building. Together with Xi Jinping's Economic Thought, Xi Jinping's Thought on the Rule of Law, Xi Jinping's Cultural Thought, Xi Jinping's Ecological Civilization Thought, Xi Jinping's Thought on Strengthening the Military, Xi Jinping's Diplomatic Thought, and the Overall National Security Outlook, it has jointly promoted the enrichment and perfection of the scientific theoretical system of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, leading the century-old great Party to further scientifically answer the questions of China, the questions of the world, the questions of the people, and the questions of the times.

At a new historical starting point, under the guidance of Xi Jinping's Thought on Party Building, the Communist Party of China, which is determinedly moving from being the "world's largest political party" toward becoming the "world's most powerful political party," will surely, with unified thought, firm will, coordinated action, and powerful combat effectiveness, deeply advance the new great project of Party building in the new era, injecting continuous and surging strength into the construction of a strong nation, the great cause of national rejuvenation, and the development and progress of human civilization.

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"We do not live in a peaceful era, but only in a peaceful country." This simple phrase strikes the hearts of countless Chinese people. As the world becomes increasingly intertwined with chaos and disorder, more and more people of vision are seriously contemplating this question: Why is the socialist China led by the Communist Party of China "scenic and superior on this side," and why does the trust of the Chinese people in the Chinese government continue to lead the world?

"In such a large country, the responsibility is very heavy and the work is very arduous. I will have no self and will not fail the people. I am willing to reach a state of 'no self' and devote myself to the development of China." General Secretary Xi Jinping's answer to questions from foreign dignitaries during his visits is a solemn declaration of the original aspiration and mission, and also a vivid decoding of the "Chinese miracle."

The value concepts of a political party are the soul of the party's ideology, determining its strategic pattern, the stability of its actions, and its path direction, and concerning its destiny and the rise and fall of its cause. Always adhering to Marxist faith, the lofty ideal of communism, and the common ideal of socialism with Chinese characteristics; always standing firm on the fundamental position that "the country is the people, and the people are the country"; always remembering the mission of "seeking happiness for the people, seeking rejuvenation for the nation, and seeking great harmony for the world"... Xi Jinping's Thought on Party Building manifests firm ideals and beliefs; it is a scientific theory written in the lights of ten thousand homes and written in the hearts of the common people.

"No matter how far we go, we must not forget the road we came from." The Museum of the Communist Party of China, located on the northern extension of the Beijing Central Axis, sees a continuous stream of visitors. With more than 2,600 pictures and over 3,500 sets of cultural relics, the "Never Forget the Original Aspiration, Remain True to the Mission" exhibition of the history of the Communist Party of China opens the gates of time, vividly reproducing the magnificent hundred-year journey of the Communist Party of China.

During the New Democratic Revolution period, [the Party] bravely undertook the responsibility of saving the nation and ensuring survival, fighting bravely and unswervingly to overthrow the three great mountains of imperialism, feudalism, and bureaucratic capitalism, and establishing the People's Republic of China where the people are masters of the country, creating the fundamental social conditions for achieving modernization; during the period of socialist revolution and construction, [the Party] held the sentiment of putting the country and home first, relying on self-reliance and striving for strength, achieving the most extensive and profound social transformation in the history of the Chinese nation, establishing an independent and relatively complete industrial system and national economic system, and laying the fundamental political premise and precious experience, theoretical preparation, and material foundation for modernization construction; in the new period of reform and opening up and socialist modernization construction, [the Party] held the ambition of opening up to prosper the nation, liberating the mind and being enterprising, achieving the historic breakthrough from a state of relatively backward productivity to having the second-largest economy in the world, and achieving the historic leap from insufficient food and clothing to overall moderate prosperity and heading toward comprehensive moderate prosperity, providing a systemic guarantee full of new vitality and the material conditions for rapid development for Chinese modernization.

Li Dazhao, who carried justice on iron shoulders; Yang Jingyu, who defended the mountains and rivers with red devotion; Jiao Yulu, who relieved the people's hardships in Shahe; Deng Jiaxian, who cast heavy equipment in the Gobi; Kong Fansen, who protected all living beings in the snowy regions; Yang Shanzhou, who planted greenery in the barren mountains... Generation after generation of Communists have crossed one life-and-death test after another, breaking through layer after layer of difficulties and dangers, using the inextinguishable spark of faith to ignite the era's torch of national rejuvenation, illuminating the modernization journey across the vast divine land of China.

"Whether it is an individual or a political party, the most precious thing is to remain true to the original aspiration despite experiencing many vicissitudes, and to maintain one's true colors despite being weathered by wind and frost." The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China wrote "Never Forget the Original Aspiration, Remain True to the Mission" into the theme of the congress; the Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China proposed establishing a system to never forget the original aspiration and remain true to the mission; the report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China placed "Never Forget the Original Aspiration, Remain True to the Mission" at the forefront of the "Three Musts." Facing the rapid changes in the situation and environment, the heavy tasks of reform, development, and stability, the many contradictions, risks, and challenges, and the great tests for our Party's governance, the value adherence of Communists of the new era is even more distinct, even more certain, and even more conscious.

On the battlefield of poverty alleviation, millions of poverty alleviation cadres entered the most remote villages, leading nearly 100 million fellow villagers to escape absolute poverty; on the front lines of fighting the epidemic, more than 39 million Party members and cadres rushed to the most dangerous positions, guarding the lives and health of thousands of households; at the forefront of ecological governance, generations of forest and sand protectors took root in the most fragile territories, building a green barrier for sustainable development. From the people's wells in the "Horn of Africa" to the connecting roads in the Indochina Peninsula, and then to the industrial parks on the Latin American continent, everywhere is the vivid practice of the real, sincere, and friendly China concept, and everywhere are the vivid stories of continuously providing new opportunities to the world through China's new development.

History and practice prove that the value concepts of a ruling party determine a country's development stance, development path, and development color in modernization. Modernization of a massive population, modernization of common prosperity for all people, modernization with coordination between material civilization and spiritual civilization, modernization with the harmonious coexistence of man and nature, and modernization following the path of peaceful development—the "Chinese characteristics" in these five aspects of Chinese modernization will organically unify seeking happiness for the people, seeking rejuvenation for the nation, and seeking great harmony for the world, opening up an unprecedented new path of modernization.

The Great Way is simple; this new path of modernization is the broad road for building a strong nation and national rejuvenation, and it is also the inevitable path for seeking human progress and world harmony.

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Advancing Chinese modernization is an unprecedented pioneering undertaking, which will inevitably encounter various predictable and unpredictable risks, challenges, difficulties, dangers, and even stormy waves. The Party's leadership concerns the fundamental direction, the future and destiny, and the ultimate success or failure of Chinese modernization; whether the Party possesses strong governing capacity and leadership level concerns long-term economic development, stable social operation, and long-term stability and security of the country.

The governing capacity and leadership level of a political party are not innate, but require continuous deepening of the understanding of the laws of governance through governing practice. As socialism with Chinese characteristics enters a new era, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has profoundly summarized historical experience and conducted in-depth thinking on the issue of long-term governance from the height of the relationship to the future and destiny of the Party and the state. Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, especially Xi Jinping's Thought on Party Building, is of great and profound significance for consolidating the Party's long-term governing status and for further improving the Party's governing capacity and leadership level.

The key to striving to improve the Party's leadership level lies in adhering to the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee. Resolutely upholding the Party's core and the authority of the Party Central Committee and continuously improving the Party's leadership level is an important historical experience of the Party's more than a hundred years of struggle, and is where the advantage of the Communist Party of China's ability to succeed and continue to succeed lies.

In Yangjiagou, Mizhi County, Yulin, Shaanxi, during summer, the vegetation is lush. In 1947, the central organs of the Communist Party of China were stationed in this small mountain valley, commanding the War of Liberation nationwide. Along with the radio waves, the voice of the Party Central Committee spread from the loess caves of northern Shaanxi to the north and south of the great rivers, guiding the whole Party and the whole army to defeat the enemy and win victory. In 2021, when General Secretary Xi Jinping inspected the Yangjiagou revolutionary site, he pointed out that we must "always persist in and improve the Party's leadership, and continuously improve the Party's level of scientific governance, democratic governance, and governance in accordance with the law" and "fully play the role of the Party as the leadership core that oversees the overall situation and coordinates all parties."

From the Zunyi Conference, which turned the tide and corrected the revolutionary course, to Xibaipo, which planned the strategy and laid the foundation for the new China; from the Reform and Opening-up, which braved the tide and opened a new chapter in history, to the new era, which anchored rejuvenation and blueprinted a grand vision; Communists of the Communist Party of China are always able to make key choices at historical crossroads, leading the people to absorb and discard through learning from others, and to develop through innovation, walking the path of Chinese modernization, and achieving a historic catch-up and transcendence of Western modernization through more than a hundred years of struggle.

To lead the Chinese people in advancing Chinese modernization, our Party must be both politically strong and highly skilled. The Party Central Committee treats strengthening study as a strategic task related to the prosperity and development of the Party and the state's cause, continuously summarizing experience and improving skills, and continuously improving the ability level to respond to risks, meet challenges, and turn danger into safety.

Tempered through a thousand hammerings and fires. Since the new era, the leadership level of the Communist Party of China in managing complex situations, responding to stormy waves, and coordinating the overall situation of rejuvenation has become more mature; the Party's system of comprehensive leadership is continuously being improved, and the authority of the Party Central Committee to decide on a single standard and have the final say is continuously being consolidated. As Machacha, the President of the Central Party School of the Movement for Democratic Change in Zimbabwe, said, the history of the Communist Party of China indeed reflects an important revelation, namely that national development requires the leadership of a strong ruling party, and that strong ideology, foresight, unity, and a common goal will stimulate this leadership.

Bordering the Bohai Sea and embracing the "Three Norths," in the vital capital region, the prototype of a "city of the future" is beginning to emerge. Over more than nine years, the Xiong'an New Area has grown from nothing to something. Within this "thousand-year plan," the breadth of mind and determination of our Party to be responsible for the overall situation and history is reflected; it contains the dialectic of both emphasizing planning and emphasizing implementation, and it embodies the ability to push forward established strategies in succession, which is a vivid interpretation of the strong leadership of the Communist Party of China.

Combining the "thousand-year vision" with "specific goals" to advance step by step to reach a thousand miles; unifying "top-level design" with "asking the people for advice" to transform the Party's strategic deployments into the common action of the whole society; and promoting "everything for the people" and "relying on the people for everything" to consolidate a powerful synergy for common struggle... The important reason why the Communist Party of China possesses such strong leadership is that it is good at accurately grasping the currents and trends of temporal development, maintaining strategic determination, strategic confidence, and strategic patience amidst turbulence and change; it is good at overseeing the overall situation and coordinating all parties to exert strength in the same direction, concentrating strength to accomplish great things; and it is good at drawing one blueprint to the end, being as persistent as water dripping through stone, and working tirelessly.

History and practice have repeatedly proven that the Communist Party of China possesses incomparably strong leadership, organizational, and execution capabilities, and is the most reliable leading force for uniting and leading the people to overcome difficulties and forge ahead. Adhering to and improving the Party's leadership is the fundamental basis and the lifeblood of the Party and the state, and it concerns the interests and destiny of all ethnic groups in the country.

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"Consciously benchmarking and calibrating to timely correct deviations in ideological understanding," "correcting as soon as it is known and implementing immediate corrections"... As the "15th Five-Year Plan" begins, the entire Party is carrying out study and education to establish and practice a correct view of political achievements; some issues such as deviations, distortions, or misalignments in the view of political achievements have been publicly reported and serious accountability has been pursued, releasing a strong signal of using new achievements in governing and managing the Party to escort the magnificent journey of Chinese modernization.

To govern the country, one must first govern the Party; only when the Party prospers can the country be strong.

More than 80 years ago, in a Yan'an cave dwelling, facing the question of the historical cycle raised by Huang Yanpei, the young Party gave a decisive first answer: "Only by letting the people supervise the government will the government not dare to slack off." After a century of wind and frost and a century of seeking, the vigorous great Party has found a second resolute and unrepentant answer, which is also the inevitable path of long-term governance: "Carry the great self-revolution of the Party through to the end."

One of the connotations and essential meanings of the "Fourteen Persistences" of Xi Jinping's Thought on Party Building is "adhering to exercising full and rigorous self-governance," which clearly demonstrates that during the critical period of laying the foundation and exerting full force to basically realize socialist modernization, the Party's building must still be advanced as a great project without a moment's slackening.

"The Party's self-revolution and economic and social development are closely linked, mutually reinforcing, and complement each other." History and practice prove that the more effective the governing and managing of the Party, the more powerful the guarantee for the advancement of Chinese modernization. Only by gaining the trust of the people through the actual achievements of exercising full and rigorous self-governance can a majestic force for advancing the cause be consolidated.

This is the historical initiative to ensure that the Party does not change its nature, its color, or its flavor by treating both the symptoms and the root causes. In December 2014, when General Secretary Xi Jinping inspected Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, Cui Ronghai, an old Party member with over 50 years of Party seniority, held the General Secretary's hand and said: "You are the nemesis of corrupt elements and the lucky star of the people of the whole country!" It was during this inspection that General Secretary Xi Jinping first proposed "exercising full and rigorous self-governance," forming the "Four Comprehensives" strategic layout.

Using the "scalpel" of self-revolution to scrape the bone and treat the poison; grasping political construction as the "fundamental construction" of the Party; implementing the Party's organizational line in the new era to eliminate "roadblocks," "internal obstructions," and "dead ends"; making discipline truly become an "electrified high-voltage line"; promoting the "three no's" (not corrupting, not being corrupt, and not allowing corruption) in an integrated manner; and putting power into the cage of the system... Since the 18th National Congress of the Party, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, with a strong sense of historical responsibility, a profound sense of mission and concern, and tenacious willpower, has played a "combination punch" of governing and managing the Party, consolidating the entire Party into "a piece of hard steel." From strategic blueprinting to implementation and resonance, a "Marxist ruling party that always stays at the forefront of the times, is wholeheartedly supported by the people, is brave in self-revolution, can withstand various tests of wind and waves, and is full of vigor" is leading Chinese modernization to stride forward.

This is the era's responsibility to contribute wisdom to the construction of political parties and the development of political civilization in the world. "What experiences can African countries learn from China's 'Eight-Point Regulation'?" In 2025, the study and education carried out throughout the Party to deeply implement the spirit of the Central Committee's Eight-Point Regulation attracted widespread international attention. While Western "China threat theory" and "China collapse theory" are being hyped and making noise in turns, China has never feared being beaten down or being falsely praised; looking up at the stars and keeping its head down to work hard, China has successfully concluded the "14th Five-Year Plan" and pushed Chinese modernization to take a solid and powerful key step. Bloomberg of the United States once again issued the exclamation: "Never underestimate China."

The "Chinese sample" is widely favored, and behind it is the distinct character of "he who conquers others is powerful, but he who conquers himself is strong." When some countries in the world transplant Western governance templates and fall into a "vicious circle" of insufficient governance efficiency and obstructed modernization processes, how is it that Chinese modernization is "scenic and superior on this side" and always demonstrates vigorous vitality and strong resilience? "Looking at the whole world, no political party can treat its own building as seriously and earnestly as the Communist Party of China, nor can it promote self-revolution with such high consciousness through a scientific attitude and a systematic way; this is a prominent advantage of our Party, and also the way to win and lead the era." General Secretary Xi Jinping's words were resounding.

By governing oneself, the world is governed. Forging ahead on the new journey, under the strong leadership of the Party, the ship of Chinese modernization travels steadily and far, with a "sea-calming needle" that does not lose its way in wind and rain and a "navigational lighthouse" that illuminates the journey, fearing no thousand difficulties and dangers, and heading with its head held high toward the shore of rejuvenation.

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On September 3, 2025, a grand assembly was held to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. The great national ceremony was inspiring, engraving the hard-won glory of victory. On the Tiananmen rostrum, General Secretary Xi Jinping's forceful and solemn declaration anchored an eternal coordinate for the national memory: "Inherit and promote the great spirit of the War of Resistance, strive forward with determination and courage, and unite and struggle to comprehensively advance the construction of a strong nation and the great cause of national rejuvenation through Chinese modernization!"

Spirit is the source of strength, and style is the foundation for accomplishing things. The spiritual outlook of a ruling party, the national spirit of the times, and the myriad manifestations of modernization construction are inherited from the same source and closely connected.

Looking back at the extraordinary 105-year journey, from the great spirit of Party building, to the Jinggangshan spirit, the Iron Man spirit, and the Hongqi Canal spirit, and then to the lunar exploration spirit, the entrepreneurship spirit, and the "Three Oxen" spirit... one distinct and concrete "coordinate" after another converges into a vast river of spirit, paving the stairs for the Chinese nation to continuously climb upward and writing the magnificent epic of modernization construction.

On the front lines of poverty alleviation, rooting in the mountains and fields, traveling day and night, using the tenacity of "Yu Gong moving mountains" to win the largest poverty alleviation battle in human history; on the front lines of fighting the epidemic, charging at the front and moving toward danger to guard the mountains and rivers; on the front lines of scientific and technological innovation, being unswerving and devoting oneself to research to go all out to overcome "bottleneck" problems and forge great national tools. The great achievements of the new era are fought for, worked for, and strived for by the Party and the people together!

Engels pointed out: "A party that knows its goal and also knows how to reach that goal, a party that truly wants to reach that goal and possesses the tenacious spirit indispensable to reaching that goal—such a party will be invincible."

Looking at the history of global modernization development, any country that lacks development momentum or where modernization has stagnated halfway has a root cause that is nothing other than the slackness of the political party's spirit, the dissipation of the people's hearts, and the lack of practical working spirit. In China of the new era, the Communist Party has restrained formalism and bureaucracy, vigorously promoted the style of investigation and research, and bent down to solve the urgent and difficult problems and much-needed needs of the masses. The uplifting, practical, and honest-to-goodness spirit injects powerful positive energy into the construction of Chinese modernization.

At Lianhuashan in Shenzhen, a vigorous and upright banyan tree stands against the wind. In December 2012, during his first inspection away from Beijing after the 18th National Congress of the Party, General Secretary Xi Jinping came here to present a flower basket to the bronze statue of Comrade Deng Xiaoping, the chief architect of reform and opening up. On the open grassland not far away, the General Secretary used a spade to dig the soil and personally planted this banyan tree. The old and the new push each other, and life proceeds without stagnation. The small tree that was once more than 3 meters tall has now grown into a leafy canopy, witnessing the vigorous vitality of reform and opening up in the new era and demonstrating the pragmatic and enterprising spiritual outlook of the Communists of China.

Achieving socialist modernization is a process of stepwise progression and continuous development and progress. From the "First Five-Year Plan" to the "15th Five-Year Plan," the Communists of China in the new era uphold the red genes, continue the spiritual bloodline, and the footsteps of the hundreds of millions of people led by the Party in exploring the path of modernization always move forward.

On the new journey, the construction of Chinese modernization is in a key climbing stage, with heavy development tasks and huge transformation pressure. The greater the risks, the more challenges, and the heavier the tasks, the more we must adhere to the style of pragmatism, grasping work solidly and taking steady steps; the more we must promote the style of integrity, understanding great morality, upholding public morality, and strictly observing private morality; and the more we must cultivate the style of frugality, nurturing moral character, and advocating a frugal life, always maintaining the true colors of a Communist.

Under the guidance of Xi Jinping's Thought on Party Building, the vast number of Party members and cadres persist in using the Party's innovative theories to consolidate their souls and strengthen their spiritual backbone, working with one heart with the masses, striving and advancing, and courageously pioneering, continuously transforming the Party's excellent style into practical achievements of modernization construction.

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"Many people do not want to go back once they leave the countryside, but someone must always come back, and I am the person who wants to come back." Huang Wenxiu, the former first secretary stationed in Baini Village, Leye, Guangxi, gave up a prosperous urban life and chose to return to her hometown, rooting herself in the depths of the mountains and integrating her youth into the cause of poverty alleviation. On a night of heavy rain, she traveled overnight out of concern for the safety of the masses, unfortunately encountering a mountain flood, and her life was forever frozen at the age of 30.

The mountains and rivers are safe and the years are peaceful; the Communists of the new era always uphold the iron will of being willing to devote everything for the happiness of the people. On the front lines of poverty alleviation, more than 1,800 comrades gave their precious lives, practicing their mission and responsibility with heartfelt sincerity.

The 105-year history of the Party is a history of struggle with faith as firm as a rock, unceasing self-improvement, and self-transcendence.

Looking at the modernization development processes of various countries in the world, external containment and suppression, internal accumulated contradictions, and wavering development paths mean that any major risk could impede the modernization process. Chinese modernization is also by no means something that can be achieved easily or with fanfare.

Facing the great changes unseen in a century, we resolutely defend national sovereignty, security, and development interests, and firmly hold the initiative of development in our own hands; facing the long-standing "Four Tests" and "Four Dangers," we use the spirit of thorough self-revolution to promote the new great project of Party building to develop in depth, weaving a dense institutional defense line and strictly enforcing discipline and rules, becoming even stronger and more full of vitality through revolutionary forging; facing the pains of economic transformation, cyclical downward pressure, and prominent structural contradictions, we adhere to the general principle of seeking progress while maintaining stability, establishing bottom-line thinking, maintaining strategic patience, unswervingly promoting high-quality development, and consolidating the economic foundation; the Chinese economy has demonstrated strong resilience through the baptism of wind and rain.

Rising to meet difficulties, daring to fight and certain to win. Under the guidance of Xi Jinping's Thought on Party Building, the century-old great Party continuously opens up new realms of governing and managing the Party, and rejuvenating and strengthening the Party. The iron will forged through a thousand hammerings has become the most solid spiritual support for Chinese modernization to resist risks and move forward through the waves.

On the occasion of the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, Zhang Liansheng, a 102-year-old Party member, wrote a letter to General Secretary Xi Jinping, deeply recalling the unforgettable years when he, as a radio operator of the "Fourth Detachment" of the Central Column, followed the Party Central Committee through the smoke and fire of northern Shaanxi, expressing his determination to always follow the Party and be a permanent member of the "Fourth Detachment."

In his reply, General Secretary Xi Jinping sincerely praised this sincere and profound love for the Party and the devotion to the Party, and encouraged the Communists of the new era to inherit the red genes, never forget the original aspiration and remain true to the mission, fulfill their duties with practical responsibility, and write an excellent answer sheet on the new journey.

The new journey is an expedition full of glory and dreams, but it will inevitably face new challenges and tests. We must continuously temper the strong willpower of the entire Party, always advancing in the face of difficulties, rising to meet challenges, and acting without slackening. We will not believe in evil, will not fear ghosts, and will not fear pressure; we will use strong political will to respond to the changes of the times, use the will of tenacious struggle to solve the problems of rejuvenation, and use the will of clear self-reflection to achieve self-purification, self-perfection, self-innovation, and self-improvement; we will always have confidence, determination, courage, and resilience, shoulder the heavy responsibility of national rejuvenation and the mission of peaceful human development, and stand firm and accumulate strength for prosperity amidst the century-old changes.

The original aspiration of 105 years is as firm as a rock, and the flame is passed down from generation to generation; the mission of the new era is on our shoulders, and practical work is the key. Standing at a new historical starting point, let us, under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, deeply study and comprehend, and comprehensively implement Xi Jinping's Thought on Party Building, always maintain an enterprising and proactive posture, adhere to advanced value concepts, temper excellent leadership skills, refine superb governance capabilities, forever maintain an excellent spiritual outlook, and forge tenacious willpower, integrating the Party's building into the entire process of building a strong nation and national rejuvenation, unswervingly walking the path of Chinese modernization, and continuously creating new achievements that are worthy of history, worthy of the times, and worthy of the people.

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Li Qiang presides over State Council executive meeting

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, June 29 — Premier Li Qiang presided over an executive meeting of the State Council (国务院) on June 29, to hear reports on the development of artificial intelligence, study the current situation of foreign trade and work related to the construction of a powerful trading nation, and deliberate upon and pass the "15th Five-Year Plan" Carbon Peak Action Plan and the "15th Five-Year Plan" National Health Plan.

The meeting pointed out that it is necessary to profoundly grasp the evolutionary trends of artificial intelligence, improve support policies and governance systems, and firmly grasp the initiative in development. It is necessary to increase efforts to promote breakthroughs in artificial intelligence innovation, accelerate the tackling of key technologies and the construction of ultra-large-scale intelligent computing clusters, strengthen the supply of high-quality data, enhance the guarantee of factors such as talent and capital, and support enterprises in conducting basic research and frontier exploration. It is necessary to deeply implement the "Artificial Intelligence +" action, leverage China's advantages such as its complete industrial system and rich application scenarios, and promote the accelerated large-scale commercial application of intelligent products and services. It is necessary to firmly hold the bottom line of artificial intelligence security, improve institutional rules such as scientific and technological ethics and testing and certification, construct a dynamic, adaptive, and hierarchical and classified security supervision system, and strengthen international cooperation in artificial intelligence governance.

The meeting pointed out that it is necessary to maintain the good momentum of foreign trade development, increase support such as credit and trade credit insurance, expand the import of high-quality goods and services, improve the trade support system, build public service platforms, and promote the balanced development of imports and exports. It is necessary to promote the improvement of quality and efficiency in foreign trade, enhance the brand influence and product added value of goods trade, strengthen and optimize service trade and digital trade, accelerate the cultivation and expansion of new trade formats and new models, and promote the integrated development of trade and investment and the integrated development of domestic and foreign trade. It is necessary to actively expand autonomous opening-up, maintain the international economic and trade order, and enhance capabilities for foreign-related security guarantees.

The meeting pointed out that it is necessary to leverage the strategic driving role of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality, promote the transformation and upgrading of the economic structure, and create more green economic growth points. It is necessary to focus on key areas and critical links and continuously exert effort, accelerate the adjustment and optimization of the energy structure, promote the greening and low-carbonization of industries, improve and perfect systems such as laws, regulations, standards, and carbon emission statistics and accounting, carry out evaluations and assessments scientifically and in an orderly manner, integrate green and low-carbon orientations into all fields and all links of the national economic cycle, promote the formation of green production and living lifestyles, and deeply cultivate the green background of high-quality development.

The meeting pointed out that in recent years, the construction of a Healthy China has been accelerated, and the health level of the people has continued to rise. It is necessary to construct a full-lifecycle health service system, coordinate the layout of resources, strengthen the synergy among medical care, medical insurance, and disease control, and provide the masses with systematic, continuous, high-quality, and efficient health services. It is necessary to vigorously develop the health industry, improve support policies, cultivate and expand new service formats in the health field, enrich the supply of health products, and strictly supervise quality and safety to allow the masses to consume with peace of mind and live healthily.

The meeting also studied other matters.

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Wang Huning attends symposium on research and consultation for building a strong domestic market

Beijing, June 29, Xinhua — (Reporter Li Changyu) A consultation symposium on constructing a strong domestic market was held in Beijing on June 29 to conduct consultations regarding the results of key investigation and research conducted by the central committees of relevant democratic parties and non-party personages. Wang Huning, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (全国政协), attended and delivered a speech. He stated that constructing a strong domestic market is a major decision made by the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, with a view to the overall situation of Chinese modernization. We must deeply study and implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's important expositions on constructing a strong domestic market, implement the important deployments of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee regarding the construction of a strong domestic market, improve our political standing in revolving around the center and serving the overall situation, enhance our responsibility in performing duties by seeking good policies and offering true words, and contribute ideas and efforts toward constructing a new development pattern, promoting high-quality development, and advancing the construction of Chinese modernization.

Wang Huning gave full affirmation to the relevant central committees of democratic parties and non-party personages for conducting in-depth investigation and research and actively offering advice and suggestions regarding the construction of a strong domestic market. He stated that constructing a strong domestic market is the strategic support for constructing a new development pattern and promoting high-quality development, and is an important task for further comprehensively deepening reform and constructing a high-level socialist market economy system. We must anchor ourselves to the task deployments for constructing a strong domestic market during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, and around the basic requirements and key, difficult problems of the "five unifications and one opening," research and propose more in-depth and more constructive counter-measures and suggestions, providing reference for the Party and the government to make scientific decisions and implement effective policies. We must improve the quality and efficiency of performing duties by socialist participatory parties and participatory forces with Chinese characteristics, do a good job in ideological and political guidance, political deliberation and suggestion-making, and self-construction, and use the strengths of multi-party cooperation to extensively build consensus and gather strength for the development of the cause of the Party and the state.

Zheng Jianbang, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang, Ding Zhongli, Chairman of the Central Committee of the China Democratic League, Cai Dafeng, Chairman of the Central Committee of the China Democratic Progress Association, Su Hui, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League, and Guo Lei, a representative of non-party personages, introduced the research results at the symposium, and put forward pragmatic and pertinent policy suggestions regarding accelerating the construction of a unified national energy market, deepening urban-rural land system reform, expanding cultural consumption, deeply implementing special actions to boost consumption, actively expanding the space for effective investment, and improving the systems and mechanisms conducive to the construction of a unified national large market.

Li Ganjie, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of the United Front Work Department, presided over the meeting. He Baoxiang, Wang Guangqian, and Zhu Yongxin attended the meeting. Responsible comrades from the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Natural Resources, and the State Administration for Market Regulation conducted consultations and exchanges with non-party personages.

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Integrating Agriculture, Culture, and Tourism to Paint a New Landscape (Staying True to Original Mission, Striving Forward on the Journey of Rejuvenation)

By: 本报记者 吴 君

On the southern slopes of the Dabie Mountains, Hong'an County (红安县), Hubei, is lush with greenery.

As night falls, at the Huang'an Ancient City · Hong'an Film and Television Fantasy City scenic area, as the lights gradually dim, the mountain-and-water real-scene performance "Hong'an · Hong'an" draws its curtain. The piercing sound of a charge bugle breaks through the sky, and through the vivid presentation of sound, light, and electricity, audiences walk through highly restored scenes to relive the 峥嵘岁月 (zhēng róng suì yuè - "towering/extraordinary years," the turbulent and heroic years of revolution).

In November 2024, during his inspection in Hubei, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: "Tap into the potential of characteristic industries and diversified operations to improve the quality and efficiency of agricultural development. Consolidate and expand the achievements of poverty alleviation, and accelerate the revitalization and development of old revolutionary base areas." "Hubei possesses profound historical and cultural heritage and abundant red resources; it must shoulder the mission of strengthening the protection of cultural resources and promoting innovative cultural development."

Hong'an is the birthplace of the Huang-Ma Uprising and the center of the E-Yu-Wan Revolutionary Base Area, having produced more than 200 founding generals. Keeping in mind the earnest exhortations of General Secretary Xi Jinping, Hong'an carries forward the Dabie Mountain Spirit, deeply cultivates the cultural resources of the old base area, and uses the integration of agriculture, culture, and tourism to drive the extension of industrial chains, transforming the advantages of red resources into advantages of high-quality development.

Revolutionary cultural landmarks are scattered like stars; Hong'an has nearly 200 immovable revolutionary sites and relics, and 33 red-themed exhibition halls. The locality has created more than 50 small red-culture plays, built 350 kilometers of tourism highways, and developed six study-tour routes, promoting the deep integration of revolutionary culture with business formats such as study tours and performances. In 2025, Hong'an achieved a total tourism income of 10.35 billion yuan and received over 16 million tourist visits.

Inside the East Hubei (Hong'an) Agricultural Products Smart Logistics Park, logistics vehicles come and go, sending Laojunmei tea, Hong'an peanuts, and handmade oil noodles to various places. Relying on the massive passenger flow brought by the cultural and tourism industry, Hong'an has established exhibition and sales counters for specialized agricultural products in various scenic areas, constructing a three-level logistics system of "one center per county, one station per town, and one point per village," linking the full scenario of "touring, purchasing, and entertainment," and forming a virtuous cycle of promoting agriculture through culture and revitalizing agriculture through tourism. In 2025, the per capita disposable income of rural permanent residents in Hong'an exceeded 18,000 yuan, a year-on-year increase of 6.3%, and the proportion of income from specialized agricultural products in the operating income of rural residents reached 18.9%.

The key to agricultural modernization lies in scientific and technological progress and innovation. Entering the Hong'an County Ruifeng Planting and Breeding Professional Cooperative, the virus-free sweet potato seedlings are lush and green, growing perfectly. "These are all virus-free seedlings; the maximum yield per mu is 5,700 jin. The sweet potatoes produced have fine and soft flesh; the price per single plant is only a few cents. The common people can afford them, are willing to plant them, and can become prosperous through them," introduced Yao Feng, the head of the cooperative. "We cooperated with Huazhong Agricultural University to build the Hong'an Sweet Potato Tissue Culture Virus-Free Center, overcoming the problems of virus accumulation and variety degradation caused by long-term planting."

Today, from sweet potato tips and dried sweet potatoes to sweet potato flour, Hong'an sweet potatoes have derived more than 120 kinds of deep-processed products. The planting area has exceeded 300,000 mu, the total annual output exceeds 700,000 tons, and it has driven nearly 40 processing enterprises, successfully cultivating more than 60 characteristic brands such as "Jiangxiang Hong" and "Tiao Dage," and driving more than 120,000 households of farmers to increase their income and become prosperous; "one sweet potato enriches ten thousand families" has turned from a vision into reality.

Based on its resource endowments, Hong'an has also well-developed characteristic industries such as Chinese medicinal materials, poultry and eggs, and vegetables, possessing five national geographical indication protected products.

Amidst the green waters and mountains of Hong'an, revolutionary landmarks shine brightly, characteristic industries are full of vitality, and the lives of the people in the old base area are becoming increasingly prosperous. In 2025, the regional gross domestic product of Hong'an County reached 28.751 billion yuan.

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Introduction

Theory
　　Adhere to Xi Jinping's Thought on Party Building as the guide, and strive to vigorously advance the new great project of Party building in the new era
　　Fifth and Sixth Editions

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"Navigating a New Journey": Exhibition of Works on Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era Opens

Beijing, June 29 (Reporter Li Linwei) — On June 29, the "Navigating the New Journey—Exhibition of Documents on Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era" (领航新征程——习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想文献展), hosted by the Institute of Party History and Literature of the Central Committee, opened in Beijing.

Relying on the professional work and document resources of the Institute of Party History and Literature of the Central Committee, this exhibition integrates political character, ideological character, and authority; it comprehensively utilizes carriers such as physical documents, graphic and text display boards, and digital intelligence technology, gathering more than 20,000 items of various types and multiple languages to present a panoramic view of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important works, research achievements from theoretical and academic circles, local party history document achievements, multimedia audio and video and databases, as well as the research, compilation, translation, and publicity work achievements of the Institute of Party History and Literature of the Central Committee.

The exhibition is a permanent exhibition, divided into units such as "Ideological Banner, New Chapter of the Era," "Study and Research, Publicity and Interpretation," "Multi-party Synergy, Splendid Diversity," "Digital Empowerment, New Voices of Light and Shadow," and "Keeping Entrusted Tasks in Mind, Fulfilling the Mission Without Disgrace," and is open to central and state organs, as well as experts and scholars from theoretical and academic circles.

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State Council issues 15th Five-Year Plan for Education Development

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, June 29 — The State Council (国务院) recently issued the "15th Five-Year Plan for Education Development" (《教育发展“十五五”规划》) (hereinafter referred to as the "Plan"), making deployments for accelerating the construction of an education powerhouse during the "15th Five-Year" period.

The Plan emphasizes adhering to Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as guidance, comprehensively implementing General Secretary Xi Jinping's important expositions on education, adhering to the Party's overall leadership over the cause of education, adhering to the priority development of education, comprehensively implementing the Party's educational principles, firmly grasping the political attribute, people-centered attribute, and strategic attribute of education, focusing on the construction of a high-quality education system, consolidating the foundation and exerting comprehensive effort, striving to promote fairness, optimize structure, and improve quality, promoting the integrated advancement of education, science and technology, and talent, cultivating socialist builders and successors with all-round development in morality, intelligence, physique, aesthetics, and labor, pushing the construction of an education powerhouse to a new level, and better supporting and serving Chinese-style modernization.

The Plan proposes that by 2030, significant results will be achieved in the construction of an education powerhouse, and a high-quality education system will be basically established. The institutional system and working mechanisms of the Party's overall leadership over the cause of education will be more improved, the comprehensive cultivation system for morality, intelligence, physique, aesthetics, and labor will be more sound, the effectiveness of fostering virtue through education (立德树人 - lì dé shù rén - "establishing virtue and cultivating people," the fundamental task of education) will be more significant, the people's sense of gain in education will be significantly enhanced, education's support for science, technology, and talent will be more powerful, a learning society will be basically formed, and China's international influence, competitiveness, and discourse power in education will be significantly elevated.

The Plan arranges 23 key tasks around five aspects: shaping a new pattern of fostering virtue through education, strengthening the supporting role of education for science, technology, and talent, comprehensively improving the quality and level of public education services, cultivating and building a high-level teaching force, and expanding high-level opening-up of education to the outside world. Centering on adapting to changes in the school-age population, supporting major national strategies, and serving the construction of a modern industrial system, it makes systematic deployments for improving the forward-looking layout of educational resources, strengthening the regional layout of education, and optimizing the layout of talent cultivation. It clarifies six aspects of comprehensive reform tasks: establishing and practicing scientific concepts of education development, strengthening the integrated advancement of coordinated work in education, science, technology, and talent, optimizing education management and operation mechanisms, deepening education evaluation reform, advancing the digital and intelligent transformation of education, and improving mechanisms for strategic educational investment and rule of law guarantees. It arranges 15 major projects, including the ideological and political leadership enhancement plan, the "Double Excellence" construction plan for high-level applied undergraduate universities, the national interdisciplinary center construction plan, and the high-quality and full employment promotion plan for college graduates.

The Plan requires adhering to and strengthening the Party's overall leadership over education work, and improving the planning implementation mechanism characterized by government leadership, multi-party participation, concerted advancement, and encouragement of innovation. The Ministry of Education (教育部) must, in conjunction with relevant parties, establish and improve a normalized monitoring and evaluation mechanism for the construction of an education powerhouse, construct a plan monitoring and evaluation system, and vigorously and effectively promote the implementation of the Plan.

(See related reports on page eight)

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Li Qiang presides over State Council executive meeting

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, June 29 — Premier Li Qiang presided over an executive meeting of the State Council (国务院) on June 29, to hear reports on the development of artificial intelligence, study matters related to the current foreign trade situation and the construction of a powerful trading nation, and deliberate upon and pass the "15th Five-Year Plan" Carbon Peak Action Plan and the "15th Five-Year Plan" National Health Plan.

The meeting pointed out that it is necessary to profoundly grasp the evolutionary trends of artificial intelligence, improve support policies and governance systems, and firmly grasp the initiative in development. It is necessary to increase efforts to promote breakthroughs in artificial intelligence innovation, accelerate the tackling of key technologies and the construction of ultra-large-scale intelligent computing clusters, strengthen the supply of high-quality data, enhance the guarantee of factors such as talent and capital, and support enterprises in conducting basic research and frontier exploration. It is necessary to deeply implement the "Artificial Intelligence +" action, leverage China's advantages such as its complete industrial system and rich application scenarios, and promote the accelerated large-scale commercial application of intelligent products and services. It is necessary to firmly hold the bottom line of artificial intelligence security, improve institutional rules such as scientific and technological ethics and testing and certification, construct a dynamic, adaptive, and hierarchical and classified security supervision system, and strengthen international cooperation in artificial intelligence governance.

The meeting pointed out that it is necessary to maintain the good momentum of foreign trade development, increase support such as credit and trade credit insurance, expand the import of high-quality goods and services, improve the trade support system, build public service platforms, and promote the balanced development of imports and exports. It is necessary to promote the improvement of quality and efficiency in foreign trade, enhance the brand influence and product added value of goods trade, strengthen and optimize service trade and digital trade, accelerate the cultivation and expansion of new trade formats and new models, and promote the integrated development of trade and investment and the integrated development of domestic and foreign trade. It is necessary to actively expand autonomous opening-up, maintain the international economic and trade order, and enhance capabilities for foreign-related security guarantees.

The meeting pointed out that it is necessary to play the strategic driving role of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality, promote the transformation and upgrading of the economic structure, and create more green economic growth points. It is necessary to focus on key areas and critical links and continuously exert effort, accelerate the adjustment and optimization of the energy structure, promote the greening and low-carbonization of industries, improve and perfect systems such as laws, regulations, standards, and carbon emission statistics and accounting, carry out evaluations and assessments scientifically and in an orderly manner, integrate green and low-carbon orientations into all fields and all links of the national economic cycle, promote the formation of green production and living lifestyles, and cultivate a thick green foundation for high-quality development.

The meeting pointed out that in recent years, the construction of a Healthy China has been accelerated, and the health level of the people has continued to rise. It is necessary to construct a full life-cycle health service system, coordinate the layout of resources, strengthen the synergy among medical care, medical insurance, and disease control, and provide the masses with systematic, continuous, high-quality, and efficient health services. It is necessary to vigorously develop the health industry, improve support policies, cultivate and expand new service formats in the health field, enrich the supply of health products, and strictly supervise quality and safety to allow the masses to consume with peace of mind and live healthily.

The meeting also studied other matters.

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National Quality Inspection Center has served over 700,000 small, medium, and micro enterprises since last year

Beijing, June 29, report (Reporter Lin Lili) — Reporters have learned from the State Administration for Market Regulation (国家市场监督管理总局) that since 2025, the National Quality Inspection and Testing Center has served over 700,000 small, medium, and micro enterprises, helping relevant enterprises achieve cost reduction and efficiency enhancement of approximately 2.9 billion yuan.

Inspection and testing are becoming a key technical force for ensuring the security and stability of industrial chains and supply chains, and for promoting industrial upgrading. Since 2025, the inspection and testing industry has concentrated on overcoming more than 20 key technical testing difficulties, such as precision measurement of industrial robots and safety assessment of new energy vehicle batteries. Planning and constructing 880 national product quality inspection and testing centers, since last year, more than 1,700 key common technical difficulties in the industry have been resolved, promoting the transformation of more than 3,400 scientific and technological achievements. The level of industrial intensification has improved. Institutions above designated size contributed over 80% of industry revenue with approximately 15% of the quantity, and the proportion of revenue from testing institutions with high-tech enterprise status accounts for nearly half. Industrial synergy effects have strengthened. Through the construction of more than 1,600 public service platforms, more than 20,000 product quality and trade difficulties have been resolved.

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Wang Huning attends symposium on research and consultation for building a strong domestic market

Beijing, June 29, Xinhua — (Reporter Li Changyu) A consultation symposium on building a strong domestic market was held in Beijing on June 29 to conduct consultations regarding the results of key investigation and research conducted by the central committees of relevant democratic parties and non-party personages. Wang Huning, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (全国政协), attended and delivered a speech. He stated that building a strong domestic market is a major decision made by the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, with a view to the overall situation of Chinese modernization. We must deeply study and implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's important expositions on building a strong domestic market, implement the important deployments of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee regarding the building of a strong domestic market, improve our political standing in revolving around the center and serving the overall situation, enhance our responsibility in performing duties by seeking good policies and offering true words, and contribute ideas and efforts toward constructing a new development pattern, promoting high-quality development, and advancing the construction of Chinese modernization.

Wang Huning gave full affirmation to the relevant central committees of democratic parties and non-party personages for conducting in-depth investigation and research and actively offering advice and suggestions regarding the building of a strong domestic market. He stated that building a strong domestic market is the strategic support for constructing a new development pattern and promoting high-quality development, and is an important task for further comprehensively deepening reform and constructing a high-level socialist market economy system. We must anchor ourselves to the task deployments for building a strong domestic market during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, and around the basic requirements and key, difficult problems of the "five unifications and one opening," research and propose more in-depth and more constructive countermeasures and suggestions, providing reference for the Party and the government to make scientific decisions and implement effective policies. We must improve the quality and efficiency of performing duties by socialist participating parties and participating forces with Chinese characteristics, do a good job in ideological and political guidance, political consultation and suggestion, and self-construction, and use the strengths of multi-party cooperation to extensively build consensus and gather strength for the development of the cause of the Party and the state.

Zheng Jianbang, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang, Ding Zhongli, Chairman of the Central Committee of the China Democratic League, Cai Dafeng, Chairman of the Central Committee of the China Democratic Progress Association, Su Hui, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League, and Guo Lei, a representative of non-party personages, introduced the investigation and research results at the symposium, and put forward pragmatic and pertinent policy suggestions regarding accelerating the construction of a unified national energy market, deepening urban-rural land system reform, expanding cultural consumption, deeply implementing special actions to boost consumption, actively expanding the space for effective investment, and improving the systems and mechanisms conducive to the construction of a unified national large market.

Li Ganjie, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of the United Front Work Department, presided over the meeting. He Baoxiang, Wang Guangqian, and Zhu Yongxin attended the meeting. Responsible comrades from the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委), the Ministry of Finance (财政部), the Ministry of Natural Resources (自然资源部), and the State Administration for Market Regulation (市场监管总局) conducted consultations and exchanges with non-party personages.

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Moving in step with history, sharing a destiny with the times

By: 本报记者 陈尚文

A majestic mountain range must have its main peak. To understand China, one must understand the Communist Party of China; only by understanding the Communist Party of China can one understand China.

On the great journey of advancing Chinese modernization, the Communist Party of China welcomes its 105th anniversary. From Shikumen to Tiananmen, from Xingye Road to Fuxing Road, an increasing number of international personages are following this red lineage, exploring the code of the Chinese path through historical retrospection, and feeling the pulse of Chinese governance within the reality of development. To march in step with history and share a common destiny with the times—this is precisely their answer to understanding China.

A Century of Exploration, Opening the Righteous Path for Humanity Amidst Hardship and Brilliance

At No. 76 Xingye Road, Shanghai, the weather-beaten Shikumen buildings bathe in the sunlight, solemn and dignified.

105 years ago, the old China was shrouded in darkness and storms, as a group of patriots and visionaries exerted every effort to seek light within the darkness. It was precisely here that the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China was convened, an event that opened up the heavens and earth, unfolding a brand-new chapter in Chinese history.

Entering the Museum of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China, one sees the first complete Chinese translation of the Communist Manifesto displayed in a showcase; the yellowed volumes ignite the sparks of faith, allowing the light of truth to penetrate the night; the mottled old-fashioned English typewriter connects to the long-held aspirations of revolutionary pioneers to save the country and the people, witnessing those extraordinary years of exploration...

Only by understanding history can one gain insight into the future. Serbian President Vučić made a special trip to visit the Museum of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China and wrote in the guestbook: "Standing in this solemn room, I feel the historical weight of a bright vision originating from a simple starting point. This vision, which has become a reality, reminds me that even the most vast rivers begin with a steady trickle, and the deepest convictions of a people are often born in the most difficult years."

Yan'an, Shaanxi, witnessed the critical process under the leadership of the Communist Party of China where the cause of the Chinese revolution moved from a low ebb to a high tide, achieving a historical turning point and reversing the future and destiny of China.

"If a political party or a country forgets its past, it cannot possess a better future." Standing before the simple cave dwellings of Fenghuang Mountain, Timár Gyula, Chairman of the Workers' Party of Hungary, expressed profound emotions: "This is not only a sacred site for the Chinese communist movement but also a spiritual coordinate for the international communist movement."

Yuryevich, Secretary of the Saratov Oblast Committee of the Communist Party of Russia, believes that China's adherence to Marxism and its subsequent leap forward allow communists worldwide to see that socialism has a bright future: "From the hardships of the Yan'an period to the prosperity of contemporary China, it profoundly proves that the Chinese path led by the Communist Party of China is successful."

Coming from the depths of time, the Communist Party of China was born for its mission and acts according to its original aspiration. The founding of New China brought a fundamental change to the world; Reform and Opening-up brought earth-shaking transformations. Since the new era, the cause of the Party and the state has achieved historic achievements and undergone historic changes. Today, we are closer to, and have more confidence and ability to achieve, the goal of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation than at any other time in history.

In Beijing, at the China Reform and Opening-up Historical Exhibition Hall [Note: Source text says "Communist Party of China History Exhibition Hall"], the magnificent, all-encompassing, all-process, panoramic, and epic journey of the Communist Party of China is presented, attracting waves of visitors from afar—

From the construction of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway and the international expansion of Yuan Longping's hybrid rice technology, to the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation and the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, President Chabu of Mozambique paused for a long time before the display boards, listening attentively and nodding frequently. After his visit, he solemnly wrote in the guestbook: "We express our lofty respect to the founders and leaders of the Communist Party of China, and to all the people who have worked hard for this brotherly nation."

Uzbek Prime Minister Aliyev wrote: "Under the leadership of the great Communist Party of China, the great Chinese people have achieved unprecedented achievements in a 'golden age'."

Guinean Prime Minister Barry wrote: "China's experience is inspiring for all peoples pursuing progress, peace, and dignity. The path of the Communist Party of China embodies a century of foresight, leadership, and the will to struggle, allowing the national flag to fly high."

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Sentence after sentence of reflections confirm a conclusion eloquently proven by history and reality: the history of the Communist Party of China is the most 可歌可泣 (kě gē kě qì - "singable and weepable," heroic and moving) chapter of modern Chinese history; history created the Communist Party of China through the exploration and struggle of the people, and the Communist Party of China, by uniting and leading the people, has created new historical brilliance for the long-standing Chinese civilization.

Moving Steadily to Go Far, Writing Development Miracles Amidst the Tides of the Times

When the Communist Party of China was founded, it had only about 50 members; today, it has developed into the world's largest ruling party with over 100 million members, powerfully leading an Eastern giant with more than 1.4 billion people. The world is curious: just why "can" the Communist Party of China do it? Since the new era, the answer has become increasingly clear—

The way of eternal vitality lies in self-mastery. The Communist Party of China continuously radiates vitality and vigor through the great practice of exercising full and rigorous self-governance of the Party.

"From 'the people as the foundation of the state' to 'serving the people,' and from 'cultivating oneself and establishing virtue' to 'tempering Party spirit,' the Communist Party of China has clarified Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building, deeply integrating Marxist scientific theory with the wisdom of five thousand years of Chinese civilization, tempering and sublimating it through the practice of exercising full and rigorous self-governance in the new era." Humphrey Moshi, Director of the China Studies Center at the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, said that this is not only the theoretical wealth of the Communist Party of China itself but also a profound gift to the treasury of human political civilization.

"Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building answers a major historical question of how a Marxist ruling party maintains its advanced nature, wins the support of the people, and leads the country to achieve modernization." In the view of Yeltesbayev, former Chairman of the People's Party of Kazakhstan, the great significance of this thought lies in guiding the Communist Party of China to always maintain strategic determination and strong organizational capacity amidst a complex international environment and profound social changes, and to always maintain close ties with the masses.

滴水穿石 (dī shuǐ chuān shí - "dripping water pierces stone," persistence overcomes all obstacles), working with long-term perseverance. The Communist Party of China holds fast to its goals without relaxation and follows a single blueprint to the end, achieving the extraordinary through far-sightedness and continuous struggle.

"A major advantage of the Communist Party of China leading China lies in its ability to ensure that long-term strategies are continuously advanced and implemented, achieving a 'relay race' toward important national development goals." In the view of Robert Lawrence Kuhn, Chairman of the Koen Foundation in the United States, since the Reform and Opening-up, more than 800 million Chinese people have escaped poverty, and particularly the 8-year concentrated campaign to lift nearly 100 million rural poor out of poverty is an epic achievement. "The effectiveness of targeted poverty alleviation relies on the strict, quantified, and transparent work processes formulated by the Communist Party of China and the coordinated implementation by officials at the provincial, city, county, township, and village levels; the east-west cooperation mechanism promotes the orderly flow of talent, capital, and technology from the east to the west, forming a synergy of the whole society to tackle the challenge." Kuhn believes that it is precisely under the leadership of the Communist Party of China that China is able to coordinate economic resources and organize social forces to push various major national projects to fruition.

"Some people often remark that China's development is like a puzzle. However, as long as one carefully reviews the various blueprints from the 'First Five-Year Plan' to the 'Fifteenth Five-Year Plan,' the direction and path within them are clearly discernible." Bernard Dewitte, Chairman of the Belgian China Business Council, stated that China formulates national development goals and promotes their implementation through systematic policy support and resource investment. Today, the technological progress achieved by emerging industries such as China's new energy vehicles, photovoltaics, and high-speed rail is a vivid footnote to this strategic determination and execution capability: "Robotics, biotechnology, medicine and health... in the next five years, the world will see more surprises and possibilities in China."

The country is the people, and the people are the country. The Communist Party of China stands firm in its people-centered stance, cultivates a deep devotion to the people, and moves forward courageously in the practice of striving for the happiness of the people.

"In China, political figures are not endless campaigners, but public servants of the people," said Marta Montolo, Executive Chair of the Fundació de l'Institut de l'Estudis de la Xina (China Studies Foundation) in Spain. She noted that the Communist Party of China is strict in cadre cultivation, emphasizing the combination of virtue and talent, and that "cadres cannot be cultivated in a 'greenhouse'." "In the process of Chinese modernization, the Communist Party of China always places the people at the center," Montolo said. Digital infrastructure, rural tourism, and precision agriculture allow modernization to benefit every village; advanced innovative technologies are widely applied to improve national health and raise education levels; promoting the harmonious coexistence of man and nature, and the synergistic progress of the economy and the environment...

"In China, political identity does not rely on hollow promises, but is rooted in tangible and long-term improvements in people's livelihoods." In the view of Hervé Azoulay, a professor and entrepreneur at the Silk Road Business School in France, the Communist Party of China's transformation of "people-centeredness" into an efficient governance reality is the core code of its political vitality: "This practice and experience both align with the Chinese tradition of 'the people are most precious' and provide valuable reference for Global South countries seeking their own paths of development."

The Great Path is Not Lonely, Creating a Better Future Together Amidst a Shared Destiny

Currently, changes in the world are accelerating, the international situation is characterized by an intertwining of chaos and instability, and global challenges are emerging incessantly. The more turbulent the winds and waves, the more necessary it is to work together with one heart. As an important force promoting human progress, political parties must anchor themselves to the correct direction of advancement and shoulder the historical responsibility of seeking happiness for the people and progress for humanity.

Transcending differences in social systems and development stages, and discarding zero-sum games and geopolitical thinking, the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative, the Global Civilization Initiative, and the Global Governance Initiative establish a systematic and complete framework for action, providing important support for building a community with a shared future for mankind.

In Jinhua Village in the northern mountainous areas of Vientiane, Laos, more than 20 vegetable greenhouses are arranged neatly, echoing the colorful-roofed residences and vast stretches of primeval forest—the vegetable cultivation technology and equipment provided by the China-Guangxi Technical Cooperation Poverty Reduction Demonstration Project in Laos have transformed this once-impoverished mountain village. In Xaylong Village in Luang Prabang, hundreds of kilometers away, Chinese poverty reduction experts have added weaving machines, taught new technologies, and expanded new patterns here; the characteristic weaving industry, which once faced the risk of extinction, has been sustained, and the villagers' pockets are gradually growing fuller.

Anousa, Deputy Director of the Department of Rural Development and Poverty Reduction of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Laos, said that unlike traditional assistance methods such as donating money and goods, China emphasizes "teaching a man to fish," bringing technical experience to help local areas explore suitable industries and providing advanced technical training, injecting Chinese strength into narrowing the North-South divide and achieving common development.

Since May 1 of this year, China has fully implemented zero-tariff measures for 53 African countries with diplomatic relations. High-quality specialty products such as Kenyan coffee, Rwandan dried chili, Ivorian rubber, Mozambican sesame, and Ethiopian flowers are entering the Chinese market. Tariffs are performing "subtraction" to promote the "addition" of trade and achieve the "multiplication" of people's livelihoods.

"The Communist Party of China has led China to achieve leapfrog development, insisted on advancing high-level opening-up to the outside world, and shared development opportunities with African countries, making important contributions to promoting the modernization of the Global South," said Ismail Madat, Dean of the Chitepo Institute of Political Education belonging to the ZANU-PF, the ruling party of Zimbabwe.

"The governing logic of the Communist Party of China is not that a strong nation must be a hegemon, but rather to follow the righteous path of peaceful development." In the view of German Marxist scholar Michael Kegel, facing regional disputes, China promotes dialogue to bridge rifts and cooperation to resolve disputes, which is a responsibility toward world peace.

The Communist Party of China is committed to promoting exchange and mutual learning among civilizations and promoting the progress of human civilization. In the view of Kawa Mahmoud, Chairman of the Iraq Global Civilization Initiative Research Center, the diversity of civilizations is not the source of conflict but the driver of development. Respecting civilizational diversity can build bridges to enhance understanding and trust between different civilizations.

The Xi Jinping Diplomacy Thought Research Department of the Egyptian Center for International Studies (ECIS) was inaugurated this May, aiming to deepen mutual learning between the Communist Party of China and political parties of Arab countries in fields such as modernization concepts, governance experience, and regional cooperation. "Facing multiple challenges in the world, the Communist Party of China provides Chinese solutions for maintaining international fairness, justice, and sustainable development, bringing light that penetrates the mist to the people," said Ahmed Sayed, Secretary-General of the Xi Jinping Diplomacy Thought Research Department of the Egyptian Center for International Studies.

Walking the great path of a shared destiny, embracing the world and looking toward the future.

To seek happiness for the Chinese people, to seek rejuvenation for the Chinese nation, to seek progress for humanity, and to seek Great Harmony for the world—through 105 years of wind and rain, the Communist Party of China will, together with political parties and political organizations of all countries, stand on the right side of history and on the side of human progress, making new and greater contributions to promoting the building of a community with a shared future for mankind and constructing a better world.

(Reported by Cui Yin, Huang Peizhao, Niu Ruifei, Li Zhiwei, Shang Kaiyuan, Yang Yi, Dai Kairan, and Guo Ziyun)

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"China remains a reliable partner for Namibia" (Overseas Perspectives: Global Echoes of a Century-Old Party)

By: 本报记者 戴楷然

“Under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, China has achieved admirable developmental achievements. The Communist Party of China adheres to the people-centered development ideology and possesses a strategic vision of long-term planning, providing important lessons for Global South countries, including Namibia, in exploring the path of modernization.” Recently, SWAPO (South West Africa People's Organisation) Secretary-General Sofia Shaningwa stated during an exclusive interview with this newspaper's reporter at the party's new headquarters building.

Shaningwa has visited China many times. “Every time I visit China, I see new development, new infrastructure, and new technology; 日新月异 (rì xīn yuè yì - "changing with each passing day," rapid and continuous progress) changes are everywhere,” Shaningwa said. “The Communist Party of China always places the interests of the people first, and through powerful organizational mobilization and execution capabilities, it promotes the implementation of various policies; this is one of the important reasons why China has achieved great success.”

This year marks the beginning of China's "15th Five-Year Plan" period, and Shaningwa has long been paying attention to how China promotes national development and progress through five-year plans. “The Communist Party of China is adept at formulating clear development goals and ensures the implementation and effectiveness of plans through a coordinated policy system and resource allocation mechanisms,” Shaningwa said. She stated that the Communist Party of China uses medium- and long-term planning to guide economic and social development, and this mode of governance provides beneficial inspiration for the vast number of developing countries.

For a long time, the Communist Party of China and SWAPO have maintained close and friendly exchanges; the friendship between the two sides can be traced back to the era of Namibia's struggle for national independence and liberation. “Namibia-China friendship is a precious wealth jointly created by the older generation of leaders. The relations between the two parties are built on the foundation of mutual respect, mutual trust, and common development. In recent years, the two parties have actively carried out high-level mutual visits and cadre training, continuously deepening the exchange of experience in governance,” Shaningwa said.

The newly commissioned SWAPO new headquarters building was constructed by a Chinese enterprise and is spacious, bright, and equipped with advanced facilities. “The professional capabilities and construction standards demonstrated by Chinese enterprises are impressive. This is not only a modern office building, but also an important witness to Namibia-China friendly cooperation,” Shaningwa said. During her tenure as a local administrator, she participated in local infrastructure construction work for a long time and has an in-depth understanding of projects undertaken by Chinese enterprises. In her view, multiple infrastructure projects, including the new airport road in Windhoek and the “Village-to-Village” road project in Rundu, have significantly improved Namibia's transportation conditions and the living standards of the people. “Chinese enterprises not only bring advanced technology and management experience, but also create a large number of employment opportunities. The cooperation results between Namibia and China in fields such as infrastructure, energy, and agriculture are very abundant, and China has always been a trustworthy partner for Namibia,” she said.

“Since May 1 of this year, China has fully implemented zero-tariff measures for 53 African countries with which it has diplomatic relations, which fully reflects China's sincerity in supporting Africa's development. This will help more Namibian enterprises, especially small and medium-sized enterprises and young entrepreneurs, to enter the Chinese market, and will also create important opportunities for African countries to expand exports to China.” Shaningwa cited examples, noting that Namibia's beef and baobab series products possess good market potential, and she hopes more high-quality products can enter the vision of Chinese consumers. At the same time, she expects both sides of Namibia-China to further deepen industrial cooperation, helping Africa improve local processing capabilities and industrialization levels, to realize more product value-added within Africa itself.

This year is the "China-Africa Year of People-to-People Exchanges." Shaningwa believes that people-to-people exchanges are an important bridge connecting the peoples of Africa and China. “Every visit to China is a great learning opportunity for me. Through face-to-face exchanges and field research, I have gained a deeper knowledge and understanding of China's development path,” Shaningwa said. She welcomed Chinese youth to come to Namibia and also hoped more Namibian youth would go to know China. “Friendship needs inheritance, and cooperation needs continuity. The younger generation needs to understand the history of friendly exchanges between the two parties of Namibia and China, and take up the responsibility of inheriting and promoting the traditional friendship between the two countries, allowing the common cause of both sides to be passed down from generation to generation.”

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Pushing the China-Serbia Strategic Partnership to New Heights (Ambassador's Essay)

By: 林 楠

June 30 of this year marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Seychelles. Over the past 50 years, the two countries have 风雨同舟 (fēng yǔ tóng zhōu - "weathered wind and rain in the same boat," to stand together through thick and thin) through storms and rain, providing firm mutual support on issues concerning each other's core interests, offering sincere mutual assistance on the paths of national construction and economic development, continuously deepening political mutual trust, achieving fruitful results in pragmatic cooperation, and seeing their friendship undergo the tests of international and regional winds and clouds.

In recent years, the heads of state of the two countries have maintained exchanges, playing an important leading role in bilateral relations. During the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, the relations between the two countries were elevated to a strategic partnership. At the invitation of the Seychelles government, a special envoy of President Xi Jinping recently traveled to Seychelles to attend the celebrations for the 50th anniversary of Seychelles' independence; a formation of officers and men from the Tangshan of the Chinese Navy appeared in the military parade, and a Henan martial arts troupe took the stage for a performance. Seychelles President Ramkalawan stated that current Seychelles-China relations have reached a historic high.

Since the establishment of diplomatic relations, China and Seychelles have always developed bilateral relations on the basis of the One-China principle. China supports Seychelles in following a development path that conforms to its own national conditions, and the Seychelles side has also always provided firm support to China on issues involving China's core interests. In April this year, together with the governments of several friendly countries, the Seychelles government, in accordance with laws and regulations and in an open and aboveboard manner, revoked the external flight permits for Lai Ching-te, a representative figure of "Taiwan independence" forces; the Seychelles side also issued an announcement, publicly expressing its solemn position of adhering to the One-China principle. The Seychelles Foreign Minister stated that the Seychelles side respects the One-China principle, has always strictly abided by this policy over the past 50 years, and will remain unswerving in the future. This unbreakable political mutual trust powerfully demonstrates that China-Seychelles relations are a model of sincere friendship, equality, mutual assistance, and mutual benefit between a large and a small country.

Over the past 50 years, pragmatic cooperation between China and Seychelles has moved toward a higher level of mutual benefit and win-win results. On June 30, a special cultural performance celebrating the 50th anniversary of the establishment of China-Seychelles diplomatic relations will grandly open at the China-aided Seychelles Radio and Television Center. The Radio and Television Center is a landmark achievement of bilateral pragmatic cooperation, which has both helped the local area bridge the shortcomings in media infrastructure and cultivated a group of local professional and technical talents. Both sides are deepening cooperation in fields such as green and low-carbon development, digital infrastructure, culture, education, and medical care; the low-carbon demonstration zone project aided by the Chinese government to Seychelles has been implemented with effective results; Chinese brand new energy vehicles are favored by local consumers; and the smart classroom project is being advanced in an orderly manner under active Chinese support... Pragmatic cooperation between China and Seychelles has already achieved many tangible results. Since May 1 of this year, China has fully implemented zero-tariff measures on 53 African countries with which it has diplomatic relations, bringing new opportunities for China-Seychelles cooperation. High-quality sea cucumbers and tuna from Seychelles are accelerating the opening of channels for export to China; relying on China's ultra-large-scale market, these products continuously drive the development of local Seychelles industrial chains such as processing, logistics, and warehousing, creating more employment opportunities and promoting the diversified development of the local economy.

China and Seychelles continue to enhance people-to-people exchanges. The Chinese government has cumulatively dispatched 20 medical teams to Seychelles, providing assistance to the development of Seychelles' health and medical undertakings. The Confucius Institute at the University of Seychelles has cumulatively trained more than 2,000 local students. Study tour and scholarship programs provided by the Chinese government have been implemented successively, with more than 200 Seychelles nationals studying in China. Last year, seven institutions from China's Sichuan Province entered into sister-school relationships with local institutions in Seychelles. As the first African country to sign a comprehensive mutual visa-free agreement with China covering various types of passports, Seychelles attracts Chinese tourists with its blue seas, sandy beaches, and rare coco de mer; local people always greet Chinese friends with a warm "Ni hao." Activities such as the "China Day" Spring Festival temple fair and China Film Festival organized annually by the Embassy, and the lighting up of capital landmarks in "China Red," continue to use culture as a bond to bring the hearts of the two peoples closer together.

Looking to the future, the Chinese side is willing to take the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations as an opportunity to work with the Seychelles side to deeply cultivate cooperation in multiple fields such as the digital economy, marine economy, island economy, green economy, and people-to-people exchanges; relying on the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation to continuously broaden the space for win-win development, and promoting the China-Seychelles strategic partnership to continuously reach new heights, allowing the tree of friendship that spans the ocean to bear abundant fruit.

(The author is the Chinese Ambassador to Seychelles)

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Understanding Contemporary China Requires Both Historical Depth and Contemporary Vision (International Forum: Understanding China, Understanding Chinese Modernization)

By: 罗班·里瓦东

China has not only achieved a steady leap in its own industrial strength, but has also, with its unique systemic advantages, reshaped the material foundation and development pattern of global transformation and development in the 21st century.

Currently, China's influence in the world economy, global energy transition, and geopolitical landscape is becoming increasingly prominent. However, some European individuals still harbor cognitive biases toward China; understanding contemporary China requires possessing both historical depth and a realistic vision. China is a civilization-type state with a civilization spanning thousands of years, and its unique historical accumulation has shaped its development logic. Personally observing the development of China's large-scale urban clusters and industrial belts can more intuitively convey China's development momentum.

Combining long-term research and exchanges in China, I have found that Western views on China's development mainly suffer from three aspects of misunderstanding: generally viewing China's development as a mechanical and solidified system, thereby ignoring its powerful resilience and endogenous social development vitality; one-sidedly obsessing over the distinction between public ownership and private ownership, judging systems apart from developmental effectiveness, and ignoring China's institutional advantages in stabilizing the macroeconomy; and simply defining China's development as top-down command-style planning, while ignoring that China has always insisted on combining top-level design with 摸着石头过河 (mō zhe shí tou guò hé - "feeling the stones to cross the river," to explore a path through trial and error). China follows an incremental development path through pilot programs and the subsequent summarization and promotion of successful models.

Only by clarifying these misunderstandings can one objectively view China's development practices. China has reasonably drawn upon the achievements of Western economics and innovatively applied them based on its own national conditions, breaking through the limitations of traditional Western theories. While China is seizing global advantages in emerging industries such as unmanned aerial vehicles and new energy vehicles, it continues to strengthen traditional manufacturing, using a complete industrial system and continuous process iterations to support industrial upgrading, thereby transforming industrial linkage effects into strategic competitive advantages.

Overall, the China model has achieved an organic unity across three major dimensions: thought, organization, and matter. At the level of thought, it has always used Marxist productivity theory to guide practice, optimizing development concepts in step with the times—from "development is the hard truth" to developing new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions. At the organizational level, it adheres to the Communist Party of China's principle of overall leadership and coordination of all parties, fully mobilizing the development vitality of all sectors. At the material level, it precisely regulates key development elements, forming a unique advantage distinct from Western fragmented governance through a mode of institutional synergy, step-by-step progression, and systemic operation.

Facing common development challenges in the process of modernization, China has explored and formed the path of Chinese modernization. For example, the basic national condition of a massive population determines the unique scale of Chinese modernization; the value orientation of common prosperity for all people effectively avoids the risk of wealth polarization; and the development concept of harmonious coexistence between humanity and nature achieves the synergistic advancement of economic development and ecological protection. Its rich connotation has already transcended the scope of traditional capitalist material civilization. Today, the China model is increasingly mature, and its cumulative effects continue to be released. China's research and development investment intensity across society is higher than the European Union average, the primary status of enterprises in technological innovation is more stable, and the economy is shifting toward intensive growth driven by innovation.

Relying on its unique development model, China has demonstrated strong development resilience amidst the complex and changing international situation. In my most recently written works regarding China's development, I further elaborated on China's influence on the world. China has not only achieved a steady leap in its own industrial strength, but has also, with its unique systemic advantages, reshaped the material foundation and development pattern of global transformation and development in the 21st century.

(The author is the CEO of Stonar in France and a columnist for L'Express)

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Wang Yi meets with UN Secretary-General candidate Suleiman

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, June 29 — (Reporter Cao Jiayue) Wang Yi, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs, met in Beijing on the 29th with candidate for the next Secretary-General of the United Nations and former President of Senegal, Sall. Embaló, former President of Guinea-Bissau, attended.

Sall stated that under the current situation, the status and role of the United Nations are particularly prominent. The leading position of member states should be respected, and reforms should be advanced in a step-by-step and pragmatic manner. I firmly abide by the one-China principle, actively support the four major global initiatives proposed by President Xi Jinping, and am willing to strengthen United Nations solidarity.

Wang Yi stated that the next Secretary-General should actively respond to the voices of the broad membership of member states and attach importance to the legitimate demands of the Global South. China will participate in the election process for the next Secretary-General with a responsible and constructive attitude, and support the United Nations in better playing its core and leading role in international affairs.

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Peng Qinghua attends opening ceremony of 2026 "Guling Connection" China-US Youth Baseball Friendship Tournament and Sports Exchange Week

Xinhua News Agency, Fuzhou, June 29 — (Reporters Wu Mengtong, Li Huiying) On June 29, the 2026 "Guling Connection" China-U.S. Youth Baseball Friendship Match and Sports Exchange Week opened in Fuzhou. Peng Qinghua, Vice Chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, attended and delivered a keynote speech.

Peng Qinghua pointed out that, under the kind care and personal promotion of President Xi Jinping, Guling has become an important window for China-U.S. youth to close the distance between each other and engage in sincere dialogue and exchange. He expressed hope that China-U.S. youth will use history as the root and vein to consolidate the people-to-people foundation of bilateral relations, use sports as a carrier to build a youthful bridge for mutual learning among civilizations, and use peace as the main thread to coalesce a powerful synergy for jointly protecting world tranquility; that they will transform the sparks of short-term gatherings into a continuous relay to inherit the Guling connection, and let the cause of China-U.S. people-to-people friendship carry the torch indefinitely, injecting more positive energy into the development of China-U.S. relations.

The event is jointly hosted by the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (中国人民对外友好协会), the General Administration of Sport of China, and the People's Government of Fujian Province. Approximately 400 people participated, including eight China-U.S. youth baseball teams, "Friends of Guling," students from Flying Tigers Teammate Friendship Schools, and representatives from sister cities.

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President Xi Jinping's Special Envoy and Minister of Transport Liu Wei Attends Seychelles' 50th Independence Anniversary Celebrations

Xinhua News Agency, Victoria, June 29 — (Reporter Huang Wei, Chen Shaohua) On June 28, 2026, local time, at the invitation of President Wavel Ramkalawan of the Republic of Seychelles, Special Envoy of President Xi Jinping and Minister of Transport Liu Wei attended the celebrations for the 50th anniversary of Seychelles' independence in Victoria, the capital of Seychelles. The following day, President Ramkalawan met with Liu Wei in Victoria.

Liu Wei conveyed President Xi Jinping's kind greetings and good wishes to Ramkalawan, stating that the Chinese side attaches great importance to the developing China-Seychelles relations, is willing to support the Seychellois side as always in exploring a path of modernization that conforms to its own national realities, continuously expand mutually beneficial cooperation in various fields, firmly provide mutual support on issues involving each other's core interests and major concerns, and promote the bilateral relations to reach new heights.

Ramkalawan requested Liu Wei to convey his sincere greetings to President Xi Jinping, expressed gratitude to President Xi Jinping for sending a special envoy to attend the 50th anniversary celebrations of Seychelles' independence, highly evaluated China-Seychelles relations, emphasized that the Seychellois side cherishes the traditional friendship between the two countries, firmly adheres to the one-China principle, and is willing to deepen pragmatic cooperation in various fields with the Chinese side to promote the continuous achievement of new and greater development in bilateral relations.

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Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal to visit China

Beijing, June 29 (Reporter Chen Xirui) — A spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (外交部) announced on June 29: At the invitation of Wang Yi, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Faisal will conduct an official visit to China from June 30 to July 1.

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Scientific Outlook on Development Written into Party Constitution (Great Journey)

By: 本报记者 倪 弋

Inside the display cases of the Museum of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党历史展览馆), precious versions of the Party Constitution from various periods are laid out in sequence.

The 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China incorporated the Scientific Outlook on Development into the Party Constitution.

General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out, "After the 16th National Congress of the Party, the Communists of the Communist Party of China, with Comrade Hu Jintao as the main representative, united and led the whole Party and the people of all ethnic groups across the country, persisted in using Deng Xiaoping Theory and the Important Thought on the 'Three Represents' as guidance, and according to new development requirements, profoundly understood and answered major questions such as what kind of development to achieve and how to develop under the new situation, forming the Scientific Outlook on Development."

Entering the 21st century, our country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by an annual average of more than 10%, per capita GDP broke through 1,000 US dollars for the first time in 2003, economic benefits improved significantly, and fiscal revenue increased markedly year after year; the construction of infrastructure and key projects such as energy, transportation, and communications achieved remarkable results; and manned spaceflight was successfully realized. The advantage of China's development being "fast" is visible to all, but the challenges faced are also not few: long-standing structural contradictions and extensive growth models have not been fundamentally changed, institutional and mechanistic obstacles affecting development still exist, and reform breakthroughs face deep-seated contradictions and problems.

From late August to early September 2003, while inspecting Jiangxi, Comrade Hu Jintao explicitly proposed the concept of the "Scientific Outlook on Development"; in October of the same year, the "Decision on Several Issues Concerning the Perfection of the Socialist Market Economic System" deliberated and passed by the Third Plenary Session of the 16th Central Committee of the Party, for the first time in an official Party document, fully proposed the Scientific Outlook on Development, emphasizing "persisting in a people-centered approach, establishing a comprehensive, coordinated, and sustainable view of development, and promoting the comprehensive development of economy, society, and people." In the following years, surrounding the coordination of relations between urban and rural, regional, economic and social, man and nature, and domestic and international aspects, relevant requirements were continuously concretized in practices such as planning formulation, structural adjustment, energy conservation and emission reduction, and the provision of social safety nets for people's livelihoods, and the thought continuously settled through responding to problems.

In October 2007, the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China was convened. The report passed by the Congress comprehensively elaborated on the scientific connotation, spiritual essence, and fundamental requirements of the Scientific Outlook on Development, clarifying that the primary significance of the Scientific Outlook on Development is development, its core is a people-centered approach, its basic requirement is comprehensive, coordinated, and sustainable development, and its fundamental method is overall consideration. The Congress passed the "Constitution of the Communist Party of China (Amendment)," writing the Scientific Outlook on Development into the Party Constitution, and clarifying that "the Scientific Outlook on Development is a scientific theory that both inherits from and advances Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory, and the Important Thought on the 'Three Represents,' and is an important guiding principle for China's economic and social development, and is a major strategic thought that must be adhered to and implemented for developing socialism with Chinese characteristics."

The report of the 17th National Congress of the Party clearly pointed out the difficult problems that urgently needed to be solved at that time: "The resource and environmental costs of economic growth are too high; development among urban and rural areas, regions, and the economy and society remains unbalanced" and "long-standing structural contradictions and extensive growth models have not been fundamentally changed." The report proposed that, on the basis of optimizing structure, improving efficiency, reducing consumption, and protecting the environment, the per capita GDP should double twice by 2020 compared to 2000. In addition, the report listed "building ecological civilization" as a new requirement for the comprehensive construction of a moderately prosperous society in all respects, emphasizing that the construction of a resource-conserving and environment-friendly society must be placed in a prominent position.

The incorporation of the Scientific Outlook on Development into the Party Constitution marked that the Party had provided a systematic answer to the subject of "what kind of development to achieve and how to develop." After the 17th National Congress of the Party, the Scientific Outlook on Development was implemented in all aspects of economic and social development, and socialism with Chinese characteristics presented even broader development prospects.

In 2012, the 18th National Congress of the Party, together with Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory, and the Important Thought on the "Three Represents," established the Scientific Outlook on Development as the guiding ideology that the Party must adhere to in the long term.

General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "The Scientific Outlook on Development is a product of the combination of Marxism with China's actual conditions and the characteristics of the times, is a concentrated embodiment of the Marxist worldview and methodology regarding development, and has raised our Party's understanding of the laws of socialism with Chinese characteristics to a new level."

This year is the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, and it is also the opening year of the "15th Five-Year Plan." Currently, the study and education on establishing and practicing a correct view of political achievements is being deeply carried out throughout the whole Party; a vast number of Party members and cadres are persisting in producing political achievements for the people and producing political achievements through practical work, striving to create tangible achievements that can stand the test of practice, the people, and history, and gathering immense strength to advance Chinese modernization.

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Jointly Issue Action Plan to Advance Rural Book House Reform and Promote Rural Reading Initiatives

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, June 29 — Recently, three departments, namely the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, the Ministry of Finance, and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, jointly issued the "Action Plan for Advancing the Reform and Upgrading of Farmhouse Bookstores to Promote Rural Reading."

The Plan clarifies that it is necessary to earnestly implement the "Regulations on Promoting National Reading," effectively revitalize and make good use of various types of rural reading facilities such as farmhouse bookstores, cultivate the reading interests of the peasantry, satisfy the basic reading needs of the peasantry, and assist in rural cultural revitalization and the construction of a book-scented society.

The Plan points out that Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era must be used as guidance, and according to the working principles of classified management, differentiated investment, dynamic adjustment, and priority of effectiveness, the focus must be on the "farmhouse" positioning, improving the quality of the "books," enriching the functions of the "rooms," thickening the atmosphere of "reading," continuously improving a rural reading service system that adapts to changes in the rural population structure, satisfies the reading needs of the peasantry, and conforms to the trends of information technology development, and improving the level of equalization of basic public services between urban and rural areas.

The Plan proposes key tasks surrounding aspects such as improving layout forms according to local conditions, focusing on demand to optimize content supply, innovating forms to cultivate reading customs, and improving mechanisms to consolidate the foundation of support; it strives to promote "Bookstore +" empowerment, flexibly advance "+ Bookstore" integration, strengthen digital services, cultivate characteristic brands, encourage social participation, and do a good job in publicity and promotion, to improve the functions of farmhouse bookstores and enhance the effectiveness of rural reading services.

The Plan requires that publicity, finance, agriculture, and rural affairs departments in all localities must consolidate working synergy and strengthen overall coordination. They must establish and practice a correct view of political achievements, implement the requirements for reducing burdens at the grassroots level, emphasize work effectiveness, avoid large-scale demolition and large-scale construction, avoid 一刀切 (yī dāo qiē - "one knife cut," one-size-fits-all), avoid stacking "potted scenery," and resolutely oppose formalism and bureaucracy.

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Q&A with Reporters on the Implementation Plan for Reforming Farmhouse Bookstores and Enhancing Rural Reading Initiatives

Recently, the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, the Ministry of Finance, and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs jointly issued the "Action Plan for Advancing the Reform and Upgrading of Farmhouse Bookstores and Promoting Rural Reading." Recently, regarding issues such as the background of the plan's introduction, general requirements, key tasks, and work requirements, the responsible comrades of the relevant departments of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee answered questions from reporters.

Question: Please introduce the background of the plan's introduction.

Answer: Reading is the most fundamental form of cultural construction. Farmhouse bookstores are a foundational project for safeguarding the reading rights and interests of the peasantry and promoting rural reading; they hold great significance for promoting rural spiritual civilization construction and assisting in comprehensive rural revitalization. Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has attached great importance to national reading. The General Secretary has taken the lead by example, personally advocated for it, and made important instructions many times; consequently, national reading work has been deeply advanced, and reading and learning have become a 蔚然成风> (wèi rán chéng fēng - "becoming a prevailing wind," to become a widespread trend or fashion). Currently, with the rapid development of information technology, the ways in which the peasantry acquires knowledge and information are undergoing profound changes. The relatively single resource supply and service methods of farmhouse bookstores have failed to transform in a timely manner, resulting in problems such as unreasonable layout, content that is "not on the right track," and services that cannot keep up. The Third and Fourth Plenary Sessions of the 20th CPC Central Committee made deployments for deepening the reform of cultural institutions and mechanisms and for the prosperous development of socialist culture, proposing major tasks such as optimizing the supply mechanism for cultural services and cultural products, establishing a mechanism for high-quality cultural resources to reach the grassroots directly, improving the mechanism for social forces to participate in public cultural services, implementing actions to improve the quality and efficiency of public cultural services, and advancing the construction of a book-fragrant society. To revitalize the farmhouse bookstore resource system, in April 2025, pilot work for the reform and upgrading of farmhouse bookstores was launched, conducting reforms from five aspects: implementing classified management, enriching service functions, innovating content supply, promoting rural reading, and improving guarantee mechanisms, while summarizing experience alongside the pilot implementation, which has achieved positive results. In February this year, the "Regulations on Promoting National Reading" officially came into force, providing solid legal protection for advancing the construction of a book-fragrant society. On the basis of summarizing the experience of pilot work, absorbing and learning new ideas and new methods from various places in advancing the construction of the public cultural service system, conducting special topic research, and extensively soliciting opinions and suggestions from grassroots cadres and the masses as well as relevant ministries, various levels of Party committees' publicity departments, and experts and scholars, this plan was formed to make specific arrangements for the work of improving the quality and efficiency of farmhouse bookstores.

Question: What are the general requirements of the plan?

Answer: The plan requires taking Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as guidance, studying and implementing Xi Jinping Thought on Culture, adhering to a problem-oriented approach and a people-centered stance, and following the working principles of classified management, differentiated investment, dynamic adjustment, and priority of efficiency. It is based on the "farmhouse" positioning, aims to improve the quality of "books," enrich the functions of "rooms," thicken the atmosphere of "reading," promote the quality and efficiency improvement of farmhouse bookstores, continuously improve a rural reading service system that adapts to changes in the rural population structure, meets the reading needs of the peasantry, and conforms to the trends of information technology development, and improves the level of equalization of basic public services between urban and rural areas.

Question: What key tasks does the plan propose?

Answer: The plan is divided into six parts and 14 specific measures, focusing on deployments around four aspects. First, improving layout forms according to local conditions. Using "Bookstore +" and "+ Bookstore" as handles, it aims to create rural reading scenes with even better experiences. On one hand, strengthen "Bookstore +" empowerment; for bookstores with good comprehensive operation, increase support, leverage advantages, and expand functions. On the other hand, promote "+ Bookstore" integration; for bookstores with low service efficiency or weak foundations, integrate them into other cultural spaces nearby and conveniently, optimizing forms, integrating resources, and focusing on practical results. Second, focusing on demand to optimize content supply. Promote the combination of digital reading and traditional reading to actively adapt to the new changes in the reading habits of the masses. Promote "masses' ordering" to construct a book replenishment mechanism led by the needs of the peasantry, make good use of the "Xuexi Qiangguo" learning platform, cloud-listening audio clients, and digital library resources at all levels, and increase the intensity of high-quality content pushing to facilitate the masses' ability to "read with a single scan." Third, innovating forms to cultivate a reading fashion. Widely carry out rural reading activities, tap into cultural resources, activate endogenous momentum, and strive to cultivate a batch of local indigenous reading brands to enhance the sense of closeness and relevance with the masses. Fourth, improving mechanisms to consolidate the supporting foundation. Encourage and guide social forces to participate in rural reading, improve long-term mechanisms, and promote sustainable development. Improve the efficiency of the use of funds and resources, and establish and improve more scientific rural reading service standards and performance evaluation systems.

Question: During the implementation process of the plan, what work requirements must be grasped?

Answer: It is necessary to gather work synergy, strengthen overall coordination, establish and practice a correct view of political achievements, implement the requirements for reducing burdens on the grassroots, and promote the implementation and effectiveness of various reform tasks. First, it must conform to reality. Closely combine with the rural development status, population structure, and cultural characteristics; do one's best and act within one's capacity; plan reform measures according to local conditions, and implement precise policies to solve problems. Second, it must respect laws and patterns. Follow the internal logic of rural cultural construction, grasp the importance, long-term nature, and complexity of rural reading work, adhere to the peasantry as the subject and take root in the soil, uphold integrity while innovating and promote urban-rural integration, strive to solve key questions such as "who is reading," "what are they reading," and "where are they reading," and promote work step by step with a 钉钉子精神> (dīng dīng zi jīng shén - "nail spirit," the spirit of being persistent and meticulous like driving a nail). Third, it must respond to public opinion. Focus on people and land upon people; ask the people for their needs and ask the people for their ideas. Pay attention to the true needs of the masses and focus on the actual feelings of the masses; lead demand within the satisfaction of the masses' expectations for cultural life, making reading services perceptible, accessible, and rewarding for the masses.

(Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, June 29. Xinhua News Agency reporter)

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Carry forward glorious traditions and inherit red genes

By: 本报记者 史一棋

“The glory of being a Party member requires a lifetime of steadfast adherence.” On the morning of June 23, at the scene of the "50 Years of Glory in the Party" (光荣在党50年) commemorative medal presentation ceremony in Xiejiawan Subdistrict, Jiulongpo District, Chongqing, 74-year-old veteran Party member Ding Xiaoling’s eyes were moist as she cast a cherished gaze toward the commemorative medal.

In her youth, Ding Xiaoling worked in a production workshop at the former Chongqing Plastic Machinery Mold Factory, where she continuously played the role of a Party member as a pioneer and model, taking the lead in performing her duties at her post and fighting side-by-side with her colleagues. After retiring, she remained active in her community, devoting herself to caring for and helping people in difficulty. “The identity of a Communist Party member does not ‘retire’,” Ding Xiaoling stated. “The spirit of being willing to devote oneself must be passed down from generation to generation.”

The years witness the original aspiration, and glory inspires the journey forward. In recent days, various places have successively carried out "50 Years of Glory in the Party" commemorative medal presentation and visit-and-consolation activities to pay lofty respect to veteran Party members.

“This commemorative medal is too precious! No matter when, I will always follow the Party.” Not long ago, Xu Fugen, a veteran Party member from Lianfeng Village, Fengqiao Town, Nanhu District, Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province, received the "50 Years of Glory in the Party" commemorative medal, his excitement beyond words.

After retiring in 2014, Xu Fugen did not idle away. Every weekend, he conducts civilized persuasion volunteer services in scenic areas and within the village. As a part-time grid member (网格员), he also visits villages and households to collect public opinion and offers suggestions for rural development.

“Thank you to the organization for the care!” Receiving the consolation gifts, Hu Zhiqiang, a Party member in difficulty in Xihu District, Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province, was moved beyond measure. Around the "July 1" [anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China], various departments in Xihu District visited and consoled some Party members who had received meritorious honors and commendations, Party members facing life difficulties, and veteran Party members, delivering the care and warmth of the Party organization to them.

Continuing the glorious tradition and inheriting the red genes. “The moment I saw them wearing the commemorative medals, my blood also boiled with excitement,” said Yu Mengqi, a new employee at the Xiejiawan Subdistrict Office. As a "post-00s" (born after 2000) activist for Party membership, she saw the faith and steadfastness of the veteran Party members and felt a sense of mission and glory from it.

“I am also a Party member, and I will certainly learn from the older generations.” “Listening to them tell these inspiring stories, I deeply feel the power of role models.” “One must use the hot blood of youth to practice the resounding oath: ‘Rest assured, Party, for a strong country relies on me (请党放心，强国有我).’” ... Party members and cadres in various places were deeply inspired by the deeds of the "50 Years of Glory in the Party" commemorative medal recipients, and they successively expressed that they must not forget their original aspiration and remain true to their mission, perform their duties with responsibility, act with practical capability, and write excellent answers on the new journey.

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"The heart to serve the people will never change" (My story of joining the Party)

By: 本报记者 杨颜菲

“For everyone, what does joining the Party mean?” In the activity room of the Food Delivery Industry Party Branch (外卖行业党支部) of Ruijin City, Ganzhou, Jiangxi, Party Branch Secretary Chen Yiwen and several food delivery riders sat together, speaking their minds freely during their afternoon break.

“Joining the Party is an incomparably glorious matter. Only by doing one's work well and making users satisfied can one be worthy of this glory,” rider Lai Yongqiang replied, then followed up with a question, “Secretary Chen, what are your thoughts?” Chen Yiwen looked down at the Party member badge on his chest and began to tell his story.

His hometown, Ruijin, is an old revolutionary base area, and Chen Yiwen grew up listening to red stories since childhood. In 2018, after many years of venturing out in the world, Chen Yiwen returned to his hometown and became a food delivery rider.

“When I first started working, I was unfamiliar with the roads, and I was so anxious that I was sweating profusely.” In order to summarize experience, Chen Yiwen ran orders during the day and reviewed maps in his mind at night—which alley could serve as a shortcut, how many gates a certain residential community had, how long one would have to wait for the elevator in a certain building during peak hours... The map gradually became clear in his mind, and Chen Yiwen's work efficiency became higher and higher, with his performance ranking first at his station for several consecutive years. In 2021, he was awarded the Jiangxi Provincial May 1st Labor Medal.

On one evening in November 2021, Chen Yiwen encountered a fire occurring in a residential building while on his route. “Call the police while simultaneously shouting for residents to come downstairs,” Chen Yiwen recalled. At that time, he also thought that there might be elderly people with mobility difficulties in the building; taking advantage of the fact that the fire was not yet large, he rushed into the building corridor, knocked on door after door, and successfully evacuated many residents.

“Seeing everyone safe, the stone in my heart fell to the ground 落地 (luò dì - "land on the ground," to feel relieved). I also felt that I could undertake more and do more.” After that, Chen Yiwen formally submitted an application to join the Party to the Party organization.

Starting from May 2024, Chen Yiwen set a task for himself: in the Dream Home residential community of Shazhouba Town, there are several elderly people who have difficulty eating; every day at noon, he cycles back and forth for more than 10 kilometers to deliver hot meals into the hands of the elderly, regardless of wind or rain.

Proactively planning routes for new riders, helping the elderly take away trash along the way, taking detours to return items lost by customers... Chen Yiwen's good deeds and kind acts have influenced more food delivery riders, and everyone spontaneously formed the "Golden Brother Volunteer Service Team" to purchase medicines and deliver supplies on behalf of the masses.

In April 2025, Chen Yiwen was honored with the title of National Model Worker. In December of the same year, Chen Yiwen took up the burden of serving as the Secretary of the Ruijin City Food Delivery Industry Party Branch. He leads those around him to actively participate in community governance and environmental maintenance, and also took the lead in establishing a "Snap a Photo" WeChat group, where colleagues upload photos when they discover broken manhole covers or fallen road signs on their delivery routes, assisting relevant departments in timely disposal. The number of WeChat group members has grown from the initial 30-plus people to more than 170 people today, having cumulatively reported more than 1,500 safety hazards.

“We are food delivery riders, but even more so, we are Party members. On the delivery route, we must solve problems and serve the masses anytime and anywhere,” Chen Yiwen said. “As a Party member, the responsibility to rush to the front will not change, and the heart that serves the people will not change!”

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"As a Party member, I must not fail the trust of the people" (My story of joining the Party)

By: 本报记者 曾亦辰

Clad in the morning light, Jiang Lili, deputy director of the Minqin County (民勤县) Forestry and Grassland Bureau in Gansu, headed to the countryside again. Outside the car window, the former shifting sands had been "locked" in place by crisscrossing sand-check grids, and clusters of greenery were growing tenaciously.

“The sixth phase of the 'Three-North' Shelterbelt Program (三北工程) has reached its critical stage; the summer days in the Northwest are long, and it is a great test for people,” Jiang Lili said to the young Party members traveling with her, as she patted the sand from her trouser legs. “Summer management is like raising a child; maintenance and disease prevention—one cannot be careless in the slightest.”

Minqin County is surrounded by sand on three sides. The "Tiger's Mouth" (老虎口) on the eastern edge of the Badain Jaran Desert was once the largest wind and sand entrance on the western line of the oases; when sandstorms raged, they would blot out the sun and sky. In her youth, Jiang Lili planted a seed in her heart: the desire to smooth out the desert.

The seed took root and sprouted due to the power of role models. The figures of the village's old Party branch secretary leading everyone to carry seedlings, swing shovels, and afforest were Jiang Lili's first impressions of Party members. After starting work at the Dongba Forestry Area station in Minqin County, Jiang Lili learned the story of Shi Shuzhu, a Communist Party member in Songhe Village, who controlled sand, and was greatly inspired. “To do a good job at sand control, so that future generations are spared the harassment of wind and sand—it is worth it!”

In 2001, in order to grasp the patterns of sand control, Jiang Lili brought her bedding and moved into a tent inside a sand hollow, staying at the experimental base for about a month, walking more than 20 kilometers on foot every day. That year, she submitted her application to join the Party. In 2003, she officially became a member of the Communist Party of China.

Once, while braving gale-force winds to collect sandstorm data, she was buried by shifting sands on her return journey. Relying solely on the faint light of a flashlight, she groped her way for nearly five hours before finally walking out of the sand hollow. “There was no time to worry about fear; I only thought that the data I held in my arms must not be lost,” Jiang Lili recalled.

Preventing and controlling sand cannot be separated from returning farmland to forest. However, farmers had concerns: without crops, how would they make a living? How to "borrow green to generate gold," Jiang Lili had been constantly contemplating.

“If we only prevent sand but do not enrich the people, ecological governance will not go far.” By chance, Jiang Lili learned about a plant called Cistanche (肉苁蓉)—it parasitizes the roots of saxaul, and can both stabilize sand and be sold for money. This made her eyes light up.

“At that time, no one had planting experience. But the people believed in us, and as a Party member, I could not fail the trust of the masses.” Jiang Lili took the initiative to travel to Alxa Left Banner in Inner Mongolia to learn the techniques for planting, maintaining, and harvesting Cistanche. After returning, she spent every day immersed in the saxaul forests, teaching villagers hands-on how to graft, cover with soil, and manage water and fertilizer; meanwhile, she ran to enterprises to find sales channels, fought for project funds, and improved irrigation facilities... Today, in Zhichan Village of Xiqu Town in Minqin County, the 5,000 mu of saxaul forest in the professional cooperative has all been grafted with Cistanche, producing more than 100 tons of Cistanche annually and bringing in more than 3 million yuan in economic benefits.

In summer, which is the critical period for management in the sand zone, Jiang Lili took her colleague from the post-90s generation, Gan Qianqian, deep into the saxaul forests to provide on-site guidance for seedling cultivation and Cistanche management, while detailing her own experience in sand control.

During her more than 20 years of participating in sand control, Jiang Lili has witnessed a green barrier being built along the 408-kilometer wind and sand line, with the county's forest coverage rate increasing from less than 10% to 18.28%. “The spring breeze comes another year, and the great desert gains new willows.” A song titled "Walking Toward the Wind and Sand" is currently accompanying Jiang Lili as she continues forward on the path of sand control.

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Remember the Party oath and fulfill the original mission

By: 本报记者

“I volunteer to join the Communist Party of China, uphold the Party's program, abide by the Party's constitution... strive for communism for a lifetime, be prepared at all times to sacrifice everything for the Party and the people, and never betray the Party.” On June 26, at the North Plaza of the Nanhu Revolutionary Memorial Hall in Jiaxing, Zhejiang, more than 500 new Party members raised their right fists and solemnly swore allegiance facing the bright red Party flag. New Party member Lu Jiawei said: “The oath of admission is 重若千钧 (zhòng ruò qiān jūn - "as heavy as a thousand catties," extremely weighty/important); it is both a commitment and a principle. We must forge ahead along the footsteps of our predecessors, passing down the convictions and strength of Communists.”

On the eve of "July 1," various regions extensively carried out Party admission swearing-in activities for new members. More fresh blood joining the Party's ranks manifests the Party's powerful vitality and vigor, and demonstrates the flourishing and prosperous momentum of the Party's cause.

Resounding oaths echo in the old revolutionary base areas.

At the New Fourth Army Headquarters Former Site Exhibition Hall in Nanchang, Jiangxi, the Xihu District Direct Organs Working Committee of Nanchang organized nine new Party members to participate in a Party admission swearing-in activity. Hong Lang, a new Party member from the District Government Office, said: “Inspection work is an important link in grasping implementation and promoting development. I will stand based on my post responsibilities, practice my oath through action, and use supervision to solve difficult problems, ensuring that every people's livelihood policy is implemented with tangible results.”

At the former site of the Wuwushui Hydropower Station in Pingshan, Hebei, three new Party members from the State Grid Pingshan County Power Supply Company wore Party member badges, stood in neat formation, and solemnly swore allegiance. “In those years, the military and civilians worked with one heart to build the Wuwushui Hydropower Station, carrying loads on shoulders and backs, crossing mountains and ridges to transport generator sets into the deep mountains,” said new Party member Chen Zheng. “We must well inherit the spirit of the older generation of 'not fearing difficulties and not fearing sacrifices,' and protect the lights of ten thousand homes with our hearts.”

Clanging oaths surge in cities, towns, and villages.

Recently, a new Party member admission swearing-in ceremony was held at the Wujiaqufang Village Party-群众 (masses) Service Center in Zhaoxian Town, Ju County, Rizhao, Shandong. New Party member Ma Ronglan stated: “Joining the Party is an honor, but even more so a responsibility. In my logistics post, I will do a good job in the operation and maintenance support of water, electricity, gas, and heating, and respond to the needs of the masses with promptness and availability.”

In Fengdu, Chongqing, within the Nantianhu Middle Road Community Party-群众 Service Post in Sanhe Subdistrict, young faces are active under the Party flag. Li Enhao, a 25-year-old new Party member who became a community worker after retiring from the military, said: “I will maintain the fine style of daring to endure hardship, daring to strive for the lead, and daring to take responsibility, serving as a vanguard in serving the masses.”

Resounding oaths echo on the front lines of projects.

In Qingyang, Gansu, beside the Linzhen Bridge which is nearing completion, Gao Fei, an employee of the Gansu Public Transport Construction Group, stated after his Party admission oath: “My colleagues and I will continue to strive in our construction efforts to ensure that the day the road opens to traffic arrives as early as possible!”

In the Jiao Yulu Deeds Exhibition Hall of the Dalian Heavy Industry Equipment Group in Liaoning, new Party members solemnly swore allegiance. Design engineer Feng Zepeng said: “As a young Party member of a state-owned enterprise, I must integrate the original aspiration of joining the Party into technological research and development, continuously breaking through technical barriers, and practicing my oath through achievements in independent innovation.” Since the beginning of this year, the group's Party organizations have newly developed more than 60 Party members, and the Party flag flies high on the front lines of high-end equipment manufacturing.

Clanging oaths surge in the motherland's frontiers.

In Sansha, Hainan, the prefecture-level city at the southernmost tip, Party members and cadres rooted on the islands wore Party member badges and solemnly swore allegiance facing the Party flag. New Party member Feng Mingyi is a fisherman who has been stationed on the island for 13 years; in his view, “Taking good care of this sea is my responsibility.”

On June 28, in the camp of the Dakaihe Border Inspection Station of the Xishuangbanna Border Management Detachment in Yunnan, eight new Party members, including Lyu Shujuan, wore police uniforms and solemnly swore allegiance facing the Party flag. The station's Party branch focuses on cultivating and inspecting Party activist candidates on the front lines of inspection and enforcement and during major tasks; the six new Party members developed in the last three years are all backbones in duty posts. Lyu Shujuan stated: “I will strictly demand of myself according to Party member standards, hone 'fiery eyes' (huǒ yǎn jīn jīng - "eyes of fire and golden pupils," keen eyesight/sharp perception), crack down on cross-border illegal crimes, and firmly defend the border defense line.”

(By reporters He Zhaoyu, Shao Yuzi, Liu Jiahua, Yang Yanfei, Wang Xinyue, Dou Hao, Wang Zhe, Zhang Chi, Song Chaojun, Dong Zeyang)

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Adhere to Xi Jinping's thought on Party building to strive for the new great project of Party building in the new era (In-depth study and implementation of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era)

By: 中共中央组织部

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has stood at a strategic height concerning matters of historical processes regarding the great cause of building a strong nation and national rejuvenation, matters of the future and destiny of the Party and the state, and matters of the Party's long-term governance and the state's long-term stability and security. Centering on the major epochal themes of what kind of long-term governing Marxist party to build and how to build a long-term governing Marxist party, the Central Committee has proposed a series of new concepts, new thoughts, and new strategies for governing and strengthening the Party, forming Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building. This thought is the latest achievement in advancing theoretical innovation by adhering to the "Two Combinations"; it is the chapter on Party building within Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era; and it is the fundamental followings and action guide for deeply advancing the new great undertaking of Party building in the new era. Recently, the first and second volumes of *Selected Works on Xi Jinping's Party Building* were published and distributed, providing us with authoritative textbooks to read original works, learn original texts, and grasp original principles, and to deeply study Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, especially Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building. On the new journey, we must deeply study and implement Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building, advancing the full and rigorous governance of the Party in depth with a spirit of reform and strict standards, to provide a strong guarantee for comprehensively advancing the building of a strong nation and the great cause of national rejuvenation through Chinese-style modernization.

**Fully recognize the great significance of Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building, and earnestly enhance political consciousness, ideological consciousness, and action consciousness in studying and implementing it**

Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building conforms to the trends of history and responds to the requirements of the era; it scientifically applies the basic principles of Marxist theories on party building, conducts in-depth research and analysis of the international situation, the national condition, and the Party's situation, effectively solves major theoretical and practical problems of Party building, and enriches and develops the Party's innovative theories. Deeply studying and implementing Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building possesses great political significance, theoretical significance, practical significance, and epochal significance.

Studying and implementing Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building will undoubtedly powerfully promote the entire Party to profoundly comprehend the decisive significance of the "Two Establishes" and resolutely achieve the "Two Upholds." Ideological unity is the foundation of political unity and action unity, and is the deepest, most lasting, and most reliable guarantee of the Party's unity. Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building has made a series of major judgments, such as "the leadership of the Communist Party of China is the most essential feature of socialism with Chinese characteristics," "ensuring the unity and centralized leadership of the Party is the lifeblood of the Party," and "adhering to the principle that the Party must govern the Party and implement full and rigorous governance of the Party," which centrally embody our Party's political will, political stance, political propositions, and political wisdom in governing and strengthening the Party; it has clarified a series of major issues of right and wrong, corrected the vagueness and deviations in understanding the governance of the Party during a certain period, and pointed out the correct political direction for Party building in the new era. Studying and implementing Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building will undoubtedly powerfully promote the entire Party to speak politics with clear banners, firmly uphold the "Two Establishes," resolutely achieve the "Two Upholds," and always maintain high consistency in thought, politics, and action with the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core.

Studying and implementing Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building will undoubtedly powerfully deepen the ideological armament of the Party's innovative theories and promote the continuous improvement of the entire Party's level of Marxist theory. Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building was formed and developed synchronously with Xi Jinping's Economic Thought, Xi Jinping's Rule of Law Thought, Xi Jinping's Cultural Thought, Xi Jinping's Ecological Civilization Thought, Xi Jinping's Strengthening the Military Thought, Xi Jinping's Diplomatic Thought, and the Overall National Security Outlook, holding a specially important position within Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building creatively combines the basic principles of Marxism with China's specific realities and with fine traditional Chinese culture, deepening the understanding of the laws of Communist Party governance and the laws of our Party's own construction, marking that the development of Marxist theories on party building has reached a new height. Studying and implementing Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building will undoubtedly powerfully promote the vast number of Party members and cadres to use the Party's innovative theories to consolidate their souls and strengthen their foundations, ensuring that the entire Party always maintains unity of thought, unity of will, and unity of action, forming a majestic force of 万众一心> (wàn zhòng yī xīn - "ten thousand people with one heart," unity of purpose and action) that is indestructible.

Studying and implementing Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building will undoubtedly powerfully promote full and rigorous governance of the Party and deeply advance the new great undertaking of Party building in the new era. To whatever stage the cause of the Party and the people develops, Party building must advance to that same stage. Our country is currently in a critical period for achieving the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, where strategic opportunities coexist with risks and challenges, and uncertain and unpredictable factors are increasing; the "Four Tests" and "Four Dangers" faced by the Party are long-term, complex, and severe. Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building has enriched and developed through researching and solving problems, and has matured and perfected through promoting practice and guiding practice; it systematically answers a series of major questions regarding what to do and how to do it regarding governing and strengthening the Party in the new era, promoting the Party to exhibit a new atmosphere and new achievements in the new era. Studying and implementing Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building will undoubtedly better guide the entire Party to think about and grasp new situations, new problems, and new challenges facing Party building with a broader vision and a more long-term perspective, unswervingly advancing full and rigorous governance of the Party, maintaining the Party's advanced nature and purity, consolidating the Party's long-term governing status, and ensuring that the Party never changes its nature, color, or flavor, and always remains the servant of the people, the pioneer of the era, and the backbone of the nation.

Studying and implementing Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building will undoubtedly powerfully improve the Party's long-term governing capacity and leadership level, and promote Chinese-style modernization to move steadily and go far. On the new journey of the new era, the mission and task of the Communist Party of China is to comprehensively advance the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation through Chinese-style modernization. The "15th Five-Year Plan" period holds an important position as a link between the past and the future in the process of basically achieving socialist modernization; economic and social development tasks are arduous, and the situation is severe and complex, which poses new and higher requirements for the Party's governing capacity and leadership level. Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building, based on the historical position of socialism with Chinese characteristics entering the new era, and focusing on the strategic overall situation of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and the great changes unseen in a century in the world, profoundly elucidates the decisive role of the great undertaking within the "Four Greats," providing a strong guarantee for opening new chapters and writing new pages in the new era. Studying and implementing Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building will undoubtedly powerfully enhance the Party's political leadership, ideological guidance, mass organizational capacity, and social appeal, promoting the entire Party to implement the major decision-making deployments of the CPC Central Committee more resolutely and powerfully, seizing opportunities amidst the profoundly and complexly changing situation, daring to struggle and being good at struggling, responding to challenges and promoting high-quality development more actively and effectively, continuously transforming the grand blueprint of comprehensively building a modern socialist country into a beautiful reality, and striving to write a magnificent chapter in realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

**Profoundly comprehend the scientific connotation of Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building, and holistically grasp its core essentials, spiritual essence, and practical requirements**

Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building was formed in the great practice of governing and strengthening the Party in the new era; it is the crystallization of the practical experience and collective wisdom of the Party and the people, being broad and profound, rich in connotation, deep in thought, and rigorous in logic. To implement Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building completely, accurately, and comprehensively, the focus must be on understanding and grasping the "Fourteen Persistences."

One must profoundly comprehend and firmly grasp "persisting in the fact that the leadership of the Party is the most essential feature of socialism with Chinese characteristics." Socialism with Chinese characteristics has many characteristics and features, but its most essential feature is adhering to the leadership of the Communist Party of China. President Xi Jinping has pointed out that strengthening the Party's leadership is the fundamental guarantee for adhering to and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era; adhering to the Party's leadership is a major question of principle; in politics, government, military, economy, culture, education, and social affairs, from east to west, south to north, and center, the Party leads everything and is the supreme political leadership force; the Party's leadership is where the Party and the state reside fundamentally and where their lifeblood lies, and it is where the interests and destiny of all ethnic groups in the country are tied; it is emphasized that the Party's leadership is comprehensive, systematic, and holistic, and must be implemented comprehensively, systematically, and holistically; adhering to the Party's leadership is a question of direction, and one must be clear-cut and firm in stance, and must never be shy, vague, or attempt to cover things up and engage in self-deception; it requires clearly adhering to and strengthening the Party's comprehensive leadership, implementing the Party's leadership into all fields, aspects, and links of governing the Party and governing the country. On the new journey, one must grasp these important judgments and requirements, persist in and improve the Party's leadership institutional system, and implement the Party's leadership into all aspects of coordinating the promotion of the "Five-Sphere Integrated Plan" and coordinating the promotion of the "Four-Comprehensive Strategic Layout," ensuring that the Party always remains the strong leadership core of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics.

One must profoundly comprehend and firmly grasp "persisting in the centralized and unified leadership of the CPC Central Committee" as the highest principle of the Party's leadership. Maintaining the authority and centralized, unified leadership of the CPC Central Committee is an important experience of our country's revolution, construction, and reform, and is a major party-building principle of a mature Marxist ruling party. President Xi Jinping has pointed out that if things are to be done in all directions, they must be done at the center; the CPC Central Committee is the brain and the hub, and the CPC Central Committee must have the authority of being "decisive and singular"; maintaining the authority of the CPC Central Committee is a question of direction and principle, relating to the future and destiny of the Party, the nation, and the state; it is emphasized that at any time and under any circumstances, one must persist in maintaining high consistency with the CPC Central Committee, ensuring that what the CPC Central Committee advocates is resolutely responded to, what the CPC Central Committee decides is resolutely carried out, and what the CPC Central Committee prohibits is resolutely not done, while constantly benchmarking and calibrating to correct deviations in a timely manner; it requires consciously implementing the fundamental requirement of the Party to overall grasp the whole situation and coordinate all aspects, ensuring that the entire Party is closely united around the CPC Central Committee and moves forward in step. On the new journey, one must grasp these important judgments and requirements, firmly uphold the "Two Establishes" and resolutely achieve the "Two Upholds," ensuring that the entire Party unifies its thought and action with the spirit of the CPC Central Committee, and resolutely implements the Party's theories, lines, principles, and policies, as well as the decision-making deployments of the CPC Central Committee.

One must profoundly comprehend and firmly grasp "persisting in full and rigorous governance of the Party" as the strategic policy for Party building in the new era. To govern a country, one must first govern the Party; in governing the Party, one must be strict. President Xi Jinping has pointed out that to forge iron, one must be strong oneself; full and rigorous governance of the Party is the great practice of the Party's self-revolution in the new era and the distinct theme of Party building in the new era; the Party's self-revolution is the second answer to escaping the historical cycle of rise and fall; it is emphasized that the core of full and rigorous governance of the Party is strengthening the Party's leadership, the foundation lies in comprehensiveness, the key lies in strictness, and the vital point lies in governance; one must use systemic thinking and scientific methods to promote that the content of governing the Party is fully covered, the subjects are fully covered, the responsibilities form a full chain, and the systems are fully connected; full and rigorous governance of the Party is always on the road; it requires improving the system of full and rigorous governance of the Party, long-term adhering to a tone of strictness, strict measures, and a strict atmosphere, and comprehensively promoting the Party's self-purification, self-improvement, self-renewal, and self-elevation. On the new journey, one must grasp these important judgments and requirements, implementing the requirements of comprehensiveness, the tone of strictness, and the concept of governance into the construction of the system of full and rigorous governance of the Party, so that various tasks of full and rigorous governance of the Party better reflect epochal characteristics, grasp laws, and are rich in creativity.

One must profoundly comprehend and firmly grasp "persisting in staying true to the original aspiration and keeping the mission firmly in mind" as the Party's purpose, stance, and value orientation. The Party's original aspiration and mission are the concentrated embodiment of the Party's nature and purpose, ideals and beliefs, and struggle goals; the longer the Party governs, the more it must not lose the character of a Marxist party, and the more it must not forget the Party's original aspiration and mission. President Xi Jinping has pointed out that the question of "who the people are" is the touchstone for testing the nature of a political party and a regime; the Party's foundation lies in the people, its lifeblood is in the people, and its strength is in the people; the people's aspiration for a better life is our struggle goal; it is emphasized that the original aspiration and mission of the Communists of China is to seek happiness for the Chinese people and rejuvenation for the Chinese nation; in moving forward in all things, one cannot forget the road already traveled; no matter how far one goes or how glorious the future is, one cannot forget the past or why one set out; it requires remembering that the country belongs to the people and the people belong to the country, adhering to the people-centered development philosophy, firmly establishing and practicing a correct view of political achievements, walking the Party's mass line in the new era, and always breathing, sharing destiny, and connecting hearts with the people. On the new journey, one must grasp these important judgments and requirements, with the spiritual realm of "success need not be mine" and the historical responsibility of "success must be mine," to produce political achievements for the people through practical work, and strive to create achievements that can withstand the test of practice, the people, and history.

One must profoundly comprehend and firmly grasp "persisting in taking the Party's political construction as the lead" as the fundamental requirement for Party building in the new era. Political issues are fundamental major issues at all times. Speaking politics with clear banners is the fundamental requirement for our Party as a Marxist party. President Xi Jinping has pointed out that the Party's political construction is the Party's fundamental construction, which determines the direction and effect of Party building; if the Party's political construction is not grasped, or if it deviates from the direction guided by the Party's political construction, the Party's other constructions will find it difficult to achieve expected results; it is emphasized that the Party's political construction is an eternal topic, and strengthening the Party's political construction is a heavy and long-term task that must be pursued unremittingly; full and rigorous governance of the Party must first be viewed from a political perspective, and the Party's political construction must be placed in the primary position, grasping the political direction, adhering to the Party's political leadership, consolidating the political foundation, cultivating the political ecology, preventing political risks, maintaining the political character, and improving political capability; it requires adhering to taking the Party's political construction as the lead for all aspects of Party building, continuously improving political judgment, political understanding, and political execution, creating a good political ecology, and consolidating the Party's unity. On the new journey, one must grasp these important judgments and requirements, firmly executing the Party's political line, and ensuring that the entire Party maintains high consistency with the CPC Central Committee in political stance, political direction, political principles, and political paths.

One must profoundly comprehend and firmly grasp "persisting in using the Party's innovative theories to consolidate the soul" as the fundamental task of the Party's ideological construction. Possessing the guidance of Marxist scientific theories is the fundamental basis for our Party to strengthen its faith and beliefs and to grasp historical initiative. President Xi Jinping has pointed out that for us, the world's largest Marxist ruling party, only with strong theory can we have a clear direction, unified hearts, and sufficient confidence; adhering to building the Party through thought and strengthening the Party through theory, ideological construction is the fundamental construction of the Party; the "Two Combinations" are the fundamental way to advance the Sinicization and modernization of Marxism; it is emphasized that ideals and beliefs are the "calcium" of the spirit for Communists; taking the strengthening of ideals and beliefs as the primary task of the Party's ideological construction, and solving the overall switch problem of worldview, outlook on life, and values; promoting the great spirit of Party building; it requires strengthening theoretical armament, educating and guiding Party members and cadres to put effort into consolidating the soul through learning, increasing wisdom through learning, rectifying conduct through learning, and promoting work through learning, continuously building a firm foundation of faith, supplementing the spiritual calcium, and steadying the rudder of thought. On the new journey, one must grasp these important judgments and requirements, strengthen theoretical innovation and theoretical armament, and consciously become firm believers and faithful practitioners of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era.

One must profoundly comprehend and firmly grasp "persisting in tempering strong Party spirit" as the lifelong topic for Party members and cadres. Party spirit is, ultimately, a question of stance, and is the cornerstone for Party members and cadres to establish themselves, achieve their careers, express their views, and cultivate their morality. President Xi Jinping has pointed out that what determines a person is their character, and what determines a Party member is their Party spirit; the strong Party spirit of the Communists of China is an important guarantee for our Party to maintain its advanced nature and purity and to improve its leadership level and governing capacity; it is emphasized that the focus of a Communist's Party spirit is to strengthen ideals and beliefs, forge loyalty to the Party, cultivate a deep concern for the people, maintain pure moral character, and maintain integrity and incorruptibility; the entire Party must enhance its awareness of the Party and awareness of being a Party member, making love for the Party, concern for the Party, prosperity for the Party, and protection of the Party the conscious action of Party organizations at all levels and the vast number of Party members; it requires strengthening Party spirit training, placing political cultivation in the primary position of Party spirit cultivation, drawing Party spirit nourishment from the Party's innovative theories, and taking the study, observance, and implementation of the Party Constitution, Party regulations, and Party discipline as important contents of Party spirit cultivation, learning, studying, and cultivating oneself for a lifetime. On the new journey, one must grasp these important judgments and requirements, strengthen Party spirit cultivation, and take loyalty to the Party, sharing the Party's burdens, fulfilling duties for the Party, and bringing benefits to the people as the fundamental political responsibility, always maintaining the political character of a Communist.

One must profoundly comprehend and firmly grasp "persisting in establishing an organizational system that is connected from top to bottom and has effective execution" as the source of the Party's advantages and strength. Our Party possesses a rigorous organizational system, which is a powerful advantage that no other political party in the world possesses. President Xi Jinping has pointed out that organizational construction is an important foundation of Party building; the Party's strength comes from organization, and the Party's comprehensive leadership and all of the Party's work must rely on the Party's strong organizational system; the central and state organs are the "first kilometer" for implementing the decision-making deployments of the CPC Central Committee, and "roadblocks" must not appear; local Party committees are the "middle section" for implementing the decision-making deployments of the CPC Central Committee, and "mid-way obstructions" must not appear; grassroots Party organizations are the "last kilometer" for implementing the decision-making deployments of the CPC Central Committee, and "dead-end roads" must not appear; it is emphasized to persist in the clear orientation of focusing on the grassroots, advancing grassroots governance led by Party building, and continuously rectifying weak and scattered grassroots Party organizations; improving the quality of Party member development, strengthening the education and management of Party members, so that the vast number of Party members can fully play their vanguard and exemplary roles in reform, development, and stability; it requires implementing the Party's organizational line in the new era, making the Party's organizational system rigorous, enhancing the political functions and organizational functions of Party organizations, and promoting the comprehensive progress and comprehensive competence of Party organizations at all levels. On the new journey, one must grasp these important judgments and requirements, persist in grasping the grassroots, strengthening the foundation, and consolidating the fundamentals, strengthening Party building work in all fields such as enterprises, rural areas, government organs, public institutions, streets and communities, and emerging fields, and promoting the transformation of the Party's political advantages and organizational advantages into governance effectiveness.

One must profoundly comprehend and firmly grasp "persisting in building a high-quality cadre队伍 (cadre team) capable of undertaking the heavy responsibilities of national rejuvenation" as the critical issue relating to the cause of the Party and the state. For the Party to govern the Party, it must first manage cadres well; in full and rigorous governance of the Party, the key is to govern officials strictly. President Xi Jinping has pointed out that the Party's cadres are the backbone force of the Party and the state's cause; to respond to changes, foster new opportunities, open new chapters, and plan for rejuvenation, the key is to build the Party's leadership teams and cadre teams at all levels well and strongly; it is emphasized that good cadres must have firm beliefs, serve the people, be diligent and pragmatic, dare to take responsibility, and be honest and incorruptible; placing political standards in the primary position, resolutely preventing "two-faced people" in politics; establishing a quality cultivation system of source cultivation, follow-up cultivation, and full-process cultivation, a system for knowing and recognizing people through daily assessment, classified assessment, and close-range assessment, a selection and appointment system that prioritizes virtue, employs the worthy, and matches people to positions, a strict management system that manages thought, work, style, and discipline, a positive incentive system that values practical work, drives responsibility, and provides encouragement; strengthening the construction of the civil servant队伍 (civil servant team); deeply implementing the strategy of strengthening the nation through talent, deepening the reform of the talent development system and mechanism, and strengthening the political guidance and political absorption of talent; it requires adhering to the principle of the Party managing cadres, establishing the correct orientation for selecting and using people, adhering to the combination of strict management with sincere care and the emphasis on both incentive and constraint, stimulating the endogenous motivation and overall vitality of the cadre team, and gathering talents from all over the world to use them. On the new journey, one must grasp these important judgments and requirements, implement the standards for good cadres in the new era, coordinate the work of selection, cultivation, management, and use, and focus on building a cadre team that is politically qualified, adapted to the requirements of the new era, and possesses the capability to lead modernization construction.

One must profoundly comprehend and firmly grasp "persisting in promoting the normalization and long-term effectiveness of style construction" as an effective way to maintain the flesh-and-blood ties between the Party and the masses. The Party's glorious traditions and excellent styles are the concentrated embodiment of our Party's nature and purpose, and are the prominent marks that distinguish our Party from other political parties. President Xi Jinping has pointed out that the core of style issues is the issue of the relationship between the Party and the masses; the Party's style is the Party's image, which relates to the support of the people and the survival and death of the Party; it is emphasized that the Central Committee's Eight-Point Regulation is an act of the CPC Central Committee to 徙木立信 (xǐ mù lì xìn - "move the tree to establish trust," to act in a way that builds credibility), it is the entry point and mobilization order for improving style, and it is a long-term and effective iron rule and hard standard; resolutely correcting formalism, bureaucracy, hedonism, and extravagance, and resolutely breaking through privilege-oriented thinking and privilege-oriented behavior, using excellent Party style to lead social and folk customs; it requires unswervingly implementing the spirit of the Central Committee's Eight-Point Regulation, combining the correction of the "Four Winds" with the promotion of new winds, putting effort into making it routine, making it detailed, and making it long-term, so that the Party's style becomes comprehensively pure. On the new journey, one must grasp these important judgments and requirements, focusing on constructing long-term mechanisms for style construction, making unremitting efforts and working for long-term success, until style truly becomes a social custom.

One must profoundly comprehend and firmly grasp "persisting in using strict discipline to govern and manage the entire Party" as the fundamental remedy for full and rigorous governance of the Party. Our Party is a Marxist party organized by revolutionary ideals and iron discipline, and strict discipline is a fine tradition and political advantage of the Party. President Xi Jinping has pointed out that discipline is the "ruler" for governing and managing the Party, and is also the standard and principle for Party members and cadres to constrain their own behavior; strict discipline is an important guarantee for our Party to continuously move from victory to victory; it is emphasized to incorporate the Party's discipline construction into the overall layout of Party building; strictly enforcing political discipline and political rules; adhering to the principle that discipline is stricter than the law and precedes the law, putting discipline at the forefront, so that discipline truly becomes a high-voltage wire; deepening the application of the "four forms" of supervision and discipline enforcement, and comprehensively playing the roles of discipline education, constraint, guarantee, and incentive; it requires comprehensively strengthening the Party's discipline construction, focusing on strengthening political discipline and organizational discipline, and driving all disciplines to be fully strict, strict to the end. On the new journey, one must grasp these important judgments and requirements, turning the hard requirements of Party style and discipline into hard measures, letting the iron rules grow iron teeth, and making Party members and cadres respect, fear, and abide by their bottom lines.

One must profoundly comprehend and firmly grasp "persisting in promoting the integrated advancement of not daring to be corrupt, being unable to be corrupt, and not wanting to be corrupt" as the important strategy for full and rigorous governance of the Party and the basic principle for the fight against corruption. Corruption is the greatest tumor that harms the vitality and combat effectiveness of the Party. Opposing corruption, building clean politics, and maintaining the health of the Party's body have always been the clear political stance consistently adhered to by our Party. President Xi Jinping has pointed out that corruption is the greatest risk, the greatest threat, and the greatest challenge facing our Party, and the fight against corruption is a major struggle that we cannot afford to lose and must never lose; it is emphasized to maintain the clarity and determination that the fight against corruption is always on the road, continuously improving the penetrative power of the fight against corruption, and adhering to the simultaneous investigation and treatment of style and corruption; persisting in and improving the supervision system of the Party and the state, and strengthening the regulation and supervision of power allocation and operation; strengthening the construction of a clean culture in the new era; it requires adhering to a zero-tolerance attitude toward corruption and evil, deepening the combination of treating both symptoms and root causes and systematic governance, and resolutely fighting the battle, the protracted war, and the total war against corruption. On the new journey, one must grasp these important judgments and requirements, maintaining strategic determination and a high-pressure posture, without stopping for a single step or retreating even half a step, resolutely fighting against all negative and corrupt phenomena, unswervingly following the path of anti-corruption with Chinese characteristics, and ensuring that the Party always maintains its political character of being clean and incorruptible.

One must profoundly comprehend and firmly grasp "persisting in governing the Party through systems and according to regulations" as the long-term and fundamental remedy for full and rigorous governance of the Party. Systems are issues of a fundamental, holistic, stable, and long-term nature regarding the development of the Party and the state's cause. President Xi Jinping has pointed out that full and rigorous governance of the Party is highly political and principled, and must have a scientific and complete set of systems to regulate it; the Party Constitution is the fundamental law of the Party and is the general charter for establishing, governing, and managing the Party; democratic centralism is the fundamental organizational principle and leadership system of our Party; it is emphasized to place system construction in a prominent position, strengthen the construction of intra-Party regulations and systems, deepen the reform of Party building systems, and promote the formation of a well-coordinated and effectively usable system of intra-Party regulations and systems; adhering to the principle that everyone is equal before regulations and systems, there are no privileges in complying with regulations and systems, and there are no exceptions in implementing regulations and systems, and resolutely maintaining the seriousness and authority of the systems; it requires consciously studying, complying with, implementing, and maintaining the Party Constitution, and strictly implementing democratic centralism; continuously improving the system of intra-Party regulations and systems, improving the implementation of systems, and more scientifically and effectively putting power into the cage of systems. On the new journey, one must grasp these important judgments and requirements, improving a system of intra-Party regulations and systems with scientific content, rigorous procedures, complete coordination, and effective operation, and continuously improving the level of scientific, institutional, and standardized Party building.

One must profoundly comprehend and firmly grasp "persisting in implementing the political responsibility of governing and managing the Party" as the "ox nose" (the key point) that must be grasped for full and rigorous governance of the Party. Full and rigorous governance of the Party is the common responsibility of the entire Party. President Xi Jinping has pointed out that the responsibility for governing and managing the Party is the most fundamental political responsibility; the responsibility for governing and managing the Party includes the primary responsibility, the supervisory responsibility, the responsibility of the person in the first position, and "one post, two responsibilities," constituting a complete chain of responsibility; it is emphasized that without clarifying responsibility, without implementing responsibility, and without holding people accountable, full and rigorous governance of the Party cannot be achieved; one must establish and improve a responsibility system in a layered and classified manner, clarifying and solidifying responsibilities to promote that Party organizations at all levels and the vast number of Party members and cadres know their responsibilities, assume their responsibilities, and fulfill their responsibilities; it requires improving a responsibility system with clear subjects and clear requirements, and perfecting a precise and scientific accountability mechanism, so that with the arrival of responsibility subjects, the arrival of responsibility requirements, and the arrival of assessment and accountability, the implementation of the responsibility for governing and managing the Party is brought to fruition. On the new journey, one must grasp these important judgments and requirements, improving a pattern of governing and managing the Party where each party is responsible and coordination is unified, strengthening responsibility, strictly assuming responsibility, strictly managing jurisdictions, and effectively grasping Party building work with precision and detail.

These "Fourteen Persistences" profoundly grasp the internal connection between governing and strengthening the Party and building a strong nation and rejuvenation, coordinate the Party's leadership and Party building, and adhere to the organic unity of epistemology and methodology, the theory of two points and the theory of emphasis, making the substance and its application clear and ensuring they are interconnected; they are a concentrated summary of the new concepts, new thoughts, and new strategies of President Xi Jinping regarding Party building in the new era that possess landmark and guiding significance. In each aspect of these "Fourteen Persistences," there are extensive theoretical expositions and clear practical requirements, which must be studied systematically and grasped holistically.

Practical development is endless, and theoretical innovation is endless. Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building is an open system of thought that connects history, reality, and the future; it will undoubtedly continue to enrich and develop with the deep advancement of the new great undertaking of Party building in the new era, requiring continuous follow-up study and grasping.

**Profoundly comprehend the theoretical character of Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building, and deeply experience the power of truth and the power of personality contained within it**

Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building profoundly elucidates the fundamental question of what the Communist Party of China is and what it must do; it shines with the brilliance of rationality and the charm of personality, and centrally demonstrates the political character, value pursuits, and spiritual demeanor of contemporary Communists of China.

Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building contains firm ideals and beliefs. Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building is full of firm faith in Marxism, full of firm belief in socialism and communism, and full of the heroic sentiment that "revolutionary ideals are higher than the heavens," providing us with powerful momentum to grasp the political direction, distinguish right from wrong, and strive with determination. We must deeply study the Party's innovative theories, consciously use scientific theories to arm our minds, adhere to the spiritual pursuits of Communists, and establish ideals and beliefs on the rational identification of scientific theories, the correct understanding of historical laws, and the accurate grasp of basic national conditions, always walking the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics with firm determination.

Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building contains a high degree of historical initiative. Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building profoundly grasps the laws of historical development; with a broad vision looking at the rise and fall of political parties around the world, and using the historical cycle as a mirror, it deeply draws upon the historical wisdom of being born in hardship, dying in ease, always maintaining long-term considerations, and being vigilant in times of peace, eternally maintaining the clarity and determination of "taking the exam," establishing a strong awareness of risk, strictly preventing strategic and subversive errors, and fully embodying the historical initiative of grasping the general trend of historical development and leading the opening of a bright future for the Party and the state. We must remember that "it is not easy to maintain the spirit of being vigilant in times of prosperity when one has achieved success, it is not easy to be frugal and restrained after taking power, it is not easy to be strict in governing officials and prevent corruption and extravagance during times of peace, and it is not easy to follow the trend and the will of the people at critical moments of major change," and use the spirit of historical initiative to overcome difficulties, battle risks, and meet challenges, continuously opening up the future by taking history as a mirror.

Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building contains a clear problem orientation. We, the Communists of China, when conducting revolution, carrying out construction, and grasping reform, have always done so to solve China's real problems. Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building firmly grasps the major problems relating to the Party's long-term governance, prosperity, and development, starting from solving the prominent problems that the masses reflect most strongly and that pose the greatest threat to the Party's foundation of governance, adhering to targeted treatment and comprehensive measures, treating both symptoms and root causes, and strengthening the foundation and replenishing the essence; it does not avoid contradictions and does not shrink from treating illnesses, fully embodying the firm determination and pragmatic style to unswervingly advance the governing and strengthening of the Party. We must be good at looking at problems and thinking about problems from a strategic perspective, deepening our understanding of laws through researching and analyzing problems, and continuously proposing new concepts, new ideas, and new methods to truly solve problems with a scientific attitude of seeking truth from facts and a spirit of daring to innovate.

Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building contains a strong sense of mission and responsibility. Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building incorporates full and rigorous governance of the Party into the "Four-Comprehensive" strategic layout, focusing on playing the decisive role of the great undertaking in the great struggle, the great cause, and the great dream, guiding the entire Party to not forget the original aspiration, keep the mission firmly in mind, and continue the struggle, embodying a high level of responsibility toward the Party, the state, the nation, the people, and history. We must enhance our sense of responsibility, sense of mission, and sense of enterprising spirit, earnestly take up the responsibility of promoting reform, development, and stability, take up the responsibility of governing and strengthening the Party strictly, and take up the responsibility of our own duties, truly achieving the principle of being responsible for the territory we guard, being accountable for the territory we guard, and fulfilling our duties for the territory we guard.

Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building contains a profound concern for the people. From the day of its founding, the Communist Party of China has always represented the fundamental interests of the vast majority of the people, has no special interests of its own, and has always maintained flesh-and-blood ties with the masses. Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building adheres to a people-centered approach, doing everything for the people and relying on the people, profoundly answering "who am I, for whom am I doing this, and whom do I rely on," taking the well-safeguarding, well-realizing, and well-developing of the fundamental interests of the vast majority of the people as the starting point and end point of all work, and taking whether the people support, approve, are happy with, or agree with as the fundamental standard for measuring the gains and losses of all work, fully embodying the spiritual realm of "I will have no self, and I will not fail the people." We must always place the people in the highest position of our hearts, think what the masses think, attend to what the masses are anxious about, solve what is difficult for the masses, take bringing benefits to the people as our greatest political achievement, and continuously enhance the people's sense of gain, happiness, and security.

Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building contains scientific thinking and methods. Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building utilizes strategic thinking, historical thinking, dialectical thinking, systemic thinking, innovative thinking, rule-of-law thinking, and bottom-line thinking; it both deploys the tasks of "crossing the river" and solves the problems of the "bridge or boat," placing even greater emphasis on the organic connection and linkage and synergy of various aspects of Party building, placing even greater emphasis on the soundness and completeness of systems and mechanisms and the scientific effectiveness of regulations and systems, and placing even greater emphasis on using the concepts of governance, systemic views, and dialectical thinking to govern and strengthen the Party; it achieves the organic unity of the whole and the part, the current and the long-term, the macro and the micro, and the root and the symptom, fully embodying the superb art of leadership in forward-looking thinking, holistic planning, and integral advancement of Party building. We must profoundly grasp the scientific thinking and working methods running through it, continuously improving our ability to overcome difficulties, resolve contradictions, and manage complex situations, ensuring that we have a clear direction, a clear mind, appropriate responses, and powerful actions.

**Profoundly comprehend the practical foundation and theoretical origins of Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building, and continuously enhance political identity, ideological identity, theoretical identity, and emotional identity**

Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building has a clear developmental lineage, a profound cultural background, distinct spiritual identifiers, and extraordinary practical achievements. We must study and comprehend it deeply, profoundly grasping its historical logic, theoretical logic, and practical logic of formation and development, and continuously stimulating the spiritual momentum of striving with determination and moving forward with courage.

Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building is rooted in rich practical soil. Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building is a scientific theory that originates from practice and guides practice. Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has directly faced the prominent problems existing within the Party, made strategic deployments for full and rigorous governance of the Party, and led the entire Party to grasp strictness in thought, strictness in supervision, strictness in discipline enforcement, strictness in governing officials, strictness in style, and strictness in anti-corruption with the tenacity and persistence of being "always on the road," turning the blade inward and using heavy punishments to govern chaos, halting some unhealthy trends that had not been halted for a long time, rectifying some chronic problems that had not been eliminated for many years, eliminating serious hidden dangers existing within the Party, the state, and the military, promoting the Party and the state's cause to achieve historical achievements and undergo historical changes, opening a new realm of self-revolution for a century-old Party, and forming valuable experience in governing and strengthening the Party. Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building is a systematic summary and theoretical sublimation of the practical experience of full and rigorous governance of the Party in the new era.

Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building adheres to the soul-vein of Marxism. Marxist theories on party building are the theoretical source of Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building. The party-building theories of Marx and Engels, Lenin, Mao Zedong, and Deng Xiaoping are very rich in content; among them, the most basic and core contents are: the Party is the vanguard of the proletariat, composed of advanced elements, and is a vanguard with rigorous organization; the Party's highest ideal and ultimate goal is to realize communism; the Party's task in the primary stage of socialism is to build socialism with Chinese characteristics; the Party always adheres to the fundamental purpose of serving the people wholeheartedly and maintains close ties with the masses; the Party is armed with scientific theories, emphasizes building the Party through thought, and adheres to combining theory with practice and seeking truth from facts; the Party takes democratic centralism as its fundamental organizational principle and adheres to the combination of centralization based on democracy and democracy under centralization; the Party must execute iron discipline and must unify will and action; the Party is the leadership core of revolution and construction and must grasp the leadership over all work, and so on. Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building innovates within adherence to correctness and develops within inheritance, comprehensively and profoundly elucidating the highest principles, strategic policies, value pursuits, work layouts, and methodological paths of Party building in the new era, enriching and developing the Sinicized Marxist theory of party building, and making major original contributions to Marxist theories on party building.

Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building adheres to the root-vein of fine traditional Chinese culture. Fine traditional Chinese culture has a long history, is broad and profound, and is unique. Social ideals such as "the world belongs to the public" and "great harmony under heaven," people-oriented thoughts such as "the people are the foundation of the state" and "governance lies in nurturing the people," reform spirits such as "discarding the old to establish the new" and "keeping pace with the times," practical orientations such as "seeking truth from facts" and "unity of knowledge and action," personnel standards such as "employing the worthy" and "selecting the capable," self-cultivation principles such as "unremitting self-improvement" and "possessing great virtue," and value pursuits such as "establishing the heart for heaven and earth, establishing life for the people, continuing the lost teachings of the ancient sages, and opening peace for all generations," all carry the historical memory, ideological wisdom, and spiritual pursuits of the Chinese nation. Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building inherits and transforms fine traditional Chinese culture, deeply excavates and elaborates on its epochal value, endows it with new epochal connotations, and achieves the creative transformation and innovative development of ways of governing the country and maintaining peace, and moral concepts of self-cultivation and conduct, presenting distinct Chinese characteristics, Chinese style, and Chinese manner.

Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building continues the red bloodline of Communists. Over 100 years ago, the pioneers of the Party founded the Communist Party of China, nurturing the great spirit of Party building: adhering to truth, upholding ideals, practicing the original aspiration, assuming the mission, not fearing sacrifice and fighting bravely, and being loyal to the Party and not failing the people; this is the spiritual source of the Communist Party of China. From the departure of the red boat, generation after generation of Communists of China have worked hard through thick and thin, constructing a spiritual lineage of Communists of China with the Jinggangshan Spirit, the Long March Spirit, the Yan'an Spirit, the "Two Bombs, One Satellite" Spirit, the Reform and Opening-up Spirit, the Poverty Alleviation Spirit, and the Anti-epidemic Spirit as the main components, profoundly revealing the spiritual code of why our Party was able to succeed in the past and how it can continue to succeed in the future. These precious spiritual wealth, spanning time and space, remain fresh and new, being deeply integrated into the blood of our Party, state, nation, and people, providing rich nourishment for us to establish, prosper, and strengthen the Party. Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building inherits the red genes and continues the red bloodline, centrally embodying the great creative spirit, the great struggle spirit, the great unity spirit, and the great dream spirit of the Chinese nation and the Chinese people, providing powerful spiritual momentum to better motivate the entire Party to always maintain a spirit of entrepreneurship and striving, and to continuously overcome difficulties and move from victory to victory.

**Continuously promote the deep and solid implementation of studying and implementing Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building, and gather the majestic force to comprehensively advance the building of a strong nation and the great cause of national rejuvenation through Chinese-style modernization**

Studying and implementing Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building is an important political task for the entire Party during the current and future periods; Party organizations at all levels and the vast number of Party members and cadres must further raise their political standing, and put even greater effort into comprehensive study, comprehensive grasping, and comprehensive implementation, truly transforming the effectiveness of study into the vivid practice of advancing the new great undertaking of Party building in the new era.

Strengthen study and training, focusing on putting even greater effort into reading original works, learning original texts, and grasping original principles. Original works and texts are the most authoritative carriers of thought; only through deep and thorough study can one comprehensively and accurately grasp its true essence, true meaning, and ideological essence. In studying Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building, one must taste the flavor of truth through reading original works and learning original texts. One must take Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building as an important content of the theoretical armament of the entire Party, and continuously promote study to go deeper, go more solidly, and go into the heart. Various forms such as study sessions of theoretical learning center groups and holding study classes should be adopted to carry out centralized study and in-depth discussion and exchange, to comprehend and master the great significance, essence, key meanings, and practical requirements of this thought. Relying on effective carriers such as the "Three Meetings and One Lesson" and themed Party days, one should organize and promote the vast number of Party members and cadres to earnestly study the first and second volumes of *Selected Works on Xi Jinping's Party Building*, achieving both knowing its essence and knowing its reason, and knowing its meaning and knowing its principle. One should take this thought as a compulsory and regular course for the basic training of Party members and cadres, incorporate it into the key courses of Party schools (administrative institutes), cadre colleges, and socialist institutes at all levels, and promote Party members and cadres, especially leading cadres, to truly study out firm faith, study out strong Party spirit, and study out a sense of mission and responsibility. Attention should be paid to strengthening the systematic training of young Party members and cadres, educating and guiding them to study deeply and carefully, and believe and act with determination. The vast number of Party members and cadres should enhance their endogenous motivation for learning, persist in individual proactive learning, and take this thought as the best nutrient and textbook for self-cultivation and self-discipline, profoundly comprehend the decisive significance of the "Two Establishes," and resolutely achieve the "Two Upholds."

Strengthen publicity and interpretation, focusing on putting even greater effort into promoting its entry into the mind, the heart, and the practice. Marx pointed out that "once theory is mastered by the masses, it also becomes a material force. As long as theory persuades people, it can master the masses; and as long as theory is thorough, it can persuade people." In publicizing and interpreting Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building, one must put effort into persuading and inspiring people. Relying on the main publicity channels such as Party newspapers, Party journals, television stations, and radio stations at all levels, attention should be paid to using new media, carefully planning reports, innovating forms and carriers, and increasing publicity efforts, conducting publicity and preaching in ways that are popular among Party members, cadres, and the masses, explaining clearly the origin and development of this thought, explaining clearly its practical and strategic considerations, and explaining clearly that this thought is still continuously innovating and developing along with the development of the practice of Party building, truly making the vivid thought vivid, making the thorough theory thorough, and promoting Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building to enter people's hearts. Combined with publicity and preaching, one should use Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building to answer questions and resolve doubts, guiding all of society to correctly understand why the Communist Party of China can, why it must persist in the Party's comprehensive leadership and the CPC Central Committee's centralized and unified leadership, why it must persist in advancing full and rigorous governance of the Party unremittingly, and why the fight against corruption must be carried through to the end, thereby more firmly upholding the Party and supporting full and rigorous governance of the Party.

Strengthen research and interpretation, focusing on putting even greater effort into the construction of disciplinary systems, academic systems, and discourse systems. One should strengthen the holistic research on the "Fourteen Persistences," deeply interpret the principled achievements and original contributions of Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building, deeply interpret the scientific system, rich connotation, spiritual essence, and practical requirements of this thought, continuously expanding new horizons and making new generalizations in theory, deepening the understanding of the laws of Party building in the new era, and forming a group of research results that are weighty and valuable. The research on Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building should be deeply integrated into the independent knowledge system of Chinese philosophy and social sciences, being treated as the top priority of the discipline construction of the history and Party building of the Communist Party of China, strengthening the disciplinary support position, and contributing wisdom and strength to advancing Party building in the new era.

Strengthen the combination of learning and application, focusing on putting even greater effort into planning work, solving problems, and guiding practice. Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building has clarified the "roadmap" and "task list" for Party building in the new era, proposing the key tasks and target requirements for the Party's political construction, ideological construction, organizational construction, style construction, discipline construction, the fight against corruption, and institutional construction, which must be implemented throughout the entire process of governing and strengthening the Party, achieving the organic combination of goal orientation and problem orientation. One must persist in applying learning to practice, consciously using Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building to plan and advance Party building, closely linking it with the work currently being done, finding the entry points and focal points of work, earnestly fulfilling the responsibility of governing and managing the Party, and achieving new achievements in Party building work across all levels, fields, and industries, especially in taking practical measures and seeing practical results in grasping weak links and solving prominent problems. Use the scientific methods contained in Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building to promote innovations in Party building, actively exploring effective good experiences and good practices, and comprehensively improving the quality of Party building. The implementation of studying and implementing Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building must be organically combined with the study and education of establishing and practicing a correct view of political achievements, persisting in being for the public, benefiting the people, making scientific decisions, and engaging in practical work, creating achievements that can withstand the test of practice and history, truly benefit the people, and be recognized by the masses.

Strengthen ideological and political guidance, focusing on putting even greater effort into promoting high-quality development through high-quality Party building. The more effective the governing and managing of the Party, the more powerful the guarantee for economic and social development will be. Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building fully embodies the internal unity of the Party's leadership, the Party's building, and the Party's cause. One must persist in and strengthen the Party's comprehensive leadership, especially the centralized and unified leadership of the CPC Central Committee, improve the implementation mechanism for the major decision-making deployments of the CPC Central Committee, and continuously improve the Party's ability and level to lead economic and social development; one must strengthen the Party's innovative theoretical armament, improve the political capability and strategic thinking capability of the entire Party, especially leading cadres at all levels, and further enhance the ability to promote high-quality development, the ability to serve the masses, and the ability to prevent and resolve risks; one must persist in combining strict management with sincere care, fully mobilizing the enthusiasm, initiative, and creativity of Party members and cadres to engage in entrepreneurship and striving, and effectively solving deep-seated contradictions and problems in economic and social development; one must unremittingly rectify style, discipline, and fight corruption, continuously purifying the political ecology, and effectively transforming the Party's political advantages, theoretical advantages, organizational advantages, institutional advantages, and the advantage of close ties with the masses into advantages for high-quality development, powerfully promoting the implementation of economic and social development goals and tasks during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, and continuing to write new chapters for the two great miracles of rapid economic development and long-term social stability.

This year marks the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China; a century-old Party is in its prime, and the great cause of a thousand years has a brilliant prospect. On the new journey, we must profoundly comprehend the decisive significance of the "Two Establishes," enhance the "Four Consciousnesses," strengthen the "Four Confidences," achieve the "Two Upholds," unite more closely around the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, deeply study and implement Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building, persist in the fact that full and rigorous governance of the Party is always on the road, deeply advance the new great undertaking of Party building in the new era, and make new and greater contributions to comprehensively advancing the building of a strong nation and the great cause of national rejuvenation through Chinese-style modernization.

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Seeing the motherland's boundary markers, the youth are moved to tears

By: 本报记者 张天培

From the snow-capped plateaus to the frigid frontiers, and then to the Gobi deserts, new-era young immigration management police traverse thousands of miles, undaunted by hardships, rushing to the most difficult and remote border lines of the motherland to garrison the borders and defend the territory.

According to statistics from the National Immigration Administration (国家移民管理局), since the reform of the immigration management system in 2018, a total of nearly 5,200 outstanding university students nationwide have passed the national civil service examination to head to grassroots immigration management agencies in border regions. Their average age is 27.5 years, and they have written numerous touching stories with their fiery youth and selfless dedication.

“Someone must always stand firm; I want to stay here”

“Female, national exam passer, actively applied for the plateau border”—these are the prominent characteristics of Wu Hui, a police officer at the Pumu Jiangtang Border Police Station in Tibet. In February 2024, Wu Hui and two other girls who had just graduated from university, Li Tianjiao and Li Hongyan, actively gave up comfortable urban lives to take root in the borderlands, becoming the first batch of female police officers since the station's establishment 12 years ago.

The Pumu Jiangtang Border Police Station is located at an altitude of over 5,000 meters, making it one of the highest altitude police stations in China. The average annual temperature here is minus 7 degrees Celsius, the oxygen content in the air is less than 40% of that in the plains, and wind and snow rage year-round. Under long-term extreme environments, most civil and auxiliary police in the station suffer from varying degrees of plateau diseases, such as headaches and insomnia, chest tightness and palpitations, excessive cardiopulmonary load, and repeated joint injuries.

“Someone must always stand firm; I want to stay here until my body can no longer endure it.” This vow by Wu Hui expresses the firm determination of the three young girls to take root in the snowy regions and stand firm at the border. Having put on their police uniforms, they overcame various discomforts such as plateau headaches, insomnia, and ultraviolet burns, following male police officers to inspect glaciers at altitudes of 6,300 meters; even when their hands and feet were frozen bright red and their lips were dry and peeling, they never retreated.

In Pumu Jiangtang, garrisoning the border is never an empty phrase, but rather a struggle against the harsh environment every minute and every second. “The average age of the police officers in the station is only 30 years old. When they miss home, they do not dare to video call their parents, fearing that their parents will feel heartache upon seeing their cracked lips and rough skin. Long-term oxygen deficiency depletion causes the police officers to lose large amounts of hair; the scene of everyone recommending anti-hair loss shampoo to one another is a 苦中作乐> (kǔ zhōng zuò lè - "finding joy in bitterness," to find pleasure in hardship) scene that is heart-wrenching,” said Pu Bu Zaxi, the director of the Pumu Jiangtang Border Police Station.

With the joining of more and more young police officers, fresh blood has been injected into the entire team. They are energetic and unafraid of hardship; during patrols, they scramble to walk at the very front, making their dull days vibrant and colorful. Especially the three female officers who actively volunteered; they are not delicate, nor do they demand special treatment, using their frail shoulders to shoulder the heavy responsibility of garrisoning the border.

“Guard the eastern gate of the motherland well; no matter how bitter or difficult, one must not retreat”

In Fuyuan, Heilongjiang, the winter is long and severe, with minimum temperatures reaching minus 35 degrees Celsius. Here, the Fuyuan Border Management Detachment oversees six border police stations, which year-round undertake heavy responsibilities such as border control, mass services, and port security, exerting all efforts to safeguard border peace.

“Guarding the border well is guarding the eastern gate of the motherland well; no matter how bitter or difficult, one must not retreat.” Chen Jiacheng, a young man from Jieyang, Guangdong, bid farewell to his hometown in 2025 and traveled over 4,000 kilometers to Fuyuan to become an immigration management police officer. When he first arrived, his southern accent hindered his communication, the extreme cold made it difficult for him to adapt, and in the deep of the night, he once quietly considered backing out due to homesickness. With the help of his comrades and leaders, he quickly adjusted his state, practiced Mandarin hard, adapted to the severe cold climate, and actively integrated into grassroots work; the accent that once caused embarrassment became a warm bond to close the distance with local masses, and the bone-chilling cold was transformed into a medal of growth.

Tian Jing, a master's graduate in English, gave up her job at a foreign enterprise and resolutely returned to the small border town where she grew up to take root on the Fuyuan border frontline. While her classmates and friends rushed to big cities to pursue broader professional stages, she chose to station at the border pass; relying on her professional expertise, she built a communication bridge on the frontline of the border port, serving traveling masses and handling foreign-related matters.

In the winter of Fuyuan, the cold wind feels like a knife cutting the face; after patrolling outside for a moment, eyelashes will be covered in ice crystals. But whenever she hears a phrase from the masses like “Because you are here, we feel at ease,” Tian Jing feels all hardships vanish.

“Most of our frontline duty police are post-95s or even post-00s, with an average age of 30; the oldest police officer is 45 and has been garrisoning the border for 22 years. The 26-year-old officer Zhang Xin's home is in Haikou, Hainan Province; he has traveled over 4,000 kilometers to guard the border for 7 years. Including the 13 new police officers such as Chen Jiacheng and Tian Jing who were assigned to the frontline this time, although they are far from the cities, when I patrol the boundary rivers, I can see the light in their eyes and the sense of responsibility in their hearts,” introduced Fu Qiang, the captain of the Jiamusi Border Management Detachment.

“Thousands of miles away from home, one must strive and strive again”

Traveling through Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang, through Gobi, deserts, and plateaus... the conditions on the border frontline are extremely harsh. The jurisdiction of the Suanjingzi Border Police Station in Inner Mongolia covers 9,400 square kilometers, where the local annual precipitation is less than 40 millimeters, yet the evaporation is as high as 4,000 millimeters, making it a veritable “Gobi island”; the jurisdiction of the Paiyike Border Police Station in Kashgar, Xinjiang, has an average altitude of 4,600 meters, with heavy wind and snow weather exceeding 300 days a year.

The 27-year-old Wang Jiayu, carrying the vow of “thousands of miles away from home, one must strive and strive again,” traveled over 3,000 kilometers to the Suanjingzi Border Police Station. Although he had prepared himself in advance to endure hardship, he was still shocked by the desolation before his eyes. He followed his comrades deep into the homes of herders, helping them clean sheep pens and transport supplies; having never done heavy labor before, he worked vigorously shovel by shovel, with sweat and dust forming a crust of mud on his face. When an elderly herder woman hugged him tightly with tears in her eyes, repeatedly expressing her thanks, Wang Jiayu completely understood the profound meaning of “loving the border, guarding the border, and loving the people.”

The Suanjingzi Border Police Station currently has 10 police officers from five provinces, with an average age of only 28. During daily patrols, the police officers drive hundreds of kilometers through uninhabited areas, often sleeping in the open air under the wind and rain. For many years, the police officers stationed in Suanjingzi have seen much more of their families than themselves; whenever they take leave to visit relatives, the officers must first traverse the vast desert to reach a town and then transfer through various modes of transportation, with a one-way journey taking two days, yet they have never retreated.

In December 2025, Aikebaier Reimmu rushed to the Paiyike Border Police Station to be stationed. The intense headaches brought by altitude sickness and the harsh weather of raging blizzards once made it difficult for him to persist. Under the encouragement and leadership of veteran officers, he stepped through knee-deep snow and faced the wild winds and extreme cold. When visiting the jurisdiction, he sat down for heart-to-heart talks with the Uyghur masses, becoming as close as family.

“The mission of garrisoning the border is continuously inherited and has already flowed into our blood,” said Chen Junfei, the director of the Paiyike Border Police Station. More than 70 years ago, the first generation of Paiyike border guards arrived here with just a tent and a single pot to guard the peace of the border; more than 70 years later, the relay baton has been passed into the hands of a new generation of Paiyike border guards with an average age of only 29.

Nowadays, “going to the borderlands, going to the places where the motherland needs us most” is increasingly becoming the aspiration and action in the hearts of young students. Within the immigration management forces, a large number of young people, like Li Tianjiao, Li Hongyan, and Wu Hui, choose to go to difficult and remote places to realize their life value. They fulfill their missions with their youth and demonstrate their responsibility through practical work, building a copper wall and iron wall for border defense, and setting a value benchmark of rooting in the grassroots, working hard, and being loyal to the country. Many young immigration management police officers remarked that the moment they saw the solemn boundary markers with their own eyes for the first time, they were moved to tears. This scene has also become an unforgettable memory for them.

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Adhere to Xi Jinping's thought on Party building to strive for the new great project of Party building in the new era (In-depth study and implementation of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era)

By: 中共中央组织部

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has stood at a strategic height concerning matters of the historical process of the great cause of building a strong country and national rejuvenation, matters of the future and destiny of the Party and the state, and matters of the Party's long-term governance and the state's long-term stability and security. Centering on the major epochal themes of what kind of long-term governing Marxist party to build and how to build a long-term governing Marxist party, [the Central Committee] has proposed a series of new concepts, new ideas, and new strategies for governing and strengthening the Party, forming Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building. This thought is the latest achievement in advancing theoretical innovation by adhering to the "Two Combinations," is the chapter on Party building within Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, and is the fundamental followings and action guide for deeply advancing the new great undertaking of Party building in the new era. Recently, the first and second volumes of Selected Works on Xi Jinping's Party Building were published and distributed, providing us with authoritative textbooks to read original works, learn original texts, and grasp the principles, and to deeply study and implement Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, especially Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building. On the new journey, we must deeply study and implement Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building, advancing the full and rigorous governance of the Party in depth with a spirit of reform and strict standards, to provide a strong guarantee for comprehensively advancing the building of a strong country and the great cause of national rejuvenation through Chinese-style modernization.

Fully recognize the great significance of Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building, and earnestly enhance political consciousness, ideological consciousness, and action consciousness in studying and implementing it

Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building conforms to the trends of history and responds to the requirements of the times; it scientifically applies the basic principles of the Marxist theory of party building, conducts in-depth research and analysis of the state of the world, the condition of the country, and the state of the Party, effectively solves major theoretical and practical problems of Party building, and enriches and develops the Party's innovative theories. Deeply studying and implementing Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building possesses great political significance, theoretical significance, practical significance, and epochal significance.

Studying and implementing Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building will undoubtedly powerfully promote the entire Party to profoundly comprehend the decisive significance of the "Two Establishes" and resolutely achieve the "Two Upholds." Ideological unity is the foundation of political unity and action unity, and is the deepest, most lasting, and most reliable guarantee of the Party's unity. Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building has made a series of major judgments, such as "the leadership of the Communist Party of China is the most essential feature of socialism with Chinese characteristics," "ensuring the unity and centralized leadership of the Party is the lifeblood of the Party," and "adhering to the principle that the Party must govern the Party and comprehensively govern the Party with rigor." These judgments centrally embody our Party's political will, political stance, political propositions, and political wisdom in governing and strengthening the Party; they clarify a series of major issues of right and wrong, correct the vagueness and deviations in the understanding of governing the Party during a certain period, and point out the correct political direction for Party building in the new era. Studying and implementing Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building will undoubtedly powerfully promote the entire Party to speak politics with clear banners, firmly uphold the "Two Establishes," resolutely achieve the "Two Upholds," and always maintain high consistency in thought, politics, and action with the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core.

Studying and implementing Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building will undoubtedly powerfully deepen the ideological armament of the Party's innovative theories and promote the continuous improvement of the entire Party's level of Marxist theory. Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building was formed and developed synchronously with Xi Jinping Thought on Economy, Xi Jinping Thought on the Rule of Law, Xi Jinping Thought on Culture, Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization, Xi Jinping Thought on Strengthening the Military, Xi Jinping Thought on Diplomacy, and the Overall National Security Outlook, holding a specially important position within Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building creatively combines the basic principles of Marxism with China's specific realities and with fine traditional Chinese culture, deepening the understanding of the laws of Communist Party governance and the laws of our Party's own construction, marking that the development of the Marxist theory of party building has reached a new height. Studying and implementing Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building will undoubtedly powerfully promote the vast number of Party members and cadres to use the Party's innovative theories to consolidate their souls and strengthen their foundations, ensuring that the entire Party always maintains unity of thought, unity of will, and unity of action, forming a majestic force of millions with one heart that is indestructible (wú jiān suì cuī - "without any cracks or weaknesses," impossible to break or defeat).

Studying and implementing Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building will undoubtedly powerfully promote the full and rigorous governance of the Party and the deep advancement of the new great undertaking of Party building in the new era. To whatever stage the cause of the Party and the people develops, Party building must advance to that stage. Our country is currently in a critical period of realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, where strategic opportunities and risks and challenges coexist, and uncertain and unpredictable factors are increasing; the "Four Tests" and "Four Dangers" faced by the Party are long-term, complex, and severe. Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building has enriched and developed through researching and solving problems, and has matured and perfected through promoting practice and guiding practice; it systematically answers a series of major questions regarding what to do and how to do governing and strengthening the Party in the new era, promoting the Party to exhibit a new atmosphere and new achievements in the new era. Studying and implementing Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building will undoubtedly better guide the entire Party to think about and grasp the new situations, new problems, and new challenges facing Party building with a broader vision and a longer perspective, unswervingly advancing the full and rigorous governance of the Party, maintaining the Party's advanced nature and purity, consolidating the Party's long-term governing status, and ensuring that the Party never changes its nature, color, or flavor, and always remains the servant of the people, the pioneer of the times, and the backbone of the nation.

Studying and implementing Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building will undoubtedly powerfully improve the Party's long-term governing capacity and leadership level, and promote the steady and long-term progress of Chinese-style modernization. On the new journey of the new era, the mission and task of the Communist Party of China is to comprehensively advance the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation through Chinese-style modernization. The "15th Five-Year Plan" period holds an important position as a link between the past and the future in the process of basically realizing socialist modernization; economic and social development tasks are arduous, and the situation is severe and complex, which poses new and higher requirements for the Party's governing capacity and leadership level. Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building, based on the historical position of socialism with Chinese characteristics entering the new era, and focusing on the strategic overall situation of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and the great changes unseen in a century in the world, profoundly elucidates the decisive role of the great undertaking within the "Four Greatnesses," providing a strong guarantee for opening new chapters and writing new pages in the new era. Studying and implementing Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building will undoubtedly powerfully enhance the Party's political leadership, ideological guidance, mass organizational capacity, and social appeal, promoting the entire Party to implement the major decision-making deployments of the CPC Central Committee more resolutely and powerfully, seizing opportunities amidst the profoundly and complexly changing situation, daring to struggle and being good at struggling, responding to challenges and promoting high-quality development more actively and effectively, continuously transforming the grand blueprint of comprehensively building a modern socialist country into a beautiful reality, and striving to write a magnificent chapter in realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

Profoundly comprehend the scientific connotation of Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building, and grasp its core tenets, spiritual essence, and practical requirements as a whole

Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building was formed in the great practice of governing and strengthening the Party in the new era; it is the crystallization of the practical experience and collective wisdom of the Party and the people, and is broad and profound, rich in connotation, deep in thought, and rigorous in logic. To implement Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building completely, accurately, and comprehensively, the focus must be on understanding and grasping the "Fourteen Persistences."

One must profoundly comprehend and firmly grasp "persisting in the fact that the leadership of the Party is the most essential feature of socialism with Chinese characteristics." Socialism with Chinese characteristics has many characteristics and features, but its most essential feature is adhering to the leadership of the Communist Party of China. President Xi Jinping has pointed out that strengthening the Party's leadership is the fundamental guarantee for adhering to and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era; adhering to the Party's leadership is a major issue of principle; in the Party, government, military, society, and students, from east to west and north to south, the Party leads everything and is the supreme political leadership force; the Party's leadership is the fundamental basis and the lifeblood of the Party and the state, and is where the interests and destiny of the people of all ethnic groups across the country lie; it is emphasized that the Party's leadership is comprehensive, systematic, and holistic, and must be implemented comprehensively, systematically, and holistically; adhering to the Party's leadership is a matter of direction, and one must be clear-cut and firm in stance, and must never be shy or vague, nor can one be secretive or engage in self-paralysis; it requires clear-cut adherence to and strengthening of the Party's comprehensive leadership, implementing the Party's leadership in all fields, aspects, and links of governing the Party and the country. On the new journey, one must grasp these important judgments and requirements, persist in and improve the Party's leadership institutional system, and implement the Party's leadership in all aspects of coordinating the promotion of the "Five-Sphere Integrated Plan" and the "Four-Comprehensive Strategic Layout," ensuring that the Party always remains the strong leadership core of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics.

One must profoundly comprehend and firmly grasp "persisting in the centralized and unified leadership of the CPC Central Committee" as the highest principle of the Party's leadership. Maintaining the authority and centralized, unified leadership of the CPC Central Committee is an important experience of our country's revolution, construction, and reform, and is a major principle of party building for a mature Marxist governing party. President Xi Jinping has pointed out that matters occurring in all directions must be addressed at the center; the CPC Central Committee is the brain and the hub, and the CPC Central Committee must have authority that is "decisive and singular" (定于一尊 - dìng yú yī zūn - "fixed upon one," authoritative and decisive); maintaining the authority of the CPC Central Committee is a matter of direction and principle, which concerns the future and destiny of the Party, the nation, and the state; it is emphasized that at all times and under all circumstances, one must persist in maintaining high consistency with the CPC Central Committee, ensuring that what the CPC Central Committee advocates is resolutely responded to, what the CPC Central Committee decides is resolutely carried out, and what the CPC Central Committee prohibits is resolutely not done, while constantly benchmarking and correcting deviations in a timely manner; it requires consciously implementing the fundamental requirement of the Party to overall grasp the whole situation and coordinate all aspects, ensuring that the entire Party is closely united around the CPC Central Committee and moves forward in step. On the new journey, one must grasp these important judgments and requirements, firmly uphold the "Two Establishes" and resolutely achieve the "Two Upholds," ensuring that the entire Party unifies its thought and action with the spirit of the CPC Central Committee, and resolutely implements the Party's theories, lines, principles, and policies, as well as the decision-making deployments of the CPC Central Committee.

One must profoundly comprehend and firmly grasp "persisting in the full and rigorous governance of the Party" as the strategic policy for Party building in the new era. To govern the country, one must first govern the Party; to govern the Party, one must be rigorous. President Xi Jinping has pointed out that to forge iron, one must themselves be strong; full and rigorous governance of the Party is the great practice of the Party's self-revolution in the new era and is the distinct theme of Party building in the new era; the Party's self-revolution is the second answer to escaping the historical cycle of rise and fall; it is emphasized that the core of full and rigorous governance of the Party is strengthening the Party's leadership, the foundation lies in comprehensiveness, the key lies in rigor, and the vital point lies in governance; use systemic thinking and scientific methods to promote that the content of governing the Party covers all areas, the subjects cover all people, the responsibilities cover the entire chain, and the systems are fully interconnected; full and rigorous governance of the Party is always on the road; it requires improving the system of full and rigorous governance of the Party, long-term adhering to a tone of rigor, rigorous measures, and a rigorous atmosphere, and comprehensively promoting the Party's self-purification, self-improvement, self-renewal, and self-elevation. On the new journey, one must grasp these important judgments and requirements, implementing the requirements of comprehensiveness, the tone of rigor, and the concept of governance into the construction of the system of full and rigorous governance of the Party, so that various tasks of full and rigorous governance of the Party better reflect epochal characteristics, grasp laws, and are rich in creativity.

One must profoundly comprehend and firmly grasp "persisting in remaining true to the original aspiration and keeping the mission firmly in mind" as the Party's purpose, stance, and value orientation. The Party's original aspiration and mission are the concentrated embodiment of the Party's nature and purpose, ideals and beliefs, and struggle goals; the longer the Party governs, the more it must not lose the character of a Marxist party, and the more it must not forget the Party's original aspiration and mission. President Xi Jinping has pointed out that the question of "who are the people" is the touchstone for testing the nature of a political party and a regime; the Party's foundation lies in the people, its bloodline is in the people, and its strength is in the people; the people's aspiration for a better life is our struggle goal; it is emphasized that the original aspiration and mission of the Communists of China is to seek happiness for the Chinese people and rejuvenation for the Chinese nation; in all forward movements, one cannot forget the road already traveled; no matter how far one goes or how glorious the future is, one cannot forget the past or why one set out; it requires remembering that the country is the people and the people are the country, adhering to the people-centered development philosophy, firmly establishing and practicing a correct view of political achievements, walking the Party's mass line in the new era, and always breathing, sharing destiny, and connecting hearts with the people. On the new journey, one must grasp these important judgments and requirements, with the spiritual realm of "success need not be mine" and the historical responsibility of "success must be mine," producing political achievements for the people through practical work, and striving to create achievements that can withstand the test of practice, the people, and history.

One must profoundly comprehend and firmly grasp "persisting in taking the Party's political construction as the lead" as the fundamental requirement for Party building in the new era. Political issues are fundamental major issues at all times. Speaking politics with clear banners is the fundamental requirement for our Party as a Marxist political party. President Xi Jinping has pointed out that the Party's political construction is the fundamental construction of the Party, which determines the direction and effect of Party building; if the Party's political construction is not grasped, or if it deviates from the direction guided by the Party's political construction, the Party's other constructions will find it difficult to achieve expected results; it is emphasized that the Party's political construction is an eternal topic, and strengthening the Party's political construction is a heavy and long-term task that must be pursued unremittingly; full and rigorous governance of the Party must first be viewed from a political perspective, and the Party's political construction must be placed in the primary position, accurately grasping the political direction, adhering to the Party's political leadership, consolidating the political foundation, cultivating the political ecology, preventing political risks, maintaining the political character, and improving political capability; it requires adhering to taking the Party's political construction as the lead for all aspects of Party building, continuously improving political judgment, political understanding, and political execution, creating a good political ecology, and consolidating the Party's unity. On the new journey, one must grasp these important judgments and requirements, firmly executing the Party's political line, and ensuring that the entire Party maintains high consistency with the CPC Central Committee in political stance, political direction, political principles, and political paths.

One must profoundly comprehend and firmly grasp "persisting in using the Party's innovative theories to consolidate the soul" as the fundamental task of the Party's ideological construction. Possessing the guidance of Marxist scientific theory is the fundamental basis for our Party to strengthen its faith and beliefs and to grasp historical initiative. President Xi Jinping has pointed out that for us, the world's largest Marxist governing party, only with strong theory can we have a clear direction, unified hearts, and sufficient confidence; adhering to building the Party through thought and strengthening the Party through theory, ideological construction is the foundational construction of the Party; the "Two Combinations" are the fundamental way to advance the Sinicization and modernization of Marxism; it is emphasized that ideals and beliefs are the "calcium" (精神上的“钙” - "calcium of the spirit," essential nourishment for spiritual strength) of Communists; making the strengthening of ideals and beliefs the primary task of the Party's ideological construction, and solving the "master switch" problem of worldview, outlook on life, and values; promoting the great spirit of Party building; it requires strengthening theoretical armament, educating and guiding Party members and cadres to put effort into consolidating the soul through learning, increasing wisdom through learning, rectifying conduct through learning, and promoting work through learning, continuously building a firm foundation of faith, supplementing the spiritual calcium, and steadying the rudder of thought. On the new journey, one must grasp these important judgments and requirements, strengthening theoretical innovation and theoretical armament, and consciously becoming firm believers and faithful practitioners of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era.

One must profoundly comprehend and firmly grasp "persisting in tempering strong Party spirit" as the lifelong topic for Party members and cadres. Party spirit is, ultimately, a matter of stance; it is the cornerstone for Party members and cadres to establish themselves, achieve their careers, express their views, and cultivate their morality. President Xi Jinping has pointed out that what determines a person is their character, and what determines a Party member is their Party spirit; the strong Party spirit of the Communists of China is an important guarantee for our Party to maintain its advanced nature and purity and to improve its leadership level and governing capacity; it is emphasized that the focus of a Communist's Party spirit is to strengthen ideals and beliefs, forge loyalty to the Party, cultivate a deep concern for the people, maintain pure moral character, and maintain integrity and incorruptibility; the entire Party must enhance its awareness of the Party and awareness of being a Party member, making love for the Party, concern for the Party, prosperity for the Party, and protection of the Party the conscious action of Party organizations at all levels and the vast number of Party members; it requires strengthening Party spirit training, placing political cultivation in the primary position of Party spirit cultivation, drawing Party spirit nourishment from the Party's innovative theories, and treating the study, observance, and implementation of the Party Constitution, regulations, and discipline as important content of Party spirit cultivation, learning, studying, and cultivating oneself for a lifetime. On the new journey, one must grasp these important judgments and requirements, strengthening Party spirit cultivation, and taking loyalty to the Party, sharing the Party's burdens, fulfilling duties for the Party, and bringing benefits to the people as the fundamental political responsibility, and always maintaining the political character of a Communist.

One must profoundly comprehend and firmly grasp "persisting in improving an organizational system that is connected from top to bottom and has effective execution" as the source of the Party's advantages and strength. Our Party possesses a rigorous organizational system, which is a powerful advantage that no other political party in the world possesses. President Xi Jinping has pointed out that organizational construction is an important foundation of Party building; the Party's strength comes from organization, and the Party's comprehensive leadership and all of the Party's work must rely on the Party's strong organizational system; the central and state organs are the "first kilometer" for implementing the decision-making deployments of the CPC Central Committee, and "roadblocks" must not appear; local Party committees are the "middle section" for implementing the decision-making deployments of the CPC Central Committee, and "mid-way obstructions" must not appear; grassroots Party organizations are the "last kilometer" for implementing the decision-making deployments of the CPC Central Committee, and "dead-end roads" must not appear; it is emphasized to persist in the clear orientation of focusing on the grassroots, advancing grassroots governance led by Party building, and continuously rectifying weak and scattered grassroots Party organizations; improving the quality of Party member development, strengthening the education and management of Party members, so that the vast number of Party members can fully play their pioneering and exemplary roles in reform, development, and stability; it requires implementing the Party's organizational line in the new era, making the Party's organizational system rigorous, enhancing the political functions and organizational functions of Party organizations, and promoting the comprehensive progress and comprehensive excellence of Party organizations at all levels. On the new journey, one must grasp these important judgments and requirements, persisting in grasping the grassroots, strengthening the foundation, and consolidating the fundamentals, strengthening Party building work in all fields such as enterprises, rural areas, government organs, public institutions, streets and communities, and emerging fields, and promoting the transformation of the Party's political advantages and organizational advantages into governance effectiveness.

One must profoundly comprehend and firmly grasp "persisting in building a high-quality cadre队伍 (cadre team) capable of undertaking the heavy responsibilities of national rejuvenation" as the critical issue concerning the cause of the Party and the state. To govern the Party, one must first manage cadres well; to govern the Party with rigor, the key is to manage officials with rigor. President Xi Jinping has pointed out that the Party's cadres are the backbone of the cause of the Party and the state; to respond to changes, foster new opportunities, open new chapters, and plan for rejuvenation, the key is to build the Party's leadership teams and cadre teams at all levels well and strongly; it is emphasized that good cadres must achieve firm beliefs, serve the people, be diligent and pragmatic, dare to take responsibility, and be honest and incorruptible; placing political standards in the primary position, resolutely preventing "two-faced people" in politics; establishing a quality cultivation system of source cultivation, follow-up cultivation, and full-process cultivation; a system for knowing and identifying people through daily assessment, classified assessment, and close-range assessment; a selection and appointment system that prioritizes virtue, selects the worthy and capable, and ensures the suitability of personnel; a strict management system that manages thought, work, style, and discipline; a positive incentive system that values practical work, drives responsibility, and provides encouragement; strengthening the construction of the civil servant workforce; deeply implementing the strategy of strengthening the country through talent, deepening the reform of the talent development system and mechanism, and strengthening the political guidance and political absorption of talent; it requires adhering to the principle of the Party managing cadres, establishing the correct orientation for selection and use of personnel, adhering to the combination of strict management with sincere care, and the combination of incentive and constraint, stimulating the endogenous motivation and overall vitality of the cadre team, and gathering talents from all over the world to use them. On the new journey, one must grasp these important judgments and requirements, implementing the standards for good cadres in the new era, coordinating the work of selection, cultivation, management, and use, and focusing on building a cadre team that is politically qualified, meets the requirements of the new era, and possesses the capability to lead modernization.

One must profoundly comprehend and firmly grasp "persisting in promoting the normalization and long-term effectiveness of style construction" as an effective way to maintain the flesh-and-blood connections between the Party and the masses. The Party's glorious traditions and excellent styles are the concentrated embodiment of our Party's nature and purpose, and are the prominent marks that distinguish our Party from other political parties. President Xi Jinping has pointed out that the core of style issues is the issue of the relationship between the Party and the masses; the Party's style is the Party's image, which concerns the support of the people and the survival and death of the Party; it is emphasized that the Central Committee's Eight-Point Regulation is an act of "moving the tree to establish trust" (徙木立信 - xǐ mù lì xìn - "moving a tree to establish trust," a metaphor for establishing credibility through action) by the CPC Central Committee, is the entry point and mobilization order for improving style, and is a long-term and effective iron rule and hard standard; resolutely correcting formalism, bureaucracy, hedonism, and extravagance, and resolutely breaking through privilege-oriented thinking and privilege-oriented behavior, using excellent Party style to lead social and folk customs; it requires unremittingly implementing the spirit of the Central Committee's Eight-Point Regulation, combining the correction of the "Four Winds" with the promotion of new styles, and putting effort into making it routine, detailed, and long-term, so that the Party's style becomes comprehensively pure. On the new journey, one must grasp these important judgments and requirements, focusing on constructing long-term mechanisms for style construction, persisting unremittingly and working for long-term success, until style truly becomes a social custom.

One must profoundly comprehend and firmly grasp "persisting in using strict discipline to govern and manage the entire Party" as the fundamental remedy for full and rigorous governance of the Party. Our Party is a Marxist political party organized by revolutionary ideals and iron discipline, and strict discipline is a fine tradition and political advantage of the Party. President Xi Jinping has pointed out that discipline is the "ruler" for governing and managing the Party, and is also the standard and principle for Party members and cadres to constrain their own behavior; strict discipline is an important guarantee for our Party to continuously move from victory to victory; it is emphasized to incorporate the Party's discipline construction into the overall layout of Party building; strictly enforcing political discipline and political rules; adhering to the principle that discipline is stricter than the law and precedes the law, putting discipline at the forefront, so that discipline truly becomes a high-voltage wire carrying electricity; deepening the application of the "four forms" of supervision and discipline enforcement, and comprehensively playing the roles of discipline education, constraint, guarantee, and incentive; it requires comprehensively strengthening the Party's discipline construction, focusing on strengthening political discipline and organizational discipline, and driving all disciplines to be fully rigorous from beginning to end. On the new journey, one must grasp these important judgments and requirements, turning the hard requirements of Party style and discipline into hard measures, letting the iron rules grow iron teeth, and ensuring that Party members and cadres respect, fear, and maintain their bottom lines.

One must profoundly comprehend and firmly grasp "persisting in promoting the integrated advancement of being unable to corrupt, unable to be corrupted, and not wanting to be corrupt" as the important strategy for full and rigorous governance of the Party and the basic principle for the fight against corruption. Corruption is the greatest tumor that harms the vitality and combat effectiveness of the Party. Opposing corruption, building clean politics, and maintaining the health of the Party's body have always been the clear political stance consistently adhered to by our Party. President Xi Jinping has pointed out that corruption is the greatest risk, the greatest threat, and the greatest challenge facing our Party, and the fight against corruption is a major struggle that we cannot afford to lose and must never lose; it is emphasized to maintain the clarity and determination that the fight against corruption is always on the road, continuously improving the penetrative power of the fight against corruption, and adhering to the simultaneous investigation and treatment of both style and corruption; persisting in and improving the supervision system of the Party and the state, strengthening the standardization and supervision of power allocation and operation; strengthening the construction of a clean culture in the new era; it requires adhering to a zero-tolerance attitude toward corruption and punishing evil, deepening the combination of treating both symptoms and root causes and systematic treatment, and resolutely fighting the battle, the protracted war, and the total war against corruption. On the new journey, one must grasp these important judgments and requirements, maintaining strategic determination and a high-pressure posture, without stopping for a single step or retreating even half a step, resolutely fighting against all negative and corrupt phenomena, unswervingly following the path of anti-corruption with Chinese characteristics, and ensuring that the Party always maintains its political character of being clean and incorruptible.

One must profoundly comprehend and firmly grasp "persisting in governing the Party through systems and according to regulations" as the long-term and fundamental remedy for full and rigorous governance of the Party. Systems are issues of a fundamental, holistic, stable, and long-term nature concerning the development of the cause of the Party and the state. President Xi Jinping has pointed out that full and rigorous governance of the Party is highly political and principled, and must have a scientific and complete set of systems to regulate it; the Party Constitution is the fundamental law of the Party and is the general charter for establishing, governing, and managing the Party; democratic centralism is the fundamental organizational principle and leadership system of our Party; it is emphasized to place system construction in a prominent position, strengthen the construction of intra-Party regulations and systems, deepen the reform of Party building systems, and promote the formation of a complete and effectively usable system of intra-Party regulations and systems; adhering to equality before regulations and systems, no privileges in complying with regulations and systems, and no exceptions in executing regulations and systems, resolutely maintaining the seriousness and authority of the systems; it requires consciously studying, complying with, implementing, and maintaining the Party Constitution, strictly executing democratic centralism; continuously improving the system of intra-Party regulations and systems, improving the execution of systems, and more scientifically and effectively locking power within the cage of systems. On the new journey, one must grasp these important judgments and requirements, improving a system of intra-Party regulations and systems with scientific content, rigorous procedures, complete supporting measures, and effective operation, and continuously improving the scientific, institutional, and standardized levels of Party building.

One must profoundly comprehend and firmly grasp "persisting in implementing the political responsibility of governing and managing the Party" as the "ox nose" (牛鼻子 - niú bí zi - "ox nose," the most important part or key issue) that must be grasped for full and rigorous governance of the Party. Full and rigorous governance of the Party is the common responsibility of the entire Party. President Xi Jinping has pointed out that the responsibility for governing and managing the Party is the most fundamental political responsibility; the responsibility for governing and managing the Party includes the primary responsibility, the supervisory responsibility, the responsibility of the first person in charge, and "one post, two responsibilities," constituting a complete chain of responsibility; it is emphasized that without clarifying responsibility, without implementing responsibility, and without holding people accountable, full and rigorous governance of the Party cannot be achieved; one must establish and improve a responsibility system categorized by levels and types, clarifying and solidifying responsibilities to promote that Party organizations at all levels and the vast number of Party members and cadres know their responsibilities, assume their responsibilities, and fulfill their responsibilities; it requires improving a responsibility system with clear subjects and clear requirements, perfecting a precise and scientific accountability mechanism, and promoting the implementation of governing and managing the Party responsibilities through the arrival of responsibility subjects, the arrival of responsibility requirements, and the arrival of assessment and accountability. On the new journey, one must grasp these important judgments and requirements, improving a pattern of governing and managing the Party responsibility where each party is responsible and coordination is unified, strengthening responsibility, strictly assuming responsibility and strictly managing jurisdictions, and effectively grasping Party building work with substance, detail, and precision.

These "Fourteen Persistences" profoundly grasp the internal connection between governing and strengthening the Party and building a strong country and national rejuvenation, coordinate the Party's leadership and Party building, and adhere to the organic unity of epistemology and methodology, the theory of two points and the theory of emphasis, making the substance clear in its application and ensuring the integration of substance and application; they are the concentrated summary of the new concepts, new ideas, and new strategies of President Xi Jinping regarding Party building in the new era that possess landmark and guiding significance. In each aspect of these "Fourteen Persistences," there are extensive theoretical elaborations and clear practical requirements, which must be studied systematically and grasped as a whole.

The development of practice is endless, and the innovation of theory is endless. Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building is an open ideological system that connects history, reality, and the future; it will undoubtedly continue to enrich and develop with the deep advancement of the new great undertaking of Party building in the new era, requiring continuous follow-up study and grasping.

Profoundly comprehend the theoretical character of Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building, and deeply experience the power of truth and the power of personality contained within it

Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building profoundly elucidates the fundamental question of what the Communist Party of China is and what it must do; it shines with the brilliance of rationality and the charm of personality, and centrally demonstrates the political character, value pursuit, and spiritual demeanor of contemporary Communists of China.

Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building contains firm ideals and beliefs. Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building is full of firm faith in Marxism, full of firm belief in socialism and communism, and full of the heroic sentiment that "revolutionary ideals are higher than the heavens," providing us with powerful momentum to grasp the political direction, distinguish right from wrong, and strive with determination. We must deeply study the Party's innovative theories, consciously use scientific theories to arm our minds, adhere to the spiritual pursuits of Communists, and establish ideals and beliefs based on rational identification with scientific theories, correct understanding of historical laws, and accurate grasp of basic national conditions, always walking the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics with firm determination that our will does not change and our path does not change.

Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building contains a high degree of historical initiative. Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building profoundly grasps the laws of historical development; with a broad vision looking at the rise and fall of political parties around the world, using the historical cycle as a mirror, it profoundly draws historical wisdom from being born in hardship, dying in ease, always maintaining long-term considerations, and being vigilant in times of peace; it maintains the clarity and determination of "taking the examination" (赶考 - gǎn kǎo - "taking the examination," a metaphor for the ongoing challenges and tests faced by the Party), establishes a strong awareness of risk, strictly prevents strategic and subversive errors, and fully embodies the historical initiative of grasping the general trend of historical development and leading the opening of a bright future for the Party and the state. We must remember that "it is not easy to maintain the spirit of being vigilant in times of prosperity and peace when one has achieved success, it is not easy to be frugal and restrained after taking power, it is not easy to be strict in governing officials and prevent corruption and extravagance during times of peace, and it is not easy to follow the trend and the will of the people at critical moments of major change"; we must use the spirit of historical initiative to overcome difficulties, combat risks, and meet challenges, continuously opening up the future by taking history as a mirror.

Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building contains a clear problem orientation. We, the Communists of China, when conducting revolution, carrying out construction, and grasping reform, have always done so to solve China's practical problems. Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building firmly grasps the major issues concerning the Party's long-term governance, prosperity, and development, starting from solving the prominent problems most strongly reflected by the masses and posing the greatest threat to the Party's foundation of governance; it adheres to targeted treatment and comprehensive measures, treating both symptoms and root causes and strengthening the foundation, not avoiding contradictions and not being afraid to address illnesses, fully embodying the firm determination and pragmatic style to unswervingly advance the governing and strengthening of the Party. We must be good at looking at problems and thinking about problems from a strategic perspective, deepening our understanding of laws through researching and analyzing problems, and continuously proposing new concepts, new ideas, and new methods that truly solve problems with a scientific attitude of seeking truth from facts and a spirit of daring to innovate.

Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building contains a strong sense of mission and responsibility. Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building incorporates the full and rigorous governance of the Party into the "Four-Comprehensive" strategic layout, focusing on playing the decisive role of the great undertaking in the great struggle, the great cause, and the great dream, guiding the entire Party to not forget the original aspiration, keep the mission firmly in mind, and continue the struggle, embodying a high level of responsibility toward the Party, the state, the nation, the people, and history. We must enhance our sense of responsibility, sense of mission, and sense of enterprising spirit, earnestly take up the responsibility of promoting reform, development, and stability, take up the responsibility of governing and strengthening the Party with rigor, and take up the responsibility of our own duties, truly achieving the principle of being responsible for the territory one guards, being accountable for the territory one guards, and fulfilling duties for the territory one guards.

Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building contains a profound concern for the people. Since the day of its founding, the Communist Party of China has always represented the fundamental interests of the vast majority of the people, has no special interests of its own, and has always maintained flesh-and-blood connections with the masses. Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building adheres to a people-centered approach, doing everything for the people and relying on the people, profoundly answering "who am I, for whom am I doing this, and whom do I rely on"; it takes well-maintaining, well-realizing, and well-developing the fundamental interests of the vast majority of the people as the starting point and end point of all work, and takes whether the people support, approve, are happy with, or agree with as the fundamental standard for measuring the gains and losses of all work, fully embodying the spiritual realm of "I will have no self, and I will not fail the people." We must always place the people in the highest position of our hearts, think what the masses think, attend to what the masses are anxious about, solve what is difficult for the masses, take bringing benefits to the people as our greatest political achievement, and continuously enhance the people's sense of gain, happiness, and security.

Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building contains scientific thinking and methods. Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building utilizes strategic thinking, historical thinking, dialectical thinking, systemic thinking, innovative thinking, rule-of-law thinking, and bottom-line thinking; it both deploys the tasks of "crossing the river" and solves the problems of the "bridge or boat"; it more prominently emphasizes the organic connection and linkage and synergy of various aspects of Party building, more prominently emphasizes the soundness and completeness of systems and mechanisms and the scientific effectiveness of regulations and systems, and more prominently emphasizes using the concepts of governance, systemic views, and dialectical thinking to govern and strengthen the Party; it achieves the organic unity of the whole and the part, the current and the long-term, the macro and the micro, and the root and the symptom, fully embodying the superb art of leadership in forward-looking thinking, holistic planning, and integral advancement of Party building. We must profoundly grasp the scientific thinking and methods and working methods running through it, continuously improving our ability to overcome difficulties, resolve contradictions, and manage complex situations, ensuring clear direction, a clear mind, appropriate responses, and powerful actions.

Profoundly comprehend the practical foundation and theoretical origins of Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building, and continuously enhance political identity, ideological identity, theoretical identity, and emotional identity

Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building has a clear developmental lineage, a profound cultural background, distinct spiritual identifiers, and extraordinary practical achievements. We must study and comprehend it deeply, profoundly grasp its historical logic, theoretical logic, and practical logic of formation and development, and continuously stimulate the spiritual momentum of striving with determination and moving forward with courage.

Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building is rooted in rich practical soil. Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building is a scientific theory that originates from practice and guides practice. Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has faced the prominent problems existing within the Party, made strategic deployments for full and rigorous governance of the Party, and led the entire Party to grasp ideological rigor, supervisory rigor, disciplinary rigor, official management rigor, style rigor, and anti-corruption rigor with the tenacity and persistence of "always being on the road"; it has turned the blade inward and used heavy punishments to govern chaos, halting some unhealthy trends that had not been halted for a long time, rectifying some chronic problems that had not been eliminated for many years, eliminating serious hidden dangers existing within the Party, the state, and the military, promoting the Party and the state's cause to achieve historical achievements and undergo historical changes, opening a new realm of self-revolution for a century-old Party, and forming valuable experience in governing and strengthening the Party. Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building is a systematic summary and theoretical sublimation of the practical experience of full and rigorous governance of the Party in the new era.

Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building adheres to the soul-vein of Marxism. The Marxist theory of party building is the theoretical source of Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building. The party-building theories of Marx and Engels, Lenin, Mao Zedong, and Deng Xiaoping are very rich in content; among them, the most basic and core contents are: the Party is the vanguard of the proletariat, composed of advanced elements, and is a vanguard with rigorous organization; the Party's highest ideal and ultimate goal is to realize communism; the Party's task in the primary stage of socialism is to build socialism with Chinese characteristics; the Party always adheres to the fundamental purpose of serving the people wholeheartedly and maintains close contact with the masses; the Party is armed with scientific theory, emphasizes building the Party through thought, adheres to combining theory with practice, and seeks truth from facts; the Party takes democratic centralism as its fundamental organizational principle and adheres to the combination of centralization based on democracy and democracy under centralization; the Party must execute iron discipline and must unify will and action; the Party is the leadership core of revolution and construction and must grasp the leadership over all work, and so on. Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building innovates while adhering to correctness and develops while inheriting, comprehensively and profoundly elucidating the highest principles, strategic policies, value pursuits, work layouts, and methodological paths of Party building in the new era, enriching and developing the Sinicized Marxist theory of party building, and making major original contributions to the Marxist theory of party building.

Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building adheres to the root-vein of fine traditional Chinese culture. Fine traditional Chinese culture has a long history, is broad and profound, and is unique. Social ideals such as "the world belongs to the public" (天下为公 - tiān xià wéi gōng - "the world is for all") and "great harmony under heaven" (天下大同 - tiān xià dà tóng - "great unity under heaven"), people-oriented thoughts such as "the people are the foundation of the state and governance lies in nurturing the people," reform spirits such as "discarding the old to establish the new and keeping pace with the times," practical orientations such as "seeking truth from facts and the unity of knowledge and action," personnel standards such as "selecting the worthy and capable," self-cultivation principles such as "unremitting self-improvement and possessing great virtue," and value pursuits such as "establishing the heart for heaven and earth, establishing life for the people, continuing the lost teachings of the ancient sages, and opening peace for ten thousand generations," all carry the historical memory, ideological wisdom, and spiritual pursuits of the Chinese nation. Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building inherits and transforms fine traditional Chinese culture, deeply excavates and elaborates on its epochal value, endows it with new epochal connotations, and achieves the creative transformation and innovative development of ways of governing the country and maintaining peace, and moral concepts of self-cultivation and conduct, presenting distinct Chinese characteristics, Chinese styles, and Chinese temperaments.

Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building continues the red bloodline of Communists. Over 100 years ago, the pioneers of the Party founded the Communist Party of China, nurturing the great spirit of Party building: adhering to truth, upholding ideals, practicing the original aspiration, assuming the mission, not fearing sacrifice and fighting bravely, and being loyal to the Party and not failing the people; this is the spiritual source of the Communist Party of China. From the departure of the red boat, generation after generation of Communists of China have worked hard through thick and thin, constructing a spiritual lineage of Communists of China with the Jinggangshan Spirit, the Long March Spirit, the Yan'an Spirit, the "Two Bombs, One Satellite" Spirit, the Reform and Opening-up Spirit, the Poverty Alleviation Spirit, and the Anti-epidemic Spirit as the main components, profoundly revealing the spiritual code of why our Party was able to succeed in the past and how it can continue to succeed in the future. These precious spiritual wealth, spanning time and space, remain fresh and new, being deeply integrated into the bloodlines of our Party, state, nation, and people, providing rich nourishment for us to establish, prosper, and strengthen the Party. Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building inherits the red genes and continues the red bloodline, centrally embodying the great spirit of creation, the great spirit of struggle, the great spirit of unity, and the great spirit of dreams of the Chinese nation and the Chinese people, providing powerful spiritual momentum to better motivate the entire Party to always maintain a spirit of entrepreneurship and striving, and to continuously overcome difficulties and move from victory to victory.

Continuously promote the deep and solid implementation of studying and implementing Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building, and gather the majestic force to comprehensively advance the building of a strong country and the great cause of national rejuvenation through Chinese-style modernization

Studying and implementing Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building is an important political task for the entire Party during the current and future periods; Party organizations at all levels and the vast number of Party members and cadres must further raise their political standing, putting even greater effort into comprehensive study, comprehensive grasping, and comprehensive implementation, and truly transforming the effectiveness of study into the vivid practice of advancing the new great undertaking of Party building in the new era.

Strengthen study and training, focusing on putting even greater effort into reading original works, learning original texts, and grasping the principles. Original works and texts are the most authoritative carriers of thought; only through deep and thorough study can one comprehensively and accurately grasp their true essence, true meaning, and ideological essence. In studying Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building, one must taste the flavor of truth through reading original works and learning original texts. Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building must be taken as an important content of the theoretical armament of the entire Party, continuously promoting study to go deeper, more solid, and more into the heart. Various forms such as study by the theoretical learning center group and holding study classes should be adopted to carry out centralized study and in-depth discussion and exchange, to comprehend and master the great significance, essence, and practical requirements of this thought. Relying on effective carriers such as the "Three Meetings and One Lesson" and themed Party days, one should organize and promote the vast number of Party members and cadres to earnestly study the first and second volumes of Selected Works on Xi Jinping's Party Building, achieving both knowing its essence and knowing its reason, and knowing its meaning and knowing its principle. This thought should be taken as a compulsory and regular course for the basic training of Party members and cadres, and included in the key courses of Party schools (administrative colleges), cadre colleges, and socialist academies at all levels, promoting Party members and cadres, especially leading cadres, to truly study out firm faith, study out strong Party spirit, and study out a sense of mission and responsibility. Attention must be paid to strengthening the systematic training of young Party members and cadres, educating and guiding them to study deeply, comprehend finely, believe firmly, and act resolutely. The vast number of Party members and cadres must enhance their endogenous motivation for learning, adhering to proactive individual learning, and taking this thought as the best nutrient and textbook for self-cultivation and self-discipline, profoundly comprehending the decisive significance of the "Two Establishes" and resolutely achieving the "Two Upholds."

Strengthen publicity and interpretation, focusing on putting even greater effort into promoting its entry into the mind, the heart, and the practice. Marx pointed out that "once theory is mastered by the masses, it also becomes a material force. As long as theory persuades people, it can master the masses; and as long as theory is thorough, it can persuade people." In the publicity and interpretation of Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building, effort must be made in persuading and inspiring people. Relying on the main publicity channels such as Party newspapers, Party journals, television stations, and radio stations at all levels, attention should be paid to using new media, carefully planning reports, innovating forms and carriers, and increasing publicity efforts, conducting publicity and preaching in ways that are welcome to Party members, cadres, and the masses, explaining clearly the origin and development of this thought, explaining clearly its practical and strategic considerations, and explaining clearly that this thought is still continuously innovating and developing along with the development of the practice of Party building, truly making the vivid thought vivid, making the thorough theory thorough, and promoting Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building to enter people's hearts. Combined with publicity and preaching, one should use Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building to answer questions and resolve doubts, guiding the whole society to correctly understand why the Communist Party of China can, why it must persist in the Party's comprehensive leadership and the CPC Central Committee's centralized and unified leadership, why it must unswervingly advance the full and rigorous governance of the Party, and why the fight against corruption must be carried through to the end, thereby more firmly upholding the Party and supporting the full and rigorous governance of the Party.

Strengthen research and interpretation, focusing on putting even greater effort into the construction of disciplinary systems, academic systems, and discourse systems. One must strengthen the holistic research on the "Fourteen Persistences," deeply interpret the principled achievements and original contributions of Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building, deeply interpret the scientific system, rich connotation, spiritual essence, and practical requirements of this thought, continuously expanding new horizons and making new generalizations in theory, deepening the understanding of the laws of Party building in the new era, and forming a group of research results that are weighty and valuable. Research on Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building must be deeply integrated into the independent knowledge system of Chinese philosophy and social sciences, being treated as the top priority of the discipline construction of the history and Party building of the CPC, strengthening the disciplinary support position, and contributing wisdom and strength to advancing Party building in the new era.

Strengthen the combination of learning and application, focusing on putting even greater effort into planning work, solving problems, and guiding practice. Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building has clarified the "roadmap" and "task list" for Party building in the new era, proposing the key tasks and target requirements for the Party's political construction, ideological construction, organizational construction, style construction, disciplinary construction, the fight against corruption, and institutional construction, which must be implemented throughout the entire process of governing and strengthening the Party, achieving the organic combination of goal orientation and problem orientation. One must adhere to applying what is learned, consciously using Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building to plan and advance Party building, closely linking it with the work currently being done, finding the entry points and focal points of work, earnestly fulfilling the responsibility of governing and managing the Party, and achieving new achievements in Party building work across all levels, fields, and industries, especially in using practical methods and seeing practical results in grasping weak links and solving prominent problems. Use the scientific methods contained in Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building to promote the innovation of Party building, actively exploring effective good experiences and good practices, and comprehensively improving the quality of Party building. The study and implementation of Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building must be organically combined with the study and education of establishing and practicing a correct view of political achievements, adhering to being for the public, benefiting the people, making scientific decisions, and engaging in practical work, creating achievements that can withstand the test of practice and history, truly benefit the people, and be recognized by the masses.

Strengthen ideological and political guidance, focusing on putting even greater effort into promoting high-quality development through high-quality Party building. The more effective the governing and managing of the Party, the more powerful the guarantee for economic and social development. Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building fully embodies the internal unity of the Party's leadership, the Party's building, and the Party's cause. One must persist in and strengthen the Party's comprehensive leadership, especially the centralized and unified leadership of the CPC Central Committee, improve the implementation mechanism for the major decision-making deployments of the CPC Central Committee, and continuously improve the Party's ability and level to lead economic and social development; one must strengthen the Party's innovative theoretical armament, improve the political capability and strategic thinking capability of the entire Party, especially leading cadres at all levels, and further enhance the ability to promote high-quality development, the ability to serve the masses, and the ability to prevent and resolve risks; one must persist in combining strict management with sincere care, fully mobilizing the enthusiasm, initiative, and creativity of Party members and cadres to engage in entrepreneurship, effectively solving deep-seated contradictions and problems in economic and social development; one must unremittingly rectify style, discipline, and fight corruption, continuously purifying the political ecology, and effectively transforming the Party's political advantages, theoretical advantages, organizational advantages, institutional advantages, and the advantage of close contact with the masses into advantages for high-quality development, powerfully promoting the implementation of economic and social development goals and tasks during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, and writing new chapters for the two great miracles of rapid economic development and long-term social stability.

This year marks the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China; the century-old Party is in its prime, and the great cause of a thousand years has a brilliant prospect. On the new journey, we must profoundly comprehend the decisive significance of the "Two Establishes," enhance the "Four Consciousnesses," strengthen the "Four Confidences," achieve the "Two Upholds," unite more closely around the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, deeply study and implement Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building, persist in the fact that full and rigorous governance of the Party is always on the road, deeply advance the new great undertaking of Party building in the new era, and make new and greater contributions to comprehensively advancing the building of a strong country and the great cause of national rejuvenation through Chinese-style modernization.

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All-China Federation of Trade Unions deploys 2026 "Sending Cooling Services" activities

Beijing, June 29 (Reporter Yi Shuran) — On the 29th, reporters learned from the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (全国总工会): In order to effectively safeguard the rights and interests of the broad masses of workers, and to reduce the impact of high-temperature operations and high-temperature weather operations on the physical health of laborers, the All-China Federation of Trade Unions recently issued a notice to deploy the implementation of the "Trade Unions Delivering Coolness" (工会送清凉) activity.

It is understood that this year, trade unions at all levels across the country will go deep into the grassroots front lines and enrich service content to carry out "Delivering Coolness" activities for workers fighting on the high-temperature front lines. On the basis of extensive visits and condolences, focus will be placed on two types of groups: first, new forms of employment laborers and flexible employment personnel, with a focus on truck drivers, ride-hailing drivers, taxi drivers, food delivery personnel, and express delivery couriers; second, practitioners in industries such as transportation, logistics, electric power, construction, sanitation, public security, and fire services involving summer outdoor operations, as well as practitioners in workplaces with high-temperature operations involving productive heat sources.

It is understood that, in combination with local realities, trade unions in various places will carry out diverse forms of service activities at trade union service bases such as trade union stations, worker service centers, and workers' cultural palaces, equipping them with heatstroke prevention and cooling supplies, beverages, and "coolness kits," and providing heat-avoidance venues and heatstroke prevention facilities to facilitate workers in avoiding the heat and seeking coolness.

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Photo Report

On June 29, in the ancient village of Chengkan (呈坎) in Huizhou District, Huangshan City, Anhui Province, tourists braved the rain to tour the village, experiencing the unique poetic atmosphere of the ancient village. The photo shows tourists visiting within the ancient village.

Photographed by Shi Yalei (影像中国)

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Launch of Publicity Week for the Social Assistance Law of the People's Republic of China

Beijing, June 29, Electric (Reporter Wu Chuqi) — The "Social Assistance Law of the People's Republic of China" will be implemented starting July 1, 2026. In order to deeply implement the Social Assistance Law and effectively safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of people in difficulty, seven departments, including the Ministry of Civil Affairs (民政部), jointly issued a notice to deploy a Social Assistance Law Publicity Week activity to be carried out nationwide from June 29 to July 5. The theme of the activity is "Law Protects People's Livelihood · Assisting and Supporting Ten Thousand Households."

The publicity week takes legal interpretation as its key content, promoting the extension of legal dissemination tentacles to the grassroots extremities. Various localities will, through methods such as establishing publicity and consultation points, setting up publicity columns, distributing policy clarification sheets, conducting legal lectures, and providing on-site Q&A, transform legal articles into practical information that the masses can understand and use, enhancing the awareness of the broad masses, especially people in difficulty, regarding the Social Assistance Law, and ensuring they fully understand the rights and obligations of social assistance recipients.

Focusing on the masses' needs for handling matters, the activity will centrally promote a batch of convenient and beneficial measures for the people. Various localities will actively publicize measures such as "Efficiently Completing One Social Assistance Matter," social assistance service hotlines, "single-window acceptance and collaborative processing," and "one-network access" to ensure that people in difficulty "have a door to seek help and receive assistance in a timely manner." At the same time, the activity will centrally display the social assistance "policy list" and the "single happiness list" for supporting the weak and many, fully demonstrating the construction achievements of the hierarchical and classified social assistance system.

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Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei launches package of pragmatic measures for capital metropolitan area commuting circles

Beijing, June 29, Electric (Reporter Wang Haonan) — Reporters recently learned from the Beijing Municipal Commission of Transport: Recently, the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Transportation Coordination Special Working Group issued the "Key Measures to Promote Transportation Facilitation of the Commuter Circles in the Modernized Capital Metropolitan Area," focusing on the pain points and bottlenecks most concerning to commuters, to accelerate the construction of an interconnected, comprehensive transportation network that is fast, convenient, efficient, safe, high-capacity, and low-cost.

Regarding the formation of an orbital network, focusing on major commuting directions such as "Guomao—Tongzhou—Yanjiao," the measures explicitly state the acceleration of construction for projects such as the Xiong'an-Shangqiu High-Speed Railway and the Beijing-Binzhou Intercity Railway, and promote the optimization and adjustment of the third phase of Beijing urban rail transit planning. Regarding railways, research will be conducted into increasing the number of trips toward Beijing during morning peak hours for the Beijing-Tianjin Intercity Railway, the Beijing-Binzhou Intercity Railway, and the Tianjin-Xinglong Intercity Railway. Regarding road connectivity, the measures explicitly state the acceleration of the construction of backbone corridors such as the Jingmi Expressway and the G95 Capital Region Ring Expressway, and promote the quality improvement and capacity expansion of the "7th Ring Road and 7 Radial Roads." Regarding hub upgrading, the measures will implement optimization and enhancement for Beijing Station, Beijing West Station, and others, while simultaneously advancing the construction of the Huoying Comprehensive Transportation Hub and promoting the renovation of hubs such as Dongzhimen and Xiyuan. Regarding smart travel, the measures will implement the Tongzhou District and the North Three Counties (北三县) integrated high-quality development plan, renovate Beijing-entry inspection stations in batches and by category, and utilize technological means to improve management and control at stations such as Yongle and Yingsi. Regarding the integration of stations and cities, the measures aim to alleviate long-distance commuting pressure from the source.

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Integrating Agriculture, Culture, and Tourism to Paint a New Landscape (Staying True to Original Aspirations and Missions, Striving Forward on the Journey of National Rejuvenation)

By: 本报记者 吴 君

On the southern slopes of the Dabie Mountains, Hong'an County (红安县), Hubei, is lush with greenery.

As night falls, at the Huang'an Ancient City · Hong'an Film and Television Fantasy City scenic area, as the lights gradually dim, the mountain-and-water real-scene performance "Hong'an · Hong'an" draws its curtain. The piercing sound of a charge bugle breaks through the sky, and through the vivid presentation of sound, light, and electricity, audiences walk through highly restored scenes to relive the 峥嵘岁月 (zhēng róng suì yuè - "towering/extraordinary years," the turbulent and heroic years of revolution) of the past.

In November 2024, during his inspection in Hubei, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: "Tap into the potential of characteristic industries and diversified operations to improve the quality and efficiency of agricultural development. Consolidate and expand the achievements of poverty alleviation, and accelerate the revitalization and development of old revolutionary base areas." "Hubei possesses profound historical and cultural heritage and abundant red resources; it must shoulder the mission of strengthening the protection of cultural resources and promoting innovative cultural development."

Hong'an is the birthplace of the Huangma Uprising and the center of the E-Yu-Wan Revolutionary Base Area, having produced more than 200 founding generals. Keeping in mind the earnest exhortations of General Secretary Xi Jinping, Hong'an carries forward the Dabie Mountain Spirit, deeply cultivates the cultural resources of the old base area, and uses the integration of agriculture, culture, and tourism to drive the extension of industrial chains, transforming the advantages of red resources into advantages of high-quality development.

Revolutionary cultural landmarks are scattered like stars; Hong'an has nearly 200 immovable revolutionary sites and relics, and 33 red-themed exhibition halls. The locality has created more than 50 small red-culture plays, built 350 kilometers of tourism highways, and developed six study-tour routes, promoting the deep integration of revolutionary culture with business formats such as study tours and performances. In 2025, Hong'an achieved a total tourism income of 10.35 billion yuan and received over 16 million tourist visits.

Inside the East Hubei (Hong'an) Agricultural Products Smart Logistics Park, logistics vehicles come and go, sending Laojunmei tea, Hong'an peanuts, and handmade oil noodles to various places. Relying on the massive passenger flow brought by the cultural and tourism industry, Hong'an has established exhibition and sales counters for specialized agricultural products in various scenic areas, constructing a three-level logistics system of "one center per county, one station per town, and one point per village," linking the full scenario of "travel, shopping, and entertainment" to form a virtuous cycle of promoting agriculture through culture and invigorating agriculture through tourism. In 2025, the per capita disposable income of rural permanent residents in Hong'an exceeded 18,000 yuan, a year-on-year increase of 6.3%, and the proportion of income from specialized agricultural products in the operating income of rural residents reached 18.9%.

The key to agricultural modernization lies in scientific and technological progress and innovation. Entering the Hong'an County Ruifeng Planting and Breeding Professional Cooperative, the virus-free sweet potato seedlings are lush and green, growing perfectly. "These are all virus-free seedlings; the maximum yield per mu is 5,700 jin. The sweet potatoes produced have fine and soft flesh; the price per single plant is only a few cents. The common people can afford them, are willing to plant them, and can become prosperous through them," introduced Yao Feng, the head of the cooperative. "We cooperated with Huazhong Agricultural University to build the Hong'an Sweet Potato Tissue Culture Virus-Free Center, overcoming the problems of virus accumulation and variety degradation caused by long-term planting."

Today, from sweet potato tips and dried sweet potatoes to sweet potato flour, Hong'an sweet potatoes have derived more than 120 kinds of deep-processed products. The planting area has exceeded 300,000 mu, the total annual output exceeds 700,000 tons, and it has driven nearly 40 processing enterprises, successfully cultivating more than 60 characteristic brands such as "Jiangxiang Hong" and "Shiao Dage," and driving more than 120,000 households of farmers to increase their income and become prosperous; "one sweet potato enriches ten thousand families" has turned from a vision into reality.

Based on its resource endowments, Hong'an has also well-developed characteristic industries such as Chinese medicinal materials, poultry and eggs, and vegetables, possessing five national geographical indication protected products.

Amidst the green waters and mountains of Hong'an, revolutionary landmarks shine brightly, characteristic industries are full of vitality, and the lives of the people in the old base area are becoming increasingly prosperous. In 2025, the regional gross domestic product of Hong'an County reached 28.751 billion yuan.

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Editors: Kang Yan, Liu Juanxi, Wang Bo

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Where Does Development Initiative Come From (Commentator Observation)

By: 余 璇

Breaking the ice of concepts, solving the problems of development. Moving from "relying on heaven for food" to "supplying according to demand," the key lies in breaking stereotypes, transforming ideological concepts, and jumping out of path dependency.

Matters that seem unrelated, when viewed together, are 耐人寻味 (nài rén xún wèi - "endures people's searching for meaning," thought-provoking or interesting).

In the north, Heihe in Heilongjiang is creating a "Science and Technology Ice Castle," locking "Winter Solstice" into the Honghe Valley Four-Season Low-Temperature Test Field, ensuring that high-cold testing no longer "runs after winter."

In the center, the intelligent artificial climate room in Mengjin District, Luoyang, Henan, provides a year-round, uninterrupted, and repeatable standardized experimental environment, helping melon seedlings grow steadily.

In the south, Xianju County, Taizhou, Zhejiang, is creating a bayberry deep-processing base, developing high-value-added products such as bayberry pastries and baked jams, allowing Xianju bayberries to realize a transition from "red for one season" to "popular for four seasons."

The regions are different and the industries vary, yet they share a common characteristic: breaking the inherent path of "relying on heaven for food," achieving "supplying according to demand," and transforming the passive into the active.

There are no backward industries, only inert thinking. Some places possess unique resource endowments yet do not know how to excavate and transform them; some places once seized the initiative yet lack the courage to climb toward the high end of the value chain... All such instances, while seemingly constrained by industrial foundations, market cycles, and other factors, are in reality having their hands and feet tied by outdated concepts and their strides locked by path dependency.

Breaking the ice of concepts, solving the problems of development. Moving from "relying on heaven for food" to "supplying according to demand," the key lies in breaking stereotypes, transforming ideological concepts, and jumping out of path dependency.

For example, not clinging to existing resources or passively waiting for opportunities, but insisting on being demand-oriented, turning "relying on heaven to wait for conditions" into "creating conditions to accomplish things."

Why can Yiwu, Zhejiang, create the legend of connecting more than 2.1 million types of commodities to more than 200 countries and regions? It does not rely on rivers, is not adjacent to the sea, and is not along borders, yet it "borrows roads to go abroad" and "borrows ports to go to sea." It is precisely through the continuous process of breaking "common sense" that Yiwu has blazed a development path that is "baffling," "creating something from nothing," and "turning stone into gold."

In fact, it is not that many places lack potential, but rather that they are trapped in the stereotype of "doing only what one has." Not being bound by innate conditions, keeping a close eye on market demand and development directions, and actively creating conditions is the only way to transform external constraints into endogenous momentum, carving out new development paths where there seem to be no roads.

For example, not being limited to a single area's vision, but finding one's own positioning within a larger pattern, daring to swim in wider waters, understanding the nature of the water, and freely swimming in the "great ocean."

Facing a geographically mountainous environment and a weak industrial foundation, how can industrial development be taken to the next level? Zhushan County, Shiyan, Hubei, looked toward the entire country and keenly captured the opportunity of the water heating and sanitary ware industry from the southeast coast migrating to the inland; combining its own endowment as a "large county for hydropower," it decisively entered a new blue ocean, while simultaneously insisting on chain-based development and cluster-based breakthroughs, pushing the output value of the water heating and sanitary ware industry to exceed ten billion yuan.

Only by examining oneself from a larger perspective can one further identify comparative advantages. Breaking through vision limitations, planning a single area from a holistic perspective, and insisting on a developmental outlook will allow comparative advantages to achieve dynamic upgrading, and what will be opened up is a larger space for development.

Another example is not sitting and waiting for demand to manifest or passively chasing the market, but being skilled at using a forward-looking and global vision to accurately judge the trends of the era and scientifically anchor the direction of development.

In Liyang, Jiangsu, seventy percent of the output value was still contributed by the cement and steel industries in 2012, but today it has become a city of the hundred-billion-yuan-level power battery industry. Such a metamorphosis relies on the local area using a long-term vision to perceive the general trend of industrial development, making forward-looking layouts for the power battery industry track, and continuously delving deep into this field. As the new energy vehicle industry develops in full swing, Liyang has already laid out the new track of "power + energy storage."

To win the future, one must transcend the present. Jumping out of current limitations, keenly capturing the pulse of the era, and actively making layouts and seizing the first move is the only way to seize the commanding heights and shape new advantages within a fiercely competitive landscape.

To master the initiative in development means to break the shackles of "resource determinism" and enhance the initiative of "creating whatever is needed." Do not be a migratory bird chasing the seasons, and do not be a passerby depending on a passing trend; rather, by being demand-oriented and using a grand pattern to determine direction, one can truly hold the initiative of development firmly in one's own hands.

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Plan Ahead, Act Early (People's Commentary)

By: 王云杉

Opportunities are fleeting; by enhancing the capacity for action and working vigorously once the target is identified, one can transform strategic foresight into tangible development achievements.

Observing the development of China's "New Three" (新三样) [the export of electric vehicles, lithium-ion batteries, and solar cells], one finds that while industries are accelerating, the question of "how to prepare downstream utilization planning in advance" has also been placed before us.

China's new energy vehicle ownership has already exceeded 43 million units; power batteries, which serve as the "heart" of new energy vehicles, will soon enter a stage of large-scale decommissioning; the installed capacity of photovoltaics has ranked first in the world for several consecutive years, and early photovoltaic modules are successively reaching the end of their service life, making the wave of decommissioning increasingly imminent...

How should this issue be addressed? Not long ago, the Ministry of Commerce (商务部) convened a symposium on the recycling and utilization of solid waste from the "New Three," deploying the acceleration of perfecting top-level institutional design and promoting the issuance of policy documents.

Proactively laying out responses to the "New Three" decommissioning wave may appear, on the surface, to be a deployment for developing the solid waste recycling industry; however, looking deeper, it contains considerations that 着眼全局 (zhuó yǎn quán jú - "focus on the overall situation," to have a global perspective or look at the big picture). A standard photovoltaic module is rich in resources such as silver, aluminum, silicon, and copper, while decommissioned power batteries are even regarded as "urban mines" containing critical metals such as lithium, cobalt, and nickel... many of these are resources for which China has a high degree of external dependence. To begin constructing a closed-loop recycling system early, while industries are flourishing and before new challenges arrive, is a "long-term consideration" of early layout, and is also a "preemptive move" to reduce industrial raw material costs and ensure the security of production and supply chains.

Proactively laying out for the "New Three" decommissioning wave embodies such a sense of clarity: the further development moves forward, the more it needs to cast its gaze toward the distance and carry out work ahead of time. There are no smooth paths in promoting high-quality development; opportunities and challenges coexist. Only by planning for everything in advance and acting ahead of time, and by acting early, can one firmly grasp the initiative in development.

Planning in advance and acting ahead of time begins with "identifying accurately" and enhancing foresight. Acting early is not about impetuous advancement or blind action, but about finding the right track on the basis of grasping the laws of development and conducting in-depth investigation and research, and 谋定后动 (móu dìng hòu dòng - "plan before moving," to act only after a plan has been settled).

For example, the wave of artificial intelligence is driving increasing demand for computing power, and ground-based data centers are facing multiple challenges such as energy, land, and heat dissipation. While meeting existing demand, many places have begun to deploy new types of computing power, such as space-based computing power, to enrich the supply paths for future computing power. Similarly, many years ago, China had almost a blank slate in the field of storage chips; Hefei, Anhui, by combining national strategy with local comparative advantages, selected the storage chip track and worked at it for a long time, achieving the 异军突起 (yì jūn tū qǐ - "a sudden rise of a new force," a sudden emergence of a new power) of its local industry in this round of the artificial intelligence wave.

To possess a grand vision and look far ahead, to focus on the overall situation of development and perceive the trends of the era, and to find a development path suitable for oneself, is the only way to better leverage comparative advantages and open up new spaces for development.

Planning in advance and acting ahead of time requires focusing on "leaving enough" and securing sufficient lead time. Laying out with appropriate advancement and leaving sufficient redundant space is an inevitable measure for coordinating development and security.

Accelerating the construction of a new system of energy supply that is diverse, clean, secure, and resilient will allow us to have sufficient confidence and capacity to resist shocks when facing energy market fluctuations caused by international geopolitical conflicts; promoting the establishment of a charging and swapping infrastructure system that is appropriately advanced, and clearing the bottlenecks in the energy replenishment network, will provide strong support for the rapid iteration of the new energy vehicle industry and the steady increase in market penetration...

Leaving sufficient redundant space both embodies the bottom-line thinking of 居安思危 (jū ān sī wēi - "living in peace and thinking of danger," to be prepared for danger in times of peace) and manifests the forward-looking consideration of planning for the long term and nurturing the new; it can both leave a buffer for responding to uncertainties and is also conducive to providing growth space for innovative breakthroughs.

Planning in advance and acting ahead of time culminates in action. No matter how forward-looking a layout is, it must ultimately rely on earnest and practical work to draw the blueprint.

From the start of construction to the delivery of the first batch of complete vehicles, Tesla's Shanghai Gigafactory took less than a year, running with "China speed" through the efficiency of "start construction in the same year, start production in the same year, and deliver in the same year." It is precisely this kind of "China speed" that drives the continuous iteration and upgrading of the new energy vehicle supply chain, paving a more mature industrial foundation for the rise of domestic new energy brands.

Opportunities are fleeting; by enhancing the capacity for action and working vigorously once the target is identified, one can transform strategic foresight into tangible development achievements.

At present, whether it is constructing a modern industrial system or accelerating high-level technological self-reliance and self-strengthening, both place higher requirements on our ability for long-term planning and implementation. By adhering to planning in advance and acting ahead of time, and by consolidating the foundations of development through forward-looking layouts, we will certainly win more initiative in the new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation.

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Managing and Harnessing Water to Benefit the People (On-site Commentary)

By: 王锦涛

Turn on the kitchen faucet, and tap water flows out with a gurgle; open the control valve of the orchard, and atomized nutrient solution sprays evenly; click the start button for drip irrigation, and irrigation water reaches directly to the root systems... In the Longzhong (陇中) region of Gansu, mountain villages that were once thirsty for water are now prospering because of water.

Water concerns survival and development. Since the new era, the construction of projects, the extension of pipeline networks, and the protection of water quality have allowed gurgling clear water to moisten the great changes in mountain villages, reflecting the value concept of creating benefits for the people.

A mouthful of water tastes of the sweetness of life. Gansu is water-scarce, and Longzhong is especially so. In the past, the masses' access to water could not be separated from the "three-piece set"—water buckets, water vats, and water cellars. One bucket of bitter-salty water, one vat of high-fluoride water, and one cellar of rainwater; the bitterness of life was soaked in the water. "Drawing the Tao River water to quench the thirst of Longzhong." Today, the more than 1,000 kilometers of main and branch canals of the Tao River Water Diversion Project radiate to 14 counties (districts) across 5 prefecture-level cities in the water-scarce Longzhong, benefiting more than 6 million people.

When the sweet Tao River water flows directly to the kitchen stoves of farming households, what people are bidding farewell to is not just the "three-piece set," but also the "bitter" history of their ancestors' thirst. As local masses have said, "Only when the water is sweet will life be sweet." From carrying water to survive the day to tap water entering the household, and from longing for water to drink to drinking good water, a mouthful of sweet Tao River water is the achievement of poverty alleviation, the prelude to comprehensive rural revitalization, and a vivid footnote to the principle of people putting first.

One channel of water reflects the essentials of development. When water comes, a hundred industries prosper; the Tao River Water Diversion Project brings not only drinking water but also the "source of living water" for regional high-quality development. The per-mu yield of potatoes in Dingxi City has doubled, the production capacity of chip enterprises in Tianshui City is no longer limited by water, and the orchards in Baiyin City have bid farewell to the history of pulling water for irrigation... Water resources flow to where they are needed, irrigating the soil of industry and prosperity for the people.

Having water is one thing; using water well is another. Dingxi City has constructed supporting production wastewater recovery and utilization systems at every water plant along the line of the Tao River Project, recovering and utilizing more than 100,000 tons of wastewater annually; Huining County has changed from large-scale flood irrigation to precision drip irrigation, saving 130 cubic meters of water per mu in apple orchards. This inspires us that we must persist in prioritizing water conservation, accurately grasp and scientifically implement the requirements of determining cities with water, determining land with water, determining people with water, and determining industry with water, and implement deep water-saving and water-control actions, using the sustainable utilization of water resources to guarantee the sustainable development of economy and society.

One river of water manifests the green transformation. The Tao River Water Diversion Project continuously provides ecological replenishment water to seven rivers, such as the Guan River and the Zuli River; the drylands that had been desolate for many years have regained vitality, and migratory birds have "returned home" one after another. In the rural "living rooms," freshly ground coffee is selling well; in the playgrounds, annual turnover exceeds 400,000 yuan... In Yuangudui Village, Weiyuan County, by beautifying the pastoral scenery, creating amusement attractions, and enriching tourism formats, a transformation has been achieved from "selling resources" to "selling ecology," and from an "agricultural village" to a "tourism village." Ecological value is becoming the wealth of Longzhong, and "high aesthetics" are accelerating the transformation into "high value." Practice proves that good ecology has a spillover effect.

Lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets (绿水青山就是金山银山 - lǜ shuǐ qīng shān jiù shì jīn shān yín shān, "lucid waters and lush mountains are gold and silver mountains," emphasizing that ecological protection is essential for economic development). From the intelligent monitoring that "stands guard" 24/7 along the banks of the Yellow River in Lanzhou, to the ecological restoration and enhancement of the "Yellow River Water Reservoir" replenishment capacity in the Gannan grasslands, managing the ditches and streams around the masses well can not only preserve the poetic sense of "clear springs flowing over stones" but also enhance the region's attractiveness to talent and capital, allowing the lucid waters and lush mountains to release comprehensive benefits that boost high-quality development.

From the macro-allocation of large rivers to the micro-drip irrigation in the fields, and from breaking a millennium-old water predicament to creating digital twin smart water affairs, the governance and promotion of water reflect a view of political achievements centered on creating benefits for the people. Whether it is guarding the clarity of a single well or a single river, or weaving a dense network and promoting regional synergy, it all points to the same goal—what the common people long for is exactly what we must do.

(The author is a reporter from this newspaper's Gansu branch)

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Photo Report

Create an intelligent product ecosystem featuring full-scenario linkage of "people, vehicles, and homes"; research the inclusion of smart home and service applications into the "Good House" construction guidelines... Not long ago, eight departments, including the Ministry of Commerce (商务部), issued implementation opinions on accelerating the development of "Artificial Intelligence + Consumption," taking the deep integration of artificial intelligence and consumption as the main line, focusing on expanding the consumption of intelligent goods, empowering service consumption, and innovating consumption scenarios, and using the demonstration application of new artificial intelligence products, new services, and new scenarios as the path, to promote artificial intelligence into thousands of households and thousands of businesses and stores.

This is precisely:

Why must technology be confined to the clouds,

When it can enter the smoke and fire to ask of the cold and warmth.

Skillfully seeking scenarios to optimize supply,

The future has already arrived; dare to set sail.

Zhai Qinqi

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Returning Early Childhood Education to Its True Essence

By: 文丽娟

Small hands can already skillfully swipe mobile phone screens before they can even grasp a pen; they become anxious and restless when briefly separated from tablets; some children have begun to imitate violent actions from animated videos... Amidst the digital wave, early childhood education is being impacted.

The Ministry of Education (教育部) has set the theme for the 2026 National Pre-school Education Publicity Month as "Jointly Guarding Childhood in the Digital Age," reiterating that it must "take play as the fundamental activity" and that digital products cannot replace picture books and toys, which is 切中肯綮 (qiè zhòng kěn qìng - "hits the vital point," to be pertinent and to the point). However, calling a halt to "electronic babysitting" is only the first step; a deeper proposition lies in: how to let early childhood education truly return to its essence?

First, it is necessary to clarify what constitutes the "essence" and "truth" of early childhood education.

Early childhood education is the enlightenment education and the starting point education of life. Scientific research shows that good early childhood education can lay a solid foundation for a child's future physical and mental development. The essence of early childhood education is to persist in being child-centered, to respect the age characteristics and growth laws of young children, to emphasize the holism and continuity of young children's development, and to let young children spend a happy and meaningful childhood. Its essence does not lie in the mechanical infusion of knowledge, and it certainly cannot use animations and games in electronic screens to replace real play; rather, it must let children develop physical fitness through activities such as running and climbing, exercise hand-brain coordination through play, explore social rules through interaction with peers, and train imagination and language abilities through the process of looking at picture books and listening to stories. And all of this is inseparable from reality—real outdoor activities, real sensory experiences, and real interpersonal interactions. Digital products precisely cannot satisfy this point.

What digital products can provide is "virtual experience"—virtual building blocks, virtual picture books, and virtual playmates—which cannot restore the tactile sensation of building blocks and books in the real world, nor can they allow children to obtain opportunities for familial companionship and emotional exchange.

To let early childhood education return to its essence, it is necessary to achieve all-around implementation from institutional design and kindergarten practice to family life; more importantly, a consensus must be formed throughout society: childhood cannot be occupied by digital products, and growth cannot be controlled by algorithms. Digital technology is merely an auxiliary tool; it cannot completely replace exploration in the soil, frolicking among peers, or the warmth in a parent's embrace.

The family is the first classroom for a young child's growth; parents need to transform their parenting concepts and use higher-quality companionship to replace "electronic babysitting." Reading a picture book together with a child, building blocks once, going to the park to chase butterflies... this kind of companionship will become the most precious wealth of a child's childhood.

As the main battlefield of pre-school education, kindergartens must strictly regulate the usage scenarios and duration of electronic equipment within the campus, returning more time and space to the children.

To let early childhood education return to its essence, society also needs to form a combined force of bottom-line support. The government must increase investment in public services, strictly implement standards for the construction of children's activity spaces in urban and rural planning, and improve the inclusive pre-school education and childcare service system to alleviate the parenting pressure on dual-income families; communities can regularly carry out public welfare parenting guidance and parent-child activities to provide professional support for parents.

Guarding childhood in the digital age is the common responsibility of the whole society. Only when the government, kindergartens, families, and society exert effort in the same direction can early childhood education truly return to the essence of play and companionship.

(Excerpted from Legal Daily (法治日报), original title: "Let Early Childhood Education Truly Return to its Essence")

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Commentary

“Urgent Holiday Reports” Should Not Become the Norm

Huangping County, Guizhou — Pan Jiangping

According to media reports, whenever holidays and festivals arrive, some grassroots cadres fall into a state of helplessness: superior units issue sudden notices before the holiday, requiring various materials to be reported on the very first day after the holiday ends. Statutory holidays, which should be used for rest and recuperation to accumulate strength, have instead become overtime seasons for staying up late to rush work and hastily preparing for inspections.

Undoubtedly, many departments do indeed require personnel to be on duty during holidays to maintain departmental functional operations, safeguard economic and social order, and respond to emergencies. In the face of urgent, difficult, dangerous, and heavy tasks, working extra hours to complete them is a vivid manifestation of taking responsibility and performing one's duties. However, which specific work contents belong to urgent, difficult, dangerous, and heavy tasks, and which posts require emergency duty, should be clearly specified.

Assigning tasks in a sudden rush before a holiday, and forcibly ordering all personnel to work overtime during the holiday, will leave grassroots cadres exhausted from coping and will dissolve their enthusiasm for performing tasks. Taking research-type tasks as an example: during holidays, enterprises are resting and the masses are on vacation, making it difficult for grassroots cadres to complete visits and investigations on schedule. Ultimately, they can only 闭门造车> (bì mén zào chē - "build a carriage behind closed doors," to act blindly or work in isolation without regard to reality) by referencing past materials to submit a set of "data on paper." It is evident that turning "urgent holiday reports" into a routine will lead to an increased burden on the grassroots and breed formalism; it is also a form of bureaucracy.

Holidays and festivals are a necessary guarantee for adjusting one's state and accumulating strength to better perform duties and fulfill responsibilities. By respecting the objective realities of work implementation, respecting the internal laws of task progression, and respecting the right to rest during holidays—by planning work progress in advance, scientifically coordinating time allocation, and eliminating unreasonable overtime burdens—one can certainly allow the vast number of grassroots cadres to better shed their burdens and serve the masses.

“Handling Complaints Immediately Upon Receipt” Must Further Aim for “Root-Cause Eradication of Similar Cases”

Neijiang City, Sichuan — Wen Guoyun

A certain locality analyzed 20,000 items from the citizen hotline over the past year and found that many were repeated complaints. For example, the property service fees of one residential community were complained about 91 times, and noise disturbance from a certain plaza was reported 62 times.

Through follow-up visits, it was understood that there are two reasons for the repetitions: first, because reports yielded no results and no offline action was taken, people could only continuously call to urge processing; second, because people believed that reporting individually would not be taken seriously, they called for multiple people to call many times. Both scenarios point to the same crux: not truly taking the grievances of the masses to heart.

The key to solving this problem lies in cadres sinking down into the grassroots, governance becoming thorough, and trust being built. On one hand, responsibilities must be solidified, and for problems reported by the masses, timely follow-up visits and tracking of effectiveness must be conducted, striving to ensure that every case receives a response and every matter finds a resolution. For instance, Anhui has issued special documents establishing principles such as the "first-contact responsibility system" and "those who manage an industry or field must manage the demands of the masses," ensuring that handling is not shirked and follow-up visits are not merely a formality.

On the other hand, patterns must be analyzed, extending from responding to a single demand to solving a category of problems, thereby promoting the "root-cause eradication of similar cases." Beijing uses the massive data mine of 12345 work orders to establish a "one topic per month" working mechanism, focusing on high-frequency, common, and difficult problems, allowing the passive "handling of complaints upon receipt" to upgrade into proactive governance. It is evident that "handling complaints immediately upon receipt" is merely the starting point; only by grasping the patterns and 未雨绸缪> (wèi yǔ chóu mó - "repairing the house before it rains," to prepare for a rainy day) can one better resolve contradictions and hidden dangers from the source.

When the offline relationship between cadres and the masses becomes closer and the capillaries of governance become unobstructed, the "heat" of the citizen hotline will naturally subside, and only then can the satisfaction of the masses rise.

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Editors: Li Bin, He Juan, Yin Shuanghong

Email for this edition: rmrbpl@peopledaily.cn

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Deepening and Refining Service to the People (New Practices in Grassroots Governance)

By: 本报记者 马睿姗 赵景锋 窦 皓

Editor's Note: On June 24, during an inspection in Dezhou, Shandong Province, General Secretary Xi Jinping visited the Xiyu Jia Village Party-群众 (Party-群众, Party-masses) Service Center, where he inquired in detail about the construction of village Party organizations and the implementation of convenient services for the people, expressing his hope that "village Party organizations will further play the leading role of Party building."

When the grassroots are strong, the country is strong; when the grassroots are stable, the world is stable. Party-群众 service centers are the frontline positions and important carriers for carrying out Party-群众 work and deepening grassroots governance; they are also the "last mile" for the Party to connect with and serve the masses, playing an important role in comprehensively consolidating grassroots Party building and leading and promoting grassroots governance. On the eve of "July 1," reporters from this newspaper visited community, rural, and business district Party-群众 service centers to observe the vivid practices of exercising the political and organizational functions of grassroots Party organizations and connecting with and serving the masses.

Providing childcare services to solve the urgent, difficult, anxious, and distressed problems of residents

"Babies, Tang Sanzang, the master of Sun Wukong, is going to find his disciples. Shall we help him together, okay?" In the activity room of the Aidi Zhijia Community Childcare Center in Jinyuan District, Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province, early childhood teacher Zhang Nan sat behind a curtain, her fingers moving deftly to manipulate thin rods, making the shadow puppets of characters from Journey to the West come to life. Below the stage, children stared with wide eyes, gently touching the shadow puppet characters. Parent Xue Xiaoqin sat in the back row of the activity room, watching her son's excited eyes with a beaming smile.

The Aidi Zhijia Community Childcare Center is located on the second floor of the Xincheng Community Party-群众 Service Center in Jinyuan Subdistrict, Jinyuan District, and officially began operations in September 2025. Last year, Xue Xiaoqin's eldest daughter started kindergarten, but since both husband and wife had to work, she was once troubled by how to look after her younger son. Upon hearing from a neighbor that the community Party-群众 service center had opened a childcare nursery, she decided to take the child to try it out.

The Aidi Zhijia Community Childcare Center operates mixed-age classes capable of accepting infants and toddlers aged 12 to 36 months, equipped with four professional nursery workers and early childhood teachers. Regarding service types, it provides three flexible modes—full-day care, half-day care, and temporary care—to meet the different childcare needs of families. Xue Xiaoqin's younger son has spent more than a week in an adaptation period here; the teachers' early education enlightenment and thoughtful care have put her mind at ease.

In the Xincheng Community Party-群众 Service Center, services such as childcare, elderly care, mass entertainment and learning, and community office work are all available, forming a "one-stop" community service ecosystem. "While parents are dropping off their children, they can also handle community affairs and participate in mass activities. The community's overall safety management system and supporting facilities provide multiple layers of protection for the child's healthy growth, making us even more at ease," Xue Xiaoqin said. Now, her son has been at the childcare center for more than nine months; not only have his language and self-care abilities improved, but his personality has also become more cheerful and brave.

In addition to having a childcare center, the Xincheng Community Party-群众 Service Center also firmly grasps the direction of "Party building leading grassroots governance" and continuously improves service efficiency. It has established lists of resident demands and ledgers for problem resolution, coordinating and resolving livelihood issues such as property management and facility maintenance throughout the year, with a completion rate of 98%; it carries out activities such as "I Do Practical Things for the Masses" and the "Knock on the Door Action," providing convenient services such as free health consultations and policy inquiries.

"In the future, we will continue to adhere to the service philosophy of being professional, warm, and thoughtful, optimize the childcare environment, and strive to become a 'good parenting helper' trusted by community families, continuously enhancing the sense of happiness and belonging of residents," said Liang Jingya, Secretary of the Xincheng Community Party Branch and Director of the Neighborhood Committee.

Promoting assisted and agency services to continuously sink the focus of governance

At 10:00 a.m., the Heishuiquan Village Party-群众 Service Center in Xinyingzi Town, Tuoketo County, Hohhot City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, became busy, with villagers entering and exiting to process business in an orderly manner.

"Jin Yue, the materials for the minimum living security are prepared according to the requirements. Can you help me check if they are okay?" In front of the service window, villager Bo Lijun handed a bulging file bag to Wu Jinyue. Taking the bag, Wu Jinyue pulled items out one by one: application forms, medical diagnostic reports, household registration booklets, land rights certificates... after flipping through and checking page by page to confirm there were no errors, he filled in the information in the "Assisted and Agency Service Registry." "Old Bo, go home and wait; I will handle the rest," Wu Jinyue said with a smile.

Wu Jinyue is the Deputy Secretary of the Heishuiquan Village Party Branch and also the assisted and agency clerk for the day. "In the past, when villagers processed business such as minimum living security, they could not grasp the procedures; it was either a lack of signatures or missing materials, requiring them to run back and forth several times," Wu Jinyue said. Now that the Party-群众 service center has assisted and agency services, villagers run at most two trips, and the speed is much faster than before.

In recent years, relying on Party-群众 service centers, Tuoketo County has included high-frequency matters such as social security, medical insurance, the replacement of disability certificates, and applications for minimum living security for those in extreme poverty in its assisted and agency service list. Members of the village two committees and Party member volunteers take turns on duty, proactively going to doors to verify information and run materials on behalf of others. Currently, assisted and agency services have been fully rolled out in 136 village (community) Party-群众 service centers in Tuoketo County.

At noon, in the Happiness Canteen of the Heishuiquan Village Party-群众 Service Center, bursts of food aroma drifted out.

"Potato chicken chunks, tomato and egg, a portion of rice, and a bowl of millet porridge..." After finishing his business, Bo Lijun came to the canteen to eat. Inside the spacious and bright canteen, villagers dined in an orderly manner amidst continuous laughter and conversation.

Heishuiquan Village has more than 100 elderly people over the age of 70; most young people work outside the village, and the proportion of people living alone, "empty nesters," and high-age elderly is relatively high. "If we cook a lot, we can't finish it; if we cook a little, it's not worth it; we just hope to be able to eat a ready-made hot meal." During visits, many villagers reported their demands to village cadres, hoping the village could open a canteen.

Regarding how to run the canteen, village cadres organized a discussion meeting at the Party-群众 service center. At the meeting, villagers raised questions and everyone discussed countermeasures; from site selection to long-term operation, every detail was repeatedly deliberated. Ultimately, a canteen construction plan featuring "unified dine-in + home delivery," multi-channel funding guarantees, and differentiated public welfare fees took shape, and after adjustments and improvements, it was quickly implemented.

"The Party-群众 service center is not only a service venue but also a platform for discussion and consultation," introduced Qiao Chaojie, Deputy Director of the Organization Department of the Tuoketo County Party Committee. In recent years, relying on village Party-群众 service centers, Tuoketo County has built a "Villagers' Discussion Meeting" platform. By regularly holding people's situation talks and discussion-consultation meetings, it allows the masses to fully participate in decision-making for matters such as conflict mediation and village renovation. As the focus of governance continues to sink, the cohesion of the Party-群众 service centers is also becoming stronger and stronger.

Sun Zhonghui, Deputy Director of the Organization Department of the Hohhot Municipal Party Committee, stated that they will continue to deepen the standardized, normalized, and characteristic construction of Party-群众 service centers, optimize service functions, innovate activity carriers, and improve operating mechanisms, promoting the transformation of Party-群众 service centers from "built well" to "managed well, used flexibly, and implemented solidly," building a "bridge of connection" to serve the masses.

Closely following enterprise needs, government services realize "handling downstairs and at the doorstep"

Walking into the Xintiandi Business Community Party-群众 Service Center located in Dongxin Subdistrict, Gongshu District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, one finds that within the 4,000-square-meter integrated space, government self-service terminals, enterprise parlors, and knight stations are all present.

As the former site of the Hangzhou Heavy Machinery Plant, the current Xintiandi business district has become a prosperous commercial area, gathering 27 office buildings and thousands of enterprises.

"Fortunately, we had your help; otherwise, we might have missed this policy subsidy." At 10:00 a.m., in the Xintiandi Business Community Party-群众 Service Center, Xu Xuhui, the head of Hangzhou Suichu Kejian Wenhua Technology Co., Ltd., repeatedly thanked Wu Zhao, a community enterprise service specialist, while holding his hand.

"For a startup like ours, we have few staff and no dedicated personnel to run for subsidy applications, and we do not quite understand certain policies that benefit enterprises," Xu Xuhui said. Wu Zhao proactively went to the door to connect with them, not only helping the enterprise sort through a list of eligible policies but also directly bringing the materials to the "Internet-based One-stop Service" self-service terminal of the Party-群众 service center, guiding the enterprise to complete the online declaration.

The Xintiandi Business Community Party-群众 Service Center integrates resources from departments such as market regulation, taxation, and human resources and social security, establishing comprehensive service windows and self-service areas, and has formed a team of "enterprise service specialists" led by Party member backbone members. "In the first half of the year, all the enterprise demands we collected were resolved in a closed loop at the business community level," Wu Zhao said. From enterprise registration and policy declaration to talent matching and legal consultation, 80 types of government services achieve "handling downstairs and at the doorstep" here.

After 6:00 p.m., the Xintiandi Business Community Party-群众 Service Center switched to "youth mode." In the "Zhi Fou Night School" youth night school, more than 40 courses, including AI (Artificial Intelligence) courses, video streaming, crochet, and healing, are openly available to all. In the shared parlor, many young people were still sitting beside two or three magnetic-type modular tables reading books.

Currently, the Xintiandi Business Community Party-群众 Service Center not only reaches 45 "two new" (newly established non-public organizations and new social organizations) Party organizations, 438 "two new" Party members, and 49 mobile Party members, but also meets the diversified needs of enterprise development and employee growth with more than 50 community activities per week. "We must serve enterprises just as we serve residents; the 'three-in-one' of Party affairs, business affairs, and service will solve the problems of Party building coverage, enterprise service, and regional governance in large business districts," said Ni Wei, Secretary of the Xintiandi Business Community Party Committee.

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Building Party Building Fronts: Beyond Establishment to Effective Utilization (Editor's Note)

By: 徐雷鹏

As a frontline for Party building, Party-群众 (masses) service centers must not only be well-built but must also be well-utilized. How to make more Party members and the masses willing to walk in, and once they come, want to come again, the key still lies in optimizing services.

Change from waiting for people to come to the door to actively moving forward. Diligently step out of the office, walk into the homes of the masses more often, and perceive public opinion through the trivialities of daily life; only then can one effectively clarify livelihood needs and clear away difficult points and bottlenecks. When one truly achieves 换位思考 (huàn wèi sī kǎo - "exchange positions to think," to put oneself in another's shoes), work will also find its point of leverage.

Change from standardized services to precisely inquiring about needs. Grassroots situations vary in a thousand different ways, and the needs of the masses are all different; each Party-群众 service center should base itself on its own characteristics, break through the "one-size-fits-all" extensive model, and transform "flood irrigation" into "precision drip irrigation." For some time now, the Party-群众 service centers in many places have continuously introduced new offerings, such as study rooms, youth night schools, and public welfare lectures... Whatever the masses need, Party members and cadres should, through precise research and categorized measures, accelerate the handling of urgent livelihood matters, join forces to solve difficult problems, and target the satisfaction of special needs, effectively responding to diverse demands through precision supply.

Only by making services more solid, bringing the masses closer together, and integrating resources more abundantly, can one steadily uphold the sense of happiness of the masses, allowing Party-群众 service centers to become warm homes that coalesce the hearts of the Party and the people and serve thousands of households.

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Clarify the roadmap for building a leading nation in education over the next five years

By: 本报记者 吴 丹 丁雅诵

Recently, the State Council issued the "15th Five-Year Plan for Education Development" (hereinafter referred to as the "Plan"), which clarifies the thinking, goals, key tasks, and policy measures for building a powerful country in education during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period.

The "15th Five-Year Plan" period is a critical period for consolidating the foundation and exerting full force to basically achieve socialist modernization, and it is also an important period for the building of a powerful country in education to accumulate momentum for breakthroughs and achieve a systematic leap. An official from the Ministry of Education (教育部) stated that the "Plan" has made systematic deployments surrounding the implementation of the "five major tasks" for building a powerful country in education, the optimization of the educational layout, and the deepening of comprehensive education reform; it holds great significance for accelerating the building of a powerful country in education, providing education that satisfies the people, and comprehensively serving the construction of Chinese-style modernization.

As a mid-term blueprint that connects with the "Outline of the Plan for Building a Powerful Country in Education (2024–2035)" and succeeds the "Three-Year Action Plan for Accelerating the Building of a Powerful Country in Education (2025–2027)," the "Plan" explicitly proposes: by 2030, significant results shall be achieved in the building of a powerful country in education, and a high-quality education system shall be basically established.

"The 'Plan' is an important component of the national '15th Five-Year Plan' system, and it is also an important strategic arrangement guiding education to serve and support high-quality development over the next five years," said Ma Xiaoqiang, Director of the Institute of Education Statistical Analysis of the China National Academy of Educational Sciences (中国教育科学研究院). "'The Plan' consolidates the foundation and exerts full force, ensuring that the near-, medium-, and long-term goals for building a powerful country in education are coordinated and consistent, the paths are connected and progressive, and the tasks are interlinked ring by ring."

Part III of the "Plan" is "Strengthening Planning Layout," which marks the first time a dedicated chapter has been deployed for planning layout within a five-year education plan. An official from the Ministry of Education introduced that the main consideration was to actively respond to the major realistic demands placed on education by the profound changes in the population situation during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, the in-depth advancement of the national coordinated regional development strategy, and the accelerated construction of a modernized industrial system, making targeted deployments in areas such as perfecting the forward-looking layout of educational resources, strengthening the regional layout of education, and optimizing the layout of talent cultivation.

"In response to the shocks brought by population variables, the 'Plan' has made forward-looking layouts," said Zhang Zhiyong, Director of the Education National Conditions Survey Center of the National High-end Think Tank at Beijing Normal University. "'The Plan,' on one hand, clearly establishes and improves a mechanism for forecasting and early warning of the school-age population, expanding the supply of educational resources to towns with net inflows of the school-age population and to regions with weak foundations; on the other hand, it seizes the opportunity presented by the decline in student numbers following the staggered peaking of the population, focusing on improving the level of per-capita educational resource guarantees."

Promoting high-quality development is the theme of economic and social development, and it is also the primary task of comprehensively building a socialist modern country. To this end, the "Plan" adheres to "looking at education from outside of education," closely revolving around serving the construction of Chinese-style modernization, and focusing on enhancing the capacity and level of education to serve economic and social development. "Such as promoting the new round of 'Double First-Class' construction, launching the 'Double Excellence' construction of high-level applied undergraduate universities, and accelerating the 'New Double High' construction of vocational education, by defining clear benchmarks, it is actually hoping that various types of universities can leverage their advantages, develop unique characteristics, and reach high levels, thereby strengthening the supporting role of education for science, technology, and talent," said Li Liguo, a professor at the School of Education of Tsinghua University.

Emphasizing pragmatism and effectiveness to ensure that implementation yields results is a major characteristic of this "Plan." The "Plan" adheres to combining comprehensive planning with highlighting key priorities, using major strategic tasks, major policy measures, and major engineering projects as important handles for building a high-quality education system.

"Focusing on the key fields and critical links of building a powerful country in education, the 'Plan' proposes five aspects of strategic tasks and six aspects of reform measures; in particular, it has set up columns including 15 major projects such as the China Original Philosophy and Social Science Key Textbook Construction Plan, the National Interdisciplinary Center Construction Plan, and the Basic Education 'Base Point' Plan. At the same time, it is matched with quantitative goals to make key tasks clearer, which will provide powerful support for the implementation of various tasks for education reform and development during the '15th Five-Year Plan' period," said Ma Xiaoqiang.

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Symposium Held to Carry Forward and Promote the Spirit of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway

Xining, June 29 (Reporter Gong Shijian, Qiao Dong) — On June 29, a symposium on inheriting and promoting the Qinghai-Tibet Railway spirit was held in Xining, Qinghai. Wu Xiaojun, Secretary of the Qinghai Provincial Party Committee and Director of the Provincial People's Congress Standing Committee, Chen Zhi, Member of the Editorial Board of People's Daily and Editor-in-Chief of the Overseas Edition, and Wang Jinxi, Deputy Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Director of China State Railway Group Co., Ltd., attended and delivered speeches. The symposium was presided over by Luo Dongchuan, Deputy Secretary of the Qinghai Provincial Party Committee and Governor of Qinghai Province.

During the symposium session, guest speakers including Li Wenxin, former General Manager of the former Qinghai-Tibet Railway Company, Wu Tianyi, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and Liu Feng, Chairman of China Railway Qinghai-Tibet Group Co., Ltd., delivered speeches centered on themes such as a review of the construction of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, plateau health and wellness, and the expansion and quality improvement of the road network in the new era.

During the themed activity session, the themed promotional film "Tongtu" (通途 - "The Thoroughfare") was screened; Young Pioneers presented flowers to pay tribute to predecessors and advanced representatives who participated in the construction and operation of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway; and youth students and representatives of young employees of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway collectively issued the "Oath of the Sky Road."

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the full opening to traffic of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway. Over the past 20 years, the thousand-mile Sky Road has traversed the snowy regions and remained unobstructed, transforming from a project of the century into a road of enriching the people, a road of unity, and a road of revitalization, continuously injecting powerful momentum into the people's well-being, ethnic unity, and frontier stability.

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Supreme People's Procuratorate releases typical cases of punishing malicious intellectual property litigation

Beijing, June 29 — (Reporter Ni Yi) The Supreme People's Procuratorate (最高人民检察院) recently released five "typical cases of procuratorial organs punishing malicious intellectual property litigation," covering procuratorial supervision cases in multiple intellectual property fields, including utility model patent rights, design patent rights, trademark rights, and unfair competition.

Intellectual property plays a pivotal role in fierce market competition. However, some individuals, in the name of "protecting rights," act with the intent of "seeking profit" or "unfair competition," maliciously initiating intellectual property litigation, which not only damages the legitimate rights and interests of others but also disrupts the judicial order. In one typical case released this time, a certain company in Foshan, Guangdong, knowing that its basis for rights contained flaws or lacked a factual basis, nonetheless initiated litigation on the grounds of patent infringement at a critical juncture of a certain company in Wuxi, Jiangsu, applying for an initial public offering, which resulted in the Wuxi company's listing application work being forced to suspend. After the Wuxi Municipal Procuratorate discovered clues to the case during the performance of its duties, it transferred the clues to the court after investigation and verification, prompting the court to timely identify and punish [the actors] in accordance with the law.

Maliciously registering and hoarding trademarks, and then initiating litigation to claim damages against the true trademark owners, is a typical circumstance in malicious intellectual property litigation. In one typical case released this time, a certain technology joint-stock company is a high-tech enterprise with "electricity" as its core business, which had used "Changgao" as a trade name as early as 1998 and registered a series of trademarks in 2006. A certain digital technology company applied to register 12 "Changgao Dianxin" trademarks in 2022, and specifically registered and established a certain trading company to initiate infringement litigation. The Changsha Municipal Procuratorate of Hunan Province investigated and verified that the certain technology company and the certain trading company showed no signs of production or operation, and deemed that the intention of malicious preemptive registration and using litigation to seek unfair interests was obvious, and thus carried out legal supervision in accordance with the law.

A relevant person in charge of the Intellectual Property Prosecution Office of the Supreme People's Procuratorate stated that in recent years, procuratorial organs have continuously deepened special supervision of malicious intellectual property litigation, actively creating a social atmosphere of protecting and incentivizing innovation. This batch of typical cases provides replicable and promotable practical experience for preventing and punishing malicious intellectual property litigation nationwide in terms of clue transfer, procedure initiation, investigation and verification, and follow-up supervision.

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Photo Report

On June 29, the themed exhibition "Source of the Spirit—The Great Party-Building Spirit in Documents" opened at the Shanghai Library. Taking the connotation of the Great Party-Building Spirit as the main thread, the exhibition collects precious documents such as books, newspapers and periodicals, manuscripts, photographs, and archives. The photo shows visitors photographing the exhibited small lighthouse book series.

Photographed by Liu Ying, Xinhua News Agency

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Second Mine Safety Development Conference Held

Our newspaper, Hohhot, June 29, electric (Reporter Qi Yukun, Wu Yong) — The second Mine Safety Development Conference was held in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, on the 29th. The conference was hosted by units such as the China Association for Occupational Safety and Health (中国职业安全健康协会), with the theme of "Strengthening Law-Based Governance and Public Security, Rejuvenating Safety through Science and Technology, and Promoting Higher-Quality Development of the Mining Industry," gathering professionals from industry competent departments, enterprises, and scientific research institutes to jointly discuss strategies for mine safety governance.

Wang Dexue, director of the Expert Advisory Committee of the China Association for Occupational Safety and Health, stated that it is necessary to comprehensively promote mining governance and management according to the law, to use digital technology to achieve advanced early warning of disasters, to improve the intrinsic safety level of mines, and to escort the high-quality development of the mining industry with high-level safety. Participants expressed that they will proactively draw lessons from advanced safety management concepts, models, and intelligent prevention and control technologies, tighten and solidify the production safety responsibilities of all personnel, and continuously improve the comprehensive governance level of production safety and occupational health within their respective units.

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Public welfare campaign "Anti-Fraud for All, Protection for Life" launched in Beijing

Beijing, June 29 (Reporter Zhang Tianpei) — On June 29, amidst the joint deployment by the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee and the Ministry of Public Security (公安部) to carry out the "National Anti-Fraud in Action" intensive publicity month activities, the "National Anti-Fraud, Lifelong Protection" public welfare publicity activity, jointly initiated by the China Human Rights Development Foundation (中国人权发展基金会) and the China Life Charity Foundation (中国人寿慈善基金会), was officially launched in Beijing.

The "National Anti-Fraud, Lifelong Protection" public welfare project actively organizes activities that are pleasing to the public, professionally content, novel in form, and pragmatic and effective, using the power of public welfare to help weave a dense anti-fraud defense line, using social synergy to respond to the concerns of the masses, breaking through the "last mile" of anti-fraud publicity, making safety feelable and accessible, and ensuring that protection is implemented in a concrete manner. Offline anti-fraud public welfare publicity activities will successively enter Beijing, Xi'an, and other places; an online collection activity for excellent elderly anti-fraud cases has been released across the entire network, publicly soliciting high-quality elderly anti-fraud cases from the whole of society, using authentic and popular anti-fraud content to popularize fraud prevention knowledge, and building a solid defense line for the property security of the elderly population.

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Editors: Ji Jianming, Xu Leipeng, Li Peiyang

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Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China

Order of the President of the People's Republic of China
No. 77

The "Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China" has been revised and adopted by the twenty-third session of the Standing Committee of the fourteenth National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China on June 26, 2026, and is hereby promulgated, to be implemented as of January 1, 2027.

President of the People's Republic of China: Xi Jinping
June 26, 2026

Contents

Chapter I: General Provisions
Chapter II: Conditions for Trademark Registration
Chapter III: Application for Trademark Registration
Chapter IV: Examination and Approval of Trademark Registration
Chapter V: Renewal, Change, Transfer, and Cancellation of Registered Trademarks
Chapter VI: Declaration of Invalidity of Registered Trademarks
Chapter VII: Trademark Administration
Chapter VIII: Protection of the Exclusive Right to Use Registered Trademarks
Chapter IX: Supplementary Provisions

Chapter I
General Provisions

Article 1 This Law is formulated to protect the exclusive right to use registered trademarks, strengthen trademark administration, standardize the registration and use of trademarks, urge producers and operators to ensure the quality of goods and services, maintain trademark reputation, safeguard the interests of consumers and producers and operators, and promote the healthy development of the socialist market economy.

Article 2 The term "trademark" as used in this Law refers to a sign used to identify and distinguish the source of goods or services, including trademarks for goods and service marks. The provisions of this Law concerning trademarks for goods shall apply to service marks.

The term "use of a trademark" as used in this Law refers to the act of using a trademark on goods, packaging of goods, or containers, or on commercial transaction documents, or using a trademark in advertising, publicity, exhibitions, and other commercial activities, for the purpose of identifying and distinguishing the source of goods.

The use of a trademark as referred to in the preceding paragraph includes use implemented through the Internet and other information networks.

Article 3 Trademark work shall implement the strategic deployment of the Party and the state regarding intellectual property, and enhance the levels of trademark protection, application, administration, and service.

Article 4 The trademark administration department of the State Council is responsible for trademark registration and administration work nationwide. Departments of local people's governments at or above the county level responsible for trademark administration work are responsible for trademark administration work within their respective administrative regions.

Departments of people's governments at or above the county level that undertake trademark law enforcement functions are responsible for trademark law enforcement work in accordance with their responsibilities and authority.

The departments responsible for trademark registration and administration and the departments responsible for trademark law enforcement shall establish working mechanisms and strengthen information sharing and work coordination.

Article 5 A trademark registered and approved by the trademark administration department of the State Council is a registered trademark. The trademark registrant has the right to indicate "registered trademark" or a registration mark, enjoys the exclusive right to use the registered trademark, and is protected by law.

Where natural persons, legal persons, or unincorporated organizations need to obtain the exclusive right to use a registered trademark for their goods or services in production and operation activities, they shall apply for trademark registration to the trademark administration department of the State Council.

Article 6 The term "collective trademark" as used in this Law refers to a mark registered in the name of a social group, such as an industry association, or other organizations, for use by the members of said organization in commercial activities to indicate the membership status of the user within said organization.

The term "certification trademark" as used in this Law refers to a mark controlled by an organization that possesses the capacity to supervise a certain type of good or service, and is used by units or individuals outside said organization on their goods or services to certify the origin, raw materials, manufacturing methods, quality, or other specific qualities of said goods or services.

Special matters concerning the registration and administration of collective trademarks and certification trademarks shall be stipulated by the trademark administration department of the State Council.

Article 7 Two or more natural persons, legal persons, or unincorporated organizations may jointly apply to the trademark administration department of the State Council for the registration of the same trademark and jointly enjoy and exercise the exclusive right to use said registered trademark.

Article 8 For goods for which laws and administrative regulations stipulate that the use of a registered trademark is mandatory, trademark registration shall be applied for; if registration is not approved, they shall not be sold in the market.

Article 9 When applying for the registration and use of trademarks, the principle of integrity shall be followed, and rights shall not be abused to damage the interests of the state, the public interest of society, or the legitimate rights and interests of others.

Trademark users shall be responsible for the quality of the goods for which they use trademarks. Trademark administration and law enforcement departments at all levels shall strengthen trademark administration and law enforcement in accordance with the law to stop behaviors that deceive consumers.

Article 10 When applying for trademark registration or handling other trademark matters, one may handle them personally or entrust a trademark agency established according to law to handle them.

Article 11 Where foreigners, foreign enterprises, or other foreign organizations apply for trademark registration in China, they shall handle it in accordance with agreements signed or international treaties jointly participated in by their country of belonging and the People's Republic of China, or handle it according to the principle of reciprocity.

Where foreigners, foreign enterprises, or other foreign organizations without a habitual residence or place of business in China apply for trademark registration or handle other trademark matters in China, they shall entrust a trademark agency established according to law to handle them.

Article 12 International registration of trademarks shall follow the systems established by the relevant international treaties concluded by or participated in by the People's Republic of China, and specific measures shall be stipulated by the State Council.

Article 13 The trademark administration department of the State Council shall strengthen the construction of an information-based and intelligent public service system for trademarks, enhance the level of convenience in handling trademark business, release trademark information in a complete, accurate, and timely manner, and improve the level of trademark information service and administration.

Chapter II
Conditions for Trademark Registration

Article 14 Any sign that can distinguish the goods of natural persons, legal persons, or unincorporated organizations from the goods of others, including characters, graphics, letters, numbers, three-dimensional marks, color combinations, sounds, dynamic marks, etc., as well as combinations of the above elements, may be applied for as a trademark for registration.

Article 15 The following signs shall not be registered and used as trademarks:
(1) Those that are identical or similar to the name, Party flag, Party emblem, medals, or significant theoretical achievements and historical events of the Communist Party of China;
(2) Those that are identical or similar to the name, national flag, national emblem, national anthem, military flag, military emblem, military song, medals, etc., of the People's Republic of China, as well as those that are identical to the names, emblems, names of specific locations of the seat of central or state organs, or names or graphics of landmark buildings;
(3) Those that are identical or similar to the name, national flag, national emblem, military flag, etc., of a foreign country, except where consent has been obtained from the government of that country;
(4) Those that are identical or similar to the names, flags, or emblems of intergovernmental international organizations, except where consent has been obtained from said organization or it is not likely to mislead the public;
(5) Those that are identical or similar to official marks or inspection marks indicating the implementation of control or the granting of a guarantee, except where authorized;
(6) Those that are identical or similar to the names or marks of the "Red Cross" or "Red Crescent";
(7) Those that carry ethnic discrimination;
(8) Those that are deceptive and likely to cause the public to misidentify characteristics such as the quality, craftsmanship, or raw materials of goods, or their place of origin;
(9) Those that violate public order and good morals or have other adverse influences.

Article 16 Names of administrative divisions at or above the county level or foreign place names known to the public shall not be registered and used as trademarks. However, this excludes cases where the place name has other meanings or serves as a component of a collective trademark or certification trademark; trademarks using place names that have already been registered shall remain valid.

The use of national park marks, Olympic marks, special marks, and other such marks as trademarks for registration and use shall be implemented in accordance with this Law and relevant laws and administrative regulations.

Article 17 An applied-for trademark shall have distinctive features and be easy to identify. The following signs shall not be registered as trademarks:
(1) Those consisting only of the generic name, graphic, or model of the goods;
(2) Those that only directly indicate the quality, main raw materials, functions, uses, weight, quantity, or other characteristics of the goods;
(3) Other signs that lack distinctive features.

Where the signs listed in the preceding paragraph acquire distinctive features through use and become easy to identify, they may be registered as trademarks.

Article 18 Where a trademark is applied for using three-dimensional marks, color combinations, sounds, dynamic marks, etc., shapes, color combinations, sounds, dynamic effects, etc., which are produced solely by the nature of the goods themselves, are necessary to obtain a technical effect, or make the goods possess substantial value, shall not be registered as trademarks.

Article 19 Where a trademark application is made without the intention of use and obviously exceeds normal production and operation needs, registration shall not be granted.

Trademark registration shall not be applied for through deception or other improper means.

Article 20 An applied-for trademark shall not be identical or similar to a trademark already registered or previously applied for by another person on the same goods or similar goods.

Article 21 Where a trademark applied for on identical or similar goods is a reproduction, imitation, or translation of another person's well-known trademark that is not registered in China, and is likely to cause confusion, it shall not be registered and its use shall be prohibited.

Where a trademark applied for on non-identical or non-similar goods is a reproduction, imitation, or translation of another person's well-known trademark, misleads the public, and may cause damage to the interests of the holder of said well-known trademark, it shall not be registered and its use shall be prohibited.

Article 22 Where an agent or representative, without authorization, registers the trademark of the principal or the person represented in their own name, and the principal or the person represented raises an objection, registration shall not be granted and its use shall be prohibited.

Where a trademark applied for on the same goods or similar goods is identical or similar to an unregistered trademark previously used by another person, and the applicant has a contract, business relationship, or other relationship with said other person—other than those provided in the preceding paragraph—and knows of the existence of said other person's trademark, and said other person raises an objection, registration shall not be granted.

Article 23 Where a trademark contains a geographical indication of goods, but the goods do not originate from the region indicated by the mark and mislead the public, registration shall not be granted and its use shall be prohibited; however, those that have been acquired in good faith shall remain valid.

The geographical indication referred to in the preceding paragraph refers to a mark indicating that certain goods originate from a certain region, and the specific quality, reputation, or other characteristics of said goods are mainly determined by the natural or human factors of that region.

Article 24 Application for trademark registration shall not damage the existing prior legitimate rights and interests of others, nor shall it intentionally preempt the registration of trademarks already used by others and having a certain influence.

Article 25 Trademark agencies, apart from applying for trademark registration for their agency services, shall not apply for the registration of other trademarks.

Chapter III
Application for Trademark Registration

Article 26 A trademark registration applicant shall fill in the categories and names of goods for the use of the trademark according to the prescribed classification of goods and submit a registration application.

A trademark registration applicant may apply for the registration of the same trademark for goods in multiple categories through a single application.

Documents such as trademark registration applications shall be submitted in written form. Data messages that can tangibly represent the contained content through methods such as electronic data interchange and can be retrieved and used at any time shall be deemed to be in written form.

Article 27 Where a registered trademark needs to obtain the exclusive right to use it on goods outside the approved scope of use, a separate registration application shall be submitted.

Article 28 Where a registered trademark needs to change its mark, a new registration application shall be submitted.

Article 29 If a trademark registration applicant, within six months from the date on which their trademark was first applied for registration in a foreign country, applies for trademark registration in China for the same goods with the same trademark, they may enjoy priority in accordance with the agreements signed or international treaties jointly participated in by said foreign country and China, or according to the principle of mutual recognition of priority.

Where priority is requested in accordance with the preceding paragraph, a written declaration shall be made at the time of submitting the trademark registration application, and a copy of the first trademark registration application documents shall be submitted within three months; where no written declaration is made or the copy of the trademark registration application documents is not submitted within the time limit, it shall be deemed that no priority was requested.

Article 30 Where a trademark is first used on goods exhibited at an international exhibition hosted or recognized by the Chinese government, the trademark registration applicant may enjoy priority within six months from the date such goods are exhibited.

Where priority is requested in accordance with the preceding paragraph, a written declaration shall be made at the time of submitting the trademark registration application, and supporting documents such as the name of the exhibition where the goods were exhibited, evidence of the use of the trademark on the exhibited goods, and the exhibition date shall be submitted within three months; where no written declaration is made or the supporting documents are not submitted within the time limit, it shall be deemed that no priority was requested.

Article 31 The matters declared and the materials provided for the application for trademark registration shall be true, accurate, and complete.

Chapter IV
Examination and Approval of Trademark Registration

Article 32 Regarding an applied-for trademark, the trademark administration department of the State Council shall complete the examination within nine months from the date of receipt of the trademark registration application documents; if it conforms to the relevant provisions of this Law, a preliminary approval and announcement shall be made.

Article 33 During the examination process, if the trademark administration department of the State Council considers that the content of the trademark registration application needs explanation or correction, it may require the applicant to make an explanation or correction. The failure of the applicant to make an explanation or correction shall not affect the trademark administration department of the State Council's making of an examination decision.

Article 34 For an applied-for trademark, any that does not conform to the relevant provisions of this Law shall be rejected by the trademark administration department of the State Council, and no announcement shall be made.

Article 35 Where two or more trademark registration applicants apply for registration of identical or similar trademarks on the same goods or similar goods, the trademark applied for first shall be preliminarily approved and announced; where applications are made on the same day, the trademark used first shall be preliminarily approved and announced, and the applications of others shall be rejected and no announcement shall be made.

Article 36 For a trademark that has been preliminarily approved and announced, within two months from the date of announcement, a prior right holder or an interested party may, if they consider that the provisions of Articles 20 to 22, the first paragraph of Article 23, and Article 24 of this Law have been violated, or any person may, if they consider that the provisions of Article 15, the first paragraph of Article 16, Articles 17 to 19, and Article 25 of this Law have been violated, submit an objection to the trademark administration department of the State Council. If no objection is raised upon the expiration of the announcement period, the registration shall be approved, a trademark registration certificate shall be issued, and an announcement shall be made.

Article 37 For a trademark whose application is rejected and no announcement is made, the trademark administration department of the State Council shall notify the trademark registration applicant in writing. If the trademark registration applicant is dissatisfied, they may apply to the trademark administration department of the State Council for reconsideration within fifteen days from the date of receipt of the notice. The trademark administration department of the State Council shall make a decision within nine months from the date of receipt of the application and notify the applicant in writing. Where there are special circumstances requiring an extension, it may be extended by three months upon approval by the person in charge of the trademark administration department of the State Council. If a party is dissatisfied with the reconsideration decision, they may file a lawsuit in a people's court within thirty days from the date of receipt of the notice.

Article 38 Regarding an objection raised against a preliminarily approved and announced trademark, the trademark administration department of the State Council shall hear the statements of facts and reasons from the objector and the objected person, and after investigation and verification, shall make a decision on whether to permit registration within twelve months from the date of expiration of the announcement period, and notify the objector and the objected person in writing. Where there are special circumstances requiring an extension, it may be extended by six months upon approval by the person in charge of the trademark administration department of the State Council.

Where the trademark administration department of the State Council makes a decision to permit registration, it shall issue a trademark registration certificate and make an announcement. If the objector is dissatisfied, they may request the trademark administration department of the State Council to declare said registered trademark invalid in accordance with the provisions of Articles 50 and 51 of this Law.

Where the trademark administration department of the State Council makes a decision not to permit registration, and the objected person is dissatisfied, they may apply for reconsideration within fifteen days from the date of receipt of the notice. The trademark administration department of the State Council shall make a reconsideration decision within twelve months from the date of receipt of the application and notify the objector and the objected person in writing. Where there are special circumstances requiring an extension, it may be extended by six months upon approval by the person in charge of the trademark administration department of the State Council. If the objected person is dissatisfied with the reconsideration decision, they may file a lawsuit in a people's court within thirty days from the date of receipt of the notice. The people's court shall notify the other party to the trademark adjudication procedure to participate in the litigation as a third party.

Article 39 When the statutory time limit expires, if a party does not apply for reconsideration against a decision of the trademark administration department of the State Council to reject an application or not to permit registration, or does not file a lawsuit in a people's court against a reconsideration decision, the decision to reject the application, the decision not to permit registration, or the reconsideration decision shall take effect.

For a trademark that is permitted to be registered after an objection is found to be groundless, the time from which the trademark registrant acquires the exclusive right to use the registered trademark shall be calculated from the date of expiration of the two-month period following the preliminary approval and announcement. From the date of expiration of the announcement period of said trademark until the decision to permit registration is made, there shall be no retroactivity regarding the acts of others using marks identical or similar to said trademark on the same or similar goods; however, losses caused to the trademark registrant due to the malice of such user shall be compensated.

Article 40 The trademark administration department of the State Council shall conduct examinations of trademark registration applications and trademark reconsideration applications in a timely manner.

An applicant may apply to withdraw the matters provided in the preceding paragraph.

Article 41 During the process of examining trademark objections, reconsiderations of rejections, reconsiderations of non-registration, and declarations of invalidity, if the determination of prior rights involved must be based on the result of another case currently being heard by a people's court or being handled by an administrative organ, the examination or hearing may be suspended. Once the reason for suspension is eliminated, the examination or hearing procedure shall be resumed in a timely manner.

Article 42 Where a trademark registration applicant or registrant discovers obvious errors in trademark application documents or registration documents, they may apply for correction. The trademark administration department of the State Council shall make corrections within the scope of its authority in accordance with the law and notify the parties.

The correction of errors referred to in the preceding paragraph does not involve the substantive content of the trademark application documents or registration documents.

Chapter V
Renewal, Change, Transfer, and Cancellation of Registered Trademarks

Article 43 The validity period of a registered trademark is ten years, calculated from the date of approved registration.

Article 44 Where the validity period of a registered trademark expires and continued use is required, the trademark registrant shall handle renewal formalities in accordance with regulations within twelve months before the expiration; if such formalities are not completed during this period, a six-month grace period may be granted. Each renewal registration shall have a validity period of ten years, calculated from the day following the expiration of the previous term of the trademark. If renewal formalities are not completed upon the expiration of the grace period, the registration of the trademark shall be cancelled.

The trademark administration department of the State Council shall make an announcement regarding renewed registered trademarks.

Article 45 Where it is necessary to change the name, address, or other registration matters of a registered trademark registrant, an application for change shall be submitted.

Article 46 When transferring a registered trademark, the transferor and the transferee shall sign a transfer agreement and jointly submit an application to the trademark administration department of the State Council. The transferee shall guarantee the quality of the goods using said registered trademark.

When transferring a registered trademark, the trademark registrant shall transfer together with it any similar trademarks registered on the same goods, or identical or similar trademarks registered on similar goods.

For transfers that are likely to lead to confusion or have other adverse influences, the trademark administration department of the State Council shall not approve them and shall notify the applicant in writing and explain the reasons.

After the transfer of a registered trademark is approved, an announcement shall be made. The transferee shall enjoy the exclusive right to use the registered trademark from the date of announcement.

Article 47 When transferring a collective trademark or a certification trademark, the transferee shall possess the corresponding subject qualifications and supervisory capacity.

Article 48 Where a trademark registrant applies to cancel its registered trademark or to cancel the registration of its trademark on part of the designated goods, and the cancellation is approved by the trademark administration department of the State Council, an announcement shall be made; the validity of the exclusive right to use the registered trademark or the validity of the exclusive right to use the registered trademark on that part of the designated goods shall terminate from the date of announcement.

Article 49 Where a trademark registrant applies to cancel its registered trademark, within one year from the date of the cancellation announcement, the trademark administration department of the State Council shall not approve the application for registration of trademarks that are identical or similar to said trademark on the same or similar goods by others.

Chapter VI
Declaration of Invalidity of Registered Trademarks

Article 50 Where a registered trademark violates the provisions of Article 15, the first paragraph of Article 16, Articles 17 to 19, or Article 25 of this Law, the trademark administration department of the State Council shall declare said registered trademark invalid; other units or individuals may request the trademark administration department of the State Council to declare said registered trademark invalid.

When the trademark administration department of the State Council makes a decision to declare a registered trademark invalid, it shall notify the parties in writing. If a party is dissatisfied, they may apply for reconsideration within fifteen days from the date of receipt of the notice. The trademark administration department of the State Council shall make a decision within nine months from the date of receipt of the application and notify the parties in writing. Where there are special circumstances requiring an extension, it may be extended by three months upon approval by the person in charge of the trademark administration department of the State Council. If a party is dissatisfied with the reconsideration decision, they may file a lawsuit in a people's court within thirty days from the date of receipt of the notice.

Where other units or individuals request the trademark administration department of the State Council to declare a registered trademark invalid, after receiving the application, the trademark administration department of the State Council shall notify the relevant parties in writing and set a time limit for submitting a defense. The trademark administration department of the State Council shall make a ruling to maintain the registered trademark or declare the registered trademark invalid within nine months from the date of receipt of the application, and notify the parties in writing. Where there are special circumstances requiring an extension, it may be extended by three months upon approval by the person in charge of the trademark administration department of the State Council. If a party is dissatisfied with the ruling of the trademark administration department of the State Council, they may file a lawsuit in a people's court within thirty days from the date of receipt of the notice. The people's court shall notify the other party to the trademark adjudication procedure to participate in the litigation as a third party.

Article 51 Where a registered trademark violates the provisions of Articles 20 to 22, the first paragraph of Article 23, or Article 24 of this Law, within five years from the date of trademark registration, a prior right holder or an interested party may request the trademark administration department of the State Council to declare said registered trademark invalid. For malicious registrations, the holder of a well-known trademark is not subject to the five-year time limit.

After receiving an application to declare a registered trademark invalid, the trademark administration department of the State Council shall notify the relevant parties in writing and set a time limit for submitting a defense. The trademark administration department of the State Council shall make a ruling to maintain the registered trademark or declare the registered trademark invalid within twelve months from the date of receipt of the application, and notify the parties in writing. Where there are special circumstances requiring an extension, it may be extended by six months upon approval by the person in charge of the trademark administration department of the State Council. If a party is dissatisfied with the ruling of the trademark administration department of the State Council, they may file a lawsuit in a people's court within thirty days from the date of receipt of the notice. The people's court shall notify the other party to the trademark adjudication procedure to participate in the litigation as a third party.

Article 52 When the statutory time limit expires, if a party does not apply for reconsideration against a decision of the trademark administration department of the State Council to declare a registered trademark invalid, or does not file a lawsuit in a people's court against a reconsideration decision, a ruling to maintain the registered trademark, or a ruling to declare a registered trademark invalid, the decision or ruling of the trademark administration department of the State Council shall take effect.

Article 53 Registered trademarks declared invalid in accordance with the provisions of Articles 50 and 51 of this Law shall be announced by the trademark administration department of the State Council, and the exclusive right to use said registered trademark shall be deemed to have never existed from the beginning.

The decision or ruling to declare a registered trademark invalid shall not have retroactivity regarding judgments, rulings, or mediation documents of trademark infringement cases made and already executed by a people's court prior to the declaration of invalidity, the handling decisions of trademark infringement cases made and already executed by the departments responsible for trademark law enforcement, and trademark transfer or licensing contracts already performed. However, losses caused to others due to the malice of the trademark registrant shall be compensated.

Where the failure to return trademark infringement compensation, trademark transfer fees, or trademark licensing fees clearly violates the principle of fairness, they shall be returned in whole or in part.

Chapter VII
Trademark Administration

Article 54 Where a trademark registration applicant engages in any of the following malicious trademark registration behaviors and causes an adverse influence, the department responsible for trademark law enforcement shall issue a warning and may concurrently impose a fine of not more than 100,000 yuan:
(1) Applying for trademark registration despite knowing that the mark violates the provisions of Article 15 or the first paragraph of Article 16 of this Law;
(2) Applying for trademark registration in violation of the provisions of Article 19 of this Law;
(3) Intentionally applying for trademark registration in violation of the provisions of Articles 21, 22, or 24 of this Law.

Article 55 A trademark registrant may use the trademark themselves, or may permit others to use their registered trademark by signing a trademark licensing contract. The licensor shall supervise the quality of the goods using the registered trademark by the licensee. The licensee shall guarantee the quality of the goods using said registered trademark. If the licensee fails to perform the quality guarantee obligation, the licensor has the right to terminate the trademark licensing contract.

Where another person's registered trademark is used under license, the name of the licensee and the place of origin of the goods must be indicated on the goods using said registered trademark.

Where a trademark is licensed to others for use, the licensor shall file the trademark licensing with the trademark administration department of the State Council for the record, and the trademark administration department of the State Council shall make an announcement. A trademark licensing that has not been filed for the record shall not be used to oppose a bona fide third party.

Article 56 Where a registered trademark is used in a manner that misleads the public, the department responsible for trademark law enforcement shall order correction within a time limit; if the illegal business turnover is 50,000 yuan or more, a fine of not more than five times the illegal business turnover may be imposed; where there is no illegal business turnover or the illegal business turnover is less than 50,000 yuan, a fine of not more than 250,000 yuan may be imposed. If correction is not made within the time limit, the trademark administration department of the State Council shall revoke the registered trademark.

Article 57 In the process of using a registered trademark, if a trademark registrant unilaterally changes the registered trademark, the name, address, or other registration matters of the registrant, the department responsible for trademark law enforcement shall order correction within a time limit; if correction is not made within the time limit, a fine of not more than 50,000 yuan shall be imposed; in serious cases, the trademark administration department of the State Council shall revoke the registered trademark.

If a registered trademark becomes the generic name of the goods for which it is approved for use, or is not used continuously for three consecutive years without justifiable reasons, any unit or individual may apply to the trademark administration department of the State Council for the cancellation of said registered trademark. The trademark administration department of the State Council shall make a decision within nine months from the date of receipt of the application. Where there are special circumstances requiring an extension, it may be extended by three months upon approval by the person in charge of the trademark administration department of the State Council.

In the circumstances provided in the preceding paragraph, the trademark administration department of the State Council may revoke the registered trademark. Specific measures shall be stipulated by the trademark administration department of the State Council.

Article 58 Regarding a decision of the trademark administration department of the State Council to revoke or not to revoke a registered trademark, if a party is dissatisfied, they may apply to the trademark administration department of the State Council for reconsideration within fifteen days from the date of receipt of the notice. The trademark administration department of the State Council shall make a decision within nine months from the date of receipt of the application and notify the party in writing. Where there are special circumstances requiring an extension, it may be extended by three months upon approval by the person in charge of the trademark administration department of the State Council. If a party is dissatisfied with the reconsideration decision, they may file a lawsuit in a people's court within thirty days from the date of receipt of the notice.

Article 59 When the statutory time limit expires, if a party does not apply for reconsideration against a decision of the trademark administration department of the State Council to revoke a registered trademark, or does not file a lawsuit in a people's court against a reconsideration decision, the decision to revoke the registered trademark or the reconsideration decision shall take effect.

The revoked registered trademark shall be announced by the trademark administration department of the State Council, and the exclusive right to use the registered trademark shall terminate from the date of announcement.

Article 60 Where a registrant of a collective trademark or a certification trademark engages in any of the following behaviors, the department responsible for trademark law enforcement shall order correction within a time limit; if correction is not made within the time limit, a fine of not more than 10,000 yuan shall be imposed; in serious cases, a fine of not less than 10,000 yuan but not more than 100,000 yuan shall be imposed:
(1) Neglecting the performance of trademark administration duties, thereby causing damage to consumers;
(2) A collective trademark registrant, without justifiable reasons, refuses to permit its organizational members to use the collective trademark, or a certification trademark registrant, without justifiable reasons, refuses to permit qualified applicants to use the certification trademark;
(3) Exercising the exclusive right to use a registered trademark in violation of this Law, relevant administrative regulations, or relevant national regulations, thereby causing an adverse influence.

Article 61 For violations of the provisions of Article 8 of this Law, the department responsible for trademark law enforcement shall order application for registration within a time limit; if the illegal business turnover is 50,000 yuan or more, a fine of not more than twenty percent of the illegal business turnover may be imposed; where there is no illegal business turnover or the illegal business turnover is less than 50,000 yuan, a fine of not more than 10,000 yuan may be imposed.

Article 62 Where an unregistered trademark is used to impersonate a registered trademark, or where the use of an unregistered trademark violates the provisions of Article 15 or the first paragraph of Article 16 of this Law, the department responsible for trademark law enforcement shall order correction within a time limit; if the illegal business turnover is 50,000 yuan or more, a fine of not more than twenty percent of the illegal business turnover may be imposed; where there is no illegal business turnover or the illegal business turnover is less than 50,000 yuan, a fine of not more than 10,000 yuan may be imposed.

Article 63 For a trademark known to the relevant public, when the holder considers that their rights are being infringed, they may request protection for a well-known trademark in accordance with the provisions of this Law.

During the process of trademark registration examination and hearing, or the investigation and handling of trademark illegal acts or unfair competition cases, where a party asserts rights in accordance with the law, the trademark administration department of the State Council may, according to the needs of handling the case, make a confirmation regarding the well-known status of the trademark.

During the hearing of trademark civil cases, trademark administrative cases, or unfair competition cases, where a party asserts rights in accordance with the law, a people's court designated by the Supreme People's Court may, according to the needs of hearing the case, make a confirmation regarding the well-known status of the trademark.

The well-known status of a trademark shall be confirmed based on the request of a party as a fact that needs to be determined for handling trademark-related cases. The confirmation of the well-known status of a trademark shall comprehensively consider the following factors:
(1) The degree of awareness of the trademark among the relevant public;
(2) The duration, manner, and geographical scope of the use of the trademark;
(3) The duration, extent, and geographical scope of any publicity work for the trademark;
(4) The records of protection for the trademark, especially the records of protection as a well-known trademark;
(5) Other factors regarding the well-known status of the trademark.

Article 64 Producers and operators shall not use the words "well-known trademark" on goods, packaging of goods, or containers, or in advertising, publicity, exhibitions, and other commercial activities.

For violations of the preceding paragraph, the department responsible for trademark law enforcement shall order correction and impose a fine of not more than 100,000 yuan.

Article 65 Trademark agencies and trademark agency practitioners shall follow the principle of integrity, abide by laws and administrative regulations, adhere to professional ethics and professional discipline, fulfill the obligation of due diligence, maintain the legitimate rights and interests of clients, and shall not implement or assist clients in implementing behaviors that damage the interests of the state, the public interest of society, or the legitimate rights and interests of others.

Trademark agencies shall handle trademark registration applications or other trademark matters according to the entrustment of the client; they shall bear an obligation of confidentiality regarding the client's trade secrets learned during the agency process; where a trademark applied for by a client may fall under the circumstances where registration is prohibited by this Law, the trademark agency shall clearly inform the client.

Trademark agency practitioners shall undertake trademark agency business according to the assignment of the trademark agency and shall not accept entrustments on their own. Trademark agency practitioners shall not engage in trademark agency business in more than one trademark agency simultaneously. Trademark agency practitioners are responsible for the trademark agency business for which they sign.

Trademark agencies shall report relevant information of the agency and its trademark agency practitioners to the trademark administration department of the State Council for the record. Departments responsible for trademark administration work and trademark law enforcement at all levels shall strengthen the management of trademark agencies and trademark agency practitioners.

Article 66 Trademark agency industry organizations are self-regulatory organizations of the trademark agency industry.

Trademark agency industry organizations shall, in accordance with the provisions of their articles of association, strictly implement the conditions for admitting members, strengthen industry self-regulation, formulate industry self-regulation norms and disciplinary rules, carry out business training and education on professional ethics and professional discipline, organize and guide members to engage in trademark agency business in accordance with laws and regulations, continuously improve the level of industry service, and implement discipline against members who violate industry self-regulation norms. Trademark agency industry organizations shall promptly disclose to the public the status of their admission of members and the implementation of discipline.

Article 67 Where a trademark agency engages in any of the following behaviors, the department responsible for trademark law enforcement shall order correction within a time limit and impose a fine of not less than 10,000 yuan but not more than 100,000 yuan; in serious cases, a fine of not less than 100,000 yuan but not more than 200,000 yuan shall be imposed; the persons in charge directly responsible and other directly responsible persons shall be given a warning and a fine of not less than 5,000 yuan but not more than 50,000 yuan; in serious cases, a fine of not less than 50,000 yuan but not more than 100,000 yuan shall be imposed:
(1) During the process of handling trademark matters, forging, altering, or using forged or altered legal documents, seals, or signatures;
(2) Soliciting trademark agency business through means such as fraud, deception, or disparagement of other trademark agencies;
(3) Accepting entrustment from both parties with a conflict of interest in the same trademark case;
(4) Accepting entrustment despite knowing or being expected to know that the trademark applied for by the client falls under the circumstances provided in Article 15, the first paragraph of Article 16, Article 19, Article 21, Article 22, or Article 24 of this Law;
(5) Violating the provisions of Article 25 of this Law or having the circumstances provided in Article 54 of this Law;
(6) Disturbing the order of the trademark agency market through other improper means.

Where a trademark agency engages in the behaviors provided in the preceding paragraph and the circumstances are serious, the trademark administration department of the State Council may decide to stop accepting its trademark agency business and make an announcement.

Where a trademark agency has not been filed for the record in accordance with the law, the department responsible for trademark law enforcement shall order correction within a time limit; if correction is not made within the time limit, a fine of not less than 10,000 yuan but not more than 50,000 yuan shall be imposed.

Where a trademark agency violates the principle of integrity, fails to fulfill the obligation of due diligence, and infringes upon the legitimate interests of a client, it shall bear civil liability in accordance with the law and shall be disciplined by the trademark agency industry organization in accordance with the provisions of its articles of association.

Article 68 Where a trademark agency practitioner engages in any of the following behaviors, the department responsible for trademark law enforcement shall order correction within a time limit, issue a warning, and impose a fine of not less than 5,000 yuan but not more than 50,000 yuan; in serious cases, a fine of not less than 50,000 yuan but not more than 100,000 yuan shall be imposed:
(1) Accepting entrustment to handle trademark agency business on one's own;
(2) Engaging in trademark agency business in more than one trademark agency simultaneously;
(3) Other behaviors that seriously disturb the order of the trademark agency market.

Article 69 During the process of examining and hearing overseas trademark registration or handling trademark cases, where it is necessary to prove that a trademark is known to the relevant public within the territory of China, the trademark administration department of the State Council may, at the request of a party, make a confirmation regarding the well-known status of the trademark in accordance with the provisions of Article 63 of this Law.

Where an overseas trademark registration application or other trademark matters are handled for a client within the territory of China through improper means such as fraud, thereby damaging the interests of the client, the interests of the state, the public interest of society, or the legitimate rights and interests of others, they shall be handled and punished in accordance with the provisions of Article 67 of this Law.

Article 70 For illegal acts such as using a registered trademark in a manner that misleads the public or infringing upon the exclusive right to use a registered trademark, any unit or individual has the right to lodge a complaint or report to the departments responsible for trademark administration work and trademark law enforcement.

Chapter VIII
Protection of the Exclusive Right to Use Registered Trademarks

Article 71 The exclusive right to use a registered trademark is limited to the trademark approved for registration and the goods for which use is approved.

Article 72 Any of the following behaviors shall constitute an infringement of the exclusive right to use a registered trademark:
(1) Using a trademark identical to the registrant's registered trademark on the same goods without the permission of the trademark registrant;
(2) Using a trademark similar to the registrant's registered trademark on the same goods, or using a trademark identical or similar to the registrant's registered trademark on similar goods, in a manner that is likely to cause confusion, without the permission of the trademark registrant;
(3) Selling goods that infringe upon the exclusive right to use a registered trademark;
(4) Forging or unauthorized manufacturing of another person's registered trademark mark, or selling forged or unauthorized manufactured registered trademark marks;
(5) Changing a registrant's registered trademark without the consent of the trademark registrant and putting the goods with the changed trademark back into the market;
(6) Intentionally providing convenient conditions for the infringement of another person's exclusive right to use a registered trademark, or helping others to implement acts that infringe upon the exclusive right to use a registered trademark;
(7) Causing other damages to another person's exclusive right to use a registered trademark.

Article 73 The generic name, graphic, or model of the goods contained in a registered trademark, or those that directly indicate the category, nature, quality, main raw materials, functions, uses, weight, quantity, value, geographical origin, or other characteristics of the goods, or the place names contained therein, shall not entitle the holder of the exclusive right to use the registered trademark to prohibit others from legitimate use.

Shapes, color combinations, sounds, dynamic marks, etc., contained in a registered trademark which are produced solely by the nature of the goods themselves, are necessary to obtain a technical effect, or make the goods possess substantial value, shall not entitle the holder of the exclusive right to use the registered trademark to prohibit others from legitimate use.

Where a registered trademark is used solely to indicate information such as the intended use, target audience, or application scenario of the goods provided, or to indicate the true source, the holder of the exclusive right to use the registered trademark shall not have the right to prohibit others from legitimate use, except where it is likely to cause confusion.

Where, prior to a trademark registrant's application for trademark registration, another person has already used a trademark on the same goods or similar goods that is identical or similar to the registered trademark and has a certain influence, the holder of the exclusive right to use the registered trademark shall not have the right to prohibit such user from continuing to use said trademark within the original scope of use, but may require them to add appropriate distinguishing marks.

Article 74 Where a dispute arises from any of the infringing acts listed in Article 72 of this Law, the parties shall resolve it through consultation; if they are unwilling to consult or consultation fails, the trademark registrant or an interested party may file a lawsuit in a people's court or request the department responsible for trademark law enforcement to handle it.

When the department responsible for trademark law enforcement handles the matter and determines that the infringing act is established, it shall order the immediate cessation of the infringing act, confiscate the infringing goods and the tools mainly used to manufacture the infringing goods or forge registered trademark marks; if the illegal business turnover is 50,000 yuan or more, a fine of not more than five times the illegal business turnover may be concurrently imposed; where there is no illegal business turnover or the illegal business turnover is less than 50,000 yuan, a fine of not more than 250,000 yuan may be concurrently imposed. For those who commit trademark infringement acts two or more times within five years or have other serious circumstances, punishment shall be heavier. For the sale of goods where it is not known that they infringe upon the exclusive right to use a registered trademark, if it can be proven that the goods were legally obtained by oneself and the provider is explained, the department responsible for trademark law enforcement shall order the cessation of sales.

Regarding disputes over the amount of compensation for infringing the exclusive right to use a registered trademark, the parties may request mediation by the department responsible for trademark law enforcement, or may file a lawsuit in a people's court in accordance with the "Civil Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China." If, after mediation by the department responsible for trademark law enforcement, the parties fail to reach an agreement or fail to perform after the mediation document takes effect, the parties may file a lawsuit in a people's court in accordance with the "Civil Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China."

Article 75 The department responsible for trademark law enforcement has the authority to investigate and handle acts that infringe upon the exclusive right to use a registered trademark in accordance with the law.

Where an infringement of the exclusive right to use a registered trademark is suspected of constituting a crime, the department responsible for trademark law enforcement shall promptly transfer the case to the public security organs for handling in accordance with the law; where criminal responsibility is not required to be pursued or criminal punishment is exempted in accordance with the law, but administrative punishment should be given, the public security organs, the people's procuratorate, and the people's courts shall promptly transfer the case to the department responsible for trademark law enforcement for handling in accordance with the law. Where the public security organs, the people's procuratorate, or the people's courts request the department responsible for trademark law enforcement and the department responsible for trademark registration and administration to provide professional support, identification opinions, and assistance such as harmless disposal of infringing items, the relevant departments shall provide assistance in a timely manner.

Article 76 When the department responsible for trademark law enforcement investigates and handles acts suspected of infringing upon another person's exclusive right to use a registered trademark based on obtained evidence of suspected illegality or complaints and reports, it may exercise the following powers:
(1) To question relevant parties and investigate circumstances related to the infringement of another person's exclusive right to use a registered trademark;
(2) To review and copy contracts, invoices, account books, vouchers, documents, records, business correspondence, audiovisual materials, electronic data, and other relevant materials of the parties related to the infringing activities;
(3) To conduct on-site inspections of premises where a party is suspected of engaging in activities that infringe upon another person's exclusive right to use a registered trademark;
(4) To inspect items related to the infringing activities; for items for which there is evidence proving they infringe upon another person's exclusive right to use a registered trademark, they may be sealed or seized;
(5) In circumstances where evidence may be lost or will be difficult to obtain later, they may perform preliminary registration and preservation.

When the department responsible for trademark law enforcement exercises the powers provided in the preceding paragraph in accordance with the law, the parties shall provide assistance and cooperation and shall not refuse or obstruct.

During the process of investigating and handling trademark infringement cases, where there is a dispute over trademark ownership or where the right holder simultaneously files a trademark infringement lawsuit in a people's court, the department responsible for trademark law enforcement may suspend the investigation and handling of the case. Once the reason for suspension is eliminated, the investigation and handling procedure of the case shall be resumed or terminated.

Article 77 The amount of compensation for infringing the exclusive right to use a registered trademark shall be determined according to the actual losses suffered by the right holder due to the infringement or the interests obtained by the infringer due to the infringement; where the losses of the right holder or the interests obtained by the infringer are difficult to determine, they shall be reasonably determined with reference to the multiple of the licensing fee of said trademark. For intentional infringement of the exclusive right to use a registered trademark in serious cases, the compensation amount may be determined between one time and five times the amount determined according to the aforementioned methods.

To determine the amount of compensation, where the right holder has made every effort to provide evidence, but the account books and materials related to the infringing act are mainly held by the infringer, the people's court may order the infringer to provide account books and materials related to the infringing act; if the infringer does not provide or provides false account books and materials, the people's court may determine the compensation amount with reference to the claims and evidence provided by the right holder.

Where the actual losses suffered by the right holder due to the infringement, the interests obtained by the infringer due to the infringement, or the licensing fees of the registered trademark are difficult to determine, the people's court shall award compensation of not more than five million yuan based on the circumstances of the infringing act.

The compensation amount shall also include reasonable expenses paid by the right holder to stop the infringing act.

When a people's court hears trademark dispute cases, at the request of the right holder, for goods that belong to counterfeit registered trademarks, except in special circumstances, it shall order their destruction; for materials and tools mainly used to manufacture goods with counterfeit registered trademarks, it shall order their destruction without compensation; or in special circumstances, it shall order that the aforementioned materials and tools be prohibited from entering commercial channels without compensation.

Goods with counterfeit registered trademarks shall not enter commercial channels merely after the counterfeit registered trademark has been removed.

Article 78 Where a right holder requests compensation and the alleged infringer raises a defense that the exclusive right to use the registered trademark was not used by the exclusive right holder, the people's court may require the exclusive right holder to provide evidence of actual use of said registered trademark within the three years prior to the occurrence of the infringing act. If the exclusive right holder cannot prove actual use of said registered trademark within the preceding three years, and also cannot prove other losses suffered due to the infringing act, the alleged infringer shall not bear liability for compensation.

For the sale of goods where it is not known that they infringe upon the exclusive right to use a registered trademark, if it can be proven that the goods were legally obtained by oneself and the provider is explained, no liability for compensation shall be borne.

Article 79 Where a trademark registrant or an interested party has evidence proving that another person is implementing or is about to implement an act that infringes upon their exclusive right to use a registered trademark, and if failure to stop it in a timely manner will cause irreparable damage to their legitimate rights and interests, they may, in accordance with the law, apply to a people's court before filing a lawsuit for measures such as ordering the cessation of relevant acts and property preservation.

Article 80 To stop infringing acts, in circumstances where evidence may be lost or will be difficult to obtain later, a trademark registrant or an interested party may, in accordance with the law, apply to a people's court for evidence preservation before filing a lawsuit.

Article 81 For trademark litigation filed through means such as malicious collusion or unilateral fabrication of basic facts, the people's court shall impose penalties in accordance with the law; if damage is caused to the opposing party, civil liability shall be borne in accordance with the law.

Article 82 Public officials engaged in trademark registration, administration, and law enforcement work must enforce the law impartially, maintain integrity and self-discipline, be loyal to their duties, and provide civilized service.

Departments responsible for trademark registration and administration work and departments responsible for trademark law enforcement, as well as public officials engaged in trademark registration, administration, and law enforcement work, shall not engage in trademark agency business or commodity production and operation activities.

Article 83 The departments responsible for trademark registration and administration work and the departments responsible for trademark law enforcement shall establish and improve internal supervision systems and conduct supervision and inspection regarding the implementation of laws, administrative regulations, and compliance with discipline by public officials engaged in trademark registration, administration, and law enforcement work.

Article 84 Where public officials engaged in trademark registration, administration, and law enforcement work violate the provisions of this Law by engaging in trademark agency business or commodity production and operation activities, or by abusing power, dereliction of duty, or malpractice, they shall be disciplined in accordance with the law under any of the following circumstances:
(1) Granting trademark registration to those who do not meet the conditions for trademark registration, thereby causing an adverse influence;
(2) Failing to make decisions such as ordering correction or administrative punishment when required by law;
(3) Failing to perform trademark administration or law enforcement duties in accordance with the law upon discovering illegal acts or receiving complaints and reports;
(4) Other behaviors that should be subject to discipline in accordance with the law.

Article 85 Where a violation of the provisions of this Law constitutes a crime, criminal responsibility shall be pursued in accordance with the law.

Chapter IX
Supplementary Provisions

Article 86 When applying for trademark registration or handling other trademark matters, fees shall be paid, the specific charging standards of which shall be separately determined.

Article 87 This Law shall be implemented as of January 1, 2027.

Trademarks already registered before the implementation of this Law shall remain valid.

(Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, June 26)

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Every Party member is a banner

By: 本报记者 张艺开

“A single Party member is a 'flag' among the masses; the advanced image of hundreds of millions of Communist Party members is the glorious image of our Party.”

Through more than a hundred years of wind and rain, the Communist Party of China has progressed from having only about 50 members at its founding—igniting a 燎原星火> (liáo yuán xīng huǒ - "prairie fire of sparks," a widespread movement starting from a small spark) that changed the world—to having over 100 million members today, uniting and leading the people of all ethnic groups across the country to continuously push forward the great cause of building a strong nation and national rejuvenation.

For a political party, the most difficult thing is to remain unchanged in its original aspiration despite undergoing many vicissitudes, and to remain true to its original character despite being weathered by many frosts.

Since the new era, the vast number of Communist Party members have kept their original aspiration and mission firmly in mind, always remaining in heart with the people, sharing joys and tribulations with the people, and striving together with the people, allowing the Party emblem to shine brightly in the construction of Chinese modernization and letting the Party flag fly high at the grassroots frontlines.

Firmly Uphold Ideal Beliefs and Stand Tall with Spiritual Backbone

General Secretary Xi Jinping has pointed out, “Firmly upholding ideal beliefs and adhering to the spiritual pursuits of Communists has always been the fundamental basis for Communists to establish themselves and live.”

In the early morning, in Yumaixiang (玉麦乡) Township, Longzi County, Shannan City, Tibet, the 65-year-old veteran Party member Zhuoga pushed open her door and drove her yaks onto the road for patrolling the borders. She has walked this road for decades.

In this snowy borderland surrounded by mountains, Yumaixiang, at an altitude of over 3,600 meters, once only had the father, Sangjie Quba, living with the two sisters, Zhuoga and Yangzong. Sangjie Quba was also the first township head of Yumaixiang; this place was once known as the "Three-Person Township."

“Let us also go outside the mountains!” When they were young, the sisters Zhuoga and Yangzong would often plead with their father.

“If we leave, there will be no one left on this land,” Sangjie Quba said, looking at his daughters.

This exhortation was remembered by Zhuoga and Yangzong for half a lifetime with the loyalty of Party members. Two generations, through more than half a century of steadfastness, have written an answer sheet for defending the borders for the country.

The steadfast belief has inspired more and more people—

Yangzong's son, Solon Donzhu, returned and became the first college student to return to Yumaixiang Township; Zhuoga's eldest daughter, Basang Zhuoga, returned and became a rural revitalization specialist; last year, the "post-00s" teacher Yang Dandan also came to Yumaixiang Primary School...

Today, more than 250 people are settled in the "Three-Person Township," and in 2025, the per capita disposable income of the entire township exceeded 49,000 yuan.

With faith in one's heart, there is strength in one's footsteps.

At the turn of the century, Mao Xianglin, the Party branch secretary of Xiazhuang Village, Wushan County, Chongqing, led villagers to hang on the edge of a hundred-meter-high cliff, using only a hammer and a chisel to carve out an 8-kilometer "sky road" from the precipice, resolving the mountain predicament that had plagued generations. “In the past, we chiseled sky roads; now, we open prosperity roads.” Today, the nearly seventy-year-old Mao Xianglin has once again taken the initiative to learn how to use short videos to conduct live-streamed sales for Xiazhuang Village.

Having worked on the frontlines of black soil protection for over forty years, Wang Guiman—the deputy director of the Jilin Lishu Experimental Station of the China Agricultural University and a National Outstanding Communist Party Member—has taken root in the fields to overcome difficulties, allowing the once compacted and salinized "broken-skin yellow" plots to return to being oily and productive. Currently, he is fully promoting the "Lishu Model" of conservation tillage, a technology that has been implemented and promoted across more than 100 million mu in four northeastern provinces and autonomous regions.

The new era is an era of strivers; the vast number of Communist Party members harbor ideal beliefs and strive to contribute with unswerving determination.

In Yanling County, Zhuzhou City, Hunan Province, yellow peaches hang in clusters from the branches, and the county's total output value of yellow peaches has reached 3.5 billion yuan. With a harvest in sight this year, the fruit farmers are thinking of one person even more: the former secretary of the County Party Committee, Huang Shiyan.

In 2011, the 47-year-old Huang Shiyan came to Yanling to serve as the county Party committee secretary, his footsteps covering the homes of more than 3,900 impoverished households across 120 villages in the county... Through in-depth research, he proposed developing the yellow peach industry, causing the county's poverty rate to drop from 16.57% at the end of 2013 to 0.65% in 2017. In November 2019, after finishing the last county-wide poverty alleviation scheduling meeting, Huang Shiyan, exhausted from many consecutive days of work, collapsed at his poverty alleviation post after struggling through more than 3,000 days and nights.

There was Li Baoguo, a professor at Hebei Agricultural University who, during his lifetime, turned millions of mu of barren mountains into mountains of gold; there was Huang Wenxiu, who returned to her hometown to devote herself to the cause of poverty alleviation after graduating with a master's degree from Beijing Normal University and collapsed on her way back to work... On the battlefield of the fight against poverty, more than 1,800 Party members and cadres sacrificed their precious lives for the cause of poverty reduction.

Once the fire of ideal belief is ignited, it never goes out.

Remember the Original Aspiration of Serving the People and Never Forget the Original Character of Being a Public Servant

Serving the people wholeheartedly is the fundamental purpose of the Party and the unremitting pursuit of generation after generation of Communist Party members of China.

“Don't be in a hurry, take your blood pressure medicine on time...” Early in the morning, the Party member Lu Shengmei, who is over eighty years old, answered a patient's phone call. For decades, regardless of day or night, summer or winter, answering calls and resolving questions has been her habit.

In the 1960s, the youthful Lu Shengmei rushed from Beijing to Jia County in northern Shaanxi, crossing mountains and ridges to provide free medical consultations at people's doors, leading the establishment of the county's first regular pediatric department, and forming a volunteer medical team, practicing the simple vow of "working for the Party for fifty years, serving the people of Jia County for fifty years," carrying an original aspiration for the people, and "blossoming all along the way."

“As long as I am alive, I will escort them to their exams; if a student has not left the campus, I will accompany them wherever they go.” This year, Zhang Guimei, the Party branch secretary and principal of Huaping Girls' Senior High School in Lijiang, Yunnan, welcomed her sixteenth consecutive year of escorting students to exams. Suffering from multiple diseases, she has walked over 100,000 kilometers on rugged mountain roads for home visits over the past 10 years; she has invested all of her personal salary, bonuses, and various subsidies into the nation's first free girls' high school, having donated over a million yuan to date, lighting up the educational dreams of nearly 2,000 mountain girls.

Party cadres must be public servants of the people, loyal to the people, regarding the people's joys and sorrows as their own, and the people's hardships and sweetness as their own.

When installing elevators in old buildings, residents on the first floor strongly opposed it, while the elderly upstairs longed for it day and night. Xie Lan, the Party committee secretary of Xingqiao Community in the Liangjiang New Area of Chongqing, sat in a circle with the residents, listening to their concerns, recording their demands, and inviting people to survey and modify the hallways to minimize the impact. Once the knots in their hearts were untied, all 45 buildings in Xingqiao Community have begun installing elevators.

Having taken root in the community for over twenty years, Xie Lan's notebook is densely filled: red ink marks demands, and black ink lists solutions. Through the "Small Courtyard Deliberation Hall," she guided residents to change from "bystanders" to "masters of the house." "There is no 'secret' to doing mass work; if you hold the masses in your heart, the masses will hold you in theirs," Xie Lan said.

Always in the same boat and in heart with the masses, they come from different posts, yet they share a common name: Communist Party members.

Dare to Act, Act Practically, and Act Well; Love the Country, Serve the Country, and Strengthen the Country

General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that all comrades in the Party must maintain the heroic spirit of "the more dangerous, the further forward," maintain the high-spirited fighting spirit of "daring to teach the sun and moon to change into a new sky," work hard with heads down, overcome difficulties, and strive to create achievements that are worthy of the Party, worthy of the people, and worthy of the era.

In the intelligent production workshop of Aero Engine Shenyang Liming Aviation Engine Co., Ltd., aviation products are smooth and bright. Senior technician Hong Jiaguang leans over to debug the operating console, repeatedly correcting the contact points for the blade tooling positioning; through dozens of fine adjustments, he "translates" his own practical feel and experience into quantified process parameters, entering them into the intelligent production line to continuously raise processing precision.

Aviation engines are the hearts of domestically produced fighter jets; a difference in precision of a hair's breadth can lead to a thousand-mile error in safety. For over 20 years, Hong Jiaguang has led his team to innovate more than 200 tooling and tool manufacturing technologies and solve more than 500 processing problems, making the "Chinese heart" of domestically produced fighter jets increasingly powerful.

In the new era, the vast number of Communist Party members stand at the frontlines, breaking through obstacles with practical work and building new achievements through innovation.

Without a human companion, running in a highly anthropomorphic posture, the torch handover is completed smoothly. In November 2025, at the launch ceremony of the torch relay for the 15th National Games, the world's first 5G-A humanoid robot, "Kuafu," became the focus.

"Kuafu" was developed by Leju Intelligent (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. The company's chairman and a "post-90s" Party member, Leng Xiaokun, will not forget the sense of frustration when the robot fell time and again, the depression when algorithm iterations failed, the blockade of overseas technologies in the early stages of entrepreneurship, and the questioning voices from within the industry...

"When we could not see a direction, it was the Long March spirit that allowed us to persevere." Leng Xiaokun played the role of a Party member pioneer, forming a task force and rooting himself in the laboratory to tackle key problems day and night. In 2026, the country's first 10,000-unit-level humanoid robot automated production line officially went into production, with one "Kuafu" coming off the line every 30 minutes. The localization rate of the company's core technology has increased from less than 5% to over 95%.

By integrating personal ideal pursuits into the cause of the Party and the state, the vast number of Communist Party members hold high aspirations and strive with unswerving determination.

At nightfall, the Huang Danian Tea Room at Jilin University is brightly lit, with students buried in study and thought.

"The country is calling; I should go back!" In 2009, Huang Danian resolutely gave up a prosperous life overseas to return to his alma mater to work, devoting his full passion to the country's geophysics cause and making outstanding contributions to China's "sky patrolling," "earth probing," and "sea delving."

"Revitalizing China is the responsibility of our generation!" This sentence, which Huang Danian left in his graduation yearbook in 1982, he practiced with his entire life. His successors, in turn, inherit it through the relay.

Today, hundreds of "Huang Danian-style Teacher Teams in National Universities" have emerged across the country, and the vast number of teachers and scientific researchers are integrating their patriotism and will to serve the country into the great practice of accelerating the construction of a powerful country in education, science and technology, and talent.

Forever Maintain the Original Character of Integrity and Cultivate a Spirit of Cleanliness and Uprightness

Mixing mortar, swinging shovels to move earth... in Xinxinzhuang Village, Qingzu Town, Puyang County, Puyang City, Henan Province, the old house renovation site is a scene of bustle, and the 75-year-old village Party branch secretary, Li Liancheng, came early to inspect.

“In conjunction with the villagers' wishes, the village plans to upgrade old houses this year,” Li Liancheng introduced. The house funds are specially managed by a financial management group; neither he nor the village cadres "handle" the money, and representatives from each village group supervise the entire process.

Since taking up the post of village Party branch secretary in 1991, Li Liancheng has not asked the masses for a single cigarette nor a single cup of wine, and has continuously improved the village affairs supervision mechanism and broadened the channels for mass deliberation. From gratuitously teaching vegetable planting techniques to implementing a shareholding system to lead villagers in increasing their income, he has led the masses to turn a backward village that "only grew salt-alkali and not crops" into a star village with a per capita annual income exceeding 40,000 yuan.

The words Li Liancheng often says are carved on a stone monument in front of the village Party-masses service center: "If you are a cadre, you should be able to suffer losses."

Cultivate great virtue, uphold public morality, and strictly observe private morality; live with integrity and do things cleanly, forever maintaining the political character of integrity and incorruptibility of Communists.

“Small matters are not small; the people's heart is paramount,” this sentence written in the work notes of Jin Zhaodong, the former deputy secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission of Jintang County, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, became the portrayal of his life. When he was a village Party secretary, he built roads and channels to promote industries; as the deputy secretary of the county Discipline Inspection Commission, he traveled to the fields and ridges, promoting the connection of tap water to Shanjiang Village and resolving the "transportation difficulty" of olive oil in Gongjia Village...

“This person is pleading, that person is pleading; which one is pleading for the common people?” After working in Jintang County for less than two years, Jin Zhaodong's reputation for being "iron-faced and ruthless" spread; he led the handling of 45 cases, recovering more than 78 million yuan in economic losses, and finally collapsed from exhaustion on the frontline of anti-corruption.

Liao Junbo, the former member of the Standing Committee of the Nanping Municipal Party Committee and Vice Mayor of Nanping, Fujian Province, was also iron-faced and selfless toward a childhood playmate, always emphasizing, "If anyone uses my name to handle private affairs, do not pay them any mind..."

In the dictionary of Communists, the boundaries between public and private, righteousness and profit, right and wrong, and honor and disgrace have always been crystal clear.

Under the guidance of Xi Jinping's thought on Party building, the vast number of Party members and cadres insist on producing achievements for the people and producing achievements through practical work, actively throwing themselves into the practice of Chinese modernization construction, and striving to write a brand-new chapter that is worthy of the Party, worthy of the people, and worthy of the era.

(Participated in the writing: Wang Mingfeng, Zheng Zhiwen, Shen Jingran, Sun Chao, Hu Jingyi, Jiang Xiaodan, Xu Yuyao, Ye Chuanzeng, Jia Fengfeng, Zhao Shuaijie)

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The Appearance of Communist Party Members in the New Era

By: 张 铁

During interviews, I met such a Party member—

In July 2024, Caoping Town (曹坪镇), Zhashui County (柞水县), Shaanxi encountered severe flooding. While Mao Song (毛嵩), then the Party Committee Secretary of the town, was inspecting the disaster situation, he suddenly encountered a mountain flash flood and held onto a tree, waiting for more than four hours. After being rescued, he organized more than 60 Party members and cadres to carry disaster relief supplies on their backs and trek up the mountain to rush to the trapped villages.

When asked, "Were you afraid?" he replied, "I could not afford to worry about that, because I am a Party member. At critical moments, if I am there, the masses will feel at ease."

His story was not reported in the newspapers, nor did it make the "hot search" lists. Yet, it is precisely such an ordinary Party member who allows one to see the weight of the two words "Party member"; and it is precisely through tens of millions of such ordinary Party members that the appearance of Communist Party members in the new era is collectively etched out.

General Secretary Xi Jinping has emphasized, "The Communist Party of China is the world's largest political party. Being large, it must have the manner of being large." In contemporary China, the rivers and mountains are magnificent, the people are heroic, and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is unstoppable. Communist Party members should even more so achieve a new appearance in the new era.

This appearance is imprinted with more than a hundred years of continuous red genes.

This year marks the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, and also the 90th anniversary of the victory of the Long March. In the relay Long March of generations of Communists, there is etched the conviction of Li Dazhao that "the highest ideal of life lies in seeking the attainment of truth"; there is etched the concept of Jiao Yulu of "carrying the entire people in one's heart"; and there is also etched the dedication of Zhang Fuqing, who 深藏功与名> (shēn cáng gōng yǔ míng - "deeply hid both merit and name," to remain humble and uncelebrated despite great achievements) for more than 60 years...

On a journey of more than a century, countless Communists have merged the "small self" into the "large self," marking the elevation of their spirit. Walking along the footprints of their predecessors, the red bloodline connects today's Communist Party members with tens of millions of great souls.

Every generation has its own mission. Because Communist Party members of the new era have experienced wind and rain and seen the world, they have grown their capabilities and strengthened their bones; they have forged hard spines and iron shoulders, painting their own appearance into the journey of national rejuvenation and integrating into the great tide of Chinese-style modernization.

This appearance is concrete and vivid.

Returning to the countryside for poverty alleviation, dedicating youth, and collapsing on the way back to work—this is the appearance of Huang Wenxiu (黄文秀); wearing a red cloak and galloping across the snowy plains—this is the appearance of He Jiaolong (贺娇龙); with eyes firm and clear, not retreating a single step in the face of the enemy—this is the appearance of Chen Xiangrong (陈祥榕)...

This is a common feeling for many: those who rush to the front in emergencies, dangers, and heavy tasks; those who lead the way in innovation and creation; those who are most active in daily work—one often asks, and the answer is "a Party member." Although their professions and posts differ, all Communist Party members share a common identity and a common spiritual coordinate.

Only when Party members are "vanguards" can our Party become an "advance guard." "One Party member is 'a flag' among the masses; the advanced image of millions of Communist Party members is the glorious image of our Party." Today, more than 100 million Party members are fighting in all walks of life, using youth and hot blood, sacrifice and dedication, struggle and perseverance to depict the appearance of a large Party.

This appearance is also the appearance of China in the new era.

Dreams are realized one after another, full of vitality and vigor, continuing the national spirit, and connecting closely with the world... The long river of history is magnificent and grand; generation after generation has continued to struggle, creating the myriad splendors of China today.

Village Party secretaries born in the 1980s lead villagers to plant apples and sell local specialties abroad; scientific researchers born in the 1990s become "chief designers" of spacecraft and satellites, flying toward the seas of stars; athletes born in the 2000s make the five-star red flag rise time and again on international arenas... credible, lovable, and respectable; confident, independent, and self-reliant. The Communist Party members of the new era are permeated by the temperament of the times, and they also shape the temperament of the times.

The new era in which we are situated is "an era of creating a bright future amidst new tests and challenges." Standing at the starting point of the "15th Five-Year Plan," facing the dream of national rejuvenation, Communist Party members aspire to have spirit, toughness, and confidence; they will surely be able to lead hundreds of millions of people to fight for an even more beautiful China with wisdom and sweat.

"The Communist Party of China is committed to the eternal cause of the Chinese nation; the hundred-year mark is precisely when one is in the prime of life!" Like a towering giant tree, where new buds break through branches year after year and branches extend annually, the Communist Party members of the new era—just like our Party, our country, our nation, and our people—are full of vigor and in the prime of life.

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Editors: Shi Juan, Ye Qi, Song Fei, Dai Linfeng

Layout Design: Wang Zheping

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Stay true to the pioneering spirit and achieve great things on the new journey

General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "The new era is an era that requires heroes and is certainly capable of producing heroes. The Communist Party of China must always be the vanguard of the era and the backbone of the nation, and the ranks of Party members must be exceptionally strong."

Party members are the cells of the Party's organism; the Party's advanced nature and purity must rely on the advanced nature and purity of millions upon millions of Party members to be embodied. Keeping the General Secretary's exhortations firmly in mind, the broad masses of Communist Party members shall forever maintain their original color as vanguards, being able to be recognized in ordinary times, able to stand out at critical moments, and able to commit themselves at moments of peril, achieving great things on the new journey of building socialism in a modern way, and writing an answer sheet that is worthy of the era.

Shuttling through streets and alleys, they watch over the lights of ten thousand homes; plowing in fields and at the edges of plots, they tread out new paths of development; walking through mountain villages and fields, they protect the lucid waters and lush mountains; rooting themselves in the front lines of scientific research, they bravely venture into the "no-man's land" of scientific and technological innovation... From river and sea docks to the vast deserts and Gobi, from fertile plains to the snowy plateau regions, amidst the magnificent mountains and rivers, countless Communist Party members keep the Party's original aspiration and mission firmly in mind, struggling unremittingly, struggling forever, and advancing bravely toward the second centenary goal of struggle!

— Editor

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Editors: Shi Juan, Ye Qi, Song Fei, Dai Linfeng, Zhang Yikai

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Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China

Order of the President of the People's Republic of China
No. 77

The "Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China" has been revised and adopted by the twenty-third session of the Standing Committee of the fourteenth National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China on June 26, 2026, and is hereby promulgated, to be implemented as of January 1, 2027.

President of the People's Republic of China: Xi Jinping
June 26, 2026

Contents

Chapter I: General Provisions
Chapter II: Conditions for Trademark Registration
Chapter III: Application for Trademark Registration
Chapter IV: Examination and Approval of Trademark Registration
Chapter V: Renewal, Change, Transfer, and Cancellation of Registered Trademarks
Chapter VI: Declaration of Invalidity of Registered Trademarks
Chapter VII: Trademark Administration
Chapter VIII: Protection of the Exclusive Right to Use Registered Trademarks
Chapter IX: Supplementary Provisions

Chapter I
General Provisions

Article 1 This Law is formulated to protect the exclusive right to use registered trademarks, strengthen trademark administration, standardize the registration and use of trademarks, urge producers and operators to ensure the quality of goods and services, maintain trademark reputation, safeguard the interests of consumers and producers and operators, and promote the healthy development of the socialist market economy.

Article 2 The term "trademark" as used in this Law refers to a sign used to identify and distinguish the source of goods or services, including trademarks for goods and service marks. The provisions of this Law concerning trademarks for goods shall apply to service marks.

The term "use of a trademark" as used in this Law refers to the act of using a trademark on goods, commodity packaging or containers, as well as on commercial transaction documents, or using a trademark in advertising, publicity, exhibitions, and other commercial activities, for the purpose of identifying and distinguishing the source of goods.

The use of a trademark as referred to in the preceding paragraph includes use implemented through the Internet and other information networks.

Article 3 Trademark work shall implement the strategic deployment of the Party and the state regarding intellectual property, and enhance the levels of trademark protection, application, administration, and service.

Article 4 The trademark administration department of the State Council is responsible for trademark registration and administration work nationwide. Departments of local people's governments at or above the county level responsible for trademark administration work are responsible for trademark administration work within their respective administrative regions.

Departments of people's governments at or above the county level that undertake trademark law enforcement functions are responsible for trademark law enforcement work in accordance with their responsibilities and authority.

Departments responsible for trademark registration and administration work and departments responsible for trademark law enforcement shall establish working mechanisms and strengthen information sharing and work coordination.

Article 5 A trademark registered and approved by the trademark administration department of the State Council is a registered trademark. The trademark registrant has the right to indicate "registered trademark" or a registration mark, enjoys the exclusive right to use the registered trademark, and is protected by law.

Where natural persons, legal persons, or unincorporated organizations need to obtain the exclusive right to use a registered trademark for their goods or services in production and operation activities, they shall apply for trademark registration to the trademark administration department of the State Council.

Article 6 The term "collective trademark" as used in this Law refers to a mark registered in the name of a social group, such as an industry association, or other organizations, for use by the members of said organization in commercial activities to indicate the membership status of the user within said organization.

The term "certification trademark" as used in this Law refers to a mark controlled by an organization that possesses the capacity to supervise a certain type of good or service, and is used by units or individuals other than said organization on their goods or services to certify the origin, raw materials, manufacturing method, quality, or other specific qualities of said goods or services.

Special matters concerning the registration and administration of collective trademarks and certification trademarks shall be stipulated by the trademark administration department of the State Council.

Article 7 Two or more natural persons, legal persons, or unincorporated organizations may jointly apply to the trademark administration department of the State Council for the registration of the same trademark and jointly enjoy and exercise the exclusive right to use said registered trademark.

Article 8 For goods for which laws and administrative regulations stipulate that a registered trademark must be used, trademark registration shall be applied for; if registration is not approved, they shall not be sold in the market.

Article 9 When applying for the registration and use of trademarks, the principle of integrity shall be followed, and rights shall not be abused to damage national interests, social public interests, or the legitimate rights and interests of others.

Trademark users shall be responsible for the quality of the goods for which they use trademarks. Trademark administration and trademark law enforcement departments at all levels shall strengthen trademark administration and law enforcement in accordance with the law to stop behaviors that deceive consumers.

Article 10 When applying for trademark registration or handling other trademark matters, one may handle them personally or entrust a trademark agency established according to law to handle them.

Article 11 Where foreigners, foreign enterprises, or other foreign organizations apply for trademark registration in China, they shall handle it in accordance with agreements signed or international treaties jointly participated in by their country of belonging and the People's Republic of China, or handle it according to the principle of reciprocity.

Where foreigners, foreign enterprises, or other foreign organizations without a habitual residence or place of business in China apply for trademark registration or handle other trademark matters in China, they shall entrust a trademark agency established according to law to handle them.

Article 12 International registration of trademarks shall follow the systems established by the relevant international treaties concluded by or participated in by the People's Republic of China, and specific measures shall be stipulated by the State Council.

Article 13 The trademark administration department of the State Council shall strengthen the construction of an information-based and intelligent public service system for trademarks, enhance the level of convenience in handling trademark business, release trademark information in a complete, accurate, and timely manner, and improve the level of trademark information service and administration.

Chapter II
Conditions for Trademark Registration

Article 14 Any sign that can distinguish the goods of natural persons, legal persons, or unincorporated organizations from the goods of others, including characters, graphics, letters, numbers, three-dimensional marks, color combinations, sounds, dynamic marks, etc., as well as combinations of the aforementioned elements, may be applied for as a trademark for registration.

Article 15 The following signs shall not be registered and used as trademarks:
(1) Those that are identical or similar to the name, Party flag, Party emblem, medals, or significant theoretical achievements and historical events of the Communist Party of China;
(2) Those that are identical or similar to the name, national flag, national emblem, national anthem, military flag, military emblem, military song, medals, etc., of the People's Republic of China, as well as those that are identical to the names, emblems, names of specific locations of the seat, or names of landmark buildings of central and state organs, or graphics;
(3) Those that are identical or similar to the name, national flag, national emblem, military flag, etc., of a foreign country, except where consent has been obtained from the government of that country;
(4) Those that are identical or similar to the names, flags, or emblems of intergovernmental international organizations, except where consent has been obtained from said organization or it is not likely to mislead the public;
(5) Those that are identical or similar to official marks or inspection marks indicating the implementation of control or the granting of a guarantee, except where authorized;
(6) Those that are identical or similar to the names or marks of the "Red Cross" or "Red Crescent";
(7) Those that carry ethnic discrimination;
(8) Those that are deceptive and likely to cause the public to misidentify characteristics such as the quality, craftsmanship, or raw materials of goods, or their place of origin;
(9) Those that violate public order and good morals or have other adverse influences.

Article 16 Names of administrative divisions at or above the county level or foreign place names known to the public shall not be registered and used as trademarks. However, this excludes cases where the place name has other meanings or serves as a component of a collective trademark or certification trademark; trademarks using place names that have already been registered shall remain valid.

Where national park marks, Olympic marks, special marks, and other marks are registered and used as trademarks, they shall be implemented in accordance with this Law and relevant laws and administrative regulations.

Article 17 An applied-for trademark shall have distinctive features and be easy to identify. The following signs shall not be registered as trademarks:
(1) Those consisting only of the generic name, graphic, or model of the goods;
(2) Those that only directly indicate the quality, main raw materials, functions, uses, weight, quantity, and other characteristics of the goods;
(3) Other signs that lack distinctive features.

Where the signs listed in the preceding paragraph acquire distinctive features through use and become easy to identify, they may be registered as trademarks.

Article 18 Where trademarks are applied for using three-dimensional marks, color combinations, sounds, dynamic marks, etc., shapes, color combinations, sounds, dynamic effects, etc., which are produced solely by the nature of the goods themselves, are necessary to obtain technical effects, or make the goods possess substantial value, shall not be registered as trademarks.

Article 19 Where an application for trademark registration is not for the purpose of use and obviously exceeds normal production and operation needs, registration shall not be granted.

Trademark registration shall not be applied for through deception or other improper means.

Article 20 An applied-for trademark shall not be identical or similar to a trademark already registered or previously applied for by another person on the same goods or similar goods.

Article 21 Where a trademark applied for on identical or similar goods is a reproduction, imitation, or translation of another person's well-known trademark that is not registered in China, and is likely to lead to confusion, it shall not be registered and its use shall be prohibited.

Where a trademark applied for on non-identical or non-similar goods is a reproduction, imitation, or translation of another person's well-known trademark, misleads the public, and may cause damage to the interests of the holder of said well-known trademark, it shall not be registered and its use shall be prohibited.

Article 22 Where an agent or representative, without authorization, registers the trademark of the principal or the person represented in their own name, and the principal or the person represented raises an objection, registration shall not be granted and its use shall be prohibited.

Where a trademark applied for on the same goods or similar goods is identical or similar to an unregistered trademark previously used by another person, and the applicant has a contract, business relationship, or other relationship with said other person besides those provided in the preceding paragraph and knows of the existence of said other person's trademark, and said other person raises an objection, registration shall not be granted.

Article 23 Where a trademark contains a geographical indication of goods, but the goods do not originate from the region indicated by the mark and mislead the public, registration shall not be granted and its use shall be prohibited; however, those that have been acquired in good faith shall remain valid.

The geographical indication referred to in the preceding paragraph refers to a mark indicating that certain goods originate from a certain region, and the specific quality, reputation, or other characteristics of said goods are mainly determined by the natural or human factors of that region.

Article 24 Application for trademark registration shall not damage the existing prior legitimate rights and interests of others, nor shall it intentionally preempt the registration of trademarks already used by others and having a certain influence.

Article 25 Trademark agencies, besides applying for trademark registration for their agency services, shall not apply for the registration of other trademarks.

Chapter III
Application for Trademark Registration

Article 26 A trademark registration applicant shall fill in the categories and names of goods for the use of the trademark according to the prescribed classification table of goods and submit a registration application.

A trademark registration applicant may apply for the registration of the same trademark for goods in multiple categories through a single application.

Documents such as trademark registration applications shall be submitted in written form. Data messages that can tangibly represent the contained content through methods such as electronic data interchange and can be retrieved and used at any time shall be deemed to be in written form.

Article 27 Where a registered trademark needs to obtain the exclusive right to use the registered trademark on goods outside the verified scope of use, a separate registration application shall be submitted.

Article 28 Where a registered trademark needs to change its mark, a new registration application shall be submitted.

Article 29 If a trademark registration applicant, within six months from the date on which their trademark was first applied for registration in a foreign country, applies for trademark registration in China for the same goods with the same trademark, they may enjoy priority in accordance with the agreements signed or international treaties jointly participated in by said foreign country and China, or according to the principle of mutual recognition of priority.

Where priority is requested in accordance with the preceding paragraph, a written declaration shall be made at the time of submitting the trademark registration application, and a copy of the first trademark registration application documents shall be submitted within three months; where no written declaration is made or the copy of the trademark registration application documents is not submitted within the time limit, it shall be deemed that no priority was requested.

Article 30 Where a trademark is first used on goods exhibited at an international exhibition hosted or recognized by the Chinese government, the applicant for the trademark registration may enjoy priority within six months from the date such goods are exhibited.

Where priority is requested in accordance with the preceding paragraph, a written declaration shall be made at the time of submitting the trademark registration application, and supporting documents such as the name of the exhibition where the goods are exhibited, evidence of the use of the trademark on the exhibited goods, and the exhibition date shall be submitted within three months; where no written declaration is made or the supporting documents are not submitted within the time limit, it shall be deemed that no priority was requested.

Article 31 The matters declared and the materials provided for the application for trademark registration shall be true, accurate, and complete.

Chapter IV
Examination and Approval of Trademark Registration

Article 32 For an applied-for trademark, the trademark administration department of the State Council shall complete the examination within nine months from the date of receipt of the trademark registration application documents; if it conforms to the relevant provisions of this Law, a preliminary approval and announcement shall be made.

Article 33 During the examination process, if the trademark administration department of the State Council considers that the content of the trademark registration application needs explanation or correction, it may require the applicant to make an explanation or correction. The failure of the applicant to make an explanation or correction shall not affect the trademark administration department of the State Council in making an examination decision.

Article 34 For an applied-for trademark, any that does not conform to the relevant provisions of this Law shall be rejected by the trademark administration department of the State Council, and no announcement shall be made.

Article 35 Where two or more trademark registration applicants apply for registration of identical or similar trademarks on the same goods or similar goods, the trademark applied for first shall be preliminarily approved and announced; where applications are made on the same day, the trademark used first shall be preliminarily approved and announced, and the applications of others shall be rejected, and no announcement shall be made.

Article 36 For a trademark that has been preliminarily approved and announced, within two months from the date of announcement, if a prior right holder or an interested party considers that the provisions of Articles 20 to 22, the first paragraph of Article 23, or Article 24 of this Law are violated, or if anyone considers that the provisions of Article 15, the first paragraph of Article 16, Articles 17 to 19, or Article 25 of this Law are violated, they may file an objection with the trademark administration department of the State Council. If no objection is raised upon the expiration of the announcement period, registration shall be approved, a trademark registration certificate shall be issued, and an announcement shall be made.

Article 37 For a trademark whose application is rejected and no announcement is made, the trademark administration department of the State Council shall notify the trademark registration applicant in writing. If the trademark registration applicant is dissatisfied, they may apply for review to the trademark administration department of the State Council within fifteen days from the date of receipt of the notice. The trademark administration department of the State Council shall make a decision within nine months from the date of receipt of the application and notify the applicant in writing. Where there are special circumstances requiring an extension, it may be extended by three months upon approval by the person in charge of the trademark administration department of the State Council. If a party is dissatisfied with the review decision, they may file a lawsuit in a people's court within thirty days from the date of receipt of the notice.

Article 38 For an objection filed against a preliminarily approved and announced trademark, the trademark administration department of the State Council shall hear the statements of facts and reasons from the objector and the objected person, and after investigation and verification, shall make a decision on whether to permit registration within twelve months from the date of expiration of the announcement period, and notify the objector and the objected person in writing. Where there are special circumstances requiring an extension, it may be extended by six months upon approval by the person in charge of the trademark administration department of the State Council.

Where the trademark administration department of the State Council makes a decision to permit registration, it shall issue a trademark registration certificate and make an announcement. If the objector is dissatisfied, they may request the trademark administration department of the State Council to declare the registered trademark invalid in accordance with the provisions of Articles 50 and 51 of this Law.

Where the trademark administration department of the State Council makes a decision not to permit registration, and the objected person is dissatisfied, they may apply for review within fifteen days from the date of receipt of the notice. The trademark administration department of the State Council shall make a review decision within twelve months from the date of receipt of the application and notify the objector and the objected person in writing. Where there are special circumstances requiring an extension, it may be extended by six months upon approval by the person in charge of the trademark administration department of the State Council. If the objected person is dissatisfied with the review decision, they may file a lawsuit in a people's court within thirty days from the date of receipt of the notice. The people's court shall notify the other party to the trademark adjudication procedure to participate in the litigation as a third party.

Article 39 When the statutory time limit expires, if a party does not apply for review against a decision of the trademark administration department of the State Council to reject an application or not to permit registration, or does not file a lawsuit in a people's court against a review decision, the decision to reject the application, the decision not to permit registration, or the review decision shall take effect.

For a trademark that is permitted to be registered after an objection is found to be groundless, the time from which the trademark registrant acquires the exclusive right to use the registered trademark shall be calculated from the date of expiration of the two-month period following the preliminary approval and announcement. From the date of expiration of the announcement period of said trademark until the decision to permit registration is made, there shall be no retroactivity regarding the acts of others using marks identical or similar to said trademark on the same or similar goods; however, losses caused to the trademark registrant due to the malice of such user shall be compensated.

Article 40 The trademark administration department of the State Council shall conduct examinations of trademark registration applications and trademark review applications in a timely manner.

An applicant may apply to withdraw the matters provided in the preceding paragraph.

Article 41 During the process of trademark objection examination, rejection review, non-registration review, and invalidity declaration proceedings by the trademark administration department of the State Council, if the determination of prior rights involved must be based on the result of another case currently being heard by a people's court or being handled by an administrative organ, the examination and proceedings may be suspended. Once the reason for suspension is eliminated, the examination and proceeding procedures shall be resumed in a timely manner.

Article 42 Where a trademark registration applicant or registrant discovers obvious errors in trademark application documents or registration documents, they may apply for correction. The trademark administration department of the State Council shall make corrections within its scope of authority in accordance with the law and notify the parties.

The correction of errors referred to in the preceding paragraph does not involve the substantive content of the trademark application documents or registration documents.

Chapter V
Renewal, Change, Transfer, and Cancellation of Registered Trademarks

Article 43 The validity period of a registered trademark is ten years, calculated from the date of approved registration.

Article 44 Where a registered trademark needs to continue being used upon the expiration of its validity period, the trademark registrant shall handle renewal procedures in accordance with regulations within twelve months before the expiration; if such procedures are not completed during this period, a six-month grace period may be granted. Each renewal registration shall have a validity period of ten years, calculated from the day following the expiration of the previous term of validity of said trademark. If renewal procedures are not completed upon the expiration of the grace period, its registered trademark shall be cancelled.

The trademark administration department of the State Council shall announce renewed registered trademarks.

Article 45 Where it is necessary to change the name, address, or other registration matters of a registered trademark registrant, an application for change shall be submitted.

Article 46 Where a registered trademark is transferred, the transferor and the transferee shall sign a transfer agreement and jointly submit an application to the trademark administration department of the State Council. The transferee shall guarantee the quality of the goods using said registered trademark.

Where a registered trademark is transferred, the trademark registrant shall transfer together its similar trademarks registered on the same goods, or its identical or similar trademarks registered on similar goods.

For transfers that are likely to lead to confusion or have other adverse influences, the trademark administration department of the State Council shall not approve them and shall notify the applicant in writing and explain the reasons.

After the transfer of a registered trademark is approved, an announcement shall be made. The transferee shall enjoy the exclusive right to use the registered trademark from the date of announcement.

Article 47 Where a collective trademark or a certification trademark is transferred, the transferee shall possess the corresponding subject qualification and supervisory capacity.

Article 48 Where a trademark registrant applies to cancel its registered trademark or to cancel the registration of its trademark on part of the designated goods, and the cancellation is approved by the trademark administration department of the State Council, an announcement shall be made; the validity of the exclusive right to use the registered trademark or the validity of the exclusive right to use the registered trademark on that part of the designated goods shall terminate from the date of announcement.

Article 49 Where a trademark registrant applies to cancel its registered trademark, within one year from the date of the cancellation announcement, the trademark administration department of the State Council shall not approve the application for registration of trademarks identical or similar to said trademark by others on the same or similar goods.

Chapter VI
Declaration of Invalidity of Registered Trademarks

Article 50 Where a registered trademark violates the provisions of Article 15, the first paragraph of Article 16, Articles 17 to 19, or Article 25 of this Law, the trademark administration department of the State Council shall declare said registered trademark invalid; other units or individuals may request the trademark administration department of the State Council to declare said registered trademark invalid.

When the trademark administration department of the State Council makes a decision to declare a registered trademark invalid, it shall notify the parties in writing. If a party is dissatisfied, they may apply for review within fifteen days from the date of receipt of the notice. The trademark administration department of the State Council shall make a decision within nine months from the date of receipt of the application and notify the parties in writing. Where there are special circumstances requiring an extension, it may be extended by three months upon approval by the person in charge of the trademark administration department of the State Council. If a party is dissatisfied with the review decision, they may file a lawsuit in a people's court within thirty days from the date of receipt of the notice.

Where other units or individuals request the trademark administration department of the State Council to declare said registered trademark invalid, after receiving the application, the trademark administration department of the State Council shall notify the relevant parties in writing and set a time limit for submitting a defense. The trademark administration department of the State Council shall make a ruling to maintain the registered trademark or declare the registered trademark invalid within nine months from the date of receipt of the application, and notify the parties in writing. Where there are special circumstances requiring an extension, it may be extended by three months upon approval by the person in charge of the trademark administration department of the State Council. If a party is dissatisfied with the ruling of the trademark administration department of the State Council, they may file a lawsuit in a people's court within thirty days from the date of receipt of the notice. The people's court shall notify the other party to the trademark adjudication procedure to participate in the litigation as a third party.

Article 51 Where a registered trademark violates the provisions of Articles 20 to 22, the first paragraph of Article 23, or Article 24 of this Law, within five years from the date of trademark registration, a prior right holder or an interested party may request the trademark administration department of the State Council to declare said registered trademark invalid. For malicious registrations, the holder of a well-known trademark is not subject to the five-year time limit.

After receiving an application to declare a registered trademark invalid, the trademark administration department of the State Council shall notify the relevant parties in writing and set a time limit for submitting a defense. The trademark administration department of the State Council shall make a ruling to maintain the registered trademark or declare the registered trademark invalid within twelve months from the date of receipt of the application, and notify the parties in writing. Where there are special circumstances requiring an extension, it may be extended by six months upon approval by the person in charge of the trademark administration department of the State Council. If a party is dissatisfied with the ruling of the trademark administration department of the State Council, they may file a lawsuit in a people's court within thirty days from the date of receipt of the notice. The people's court shall notify the other party to the trademark adjudication procedure to participate in the litigation as a third party.

Article 52 When the statutory time limit expires, if a party does not apply for review against a decision of the trademark administration department of the State Council to declare a registered trademark invalid, or does not file a lawsuit in a people's court against a review decision, a ruling to maintain the registered trademark, or a ruling to declare the registered trademark invalid, the decision or ruling of the trademark administration department of the State Council shall take effect.

Article 53 Registered trademarks declared invalid in accordance with the provisions of Articles 50 and 51 of this Law shall be announced by the trademark administration department of the State Council, and the exclusive right to use said registered trademark shall be deemed to have never existed from the beginning.

The decision or ruling to declare a registered trademark invalid shall not have retroactivity regarding judgments, rulings, and mediation documents of trademark infringement cases made and already executed by a people's court prior to the declaration of invalidity, the handling decisions of trademark infringement cases made and already executed by the departments responsible for trademark law enforcement, and trademark transfer or licensing contracts already performed. However, losses caused to others due to the malice of the trademark registrant shall be compensated.

Where the failure to return trademark infringement compensation, trademark transfer fees, or trademark licensing fees clearly violates the principle of fairness, they shall be returned in whole or in part.

Chapter VII
Trademark Administration

Article 54 Where a trademark registration applicant engages in any of the following malicious trademark registration behaviors and causes an adverse influence, the department responsible for trademark law enforcement shall issue a warning and may concurrently impose a fine of not more than one hundred thousand yuan:
(1) Applying for trademark registration despite knowing that the mark violates the provisions of Article 15 or the first paragraph of Article 16 of this Law;
(2) Applying for trademark registration in violation of the provisions of Article 19 of this Law;
(3) Intentionally applying for trademark registration in violation of the provisions of Article 21, Article 22, or Article 24 of this Law.

Article 55 A trademark registrant may use the trademark personally, or may permit others to use their registered trademark by signing a trademark licensing contract. The licensor shall supervise the quality of the goods using the registered trademark by the licensee. The licensee shall guarantee the quality of the goods using said registered trademark. If the licensee fails to perform the quality guarantee obligation, the licensor has the right to terminate the trademark licensing contract.

Where another person's registered trademark is used under license, the name of the licensee and the place of origin of the goods must be indicated on the goods using said registered trademark.

Where a trademark is licensed to others for use, the licensor shall file the trademark licensing with the trademark administration department of the State Council for the record, and the trademark administration department of the State Council shall make an announcement. A trademark licensing that has not been filed for the record shall not be used to oppose a bona fide third party.

Article 56 Where a registered trademark is used in a manner that misleads the public, the department responsible for trademark law enforcement shall order correction within a time limit; if the illegal business turnover is fifty thousand yuan or more, a fine of not more than five times the illegal business turnover may be imposed; where there is no illegal business turnover or the illegal business turnover is less than fifty thousand yuan, a fine of not more than two hundred and fifty thousand yuan may be imposed. If correction is not made within the time limit, the trademark administration department of the State Council shall revoke its registered trademark.

Article 57 In the process of using a registered trademark, if a trademark registrant unilaterally changes the registered trademark, the name, address, or other registration matters of the registrant, the department responsible for trademark law enforcement shall order correction within a time limit; if correction is not made within the time limit, a fine of not more than fifty thousand yuan shall be imposed; in serious cases, the trademark administration department of the State Council shall revoke its registered trademark.

If a registered trademark becomes the generic name of the goods for which it is verified for use, or is not used continuously for three consecutive years without justifiable reasons, any unit or individual may apply to the trademark administration department of the State Council for the cancellation of said registered trademark. The trademark administration department of the State Council shall make a decision within nine months from the date of receipt of the application. Where there are special circumstances requiring an extension, it may be extended by three months upon approval by the person in charge of the trademark administration department of the State Council.

In the event of the circumstances provided in the preceding paragraph, the trademark administration department of the State Council may revoke the registered trademark. Specific measures shall be stipulated by the trademark administration department of the State Council.

Article 58 For a decision of the trademark administration department of the State Council to revoke or not to revoke a registered trademark, if a party is dissatisfied, they may apply for review to the trademark administration department of the State Council within fifteen days from the date of receipt of the notice. The trademark administration department of the State Council shall make a decision within nine months from the date of receipt of the application and notify the party in writing. Where there are special circumstances requiring an extension, it may be extended by three months upon approval by the person in charge of the administration department. If a party is dissatisfied with the review decision, they may file a lawsuit in a people's court within thirty days from the date of receipt of the notice.

Article 59 When the statutory time limit expires, if a party does not apply for review against a decision of the trademark administration department of the State Council to revoke a registered trademark, or does not file a lawsuit in a people's court against a review decision, the decision to revoke the registered trademark or the review decision shall take effect.

The revoked registered trademark shall be announced by the trademark administration department of the State Council, and the exclusive right to use the registered trademark shall terminate from the date of announcement.

Article 60 Where a registrant of a collective trademark or a certification trademark engages in any of the following behaviors, the department responsible for trademark law enforcement shall order correction within a time limit; if correction is not made within the time limit, a fine of not more than ten thousand yuan shall be imposed; in serious cases, a fine of not less than ten thousand yuan but not more than one hundred thousand yuan shall be imposed:
(1) Neglecting the exercise of trademark administration duties, thereby causing damage to consumers;
(2) A collective trademark registrant, without justifiable reasons, refuses to permit its organization members to use the collective trademark, or a certification trademark registrant, without justifiable reasons, refuses to permit qualified applicants to use the certification trademark;
(3) Exercising the exclusive right to use a registered trademark in violation of this Law, relevant administrative regulations, or relevant national regulations, thereby causing an adverse influence.

Article 61 For violations of the provisions of Article 8 of this Law, the department responsible for trademark law enforcement shall order application for registration within a time limit; if the illegal business turnover is fifty thousand yuan or more, a fine of not more than twenty percent of the illegal business turnover may be imposed; where there is no illegal business turnover or the illegal business turnover is less than fifty thousand yuan, a fine of not more than ten thousand yuan may be imposed.

Article 62 Where an unregistered trademark is used to impersonate a registered trademark, or where an unregistered trademark is used in violation of the provisions of Article 15 or the first paragraph of Article 16 of this Law, the department responsible for trademark law enforcement shall order correction within a time limit; if the illegal business turnover is fifty thousand yuan or more, a fine of not more than twenty percent of the illegal business turnover may be imposed; where there is no illegal business turnover or the illegal business turnover is less than fifty thousand yuan, a fine of not more than ten thousand yuan may be imposed.

Article 63 For a trademark known to the relevant public, when the holder considers that their rights are infringed, they may request protection for a well-known trademark in accordance with the provisions of this Law.

During the process of trademark registration examination and trial, or the investigation and handling of trademark illegal acts or unfair competition cases, where a party asserts rights in accordance with the law, the trademark administration department of the State Council may, according to the needs of handling the case, make a confirmation regarding the well-known status of the trademark.

During the trial of trademark civil cases, trademark administrative cases, or unfair competition cases, where a party asserts rights in accordance with the law, a people's court designated by the Supreme People's Court may, according to the needs of handling the case, make a confirmation regarding the well-known status of the trademark.

The well-known status of a trademark shall be confirmed based on the request of the parties as a fact that needs to be determined for handling trademark-related cases. The confirmation of the well-known status of a trademark shall comprehensively consider the following factors:
(1) The degree of awareness of the trademark among the relevant public;
(2) The duration, manner, and geographical scope of the use of the trademark;
(3) The duration, degree, and geographical scope of any publicity work for the trademark;
(4) The records of protection for the trademark, especially the records of protection as a well-known trademark;
(5) Other factors regarding the well-known status of the trademark.

Article 64 Producers and operators shall not use the words "well-known trademark" on goods, commodity packaging or containers, or in advertising, publicity, exhibitions, and other commercial activities.

For violations of the preceding paragraph, the department responsible for trademark law enforcement shall order correction and impose a fine of not more than one hundred thousand yuan.

Article 65 Trademark agencies and trademark agency practitioners shall follow the principle of integrity, abide by laws and administrative regulations, adhere to professional ethics and professional discipline, fulfill the obligation of diligence and responsibility, maintain the legitimate rights and interests of clients, and shall not implement or assist clients in implementing behaviors that damage national interests, social public interests, or the legitimate rights and interests of others.

Trademark agencies shall handle trademark registration applications or other trademark matters according to the entrustment of the client; they bear an obligation of confidentiality regarding the client's trade secrets learned during the agency process; where a trademark applied for by a client may fall under the circumstances where registration is prohibited by this Law, the trademark agency shall clearly inform the client.

Trademark agency practitioners shall undertake trademark agency business according to the assignment of the trademark agency and shall not accept entrustments on their own. Trademark agency practitioners shall not engage in trademark agency business in more than one trademark agency simultaneously. Trademark agency practitioners are responsible for the trademark agency business for which they sign.

Trademark agencies shall report relevant information of the agency and its trademark agency practitioners to the trademark administration department of the State Council for the record. Departments responsible for trademark administration work and trademark law enforcement at all levels shall strengthen the management of trademark agencies and trademark agency practitioners.

Article 66 Trademark agency industry organizations are self-regulatory organizations of the trademark agency industry.

Trademark agency industry organizations shall, in accordance with the provisions of their articles of association, strictly implement the conditions for admitting members, strengthen industry self-regulation, formulate industry self-regulation norms and disciplinary rules, carry out business training and education on professional ethics and professional discipline, organize and guide members to engage in trademark agency business in accordance with laws and regulations, continuously improve the level of industry service, and implement discipline against members who violate industry self-regulation norms. Trademark agency industry organizations shall promptly disclose to the public the situation regarding their admission of members and the implementation of discipline.

Article 67 Where a trademark agency engages in any of the following behaviors, the department responsible for trademark law enforcement shall order correction within a time limit and impose a fine of not less than ten thousand yuan but not more than one hundred thousand yuan; in serious cases, a fine of not less than one hundred thousand yuan but not more than two hundred thousand yuan shall be imposed; the persons in charge directly responsible and other directly responsible persons shall be given a warning and a fine of not less than five thousand yuan but not more than fifty thousand yuan, and in serious cases, a fine of not less than fifty thousand yuan but not more than one hundred thousand yuan shall be imposed:
(1) During the process of handling trademark matters, forging, altering, or using forged or altered legal documents, seals, or signatures;
(2) Soliciting trademark agency business through means such as fraud, deception, or disparagement of other trademark agencies;
(3) Accepting entrustments from both parties with a conflict of interest in the same trademark case;
(4) Accepting an entrustment despite knowing or being expected to know that the trademark applied for by the client falls under the circumstances provided in Article 15, the first paragraph of Article 16, Article 19, Article 21, Article 22, or Article 24 of this Law;
(5) Violating the provisions of Article 25 of this Law or having the circumstances provided in Article 54 of this Law;
(6) Disturbing the order of the trademark agency market through other improper means.

Where a trademark agency engages in the behaviors provided in the preceding paragraph and the circumstances are serious, the trademark administration department of the State Council may decide to stop accepting its trademark agency business and shall make an announcement.

Where a trademark agency has not been filed for the record in accordance with the law, the department responsible for trademark law enforcement shall order correction within a time limit; if correction is not made within the time limit, a fine of not less than ten thousand yuan but not more than fifty thousand yuan shall be imposed.

Where a trademark agency violates the principle of integrity, fails to fulfill the obligation of diligence and responsibility, and infringes upon the legitimate interests of a client, it shall bear civil liability in accordance with the law and shall be disciplined by the trademark agency industry organization in accordance with the provisions of its articles of association.

Article 68 Where a trademark agency practitioner engages in any of the following behaviors, the department responsible for trademark law enforcement shall order correction within a time limit, issue a warning, and impose a fine of not less than five thousand yuan but not more than fifty thousand yuan; in serious cases, a fine of not less than fifty thousand yuan but not more than one hundred thousand yuan shall be imposed:
(1) Accepting entrustments to handle trademark agency business on one's own;
(2) Engaging in trademark agency business in more than one trademark agency simultaneously;
(3) Other behaviors that seriously disturb the order of the trademark agency market.

Article 69 During the process of overseas trademark registration examination and trial or the handling of trademark cases, where it is necessary to prove that a trademark is known to the relevant public within the territory of China, the trademark administration department of the State Council may, at the request of a party, make a confirmation regarding the well-known status of the trademark in accordance with the provisions of Article 63 of this Law.

Where an overseas trademark registration application or other trademark matters are handled for a client within the territory of China through improper means such as fraud, thereby damaging the interests of the client or national interests, social public interests, or the legitimate rights and interests of others, they shall be handled and punished in accordance with the provisions of Article 67 of this Law.

Article 70 For illegal acts such as using a registered trademark in a manner that misleads the public or infringing upon the exclusive right to use a registered trademark, any unit or individual has the right to file a complaint or report to the departments responsible for trademark administration work and trademark law enforcement.

Chapter VIII
Protection of the Exclusive Right to Use Registered Trademarks

Article 71 The exclusive right to use a registered trademark is limited to the trademark as approved for registration and the goods for which use is verified.

Article 72 Any of the following behaviors shall constitute an infringement of the exclusive right to use a registered trademark:
(1) Using a trademark identical to the registrant's registered trademark on the same goods without the permission of the trademark registrant;
(2) Using a trademark similar to the registrant's registered trademark on the same goods, or using a trademark identical or similar to the registrant's registered trademark on similar goods, in a manner that is likely to lead to confusion, without the permission of the trademark registrant;
(3) Selling goods that infringe upon the exclusive right to use a registered trademark;
(4) Forging or unauthorized manufacturing of another person's registered trademark mark, or selling forged or unauthorized manufactured registered trademark marks;
(5) Changing a registered trademark without the consent of the trademark registrant and putting the goods with the changed trademark back into the market;
(6) Intentionally providing convenient conditions for the infringement of another person's exclusive right to use a registered trademark, or helping others to implement acts that infringe upon the exclusive right to use a registered trademark;
(7) Causing other damages to another person's exclusive right to use a registered trademark.

Article 73 The generic name, graphic, or model of the goods contained in a registered trademark, or those that directly indicate the category, nature, quality, main raw materials, functions, uses, weight, quantity, value, geographical origin, and other characteristics of the goods, or the place names contained therein, shall not entitle the holder of the exclusive right to use the registered trademark to prohibit others from legitimate use.

Shapes, color combinations, sounds, dynamic marks, etc., contained in a registered trademark which are produced solely by the nature of the goods themselves, are necessary to obtain technical effects, or make the goods possess substantial value, shall not entitle the holder of the exclusive right to use the registered trademark to prohibit others from legitimate use.

Where a registered trademark is used solely to indicate information such as the intended use, target audience, or application scenario of the goods provided, or to indicate the true source, the holder of the exclusive right to use the registered trademark shall not have the right to prohibit others from legitimate use, except where it is likely to lead to confusion.

Where, prior to an application for trademark registration, another person has already used a trademark on the same goods or similar goods that is identical or similar to the registered trademark and has a certain influence, the holder of the exclusive right to use the registered trademark shall not have the right to prohibit said user from continuing to use the trademark within the original scope of use, but may require them to add appropriate distinguishing marks.

Article 74 Where a dispute arises from any of the infringing acts listed in Article 72 of this Law, the parties shall resolve it through consultation; if they are unwilling to consult or consultation fails, the trademark registrant or an interested party may file a lawsuit in a people's court, or may request the department responsible for trademark law enforcement to handle it.

When the department responsible for trademark law enforcement handles the matter and determines that the infringing act is established, it shall order the immediate cessation of the infringing act, confiscate the infringing goods and the tools mainly used for manufacturing the infringing goods or forging registered trademark marks; if the illegal business turnover is fifty thousand yuan or more, a fine of not more than five times the illegal business turnover may be concurrently imposed; where there is no illegal business turnover or the illegal business turnover is less than fifty thousand yuan, a fine of not more than twenty-five thousand yuan may be concurrently imposed. For those who commit trademark infringement acts two or more times within five years or have other serious circumstances, punishment shall be made heavier. For the sale of goods where it is not known that they infringe upon the exclusive right to use a registered trademark, if it can be proven that the goods were legally obtained by oneself and the provider is identified, the department responsible for trademark law enforcement shall order the cessation of sales.

Regarding disputes over the amount of compensation for infringing the exclusive right to use a registered trademark, the parties may request mediation by the department responsible for trademark law enforcement, or may file a lawsuit in a people's court in accordance with the "Civil Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China." If, after mediation by the department responsible for trademark law enforcement, the parties fail to reach an agreement or fail to perform after the mediation document takes effect, the parties may file a lawsuit in a people's court in accordance with the "Civil Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China."

Article 75 The department responsible for trademark law enforcement has the authority to investigate and handle acts that infringe upon the exclusive right to use a registered trademark in accordance with the law.

Where an infringement of the exclusive right to use a registered trademark is suspected of constituting a crime, the department responsible for trademark law enforcement shall promptly transfer the case to the public security organs for handling in accordance with the law; where criminal responsibility is not required to be pursued or criminal punishment is exempted in accordance with the law, but administrative punishment should be given, the public security organs, the people's procuratorates, and the people's courts shall promptly transfer the case to the department responsible for trademark law enforcement for handling in accordance with the law. Where the public security organs, the people's procuratorates, or the people's courts request the department responsible for trademark law enforcement and the department responsible for trademark registration and administration to provide professional support, identification opinions, and assistance such as harmless disposal of infringing items, the relevant departments shall provide assistance in a timely manner.

Article 76 When the department responsible for trademark law enforcement investigates and handles acts suspected of infringing upon another person's exclusive right to use a registered trademark based on obtained evidence of suspected illegality or complaints and reports, it may exercise the following powers:
(1) To question relevant parties and investigate circumstances related to the infringement of another person's exclusive right to use a registered trademark;
(2) To examine and copy contracts, invoices, account books, vouchers, documents, records, business correspondence, audiovisual materials, electronic data, and other relevant materials of the parties related to the infringing activities;
(3) To conduct on-site inspections of premises where a party is suspected of engaging in activities that infringe upon another person's exclusive right to use a registered trademark;
(4) To inspect items related to infringing activities; for items for which there is evidence proving they infringe upon another person's exclusive right to use a registered trademark, they may be sealed or seized;
(5) In circumstances where evidence may be lost or will be difficult to obtain later, they may perform preliminary registration and preservation.

When the department responsible for trademark law enforcement exercises the powers provided in the preceding paragraph in accordance with the law, the parties shall provide assistance and cooperation and shall not refuse or obstruct.

During the process of investigating and handling trademark infringement cases, where there is a dispute over trademark ownership or where the right holder simultaneously files a trademark infringement lawsuit in a people's court, the department responsible for trademark law enforcement may suspend the investigation and handling of the case. Once the reason for suspension is eliminated, the investigation and handling procedure of the case shall be resumed or terminated.

Article 77 The amount of compensation for infringing the exclusive right to use a registered trademark shall be determined according to the actual losses suffered by the right holder due to the infringement or the profits obtained by the infringer due to the infringement; where the losses of the right holder or the profits obtained by the infringer are difficult to determine, they shall be reasonably determined with reference to the multiple of the licensing fee for said trademark. For intentional infringement of the exclusive right to use a registered trademark in serious cases, the compensation amount may be determined between one time and five times the amount determined according to the aforementioned methods.

To determine the amount of compensation, where the right holder has made every effort to provide evidence, but the account books and materials related to the infringing act are mainly held by the infringer, the people's court may order the infringer to provide account books and materials related to the infringing act; if the infringer does not provide or provides false account books and materials, the people's court may determine the compensation amount with reference to the claims and evidence provided by the right holder.

Where the actual losses suffered by the right holder due to the infringement, the profits obtained by the infringer due to the infringement, or the licensing fee for the registered trademark are difficult to determine, the people's court shall award compensation of not more than five million yuan based on the circumstances of the infringing act.

The compensation amount shall also include reasonable expenses paid by the right holder to stop the infringing act.

When a people's court hears a trademark dispute case, at the request of the right holder, for goods that belong to counterfeit registered trademarks, except in special circumstances, it shall order their destruction; for materials and tools mainly used for manufacturing goods with counterfeit registered trademarks, it shall order their destruction without compensation; or in special circumstances, it shall order that the aforementioned materials and tools be prohibited from entering commercial channels without compensation.

Goods with counterfeit registered trademarks shall not enter commercial channels merely after the counterfeit registered trademark has been removed.

Article 78 Where a right holder requests compensation and the alleged infringer raises a defense that the exclusive right holder has not used the registered trademark, the people's court may require the exclusive right holder to provide evidence of actual use of said registered trademark within the three years prior to the occurrence of the infringing act. If the exclusive right holder cannot prove actual use of said registered trademark within the previous three years, and cannot prove other losses suffered due to the infringing act, the alleged infringer shall not bear liability for compensation.

For the sale of goods where it is not known that they infringe upon the exclusive right to use a registered trademark, if it can be proven that the goods were legally obtained by oneself and the provider is identified, no liability for compensation shall be borne.

Article 79 Where a trademark registrant or an interested party has evidence proving that another person is implementing or is about to implement an act that infringes upon their exclusive right to use a registered trademark, and if failure to stop it in a timely manner will cause irreparable damage to their legitimate rights and interests, they may, in accordance with the law, apply to a people's court before filing a lawsuit for measures such as ordering the cessation of relevant acts and property preservation.

Article 80 To stop infringing acts, in circumstances where evidence may be lost or will be difficult to obtain later, a trademark registrant or an interested party may, in accordance with the law, apply to a people's court for preservation of evidence before filing a lawsuit.

Article 81 For trademark litigation filed through means such as malicious collusion or unilateral fabrication of basic facts, the people's court shall impose penalties in accordance with the law; if damage is caused to the opposing party, civil liability shall be borne in accordance with the law.

Article 82 Public officials engaged in trademark registration, administration, and law enforcement work must enforce the law impartially, maintain integrity and self-discipline, be loyal to their duties, and provide civilized service.

Departments responsible for trademark registration and administration work and departments responsible for trademark law enforcement, as well as public officials engaged in trademark registration, administration, and law enforcement work, shall not engage in trademark agency business or commodity production and operation activities.

Article 83 Departments responsible for trademark registration and administration work and departments responsible for trademark law enforcement shall establish and improve internal supervision systems and conduct supervision and inspection regarding the implementation of laws and administrative regulations and the observance of discipline by public officials engaged in trademark registration, administration, and law enforcement work.

Article 84 Where a public official engaged in trademark registration, administration, and law enforcement work violates the provisions of this Law by engaging in trademark agency business or commodity production and operation activities, or by abusing power, dereliction of duty, or malpractice, they shall be disciplined in accordance with the law in any of the following circumstances:
(1) Granting trademark registration to those who do not meet the conditions for trademark registration, thereby causing an adverse influence;
(2) Failing to make decisions such as ordering correction or administrative punishment when such decisions should have been made in accordance with the law;
(3) Failing to perform trademark administration or law enforcement duties in accordance with the law upon discovering illegal acts or receiving complaints and reports;
(4) Other behaviors that should be subject to discipline in accordance with the law.

Article 85 Where a violation of the provisions of this Law constitutes a crime, criminal responsibility shall be pursued in accordance with the law.

Chapter IX
Supplementary Provisions

Article 86 When applying for trademark registration or handling other trademark matters, fees shall be paid, and specific charging standards shall be determined separately.

Article 87 This Law shall be implemented as of January 1, 2027.

Trademarks already registered before the implementation of this Law shall remain valid.

(Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, June 26)

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Wenzhou Nanpu Experimental Middle School innovates junior high science education to explore "integration of learning, thinking, and practice" pedagogical path

To effectively perform the "addition" of science education and cultivate students' innovative literacy, it is necessary to resolve the practical problems of "separation of learning and thinking, fragmentation of learning and application, and disconnection between thinking and application." Since its founding, Nanpu Experimental Middle School in Wenzhou has deeply cultivated reform in junior high school science teaching. Taking Mr. Tao Xingzhi's methodology of "integration of teaching, learning, and doing" as its methodological foundation, the school has explored a new path for education characterized by "combining learning with thinking," "combining learning with application," and "the integration of learning, thinking, and application," constructing an educational system of "the integration of learning, thinking, and application" that covers the "goal layer—concept layer—practice layer."

Anchoring Literacy Cultivation and Clarifying Educational Orientation

The school takes the cultivation of students' scientific literacy as the starting point of its teaching work, establishing a clear and distinct educational orientation. It integrates the concept that "everyone can engage in scientific innovation, innovation can happen everywhere, and creation can occur at all times" into its school-running practices. Throughout the entire teaching process, the school adheres to the purpose of "developing scientific concepts, scientific thinking, inquiry-based practice, attitudes, and responsibility," focusing on the cultivation of innovative thinking and expanding reflective thinking and metacognition.

Adhering to "Application as the Governing Principle" and Smoothing Classroom Logic

Based on practical epistemology, the school has established a complete teaching main line, relying on teaching practice to connect the two major links of learning and thinking. It proposes the methodology of "application as the governing principle," using the "application" of solving real problems to promote the organic fusion of "learning" and "thinking." This allows students to internalize value cognition through hands-on operations, smooths the internal logic of the classroom, achieves the interconnection of "learning for the sake of application" and "applying for the sake of learning," and resolves the teaching shortcomings where learning, thinking, and application are mutually disconnected.

Constructing a Teaching Framework and Creating Practical Classrooms

The school decomposes abstract "inquiry-based practice" according to cognitive progression, dividing it into five types of observable, diagnosable, and step-by-step practical forms: "thematic verification, thematic modeling, thematic explanation, thematic argumentation, and thematic creation," thereby constructing a layered and progressive educational path of "the integration of learning, thinking, and application." On one hand, it has formed a general five-element teaching model consisting of "problem driving—scaffolded learning—problem solving—result exhibition and evaluation mode—extended application"; on the other hand, it forms teaching models based on the five types of practical forms. This breaks down the barriers between in-class and extra-curricular, and between on-campus venues and off-campus social scenarios, to create practical classrooms and promote the internalization of textbook knowledge into students' comprehensive literacy, achieving integrated education across all scenarios.

Long-term educational practice has achieved a series of substantive results. The school project team's work, The Integration of Learning, Thinking, and Application: 32 Years of Practical Exploration in Comprehensive Science Learning in Junior High School, won the Grand Prize of the 2025 Zhejiang Province Basic Education Teaching Achievement Award. The school has cumulatively published more than 10 monographs, published 76 papers, won 12 national-level competition awards, and obtained 24 national patent authorizations. The school has also developed more than 200 sets of standardized curriculum resources, which have been implemented in more than 100 schools, and the relevant models have been demonstrated more than 300 times in various educational exchange activities across the country.

Facing the future, Nanpu Experimental Middle School in Wenzhou will continue to deepen its research into the "integration of learning, thinking, and application" education, outputting replicable school-based experience, and cultivating new era individuals possessing scientific literacy, an innovative spirit, and practical abilities.

Data Source: Nanpu Experimental Middle School in Wenzhou

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Southeast Asian nations strive to enhance disaster prevention and mitigation capabilities (International Perspective)

By: 本报记者 杨 一

At 2:00 p.m., the mobile phones of people living and working in Thailand rang with alarms simultaneously. The alarm lasted for 8 seconds, and a bilingual Thai-English prompt popped up on the mobile screens—

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“National Alert: This is a test message from the Department of Disaster Management and Mitigation of the Ministry of Interior of Thailand; no action is required.” This is an early warning prompt system developed by the disaster management and mitigation department to simulate similar natural disaster scenarios following the strong earthquake near central Sagaing Region, Myanmar, which affected multiple parts of Thailand last March. Recently, the disaster management and mitigation department has been conducting such tests irregularly to observe the response of different mobile phone models and mobile networks.

Natural disasters occur frequently in Southeast Asian countries such as Thailand, with meteorological disasters like floods, heatwaves, and droughts appearing in alternation; combined with the risks of geological disasters such as earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions, the overall situation for disaster prevention and mitigation is becoming increasingly severe. A report titled "Water-Driven Adaptation: Mobilizing the Southeast Asian Private Sector for Climate Adaptation Action," recently jointly released by the Singapore International Foundation, the World Economic Forum, and the U.S.-based Boston Consulting Group, indicates that Southeast Asia is one of the regions in the world most vulnerable to natural disasters such as extreme weather, and that climate change alone could cause Southeast Asian countries to lose 18% to 25% of their Gross Domestic Product (GDP). At the 48th ASEAN Summit held this May, enhancing disaster prevention and mitigation capabilities and strengthening energy security guarantees became primary issues.

Climate risks bring systemic challenges

According to a bulletin recently released by the World Meteorological Organization, the probability of El Niño occurring from June to August this year is 80%, and the risk of extreme weather appearing in the coming months is climbing. Most parts of Southeast Asia belong to a tropical climate and are significantly affected by the El Niño phenomenon. The report "Water-Driven Adaptation: Mobilizing the Southeast Asian Private Sector for Climate Adaptation Action" shows that climate change will cause significant changes in rainfall patterns in the Southeast Asian region. It is expected that by the end of this century, the total regional precipitation will increase by approximately 9% compared to current levels. In the next 25 years, heavy rainfall weather in major Southeast Asian countries with daily precipitation exceeding 20 mm will increase by 25% to 50%, and single-day precipitation extremes will increase by approximately 8% compared to 2000 levels. Other studies have found that as greenhouse gas emissions continue to increase, by 2050, the maximum temperature in the Southeast Asian region may rise by 3.5 degrees Celsius compared to current levels, which further exacerbates risks such as regional heatwaves, floods, landslides, and droughts.

At the beginning of this year, continuous heavy rainfall led to severe flood and landslide disasters in many parts of Sumatra, Indonesia, with Aceh Province, North Sumatra Province, and West Sumatra Province being particularly severely affected. From March to April, Thailand encountered continuous extreme high-temperature weather, with maximum temperatures in some northern areas exceeding 42 degrees Celsius. Thai media also reported that Thailand faces a high risk of entering a long-term El Niño phase from June 2026 to early 2027, with the El Niño phenomenon expected to reach its strongest phase between November 2026 and January 2027. Malaysian meteorological and climate experts have also warned that affected by the strong El Niño phenomenon, Malaysia will face risks of long-term high temperatures, droughts, forest fires, haze, and water resource shortages in the coming months.

An analysis in a report by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific shows that the climate risks faced by the Southeast Asian region are no longer limited to single disaster events, but instead present characteristics of being composite, systemic, and transboundary. A strong El Niño phenomenon may simultaneously trigger droughts, wildfires, water shortages, reductions in food production, and public health risks, and produce chain effects through channels such as supply chains, energy systems, and population movements. Climate disasters are gradually evolving from environmental issues into systemic challenges that affect economic development and social stability, urgently requiring concerted responses.

Strengthening policy planning and regional cooperation

Facing the impacts of climate change, ASEAN has successively passed major regional policies such as the "ASEAN Agreement on Disaster Management and Emergency Response," the "ASEAN Framework for Disaster Management Foresight Action," and the "ASEAN Multi-Sectoral Framework on Addressing Climate Change: Agriculture and Forestry for Food and Nutrition Security and Sustainable Development Goals," to coordinate consistent and collective action among regional countries and work together to respond to increasingly frequent natural disasters.

In March this year, the ASEAN Chair, the Philippines, proposed the "Manila-ASEAN Framework Protocol on Emergencies and Comprehensive Transformation," aimed at enhancing the regional coordination capability, response speed, and regional interoperability for responding to natural disasters and extreme weather events. The 48th ASEAN Summit agreed upon and passed five draft outcome documents, including the "Statement by ASEAN Leaders on ASEAN Convergence in Disaster Response: ASEAN Framework Protocol on Emergencies and Comprehensive Transformation," as well as the "ASEAN Declaration on Enhancing Youth Empowerment in Climate Action and Disaster Resilience."

Regional countries are continuously strengthening disaster prevention and mitigation capacity building. Malaysia launched the "National Disaster Mitigation Policy 2030" in 2024, serving as the general framework for future national and local governments to carry out disaster risk governance. In October last year, the Malaysian government announced an allocation of 2.2 billion ringgit (1 RMB is approximately 0.6 ringgit) for the implementation of flood control programs; this allocation includes 43 projects currently in progress and 12 new flood control projects starting this year. The Indonesian government has also focused on enhancing infrastructure disaster resistance, urban resilience construction, and risk information sharing through the implementation of the "National Disaster Management Master Plan (2020–2044)" and the "2025–2045 National Long-Term Development Plan." Since 2012, Indonesia's National Disaster Management Authority has promoted the implementation of the "Disaster Resilient Communities" program, a grassroots disaster prevention and mitigation project, using grassroots communities as the main subjects of disaster prevention and mitigation, and enhancing residents' ability to prevent and respond to disasters through measures such as conducting disaster risk assessments, formulating emergency plans, organizing volunteer teams, constructing early warning systems, and conducting evacuation drills.

Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister and head of the national disaster management agency, Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, stated that facing the challenges of natural disasters, ASEAN countries need to strengthen regional cooperation and actively utilize artificial intelligence, big data, and other technologies to enhance disaster early warning and emergency response capabilities: "What we are building is not just stronger systems, but a new standard for collective response preparedness."

Technology assists in enhancing response capabilities

Outside the window, rain falls like torrents. Lana, a citizen of Jakarta, Indonesia, picked up her phone, took a photo of the accumulated water that had already risen above her ankles in front of her house, and uploaded it to the "Disaster Map" platform via a chatbot. A few minutes later, this information appeared on the real-time updated flood map. After seeing the relevant information, other citizens can timely plan driving routes to bypass sections with severe water accumulation. With the help of rapid analysis of social media information and positioning data through artificial intelligence, this constantly refreshing dynamic flood map has become an important tool for Indonesian citizens for disaster prevention during the rainy season.

Currently, Southeast Asian countries urgently need to strengthen the application of artificial intelligence and digital technology to promote urban resilience transformation and enhance the ability to resist climate risks. Singapore is vigorously promoting the construction of the national-level digital twin platform "Virtual Singapore," which integrates technologies such as 3D urban models, Internet of Things (IoT) sensors, real-time meteorological data, artificial intelligence, and big data analysis. Relevant departments can use this platform to simulate climate disaster scenarios such as extreme rainfall, floods, sea-level rise, and heatwaves, to assess water accumulation risks, coastal inundation ranges, and urban heat island effects in various places, in order to optimize drainage system layouts, coastal protection engineering, and urban planning schemes, and also to provide support for emergency departments in implementing rescues and deploying resources.

At the end of April, the China-ASEAN Disaster Management Cooperation Project was launched in Jakarta, further enhancing regional collaborative disaster prevention and mitigation capabilities through strengthening human resource training, providing emergency command and judgment technology and equipment support, and sharing China's disaster early warning and response experience. Not long ago, the Department of Emergency Management of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region announced that it will release an open list of application scenarios for "Artificial Intelligence + Emergency Management" to ASEAN, leveraging relevant artificial intelligence projects to connect with the ASEAN emergency rescue field market, joining hands with ASEAN to build a more intelligent and more resilient security line.

United Nations ESCAP economic affairs official Karev Rafisura stated that the development of satellite imagery analysis and artificial intelligence helps to more effectively identify disaster risks and obtain more timely and clear risk information, thereby guiding more precise resilience construction investment and disaster preparedness actions. Making full use of these technological advances is crucial for protecting the lives and livelihoods of people in the Asia-Pacific region.

(Our report from Bangkok, June 29)

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U.S. should respond to international concerns over its overseas biological laboratory activities

By: 孔 君

Recently, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence released a declassified report, making public the United States' overseas biological laboratory network, which has long been subject to questioning by the international community.

The report discloses that the United States government has, over a long period, deployed more than 120 biological laboratories across more than 30 countries and regions globally, while concealing the existence and funding status of these laboratories. Among them, the U.S. Department of Defense and others have participated in funding or constructing more than 40 biological laboratories in Ukraine, which contain more than 10 types of dangerous pathogens—such as Bacillus anthracis, Yersinia pestis, Ebola, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) coronavirus, and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus—and have conducted or planned to conduct related research. Some biological laboratories conduct high-risk research targeting highly pathogenic pathogens such as avian influenza. The report states that, clearly, research on dangerous pathogens may cause catastrophic consequences for the world.

The issue of the United States' overseas biological laboratories has existed for a long time and lacks transparency, triggering heavy doubts within the international community. After the end of the Cold War, the U.S. Department of Defense established the "Biological Threat Reduction Program," using banners such as "cooperation to reduce biosafety risks" and "public health cooperation" to establish a massive network of biological laboratories globally. The biological laboratory activities between the U.S. and Ukraine disclosed in the declassified report are merely the tip of the iceberg.

In recent years, Russia has released a series of information showing that the United States may be collecting and transporting large quantities of biological resources through these laboratories to conduct research on dangerous pathogens. In 2022, the States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention held a special Meeting of States Parties Consulted to deliberate on the issue of U.S. biological laboratories in Ukraine. In response to the questioning from all sides, the United States has consistently failed to provide any meaningful clarification.

Facing the new evidence disclosed by the U.S. side, people cannot help but once again ask: what kind of activities is the United States actually conducting in its overseas biological laboratories? Has it collected biological information and samples from other countries, and for what purpose? Is the United States conducting activities that violate the Biological Weapons Convention, and is the U.S. military secretly developing biological warfare capabilities?

The United States has long practiced double standards in the fields of biological arms control and security, always claiming to strictly comply with regulations while simultaneously making groundless accusations and smearing other countries. However, in 2001, using the pretext that multilateral verification against biological weapons "damages U.S. security and economic interests," the United States unilaterally withdrew from the negotiations for the Protocol to the Biological Weapons Convention, causing the international community's efforts to promote biological arms control and security to suffer a heavy blow; since then, the U.S. side has also long obstructed efforts to restart the Protocol negotiations.

Biotechnology should be a tool for safeguarding human health and promoting social development, rather than a chip in political and military games. Only by abandoning egoism and hegemony-oriented thinking, and by working together with all parties, can a solid global defense line against biosafety risks be built. Many people of vision are calling on the United States to earnestly abide by the Biological Weapons Convention, stop slandering and smearing other countries, provide a comprehensive and thorough clarification regarding its overseas biological laboratory activities with a responsible attitude, and eliminate the doubts of the international community through practical actions.

(The author is an international affairs observer)

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Global Scan

China Decides to Add 100 Million RMB in Emergency Non-repayable Material Aid to the Venezuelan Side

Our newspaper, Beijing, June 29 (Reporter Chen Xirui) — Since the occurrence of the earthquake in Venezuela, the number of casualties has continued to rise. Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Guo Jiakun stated during a regular press conference on the 29th while answering questions that the Chinese side is paying close attention to the earthquake disaster situation in Venezuela. President Xi Jinping has sent a message of condolence to Venezuelan Acting President Rodriguez. The Chinese government has decided that, on the basis of previously providing cash assistance to the Venezuelan side, it will add 100 million RMB in emergency non-repayable material aid to the Venezuelan side, to be used for earthquake disaster relief and post-disaster reconstruction, and will be transported to Venezuela as soon as possible.

Guo Jiakun said that the Chinese side has also provided satellite imagery of the earthquake-stricken areas to the Venezuelan side to provide support for Venezuela's earthquake relief and disaster relief efforts. Chinese-funded enterprises in Venezuela and overseas Chinese community organizations have successively and spontaneously provided engineering machinery and medical supplies urgently needed for relief work to the Venezuelan side, and have organized rescue teams to actively participate in search and rescue work. The Chinese side is willing to continue to provide more support to the Venezuelan side based on the development of the disaster situation in Venezuela.

Venezuela Establishes Post-Earthquake Building Assessment and Disaster Victim Resettlement Agencies

Death Toll Rises to 1,450

According to Xinhua News Agency, Caracas, June 28 — Venezuelan Acting President Rodriguez said on the 28th that a presidential commission responsible for conducting safety assessments of post-earthquake housing and infrastructure has been established, and a command agency responsible for the construction of temporary resettlement sites and the reception of disaster victims has also been established.

Rodriguez said on social media that day that the government is still going all out to carry out search and rescue operations, and calls on the Venezuelan people to maintain confidence. Relevant departments have already begun formulating reconstruction plans, with plans to launch new housing construction within a short period of time to help the affected masses recover their normal lives as soon as possible. She stated that power supply has currently been restored to most areas of the heavily affected La Guaira State, and road traffic and water supply systems are also gradually being restored.

On June 24 local time, Venezuela experienced two successive powerful earthquakes of magnitude 7 or above in less than one minute. The latest official statistics from Venezuela show that the number of earthquake deaths has risen to 1,450, and the number of collapsed or damaged buildings has reached 774.

US Media: US and Iran Agree to Cease Mutual Attacks, Continue Negotiations in Doha on the 30th

According to Xinhua News Agency, Washington, June 28 (Reporter Xu Jianmei) — According to a report by the American news website Axios on the 28th, a senior US official said that the United States and Iran have agreed to cease mutual attacks, and both sides will continue negotiations in Doha, the capital of Qatar, on the 30th, focusing on the issue of the Strait of Hormuz.

The report said that due to the escalation of the situation once again, the negotiations originally scheduled to be held in Switzerland on the 30th have been changed to be held in Doha, and the focus of the negotiations has also shifted from Iran's nuclear program to the issue of the Strait of Hormuz.

The report also said that during previous US-Iran negotiations in Switzerland, they agreed to establish a "hotline" between the US military and the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to coordinate traffic in the Strait of Hormuz. However, as of the 27th, this "hotline" has still not been opened.

After the United States and Iran reached a memorandum of understanding earlier this month, shipping in the Strait of Hormuz gradually recovered, but turmoil has arisen again in recent days.

WHO: Excess Deaths Related to High Temperatures in Europe Have Exceeded 1,300

According to Xinhua News Agency, Geneva, June 28 — World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated on the social media platform X on the 28th that since June 21, more than 1,300 excess deaths related to high temperatures have been recorded in Europe.

Excess deaths refer to the difference between the estimated total number of deaths at a specific location and during a specific period and the estimated number of deaths in the absence of a health crisis. "Europe is the fastest-warming continent in the world, with a warming rate twice the global average," Tedros said. Currently, 150 million people live under extreme high temperatures, schools are closed, and power grids are facing severe tests. Under the influence of factors such as climate change, heatwaves that were originally once-in-many-years occurrences now appear almost every year. The WHO encourages European countries to implement high-temperature health action plans to protect the health of the people.

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Beware of Japan becoming an aggressor in war once again

According to Xinhua News Agency, Tokyo, June 28 (Reporter Li Ziyue, Yang Zhixiang) — Toshihiro Yoshida, a Japanese media professional who has long tracked and criticized issues such as Japan's military expansion and Japan-U.S. military integration, stated on the 28th that the Japan-U.S. military alliance has long hollowed out the Peace Constitution, and the Japanese government has not only failed to correct this trend, but has instead continuously advanced military expansion, which may ultimately lead to Japan once again becoming a war-aggressor nation.

A lecture organized by the Chongqing Great Bombing Remembrance and Inheritance Association (重庆大轰炸铭记传承会) was held in Tokyo on that day. As the keynote speaker, Yoshida, in his speech, reviewed a series of recent trends, such as Japan enhancing its long-term combat capabilities, deploying long-range missiles, and promoting the nationalization of production plants for defense equipment, pointing out that the military expansion policies of the current Koizumi administration not only do nothing to enhance regional security, but will instead cause the region to fall into a "security dilemma."

In accepting an interview with reporters, he stated that the Koizumi administration and political parties such as the Liberal Democratic Party constantly sensationalize threats from neighboring countries and incite hostile emotions in order to divert domestic contradictions. This practice of shaping neighboring countries into "imaginary enemies" is, in essence, the externalization of domestic political issues and is an erroneous line. "As a former war-aggressor nation, Japan caused immense harm to the people of other countries, and war ultimately caused the Japanese people themselves to fall into the position of victims; this is precisely the profound lesson that history has left for Japan. To avoid 重蹈覆辙 (chóng dǎo fù zhé - "treading the old rut again," to repeat the same mistakes), speech in current society that possesses the nature of inciting hatred must absolutely not be allowed to spread," Yoshida said.

Kaname Ouchi, a media professional who has long studied the Japan-U.S. security system and authored works such as *Is the Japan-U.S. Security Alliance Truly Necessary?*, stated at the event that although the current Japanese government constantly sensationalizes that the security environment is "tending toward severity," in reality, there exists no "imaginary enemy" capable of implementing military aggression against Japan. What is truly needed at present is to alleviate military confrontation through diplomatic means, rather than expanding armaments.

Recently, in addition to strengthening military deployments in multiple locations, Japan has also frequently paved the way for further strengthening so-called "defense forces" through the formulation and revision of relevant laws and policy documents. Regarding the proposal for the revision of the "Three Security Documents" within this year, the ruling party side of Japan also requested a further increase in the defense budget to deal with the so-called "emergency" situation. These relevant trends are causing anxiety within Japan to continue to escalate.

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"Smart Manufacturing in China Holds Indispensable Position in Global Supply Chains"

By: 本报记者 刘仲华

The recently held International Garden Exhibition in Cologne, Germany, attracted approximately 1,350 exhibitors from 50 countries and regions. The exhibition area was divided into four major thematic sectors: outdoor living, gardening creativity and maintenance, barbecue, and outdoor adventure, presenting new trends in the evolution of modern courtyard spaces toward scenarios of family life, leisure and social interaction, healthy exercise, and sustainable consumption.

Walking into the "Urban Gardening Special Exhibition Area," miniature pink roses and functional kitchen herbs grew in staggered symbiosis upon simple, unpainted wooden bases, displaying scenarized inspiration for balconies, terraces, and compact urban spaces; within a tiny square, an oasis is created of its own accord. On the other side, a fully-equipped modified RV brought the concept of immersive wilderness travel into the exhibition hall, connecting the concepts of camping, hiking, and family "micro-adventures." The gardening creativity and maintenance sector also launched an independent "Digital Garden Stage" for the first time, focusing on the transformation of physical retail and cross-border e-commerce.

Approximately 850 Chinese enterprises participated in this exhibition, accounting for nearly two-thirds. The products and solutions of Chinese enterprises exhibited two prominent characteristics: first, scenario integration has replaced single-item retail, with furniture, lighting, barbecue, and intelligent maintenance equipment being bundled together to present complete courtyard solutions. Second, intelligence has deeply permeated all product categories, including intelligent lawn-mowing robots, outdoor solar-powered intelligent furniture, and automatic irrigation systems; artificial intelligence and automation have become the core selling points for product differentiation. Many new products making their global debuts attracted large European hardware chains and landscaping service providers for in-depth negotiations.

Embedding rapid cooling/heating functions into folding chair cushions, lawn-mowing robots that are compact and intelligent... Zhejiang Tupson Industrial Group brought the wilderness vacation scenario of fully-equipped modified RVs into the exhibition hall. Yang Baoqing, chairman of the company, introduced that the company pours "intelligence and extreme ease-of-use" technology into its traditional advantageous categories for overseas expansion, "striving to let China Intelligent Manufacturing make a green contribution to global outdoor life."

In the intelligent tools area of Hall 6 of the exhibition center, more than half of the lawn-mowing robots and pool cleaning robots are Made in China. Products from Chinese brands such as Kuma Technology, Segway-Ninebot, Ecovacs, and Roborock attracted international buyers to visit. Segway-Ninebot's new model demonstrated its off-road capabilities of "84% slope climbing" and "7cm extreme edge cutting"; the Ecovacs GOAT lawn-mowing robot, relying on four-wheel drive and intelligent chassis lifting technology, smoothly crossed a natural log obstacle 8cm thick lying across the center of the lawn. Relying on a wireless navigation architecture of "360-degree LiDAR positioning + panoramic artificial intelligence visual perception," China Intelligent Manufacturing has achieved technical iterations across multiple scenarios.

"Facing current energy challenges, China Intelligent Manufacturing demonstrates green, low-carbon performance and sustainability. Relying on high levels of intelligence and production capacity, they precisely optimize power consumption and liberate consumers from heavy household labor," stated Claudia Mauerel, Director of the International Garden Exhibition in Cologne. She noted that Chinese manufacturers are adept at making adjustments according to market changes and are moving beyond the traditional "manufacturing" label, extending the tentacles of "innovation" into industrial aesthetics, low-carbon environmental protection, and the precise docking with the deep demands of European consumers; "this is precisely the fundamental reason why China Intelligent Manufacturing holds an indispensable position in the global supply chain."

During the exhibition, the "Green Motion Global—Outdoor New Economy International Forum" was also held, where representatives from relevant institutions and enterprises from China and Germany conducted in-depth discussions on industrial cooperation. Sebastian Rosito, Vice President of the Management Department of Koelnmesse, stated that in the field of global outdoor and gardening products, Chinese enterprises play a key leading role: "China possesses advanced professional manufacturing strength and is also an important source of technological innovation and a core retail market." Yu Yong, Consul General of China in Düsseldorf, emphasized that China's "15th Five-Year Plan" focuses on fields such as advanced manufacturing, green transformation, and the circular economy, which highly aligns with the directions of digitalization, intelligence, and sustainable development focused on by the exhibition, bringing policy dividends and cooperation opportunities for China and Germany to jointly promote the development of the green outdoor industry.

(Cologne, Germany: Report by this newspaper)

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Japan deploys missile launchers on Minamitorishima, its easternmost remote island, for the first time

Xinhua News Agency, Tokyo, June 29 — (Reporters Liang Chen, Li Ziyue) The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force announced via social media on the 28th that it has deployed equipment, including "Type 12 surface-to-ship missile" launchers, to Minamitorishima in the Ogasawara Islands, Tokyo. This marks the first time the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force has deployed equipment related to surface-to-ship missiles to Minamitorishima, the easternmost remote island.

The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force stated that this deployment is in preparation for the construction of a firing range on Minamitorishima, and the primary purpose is to confirm whether the relevant equipment can function normally in the local area. However, the missile bodies were not transported to the location this time.

NHK previously reported that on the 8th of this month, the Ministry of Defense transported the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's "Type 12 surface-to-ship missile" launchers, as well as equipment such as medium-sized unmanned reconnaissance drones used for target reconnaissance and positioning, from a port in Chiba Prefecture to Minamitorishima via ferry, and plans to conduct live-fire training in the area starting from 2027. These related movements are considered likely to exacerbate regional tensions, triggering widespread concern and criticism.

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Editors: Zou Zhipeng, Zhang Huizhong, Chu Jun

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In Horgos, foreign investors transform from "guests" to "family" (Chinese cities through foreign eyes)

By: 本报记者 阿尔达克

Horgos is located in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, and in the Mongolian language means "the place where camel caravans pass." Historically, the camel bells of the Gobi ancient roads never ceased here, and Silk Road caravans would stop here to rest, resupply, and exchange goods.

Today, situated at the frontier of the nation's opening up toward the west, Horgos integrates the characteristics of a border zone, a port city, a commercial trade hub, and internationalization. Relying on multiple opening-up platforms such as the China-Kazakhstan Horgos International Border Cooperation Center (hereinafter referred to as the "Cooperation Center") and the Horgos Area of the China (Xinjiang) Pilot Free Trade Zone, and combined with its unique locational endowments and continuously released institutional dividends, this place has become a hot land for merchants from Central Asia and Europe to invest and develop businesses. Many foreigners choose to start businesses, live, and take root here. Among an increasing number of foreign merchants, "I am going to Horgos" has turned into "I am returning to Horgos."

Customs are smooth and efficient, and cross-border trade runs with "acceleration"

The Horgos port is like the window of this city. Beyond the national gate is a non-stop, day-and-night dragon of cross-border heavy trucks; inside the national gate are the streets of the border city, lined with shops and teeming with people.

As dawn breaks at the Horgos highway port, cross-border heavy trucks loaded with goods form orderly queues and pass through slowly. Within the customs centralized inspection field, the entire process of inspection, registration, and release is efficiently connected.

Ilyas, a Kazakh merchant, has been engaged in cross-border fruit and vegetable trade in Horgos for 14 years and is a witness to and beneficiary of the port's transformations. He transports more than 80 types of high-quality Chinese agricultural products, such as Xinjiang Hami melons and small white apricots, and Sichuan lemons and pomelos, to countries including Kazakhstan and Russia. For over a decade, the customs clearance speed at the Horgos port has become faster year by year, and his business has become increasingly smooth.

Ilyas said: "What is most important in trading fresh products is customs clearance efficiency. The shelf life of fruits and vegetables is extremely short; if shipping in summer, every extra day of customs clearance means much more loss. Previously, I often rushed to the port in the early hours of the morning just so I could dispatch the vehicles earlier and arrive earlier."

To solve the problems of slow customs clearance and high loss rates for fresh products, Horgos Customs has opened a "green channel" for the rapid customs clearance of China-Kazakhstan agricultural and sideline products, implementing convenient measures such as prioritized inspection and release upon arrival. This has formed a new rhythm for fresh foreign trade of "picked in the morning, cleared through customs the same day, and on the market by that night," achieving the "fresh" overseas export of high-quality Chinese agricultural products.

This spring, a batch of Ilyas's citrus fruits was transported to the Horgos port in the early morning, successfully exited the country by noon, and was placed on the shelves of several supermarkets in Almaty, Kazakhstan, that very evening. "Horgos Customs is efficient in its work and warm in its service; a stable business environment makes those doing business feel steady and at ease. This place is worth our long-term rooting," Ilyas said.

In recent years, the export of new energy vehicles has become a new highlight of Horgos's foreign trade growth. Kengbati, a Kazakh merchant traveling between Kazakhstan and China, recognized the vigorous demand for Chinese new energy vehicles in the Central Asian market, decisively seized the opportunity, registered a company in Horgos, and engaged in new energy vehicle export logistics.

To help accelerate the cross-border export of new energy vehicles, Horgos Customs launched a "rapid customs clearance model for self-driving export vehicles," which greatly compressed offline processes and implemented full-process online handling, compressing the average completion time for vehicle customs clearance from over 30 hours to within 5 hours. Standardized processes, intelligent services, and 24/7 guarantees allow Kengbati's automobile logistics service cycle to be precisely controllable, with delivery quality steadily improving.

With smooth and efficient port channels, thoughtful and high-quality business services, and a stable and improving development environment, Horgos allows entrepreneurs from afar to establish their careers with peace of mind and develop with confidence. "With guaranteed customs clearance time and reliable services, customers trust me more and more, and old customers even introduce new customers to me," Kengbati said. As the business environment of the port continues to optimize, she has already placed all of her company's core business in Horgos.

Foreign trade transformation and upgrading, cross-border live streaming rises vigorously

Walking into the Cooperation Center, the flow of customers along the street shops is dense, and the order notification sounds from multi-language cross-border e-commerce live streaming bases rise one after another. Relying on the three major policy advantages of bonded, duty-free, and tax refund, the locality continues to optimize the business environment, becoming an important window for foreign merchants to connect with the Chinese market and share development opportunities.

Armenian businessman Ghazik Simonyan has been entrepreneurship in Horgos for 3 years, operating several duty-free stores for cross-border goods. He once traveled through the ports of many countries to do business, but ultimately chose to take root in Horgos, valuing the transparent and stable policy environment, the convenient and efficient entrepreneurship services, and the continuously improving market ecology here. Simonyan said: "Horgos's policies are pragmatic and effectively implemented, allowing customer sources to remain stable and operating costs to be controllable. My business is more prosperous year by year."

The new business format of cross-border live streaming is rising vigorously in Horgos, becoming a microcosm of foreign trade transformation and upgrading. Horgos has taken the lead in Xinjiang in exploring new models of multi-language cross-border live streaming, opening exclusive live streaming venues for free, building professional live streaming bases, and regularly conducting industry training for startup streamers, providing hand-holding guidance on skills such as product selection and operations.

Relying on the public-rail intermodal international logistics park to build a modern logistics network connecting multiple countries in Asia and Europe, and combined with exclusive green channels for cross-border e-commerce and 24/7 appointment-based customs clearance guarantees, the locality has built a digital foreign trade closed-loop system of "receiving orders in the cloud and rapid overseas export." In 2025, the cross-border e-commerce trade volume of the Horgos Area of the China (Xinjiang) Pilot Free Trade Zone reached 30.97 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 288.9%. Today, inside the commercial buildings of the Cooperation Center, more than 20 live streaming rooms are broadcasting simultaneously in a heated atmosphere, with Chinese goods such as beauty products, apparel, and daily necessities being sold to Central Asian and European countries.

Kazakh streamer Altyn Asanbeke joined the Horgos cross-border e-commerce live streaming base last December. At that time, even though she live-streamed for more than 6 hours every day, she had few followers and very few orders, which made her feel extremely anxious. The staff of the live streaming base suggested she adjust her live streaming time slots, optimize product pairings, and used a professional team to help her film short videos to attract traffic. Now, Altyn's total followers across the internet have exceeded 26,000, her highest hourly sales volume has reached 14,500 yuan, and the live streaming room is no longer as deserted as before.

Also benefiting is Kazakh entrepreneur Razat Keres. After joining the live streaming base, she focused on apparel cross-border trade, and the number of online people in her live streaming room rose sharply. Relying on high-quality and cost-effective Chinese products and convenient cross-border logistics, her average daily shipment volume can reach 500 kilograms, and many large overseas customers have come to cooperate after hearing of her reputation. Seeing the development prospects of the Horgos port favorably, Razat moved her entire family here: "I want to stay here indefinitely."

Perfecting public services, foreign entrepreneurs live and work in peace and contentment

In the "Dastarkhan" restaurant within the Cooperation Center, Kazakh pilaf, baursak, horse meat sausages, and authentic Chinese home-cooked dishes are laid out on the table together, as traveling merchants and local residents sit around chatting and laughing. This small shop, affectionately called the "Sister Flowers Restaurant" by neighbors, is the result of transnational entrepreneurship by Kazakh merchant Toktabayeva Elimira Sansiba and a Chinese girl named Guli.

Seven years ago, Toktabayeva came to Horgos for the first time and discovered that merchants gathered here, hiding business opportunities. She said: "At that time, I took a tour around the port and felt that many people must have dining needs; wasn't this my opportunity?" She hit it off immediately with Guli, a local girl who is proficient in Chinese, Kazakh, and Russian and is a hard worker, and they decided to partner in running the restaurant. Toktabayeva focuses on dish research and development, while Guli is responsible for customer connection and daily operations; the two collaborate with great tacit understanding, and the small shop's business has become better and better.

Recently, driven by policies such as the construction implementation plan for payments in the Cooperation Center, more than 80% of the catering, retail, and accommodation merchants within the Cooperation Center have completed a comprehensive upgrade of offline POS terminal machines. The upgraded POS terminals support dual-currency pricing and settlement in Renminbi and Kazakhstani Tenge, and can also accept payments from overseas credit cards and various domestic and foreign mobile payment tools, effectively improving the payment convenience of cross-border consumption.

Toktabayeva recalled that in the past, she always had to exchange foreign currency, and income was inevitably affected by exchange rate fluctuations: "It is good now; you can pay just by scanning a code, Tenge is automatically converted, Renminbi goes directly into the account, and the arrival of funds is both fast and stable."

The flourishing business has made Horgos a second hometown for Toktabayeva. "I have made friends from many countries here; everyone often comes to my shop to eat, and after eating, they are not in a hurry to leave, but sit to drink tea and chat like a family," she said. "Here, we have changed from 'guests' to 'family members'."

In addition to the convenience of doing business, Horgos, relying on the talent services and supporting policies for opening up of the Pilot Free Trade Zone, continues to perfect the public service system for foreign personnel.

Last January, Uzbek merchant Bekzhat brought his family to Horgos to start a business. Due to the language barrier and unfamiliarity with policies, the education issues of his three children made him extremely anxious. "The eldest should be in primary school, the second should be in kindergarten, and the third has just learned to walk. My wife and I are busy doing business every day, and the children's schooling has had no settlement, which is very worrying," he said.

After the staff of the Solun Community in the Yuerxi West Road Sub-district of Horgos learned of his difficulties, they helped contact the local education department, assisted him in preparing materials, and connected him with schools, finally successfully resolving the children's school enrollment problems.

In response to the problem of foreign children having a weak foundation in Chinese and finding it difficult to adapt to campus life, the community helped contact non-profit childcare classes and interest classes, allowing them to study and play alongside local students. In just three short months, Bekzhat's eldest child could sing nursery rhymes in Mandarin, the second learned to write their own Chinese name, and the third could say "Nǐ hǎo" in Mandarin; their personalities have become increasingly cheerful and confident.

Bekzhat said: "My biggest wish now is to do business well, make more money, and let the children study well here; I hope they can pass the exams to enter Chinese universities in the future."

Behind the stories of foreign entrepreneurs integrating into this city is the warmth of Horgos's urban governance. In the Yingtar Community of the Horgos Industrial Park Sub-district, the "Round Table Milk Tea" consultative meeting plays a role in communication and negotiation. The community holds a "Ili People's Milk Tea Meeting" every month, where community Party branch secretaries, building leaders, enterprise representatives, and others sit around one table, raising questions and discussing countermeasures in the relaxed atmosphere of fragrant milk tea. In view of the characteristics of having many foreign drivers and merchants at the port, the community specifically opens "International Friends Milk Tea Special Sessions" to resolve their practical difficulties. Horgos's perfected public services and meticulous governance methods make more and more merchants willing to "go," and even more willing to "return."

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Ensuring Smooth Goods Flow and Public Security (Reporter's Notes)

By: 阿尔达克

During my interviews in Horgos, the most profound feeling was the inexhaustible, vibrant openness of this western frontier border city. From its ancient role as an important station on the Silk Road, witnessing the coming and going of camel caravans and the flow of merchants, to today’s breakthrough from the old "transit-only" model to the continuous expansion of high-level opening up, the connotation of Horgos's openness has become increasingly profound, continuously accumulating popularity, gathering business opportunities, and coalescing people's hearts.

Fresh agricultural products undergo rapid customs clearance and head overseas on the same day; new energy vehicles are released in batches at high speed; highway ports provide 24/7 on-site customs clearance guarantees... Through continuous institutional innovation, perfected customs clearance models, and full-chain government services empowerment, Horgos has transformed a geographical border port into an efficient hub connecting the domestic and international dual cycles, allowing cross-border trade to run with the "acceleration" of frontier opening up.

The openness of Horgos is not merely about "ensuring the smooth flow of goods," but is even more about "ensuring the peace and security of people." The locality uses a stable and transparent policy environment and a continuously optimized business environment to build a solid foundation for development for foreign entrepreneurs. Relying on the reform dividends of the Free Trade Zone to break through institutional and mechanism barriers, it cultivates new foreign trade formats such as cross-border live streaming, improves cross-border finance and logistics supporting facilities, and enables various types of market entities to dare to invest, dare to entrepreneur, and dare to cultivate deeply, promoting the high-quality economic development of Horgos.

The openness of Horgos is supported by hard facilities and hard policies, but it also possesses a diverse and inclusive humanistic undertone. Addressing the practical needs of foreign merchants at the port regarding travel, consumption, and communication, Horgos has specially established the "Roundtable Milk Tea" consultative meeting for international friends—whatever difficulties or ideas foreign friends may have, they can all sit with a bowl of hot milk tea and chat slowly. The temperature of a bowl of milk tea has melted away the sense of alienation in a foreign land.

Industry is protected by policy escort, struggle has a vast stage, and life is accompanied by warmth—through an openness and inclusiveness that turns "guests" into "family members," Horgos allows every foreign entrepreneur to settle their lives, establish their businesses, and feel at peace here.

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Editor: Wang Yuan, Zhang Bo Lan

Layout Design: Cai Huawei

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Stepping into History, Understanding Faith (Deep Focus)

General Secretary Xi Jinping, in a reply letter to the Young Pioneers Red Scarf Commentators of the Museum of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the Nanhu Revolutionary Memorial, emphasized: "I hope you will hold high the Red Scarf flag and follow the Party, inherit the red genes, increase your knowledge and skills, temper your willpower and character, be 'red children' of the Party and the people, and run well in the historical relay race on the new journey."

Red resources are vivid teaching materials for inheriting the revolutionary spirit and continuing the red bloodline. How can young people truly enter history and understand faith? As "July 1" approaches, the Education Edition focuses on the specific practices of conducting red education in various places to understand the stories of nurturing people behind them.

—— Editor

"Sowing" the Sparks through Explanations

By Zhou Huan, Staff Reporter

On a Saturday morning, at the Huangyangjie Scenic Area in Jinggangshan, Jiangxi Province, mountain mist rolls over lush greenery. "Right here, a Red Army force of less than one battalion repelled the attack of four enemy regiments..." The youthful yet professional explanation by Liu Xinmo, a fourth-grade student at Jinggangshan Primary School, won praise from the tourists on site.

In Jinggangshan, "Red Scarves" telling red stories has long been a common occurrence.

Jinggangshan is the cradle of the Chinese revolution, with more than 100 well-preserved sites of former revolutionary residences where the older generation of revolutionaries established the first rural revolutionary base area. In recent years, Jinggangshan has guided the vast number of young people to inherit red genes through measures such as cultivating student commentators.

To tell red stories well, one must first understand revolutionary history.

Entering the Class 3 (Grade 3) classroom of Jinggangshan Primary School, a lesson on Jinggangshan revolutionary history and culture is underway. On the podium, a student tells the story of the "Jinggangshan Meeting," while nearby, the teacher provides meticulous guidance.

Jinggangshan Primary School launched red courses in 2014, incorporating Jinggangshan revolutionary history and culture into the curriculum. "For the lower grades, the focus is mainly on learning revolutionary stories, red poetry, and children's songs; for the middle and upper grades, the Jinggangshan revolutionary struggle history and the deeds of revolutionary figures are taught systematically," said Xie Chunyu, the teacher in charge of the Jinggangshan Primary School Red Scarf Preaching Group.

In 2015, Jinggangshan Primary School established the Red Scarf Preaching Group, which currently has a total of 126 commentators. "Through explanations, we drive students to learn history and 'sow' the red sparks," said Xie Chunyu.

Explanation is not just about "telling," but even more about "interpreting." "Only by understanding the spirit and emotions hidden behind the stories can an explanation move people," Xie Chunyu said. To allow students to have firsthand experiences, the school has opened labor courses such as weaving straw sandals and has organized students to conduct study tours at former revolutionary sites and residences.

"At first, it was very difficult to memorize long explanation scripts. Through field visits, I have come to better understand the persistence and responsibility of the Red Army soldiers, and my explanations have become more vivid and natural," said Wu Yunhan, a third-grade student.

To further improve the quality of the Red Scarf commentators, the school has set a growth standard of "Seven Abilities" for the commentators: the ability to sing a red song, the ability to tell a red story, the ability to recite a red poem, the ability to cook a red dish, the ability to introduce a red scenic spot, the ability to perform a red drama, and the ability to participate in a red study tour.

"While explaining Chairman Mao's works at his desk at the Bajiaolou former site, I spontaneously recited a red poem, and the tourists all gave me thumbs up." With more skills, Wu Yunhan feels that his explanations are becoming increasingly 游刃有余> (yóu rèn yǒu yú - "the knife moves with ease," to do something with great skill and ease).

In addition to systematic training within the school, Jinggangshan has also integrated red resources across the entire region to establish an integrated training system of "School + Museum + Red Scenic Area."

In the third-floor exhibition hall of the Jinggangshan Revolutionary Museum, Jiang Linglong, a fourth-grade student from Jinggangshan Primary School, is providing an explanation for visiting tourists. Nearby, Huang Junfeng, director of the exhibition hall service center's explanation department, guided: "The content is good, but you must also pay attention to facial expression management, especially making sure your eyes are expressive..."

"The museum has formulated a cultivation plan for youth commentators, where senior museum commentators provide one-on-one teaching. At the same time, we have set up six scenes suitable for youth explanations—such as a military flag, a jar of salt, and an identification belt—and opened various former residences and sites for the daily training of Red Scarf commentators," said Huang Junfeng.

Currently, Jinggangshan has cumulatively trained more than 2,000 primary school student commentators, covering 13 schools in urban areas and towns, conducting an average of more than 200 volunteer explanation sessions per year, and receiving 70,000 person-times of tourists and study tour teachers and students from home and abroad.

This group of youths wearing Red Scarves, with firm voices, tells time and again the 峥嵘岁月> (zhēng róng suì yuè - "towering years," the extraordinary and momentous years) of the Jinggangshan revolutionary struggle, allowing the Jinggangshan Spirit, which transcends time and space, to be passed from generation to generation like a flame.

"Dialoguing" with Martyrs through Letters

By Xu Jing, Staff Reporter

At No. 22 Nanshuiguan, Yingjiang District, Anqing City, Anhui Province, Chen Yannian and Chen Qiaonian once resided here. Today, at the Anqing Early Revolutionary Activities Exhibition Hall, which has been renovated at the original site, tourists arrive in an endless stream.

"I seem to hear you asking softly: 'Little student, can today's children study in peace?' I want to tell you loudly—they can!"

"Heroes are never just ink marks in history books; you are the spiritual bloodline of the nation, the genetic code that we can never forget."

......

In the temporary exhibition hall, a special exhibition of letters, calligraphy, and paintings draws people to stop and look. Each letter and each painting, though perhaps youthful, is filled with deep emotion in every stroke, moving the heart.

"In these works, I see not only the talent of the children but also their understanding and persistence regarding faith," said Mr. Xu, a Hefei resident who brought his daughter to view the exhibition.

In early March, to commemorate the two martyrs Chen Yannian and Chen Qiaonian, the Anqing Municipal Committee of the Communist Youth League and the Anqing Municipal Education and Sports Bureau jointly launched an activity to collect letters, calligraphy, and paintings from primary and secondary school students across the city.

Zhou Liang, head of the Liaison Department of the Anqing Municipal Committee of the Communist Youth League, introduced: "About 400 schools in the city participated in this activity. So far, more than 1,000 calligraphy and painting works and more than 800 handwritten letters have been collected."

"We invited experts in calligraphy, painting, and Party history to carefully screen them, and ultimately exhibited 16 letters, 23 paintings, and 40 calligraphy works," said Wang Lei, head of the exhibition hall at the Anqing Duxiu Garden Management Office.

"To write letters to the two older brothers, I studied their deeds seriously, and I am very moved," said Wang Yuetong, a student in Class 3 (Grade 6) of Fangang Central Primary School.

"Whether it is calligraphy, painting, or letters, the process of creation is a process of re-learning from the two martyrs, Yannian and Qiaonian. Through this method, in a 潜移默化> (qián yí mò huà - "subtle influence," to influence someone imperceptibly) manner, students can actively undergo a session of red education," said Hong Haiyun, a teacher at Tongcheng Xinan Central Primary School.

In recent years, relying on abundant red education resources, Anqing has integrated red education into organizational life, study tour activities, and social practice by creating red classrooms, expanding education bases, and strengthening interactive co-construction; this exhibition is one of them.

"The collection of calligraphy and paintings has further expanded the participation of young people," Zhou Liang said. "Compared to passively listening to others speak, letting children actively draw and actively write can better ignite their enthusiasm."

"This exhibition not only allows more young people to understand the two martyrs but is also a touchstone for adults," Wang Lei said. "Many letter works have given us great inspiration, allowing us to better understand the thoughts and ideas of young people, laying a foundation for further improving the quality and targeting of the preaching content."

"Retracing" the Long March through Textbooks

By Wang Yongzhan, Staff Reporter

"The currents are swift, the mountains are steep, the pass is perilous, the wolves are fierce. The brave men skillfully cross the Jinsha River, and brothers of all ethnic groups welcome them along the road..."

On the stepped stage of Chengdu No. 7 Yucai School (Shuijingfang Campus) in Sichuan Province, students wearing Red Scarves, stepping to the rhythm of music, sing the "Long March Suite" with majestic momentum, interpreting the textbook "Seizing the Luding Bridge" in a unique way.

"The textbook says: 'In May 1935, the Red Army, heading north to resist Japanese aggression, advanced toward the natural barrier of the Dadu River. The waters of the Dadu River were swift, and both banks were surrounded by high mountains and steep ridges, with only one iron-chain bridge passable.' When singing 'the currents are swift, the mountains are steep,' I felt as if I were placed in the perilous situation described in the text," said student Cao Jihan.

"'Seizing the Luding Bridge' tells the heroic feat of soldiers using their flesh and blood to break through enemy blockades and open a life channel for the Red Army's main force," said Yuan Ni, director of the school's Moral Education Department. "Our teaching goal is to let this history move from the pages into the hearts of students, and let the courage within the words transform into faith in the hearts of the youth."

According to reports, the school has designed a multi-dimensional, immersive learning path centered around "Seizing the Luding Bridge." In Chinese language classes, teachers combine the text with in-depth historical knowledge, guiding students to pay attention to details such as "not having time to eat all day," "swift currents," and "the wooden planks being pulled away by the enemy," to fully feel the difficult situation faced by the Red Army. In music classes, teachers lead students to analyze the melodic ups and downs in the "Long March Suite" sentence by sentence and organize students to watch movies themed around the Long March in advance.

"The lyrics sing, 'Showing prowess on the iron-chain bridge.' I was thinking, the battlefield is difficult, where does this prowess come from? When I read the text, 'the sound of guns and cannons, the sound of shouting, suddenly shook the valley' and 'the heroes heard the Party's call and became even more reckless,' my heart trembled. The martyrs used their bodies to pave the way and exchanged their lives for the bridge; this 'prowess' is precisely the great Long March Spirit," said Cao Jihan.

This year marks the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China and the 90th anniversary of the victory of the Red Army's Long March. "In the 'First Lesson of the Semester' in March, the school invited professional commentators to share historical stories of the Red Army climbing snowy mountains and crossing grasslands with students. Not long ago, the school also organized students to recite 'Seven Poems on the Long March,'" said Yuan Ni. "We hope that through various forms such as learning and singing, we can guide students to 'touch' history and 'retrace' the Long March."

As summer vacation approaches, Chengdu No. 7 Yucai School has designed a Long March-themed practical manual titled "Walking Time." Turning it from the front, historical events on the Long March route, such as the Zunyi Conference, the Yi Sea Alliance, and Seizing the Luding Bridge, are clearly recorded. Turning it from the back, new terms in the "15th Five-Year Plan" outline are also decoded one by one.

"Through the echo spanning 90 years, grand topical themes become more perceptible and knowable," said Ye Deyuan, the full-time Deputy Secretary of the CPC Committee of Chengdu No. 7 Yucai School, expressing hope that students will record more red stories in their practical manuals and engrave them in their hearts.

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This Red Will Never Fade (Education Commentary)

By: 吴 丹

This year marks the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China.

The 105-year journey has been a relay race where one generation passes the baton to the next. From the Huangyangjie Fort in Jinggang Mountains to the freezing iron chains of the Luding Bridge, and to the solemn figures of Chen Yannian and Chen Qiaonian, our predecessors walked through desperate situations and endured hardships, carving their faith into their flesh and blood, leaving behind the red sparks passed down from generation to generation.

As the smoke of battle has dissipated and the mountains and rivers have become beautiful, the baton of history has been handed to the contemporary youth. The red genes passed down through generations are not matters of the past buried in piles of old documents, but are the courage that inspires contemporary youth to not admit defeat when facing difficulties, and the source of strength for embarking on the Long March of the new era.

History is profound, and youth are vibrant. The best inheritance of red genes is not one-way indoctrination or passive listening, but rather handing the microphone to the youth, letting the children read for themselves, speak for themselves, and realize for themselves. From the quick-wittedness and bravery of "the little hero Yu Lai wisely protecting the communications officer," to the 视死如归> (shì sǐ rú guī - "to regard death as returning home," to be prepared to face death without hesitation) of the "Five Heroes of Mount Langya leaping off the cliff," to the unyielding spirit of "Liu Huran not bowing her head before the guillotine," only by reading these deeply moving red stories themselves and allowing respect to arise from within can the storytelling from their mouths possess warmth and strength.

When generations of youth understand the journey and bravely shoulder their missions, the foundation of national rejuvenation will have its deepest support.

To continue the red bloodline, the key is to build "bridges" that allow a century of history to engage in a sincere dialogue with present-day youth. One must not only tell "what happened in the past," but must more importantly answer "what the past means for today," allowing red education to truly knock on the doors of the hearts of the youth.

Youth in Anqing, Anhui, wrote in a letter to the martyrs: "I seem to hear you asking softly: 'Little student, can today's children study in peace?' I want to tell you loudly—they can!" This phrase "they can" is both a consolation to the martyrs and a self-exhortation.

The "Walking Time" practice manual released by Chengdu No. 7 Yucai School presents, on one side, the years of beacon fires on the Long March road, and on the other, the brand-new blueprint of the "15th Five-Year Plan" outline. This "echo spanning 90 years" creates a wonderful chemical reaction between history and the present, helping youth follow in the footsteps of the martyrs to find their own direction for moving forward.

More importantly, red genes must be translated into solid, concrete actions.

The Long March of our predecessors was walked step by step; the inheritance of red genes cannot remain stuck in books or in words, but must be integrated into the learning and lives of the youth. Knowing how to sing a red song, how to tell a red story, how to recite a red poem... Jinggangshan School has established "Seven Knows" growth standards, transforming red literacy into daily practice. Various places are carrying out activities such as "Children's Hearts Toward the Party" performances, red study tours, and volunteer explanations, guiding youth to enter red venues and step onto ideological and political stages, planting the seeds of faith through personal experience and enhancing their understanding of the country and society.

Red education is not a periodic "gust of wind"; one study tour, one performance, or one exhibition is merely a starting point. Only by integrating it into daily teaching, embedding it into the curriculum system, and running it through the entire process of growth—moistening things silently through day after day—can the spiritual background of the youth be deeply cultivated.

105 years ago, revolutionary predecessors held high the torch of faith and shouldered the mission of saving the nation and seeking survival; the youth of the new era are born at the right time and should naturally shoulder the heavy responsibility of building a strong country and achieving national rejuvenation, running their own leg of the relay well.

This touch of red is forever bright, and forever burning hot!

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Empowering more students to move from "following" to "leading" (Frontline Report)

By: 本报记者 丁雅诵

In the classrooms of basic disciplines, how can students be made interested?

During a class on "Conservation of Angular Momentum" at the School of Physics of Beijing Institute of Technology, the instructor Shi Hongting did not rush to write formulas, but instead first sat on a swivel chair. As his hands and feet slowly spread apart, the rotation speed of the chair gradually slowed; as his body curled up, the rotation speed noticeably accelerated. The students below laughed while taking notes. "It turns out the formulas in the textbooks can truly be 'spun' out," one student remarked after class.

Such classrooms are not isolated cases at Beijing Institute of Technology. "Only by grasping the students' points of interest will students be willing to learn proactively." To explain a physics concept clearly, Shi Hongting often repeatedly adjusts cases and demonstration methods. "When the students' eyes light up, it means they have truly taken it in."

Basic research is the source of the entire scientific system and the general headquarters of all technical problems. In recent years, Beijing Institute of Technology has insisted on consolidating the foundation of education through classroom innovation, cultivating fertile soil for innovation through platform construction, and stimulating the vitality of talent through strengthening teachers to revitalize the school, exploring a path for the autonomous cultivation of top-notch innovative talents in basic disciplines.

To consolidate the foundation of talent cultivation in basic disciplines, one must first promote innovation in classroom teaching. Beijing Institute of Technology has broken the "one-size-fits-all" teaching model, precisely designing courses oriented toward different majors and different directions.

For example, the School of Mathematics formulates different teaching syllabi for the nine major colleges: for information-oriented majors, it emphasizes algorithms and modeling; for engineering-oriented majors, it highlights application and practice. "In the past, it was 'one exam paper teaching everyone,' but now it is 'one key opening one type of door,' allowing mathematics to truly become a foundational tool supporting the professional growth of students," introduced Zhang Xicheng, Dean of the School of Mathematics.

Basic research cannot be separated from the support of high-level platforms. In recent years, the School of Physics of Beijing Institute of Technology was approved for the Advanced Optoelectronic Quantum Structure Design and Measurement Discipline Innovation Intelligence Attraction Base, and took the lead in establishing the National Key Laboratory of Advanced Light Field Display Chips and Systems, with annual average research funding exceeding 64 million yuan.

"Once the platform is built and the teachers gather, the students can achieve growth." Zhou Jiadong, a young teacher at the School of Physics, has deep experience with this. "In the early stages of my appointment, the university and the school not only provided sufficient research startup funding but also prioritized support for graduate student enrollment quotas, allowing the team to settle down and focus on continuous tackling of key problems."

Under such support, Zhou Jiadong's team achieved important breakthroughs in the preparation of new superlattice materials and observed the anomalous Hall effect at room temperature, opening a new direction for condensed matter physics research.

Insisting on cultivating talent through talent and strengthening teachers to revitalize the school, building a high-level faculty workforce, using first-class talent to cultivate first-class students, and using first-class teams to support first-class innovation—at Beijing Institute of Technology, a virtuous cycle of "attracting talent—cultivating talent—using talent" is forming.

Discipline development, talent cultivation, faculty construction, and platform construction are being promoted in a coordinated manner. "We are deepening the reform of the 'pre-tenure—tenure—special appointment' system and exploring talent attraction models of 'large teams + excellent youth,'" introduced Zhang Jiatao, Dean of the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering. "Attracting talent is not just about attracting a single teacher, but is also about exploring a new way of scientific research organization. Centered around frontier directions such as new energy, advanced materials, and synthetic biology, interdisciplinary teams are rapidly growing one by one."

Whether talent cultivation is good ultimately depends on whether students can stand on higher platforms. What is encouraging is that in recent years, students of Beijing Institute of Technology have gradually moved toward the international frontiers of basic research, frequently appearing in international top academic journals such as Nature, Science, and Cell, publishing multiple breakthrough results as first authors.

"Task-driven, leading the new with the old, talent leading the team, teams driving innovation, and innovation feeding back into talent—the cultivation of basic research talent will continuously advance toward higher levels through such a process," a relevant official from Beijing Institute of Technology stated. In the future, the university will continue to promote the mutual support of scientific research and teaching, allowing more students to move from "learning by following" to "taking the lead," continuously cultivating the reserve forces for basic research.

(Cui Yuhan participated in the reporting and writing)

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Building a "Great Ideological and Political Course" with Universal Participation (Teacher's Voice)

By: 赵 铸

The "Great Ideological and Political Course" (大思政课) is not merely a single class; it should more importantly permeate the entire process of running a school, managing a campus, teaching, and educating people. At Dalian Minzu University, we revolve around the main line of forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation, breaking through the boundaries of disciplines, positions, and the campus, and striving to construct a "Great Ideological and Political Course" educational pattern where everyone is an ideological and political teacher and everywhere is an ideological and political classroom.

Everyone is an ideological and political teacher, each displaying their strengths, moving in the same direction and walking together.

Ideological and political course teachers hold the main position. The university promotes the requirement for all ideological and political course teachers to serve as class mentors and join counselor studios, grasping the ideological dynamics of students through face-to-face communication, closely following topics of concern to students such as academics and employment, explaining principles thoroughly and vividly, continuously enhancing the targeting and affinity of ideological and political courses, and promoting the "entry into the brain," "entry into the heart," and "entry into action" of the Party's innovative theories.

Professional course teachers innovate new spaces for education. The university persists in advancing the construction of "Curriculum Ideology and Politics" (课程思政) by field, by discipline, and by major, naturally integrating ideological and political elements into every course. For example, in architecture and design major classrooms, the lead teachers integrate and explain the concepts of diversity in unity and "beauty shared by all" (美美与共 - měi měi yǔ gòng, "beauty shared by all," the idea that appreciating diverse beauties leads to mutual enrichment) found in ethnic architecture and folk crafts, allowing professional classrooms to become vivid positions for deeply cultivating patriotism and enhancing cultural confidence, achieving the resonance between knowledge transmission and value guidance.

In addition, management and service positions also contain rich educational opportunities. The meticulousness and thoughtfulness in logistics support, the fairness and justice in administrative management, and the inclusivity and friendliness in campus culture all exert a 潜移默化> (qián yí mò huà - "subtle influence," to influence someone imperceptibly) effect on students. Doing a good job in ideological and political work is the duty of frontline teachers, and it is also the shared educational sentiment of all faculty and staff in higher education institutions.

Everywhere is an ideological and political classroom, with internal and external linkage and full-domain integration.

Grasp well the relationship between "on-campus" and "off-campus." One should fortify the main position of the curriculum, organize ideological and political course clusters and virtual teaching and research offices for Curriculum Ideology and Politics, promote full coverage of Curriculum Ideology and Politics, and carry out normalized teacher training and teaching seminars to continuously improve teachers' awareness of Curriculum Ideology and Politics and their educational capabilities. At the same time, construct "Great Ideological and Political Course" practical education bases, guiding young students to perceive the pulse of the times and deeply cultivate patriotism in red venues, grassroots communities, and in the fields.

Grasp well the relationship between "online" and "offline." Wherever young students are, the tentacles of ideological and political education should extend. Deep face-to-face communication offline is irreplaceable, but in the digital age, online space has indisputably become an important field for young students to perceive the world, shape values, and entrust emotions. One should fortify new online ideological and political positions, explore new forms of digital and intelligent education, integrate cloud classrooms and ideological and political short videos into the educational process, and make good use of the campus publicity matrix, allowing ideological and political guidance to enter students' "friend circles" and soak into the "mental space" of youth, so that positive energy becomes a widespread trend in cyberspace.

When every member of the faculty and staff consciously assumes the responsibility of educating people, when every course actively integrates value guidance, and when every space on campus releases educational energy, ideological and political work will move from a "solo" to a "concerto," and from a "task" to "consciousness."

(The author is the Secretary of the Party Committee of Dalian Minzu University; organized by this newspaper's reporter Liu Hongchao)

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China Southern Power Grid Deepens Cooperation with Power Enterprises in the Global South

Currently, global energy transition and global climate governance are deeply intertwined, and the demand of Global South countries for popularizing electricity supply, advancing grid interconnection, and developing green energy is constantly growing. Electricity is both the fundamental support for leveraging economic development and improving people's livelihoods, and the key reliance for all countries to walk a sustainable path.

Under the cooperation framework of the Belt and Road Initiative, China Southern Power Grid Co., Ltd. (中国南方电网, hereinafter referred to as "China Southern Power Grid") implements the new energy security strategy of "four revolutions and one cooperation," using energy cooperation to promote green development, technical synergy to empower industrial upgrading, mutual interconnection of standards to promote the sharing of achievements, and people-to-people exchanges to enhance people-to-people connectivity, contributing strength to deepening cooperation among electricity enterprises in Global South countries and jointly creating a sustainable energy future.

Cultivating Green Foundations and Connecting Cross-Border Resources

Making energy more accessible, more economical, and greener is the consistent striving goal of China Southern Power Grid in carrying out international energy and electricity cooperation. Relying on its advantages in planning and development, investment and construction, operation and management, and scientific and technological innovation in fields such as ultra-high voltage direct current (UHVDC) transmission, pumped storage, and new energy storage, China Southern Power Grid precisely docks with the energy transition needs of relevant countries, improves grid infrastructure according to local conditions, and fully releases the clean energy potential of water, wind, and solar power in various countries.

In April this year, a major engineering project included in the China-Laos Community with a Shared Future Action Plan—the China-Laos 500 kV interconnection project—officially commenced production. This project will increase the capacity for electricity mutual assistance between China and Laos to 1.5 million kilowatts, capable of transmitting approximately 3 billion kilowatt-hours of clean electric energy annually, which will significantly enhance the capacity of both countries for the cross-regional optimized allocation of clean energy.

Interconnection and interoperability are the key handles for regional energy synergy. For 20 years, China Southern Power Grid has continuously promoted cross-border electricity interconnection and interoperability in the Lancang-Mekong region, having cumulatively built 17 cross-border transmission lines of 110 kV and above, achieving electricity mutual assistance with Mekong countries exceeding 84 billion kilowatt-hours and improving overall energy utilization efficiency.

Based on layouts in regions such as Southeast Asia, Central Asia, and Latin America, a batch of landmark green electricity projects have 落地生花> (luò dì shēng huā - "landing and blooming," to flourish or bear fruit upon implementation) in various locations.

In the Southeast Asian region, at the invitation of Electricite du Laos (EDL), China Southern Power Grid systematically researched local energy supply and demand and the policy environment, compiling the "Joint Research Report on the Development Plan for Electrochemical Energy Storage in Indonesia" to provide professional support for the formulation of technical standards and the construction of business models for electrochemical energy storage projects in Indonesia; it also holds equity in Edra Malaysia, assisting the local energy industry in transitioning toward low-carbon and high-efficiency directions.

Moving into the Central Asian region, the Bash and Zankirdi grid-source integrated projects in Uzbekistan, in which China Southern Power Grid participated in investment, construction, and operation, are expected to provide approximately 3 billion kilowatt-hours of clean electricity to the local area annually and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 1.6 million tons.

Looking toward the Latin American region, the first high-voltage direct current transmission line in Chile, constructed by China Southern Power Grid, is accelerating construction. Relying on China's high-voltage direct current transmission technology, once the project enters production, it will open an energy channel between the resource-rich Atacama Desert wind and solar area in northern Chile and the Santiago load center in the Chilean capital, with an expected annual transmission of over 12.4 billion kilowatt-hours of clean electric energy.

The resource endowments of various countries are complementary, and green momentum is surging. China Southern Power Grid continues to consolidate green electricity infrastructure cooperation in Global South countries, working hand in hand with all parties to jointly build a new pattern of green, inclusive, and resilient global energy development.

Deeply Cultivating Digital and Intelligent Innovation to Drive Energy Transition

Digitalization and intelligence are the inevitable paths for the transformation of the energy industry. China Southern Power Grid proactively shares mature experience in digital grid construction, promoting the implementation of digital power technologies and intelligent operation and maintenance solutions overseas, helping Global South countries overcome distribution network shortcomings and improve the level of modern electricity governance.

In Egypt, China Southern Power Grid took the lead in implementing the South Cairo distribution network loss reduction pilot project. Through the pilot application of AMI (Advanced Metering Infrastructure) technical solutions, it successfully reduced the comprehensive line loss rate in the pilot area from 17.6% to 6%, reducing the average daily lost electricity by approximately 15,000 kilowatt-hours, significantly improving local power supply quality.

In recent years, China Southern Power Grid has continuously promoted transnational exchanges of frontier renewable energy technologies, promoting the deep integration of digital intelligent technologies with local power systems. In Laos, the "UAV + online monitoring" model has helped increase transmission line operation and maintenance efficiency by more than 50%; in Peru, it conducted distribution network UAV inspection technical training for China Southern Power Grid's Peru Luz company, jointly developed patents for relevant inspection and risk analysis systems, and improved the level of local grid intelligent operation and maintenance.

Technical interconnection and joint construction of standards. China Southern Power Grid promotes the compatibility, mutual recognition, and interconnection of Chinese power standards with the regulations of Global South countries.

In January 2023, China Southern Power Grid, together with Electricite du Laos and Electricite du Cambodge, jointly initiated and established the Lancang-Mekong Regional Electricity Technical Standards Promotion Association, building an international exchange platform to strengthen the compatibility of the electricity standard system in the Lancang-Mekong region, accelerate the promotion of electricity interconnection, and improve the standardization level of electricity technology and equipment. Currently, the association's membership has expanded to electricity enterprises from six countries, with all parties conducting deep cooperation in fields such as capacity cooperation, cross-border economy, and electricity trade, comprehensively enhancing regional electricity standardization capabilities.

On the South American continent, as China's high-voltage direct current transmission technology is implemented in Chile, China Southern Power Grid actively promotes the establishment of relevant standard systems by local electricity authorities, achieving the simultaneous implementation of engineering construction and the standard system; it assisted China Southern Power Grid's Peru Luz company in building a line loss management system, bringing the company's line loss rate down to a historical low. Furthermore, under the support of China Southern Power Grid's technical standards, Chinese experts guided Peruvian experts in compiling and releasing the enterprise standard "Standards for Power Supply Capability and Risk Assessment Methods for Urban Medium-Voltage Distribution Networks," which became a milestone in the mutual recognition of technical standards in the energy field between China and Peru.

Green and digitalized power systems continue to adapt to the actual development of various countries, whereby China Southern Power Grid injects innovative momentum into the sustainable energy development of Global South countries.

Building Bridges of People's Hearts and Conveying the Warmth of Cooperation

Electricity lights up ten thousand homes, and cooperation brings people's hearts closer. China Southern Power Grid organically combines energy infrastructure, technical assistance with the improvement of people's livelihoods, talent cultivation, and public welfare assistance, empowering the energy industry upgrading of various countries while continuously consolidating the foundation of friendly public opinion between China and foreign countries.

In December 2024, relying on China Southern Power Grid's Peru Luz "Ten Thousand Homes Lighting Project," the Ancon community north of the Peruvian capital, Lima, was connected to the grid, thoroughly ending the history of more than 2,000 residents living without reliable electricity. Since its launch in 2024, the "Ten Thousand Homes Lighting Project" has continuously focused on remote areas of Peru, cumulatively connecting more than 26,000 households to safe and stable grids, benefiting more than 130,000 residents.

In energy development, talent comes first. China Southern Power Grid attaches great importance to the cultivation of local electricity talent in Global South countries. From 2011 to the present, it has cumulatively funded 171 young people from the five Mekong countries to study electricity-related majors in China, cultivating a batch of electricity talents proficient in professional technology and bilingual.

Cultivating talent requires 久久为功> (jiǔ jiǔ wéi gōng - "long-term effort," to work at something for a long time to achieve results). China Southern Power Grid carries out multi-level public welfare assistance to help the sustainable development of the energy and electricity undertakings in Global South countries.

In terms of technical empowerment, China Southern Power Grid went to South Cairo Distribution Company in Egypt to conduct specialized training on distribution network loss reduction, introducing distribution network loss reduction methods to more than 50 local professionals; it jointly built a technical joint laboratory for new power systems with the Ministry of Industry and Commerce of Laos to promote technical research; and it joined with Guangxi University to prepare for the establishment of the China-ASEAN Energy Institute to carry out normalized talent cultivation.

In terms of public welfare for the people, China Southern Power Grid continues to fulfill its overseas social responsibilities. In Laos, it carried out the "Dok Champa" love public welfare activity, aiding in the construction of two China-Laos Friendship Schools, with supporting construction of love canteens, book corners, and standard football fields, benefiting more than 500 children; it continues to assist the "Hand of Hope" hearing impairment education center, supporting the broadcast of Laos' first sign language television news program, helping to smooth the social information acquisition channels for 80,000 hearing-impaired individuals; and it constructed five China Southern Power Grid "Zhi Xing" Book Houses to open reading windows for rural youth. In Vietnam, it created the "Light of Vinh Tan" public welfare brand, with cumulative investments of over 3 million yuan in fields such as education, medical care, and environmental protection.

On June 26, China Southern Power Grid held the "Global South" Electricity Partners Development Forum in Hong Kong, joining nearly 40 electricity enterprises from Global South countries to jointly release the "Initiative on Cooperation and Development of Electricity Enterprises in the Global South." The initiative calls on electricity enterprises in Global South countries to jointly build electricity infrastructure, jointly promote the application of low-carbon technologies, jointly promote green investment cooperation, and share electricity knowledge achievements, working hand in hand to build a safe and reliable, green and low-carbon, flexible and intelligent energy and electricity system, and jointly create a more secure, prosperous, and sustainable energy future.

Electricity is connected, and destinies are shared. Facing the future, China Southern Power Grid will continue to deepen all-round, multi-level, and wide-ranging pragmatic cooperation with electricity enterprises in Global South countries, unfolding a brand-new picture of green and sustainable development.

Data Source: China Southern Power Grid

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Accurate Assessment Drives Tangible Results (Frontier Observation: Making Good Use of the Assessment Baton)

By: 本报记者 姜 峰

Performance appraisal is the "conductor's baton" of cadre management and the "weather vane" of career development. A well-swung "conductor's baton" can conduct a symphony where a thousand sails compete to set forth.

Chongqing, a megacity that integrates a large city, large rural areas, large mountainous areas, and large reservoir areas, how does it find its precise positioning between the "local area" and the "overall situation"? In recent years, Chongqing has insisted on combining qualitative and quantitative assessments, and the assessment of people with the assessment of matters. It has exerted effort in areas such as refining appraisal indicators, appraisal methods, and the application of results, continuously improving the hierarchical and classified appraisal and evaluation system for leading groups and leading cadres, guiding the vast number of Party members and cadres to firmly establish and practice a correct view of performance, to engage in earnest work and practical action, and to undertake responsibilities and take initiative.

From the "single river of clear water" in the Three Gorges Reservoir area to the "horse racing and competition" in the main urban metropolitan area; from the "post-based appraisal" of sub-district cadres to the "precise profiling" empowered by digital technology... a performance appraisal reform led by "differentiation" has promoted a wind of practical work blowing vigorously across the Bashu land.

Classified appraisal sets goals; it does not engage in "uniform coarseness from top to bottom"

The Three Gorges stand majestically, and the great river flows rapidly. Chongqing is the final gateway of the ecological barrier in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River; in particular, the districts and counties located in the Dabashan and Wuling Mountains undertake the important role of water source conservation.

To this end, Chongqing has explicitly canceled indicators such as regional GDP, fixed asset investment, industry, agricultural product production, fiscal revenue, and urbanization rates for 10 districts and counties, including Fengjie, Wushan, Wulong, and Shizhu, and has designated ecological security protection, efficient and characteristic mountain agriculture, and the integration of agriculture, culture, tourism, and health and wellness as key contents.

Results have appeared. Through the efforts of all parties, for nine consecutive years, the water quality of the Chongqing section of the Yangtze River main stream has remained stable at Grade II, ensuring that "a single river of clear water flows to the east." This is precisely a microcosm of Chongqing's emphasis on the differentiation of appraisal objects and indicators, guiding various localities and departments to "run their own races on different tracks."

"We do not engage in 'uniform coarseness from top to bottom,' where one set of standards is pressed downward," introduced Jiang Maolin, a division chief of the Cadre Appraisal Division of the Organization Department of the Chongqing Municipal Committee. For the leading groups managed by the Municipal Committee, appraisals are carried out by dividing them into four sectors and 14 groups, including districts and counties, municipal departments, municipal universities, and municipally managed enterprises, "distinguishing the functional positioning, core responsibilities, missions and tasks, and strategic goals of different sectors and groups to reflect differentiation and improve precision."

Taking the municipally managed enterprise sector as an example, it covers 33 municipally managed enterprises, which are further subdivided into four groups: industrial development, functional guarantee, financial services, and investment and operation. Appraisal indicators are set by category to avoid "using only scale and revenue to judge heroes," promoting the deep integration of business performance appraisal and strategic mission evaluation.

Shifting from a "universal exam paper" to "individualized topics." On the basis of implementing key appraisal tasks, Qianjiang District has adopted the method of "bottom-up reporting, top-down decomposition, and top-bottom linked deliberation" to "tailor-make" appraisal lists for each unit. According to local conditions, it has divided the appraisal objects within the district into 7 sectors and 14 groups, setting appraisal dimensions by group in view of different functions and resource endowments.

Precise classification drives "misaligned competition." The Qianjiang District Veterans Affairs Bureau previously underwent "mixed" appraisals with 31 other units; in response to "large and all-encompassing" indicators, its primary responsibilities and main business were easily diluted. Now, it has been included in the appraisal of comprehensive service departments, where all units in the same group engage in related matters such as comprehensive coordination, and the appraisal weight of core business indicators, such as serving veterans, has been significantly increased. "What is appraised" drives "what is done," making the target direction clearer.

Appraising actual achievements by "identifying people through matters"

Doing well and doing poorly are different.

How to accurately and truthfully appraise the political achievements of cadres? Addressing these difficulties, Chongqing continuously improves appraisal methods, insisting on the combination of qualitative and quantitative, and the assessment of people and the assessment of matters, comprehensively utilizing various methods to complement and verify each other, striving to improve the scientific nature and effectiveness of appraisal results.

Entering Shiyou Road Sub-district, the most populous area in Yuzhong District, Yang Qin, Secretary of the Party Working Committee of Shiyou Road Sub-district, gave a vivid metaphor: "Among the 11 members of the leading group, not a single person dares to be a Nan Guo Xian Sheng> (nán guō xiān sheng - "Mr. Nan Guo," a person who collects salary without doing any work). Under post-based appraisal, doing well and doing poorly can be different. Take me, for example: the appraisal focuses mainly on the overall effectiveness of the group, looking at coordination and leadership; for other comrades, it looks at both collective achievements and individual actual performance. For leading group members in charge of Party building, economic development, public security and rule of law, livelihood services, and other work, appraisal indicators are decomposed and refined item by item to each person. If you want to 'catch a free ride,' it won't work."

By distinguishing between leading groups and group members, various levels in Chongqing implement a differentiated "group + individual" appraisal method, which both accurately appraises the work effectiveness of the leading group and precisely grasps the specific performance of each group member, promoting the deep integration of individual cadre achievements with central work and preventing the "big pot of rice" approach to political achievements.

For the Yuzhong District Development and Reform Commission, the completion status of major projects promoting the construction of the Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Circle and the coordinated development of counterpart districts and counties are included in the appraisal; for the Management Committee of the Dashihua New Area, the service and guarantee of the construction of the Chongqing Institute of Information and Smart Medicine are included in the indicators... " 'One unit, one table; everyone carries responsibility on their shoulders' prompts cadres to grasp their primary responsibilities and main businesses, do well in coordination and cooperation, and promote striving for advanced positions," said Gua Jingfeng, Director of the Yuzhong District Development and Reform Commission.

The "Regulations on the Appraisal of Party and Government Leading Cadres" require the full use of Internet technology and information technology to carry out appraisals, improving work quality and efficiency. Chongqing actively adapts to digital development, implementing a "digital + synergy" appraisal method to enhance the targeting and precision of appraisals.

In Fengdu County, a local digital system for evaluating the performance of cadres has been developed. By organizing Party members, cadres, and the masses to conduct democratic assessments to collect data, the system scientifically grasps the daily words, deeds, and work status of cadres. The data is then summarized and imported to automatically generate "profiles" and analysis charts of cadre performance evaluations for different appraisal sectors and groups, using digital means for precise identification.

"Such quantitative evaluation makes things clear and leaves people convinced," Chen Ya, the Mayor of Nantianhu Town in Fengdu County, said frankly. "In the past, when superiors selected and used people, the grassroots could not avoid 'speculating.' Now, with big data identification, whether the achievements are good or the reputation is good, cadres and the masses have a scale in their hearts. Everyone's spirit is lifted, and they are charging forward with all their might. No one is born to be number one!"

In addition, to accurately appraise the effectiveness of municipal departments in reducing the burden on the grassroots, Chongqing has developed and constructed a "bottom-up evaluation" digital application for empowering the reduction of grassroots burdens, promoting the closed-loop implementation of problem rectification and feedback.

Coming to Zhoubai Sub-district in Qianjiang District, on the dispatching large screen, the digital system for the list of performance matters is clearly visible, achieving the implementation of key tasks onto the platform and ensuring there is no appraisal outside the list. "The performance boundaries of sub-district management have been clarified. From the three aspects of posts, personnel, and matters, it is clear what to do and what not to do, turning 'infinite bottom-line responsibility' into 'appraisal according to the list'," said Tang Hong, Secretary of the Party Working Committee of Zhoubai Sub-district.

Combining appraisal with use to establish orientation; being able to move up or down has become a consensus

Appraisal is the foundation, and use is the key; the emphasis lies in the connection of results.

Focusing on doing a good job with the "second half of the article" regarding appraisals, Chongqing has formulated implementation rules for strengthening the identification of Party spirit in the selection and use of people, as well as a work mechanism for goal orientation in the selection and appointment of cadres. It closely integrates the results of performance appraisal with the selection and appointment, cultivation and education, management and supervision, incentive and constraint, and accountability of cadres, promoting the formation of a clear orientation of "those who are capable move up, those who are excellent are rewarded, those who are mediocre move down, and those who are inferior are eliminated."

Particularly in terms of making good and active use of appraisal results, Chongqing tilts the annual appraisal "excellent" grade toward the front lines of high-quality development, such as districts and counties, economic departments, and economic development zones. "For municipal departments whose annual performance appraisal ranks in the top 30%, the year-end performance bonus is increased by 5%, while for units ranking in the bottom 10%, it decreases by 5%," introduced Ma Jie, Deputy Division Chief of the Cadre Appraisal Division of the Chongqing Municipal Committee. For leading groups whose appraisal results are excellent, the proportion of excellent leading cadres is adjusted upward to 30%, and those who meet the conditions are rewarded or commended with merit in a timely manner according to regulations.

Both positive incentives are highlighted, and reverse constraints are strengthened. Yu Tao, Executive Deputy Director of the Organization Department of the Fengdu County Committee, introduced that by reviewing last year's data, the average number of people promoted and reappointed in county-level department leading groups that were appraised as excellent was 4.8 times that of other groups; among the cadres promoted and reappointed, 86.27% had received an "excellent" in their individual annual appraisals in the last three years. Conversely, some groups that ranked last in their sequence for two consecutive years underwent organizational adjustments of their primary persons in charge after comprehensive judgment. "Being capable and having a position, and being able to move up or down, has already become a consensus."

To further establish a correct orientation and urge those lagging behind, Chongqing has iteratively improved the list of major problems regarding deviations in the view of performance among leading groups and leading cadres across the four sectors of districts and counties, departments, universities, and enterprises. It strictly and earnestly implements "one-vote veto" regulations such as statistical fraud. Regarding problems discovered during performance appraisals, various disposal measures such as talking reminders, criticism and education, interviewing and inquiring, and adjusting positions are taken against relevant responsible persons by category.

The application of results is a key link affecting the seriousness and credibility of appraisal work. Through the differentiated application of appraisal results—rewarding the good and correcting the erroneous—the enthusiasm, initiative, and creativity of cadres are mobilized to the maximum extent, fully releasing the comprehensive effect of cadre appraisal.

From ecological guardians of the Three Gorges Reservoir area to economic vanguards of the main urban metropolitan area; from the "alleyway prime ministers" of sub-districts and communities to the "heads" of state-owned enterprises, Chongqing's differentiated appraisal guides every cadre to run vigorously on their own track and display their respective talents.

"Only with accurate appraisal can work be done earnestly. In the next step, we will continue to improve the differentiated appraisal and evaluation system, optimize the setting of key and leading appraisal indicators and weights by category, make good use of digital means to empower appraisal and evaluation, continuously improve the targeting and scientific nature of appraisals, and guide Party members and cadres to seek truth from facts and engage in earnest work, to implement the major decision-making deployments of the CPC Central Committee more resolutely and powerfully," said a relevant official from the Organization Department of the Chongqing Municipal Committee.

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Thinking Big and Acting Small (Jintai Tide: Series on the Concept of Political Achievement)

By: 韩 博

General Secretary Xi Jinping has pointed out profoundly: "Persisting in high-quality development must become an important component of the view of political achievements held by leading officials," and "we must never again return to the old path of simply judging heroes by GDP growth rates, we must never again return to the practice of pursuing so-called development at the cost of destroying the environment, and we must even more certainly never again return to the model of extensive development."

However, looking back at the past, some localities have long been accustomed to following the old path of extensive expansion and inefficient development. Seeking its root cause, the manifestations of deviations in the view of political achievements mainly fall into two categories: first, "only caring about the immediate present," being buried in administrative tasks, lacking a holistic consciousness and long-term vision, 东一榔头西一棒> (dōng yī láng tou xī yī bàng - "a hammer blow in the east, a stick blow in the west," to act in a haphazard or uncoordinated manner); second, "being big but useless"—where strategic slogans thunder through the heavens, yet fail to land on precise entry points, leaving policies suspended in mid-air. The former lacks the macro vision of "looking from a grand perspective," while the latter lacks the pragmatic spirit of "starting from small details." In view of this, the direction for correcting the view of political achievements lies in grasping the dialectical unity of "looking from a grand perspective" and "starting from small details."

A correct view of political achievements should possess the pattern of "looking from a grand perspective." The greatness of a pattern lies in jumping out of the local to look at the whole, and in transcending the present to look at the long term.

Yiai Lake in Huanggang, Hubei, was once a "city scar" characterized by summer cyanobacteria blooms and pungent odors; its governance was listed as a key matter for special supervision for two consecutive rounds by the Central Ecological and Environmental Protection Inspection. The difficulty of governance, its tendency to recur, and the continuous investment required provide the ultimate test of a locality's developmental resolve. The choice made by Huanggang was: not to engage in short-term "vanity projects," but to have successive leadership teams work continuously, one after another, to complete systematic engineering such as sewage interception, dredging, and water system connectivity.

Beautiful landscapes are "manifest achievements," but constantly stable water quality and a good environment enjoyed by the masses every day are the "latent achievements" left to the city. The transformation of Yiai Lake from a "sewage pond" into an excellent practice case for the Great Protection of the Yangtze River in 2025 occurred precisely because successive leadership teams were willing to lay the foundation for "latent achievements" and benefit the long term. Looking at the whole picture, how many more "Yiai Lakes" along the Yangtze River are undergoing the same metamorphosis? This is precisely the epochal resonance of "looking from a grand perspective."

However, no matter how grand a pattern is, if it does not land on practical implementation, it is a castle in the air. A correct view of political achievements must also "start from small details." The "smallness" of small details does not mean a small pattern, but rather precise entry points and practical landing points.

Menglian Dai, Lahu and Wa Autonomous County in Pu'er City, Yunnan, has deeply cultivated the avocado industry for nearly 20 years. The most moving aspect is not just the figure that "80% of the nation's avocados are produced in Menglian," but rather the "334" interest-linking mechanism: farmers contribute land as shares accounting for 30%, enterprises contribute technology and seedlings as shares accounting for 30%, and state-owned management companies, cooperatives, and village collectives share 40%. Local villagers have calculated the fine details: management commissions, maintenance fees, fruit harvesting fees, and land dividends combine to total more than 100,000 yuan in annual income from these four sources.

"Starting from small details" is not about putting on a show, but about precisely solving problems through "small entry points." One distribution mechanism solved the problem of "farmers not knowing how to plant, and being unable to sell what they plant," allowing "foreign seeds" to take root locally and become "local specialties." Today, the county's avocado industry stably absorbs more than 3,000 local workers every year; villagers who hold shares and participate in base maintenance can reach a maximum annual income of 200,000 yuan. This is the "temperature" of high-quality development.

It is evident that "looking from a grand perspective" and "starting from small details" are two aspects of the same action, and the two are unified within the internal logic of a correct view of political achievements. The "15th Five-Year Plan" period is a critical period for consolidating foundations and exerting comprehensive strength. The view of political achievements is the ruler that measures the quality of development. On the new journey, use the yardstick of high-quality development to calibrate the "coordinates" of political achievements—look up to see the road, observe the general trend and grasp major matters; bow your head to pull the cart, and 积跬步至千里> (jī kuǐ bù zhì qiān lǐ - "accumulate small steps to reach a thousand miles," to make steady progress through small efforts) to reach a thousand miles. Neither can be neglected if one is to deliver a qualified answer sheet that does not fail the era and does not fail the people.

(The author is a researcher at the Yunnan Academy of Social Sciences)

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Remember history and stay true to the original aspiration

As the "July 1" anniversary approaches, red exhibition halls across various regions are experiencing a surge in visits for study and learning. Visitors enter memorial halls and exhibition halls related to the history of the Party, looking back upon the glorious process, comprehending the original intention and mission, and stimulating the strength to forge ahead.

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Strengthen Routine Supervision and Enhance Warmth in Elderly Services

By: 崔明太 王雪莹

"One meat dish and two vegetable dishes for only 5 yuan; the taste is even more fragrant than what is made at home!" Around noon, the aroma of food wafted through the Xinxin Community Elderly Assistance Canteen in Fuyu Town, Fuyu County, Heilongjiang Province. While eating lunch, Uncle Li, who is over 70 years old, calculated a "happiness account" for the Fuyu County discipline inspection and supervision cadres who had come for a follow-up visit.

This ordinary yet extraordinary meal is a microcosm of Fuyu County's deepening specialized supervision in the field of elderly care services. In recent years, the Fuyu County discipline inspection and supervision organs have taken elderly meal assistance services as a "small incision" (小切口 - xiǎo qiē kǒu, a small entry point or starting point) to rectify unhealthy tendencies and corruption problems around the masses, conducting frontline "pulse-taking and diagnosis" (把脉问诊 - bǎ mài wèn zhěn, to investigate the actual situation) and precisely "prescribing medicine according to the symptoms" (对症开方 - duì zhèng kāi fāng, to address problems with targeted measures), while pressing tightly and solidifying the primary responsibility of functional departments. Addressing the problems of "worrying about cooking and difficulty in eating" faced by elderly people living alone or of advanced age, they have urged the civil affairs departments to establish a task list for elderly care services, implement "item-by-item clearance management" (销号管理 - xiāo hào guǎn lǐ, a management method where tasks are marked off once completed), and track effectiveness throughout the entire process.

The driving force of supervision has transformed into the combined force of service. The County Civil Affairs Bureau extensively solicited opinions from the elderly population and "strung the scattered beads into a chain" (串珠成链 - chuàn zhū chéng liàn, to integrate fragmented resources into a cohesive whole), leading to the emergence of a "trinity" linkage mechanism.

In Lixin Village and Qixin Village of Shaowen Township, there are village-level "point-based canteens." With the village collective economy providing the bottom line and social forces providing supplements, the locality innovatively established a "universal benefit distribution + labor exchange" point mechanism. Low-age healthy elderly people can accumulate points and exchange them for meal vouchers by participating in village-level discussions, environmental remediation, and mutual assistance. "Today I help your family sweep the courtyard, tomorrow he helps me deliver a bowl of soup"; through this back-and-forth, the canteen contains not only the fragrance of food but also a thick flavor of township sentiment.

The "warm-hearted restaurants" of social forces rise with another kind of "smoke and fire" (烟火气 - yān huǒ qì, the bustling atmosphere of daily life). Following strict selection by the County Market Supervision Administration, eight restaurants have been hung with "elderly assistance" plaques. Water, electricity, gas, and heating are all implemented at civilian prices, and disinfection cabinets and standardized kitchenware are uniformly distributed—as operating costs are brought down, food safety is brought up. One merchant said with a smile: "The profit is thin, but my heart is at ease; seeing the uncles and aunties eat heartily, this business is conducted with a conscience."

The elderly assistance canteen in Xinxin Community has further shortened the distance of service. Relying on the community's original cultural and sports activity spaces, the chess and card rooms and reading rooms upstairs are lively, while the aroma wafts from the restaurant downstairs. When it is mealtime, the elderly can simply go downstairs to eat a hot meal. Since the canteen was established seven months ago, it has cumulatively served more than 4,000 person-times.

"Elderly assistance canteens must not only be established, but must also be operated for a long time and operated with warmth," a relevant responsible comrade from the Fuyu County Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision stated. The next step will be to continue closely monitoring concerns of people's livelihood, using normalized and powerful supervision to guard the stability and happiness of the elderly.

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Party Building in Industrial Chains Activates New Drivers for Development (Party Flags Fly High at the Grassroots Level)

By: 本报记者 孟祥夫

In the laboratory of Zhejiang Dongjin New Material Co., Ltd., located in Ma'an Subdistrict, Keqiao District, Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province, a new type of outdoor fabric is undergoing a nearly rigorous 千锤百炼 (qiān chuí bǎi liàn - "a thousand hammerings and a hundred refinements," to undergo intense tempering or ordeal): tens of thousands of repeated frictions, continuous spraying at four times the water pressure of national standards, and strong ultraviolet aging irradiation... yet the fabric remains flat, dry, and its color as original as ever.

Xie Guoyan, the Secretary of the company's Party branch, remarked with emotion that in earlier years, when receiving orders from several famous outdoor brands, the company could only 望洋兴叹> (wàng yáng xīng tàn - "gaze at the ocean and sigh," to feel helpless in the face of great difficulty or vast scale) due to a shortage of research and development strength. The turning point began with the establishment of the Keqiao District Modern Textile Industry Party Building Joint Construction and Coordination Mechanism. Leveraging this platform, Dongjin New Material successfully "joined hands" with Professor Zheng Jinhuan's team from Zhejiang Sci-Tech University. After undergoing more than 1,500 tests, they developed this functional outdoor fabric in just over one month; its core performance parameters exceed those of top-tier imported international fabrics, and it is currently supplied to more than 200 global sports brands.

The annual total output value of industrial enterprises above designated size in Ma'an Subdistrict reaches 150 billion yuan, of which the output value of the textile printing and dyeing industry is nearly 80 billion yuan. As a traditional industry, how can the textile industry transform and upgrade? In recent years, the Organization Department of the Keqiao District Committee has proactively solved this problem, using Party building within the industrial chain as a grip to promote "organizations built on the chain, resources gathered on the chain, and services landed on the chain." Currently, among the eleven sub-sectors and 1,226 industrial enterprises above designated size in the district's textile industry, 677 Party organizations have been established, and 12 Party organizations have been established within industry associations and chambers of commerce, covering more than 10,000 Party members and 250,000 practitioners across the local entire industrial chain.

In order to ensure that Party building within the industrial chain has "people to shoulder tasks and tasks to be done," the Modern Textile Industry Party Building Joint Construction and Coordination Mechanism identifies the "chain leader" unit for each sub-sector, vigorously carrying out the sharing of bases and the joint hosting of activities. Party organizations have deepened a collaborative tackling mode of "enterprises pose the question, the government assists with the question, platforms answer the question, workshops verify the question, and the market evaluates the question," untying many "scientific research dilemmas" faced by enterprises.

Walking into the Zhejiang Provincial Modern Textile Technology Innovation Center, researchers are comparing and calibrating a set of parameters for carbon fiber materials. "In Keqiao District, enterprises can not only weave fabrics to be worn on the body or materials to be used on cars, but can also produce products that 'go to the heavens and enter the seas.' All of this is inseparable from the resource aggregation effect brought by Party building within the industrial chain," introduced Professor Qi Dongming, who is stationed at the center. The manned spacecraft parachute ropes developed here have a load-bearing capacity 350 times that of steel ropes of the same diameter, and the deep-sea mooring cables can withstand seawater corrosion and shark bites with a service life of up to 30 years, breaking the foreign "chokepoint" predicament.

Party building within the industrial chain not only empowers technological tackling but also precisely responds to the practical needs of enterprises. "Nowadays, many enterprises want to upgrade to intelligent equipment, which requires capital investment. Today, we have invited staff from several banks; anyone who has needs can apply on-site." Not long ago, Ma'an Subdistrict held the Keqiao District Printing and Dyeing Industry "Whole-Chain Credit Extension of 5 Billion Yuan" activity.

"During our research, we discovered that enterprises face problems such as research and development being a solitary struggle, foreign trade being a single-handed effort, and difficulties in obtaining financing and loans. Now, the Party building joint construction and coordination mechanism can help everyone effectively solve these difficult problems," said Li Chuanhai, the person in charge of the Keqiao District textile printing and dyeing industrial chain and the Party branch secretary and chairman of Shaoxing Haitong Printing and Dyeing Co., Ltd.

The locality also organizes 12 tasks for enterprises on the chain, such as "claiming the list" for volunteer services, optimized disposal of printing and dyeing sludge, and production safety inspections.

Using the strengthening of Party building as the main thread, the textile industrial chain is strung together, opening up a new situation for development. "We will fully play the role of Party building joint construction in strengthening, extending, and supplementing the industrial chain, transforming organizational advantages into development advantages, and allowing this 'old tree' of traditional textiles to bloom 'new flowers,'" said a relevant official from the Organization Department of the Keqiao District Committee.

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Only by Staying True to the Original Aspiration Can One Go Far (Dadi Book List, Issue 5)

Authoritative Textbooks for Studying and Implementing Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building

By Wen Yan

Studying and implementing Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building is an important political task for the entire Party during the current and future periods. With the approval of the CPC Central Committee, the first and second volumes of Selected Works on Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building (《习近平党建文选》), edited by the Institute of Party History and Literature of the CPC Central Committee, were recently published and distributed. The complete work contains a total of 102 of General Secretary Xi Jinping's most important and fundamental works regarding Party building from November 2012 to February 2026, providing authoritative textbooks for the vast number of Party members, cadres, and the masses to read the original works, study the original texts, and grasp the principles, thereby enabling the in-depth study and implementation of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, particularly Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building.

Providing a panoramic display of historical logic. Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building was formally proposed at the National Conference on Party Building Work and was nurtured in the great practice of exercising full and rigorous self-governance of the Party in the new era. Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, the CPC Central Committee, with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, has addressed the major topical issues of the era regarding what kind of long-term governing Marxist party to build and how to build such a party, proposing a series of new concepts, new ideas, and new strategies, which have formed Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building. From the solemn commitment to 打铁必须自身硬> (dǎ tiě bì xū zì shēn yìng - "to forge iron, one must themselves be hard," meaning one must possess high personal integrity to enforce discipline) to the initiation and problem-solving through the formulation and implementation of the Central Eight-Point Regulation; from incorporating full and rigorous self-governance of the Party into the "Four-Comprehensives" layout, to the 19th National Congress of the CPC proposing the general requirements for Party building in the new era; from the preliminary construction of a system for full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, to the 20th National Congress of the CPC proposing the improvement of such a system; and so on. The first and second volumes of Selected Works on Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building vividly reflect the magnificent historical process of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party since the 18th National Congress, and provide a panoramic display of the historical logic through which Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building has been continuously formed and enriched in its development.

Scientifically revealing theoretical logic. Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building adheres to developing through inheritance and innovating through maintaining correctness, forming a complete theoretical system that embodies epochal characteristics, grasps regularities, and is rich in creativity; it is a major achievement of our Party in adhering to the "Two Combinations" and advancing theoretical innovation. As the latest achievement in the Sinicization and adaptation to the times of Marxist theories on Party building, Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building clearly proposes the "Fourteen Persistences," profoundly grasping the internal connections between governing and managing the Party, prospering and strengthening the Party, and strengthening the nation and achieving rejuvenation. It coordinates the Party's leadership with the Party's building and is a scientific summary of the theoretical development and practical experience of Party building in the new era; it is broad and profound, rich in connotation, deep in thought, and rigorous in system. Using the "Fourteen Persistences" as the fundamental basis, the first and second volumes of Selected Works on Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building select representative manuscripts that embody General Secretary Xi Jinping's new concepts, new ideas, and new strategies that are emblematic and leading for Party building in the new era, profoundly clarifying the highest principles, strategic guidelines, value pursuits, work layouts, and methodological paths of Party building, and scientifically revealing the theoretical logic and theoretical system of Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building.

Systematically clarifying practical logic. Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building connects history, reality, and the future; it is a condensation of the practical experience of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party in the new era, and a scientific summary of our Party's historical experience in strengthening the Party's own building. It possesses a solid practical foundation and profound theoretical origins, and possesses powerful ideological strength, personal strength, and practical might, holding great practical significance and long-term guiding significance for strengthening the Party and the nation. This important thought adheres to the organic unity of epistemology and methodology, and the two-point theory and the emphasis theory; it is clear in principle and effective in application, being a scientific theory derived from and tested by practice, and serving as the fundamental followings for strengthening Party building in the new era. The first and second volumes of Selected Works on Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building profoundly reflect the theoretical reflections of Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building on major practical issues, and systematically clarify the practical requirements of Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building. It both deploys the tasks of "crossing the river" and guides the resolution of the problems of the "bridge or boat," providing a powerful ideological weapon and action guide for persistently advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, deeply advancing the new great undertaking of Party building in the new era, effectively enhancing the systematicity, foresight, creativity, and effectiveness of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, and continuously building our Party better and stronger.

To timely edit and publish the important works of the Party's leaders, and to continuously arm the entire Party and educate the people with the achievements of the Party's theoretical innovation, is a fine tradition and precious experience of our Party. The publication and distribution of the first and second volumes of Selected Works on Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building is of great significance for promoting the entire Party to further profoundly understand the decisive significance of the "Two Establishes," resolutely achieving the "Two Maintenances," always maintaining high consistency in thought, politics, and action with the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, consciously applying Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building to plan and advance Party building, grasping all aspects of work regarding full and rigorous self-governance of the Party with higher standards and more practical measures, and providing a strong guarantee for the great cause of building a strong nation and national rejuvenation through high-quality Party building.

The vast mountains and rivers all enter the heart

Hu Yanyan

Have you also had such moments, where a warm current surged in your heart because you realized you are living on a historical extension?

In the footage, Li Dazhao raised his fist and said with a voice that could rouse the deaf: "In China 100 years from now, he will surely prove my view today: socialism will never fail China!" We, in front of the screen, silently console the martyrs: the facts 100 years later have proven that socialism has not failed China.

In the video, Chen Qiaonian left a sentence before his heroic martyrdom: "Let our descendants enjoy the happiness of those who came before them, who hacked through thorns and brambles!" Today, those enjoying this happiness have tears welling up, and a line of text on the bullet comments (danmu) pierces the heart: "We are happy and grateful!"

We are lucky because we see the next page of history; we are also responsible because we are participating in writing the next page of history.

At the end of last year, the Flower Research Institute of the Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences conducted an online naming contest for a new variety of yellow rose. As soon as the suggestion "Wenxiu" appeared in the comments section, it was quickly pushed to the top of the list. The "Wenxiu Rose" later grew very well, full and fragrant, blooming before the grave of Huang Wenxiu. Its language of flowers is moving: passionate and selfless dedication.

During this summer's graduation season, the banners hung in university campuses carried special expectations. "Warmly seeing off the Class of 2026 to go to all parts of the motherland to achieve great things" is a passionate call for responsibility; "For major national affairs, do your utmost" is a solemn entrustment of responsibility. The lush campus watches the young figures head toward the mountains and rivers, integrating personal prospects into the magnificent journey of the era.

History is never a landscape stopped on the far shore, but a subcurrent flowing here, silently influencing the choices of today's Chinese people.

On the occasion of celebrating the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, we sincerely launch this issue of the "Earthly Booklist," following good books into the river of time, and identifying that historical extension through reading. 105 years have passed since the lights were lit at the site of the First National Congress of the CPC at Shikumen on Xingye Road, Shanghai. In these 105 years, a political party has braved the waves and moved forward with determination, bringing about a profound transformation of a nation. As witnesses and beneficiaries of this transformation, we need to know where we came from and where we are going, both tracing upstream to sense the original intention and mission from the origins of the Communist Party of China, and penetrating reality to draw strength for continuous struggle from the deep connection between the individual and the country, and with the era.

Time moves far away, but words preserve the burning light of original intention and ideals. Reading the Party's revolutionary history, we can see clearly how a ship calibrates its course amidst stormy waves—still believing in light during the darkest moments, and always standing with the people through the tests of blood and fire; the deep code of "Why the Communist Party of China can succeed" is hidden within. Reading about poverty alleviation and scientific and technological innovation, we see how those ideals written on paper are implemented inch by inch upon the earth, thereby understanding why it is said that "the key to handling China's affairs lies in the Party," and understanding how China's governance has achieved a growth pole that attracts the world's attention. Reading traditional culture, we understand how Marxism allows traditional culture to gain new life, and how traditional culture provides thick soil for Marxism to take root in China, so that we can see how vast an innovative space the "Two Combinations" has opened. Reading Chinese-style modernization, we will slowly realize that the grand blueprint is not an abstract definition, but the life being experienced by more than 1.4 billion people, the sense of gain from the lights of myriad homes, and the wish list of ordinary lives.

Only by understanding history can one see far; only by forever maintaining the original intention can one walk far. Understanding the Communist Party of China, understanding the path of founding, prospering, and strengthening the Party, will ultimately lead to the great spirit of Party building and the spiritual lineage passed down through generations. From one excellent Communist Party member after another, one can see their shared piety, persistence, purity, and profound faith. On the one-year anniversary of her village residence, the mileage on Huang Wenxiu's car dashboard had increased by exactly 25,000 kilometers. She posted on her WeChat Moments: "The Long March in my heart, happy one-year anniversary of village residence." "Long March" is the reference frame and energy pack that Huang Wenxiu frequently mentions. What she did not know was that so many people left comments after reading her diary: "Secretary Wenxiu, after reading your story, I became a selected graduate student (xuandiaosheng)." "Overcoming difficulties is not a 'cool story'; each generation has its own Long March." The uncooled passion is for the home and country; the affection for believing in and loving the Party is passed down through generations, flowing in the blood of the Chinese people.

General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "When the people have faith, the nation has hope, and the country has strength." From the vast Long March to the sea of stars, we will continue to incessantly draw a vast spirit from faith and open up vast realms. The vast mountains and rivers all enter the heart.

To understand the Communist Party of China is to understand China

Gao Zhikai

If someone were to conduct a serious study and objective evaluation of the development of more than 200 countries on Earth over the past 100 years, if ranking by achievements and progress, China would undoubtedly be number one.

Over the past 100 years, the Chinese nation has defeated foreign aggressors, established New China, implemented reform and opening up, and comprehensively advanced the great cause of building a strong nation and national rejuvenation through Chinese-style modernization. From standing up, to becoming prosperous, to becoming strong, and from victory to new victories, this has been inseparable from the wise decisions and strong leadership of the Communist Party of China.

From a longer historical perspective, for thousands of years, the Chinese nation has always occupied the "top stream" of the world; we are hardworking and brave, and we value education and learning. We do not covet the land and wealth of others, and we have created a brilliant Chinese civilization. After the Western Industrial Revolution, various parts of the world engaged in murderous conquest, occupation, and plunder, sharpening their blades toward our China, and China suffered a century of humiliation. Where was China headed? How could China be saved? How could a place be won for the Chinese nation in today's world? Upon the vast earth, who would preside over the rise and fall? From the very beginning, the Communist Party of China wanted to break free from the enslavement of the great powers, save the people from water and fire, seek happiness for the Chinese people and rejuvenation for the Chinese nation, realize industrialization and modernization, allow the Chinese nation to be reborn from the flames, and let Chinese civilization bloom with brilliant glory once again.

From the founding of the Party in 1921, the establishment of New China in 1949, the beginning of reform and opening up in 1978, to the entry of socialism with Chinese characteristics into a new era since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, the Communist Party of China has always had clear goals and firm will. Rooted in China and looking to the world, it has led the Chinese people from one mountain peak to another even higher peak, constantly climbing, constantly advancing, constantly reforming, and constantly innovating, never being complacent and never being slack. This is the fundamental reason for the great achievements attained by the Chinese nation over these 105 years, these 77 years, these 48 years, and these 14 years.

While the whole world is wondering why China's development is so rapid, why its achievements are so brilliant, why its goals are so clear, why its will is so firm, and why its nation is so united, we Chinese people understand most clearly: without the Communist Party, there would be no New China! Without the Communist Party, there would be no reform and opening up! Without the Communist Party, there would be no beautiful life for the Chinese people! Without the Communist Party, there would be no grand blueprint and great undertaking of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation!

China is so large, the population is so numerous, the regional differences are so stark, and the international situation is so complex and severe; to develop and progress, it is inevitable to encounter "one mountain after another blocking the way," and problems and setbacks are unavoidable. But if compared vertically, it can be found that the achievements we have attained are enormous, our progress is astonishing, and we should have sufficient confidence and courage. If compared horizontally with the rest of the world, we should have even more hundredfold confidence; we have used several decades to walk the path that other developed countries took several hundred years to complete, not only catching up and leveling out, but also daring to surpass and daring to lead.

Currently, regarding China's rapid development and brilliant achievements in the international arena, some people praise it, some find it unbelievable, some feel envy, jealousy, and hatred, and some harbor ill intentions. We even more need to stand firm under the strong leadership of the Communist Party of China, continuously opening up and advancing, continuously reforming and innovating, vigorously developing new quality productive forces, and comprehensively advancing the great cause of building a strong nation and national rejuvenation through Chinese-style modernization.

Countries around the world see more and more clearly: China is true to its word and produces results in its actions; it is a truly responsible major power and a mainstay in defending world peace and defending free trade. China is not only China's China, but also the world's China, continuously injecting precious stability and positive energy into a turbulent world. The people of the world will see that China, under the strong leadership of the Communist Party of China, will continue to maintain its composure, advance steadily, and remain full of vitality; it will also continue to defend peace, promote cooperation and win-win results, promote common development, and promote the building of a community with a shared future for mankind, paving the way and building bridges for the construction of a better human world.

(The author is the Vice President of the US Branch of the Association to Study the Overseas Chinese and the Deputy Director of the Globalization Think Tank)

Touching the warmth of Chinese-style modernization

Wang Weisong

General Secretary Xi Jinping profoundly pointed out: "To categorically propose and deeply elaborate the theory of Chinese-style modernization is a major theoretical innovation of the 20th National Congress of the CPC, and is the latest major achievement of scientific socialism." This judgment profoundly reveals the important position of the theory of Chinese-style modernization in the history of the Party's theoretical innovation. How to systematically and accurately interpret this major theoretical innovation, transforming it from a grand political proposition into a knowledge system that can be taught, learned, and disseminated? Fifteen Lectures on Chinese-style Modernization, written by Professor Liu Jianjun of Fudan University and others, was born precisely under this topical proposition of the era.

The fifteen lectures in the complete work connect three major sections with a clear thread. The first section reveals the logic, history, and the national condition foundations upon which Chinese-style modernization unfolds. The second section is the focus of the book, analyzing from nine dimensions—from ideology and leading forces to the state and market, super-large-scale social transformation, and then to science and technology and new quality productive forces, and China and the world—the subjective forces and institutional foundations that support Chinese-style modernization in a three-dimensional manner. The third section, within a comparative perspective, clarifies the pioneering of a new form of human civilization by Chinese-style modernization. This progressive structure both ensures logical rigor and reflects the rigor and completeness of the theory, structure, and knowledge system.

Sima Qian's Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji) quotes Confucius's principle of writing: "I would rather show it through profound and clear actions than merely carry it with empty words." The author says in the postscript: To write about Chinese-style modernization realistically is our unswerving pursuit. The author skillfully integrates individual destiny, life experience, and daily life into the grand structure of Chinese-style modernization. On one hand, what Chinese-style modernization faces is the overall transformation of a super-large-scale country, whose population scale, spatial scope, and historical depth are incomparable to any other country. On the other hand, understanding Chinese-style modernization cannot be done only in documents, classrooms, and papers; one must also go to specific places to see, into the lives of ordinary people to see, and onto the paths one has walked to see. This style of writing establishes a connection between every ordinary Chinese person and Chinese-style modernization.

How to integrate academic innovation with the autonomy of knowledge? The book proposes a series of original concepts, striving to form a theoretical system, a discourse system, and a knowledge system that transcends Western modernization theories. This book grows in Chinese soil, analyzes Chinese problems, and explains Chinese solutions, while simultaneously possessing a cross-cultural perspective. One of the authors, Jin Meilai, as a South Korean scholar trained in Chinese universities, injects an international comparative perspective into the writing—which is also a unique perspective for the international community to read, understand, and disseminate Chinese-style modernization. Chinese-style modernization not only belongs to China but is also an important civilizational achievement attained by human society under the great changes unseen in a century.

The leadership of the Communist Party of China is directly related to the fundamental direction, the future and destiny, and the ultimate success or failure of Chinese-style modernization. In the book, the author systematically explains from an academic standpoint the political judgment that "the leadership of the Communist Party of China is the most essential feature of socialism with Chinese characteristics"—using the new type of party system as the "engine and navigator of Chinese-style modernization," and using the internal fit between Marxism and Chinese-style modernization as the theoretical foundation, internalizing political direction into academic logic and merging value orientation into the knowledge system. This method of explanation, where "salt dissolves in water," allows readers to naturally grasp the deep logic of "why it can succeed" while understanding "what" Chinese-style modernization is. The entire book uses solid academic theory, rigorous structure, and sincere life narratives to write this great process "realistically." By reading this book, we can not only see the grand picture of Chinese-style modernization but also deeply feel the sincerity and warmth of ordinary participants, witnesses, and thinkers.

(The author is the Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Full-time Vice President of the Shanghai Municipal Federation of Social Science Circles)

Where the heart finds peace is my home

Ji Dongliang

I have lived and worked in Xishigou for over 30 years, and I know well the hardships and tribulations of the elders and fellow villagers on this land, and I also know well their struggles and pursuits. In this life, there are two things: food and clothing. In my childhood memories, it was all about people's struggles with food and clothing, to the extent that my dream at that time was to become a person who "eats grain coupons," with "wheat turning yellow every month," to escape the predicament of relying on heaven for food and living from day to day.

Later, I left the countryside and entered the city, moving from being a journalist to holding a position in a government research department. Every year, I would go to Xishigou for interviews and research, gaining a more objective and in-depth understanding, and accumulating many real and vivid stories. Writing a work about Xishigou has been lingering in my heart. The reason I delayed putting pen to paper was that I was waiting for an outlet. When Ningxia solemnly promised to society that it would build a moderately prosperous society in synchronization with the rest of the country, the preparation for writing Notes on Xishigou (《西海固笔记》) began.

The reason it is named "Notes" is, first, because I focus on the people at the grassroots, taking them as protagonists and entering through small apertures to make real records; second, because the poverty alleviation in Xishigou is all-encompassing and multi-dimensional, ranging from high-level decision-making to a single livestock pen, being extremely complex in all aspects; third, because Xishigou has a long history, and when telling of the vicissitudes of thousands of years, the note-taking style is more adept. In Xishigou, there are people with stories everywhere; everyone carries a history of poverty reduction within them, and I am merely doing my best to leave a sincere archive.

Poverty alleviation in Xishigou involves relocating villagers from dilapidated houses, returning farmland to forest and grassland, closing mountains to ban grazing, new rural construction, small watershed management, high-standard farmland, and especially the Yanghuang Irrigation Project, which, through iterative upgrades, has raised the Yellow River by five or six hundred meters, delivering the water of life and thoroughly solving the "choking short board" of "nine droughts in ten years." Under the strategic deployment of East-West collaboration, the Minning Cooperation has achieved remarkable results, providing a unique "Minning Model" for the world's poverty reduction history.

Today, in Xishigou, the consolidation and expansion of poverty alleviation achievements are effectively linked with rural revitalization; ecology, industry, culture and tourism, and other sectors are blooming everywhere, and the modern transformation is flourishing. Neat and grand village houses, well-arranged terraced fields, and colorful specialized crops render the changes in mountains and rivers, the ecological victory, the industrial prosperity, and the pastoral beauty. The land of Xishigou is no longer a "Mars-like landscape," but is lush and colorful, like a magnificent oil painting.

After Notes on Xishigou was published, several "protagonists" called me. I like listening to them tell their stories; they are best at summarizing the changes in life: "In the past, when people came, they hid in the gullies; now when people come, they come to the homes to visit (re/attract)." "Re" (惹) means "to attract/invite" (招). "The land has turned green, the people have become rich, and those who come to visit have become aunts and uncles." "Aunts and uncles" are the most honored guests. "In the past, we ran errands on foot; now we drive cars, and the village is going to build a parking lot; don't you say the change is huge?" They often send photos and videos, their pride and joy in their hometown being beyond words.

Farmers have ideals, and rural areas have hope. The change in the people of Xishigou is also reflected in their return. Where the heart finds peace is my home. In the past, they would lease out their land and then go out to find work as laborers; now, they realize their ideals on their own land. Many years ago, Xishigou people who were working away from home swore during my interviews that they would never return to that "rotten pole" place again. Now they have returned, read my book, and even called me: "You must write another one! We are planting our own land and have also leased collective land; what is called rural revitalization, the first thing to be revitalized is our farmers' affection for the land!"

I continue to follow Xishigou with deep affection. In these two years, I have also newly published the long novel The Man on the Ridge (《垄上人》) reflecting rural revitalization and the non-fiction work Writing through Xishigou (《走笔西海固》). Compared to the huge changes in my hometown, my writing strength is limited, and my simple brushstrokes cannot keep up with the moving transformations, but I know well that writing the destiny of the era is the responsibility of a writer.

(The author was a former Vice Chairman of the Ningxia Writers Association)

The Account Book of an Old Communist Party Member

Zhang Hongwei

One day in 2015, Liu Tao, a folk collector in Shanxi, discovered a stack of small notebooks in a shop in the Taiyuan Nangong second-hand book market. There were 12 of these small notebooks in total; all were account books, 10 of which had plastic covers, while the others were hand-bound. Among these account books, the recorder used a fountain pen to neatly write line after line of numbers, which were the daily income and expenditure accounts of an ordinary family's life in Taiyuan, Shanxi. The time recorded in the account books spanned from July 1952 to May 1993, a total of 41 years. After statistics, the total word count of the account books was nearly 400,000 words.

Recorded in the account books were not only a family's wage income but also various daily household expenditures. Whether it was buying scallions and garlic, buying needles and thread, or the book accounts for buying books, the tobacco accounts for buying cigarettes, as well as the expenses for watching movies and plays, bathing and haircuts, and educating children, the owner recorded everything in meticulous detail. The dense numbers carry the life imprints of more than half a lifetime of an ordinary Chinese person and their family. The terms recorded in the account books, such as "burning earth" (shao tu), "grain coupons," "cloth coupons," "black and white television sets," "semiconductors," and "Pagoda candy," are both life and memory, and even the imprints of that era. These details also reflect the development process of more than 40 years after the founding of New China.

The recorder of these account books was named Zhang Jianmin, an old Communist Party member. He was born in February 1916 in Daning Village, Yangcheng County, Shanxi, joined the Communist Party of China in 1938, and served as the first Secretary of the Yangcheng County Committee of the CPC in August 1949. After the founding of New China, he successively served as the Secretary-General of the Changzhi Prefectural Committee of the CPC, the Director of the United Front Work Department Office of the Shanxi Provincial Committee, and the Deputy Secretary-General of the Shanxi Provincial CPPCC, before retiring in 1984 and passing away from illness in 1993.

The last date recorded in Zhang Jianmin's account book was eight days before his death; that is to say, it was only because he was hospitalized due to serious illness that he was forced to stop his 41-year habit of bookkeeping.

After obtaining authorization from Zhang Jianmin's family, Liu Tao consulted with me, and we decided to conduct micro-historical writing centered on the 12 account books. We wanted to excavate the historical background hidden behind these numbers, restore a bustling and real urban society, and at the same time, explore Zhang Jianmin's life trajectory and capture the moral ideals and life philosophies he followed throughout his life.

In the process of researching the account books and exploring the stories behind them, we constantly felt the character of an old Communist Party member. Loyalty to the Party, adherence to truth, emphasis on research, diligence in learning, no favoritism, and a good family style—these phrases linked together outline the image of an unadorned Communist Party member.

This person, who even recorded as little as 1 cent in the accounts, donated all his savings to his hometown to build roads upon his death. In the family letters Zhang Jianmin wrote to his wife and children, there was such a sincere expression of emotion: "The older I get, the only thing that makes me uneasy is that the Party has given me too much, while I have done too little for the Party; the gap between them is too large. Therefore, even until the end of my life, I am always guilty, unable to compensate, apologetic! Apologetic!"

As a Communist Party member, he had a scale in his heart, constantly measuring whether his contributions matched his gains; to him, giving was far more peace-inducing than receiving. This kind of emotion is the true background of that generation's lives.

A single drop of water can reflect an entire sea. The micro-history of one person can allow young people to understand and feel the patriotism and lofty character of the older generation of Party members and cadres, as well as the ups and downs that New China has traversed, in a more contextual and realistic way. Jianmin's Account Book: 1952–1993, the Numerical Life of an Old Communist Party Member is not only a life account of an ordinary family, but also reflects the excellent qualities, Party spirit, and the original intention and mission of our Party, which continue to shine brightly even after being washed by the years.

(The author is a writer)

The quest for technological self-reliance has no end

Sun Fengchun

I have done research in the automotive industry for several decades, and people inside and outside the industry always ask me: Now that China's new energy vehicles are already leading the world, how should we take the next step? This is a topical question for the industry's development, and also a key issue I have been thinking about for a long time.

Recently, I read Comrade Miao Wei's Aiming to Overtake: China's Solution for Intelligent and Connected Vehicles. This book echoes and builds upon his previous work, Changing Lanes to Race: China's Road for New Energy Vehicles, both providing a complete review of the struggle of our country's automotive industry to break through by changing lanes, and also standing on the present to judge the industry's changes and development directions. Relying on national strategic coordination and the collaborative efforts of the whole-nation system, through more than 20 years of continuous tackling of key problems, we have completed the industrial path that other automotive powers took decades to complete. We have completely changed the situation where we could only follow others during the era of fuel vehicles; this was achieved through the solid work of all Chinese automotive people.

I still remember in the 1990s when my team was tackling the first generation of "Yuanwang" electric vehicles. At that time, the domestic automotive scientific research foundation was very poor, and foreign car companies, relying on hundreds of years of accumulation, had built technical barriers very tightly. We had no core technologies or component supporting systems, let alone a complete industrial chain, and the market was not mature; everything was explored starting from zero. It is precisely because I experienced that low point that I particularly understand the state's strategic choice of "changing lanes to race"; it is the correct path to break through the predicament and achieve industrial autonomy and self-reliance.

In recent years, from technical pre-research, key tackling, and major demonstration projects to the "Ten Cities, Thousand Vehicles" promotion and application, relying on overall coordination, full-chain supporting, and scenario iteration, we have hardily turned technologies in the laboratory into a large-scale industrial advantage. In this battle of electrification, we can be said to have won.

Looking back at the path traveled, the state made layouts in major directions such as energy security and ecological protection very early on, aiming to hold the initiative in key areas. The development of new energy vehicles was not a simple industrial upgrade from the beginning. Following the threads of people's livelihood needs and industrial transformation, we seized the opportunity of the technological revolution, tied technological innovation and industrial innovation together, and used the civilian high-end manufacturing of new energy vehicles to lead the transformation of the entire manufacturing industry. The reason we were able to completely rewrite the "following" pattern of the traditional automotive industry and achieve a leapfrog breakthrough is core to the Party Central Committee's precise planning and strategic leadership; with one blueprint drawn to the end, and relying on independent innovation and the new whole-nation system, the government, enterprises, universities, and research institutes were twisted into a single rope.

Core technologies cannot be bought; they can only be done by oneself; there is no shortcut to industrial breakthrough; one must stay calm and grind slowly. This is the profound cognition we have gained from struggling in the industrial field. We must build a solid innovation base, cultivate an industrial ecosystem, and resolutely implement the development strategy of "strategic leadership, institutional synergy, people first, and independent innovation."

Despite remarkable achievements, we must also remain sober and self-controlled; the competition in the second half of the industrial game remains severe. Currently, our application is ahead, but our foundation is relatively weak; core underlying technologies must still be supplemented from the roots, which is the hurdle that must be crossed to move from "temporary leadership" to "sustained leadership." Future global industrial competition will be a contest of the entire industrial system, innovation ecosystem, and strategic pattern, which directly relates to whether China's high-end manufacturing can ascend, whether energy is secure, and whether the green transformation can be carried out. The progress of new energy vehicles is linked to energy security, the "dual carbon" goals, and the overall upgrade of high-end manufacturing. Connecting transportation and energy, building a "third power grid" of green energy, and promoting carbon neutrality—this is the key to aligning industrial upgrading with national strategy.

In the future, we must continue to activate the effectiveness of the new whole-nation system, stabilize the basic position, and conquer core short boards, which can be carried out in three steps: in the short term, continue to deeply cultivate electrification to consolidate existing advantages; in the medium term, focus on core intelligent technologies to build an independently controllable intelligent and connected system; in the long term, export Chinese standards and industrial models, allowing the manufacturing industry to achieve a higher level of all-round leadership.

Industrial iteration never stops, and the quest for technological self-reliance has no end. National strategy and the whole-nation system are our confidence to break through blockades. I want to say to all automotive practitioners and scientific research colleagues: settle down to conquer underlying core technologies and solidify the foundation of the local industry. In the past, we walked the path of changing lanes to break through with solid steps; now we must maintain this composure even more, consolidate the hard-won first-mover and leading advantages, and with determined action vow to overtake, and with hard-core self-reliance escort the great journey of building a strong nation and national rejuvenation.

(The author is an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and a professor at Beijing Institute of Technology)

Netizen Comments

Netizen "Walking on the Road 365": Speaking of books of faith, the first thing that comes to mind is Red Crag. The unyielding character of the revolutionaries in prison greatly shocked me 20 years ago, and now, having experienced the development of the country and society, and having experienced many people and things, I am even more convinced that faith has power—an indestructible power!

Netizen "Xiaoyaoyou 666": Jianmin's Account Book uses an old Party member's account book of over 40 years to make a period of great history concrete. In the stream of life involving firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, and tea, it seems one can see the lives of the older generation in the streets and alleys of old Taiyuan, and see the sincerity and tenacity of a Communist Party member. Worth a read.

Netizen "2e37c3": In a socialist country, the sentence that can make people produce faith must be "Serve the People." If one were to add an annotation to this sentence, I think it must be "to be a 'servant of the people'."

Netizen "5DBC8C": The Red Detachment of Women (The Red Ribbon of the Earth), from the novel to the picture books, is very classic, a work of painstaking effort that stands the test of time.

Netizen "Feng Qingyang": Reading a good book is also a spiritual baptism.

Netizen "flyingflat": Firebrand: Searching for the Path of China's Rejuvenation is a shared reading item for our unit's youth reading club. Everyone talked for a long time at the reading club; the exploration of the path of the nation and people by the pioneers over 100 years ago can still touch the heartstrings of young people 100 years later.

Netizen "Tina": Reading history makes one wise. Setting a goal, I will read more Party history next; as for the next step of effort, this is probably a required course for understanding contemporary Chinese society.

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Staying True to the Original Aspiration Is the Key to Going Far (Dadi Book List, Issue 5)

Authoritative Textbooks for Studying and Implementing Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building

By Wen Yan

Studying and implementing Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building is an important political task for the entire Party during the current and future periods. With the approval of the CPC Central Committee, the first and second volumes of Selected Works on Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building, edited by the Institute of Party History and Literature of the CPC Central Committee, were recently published and distributed. The entire book contains a total of 102 of General Secretary Xi Jinping's most important and fundamental works regarding Party building from November 2012 to February 2026, providing authoritative textbooks for the vast number of Party members, cadres, and the masses to read the original works, study the original texts, and grasp the principles, thereby enabling the in-depth study and implementation of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, particularly Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building.

Providing a panoramic display of historical logic. Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building was formally proposed at the National Conference on Party Building Work and was nurtured in the great practice of exercising full and rigorous self-governance in the new era. Since the 18th CPC National Congress, the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has addressed the major topical issues of the era regarding what kind of long-term governing Marxist party to build and how to build a long-term governing Marxist party, proposing a series of new concepts, new ideas, and new strategies, which have formed Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building. From the solemn commitment to 打铁必须自身硬> (dǎ tiě bì xū zì shēn yìng - "to forge iron, one must itself be hard," meaning one must possess high personal integrity to enforce discipline), to the starting point of formulating and implementing the Central Eight-Point Regulation; from incorporating full and rigorous self-governance into the "Four-Comprehensives" strategic layout, to the 19th CPC National Congress proposing the general requirements for Party building in the new era; from the preliminary construction of a system for full and rigorous self-governance, to the 20th CPC National Congress proposing the improvement of the system for full and rigorous self-governance; and so on. The first and second volumes of Selected Works on Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building vividly reflect the magnificent historical process of full and rigorous self-governance since the 18th CPC National Congress, and provide a panoramic display of the historical logic through which Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building has been continuously formed and enriched in its development.

Scientifically revealing theoretical logic. Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building adheres to developing through inheritance and innovating through maintaining correctness, forming a complete theoretical system that embodies epochal characteristics, grasps laws, and is rich in creativity; it is a major achievement of our Party in adhering to the "Two Combinations" and advancing theoretical innovation. As the latest achievement in the Sinicization and adaptation to the times of Marxist theories on Party building, Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building clearly proposes the "Fourteen Persistences," profoundly grasping the internal connections between governing and managing the Party, prospering and strengthening the Party, and strengthening the nation and achieving rejuvenation. It coordinates the Party's leadership with the Party's building, serving as a scientific summary of the theoretical development and practical experience of Party building in the new era, being broad and profound, rich in connotation, deep in thought, and rigorous in system. Using the "Fourteen Persistences" as the fundamental basis, the first and second volumes of Selected Works on Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building select representative manuscripts that embody General Secretary Xi Jinping's new concepts, new ideas, and new strategies that are emblematic and leading for Party building in the new era, profoundly clarifying the highest principles, strategic guidelines, value pursuits, work layouts, and methodological paths of Party building, and scientifically revealing the theoretical logic and theoretical system of Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building.

Systematically clarifying practical logic. Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building connects history, reality, and the future; it is a condensation of the practical experience of full and rigorous self-governance in the new era, and a scientific summary of our Party's historical experience in strengthening the Party's own building. It possesses a solid practical foundation and profound theoretical origins, and possesses powerful ideological strength, personal strength, and practical might, holding great practical significance and long-term guiding significance for strengthening the Party and the nation. This important thought adheres to the organic unity of epistemology and methodology, and the two-point theory and the key-point theory; it is clear in principle and effective in application, and is a scientific theory derived from and tested by practice, serving as the fundamental followings for strengthening Party building in the new era. The first and second volumes of Selected Works on Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building profoundly reflect the theoretical reflections of Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building on major practical issues, and systematically clarify the practical requirements of Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building. It both deploys the tasks of "crossing the river" and guides the resolution of the problems of the "bridge or boat," providing a powerful ideological weapon and action guide for persistently advancing full and rigorous self-governance, deeply advancing the new great undertaking of Party building in the new era, and effectively enhancing the systematicity, foresight, creativity, and effectiveness of full and rigorous self-governance, so as to continuously build our Party better and stronger.

To timely edit and publish the important works of the Party's leaders, and to continuously arm the entire Party and educate the people with the achievements of the Party's theoretical innovation, is a fine tradition and precious experience of our Party. The publication and distribution of the first and second volumes of Selected Works on Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building is of great significance for promoting the entire Party to further profoundly understand the decisive significance of the "Two Establishes," resolutely achieve the "Two Maintenances," always maintain high consistency in thought, politics, and action with the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, consciously utilize Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building to plan and advance Party building, carry out various tasks of full and rigorous self-governance with higher standards and more practical measures, and provide strong guarantees for the cause of building a strong nation and national rejuvenation through high-quality Party building.

Ten Thousand Miles of Mountains and Rivers, All Within the Heart

By Hu Yanyan

Have you also had such moments, where a warm current surged in your heart because you realized you are living on a historical extension?

In the footage, Li Dazhao raises his fist and says with a voice that rings like a bell: "In China 100 years from now, he will surely prove my view today: socialism will never fail China!" We, in front of the screen, silently comfort the martyrs: the facts 100 years later have proven that socialism has not failed China.

In the video, Chen Qiaonian left a sentence before his heroic martyrdom: "Let our descendants enjoy the happiness of those who went before them, clearing the way through thorns and brambles!" Today, those enjoying this happiness have tears welling up, and a line of text on the bullet comments (danmu) pierces the heart: "We are happy and grateful!"

We are lucky because we see the next page of history; we are also responsible because we are participating in writing the next page of history.

At the end of last year, the Flower Research Institute of the Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences conducted an online naming contest for a new variety of yellow rose. As soon as the suggestion "Wenxiu" appeared in the comments section, it was quickly pushed to the top of the list. The "Wenxiu Rose" later grew very well, full and fragrant, blooming before the grave of Huang Wenxiu. Its language of flowers is moving: passionate and selfless dedication.

During this summer's graduation season, banners hung in university campuses carried special expectations. "Warmly seeing off the Class of 2026 to go to all parts of the motherland to achieve great things" is a passionate call for responsibility; "For major national affairs, do your utmost" is a solemn entrustment of responsibility. The lush campus watches the young figures head toward the mountains and rivers, integrating personal prospects into the magnificent journey of the era.

History is never a scenery stopped on the far shore, but a subcurrent flowing here, silently influencing the choices of today's Chinese people.

On the occasion of celebrating the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, we sincerely launch this issue of the "Earthly Booklist," following good books into the river of time, and identifying that historical extension through reading. 105 years have passed since the lights were lit at the site of the First National Congress of the CPC in the Shikumen of Xingye Road, Shanghai. In these 105 years, a political party has braved the waves and moved forward with determination, bringing about a profound transformation of a nation. As witnesses and beneficiaries of this transformation, we need to know where we came from and where we are going, both tracing upstream to sense the original intention and mission from the origins of the Communist Party of China, and penetrating reality to draw strength for continuous struggle from the deep connection between the individual and the country, and with the era.

Time moves far away, but words preserve the burning light of original intention and ideals. Reading the Party's revolutionary history, we can see clearly how a ship calibrates its course amidst stormy waves—still believing in light during the darkest moments, and always standing with the people through tests of blood and fire; the deep code of "Why can the Communist Party of China succeed" is hidden within. Reading about poverty alleviation and scientific and technological innovation, we see how those ideals written on paper are implemented inch by inch upon the earth, thereby understanding why it is said that "the key to handling China's affairs lies in the Party," and understanding how China's governance has achieved a growth pole that attracts the world's attention. Reading traditional culture, we understand how Marxism allows traditional culture to gain new life, and how traditional culture provides thick soil for Marxism to take root in China, so that we can see how vast an innovative space the "Two Combinations" has opened. Reading Chinese-style modernization, we will slowly realize that the grand blueprint is not an abstract definition, but the life being experienced by more than 1.4 billion people, the sense of gain from the lights of ten thousand homes, and the wish list of ordinary lives.

Only by understanding history can one see far; only by maintaining the original intention can one walk far. Understanding the Communist Party of China, understanding the path of founding, prospering, and strengthening the Party, will ultimately lead to the great spirit of Party building and the spiritual lineage passed down through generations. From one excellent Communist Party member after another, one can see their shared piety, persistence, purity, and profound faith. On the one-year anniversary of her village residence, the mileage on Huang Wenxiu's car dashboard had increased by exactly 25,000 kilometers. She posted on her WeChat Moments: "The Long March in my heart, happy one-year anniversary of village residence." "Long March" is the reference frame and energy pack that Huang Wenxiu frequently mentioned. What she did not know was that so many people left comments after reading her diary: "Secretary Wenxiu, after reading your story, I became a selected graduate student (xuandiaosheng)"; "Overcoming difficulties is not a 'cool story' (shuangwen); each generation has its own Long March." The uncooled passion is for the home and country; the affection for believing in and loving the Party is passed down through generations, flowing in the blood of the Chinese people.

General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "When the people have faith, the nation has hope, and the country has strength." From the long march of ten thousand miles to the sea of stars, we will continue to incessantly draw a vast spirit from faith and open up vast realms. Ten thousand miles of mountains and rivers, all within the heart.

To Understand the Communist Party of China is to Understand China

By Gao Zhikai

If someone were to conduct a serious study and objective evaluation of the development of more than 200 countries on Earth over the past 100 years, if ranking by achievements and progress, China would undoubtedly be number one.

Over the past 100 years, the Chinese nation has defeated foreign aggressors, established New China, implemented reform and opening-up, and comprehensively promoted the cause of building a strong nation and national rejuvenation through Chinese-style modernization. From standing up, to becoming prosperous, to becoming strong, and from victory to new victories, this has been inseparable from the wise decisions and strong leadership of the Communist Party of China.

From a longer historical perspective, for thousands of years, the Chinese nation has always occupied the "top stream" of the world. We are hardworking and brave, and we value education and learning. We do not covet the land and wealth of others, and we have created a brilliant Chinese civilization. After the Western Industrial Revolution, while various parts of the world engaged in murderous conquest, occupation, and plunder, and while blades were being sharpened toward our China, China encountered a century of humiliation. Where was China headed? How could China be saved? How could a place be won for the Chinese nation in today's world? Upon the vast earth, who would preside over the rise and fall? From the very beginning, the Communist Party of China wanted to break free from the enslavement of great powers, save the people from water and fire, seek happiness for the Chinese people and rejuvenation for the Chinese nation, realize industrialization and modernization, allow the Chinese nation to be reborn from the flames, and let Chinese civilization once again bloom with magnificent glory.

From the founding of the Party in 1921, the establishment of New China in 1949, the beginning of reform and opening-up in 1978, to the entry of socialism with Chinese characteristics into a new era since the 18th CPC National Congress, the Communist Party of China has always had clear goals and firm will. Rooted in China and looking to the world, it has led the Chinese people from one mountain peak to another even higher peak, constantly climbing, constantly advancing, constantly reforming, and constantly innovating, never being complacent and never being slack.

When the whole world is wondering why China's development is so rapid, why its achievements are so brilliant, why its goals are so clear, why its will is so firm, and why its nation is so united, we Chinese people understand most clearly: without the Communist Party, there would be no New China! Without the Communist Party, there would be no reform and opening-up! Without the Communist Party, there would be no beautiful life for the Chinese people! Without the Communist Party, there would be no grand blueprint and great undertaking of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation!

China is so large, the population is so great, the regional differences are so stark, and the international situation is so complex and severe. To develop and progress, one must inevitably encounter "one mountain after another blocking the way" (yi shan fang guo yi shan lan - "one mountain lets go, another blocks," meaning obstacles are inevitable); problems and setbacks are unavoidable. But if compared vertically, it can be found that the achievements we have attained are enormous, our progress is astonishing, and we should have sufficient confidence and courage. If compared horizontally with the rest of the world, we should have even more hundredfold confidence; we have used several decades to walk the path that other developed countries took several hundred years to complete, not only catching up and leveling out, but also daring to surpass and daring to lead.

Currently, regarding China's rapid development and brilliant achievements in the international arena, some people praise it, some find it unbelievable, some feel envy, jealousy, and hatred, and some harbor ill intentions. We even more need to stand firm under the strong leadership of the Communist Party of China, continuously opening up and advancing, continuously reforming and innovating, vigorously developing new quality productive forces, and comprehensively promoting the cause of building a strong nation and national rejuvenation through Chinese-style modernization.

Countries around the world see more and more clearly: China is true to its word and produces results in its actions; it is a truly responsible major power and a mainstay in defending world peace and defending free trade. China is not only China's China, but also the world's China, continuously injecting precious stability and positive energy into a turbulent world. The people of the world will see that China, under the strong leadership of the Communist Party of China, will continue to maintain its composure, advance steadily, and remain full of vitality; it will also continue to defend peace, promote cooperation and win-win results, promote common development, and promote the building of a community with a shared future for mankind, paving the way and building bridges for the construction of a better human world.

(The author is the Vice President of the US Branch of the Association to Study the Overseas Chinese and the Deputy Director of the Globalization Think Tank)

Touching the Temperature of Chinese-style Modernization

By Wang Weisong

General Secretary Xi Jinping profoundly pointed out: "To categorically propose and deeply elaborate the theory of Chinese-style modernization is a major theoretical innovation of the 20th CPC National Congress and is the latest major achievement of scientific socialism." This judgment profoundly reveals the important position of the theory of Chinese-style modernization in the history of the Party's theoretical innovation. How to systematically and accurately interpret this major theoretical innovation, transforming it from a grand political proposition into a knowledge system that can be taught, learned, and disseminated? Fifteen Lectures on Chinese-style Modernization, written by Professor Liu Jianjun of Fudan University and others, was born precisely under this topical proposition of the era.

The fifteen lectures of the entire book connect three major sections with a clear thread. The first section reveals the logic, history, and the national conditions upon which Chinese-style modernization is based to unfold. The second section is the focus of the book, analyzing from nine dimensions—from ideology and leading forces to the state and the market, super-large social transformation, and then to science and technology and new quality productive forces, and China and the world—the subjective forces and institutional foundations that support Chinese-style modernization in a three-dimensional manner. The third section, within a comparative perspective, clarifies the pioneering of a new form of human civilization by Chinese-style modernization. This progressive structure both ensures logical rigor and reflects the rigor and completeness of the theory, structure, and knowledge system.

Sima Qian's Records of the Grand Historian quotes Confucius's principle of writing: "I would rather show it through profound and clear actions than carry it with empty words." The author says in the postscript: To write about Chinese-style modernization realistically is our unswerving pursuit. The author skillfully integrates individual destiny, life experience, and daily life into the grand structure of Chinese-style modernization. On one hand, what Chinese-style modernization faces is the overall transformation of a super-large-scale country; its population scale, spatial scope, and historical depth are incomparable to any other country. On the other hand, understanding Chinese-style modernization cannot be done only in documents, classrooms, and papers; one must also go to specific places to see, into the lives of ordinary people to see, and onto the roads one has walked to see. This kind of writing establishes a connection between every ordinary Chinese person and Chinese-style modernization.

How to integrate academic innovation with the autonomy of knowledge? The book proposes a series of original concepts, striving to form a theoretical system, a discourse system, and a knowledge system that transcends Western modernization theories. The book grows in Chinese soil, analyzes Chinese problems, and explains Chinese solutions, while simultaneously possessing a cross-cultural perspective. One of the authors, Jin Meilai, as a South Korean scholar trained in Chinese universities, injects an international comparative perspective into the writing—which is also a unique perspective for the international community to read, understand, and disseminate Chinese-style modernization. Chinese-style modernization not only belongs to China but is also an important civilizational achievement attained by human society under the great changes unseen in a century.

The leadership of the Communist Party of China is directly related to the fundamental direction, the future and destiny, and the ultimate success or failure of Chinese-style modernization. In the book, the author systematically explains from an academic standpoint the political judgment that "the leadership of the Communist Party of China is the most essential feature of socialism with Chinese characteristics"—using a new type of party system as the "engine and navigator of Chinese-style modernization," and using the internal fit between Marxism and Chinese-style modernization as the theoretical foundation, internalizing political direction into academic logic and merging value orientation into the knowledge system. This explanatory method of "salt dissolving in water" allows readers to naturally grasp the deep logic of "why it can succeed" while understanding "what" Chinese-style modernization is. The entire book uses solid academic theory, rigorous structure, and sincere life narratives to write this great process "realistically." By reading this book, we can not only see the grand picture of Chinese-style modernization but also deeply feel the sincerity and temperature of ordinary participants, witnesses, and thinkers.

(The author is the Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Full-time Vice President of the Shanghai Federation of Social Science Circles)

Where the Heart Finds Peace is My Home

By Ji Dongliang

I have lived and worked in Xishigou for over 30 years, and I know well the hardships and tribulations of the elders and fellow villagers on this land, and I also know well their struggles and pursuits. In this life, there are two things: food and clothing. In my childhood memories, it was all about people's struggles with food and clothing, to the extent that my dream at that time was to become a person who "eats grain coupons," with "every month a wheat harvest is yellow," to escape the predicament of relying on heaven for food and living from day to day.

Later, I left the countryside and entered the city, moving from being a journalist to holding a position in a government research department. Every year, I would go to Xishigou for interviews and research, gaining a more objective and in-depth understanding, and accumulating many real and vivid stories. Writing a work about Xishigou has been lingering in my heart. The reason I delayed putting pen to paper was that I was waiting for an outlet. When Ningxia solemnly promised to society that it would build a moderately prosperous society in synchronization with the rest of the country, the preparation for writing Xishigou Notes began.

The reason it is named "Notes" is, first, because I focus on the people at the grassroots, taking them as protagonists and entering through small apertures to make real records; second, because the poverty alleviation in Xishigou is all-encompassing and multi-dimensional, ranging from high-level decision-making to a single livestock pen, being extremely complex in every aspect; third, because Xishigou has a long history, and when telling of thousands of years of vicissitudes, the note-taking style is more adept. In Xishigou, there are people with stories everywhere; everyone carries a history of poverty reduction on their person, and I am merely doing my best to leave a sincere archive.

Poverty alleviation in Xishigou involves relocating villagers from hilly areas, returning farmland to forest and grassland, closing mountains and banning grazing, new rural construction, small watershed management, high-standard farmland, and especially the Yanghuang Irrigation Project, which has undergone iterative upgrades, raising the Yellow River by five or six hundred meters and delivering the water of life, thoroughly solving the choking bottleneck of "nine droughts in ten years." Under the strategic deployment of East-West collaboration, the Minning Cooperation has achieved remarkable results, and has even provided a unique "Minning Model" for the world's poverty reduction history.

Today, in Xishigou, the consolidation and expansion of poverty alleviation achievements are effectively linked with rural revitalization; ecology, industry, culture and tourism, etc., are blooming everywhere, and the modern transformation is flourishing. Neat and grand village houses, well-arranged terraced fields, and colorful specialized crops render the changes in mountains and rivers, the victory of ecology, the prosperity of industry, and the beauty of the pastoral landscape. The land of Xishigou is no longer a "Mars landscape," but is lush and colorful, like a magnificent oil painting.

After Xishigou Notes was published, several "protagonists" called me. I like listening to them tell their stories; they are best at summarizing the changes in life: "Before, when people came, they hid in the gullies; now, when people come, they come to the homes to visit (re)." "Re" means "to attract/invite." "The land is green, the people are rich, and those who come to visit have become aunts and uncles." "Aunts and uncles" are the most honored guests. "Before, they were running errands; now, they are driving cars; the village is even going to build a parking lot; don't you say the change is huge?" They often send photos and videos, their pride and joy in their hometown being beyond words.

Farmers have ideals, and rural areas have hope. The change in the people of Xishigou is also reflected in their return. Where the heart finds peace is my home. Previously, they would lease out their land and then go out to find work as laborers; now, they realize their ideals on their own land. People from Xishigou who worked outside many years ago swore to me during an interview that they would never return to that "rotten pole" place again. Now they have returned, read my book, and even called me: "You must write another one! We are planting our own land and have also leased collective land; what is called rural revitalization, the first thing to be revitalized is our farmers' affection for the land!"

I continue to pay affectionate attention to Xishigou as I always have. In these two years, I have also newly published the long novel The Man on the Ridge, which reflects rural revitalization, and the non-fiction work Writing Through Xishigou. Compared to the huge changes in my hometown, my writing strength is limited, and my simple brushstrokes cannot keep up with the moving transformations, but I know well that writing the destiny of the era is the responsibility of a writer.

(The author is the former Vice Chairman of the Ningxia Writers Association)

The Account Book of an Old Communist Party Member

By Zhang Hongwei

One day in 2015, Liu Tao, a folk collector in Shanxi, discovered a stack of small notebooks in a shop in the Taiyuan Nangong second-hand book market. There were 12 of these small notebooks in total; all were account books, 10 of which had plastic covers, while the others were hand-bound. Among these account books, the recorder used a fountain pen to neatly write line after line of numbers, which were the daily income and expenditure accounts of an ordinary family in Taiyuan, Shanxi. The time recorded in the account books spanned from July 1952 to May 1993, a total of 41 years. After statistics, the total word count of the account books was nearly 400,000 words.

Recorded in the account books were not only a family's wage income but also various daily household expenditures. Whether it was buying scallions and garlic, buying needles and thread, or the book accounts for buying books and the tobacco accounts for buying cigarettes, as well as the expenses for watching movies and plays, bathing and hair cutting, and educating children, the owner recorded everything in meticulous detail. The dense numbers carry the life imprints of more than half a lifetime of an ordinary Chinese person and their family. The terms recorded in the account books, such as "burning earth," "grain coupons," "cloth coupons," "black-and-white television sets," "semiconductors," and "Pagoda candies," are both life and memory, and even the imprint of that era. These details also reflect the development process of more than 40 years after the founding of New China.

The recorder of these account books was named Zhang Jianmin, an old Communist Party member. He was born in February 1916 in Daning Village, Yangcheng County, Shanxi, joined the Communist Party of China in 1938, and served as the first Secretary of the Yangcheng County Committee of the CPC in August 1949. After the founding of New China, he successively served as the Secretary-General of the Changzhi Prefectural Committee of the CPC, the Director of the United Front Work Department Office of the Shanxi Provincial Committee, and the Deputy Secretary-General of the Shanxi Provincial CPPCC, before retiring in 1984 and passing away from illness in 1993.

The last date recorded in Zhang Jianmin's account book was eight days before his death; that is to say, it was only because he was hospitalized due to serious illness that he was forced to stop his 41-year habit of bookkeeping.

After obtaining authorization from Zhang Jianmin's family, Liu Tao consulted with me, and we decided to conduct micro-history writing centered on the 12 account books. We wanted to excavate the historical background hidden behind these numbers, restore a bustling and real urban society, and at the same time, explore Zhang Jianmin's life trajectory and capture the moral ideals and life philosophies he followed throughout his life.

In the process of studying the account books and exploring the stories behind them, we constantly felt the character of an old Communist Party member. Loyalty to the Party, adherence to truth, emphasis on research, diligence in learning, lack of favoritism, and a good family style—these phrases linked together sketch the image of an unadorned Communist Party member.

This person, who even recorded as little as 1 cent in the accounts, donated all his savings to his hometown for road construction upon his death. In the family letters Zhang Jianmin wrote to his wife and children, there was such an outpouring of true emotion: "The older I get, the only thing that makes me uneasy is that the Party has given me too much, while I have done too little for the Party; the gap between them is too large. Therefore, even until the end of my life, I am always guilty, unable to compensate, apologetic! Apologetic!"

As a Communist Party member, he had a scale in his heart, constantly measuring whether his contributions matched his gains; to him, giving was far more peace-inducing than receiving. This kind of emotion is the true background of that generation's lives.

A single drop of water can reflect an entire sea. The micro-history of one person can allow young people to understand and feel the patriotism and lofty character of the older generation of Party members and cadres, as well as the wind and rain that New China has passed through, in a more contextual and realistic way. Jianmin's Account Book: 1952–1993, the Numerical Life of an Old Communist Party Member is not only a life account of an ordinary family, but also reflects the excellent qualities, Party spirit, and the original intention and mission of our Party, which still shine brightly after being washed by the years.

(The author is a writer)

The Quest for Technological Self-Reliance Has No End

By Sun Fengchun

I have done research in the automotive industry for several decades, and people inside and outside the industry always ask me: Now that China's new energy vehicles are already leading the world, how should we take the next step? This is a topical question for the industry's development, and also a key question I have been thinking about for a long time.

Recently, I read Comrade Miao Wei's Aiming to Overtake: China's Solution for Intelligent and Connected Vehicles. This book echoes and builds upon his previous work, Changing Lanes to Race: China's Road for New Energy Vehicles, providing both a complete review of the struggle process of our country's automotive industry in breaking through by changing lanes, and standing on the present to judge the industry's changes and development directions. Relying on national strategic coordination and the synergy of the whole-nation system, through more than 20 years of continuous tackling of key problems, we have completed the industrial path that other automotive powers took decades to complete. We have completely changed the situation of only being able to follow others during the era of fuel vehicles; this was achieved through the solid work of all Chinese automotive people.

I still remember in the 1990s, my team and I were working on the first generation of "Yuanwang" electric vehicles. At that time, the domestic automotive scientific research foundation was very poor, and foreign car companies, relying on hundreds of years of accumulation, had built technical barriers very tightly. We had no core technologies or component supporting systems, let alone a complete industrial chain, and the market was not mature; everything was explored starting from zero. It is precisely because I have experienced such a low point that I particularly understand the state's strategic choice of "changing lanes to race"; it is the correct path to break through the predicament and achieve industrial autonomy and self-reliance.

In recent years, from technological pre-research, key tackling, and major demonstration projects to the "Ten Cities, Thousand Vehicles" promotion and application, relying on overall coordination, full-chain supporting, and scenario iteration, we have hardily turned technologies in the laboratory into a large-scale industrial advantage. In this battle of electrification, we can be said to have won.

Looking back at the path traveled, the state made layouts in major directions such as energy security and ecological protection very early on, precisely to keep the initiative in key areas in our own hands. The development of new energy vehicles was not a simple industrial upgrade from the beginning. Along the clues of people's livelihood needs and industrial transformation, we seized the opportunity of the technological revolution, tied technological innovation and industrial innovation together, and used the civilian high-end manufacturing of new energy vehicles to lead the transformation of the entire manufacturing industry. The reason we are able to completely rewrite the pattern of following in the traditional automotive industry and achieve leapfrog breakthroughs is that the core lies in the CPC Central Committee's precise planning and strategic leadership, drawing a blueprint to the end, and relying on independent innovation and the new whole-nation system to twist politics, enterprises, universities, and research institutes into a single rope.

Core technologies cannot be bought; they can only be done by oneself; there are no shortcuts to industrial breakthroughs; one must stay calm and grind slowly. This is the profound cognition we have gained from struggling in the industrial field. We must build a solid innovation foundation, cultivate an industrial ecosystem, and resolutely implement the development strategy of "strategic leadership, systemic synergy, people first, and independent innovation."

Despite brilliant achievements, we must also remain sober and self-controlled; the competition in the second half of the industrial game remains severe. Currently, our application is ahead, but our foundation is relatively weak; core underlying technologies must still be supplemented from the roots, which is the hurdle that must be crossed to move from "temporary leadership" to "sustained leadership." Future global industrial competition will be a contest of the entire industrial system, innovation ecosystem, and strategic pattern; this is directly related to whether China's high-end manufacturing can ascend, whether energy is secure, and whether the green transformation can be carried out. The progress of new energy vehicles is linked to energy security, the "dual carbon" goals, and the overall upgrade of high-end manufacturing. Connecting transportation and energy, building a "third power grid" of green energy, and promoting carbon neutrality—this is the key to aligning industrial upgrading with national strategy.

In the future, we must continue to activate the effectiveness of the new whole-nation system, stabilize the basic position, and conquer core shortcomings, which can be carried out in three steps: in the short term, continue to deeply cultivate electrification to consolidate existing advantages; in the medium term, focus on core intelligent technologies to build an independently controllable intelligent and connected system; in the long term, export Chinese standards and industrial models to allow the manufacturing industry to achieve a higher level of all-round leadership.

Industrial iteration never stops, and the quest for technological self-reliance has no end. National strategy and the whole-nation system are our confidence to break through blockades. I want to say to all automotive practitioners and scientific research colleagues: settle down to conquer underlying core technologies and solidify the foundation of the local industry. Previously, we walked the path of changing lanes to break through with solid steps; now we must maintain this composure even more, consolidate the hard-won first-mover and leading advantages, and with determined action vow to overtake, and with hard-core self-reliance escort the great journey of building a strong nation and national rejuvenation.

(The author is an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and a professor at Beijing Institute of Technology)

Netizen Comments

Netizen "On the Road 365": Speaking of books of faith, the first thing that comes to mind is Red Crag. The unyielding character of the revolutionaries in prison greatly shocked me 20 years ago, and now, having experienced the development of the country and society, and having experienced many people and things, I am even more convinced that faith has power—an indestructible power!

Netizen "Xiaoyaoyou 666": Jianmin's Account Book uses an old Party member's account book of over 40 years to make a period of great history concrete. In the stream of life consisting of firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, and tea, it seems one can see the lives of the older generation in the streets and alleys of old Taiyuan, and see the sincerity and tenacity of a Communist Party member. Worth a read.

Netizen "2e37c3": In a socialist country, the sentence that can make people produce faith must be "Serve the People." If one were to add a footnote to this sentence, I think it must be to be a "servant of the people."

Netizen "5DBC8C": The Red Ribbon of Earth, from the novel to the comic strip, is very classic, a work of painstaking effort that stands the test of time.

Netizen "Feng Qingyang": Reading a good book is also a spiritual baptism.

Netizen "flyingflat": Sparks: Searching for the Path of China's Rejuvenation is a shared reading list for the unit's youth reading club. Everyone talked for a long time at the reading club; the exploration of the path of the nation and the people by the pioneers over 100 years ago can still touch the heartstrings of young people 100 years later.

Netizen "Tina": Studying history makes one wise. Setting a goal, I will read more Party history next; putting in this effort is probably a required course for understanding contemporary Chinese society.

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