People's Daily - July 3, 2026

The Key Code to Why the Communist Party of China Can Succeed

By: 本报记者 杜尚泽 孙 振

To understand today's China, one must understand the Chinese Communist Party.
105 years of unremitting struggle have forged a powerful Chinese Communist Party. Generations of Communists, using struggle as their brush and hot blood as their ink, "have written the most magnificent epic in the thousands of years of Chinese history."
On July 1, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, when General Secretary Xi Jinping said that the Party "is completely worthy of the great, glorious, and correct party," applause surged like a tide. This important judgment is forged by China's development miracle, carved by the hearts of the Party and the people, and tested by theory and practice.
Why can the Chinese Communist Party do it?
"The fundamental reason lies in our Party's possession of outstanding traits that no other political party or political force can match," the General Secretary profoundly observed.
Persistently pursuing truth, always keeping the forward direction;
deeply rooted among the people, always having a solid foundation;
bravely shouldering historical missions, always grasping strategic initiative;
conforming to the trend of development, always walking at the forefront of the times;
daring and adept at struggle, always maintaining confidence in victory;
focusing on strengthening itself, always full of vitality and vigor.
These six outstanding traits run through the history, reality, and future of the world's largest ruling party, and permeate the Party's theoretical innovation and great practice. Standing upright between heaven and earth, eternally new; enduring through vicissitudes, ever stronger.

A Party That Persistently Pursues Truth
More than a hundred years ago, the pioneers of the Chinese Communist Party tasted "the very sweet flavor of truth." From the day of its founding, the Party has clearly written Marxism on its banner. The light of the cave dwellings in Yan'an illuminated the eyes of Communists who "ate millet and attacked the mountain of theory."
Fought out from the hail of bullets of revolution, burst out from the 筚路蓝缕 (bì lù lán lǚ - "driving a cart through brambles," pioneering under hardship) of construction, worked out from the 激流勇进 (jī liú yǒng jìn - "forge ahead against the current") of reform, and then into the 波澜壮阔 (bō lán zhuàng kuò - "surging with great momentum," magnificent) of the new era... "Marxism has profoundly changed China, and China has greatly enriched Marxism."
Adhering to "emancipating the mind, seeking truth from facts, 与时俱进 (yǔ shí jù jìn - "keep pace with the times"), and being pragmatic." A political party that is not afraid of clouds covering its eyes (不畏浮云遮望眼 - bú wèi fú yún zhē wàng yǎn, "not afraid of floating clouds blocking the view," from a poem) and that rides the wind and breaks waves without losing its course (乘风破浪 - chéng fēng pò làng, "ride the wind and break waves," forging ahead boldly) is a party that persistently pursues truth and always keeps the forward direction.
A plaque with the words "实事求是 (shí shì qiú shì - seek truth from facts)" hangs in the Yuelu Academy on the banks of the Xiang River. General Secretary Xi Jinping paused there and said, "The path must be clearly understood; truth must be localized."
Localization means looking toward the Chinese civilization that has flowed without interruption for more than five thousand years, where lies the deep soil for thought and theory. "Without the five thousand years of Chinese civilization, where would Chinese characteristics come from?"
The "second combination" (第二个结合) is "another ideological emancipation." Chinese Communists are thus able to "reveal and apply truth" and "test and develop truth" in a broader cultural space and field of practice.
Only by adhering to 守正创新 (shǒu zhèng chuàng xīn - "uphold fundamental principles and break new ground") can the guidance of the Party's innovative theory always keep the forward direction.
Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era is rooted in the lively practice of Chinese-style modernization (中国式现代化) and is constantly enriched and developed.
At the 20th National Congress of the Party, the General Secretary summarized and deeply expounded the theory of Chinese-style modernization, breaking the myth that "modernization equals Westernization" – a Chinese exploration that creates a new form of human civilization.
The road was trampled out from where there was no road, opened up from where there were only thorns. Confidence in the path, confidence in the theory, confidence in the system, and confidence in the culture (四个自信) merge within it. "Once the path is chosen, it must be adhered to."

A Party Deeply Rooted Among the People
A tree a thousand feet tall has roots deep in fertile soil.
At the end of 2012, deep in the Taihang Mountains, General Secretary Xi Jinping came walking through the snow and issued the mobilization order for fighting poverty to the entire Party and nation. That time, the villager Gu Chenghu received a cotton-padded coat. "The General Secretary saw that my sleeve cuffs were torn and instructed his entourage to add it to the condolence gifts for me."
The Party's history is brilliant, with touches that soak into people's hearts everywhere. Settling on the small: "Even the smallest thing that benefits the people must be done"; anchoring on the grand: "In Chinese modernization, the people's livelihood is paramount."
"Deeply rooted among the people, always having a solid foundation." This trait of the Chinese Communist Party was integrated into its blood from the very beginning of the Party's founding. The vision is very simple: to let the common people live a good life.
When inspecting local areas, General Secretary Xi Jinping often asks, "What else do you need?" "Do you have any other requests or hopes?"
When the people have a call, the government responds. From building a moderately prosperous society in all respects where "not a single person is left behind" to common prosperity where "not a single person is left out," the Chinese Communist Party "self-imposes pressure" in the face of the people's well-being.
The "people-centered development philosophy" is implemented. The heartfelt fulfillment of the promise that "the country is the people, and the people are the country" is precisely the historical echo of the weight of the word "people" – 千钧 (qiān jūn - "a thousand jun," extremely heavy).
At the Seventh National Congress of the Party, Comrade Mao Zedong emphasized "stand firmly together with the Chinese people" and established "serving the people wholeheartedly" as the Party's fundamental purpose. The General Secretary's important speech this time was also a declaration to hundreds of millions of people: "Firmly stand together with the people, think together, and work together." The speech was more than 4,500 characters, and the word "people" appeared 46 times.
General Secretary Xi Jinping once talked about the past with emotion: "I remember when I went to the countryside, a local 'scholar' came to give a talk, saying, 'In the future, we will be modernized, everything will be different — upstairs and downstairs, electric lights and telephones, steamed buns and dumplings, shredded meat and sliced meat.'"
Through 105 years of unremitting struggle, a historic leap has been achieved in the people's livelihood from insufficient food and clothing to moderate prosperity in general and then to moderate prosperity in all respects, racing toward common prosperity. The wishes that the villagers once racked their brains over have long become the daily life of ordinary households in China today.

A Party Bravely Shouldering Historical Missions
"Cherishing the lofty ideal of communism and dedicating to the millennia-long cause of the Chinese nation." The communists, with 矢志不渝 (shǐ zhì bù yú - "vow never to change," unwavering), shoulder the heavy responsibilities and step firmly. Like the great Long March more than 90 years ago — snow mountains, grasslands, marshes, each step treacherous, yet they walked out with an invincible momentum.
People are higher than mountains, feet longer than roads. On the new Long March road, why would communists fear high mountains and long roads?
"Adhering to the unity of long-term goals and stage goals." Looking far ahead, the Second Centenary Goal shines like a lighthouse on the road ahead; underfoot, each "Five-Year Plan" is like a staircase for the cause. The 15th Five-Year Plan (十五五) begins and starts, with 16 major strategic tasks and 109 major engineering projects unfolding one after another.
"Time waits for no one! History waits for no one!" 只争朝夕 (zhǐ zhēng zhāo xī - "seize the day and night," race against time), accumulate half-steps to reach a thousand li. For 105 years, 风雨兼程 (fēng yǔ jiān chéng - "travel through wind and rain," braving hardships), communists are like this — neither slackening nor hesitating, step by step measuring the long journey of national rejuvenation.
General Secretary Xi Jinping remarked: "Governing such a country is not easy; one must 登高望远 (dēng gāo wàng yuǎn - "ascend high and look far," have foresight) and at the same time 脚踏实地 (jiǎo tà shí dì - "feet on solid ground," be down-to-earth)." The impoverished population was nearly 100 million, a huge number, but millions of Party members and cadres bravely shouldered the mission, climbed the highest mountains, walked the most dangerous roads, surveyed household by household, formulated policies village by village, and "targeted poverty alleviation (精准扶贫)" turned the impossible into possible.
In 1919, Mr. Sun Yat-sen drew the first blueprint of China's modernization: building 1.6 million kilometers of highways, about 160,000 kilometers of railways... It seemed distant and unreachable, submerged in the deep dark night. Today's China has a total highway mileage of over 5.49 million kilometers and railway operating mileage of 165,000 kilometers... The dreams of the past "have only been realized by us Chinese Communists."
Some foreign dignitaries, during their visits to China, made a special trip to Xiong'an. How did a piece of hot land transform? "Obey the Party's needs, act at a single command" — the city of the future is shooting up and growing.
United as one from top to bottom, like an arm directing fingers (如臂使指 - rú bì shǐ zhǐ, "as the arm commands the fingers," coordinated). Planning with a single chessboard, advancing with a single rope, striving with a single heart. "Today, the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is unstoppable, showing unprecedented bright prospects."

A Party Conforming to the Trend of Development
What is a vanguard of the times and the backbone of the nation? Only a political party that "always walks at the forefront of the times" and "leads the country and nation to advance in the logic of historical progress and develop in the tide of the times" can be worthy of that. The Chinese Communist Party possesses such a trait.
In the 1920s, a New York Times correspondent in China exclaimed, "China as a nation has ceased to exist"; today, many international observers lament that "the world needs China more than ever."
Where does the change come from? A political party that plans by placing "China's governance" in the coordinate system of "world changes," "upholding a high degree of historical self-awareness and a broad world vision," follows the general trend and walks the great path.
Look at two big moves of 纵横捭阖 (zòng héng bǎi hé - "maneuver among various states," strategic maneuvering).
One is the autumn of 2013, when General Secretary Xi Jinping proposed the Belt and Road Initiative (一带一路). It has not only activated the prosperity of trade, the warmth of people's hearts, and the fusion of cultures, but also given economic globalization a more profound space for development.
The other is the spring of 2020, when the General Secretary planned the "dual circulation" (双循环) new development pattern. Amid the 风云际会 (fēng yún jì huì - "meeting of wind and clouds," critical times) of structural change, "taking domestic circulation as the main body" has given China a broader strategic depth.
In domestic politics, foreign affairs, national defense, and the governance of the Party, the country, and the military, General Secretary Xi Jinping has repeatedly emphasized "actively discerning changes, responding to changes, and seeking changes." History has repeatedly proven that those who discern the situation are wise, and those who ride the situation win.
Look at the economy: from high-speed growth to high-quality development, it has won the first opportunity. By firmly holding onto the real economy as the foundation of its being, it has also grasped strategic initiative. "In recent years, our country's economy has braved the wind and waves, maintaining strong resilience and vitality; the strategic reliance is the complete industrial system."
Cherishing the two overall situations, grasping time and circumstances. The contest between "the real and the virtual," the transformation between "the new and the old," the surge of "the internal and the external," the conversion of "crisis and opportunity"... Our Party, through 自强不息 (zì qiáng bù xī - "unceasing self-renewal," ceaseless self-improvement) struggle, has opened up the correct path for national rejuvenation and profoundly influenced the course of world history.

A Party Daring and Adept at Struggle
"Ready at all times to sacrifice everything for the Party and the people" — the oath of joining the Party resounds. The more-than-hundred-year history of the Party is also a history of communists who are not afraid of sacrifice and who struggle valiantly.
The older generation of revolutionaries said: "We communists are made of special material."
If not, how can one understand why the Xiangjiang River Battle, which wrote a tragic epic, had "every inch of land soaked with a thousand drops of Red Army blood, every step a heroic body"? How can one understand why the most beloved people on the shores of Chosin Reservoir cast a spiritual monument in extreme cold?
If not, how can one understand why Huang Wenxiu and more than 1,800 Party members and cadres who fell on the front line of poverty alleviation were willing to devote their lives to the mission? How can one understand the young faces on the towering Karakoram Mountains, who were willing to guard the rivers and mountains with their youth?
"Daring and adept at struggle, always maintaining confidence in victory." The Chinese Communist Party possesses this trait: it cannot be frightened, defeated, or crushed. On the long journey, how many life-and-death choices, how many 披荆斩棘 (pī jīng zhǎn jí - "hack one's way through brambles," blaze a trail through difficulties) — what kind of difficulty has it not experienced?
In the years when the trade war has disturbed the world, has China compromised as some individual countries expected? The world has already seen: no matter how high the wind and rough the waves, how dense the clouds and heavy the rain, "all suppression and containment only stimulate the will and enthusiasm of the Chinese people."
Today's China is advancing to a critical period of comprehensively building a strong country and advancing the great cause of national rejuvenation through Chinese-style modernization. "It will inevitably encounter various predictable and unpredictable risks and challenges, difficulties and obstacles, even tempestuous waves," and must "open up new horizons for the cause through tenacious struggle."
The General Secretary has often quoted a line of ancient poetry: "After a thousand grindings and ten thousand blows, still tough and strong; let the winds from east, west, south, and north blow." Countless passes and mountains. Not retreating when facing "bottleneck" issues, not panicking before trade frictions, not flustered in the face of the century's pandemic — the Party leads the people to turn crisis into opportunity (化危为机) and turn danger into safety (化险为夷, huà xiǎn wéi yí - "turn danger into safety") time and again.
Traveling a thousand li underfoot, facing the choice between advance and retreat, communists have always been sober and firm. "With the iron will of standing unshaken despite wind and rain coming, we inspire the entire nation to continuously march from victory to victory."

A Party Focusing on Strengthening Itself
In the new era, when talking about full and rigorous governance over the Party (全面从严治党), General Secretary Xi Jinping has repeatedly sounded the alarm: "The key lies in the two words 'constant' and 'long-term.'"
Over the years, some have watched and waited, wondering if it would be a passing fad. But they find that the intensity has not diminished, and 慎终如始 (shèn zhōng rú shǐ - "be as careful at the end as at the beginning," consistent caution) is maintained.
The "cave-dwelling question" (窑洞之问) from the depths of history had its first answer: "Let the people supervise the government." "After a hundred years of struggle, especially the practice since the 18th National Congress of the Party, our Party has given a second answer, and that is self-revolution (自我革命)." The two answers span the long river of years in which a political party grew from weak to strong.
Huang Yanpei wrote in his book "Return from Yan'an": "I think the most precious spirit of our Communist Party friends is to constantly strive for improvement and constantly seek progress."
Always "striving for improvement" and "seeking progress." From the "Three Main Rules of Discipline and Six Points for Attention" during the Red Army period, to the Rectification Movement in Yan'an; from Comrade Xi Jinping's formulation of "Six Regulations" when he was Party secretary of Zhengding County, to the introduction of the Central Eight-Point Regulation after the 18th National Congress... This is a history of work style construction spanning a century, turning "the Party must supervise itself and comprehensively govern itself with strict discipline" (党要管党、全面从严治党) into institutional norms, integrating it into the bones and blood, reflecting a 一脉相承 (yī mài xiāng chéng - "come down in one continuous line," consistent lineage) yet 与时俱进 (yǔ shí jù jìn - "keep pace with the times") thought and method.
"Adept at examining oneself with the requirements of the times, alerting oneself with a strong sense of urgency, and perfecting oneself with the spirit of self-revolution" — this ultimately forged the outstanding trait of "focusing on strengthening oneself, always full of vitality."
Under the guidance of Xi Jinping's thought on Party building, the Party has persistently advanced full and rigorous governance over the Party, making the Party stronger and more powerful through revolutionary forging. A writer well-versed in history once exclaimed: "Even the Twenty-Four Histories cannot find an anti-corruption effort of such intensity!" General Secretary Xi Jinping said emotionally, "'Though thousands of people are against it, I will go ahead!'" (虽千万人吾往矣)
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After the closing of the 19th National Congress of the Party, General Secretary Xi Jinping, when meeting with Chinese and foreign journalists, solemnly declared: "The Chinese Communist Party is the largest political party in the world. Being big demands that it live up to its size."
These six outstanding traits accumulate the power of "firming up confidence and continuing to struggle," and also establish the image of a large party — a party that has weathered many vicissitudes and with a perennial foundation — in the hearts of the people.
"These outstanding traits are the key code for why the Chinese Communist Party can do it." At the conference celebrating the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party, General Secretary Xi Jinping's voice was calm and forceful: "We must, in light of new realities, continuously carry forward and develop the Party's outstanding traits, ensuring that the Party never deteriorates, never changes its color, never changes its flavor, and always maintains strong creativity, cohesion, and combat effectiveness." "Strive to create new historical brilliance!"

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Unremitting struggle: The Party has led the people to achieve great accomplishments

By: 本报评论员

Uniting and leading the people of all ethnic groups across the country in unremitting struggle, it has created the great achievements of the New Democratic Revolution, the Socialist Revolution and Construction, Reform and Opening Up and Socialist Modernization, and Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, writing the most magnificent epic in the thousands of years of Chinese history.

At the meeting celebrating the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping delivered an important speech, warmly reviewing the glorious course our Party has traversed, incisively summarizing the great achievements created by our Party's consistent adherence to its original aspiration and mission of seeking happiness for the Chinese people and rejuvenation for the Chinese nation, and inspiring all Chinese Communists in the new era to more consciously practice the original aspiration and mission and more resolutely forge ahead.

The 105-year journey of struggle has been magnificent and majestic. Yet at the beginning of the writing of this grand epic, there was a scene of decay and desolation.

After the Opium War of 1840, the country suffered humiliation, the people endured misery, and civilization was covered in dust; the Chinese nation suffered unprecedented calamities. So many 上下求索 (shàng xià qiú suǒ - "search up and down," to make painstaking efforts), so many 壮志未酬 (zhuàng zhì wèi chóu - "great ambition unfulfilled")!

"The birth of the Communist Party of China was a great 开天辟地 (kāi tiān pì dì - 'open heaven and split earth,' epoch-making) event." From then on, the Chinese people and the Chinese nation had the most reliable backbone; the Chinese people began to shift from passivity to initiative in spirit; China, beset by internal turmoil and external aggression, impoverished and weak, began a 翻天覆地 (fān tiān fù dì - "overturn heaven and earth," earth-shaking) historical transformation; the Chinese nation began its difficult but irreversible march toward great rejuvenation.

Through 105 years of 栉风沐雨 (zhì fēng mù yǔ - "comb the wind and bathe in the rain," to work hard despite hardships) and 披荆斩棘 (pī jīng zhǎn jí - "cut through brambles and thorns," to blaze a trail through difficulties), the cause of the Party and the people has advanced from victory to new victory. "It fundamentally changed the future and destiny of the Chinese people," "opened up the correct path to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation," "demonstrated the powerful vitality of Marxism," "profoundly influenced the course of world history," "forged a strong Communist Party of China" — General Secretary Xi Jinping, from a broad historical perspective, profoundly summarized from five aspects the great achievements created by our Party's unremitting struggle of 105 years.

This five-aspect summary deeply expounds the Party's historic contributions to the Chinese people, to the Chinese nation, to Marxism, to the cause of human progress, and to the building of a Marxist political party; it embodies the relationship between the Communist Party of China and the Chinese people and the Chinese nation, and embodies the relationship between the Communist Party of China and Marxism, world socialism, and the development of human society; it links the historical logic, theoretical logic, and practical logic of the Communist Party of China's 105 years of struggle.

To realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, the path is the most fundamental issue. From the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics that the Party has successfully opened up and adhered to through leading the people through countless hardships and at great cost, we can gain a deeper understanding of why the great achievements created by the Communist Party of China leading the people have historical and global significance, and a deeper appreciation of why the Communist Party of China is "fully worthy of being a great, glorious, and correct Party."

Over the past 105 years, in the great practice of revolution, construction, reform, and the new era, the Chinese path to modernization successfully opened up and adhered to by the Party leading the people is the only correct path to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation; it conforms to China's national conditions, follows the trend of the times, and has received the support and endorsement of the people.

It both benefits the Chinese people and promotes common development of the world; what Chinese modernization opens up is a new path for humanity to move toward modernization, and what it creates is a new form of human civilization. "It is the 康庄大道 (kāng zhuāng dà dào - "broad and smooth road," the bright and open road) for our country's construction of a strong nation and national rejuvenation, and it is also the 必由之路 (bì yóu zhī lù - "the only path that must be taken," the inevitable road) for China to pursue human progress and universal harmony."

Along this path, in the time-space compression of "finishing in decades what took centuries," we have created the 举世瞩目 (jǔ shì zhǔ mù - "the whole world watches with attention," world-renowned) "two miracles," developing from 一穷二白 (yī qióng èr bái - "one poverty, two blankness," extremely poor and backward) into the world's second-largest economy; the Chinese nation has achieved a great leap from standing up, to growing prosperous, to becoming strong.

Especially since the new era began, our Party, bearing in mind the "two overall situations" (两个大局), seizing historical initiative, continuously achieving innovative breakthroughs in theory and practice, has successfully advanced and expanded Chinese modernization, completed the historic tasks of poverty alleviation and building a moderately prosperous society in all respects, achieved a good start in the new journey toward the second centenary goal, and provided more complete institutional guarantees, more solid material foundations, and more proactive spiritual strength for the great cause of building a strong nation and national rejuvenation.

In his report to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping summarized and profoundly elaborated the theory of Chinese modernization; this is the latest major achievement of scientific socialism, a major innovation in the theory and practice of world modernization, demonstrating powerful truth force and practical might.

Today, the Chinese people have firmly grasped their destiny in their own hands; the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is 势不可挡 (shì bù kě dǎng - "the momentum cannot be stopped," unstoppable); the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics shows vigorous vitality and exuberant energy; Chinese modernization has expanded the pathway for developing countries to modernize; our Party has developed into the world's largest ruling party with significant global influence.

The achievements and contributions of the Communist Party of China are not only historic but also global. Some foreign scholars believe: "The exploration and achievements of Chinese modernization are leaving vivid Eastern annotations in the annals of world modernization, injecting lasting positive impetus into global development."

General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: "The 105-year glorious history of the Communist Party of China makes us proud, but we must never become arrogant or complacent and stop moving forward." On the new journey, drawing confidence and strength from the Party's glorious history and great achievements, and closely relying on the people to create historic feats, we will surely write a new excellent answer sheet and create new historical glory.

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Strive to Create New Historical Brilliance!

By: 新华社记者 朱基钗 张 研

A great political party, steadfast and unyielding in its pursuit of ideals and missions, and striving tirelessly, has ushered in its 105th birthday.

On the morning of July 1, 2026, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, the grand gathering celebrating the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China was solemnly held.

105 years, braving wind and rain, tempered through a thousand trials, carrying the glory and dreams of the Chinese people!

105 years, never forgetting the original aspiration, forging ahead with determination, carrying forward the cause and forging ahead into the future on the new Long March!

“'Great achievements require lofty aspirations; extensive work requires diligent effort.' Fulfilling the Party's missions and tasks in the new era and new journey requires all Chinese Communists to strengthen confidence, continue the struggle, and constantly create new achievements worthy of the times and the people.” General Secretary Xi Jinping's solemn declaration stirred the hearts of over 100 million Chinese Communists and gathered the mighty force of over 1.4 billion Chinese people united in struggle.

From a single red boat adrift in the wind and rain to a majestic giant vessel steering China, from an organization of just over 50 members to the world's largest governing party with major global influence. When the world marvels, “What makes China? What makes the Communist Party of China?” Generations of outstanding role models in the new era have provided a “key” to understanding this question.

Today, their outstanding representatives—from farmlands and villages, from urban communities, from factory workshops, from the front lines of scientific research, from military barracks, from all corners of the motherland, from every front of socialist modernization—converge together to celebrate this grand festival.

Around 9 a.m., at the Jingxi Hotel, the recipients of the July 1 Medal (七一勋章) rode collectively in ceremonial vehicles, escorted by 21 ceremonial motorcycles, heading toward the Great Hall of the People. It embodied the respect of the people and highlighted the esteem of the era.

The Ten-Mile Long Street stretches out a broad thoroughfare; towering buildings witness countless transformations and vicissitudes. The motorcade passed through Xinhua Gate, where the five large characters “Serve the People” (为人民服务) on the screen wall inside the gate were very conspicuous, revealing where this 105-year-old major party comes from, where it is headed, and why it succeeds.

At the north gate of the Great Hall of the People, a red carpet was laid out, red flags flew high, honor guards stood at attention with rifles, awaiting the role models and paying tribute to the heroes. As the vehicles arrived and doors opened, people's gazes focused on each meritorious Party member, watching them ascend the steps and enter the people's hall.

“Welcome, welcome! A warm welcome!” “Welcome, welcome! Salute to you!” Young people waved Party flags, national flags, and fresh flowers, their cheers rising in an unbroken tide. The blooming phalaenopsis orchids and lotus flowers were exceptionally bright and beautiful, and the affectionate melody of Ode to the Red Flag (红旗颂) resounded.

Inside the Great Hall of the People, the Great Hall of Ten Thousand People was brilliantly lit with a warm atmosphere. At the center of the backdrop behind the rostrum was the gleaming emblem of the Communist Party of China; below the emblem was the lettering “1921—2026”; ten red flags were arrayed on either side.

“1921—2026” unfolds a magnificent historical画卷 and composes a stirring, heroic epic.

As the clock struck 10 a.m., warm applause rang out as General Secretary Xi Jinping and other Party and state leaders entered the venue.

“Arise! Ye who refuse to be slaves! With our very flesh and blood, let us build our new Great Wall!” The majestic melody of the March of the Volunteers (义勇军进行曲) surged through the hall—

From a single spark to a prairie blaze, from the creation of heaven and earth to the transformation of heaven and earth, from saving the nation and the people to strengthening the nation and enriching the people, from a weak and chaotic homeland to national rejuvenation... Over 105 years, under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, the heroic Chinese people have stood up, grown rich, and become strong step by step!

After the reading of the Decision of the CPC Central Committee on Conferring the July 1 Medal, applause was offered in tribute.

Flag bearers raised the Party flag high, honor guards marched with resounding steps, holding the July 1 Medals aloft, and proceeded to the ceremony site.

General Secretary Xi Jinping conferred the July 1 Medals upon the recipients, granting them the highest honor within the Party.

Ordinariness forges greatness; heroes come from the people. The brief citation verses were concise and deeply emotional, recounting their exemplary deeds and noble spirit—

“A ‘gold medal mediator’ who has steadfastly served the masses and resolved conflicts on the front line, innovating models for grassroots conflict mediation and methods for mass work, resolving people's worries with warmth and touching hearts with sincerity, affectionately called ‘Old Ma’ by the masses.” The first to step forward was Ma Shanxiang. “Old Ma” strode briskly and waved excitedly to everyone. General Secretary Xi Jinping shook hands cordially with him, fastened the weighty July 1 Medal on his chest, and offered his congratulations.

“A heroic veteran who concealed his merits and fame, joining the military at 18, honing superb skills, repeatedly achieving outstanding feats in battle. After being transferred to civilian work, he never forgot his original aspiration and mission, was indifferent to fame and fortune, silently dedicated himself in ordinary posts, and adhered to the solemn oath of loyalty to the Party.” Wang Yuchang, a 90-year-old veteran soldier, arrived in a wheelchair, pushed by a relative, and came to the center of the rostrum. General Secretary Xi Jinping bent down cordially and firmly clasped his hands.

On the screens on both sides of the Great Hall, work photos of the July 1 Medal recipients were displayed. The frozen moments were “time slices” of decades of hard work.

That was a patch of green. In a field laden with tomatoes, Li Liancheng, village Party branch secretary of Xixinzhuang Village in Puyang County, Henan Province, laughed heartily. During the 2019 Two Sessions, he had told General Secretary Xi Jinping face-to-face about “the eight dreams of farmers.” Now, he has led his fellow villagers to transform the once-backward village into a national civilized village.

That was a screen full of white. In the midst of a snowstorm, Wuhasi Sulaiman, carrying a medical kit and leaning on a wooden stick, trudged forward against the wind. He once said, “As long as the herdsmen need me, even if it rains knives from the sky, I must set out.”

When General Secretary Xi Jinping fastened the medals for them, the entire hall’s gaze was fixed on them, and applause of tribute rang out time and again.

Zhao Yafu, 85, arrived with the fresh scent of soil; not long ago he was checking the growth of rice seedlings on the ridges of Daizhuang Village in Jurong City, Jiangsu Province. At an advanced age, this agronomist still spends two-thirds of his year in the fields.

General Secretary Xi Jinping asked with concern, “How is your health?” Zhao Yafu said, moved, “Very good! Thank you, General Secretary!”

Zhong Jue, 90, a mechanical engineering expert, from black hair to white, has kept her original aspiration unchanged for decades, always fighting on the front line of scientific research. General Secretary Xi Jinping bent down to shake hands with her, who was seated in a wheelchair. “General Secretary, you work so hard, please take good care of yourself!” said Zhong Jue.

Witnessing historical vicissitudes and basking in supreme glory, Zhong Jue’s eyes welled up with tears: “Our motherland is now so well developed because of the Party’s leadership. The Party unites the whole nation, remembers the original aspiration at its founding, and has struggled until now, building a poor and backward country into one where the common people all have a sense of happiness.”

Honor epitomizes past dedication and inspires new struggle.

The conference recognized the national “Two Excellences and One Advanced” (两优一先). It conferred the title of “National Outstanding Communist Party Member” (全国优秀共产党员) upon 141 comrades and posthumously upon 8 comrades; conferred the title of “National Outstanding Party Affairs Worker” (全国优秀党务工作者) upon 150 comrades; and conferred the title of “National Advanced Grassroots Party Organization” (全国先进基层党组织) upon 399 grassroots Party organizations.

Representatives of the “Two Excellences and One Advanced,” wearing medals and red flowers on their chests, stepped onto the stage to receive the commendation of the Party and the people. Among them were railway workers, port workers, “courier brothers,” people’s police... They represented millions upon millions of laborers, strivers in thousands of industries.

Wearing a red formal suit, Wu Yaqin, representative recipient of the July 1 Medal, walked with brisk, capable steps to the lectern.

In July 2020, General Secretary Xi Jinping had visited Changshan Garden Community in Tuanshan Street, Kuancheng District, Changchun City, where she worked, to learn about community Party building.

“When the General Secretary visited that time, he said I was like a blazing fire, encouraging me to work hard. I will never forget those words in my life. I deeply know that this fire was not kindled by me alone; it is the Party’s cultivation, the organization’s trust, and the residents’ support that have made this fire of serving the people burn ever brighter,” Wu Yaqin said emotionally. “As a Communist Party member, wherever the masses are, there is my post. I am willing to take root at the grassroots all my life, give my all, live up to the organization’s cultivation and the people’s expectations.”

When the pursuit of a group, a political party, aligns with the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the people, the cause they devote themselves to gains a deep foundation, a broad pattern, and enduring significance.

Time is the greatest writer; history is the most faithful recorder.

“105 years ago, amidst the great awakening of the Chinese people and the Chinese nation, and in the close integration of Marxism-Leninism with the Chinese workers’ movement, the Communist Party of China emerged as the times required. From then on, the Chinese people and the Chinese nation had the most reliable backbone, and China, beset by internal and external troubles, impoverished and weak, began earth-shaking historical transformations.”

“Over the past 105 years, our Party has steadfastly adhered to its original aspiration and mission of seeking happiness for the Chinese people and rejuvenation for the Chinese nation, deeply discerned the trends of world development, accurately grasped the changes in the principal social contradictions in each historical period, united and led the people of all ethnic groups across the country in unremitting struggle, and created great achievements in the new democratic revolution, socialist revolution and construction, reform and opening up and socialist modernization, and socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, writing the most magnificent epic in the thousands of years of Chinese history.”

In his important speech, General Secretary Xi Jinping comprehensively reviewed and summarized the glorious journey and great achievements of the Communist Party of China in uniting and leading the people of all ethnic groups across the country over the past 105 years—

“105 years of unremitting struggle have fundamentally changed the destiny of the Chinese people.”

“105 years of unremitting struggle have opened up the correct path to the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.”

“105 years of unremitting struggle have demonstrated the strong vitality of Marxism.”

“105 years of unremitting struggle have profoundly influenced the course of world history.”

“105 years of unremitting struggle have forged a strong Communist Party of China.”

“The most reliable backbone,” uniting and leading the greatest people, has written “the most magnificent epic.” Today’s China has not let down the dedication and sacrifice of generations of Chinese Communists who stepped forward in succession, nor has it let down the indomitable struggle and endeavor of hundreds of millions of Chinese people.

As the oldest representative of the National Outstanding Communist Party Members honored on site, Chen Houqun, 94, with silver hair and full of emotion, clearly remembered the day he became a full Party member—November 17, 1957. “Precisely on that day, Chairman Mao, visiting the Soviet Union, met with us Chinese students in Moscow, and Chairman Mao said ‘The hope is placed on you.’ That was the battle cry of my life. The dream we of that generation pursued was to see a prosperous and strong China that would never again be bullied. That dream is being realized! The historical achievements of our Party over 105 years fully prove that our Party is worthy of being a great, glorious, and correct Party!”

History reflects reality; the journey has no end. Only by clearly seeing why we were able to succeed in the past can we understand how we will continue to succeed in the future.

General Secretary Xi Jinping profoundly summarized from six aspects the excellent qualities of our Party that other political parties and political forces cannot match—

“Persistently pursuing truth, always keeping the forward direction steady.” “Deeply rooted among the people, always having a solid foundation.” “Bravely undertaking historical missions, always mastering strategic initiative.” “Complying with the trend of development, always walking at the forefront of the times.” “Daring and adept at struggle, always maintaining confidence in victory.” “Focusing on strengthening itself, always full of vitality and vigor.”

“These excellent qualities are the key code to why the Communist Party of China can succeed. We must, in light of new realities, continuously carry forward and enhance the Party’s excellent qualities, ensure that the Party never changes its nature, never changes its color, never changes its flavor, and always possesses strong creativity, cohesion, and combat capability.” The historical confidence and historical initiative spirit of Chinese Communists in the new era permeated these words.

The reason our Party has advanced from victory to new victories is precisely because these qualities have been forged into the Party’s genes and flow in the Party’s blood.

Receiving the weighty honorary certificate from General Secretary Xi Jinping, Wang Kehao, a “post-90s” National Outstanding Party Affairs Worker, was filled with excitement: “The General Secretary praised us as ‘diligent little bees’ and ‘creators of a better life.’ As the Party branch secretary of the courier brothers’ volunteer service team, we must polish our Party member identity, organize and rally more practitioners in the industry, stay united and strive together with the Party, run with our hearts, and deliver the mission!”

With a red flower on his chest, Xu Ling, Party branch secretary of the Lu Gou community in Huanghua Tang Town, Xuyi County, Jiangsu Province, was full of ambition. From the female helmsman of China’s first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, to the current leader on the road to rural revitalization, she remains true to her nature: “When the General Secretary presented me with the certificate, I reported my experience to him. The General Secretary encouraged me, saying ‘Remarkable, keep working hard.’ Whether it is the ‘deep sea blue’ or the ‘field green,’ Communists are meant to serve the people. We must remember the General Secretary’s instructions, work hard with our heads down, grasp industries and ensure the well-being of the people, and let the Party flag fly high on the front of comprehensive rural revitalization.”

The glorious history fills people with pride; the bright future inspires people to forge ahead. Standing at a new historical starting point, General Secretary Xi Jinping issued a new call to action to all Chinese Communists—

“By the middle of this century, we will comprehensively build a modern socialist power and achieve the Second Centenary Goal. Time waits for no one! History waits for no one! All Party comrades must not forget the original aspiration and keep the mission firmly in mind, must be modest and prudent and hard-working, must dare to struggle and be adept at struggle, firmly rely on and unite and lead the people of all ethnic groups across the country to forge ahead on the new journey and make achievements in the new era, and strive to create new historical glories!”

The majestic Internationale sounded in the Great Hall of the People, a deep and prolonged melody connecting history, reality, and the future: “Arise, ye prisoners of starvation! The Internationale shall be the human race…”

At that moment, the ceiling of the Great Hall of Ten Thousand People was brilliant with lights, stars encircling, the enormous five-pointed red star illuminating China and guiding the journey.

(Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, July 2)

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Commendation for Outstanding Communist Party Members, Outstanding Party Affairs Workers, and Advanced Primary-Level Party Organizations Across the Military

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, July 2 (Xinhua) – On the occasion of celebrating the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, in order to commend advanced models, establish benchmarks, and inspire Party organizations at all levels and the vast number of Party members to remain forever loyal to the Party, resolutely strive to strengthen the military, and forever preserve their political essence, the Central Military Commission issued a circular commending a group of outstanding Communist Party members, outstanding Party affairs workers, and advanced grassroots Party organizations (list to be found in the Honor Roll).

The circular points out that this year marks the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, and the people's army founded and led by the Party is about to walk through a century of struggle. Party organizations at all levels across the military and the vast number of Party members have played an important role in practicing the Party's original aspiration and mission and effectively fulfilling the mission tasks entrusted by the Party and the people, fully demonstrating the unique political advantages of our military. On the new journey of the new era, all levels of the military adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, thoroughly implement Xi Jinping's thought on strengthening the military, implement the general requirements of Party construction in the new era, uphold the Party's absolute leadership over the military, uphold full and rigorous governance of the Party and full and rigorous governance of the military, uphold political construction of the military and advance political rectification, uphold focusing on combat readiness and warfare, establish and practice a correct view of performance, and in the great practice of strengthening political revolutionary forging and promoting the realization of the goal of building the military by the centenary of the military's founding, a large number of outstanding Communist Party members, outstanding Party affairs workers, and advanced grassroots Party organizations have emerged.

The circular calls upon Party organizations at all levels across the military, the vast number of Party members, and Party affairs workers to take them as role models, unremittingly use Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era to condense hearts and cast souls, thoroughly study and implement Xi Jinping's thought on strengthening the military, deeply comprehend the decisive significance of the Two Establishments (两个确立), enhance the Four Consciousnesses (四个意识), strengthen the Four Confidences (四个自信), achieve the Two Upholds (两个维护), implement the system of the Chairman of the Central Military Commission assuming overall responsibility (军委主席负责制), and always achieve absolute loyalty, absolute purity, and absolute reliability. It is necessary to comprehensively implement the strategy for political construction of the military in the new era, deeply carry out ideological rectification and advance political rectification, always focus on the main responsibility and main business of combat readiness and warfare, continuously strengthen our military's Party leadership and Party construction, and transform the Party's political advantages and organizational advantages into advantages for victory.

The circular requires that Party organizations at all levels extensively carry out activities to learn from the commended Party organizations and individuals, give play to the exemplary and leading role of advanced models, further create a strong atmosphere of esteeming advanced, learning from advanced, and striving to be advanced, and guide and inspire the vast numbers of officers and soldiers to unite and strive, take responsibility and work hard, and write a new chapter of strengthening the military and invigorating the military that is worthy of the revolutionary forebears, worthy of the century-old foundation, and worthy of the great era.

Honor Roll

I. Outstanding Communist Party Members of the Whole Military
A Niu Er Gu (阿牛尔古), Training and Management Department of the Central Military Commission
Zhong Lei (钟磊), Joint Staff Department of the Eastern Theater Command
Yan Xianpeng (闫先鹏), Political Work Department of the Western Theater Command
Cheng Dongliang (程东亮), Joint Staff Department of the Northern Theater Command
Yuan Wei (袁伟), Unit 31539 of the People's Liberation Army
Luo Yu (罗宇), Subunit 16, Unit 69316 of the People's Liberation Army
Zheng Xin (郑鑫), Institute of Military Electrical Science and Technology, Naval University of Engineering
Zheng Xin (郑鑫), Unit 95902 of the People's Liberation Army
Zou Xuemei (邹雪梅) (female), Unit 63920 of the People's Liberation Army
Zhou Changshuai (周长帅), a certain center of the Armed Police Force

II. Outstanding Party Affairs Workers of the Whole Military
Mao Peng (毛鹏), National Defense Mobilization Department of the Central Military Commission
Zhang Bei (张贝), Discipline Inspection and Supervision Commission of the Central Military Commission
Wang Chongyang (王重阳), Subunit 56, Unit 31695 of the People's Liberation Army
Dang Weitao (党伟滔), Unit 73127 of the People's Liberation Army
Lan Yi (兰刈), Unit 95429 of the People's Liberation Army
Wu Ge (吴戈), Subunit 58, Unit 96732 of the People's Liberation Army
Huang Jingqi (黄静琪) (female), Unit 61764 of the People's Liberation Army
Zhao Li (赵丽) (female), Unit 31451 of the People's Liberation Army
Zhang Ying (张瑛) (female), No. 941 Hospital of the Joint Logistics Support Force
Liu Xiaoliang (刘孝良), Joint Operations College, National Defense University

III. Advanced Grassroots Party Organizations of the Whole Military
Party Branch of Subunit 43, Unit 31622 of the People's Liberation Army
Party Branch of Subunit 44, Unit 92211 of the People's Liberation Army
Party Committee of Subunit 71, Unit 93057 of the People's Liberation Army
Party Committee of Subunit 40, Unit 96037 of the People's Liberation Army
Party Committee of Unit 32075 of the People's Liberation Army
Party Committee of the Second Battalion, Unit 32728 of the People's Liberation Army
Party Branch of the Sixth Office, Unit 63833 of the People's Liberation Army
Party Committee of a certain research institute of the College of Aerospace Science, National University of Defense Technology
Party Committee of the Second Battalion, Unit 63656 of the People's Liberation Army
Party Branch of Ruijin Squadron, Duty Second Brigade, Ganzhou Detachment, Jiangxi Provincial General Team of the Armed Police Force

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Introduction

Theory

The historical process and contemporary mission of the great project of Party building

Ninth Edition

The Party flag flies high at the grassroots frontline

Do a good job in all work of flood prevention, drought relief, emergency rescue, and disaster relief

Eighth Edition

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Xi Jinping's Key Quotes at the Celebration of the 105th Founding Anniversary of the Communist Party of China

Over the past 105 years, our Party has always adhered to the original aspiration and mission of seeking happiness for the Chinese people and rejuvenation for the Chinese nation, has deeply perceived the trends of world development, has accurately grasped the changes in the principal social contradictions at each historical period, and has united and led the people of all ethnic groups across the country in unremitting struggle, creating the great achievements of the New Democratic Revolution, the Socialist Revolution and Construction, Reform and Opening Up and Socialist Modernization, and Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, and writing the most magnificent epic in the several-thousand-year history of the Chinese nation.

105 years of unremitting struggle have fundamentally changed the destiny of the Chinese people.

Our Party led the people through a magnificent and great struggle, overthrew the three big mountains of imperialism, feudalism, and bureaucrat-capitalism, established a new China where the people are the masters of the country, completely ended the history of old China’s semi-colonial and semi-feudal society, and achieved a historic leap in the people’s lives from insufficiency in food and clothing to a moderately prosperous society in general and then to a moderately prosperous society in all respects. Today, the Chinese people have firmly grasped their destiny in their own hands and are striding confidently, independently, and vigorously toward a better future.

105 years of unremitting struggle have opened up the correct path to realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

In the great practice of revolution, construction, reform, and the new era, our Party led the people through 千辛万苦 (qiān xīn wàn kǔ - "a thousand hardships and a hundred toils," countless difficulties), successfully opened up and adhered to the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics, taking only a few decades to complete the industrialization process that developed countries took several hundred years to travel, creating two miracles: rapid economic development and long-term social stability. Today, the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is unstoppable, displaying unprecedented bright prospects.

105 years of unremitting struggle have demonstrated the powerful vitality of Marxism.

Our Party adheres to combining the basic tenets of Marxism with China’s specific realities and with the fine traditional Chinese culture, continuously advancing the Sinicization and modernization of Marxism, forming Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory, the important thought of Three Represents (三个代表), the Scientific Outlook on Development, and Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, greatly enriching and developing Marxism. Today, the vigorous vitality and exuberant dynamism of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics fully test the scientific nature and truth of Marxism, fully demonstrate the people’s character and practical nature of Marxism, and fully manifest the openness and contemporaneity of Marxism.

105 years of unremitting struggle have profoundly influenced the course of world history.

Our Party has always stood on the correct side of history and on the side of human civilization and progress, profoundly changing the trends and pattern of world development through 自强不息 (zì qiáng bù xī - "unceasing self-improvement," persistent effort to improve oneself) struggle. Today, the Party leads the people in advancing Chinese-style modernization (中国式现代化), creating a new form of human civilization, and expanding the pathways for developing countries to achieve modernization. We promote the building of a community with a shared future for mankind, contributing Chinese wisdom, Chinese approaches, and Chinese strength to solving major problems of mankind. Socialist China under the leadership of the Party is recognized as a builder of world peace, a contributor to global development, and a defender of the international order.

105 years of unremitting struggle have forged a strong Communist Party of China.

Our Party keeps in mind the nature, purpose, and goals of a Marxist political party, vigorously promotes the great founding spirit of the Party (伟大建党精神), and through countless hardships its fighting spirit has become even stronger, after 千锤百炼 (qiān chuí bǎi liàn - "a thousand hammers and a hundred refinements," thoroughly tempered and tested) it has become more robust. Today, our Party has developed into the world’s largest ruling party with significant global influence, enjoys the heartfelt support and endorsement of the people, serves as the strong leading core of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and is fully worthy of being a great, glorious, and correct party.

The fundamental reason why the Communist Party of China has been able to continuously forge brilliance in its 105 years of struggle, and why history and the people have chosen the Communist Party of China, lies in the fact that our Party possesses excellent traits that no other political party or political force can match.

矢志追求真理 (shǐ zhì zhuī qiú zhēn lǐ - "set one’s resolve to pursue truth," unswervingly seek truth) — always keeping the direction of advance accurate.

Our Party regards Marxism as a powerful ideological weapon for transforming the subjective and objective worlds, insists on 解放思想 (jiě fàng sī xiǎng - "emancipate the mind," free thinking), 实事求是 (shí shì qiú shì - "seek truth from facts," be practical and realistic), 与时俱进 (yǔ shí jù jìn - "keep pace with the times," advance with the times), and 求真务实 (qiú zhēn wù shí - "seek truth and be pragmatic," pragmatic and realistic), focuses on revealing and applying truth in the movement of social contradictions, is good at testing and developing truth in practice, and constantly guides new practice with new theories, ensuring that the cause of the Party and the people advances in the correct direction.

深深植根人民 (shēn shēn zhí gēn rén mín - "deeply take root among the people," be deeply rooted in the people) — always possessing a solid foundation.

Our Party keeps in mind that the country is the people and the people are the country, insists on building the Party for the public and exercising governance for the people, consciously practices the fundamental purpose of serving the people wholeheartedly, stands firmly together with the people, thinks together with them, works together with them, and possesses a solid foundation that no storm can shake.

勇担历史使命 (yǒng dān lì shǐ shǐ mìng - "bravely shoulder the historical mission," courageously undertake the historical mission) — always grasping strategic initiative.

Our Party cherishes the lofty ideal of communism, is determined to devote itself to the everlasting cause of the Chinese nation, firmly shoulders the heavy responsibility entrusted by history and the people, adheres to the unity of long-term goals and phased goals, adapts to changes in the principal social contradiction to establish central tasks, formulates and implements correct lines, principles, and policies, ensuring that the leadership and initiative over the development of the cause are firmly held.

顺应发展潮流 (shùn yìng fā zhǎn cháo liú - "follow the trend of development," comply with the currents of development) — always marching at the forefront of the times.

Our Party upholds a high degree of historical consciousness and a broad world vision, soberly grasps China’s national conditions and the themes of the times, actively recognizes changes, responds to changes, and seeks changes, boldly pioneers and makes progress, ensuring that all Party work reflects the character of the times, grasps the laws, and is rich in creativity, guiding the country and the nation to advance in the logic of historical progress and develop in the trend of the times, becoming a worthy vanguard of the times and backbone of the nation.

敢于善于斗争 (gǎn yú shàn yú dòu zhēng - "dare and be good at struggle," be courageous and skilled in struggle) — always maintaining the confidence to win.

Our Party upholds and carries forward the spirit of fearing no sacrifice and heroic struggle. For the people, the country, the nation, and for ideals and convictions, it 披荆斩棘 (pī jīng zhǎn jí - "cut through brambles and thorns," hack one’s way through difficulties) and 砥砺前行 (dǐ lì qián xíng - "forge ahead with determination," push forward with resolve). No matter how strong the enemy, how difficult the road, or how severe the challenge, it is never afraid or retreats. With the iron will of 任凭风雨来袭、我自岿然不动 (rèn píng fēng yǔ lái xí, wǒ zì kuī rán bù dòng - kuī rán bù dòng: "stand firm as a towering mountain," remain unshaken in the face of storms), it inspires the whole nation to continuously march from victory to victory.

注重强健自身 (zhù zhòng qiáng jiàn zì shēn - "focus on strengthening oneself," pay attention to self-improvement) — always full of vigor and vitality.

Our Party is keenly aware that to forge iron, one must be strong itself, is adept at examining itself with the demands of the times, alerting itself with a strong sense of urgency, and perfecting itself with the spirit of self-reform, attaches great importance to its own construction, resolutely eliminates all factors that harm the Party’s advanced nature and integrity, removes all viruses that erode the Party’s healthy organism, and becomes more robust and powerful through revolutionary tempering.

These excellent traits are the key code for why the Communist Party of China is capable. We must combine them with new realities, continuously develop and enhance the Party’s excellent traits, ensure that the Party never degenerates, never changes its color, never changes its flavor, and always possesses strong creativity, cohesion, and combat effectiveness.

To fulfill the Party’s mission and tasks on the new journey of the new era requires all Chinese Communists to strengthen confidence and continue the struggle, continuously creating new achievements worthy of the times and the people.

Strengthening confidence and continuing the struggle requires upholding the Party’s basic theory, basic line, and basic strategy.

On the new journey, the entire Party must maintain the resolve that the path will not change and the will will not be altered, uphold the Party’s overall leadership and the centralized unified leadership of the Central Committee, deeply implement Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, strengthen confidence in the path, theory, system, and culture of socialism with Chinese characteristics, 继往开来 (jì wǎng kāi lái - "carry forward the past and open up the future," inherit the past and break new ground), 守正创新 (shǒu zhèng chuàng xīn - "uphold fundamental principles and break new ground," maintain orthodoxy and innovate), so as to not be blocked by floating clouds that obscure the view, and to ride the wind and waves without losing the course.

Strengthening confidence and continuing the struggle requires relying closely on the people to create historic achievements.

On the new journey, the entire Party must further boost the spirit of doing and starting undertakings, unite and lead the people of all ethnic groups across the country to forge ahead, coordinate the implementation of the five-sphere integrated plan (五位一体总体布局) and the four-pronged comprehensive strategy (四个全面战略布局), fully, accurately, and comprehensively implement the new development philosophy (新发展理念), accelerate the construction of a new development pattern (新发展格局), and solidly promote high-quality development (高质量发展). It must practice a people-centered development philosophy, develop whole-process people’s democracy (全过程人民民主), continuously consolidate and develop the great unity of all ethnic groups, the great unity of the people across the country, and the great unity of all Chinese sons and daughters, fully stimulate the initiative, enthusiasm, and creativity of hundreds of millions of people, and gather the mighty force to advance Chinese-style modernization.

Strengthening confidence and continuing the struggle requires actively responding to risks and challenges on the road ahead.

On the new journey, the entire Party must strengthen the sense of urgency, adhere to bottom-line thinking, carry forward the fighting spirit and enhance fighting skills, better coordinate the two overall situations of domestic and international affairs, coordinate development and security, improve the ability to scientifically foresee changes, promptly discern risks, and effectively respond to challenges, ensuring that the giant ship of Chinese rejuvenation 劈波斩浪 (pī bō zhǎn làng - "cleave through waves," forge ahead through difficulties) and 行稳致远 (xíng wěn zhì yuǎn - "march steadily and reach far," proceed steadily and for a long distance).

Strengthening confidence and continuing the struggle requires continuously promoting the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.

On the new journey, we must follow the trend of popular sentiment and the general direction, hold high the banner of peace, development, cooperation, and win-win, promote the common values of all mankind, promote the building of a new type of international relations, and advance the implementation of the Global Development Initiative (全球发展倡议), the Global Security Initiative (全球安全倡议), the Global Civilization Initiative (全球文明倡议), and the Global Governance Initiative (全球治理倡议), injecting more positive energy into world peace and development.

Strengthening confidence and continuing the struggle requires unremittingly advancing full and rigorous governance of the Party.

On the new journey, we must comprehensively implement Xi Jinping’s thought on Party building (习近平党建思想), implement the general requirements for Party building in the new era, focus on improving the Party’s long-term governance capacity, maintaining the Party’s advanced nature and integrity, preserving the Party’s flesh-and-blood ties with the masses, improve the system for full and rigorous governance of the Party, take the Party’s political construction as the guide to strengthen all aspects of Party building, resolutely fight the battle against corruption on the fronts of sustained attack, tough battle, and overall war, continuously enhance the Party’s political leadership, ideological leadership, mass organization capability, and social appeal, and ensure that the Party always remains a strong leading core in the historical process of upholding and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era.

The youth are the fresh force for realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. The entire Party must value youth, care for youth, and support youth, creating conditions for youth to grow and become successful. The youth of the new era must unwaveringly listen to the Party’s words and follow the Party’s directions, set lofty aspirations, bravely shoulder the heavy responsibilities of the times, integrate personal pursuits into the cause of the Party and the country, 只争朝夕 (zhǐ zhēng zhāo xī - "seize day and night," race against time), live up to the prime of youth, run the historical relay well on the new journey, pave the road with youth, let ideals shine!

The 105-year glorious history of the Communist Party of China fills us with pride, but we must never become complacent or cease to advance. By the middle of this century, we must fully build a great modern socialist country and achieve the second centenary goal. Time waits for no one! History waits for no one! Comrades of the whole Party must remain true to our original aspiration and keep our mission firmly in mind, must remain modest and prudent and work hard, must dare to struggle and be good at struggle, rely closely on and unite and lead the people of all ethnic groups across the country to forge ahead on the new journey and build new achievements, striving to create new historical glories!

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Striving to Write a New Chapter in Building a Strong Country and National Rejuvenation

The banner guides the direction; struggle forges brilliance.

General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech at the celebration meeting for the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China has resonated strongly among cadres and the masses in various places. The broad masses of cadres and the people expressed that they must deeply understand the rich connotation and spiritual essence of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech, earnestly implement the spirit of the speech into various work, and with a more uplifted posture, gather strength and stride forward, striving to write a new chapter in building a strong country and national rejuvenation.

Deepen ideological consensus, consolidate the foundation of faith

105 years of extraordinary years, the millennial great cause continues to write brilliance.

On the morning of July 1, summer rain drizzled on Jinggangshan. Mao Haofu (毛浩夫), a youth propagandist of the Jinggangshan spirit, watched the live broadcast of the conference with surging emotions: "For 105 years, the Communist Party of China has always adhered to its original aspiration and mission of seeking happiness for the Chinese people and rejuvenation for the Chinese nation. The General Secretary's important speech has strengthened my confidence in telling the red story well and passing on the red gene."

As the grandson of Mao Binghua (毛秉华), "the first person to propagate the Jinggangshan spirit," Mao Haofu has insisted on carrying out red propaganda for more than 4,000 sessions over 10 years. He stated that he will take the General Secretary's important speech spirit as guidance, and through propaganda, let more young people draw forward momentum from the Party's struggle course.

The century-long journey, the loyalty and dedication of generations of Communists, has written the most magnificent epic in the several-thousand-year history of the Chinese nation.

In Anshan, Liaoning, at the production site of the Rail and Beam Branch of the Large General Plant of Angang Steel Co., Ltd., machines roared. After studying General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech, Chen Cong (陈聪), the operations chief of the production operation area, felt greatly inspired, and his drive to serve the country through industry and strengthen the country through industry grew stronger: "Our Party has led the people to complete the industrialization process that Western developed countries took hundreds of years to traverse in just a few decades. I will inherit the glorious traditions of the older generation of Angang workers, stand firm at my post, strive for excellence, and with even more robust products, contribute to building a manufacturing power and a transportation power."

On the snow-covered plateau, Ma Dedong (马德东), an aid-Tibet cadre and deputy director of the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine at Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, felt particularly deeply about General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech. Since coming to aid Tibet, he has undertaken medical security, research on plateau medical equipment, and medical talent cultivation, personally experiencing the tremendous changes in Tibet's healthcare undertakings. "After 105 years of unremitting struggle, the Chinese people have firmly grasped their destiny in their own hands. Tibet's great changes over time are precisely the shining chapter in this epic. As an aid-Tibet cadre, I will continue to take root on the plateau, serve the masses, and contribute to the high-quality development of the snow-covered plateau," he said.

The great cause fully demonstrates the truth power of adapting Marxism to the Chinese context and the contemporary era, and also makes the youth of the new era more firm in their ideals and convictions.

In mid-to-late June, the "China Sky Eye" (中国天眼) (FAST) just completed the replacement of the cable drive wire rope with a domestically produced substitute, completely solving the problem of relying on imports for this key component. Lei Zheng (雷政), a senior engineer at the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences who participated in the entire replacement process, said: "As members of the FAST team of the younger generation, we must unswervingly listen to the Party's words and follow the Party, inherit the struggle spirit of the older generation of scientists who have the motherland in their hearts and lifelong focus, respond to the era call put forward by the General Secretary, strive to achieve more original breakthroughs on the path of exploring the mysteries of the universe, and make greater contributions to human science."

On the new journey, the Party leads the people in advancing Chinese-style modernization, creating a new form of human civilization.

In Youyu County (右玉县), Shanxi, generations of Party cadres and the masses have continued to struggle, turning the former barren land into a green oasis beyond the Great Wall. Duan Li (段立), deputy director of the Youyu County Forestry Bureau, said: "The Youyu spirit (右玉精神) is a vivid epitome of the Party leading the people to create a better life. Deeply studying the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech, our direction for undertaking work and starting businesses is clearer. We will continue to promote national land greening, ecological restoration, and the development of the forestry industry, and advance the modernization of harmony between humanity and nature with new achievements in ecological civilization construction."

Scientific and technological innovation is an important support for advancing Chinese-style modernization. After listening to General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech, Ma Jian (马健), an outstanding Communist Party member of Guangdong Province and co-founder and CEO of Shenzhen Jingtai Technology Co., Ltd., was greatly encouraged. He gave up overseas development opportunities to return to China and start a business, leading a team to promote AI empowerment in biomedical and new material research and development. "The General Secretary's systematic summary of 105 years of brilliant achievements, deep remembrance of revolutionary predecessors, and the era call have strengthened our conviction to serve the country through science and technology. We will continue to strengthen key core technology breakthroughs, serve national innovation development with more original achievements, and contribute Chinese wisdom and Chinese solutions to solving major problems facing humanity," Ma Jian said.

Adhere to original aspiration and mission, work hard to fulfill duties and take responsibility

General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech systematically summarized and profoundly expounded on the six excellent qualities of the Communist Party of China. These excellent qualities are the key code for why the Communist Party of China can.

Zhang Jun (张君), chairman of Qingdao Metro Group Co., Ltd., who listened to General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech at the celebration meeting, could not hide his excitement. He said: "'Unswervingly pursue truth, always grasp the forward direction.' The General Secretary's important speech inspires the cadres and staff of Qingdao Metro to work hard to fulfill their duties and serve the masses. We will insist on building Party branches on projects, planting Party flags at the forefront, accelerate the construction of 'Qingdao on track,' and serve high-quality economic and social development."

The rolling Yangtze River ripples with blue waves, nurturing hundreds of millions of people with vibrant vitality. "General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that our Party 'bravely undertakes historical missions, always grasps strategic initiative.' The Yangtze River conservation effort (长江大保护) is precisely a vivid manifestation of this excellent quality. I have more deeply realized that the Yangtze River conservation is a cause that benefits the present and will benefit future generations, and have also strengthened my confidence and determination to protect the Mother River Yangtze well," said Yu Qihui (余启辉), director of the Water Resources Conservation and Protection Bureau of the Changjiang Water Resources Commission (长江水利委员会).

Chinese-style modernization puts people's livelihood first. Gu Jiayi (顾佳怡), Party branch secretary of the Xiaoximen residential area in Huangpu District, Shanghai, said with deep feeling after listening to General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech: "I have more deeply understood the connotation of what the General Secretary said: 'Deeply rooted in the people, always have a solid foundation.' We must stand with the people, think with the people, and work with the people more firmly, not avoid difficulties, not be perfunctory, use patience, care, and ingenuity to achieve fine urban governance, and handle practical livelihood matters well."

On the eve of July 1, the last administrative township in Inner Mongolia not covered by the large power grid — Qiqian Township (奇乾乡) in Ergun City (额尔古纳市), Hulunbuir — was officially connected to the grid. On the morning of July 1, villagers living deep in the Greater Khingan Range watched the celebration meeting for the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China. Liu Xiaoxing (刘晓星), Party secretary of Qiqian Township, said excitedly: "Although conditions in Qiqian Township are harsh, the Party Central Committee and the General Secretary have not forgotten us. Being able to achieve stable electricity supply, the villagers are grateful to the Communist Party. We must, as the General Secretary said, 'insist on and carry forward the spirit of fearing no sacrifice and heroic struggle,' continue to take root in the forest sea, and build a solid ecological security barrier."

For over twenty years adhering to the original aspiration and serving at the grassroots level, Ma Chun (马春), a doctor at the 143rd Regiment Branch of the General Hospital of Shihezi City of the 8th Division of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (新疆生产建设兵团八师石河子市总医院143团分院), led a team to continuously deepen contracted family doctor services, step by step winning the trust and welcome of local masses. "'For the people, the country, the nation, for ideals and convictions, 披荆斩棘 (pī jīng zhǎn jí - 'hack through thorns and cut brush,' overcoming obstacles) and forging ahead,' the General Secretary's important speech inspires us to continue to hold our posts, listen to the Party, follow the Party, and be reliable 'health gatekeepers' at the side of the workers and masses," Ma Chun said.

Li Xiaolong (李小龙), a post-90s youth holding a college diploma, voluntarily returned to his hometown, Yuhai Village (玉海村) in Minning Town (闽宁镇), Yongning County (永宁县), Ningxia, a few years ago to serve as village Party branch secretary, leading villagers to successfully transform to planting cash crops, pushing the village collective economic income to achieve significant growth. "The Communist Party of China conforms to the development trend and always walks in the forefront of the times. Studying and comprehending the spirit of the General Secretary's important speech, I have further raised my ideological understanding and strengthened my action consciousness. Minning Town has transformed from a 'dry beach' into a 'golden beach,' and the villagers' lives are getting more and more promising. This is precisely the result of the Party continuously innovating the eastern-western collaboration model. The Communist Party of China is worthy of being the vanguard of the times and the backbone of the nation!" Li Xiaolong said.

Gather momentum for struggle, write a new chapter

Achievements are lofty because of ambition; undertakings are vast because of diligence. For 105 years, all the achievements we have obtained are the result of the unremitting struggle of generation after generation of Chinese Communists uniting and leading the Chinese people.

In the land of Bagui, the Pinglu Canal (平陆运河), a key project of the New Western Land-Sea Corridor (西部陆海新通道), has entered the sprint stage before navigation. This is the first canal project from rivers to the sea coordinated at the national level since the founding of New China. "The General Secretary requires all Chinese Communists to strengthen confidence, continue the struggle, and firmly uphold the confidence in the path, theory, system, and culture. This brings strong strength to all our cadres and staff. We will bear in mind the General Secretary's entrustment, solidly carry out various preparations such as equipment debugging and operational testing, ensure that the Pinglu Canal is completed and opened to navigation on schedule, and let this grand canal carrying the dreams of several generations realize its benefits as soon as possible," expressed Cheng Yaofei (程耀飞), commander of the Pinglu Canal Project Construction Headquarters.

Crossings engrave the footprints of struggle; mission calls for continuous responsibility.

On July 1 itself, Huaping Girls' Senior High School (华坪女子高级中学) in Lijiang, Yunnan, organized all teachers and students to watch the live broadcast of the meeting. Zhang Guimei (张桂梅), recipient of the "July 1 Medal" and principal of Huaping Girls' Senior High School, sat among the students, focused throughout. "Generation after generation of Communists have continuously adhered and dedicated themselves. The spirit of a century of struggle must be passed on from generation to generation. As a Communist Party member, as long as I still have a breath, I will hold fast on the front line of education, bear in mind the mission of educating people for the Party and cultivating talent for the country, make the children feel the Party's kindness and follow the Party, and take the new era's 'test-taking road' with a continuous struggle posture," Zhang Guimei said with firm eyes.

By the Bohai Bay, at the C-section intelligent container terminal of Tianjin Port's Beijiang Port Area, AI transport robots orderly enter and exit the yard under system dispatch. After carefully studying General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech, Cheng Weidong (成卫东), a national model worker and deputy captain of the tug team of Tianjin Port First Stevedoring Co., Ltd., felt his confidence multiplied: "The General Secretary emphasized 继往开来 (jì wǎng kāi lái - 'carry forward the past and open up the future,' to continue the legacy and chart new course) and upholding fundamental principles and breaking new ground, so as not to be blinded by floating clouds or lose course while riding the wind and waves. This has strengthened my belief in victory. As a front-line worker, I will continue to play the exemplary vanguard role of a Party member, strive to closely integrate cutting-edge technology with port work practice, and contribute to building a world-class green and smart port."

On the black soil, Ren Yong (任永), a large grain grower in the Seventh Management Area of Heilongjiang Puyang Farm Co., Ltd. (黑龙江普阳农场有限公司) of Beidahuang Group (北大荒集团), operates 320 mu of paddy fields. He deeply feels that the changes in the reclamation area and the real income growth and prosperity of farmers over the years are inseparable from the strong leadership of the Party. "General Secretary Xi Jinping stressed that 'on the new journey, the entire Party must further boost the spirit of undertaking work and starting businesses,' which fills us with drive. We will take the General Secretary's important speech spirit as guidance, strengthen vigilance, adhere to bottom-line thinking, take root in the fields, insist on scientific planting, improve quality and stabilize production, and with the responsibility of new farmers, guard arable land well and stabilize production capacity," Ren Yong said.

In Anhui, thousands of miles away, in the modern factory of Hefei Ruishi Digital Technology Co., Ltd. (合肥锐世数字科技有限公司), a research and development team is conducting joint debugging tests on a long-axis full-digital PET/CT machine about to be delivered. This 'cancer early warning machine' will accurately capture abnormal signals at picosecond-level speed. Zhang Bo (张博), the enterprise's person in charge, was deeply impressed by the General Secretary's statement in the speech that 'we need to be prepared at all times to withstand major tests of high winds and choppy waters, or even raging waves': "Facing the new wave of technological revolution full of opportunities and challenges, we will carry forward the spirit of struggle, enhance our struggle skills, lead the team to increase the intensity of basic research and the depth of application, and provide stronger scientific and technological support for safeguarding the life and health of the people."

Handling China's affairs well, the key lies in the Party. Liu Yile (刘懿乐), a 2024-level doctoral student at the School of Marxism of Sichuan University, said that as a young Party member, he deeply knows the responsibility and mission he shoulders. He will continuously study and deeply understand Xi Jinping's thought on Party building, learn and propagate the latest achievements of adapting Marxism to the Chinese context and the contemporary era, promote the Party's innovative theories to go deep into the grassroots and the masses, and contribute youthful strength to building a strong country and national rejuvenation.

(Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, July 2 Xinhua reporters)

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Shouldering Historical Missions to Contribute China’s Strength to the Progress of Human Civilization

A grand assembly celebrating the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China was held in Beijing on July 1, and General Secretary Xi Jinping delivered an important speech.

In interviews with Xinhua News Agency reporters, personages from many countries stated that General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech succinctly summarized the glorious journey traversed by the Communist Party of China and the great achievements created; profoundly elaborated on the key code of why the Communist Party of China can succeed; and fully demonstrated the Communist Party of China's value pursuit of putting people first and its pattern of responsibility with a global vision. It not only pointed out the direction for progress for the Communist Party of China to lead the Chinese people in continuing the struggle on the new era and new journey, but also injected more positive energy into world peace and development and the progress of human civilization.

"Without the Communist Party of China, there would be no today's China"

In his speech, General Secretary Xi Jinping reviewed the glorious journey traversed by the Communist Party of China, pointing out that 105 years of unremitting struggle have fundamentally changed the future and destiny of the Chinese people, opened up the correct path to realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, demonstrated the powerful vitality of Marxism, profoundly influenced the course of world history, and forged a strong Communist Party of China.

"History has fully proven that the Communist Party of China possesses a spirit of 坚韧不拔 (jiānrèn bùbá - "unyielding and indomitable," perseverance) and卓越的政治智慧 (zhuóyuè de zhèngzhì zhìhuì - "extraordinary political wisdom), as well as the ability to make major decisions concerning the future of the country and the people during different historical periods," Miloš Vučević, Chairman of the Serbian Progressive Party, said after listening to General Secretary Xi Jinping's speech. "Under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, China has become an important driving force for global economic development, scientific and technological progress, and international cooperation. Please allow me to warmly congratulate the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China."

"The founding of the Communist Party of China brought about a major turning point in the development of Chinese history," said Alberto Moreno, Chairman of the Communist Party of Peru (Red Homeland). "As General Secretary Xi Jinping said in his speech, the birth of the Communist Party of China allowed 'the Chinese people and the Chinese nation to have the most reliable backbone.' Without the Communist Party of China, there would be no today's China, and no China's amazing development achievements."

"General Secretary Xi Jinping's speech reviews history and clarifies the core leadership role of the Communist Party of China in national construction and social development," said Muhammedi Kompaoré, Editor-in-Chief of the Ivorian newspaper Abidjan Diplomatique. "Under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, China has achieved rapid economic growth, made major progress in fields such as infrastructure construction, scientific and technological innovation, and industrial development, and its comprehensive national strength and international influence continue to rise."

Ryu Ji-won, Director of the Institute of Korea-China Relations at Wonkwang University in South Korea, who has visited China many times for exchanges, was deeply moved by the two great miracles of rapid economic development and long-term social stability in China mentioned in General Secretary Xi Jinping's speech. "The Communist Party of China leads the Chinese people in adhering to the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics and continuously promoting national modernization construction, completing the development process of industrialization that took Western developed countries hundreds of years within a relatively short period of time. This is a remarkable and major achievement in the history of the world economy."

Elshad Mirbashir, a member of the New Azerbaijan Party ruling party in Azerbaijan, noted that General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out in his speech that the Communist Party of China has developed into the world's largest ruling party with significant global influence. Mirbashir stated: "The Communist Party of China has become one of the largest and most influential political forces in today's world, not only playing a leading role in China's development process but also profoundly influencing international politics, economy, and the process of global governance."

"Under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, China has achieved the largest-scale and fastest-speed economic and social development in human history. Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building is precisely the latest theoretical innovation achievement of the Communist Party of China leading all Chinese people to strive forward and move toward becoming a modern socialist power," said Winston Aralcon, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Ecuador. "The 105 years of development practice of the Communist Party of China proves that Marxism is full of vitality."

"Excellent qualities demonstrate the spirit and outlook of the times"

"This is an inspiring and strength-凝聚 (níngjù - "cohesion/gathering") important speech," said Aïbou Daffé, General Secretary of the Patriotic Party, the largest party in the National Assembly of Senegal, after reading General Secretary Xi Jinping's speech. He said that the six excellent qualities of the Communist Party of China discussed in the speech demonstrate the spirit and outlook of the times of taking initiative and acting proactively. "The continuous development and growth of the Communist Party of China stem from its constant remembrance of its original aspiration, its adherence to putting people first, its adherence to advancing with the times, and its continuous strengthening of the Party's own construction."

Dia Helmi, a member of the Egyptian Foreign Affairs Committee, said: "Among the six excellent qualities, 'striving for truth and always grasping the correct direction of progress' is one of the key success secrets of the Communist Party of China. In today's violently turbulent world, the Communist Party of China always grasps the trends of development of the times, is able to adapt to changes and take the initiative to adjust at every stage, and responds calmly to the challenges brought by changes in domestic and international situations with a highly pragmatic style."

Massimiliano Ai, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Switzerland, visited China again a few weeks ago and was deeply moved by the excellent quality of the Communist Party of China being "deeply rooted in the people and always possessing solid foundations." "In China, I saw a Party deeply rooted in the masses of the people," Ai said. "As General Secretary Xi Jinping said in his speech, the country is the people, and the people are the country. This is a true depiction of the Communist Party of China—having nothing other than the interests of the people, and serving the people wholeheartedly."

"Long-term planning guidance and high policy continuity are distinct characteristics that distinguish China's governance mode from the West." Regarding the Communist Party of China "bravely undertaking its historical mission and always maintaining strategic initiative," Professor Richard Abiteboul of the Paris School of Administration said, "It is precisely because of this clearly directed and policy-stable expectation that enterprises have more confidence in making long-term R&D investments in China."

Baru Demissi, a senior advisor at the Ethiopian Policy Institute, said that from implementing the reform and opening-up policy to promoting high-quality development, the Communist Party of China has always actively explored ideas and policies to adapt to new opportunities and new challenges at different stages of development, achieving the ability to "conform to the trends of development and always stay at the forefront of the times." "This ability to actively recognize changes, respond to changes, and seek changes is an important factor in the historic transformations that China's economy and society have undergone over the past few decades."

Cheam Sornichele, President of the Cambodia-China Relations Development Association, who was once responsible for the Khmer translation of Xi Jinping: The Governance of China, has his own observations regarding the Communist Party of China "daring and being good at struggle, and always maintaining the confidence of certain victory" as emphasized by General Secretary Xi Jinping. He said: "Not fearing sacrifice and fighting heroically has run through the century-long journey of the Communist Party of China; it is one of the key codes for the Communist Party of China to forever maintain its vitality, cohesion, and combat effectiveness."

Discussing the excellent quality of the Communist Party of China "focusing on strengthening itself and always being full of vigor and vitality," Xu Qingqi, Chairman of the New Asia Strategic Research Center in Malaysia, said: "General Secretary Xi Jinping has pointed out many times that to forge iron, one must itself be hard. Practice proves that exercising full and rigorous self-governance of the Party is not only a profound self-revolution, but also an important guarantee for improving the Communist Party of China's long-term governing capacity and achieving long-term stability and security for the country."

"Responsibility and undertaking with a global vision"

General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out in his speech that on the new journey, we must follow the direction of people's hearts and the trend of the times, hold high the banners of peace, development, cooperation, and win-win results, promote common values of all humanity, promote the building of new types of international relations, and promote the implementation of the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative, the Global Civilization Initiative, and the Global Governance Initiative, to inject more positive energy into world peace and development.

"I read two words from General Secretary Xi Jinping's speech: stability and confidence," said Robert Lawrence Kuhn, Chairman of the Kuhn Foundation in the United States, who has long focused on China's development. "At a time when the world is suffering from turbulence and shocks, the Communist Party of China's foreign policy propositions are consistent throughout."

"Under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, China not only focuses on its own development but also opens the doors of cooperation to other countries in the world, becoming a major economic and trade partner for many countries and regions globally, and making real contributions to promoting common world development," said Khem Phadana, Acting Director of the China Studies Center at the National University of Laos. "As General Secretary Xi Jinping said, the Communist Party of China has profoundly changed the trends and patterns of world development through unremitting struggle for self-improvement."

"General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out in his speech that Chinese-style modernization expands the path for developing countries to move toward modernization, a point deeply identified by African countries," said Zimbabwean political commentator Drake Gotto. "China's development practice proves that all countries are fully capable of basing themselves on their own national conditions and exploring development paths that suit their own realities, which breaks the rut of 'modernization equals Westernization'."

Hassan Omar, Secretary-General of the United Democratic Alliance Party in Kenya, has visited Chinese cities and villages many times to observe the grassroots construction and operation of the Communist Party of China at close range. "China's gradual transformation from an agricultural country into a global economic and technological power demonstrates the excellent leadership, efficient organizational capacity, and long-term planning capacity of the ruling party, as well as the importance of the people-centered development concept, which provides important inspiration for countries of the Global South," Omar said.

Kawa Mahmoud, Chairman of the Global Civilization Initiative Research Center headquartered in Iraq, said he carefully studied General Secretary Xi Jinping's speech. "The socialist China led by the Communist Party of China is widely recognized as a builder of world peace, a contributor to global development, and a maintainer of the international order, which fully demonstrates the Communist Party of China's global vision. At a time when unilateralism and protectionism are on the rise, China's firm defense of multilateralism has important practical significance and positive exemplary value."

"Today, the role of the Communist Party of China is reflected not only in leading China's development but also in promoting common world development," said Wilen Phichaiwongphadi, Director of the Thai-China 'Belt and Road' Research Center in Thailand. "Since the new era, General Secretary Xi Jinping has proposed the concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind and the four major global initiatives, which both demonstrates the Communist Party of China's responsibility and undertaking with a global vision and contributes Chinese wisdom to the progress of human civilization."

(Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, July 2 — Xinhua News Agency reporters)

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Building a Community with a Shared Future for Mankind (Great Journey)

By: 本报记者 刘玲玲

On the east side of the north extension of the Beijing Central Axis, the Museum of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党历史展览馆) stands majestically. Upon entering the fourth exhibition area, the chapter "Advancing Socialism with Chinese Characteristics into a New Era" unfolds gradually. Before high-quality photographs of the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" and display boards of major venue diplomacy activities, visitors pause to observe. This place condenses the magnificent voyage of major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics in the new era and is engraved with the 天下情怀 (tiān xià qíng huái - "all-under-heaven sentiment," a broad-minded concern for the world) of the Communist Party of China to seek great harmony for the world.

General Secretary Xi Jinping has pointed out profoundly: "The Communist Party of China is a party that seeks happiness for the Chinese people, and is also a party that struggles for the cause of human progress." "The Chinese people are willing to work with the people of all countries to promote the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind, and to jointly create a better future for humanity!"

Born amidst the great tide of the cause of human liberation, the Communist Party of China has, from the very beginning of its establishment, always paid attention to the future and destiny of humanity with a global vision; it has correctly understood and handled the relationship with the external world from the great trend of human development, the great pattern of world changes, and the great history of China's development, and has committed itself to "making new and greater contributions to humanity."

History remembers that spring of 2013. During his first overseas visit after assuming the presidency, President Xi Jinping delivered an important speech at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations. Facing the great trends of the times, President Xi Jinping first proposed the major concept of a community with a shared future for mankind, profoundly answering the era's question of "what kind of world we should build and how we should build this world." For more than 10 years, no matter how the international situation has changed, China has always used firm conviction and solid actions, together with countries and peoples that share similar aspirations, to continuously strive to push forward the great cause of building a community with a shared future for mankind.

In the autumn of 2013, during his visits to Kazakhstan and Indonesia, President Xi Jinping successively proposed the major initiatives of jointly building the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road. Today, the "Belt and Road" friendship circle of joint construction has expanded to more than 150 countries and more than 30 international organizations, establishing an important practical platform with wide participation from all parties and a commitment to common development.

The Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative, the Global Civilization Initiative, and the Global Governance Initiative build a systematic and complete framework of action from four dimensions, forming an organic whole that promotes prosperity through development, ensures stability through security, increases mutual trust through civilization, and seeks justice through governance, collectively pointing toward a world of lasting peace, universal security, common prosperity, openness and inclusiveness, and cleanliness and beauty, becoming an important support for building a community with a shared future for mankind.

China actively deepens and expands equal, open, and cooperative global partnerships, promotes the construction of a major-country relations pattern characterized by peaceful coexistence, overall stability, and balanced development, enters the best period since modern times in relations with its neighbors, adheres to the concept of true, sincere, and friendly relations and a correct view of righteousness and interests to strengthen solidarity and cooperation with developing countries, firmly defends the common interests of the Global South in international affairs, and leads and promotes the united self-strengthening of the Global South.

From bilateral to multilateral, from regional to global, from health to cyberspace and the oceans, China has already constructed different forms of communities with a shared future with dozens of countries and regions in multiple fields. From "one party leading the song" to "a chorus of many voices," building a community with a shared future for mankind has become a grand undertaking for the international community to participate in together.

春华秋实 (chūn huá qiū shí - "spring flowers and autumn fruit," reaping the fruits of labor), the great truth leads far.

At the end of 2023, the Central Conference on Work Relating to Foreign Affairs clarified that building a community with a shared future for mankind is the lofty goal pursued by major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics in the new era. The Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China made important strategic deployments for "promoting the building of a community with a shared future for mankind," fully manifesting the far-sighted and broad vision and the great-country responsibility of the Communist Party of China to care for the world.

As a century-old Party, it always practices the logic of action that "only when the world is good can China be good; only when China is good can the world be even better."

At the meeting celebrating the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: "With firm confidence and continuous struggle, we must continuously promote the building of a community with a shared future for mankind. As the changes unseen in a century accelerate their evolution, and the world enters a new period of turbulence and transformation, humanity stands once again at a crossroads of where to go and what to do. On the new journey, we must follow the direction of people's hearts and the trend of the times, hold high the flags of peace, development, cooperation, and win-win results, carry forward the common values of all humanity, promote the construction of new types of international relations, promote the implementation of the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative, the Global Civilization Initiative, and the Global Governance Initiative, and inject more positive energy into world peace and development."

When one grasps the great image, all under heaven move toward it; when one follows the right path, many travelers join. In the guestbook of the Museum of the Communist Party of China, President Chissano of Mozambique wrote: "We are firmly committed to continuing to deepen the brotherly friendship of friendliness, unity, and mutual assistance between the peoples and governments of our two countries to achieve common prosperity." Prime Minister Bah Ousmane of Guinea wrote: "China's experience is inspiring for all peoples pursuing progress, peace, and dignity." These sincere strokes from different countries are the most vivid footnotes to the concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind.

Advancing toward the "15th Five-Year Plan," the people of the Communist Party of China, with the strategic overall situation of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and the changes unseen in a century in the world in their hearts, map out the future with an even broader vision. Holding high the glorious flag of building a community with a shared future for mankind, China will continue to work together with all progressive forces in the world, walking hand in hand to jointly create an even better future.

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2026 Cross-Strait Youth Summit Opens in Beijing

Xinhua Beijing, July 2 (reporter Luo Xin (罗鑫)) — The 2026 Cross-Strait Youth Summit (两岸青年峰会), jointly sponsored by the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council (国务院台办), the Ministry of Education, the All-China Youth Federation (全国青联), and the Beijing Municipal People’s Government (北京市人民政府), opened in Beijing on the 2nd.

Yin Li (尹力), member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Secretary of the Beijing Municipal Committee, stated at the opening ceremony that General Secretary Xi Jinping has always attached great importance to youth work and cared for youth growth, pointing out that youth are the hope of the country and the future of the nation, and encouraging cross-strait youth to rely on and accompany each other, to be of one heart and one mind, and to jointly create the long-lasting well-being of the Chinese nation. In recent years, youth exchanges and cooperation between Beijing and Taiwan have continuously deepened, with more and more Taiwanese compatriots shifting from tourism and sightseeing to settling down and putting down roots, and Taiwanese students extending from short-term study tours and visits to long-term employment and entrepreneurship. This year is the first year of the “15th Five-Year Plan” (十五五). Beijing will continue to optimize the youth development environment, so that everyone can study with peace of mind, work with confidence, and live comfortably in Beijing. It is hoped that young people from Beijing and Taiwan will be of one mind in promoting exchanges and jointly building cross-strait friendly relations; be of one mind in seeking development and sharing the fruits of modernization; be of one mind in shouldering great righteousness, integrating personal ideals and pursuits into the great cause of family and country, resolutely opposing “Taiwan independence” separatist activities and foreign interference, actively taking up the era responsibility of promoting cross-strait peaceful development, and continuously expanding the global influence of Chinese culture.

Song Tao (宋涛), Director of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the CPC Central Committee (中共中央台办) and Director of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, expressed that General Secretary Xi Jinping places high hopes on cross-strait youth, pointing out that only when cross-strait youth are good can the cross-strait future be good, and encouraging young Chinese people of the new era to “set lofty aspirations, bravely shoulder the era’s heavy responsibilities,” and “pave the road with youth, let ideals shine.” Cross-strait youth must set great ambitions, strive together for national rejuvenation, actively devote themselves to Chinese-style modernization, integrate their life ideals into the cause of the country and the nation, and strive vigorously and unremittingly for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Cross-strait youth must understand great righteousness, struggle unremittingly to safeguard the common home, firmly grasp the destiny of the nation in the hands of the Chinese people themselves, safeguard, build, and develop the common home of the Chinese nation well, promote the peaceful development of cross-strait relations, and firmly advance the great cause of national reunification. Cross-strait youth must follow the great path, strive hard to enhance the well-being of compatriots, warmly welcome more Taiwanese youth to come to the mainland to pursue dreams, build dreams, and fulfill dreams, to be participants, contributors, and beneficiaries of cross-strait exchanges, cooperation, and integrated development, and to write a splendid chapter of life in the youth of struggle.

A Dong (阿东), First Secretary of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League (共青团中央书记处), stated that General Secretary Xi Jinping earnestly encouraged cross-strait youth to be of one heart and one mind, to work together with determination, to persevere without ceasing, and to let youth bloom brilliantly in the great process of realizing the Chinese Dream of national rejuvenation. Looking to the future, cross-strait youth should make a two-way journey, firmly guard the cultural roots, and promote cross-strait cultural exchanges to extend to broader fields and deeper levels; seize the opportunities of the era, discuss cooperation in areas such as scientific and technological innovation, rural revitalization, and voluntary service, and jointly start businesses and industries; bravely shoulder the era’s heavy responsibilities, think with one mind and exert with one effort, and contribute youthful strength to firmly advance the great cause of national reunification.

Zhang Ronggong (张荣恭), Vice Chairman of the Chinese Kuomintang (中国国民党), expressed that the people on both sides of the strait belong to the Chinese nation, and both sides of the strait are one family. The Chinese Kuomintang is willing to, on the common political foundation of upholding the 1992 Consensus (九二共识) and opposing “Taiwan independence”, continue to work with all sectors on both sides of the strait to promote youth exchanges and cooperation, to promote the peaceful development of cross-strait relations, to seek the greatest well-being for cross-strait youth, and to open up a grand future for national rejuvenation.

The Cross-Strait Youth Summit is an important platform for cross-strait youth to exchange and connect hearts, and to learn from each other. Since its inception, it has achieved fruitful results.

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Li Hongzhong Investigates County and Township People's Congress Election Work in Beijing

BEIJING, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Li Hongzhong, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice-Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, on July 2 conducted research in Beijing on the work of county and township people's congress election replacement. He stressed that it is necessary to adhere to Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as the guide, deeply study and implement Xi Jinping's important thought on upholding and improving the people's congress system, fully implement the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee and the provisions of the Constitution and laws, and solidly carry out the work of county and township people's congress election replacement, ensuring that the election work has a clean and upright atmosphere, that election results satisfy the people, and lay a solid foundation for upholding, improving, and operating the people's congress system. Li Hongzhong went to the organs of the Standing Committee of the Beijing Municipal Daxing District (大兴区) People's Congress to research the overall situation of election organization work such as constituency division and allocation of deputy quotas; at the Yinghai Town (瀛海镇) Party and Mass Service Center and Longtou Village (龙头村) in Lixian Town (礼贤镇), he researched specific work situations such as mobilizing and organizing voters to participate in the election and conducting voter registration. He pointed out that electing people's congress deputies is the foundation of the people's congress system and an important link in ensuring that the people are masters of the country. It is necessary to uphold the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee, implement Party leadership throughout all aspects and the entire process of the election replacement, and ensure the correct direction of the election replacement work. Local people's congress standing committees must conscientiously implement the provisions of the Electoral Law, determine the number of deputies according to law, strengthen leadership over election committees, scientifically and reasonably divide constituencies, organize the introduction of information on deputy candidates and organize voters to cast ballots according to law; strengthen the training of election staff, earnestly study new situations and new problems, and improve work procedures in a targeted manner. It is necessary to protect the people's right to elect and be elected, extensively mobilize voters to participate in the election according to law, carry out voter registration work meticulously and carefully, actively mobilize and organize the floating population to participate in the election, link together all the links of democratic elections, democratic consultation, democratic decision-making, democratic management, and democratic supervision, continuously develop whole-process people's democracy, and better ensure that the people are masters of the country.

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Study and Implement Xi Jinping’s Thought on Party Building and the Spirit of His Important Speech on July 1 to Solidly Advance Party Building in the Financial System

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, July 2 — The Work Conference on Party Building in the Financial System was held in Beijing from July 2 to 3. He Lifeng, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Secretary of the Central Financial Work Commission, attended the meeting and delivered a speech. He emphasized that the financial system must regard the serious study, profound understanding, and in-depth implementation of Xi Jinping's thought on Party building and the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech at the conference celebrating the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China as an important political task for the current and future periods, solidly and forcefully advance the key work of Party building in the financial system, continuously strengthen the Party's political construction, and constantly deepen the arming of the Party with innovative theories. It is necessary to improve the management systems and mechanisms for Party building in the financial system, further streamline the Party building management systems of local financial institutions, and strengthen the construction of the financial cadre and talent workforce. Deepen the rectification of central inspections and audit rectifications, advance the rectification of conduct, the strict enforcement of discipline, and the fight against corruption in depth, focus on correcting and rectifying the "four winds," and maintain the high-pressure stance of punishing and combating corruption. It is necessary to consolidate and deepen the study and education on establishing and practicing a correct view of achievements, grasp the key financial work in the second half of the year, enhance the sense of responsibility and urgency, continuously promote the prevention and resolution of financial risks, focus on strengthening financial supervision, and go all out to support the high-quality development of economy and society, providing strong financial support for the successful completion of the annual economic goals and tasks and for achieving a good start to the "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan."

Before the meeting, He Lifeng attended the commendation conference for the "Two Excellences and One Advanced" (两优一先 - "two excellences and one advanced," referring to outstanding Party members, outstanding Party affairs workers, and advanced primary-level Party organizations) of financial units centrally managed and delivered a speech. 129 outstanding Communist Party members, 127 outstanding Party affairs workers, and 278 advanced primary-level Party organizations of centrally managed financial units were commended.

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Strive to Create New Historical Brilliance!

By: 新华社记者 朱基钗 张 研

A great political party that has been unswervingly committed to its ideals and mission, striving tirelessly, has welcomed its 105th birthday.

On the morning of July 1, 2026, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, a grand ceremony to celebrate the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China was solemnly held.

105 years, 栉风沐雨 (zhì fēng mù yǔ - “comb the wind, bathe in rain,” meaning to work hard despite hardships), tempered through a thousand hammers, shouldering the glory and dreams of the Chinese people!

105 years, never forgetting the original heart, forging ahead with determination, carrying forward the cause and forging ahead into the future, walking the new Long March well!

“‘功崇惟志，业广惟勤 (gōng chóng wéi zhì, yè guǎng wéi qín - “Lofty achievements depend on aspiration; broad accomplishments depend on diligence”).’ To realize the Party’s mission and tasks in the new era and new journey requires all Chinese Communists to strengthen their confidence and continue their struggle, continuously creating new achievements worthy of the times and the people.” General Secretary Xi Jinping’s solemn declaration stirs the hearts of over 100 million Chinese Communists, rallying the mighty force of more than 1.4 billion Chinese people in unity and struggle.

From a single red boat in the wind and rain to a majestic giant vessel steering China, from an organization of just over 50 members to the world’s largest ruling party with major global influence. As the world marvels, “What makes China? What makes the Chinese Communist Party?” successive cohorts of outstanding models in the new era provide a “key” to understanding this question.

Today, outstanding representatives among them — from farmlands and villages, from urban neighborhoods, from factory workshops, from the front lines of scientific research, from military camps, from all corners of the motherland, from all fronts of socialist modernization — gather together to celebrate this grand festival.

Around 9 a.m., at the Jingxi Hotel, the recipients of the “July 1 Medal” boarded ceremonial vehicles and, escorted by 21 ceremonial police motorcycles, proceeded to the Great Hall of the People. This embodies the people’s respect and highlights the esteem of the era.

The ten-li long avenue stretches out a broad thoroughfare; tall buildings stand witness to tremendous upheavals and transformations. The motorcade passed through Xinhua Gate; on the screen wall inside the gate, the five characters “Serve the People” (为人民服务) stand out clearly, revealing where this 105-year-old great party comes from, where it is headed, and why it succeeds.

At the north gate of the Great Hall of the People, a red carpet was laid, red flags flew high, honor guards stood at attention with rifles, awaiting the models and saluting the heroes. As the vehicles arrived and doors opened, people’s gazes focused on each meritorious Party member, watching them ascend the steps and enter the people’s hall.

“Welcome, welcome! A warm welcome!” “Welcome, welcome! Salute to you!” Young people waved Party flags, national flags, and flowers; cheers surged unceasingly. The blooming phalaenopsis and lotus flowers were especially bright; the deep melody of Ode to the Red Flag (《红旗颂》) resounded.

Inside the Great Hall of the People, the ten-thousand-person grand auditorium was dazzling with lights and warm in atmosphere. At the center of the backdrop behind the podium shone the emblem of the Communist Party of China; below the emblem was the lettering “1921—2026,” with ten red flags arrayed on either side.

“1921—2026” spreads out a magnificent historical画卷, composes a soul-stirring and impassioned song.

As the hour hand pointed to 10 a.m., warm applause rang out as General Secretary Xi Jinping and other Party and state leaders entered the venue.

“Arise, ye who refuse to be bond slaves! With our very flesh and blood, let us build our new Great Wall!” The majestic melody of the March of the Volunteers surged through the auditorium—

From a single spark to a prairie fire, from the founding of the world to transforming heaven and earth, from saving the nation and the people to strengthening the country and enriching the people, from a weak and chaotic family and state to national rejuvenation… Over 105 years, under the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party, the heroic Chinese people have stood up, grown prosperous, and become strong step by step!

After the reading of the “Decision of the CPC Central Committee on Awarding the July 1 Medal,” applause paid tribute.

Flag bearers held high the Party flag; honor guards, with firm footsteps, carried the “July 1 Medal” and marched to the ceremony site.

General Secretary Xi Jinping presented the medals to the “July 1 Medal” recipients, conferring upon them the highest honor within the Party.

Ordinary deeds forge greatness; heroes come from the people. The citation, concise and heartfelt, recounted their exemplary deeds and noble spirit—

“A ‘gold medal mediator’ who has stood firm on the front line of serving the masses and resolving conflicts, innovating models for grassroots conflict mediation and methods for mass work, alleviating people’s worries with warmth and warming hearts with sincerity, affectionately called ‘Old Ma’ by the masses.” The first to step forward was Ma Shanxiang; “Old Ma” walked with vigorous steps, excitedly waving to everyone. General Secretary Xi Jinping shook hands with him warmly, hung the weighty “July 1 Medal” on his chest, and offered congratulations.

“A heroic veteran who concealed his merit and fame, joining the military at 18, honing outstanding skills, repeatedly achieving remarkable military exploits, and after being transferred to civilian work, never forgot his original heart and mission, was indifferent to fame and fortune, silently dedicated himself in ordinary posts, and adhered to the solemn oath of loyalty to the Party.” Wang Yuchang, a 90-year-old veteran soldier, came in a wheelchair, pushed by relatives to the center of the podium. General Secretary Xi Jinping bent down cordially and firmly held his hands.

On the screens on both sides of the auditorium work photos of the “July 1 Medal” recipients were displayed. Those frozen moments are “time slices” of decades of hard work.

That was a patch of green. In a field full of tomatoes, Li Liancheng, village party branch secretary of Xixinzhuang Village, Puyang County, Henan, laughed heartily. During the 2019 two sessions, he told General Secretary Xi Jinping face-to-face about “farmers’ eight dreams.” Now, he has led his fellow villagers to turn the once-backward village into a national civilized village.

That was a screen full of snow white. In the midst of wind and snow, Wuhas Sulaiman carried his medical kit, leaning on a wooden stick, struggling forward against the wind. He once said: “As long as the herders need me, even if it rains knives from the sky, I must set out.”

When General Secretary Xi Jinping hung medals for them, the whole audience’s gaze was fixed on them, and applause of tribute rang out time and again.

Zhao Yafu, aged 85, arrived with the fresh scent of soil; not long ago he had been checking rice growth on the ridges of Daizhuang Village in Jurong City, Jiangsu. At an advanced age, this agronomist still spends two-thirds of his time each year in the fields.

General Secretary Xi Jinping asked with concern: “How is your health?” Zhao Yafu said, moved: “Very good! Thank you, General Secretary!”

Zhong Jue, a 90-year-old expert in mechanical engineering, from black hair to white, has remained true to her original heart for decades, always fighting on the front line of scientific research. General Secretary Xi Jinping bent down to shake hands with her, who was in a wheelchair. “General Secretary, you work very hard. Please take good care of yourself!” Zhong Jue said.

Witnessing the vicissitudes of history and bathing in supreme glory, Zhong Jue’s eyes brimmed with tears: “Our country has developed so well now because of the Party’s leadership. The Party unites the entire nation, remembers the original heart at its founding, and has struggled all the way to the present, building a poor and backward country into one where the common people have a sense of happiness.”

Honor crystallizes past dedication and inspires new struggle.

The conference also commended the national “Two Excellences and One Advanced” — 141 comrades were awarded (and 8 posthumously) the title of “National Outstanding Communist Party Member”; 150 comrades were awarded the title of “National Outstanding Party Affairs Worker”; and 399 grassroots Party organizations were awarded the title of “National Advanced Grassroots Party Organization.”

Representatives of the “Two Excellences and One Advanced,” wearing medals and red flowers on their chests, stepped onto the podium to receive the commendation of the Party and the people. Among them were railway workers, port workers, “courier brothers,” and people’s police… They represented tens of millions of laborers and strugglers in thousands of industries.

Dressed in a red formal suit, Wu Yaqin, a representative of “July 1 Medal” recipients, walked with brisk, capable steps to the lectern.

In July 2020, General Secretary Xi Jinping once visited the Changshan Garden Community in Tuanshan Subdistrict, Kuancheng District, Changchun, where she works, to learn about community Party building.

“When General Secretary inspected that time, he said I was like a ball of fire and encouraged me to keep up the good work. I will never forget those words in my life. I know deeply that this fire was not lit by me alone; it was the Party’s cultivation, the organization’s trust, and the residents’ support that made this fire of serving the people burn more and more brightly,” Wu Yaqin said emotionally. “As a Communist Party member, wherever the masses are, that is where my post is. I am willing to take root at the grassroots all my life, to give my all, and not to let down the organization’s cultivation or the expectations of the masses.”

When the pursuit of a group, of a political party, aligns with the fundamental interests of the vast majority of the people, the cause they devote themselves to gains deep roots, broad格局, and enduring significance.

Time is the greatest writer; history is the most faithful recorder.

“105 years ago, in the great awakening of the Chinese people and the Chinese nation, and in the close integration of Marxism-Leninism with the Chinese workers’ movement, the Communist Party of China was born as the times required. From then on, the Chinese people and the Chinese nation had the most reliable backbone, and China, beset by internal and external troubles, impoverished and weak, began earth-shaking historical changes.”

“Over 105 years, our Party has always adhered to the original heart and mission of seeking happiness for the Chinese people and rejuvenation for the Chinese nation, deeply grasped the world development trend, accurately understood changes in the principal social contradictions in each historical period, united and led the people of all ethnic groups in unremitting struggle, created great achievements in the new democratic revolution, socialist revolution and construction, reform, opening up, and socialist modernization, and socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era, writing the most magnificent epic in the several-thousand-year history of the Chinese nation.”

In his important speech, General Secretary Xi Jinping comprehensively reviewed and summarized the glorious journey and great achievements of the Chinese Communist Party uniting and leading the Chinese people of all ethnic groups over the past 105 years:

“105 years of unremitting struggle have fundamentally changed the destiny of the Chinese people.”

“105 years of unremitting struggle have opened up the correct path to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.”

“105 years of unremitting struggle have demonstrated the powerful vitality of Marxism.”

“105 years of unremitting struggle have profoundly influenced the course of world history.”

“105 years of unremitting struggle have forged a strong Communist Party of China.”

“The most reliable backbone,” uniting and leading the greatest people, has written “the most magnificent epic.” China today has not let down the dedication and sacrifice of generations of Chinese Communists who have pressed forward one after another, nor has it let down the indomitable struggle of hundreds of millions of Chinese people.

Chen Houqun, aged 94, the oldest representative of National Outstanding Communist Party Members honored on site, with silver hair and a myriad of emotions, clearly remembered the day his probationary Party membership was confirmed — November 17, 1957. “On that very day, Chairman Mao, visiting the Soviet Union, met with us Chinese students in Moscow. Chairman Mao said, ‘The hope is placed on you.’ That was the clarion call for battle for my whole life. The dream we pursued in our generation was to see a prosperous and strong China that would never be bullied again. That dream is being realized! The 105-year historical achievements of our Party fully prove that our Party is worthy of being a great, glorious, and correct Party!”

History illuminates reality; the journey has no end. Only by understanding why we succeeded in the past can we understand how we will continue to succeed in the future.

General Secretary Xi Jinping profoundly summarized from six aspects the excellent traits of our Party that are unmatched by any other political party or political force:

“Unswervingly pursuing truth, always keeping the right direction.” “Deeply rooted among the people, always having a solid foundation.” “Bravely undertaking historical missions, always seizing strategic initiative.” “Following the trend of development, always walking at the forefront of the times.” “Daring and adept at struggle, always maintaining confidence in victory.” “Focusing on strengthening ourselves, always full of vitality and vigor.”

“These excellent traits are the key code to why the Chinese Communist Party can. We must, in combination with new realities, continuously develop and expand the Party’s excellent traits, ensure that the Party never deteriorates, never changes color, never changes its flavor, and always possesses strong creativity, cohesion, and combat capability.” The historical confidence and historical initiative spirit of Chinese Communists in the new era permeate this.

Why our Party has moved from victory to new victory is precisely because these traits have been forged into the Party’s genes and flow in the Party’s blood.

Taking the heavy honorary certificate from General Secretary Xi Jinping’s hands, Wang Kehao, a “post-90s” National Outstanding Party Affairs Worker, was surging with emotion: “The General Secretary praised us as ‘diligent little bees’ and ‘creators of a better life.’ As the Party branch secretary of the courier brothers volunteer service team, we must polish our Party member identity, organize and rally more people in the industry, be of one heart with the Party, struggle with the Party, run with heart, and deliver the mission!”

Wearing a red flower on his chest, Xu Ling, Party branch secretary of Lugou Community in Huanghuatang Town, Xuyi County, Jiangsu, was full of ambition. From the first female helmsman of China’s first aircraft carrier Liaoning to the current leader on the road to rural revitalization, she has not changed her true colors: “When the General Secretary awarded me the certificate, I reported my experience to him. The General Secretary encouraged me, saying, ‘Amazing, keep it up.’ Whether it is ‘deep sea blue’ or ‘field green,’ a Communist Party member serves the people. We must remember the General Secretary’s instructions, work hard, focus on developing industries and improving people’s livelihood, and let the Party flag fly high on the front of comprehensive rural revitalization.”

Glorious history makes one proud; a bright future spurs one to forge ahead. Standing at a new historical starting point, General Secretary Xi Jinping issued a new call to action to all Chinese Communists:

“By the middle of this century, we will have fully built a modern socialist country and realized the second centenary goal. Time waits for no one! History waits for no one! All Party comrades must remain true to the original heart and keep the mission firmly in mind, must remain modest, prudent, and hard-working, must dare to struggle and be adept at struggle, firmly rely on and unite with the people of all ethnic groups across the country to forge ahead on the new journey, make achievements in the new era, and strive to create new historical brilliance!”

The majestic Internationale resounded in the Great Hall of the People, its deep and long melody connecting history, reality, and the future: “Arise, you workers from your slumber; the Internationale shall be the human race…”

At that moment, on the ceiling of the ten-thousand-person grand auditorium, lights were dazzling, stars clustered around; the huge five-pointed red star shone brightly over China, illuminating the journey ahead.

(Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, July 2)

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Understanding the Deep Logic Behind the Century-Old Party's Glorious Achievements (He Yin)

Socialist China under the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party is recognized by the international community as a builder of world peace, a contributor to global development, and a defender of the international order.

On July 1, a grand gathering to celebrate the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party was solemnly held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. General Secretary Xi Jinping presented medals to the recipients of the July 1 Medal (七一勋章) and delivered an important speech, drawing close attention from international public opinion. “The 105th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party is a profound milestone,” “The Chinese Communist Party plays a key role in the country’s development and modernization,” “The achievements of the Chinese Communist Party have inspired constructive thinking on national development and governance in the Global South”… Overseas figures from various sectors highly commend the great achievements in economic and social development that the Chinese Communist Party has led the Chinese people to attain over the past 105 years, and its significant contributions to world peace and development.

General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that over the past 105 years, our Party has united and led the Chinese people of all ethnic groups in unremitting struggle, creating great achievements in the new-democratic revolution, the socialist revolution and construction, reform and opening up and socialist modernization, and socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era, writing the most magnificent epic in the millennia-long history of the Chinese nation. The 105 years of unremitting struggle have fundamentally changed the future and destiny of the Chinese people, opened up the correct path to the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, demonstrated the powerful vitality of Marxism, profoundly influenced the course of world history, and forged a strong Chinese Communist Party. President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić expressed warm congratulations on the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party, and stated that the Chinese Communist Party has led China to achieve admirably rapid development in various fields including the economy, and that the indomitable spirit demonstrated by the Chinese Communist Party and the Chinese people brings hope to all people committed to peace, development and multilateralism.

The Chinese Communist Party is a party that seeks happiness for the Chinese people and rejuvenation for the Chinese nation, and it is also a party that seeks progress for humanity and great harmony for the world. The world vision and global concern of the Chinese Communist Party are determined by the advanced nature of the Party, and have never been absent since its founding. Looking back at the journey of more than a hundred years, the Chinese Communist Party has always stood on the correct side of history and on the side of human civilization and progress, with the 自强不息 (zì qiáng bù xī - “ceaseless self-improvement,” to strive unceasingly) struggle profoundly changing the trends and pattern of world development. From leading the people in advancing Chinese-style modernization (中国式现代化), creating a new form of human civilization, and expanding the pathways for developing countries to achieve modernization, to promoting the building of a community with a shared future for mankind (人类命运共同体), and continuously contributing Chinese wisdom, Chinese solutions, and Chinese strength to solving major human issues… Socialist China under the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party is recognized by the international community as a builder of world peace, a contributor to global development, and a defender of the international order.

Today, the Chinese Communist Party has developed into the world’s largest governing party with significant global influence. The international community looks to it for inspiration: Why can the Chinese Communist Party succeed? General Secretary Xi Jinping has profoundly revealed the excellent traits with which the Chinese Communist Party continuously achieves brilliance — “forging ahead with the pursuit of truth, always keeping the direction of advance on course,” “deeply rooting itself among the people, always possessing a solid foundation,” “boldly undertaking historical missions, always mastering strategic initiative,” “following the tide of development, always staying at the forefront of the times,” “daring and adept at struggle, always maintaining the confidence of victory,” “focusing on strengthening itself, always full of vitality and dynamism.” These are excellent traits that other political parties and political forces cannot match, the key code to why the Chinese Communist Party can succeed, and they clearly reveal to the international community the deep logic that “running China’s affairs well depends on the Party.”

Having the guidance of Marxist scientific theory is the Chinese Communist Party’s distinct political character and powerful political advantage. On the occasion of the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party, the Central Committee of the Party defined Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building (习近平党建思想), marking that the century-old Party has reached a new height in its understanding of the laws governing the building of a Marxist ruling party in long-term governance, and carrying great and far-reaching significance for enriching and developing contemporary Chinese Marxism and 21st-century Marxism. On the new journey, under the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building, the Chinese Communist Party will further demonstrate its excellent traits, strengthen confidence, continue its struggle, constantly create new achievements worthy of the times and the people, and inject an endless surging force into the great cause of building a strong country and national rejuvenation and the development and progress of human civilization.

The century-old great Party is 风华正茂 (fēng huá zhèng mào - “in the prime of life,” at the height of youthful vigor). Under the strong leadership of the Chinese Communist Party, China will continue to hold high the banner of peace, development, cooperation, and win-win, promote the common values of all humanity, work to build a new type of international relations, advance the implementation of the Four Global Initiatives (四大全球倡议), jointly build a community with a shared future for mankind with all countries, and join hands to create an even better future for humanity.

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Liu Guozhong meets with Belarusian First Deputy Prime Minister Snopkov

July 2, Xinhua — Liu Guozhong, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, met in Beijing on July 2 with Snopkov, First Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus.

Liu Guozhong stated that on June 29, President Xi Jinping and President Lukashenko held a fruitful meeting, injecting new impetus into the development of the China-Belarus all-weather comprehensive strategic partnership. The two sides should implement the important common understandings of the two heads of state, give full play to the role of mechanisms such as the China-Belarus Intergovernmental Cooperation Committee, deepen and substantiate mutually beneficial cooperation, and better promote each other's modernization and national rejuvenation.

Snopkov stated that Belarus is willing to deepen practical cooperation with China in various fields and continuously bring Belarus-China relations to new levels.

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He Wei to Attend Funeral of Iran's Late Supreme Leader Khamenei

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, July 2 — A spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on July 2 that He Wei (何维), Vice Chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (全国人大常委会), will represent the Chinese side to attend the funeral of Iran's late Supreme Leader Khamenei held in Tehran on July 3.

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Tenth China-Russia-Mongolia Tourism Ministers' Meeting Held in Inner Mongolia

Hohhot, July 2 (Xinhua) — (Reporters Feng Chunmei (冯春梅), Li Zhiyao (李祉瑶)) On July 2, the tenth Meeting of Tourism Ministers of China, Russia, and Mongolia was convened in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Sun Yeli (孙业礼), Minister of Culture and Tourism of China; Odontuyaa Allderzhavkhlan, Minister of Culture, Sports, Tourism, and Youth of Mongolia; and Vakhrukov, Deputy Minister of Economic Development of Russia, attended and delivered remarks.

At the meeting, all parties reviewed the results achieved through joint cooperation, fully exchanged views on improving the trilateral tourism cooperation mechanism, strengthening tourism safety supervision, building cultural tourism brands, and leveraging the active role of the "Ten-Thousand-Mile Tea Road" (万里茶道) International Tourism Alliance, and reached consensus on further strengthening mechanism guidance, improving platform construction, and enriching the connotation of cooperation. After the meeting, the three parties jointly signed the meeting minutes.

During the meeting, a supporting publicity and promotion event for the "Ten-Thousand-Mile Tea Road" International Tourism was held. In 2026, Darkhan-Uul Province and Central Province of Mongolia formally joined the "Ten-Thousand-Mile Tea Road" International Tourism Alliance, bringing the number of alliance member units to 18.

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"Export to China" UK Special Event Held in London

This newspaper London, July 2 (Reporter Xu Liqun (许立群)) — The “Export to China” UK special event, hosted by China’s Ministry of Commerce and the UK Department for Business and Trade, was held in London on July 1. Representatives from political and business circles of China and the UK, over 40 Chinese enterprises, and over 100 British enterprises participated.

In his speech, Chinese Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao stated that the UK is China’s third-largest trading partner in Europe, and China is the UK’s largest trading partner in Asia. Cooperation between China and the UK in the economic and trade field continues to deepen, achieving complementarity of advantageous industries and interconnection of market factors. China possesses the world’s largest middle-income group and a super-large market advantage. By building the “Export to China” brand, China is committed to sharing new development opportunities with the world and injecting positive energy into the world economy. China is willing to work with the UK to jointly transform the “great potential” of China-UK cooperation into tangible results of “great achievements.”

UK Secretary of State for Business and Trade Peter Kyle stated that the UK’s newly launched industrial development strategy is highly aligned with China’s “15th Five-Year Plan,” creating opportunities for bilateral cooperation. The UK and China can enhance understanding and work together through dialogue, maintain the stability of their economic and trade relations, and benefit the people of both countries.

At the event, the China International Import Expo Bureau (中国国际进口博览局) gave a special presentation on the 9th China International Import Expo. The Foreign Trade Development Bureau of the Ministry of Commerce (商务部外贸发展局) and the China-Britain Business Council (英中贸协) released relevant cooperation content on supporting British product exports to China. Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, UK Export Finance, and JD.com released relevant support measures for British product exports to China. At the event, supply-demand matchmaking between Chinese purchasers and British export enterprises was also held.

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Chinese Embassy in Pakistan Hosts Reception Celebrating 105th Anniversary of Founding of CPC

This newspaper Islamabad, July 2 (Reporter Zhao Yipu (赵益普)) The Chinese Embassy in Pakistan hosted a reception on the evening of July 1 in Islamabad to celebrate the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China. Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Dar and Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Jiang Zaidong (姜再冬) attended the reception and delivered speeches. Nearly 300 people from the Chinese and Pakistani governments, think tanks, enterprises, and media attended.

The Pakistani guests warmly congratulated the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China and spoke highly of the great achievements made by the Communist Party of China in leading the Chinese people in economic and social development, as well as its important contributions to world peace and development.

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Nanjing-Istanbul City Civilization Dialogue Held in Istanbul, Turkey

Our newspaper Istanbul, July 2 (dispatch) (reporter Li Ming (李明)). On July 2, the "Rivers and Seas Connect, Silk Road Travels Together" (江海互通·丝路同行) — Nanjing·Istanbul City Civilization Dialogue event was held in Istanbul, Turkey. Hu Kaihong (胡凯红), full-time deputy director of the Central Spiritual Civilization Construction Office (中央精神文明建设办公室), and Wei Xiaodong (魏晓东), Consul General of China in Istanbul, attended the event and delivered speeches. Nearly one hundred people from the fields of urban culture, art, heritage protection, etc., including government officials and experts and scholars from both China and Turkey, participated in the event.

Hu Kaihong stated that this event uses urban civilization exchange to promote practical cooperation. It is not only a continuation of the Silk Road spirit, but also a vivid practice of implementing the Global Civilization Initiative (全球文明倡议), contributing to the harmonious coexistence and prosperous development of human civilization.

The attending experts and scholars shared practical experiences on cultural heritage protection, mutual learning among civilizations, etc., and conducted discussions and exchanges on topics such as interdisciplinary collaboration, digital technology empowering the revitalization of cultural heritage, balancing cultural heritage protection and contemporary cultural activities, and shared innovative practical pathways and new ideas for future cooperation in the protection of historic urban areas, ancient sites and relics, and cultural and museum venues.

This event was hosted by the State Council Information Office (国务院新闻办公室), the Embassy of China in Turkey (中国驻土耳其大使馆), and the Consulate General of China in Istanbul (中国驻伊斯坦布尔总领事馆), and organized by the Information Office of Nanjing Municipal People's Government (南京市人民政府新闻办公室).

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Construction begins on Brazil's Salvador cross-sea bridge built by Chinese enterprise

This newspaper, Rio de Janeiro, July 2 (Reporter Shi Yuanhao (时元皓)) Salvador: The groundbreaking ceremony for the Salvador–Itaparica Bridge, jointly invested and constructed by China Communications Construction Company and China Railway Construction Corporation, was held on July 1 in Vera Cruz on Itaparica Island, Bahia State, Brazil, marking the official entry into the construction phase of the largest cable-stayed sea-crossing bridge in Latin America. It is reported that the total length of the project is approximately 46.8 kilometers, including the land-side land area, the sea-crossing bridge, and the island-side land area.

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China-ASEAN Cultural Heritage Dialogue Held in Dunhuang

This newspaper, Dunhuang, July 2 (Reporter Song Chaojun (宋朝军)) — The China-ASEAN Cultural Heritage Dialogue Event was successfully held on July 2 in Dunhuang City, Gansu Province. Approximately 150 participants from China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia, and other countries, as well as relevant international organizations, including professionals in cultural heritage protection, historical archaeology, digital technology, and cultural industries, think tank scholars, and youth representatives, attended the event.

The event, themed 生生不息 (shēng shēng bù xī - "ceaseless generation," continuous regeneration) 美美与共 (měi měi yǔ gòng - "beauty shared," harmony in diversity), featured keynote speeches, case study sharing, roundtable discussions, and other sessions. The event officially released the China-ASEAN Cultural Heritage themed IP image, and concurrently held the "Mogao Caves Meet Angkor Wat" (莫高窟遇见吴哥窟) exhibition.

This event was co-hosted by the China Foreign Publications Publishing and Distribution Center (中国对外书刊出版发行中心) and the Information Office of Gansu Provincial People's Government (甘肃省人民政府新闻办公室), and organized by the Publicity Department of the Dunhuang Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China (中共敦煌市委宣传部) and the Gansu International Communication Center (甘肃国际传播中心).

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The Long "Road to the Sky" Toward Rejuvenation (Commentary via Live Link)

Dialogue participants:
Sheng Yulei, Commentator of this newspaper
Ye Yangsheng, Member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, Chief Engineer of China State Railway Group Co., Ltd.

Sheng Yulei: This year marks the 20th anniversary of the full opening of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway. From “world transportation miracle” and “project of the century” to “economic artery,” why does the whole society pay such special attention to this “sky road” (天路)?

Ye Yangsheng: A great era creates great projects. The Qinghai-Tibet Railway is the highest-altitude and longest plateau railway in the world, and a landmark project in the implementation of the Western Development Strategy. Re-examining the construction of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway today makes its extraordinary strategic foresight even more apparent. The medical treatment, schooling, and employment of hundreds of millions of people are no longer restricted by road conditions and weather; personnel flows, cultural exchanges, ethnic integration, and the circulation of factors of production inject lasting impetus into the stability and development of the border regions. Its innovative experience, strategic significance, and development value have become even more prominent in practice. Practice shows that our Party always formulates and implements correct strategies and policies by looking into the depth of history, the needs of the people, and the changes of the times, thereby driving the long-term development of our cause.

Sheng Yulei: As of April 13 this year, the total volume of goods transported into and out of Tibet via the Qinghai-Tibet Railway has exceeded 100 million tons. Viewing the central and western railway network from the perspective of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, how can we understand that transportation is “the pioneer in China’s modernization”?

Ye Yangsheng: The layout of transportation and the pattern of development shape and promote each other. After the Qinghai-Tibet Railway was opened and put into operation, there were two “unexpected” things. One was “unexpectedly fast”: the stable operating speed on the permafrost section of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway is 100 km/h, the fastest in the world. The other was “unexpectedly much”: annual freight volume grew from 361,000 tons in 2006 to 8.313 million tons in 2025, far exceeding expectations.
“Fast” and “much” are also a microcosm of the economic and social development of China’s western region. The New Western Land-Sea Corridor (西部陆海新通道) allows goods from the interior to reach the world via Qinzhou Port (钦州港) in Guangxi; the railway encircling the Taklamakan Desert (环塔克拉玛干沙漠铁路) has turned what was once a “terminal of the network” into a development hub. By the end of 2025, the operating mileage of railways in the western region reached 67,000 kilometers, of which high-speed rail accounted for 14,000 kilometers, an increase of 13.7% and 38.5% respectively over the end of the “13th Five-Year Plan” period. Corridors drive logistics, logistics drive trade and commerce, trade and commerce drive industry – this reflects the enormous potential of land-sea linkage at home and abroad and two-way mutual assistance between east and west. As the “blank spaces” are filled, the western region will surely better integrate into the unified national market and the global industrial and value chains, giving rise to more new growth poles.

Sheng Yulei: The construction of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway bravely ventured into many technological “no-man’s lands” and overcame world-class problems such as building roads on permafrost. Many of its innovations remain instructive to this day. Looking back, in your view, how has China’s railway construction been able to repeatedly turn the “impossible” into “definitely possible”?

Ye Yangsheng: Building a railway onto the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau could only become a reality in socialist China, relying precisely on the institutional advantage of concentrating resources to accomplish major tasks. Take permafrost research as an example: more than 20 units from research institutes, universities, construction enterprises, and other sides participated in tackling key problems, with 38 scientific research projects established covering multiple disciplines such as roadbeds, bridges, tunnels, and environmental protection. By combining laboratory data with on-site working conditions, scientific research results were rapidly transformed into engineering technology, providing useful reference for subsequent engineering construction.
At present, a new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation is accelerating. The interdisciplinary cross-integration and the coordinated linkage of industry, academia, research, and application represent the general trend. To build a modern industrial system, it is necessary, under the leadership of the Party, to coordinate scientifically, concentrate forces, optimize mechanisms, and collaborate to tackle key problems; to fully mobilize the initiative, creativity, and enthusiasm of all sides; to promote the efficient transformation and application of scientific and technological achievements; to form a vibrant situation in which upstream and downstream industries link up with each other, each displays its strengths, and all pull in the same direction; and to seize the future high ground and shape new development advantages.

Sheng Yulei: The Qinghai-Tibet Railway spirit of “challenging limits and striving for first-class” has been included in the first batch of the spiritual genealogy of Chinese Communists (中国共产党人精神谱系). How should we understand and pass on this precious spiritual treasure?

Ye Yangsheng: Building the Qinghai-Tibet Railway required not only a strong economic foundation and superb engineering and technical capabilities, but also a powerful spiritual pillar. During the construction of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, hundreds of thousands of builders jointly composed the magnificent poem of “lacking oxygen but not spirit, enduring hardship but not fearing toil, higher on the plateau but loftier in realm”; during the operation and maintenance of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, there emerged a number of advanced figures such as the Tibetan train driver Silang Wangzha (斯朗旺扎) who chases his dream on the snow-covered plateau, the plateau craftsman Liu Xiaoyu (刘效聿) who solved the operation and maintenance difficulties of the train control system for trains entering Tibet, and Ma Wanli (马万里), the “Golden Hammer Doctor” (金锤大夫) who guards the safety of plateau bridges and tunnels. The Qinghai-Tibet Railway spirit has been passed down from generation to generation, 薪火相传 (xīn huǒ xiāng chuán - “pass down the flame from firewood,” to carry on a tradition) and 历久弥新 (lì jiǔ mí xīn - “grow ever newer with time”).
The altitude of the plateau is finite, but the altitude of the spirit is infinite. Today, from advancing complex geological projects such as the Sichuan-Tibet Railway to winning the tough battle in key core technologies, the industrious and wise Chinese people never bow to risks and challenges, never yield to difficulties and hardships. They have the conditions, the confidence, and the capability to continuously create extraordinary achievements; they have the ambition, the backbone, and the confidence to stand proudly among the nations of the world.

Sheng Yulei: Following the railway and looking toward the broader distance, the Three Gorges New Waterway (三峡水运新通道), the Pinglu Canal (平陆运河), the Huajiang Canyon Bridge in Guizhou (贵州花江峡谷大桥)… Looking at the world, why is it that China alone can create so many super projects?

Ye Yangsheng: From the plateau railway dream in the “Strategies for Nation Building” (建国方略) to the millennia-old dream of moderate prosperity, the dream of soaring into the sky and exploring the cosmos, and the dream of a domestically-built aircraft carrier, “only we Chinese Communists have realized them.” Turning grand blueprints into concrete actions, and turning the people’s hopes into a beautiful reality, that is precisely the embodiment of our Party’s powerful executive capability. With the Party Central Committee holding high the banner and setting the direction, all localities and departments clenching their fingers into a fist, and hundreds of millions of people united in struggle, we can continuously create new historical achievements.
The view on development mirrors the view on political performance. The greatness of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway lies not only in how steep the mountains it climbed over or how long the bridges it erected, but also in its becoming a road of happiness, unity, and prosperity for people of all ethnic groups. On the road to rejuvenation, from landing major projects to tackling key major projects, by making achievements for the people and making achievements through concrete work, we remain true to our original aspiration and keep our mission firmly on our shoulders.
The majestic Kunlun Mountains bear witness to the legend of the “sky road.” We firmly believe that the new Long March will create even more legends.

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"Waiting and Watching" Is No Substitute for "Taking Initiative" (Everyone Discusses: Establishing and Practicing a Correct View on Political Achievement ⑩)

General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: “Our Party is mindful that the country is the people and the people are the country, upholds the principle of building the Party for the public and governing for the people, consciously practices the fundamental purpose of serving the people wholeheartedly, firmly stands with the people, thinks together with the people, works together with the people, and possesses a solid foundation that no storm can shake.” In this issue of “Everybody’s Talk,” we select and publish three contributions for everyone to reflect together on how to better erect the monument in the hearts of the people.

— Editor

Focusing on the “Inconspicuous”

Liu Anli (刘安黎), Hefei, Anhui

Recently, there have been two small changes around me, both related to roads. One is that the municipal department has lowered the height of roadside greenery at crosswalks, vehicle U-turn points, and other locations to reduce blind spots. The other is that on the stone-slab path near my workplace, the original spacing of the slabs was unreasonable—one step per slab was too cramped, while one step over two slabs was strenuous. A few days ago, the gaps between the slabs were filled with cement and pebbles, making it much more comfortable to walk. These matters are not big, but they are all considered from the perspective of the masses, and effort is made in the “inconspicuous” places.

Whether achievements are good or not depends not only on how many major matters concerning the development of a region have been accomplished, but also on how many minor matters that warm the hearts of the people have been properly handled.

To handle minor matters well, one must have work in one’s eyes and mud on one’s feet. With the masses in mind, putting oneself in their shoes and thinking from their perspective, one can see problems and recognize responsibilities in “inconspicuous” places. To truly solve problems, one must go to the scene and firmly plant both feet in the front line. Solving problems is not about simply tearing down and starting over or doing something completely different; it is about identifying the crux and implementing precise measures. In this way, greater results can be achieved at a lower cost. And this depends on going deep into the grassroots and the masses to conduct detailed investigation and research.

Focusing on the “inconspicuous,” handling minor matters well with the sense of responsibility of “always being unable to rest assured,” the tenacity of “holding on tightly to every matter without letting go,” and the enthusiasm of “responding to every matter,” this is both a duty and a demonstration of value.

Being Good at “Filling the Gaps”

Cui Wenfa (崔文法), Hexi District (河西区), Tianjin

During grassroots research, I heard a community cadre say: “When doing work, we must fulfill the responsibilities that should be fulfilled, but we cannot only focus on sweeping the snow in front of our own doorstep; otherwise, matters in the gaps will be left unattended.” Such words prompt deep thought.

Grassroots work is complex and diverse, and many matters have no absolute boundaries. If everyone stubbornly guards their own “one acre and three parts of land” and is unwilling to take on more responsibility, shifting blame and looking on coldly when encountering problems, it will not only cause a disconnect in work handover and lagging progress, but also weaken team cohesion and damage the overall trust of the masses in cadres.

Being good at “filling the gaps” yields a very different result from caring about “whether it is my business.” When a colleague temporarily leaves their post for some reason and another person proactively takes over the work to ensure the operation does not stall, it allows the masses who urgently need to handle matters to get things done smoothly. When there are blind spots in the handover of certain tasks, and everyone works together and provides proactive service, the entire work chain can be linked seamlessly and operate efficiently. The affairs of the masses are the top priority; there is no distinction between “yours” and “mine.” Proactively filling gaps and plugging work loopholes is a true portrayal of fulfilling duties and responsibilities, and the proper attitude for benefiting the people.

Sweeping the snow in front of one’s own doorstep while also being good at “filling the gaps” reveals breadth of vision and a sense of responsibility. Stimulating the conscious action of “taking the overall situation as the priority and taking the initiative to work,” transforming “everyone managing their own stall” into “coordinated efforts,” stepping in where there is a vacancy, tackling difficult problems head-on, consciously filling positions and actively supporting each other—only then can we gather joint force for work, and through collaboration, grasp every task carefully, implement it meticulously, and achieve results.

It’s Not a Bad Thing to “Ask for Trouble”

Hu Jinchuan (胡锦川), Guigang, Guangxi

While working in the village, I heard an elder say, “Cadres must have the momentum of ‘asking for trouble.’” At first, I didn’t feel it deeply, but after personally experiencing a few things, I truly understood the weight of these words.

Last autumn, several mu of rice in Old Wang’s family in the village were ripe, but unfortunately, it was a spell of continuous rain. Old Wang had difficulty moving around, and his son was working outside and couldn’t come back. The rice was about to rot in the field. Although Old Wang did not proactively ask for help, how could the village-based work personnel ignore it? We consulted and, taking advantage of a break in the rain, seven or eight of us rolled up our trouser legs and went into the field. After the rush harvest of the rice, Old Wang held my hand and said, “You’re just like family!” At that moment, I understood: “asking for trouble” means not treating trouble as trouble, being anxious about the anxieties of the masses, and solving the difficulties of the masses.

“Asking for trouble” also means thinking one step further and doing a little more. An elderly woman in the village had not seen her subsistence allowance payment arrive, so she came to the convenience service center in a hurry to inquire. We checked the system and looked at the transaction records, and found that the money had already been disbursed. To figure out what was going on and put the elderly woman’s mind at ease, I accompanied her to the bank for consultation. In the end, it turned out that the problem was with the SMS notification. Although it was a small matter, it made me realize that serving the masses cannot stop at “the procedure has been handled”; we must ask one more question: “Has it been handled properly?” and listen more to “Are you satisfied?”

Whether the performance of cadres is good depends on whether the reputation among the people is good. Treating the affairs of the masses as one’s own, there is no door that cannot be opened and no knot that cannot be untied. Dare to “ask for trouble,” use heart, emotion, and effort to solve urgent, difficult, and anxious problems, so that the days of the masses can become more and more comfortable.

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Small Packaging, Big Collaboration

By: 刘晓宇

In Fuzhou, Fujian, at the 28th Cross-Strait Economic and Trade Fair, two inconspicuous details were thought-provoking.

Flour from Qitai (奇台), Xinjiang, had "slimmed down" from bags of several dozen jin (a Chinese unit of weight) to refined small packs of two to three kilograms, better matching the consumption habits of coastal families that buy small amounts frequently; walnut oil from Basu (八宿), Tibet, had put on a new joint-name packaging featuring the Potala Palace and Gulangyu Island, making it immediately clear what it means for the eastern and western regions to develop together. The packaging changed, the thinking shifted, reflecting a new atmosphere of deeper and more solid east-west collaboration.

General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: "Promote complementary industries, personnel interaction, mutual learning in technology, exchange of ideas, and mutual learning in work style between the east and the west, so as to achieve mutual benefit and win-win results and common development." From the 30-year "mountain-sea relay" between Fujian and Ningxia, to the two-way "running toward each other" of consumer assistance between Shanghai and Yunnan, from the joint construction and shared use of industrial parks in Guangdong and Guangxi, to the mutual learning and exchange of cadres and talent between Zhejiang and Sichuan... in the 30 years since east-west collaboration was launched, the national "one chessboard" assistance system has taken root and achieved notable results. Standing at the new starting point of regularized assistance, the vibrant practices of various places continuously bring new inspiration.

Only by adapting supply to demand can effective market docking be achieved. After standardized processing, Guizhou's prickly pear becomes ready-to-drink concentrate, placed on the shelves of convenience stores in the eastern region; Yanchi (盐池) tan sheep from Ningxia have been transformed from whole-carcass wholesale to refined cuts by body part, supplied directly to supermarkets in the Yangtze River Delta as fresh-chilled and ready-to-cook categories. When production areas learn to evaluate their own fine products from the consumer's perspective, supply shifts from "I have this, you buy it" to "you want that, I produce it," and the value of the commodity is fully realized.

"Using new demand to guide new supply, and using new supply to create new demand," is a clear requirement of the 15th Five-Year Plan (十五五规划) outline. In recent years, consumer assistance methods have continuously undergone transformation and upgrading: the cold-chain logistics network has extended to counties and townships; live-streaming e-commerce has opened up channels from the fields to millions of households... The process of supply-demand matching is itself a process of improving the quality and efficiency of the domestic cycle. When production areas internalize consumer-side preferences into supply-side standards, the virtuous cycle of demand driving supply and supply creating demand gains a more concrete foothold.

Only precise empowerment can truly stimulate endogenous momentum. "Helping to sell" is just the starting point; "teaching to brave the market" is the real test. In June this year, the Erke (鸿星尔克) Ningxia clothing base was officially put into operation in Minning Town (闽宁镇), Yinchuan, Ningxia. After systematic training, 350 local people improved their standard awareness and quality control capabilities, growing into industrial workers at their doorstep. It is not one-way blood transfusion, but cultivating the ability to "make blood," which is also the inherent meaning of east-west collaboration.

Making good use of external forces and stimulating internal forces are an important pair of relationships that must be properly handled. Over the past 30 years, 23 batches of 381 Ningxia cadres have gone to Fujian for exchanges, bringing back their insights to the Northwest; a large number of Fujian light industry, textile, and electronics enterprises have settled in Ningxia. Fujian's "only by loving to fight can you win" (爱拼才会赢) enterprising spirit and Ningxia's "unless you reach the Great Wall you are no hero" (不到长城非好汉) fighting will are blending and being passed on in the embrace of mountains and sea. Deepening and expanding the exchange and cooperation of cadres and talent, and honing the ability to brave the market and seek development through practical work, will surely inject inexhaustible momentum into cross-regional collaborative development.

Only with complementary advantages can regional collaboration advance to a higher level. The deeper significance of collaboration lies in enabling each place to find its comparative advantages and embed itself in the industrial division of labor. For example, the Guian (贵安) Supercomputing Center in Guizhou boasts powerful computing power with a peak performance exceeding 30 PFlops, which can support the frontier research needs of eastern regions in biomedicine, industrial simulation, and other fields. Another example: in June this year, Fujian and Ningxia completed their first green electricity transaction, with a traded volume of 120 million kWh. When comparative advantages are deeply integrated with the industrial chain, collaboration moves from one-way assistance to two-way empowerment.

Only with rational division of labor and each giving full play to its strengths can "1+1>2" be achieved. Jointly building four trillion-yuan-level industrial clusters in electronic information, equipment manufacturing, advanced materials, and specialty consumer goods, "Sichuan-Chongqing manufacturing" (川渝造) has become a renowned business card of "Made in China." Practice has proven that by giving full play to the comparative advantages of each region and letting each find its proper place in the unified national market, the overall resilience and efficiency of development will continue to strengthen.

Carrying out east-west collaboration is a major decision made by the Party Central Committee with a view to promoting coordinated regional development and advancing common prosperity. Looking to the future, by making supply-demand matching more precise, capacity building more solid, and complementary advantages more fully realized, regional coordinated development will gain inexhaustible internal driving force, and the pace toward common prosperity will surely become more steady.

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Photo Report

During this year's National Energy Conservation Publicity Week (全国节能宣传周), the Three-Year Action Plan for Energy Conservation and Carbon Reduction Transformation in Key Industries (重点行业节能降碳改造攻坚三年行动计划) was released. Key industries have large scale and high intensity of energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions; deeply implementing energy conservation and carbon reduction transformation is not only conducive to accelerating the green and low-carbon transition and supporting the achievement of the carbon peak and carbon neutrality goals, but also conducive to expanding effective investment and promoting industrial quality upgrading.

Exactly this:

Storm the fortresses, gnaw the hard bones,
In energy conservation, why fear obstacles?
The green industry flourishes,
Carbon reduction builds a smooth road.

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Spending Must Yield Results; Inefficiency Must Be Accountable

By: 北京东城区 左敦华

Not long ago, the central-level special task force for learning and education on establishing and practicing a correct view of political performance (树立和践行正确政绩观学习教育工作专班) and the General Office of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (中央纪委办公厅) publicly reported that Zhaojue (昭觉), Sichuan, as a former impoverished county whose fiscal expenditures mainly relied on higher-level transfer payments, nonetheless allocated fiscal funds to customize and promote three cultural tourism promotional songs with a budget of 1.49 million yuan. This is a typical case of having a deviation in the view of political performance and using fiscal funds without regard to actual conditions.

Firmly establishing the concept of benefiting the people, and meticulously calculating every expenditure, are indispensable qualities and capabilities for leading cadres. Living frugally to benefit the people while tightening the belt, tapping potential and increasing efficiency within limited resources, and serving people's livelihoods through precise allocation — these are true skills and true responsibility, and only then will the people identify with and buy into it.

The use of funds must be both shrewd and not stingy; it is necessary to carefully calculate the input-output account and improve the degree of fit. For example, Guanling (关岭), Guizhou, reduced non-essential and non-key expenditures and increased basic pensions, subsidies for the disabled, etc.; Haiyan (海晏), Qinghai, built “at the doorstep” elderly meal-assistance canteens that combine dining, health care, and entertainment functions, driving employment of surrounding residents, achieving multiple goals at once. Only by investing funds in development rigid demands and people's livelihood pain points can investments be more effective and distribution more reasonable.

To spend money on the blade's edge, it is also necessary to establish a full-chain supervision mechanism of “every expenditure must be asked for results, and ineffectiveness must be held accountable.” For example, some localities have had problems such as idle products and inflated procurement prices in aging-friendly renovations. An emergency call device with an online price of 10–90 yuan was procured by the local government for 500 yuan; elderly-appropriate chairs were issued to elderly people living alone, but turned out to be completely useless. Improving the full-cycle assessment mechanism, relying on big data to conduct penetrating supervision, and strengthening budget review and performance evaluation can effectively avoid muddled accounts and unfinished accounts.

Enhancing the ability to use funds scientifically, manage finances precisely, and control finances efficiently, forming a management closed loop of pre-event study and judgment, mid-event control, and post-event evaluation, will surely make every cent yield value.

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A Comprehensive Overview

Make the rental market clear and bright
Zhu Weilin (朱炜琳)

Renting a home is the first step for young people to settle down in an ideal city. For graduates who have just left school, lacking rental experience and facing information asymmetry in the market, finding a rental home with peace of mind is not easy. This graduation season, many places across the country have launched special rectification campaigns, cracking down with heavy fists to regulate market order and fully protecting young people's peaceful living.

To rectify rental market chaos and regulate housing rental activities, it is necessary both to directly attack the disease focus of the problems and purify the market through special actions, and also to strengthen the institutional fence and reinforce long-term guarantees.

First, through laws and regulations, clarify how deposits are collected, how information is ensured to be authentic, how safety is guaranteed; strengthen routine supervision; increase the cost of illegal behavior; so that “black intermediaries” lose trust in one place and are restricted everywhere. For example, the Chengdu Housing Rental Regulations (成都市住房租赁条例), which will come into effect on August 1 in Chengdu, Sichuan, clarify in Chapter Five the legal responsibilities of relevant parties such as lessors, rental brokerage agencies, and online platform operators.

Second, information should be open and transparent. Housing and construction departments can issue guides to avoid pitfalls in renting, simplify rights protection procedures, and open green channels for graduates, so that young people have avenues to complain and rights protection is not difficult.

Simply “blocking” is not enough; “dredging” is also needed. What young people need are safe and affordable homes. Governments at all levels should increase the supply of subsidized rental housing, optimize distribution methods, so that young people can live in “peace-of-mind homes.” Only by making the rental market clear and bright can young people settle down with peace of mind, fully pursue their dreams, and strive for the future.

(Excerpted from Sichuan Daily (四川日报), originally titled “Don’t Let the ‘First Stop for Settling Down’ Become the ‘First Journey of Distress’”)

“Cloud Raising” Cannot Become “Cloud Cheating”
Han Songyan (韩松妍)

Not long ago, a first-instance verdict was announced in the exceptionally large fundraising fraud case of Zhang Moumou and others, the “National Cattle Raising” (全民养牛) case, which was prosecuted by the Shanghai Xuhui District People’s Procuratorate (上海市徐汇区人民检察院) according to law.

In recent years, from “cloud cattle raising” to “cloud vegetable planting,” similar scams have been 屡见不鲜 (lǚ jiàn bù xiān - “frequently seen, not fresh,” common occurrence). Criminal gangs, under the guise of new forms of internet livestock farming, fabricate breeding projects and fake the appearance of technology empowerment, carrying out actual illegal fundraising, not only emptying investors’ wallets but also eroding the agricultural industry ecology. Relevant departments have established coordination mechanisms to focus on cracking down on illegal financial activities in the “cloud raising” field, and the trend of illegal crimes has been significantly curbed.

Faced with increasingly concealed criminal methods in the “cloud raising economy” field, it is necessary to implement whole-chain governance. Regulation must “grow teeth” and move risk checkpoints forward. The law must “show its sharp teeth” to strengthen deterrence through crackdown. Platforms must “guard the checkpoint” to purify the communication chain.

The “cloud” is not a place beyond the law, and “cloud raising” must not become a synonym for “cloud cheating.” Under the major trend of deep integration of digital technology and agriculture, it is necessary both to encourage innovation and embrace new forms of business, and also to hold the bottom line and tighten the fence. Only by letting regulation keep pace with technology, and using law to dispel the fog of concepts, can farmers’ sweat, investors’ trust, and the country’s policy dividends truly flow to the fields.

(Excerpted from Farmers’ Daily (农民日报), originally titled “Don’t Let the ‘Cloud Raising’ Business Form Become a Pitfall for Farmers”)

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Li Bin, He Juan, Yin Shuanghong

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"Serving the people by solving their problems is our fundamental duty" (July 1 Medal recipient)

By: 本报记者 王欣悦

Before 9 a.m., the "Old Ma Studio" (老马工作室) in Guanyinqiao Subdistrict (观音桥街道), Chongqing Liangjiang New Area (重庆市两江新区), became lively. "Old Ma" Ma Shanxiang (马善祥) was mediating for the masses, full of vigor and energy, with little trace of having been busy until late the night before.

The most eye-catching thing in the studio was a whole wall of notebooks — 283 in total, neatly stacked, with numbers on the covers ranging from 1993 to 2026.

"Mediation like this is our daily routine"

Guanyinqiao Subdistrict is situated in the city's central urban area, with more than 20 communities and over 400,000 residents. Ma Shanxiang has worked in people's mediation in Guanyinqiao Subdistrict for more than 30 years, handling over 2,500 cases of various disputes and conflicts. "Seek Old Ma when there's trouble" is a saying among local residents.

Over more than 30 years, Ma Shanxiang has recorded over 9 million characters of work notes, building a set of "Old Ma Work Methods." The most widely known among these is the 24-character rule for receiving the masses: stand up to welcome, invite to sit and pour water, listen and record, communicate and guide, solve problems, see off at the door.

Why set this rule? "When the masses come to me, most feel wronged. As long as I treat them with sincerity and listen carefully, their anger may subside a bit," Old Ma said. The correct attitude in receiving the masses is the prerequisite for doing follow-up work well.

A couple once had a conflict and came to the Old Ma Studio for help. "When money was tight, the couple got along well; in recent years, after earning more, they became tense over trivial matters." To handle such emotional knots, Old Ma often first eases emotions, then explains reason. In the end, the couple left hand in hand.

Opening the latest notebook, a property dispute from the end of March this year was clearly recorded: An owner of a commercial building in the area had entrusted a vacant apartment to the property management company for sub-leasing, but after more than a month saw no rent, so demanded compensation from the management. Upon checking accounts, the owner himself had owed several years of property management fees. Old Ma invited both parties to discuss the matter on the spot, keeping each issue separate: for the sub-leasing, the property management was at fault and should compensate; for the fees the owner owed, they should be paid up. The matter was resolved on the spot.

"Mediation like this is our daily routine," Old Ma said. In the early years when he first served as Deputy Director of the Guanyinqiao Subdistrict Office, conflicts from land acquisition and demolition, enterprise restructuring, etc., were prominent. Now as the city is better built, conflicts have actually lessened, and more are frictions over family relations, public order, property services, etc. "The issues needing mediation have become simpler, and I am gratified."

"I am just a mass worker"

For decades, Old Ma has set himself a series of rules beginning with "not": not to say hurtful words to the masses, not to accept invitations to meals or gifts, not to make bad social friends...

One year near the Spring Festival, a few migrant workers whose wages had been withheld came urgently, insistently pressing local specialties into Old Ma's hands, hoping he would take the matter seriously. Old Ma pushed the gifts back and comforted them: "Don't worry, I will do my best even without gifts." Then he went to the company and the construction site, facilitated an agreement between both sides, and resolved the wage arrears before the New Year, allowing everyone to return home at ease.

The effort of self-cultivation is mostly hidden in persistent small details. Every weekend, Old Ma goes to the office for half a day to read, think, and write notes; over a year, he can write over a hundred texts. "An ancient saying goes, 'I daily examine myself on three points.' Using pen and paper to record is a good way to review oneself." In his view, facing the masses to mediate conflicts is not the hardest; the hard part is tempering one's mind over decades as consistently as one day.

As the "Old Ma Work Methods" spread, Old Ma became a "celebrity." Many companies offered fees for him to be a guest or spokesperson, but he declined them all: "I am just a mass worker. Helping the masses solve problems is my duty."

"Continue writing the notebooks"

"Grassroots work is a relay race. I must not only run my own leg well, but also guide the young people behind me." In 2012, the "Old Ma Studio" was officially established, and Ma Shanxiang began teaching and mentoring, sharing his mediation experience wholeheartedly.

Ding Xuejiao (丁雪姣), Party Secretary of Pengrun Blue Sea Community (鹏润蓝海社区) in Guanyinqiao Subdistrict, is one of the "Little Ma" trained by "Old Ma." When she first started on the job, she only knew how to mechanically apply rules and regulations, and was at a loss when encountering emotionally agitated masses. Ma Shanxiang advised her: "Mediation is not a court trial; just reciting provisions won't work. You need to blend legal principles with human feelings." Ding Xuejiao firmly remembered these lessons.

A hotel in the area closed due to poor management, owing wages to dozens of employees. After several failed negotiations, Ding Xuejiao separated the employees and the hotel manager, talked to them, calmed them, patiently sought a breakthrough, and finally secured full back-payment of wages on the spot. "What Old Ma taught me is not just skills, but also the original intention of putting oneself in others' shoes and getting close to the masses." Now Ding Xuejiao has become the leader of a "Little Ma Workstation" (小马工作站) and is mentoring newcomers.

Today, all newly appointed community cadres in Guanyinqiao Subdistrict must first study at the "Old Ma Studio" for one month. Old Ma also goes out to give lectures every year, from various districts and counties of Chongqing to outside the city. "We need to bring more people to join us, to better serve the masses," said Li Dongshu (李东蜀), Assistant Director of the Guanyinqiao Subdistrict "Old Ma Studio."

In Chongqing, there is no shortage of "Little Ma" figures: Zeng Qingguo (曾庆国), Party Secretary of Xingping Community (兴平社区), Pingjin Town (屏锦镇), Liangping District (梁平区), cracked a long-standing case of "difficulty in registering real estate," helping over 600 households obtain property certificates they had yearned for for years; in Banan District (巴南区), Lijiatuo Subdistrict (李家沱街道) established the "Old Tian Studio," where district people's congress deputy Tian Zhengwang (田正旺) goes to residential communities every Wednesday with a convenience bag to receive visitors, improving an area that had been plagued by conflicts, and also mentoring a group of "Little Tian"; An Chuan (安川), Party Branch Secretary of Shuanglin Community (双林社区), Baqiao Town (八桥镇), Dadukou District (大渡口区), led cadres door-to-door visits, one by one setting up community canteens, summer daycare classes, footpath fitness facilities, and other concrete livelihood projects...

Retired for many years, Old Ma's focus has not "retired." He still works shifts, receives visitors, and goes to sites. He set himself a long-term aspiration: "Continue writing the notebooks, leaving behind a lifetime of mediation cases and experience."

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PLA Honors Outstanding Communist Party Members, Party Affairs Workers, and Grassroots Party Organizations

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, July 2. On the occasion of celebrating the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, in order to commend the advanced, set examples, and encourage party organizations at all levels and the vast number of party members to always be loyal to the Party, steadfastly strive to strengthen the military, and forever preserve their political nature, the Central Military Commission issued a circular commending a group of outstanding Communist Party members, outstanding party affairs workers, and advanced primary-level party organizations of the whole army (see the roll of honor for the list).

The circular points out that this year marks the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China. The people's army founded and led by the Party is about to go through a century of struggle. Party organizations at all levels and the broad masses of party members in the whole army have played an important role in practicing the Party's original aspiration and mission and effectively fulfilling the missions and tasks entrusted by the Party and the people, fully demonstrating the unique political advantages of our army. On the new journey of the new era, all levels of the whole army, guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, deeply implement Xi Jinping Thought on Strengthening the Military, implement the general requirements for Party construction in the new era, uphold the Party's absolute leadership over the military, uphold strict Party governance in all aspects and strict military governance in all aspects, uphold political army building and advance political training, uphold focusing on combat readiness and warfare, establish and practice a correct view of achievements, and in the great practice of strengthening political revolutionary forging and promoting the realization of the centenary goal of army building, a large number of outstanding Communist Party members, outstanding party affairs workers, and advanced primary-level party organizations have emerged.

The circular calls on party organizations at all levels, the vast number of party members, and party affairs workers in the whole army to take them as examples, unremittingly condense their hearts and cast their souls with Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, deeply study and implement Xi Jinping Thought on Strengthening the Military, deeply understand the decisive significance of the two establishments (两个确立), enhance the four consciousnesses (四个意识), strengthen the four confidences (四个自信), achieve the two upholdings (两个维护), implement the system of the Chairman of the Central Military Commission responsibility, and always achieve absolute loyalty, absolute purity, and absolute reliability. It is necessary to comprehensively implement the strategy of political army building in the new era, deeply carry out ideological rectification and advance political training, always focus on the main responsibility and main business of combat readiness and warfare, continuously strengthen the Party's leadership and Party building in our military, and transform the Party's political advantages and organizational advantages into winning advantages.

The circular requires that party organizations at all levels should widely carry out activities to learn from the commended party organizations and individuals, give play to the exemplary and leading role of advanced models, further create a strong atmosphere of advocating the advanced, learning from the advanced, and striving to be the advanced, guide and inspire the vast number of officers and soldiers to unite and struggle, take responsibility and work hard, and write a new chapter in strengthening the military and rejuvenating the military worthy of our revolutionary predecessors, worthy of the century-old foundation, and worthy of the great era.

Roll of Honor

First, Outstanding Communist Party Members of the Whole Army: A Niu'ergu (阿牛尔古) of the Central Military Commission Training and Management Department; Zhong Lei (钟磊) of the Eastern Theater Command Joint Staff Department; Yan Xianpeng (闫先鹏) of the Western Theater Command Political Work Department; Cheng Dongliang (程东亮) of the Northern Theater Command Joint Staff Department; Yuan Wei (袁伟) of Unit 31539 of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (中国人民解放军31539部队); Luo Yu (罗宇) of the 16th Detachment, Unit 69316 of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (中国人民解放军69316部队16分队); Xiao Fei (肖飞) of the Institute of Military Electrical Science and Technology, Naval University of Engineering (海军工程大学军用电气科学与技术研究所); Zheng Xin (郑鑫) of Unit 95902 of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (中国人民解放军95902部队); Zou Xuemei (邹雪梅, female) of Unit 63920 of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (中国人民解放军63920部队); Zhou Changshuai (周长帅) of a certain center of the People's Armed Police Force (武警部队某中心).

Second, Outstanding Party Affairs Workers of the Whole Army: Mao Peng (毛鹏) of the Central Military Commission National Defense Mobilization Department; Zhang Bei (张贝) of the Central Military Commission Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision; Wang Chongyang (王重阳) of the 56th Detachment, Unit 31695 of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (中国人民解放军31695部队56分队); Dang Weitao (党伟滔) of Unit 73127 of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (中国人民解放军73127部队); Lan Yi (兰刈) of Unit 95429 of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (中国人民解放军95429部队); Wu Ge (吴戈) of the 58th Detachment, Unit 96732 of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (中国人民解放军96732部队58分队); Huang Jingqi (黄静琪, female) of Unit 61764 of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (中国人民解放军61764部队); Zhao Li (赵丽, female) of Unit 31451 of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (中国人民解放军31451部队); Zhang Ying (张瑛, female) of the 941st Hospital of the Joint Logistics Support Force (联勤保障部队第九四一医院); Liu Xiaoliang (刘孝良) of the Joint Operations College of the National Defense University (国防大学联合作战学院).

Third, Advanced Primary-level Party Organizations of the Whole Army: Party Branch of the 43rd Detachment, Unit 31622 of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (中国人民解放军31622部队43分队党支部); Party Branch of the 44th Detachment, Unit 92211 of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (中国人民解放军92211部队44分队党支部); Party Committee of the 71st Detachment, Unit 93057 of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (中国人民解放军93057部队71分队党委); Party Committee of the 40th Detachment, Unit 96037 of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (中国人民解放军96037部队40分队党委); Party Committee of Unit 32075 of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (中国人民解放军32075部队党委); Party Committee of the Second Battalion, Unit 32728 of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (中国人民解放军32728部队二营党委); Party Branch of the Sixth Office, Unit 63833 of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (中国人民解放军63833部队六室党支部); Party Committee of a certain institute of the College of Aerospace Science and Engineering, National University of Defense Technology (国防科技大学空天科学学院某研究所党委); Party Committee of the Second Battalion, Unit 63656 of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (中国人民解放军63656部队二营党委); Party Branch of the Ruijin (瑞金) Squadron, Duty Group Two, Ganzhou Detachment, Jiangxi Provincial Corps of the People's Armed Police Force (武警部队江西省总队赣州支队执勤二大队瑞金中队党支部).

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"After Joining the Party, I Found My Ideals and Convictions" (My Story of Joining the Party)

By: 本报记者 焦思雨

Sunlight streamed through the studio window, spilling onto Zuo Wenjun (左文俊)’s slightly hunched back. On the canvas was a work about the liberation of Ningxia. The people on the canvas were laughing, and between their brows and eyes, it seemed light shone through.

Zuo Wenjun, now 37 years old, was born prematurely and suffered from cerebral palsy due to brain hypoxia, resulting in a Grade 2 physical disability. “Watching other children go to school with backpacks, I asked my parents: ‘They have all gone to school, what should I do?’” Zuo Wenjun recalled. His father said nothing, silently brought a box of chalk. With that box of chalk, Zuo Wenjun drew the first painting of his life on the cement floor at home.

Since childhood, Zuo Wenjun loved watching films and TV shows about the Long March. The stories of soldiers lacking clothes and food, climbing snowy mountains and crossing grasslands, not fearing difficulties, always gritting their teeth, and finally marching toward victory deeply moved him. This spirit of 坚韧不拔 (jiān rèn bù bá – “firm and unyielding,” indomitable perseverance) inspired him to firmly continue on the path of painting.

His fingers trembled; the strength and direction were not under his control. Zuo Wenjun found learning sketch drawing more laborious than others. To practice well, he could wear out a dozen pencils in one day. “Other people draw thinking ‘how to draw better,’ I think about ‘how to control this hand.’” He practiced day after day, honed stroke by stroke, and finally passed the entrance exam for the Oil Painting Department of Ningxia University Xinhua College (宁夏大学新华学院).

After graduation, he walked into a community senior calligraphy and painting academy. The academy’s director, Pan Anzhi (潘安治), was shocked the first time he saw Zuo Wenjun’s paintings: a young man who could not even stand steadily, yet the colors under his brush were solid and steady, and the composition was 一丝不苟 (yī sī bù gǒu – “not one thread careless,” meticulous, scrupulous). Subsequently, Pan Anzhi not only helped Zuo Wenjun coordinate a community studio, clearing a space for him to paint in peace, but also became his introducer for Party membership. “This young man has the spirit of responsibility of a Communist Party member,” Pan Anzhi said.

In 2017, the Ningxia Disabled Persons’ Federation (宁夏残联) recommended Zuo Wenjun to go to Beijing to participate in a charity event, and his painting became one of the auction items. “From then on, I never again asked myself ‘is painting really useful,’ and decided to paint every painting well,” he said.

That same year, Zuo Wenjun honorably joined the Communist Party of China. “In the past, I only wanted to paint well. After joining the Party, I found my ideals and beliefs. From now on, I must work even harder to use oil painting to tell China’s story well, and help more disabled people change their lives through painting.”

In 2018, Zuo Wenjun was admitted as an exceptional student to the training class of the China National Academy of Arts Oil Painting Institute (中国艺术研究院油画院). After systematic study, his painting level greatly improved.

Now, Zuo Wenjun is responsible for WeChat official account operations at the Ningxia Workers’ Cultural Palace (宁夏工人文化宫), while also creating many oil paintings.

Over the years, Zuo Wenjun has used his paintbrush to depict ideals, and even more so used actions to practice his original aspiration. As of now, he has participated in charity auctions five times, taught 20 disabled individuals to learn oil painting voluntarily at the Ningxia Disabled Rehabilitation Center (宁夏残疾人康复中心) and Yinchuan Art Museum, led the organization of three charity art exhibitions for the disabled, and helped them regain confidence. Zuo Wenjun said: “I want to use the paintbrush in my hand to help more people.”

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State Council Working Committee on Disability Issues Issues the 15th Five-Year Plan for Disability Protection and Development

Beijing, July 2 (Reporter Yi Shuran (易舒冉)) — Recently, the State Council Working Committee on Disability (国务院残疾人工作委员会) issued the 15th Five-Year Plan for the Protection and Development of Persons with Disabilities (残疾人保障和发展“十五五”规划), which specifies the main indicators, important policies, and key service engineering projects for the protection and development of persons with disabilities in China during the “15th Five-Year Plan” period.

The plan puts forward 32 key tasks in 7 areas: raising the level of social security for persons with disabilities, promoting employment and entrepreneurship of persons with disabilities, improving the care service system for persons with disabilities, enriching the spiritual and cultural life of persons with disabilities, deepening the application of technological innovation to assist persons with disabilities, safeguarding the equal rights and interests of persons with disabilities, and optimizing the supporting and safeguarding conditions for the development of the cause of persons with disabilities.

The plan specifies: newly support 100 Beauty Workshops (美丽工坊) and 100 inspirational livestreamers (励志主播) with disabilities; support counties (cities, districts, banners) with a population of over 200,000 to run one special education school that meets standards, and counties (cities, districts, banners) with a population under 200,000 to set up special education classes according to local conditions; encourage qualified elderly care institutions or other care institutions to set up “elderly parents + disabled children” family care units; improve and implement the service specification for screening and intervention of autism in children aged 0–6, establish a linkage mechanism for screening, diagnosis, and rehabilitation assistance, and standardize the entire process of services.

The plan proposes that by 2030, the social security system and care service system for persons with disabilities will be more complete and more sustainable, employment will be fuller and of higher quality, basic public services will be more precise and efficient, spiritual and cultural life will be richer, technology-assisted disability services will be more dynamic, the social environment will be more inclusive and friendly, and the quality of life and development capacity of persons with disabilities will be further improved.

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Photo Report

On July 2, in Qingtang Town (清塘镇), Daoxian County (道县), Yongzhou City, Hunan Province, farmland, fish ponds, villages, and distant mountains set each other off to form a beautiful picture.
Photo by Jiang Keqing (蒋克青).

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Three Unemployment Insurance Policy Measures Support Enterprises in Stabilizing and Expanding Employment

Beijing, July 2 (Reporter Qiu Chaoyi (邱超奕)) — Recently, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (人力资源社会保障部) and three other departments jointly issued a notice on unemployment insurance supporting enterprises to stabilize posts and expand posts, clarifying the implementation of three pro-enterprise and pro-people policy measures through "two continuations and one optimization" to support enterprises in stabilizing posts, actively absorb young employment, and help improve vocational skills.

Regarding the continuation of the stable-post return policy (稳岗返还政策), the stable-post return policy will continue to be implemented for insured enterprises that do not lay off or lay off few staff until the end of 2026, with small and medium-sized enterprises receiving a return of no more than 60% of the actual unemployment insurance premiums paid by the enterprise and its employees in the previous year, and large enterprises receiving a return of no more than 30%; social organizations, law firms, accounting firms, and individual businesses insured in the form of units shall implement the policy by reference.

Regarding the continuation of the post-expansion subsidy policy (扩岗补助政策), the one-time post-expansion subsidy policy (一次性扩岗补助政策) will continue to be implemented until the end of 2026, with subsidy funds issued at a standard of no more than 1,500 yuan per person hired to enterprises and social organizations that recruit college graduates in the graduation year and those who have not been employed within two years after graduation, as well as registered unemployed young people aged 16 to 24.

Regarding the optimization of the skill improvement subsidy policy (技能提升补贴政策), the insured years requirement for the skill improvement subsidy policy will continue to be relaxed and the scope of beneficiaries will be broadened until the end of 2026, highlighting the "matching of certificates to posts" (证岗相适). Insured employees or persons receiving unemployment insurance benefits who obtain a certificate at one of the following levels—a vocational intermediate level consistent with the industry category of their employing enterprise, a digital or green occupation, or one listed in the local urgently needed occupation (job type) catalog—may apply for one skill improvement subsidy. For those who obtain multiple certificates for urgently needed occupations (job types), an additional two subsidy applications may be added, so as to better serve enterprises' post needs, market employment needs, and regional industrial development.

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Everyone does their part to protect a clear waterway (Watch and Guard)

By: 本报记者 田豆豆

In the Danjiangkou Reservoir area of Shiyan (十堰), Hubei, with high sky and light clouds, 65-year-old "Little Water Droplet" (小水滴) volunteer Jiang Dexin (蒋德新) pilots a patrol boat, threading through clear green waters. He says proudly: "The water quality of our Danjiangkou (丹江口) Reservoir is maintained at Class I or Class II year-round!"

Jiang Dexin is a resident of Group 3, Xin'gang Community (新港社区), Xin'gang Management Office (新港管理处), Shiyan City. He has lived by the water since childhood, and his ancestors were all fishermen. After the Yangtze River's ten-year fishing ban was initiated, Jiang Dexin voluntarily turned in his fishing boat and withdrew from fishing to go ashore. Having lived by the water his whole life, when the city recruited water protection volunteers who were good at swimming and driving boats, he signed up without hesitation. Besides cleaning up floating debris such as trash and dead branches, he also rescued many people who had fallen into the water, and spurred the local establishment of the "Dexin Water Protection Volunteer Service Team" (德新护水志愿服务队). "One person's strength is always limited. The team gradually grew from 16 people to over 1,000, and I feel a great sense of achievement!" Jiang Dexin said.

In 2023, Danjiangkou City established the "Little Water Droplet" water protection volunteer service team, and the volunteer service team that Jiang Dexin belonged to also joined entirely. Now, the "Little Water Droplet" has grown to 160,000 people, and protecting the water has become a consensus among all citizens.

Water pollution often has its root on the shore. "Our village is upstream of the Danjiangkou Reservoir. When the flood season comes, the village's trash, dead branches, etc., are all washed into the water. Moreover, previously villagers often grazed cattle and sheep along the reservoir shore, which also affected water quality. To change the villagers' concepts and living habits, one needs the perseverance of 水滴石穿 (shuǐ dī shí chuān - "dripping water wears through stone," persistent effort over time)." As a member of the "Little Water Droplet," Yang Xianfeng (杨献锋), Party branch secretary of Fenghuangshan Village (凤凰山村) in Niulin Forest Area (牛河林区), organized villagers to form a river patrol and shore protection volunteer team. A red vest, a 3-meter-long bamboo pole with a net bag, and a woven bag are his standard equipment for river patrol.

Regardless of scorching summer or freezing winter, Yang Xianfeng walks unsteadily along the shore, bending down to pick up trash with his bare hands, and admonishes villagers not to throw waste into the river. There are often tourists coming to camp and fish by the river; he installed a loudspeaker on his car to remind tourists to protect the environment. He insists on patrolling the reservoir four times a week, and has walked back and forth along the 15.3-kilometer reservoir shoreline of Fenghuangshan Village thousands of times.

Li Jingyi (李敬怡), a student at Danjiangkou City No. 2 Middle School, is also a "Little Water Droplet" volunteer. Every Friday afternoon, under the guidance of her teacher, she brings tools such as woven bags, brooms, and trash bins to clean beach garbage along the river channel. On ordinary days, she uses campus broadcasts, blackboard newspapers, and other means to encourage more classmates to join the ranks of water protection. On holidays, she becomes a "water protection propagandist," explaining scientific knowledge about protecting the river channel to villagers.

Now, in Danjiangkou, one by one, the "Little Water Droplets" silently contribute, continuing the story of "a clear stream forever flowing northward" (一泓清水永续北上).

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Fudan University innovatively inherits red culture

This newspaper, Shanghai, July 2 (Reporter Jiang Hongbing (姜泓冰)) — Recently, the launch ceremony for the first batch of new books in the Great Way Series (大道丛书) was held at the Shanghai Social Sciences Hall. The ceremony was jointly hosted by Fudan University, the Shanghai Federation of Social Sciences and Humanities (上海市社会科学界联合会), and the Shanghai Century Publishing Group (上海世纪出版集团), with the aim of guiding the broad ranks of cadres and the masses, especially young people, to perceive the power of truth and draw nourishment of faith from Party history, and to promote the integration of red genes into the blood and their transmission from generation to generation (xīn huǒ xiāng chuán - "pass the torch," to carry forward a legacy).

At the ceremony, the first batch of five new books in the Great Way Series were unveiled: Eternal Yimeng Red (永远的沂蒙红), I Offer Oil to the Motherland (我为祖国献石油), Eternal Record of Mountains and Rivers (山川永纪), Spreading the Torch of the Western Relocation (西迁传薪火), and The Long Song of the Silk Road (丝路长歌). Participating experts believed that the series successfully built a bridge between academic research and popular reading, representing an innovative attempt to inherit red culture in the new era. At the ceremony, Fudan University, together with the Memorial Hall of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China (中共一大纪念馆), issued an initiative to build a cross-regional, digitally empowered, and knowledge-action integrated red education consortium open to red sites, universities, and research institutions nationwide, promoting the integration and normalization of red education.

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Ministry of Education deploys summer safety work for primary and secondary schools and kindergartens

Beijing, July 2 (Reporter Wu Dan (吴丹)) — The reporter learned from the Ministry of Education (教育部): To ensure that the vast number of teachers and students spend a safe, healthy, and happy summer vacation, the General Office of the Ministry of Education (教育部办公厅) recently issued the Notice on Doing a Good Job of Summer Safety Work for Primary and Secondary Schools and Kindergartens in 2026, making arrangements in this regard.

The notice emphasizes that all localities and schools must earnestly implement safety education, intensively conduct a summer safety-themed education before students leave school, and enhance students’ safety literacy. They must do a good job of family education guidance, remind parents to earnestly fulfill their supervision responsibilities, and at the same time guide parents to reasonably arrange their children’s summer life, fully guaranteeing students’ rest time. They must strengthen care and concern for students from special groups, make full use of social resources and public facilities to enrich students’ holiday life, and, on the basis of adhering to the principles of public welfare and universal benefit as well as teachers’ voluntary participation and parents’ and students’ voluntary participation, standardize and do a good job of summer care services.

The notice requires that all localities and schools strictly implement the relevant requirements of the action to consolidate the year of standardized management of basic education (基础教育规范管理巩固年行动) and the special action on sunshine enrollment for primary and secondary schools (中小学阳光招生专项行动), strictly manage homework and examinations, standardize school-running behavior, and fully implement the enrollment and admission policy. They must comprehensively investigate and rectify campus safety risks and hidden dangers, strengthen emergency prevention during the flood season, and strictly implement closed management of campuses. They must push relevant departments to fulfill their responsibilities for water area management, improve safety protection facilities, and increase dynamic inspection and control, strictly preventing student drowning incidents. They must solidly carry out investigation and rectification of prominent problems with campus meals, teaching aids, and school uniforms. They must effectively reduce teachers’ non-educational and non-teaching burdens and safeguard teachers’ legitimate rest rights.

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Kang Yan, Liu Juanxi, Wang Bo

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Exploring the Vast Ocean's Treasure Trove of Health (Big Data Observation)

By: 本报记者 林丽鹂 李 蕊 刘晓宇

Shrimp and crab shell extracts can nourish and protect bone joints and repair human bones; Antarctic brown algae become raw materials for immune anti-tumor drugs... The Ministry of Natural Resources (自然资源部) and seven other departments issued the Guiding Opinions on Accelerating the High-Quality Development of Marine Drugs and Functional Products (关于加快海洋药物和功能制品高质量发展的指导意见), the first policy document at the national level supporting the development of the marine biomedical industry. It clearly defines marine health foods, marine drugs, and marine biological materials as key breakthrough areas, and accelerates the strengthening, optimization, and expansion of the marine biomedical health industry.

Marine biomass accounts for 87% of the Earth's total biomass, with species abundance far exceeding that of land, making it a vast treasure trove of medicinal resources. In recent years, China's marine biomedical industry has achieved considerable development. In 2025, the industry's added value reached 99.6 billion yuan. The output of raw material-level products such as chitosan and sodium alginate accounts for over 80% of the global share, and domestically developed marine drug categories account for about 28% of the total global marketed categories.

What health treasure does this vast blue territory hold? How can it better benefit the people? Our reporter conducted an interview.

Technological innovation, the marine health food industry upgrades and improves quality.

"As I get older, I always feel discomfort in my knees. After taking glucosamine for a while, it has indeed been relieved," said Ms. Xu, age 66. The glucosamine Ms. Xu refers to is amino glucose, known as "food for the joints," which helps in the care and protection of bone joints.

Glucosamine is a health gift from the ocean. The core raw material for its industrial production comes from processing byproducts of marine aquatic products such as shrimp and crab shells. "Shrimp and crab shells undergo decalcification, deproteinization and other processes to obtain chitin, and then the chitin is hydrolyzed and refined to obtain high-purity glucosamine hydrochloride," introduced a staff member of a glucosamine production enterprise. The enterprise uses an upgraded and improved hydrolysis process to achieve high-value utilization of marine byproducts.

"In the past, Chinese enterprises lacked the technology to produce high-purity glucosamine hydrochloride, so they could only sell the chitin raw materials extracted from shrimp and crab shells to foreign countries at low prices, and Chinese consumers then bought back glucosamine health foods from abroad at high prices," introduced the relevant person in charge of the Special Foods Department (特殊食品司) of the State Administration for Market Regulation (国家市场监督管理总局). As the world's largest producer of 80% of glucosamine raw materials, China was once long at the low-value-added raw material export end. In recent years, technological innovation has accelerated, pushing China's marine health food industry toward high added value.

Currently, there are nearly 1,100 registered fish oil health foods in China, and about 700 approved and registered health foods using marine raw materials. With the deepening of health demands such as antioxidant, immune regulation, and brain health maintenance, the development of the marine health food industry is ushering in new opportunities.

To seek health from the ocean, the key lies in technology. Taking Antarctic krill processing as an example, problems such as high transportation costs and easy quality deterioration, lack of deep processing technology, few product types, and low added value once restricted the industry's development. "Our team moved the deep processing stage forward to the fishing vessel, ensuring that krill enters the production line within minutes of capture, effectively avoiding freshness decline and composition deterioration caused by long-distance transportation. At the same time, we developed high-value-added products such as krill oil and krill oil microencapsulated powder, achieving a full-chain technological upgrade from 'preserving freshness and vitality' to 'high-value conversion,'" introduced Zhu Beiwei (朱蓓薇), director of the Key Laboratory of Marine Food Processing and Safety Control (海洋食品加工与安全控制重点实验室) and academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. Currently, China has risen to become the world's second largest Antarctic krill fishing country, building a relatively complete Antarctic krill industry system.

While multiple technological breakthroughs have been achieved in the fields of marine active substance extraction and green biomanufacturing, there is still huge room for raw material innovation and health function exploration of edible marine biological resources.

"We support scientific research institutions and industry enterprises relying on modern biotechnology to promote the upgrading and quality improvement of the marine health food industry. Under the premise of ensuring safety, we accelerate the development and application of new raw materials and new functions of marine health foods, with priority support for the development of new-function marine health foods, to better meet the health and wellness needs of the people and promote high-quality development of the marine industry," said the relevant person in charge of the Special Foods Department of the State Administration for Market Regulation.

Seeking drugs from the sea, marine drug clinical trial approvals continue to increase.

Currently, Yu Guangli (于广利), professor at Ocean University of China and chief scientist of the Qingdao Marine Biomedical Research Institute (青岛海洋生物医药研究院), together with his team, is preparing materials for the combination drug regimen of "BG136 for Injection."

This Class 1 new drug for immune anti-tumor, extracted from Antarctic brown algae, is steadily advancing Phase II clinical trials. "Recently, we are also simultaneously preparing the application materials for its combination with PD-1, hoping to explore more effective treatment options for patients," said Yu Guangli.

As the world's first immune anti-tumor marine polysaccharide drug to enter clinical trials, BG136 is a vivid microcosm of China's quest for drugs from the sea. Yu Guangli introduced that many marine active substances have extremely low natural content, are difficult to extract and separate, and also difficult to chemically synthesize, requiring a huge gap to cross from the laboratory to the production line.

Despite the huge challenges, the development momentum of China's marine drugs has been rapid in recent years. China's long coastline and abundant marine biological resources are a natural treasure trove for marine drug research and development; at the same time, a large number of talents focusing on marine drug research are growing rapidly, and policy guidance combined with market demand has caused more forces to begin paying attention to this field. Strong resource reserves and solid scientific research accumulation provide a solid foundation for the development of China's marine drugs.

"From the front end of R&D, over the past 20 years, the number of active compounds discovered by Chinese scientists from marine organisms has been at the forefront globally, with a very solid basic reserve," said Yu Guangli.

Relying on deep accumulation, China's marine drug clinical trial approvals continue to increase. "Just at Ocean University of China, in recent years there have been five candidate drugs including anti-tumor BG136 and anti-hepatitis B virus LY102 that have obtained clinical trial approvals. Nationwide, a total of seven have obtained clinical trial approvals," said Yu Guangli.

However, the mechanism for transforming marine drug achievements needs to be further streamlined. "Making drugs is a systematic project that must be led by capable enterprises and guided by clinical needs," Yu Guangli said bluntly. The newly issued guiding opinions and the ongoing National Science and Technology Major Project for Innovative Drug Development (创新药物研发国家科技重大专项) both clearly require promoting enterprise-led efforts. "Leveraging industrial capital and introducing 'patient capital' can accelerate the formation of a snowball effect and promote the efficient development of marine drugs."

Looking ahead, Yu Guangli has already planned new research directions: "Our team also has a candidate compound targeting Parkinson's disease. We hope to find a corporate partner as soon as possible to carry out systematic druggability research and push it to clinical trials."

Independent R&D, the marine biological materials industry accelerates research and development.

In a Class 10,000 clean production workshop, the production line operates at high speed. Class III medical devices such as bone filling materials, medical collagen membranes, medical collagen repair membranes, and absorbable collagen sutures are coming off the line in an orderly manner.

At the Fujian Jiterui (吉特瑞) Biotechnology Industrial Park, located in Fuzhou High-tech Zone, Fujian, these high-end Class III medical devices, which can repair human bones and achieve regeneration and healing of wounds and diseased or defective tissues, come from fishery wastes such as shells, fish scales, and shrimp and crab shells.

In the office of Professor Zhang Qiqing (张其清), chief scientist of Jiterui, over 12,000 experimental records document the entire R&D process of the world's first shell-derived bone filling material. "This technology, from basic research, experimental validation, process optimization to compliant mass production according to international and national standards, every step was explored from scratch," Zhang Qiqing frankly stated. This "from 0 to 1" innovation path was difficult but solid.

In 2005, Zhang Qiqing targeted the medical potential of discarded shells and began scientific research. At that time, the domestic high-end bone repair medical device market was monopolized by overseas companies, with imported products priced as high as 8,000 yuan per gram, deterring countless patients.

After tens of thousands of experimental comparisons, Zhang Qiqing's team discovered that the natural biomineralized structure of oyster shells is highly compatible with human bone growth, rich in essential trace elements such as calcium, phosphorus, and magnesium, and possesses unique medical advantages of natural safety, biocompatibility, and biodegradability. "Only by achieving technological overtaking on a detour can we let ordinary people spend less money and get better treatment." Upholding this belief, Zhang Qiqing and his team focused on key technologies such as raw material purification, structural optimization, mechanical adaptation, and controllable degradation to carry out intensive research.

After 18 years of effort, the team successfully achieved the high-value medical conversion of discarded oyster shells. "This material is like a 'breathing' bone scaffold. Its porous structure can guide the natural growth of human bone cells and blood vessels, ultimately integrating with the body's own bone to achieve physiological healing," Zhang Qiqing introduced. In May 2023, this product obtained the national Class III medical device registration certificate, with a price per gram below 2,000 yuan, greatly reducing the medical burden on the people.

Over the years, Jiterui has deeply cultivated the marine biomaterials track, successfully developing three core raw materials: hydroxyapatite, collagen, and chitosan, and developing more than ten high-end medical devices, achieving an extension "from 0 to 1 and then to N." The enterprise has now obtained five national Class III medical device registration certificates, with an annual output value exceeding 1 billion yuan.

"Compared with synthetic materials, marine biological materials are completely biodegradable, have good biocompatibility, and possess both antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties, widely used in bone repair, wound healing, medical aesthetic regeneration and other fields," said Chen Li (陈立), associate researcher at the School of Biological Science and Engineering, Fuzhou University. Along with population aging and the upgrading of big health consumption, the marine biological materials industry is ushering in a golden development window period.

(Lai Zhichang (赖志昌) contributed to the reporting.)

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CPPCC National Committee's "Science Lecture for Members" Holds Popular Science Talk on Structural Innovations of China's FAST Telescope

Beijing, July 2 (Reporter Liu Botong (刘博通)) — The National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference “Committee Members’ Science Lecture” held a popular science lecture on July 2 at the CPPCC Auditorium. Fan Feng (范峰), member of the National Committee of the CPPCC and Vice President of Harbin Institute of Technology, delivered a report titled “‘China’s Sky Eye’ Structural Innovation” and interacted with the audience on site.

Fan Feng introduced the research background of the national major scientific and technological infrastructure “Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope,” the overall plan of the reflector surface structure, key technologies, and model tests; recounted the stories of the relevant research team solving technical difficulties and creating engineering miracles; and encouraged young people to love science, advocate science, set their aspirations on devoting themselves to basic research, and contribute their youthful strength to achieving high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-improvement and advancing Chinese-style modernization.

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China's Atmospheric Environmental Quality Shows Overall Improvement Trend

Beijing, July 2 (Xinhua) — (Reporter Jiang Xuehong (蒋雪鸿)) The China Meteorological Administration (中国气象局) released the "Atmospheric Environment Meteorological Bulletin (2025)" (大气环境气象公报（2025年）) on the 2nd, which shows that in 2025, the national average number of haze days continued to decrease, ozone concentrations declined, and dust weather processes were more frequent and stronger.

In 2025, the national average number of haze days was 15.5 days, a decrease of 3.2 days compared with 2024, and a decrease of 11.1 days from the average of the recent 10 years (2015 to 2024). In 2025, the national average ozone concentration decreased by 4.2% compared with 2024.

In 2025, a total of 17 dust weather processes occurred nationwide, which was higher than the 2024 figure and the average value of the recent 10 years. In the spring of 2025, the number of cold air processes affecting China's main sand source areas was significantly higher than normal, and the number of windy days was 10 to 20 days more than the average of the recent 10 years, with some localities exceeding 20 days more. Frequent cold air activity led to more frequent and stronger dust weather and a larger affected area.

Since 2000, China's atmospheric environmental quality has shown an overall improvement trend. From 2000 to 2025, dust weather processes overall showed a stage-wise characteristic of first decreasing and then slightly increasing, but the number of processes at or above the sandstorm intensity level showed a significant decreasing trend overall. Since 2008, acid rain pollution has continued to improve.

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Beijing Releases AI-Empowered Scientific Research Implementation Plan

This newspaper Beijing, July 2 (Reporter Wang Haonan (王昊男)) The Education, Science and Technology Talent Work Leading Group of the CPC Beijing Municipal Committee (中共北京市委教育科技人才工作领导小组) recently issued an implementation plan for accelerating the empowerment of scientific research by artificial intelligence (2026–2028), which clearly states that by 2028, Beijing will achieve major original breakthroughs in the basic theories and key technologies of AI-empowered scientific research, and strive to build an innovation hub for scientific intelligence with global reach.

Focusing on five major directions — autonomous laboratory construction, benchmark scenario application, scientific model building, scientific data supply, and innovation ecosystem cultivation — the implementation plan specifies 18 key tasks to comprehensively promote the innovative development of scientific intelligence, accelerate original breakthroughs in scientific research, and enhance the overall effectiveness of scientific research and innovation.

At present, artificial intelligence has become a key force driving breakthroughs in scientific research and generating major original achievements, and it is a frontier track on which global science and technology powers are placing key strategic emphasis. Beijing has obvious advantages in innovation resources, with over 90 universities and colleges, more than one million scientific research practitioners, over 800 academicians of the two academies (Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering), 4 national laboratories, and 145 national key laboratories in the city accounting for nearly 30 percent of the national total.

The implementation plan will coordinate the construction of a full-chain infrastructure including models, scientific data centers, computing power, and autonomous laboratories, closely align with the national artificial intelligence development strategy, and promote the integrated utilization of various innovation resources.

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Love Relay, Good Deeds Build Dreams (Promoting High-Quality Development of Private Economy)

By: 本报记者 张 文

The college entrance exam just ended this year, and a heartwarming piece of news arrived: the Yanbao Charity Foundation (燕宝慈善基金会) announced that it will continue to donate 800 million yuan to distribute an annual scholarship of 4,000 yuan per person to undergraduate students in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region and parts of Gansu Province, including new students enrolled this year in college. This marks the 16th consecutive year that the foundation has provided educational funding.

In 2011, Ningxia Baofeng Group Co., Ltd. (宁夏宝丰集团有限公司) initiated the establishment of the Yanbao Charity Foundation, injecting a portion of its profits into the foundation each year, gradually improving the funding system. The foundation adheres to the original aspiration that "knowledge changes the future" and provides incentive funding to young students from Ningxia, Jiuquan City in Gansu, and Kang County (康县), Cheng County (成县), Hui County (徽县), and Liangdang County (两当县) in Longnan City who have been admitted to college. To date, it has rewarded 430,800 students, with total donations reaching 5.038 billion yuan.

"The foundation helped me, and I have kept this kindness in my heart," said Wang Tao, who now teaches at a rural middle school in Wuzhong City, Ningxia. He was admitted to a key university in 2014. His family farms for a living with limited income, and at that time he often worried about college expenses. By applying to the Yanbao Charity Foundation, Wang Tao received 4,000 yuan in scholarship each year, enabling him to successfully complete his studies. In the year of his graduation, he gave up the opportunity to stay in Beijing and returned to Ningxia to become a rural teacher.

"Because I received help, I had the chance to leave the mountains; now it is my turn to help others." Wang Tao, along with his wife who is also a recipient of the Yanbao scholarship, now donates to the foundation's educational funding activities every year. "I hope to pass on this sentiment, and may every generation of students never have their studies affected by financial difficulties," Wang Tao said.

Among the many students who once received support from the foundation, nearly 280,000 have graduated and entered the workforce. Many of them, like Wang Tao, are repaying the educational funding cause through concrete actions. "Every year I donate to help impoverished students and write letters encouraging them to pass on this sense of social responsibility," said Yang Qiang, a former recipient who now runs a business in Yinchuan.

To ensure that the educational funding is precisely allocated, the foundation has established a strict management system. The list of recipients goes through procedures including application, review, public announcement, and disbursement, and is subject to social supervision throughout the entire process. At the same time, the foundation has set up Yanbao scholarships at 50 key universities nationwide, motivating more young students who are excellent in character and learning and have outstanding potential to focus on scientific research and innovation.

From a single enterprise's good deed, to the changed fates of hundreds of thousands of students, and then to the接力反哺 (jiē lì fǎn bǔ - "relay repayment," inheriting the act of giving back) by recipients — this persistence spanning 16 years not only lifts the hopes of countless families but also conveys the responsibility and dedication of private enterprises in giving back to society.

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Mountain roads wind through rural villages

On July 2, the road connecting the residential houses of Ganxi Village (甘溪村), Wuli Town (五里镇), Qianjiang District (黔江区), Chongqing, wound through the farmland.

In recent years, Qianjiang District has continuously increased its efforts in rural road construction, building on canyons, mountain ridges, gullies, and cliffs one after another mountain-access road that links mountain villages and connects farmhouses. At present, all 30 subdistricts (townships, towns) and 220 villages (communities) in Qianjiang District have asphalt or cement roads open to traffic, forming a road network extending in all directions, providing transportation support for the external sale of agricultural products and for rural tourism.

Photo by Yang Min (杨敏) (Image China (影像中国))

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C909 becomes mainstay of China's regional aviation transport market

By: 本报记者 谷业凯 邱超奕

On June 28 of this year, the domestically produced commercial aircraft C909 has completed a full decade of commercial operations. Over the past ten years, the scaled, serialized, and industrialized development of the C909 has steadily advanced. It has delivered 186 aircraft to more than ten users, accounting for 70% of the domestic regional fleet; it has carried over 37 million passengers, opened more than 860 routes cumulatively, served over 180 cities, and operates more than 500 flights daily on average.

Regional aviation is a component of the modern air transport industry. From newness to maturity, from inland to frontier, from domestic to overseas, after ten years of commercial operations, the C909 has become the mainstay aircraft type in China’s regional air transport market, forming typical operational models such as Frontier Express (边疆快线), trunk-feeder integration (干支融合), peripheral international (周边国际), pioneer going overseas (出海先锋), and derivative development (衍生发展), and has gradually explored a development path for the regional air transport market with Chinese characteristics.

On June 23, as a C909 aircraft of Chengdu Airlines (成都航空) made a smooth landing at Hejing Bayinbrook Airport (和静巴音布鲁克机场), at an altitude of 2,506.85 meters, the second high-plateau route flown by the C909—the route from Urumqi via Hejing to Kashgar and back—was officially opened. On high-plateau routes, the C909 has high starting performance and good controllability, and its adaptability under complex operating environments is continuously being verified.

Under the Frontier Express (边疆快线) operational model, within Xinjiang, the “branch-to-branch inter-flight” (支支互飞) flights average 120 daily, carrying 20,000 passengers per day. Yang Yang (杨洋), deputy general manager of the Marketing Center of COMAC (中国商飞), introduced that currently, the number of C909 aircraft plus other regional aircraft types in the Xinjiang region has exceeded 40, and the route network covers all small and medium airports in Xinjiang. The average coverage of air points among small and medium airports within the region has increased from fewer than 6 before the entry of domestic civil aircraft into Xinjiang to more than 12.

“The topography, altitude, and meteorological conditions of Xinjiang’s airports are complex and diverse. The C909 has strong adaptability, and its takeoff and landing operations at various types of airports are very stable,” introduced Chen Qingqiang (陈庆强), captain of Urumqi Air (乌鲁木齐航空) C909. Currently, the C909 has been deployed cumulatively in Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, and Heilongjiang with 70 aircraft, opened over 460 routes, executed about 200,000 flights, and carried over 10 million passengers. Goals such as “the frontier flies to the whole country, the frontier flies abroad; every county has aircraft service, every day has flights” (边疆飞全国、边疆飞出国，县县通飞机、天天有航班) are gradually becoming a reality.

In Inner Mongolia, the C909 has also integrated with local industries, enabling local specialty products to be efficiently shipped out and smoothly transported. A relevant responsible person from Tianjiao Airlines (天骄航空) introduced that by relying on the dense route network, they have opened full-route belly cargo carriage, so that fresh food such as Zhalantun (扎兰屯) tripe can be efficiently transported to destinations using regular passenger flights.

In recent years, the C909 has also accelerated its “going global” pace, successively opening up Southeast Asian markets such as Indonesia, Laos, and Vietnam. As of now, it has cumulatively opened 25 overseas routes, served 28 cities, and carried over 1 million passengers. In addition, based on the increasingly mature basic model, the development and operation of C909 derivative models are also steadily advancing. Currently, the business jet, freighter, emergency rescue command aircraft, and medical aircraft have been delivered. Through derivative development, the C909 has achieved model diversification, and through cooperation and exploration with customers in various fields, it has expanded its operational scenarios and business models, meeting different market and functional needs.

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Do a good job in flood control, drought relief, emergency rescue, and disaster relief (Party flag flying high at the grassroots frontline · Flood control and drought relief)

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Building an Impenetrable "Red Barrier"

By: 刘温馨

The CPC Central Committee Politburo meeting held on June 30 pointed out that all regions and relevant departments should further enhance ideological understanding, firmly establish bottom-line thinking and limit thinking (底线思维、极限思维), base themselves on preventing major floods, resisting major droughts, and preventing strong typhoons, and take forceful measures to do a good job in all work of flood and drought prevention, emergency rescue, and disaster relief.

In this year's main flood season, extreme weather and climate events in our country will still be relatively numerous, with drought and flood both heavy, and flood and drought prevention has entered a critical stage. All regions and relevant departments must adhere to putting the people first and life first, fully leverage the fighting fortress role and vanguard exemplary role (战斗堡垒作用和先锋模范作用) of primary-level Party organizations and the vast number of Party members and cadres, and build on riverbanks and in fields one after another 坚不可摧 (jiān bù kě cuī - "hard and indestructible," indestructible) "red barriers" (红色屏障).

The more the moment of wind and rain strikes, the more it shows mission and responsibility; the disaster frontline is the touchstone for testing the original aspiration. At present, flood and drought prevention has changed from the past "more preparation, less combat" into a "normal major examination." The vast number of Party members and cadres act upon hearing the flood, strive to be first when encountering drought, and with the proactive action of 未雨绸缪 (wèi yǔ chóu móu - "repair the roof before it rains," taking preventive measures), shoulder the responsibility of guarding the territory, weave dense and firm the disaster risk prevention and control network, and clearly demonstrate the cohesion and combat effectiveness of primary-level Party organizations.

The more critical and difficult the time, the more one must face difficulties and go forward (迎难而上, yíng nán ér shàng - "face difficulties and advance," to tackle challenges head-on). In meeting drought and flood dangers, the National Flood Control Headquarters (国家防总) strengthens overall coordination and command and dispatch, the Ministry of Emergency Management (应急管理部) and other relevant departments exert their professional advantages to do their utmost in flood prevention preparations, central emergency rescue and disaster relief materials are prepared and stocked sufficiently, the national comprehensive fire rescue teams (国家综合性消防救援队伍) water rescue professional forces are ready for cross-regional reinforcement, the China Aneng (中国安能) engineering emergency rescue personnel are pre-deployed on standby, and primary-level cadres go to doorsteps at the first opportunity to persuade and relocate people in dangerous areas… Where there is disaster, there must be rescue; where there is danger, there must be emergency response. Party organizations at all levels, with the vigor of daring to break through and dare to act (敢闯敢干, gǎn chuǎng gǎn gàn - "dare to break through, dare to do," bold and resolute action), gnaw on hard bones, transforming organizational advantages into combat effectiveness for ensuring the people’s safety.

The flood situation is the mobilization order; the dangerous situation is the charge horn. The vast number of Party members and cadres always keep the string of safety taut, with a sense of responsibility of "always being unable to feel at ease" (时时放心不下, shí shí fàng xīn bù xià - "always cannot put down one's mind," constant vigilance) to firmly guard the bottom line, then they can win this tough battle of flood and drought prevention, and effectively safeguard the life and property safety of the people and the overall stability of society.

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White Zhiyu, Han Chunyao, Chen Zhen

Layout design Wang Zheping (汪哲平)

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The Historical Process and Contemporary Mission of the Great Project of Party Building

By: 宋月红

The banner points the way; struggle forges glory. 105 years of unremitting struggle have forged a strong Communist Party of China. In his important speech at the celebration of the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping systematically summarized the fine qualities of the Communist Party of China, among which one is “focusing on strengthening itself, always full of vigor and vitality,” and pointed out that “our Party is soberly aware that to forge iron, one must be strong itself; it is good at examining itself in light of the requirements of the times, alerting itself with a strong sense of vigilance, perfecting itself with the spirit of self-reform, and attaches great importance to its own construction.” To better shoulder the historical mission, our Party adheres to the two combines (liǎng gè jiéhé - “two combinations,” the integration of the basic principles of Marxism with China’s specific realities and with the fine traditional Chinese culture), continuously explores and deepens the understanding of the laws of Marxist party building, forms theoretical innovation achievements in party building at different historical stages, and advances the great project of party building. Since the new era, under the scientific guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, especially Xi Jinping’s Thought on Party Building (习近平党建思想 - “Xi Jinping’s thought on party building”), our Party has deeply advanced the new great project of party building in the new era; the Party has become stronger and more powerful in revolutionary forging, providing a fundamental guarantee for comprehensively advancing the construction of a strong country and the great cause of national rejuvenation through Chinese-style modernization.

Being the mainstay (zhōng liú dǐ zhù - “midstream rock pillar,” mainstay) of the Chinese people, achieving national independence and people’s liberation. Marxism scientifically reveals the laws of human social development, illuminating the path of humanity’s quest for its own liberation. With the rising and vigorous development of the world socialist movement, the Chinese people and the Chinese nation, who had been in the abyss of a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society since modern times, gradually awakened; in particular, the victory of the October Revolution brought Marxism-Leninism to China, which was exploring a way to save the country and the people. The Communist Party of China was precisely born in the propaganda, education, and dissemination of Marxism-Leninism and its close integration with the Chinese workers’ movement. Our Party wrote Marxism on its glorious banner, took the realization of communism as its highest ideal and ultimate goal, and established the original aspiration and mission of seeking happiness for the Chinese people and rejuvenation for the Chinese nation. Facing the principal contradictions in modern Chinese society, the Party held high the revolutionary banner of anti-imperialist and anti-feudal struggle, historically shouldering the great mission of striving for national independence and people’s liberation. The Party united and led the people in an arduous and exceptional (jiān kǔ zhuó jué - “arduous and outstanding,” extremely difficult) New Democratic Revolution struggle, explored and opened up the correct revolutionary path of encircling the cities from the countryside and seizing power by armed force, formed Mao Zedong Thought, and under the guidance of this scientific thought, united and led the people to win the great victory of the New Democratic Revolution. The Party creatively implemented and advanced the great project of party building, adhered to building the Party ideologically, adhered to democratic centralism, adhered to the three fine work styles of integrating theory with practice, maintaining close ties with the masses, and criticism and self-criticism, formed the three magic weapons of the united front, armed struggle, and party building, and strived to build a Marxist political party with advanced nature, purity, organizational rigor, and high unity and consistency in ideology, politics, and action. Comrade Mao Zedong, in his political report “On Coalition Government” at the Seventh National Congress of the Party, clearly pointed out: “Without the efforts of the Communist Party of China, without the Chinese Communists as the mainstay of the Chinese people, China’s independence and liberation are impossible.” Our Party deeply integrated its ideals and beliefs, nature and purpose, mission and responsibility into the arduous struggle for the cause of the Party and the country, united and led the people to achieve victory in the New Democratic Revolution, and on this basis founded New China, thereby completely ending the history of the old China where the country was humiliated, the people were subjected to suffering, and civilization was tarnished, realized the people being the masters of their own affairs, the Chinese people stood up from then on, and the development and progress of the Chinese nation opened a new era. History has eloquently proved that without the Communist Party, there would be no New China; without the Party’s leadership, national independence and people’s liberation would be impossible.

Strengthening Party building under the conditions of governance, completing the socialist revolution and advancing socialist construction. After the founding of New China, the Communist Party of China led the people to overcome a series of severe challenges in politics, economy, military, and other aspects, achieved the complete reunification of the mainland of the motherland, rapidly restored and developed the national economy, carried out democratic reforms in all aspects of society, consolidated the nascent people’s political power, and safeguarded national sovereignty, security, and development interests. In 1953, the Party formally proposed the general line for the transition period, opened up the path of socialist transformation, and realized the transformation of Chinese society from New Democracy to socialism. The establishment of the basic socialist system laid a fundamental and decisive important foundation for all development and progress in contemporary China. According to the changes in the principal contradiction in our society after the completion of socialist transformation, the Party explored and carried out large-scale socialist construction suitable for national conditions, striving to gradually build our country into a socialist country with four modernizations (sì gè xiàn dài huà - “four modernizations,” of agriculture, industry, national defense, and science and technology). The Party carried out the “second combination” of the basic principles of Marxism-Leninism with China’s specific realities, adhered to and developed Mao Zedong Thought, and put forward a series of important thoughts on socialist construction. The Party put forward the major issue of party building under the conditions of governance, requiring “to create a political situation in which there are both centralism and democracy, both discipline and freedom, both unity of will and personal ease of mind and liveliness,” emphasizing adherence to democratic centralism and the system of collective leadership, developing inner-party democracy and people’s democracy, and strengthening the ties between the Party and the masses. These explorations in theory and practice further enhanced the Party’s purity and the unity of the whole Party, deepened the flesh-and-blood ties between the Party and the masses, and provided a strong guarantee for the Party’s leadership in the socialist revolution and construction. Through continuous struggle, the Party led the people to establish an independent and relatively complete industrial system and national economic system, realizing a great leap from the poor and blank (yī qióng èr bái - “one poverty, two blanks,” extremely poor and backward) ruins of old China to striding into a socialist society, providing rich experience, theoretical preparation, and material foundation for creating and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new historical period.

Creating and advancing the new great project of party building, leading the vigorous development of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics. In December 1978, our Party convened the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee, making the historic decision to shift the work focus of the Party and the state to economic construction and to implement reform and opening up. The Party successfully completed the rectification of errors in guiding ideology, continued to explore the correct path for China to build socialism, profoundly revealed the essence of socialism, established the basic line for the primary stage of socialism, continuously deepened the understanding of the laws concerning “what is socialism, how to build socialism,” “what kind of party to build, how to build the party,” “what kind of development to achieve under new circumstances, how to develop,” forming Deng Xiaoping Theory, the important thought of Three Represents (sān gè dài biǎo - “Three Represents,” the Party must always represent the development trend of advanced productive forces, the orientation of advanced culture, and the fundamental interests of the broadest majority of the people), and the Scientific Outlook on Development (kē xué fā zhǎn guān - “Scientific Outlook on Development”), successfully opening up and adhering to the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics. Along the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics, China has kept pace with the times in great strides. To better lead the development of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics, it is necessary to strengthen party building. Based on the major changes in the domestic and international environment and the historical mission it shoulders, the Party proceeded from the two historic issues of improving the Party’s leadership and governance level, and improving the ability to resist corruption, prevent degeneration, and withstand risks, and advanced the new great project of party building; it insisted that governing the country must first govern the Party, and governing the Party must be strict, focused on doing a good job in party building, carried out a series of work to unify thinking, rectify work style, strengthen discipline, and purify the organization, which played an important role in ensuring that the Party always stays at the forefront of reform, opening up, and socialist modernization. Proceeding from strengthening the Party’s governing capacity construction and advanced nature construction, closely combining with the Party’s governing practice, it improved and explored systems, mechanisms, and methods conducive to scientific governance, democratic governance, and law-based governance. These explorations in theory and practice ensured that the Party, rooted in the people, always stays at the forefront of the times in the historical process of building socialism with Chinese characteristics, and becomes the strong leading core of the entire people.

Vigorously advancing comprehensively strict governance of the Party (quán miàn cóng yán zhì dǎng - “comprehensively strict governance of the Party”), leading the comprehensive construction of a modern socialist country to continuously achieve new achievements. Since the Eighteenth National Congress of the Party, socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era. The Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core adhered to the two combines (liǎng gè jiéhé - “two combinations”), scientifically understood and fully utilized the historical experience since the founding of the Party, proceeded from the reality of advancing the cause of the Party and the state in the new era, continuously deepened the scientific understanding of the laws of Communist Party governance, socialist construction, and human social development from a new perspective, and founded Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. Under the guidance of this scientific thought, our Party coordinated the promotion of the five-sphere integrated plan (wǔ wèi yī tǐ - “five-sphere integrated plan,” economic, political, cultural, social, and ecological civilization progress) overall layout and coordinated the advancement of the four-pronged comprehensive strategy (sì gè quán miàn - “four-pronged comprehensive strategy,” building a moderately prosperous society in all respects, deepening reform, governing the country according to law, and governing the Party strictly in all respects), led the people in a great struggle with many new historical features, fulfilled the first centenary goal on schedule, and embarked on a new journey to achieve the second centenary goal, fully demonstrating the historical inevitability, practical scientificity, and institutional superiority of socialism with Chinese characteristics. Our Party clearly stated that “upholding the Party’s leadership is the most essential feature of socialism with Chinese characteristics,” and took “upholding the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee” as the highest principle of the Party’s leadership; it improved the leadership system of the Party, improved the leadership system of the Party over work in various fields such as economy, politics, culture, society, and ecological civilization construction, ensuring that the whole Party maintains a high degree of unity with the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core in political stance, political direction, political principles, and political path, and the Party’s unity and solidarity have been consolidated and strengthened unprecedentedly. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: “To run China’s affairs well, the key lies in the Party, the key lies in upholding the principle that the Party must supervise itself and govern itself strictly in all respects.” Our Party adhered to the strategic policy of comprehensively strict governance of the Party, established the general requirements for party building in the new era, comprehensively promoted the Party’s political construction, ideological construction, organizational construction, work style construction, discipline construction, with system construction running through them, and deeply advanced the anti-corruption struggle. The Party creatively proposed starting from work style to advance comprehensively strict governance of the Party, leading the whole Party to persevere without letup (qiè ér bù shě - “carve without stopping,” to work with perseverance) in correcting the four forms of decadence (sì fēng - “four winds,” formality, bureaucracy, hedonism, and extravagance) and fostering new practices, with the Central Eight-Point Regulation (zhōng yāng bā xiàng guī dìng - “Central Eight-Point Regulation”) reshaping the whole Party and changing China. Adhering to the principle that discipline is stricter than the law, integrating the enforcement of discipline and law, improving the system of inner-party regulations, strictly enforcing systems, and promoting a significant improvement in the scientific, institutional, and standardized level of party building. In the practice of comprehensively strict governance of the Party, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core continuously pondered the major era-wide issue of what kind of long-term governing Marxist political party to build and how to build a long-term governing Marxist political party, put forward a series of new concepts, new ideas, and new strategies, forming Xi Jinping’s Thought on Party Building. Xi Jinping’s Thought on Party Building demonstrates firm ideals and convictions, a high degree of historical initiative, a clear problem orientation, a strong sense of mission and responsibility, deep feelings for the people, and scientific thinking methods, making major original contributions to the development of Marxist theory on party building, and having significant practical significance and long-term guiding significance for strengthening the Party and the country. The Party, in revolutionary forging, has become more unified in thought, more united in politics, and more consistent in action; the clean and upright (fēng qīng qì zhèng - “wind clear, air upright,” clean and honest) inner-party political ecology is constantly forming and developing, and the Party has become stronger and more powerful in leading the people to advance Chinese-style modernization.

Continuously opening up new realms of managing the Party and governing it, rejuvenating and strengthening the Party, providing a fundamental guarantee for the great cause of building a strong country and national rejuvenation. Currently, the development environment facing the cause of the Party and the state is unprecedentedly complex, the tasks of reform, development, and stability are unprecedentedly arduous, and party building also faces new situations and new challenges. The more complex the situation, the more arduous the tasks, the more necessary it is to strengthen party building. We must deeply study and implement Xi Jinping’s Thought on Party Building, implement the general requirements for party building in the new era, persist with constancy (chí zhī yǐ héng - “persist with constancy”) in advancing comprehensively strict governance of the Party, continuously enhance the Party’s political leadership, ideological guidance, mass organization, and social appeal, ensure that the Party remains the strong leading core in the historical process of upholding and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, and provide a fundamental guarantee for the great cause of building a strong country and national rejuvenation. Adhere to the Party’s overall leadership, resolutely uphold the authority and centralized unified leadership of the Party Central Committee. The Party’s leadership is the fundamental, lifeline, interests, and destiny of the Party, the state, and the people, and is the strong guarantee for advancing Chinese-style modernization. It is necessary to resolutely uphold the authority and centralized unified leadership of the Party Central Committee, integrate the Party’s leadership into all aspects and entire process of economic and social development, and give play to the Party’s role as the leadership core that commands the overall situation and coordinates all parties. Adhering to the centralized unified leadership of the Party Central Committee must be implemented in the implementation of major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee. Improve the organizational system that is connected from top to bottom and has strong execution, ensure that the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee are implemented without any discount, making the Party’s leadership “like the body commanding the arm, like the arm commanding the finger.” Advance comprehensively strict governance of the Party, continuously improve the actual effectiveness of managing and governing the Party. To govern the country well, the Party must be governed first; only when the Party thrives can the country be strong. The more effective the management and governance of the Party, the stronger the guarantee for economic and social development. Comprehensively strict governance of the Party emphasizes genuine management and strictness, and focuses on precise governance, persisting in the long term with a strict tone, strict measures, and a strict atmosphere. Thoroughly implement the general requirements for party building in the new era, use systematic thinking and scientific methods to coordinate the work of managing and governing the Party, achieving full coverage of content, full coverage of objects, full chain of responsibility, and full integration of systems, further improve the system for comprehensively strict governance of the Party with complete elements, comprehensive functions, scientific norms, and efficient operation, adhere to addressing both symptoms and root causes and comprehensive governance, respond to new situations and problems arising in managing and governing the Party, and continuously improve the precision and actual effectiveness of managing and governing the Party. Take the Party’s political construction as the lead, continuously improve political judgment, political understanding, and political execution. A Marxist political party has political advancedness, which is essentially different from other political parties. The Party’s political construction determines the direction and effect of party building, and it is necessary to insist on putting political construction first. Always adhere to the Party’s political leadership, grasp the correct political direction, consolidate the political foundation, continuously cultivate the political ecology, resolutely prevent and resist various political risks, and continuously enhance and improve political capabilities. Effectively achieve resolute response to what the Party Central Committee advocates, resolute implementation of what the Party Central Committee decides, and resolute refusal of what the Party Central Committee prohibits, embody loyalty to the Party in the practical actions of implementing the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee well, and forever maintain political integrity. Promote the simultaneous efforts of ideological party building and institutional governance of the Party, achieving the integration of ideological soul-casting and institutional rule-establishment. Ideological party building consolidates the foundation of faith and supplements the calcium of the spirit, focusing on self-discipline, and is the fundamental strategy for managing and governing the Party. Institutional governance of the Party is a rigid guarantee for regulating power and constraining behavior, focusing on external restraint, and is a long-term strategy for managing and governing the Party. The two are mutually complementary (xiāng fǔ xiāng chéng - “mutually complementary and united in dialectical unity”) and dialectically unified. It is necessary to continuously deepen ideological party building, unremittingly use Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era to consolidate the soul, guide the vast number of Party members and cadres to strengthen their ideals and convictions, temper strong Party spirit, discard the mentality of privilege from the ideological root, eliminate slack and paralysis, and consciously adhere to the original aspiration and mission. Solidly advance institutional governance of the Party, improve the system of inner-party regulations and systems, fill the shortcomings of systems, plug regulatory loopholes, and strengthen supervision over the implementation of systems. Adhere to the integrated planning and integrated promotion of ideological guidance and institutional constraints, make the two exert force in the same direction and form a synergy, continuously consolidate the long-term foundation for the integration of ideological soul-casting and institutional rule-establishment. Persist with constancy (chí zhī yǐ héng) in rectifying work style, enforcing discipline, and combating corruption, continuously purify the inner-party political ecology. Work style construction, discipline construction, and the anti-corruption struggle are key handles for comprehensively strict governance of the Party; wind and corruption share the same source and must be corrected and governed as one; it is necessary to constantly grasp them without letup and persist for long-term success (jiǔ jiǔ wéi gōng - “long time to achieve success,” make unremitting efforts). It is necessary to persevere without letup (qiè ér bù shě) in implementing the spirit of the Central Eight-Point Regulation and its implementation rules, closely monitor the prominent issues of formalism and bureaucracy, deeply rectify micro-corruption and unhealthy practices around the masses, and promote the normalization and long-term effectiveness of work style construction. Strictly enforce the Party’s discipline and rules, guide Party members and cadres to know reverence, maintain fear, and guard the bottom line, consciously respect the Party Constitution, strictly abide by Party discipline and regulations, and make discipline and rules become the code of conduct and conscious action of Party members and cadres. Simultaneously advance the efforts to ensure that officials dare not, cannot, and do not want to be corrupt (bù gǎn fǔ, bù néng fǔ, bù xiǎng fǔ - “dare not, cannot, do not want to be corrupt”), always maintain a high-pressure posture in the anti-corruption struggle, deeply dig out the system loopholes and regulatory shortcomings behind corruption problems, improve the power operation restriction and supervision mechanism, regularly carry out clean culture construction and warning education, guide Party members and cadres to cultivate themselves and abide by the rules, be honest and clean in family affairs, and build a solid ideological defense line. Continuously create a clean and upright political ecology, let the new wind and righteous atmosphere of integrity fill the whole Party and the whole society, stimulate the enthusiasm of Party members and cadres to work and start businesses, and gather strength for advancing Chinese-style modernization.
(The author is a Distinguished Researcher at the Research Center for Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.)

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Wholehearted devotion to public duty fosters integrity and incorruptibility

By: 于 辉

What plays a decisive role in establishing and practicing a correct view of political achievements is Party spirit. "The fundamental yardstick for measuring the strength of Party spirit is the two characters: public and private." He who plants trees must cultivate their roots; he who cultivates virtue must nurture his heart. "We Communists act for the great public, uphold the great righteousness, and seek the great self; we must moreover rectify the mind, understand the Way, cherish virtue, and respect ourselves, always placing the Party and the people as the highest in our hearts, becoming a person who is wholeheartedly for the public (一心为公 - yī xīn wèi gōng, "one heart for the public," wholeheartedly for the public), full of righteousness (一身正气 - yī shēn zhèng qì, "one body of righteous qi," full of righteousness), and spotlessly clean (一尘不染 - yī chén bù rǎn, "not stained by a speck of dust," spotlessly clean)," General Secretary Xi Jinping's important discourse profoundly indicates the deep connotation of Communists' Party spirit cultivation, in which public-mindedness is the core, righteousness is the external manifestation, and cleanness is the result; the three are 环环相扣 (huán huán xiāng kòu - "rings interlocked," closely interconnected), tightly linked; the purer the public-mindedness, the fuller the righteousness, the more thorough the cleanness.

Governance is correctness. The character "public" reflects the "heart learning" that Communists cultivate throughout their lives, containing the essence of tempering strong Party spirit. Being wholeheartedly for the public is the distinct political background of our Party. Establishing the Party for the public and exercising power for the people have been engraved on the Party's banner since its founding. As the saying goes, "One heart can ruin a state, one heart can revive a state; it lies only between public and private." The boundary between public and private is never a trivial detail, but a watershed of stance, faith, and vision. Only by insisting that power is entrusted by the people and used for the people, always putting the people's interests first, and actively integrating personal ideals into the cause of the Party and the people, can Party cadres and officials be selfless, fearless, and dare to take responsibility. Those who are afraid of taking responsibility, of offending others, of affecting their official career, of losing their "black gauze cap" (乌纱帽, official position), and thus 瞻前顾后 (zhān qián gù hòu - "look ahead and behind," overcautious) and 畏首畏尾 (wèi shǒu wèi wěi - "fear head and tail," full of fear), have "fear" in their hearts that stems from seeing only the small self, being too concerned with personal promotion and personal gains and losses. Because they harbor private concerns, they will shrink before principles, compromise and yield before unhealthy trends, and ultimately be swept along by evil winds and foul air, losing righteousness and being mired in it.

With a mind embracing the great public, one can be open and magnanimous, steady and composed in conduct. Full of righteousness is never a posture of feigned aloofness, but the natural manifestation of abundant public-mindedness and firm Party spirit. Always hold awe for power, forever maintain sincerity toward the people; then confidence and sharpness will arise spontaneously, and one will dare to speak the truth and state the facts, dare to rise to the occasion in the face of unhealthy practices, brandish the sharp sword, and combat evil trends. In contrast, those lacking righteousness often muddle through matters, playing clever tricks on major issues of principle. This approach appears sophisticated and "flexible," but in fact abandons principles and loses integrity. 壁立千仞，无欲则刚 (bì lì qiān rèn, wú yù zé gāng - "a cliff stands a thousand ren, with no desire one becomes strong," unwavering integrity comes from selflessness). When Party spirit is strong and public-mindedness sufficient, then righteousness resides within and evil cannot assail; when Party spirit is weak and selfishness heavy, then qi and blood are insufficient and a hundred diseases arise. Zou Bihua (邹碧华), the "lamp-lighter" of rule of law, deeply cultivated judicial reform, disregarding personal gains and losses to safeguard the dignity of the rule of law; Wang Ying (王瑛), a model discipline inspection cadre, traveled to grassroots despite illness, ignoring personal connections and backgrounds to uphold the bottom line of discipline. . . . Their bones are hard not because they are stubborn, but because the scale of fairness in their hearts has never tilted, demonstrating the Communists' 铁骨铮铮 (tiě gǔ zhēng zhēng - "iron bones ringing," unyielding resolve) and 正气凛然 (zhèng qì lǐn rán - "righteous awe-inspiring," awe-inspiring righteousness).

With public-mindedness in the heart, one builds an invisible firewall against corruption and decay; with righteousness in the breast, one cultivates a powerful immunity to resist temptation. Party cadres and officials being spotlessly clean is not forced by disciplinary constraints, but is a high degree of self-awareness after the purity of original aspiration and the internal generation of righteousness, a necessary result of acting from public-mindedness and adhering to Party spirit. Xue Xuan (薛瑄), a Ming dynasty Neo-Confucian scholar, divided incorruptible self-discipline into three levels: he who understands principle clearly and does not take improperly is the highest; he who values reputation and integrity and does not take unscrupulously is the next; he who fears the law and protects his salary and position and dares not take is the lowest. Only by being wholeheartedly for the public and adhering to the correct path can one attain the level of "understanding principle clearly and not taking improperly." The more robust a cadre's righteousness, the stronger the barrier against corruption and decay. Only by maintaining constant public-mindedness and enduring righteousness can one fearlessly touch interest barriers in advancing reform, not be afraid of hurting personal feelings and face in rectifying accumulated ills, and carry out duties and actions in accordance with rules and standards, without bias.

Emphasizing being wholeheartedly for the public, full of righteousness, and spotlessly clean does not mean that Party cadres and officials should detach from the mundane world and ignore human warmth and coldness. On the contrary, only by going more among the masses, often having mud on the toes of their shoes and often bearing the scent of smoke and fire on their bodies, can they wholeheartedly and emotionally handle practical matters of people's livelihood, solve people's livelihood difficulties, and implement being wholeheartedly for the public into good deeds and practical matters that benefit people's livelihood, warm people's hearts, and comply with people's wishes.

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Advancing Comprehensive Rural Revitalization Through Village Cultural Development (Special Reflection)

By: 吴 灿

President Xi Jinping pointed out: "Rural revitalization requires both shaping the physical form and forging the soul" and "Pass on, develop, and enhance agricultural civilization, and take the path of rural cultural flourishing." The outline of the 15th Five-Year Plan puts forward: "Protect and pass on rural cultural heritage, strengthen the protection of vernacular architecture and traditional villages, and continue agricultural civilization." Village culture is the root of China's agricultural civilization, contains rich historical memories, and is a distinct spiritual symbol. To use village culture construction to boost comprehensive rural revitalization, we must take the socialist core values as the guide, continue the soul of agricultural civilization, and release the power of rural culture.

Deeply explore the value of village culture and build a solid spiritual support. Village culture carries ethical norms and aesthetic implications accumulated over thousands of years, and is the most recognizable spiritual symbol of rural society. Historical heritage in traditional villages such as vernacular architecture, production techniques, dialects and folk arts, seasonal festivals, local customs and practices, records the trajectory of changes in rural society and embodies the wisdom and sweat of the ancestors. Village culture is a living spiritual carrier; its value is reflected both in the normative function of ethics and morality and in the cohesive function of emotional identification. Traditional virtues such as promoting kinship and neighborliness, mutual assistance, and respecting virtue and goodness play an irreplaceable role in resolving conflicts and enhancing unity; village landscapes, mountain and water scenery, and folk customs together constitute a spiritual home that harbors nostalgia and memories. These cultural connotations can enhance villagers' cultural confidence, cultivate civilized rural customs, and are an indispensable source of strength for comprehensive rural revitalization. Adhere to both protection and inheritance, so that tangible culture can be preserved and intangible cultural lineage can be passed down, and let villagers identify with the value of village culture from the bottom of their hearts, only then can the endogenous momentum for rural cultural revitalization be stimulated, culture be rejuvenated through inheritance, and the cultural foundation of comprehensive rural revitalization be consolidated.

Activate village cultural resources and cultivate an industrial engine. Village culture not only has spiritual value but also contains huge economic potential. The key to activating village cultural resources lies in creative transformation and innovative development. We must transform the unique cultural accumulation of the local area into perceivable and consumable cultural products and tourism experiences. Conduct in-depth surveys of village cultural resources, excavate the distinctive features and scarcity attributes of local culture, establish a database of cultural resources, and provide a scientific basis for activation and utilization. Accelerate the deep integration of culture with industries such as tourism, education, and health and wellness, and build diverse business forms such as intangible cultural heritage workshops, farming experience parks, rural art galleries, and traditional craft training centers, to shape cultural brands with local characteristics. Avoid homogeneous competition, adhere to "one village, one policy; one village, one product; one village, one charm," so that each village has a personalized cultural identity. Precisely establish benefit linkage mechanisms between farmers and industries, and through models such as "cooperative + farmer households" and "company + village collective + farmer households," absorb villagers into the industrial chain, achieving "resources transformed into assets, funds transformed into shares, and farmers transformed into shareholders." Under the premise of maintaining cultural bottom lines and preventing excessive commercialization, encourage social capital to participate in village cultural development in an orderly manner, and enhance the rural self-hematopoiesis ability and public service capacity. Activate dormant local cultural heritage through market mechanisms, so that tradition and modernity complement each other in villages, and make the cultural tourism economy an important pillar for comprehensive rural revitalization, simultaneously achieving material abundance and spiritual enrichment.

Strengthen cultural identity and build a strong organizational team. Use culture to educate people and use culture to nourish hearts. The ritual norms and governance wisdom contained in village culture are the cultural soil for nourishing organizational teams and cultivating local talents. We must formulate village rules and civil conventions according to local conditions, internalize local cultural elements into villagers' behavioral norms, and transform the power of culture into moral constraints for rural governance. Use cultural identity to unite cadres and the masses, give play to the vanguard and exemplary role, and make party building leadership and cultural construction work in the same direction. Select village cadres from among those skilled in getting rich and returning youth, and build a grassroots work team that understands agriculture, loves the countryside, loves farmers, and is adept at promoting cultural construction. Rely on village-level organizations to unite people through cultural inheritance, improve efficiency through the cultivation of civilized rural customs, and continuously enhance the cultural appeal of grassroots organizations. Local cultural talents are the core force of village cultural construction and the backbone of intangible cultural heritage inheritance. They were born and raised here, and best understand the local sentiments and customs of this land. We must improve the mechanism for discovering, cultivating, and using local cultural talents, support local talents such as folk artists, representative inheritors of intangible cultural heritage, and rural craftsmen to take root in the local area and pass on their skills, while also attracting college graduates and returning youth to devote themselves to village cultural construction, build a diversified talent team, and provide them with a display platform, policy support, and smooth channels for growth. Take mass cultural and sports activities such as "Village BA (村BA)," "Village Super (村超)," "Village Opera (村戏)," and "Village Gala (村晚)" as carriers, so that culture is inherited in activities and takes root through participation, enriching spiritual life and enhancing neighborly feelings. Use culture to nourish hearts to improve governance efficiency, so that the countryside has both "appearance" and "substance," and achieve good rural governance combining self-governance, rule of law, and rule of virtue.

Pass on ecological wisdom and cultivate cultural heritage. Village culture contains rich ecological wisdom, such as the construction concept of adapting to the terrain and using local materials, the farming method of combining planting and breeding and recycling, and the ecological ethics of respecting nature and cherishing things. These constitute an important barrier for ecological security in maintaining biodiversity, conserving water sources, and purifying the environment. This ecological wisdom not only belongs to the past but also provides a deep cultural soil for supporting green development, and has important enlightening significance for contemporary ecological civilization construction. We must deeply excavate the ecological genes in village culture, integrate traditional ecological wisdom with modern environmental protection concepts, form a green production and lifestyle, and effectively maintain the natural foundation for sustainable development. Pay attention to the coordination and unity of the overall village landscape protection and the natural environment, renovate and improve the living environment, and build beautiful and harmonious villages that are livable, workable, and pleasant. Strengthen villagers' environmental awareness, and through methods such as publicity and education and typical demonstrations, let the concept that green mountains and clear waters are mountains of gold and silver be internalized in the heart and externalized in action. Integrate traditional ecological wisdom into rural spatial design, public art, festival rituals, etc., enhance the cultural taste and aesthetic style of the countryside, and let villagers perceive the beauty of ecology and inherit the charm of culture in their daily lives. Use the beauty of ecology to nurture the soul of culture, use the power of culture to protect the foundation of nature, and let ecological dividends benefit the vast number of farmers, injecting lasting green momentum into comprehensive rural revitalization.

(The author is a professor at the China Village Culture Research Center (中国村落文化研究中心) of Central South University.)

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Auto Production Lines Forge an Industrial Ecosystem (Economic Focus)

By: 本报记者 吴齐强 李 刚

By the shore of Lion’s Ocean (狮子洋), in the intelligent workshop of GAC Aion (广汽埃安), robotic arms precisely grasp module assemblies; in Pingshan, Shenzhen, the lights of BYD’s laboratory never go out all night; in Tianhe, Guangzhou, XPeng’s intelligent driving R&D team continues to optimize products; in Songshan Lake, Dongguan, the research and development efforts of the Huawei Qiankun (华为乾崑) team continue. These scenes are a microcosm of China’s auto industry stepping onto the global stage. Developing new energy vehicles is a necessary path for our country to transform from a large automotive country to a strong automotive country. Guangdong, guided by new quality productive forces (新质生产力), is driving a full-industry-chain leap forward for new energy vehicles.
—— Editor

As a high ground for the development of the intelligent connected new energy vehicle industry, Guangdong’s new energy vehicle industry has a deep foundation. Currently, Guangdong is closely following the main line of new quality productive forces to promote a comprehensive leap from quantity to quality in the entire industrial chain.

A “Chip”
Local self-supply rate of core components exceeds 70%.

Late at night, in Panyu (番禺), Guangzhou, at GAC Group’s (广汽集团) Panyu headquarters.
Oscilloscope waveforms jump; logic analyzer indicator lights flash. Liang Weiqiang (梁伟强), dean of the GAC Group Platform Technology Research Institute, stares intently at a chip the size of a thumbnail — the sixth tape-out sample. For three years, he and his team have practically lived here.
“Power on.” The voice is hoarse.
The screen lights up; the self-check procedure runs line by line, all green. The screen jumps to “PASS.”
“It’s done.” Liang Weiqiang does not speak until ten seconds have passed.
No one cheers. A few engineers take off their glasses and wipe the tears welling up in their eyes. Someone collapses onto the desk, shoulders trembling slightly.

This chip is to be installed on the new energy vehicle that uses all domestic chips — the Haobo GT Climbing Edition (昊铂GT攀登版). All 1,004 chips in this model are domestically designed.
GAC’s road to making chips began in 2023. A sudden supply chain break nearly halted production of one of its flagship models. “We dare not go without making chips,” said GAC Group Chairman Feng Xingya (冯兴亚). GAC, together with domestic chip and component enterprises, assembled a cross-industry research team of over 10,000 people, mapped the automotive chip industry landscape, established a tiered and categorized research system, and filled many gaps.
On the day of production, the R&D team unfurled a banner: “Hold the chip in our hands.” GAC launched the “Automotive Chip Application Ecology Co-building Plan (汽车芯片应用生态共建计划),” partnering with over a hundred companies to develop 51 chip products and sharing them openly with the entire industry.

Technology research progress continues to accelerate: BYD released the automotive-grade 4nm intelligent driving chip — Xuanji A3 (璇玑A3); GAC completed a pilot production line for all-solid-state batteries; XPeng’s self-developed Turing AI (图灵AI) chip went into mass production for vehicles and is also planned for application in AI robots and flying cars; Huawei’s electric drive system motor speed reached 22,000 revolutions per minute. Currently, Guangdong has formed an influential new energy vehicle industry cluster, with a local self-supply rate for core components exceeding 70%.

A “Chain”
Forging the power of intelligence together.

In June, at the Shenzhen Huawei Qiankun laser radar production base, the 170,000th dual-optical-path image-level lidar came off the line, with performance reaching 896 lines. Together with many other components, it was shipped to the production workshops of vehicle manufacturers for final assembly and testing.
Recently, Qijing (启境), a high-end intelligent new energy vehicle brand jointly created by GAC and Huawei Qiankun, was officially launched. This is the result of eight years of collaboration — Huawei sent a team of several hundred people to be stationed in Guangzhou, working side by side with GAC for more than a year.

Huawei’s connection with automobiles began with the 2012 connected vehicle lab. Its positioning has always been clear: Huawei does not build cars; it is a supplier of incremental components and an ecosystem builder for the era of intelligent connected vehicles.
This strategy is now bearing fruit. Changan, Dongfeng, BAIC, GAC, SAIC, Jianghuai, Chery, FAW — these car companies have all reached cooperation agreements with Huawei. In addition, BMW and Mercedes-Benz have joined the Huawei ecosystem; Audi carries Huawei Qiankun intelligent driving; Nissan, Toyota, and others collaborate through joint ventures. Furthermore, more than 300 industry chain enterprises have established partnerships with Huawei, and the total number of production models equipped with Huawei Qiankun intelligent driving has exceeded 1.7 million units.

“In the Qijing smart factory, vehicles with Qiankun intelligent driving autonomous driving technology roll off the production line and then, without human intervention, rely on the autonomous driving system to independently complete the entire process of transfer, road testing, and parking. This greatly improves delivery efficiency and also verifies the reliability of the autonomous driving system in real-world scenarios,” said Jin Yuzhi (靳玉志), CEO of Huawei Intelligent Automotive Solution.

The advantage of traditional vehicle makers lies in manufacturing capability and vehicle-building experience; Huawei excels at software ecosystems and rapid iteration. Deep cooperation between the two sides uses a single “chain” to forge together the intelligent power of China’s auto industry.

In the XPeng Technology Park exhibition hall in Tianhe Smart City (天河智慧城), Guangzhou, AI cars and humanoid robots stand side by side; in the test field of XPeng HT Aero (小鹏汇天), a two-person flying car hovers in mid-air. The evolution of intelligent driving technology has shifted from writing rules to training models, and the center of gravity of the supply chain has correspondingly shifted from nearby supporting parts to technology ecosystem coordination, placing higher demands on upstream supply chains. For this reason, many intelligent connected enterprises have gathered at XPeng Technology Park. “Upstairs and downstairs become upstream and downstream; the industrial park is the industrial chain.” This collaborative innovation ecosystem has become a new advantage for Guangdong’s auto industry in responding to global competition.

A reporter learned from the Department of Industry and Information Technology of Guangdong Province (广东省工信厅) that Guangdong currently has a complete intelligent connected new energy vehicle industry chain, and has formed an industry development pattern with Guangzhou and Shenzhen as leaders, and multi-point coordination from Foshan, Huizhou, Dongguan, Zhaoqing, and other cities. The “Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Foshan-Huizhou-Dongguan-Zhongshan Intelligent Connected New Energy Vehicle Cluster” was successfully selected for the 2024 list of national advanced manufacturing clusters.

A “Sea”
From product export to technology export.

Port of Southampton, UK, local time 11:00 AM.
The BYD “Shenzhen” roll-on/roll-off ship, which sailed from Guangdong’s Shenshan Xiaomo International Logistics Port (深汕小漠国际物流港), slowly docks. 6,815 new energy vehicles file out one after another.
As of now, BYD has put all eight of its own roll-on/roll-off ships into operation, with an annual transport capacity of over one million vehicles. In 2025, BYD’s overseas sales reached 1,049,600 units, a year-on-year increase of over 140%, covering 119 countries and regions.
Supported by Guangzhou’s Nansha Port and Shenshan Xiaomo International Logistics Port, Guangdong’s new energy vehicles are accelerating their overseas expansion.

“The São Paulo factory in Brazil has started production, and the localisation rate at the Thailand factory has reached 70%,” said Li Yunfei (李云飞), general manager of BYD’s Brand and Public Relations Department. BYD’s overseas sales target for 2026 is 1.5 million units. From product export to technology export, from complete vehicle export to industrial chain going global, the “circle of friends” is growing larger.

In May this year, GAC’s own-brand exports reached 28,386 units, a year-on-year increase of 140%. The capacity of GAC Aion’s Thailand factory has been raised from 50,000 to 100,000 units. In April this year, XPeng’s overseas monthly sales exceeded 6,000 units for the first time, and it has entered more than 60 countries and regions. In addition to building three overseas factories — in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Magna in Graz, Austria — XPeng is also planning for the future by promoting “technology export.” Its second-generation VLA (Visual-Language-Action) large model is already undergoing road testing in Europe.

One after another, roll-on/roll-off ships depart from the Pearl River Estuary and sail toward distant ports. Guangdong’s new energy vehicle industry is also accelerating its journey into the future.

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"Data Fields" Cultivate "Seed Champions" (Fresh Stories from Farmland)

By: 本报记者 董泽扬

In the scorching summer heat, at Yazhou Bay in Sanya, Hainan, the off-season breeding (南繁) season in the fields has ended, but breeding in the “data field” is still ongoing. Entering the Nanfan College of Hainan University, in the Genomics and Big Data Breeding Laboratory, instead of culture dishes and seedling nurseries, what greets the eye is a non-stop computer room.

“Our ‘field’ is right here.” Pointing at the data center, Vice Dean Xia Zhiqiang explained that the artificial intelligence (AI) bioinformatics scientist agent and large model developed by the team can “calculate” what crops look like in a virtual field, helping breeding researchers save time.

Field off-season breeding must abide by the farming calendar. Every year from September to May of the following year, breeding researchers from the north come like migratory birds to southern Hainan Island, using the abundant light and heat resources to carry out seed generation-acceleration breeding, compressing the breeding cycle. Selecting seeds, planting, harvesting, repeating 6 to 7 rounds, taking 8 to 10 years, to finally identify varieties with stable traits and excellent performance.

“We ‘feed’ the accumulated crop gene data to AI, letting it help us predict what crops will look like in the future, so we can eliminate unqualified varieties in advance,” Xia Zhiqiang said. Under certain conditions, the related technology can help breeders save nearly half the time. To predict the future appearance of crops, reading the “instruction manual” and quickly conducting gene sequencing are key.

In the well plates of the laboratory, there are crushed corn leaves. Through equipment extraction and analysis, the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) information of the corn is input into the computer. Opening the dialog box of the AI scientist assistant, inputting commands, soon a gene function identification report appears on the screen. The workload of one person for three days can be completed by the AI scientist assistant in five hours.

The advantage of being adjacent to the off-season breeding base allows the laboratory to more conveniently obtain crop samples including rice, corn, soybeans, etc. The fast sequencing technology developed in cooperation with enterprises converts abundant samples into massive amounts of gene data, becoming fertile soil for nurturing AI evolution. Breeding personnel only need to input requirements in the dialog box to quickly obtain precise analysis results.

The AI agent acts as an assistant, and the large model serves as a translator. In May this year, the team released the first rice pan-genome large model. By reading 149 “life instruction manuals” of high-quality rice, this large model, like learning a new language, understood the inherent patterns of rice DNA sequences.

“This ‘field’ does not seek flood irrigation, but precise drip irrigation. We have chosen a small but refined lightweight route,” Xia Zhiqiang introduced. The rice pan-genome large model compressed the token vocabulary scale; compared to multi-species models with billions of parameters, the 700 million parameter setting allows the large model to “travel light.”

Pressing the Enter key, the rice pan-genome large model begins to think: it can read existing DNA sequences, understand the grammar to “continue writing”; it can annotate gene functions, predict what rice in the virtual field will look like when grown, and also deduce the gene arrangement in reverse from the appearance of the rice… Efficient computing tools allow rice to “stretch freely” in code before it grows in the test field.

“Not just crop gene data, we also went to Xinjiang and other places to collect big data such as meteorology, and can create a microclimate for this ‘field,’” Xia Zhiqiang said. In the future, before seeds are sown in the field, the large model can be used to conduct millions of simulations in virtual space, thereby precisely locking in the “seed contenders” with the greatest potential and best ability to adapt to environmental changes.

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Towel exports must pass eight hurdles (High-quality development on the front line · Small city treasures)

By: 人民网记者 朱延生

In the Gaoyang (高阳) Textile Industrial Park in Hebei, air-jet looms run at high speed; white cotton yarn shuttles and leaps between the needles, weaving fine, soft loops; automated sewing production lines stitch with precision, each needle's error not exceeding 0.5 millimeters; on the digital screens, data from the entire process—raw materials, weaving, dyeing and finishing, inspection, logistics—pulses in real time… Here, a towel takes only three hours from cotton yarn to finished product.

At the Canton Fair in May 2016, in front of the booth of Baoding Muze Textile Co., Ltd. (保定沐泽纺织品有限公司), a Chilean customer repeatedly stroked the loops of a kitchen towel, carefully examining the stitching and dyeing. "Exquisite appearance, soft hand feel, strong water absorption, high cost-performance ratio—suitable for the needs of the Chilean market," recalled Linda, the Chilean customer. At that time, she still had concerns about Chinese suppliers, worrying about unstable quality and lack of after-sales guarantee. Her hesitation was seen by the company's general manager, Han Chao (韩超), who immediately promised: "Regardless of the order size, even if it's just a single piece of goods, if any quality problem arises, we will promptly compensate, accept returns and exchanges, and take full responsibility throughout."

The customer, with a "just give it a try" mindset, ordered half a container of samples. From the inspection of incoming cotton yarn to the control of loop density, from high-temperature eco-friendly dyeing to finished product packaging and warehousing, Muze adhered strictly to every procedure. After the first batch of goods arrived in Chile, there were zero defects and zero complaints, and they received good market feedback.

Over ten years, from half a container of samples to a stable monthly shipment of three to five containers, the two sides have evolved from a single trial order to a long-term cooperative partnership. Every two or three years, Linda makes a special trip to Gaoyang, walking into the workshops, checking the production lines, and verifying quality standards. "In ten years of cooperation, not a single quality problem, not a single breach of trust—I have seen the responsibility and commitment of Chinese enterprises."

In Gaoyang, the government takes the lead in building shared factories, intelligent inspection centers, and cross-border e-commerce platforms, driving enterprises to go global collectively (抱团出海) and to go global with their brands (品牌出海). Each towel for export must pass eight checkpoints: raw material inspection, loop formation, weaving and setting, eco-friendly dyeing and finishing, dewatering and drying, precision cutting, finished product inspection, and packaging and warehousing. Among these, the inspection link alone includes more than ten indicators such as loop density, water absorption, color fastness, no fluorescent agents, no formaldehyde—if any one indicator does not meet the standard, it will never proceed to the next process.

"Zero quality problems over ten years are the result of strictly adhering to standards in every process and 精益求精 (jīng yì qiú jīng - "refine upon refinement," constantly improving) in every detail," said Han Chao. To adapt to overseas markets, the company also adjusts processes according to the needs of different countries, making the towels fit consumers' usage habits.

Today, Gaoyang has formed a complete industrial ecosystem. From spinning, weaving, dyeing and finishing, inspection to logistics, more than 4,200 enterprises cooperate and support each other, forming a half-hour industrial circle. Here, sourcing raw materials, processing and production, and logistics shipping are completed in one-stop, with an industrial chain supporting rate of 99%.

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Alfalfa Planted at Desert Edge

Recently, in the alfalfa fields of the sand-control area of Kunyu City, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, on the southern edge of the Taklamakan Desert, center-pivot sprinklers were carrying out irrigation operations. With its developed root system, alfalfa fixes sand and protects the soil. The local area continues to advance ecological governance along the desert edge, steadily expanding the scale of alfalfa planting. Relying on the "cooperative + enterprise" model, it opens up the industry chain for planting, processing, and sales, ensuring the supply of livestock forage, and achieving ecological restoration, industrial development, and increased income for the masses. Photo by Zhang Jin'gang (China Image).

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Boosting Quality and Efficiency of Specialty Industries

By: 本报记者 杨颜菲

In summer, beside the large fields of Luoxi Village (罗溪村), Yanshan County (铅山县), Shangrao, Jiangxi, villagers formed a circle, discussing the growth of the rice.
At the center of the crowd, Shen Qiang (沈强), First Secretary of the Jiangxi Bank Village-Based Work Team (江西银行驻村工作队第一书记), half-squatted, his finger lightly tapping his phone screen. While calculating accounts, he inquired about everyone's capital turnover needs.
"Last year, if it hadn't been for that 200,000 yuan 'Taro Loan' (香芋贷), my 300 mu of betel nut taros would have been in jeopardy." Liu Liang (刘亮), a large-scale betel nut taro grower, laughed heartily. The "Taro Loan" had simple procedures, favorable interest rates, and also helped plan the full-chain development of "planting + processing + live streaming." "This year I'm preparing to expand to 450 mu."
Before his voice faded, Grandpa Li (李大爷), a passing villager, shouted: "Secretary Shen, later I'll go to the service station to pay the electricity bill, and change my social security card while I'm at it."
"No problem. The station has an anti-fraud宣讲 today. Go listen early." Shen Qiang waved and responded.
Such conversations have become routine in Luoxi Village. In the past, villagers had to spend half a day traveling to town to handle matters. Now, the Jiangxi Bank Inclusive Financial Service Station (江西银行普惠金融服务站) at the village entrance brings social security payments and policy consultations to their doorstep. At the station, anti-fraud propaganda posters hang on the walls, and televisions loop short financial education videos. Villagers can gain knowledge while handling their business.
Let financial services "run more errands," let the masses "run fewer errands." Last year, Jiangxi Bank established 237 standardized Inclusive Financial Service Stations, covering 82 counties (districts) and 190 townships.
In Qingyuan District (青原区), Ji'an, Jiangxi, the service station transformed into an agricultural support live-streaming room. A villager streamer sold over 300 orders of pomelos in one live stream, with sales exceeding 20,000 yuan. The camera lens connected the buyers' sweet taste with the heavy harvest in the fields.
The sinking of financial services is only the first step. Only by innovating financial products and precisely matching demand can the "living water" of finance truly irrigate the roots of industry.
Aligned with the布局 of Jiangxi's characteristic industries, Jiangxi Bank focuses on advantageous industries such as navel oranges and tea, primarily supporting business entities like family farms and professional cooperatives to resolve the funding bottlenecks in industrial development. It innovatively launched the batch credit authorization model of the "Rural Revitalization Loan" (乡村振兴贷), integrating the construction of the rural credit system into the development of inclusive financial service stations. By joining hands with local governments and village committees to advance the evaluation of "Credit Villages" (信用村), it provides whole-village credit authorization, with a one-time assessment allowing for on-demand borrowing.
By the end of 2025, Jiangxi Bank had established 43 "Credit Villages," with pre-approved credit totaling 770 million yuan. The cumulative disbursement of the "Rural Revitalization Loan" exceeded 38 million yuan. Funds flowed continuously into the fields of Jiangxi (赣鄱), activating rural industries.
Supporting individual farmers is the starting point. Assisting county-level characteristic industries in becoming bigger and stronger, and promoting the quality improvement and efficiency enhancement of rural industries, is the deeper logic of financial empowerment for rural revitalization.
In Le'an County (乐安县), Fuzhou, Jiangxi, the Le'an County Development Investment Group Co., Ltd. (乐安县发展投资集团有限公司) is advancing a green organic asparagus project covering 6 townships, planning to construct 4,200 mu of standardized asparagus bases, with a total investment exceeding 250 million yuan. This project relies on natural ecological advantages to develop green organic cultivation, continuing the high-end, brand-oriented development path of the local asparagus industry.
Upon learning of the project's financing needs, Jiangxi Bank immediately initiated the syndicated loan approval process, providing solid support for project construction with a customized financial plan.
"After the project is completed, it will drive nearby villagers to find employment at their doorstep, providing stable income and achieving a win-win of 'farming + caring for the family.'" said Li Renliang (李仁良), head of the Le'an County Development Investment Group Co., Ltd.
"Finance is not cold numbers; it is a lever to pry open rural development," said a relevant person in charge of Jiangxi Bank. "We must make this lever more stable and more precisely targeted."

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Promoting Exchanges, Interactions and Integration Among All Ethnic Groups (Legal Focus)

By: 本报记者 刘博通

Ethnic unity is the lifeline of all ethnic groups in our country. On March 12 this year, the Fourth Session of the 14th National People’s Congress voted to pass the Ethnic Unity and Progress Promotion Law of the People’s Republic of China (中华人民共和国民族团结进步促进法), which will come into effect on July 1, 2026.

“The Ethnic Unity and Progress Promotion Law is a basic law that implements relevant provisions of the Constitution, handles ethnic affairs, and carries out ethnic work.” A relevant responsible person from the Policy and Regulation Department of the National Ethnic Affairs Commission (国家民委政策法规司) introduced that the law clearly stipulates the rights, obligations, and duty requirements of subjects including individual citizens, state organs and public officials, people’s congresses at all levels, mass organizations, enterprises and institutions and social organizations, religious groups, grassroots self-governing mass organizations, and the armed forces.

“The Ethnic Unity and Progress Promotion Law sets clear goals and tasks, is pragmatic and effective, and has strong operability.” Yan Qing (严庆), a professor at the College of the Chinese National Community (中华民族共同体学院) at Minzu University of China (中央民族大学), analyzed: for example, Chapter 2 “Building a Common Spiritual Homeland” clearly takes the socialist core values as the guide, firmly upholds the “five identifications” (五个认同) and establishes the correct “five outlooks” (五观), and stipulates mechanisms and carriers related to the inheritance and promotion of Chinese culture, language and script, school education, theoretical research, publicity and education, etc. “The theme and goal of ‘Building a Common Spiritual Homeland’ have become more explicit and concrete, making it easier for cadres and people of all ethnic groups to understand, disseminate, and implement,” Yan Qing said.

“In promoting interaction, communication, and integration among all ethnic groups, the law clearly states that people’s governments at or above the county level shall promote the construction of inter-embedded community environments, and shall legally protect the legitimate rights and interests of citizens who cross-regionally work or start businesses between ethnic regions and between ethnic regions and other regions; the education administrative department of the State Council and provincial people’s governments shall support cross-regional two-way enrollment between institutions of higher learning in ethnic regions and those in other regions.” Yan Qing said that these provisions start from the everyday matters and concerns of the masses of all ethnic groups, and will create good social conditions for all ethnic groups to live together, study together, build together, share together, work together, and enjoy together.

Advancing Chinese-style modernization and achieving common prosperity — not a single ethnic group can be left behind. “The Ethnic Unity and Progress Promotion Law clearly states that the state promotes coordinated regional development, improves the regional integrated development mechanism and differentiated regional support policies, and perfects assistance and cooperation mechanisms such as paired-up support and east-west collaboration.” Yan Qing said that macro-level coordination, precise support, and assistance cooperation form a “combined punch,” which will help promote high-quality development in ethnic regions in a long-term and systematic manner.

“The Ethnic Unity and Progress Promotion Law not only clarifies guarantee and supervision measures, but also sets up a dedicated chapter on legal liability, stipulating that procuratorial organs may initiate public interest litigation according to law, and specifies legal consequences for acts such as undermining ethnic unity and progress, implementing ethnic discrimination, and failing to perform relevant statutory duties, thereby achieving full-chain, full-process coverage of legal effectiveness.” A relevant responsible person from the Policy and Regulation Department of the National Ethnic Affairs Commission introduced.

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Civil Aviation Safety and Passenger Rights Better Protected (Rule of Law Focus)

By: 本报记者 邱超奕

The Civil Aviation Law (民用航空法) is a foundational law regulating civil aviation activities. The newly revised Civil Aviation Law will take effect on July 1, 2026.

The newly revised Civil Aviation Law consists of 16 chapters and 262 articles, and has been comprehensively revised in multiple aspects including flight safety, general aviation and the low-altitude economy (低空经济), and passenger rights protection, and is of great significance for promoting high-quality development of civil aviation.

Yang Ying (杨颖), Director of the Department of Policy and Law (政法司) of the Civil Aviation Administration of China (中国民航局), introduced that this revision strengthens civil aviation safety guarantees. A special chapter on "Civil Aviation Safety and Security" has been added, improving systems such as civil aviation security checks, security plans, and background checks; increasing the severity of punishment for illegal acts, and strictly punishing acts that endanger aviation safety and acts such as "air rage" (机闹) that disrupt transport safety order.

In terms of strengthening passenger rights protection, Wang Weijun (王卫军), Deputy Director of the Department of Transport (运输司) of the Civil Aviation Administration, introduced that this revision for the first time sets up a special chapter on "Passenger Rights Protection" in the Civil Aviation Law, systematizing and legalizing the previously scattered provisions on passenger rights protection.

In terms of improving service quality, Section 6 of Chapter 6 of the newly revised Civil Aviation Law, "Passenger Rights Protection," covers content such as information notification, irregular flight services, and complaint handling, further strengthening passenger rights protection. For example, Article 153, Paragraph 2 stipulates that standard terms such as general conditions of carriage are components of civil air transport contracts, and shall include contents related to passenger rights protection such as ticket sales, refunds and changes, boarding, baggage transport, irregular flight handling, passenger services, and complaints. Article 154, Paragraph 2 stipulates that when flights are delayed or cancelled, public air transport enterprises and transport airport operators shall promptly issue information notices, and shall properly carry out passenger service work such as ticket changes and accommodation arrangements in accordance with regulations and contract agreements.

"From a legal perspective, the establishment of a dedicated chapter reflects a high degree of emphasis on passenger rights protection. From a practical perspective, this innovation provides a clearer legal basis for passenger rights protection, enabling passengers to protect their rights according to law when encountering problems such as flight delays and cancellations." Wang Weijun said.

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Expanding the Scope of Assistance Recipients (Rule of Law Focus)

By: 本报记者 魏哲哲

Social assistance bears on the basic livelihood and clothing, food, warmth, and cold of the people in difficulty, and bears on ensuring basic public wellbeing, promoting social fairness, and maintaining social harmony and stability. On April 30, 2026, the 22nd session of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress voted to pass the Social Assistance Law, which will take effect on July 1, 2026.

"The Social Assistance Law is a foundational law in the field of social security and an important component of the socialist legal system with Chinese characteristics. It will provide solid legal safeguards for promoting the high-quality development of the social assistance endeavor and enabling the people to share in the fruits of reform and development," said Gao Lina (高莉娜), deputy director of the Social Law Office of the Legislative Affairs Commission of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress. Benefiting the people is the value orientation of social assistance legislation. The Social Assistance Law consists of 7 chapters and 78 articles, including General Provisions, Assistance Targets and Measures, Assistance Procedures, Social Forces Participation, Assistance Supervision and Guarantees, Legal Liability, and Supplementary Provisions, and establishes a tiered and categorized social assistance system. Appropriately expanding the scope of assistance targets is a major highlight of the Social Assistance Law's legislation. The Social Assistance Law includes the most impoverished groups — such as persons in extreme poverty, minimum subsistence guarantee households, households on the margin of the minimum subsistence guarantee, households with rigid expenditure difficulties, disaster-affected persons, persons experiencing severe temporary difficulties in basic livelihood, persons requiring emergency medical assistance, and displaced persons with no means of livelihood — within the scope of social assistance targets, and stipulates that provincial-level people's governments may, based on local realities, include other special hardship families or persons within the scope of social assistance targets. With regard to promoting openness, fairness, impartiality, convenience, and timeliness in social assistance, the Social Assistance Law also provides provisions. For example, regarding channels for applying for social assistance, the Social Assistance Law stipulates that where conditions permit, localities may orderly promote allowing persons holding residence permits to apply for relevant social assistance at their place of residence. Regarding information verification and cross-checking, the civil affairs department of the county-level people's government may verify information such as the economic status of social assistance recipient households with relevant units and institutions; it shall take the lead in improving the verification mechanism for the economic status of social assistance recipient households and promote cross-departmental information sharing. To make it more convenient for the public to apply for and obtain social assistance, it is stipulated that where an applicant faces difficulties in applying for social assistance, the applicant may entrust a villagers' committee, a residents' committee, or another person to apply for social assistance on their behalf.

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Streamlining Channels to Ensure All Administrative Reconsideration Applications Are Accepted (Rule of Law Focus)

By: 本报记者 张 璁

The revised Regulation on the Implementation of the Administrative Reconsideration Law of the People's Republic of China will take effect on July 1, 2026. The Regulation further refines relevant provisions of the Administrative Reconsideration Law, centering on giving full play to the role of administrative reconsideration as the main channel for resolving administrative disputes.

In the "case of a company's不服 (challenge to) the administrative penalty imposed by the Transportation Bureau of a certain city in Heilongjiang Province for administrative reconsideration," a ride-hailing platform company's cross-city service was penalized. The administrative reconsideration body, after reviewing the relevant provisions, found that a ride-hailing trip meets the requirements if one end of the origin-destination pair is within the licensed operational area. In this case, the ride-hailing vehicle in question picked up passengers from City A, but its trip destination was City B, which falls within its licensed operational area. This complies with the above provisions, thus there was no need to file a report in City A. In response, the administrative reconsideration body, through legal explanation and reasoning, prompted the administrative agency to self-correct its error. It also issued a reminder letter urging strict adherence to enforcement procedures.

Hu Jianmiao (胡建淼), a professor at the Central Party School (National Academy of Governance) (中央党校（国家行政学院）), stated that while the revised Regulation affirms the administrative agency's right to self-correction, it also establishes a linking relationship between "self-correction" and "administrative reconsideration," aiming to leverage the role of the administrative agency's self-correction in resolving administrative disputes.

Cao Liu (曹鎏), Vice Dean of the Institute for Rule of Law Government at China University of Political Science and Law, said that the revised Regulation constructs a convenient channel for rights relief. In the stage of accepting and reviewing applications, it explicitly stipulates that an administrative reconsideration agency must accept an application unless it does not meet the statutory acceptance conditions, thereby effectively lowering the threshold at the institutional level. To meet the needs of informatization, the new rules also grant online reconsideration activities the same legal validity as offline activities.

Summarizing the new situations and new problems that have emerged since the implementation of the Administrative Reconsideration Law, the revised Regulation specifically refines and improves provisions such as upgraded-level adjudication and incidental review. Wang Jingbo (王敬波), President of Heilongjiang University, stated that the Regulation explicitly brings within the scope of administrative reconsideration matters such as "challenges to administrative decisions to include [someone] in a list of seriously dishonest entities or to impose disciplinary punishment for dishonesty" and "challenges to decisions made by education administrative departments on appeal applications regarding school decisions to expel a student or to require withdrawal," thereby effectively solving practical problems.

A relevant official from the Administrative Reconsideration and Response Bureau (行政复议与应诉局) of the Ministry of Justice (司法部) stated: "The Ministry of Justice will guide and supervise lower-level administrative reconsideration agencies in strictly implementing the provisions of the Regulation, promptly advance the work of establishing, amending, abolishing, and interpreting related supporting systems, and further improve the system of administrative reconsideration."

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助力加快建设全国统一能源市场（调查研究 凝聚共识）

By: 本报记者 肖家鑫 李凯旋

Energy security is a comprehensive and strategic issue concerning national economic and social development, and is crucial to national prosperity, improvement of people's lives, and long-term social stability.

Entrusted by the CPC Central Committee, Chairman Zheng Jianbang (郑建邦) and Executive Vice Chairman He Baoxiang (何报翔) of the Central Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang (民革中央) led a research team to Sichuan and Shandong to carry out the 2026 annual key research visit centered on "accelerating the construction of a national unified energy market system (加快建设全国统一能源市场体系)," inviting experts from related fields to participate, and visiting and soliciting advice to offer suggestions for building an energy market system that is unified and open, orderly in competition, safe and efficient, and well-governed.

Break down circulation barriers, promote factor flow.

China has built the world's largest and fastest-growing renewable energy system, constructed and put into operation 45 AC/DC ultra-high-voltage transmission corridors, and the 四梁八柱 (sì liáng bā zhù - "four beams and eight pillars," referring to the main structural framework) of the national unified electricity market have been basically established.

In Sichuan, the research team successively went to Meishan, Chengdu, and other places to conduct research on photovoltaic industry development, battery materials and new energy specialty chemical production, inter-provincial power transmission, distribution and trading, natural gas development and power generation peak shaving, and electrochemical energy storage. Entering the dispatch control center of the Southwest Branch of State Grid, numbers jumped on the large screen, and the research team learned in detail about inter-provincial power transmission and distribution. As a hub for the 西电东送 (Xī Diàn Dōng Sòng - "West-to-East Power Transmission," a national strategic project), Sichuan has already transmitted over 2 trillion kilowatt-hours of clean energy outward; during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, it is expected to basically complete a three-dimensional hub power grid with "three send, three receive" within the province and "multiple in, multiple out" across regions.

Shandong is a comprehensive reform pilot province for electricity market construction. The research team learned that since the Shandong electricity spot market formally began operation in June 2024, the coordination mechanism for inter-provincial and intra-provincial trading has gradually improved, and cross-provincial and cross-regional medium- and long-term and spot linkage trading has been carried out on a regular basis, promoting the optimal allocation of power resources on a larger scale.

The research team also found common issues: inter-provincial barriers and local protection still exist, and trading rules and pricing mechanisms vary across regions, raising the cost of cross-provincial and cross-regional trading. "Breaking through multiple restrictions such as administrative boundaries and time cycles, and promoting the free flow and efficient allocation of various energy factors including coal, oil, natural gas, electricity, hydrogen, and heat — the most stable central hub is a unified energy market." The research team believes that it is necessary to coordinate the triple relationships between a proactive government and an efficient market, national unity and regional coordination, and traditional energy and new energy, so as to truly achieve 全国一盘棋 (quán guó yī pán qí - "the whole country is a single chess game," meaning coordinated national planning).

Strengthen technological support to achieve multi-energy coordination.

Energy transition is a step-by-step, systemic project that first establishes the new before discarding the old; the initiative in core technologies must be firmly grasped.

Undertaking national key projects, breaking through key core technologies, achieving independent controllability of major equipment… During the research visits in Sichuan and Shandong, the research team of the Central Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang went deep into the front line of energy enterprises and deeply felt the technological force behind the energy transition. The research team saw that the new quality productive forces emerging continuously in the upstream and downstream industrial chains of energy are accelerating the opening of physical channels and value chains for multi-energy complementarity through the three-wheel drive of "technology-market-institutions," providing strong support for the construction of a national unified energy market system.

At the Lai 113 block of Shengli Oilfield in Dongying, Shandong, the research team inspected a CCUS (carbon capture, utilization, and storage) project. The person in charge explained that carbon dioxide is captured from industrial tail gases of surrounding power plants, chemical plants, and refineries, then separated, purified, pressurized, and injected into the oilfield; after completing oil displacement tasks, it is permanently stored, achieving a win-win for both carbon reduction and oil increase.

The Sichuan Basin is rich in natural gas resources, but the remaining resources are mostly buried in ultra-deep, ultra-high-temperature, and ultra-high-pressure zones. "How can development quality and efficiency be improved?" "What are the difficulties in exploration technology breakthroughs?" The research team asked in detail. "We have successively overcome world-class difficulties such as acid fluid failure at high temperatures, cement stone strength degradation, and aggravated pipe string corrosion," the staff answered one by one.

Crossing farmland and village roads, the research team arrived at the Shuxiang Energy Storage Station in Pengzhou, Chengdu. 479 battery cabinets are neatly arranged into 20 energy storage units, with a single storage capacity of 200 megawatt-hours, undertaking grid peak-valley regulation and emergency power supply tasks for the Chengdu urban area 30 kilometers away. The project uses lithium iron phosphate batteries and distributed string battery technology; each unit operates independently, a single cabinet failure does not affect the whole, and expansion is more flexible.

The research team believes that scientific and technological research should be coordinated with market construction and advanced as a whole, strengthen the compatibility of market mechanisms with new energy business forms, rely on technological progress to reduce costs, improve efficiency, and enhance resilience, thereby laying a solid technological foundation for national energy security.

Stimulate consumption potential and highlight green value.

In the "Four Revolutions and One Cooperation" (四个革命、一个合作) new energy security strategy, the energy consumption revolution is ranked first. Promoting green electricity consumption is a key concern of the research team.

At the Weichai-Fudi New Energy Power Industrial Park in Shandong, the research team examined the enterprise's self-developed blade-type batteries. Compared with rolled electrodes, blade-type batteries have no bending stress, low internal resistance, low heat generation, good safety, and ultra-long life, suitable for scenarios such as heavy trucks, light trucks, and mining trucks; when fully built, they will have a manufacturing capacity of 50 gigawatt-hours per year. At Chuankai Electric Co., Ltd., the research team inspected a new energy microgrid system based on digital intelligent power distribution. V2G charging piles support vehicle-grid interaction — electric vehicles are not only transportation tools but also mobile energy storage terminals that can send power back during grid peaks. "Only when every switchgear cabinet becomes an intelligent terminal can the new-type power system have a data base," the enterprise person in charge said.

The research also found that the lack of enthusiasm for green electricity consumption is a relatively prominent issue. "Thermal power and new energy are two completely different sets of cost logic, pricing mechanisms, and revenue assurance systems; thermal power wants to rise, new energy wants to fall, and they often 'fight' within the same grid." "Enterprises buy green electricity, but it has not yet been fully connected with carbon emission reduction accounting and the green certificate trading system; the mutual recognition mechanism is not sound, and the environmental value of green electricity is difficult to fully realize." The research team deeply felt that making green value smoothly realized requires sustained and persistent effort.

The research team suggested that to push the construction of a national unified energy market deeper and more solidly, it is necessary to strengthen the unified connection of rules, accelerate the building of a systematic and complete institutional mechanism, and achieve coordinated national planning; improve the modern market system, unblock a sensitive and efficient price transmission mechanism, making price a key factor in smoothing the energy market; strengthen the leading role of scientific and technological innovation and consolidate technological support; stimulate demand-side vitality and promote the transformation of energy consumption from passive acceptance to active response and two-way interaction; innovate regulatory and governance methods so that the unified market operates on the track of rule of law.

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Unite with Taiwan Compatriots to Jointly Create a Bright Future of National Reunification and National Rejuvenation

Beijing, July 2 (People’s Daily) — (Reporter Jiang Lin (江琳)) Zhu Fenglan (朱凤莲), spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council (国务院台办), stated at a regular press conference on the 2nd that General Secretary Xi Jinping, in his important speech at the ceremony marking the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, pointed out: “Our Party has developed into the world’s largest governing party with significant global influence, enjoying the heartfelt support and endorsement of the people, and is the strong leading core of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics.” “Resolving the Taiwan question and achieving complete national reunification is an 矢志不渝 (shǐ zhì bù yú –“swear to never change,” unswervingly) historical mission of our Party and a common aspiration of all Chinese sons and daughters.” General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important speech emphasized adherence to the One-China principle and the 1992 Consensus, demonstrated sincerity and goodwill in uniting the vast number of our compatriots in Taiwan and deepening cross-strait exchanges, cooperation, and integrated development; expressed the firm will to resolutely combat “Taiwan independence” separatist forces and oppose interference by external forces; and displayed a strong resolve to steadfastly advance the great cause of national reunification.

Zhu Fenglan said that since the founding of the Communist Party of China 105 years ago, it has always been concerned with the future and destiny of Taiwan and the interests and well-being of our compatriots in Taiwan, and has unremittingly strived to resolve the Taiwan question and achieve complete national reunification. Standing at the important juncture of the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China and the 前所未有 (qián suǒ wèi yǒu –“never before had,” unprecedented) bright prospects for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, General Secretary Xi Jinping deeply grasps the historical trend and the situation across the Taiwan Strait, profoundly elucidates the fundamental policies for work related to Taiwan, further points the direction for the development of cross-strait relations, and provides the fundamental guidance and action guide for doing a good job in Taiwan-related work in the new era. We will deeply study and understand, fully implement General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important speech spirit, thoroughly implement the overall policy of the Party for resolving the Taiwan question in the new era (新时代党解决台湾问题的总体方略), unite the vast number of our compatriots in Taiwan, join hands to promote the peaceful development and integrated development of cross-strait relations, and jointly create a bright future of national reunification and national rejuvenation.

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Chinese Navy Task Force Arrives in Hong Kong

This newspaper’s Hong Kong, 2 July dispatch (reporters Ren Tongtong (任彤彤), Feng Xuezhi (冯学知)). On the occasion of the 29th anniversary of Hong Kong’s return to the motherland, a naval flotilla composed of the People’s Liberation Army Navy guided-missile destroyer Nanning and the guided-missile frigate Hengyang, carrying shipborne helicopters and marine corps personnel, arrived in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on the morning of 2 July, commencing a five-day series of open visits and cultural exchange activities. The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region held a welcome ceremony for the naval flotilla at the Ngong Shuen Chau Barracks (昂船洲军营).

At around 7 a.m. on the 2nd, the flotilla, in column formation, entered Victoria Harbour escorted by the Hong Kong SAR Government vessel fleet and vessels of the People’s Liberation Army Hong Kong Garrison (驻香港部队). At around 10 a.m., the Hengyang and the Nanning berthed in succession, and relevant leaders and service personnel representatives from the Southern Theater Command Navy (南部战区海军) and the flotilla stepped onto the Ngong Shuen Chau Barracks pier. Leaders of relevant departments of the Hong Kong SAR Government and the central government offices in Hong Kong (中央驻港机构), representatives of the PLA Hong Kong Garrison officers and soldiers, and Hong Kong citizens and young people were present to receive them.

After the welcome ceremony began, all participants played and sang the national anthem. Hong Kong SAR Chief Executive Li Jiachao delivered a speech, extending a warm welcome on behalf of the Hong Kong SAR Government and Hong Kong citizens to the arrival of the naval flotilla. Relevant responsible persons and representatives of the central government offices in Hong Kong, the Southern Theater Command, the Southern Theater Command Navy, the PLA Hong Kong Garrison, and the flotilla attended the welcome ceremony and boarded the Nanning and the Hengyang for a visit.

This is the first time the Nanning and the Hengyang have arrived in Hong Kong. From the 3rd to the 5th, the Nanning and the Hengyang will be open at the Ngong Shuen Chau Barracks pier to compatriots from Hong Kong and Macao, young students, and other groups, and will carry out interactive exchange activities such as training demonstrations and cultural performances, allowing compatriots in Hong Kong and Macao to gain a more intuitive and in-depth understanding of national defense and military development in the new era.

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"Master Lecture for Children" Enters Macao

Our newspaper Macau, July 2 (electronic dispatch) (Reporter Fu Zimei (富子梅)) The “Masters’ Lecture Hall for Children” (给孩子们的大师讲堂) for 2026 was held in Macau on the 2nd. The event, with the theme “Youth Establish Mountains and Seas: Questions of Tomorrow, Answers of Today” (少年立山海：明日之问 今日之答), invited six outstanding individuals from the fields of science and culture, including Jiang Peng (姜鹏), deputy director of the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院国家天文台) and director of the FAST Operation and Development Center (FAST运行和发展中心), to engage in face-to-face exchanges with Macau’s youth students.

This event was hosted by the China Soong Ching Ling Foundation (中国宋庆龄基金会) and co-organized by the Macau University of Science and Technology (澳门科技大学) and the National Conditions Education (Macau) Association (国情教育（澳门）协会). Shen Beili (沈蓓莉), vice chairperson of the China Soong Ching Ling Foundation, stated that the “Masters’ Lecture Hall for Children” has entered Macau for the third time. The six experts in science and culture conducted exchanges on cutting-edge fields such as astronomical exploration, cultural relic preservation, traditional Chinese medicine and big health, and artificial intelligence and robotics, guiding Macau’s youth to approach science, appreciate culture, and understand the motherland.

The atmosphere at the event was lively. Macau’s youth actively thought along with the experts’ report themes and eagerly asked questions, displaying a strong interest in science and feelings of family-nation (家国情怀).

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Ride the Red Train, Grasp the Revolutionary Spirit (Red Tourism)

By: 本报记者 窦瀚洋

At 8:53 a.m., train Y701 departed from Shanghai West Station carrying tourists. This is a red tourism special train named "Nanhu · 1921," the first regularly operated red tourism premium train in the Yangtze River Delta. Inside the carriage, an immersive situational drama The Original Aspiration pulls the timeline back 105 years, making tourists feel as if they have traveled through time. At 10:10 a.m., the train arrived at Jiaxing Station, where everyone set foot on an unforgettable journey.

On the centenary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, Nanhu District of Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province, launched the cultural relic themed tourist route Retracing the Path of the First National Congress: Setting Sail from the Red Boat (重走一大路·红船启航). In 2025, it was selected for the list of outstanding cultural relic themed tourist routes jointly evaluated by the National Cultural Heritage Administration, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, and the National Development and Reform Commission.

Treading the Red Footprints
Recalling the History of the First National Congress

What are the footprints of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China in Jiaxing? Zhong Xiaoyan (钟晓燕), director of the Culture, Sports, Radio, Television, Tourism and Press Bureau of Nanhu District, Jiaxing City, introduced that around this Path of Original Aspiration (初心之路), the local area has set up three major sections: "Do Not Forget the Path We Came From" (不忘来时路), "Do Not Forget the Ground of the Original Aspiration" (不忘初心地), and "Looking Forward to the New Era" (展望新时代), presenting the history of the Jiaxing Nanhu meeting stage of the First National Congress.

A century-old railway station—the former site of Jiaxing Railway Station—is an important node. In 1909, the Shanghai-Hangzhou section of the Shanghai-Hangzhou-Ningbo Railway was fully opened, and Jiaxing Railway Station was completed and put into operation in February of that year. In 1921, the delegates who attended the First National Congress took a train from Shanghai and entered Jiaxing from this station.

The rolling torrent of history left one mark after another at Jiaxing Station. In 1936, the number of trains originating and terminating at Jiaxing Station increased to 12, making it one of the "four major railway hubs" in the Jiangnan region at that time. However, during the Battle of Shanghai in 1937, Jiaxing Railway Station was bombed by the invading Japanese army.

On the centenary of the founding of the Party, the 1921 station building was rebuilt. This is a commemorative structure reconstructed 1:1 in accordance with the original appearance of the Jiaxing Railway Station station building of 1921. 3,942 "Centenary of the Founding of the Party" bricks are embedded in it. When people touch the wall bricks bearing the words "1921" and "Centenary of the Founding of the Party," they seem to feel the marks of history. This is both a busy railway station and a red landmark that traverses history.

The ferry crossing is another important node.

At the rebuilt Shizihui Ferry (狮子汇渡口), there is not only the "Former Site of the Nanhu Meeting Ferry Crossing of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China" stele, but also bronze statues of the delegates to the First National Congress and Wang Huiwu (王会悟). These bronze statues have lifelike expressions—some are conversing with each other, some are deep in thought alone, and some are walking together. The only woman, Wang Huiwu, a congress service worker, stands on the river steps closest to the water, gazing expectantly toward the approaching Nanhu ferry boat.

Sailing ahead, one arrives at the famous Nanhu Lake. Boating on the lake, a gentle breeze blows, and the Lake Heart Island comes into view. In early August 1921, the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China concluded on a pleasure boat on Nanhu Lake, proclaiming the founding of the Communist Party of China. From then on, Jiaxing Nanhu became a glorious revolutionary commemoration site, inscribed in the annals of the Chinese revolution. The Nanhu site of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China has witnessed this magnificent century of wind and rain and is now a key national cultural relic protection unit.

The commemorative boat of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China quietly moors on the lake surface by the shore of Lake Heart Island. Recalling those stirring years, in 1964, Dong Biwu (董必武), a delegate to the First National Congress, revisited Nanhu and composed a poem: "Sounds of revolution spread from the painted boat, giving birth to the Communist Party celebrating workers and peasants; coming again just at Qingming Festival, in misty rain I seek past traces." Later, the Nanhu Revolutionary Memorial Hall had Dong Biwu's poem on Nanhu inscribed on a stele, and a pavilion was built on the eastern side of the commemorative boat by the water, with the stele erected in the pavilion—that is the Fangzong Pavilion (访踪亭).

Innovating Exhibition Methods
Touching the Pulse of the Times

Leaving Lake Heart Island and walking south along the Nanhu lakeshore, one arrives at the Nanhu Revolutionary Memorial Hall (南湖革命纪念馆).

This national first-grade museum opened to the public in 2011. In appearance, the Nanhu Revolutionary Memorial Hall consists of three buildings: one main and two auxiliary, with an overall shape forming the character "工" (gōng, meaning 'worker'), representing that the Communist Party of China is the party of the working class. It is surrounded by 56 eaves pillars, symbolizing the 56 ethnic groups of the great Chinese family closely united around the Party.

Stepping inside, 1:1 life-size phantom imaging technology recreates the scene of the Nanhu meeting of the First National Congress. Pictures, texts, and physical objects spread history out before one's eyes.

The exhibition Setting Sail from the Red Boat (红船起航) of the Nanhu Revolutionary Memorial Hall takes the setting sail of the Chinese revolution's Red Boat as its theme, the Party's original aspiration and mission as its main line, and the Party's development process as its thread, presenting how over the past 100-plus years, under the tempering of its original aspiration and mission, the Communist Party of China has led the people to achieve great victories in revolution, construction, and reform, especially the fundamental changes and historic achievements since socialism with Chinese characteristics entered a new era.

The basic exhibition consists of four parts: "National Salvation and Survival" (救亡图存), "Founding a New World" (开天辟地), "Glorious Course" (光辉历程), and "Marching Toward Rejuvenation" (走向复兴), with 21 units, and includes two special features: "Life Trajectories of Delegates to the First National Congress" and "Development Process of the Constitution of the Communist Party of China." The exhibition area totals 5,600 square meters, the exhibition line is 921 meters long, and it contains 1,134 items of artifacts and materials, 26 scenes (including wall-type scenes), 6 groups of sculptures, 8 paintings, and 41 multimedia (audio/video) pieces.

In addition to traditional exhibition methods such as pictures and text, the Nanhu Revolutionary Memorial Hall also makes extensive use of new techniques such as sculptures, scenes, oil paintings, three-dimensional stereoscopic images, multimedia systems, and touch screens. The content is richer, displaying over 800 (sets of) artifacts. According to reports, the Nanhu Revolutionary Memorial Hall received a total of 3.27 million visitors last year.

Strolling Through Urban Streets and Alleys
Setting Sail on a New Journey of the Era

If the interplay of old and new from the old railway station to the Nanhu Revolutionary Memorial Hall witnesses the innovative development of the city in the more than 100 years since the founding of the Party, then walking from the Jiaxing Zicheng Site (嘉兴子城遗址) to the thousand-year-old Grand Canal allows one to feel the vicissitudes of the ancient water-town city in the Jiangnan region.

Walking southwest from the reconstructed 1921 Jiaxing Railway Station old station building, one finds Xuangong Lane (宣公弄) and Xuangong Ancestral Hall (宣公祠). These were built to commemorate and display the life of Lu Zhi (陆贽), a famous Tang-dynasty statesman, writer, and political commentator (whose posthumous title was 'Xuan', so later generations call him Lu Xuangong). Opened to the public in 2021, they serve as a cultural and educational base for clean governance built by Jiaxing City.

Continuing to stroll toward the city center, one arrives at the Zicheng Site (子城遗址). The Zicheng Site was first built in the third year of the Huanglong reign of the Wu Kingdom during the Three Kingdoms period (231 AD). It once served as the economic, political, cultural, and military activity center of Jiaxing for a long time and is a rare and well-preserved prefectural government office site in China.

Nanhu Tiandi (南湖天地) on the lakeshore is a popular place for citizens and tourists to rest and shop. Zhong Xiaoyan introduced: "Nanhu Tiandi is a typical representative of the organic integration of Jiaxing's revolutionary culture, historical culture, and urban charm. The red flame sculpture in the middle is the landmark building of Nanhu Tiandi's Fire Seed Square (火种广场), and it is also a popular check-in point beloved by citizens and tourists."

In Zhong Xiaoyan's view, the reason this cultural relic themed tour was able to be selected for the list was inseparable from the careful polishing of the route and scenic spots, allowing tourists to feel the charm of the integration of history and the present at every point.

On the cultural relic themed tourist route Retracing the Path of the First National Congress: Setting Sail from the Red Boat, one can "time travel" at any moment. For example, the reconstructed Jiaxing Railway Station old station building, from its brick joints to its window lattices, replicates the style of a hundred years ago. Inside the station building is a thematic exhibition "One Railway, One City" (一条铁路·一座城市), telling the history of Jiaxing's century-long transformation. From the old station building to Xuangong Lane is an approximately 110-meter-long landscape corridor, where the copper-plate map of "Red Footprints" beneath people's feet marks the coordinates of history. Going to Nanhu Lake Heart Island still retains the traditional method of taking a ferry...

The excellence of the route also benefits from the meticulous carving of the city. In recent years, Nanhu District has focused on building a demonstration zone for the new urban area style called Misty Rain Jiangnan, Red Boat Holy Land (烟雨江南·红船圣地), linking three major sections: the Nanhu Red Boat cultural style section, the Nanhu Tiandi commercial style section, and the Nanhu neighborhood residential style section.

Zhu Jiahui (朱嘉辉), head of the Comprehensive Group of the Nanhu District Style Office, introduced: "On the one hand, we integrate original buildings into the city's culture and functional layout; on the other hand, on this basis, we adopt various methods such as service integration, historical protection, and industrial upgrading for renovation and improvement. We have introduced replicable and promotable 'Nanhu experience' in five aspects: cultural IP creation, filling gaps, urban renewal, governance pathways, and style management."

Whether a route is good or not, the most important thing is the experience, and tourists have the final say. A resident surnamed Zhang from Shanghai's Xintiandi community followed the train from Shanghai to Jiaxing. After completing this journey of original aspiration, she was overwhelmed with emotion: "From Shanghai to Jiaxing, 'one route' connects the red memories of the two cities. In Jiaxing, I felt the inheritance of the red spirit."

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Red Star Lights the Way Forward (A Scent of Books)

By: 董泽扬

Among the many red classics, Red Star Over China (红星照耀中国), written by American journalist Edgar Snow, can be called "unique"—in those war-torn years, a foreigner had the courage to break through prejudices, to travel to a land he did not know, and to leave behind vivid group portraits of the revolutionary forebears. Each time I open the book, there are different people and objects accompanying me in reading, and the circumstances I am in often echo the text.

On the bookshelf in my room back home, alongside Red Star Over China, there is also a stack of guided reading materials. When I first entered junior high school, this book was listed as required reading. Reading it at that time, I was like the "Little Red Devils" described by the author, "treating their own roles with the utmost seriousness," afraid of getting the main idea wrong or straying from the theme. I read key sentences repeatedly to deepen my memory, so that I could fill in the blanks and answer fluently during exams. But regarding the Long March and the revolution, only some rough and shallow impressions remained in my mind.

On the university campus, Red Star Over China made it onto the library's borrowing lists and was a frequent presence on the tables of shared reading groups. Reading it at this time, I no longer sought speed, but rather precision. The focus was on historical facts; the discussion was on the magnificent narrative painted with vivid and delicate brushstrokes, and on the flesh-and-blood aspects of the figures.

Read closely, savor carefully. In Snow's writing, the revolutionary forebears are restored to ordinary people with complex emotions and real struggles—the hardships of childhood, the confusion of schooling, the death of loved ones, the difficulties of survival... All of these, narrated and recorded in a calm manner, carry an even heavier power. Inside the ivory tower, when I look again at the red star shining, I learn to examine that era with a critical perspective, to explore the underlying logic of the emergence and development of "Red China," and to focus on the vivid and lively people under its radiance.

As knowledge gradually increased, the experience also differed. On the high-speed train from Beijing to Xi'an in Shaanxi, I opened the e-book version of Red Star Over China. Accompanying me in reading were the scenery flashing by, and the numerous underlined comments in the e-book.

"I was going to a place a thousand miles from the Forbidden City, and the culture there was also a hundred years away from the glorious history of the Forbidden City: I was going to 'Red China.'" With "some unanswered questions," Snow boarded a dilapidated train, curiously talking with his fellow travelers. Now, the train travels at a speed of 300 kilometers per hour, the passenger in the neighboring seat uses a tablet to work, and the attendants passing by from time to time display the region's abundant products. Spanning 90 years, the same journey, at completely different speeds, carries people from two eras toward their respective "northern Shaanxi."

Snow's train was heavy. With the skepticism of a Western journalist, he struggled westward through the gaps of war and blockade. He did not know what awaited him ahead, only that he had to go and see with his own eyes that red land people did not understand. And now, as I reread the book, the sun outside the window is blazing, with orderly farmland and brand-new towns and cities. The conspicuous underlinings and comments, the "spoilers," on the screen contain reflections on history, gratitude to the forebears, admiration for the writing style, and also aspirations for the future.

Although we have never personally experienced the war, those who are busy today are likewise on an invisible Long March. Sweating in factories, tilling in the fields, seeking knowledge at desks, conquering difficulties in laboratories... that path of faith paved with flesh and blood has long turned into countless tracks leading to the future. Reading in different circumstances, the shining red star can always lift one out of hardship and confusion, and restore the determination and strength to set out again.

The train announcement broadcasts the next station name, and another stretch of fertile fields flashes by outside the window. In 1936, Snow rode a train toward the dawn of a nation; 90 years later, we ride a high-speed train toward the rejuvenation of a country. The steel rails extend, the fragrance of books never ceases, that red star has never been extinguished—it comes from the depths of history, merges into every inch of the heavy land, and illuminates every journey heading toward rejuvenation.

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Village Super League Goes Viral, Cultural Tourism Shines (Influencers Take You on a Tour of Charming Small Towns)

By: 本报记者 苏 滨

The US-Canada-Mexico World Cup is in full swing (如火如荼 – rú huǒ rú tú, “like fire and like the white flower of the reed,” used to describe a scene of vigorous activity or grand scale), and in a small town in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou, a thoroughly earthy folk football event is also staging a football carnival belonging to China’s countryside.

At the confluence of three rivers — the Duoliu River (都柳江), the Zhaihao River (寨蒿河), and the Pingyong River (平永河) — Rongjiang County (榕江县) is like a piece of uncut jade carved by mountains and waters, inlaid at the junction of the three regions of Hunan, Guizhou, and Guangxi. Climbing high and looking far, the mountains are like black eyebrows, the river waters like white silk, and the 古色古香 (gǔ sè gǔ xiāng – “ancient color, ancient fragrance,” quaint and antique) wooden drum towers, the 婉转悠扬 (wǎn zhuǎn yōu yáng – “smooth and melodious,” to describe music or song) Dong Grand Song, and the ethnic villages strung together like beads 相映成趣 (xiāng yìng chéng qù – “mutually reflect and create interest,” to complement each other beautifully).

“Nice shot!” It is another match day of Rongjiang County’s Village Super League (村超). With a crisp whistle from the main referee, the Yuezha Village (月寨村) football team kicks off first.

This is Hunan tourist Li Zhiwei’s first time watching a game at the Village Super League live. Two hours before the match, traffic on the road to the county seat was 车流如织 (chē liú rú zhī – “traffic flow like woven fabric,” heavy traffic). The honking of buses, the roar of motorcycles, mingled with the laughter and chatter of accents from various places, drifted along the wind of the Duoliu River toward the football field in the county seat.

Under the banyan trees beside the football field, snack stalls are neatly arranged, and many tourists gather to taste: steaming hot glutinous rice mixed with glistening diced cured pork and emerald green chopped scallions, enticingly fragrant; rice noodle sheets spread on a cutting board, adding lean meat, lettuce, shiitake mushrooms, and dried tofu one by one, then lifting a corner and folding it upward, slowly covering the filling, and a cylindrical rolled noodle (卷粉) is made…

At the entrance of the football field, cheerleaders are dressed in splendid attire, stepping to the crisp rhythm of colliding silver ornaments, dancing a welcome dance. The silver crowns on their heads glisten in the sunlight, the Dong cloth skirts on their bodies gently sway with the dance steps, and every turn, every raised hand, seems to tell of the love of the Dong people for football.

“If you come to Rongjiang, you must watch a Village Super League game, and also taste specialties such as rolled noodles and niubie (牛瘪), experience the lusheng dance, and appreciate the Dong Grand Song, only then will you have no regrets,” introduced Shi Fang (石方), deputy director of the Village Super League Office of Rongjiang County. Since the debut of the first Village Super League in 2023 broke into the public spotlight, it has now been held continuously for four editions. This year, a total of 137 village-level teams and 2,694 athletes are participating, with participating teams covering the villages and communities of 20 townships (subdistricts) across the county.

If the standard accompaniments for watching the World Cup are beer and late-night snacks, then in Rongjiang, following the Village Super League, one must taste the most characteristic local dish: niubie hotpot (牛瘪火锅).

Niubie hotpot is also called “hundred-herb soup” (百草汤). It uses cattle that eat a hundred herbs, takes out the not-fully-digested grass material from the stomach; after filtering, the liquid is pale green, exuding a clear and cool grassy fragrance. Then it is boiled with spices such as Evodia rutaecarpa (吴茱萸), galangal (山奈), and chili peppers.

Entering Zhongcheng Town (忠诚镇), the birthplace of niubie hotpot 15 minutes from the county seat, the restaurant “China Niubie King” (中国瘪王) is extremely bustling. When the steaming niubie hotpot is served, the jade-green soup base glistens with oil, beef rolls in the soup, emitting an enticing aroma. Tourist Zhang Yifei (张逸菲) pinched her nose and took a taste; her brows first furrowed, then relaxed: “I didn’t expect it to be so refreshing. The slight bitterness is followed by a returning sweetness, and it tastes especially fragrant!”

Now, Rongjiang County is also coordinating with surrounding scenic spots, launching a series of tourism routes. Rongjiang County has signed a tourism coordination agreement with nine counties and cities within Qiandongnan Prefecture, launching a “3+N” product system (Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village, Zhenyuan Ancient Town, Zhaoxing Dong Village + N niche scenic spots) and direct bus services, guiding tourists to shift from “single-point tourism” to “comprehensive regional tourism,” deeply experiencing the natural scenery and humanistic charm of Qiandongnan.

Tips

Rongjiang is located in mountainous areas with many curves on mountain roads. During the rainy season, road surfaces are slippery. Self-driving requires cautious driving. Novice drivers are advised to choose chartered cars or take scenic area direct buses. During the tournament, parking spaces around the county seat are tight; you can contact guesthouses in advance to arrange pick-up and drop-off to avoid rushing to find a spot and delaying your itinerary.

Besides self-driving, high-speed rail is also a convenient option; it takes only about 1.5 hours from Guiyang. After getting off the train, you can take the Village Super League special bus (Route 5) or a taxi, and you can reach the county seat and the football field within 10 minutes.

During the peak tourism season, guesthouses in the county seat and Sanbao Dong Village (三宝侗寨) are often in short supply, especially the characteristic stilted house styles with views of terraced fields and near drum towers; it is recommended to book in advance. In popular check-in spots such as Zhongcheng Town and Jiabang Terraced Fields (加榜梯田), accommodation options are limited. If you plan an in-depth experience, prioritizing guesthouses that include breakfast and pick-up/drop-off services will be more worry-free.

Rongjiang is a settlement area for the Dong and Miao ethnic groups. The schedules for folk activities such as the Sama Festival (萨玛节), bullfighting, and ancestor worship ceremonies are not fixed; it is recommended to confirm the specific schedule in advance through the “Rongjiang Release” (榕江发布) public account to avoid making a wasted trip. When visiting Dong or Miao villages, respect local customs, and do not arbitrarily photograph villagers or sacrificial sites.

Every year from May to October is the peak tourist season in Rongjiang County; Village Super League matches are mostly scheduled on holidays and weekends. Tourists can use weekends to plan 3-5 day itineraries.

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Meng Yang, Tang Zhongke, Xu Yang

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From Bookshelf to Shelf: Scenarios Drive Transformation (People's Eye on Tech Commercialization)

By: 本报记者 徐 靖

Prologue

At 6:00 a.m., in Fuxing Community (复兴社区) of the Changning Community Service Center (长宁社区服务中心), Hefei High-Tech Zone, Anhui Province, the elderly person living alone Zhao Huanqing (赵焕清) gets up on time. At the same time, a device on the bedside that looks like a small nightlight quietly completes its nighttime monitoring, transmitting Zhao Huanqing’s sleep quality data, cardiac health indicators, and other information to the community service center, helping the staff dynamically grasp the elderly person’s physical condition.

This cardiac health monitoring system was developed by Hefei Zhongke Zhiqi Information Technology Co., Ltd. (合肥中科知奇信息科技有限公司). “The rapid transformation of scientific and technological achievements is due to the cultivation and opening of scenes,” said Zhang Dong (张冬), general manager of Zhongke Zhiqi. Three years ago when the enterprise was first established, it once had difficulty opening up the market. It was one scene after another that provided the “experimental field” for the new products developed by the enterprise to undergo validation and optimization and improvement on the ground, and finally enabled them to reach the market.

Since 2022, Hefei has explored building a “city of full-domain scene application innovation.” To date, it has promoted the initial local transformation and application of over a hundred new technologies and new products.

What is a scene? It is a specific context used for systematically verifying the industrial application of new technologies, new products, and new business forms, as well as supporting infrastructure, business models, and institutional policies. In November 2025, the General Office of the State Council issued the “Implementation Opinions on Accelerating Scene Cultivation and Opening to Promote Large-Scale Application of New Scenes,” which for the first time at the national level carried out systematic deployment of scene cultivation and opening. The “15th Five-Year Plan” Outline proposes to “increase efforts in scene cultivation and opening.”

How does the scene connect technology and industry, bridge research and development with the market, and thereby promote the deep integration of technological innovation and industrial innovation? The reporter conducted on-site visits in Hefei.

Docking

The government and the market work together, technology and scenes are precisely matched.

Walking into the exhibition hall of Zhongke Zhiqi, various trophies and honorary certificates obtained by the enterprise’s independently developed non-contact cardiac monitoring technology come into view, recording the innovation footprint of this young enterprise.

The technology is advanced; logically it should have no trouble finding a way out. Yet the market door remained closed for a long time.

“Scientific research values technological breakthroughs, but the market pays more attention to production efficiency and stability,” admitted the company’s general manager Zhang Dong. Even if a new technology has superior performance, it is difficult to immediately replace mature solutions. “Samples in the laboratory must undergo verification in real scenes before they can be accepted by the market.”

Hefei is home to top universities and research institutes such as the University of Science and Technology of China and the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, with 13 large-scale scientific facilities that have been built, are under construction, or are under pre-research. In the past five years, Hefei’s national high-tech enterprises have increased from over 2,000 to over 10,000. Innovation seeds are emerging in competition; if the soil of scenes for technology to land is lacking, it is difficult to grow into towering trees.

“To stimulate a ‘scene of victory’ in science and technology innovation, we must deeply cultivate application ‘scenes,’” said Zhang Jie (张杰), relevant responsible person of the Hefei Municipal Development and Reform Commission. The government needs to play a guiding role, increase the intensity of scene cultivation and opening, and let new technologies and new products ‘bloom and bear fruit’ as early as possible.

In 2022, Hefei proposed building a “city of full-domain scene application innovation.” In December of that year, Hefei implemented a three-year action plan for scene application innovation, clarifying the work approach of “full field, full city area, full process.”

“In the past, scene resources were scattered across various departments and systems. It was difficult for technologies to find scenes for verification, and it was also difficult for scenes to find suitable technologies; supply and demand were disconnected,” Zhang Jie explained. It was necessary to form a set of scene innovation systems to coordinate scene work across a larger scope, more fields, and a broader market.

In August 2023, Hefei established an enterprise that operates scenes as urban resources — Hefei Scene Application Innovation Promotion Center Co., Ltd. (合肥市场景应用创新促进中心有限公司). In October of the same year, the Hefei Municipal Development and Reform Commission also set up a Scene Innovation Promotion Division, and seconded staff from relevant departments, municipal platform companies, and counties (cities, districts) to form a scene work group.

According to the plan, Hefei takes the “division + group” as a starting point to set the direction and formulate policies for scene innovation; the scene company acts as a “science and technology matchmaker,” running the market and providing services for technological innovation. “Adhere to the combination of an effective market and a competent government, both giving play to the government’s guiding role and utilizing the efficiency and professionalism of the market,” Zhang Jie said.

With the system set up, scenes are “negotiated” into being.

In May 2025, a scene matching meeting planned by the Scene Innovation Promotion Division of the Hefei Municipal Development and Reform Commission was held. In the meeting hall, staff from more than ten departments and units including the Municipal Civil Affairs Bureau and the Municipal Housing Security and Real Estate Administration gathered together. “The matching meeting was specially opened for us. Relying on the enterprise alone, it would be difficult to match so many departments and units at once,” Zhang Dong said.

At the matching meeting, the Municipal Civil Affairs Bureau suggested simplifying equipment operation procedures so that the elderly can easily master it, and planned to recommend it to communities and township nursing homes; the Municipal Housing Security and Real Estate Administration hoped the equipment could be further miniaturized, so that it might be promoted in the construction and home decoration fields… One suggestion after another was raised, and one scene after another emerged. Zhang Dong, while responding, quickly took notes.

After the matching meeting, the Hefei Scene Company continued to promote activities such as product demonstrations and scene verification for the enterprise.

During the Spring Festival this year, the courtyard of the Xiaguang Village (霞光村) Committee in Zhongxing Township (众兴乡), Feidong County (肥东县), Hefei, was extraordinarily lively. Villagers lined up to experience the latest version of the cardiac health monitoring system from Zhongke Zhiqi. “In this activity, the Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology proposed possible application directions for the product, and the Scene Company was responsible for specific planning,” introduced Zhu Lingmin (朱玲敏), deputy general manager of Zhongke Zhiqi. In the activity, villagers became product experience users, the enterprise obtained real feedback, and potential partners could also learn about product performance up close. “One activity simultaneously accomplished testing and verification, market promotion, and supply-demand matching.”

Currently, this monitoring system has entered the Fourth People’s Hospital of Hefei for testing, and is also being verified in 11 community health centers and elderly service centers, with a cumulative experience count of over 100,000 person-times.

In the view of Zhang Bi (张弼), deputy general manager of the Hefei Scene Company, the key to scene work lies in breaking through the “partition wall” between supply and demand, allowing cooperation to form naturally in real applications. Centered on this goal, Hefei launched the “Hefei Scene” WeChat public account, accepting enterprise inquiries, and mobilized relevant departments in counties (cities, districts) to visit enterprises and aggregate demands. On this basis, it regularly publishes capability lists and opportunity lists.

“The capability list mainly counts what new technologies and new products science and technology enterprises have and what scenes they are suitable for; the opportunity list mainly targets government departments, public institutions, leading enterprises in the industry chain, etc., counting what scene demands they have and what technologies they lack,” explained Gao Zhengrong (高峥嵘), deputy division chief of the Scene Innovation Promotion Division of the Hefei Municipal Development and Reform Commission. “Based on the lists, we conduct classified matching and precise docking.”

Since launching the construction of the “city of full-domain scene application innovation,” Hefei has released over 2,000 scene opportunities and approximately 1,500 scene capabilities, served over 4,200 science and technology enterprises, and implemented over 1,200 scene cooperation projects.

Application

Rooted in reality to solve pain points; aiming at the future to cultivate scenes.

On the large screen in the monitoring room of the He-Wu Expressway Management Center of Anhui Transportation Holding Group Co., Ltd. (安徽省交通控股集团有限公司), data such as traffic speed and road surface vibration are displayed in real time. Zhang Likui (张立奎), chief engineer of Anhui Jiaokong Road Maintenance Co., Ltd. (安徽交控道路养护有限公司), stared at the screen, occasionally bending his head to take notes.

“Through real-time monitoring data on the expressway, we can analyze the structural condition of roads and bridges, providing a basis for maintenance decisions,” Zhang Likui introduced. Supporting this system is the distributed fiber optic vibration/acoustic monitoring instrument developed by Zhidi Sensing (Hefei) Technology Co., Ltd. (智地感知（合肥）科技有限公司).

Scenes do not appear out of thin air. Those pain points that have long existed and urgently need to be solved are often the application scenes that new products and new technologies “crave.”

More than two years ago, a certain location in the south suffered heavy rainfall. Rainwater seeped underground, causing softening of the soil at the bottom of the embankment, which eventually led to a collapse accident. “After the event, a review found that changes in the internal structure of the road are difficult to judge with the naked eye. We hoped to use technical means for real-time monitoring. Once an abnormality appears, the system can quickly alert, buying time for personnel evacuation and traffic control,” Zhang Likui said. At that time, the newly established Zhidi Sensing company thus came into the view of the transportation department.

In 2022, Zhidi Sensing founder Zhang Qiang (张强) came to Hefei to start a business. The company’s key technology uses existing fiber optics to achieve vibration response monitoring of infrastructure structures. Driven by the “division + group” and the scene company, this technology has been successively applied to engineering structure monitoring scenes such as urban rail transit and water conservancy dams. “What we do is use new technology to solve old problems,” Zhang Qiang introduced. The Scene Company, together with the transportation department and the enterprise, repeatedly communicated and matched, the technical solution gradually matured, and cooperation then landed. Currently, the relevant technology is undergoing testing and verification on a 100-kilometer pilot section of the Wuhe Expressway.

Scenes also originate from proactive layout for future industries. The “Implementation Opinions on Accelerating Scene Cultivation and Opening to Promote Large-Scale Application of New Scenes” proposes: “Create a number of application scenes in new fields and new tracks.” In Hefei, the Luogang Park (骆岗公园) located in Baohe District (包河区) is such a special “testing ground.”

In the height of summer, at the Luogang Air Traffic Operations Center, an unmanned aerial vehicle slowly ascends, flies around the field once, then precisely lands back in its spot, drawing cheers from onlookers. This “air taxi” comes from Hefei Heyi Aviation Co., Ltd. (合肥合翼航空有限公司). In March 2025, this company obtained the passenger-carrying civil unmanned aerial vehicle operation certificate issued by the Civil Aviation Administration of China.

“Luogang Park began construction in 2020, transformed from an abandoned airport, with excellent airspace conditions. The low-altitude economy needs real environment verification, so we deliberately retained a vast space of 12.7 square kilometers and a 3-kilometer-long airport runway,” Zhang Jie introduced. “Forward-looking layout is an important part of scene cultivation.”

“Relying on the scene demonstration in Luogang Park, we are cooperating with the fire rescue brigade of the Hefei New Station High-Tech Industrial Development Zone to advance verification work for fire rescue drones,” introduced Zhang Yuhui (章昱辉), East China Regional Operations Director of EHang Intelligent Equipment Co., Ltd. (亿航智能设备有限公司).

A technology or product that grows and develops under the test of a scene will in turn spawn new demands, becoming the “experimental field” for the landing and verification of the next new technology or product.

“For example, promoting unmanned vehicles or drones will generate demand for intelligent networked systems, safety monitoring equipment, etc., driving the continuous extension of the industrial chain,” Zhang Jie gave an example.

As he spoke, a “large box” on the roadside caught the reporter’s attention. “This is the mobile boundary layer profile observation platform developed by Hefei Zhongke Guangbo Quantum Technology Co., Ltd. (合肥中科光博量子科技有限公司). It integrates equipment such as wind-measuring lidar and temperature-humidity lidar, which can enhance the monitoring and early warning capabilities for disaster weather and provide strong support for the development of the low-altitude economy,” Zhang Jie said.

Today’s Luogang Park is not only a leisure place for citizens, but also a “super scene.” “Traditional parks mainly rely on the entry of various business formats and renting out operational spaces to obtain profits. But Luogang’s greatest value lies in its vast space, rich demands, and diverse applications, which can continuously cultivate new scenes and incubate new industries,” said Shen Ruoyu (沈若愚), director of the Baohe District Investment Promotion Center.

To date, Luogang Park has implemented over 150 new technologies and new products, created over 100 application scenes with significant demonstrative effect, and connected with over 1,000 science and technology enterprises, forming a complete innovation chain from technological breakthroughs to industrial collaboration.

Implementation

State-owned enterprises take the lead in first trials and first uses; full-chain services promote replication and scaling.

For the market, opening up scenes is not easy. New technologies are immature, new products are unstable; after investing real money, results may not be immediate, and may even bring risks. How to break the deadlock?

“Hefei’s problem-solving approach is to first promote state-owned enterprises to release scene opportunities and build benchmark scene projects through government guidance,” Gao Zhengrong said.

The “Implementation Opinions on Accelerating Scene Cultivation and Opening to Promote Large-Scale Application of New Scenes” requires that state-owned enterprises, especially central enterprises, proactively open scenes in their main business fields, attract the participation of private enterprises, small and medium-sized enterprises, and research institutes, and strengthen the collaborative sharing of scene opening.

At the beginning of 2025, led by the Hefei Municipal Development and Reform Commission and the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, together with the Municipal Science and Technology Bureau, the Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, and the Scene Company, they jointly promoted the establishment of a state-owned enterprise scene innovation alliance. Currently, 28 municipal state-owned enterprises have participated, becoming the main force for scene opening.

China Post Group Co., Ltd. Hefei Branch (中国邮政集团有限公司合肥市分公司) previously needed staff to travel by boat round trip to deliver mail to Chaohu Laoshang Island (巢湖姥山岛), taking two hours; after introducing drones, delivery is completed in 4 minutes. Hefei Department Store Building Group Co., Ltd. (合肥百货大楼集团股份有限公司) opened up retail scenes, introducing technologies such as intelligent sorting and unmanned checkouts. Hefei Heran Huarun Gas Co., Ltd. (合肥合燃华润燃气有限公司) explores scenes such as AI-based intelligent gas detection and monitoring to protect citizens’ gas safety… Relying on state-owned enterprise platforms, a large number of scientific and technological achievements are moving from laboratories to the broad market.

As of now, Hefei has excavated and released 343 state-owned enterprise scene opportunities, promoted precise docking between 627 science and technology enterprises and municipal state-owned enterprises, implemented 120 scene projects, and facilitated cooperation amounts of 105 million yuan.

To achieve normalization, systematization, and popularization of scene opening and application, relying solely on government promotion and state-owned enterprise opening is far from sufficient; market forces must also take the baton to motivate more enterprises’ enthusiasm.

Hefei has further exerted efforts in both “opportunity” and “capability” aspects: Starting from the second half of 2025, it supports leading enterprises in the industry to establish scene laboratories, open real application scenes around the common needs of the industrial chain, and cooperate with science and technology enterprises to promote the application of new technologies and new products in industrial landing. At the same time, it recruits market-oriented service institutions nationwide to serve as “scene service partners,” leveraging their cross-regional resource linkage advantages to help local science and technology enterprises find high-quality scenes globally and promote products to go abroad; and to help Hefei industrial scenes connect with outstanding science and technology enterprises from other places, introducing advanced solutions.

Currently, Hefei has 22 scene laboratories and 18 “scene service partners.” Through them, 276 scene projects have been promoted to land. Gao Zhengrong looked ahead: “In the next step, we will take this as a starting point, with government guidance, platform promotion, and market participation working together.”

For technology to land in scenes, the difficulty is not just the “first time.” Even if the first trial and first use are completed, if subsequent promotion is lacking, it may stop at “small-scale success.”

Walking into Anhui Zhibo Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. (安徽至博光电科技股份有限公司), batches of optical components are leaving the factory. Soon, pipeline leak monitoring instruments equipped with these components will become part of Hefei’s urban lifeline project. The so-called “urban lifeline project” is an intelligent system that uses cutting-edge technologies such as the Internet of Things and big data to conduct round-the-clock real-time monitoring and risk early warning of key urban infrastructure such as gas, bridges, and water supply. Hefei started construction of this project in 2015.

“This monitoring instrument can control the positioning range of pipeline leaks within 1.5 meters. At the very beginning, the scene work group helped us bridge connections, so that the product entered the emergency repair center of Hefei Water Group (合肥水务集团) for testing and verification in June 2024,” introduced Zhang Tiantong (张天彤), technical expert for the water supply business line of Zhibo Optoelectronics. The real application environment helped accelerate product iteration. Later, the new product not only received orders from Hefei Water Group but also was included in the first set of major technical equipment list of Anhui Province.

The first order did not become the end of scene innovation. As the urban lifeline project continued to advance, the Hefei Scene Work Group matched with Zhibo Optoelectronics again. “We eventually became a supplier for the Hefei urban lifeline project, further expanding the market, with sales of nearly 2,000 units in 2025,” Zhang Tiantong said.

Now, for scene innovation, Hefei has constructed a full-chain work mechanism that integrates “opportunity discovery, capability refinement, supply-demand matching, application verification, and large-scale promotion.” “It not only promotes product first trials, but also promotes actual landing. Help the rider mount the horse, and then see them off on the way,” Gao Zhengrong said.

As Hefei’s scene cultivation work deepens, some new difficulties have gradually emerged. Gao Zhengrong admitted: “For example, comprehensive major scenes involve coordination among multiple departments, multiple subjects, and multiple elements, making cultivation more difficult. There are still many blockages that need to be cleared in scene planning, resource opening, and continuous operation.”

In response, Hefei is further improving the scene innovation work system. “For example, guiding major projects invested by the government to open comprehensive, integrated scene opportunities, driving the large-scale application of new technologies and new products, while speeding up the training of specialized talents for scene innovation,” Gao Zhengrong said. “We hope that in the near future, Hefei’s scene innovation will truly transform from ‘bonsai-style’ project incubation to a ‘forest-style’ ecological cultivation.”

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Leverage Scenarios as a Key Innovation Resource

By: 刘雨瑞

In recent years, “scenario” has become a buzzword, and some enterprises even believe: “Lacking a scenario is more urgent than lacking funds.”

In reality, some new technologies and new products have just emerged. Due to the lack of testing scenarios, the application effects lack data verification support, causing them to face obstacles when entering the market. “Innovations on the bookshelf” cannot become “products on the shelf.” In November 2025, the General Office of the State Council (国务院办公厅) issued the “Implementation Opinions on Accelerating Scenario Cultivation and Opening to Promote Large-Scale Application of New Scenarios” (《关于加快场景培育和开放推动新场景大规模应用的实施意见》), proposing to “promote the opening of scenario resources, facilitate the fair and efficient allocation of scenario resources, and promote large-scale application of new scenarios.”

Our country has a population of over 1.4 billion. The huge population base nurtures a massive consumer market and diverse demands, providing broad and rich application scenarios for new technologies and new products. How to make good use of scenarios, this key innovation resource? It is still necessary to make efforts from multiple aspects such as precisely matching supply and demand, and strengthening cultivation and discovery.

Technology seeks space for implementation, scenarios call for solutions. Whether the two can achieve a “two-way approach” depends on precise matching. Currently, some scenario resources are scattered among government departments, state-owned enterprises, etc. To allow technology to truly enter the market, it is necessary to promote the opening of more scenarios to innovation entities. The government must not only play a guiding role but also improve mechanisms, encourage first trials and first uses, and lower the threshold for application. Only when scenarios and technologies join hands can the innovation chain and the industrial chain achieve seamless connection.

Currently, many new technologies in future industries face bottlenecks when making breakthroughs. One important reason is the insufficiency of suitable scenarios. Original scenarios are hard to adapt to new technologies, and naturally it is difficult to open up growth space. This enlightens us: to accelerate scenario cultivation, we must not only focus on immediate demands but also look toward the development direction of future industries. More importantly, a technology that continuously iterates and matures within a scenario will in turn give rise to new demands, new business forms, and new scenarios, thereby becoming a “test field” for the next round of technological innovation. This process of continuous evolution and mutual empowerment itself is a virtuous cycle of upward growth.

It must also be noted that as scenario cultivation and opening advance deeply, some deep-seated problems gradually emerge. For example, how to further open, share, and coordinately allocate scenario resources in the public service field, and how to avoid “rushing headlong into action” and redundant construction for popular scenarios. To solve these problems, the key lies in reform. It is necessary to establish a market-based allocation mechanism for scenario resources, promote equal access to scenario opportunities and optimal allocation of scenario resources, and also, based on the resource endowments of each locality, promote differentiated and characteristic layout of scenario resources according to local conditions, to prevent “a thousand cities with one face” and avoid low-level redundant construction.

Accelerating scenario cultivation and opening, and promoting large-scale application of new scenarios, is a systematic project. Only with persistent, long-term effort and sustained exertion can more new technologies move from the laboratory to the production line and into the large market, continuously shaping new drivers and new advantages for high-quality economic development.

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Yang Yan, Sun Zhen, Dai Linfeng, Liu Yurui

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Light in the Heart, Seeing the World (People's Livelihood Frontline · Living a Splendid Life)

By: 本报记者 吴 君

Recently, the results of the separate examination and separate enrollment for persons with disabilities were announced. Guo Bin (郭斌), a student at Wuhan School for Blind Children (武汉市盲童学校) in Wuhan, Hubei Province, achieved excellent results and was admitted to Changchun University, attracting considerable attention.

This inspiring teenager, admired across the internet, entered the Wuhan School for Blind Children 12 years ago, and his life began to take a turn for the better. "What my alma mater gave me is not only knowledge, but also the courage to face life, the confidence and strength to look at the world on an equal footing and to live facing the sun," Guo Bin said.

This is not one person's counterattack, but a group's breakthrough. This year, a total of 5 students from Wuhan School for Blind Children took the college entrance examination, and 12 students took the higher vocational examination, of whom 16 were admitted to college.

The Wuhan School for Blind Children was founded in 1919, initially called "Ruiying School for Blind Girls (瑞英瞽目女校)". It was officially renamed "Wuhan School for Blind Children" in 1952. Over more than 100 years, the school has cultivated over a thousand students. Since the establishment of its college entrance examination class in 2009, more than 120 students have successively been admitted to schools such as Changchun University, Beijing Union University (北京联合大学), and Henan Tuina Vocational College (河南推拿职业学院). These children who cannot see find their life direction in being "seen", and the Wuhan School for Blind Children also uses love and persistence to continuously light the light of life for visually impaired children.

Brave the first step, explore the light of the world.

Walking on the campus of Wuhan School for Blind Children, you will be moved by the scene before you: students chat and laugh, walk together in pairs, their steps light; they often need no guidance, do not need to carry a white cane, and move freely around the campus. If you do not observe carefully, it is hard to tell that these children have visual impairments.

The school's campus area is 14,097 square meters, and the building area is 9,300 square meters. For ordinary people, this is not large. But for visually impaired students, it is an immensely vast world. To help them bravely take the first step and enter this vast world, every September at the start of the school year, the school's first lesson for first-grade freshmen is an orientation and mobility class (定向行走课), which lasts a week.

"The teacher leads, parents and children go together, starting from the tactile paving at the school gate, moving forward all the way, from the playground to the music building; students must identify directions, go up and down stairs, and search for various assistive devices," said Zhang Long (张龙), vice principal of the school. "This seemingly simple step is the starting point for visually impaired children to move toward an independent life."

Zhang Long once conducted a statistic; one-fifth of the children had relatively serious psychological problems when first entering the school. "Many children are relatively withdrawn and self-abased, unwilling to talk; as soon as someone approaches, they subconsciously shrink back, full of defensiveness," Zhang Long said.

How to make them walk out of the dark world and explore the light of the world? This is a topic that the teachers have been thinking about.

Every holiday, what Xiaofeng (小峰, pseudonym), a grade 8 student, looks forward to most is going out for a walk with his mother. This mother and son, who are like good friends, had a relationship that was always 剑拔弩张 (jiàn bá nǔ zhāng - "swords drawn, bows stretched," describing a tense or confrontational situation) when he first entered the school.

Xiaofeng lost his sight due to an accident when he was in the middle class of kindergarten. The psychological gap was large, his temper was irritable, and he always vented his emotions on his mother. The mother and son often broke into fierce quarrels. After arriving at Wuhan School for Blind Children, the school began to conduct psychological intervention for him, letting him participate in the school's "Six-Dot Angels" (六点天使) art troupe, letting his mother accompany him to touch braille, listen to music, paint, and dance. Slowly, Xiaofeng gradually opened his heart and learned to express his emotions.

"We attach great importance to the students' psychological development." In 2013, Zhang Long established the "Six-Dot Angels" art troupe, which has now developed into 18 art clubs and 2 sports clubs. "In order to let the children regain confidence through their passions, the school recommends that each child join at least one interest class and participate in one sport," Zhang Long said.

Here, the children gradually discovered a new self. "So, I can also be remembered by music, be seen by painting, instead of forever being labeled as 'cannot see'," Xiaofeng said.

Create a barrier-free environment, let the campus become a safe harbor.

Jin Haixin (金海心), a 2023 graduate of Wuhan School for Blind Children, returns to her alma mater every week to give a few music lessons to younger schoolmates.

Jin Haixin lost her light perception shortly after birth. Now when walking on the road, she always harbors a bit of unease in her heart. "But at school, my heart is free," she said with a smile. "Walking here, I can go forward 勇往直前 (yǒng wǎng zhí qián - "bravely go straight ahead") and 无拘无束 (wú jū wú shù - "without restraint, free and unfettered")."

This calmness of Jin Haixin stems from the school's thoughtful barrier-free design. Under the guidance of teachers, walking slowly along the long tactile paving, the classroom, playground, and dormitory can all be easily found.

"These tactile paving give me confidence, so I don't have to fear bumps and falls, and can safely walk to where I want to go," Jin Haixin said.

Many details on campus reflect the designers' ingenuity and love, making the barrier-free facilities full of warmth.

"Welcome to dormitory 106!" As soon as she walked to the dormitory door, a clear voice announcement came from above.

At Wuhan School for Blind Children, most students above the fourth grade board at the school. To prevent children from mistaking their dormitories, the school has installed sensors at each dormitory door. As soon as one approaches, a warm prompt sound automatically rings, greeting like an old friend.

"Every time I hear this sound, I feel especially at ease, just like someone is always waiting for me at the door to come home," said Meng Xinyi (孟欣怡), who lives in dormitory 106.

To give students a sense of safety when leaving the classroom, handrails are thoughtfully installed in the hallways; the library is specially equipped with braille displays, braille printers, and voice-reading software to help students read; the curtains in classrooms and offices are now uniformly using three colors—red, yellow, and blue—so that children with weak vision can perceive a trace of color.

"Before, my world was all gray and dark; now, my world has color," said Wan Shipeng (万士鹏), a first-year secondary vocational school student who transferred here last year. "Even if it's just a touch of brightness from the curtains, it makes me feel that life is vivid, and the future is bright."

Pave the tactile paving of the heart, let education return to the true essence of nurturing people.

The "tactile paving" underfoot has been laid, but how should the "cultural tactile paving" leading to the heart be extended?

On the wall directly opposite the school gate, below the words "Give you a golden key (送你一把金钥匙)," a line of "six-dot" braille is clearly printed. This line of text both reminds teachers to guide with care and encourages students to explore bravely.

"They just see the world in a different way. In our eyes, there are only children, not blind children," said principal Zheng Feng (郑锋). "What we need to do is to light the lamp in their hearts, let the sunshine in, and let confidence grow."

In order to help the children truly find their own "golden key" and confidently move toward a broader society, the school strives to make them learn to live independently and master various life skills, growing wings of flight through accumulated bits and pieces.

At 2:30 in the afternoon, the life skills training room in the teaching building is always particularly lively. Lower-grade children are learning to organize cabinets under the guidance of teachers.

"Each class is 40 minutes, and two consecutive classes each time; the children must at least independently complete one household chore," introduced Liu Xin (刘馨), director of the teaching center. The school also holds a "Chef God Competition" (厨神大赛) every year, where students with low vision and total blindness freely form teams; some are responsible for "watching" the heat, some for cutting ingredients; everyone cooperates tacitly to complete tasks such as washing vegetables, cutting vegetables, and stir-frying.

Having mastered these basic life skills, the students manage their own clothing, food, housing, and transportation in a 井井有条 (jǐng jǐng yǒu tiáo - "well-ordered, tidy and methodical") manner; the quilts in the dormitory are folded squarely, the clothes in the cabinets are folded neatly; many students can even cook a few decent home-style dishes. The confidence to live independently takes root little by little through repeated hands-on practice.

In addition to teaching life skills, the school also hopes that children can integrate into society and realize their own value.

In terms of guidance for further education and employment, the school respects each child's interests and choices. After compulsory education ends, the school initiates "dual-track" teaching.

Zheng Feng introduced that for students who choose vocational education, the school offers specialized courses in Traditional Chinese Medicine rehabilitation technology (中医康复技术), and is equipped with massage beds, practice rooms, human acupoint models and other practical training facilities, ensuring that they can complete thousands of hours of hands-on practice during their school years. "Many enterprises take the initiative to sign employment cooperation agreements with the school, so that students can smoothly get employed as soon as they graduate," Zheng Feng said. Many students, relying on their skills, can not only support themselves but also support a family.

The school also provides systematic tutoring for students who want to take the college entrance examination, helping them realize their dreams of university. "In recent years, more and more graduates have successfully been admitted to college," Zheng Feng said. After graduating from university, visually impaired students have blossomed with infinite possibilities. Some have entered internet companies to participate in the development of online barrier-free platforms, using technology to give back to the visually impaired community; some have become teachers or psychological counselors, helping more people find their own life direction.

Graduation season: the graduates pack their bags and set out on their respective brand-new life journeys. From "being seen by the world" to "actively seeing" the world, at Wuhan School for Blind Children, children, supported by love and education, have found their own beam of light.

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Ensuring the Transfer and Reception of College Graduate Personnel Files

Beijing, July 2 (Reporter Li Linwei (李林蔚)) — The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (人力资源和社会保障部) recently issued a notice to carry out a special action for college graduate archives transfer and reception services (高校毕业生档案转递接收服务专项行动) from mid-June to October.

The notice requires that all localities shall centrally conduct archives policy publicity and introduction, centrally push archives policy regulations before college graduates leave school, publicly release the list of local archives management service institutions and procedures, enhance the coverage of policy publicity, and strengthen the archives awareness of employers and college graduates. They shall safely and normatively receive archives, proactively strengthen coordination and connection with universities and postal enterprises, implement requirements such as the notification and commitment system (告知承诺制), and efficiently advance material screening, sorting, and archives warehousing and storage in accordance with regulations. They shall accelerate the collection and verification of basic archives information and timely upload it to the national basic information resource database for personnel archives of mobile workers (全国流动人员人事档案基础信息资源库). They shall enhance the quality and efficiency of archives services, implement the “one thing” requirement for employee recruitment such as archives transfer and reception (一件事), adapt to the employment and entrepreneurship needs of college graduates, and jointly handle archives transfer and reception and other services with relevant departments. They shall continuously promote the construction of provincial-level centralized archives systems, strengthen connection with the national cross-regional archives management service operation platform, and efficiently and conveniently provide services for handling within the province and across provinces (省内通办、跨省通办). They shall strengthen archives safety management, strictly implement safety management requirements, regularly inspect key parts, strengthen safety control over key processes, and enhance the level of archives information and data safety management.

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Efficiently Coordinated Life Rescue (Helping Hand)

By: 本报记者 辛 阳

A silk banner and a handwritten letter of thanks were recently delivered to Wang Chenyang (王晨阳), a fifth-year clinical medicine student at Jinzhou Medical University Medical College (锦州医科大学医疗学院). A little over a month ago, at Xingcheng Railway Station (兴城火车站) in Huludao City (葫芦岛市), Liaoning Province, this medical student and station staff together administered first aid to a septuagenarian who had suffered a sudden myocardial infarction and cardiac arrest, buying precious time for subsequent rescue.

One day in early May, Xingcheng Railway Station was bustling with people. Wang Chenyang was dragging her suitcase, about to go through the ticket gate, when a cry suddenly came from behind her: “Help! Someone has collapsed!” She turned around and saw an elderly man falling straight to the ground, his face deathly pale, his lips purple, unconscious.

Passenger service attendant Yang Mingzhong (杨明忠) quickly stepped forward to examine him, making an initial judgment of sudden heart attack and cardiac arrest. He immediately used his walkie-talkie to urgently report to the station duty officer, simultaneously activating the emergency response plan for sudden passenger illness. Passenger service duty officer Zhang Yang (张洋) immediately arranged for someone to call 120, and also organized on-site staff to disperse nearby passengers, leaving room for rescue, then quickly went to fetch an AED (automated external defibrillator). Staff, following emergency rescue protocols, knelt on both knees and performed external chest compressions on the elderly man.

“I am a medical student — let me do it!” Wang Chenyang identified herself and joined the rescue effort. She judged that this was a cardiac arrest caused by acute myocardial infarction. She and the station staff took turns performing CPR on the elderly man. When the station staff handed over the AED, Wang Chenyang took the device and attached the electrode pads to the elderly man’s chest. When the voice prompt “Shock advised” sounded, she pressed the “discharge” button, and the elderly man’s body gave a slight jolt. Immediately afterward, she continued CPR. A few minutes later, the elderly man’s chest began to rise and fall, he gradually regained spontaneous breathing, and his consciousness became clear. After the 120 emergency personnel arrived, Wang Chenyang also briefed the medical team in detail on the treatment process.

Zhao Fujun (赵福军), head of Xingcheng Railway Station, explained that the AED was provided to the station by the Xingcheng City Red Cross (兴城市红十字会) in July of the previous year. The station has three work shifts, and each shift has one passenger service attendant who has been trained. In the past year or more, similar life-saving situations have occurred five times.

After the incident, the patient’s family made a special trip to the station to express gratitude. After much inquiring, the family finally located Wang Chenyang, then traveled from Shenyang to Jinzhou to present a silk banner and a letter of thanks.

“Those of us who study medicine — first aid is a basic skill; we have practiced it repeatedly many times at school. No matter which classmate had encountered this, they would have stepped up to rescue,” Wang Chenyang said.

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China Mobile Creates a New 'First-Class' Experience in Communication Services

During the 2026 Shanghai World Mobile Communication Conference, the 5G-A Experience Management Industry Forum oriented toward terminal-network-service collaboration was successfully held. At the forum site, China Mobile, together with Huawei, the Global System for Mobile Communications Association (GSMA), the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, and other industrial chain partners, collectively implemented multiple 5G-A and AI integrated innovation results: released the first 5G-A high-speed rail acceleration package, launched the China Mobile UE Logo 2.0 White Paper and the Experience Management “Terminal-Network-Service Collaboration” Industry Cooperation Initiative, and simultaneously launched dual-dimension upgrade services for internet access and voice calls, using the collaborative strength of the industrial chain to propel communication services from basic connectivity toward differentiated high-quality experience.

Consolidating the world’s largest 5G-A network foundation, benefiting over 160 million users

In the AI era, China Mobile continues to anchor the vision of “accelerating the construction of a world-class technology service enterprise,” deeply advancing the implementation of the enterprise strategy of network foundation strengthening and full-stack innovation, and has built the world’s largest and technologically leading 5G premium network. As of the end of May this year, it has opened over 2.9 million 5G base stations, approximately 200,000 5G-A three-carrier aggregation base stations, and over 1.4 million RedCap (5G lightweight) base stations. The massive network foundation is being transformed into user value. As of June this year, 5G-A network entitlements have served over 160 million users, with over 22 million 5G-A package users, and 94% of users report a significant improvement in experience in scenarios such as high-definition live streaming and video conferencing.

“Internet Access + Voice Calls” Renovation, Creating a “First-Class Cabin” Service Experience

Internet access services have achieved renovation and upgrade. In 2026, China Mobile upgrades network capabilities from four aspects: super uplink peak rate increased to 500 Mbps; intelligent APP services expanded to 55; UE Logo (terminal smart connectivity indicator) upgraded to an interactive terminal-network collaboration entry point; service evaluation shifted from focusing on speed indicators to focusing on comprehensive business experience indicators. The product system covers two major directions: business acceleration type and scenario guarantee type, transforming invisible network capabilities into user-perceivable services.

Voice call services simultaneously embrace intelligent upgrade. China Mobile integrates large model capabilities, high-definition audio and video, and security risk control into voice call services, creating a new intelligent call entry point that is “perceivable, interactive, and controllable,” achieving three major upgrades: higher definition—AI noise reduction improves call clarity in noisy environments by over 60%; more secure—AI anti-fraud identification builds a protective barrier; more intelligent—the proactive service-type incoming call butler can realize AI answering and personalized responses, truly becoming a user assistant.

At the same time, China Mobile’s high-end brand Global Connect, focusing on the three major systems of network, entitlements, and hardware, creates a “first-class cabin” exclusive service experience. On the network side, wireless provides rate guarantees and indicator display, broadband is transformed into proactive door-to-door maintenance, free device replacement, and speed-up services. On the entitlements side, it implements the “Horse Racing Plan,” upgrades “Star Moving Day,” launches Migu World Cup viewing activities, and overlays local special benefits such as medical insurance, cultural entertainment, and car owners. On the hardware side, it connects mobile phones, smart home, and AI full terminals, launches new phone priority purchase, special purchase offers, and customized models, building a full-scenario high-end terminal service ecosystem.

Terminal-network-service collaboration makes experience “visible,” joining hands with the industrial chain to build an ecosystem

At the forum site, a relevant person in charge from China Mobile introduced the end-to-end technical system in detail: on the wireless side, it proposed a “3+2+3” uplink enhancement technical route, with a near-term peak rate of 750 Mbps and a long-term target of 2.2 Gbps; it innovates wireless dynamic slicing technology, with VIP guarantee satisfaction exceeding 95%; the core network builds an intelligent hierarchical and graded guarantee system, providing services for over 50 million key customers, with main business speeds improved by 30%-50%. The China Mobile UE Logo 2.0 White Paper and the Experience Management “Terminal-Network-Service Collaboration” Industry Cooperation Initiative were released simultaneously, unifying technical standards for terminal identification, network scheduling, and scenario services, and exploring the integration path of AI agents and communication networks.

Releasing the high-speed rail acceleration package to solve the rigid demand pain points of industry scenarios

At the forum site, China Mobile, together with Huawei and GSMA, grandly released the “China Mobile 5G-A High-Speed Rail Acceleration Service,” which will officially launch in August, first achieving 5G-A continuous coverage and differentiated exclusive guarantee on the Beijing-Shanghai line, and will gradually expand to the national high-speed rail mainline network in the future, creating a differentiated network business card of “Take the high-speed rail, use China Mobile.” The China Mobile high-speed rail acceleration package includes three core technologies: 5G-A ultra-large bandwidth, core network AI scheduling, and wireless AI optimization, achieving peak rates of 2 Gbps downlink and 150 Mbps uplink, supporting dedicated high-speed rail network residency, Migu live streaming, Tencent Meeting, and five other business-specific accelerations, committed to solving pain points such as network stuttering, high latency, and unstable signals in high-speed rail high-speed mobile scenarios.

Next, China Mobile will continue to consolidate the 5G-A×AI network foundation, enrich differentiated products, expand AI multimodal application guarantees, take the Global Connect “first-class cabin” service as a benchmark, link the entire industrial chain to jointly build a new 5G-A experience ecosystem, and let cutting-edge communication technologies benefit the vast number of users.

In 2026, the ICT (Information and Communication Technology) industry is accelerating toward a new stage of Token operation. China Mobile will join hands with Huawei and other industrial chain partners to seize the new opportunities of Token operation, focus on the leap in connectivity and computing capabilities, and explore innovative practices in 5G-A large uplink and experience management, as well as AI renovation of main businesses.

Data sources: Huawei, China Mobile

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China Hosts Thematic Side Event at the 62nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council

Geneva, July 2 (Xinhua) — (Reporter Liu He (刘赫)) During the 62nd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council held in Geneva, Switzerland, the China Society for Human Rights Studies (中国人权研究会) recently hosted a side event themed “Advocating People-Centered Digital Governance: Balancing Development, Security and Human Rights.” Chinese and foreign participants engaged in in-depth exchanges and discussions on topics such as human rights protection in the digital age, algorithmic governance, and cross-border data flows.

At present, the problem of unbalanced global digital connectivity remains prominent. Zheng Zhihang (郑智航), Executive Director of the Human Rights Research Center of Shandong University (山东大学人权研究中心), stated that the human rights risks brought about by algorithmic bias and data hegemony cannot be resolved solely by corporate self-discipline. Countries must both regulate digital power and prevent algorithmic harm, and also improve digital infrastructure to guarantee the digital development rights of all people, so that people of all countries can equally enjoy the dividends of digital development.

Situ Bo (司徒博), President of the Geneva Aimeng Chengzhen Foundation (日内瓦爱梦成真基金会), believes that the international community urgently needs to carry out cross-cultural multilateral dialogue and abandon binary opposition in human rights judgments. He stated that multiple new basic human rights emerging in digital scenarios should be clearly defined, and that technology should serve the public, preventing digital resources from being monopolized by a minority of capital.

Alfred-Maurice de Zayas, former Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order of the United Nations Human Rights Council, believes that the monopoly of digital technology will harm the sovereign equality of states and individual dignity. He called on the international community to jointly uphold the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter, eliminate transnational technological hegemony, respect the right of all countries to independent development, and push digital governance back onto a fair and just multilateral track.

As an important part of the digital economy, cross-border data flow has become the basis for the exchange and sharing of resource factors such as global capital, information, technology, talent, and goods. Xiang Li (向力), Deputy Director of the Human Rights Research Center of Shandong University, stated that in concrete practice, cross-border compliance faces regulatory pressure from “multiple tracks running in parallel.” The legal rules in different countries and regions in areas such as data protection, export controls, and investment review differ significantly and are frequently adjusted dynamically, posing ongoing challenges for enterprises’ global operations. He suggested that countries should seek common ground while reserving differences, quickly build a dual-track cross-border data compliance system, promote the coordination and connection of relevant certification rules, and resolve legal contradictions in cross-border data flows.

International law expert Carlos Lopez believes that the traditional single rigid regulatory model is difficult to effectively constrain the algorithmic power of transnational technology giants. Global digital governance requires the establishment of a transnational collaborative regulatory framework with multiple actors participating and “active attribution” as its core, clarifying the main responsibilities of technology platforms, reducing the difficulty for the public to gather evidence for rights protection, and building transnational judicial remedy channels.

Nikos Dimitriadis, Advisor to the Geneva Aimeng Chengzhen Foundation, suggested building cross-cultural communication bridges for digital governance. He stated that when dealing with governance challenges brought by artificial intelligence, traditional Western utilitarianism has limitations, while Confucian ideas of 仁 (ren, “benevolence”) and 礼 (li, “ritual”) in China contain concepts such as harmonious coexistence and internal self-discipline, which can provide an Eastern ethical approach for global digital governance.

Algorithmic discrimination is an important topic in human rights protection in the digital age. Zhu Jiping (朱继萍), Researcher at the Human Rights Research Center of Northwest University of Political Science and Law (西北政法大学人权研究中心), introduced China’s approach to regulating algorithmic gender discrimination, combining China’s rule-of-law practices such as the Personal Information Protection Law of the People’s Republic of China (中华人民共和国个人信息保护法) and the Law on the Protection of Rights and Interests of Women of the People’s Republic of China (中华人民共和国妇女权益保障法). She stated that algorithmic gender discrimination has hidden, widespread, and systemic characteristics. China has built a three-dimensional protection system covering multiple levels of laws and regulations. In the future, algorithmic gender bias can be prevented in advance through measures such as improving special legislation, strengthening full-lifecycle supervision of algorithms, and promoting industry self-discipline.

“In Lishui (丽水), Zhejiang, the Ganjie (赶街, “rural e-commerce”) model, by building a three-level e-commerce network at the county, township, and village levels, has helped 23,000 women increase their income in the past three years; in Dianjiang (垫江), Chongqing, You Li (游莉), Party branch secretary of a small mountain village, helped villagers open up sales channels for agricultural products by creating short-video IP and the Jinguo Micro-Classroom (巾帼微课堂).” Guo Miao (郭淼), Researcher at the Human Rights Research Center of Northwest University of Political Science and Law, introduced China’s experience of rural women using e-commerce platforms to expand employment and income channels. She stated that these practices have formed a tripartite collaborative model of government guidance, platform empowerment, and institutional incubation, providing a Chinese practice sample for Global South countries to implement the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development through digital technology.

Calvin Queant, Founder and Director of the Global Multilateral Dialogue Center (全球多边对话中心) and President of the East-West Bridge (东西桥), stated that Western discussions on digital governance are often limited to a binary perspective of freedom and regulation, neglecting the digital development demands of Global South countries. The Global Development Initiative (全球发展倡议) proposed by China insists on promoting human rights through development, continuously enhancing the people’s sense of gain and happiness, setting a model for advancing the cause of human rights. He called on the international community to abandon geopolitical biases, jointly build a more just and reasonable global digital governance system, and guide the international community toward a more inclusive, sustainable, and resilient future.

Geneva, July 2 (Xinhua) — (Reporter Liu He) During the 62nd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council held in Geneva, Switzerland, the China Human Rights Development Foundation (中国人权发展基金会) recently hosted a side event themed “Twenty Years of Human Rights: Observations from Civil Society.” Chinese and foreign participants engaged in in-depth exchanges and discussions on topics such as the 20th anniversary of the United Nations Human Rights Council and China’s approach to realizing human rights.

Zhou Shaoqing (周少青), Researcher at the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (中国社会科学院民族学与人类学研究所) and Director of the World Ethnic Studies Office, believes that China’s practice provides a credible path reference, especially for the vast number of developing countries, offering a way to realize the right to subsistence, the right to development, and other rights in an integrated manner.

David Lopez, Human Rights and Geopolitics Advisor to the International Association for Human Rights and Social Development (国际人权与社会发展协会), in his speech welcomed and supported the Global Governance Initiative (全球治理倡议) proposed by China, believing that it places core principles such as sovereign equality, international law, true multilateralism, the central role of the United Nations, people-centeredness, and the right to development at the center. “This is the direction the world needs… it is a multipolar international governance based on cooperation, peace, justice, and equality.”

Xu Shuang (徐爽), Associate Professor at the Human Rights Institute (Contemporary Rule of Law Institute) of China University of Political Science and Law (中国政法大学人权研究院（当代法治研究院）), said that China has consistently actively participated in the activities of the United Nations Human Rights Council and is increasingly becoming a constructive force in promoting global human rights governance.

Wei Xiaoxu (魏晓旭), Associate Professor at the School of Law of Jilin University, said that China has continuously formulated and implemented national human rights action plans (国家人权行动计划), which not only reflects China’s solemn commitment and responsibility to its own people and the world but also provides referable Chinese experience for global human rights governance. Global human rights governance should adhere to dialogue rather than confrontation, exchange rather than isolation, and cooperation rather than zero-sum.

He Jianzong (何建宗), Chairman of the “One Country, Two Systems” Youth Forum (一国两制青年论坛) and member of the Expert Group of the Chief Executive’s Policy Unit (特首政策组专家组), shared the real journey of Hong Kong, China, taking the path from governance to prosperity. “Facts have proved that long-term human rights protection must be based on social stability, driven by economic development, and ultimately implemented through efficient governance.”

Suolang Zhuoma (索朗卓玛), Associate Researcher at the Institute of Religious Studies of the China Tibetology Research Center (中国藏学研究中心宗教研究所), used three stories from three generations to describe the real changes in Tibet’s educational human rights over 20 years: Tibet’s modern education has turned the right to subsistence, the right to development, the right to culture, and the right to equality all into a tangible, feelable, and inheritable happy life.

Ji Meiyun (嵇美云), Associate Professor at the School of Journalism and Communication of Jinan University, shared what she saw and heard during her research in Xinjiang, and felt the profound changes taking place in Xinjiang through the stories of ordinary people: a series of policies have been transformed into development opportunities for the people, and sustainable employment has empowered people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang to pursue their dreams of a better life.

Maryamgul Obulkasim (玛日耶姆古丽·吾布力喀斯木), Council Member of the China Association for Ethnic Minority External Exchanges (中国少数民族对外交流协会), stated in a video speech that over the past 20 years, China has combined the universal principles of human rights with its own national conditions and forged a path of human rights development with Chinese characteristics. “As a representative of ethnic minorities, I have witnessed with my own eyes how the constitutional principle of ‘all ethnic groups are equal’ has been transformed into tangible human rights protection results for people of all ethnic groups.”

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Across Mountains and Seas, the Scent of Rice Connects Us (Global Notes)

By: 麦克·奥杜罗

Not long ago, a bag of hybrid rice produced in Guinea, Africa, was sent across thousands of miles of mountains and seas to Deng Ze (邓则), the widow of Academician Yuan Longping. The front of the rice bag bore the national flags of China and Guinea, and on the back was a message from the Prime Minister of Guinea: “This bag of rice is a perfect symbol of the cooperation between Guinea and China.”

A bag of rice, 礼轻情重 (lǐ qīng qíng zhòng - “gift light, sentiment heavy,” meaning a modest gift conveys deep feeling), carries the most genuine respect of African people for a Chinese scientist, embodies the trust and praise of African people for China’s hybrid rice technology assistance, and also bears witness to the vivid practice of Africa-China agricultural cooperation benefiting ordinary people.

Food security is a pressing problem to be solved in Africa’s development process. According to data from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, more than one-fifth of Africa’s population still faces long-term food inadequacy. Due to reasons such as backward agricultural technology, imperfect supporting industrial chains, insufficient storage facilities, coupled with factors such as global fertilizer price fluctuations, frequent extreme weather, and unstable regional situations, Africa’s grain production has long struggled to develop stably, and the problem of hunger is difficult to eradicate completely.

Faced with this predicament, Africa-China agricultural cooperation precisely aligns with the actual needs of various African countries, making sustained efforts in improved seed improvement, agricultural technology extension, application of modern agricultural equipment, and cultivation of agricultural talents, injecting real momentum into the development of Africa’s grain industry. Today, China’s hybrid rice has taken root in more than 20 African countries including Madagascar, Nigeria, and Zambia. The new improved seeds and planting techniques have broken the limitations of traditional local farming, enabling multiple seasons of planting on the same piece of land and greatly increasing yields. The increase in grain production not only allows the people to hold their “rice bowls” steady, but also swells the “money bags” of farming households, laying a solid foundation for Africa’s rural development.

As an African journalist who has long worked in China, I am often asked by friends why Academician Yuan Longping enjoys such high popularity in Africa. In rural Africa, the name of Academician Yuan Longping is 家喻户晓 (jiā yù hù xiǎo - “every family knows, every household understands,” widely known). Local people respectfully call him the “Father of Hybrid Rice,” and many families even treasure his photographs. In 2025, Gambian farmer Musa Dabo (穆萨·达博) made a special trip to China, and at the grave of Academician Yuan Longping, he offered hybrid rice he had planted himself and a painting depicting a bountiful harvest scene. Dabo is not good with words and does not speak fluent Chinese, but he traveled thousands of miles specially to offer his most sincere respect through his actions.

This gratitude that crosses national boundaries originates from the most genuine improvement in people’s livelihoods. In the hearts of millions upon millions of African farmers, Academician Yuan Longping is not just a Chinese scientist, but also a symbol of harvest and hope. When barren slopes and dry lands turn into thousand-acre demonstration fields with golden waves rolling, when mothers no longer worry about their children’s next meal… local people truly see the increase in grain output and the fullness of granaries, and also genuinely feel the stability of having three meals a day without worry.

It is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish. China’s agricultural cooperation with Africa exports not just seeds, equipment, and technology, but also a feasible and sustainable food security development model. Over the years, batch after batch of Chinese agricultural experts have taken root in African villages, living and working alongside local farmers. By building demonstration farms and establishing agricultural training centers, they popularize practical technologies such as mechanized cultivation, scientific irrigation, and field management, training local agricultural technicians hand in hand, leaving behind localized agricultural technology and talent strength for Africa, helping them acquire the ability to independently produce and achieve stable harvests, gradually shaking off dependence on external assistance, and consolidating the foundation of food security.

This bag of Guinean rice that traveled thousands of miles is a microcosm of the deep friendship between Africa and China, and also articulates a simple development truth: the most precious gift is never the grain sent by others, but the ability to be 自力更生 (zì lì gēng shēng - “rely on one’s own efforts to regenerate,” self-reliance) and achieve continuous harvests. Though separated by mountains and seas, linked by the fragrance of rice, the warm story of Africa and China joining hands to deeply cultivate the fields and jointly promote development will continue to be written on the African continent.

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Foreign Ministry criticizes Japan's extensive lobbying for the so-called new "Free and Open Indo-Pacific" vision

Beijing, July 2 (People's Daily) — (Reporter Cui Qi (崔琦)) In response to the Japanese side's frequent mentions and extensive lobbying for the so-called new version of the "Free and Open Indo-Pacific" concept, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun (郭嘉昆) said on the 2nd that, faced with some "small maneuvers" that create division and stoke confrontation, regional countries need more than ever to keep their eyes open, unite as one, and safeguard the correct direction of Asia-Pacific cooperation.

At the regular press conference that day, a reporter asked: We have noticed that since the beginning of this year, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has frequently mentioned the so-called new version of the "Free and Open Indo-Pacific" concept, and Japanese officials at various levels have visited the Philippines, Vietnam, Australia and other countries to conduct extensive lobbying on this concept. During her visit to India, Sanae Takaichi once again emphasized the importance of building a so-called "free and open Indo-Pacific region." What is the spokesperson's comment on this?

Guo Jiakun said, shouting "freedom and openness" with the mouth while thinking of opposition and confrontation in the heart, such a 名不副实 (míng bù fù shí - "the name does not match the reality," not living up to its name) concept runs 背道而驰 (bèi dào ér chí - "run in the opposite direction," to be contrary to) the common aspiration of regional countries for peace, development, and cooperation, and is destined not to gain genuine recognition.

“What the Asia-Pacific region needs is stability, not turbulence; what it values is cooperation, not division. Upholding the post-war international order and safeguarding the purposes and principles of the UN Charter are the foundation for the prosperity and stability of the Asia-Pacific and the common responsibility of regional countries,” Guo Jiakun stated. Faced with some "small maneuvers" that create division and stoke confrontation, regional countries need more than ever to keep their eyes open, unite as one, and safeguard the correct direction of Asia-Pacific cooperation, enhance mutual trust through dialogue and consultation, protect tranquility through mutually beneficial cooperation, and jointly build a prosperous and stable, open and integrated, inclusive and beneficial, and 和衷共济 (hé zhōng gòng jì - "with one heart to cross the river together," to work together in solidarity) Asia-Pacific.

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Indonesia strives to build a full automotive industry value chain

By: 本报记者 曹师韵

The latest data from the Indonesia Automotive Industry Association shows that in May 2026, new car sales in Indonesia increased by 14% year-on-year, reaching 69,219 units. In the first five months of this year, Indonesia's auto sales rose 12.8% compared with the same period in 2025, reaching 359,015 units. The Indonesia Automotive Industry Association expects full-year 2026 auto sales in Indonesia to reach 850,000 units, an increase of 5.8% year-on-year.

The automotive industry is one of the industries contributing the largest economic output value to Indonesia. Data show that between 2019 and 2024, investment in the automotive sector grew by 43%, with total investment in 2025 estimated at 194.22 trillion Indonesian rupiah (1 yuan is about 2,650 Indonesian rupiah), driving employment for millions of people in related fields such as parts, logistics, sales, and maintenance, producing an obvious multiplier effect on the economy. The Indonesian government is accelerating the upgrading of the automotive industry chain from the national strategic level, focusing on key areas such as electrification transformation, localization of the industrial chain, and building independent brands.

The Indonesian government last year incorporated the domestic car plan into the 2025–2029 National Medium-Term Development Plan and positioned it as a national strategic project, concentrating resources on research and development of Indonesia's self-owned brand autos, while simultaneously advancing the construction of industrial parks to promote the formation of a complete automotive industry ecosystem. PT Pindad Indonesia plans to build a vehicle factory in Subang Regency, West Java Province with an annual production capacity of about 500,000 units, with initial mass production expected to be achieved in 2028.

In terms of investment and industrial policy, the Indonesian government is stepping up efforts to attract foreign automakers to invest and operate through implementing vocational education programs, improving relevant regulations, and providing investment incentives. The Indonesian government offers tax incentives, tax reductions, and import duty exemptions for electric vehicle investment, and uses the localization rate as a key indicator for guidance — electric vehicles with a localization rate exceeding 40% can receive a 10% subsidy. Currently, automakers such as Hyundai of South Korea, Wuling of China, and BYD have built or are building electric vehicle factories in Indonesia. At the same time, relying on its world-leading nickel reserves, Indonesia is building large-scale downstream industrial parks, enhancing nickel smelting capacity, and creating an integrated industrial chain of "mining — smelting — battery manufacturing," striving to become a regional production center for electric vehicle batteries.

Driven by related policies, Indonesia's electric vehicle market is growing rapidly. In December 2025 alone, Indonesia's electric vehicle sales reached 21,821 units, exceeding the total electric vehicle sales in Indonesia for all of 2023; full-year 2025 pure electric vehicle wholesale sales in Indonesia are estimated to have increased 141% year-on-year, setting a new record. The share of electric vehicle sales in Jakarta and surrounding areas has exceeded 25%, a seven-fold increase from 2023. Energy and fuel policies are becoming an important lever to promote the transformation of the automotive industry. Affected by rising international oil prices, the Indonesian government is accelerating the deployment of alternative energy sources. In March this year, the Indonesian Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources stated that it is considering accelerating the implementation of the E20 gasoline policy, namely adding 20% ethanol fuel to gasoline. Starting July 1, Indonesia implemented the B50 biodiesel policy, namely blending 50% palm-oil-based biofuel into diesel, in order to further reduce dependence on fossil fuels.

Chinese electric vehicle brands are increasingly popular in Indonesia. Brands such as BYD, Chery, and Chery's high-end brand Jaecoo have entered the top ten of the local market sales list, with overall growth rates significantly faster than traditional auto brands. As of the end of 2025, 16 Chinese auto brands had entered the Indonesian market, with a market share as high as 90%. Indonesian automotive industry observer Yannis Pasalibu believes that Chinese auto brands focus on technological innovation, brand building, and after-sales service, and are expected to continue expanding their market share in Indonesia. "Strengthening cooperation between Indonesia and China will provide important support for the development of Indonesia's electric vehicle industry."

(本报雅加达5月27日电)

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Germany Urgently Needs to Advance Railway Modernization

By: 本报记者 刘仲华

Recently, the GSM-R digital radio system dedicated to German Rail (Deutsche Bahn) suddenly completely collapsed. Affected by this technical failure, railway operations across Germany were suspended. The backlog and aftermath of freight, long-distance, and regional traffic across Germany lasted for several days. Krischer, the Transport Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, stated bluntly that the accident was mainly caused by outdated technical systems and management errors. According to reports, the underlying technology of the GSM-R system that “caused the trouble” still essentially adopts the 2G mobile communications standard.

After the accident, the German industry organization “Rail Transport Alliance” issued a statement strongly demanding that the Federal Ministry of Transport must produce a cross-departmental digitalization strategy by the end of this year at the latest, accelerate the transition of the train radio system to a next-generation platform based on 5G technology, and widely deploy the European Train Control System.

Local media reports believe that this nationwide railway system paralysis is not an isolated technical accident, revealing deep-seated contradictions such as long-term underinvestment, aging infrastructure, and slow digitalization upgrades in German railways, reflecting weak reform efforts. Long-term underinvestment has led to a serious infrastructure deficit. Influenced by the concept of fiscal austerity, the renewal of German railway bridges, tracks, signaling, and communication equipment has been slow; a large number of facilities have exceeded their design service life, relying on repairs and patches for a long time, and the risk of equipment failure continues to rise. The German Railway Passenger Association stated that unlike high-speed rail dedicated lines in other countries, Germany’s high-speed trains must share tracks with regional commuter trains and freight trains. This “mixed network” means that once a regional slow train is delayed due to a technical failure, the high-speed trains behind it will be paralyzed across the line.

Andreas Knie, a transport expert at the Berlin Social Science Research Center, believes that since the 1994 reform, Deutsche Bahn has paid more attention to operational efficiency and cost control, continuously streamlined infrastructure, and significantly reduced facilities such as switches and sidings, leading to a decline in the resilience of the railway network and insufficient anti-interference capability. Once a key node fails, the impact easily spreads rapidly to the entire network.

Currently, German railways still rely heavily on the GSM-R system based on 2G technology and traditional signaling equipment; the promotion of new-generation digital technology is slow, and old and new systems coexist for a long time, which not only increases maintenance costs but also raises operational risks. In addition, the coordination costs among the German federal government, state governments, Deutsche Bahn, and the EU are high, and coupled with long project approval cycles, the modernization of railways takes a long time.

The German government has promised to invest tens of billions of euros in a “fundamental overhaul” budget for railways, but faces an insurmountable real gap. Germany’s fiscal budget is strictly limited by the constitutional “debt brake”; the coalition government has been wrangling over infrastructure investment for years, making it difficult for the huge funds needed for digitalization upgrades to be fully and timely available. And to make up for the “deficit,” there will be tens of thousands of construction sites on railway lines across Germany in 2026. Transport economists warn that large-scale network closures for construction will exacerbate cancellations and delays in the short term, and Deutsche Bahn has even been forced to lower its punctuality target for long-distance trains. It is expected that by 2029, the punctuality rate of long-distance trains will barely rise to 70%. To restore the stability and competitiveness of the railway system, Germany needs to accelerate systemic reforms.
(Our newspaper, Berlin, July 13)

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Think tank report refutes legal fallacies in Japan and Philippines maritime claims

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, July 2 (Xinhua) -- On July 2, the Institute of Ocean Development Strategy of the Ministry of Natural Resources (自然资源部海洋发展战略研究所) published on the Ministry of Natural Resources' official WeChat public account and the institute's official website (http://www.cimamnr.org.cn/) a think-tank report it organized and compiled titled "Legal Commentary on the Announcement by Japan and the Philippines of the Initiation of Bilateral Maritime Delimitation," which analyzes and refutes the legal fallacies in the recent announcement by Japan and the Philippines to initiate bilateral maritime delimitation.

The report points out that the act of Japan and the Philippines in announcing delimitation violates international law and seriously infringes upon China's legitimate rights and interests. This move by Japan and the Philippines did not consult with China in advance, ignored the specific geographical background of the waters east of Taiwan Island, and contravened the requirements of international law, including the principle of sovereign equality, the obligation of cooperation and restraint, and the principle of good faith, constituting an internationally wrongful act (国际不法行为). Japan and the Philippines should immediately stop advancing bilateral delimitation and engage in consultations with China. At the same time, Japan and the Philippines must not use so-called "delimitation" to challenge the One-China principle (一个中国原则).

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Hiroshima civic group urges Japanese government to uphold "Three Non-Nuclear Principles"

Xinhua News Agency, Tokyo, July 2 (Reporters Liang Chen (梁晨) and Li Ziyue (李子越)) — Representatives of seven atomic bomb victims' groups in Hiroshima Prefecture held a meeting in Hiroshima City on the 2nd to compile demands to be submitted to Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and others at this year's Hiroshima atomic bombing commemoration, calling on the Japanese government to adhere to the Three Non-Nuclear Principles (无核三原则).

The statement of demands says that within the Japanese government and the ruling party, there have emerged arguments favoring revision of the Three Non-Nuclear Principles, which are set as national policy, and even advocacy of "nuclear sharing" — "this runs counter to our will and is absolutely impermissible."

The statement of demands points out that the policies advocated by Takaichi lack concrete measures to advance peace diplomacy, nuclear disarmament, and the abolition of nuclear weapons, and will only intensify regional tensions.

The statement of demands holds that reducing the risk of nuclear war and advancing nuclear disarmament are Japan's urgent tasks at present.

Satoshi Tanaka, Secretary General of the Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Victims' Groups Liaison Conference, stated that Japan must adhere to the Three Non-Nuclear Principles.

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Russian Foreign Ministry: Japan’s Deployment of U.S. Missiles Severely Undermines Stability in the Asia-Pacific

Xinhua News Agency, Moscow, July 1 (Xinhua) -- (Reporter Hou Ming (侯鸣)) Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said at a regular press conference on July 1 that Japan's deployment of U.S. medium- and short-range missile systems seriously undermines stability and security in the Asia-Pacific region.

Zakharova stated that this action by Japan poses a direct threat to Russia's Far East border, and the Russian side has repeatedly warned Japan not to make such destabilizing decisions. At the same time, Russia is strengthening cooperation with countries in the region in order to maintain peace in the Asia-Pacific region.

According to reports, the United States and Japan have recently held multiple joint exercises, and the U.S. "Typhon" (堤丰) medium-range missile system has again been deployed to Japan.

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US Opposes Renewing USMCA in Current Form

Xinhua News Agency, New York, July 1 (Xinhua) — (Reporter Liu Yanan (刘亚南)) U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer issued a statement on July 1 saying that the United States does not agree to renew the "United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement" (USMCA) in its current form.

The statement said that the United States will continue to communicate with Mexico and Canada on the shortcomings of the agreement and the trade deficit issue; the USMCA remains in effect until the above issues are resolved or the agreement is terminated. The United States will hold the third round of bilateral negotiations with Mexico on the week of July 20 as previously planned to discuss matters related to the joint review of the agreement.

According to the relevant provisions of the USMCA, the three countries will conduct the first tripartite joint review of the USMCA in July of this year. After the review, there are three options: renew for 16 years, withdraw from the agreement, or neither renew nor withdraw.

The USMCA was signed in 2018, entered into force in July 2020, and expires in 2036.

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Shenyang, Liaoning Strives to Write Its Answer Sheet for Comprehensive Revitalization of Northeast China in the New Era

This year marks the first year of the "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan" period. Shenyang City, Liaoning Province, has anchored its positioning as a Northeast Asian international central city, refined the implementation path for development over the next five years, clarified the phased development goals for 2030, and continuously consolidated the core advantages of regional development. Leveraging its basic conditions such as industrial foundation, scientific and innovation resources, locational gateway, and cultural heritage, Shenyang is advancing the construction of the "Four Centers, One Hub" (四个中心、一个枢纽), coordinating industrial upgrading, scientific and innovation empowerment, urban quality improvement, cultural-tourism integration, livelihood improvement, and opening up to the outside world. It is steadily enhancing the city's comprehensive carrying capacity and development quality and efficiency, striving to be at the forefront in achieving new breakthroughs in the comprehensive revitalization of Northeast China in the new era.

Develop industries to strengthen the foundation and empower, consolidating the foundation of advanced manufacturing development. The real economy is the core support for urban revitalization and development. Shenyang adheres to the development direction of intelligent, green, and integrated transformation, constructing a "3+4+3" modern industrial system. It steadily promotes the transformation and upgrading of three traditional industries: automobile and auto parts, equipment manufacturing, and food. The automobile and auto parts industry, based on the local complete vehicle production base, lays out the methanol hybrid vehicle industry chain and promotes the transformation towards electrification, intelligence, and green development. The equipment manufacturing industry advances the iterative upgrading of machine tools, builds intelligent factories and 5G factories, and raises the level of equipment manufacturing. The food industry implements a special improvement plan, cultivates high-quality local leading enterprises, and improves the deep processing level of agricultural products.

Shenyang actively cultivates and expands four strategic emerging industries: aerospace, biomedicine and medical equipment, a new generation of information technology, and new energy. In the aerospace field, it promotes the industrialization R&D and manufacturing of all-electric, hybrid-electric, and hydrogen-powered low-altitude aircraft, perfects the industry supporting system, and advances military-civilian integrated and coordinated development. In the biomedicine and medical equipment field, it accelerates the advancement of chemical drugs towards high-end, biological drugs towards frontier, and medical devices towards scale, and optimizes the research and application of frontier biotechnology. The information technology field focuses on the integrated circuit supporting industry and promotes the iterative upgrading of intelligent terminals. The new energy field, centering on the four links of development, transmission, storage, and application, promotes the coordinated development of new technology R&D and equipment manufacturing for wind, solar, storage, and hydrogen, concentrates efforts on building the "Northern Hydrogen Capital" (北方氢都) and "Capital of Energy Storage" (储能之都), and promotes diversified and chain-based industrial development.

Shenyang makes forward-looking arrangements for future industrial tracks, focusing on the directions of embodied intelligence, future materials, and deep earth, deep sea, aerospace and space equipment. It coordinates with Shenyang's universities and scientific research platforms to carry out key core technology breakthroughs, and builds a nurturing system for technological breakthroughs, scenario demonstration, and industrial implementation. It comprehensively promotes the digital and intelligent transformation of the manufacturing industry, cultivates digital workshops and intelligent factories in batches, and enhances the independent development capability of the industrial chain.

Activate the endogenous driving force of scientific innovation, and enhance the regional innovation development capability. Shenyang coordinates the collaborative advancement of education, science and technology, and talent, and builds a regional scientific and technological innovation center. Centered on the Shenyang Hunnan Science and Technology City (沈阳浑南科技城), it coordinates with the Shenbei Science and Education Integration Park (沈北科教融合园) and other science and innovation clusters, integrates innovation resources, and consolidates the hardware foundation for innovation-driven development. Focusing on key areas such as artificial intelligence, advanced materials, and deep engineering, it undertakes science and technology tasks and steadily enhances the capability to break through key core technologies. It forms innovation consortia with universities and research institutes located in Shenyang, opens up channels for collaborative development of industry, academia, and research, and improves the fit of innovation achievements.

Shenyang continuously optimizes the scientific and technological innovation system and mechanism, improves the transformation mechanism of scientific and technological achievements, and builds a full-chain service system for concept verification, pilot-scale maturation, and industrial implementation. It strengthens the main role of enterprises in innovation, advances the gradient cultivation of science and technology enterprises, expands the ranks of science and technology-based SMEs and high-tech enterprises, implements enterprise R&D support policies, and promotes the normalization of R&D activities in industrial enterprises. It improves supporting policies for talent introduction and cultivation, smooths the two-way flow channel for talent between schools and enterprises, and cultivates a contingent of professional technical talents and highly skilled talents to support scientific innovation and industrial development.

Enhance the level of service industry capacity, and enrich the formats of urban economic growth. Guided by industrial development and people's livelihood needs, Shenyang promotes structural optimization and quality and efficiency improvement of the service industry. Centering on the transformation needs of the manufacturing industry, it develops formats such as science and technology services, modern logistics, and modern finance. It builds public platforms for technology services and inspection and testing, improves supporting services for intellectual property and achievement transformation; cultivates science and technology finance, green finance, and digital finance formats, and strengthens the supporting role of finance for the real economy.

Responding to the trend of residents' consumption upgrading, Shenyang optimizes the layout of core business districts, promotes the digital transformation of traditional commerce and specialized markets, cultivates consumption formats such as new retail, nighttime economy, and first-store economy, and creates characteristic consumption集聚 zones. It lays out community-embedded service outlets, improves supporting services for inclusive childcare and elderly care, and promotes the standardization of the housekeeping service industry. It promotes the deep integration of the service industry with manufacturing and modern agriculture, cultivates new formats integrating culture, tourism, sports, and commerce, expands the development space of the service industry, and continuously expands the scale of the service industry.

Deepen the integrated development of culture and tourism, and polish Shenyang's characteristic cultural tourism brand. Shenyang deeply explores its unique resources such as urban history and culture, industrial heritage, red resources, and ice and snow ecology, and promotes the integrated development of culture, tourism, sports, and commerce. It normalizes the protection and utilization of cultural heritage, revitalizes historical districts and industrial heritage, and extends the distinctive cultural context. It integrates cultural and tourism resources across the four seasons, creates an all-region cultural tourism model featuring flower-viewing in spring, study tours in summer, scenery-viewing in autumn, and ice-snow activities in winter, and enriches the supply of cultural tourism products.

Shenyang innovates the cultural tourism development model, integrates resources of ice-snow events, cultural and sports performances, and art exhibitions, and connects multiple scenes of urban consumption. It cultivates new formats such as immersive performances, digital creativity, and cultural and sports leisure. It improves supporting facilities such as self-driving service stations and RV camps, leverages the policy advantages of port entry, develops cross-border cultural tourism routes, deepens regional cultural tourism exchange and cooperation, and continuously enhances the influence of Shenyang's cultural tourism brand.

Widen internal and external linkage channels, and enhance the capacity of the opening-up hub. Based on its core locational advantages, Shenyang constructs a multi-dimensional opening-up channel system of air, land, sea, and internet, and deeply integrates into the regional pattern of open development. It expands and upgrades the aviation hub, optimizes the route network, and expands cross-border aviation channels; improves the land transportation network and advances the construction of key transportation projects; strengthens linkage and coordination with coastal ports, optimizes the sea-rail and road-rail multimodal transport systems, and enhances cargo distribution and transshipment capacity.

Shenyang enhances the construction of digital infrastructure, and develops open formats such as cross-border e-commerce and offshore trade. Relying on open platforms such as the Pilot Free Trade Zone and the Comprehensive Bonded Zone, it optimizes port customs clearance procedures, improves the level of cross-border trade facilitation, and expands the export of advantageous products in industries such as high-end equipment, automobiles and auto parts, and biomedicine. It deepens normalized cooperation with Northeast Asian cities in the fields of economy and trade, science and innovation, and cultural tourism, facilitates the landing of foreign-funded projects, advanced technologies, and high-end talents, attracts enterprises to establish regional headquarters and R&D platforms, and continuously strengthens Shenyang's radiating and linking capabilities.

Continuously optimize the business environment, and unleash the development vitality of business entities. Benchmarking against international and domestic first-class standards, Shenyang continues to deepen the reform of government services. It streamlines approval processes, shortens handling times, promotes full-process online handling, cross-provincial handling, and commitment-based acceptance service models, implements precise policy推送 through big data platforms, and implements inclusive policies such as tax and fee reductions, assistance to enterprises in difficulty, and job stabilization support, reducing institutional transaction costs.

Improve the normalized service mechanism; through government-bank-enterprise matchmaking, enterprise visits, and other means, Shenyang precisely solves various problems for enterprises. It optimizes the regulatory model involving enterprises, standardizes the behavior of inspections involving enterprises, and maintains a fair and transparent market environment. It continuously removes implicit barriers to the development of the private economy, and cultivates and strengthens private economic entities. It optimizes the allocation structure of state-owned capital, promotes municipal state-owned enterprises to focus on leading industries and technological innovation, gives play to the project support and industrial leading role of state-owned enterprises, and promotes the coordinated development of various business entities.

Focus on the improvement of people's livelihood quality, and build a happy city suitable for living and working. Shenyang adheres to a people-centered approach, continuously optimizes public services, improves urban functions, and steadily enhances people's well-being. It implements employment-first measures, broadens employment channels for key groups, and promotes steady growth of residents' income. It optimizes the allocation of educational resources, promotes high-quality and balanced compulsory education and integration of industry and education in vocational education, matching the talent development needs of the industry. It improves the urban-rural medical service system, and enhances grassroots diagnosis and treatment, public health, and emergency response capabilities. It improves the inclusive service system for the "elderly and young" (一老一小), optimizes the layout of elderly care facilities, increases the supply of inclusive childcare, and promotes the construction of a child-friendly and birth-friendly city.

Shenyang orderly advances urban renewal, implements the renovation of old residential communities, municipal pipeline networks, and back streets and alleys, optimizes the layout of urban greening and ecological corridors, and continuously improves the living environment. It optimizes the distribution mechanism of subsidized housing, improves the housing rental system, and guarantees the basic housing needs of the people. It optimizes the grid-based governance model, improves the mechanism for responding to the demands of the masses, improves diversified channels for resolving conflicts and disputes, and maintains social harmony and stability.

Striving forward in the "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan" period, Shenyang anchors on the construction of a Northeast Asian international central city. Centering on the main line of high-quality development, focusing on the cultivation of new quality productive forces, with project construction as support, reform and innovation as the driving force, and improvement of people's livelihood as the ultimate goal, it will continuously strengthen the real economy, activate scientific innovation momentum, broaden the opening-up pattern, optimize the development ecology, and enrich the foundation of people's well-being. It will steadily enhance the city's comprehensive strength and brand influence, making greater contributions to the comprehensive revitalization and all-round revitalization of Liaoning.

Data source: Publicity Department of the CPC Shenyang Municipal Committee

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The place where I was reborn is China (Reading the World)

By: （伊拉克）方浩明

For me, writing "The Place Where I Was Reborn" was a spiritual journey of recalling the past and gazing back at my original aspiration. Looking back on the trajectory of my life—from walking out of the flames of war in Iraq to taking root in China and becoming a young journalist—all those shattered childhood memories, the years of displacement and wandering, and the warmth of being healed and accepted in China rush to my heart. Among them, many key stories, such as a childhood amid war, my father's death, the September 3 military parade (九三阅兵), returning to Iraq, and so on, still stir my emotions when I recall them; they are imprints engraved in my bones and blood, the most precious treasures of my life.

In the opening of the book, I wrote, "I am a child who should not have been born" — that was the true story at the time. At age three, I personally experienced the Iraq War. Although I was young then, some terrifying images still linger in the depths of my memory. To the extent that later, when I watched video footage of the Iraq War, I still trembled all over.

My family moved from place to place in Syria. As a young child, together with my older brother and sister, at an age when we should have been studying and playing, we shouldered the burden of life early. War and turmoil robbed me of my childhood, also made me understand the fragility of life early on, and gave rise from the bottom of my heart to an extreme longing for peace. I deeply understand that to live a stable and safe life is already the greatest luck.

Now, I have lived in China for over ten years, growing from an ignorant teenager into a 26-year-old young man. China has smoothed the scars left by war in my heart, giving me stability, dignity, and the confidence to move forward. This sense of belonging began with the warmth and kindness of neighbors in Yongning County (永宁县), Yinchuan, Ningxia; originated from the sincere acceptance of teachers and classmates; and was completed by the inclusive embrace of this land. No one cared that I came from a war-torn place, no one treated me differently. I could study in peace, pursue dreams, and have a future. This stability of being respected and accepted is my most solid sense of belonging.

In the book, I wrote about many trivial daily routines, such as eating saozi noodles after playing soccer, having skewers on the street, choosing Spring Festival couplets, and also when I was sick, friends brought congee and medicine and called to check on me. These may be small matters for others, but for me they are the sunlight that heals the heart. This everyday hustle and bustle is the happiness of ordinary days, and moreover is the precious gift that China has given me, allowing me to truly integrate into this land and understand the original appearance of life.

When I returned to Iraq, I felt like a stranger; even my maternal grandmother did not recognize me. When I saw in Iraq the bridges and schools built with Chinese assistance, I gradually realized that homeland is never simply one's birthplace, but a place that can give people warmth, hope, and a sense of security. Iraq is my homeland of blood lineage, while China is the spiritual hometown that gave me new life, granted me stability, and shaped my character — I have redefined the meaning of "home."

In my view, Chinese people's patriotism is a faith that comes from the heart and is with full justification. Having seen homes shattered amid the flames of war, and then seeing Chinese people guarding their home and country, cherishing peace, and actively building, I understand more deeply that patriotism is not just a slogan, but the fervor of rushing for one's home and country.

Recalling the scene of the September 3 military parade, my tears flowed not for any particular country, but for the rare peace in the world. During the days living in China, the ordinary hustle and bustle of the streets, the smiles of children going to school securely, the sight of ordinary people working hard and planning for the future, all made me understand that peace not only means the absence of war, but also means that everyone can live with dignity, can live a stable life, can pursue ideals, can confidently plan their future life, without having to worry in fear that they will have nothing tomorrow.

As a journalist based in China, I have always used truthful words to tell the Arab world Chinese stories that have warmth, the flavor of daily life, and a sense of responsibility. I use my pen to record China's development achievements, cultural heritage, and human kindness, so that more Arab people can see a true, multi-dimensional, and comprehensive China, building a bridge of people-to-people bonds between Arab countries and China.

At present, the world still has gunpowder and war flames, and there are still children displaced. As a peace communicator who has walked out of the flames of war, I hope to continue using pen and ink as a bridge, and the camera lens as a medium, to convey to the world the voice that peace is precious and win-win cooperation is valuable.

May China-style peace and development illuminate more turbulent regions. May there be no more war in the world, and may every person have their own happy life.

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Tears of Devotion for Peace

By: 聂 文 康嘉瑄

In September 2025, just after the military parade, we were attracted by this young man who shed tears during the parade. Before this, we did not know Fang Haoming (方浩明), but his tears were so sincere and moving. Why would a foreigner cry emotionally during China’s military parade, even saying “I really envy you” and similar words? With such curiosity, we immediately searched for Fang Haoming’s story. After learning that he was born in Iraq, moved through Syria, and finally settled in China, it was not difficult to understand the complex emotions hidden behind his tears—they were an instinct arising from emotion, not a show to attract attention.

We contacted Fang Haoming himself through his classmates, expressing our willingness to cooperate with him in publishing a book. Unexpectedly, he already had such an idea; we hit it off immediately. In October 2025, we met for the first time in Beijing’s golden autumn. Fang Haoming was wearing a sharp suit, his demeanor spirited—truly a young talent. He is a correspondent in China for China-Arab Television (中阿卫视). As early as before the September 3 military parade (九三阅兵), he had already “broken out” by repeatedly participating in reports on China’s two sessions (全国两会) and dancing Subject Three (科目三). People on the Internet came to know this young man from Iraq, and at the same time, he used his bright smile and humorous language to introduce the China in his eyes to the Arab world.

Fang Haoming’s process of writing the manuscript went very smoothly; it can be said to be done in one go. This benefited not only from his professionalism as a journalist, but also from the fact that these stories had long been deeply imprinted in his bones and flowing in his blood. In fact, behind those widely known stories, we saw in Fang Haoming’s writing a side of him that the public did not know, including many details that almost made one cry. For example, Fang Haoming described his father like this: “He had such a hard life; he wore himself out worrying about our whole family, tried his best for us—perhaps that was the reason he developed heart disease. Finally, Dad saw that we were all settled. In a peaceful country, the children of my eldest sister and second sister were born one after another, my elder brother went to university, and I got good grades at school. We lived the life we once hoped for. So Dad no longer had to force himself to hold on, and no longer had any regrets.” This was truly a husband and father who devoted his whole heart and gave everything for his family. Even though their whole family now had a stable life in China, the traces of war had penetrated to the bone, already deeply damaging his father’s body. And such an impact is probably something that those of us living in peacetime can never imagine, just like when they celebrated the Spring Festival in China for the first time, the booming fireworks in the sky were mistaken by them for artillery shells.

What truly made our tears flow was the various kindnesses he had received in China: the mutual reliance and companionship among neighbors in Ningxia, playing football on the green field with friends, step by step from a workplace novice to a professional journalist. These seemingly trivial daily matters weighed more than a thousand pounds in his writing, because they were the stability and kindness he had never dared to hope for in his childhood.

Most unforgettable were his tears during the September 3 military parade—not deliberate sentimentality, but the purest reverence for peace after surviving calamities; when he returned to Iraq, the smiling faces of children in Chinese-aided schools gave the most vivid footnote to “being reborn.”

Regarding the cover of this book, we originally wanted to use the photo of Fang Haoming crying at the military parade ground, but that was after all just a screenshot from a video. So, we planned to take a set of photos for Fang Haoming, choosing the Great Wall as the location, because it is one of China’s most iconic landmarks. Fang Haoming spread his arms, face full of smiles, as if introducing the China in his eyes to the readers before the book.

This book has no grand narrative, but through each and every real detail, it lets us see the cruelty of war and the preciousness of peace, and moreover see the complete trajectory of a stranger taking root in China, being healed and being accepted—warm and powerful.

(The authors are, respectively, an editor (specially appointed) of Tianjin People’s Publishing House (天津人民出版社) and Xu Leipeng (徐雷鹏).)

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Between Splendid Attire, Encountering the East (Traveler's Notes)

By: 颜 欢

During the April Fair, the air of the ancient Spanish city of Seville is filled with the fragrance of orange blossoms. In the early evening, the crowds on the streets flow like a slow-moving river of colors: women wear layer upon layer of flamenco dresses, ruffles cascading from the shoulders to the hems in bright hues; men wear the traditional suits of the Andalusian region, their leather shoes gleaming (see photo, by Yan Huan (颜欢)). Being among them feels like stepping onto the set of a period drama.

A local friend told me that elaborate dress is the "entry ticket" to the April Fair. This festival, which arrives in late April, originated from the spring livestock fair in the mid-19th century — when merchants from Catalonia and the Basque Country drove their cattle and sheep to Seville to sell. In the mid-19th century, large-scale merchants wished to establish an annual market for livestock trading, and thus the April Fair was born. At that time, farm owners, cart drivers, and rural families often attended the fair dressed in formal traditional attire. As 时光荏苒 (shí guāng rěn rǎn - "time slips away," time passes quickly), the commercial nature of the April Fair gradually faded, and people have become accustomed to using it to strengthen bonds through dancing and family gatherings; this cultural tradition has continued to this day.

What is most eye-catching in the festival tents are the passionate and unrestrained flamenco performances. Dancers spin and stamp their feet to the sound of the guitar, handling their folding fans with 出神入化 (chū shén rù huà - "to reach the acme of perfection," describing superb skill), sometimes light and subtle, sometimes sharp and decisive, eyes darting as the fans open and close. The "Manila shawls" fluttering over the dancers' shoulders are embroidered with intricate floral patterns, and their long fringes sway and flutter with the dance steps, 相映成趣 (xiāng yìng chéng qù - "set each other off beautifully," complementing each other delightfully). These two items, now regarded as symbols of flamenco, are closely linked to the Manila galleon trade more than four centuries ago.

Starting in the 16th century, folding fans and silk embroidered shawls from China set out from ports on China's southeastern coast, were loaded onto ships in Manila, the Philippines, crossed the vast Pacific to the Americas, and then were transported to Spain by Atlantic merchant vessels. At that time, they were stunning Eastern luxury goods, highly sought after by the nobility. As local artisans improved and imitated them, they gradually entered the streets and lanes, blending into local aesthetic tastes and lifestyles. Through centuries of popularity and reinvention, they acquired new life and became an inseparable part of flamenco art.

In Seville's famous century-old embroidery workshop, the "Fronda Workshop" (福隆达工坊), I saw these shawls up close for the first time. The silk base fabric is soft and delicate, and the embroidery threads glisten with a warm luster under the light. Juan Fronda (胡安·福隆达), the third-generation heir of the workshop, carefully unfolded a Chinese shawl that had been in the family for a hundred years: traditional Chinese motifs such as cranes, phoenixes, pavilions, and towers were layered across the fabric, with soft and elegant colors, preserving the levels and negative space that traditional Chinese aesthetics values.

As these shawls spread along maritime trade routes, their appearance quietly changed: local artisans infused them with brighter, more intense colors — bright red, vivid yellow, cobalt blue, and emerald green collided with each other, creating bold and direct hues. Complex Chinese patterns gradually gave way to large blooming roses, carnations, and fluttering butterflies, echoing the passionate and unrestrained style of Andalusian song and dance.

The changes in the fans are similar. Initially, they carried Eastern craftsmanship and themes; today, people paint on the fan leaves scenes of fierce bullfighting duels, the lively parades of horse-drawn carriages at the April Fair, and the churches and plazas of Seville's streets. A small folding fan, over hundreds of years of localization, has absorbed elements of daily life and become a carrier through which local people express their regional culture and historical memory.

Interior designer Ed Espino (艾德·艾思皮诺) was born in Seville and grew up in the atmosphere of the April Fair, feeling a natural affinity for folding fans, shawls, and flamenco dresses. She told me that many people think these festive elements originally belong to Andalusia, but in fact, they are all cultural travelers that crossed mountains and seas and transcended time. "These cultural elements originating from China have long been integrated into daily life and local customs, making our culture richer and more diverse."

Espino's words left a deep impression on me. The people dressed in elaborate attire for the festival may not deliberately trace the cultural trajectory of a folding fan or a shawl; in the accustomed festival rituals, the code of world civilizational exchange is already deeply buried. The Eastern objects that once crossed the ocean, after centuries of circulation and sedimentation, gradually merged into the lives of Andalusian people. Now, they retain the imprint of distant lands while also carrying local creativity. On the shoulders, in the hands, and in the dance steps of the locals, they tell a story of civilizational exchange that spans time and space.

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Encountering Lake Malawi (Overseas Impressions)

By: 吴发奖

The East African Rift Valley stretches all the way southward, and the valley’s accumulated waters converge in southeastern Africa into a vast expanse of blue waves — Lake Malawi lies quietly here. The lake sits at the junction of three countries — Zambia, Tanzania, and Mozambique — is 900 kilometers long, and occupies one-fifth of the land area of the Republic of Malawi. People call Malawi “the warm heart of Africa”; this lake water is precisely the ceaselessly pulsing beat of the African continent, and is also poetically named “the Lake of Stars.”

Standing by the lakeshore, one realizes that description with brush and ink is ultimately shallow, far less moving than seeing it with one’s own eyes. In the early morning, caressed by the equatorial warm breeze, I step barefoot onto the white sand of the lakeshore; the fine, soft sand gently brushes my ankles. The dust of the journey and all the fatigue of travel dissolve completely, leaving only the tranquility of keeping company with mountains and rivers.

Lake Malawi combines hardness and softness 刚柔并济 (gāng róu bìng jì — “hardness and softness combined,” to possess both strength and gentleness). The northern part of the lake has the majestic momentum of the East African Rift: cliffs face each other on both shores, thrusting straight into the clouds; waterfalls cascade from the precipices, shimmering silver as they rush toward the water’s surface, sounding like thunder, echoing through the valleys. Entering deep into the lake’s bays, the scenery turns gentle and mild: fragrant grasses grow alongside the lake, the lake waters flow encircling the shore, vast and boundless, a stretch of grayish-blue haze. The lake surface is 472 meters above sea level, while the deepest point underwater exceeds 700 meters, forming a distinctive character of clarity above and profundity below, embracing the profound connotations of the rift valley land.

“Malawi” means “flame” in the local Nyanja language; the lake’s name originates from the magnificent scene of the lake surface burning like fire under the setting sun. When the sky is clear and the sun is high, the blue-green lake water is plated with a layer of dazzling molten gold, shimmering with ripples, exactly like a quietly burning flame — ardent and open, yet gentle and restrained.

This beauty of sincere ardor has been passed down for more than a hundred years. In 1859, when the Scottish explorer David Livingstone first saw this lake, he named it Lake Nyasa, meaning “great lake.” The name given by the local people is even more evocative: in the night, the lights of fishing boats dot the surface like stars, and the myriad stars in the sky twinkle, so it also gained the beautiful name “Lake of Stars.” As time has flowed to the present day, the romance and poetry of that first encounter still ripple through the lake’s mornings and evenings.

The beauty of mountains and waters also lies in the smoke and fire of human life. On the shore, the residents of Nkhata Bay have lived in symbiosis with the lake for generations; the lake waters nurture a land and its people, moistening ordinary years and days. At daybreak, the lakeshore awakens; people along the water’s edge wash clothes and work, cleansing the dust of the world. Children are the lively scenery of the lakeshore — they gather in groups to play in the water and chase the waves, their crisp laughter rippling in the sparkling light and slowly spreading with the current. Ordinary life passes peacefully, year after year.

Standing by the lake, one suddenly realizes: the lake water is a pair of eyes with which the earth gazes at the sky, bearing clouds, birds, stars, and distant mountains, embracing all the myriad states of human life through the years. We rush to mountains and seas, taking in the vastness of heaven and earth with our eyes, and沉淀 (precipitating) the gentleness of the world within our hearts.

Truly beautiful earthly scenery is never deliberately carved, nor does it have clamorous ostentation. Lake Malawi embraces the ancient continent with a mass of clear water and nurtures all living things with a stretch of tender affection. In the morning it carries the lingering charm of the stars, in the evening it holds the flowing light of flames — it leaves the vastness, warmth, and simplicity of the African land in the hearts of all who encounter it.

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"Corn, Gold, Jaguar"

The “Corn, Gold, Jaguar — Maya and Andean Ancient Civilizations Grand Exhibition” opened on May 18 at the Capital Museum. This exhibition is divided into three sections: “The World of the Maya,” “The King’s Treasures,” and “Spirits of Nature,” exhibiting a total of approximately 800 precious artifacts spanning more than 3,000 years.

In the exhibition’s title, “corn” symbolizes the agricultural foundation and material base, “gold” represents the supreme religious faith and secular power in Andean civilization, and “jaguar” symbolizes strength and courage. Together, they depict a moving panorama of the ancient civilizations of the Americas, represented by Maya and Andean civilizations, ranging from subsistence production to spiritual beliefs and then to power structures, opening a window for Chinese audiences to understand ancient Latin American civilizations and promoting mutual understanding and affinity between Chinese and Latin American civilizations through mutual learning and mutual enrichment, achieving common development. The exhibition will run until October 18.
Text/Photos: Capital Museum

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Wang Jiake, Zhuang Xueya, Li Xinyi

Email: rmrbgjfk@peopledaily.cn Layout design: Cai Huawei (蔡华伟)

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Platform economy must shift from price competition to quality and innovation (Weekly Economic Review)

By: 林丽鹂

Since June, a series of measures by market regulatory authorities have sent a clear signal, pointing to a deep rectification of involution-style competition (内卷式竞争) in the platform economy sector.

In the food delivery sector, the State Administration for Market Regulation (市场监管总局) issued the Ten Norms on Food Delivery Platform Subsidy Behavior (Draft for Comment) in response to the food delivery subsidy war, proposing that platforms shall not use long-term, large-scale subsidy methods to exclude or restrict market competition or disrupt the market competition order.

In the intra-city freight sector, the State Administration for Market Regulation notified that it had supervised and guided the leading enterprises in the industry to implement antitrust compliance rectification, ceasing unreasonable downward pressure on freight rates, canceling mandatory truck decals, and reducing platform commissions, making this the first case of antitrust supervision and enforcement in the algorithmic sector.

In the e-commerce sector, the Beijing Municipal Market Regulation Bureau (北京市市场监管局) announced that the “June 18 Hundred-Billion Subsidy” (6·18百亿补贴) did not mean that platforms invested tens of billions of yuan in subsidies for consumers during the “June 18” period, and that several platforms did not clearly state the actual subsidy amounts invested or the proportion of contributions between platforms and merchants.

In recent years, China’s platform economy has developed vigorously, with new business forms and models constantly emerging, playing an important role in technological innovation, boosting domestic demand, and stabilizing employment. However, for some time now, involution-style competition characterized by forced participation of platform-based operators, meager profits or losses, and deterioration of product and service quality has occurred from time to time. Guiding the platform economy from “competing on price” to “competing on quality and innovation” is an inevitable requirement for promoting the healthy development of the platform economy.

The Central Economic Work Conference held at the end of last year proposed “deeply rectifying involution-style competition.” Rectifying involution-style competition is an important institutional arrangement for promoting high-quality development of China’s economy. In the platform economy sector, involution-style competition is prominently manifested as “subsidy wars,” “price wars,” and “track wars,” with large amounts of resources consumed in price bargaining, squeezing resources for quality upgrading and technological innovation, and affecting product and service quality. Regulatory authorities must coordinate and collaborate to guide competition back toward efficiency and innovation.

Whether the platform economy ecosystem is good or not depends critically on platform enterprises. All platform enterprises must shoulder their main responsibilities, abandon short-sighted behavior of single-mindedly pursuing traffic, increase algorithm transparency, and let technology return from being a “tool of involution” to being an “efficiency tool.” They must safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of operators within the platform, workers in new forms of employment, consumers, and other relevant subjects, and build a multi-win platform economy ecosystem.

In the face of problems and challenges emerging in the development of the platform economy, China has continuously improved the governance mechanism of the platform economy: the Measures for the Supervision and Administration of Online Trading Platform Rules has been implemented, the Antitrust Compliance Guidelines for Internet Platforms have been rolled out, the National Standardization Technical Committee for Platform Economy Governance has been established… Positive progress has been made in the standardized and healthy development of the platform economy. Especially in the field of platform economy antitrust, regulatory authorities have comprehensively applied the antitrust “three documents and one letter” (三书一函) system, adopted “tiered supervision” (梯次监管) measures, proactively resolved monopoly risks, and strengthened social supervision. In the future, the tiered supervision and enforcement toolbox will become even more abundant, promoting the continuous improvement of normalized supervision systems for the platform economy. At the same time, it is necessary to further improve the cross-departmental supervision coordination mechanism for the platform economy, strengthen cross-regional and cross-level regulatory linkages, and enhance the comprehensive market supervision capacity and level.

For the supervision of the platform economy, we must adhere to equally emphasizing both regulatory norms and promoting development, improve the normalized supervision system for the platform economy, and let enterprises clearly know what they can and cannot do, thereby forming more stable development expectations. It is necessary to deeply rectify involution-style competition, promote the platform economy’s transition from the extensive growth of “traffic is king” to a new stage of high-quality development characterized by “algorithm transparency, reasonable pricing, rights protection, and multi-win outcomes,” thereby continuously providing strong support for high-quality development.

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A Chinese-style pastry tastes the new flavor of national trend (Time-honored brand renewal)

By: 本报记者 潘俊强

At 8:30 a.m., on the front street of the Longfu Temple block in Dongcheng, Beijing, the Beijing Daoxiangcun (北京稻香村) Zero Treasure Hunting Hall opened its doors on time to welcome customers. Customers could see through the transparent glass of the open kitchen: mixing dough, wrapping flaky pastry, preparing fillings, forming balls, shaping, baking—the pastry chefs’ hands flew in the morning light, and the patterns on the crust gradually bloomed, like works of art.

"The inheritance of a time-honored brand is not about guarding old things unchanged, but about truly integrating traditional skills into the lives of contemporary people, so that young people identify with them from the bottom of their hearts and are willing to carry them forward." said Bi Guocai (毕国才), chairman of Beijing Daoxiangcun.

From its founding in 1895 at Qianmen in Beijing, to 1984 when the "old shopkeeper" Liu Zhenying (刘振英) painstakingly resumed operations in a small alley, to the current chairman Bi Guocai preserving the original flavor while daring to innovate, Beijing Daoxiangcun has passed its torch 薪火相传 (xīn huǒ xiāng chuán - "pass the torch from one to another," meaning knowledge or tradition is handed down) for over 130 years. Entering the new era, it has caught up with new fashions.

A Chinese-style pastry from Beijing Daoxiangcun not only carries the taste memories of several generations but also, through the fusion of upholding orthodoxy and innovation, has completed a "national trend" (国潮) transformation of a piece of pastry.

Upholding Classics, Maintaining Quality

"A bag of cream twists and three hawthorn helmet cakes, please." At the Third Sales Department of Beijing Daoxiangcun, Liu Baoxing (刘宝兴), a resident living near Dongzhimen, is a regular customer. Since retiring, he comes almost every week to browse and buy some pastries. "I am an old customer of Beijing Daoxiangcun. I have eaten it since childhood. It carries beautiful memories of my youth and also adds to my happy life now." Liu Baoxing said that the pastries here still have that same flavor—this is keeping the foundation, not forgetting the origin.

Passing the torch, one flavor for a hundred years.

The history of Beijing Daoxiangcun began in 1895. Guo Yusheng (郭玉生), a man from Jinling (present-day Nanjing), set up the "Daoxiangcun Southern Goods Store" in Beijing's Qianmen, officially hanging out the name "Daoxiangcun." This was the origin of Beijing Daoxiangcun and also a landmark for southern-style foods entering Beijing. Northerners tasted southern flavors, found them novel at first, then turned that novelty into habit; southerners, eating hometown flavors in a different place, found some comfort for their homesickness. As soon as Daoxiangcun's nameplate went up, business became increasingly brisk. According to "Lu Xun's Diaries," Mr. Lu Xun frequently visited Beijing Daoxiangcun stores to buy pastries and other foods.

After opening the shop, Guo Yusheng integrated Beijing-flavor characteristics and led the pastry chefs to diligently research the production techniques of Beijing-style pastries, initiating a century-long inheritance of Beijing-style pastries. "Food is the first necessity of the people"; "eating" is a very vivid expression carrier of traditional food culture. Beijing Daoxiangcun focuses on the preservation of traditional foods and has successfully restored many traditional foods that had disappeared for years, such as the traditional food "Beijing Eight Pieces" (京八件).

According to Xie Daoyun (谢道云), a technical inheritor at Beijing Daoxiangcun, to restore this set of classic pastries that carry Beijing's seasonal culture, the R&D team consulted a large number of ancient texts and spent nearly a year continuously adjusting and testing. The "Beijing Eight Pieces" are divided into the "major eight pieces" for seasonal festivals and the "minor eight pieces" for daily use, each set having eight shapes and eight fillings, symbolizing eight different kinds of good wishes. When the "Beijing Eight Pieces" re-entered consumers' view, as soon as they appeared, they became a popular holiday gift and also one of the representative specialties of Beijing.

Not limited to the "Beijing Eight Pieces," one by one, the production techniques of pastries have returned through the hands of the pastry chefs. This benefits from the continuity of Beijing Daoxiangcun's traditional skills. Since its establishment, Beijing Daoxiangcun has always followed the master-apprentice system—"passing on, helping, and leading."

Take Xie Daoyun, for example: every time he enters the production workshop, he thinks back to the scene more than 30 years ago when his master taught him to make pastries hand in hand. Now his apprentice Chen Meiling (陈美玲) can work independently, precisely mastering the production techniques of Beijing-style pastries and becoming a core force in the company's R&D.

It is exactly because of such a group of torch-passing guardians that the production techniques of Beijing-style pastries and the handmade production techniques of Beijing-style mooncakes have become representative intangible cultural heritage skills of Beijing Daoxiangcun. This is also a testament to Beijing Daoxiangcun's adherence to traditional techniques and preservation of classic flavors.

No matter how the market changes, Beijing Daoxiangcun strictly follows procedures, maintains high standards, and uses high-quality raw materials. "In order to select the finest rose petals, every year at the beginning of May we lead more than 20 experienced material pickers on a special trip to Heze, Shandong, to control every key node: carefully picking them before dawn, then using a color sorter to separate the receptacles, repeatedly sifting out broken petals and impurities, going through air selection, vibration screening, two rounds of color sorting, drum screening, and finally manual fine picking, only then can we achieve that classic, enduring rose fragrance in the pastry." said Liu Tieliang (刘铁良), director of the Procurement Department of Beijing Daoxiangcun Food Factory. With craftsmanship, they guard the texture of pastries passed down through generations, allowing Daoxiangcun pastries to traverse history and time while remaining in people's taste buds and memories. To date, Beijing Daoxiangcun has opened over 200 stores in Beijing and more than 1,000 outlets nationwide.

Breaking Through with Innovation, Leading the Trend

Speaking of innovation, Chen Meiling, deputy director of the Technical Research Department at Beijing Daoxiangcun, tells the story in detail. "A time-honored brand that does not innovate will eventually be submerged in the torrent of the market." Chen Meiling said, but the innovation of time-honored brands is never about starting from scratch; it is about innovating while standing on the shoulders of tradition.

In Beijing, during the Dragon Boat Festival, people not only eat zongzi, but also have the custom of eating "Five Poison Cakes" (五毒饼). Five Poison Cakes are round pastries specially made for the Dragon Boat Festival, stamped with patterns of the five poisons (snake, scorpion, centipede, gecko, toad). In recent years, Beijing Daoxiangcun recreated the "Five Poison Cakes" that had faded from people's sight, but it did not meet expectations. Young people said the five poisons sounded a bit scary and they dared not eat them; elderly people said the product's taste was traditional and no different from other pastries.

Innovation is about resurrecting old flavors in modern life; the premise is being able to hear consumer feedback. "This series of responses gave our R&D masters a direction." Chen Meiling said, weaken the image of the five poisons and upgrade the flavors.

After taste analysis and multiple experiments, they finally selected delicious and fashionable fillings such as "emerald pine nut" and "coconut cheese" as the flavors for the five pastries. In terms of appearance, the five-poison images were made cute and fun, closing the distance between traditional culture and young people. "We used 3D printing technology to print cartoon-style images on the crust. The five-poison images are cute and endearing, which young people love." Chen Meiling said.

Old products have new changes, and new products also emerge endlessly. Beijing Daoxiangcun has never stopped product development; currently, product categories have reached 15 categories with over 600 varieties.

Facing the impact of Western-style pastries on traditional pastries, at the end of last year, Beijing Daoxiangcun launched the "Daotian Diary" (稻田日记) Western pastry series. This seemingly somewhat unconventional decision brought unexpected results to the time-honored brand. At the "Daotian Diary" Western pastry counter in the Third Sales Department of Beijing Daoxiangcun, jujube flower cake in the shape of a jujube flower pastry, Chantilly cream cake roll recreating the "Big Lazy Dragon" shape, sugar-coated hawthorn skewer mousse cake... integrating Western pastry flavors with traditional pastry shapes gives traditional techniques a new expression carrier and also wins the favor of young consumers. "Many young people even buy traditional pastries to compare the flavors." said sales clerk Liu Pengsen (刘鹏森).

Innovation cannot be separated from the support of technology. Beijing Daoxiangcun focuses on key links in production processing and product preservation, carrying out special technology upgrades. It mainly pursues breakthroughs in two core technology areas: frozen dough process optimization and long-term product preservation. Through technological iteration, it improves product taste stability and extends the preservation cycle, while optimizing industrial production processes and reducing production losses, comprehensively upgrading the enterprise's standardization, scale, and intelligent production level.

The "Capital Famous Sites" (京城名胜) series, which has sold over 1 million pieces since its launch, was born out of the "4D forming technology" proposed by Beijing Daoxiangcun based on market trends. Chen Meiling admitted that even the mold for the product requires more than a dozen refinements. First, the product is made by hand to realize the creative concept, then industrial mass production is advanced. During the conversion from manual to mechanized production, parameters such as time and temperature need to be repeatedly adjusted; about several dozen tests are conducted before mass production, and finally stable mass production is achieved.

Chen Meiling also took over the company's innovation studio, mainly undertaking R&D and technical guidance roles. "In the studio, we must both learn and inherit the production techniques taught by the masters, and also transmit and inspire new members to continuously innovate."

Creating New Scenes, Building New Landmarks

At a time when the national trend is rising, Beijing Daoxiangcun has jumped out of the single framework of traditional retail, deeply binding culture, commerce, and tourism, reconstructing consumption scenes with the "cultural-commercial-tourism integration" model, making a piece of pastry a link that connects urban memory with tourism experience. "We fully tap the rich mine of Beijing's historical culture, from 'selling pastries' to 'creating scenes,' from 'making products' to 'building an ecosystem,' allowing this century-old time-honored brand Beijing Daoxiangcun to co-exist and co-prosper with urban development, becoming a new landmark of urban culture." said Yu Dazhi (俞大治), general manager of Beijing Daoxiangcun. Through a "one store, one strategy" approach, different stores are turned into cultural experience spaces with distinct characteristics.

Entering the Beijing Daoxiangcun Zero Treasure Hunting Hall, the store not only sells pastries but also has a cultural exhibition area, a live baking area, a specialty tea area, and a cultural and creative products area. It is a new-type space integrating folk customs, food, culture, and urban memory. "Our Zero Store is positioned as a traditional food culture experience hall, while blending and colliding new and old flavors, inheriting and promoting traditional Chinese food culture." said Cao Siyuan (曹思源), project head of Beijing Daoxiangcun Zero Store. The store is no longer a simple sales terminal, but a component of the urban cultural landscape.

Immersive experience transforms consumers from "buying" to "browsing" to "staying." At the Beijing Daoxiangcun Zero Solar Term Hall, handcraft activities are regularly held, conveying solar term culture through interactive experiences; at the Zero Treasure Hunting Hall, traditional cultural experience projects such as study tours, pitch-pot, tea ceremony, and oracle bone script character guessing are conducted; on the second floor of the Qianmen store, a miniature exhibition hall for Beijing-style pastry making techniques is set up, displaying old objects and tools that bear the passage of time, and a pastry refrigerator magnet hand-making project has been added... Relying on the distinctive themes and spaces of innovative stores like the Zero Stores, Beijing Daoxiangcun has organized many visiting and experience activities, immersing consumers and turning them from "passersby" into "staying guests."

Cultural and creative extensions, from "tip of the tongue" to "figure collectibles." Cute jujube flower pastry pillows, exquisite and unique jujube flower pastry earrings, twenty-four solar term ornaments, fun refrigerator magnet blind boxes of pastries—these cultural and creative products transform the aesthetics of pastries into daily consumer goods, allowing Beijing Daoxiangcun to shift from taste memory to visual symbol, increasingly integrating into consumers' daily lives.

In fact, it is not only the Zero Store that has a "sense of freshness." Currently, following the "one store, one strategy" model, based on the differing characteristics of store location, cultural background, and consumer demographics, Beijing Daoxiangcun has successively created several distinctive stores such as "Southern City Life Store," "Eastern City Food Fashion Store," and "Chaoyang Time Store," turning each store into a distinct cultural experience space.

"Today's young people like time-honored brands and new national trends. What they buy is not only the product itself but also emotional value." Cao Siyuan said. When people search for "the most authentic Beijing flavor" in Beijing's hutong alleys, the Beijing Daoxiangcun Zero Store has become a popular "check-in spot" for Beijing cultural tourism—it connects the weight of intangible heritage techniques, the vitality of national trend design, the fun of immersive experience, and the city memory that can be taken away.

Since the resumption of operations, product iteration at Beijing Daoxiangcun has never stopped: from restoring "Beijing Eight Pieces" to building a 24 solar term product matrix, and then to the Zero Store's freshly baked pastries and Beijing-style milk tea, as well as pillows, rings, and earrings inspired by the jujube flower pastry. Entering the new era, this century-old time-honored brand Beijing Daoxiangcun has become a "life aesthetics" that can be eaten, worn, and played with.

On a summer evening, at the Beijing Daoxiangcun Zero Treasure Hunting Hall, the fragrance of pastries wafts in all directions. Many people are queuing, waiting to buy a Chinese-style pastry that carries a hundred years of skill, urban memory, and cultural tourism experience.

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Integrated "Wash, Disinfect, Dry, Store" Experience Is Key

By: 本报记者 齐志明

Recently, the Beijing Consumers Association conducted a comparative test on 14 household dishwashers on the market. The results showed that the tested products performed excellently in core cleaning and sterilization, and had a prominent water-saving advantage, with the average water consumption per machine wash cycle being approximately one-sixth of the average water consumption per hand wash cycle. At the same time, significant differences in the storage function among different products have become a key factor in distinguishing product grades and influencing the integrated experience of "washing, sanitizing, drying, and storing."

The samples for this comparative test were purchased randomly from e-commerce platforms by the staff. Based on relevant national standards such as the "Minimum Allowable Values of Energy Efficiency, Water Efficiency and Grades for Dishwashers," the test evaluated indicators including daily tableware cleaning rate, short-cycle cleaning rate, water consumption per place setting, daily tableware noise, storage function, sterilization rate, and effective space utilization rate.

The water consumption test results showed that dishwashers have a significant advantage in water saving. Tests conducted on the "Eco" program for 12-place-setting capacity dishwashers revealed that the average water consumption per machine wash cycle was only about 9 liters, while the average water consumption per hand wash cycle was about 52 liters. The water consumption of machine washing was approximately one-sixth that of hand washing, with clear water-saving benefits.

From the perspective of single-use cost, the cost of machine washing (water, electricity, and consumables) was approximately 2.7 yuan, higher than the 1.8 yuan for hand washing (water and detergent). However, it should be pointed out that the core value of a dishwasher lies in saving over 40 liters of domestic water each time, and in greatly freeing up hands and saving household time. The resulting long-term improvement in quality of life deserves consumers' consideration.

An important finding of this test was that the storage function has become a key differentiator in product user experience and functional completeness. This function directly determines whether tableware, after washing and drying, can remain dry and clean inside the machine for long-term storage, thereby achieving an integrated effect of "washing, sanitizing, drying, and storing" and serving as a substitute for a disinfection cabinet or a dish storage cabinet.

Based on the test results, the Beijing Consumers Association recommends that consumers pay attention to the following points when selecting a household dishwasher:

Clarify installation conditions and core needs, and match them with product type. The type of dishwasher (e.g., built-in, freestanding, tabletop) and its capacity are the basis for selection. Consumers should first assess their kitchen's installation space, water and electrical layout, and renovation status. Built-in models require reserved cabinet space and are aesthetically pleasing and tidy; freestanding models are flexible in placement and are friendly for later addition; tabletop models are suitable for kitchens with limited space or as supplementary washing. Capacity selection should be based on a comprehensive assessment of the household's permanent population, dining habits, and other factors.

Distinguish differences in performance indicators and focus on the core storage experience. To achieve true integration of "washing, sanitizing, drying, and storing," consumers, when making decisions, can actively verify the depth of function: for products claiming functions such as "long-term storage" or "bacteria-inhibiting storage," they should proactively ask about or refer to the technical specifications to understand the specific technical path for achieving that function (e.g., active ventilation frequency after drying, internal antibacterial materials, etc.), rather than merely looking at whether the function name is present. In addition, comprehensive judgment should be made in conjunction with space utilization efficiency. Efficient storage requires not only the ability to "store stably" (high storage function) but also to "store well and store more." Therefore, while focusing on the "storage function," consumers should also consider the "effective space utilization rate" indicator and check whether the internal basket design is flexible and whether it can accommodate large items such as pots.

Faced with the many product function options on the market, it is recommended that consumers distinguish between "core functions" and "add-on functions." Cleaning, sterilization, drying, storage, and energy performance are core indicators that determine a product's basic value and user experience. Add-on functions such as smart connectivity, automatic detergent dispensing, and specific programs should be considered in light of actual usage frequency and needs, so as to avoid paying excessive premiums for functions with low utilization rates. Purchasing decisions should return to the product's own core performance, reliability, after-sales service, and long-term usage cost, making a comprehensive judgment.

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Editor: Luo Shanshan

Layout design: Zhang Danfeng

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Behind the Recovery of the Lost "Village Bus" (Hot Discussion)

By: 王东辉

The “lost and regained” (失而复得, shī ér fù dé - “lost and then regained,” regaining something after losing it) of the village bus (村巴) appears to be a small matter of people’s livelihood in one corner, but in fact it reflects the value choices of grassroots governance, sketching out the most touching picture of warmth in the process of Chinese-style modernization.

Recently, in Tangji Village (塘基村), Lütián Town (吕田镇), Conghua District (从化区), Guangzhou, Guangdong, the planned suspension of the only village bus route sparked heated discussion. After the public voiced their opinions through government affairs platforms and public opinion continued to focus on the issue, the local competent department ultimately decided to cancel the suspension plan and maintain normal operation of the route.

This operational storm over a village bus ultimately concluded with heeding the people’s voices and conforming to public opinion, warming people’s hearts, illuminating the original aspiration, manifesting the temperature of grassroots governance, and also providing inspiration for the optimization of rural public services.

This planned suspension of the village bus reflects the operational reality commonly faced by rural public transportation. As rural residents’ living standards improve, more and more rural families purchase cars as means of transport, diverting passengers from the village bus. Additionally, in some mountain villages where the population is scattered and passenger flow is sparse, the passenger load factor of regular shifts is low, with long-term operational costs high and revenues low. From the perspective of market-oriented operation, suspension for rectification seems a reasonable efficiency choice.

However, the value of rural public transportation cannot be measured by a single metric of economic benefit or passenger flow data. The essence of rural public transportation is a bottom-line guarantee (兜底保障). Compared to profit, the real value lies in opening up channels for rural areas to connect with the outside world, safeguarding the people’s right to travel, and maintaining the basic living convenience of rural residents.

Elderly people living alone going to the town market, students going to the county seat for school, sons and daughters returning from afar to their hometown… there are still many people and scenarios in life that need the village bus. If rural bus routes are simply shut down solely due to revenue factors, it will inevitably deviate from the original intention of benefiting the people of the village bus.

Though the bus is small, it carries what the people need. In the matter of canceling the suspension plan for the village bus in Tangji Village, “where the people have a call, the government has a response” is the most touching undertone. From netizens raising the issue to government departments coordinating relevant units, quickly responding, and adjusting decisions, the entire process had no shirking of responsibility and passing the buck (推诿扯皮, tuī wěi chě pí – “shirk and wrangle,” to evade responsibility and argue over trivialities). Behind this efficient handling lies the proactive service attitude and governance temperature of the local government when facing people’s livelihood demands and public interests.

The satisfactory resolution of this bus storm also provides inspiration for the long-term governance of rural public services. For rural public transportation services, it is advisable to adopt refined and differentiated operational models. For example, deploying small convenience minibuses; linking passenger, freight, and postal stations for combined passenger and freight transport; flexibly setting shifts and dynamically adjusting operation plans according to the tidal demand of rural market days and travel. Flexible measures that adapt to time and local conditions (因时因地制宜, yīn shí yīn dì zhì yí – “adapt according to time and place,” to tailor measures to specific circumstances) can both reduce operational costs and meet the rigid travel needs of villagers, achieving a balance between social benefits and operational efficiency.

The “lost and regained” of the village bus, appearing to be a small livelihood matter in one corner, in fact reflects the value choices of grassroots governance, refracting the grand propositions of efficiency versus fairness, and benefit versus people’s welfare in the course of development. Is it to focus only on project profitability, or to balance market interests with public-benefiting services? Is it to treat the voices and will of the people as an “interference factor,” or as a “navigation device”? Every choice is a test of the concept of political achievement, and even more a tempering of the original aspiration of serving the people.

From the livelihood guarantee of village-to-village connectivity (村村通) to the convenience measure of including remote areas in the free-shipping zone (包邮区), and then to building tunnels for the people on the other side of the Tianshan Mountains, many projects have always taken the people’s needs as the fundamental yardstick. Appearing to have meager returns, they are in fact profoundly beneficial to the people. These warm details rooted in the land and close to the masses sketch out the most touching picture of warmth in the process of Chinese-style modernization, and also interpret a simple truth: true political achievements are not glossy numbers on the books, but the good life of the common people.

On the divine land of China today, high buildings stand in forests, traffic flows endlessly, urban and rural development is changing with each passing day (日新月异, rì xīn yuè yì – “daily renewal, monthly change,” rapid and constant change), vigor and vitality are surging everywhere, and a sense of pride always rises from the heart. But what is even more heartwarming is that, while many people enjoy the convenience and freedom of self-driving, on winding rural roads, there is always a familiar bus honking for those in need.

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Shouldering the Heavy Burden, Living a Passionate Life (Big Country, Small Home)

By: 本报记者 张文豪

The peaks and forests are strangely steep, the stone steps are long. On Laojun Mountain (老君山) in Henan, a porter, with left hand propping the knee, right hand holding a wooden crutch, and wearing Liberation-brand cloth shoes on the feet, steps onto the stone steps and takes steady strides. The bamboo basket on the back extends half a span above the head, inside it packed with mineral water and other goods.

After walking more than 20 steps, the porter slowly stops, uses the crutch to support the bottom of the basket, leans on the railing and gasps for a few breaths. On closer look, it is a middle-aged woman in her 50s, with sweat droplets as big as beans streaming down her cheeks.

She is called Lei Yuqin (雷玉琴), a female porter on Laojun Mountain in Luanchuan County (栾川县), Luoyang, Henan. Sending tourist supplies, building materials, and other items to the mountaintop is her daily work. “Every single plank road, every single stone step here, I am familiar with them,” she proudly relates. These materials were carried up by her and her workmates basket by basket with bamboo baskets. “The work is bitter, bitter a bit, but we are all very satisfied.”

While speaking, the bamboo basket over one meter tall sways gently with her steps. This swaying has been on her shoulders for 12 years.

A porter on the stone steps

At 5 o’clock in the morning, Laojun Mountain is still sunk in ink-black mountain shadows. At Zhongtian Gate (中天门) at an altitude of 1,866 meters, the light inside a white house on the west side turns on. Inside the slightly dim room, 53-year-old Lei Yuqin throws on that faded gray work clothes and begins to boil water and cook.

These are a few rough rooms, located at the necessary place for taking the cable car or walking up and down the mountain. In the early years when she first came, she set up a tent in the woods near Zhongtian Gate to live, and also built a clay stove herself. After the scenic area management learned of this, they vacated empty panel rooms and placed her and her workmates for free.

Rice goes into the pot, steam twisted rolls, together with self-pickled sour vegetables. The sun emerges from the mountain edge, sunlight spills on the stove, adding some warmth to the room.

“Get up, time to eat!” Lei Yuqin knocks on doors one by one, calling her workmates. This year there are 9 people who came into the mountain together, mostly relatives or fellow villagers from her hometown Hanzhong, Shaanxi. Everyone holds enamel bowls; though the food is simple, they are talking and laughing.

Lei Yuqin tells her husband Zhang Xingping (张兴平) about the day’s work: during the day, finish carrying sand and gravel at the construction site; in the evening, need to replenish some instant noodles for the Taibai Slope (太白坡) service area. The Shaanxi man nods and gives a simple instruction. The couple has been together for over 30 years; a single glance is enough to express clearly.

“Let’s go, the cable car is about to open.” After the meal, Lei Yuqin cleans up the bowls and chopsticks, then fills the pot with water and keeps it warm on the stove. The 1,070-meter Fenglin Cable Car (峰林索道) has a height difference of over 200 meters, and in over 3 minutes one can go from Zhongtian Gate to the entrance of Ten-Mile Flower Screen (十里花屏). But to deliver goods to the merchants on the Golden Summit (金顶), there is still a section of steep stone steps and winding mountain plank road to walk – this is where the cable car cannot reach, and it relies on porters to carry.

At an open space at the upper station of the cable car, there are piles of gravel and cement sent up from the bottom by the cargo cable. Lei Yuqin shovels a bag and puts it on the scale. “Over 100 jin, is it too much?” the weigher asks. “I can carry it.” She puts the material into the bamboo basket, grips the wooden crutch with both hands to brace the ground, suddenly exerts force from her legs, and swiftly stands up.

Carrying goods up the mountain, Lei Yuqin has a trick: stare at the ground underfoot, don’t look at the Golden Summit’s light. This work cannot be rushed; one must take one step at a time, the more hurried, the easier it is to have mishaps.

One morning, she made 4 round trips, carrying several hundred jin. “This woman is not simple.” Mr. Zhao, who lives at the foot of the mountain, is a temporary shoulder-pole porter on Laojun Mountain. “I also tried the bamboo basket, ordinary people can’t do it. This thing is half a meter above the head; going up the mountain you fear falling backward, going down you fear pitching forward; after carrying it for two days I threw out my back.”

The bamboo basket is woven from southern Shaanxi green bamboo; the bamboo strips have been steamed, boiled, dried, and sunned, full of toughness. When young, Lei Yuqin used a bamboo basket to carry corn and potatoes in her hometown. She never imagined that one day she would carry it to make a living outside, and that she would carry it for over 10 years.

Small home in the bamboo basket

In 2014, Lei Yuqin and her husband came to Laojun Mountain. At that time, the Golden Summit building complex and other landscape projects on the mountain were under construction 如火如荼 (rú huǒ rú tú - “like fire and like tea,” in full swing, vigorously).

The bamboo basket carries her pain but also has witnessed happiness. Over 10 years, only 3 bamboo baskets have been worn out; the previous one had its bottom cracked from a fall, she bound it with two rings of iron wire and used it for another 3 years. Someone gave her an ergonomic device, but she touches the bamboo strips polished smooth on the basket and cannot bear to throw it away: “I’m still used to it.”

Because her zodiac sign is the Ox, Lei Yuqin jokingly calls herself a “bitter ox.” Among three sisters, she is the youngest; her father died when she was two and a half, and her mother also left early, five or six years after she married. After she and her husband started a family, they had a son and a daughter, and the bitter days slowly took on a sweet flavor.

But the good times did not last. In 2016, while carrying the bamboo basket to cut firewood in the mountains, she accidentally cut her calf, bleeding profusely and even damaging a blood vessel; she got 7 stitches.

That year, after graduating from junior high school, her son chose to attend a vocational school, wanting to learn skills faster and enter society. Three or four years later, Lei Yuqin had a second surgery for her leg injury, and her daughter, who had just taken the college entrance exam, hid the university admission notice and wanted to go south to work.

What comforts her is that the children, relying on their hands and skills, have all found stable jobs. Now, Lei Yuqin is full of optimism about life, thinking to work a few more years, buy beautiful clothes for her granddaughter, and save up some dowry money for her daughter.

Though life is poor, what is valuable is self-sufficiency and self-joy. For cooking ingredients, she has to go down the mountain every five or six days to shop, and she takes the opportunity to stroll around the county town; when her daughter comes to Laojun Mountain, she acts as a tour guide, taking her daughter to visit the Golden Summit and tour the Ten-Mile Flower Screen; her granddaughter, about to start elementary school, always keeps calling out to grandma... Once, she also imitated the tourists and wrote a wish plaque for family and life, hanging it on a branch at the mountaintop.

In the evening, tourists rush to take the last cable car down the mountain. Lei Yuqin does not knock off – the small merchants at Taibai Slope are in a hurry to restock, instant noodles are waiting to be delivered up the mountain. She removes the bamboo basket and wooden crutch, switches to ropes and a bamboo staff, and chooses to go up against the current.

30 boxes of instant noodles are tied up tightly, carried on her back like hauling a small hill. “Carrying goods at night requires the most care; if one step misses or you scrape against a branch, it’s easy to lose balance,” she says.

Past 9 p.m., Lei Yuqin returns to the dormitory. The clothes on her back are soaked through with sweat, and red marks are pressed into the skin at her shoulder blades. She does not hurry to take off the back pad that cushions the bamboo basket; instead, she takes out her phone and a ledger, carefully tallying the day’s workload.

One box of instant noodles is two yuan, one piece of mineral water is 10 yuan. “Don’t think it’s too little. How does that saying go? 积少成多 (jī shǎo chéng duō - “accumulate little to become much,” many a little makes a mickle).” She says, as long as you work with your hands, heaven will never treat anyone unfairly.

Is it tiring to compete with men in physical strength and output power? “Don’t look down on us, women can also hold up half the sky!” Lei Yuqin grins: the work is very tiring, but thinking that she can earn money, it’s not tiring. Earning money by labor, family happiness, very satisfied.

Warmth in the great mountain

The warmth of the “small home” relies on the help of the “big family.”

“We have been able to stay here for over 10 years not only because we have a stable job, but also because our labor is recognized.” Lei Yuqin tells a story to the reporter. In the summer of her first year here, she was carrying a bundle of steel bars up the mountain; as she walked, the weight on her shoulder noticeably lightened. She turned to look and found an old man behind her supporting it with his hand, and he asked with concern why she was carrying so much. It turned out that this old man who cared about her was Yang Zhisen (杨植森), the person in charge of the Laojun Mountain scenic area.

Many netizens may have questions: now that technology is so advanced, why still need porters to carry loads on their backs and shoulders?

In fact, Laojun Mountain has tried using drones or robot dogs. Due to steep slopes on some sections, constant strong winds at the summit, unstable signals, and other reasons, the new tools still have difficulties in application. But the more important reason is that the scenic area actively chooses to “slow down” – to keep this group of porters. “The warmth of technology lies in helping people, not replacing people,” says Wu Nannan (吴南南), a scenic area staff member.

“The scenic area is good to us, they will not abandon us.” Lei Yuqin says firmly. During festivals, the scenic area gives rice and oil; in summer they distribute herbal tea and sun hats; in winter they give cotton gloves and anti-slip shoes.

In 2024, Lei Yuqin and others, as representatives of the porters, received the Golden Shoulder Pole Award (金扁担奖) issued by the scenic area. The award citation reads: They used their solid shoulders to bear the weight of Laojun Mountain, accompanying Laojun Mountain in their own way; every brick and tile flows with their sweat.

“We eat by our labor, and everyone respects us.” Lei Yuqin says that although she is a “bitter ox”, as long as she works hard in the fields, there will always be a harvest.

More warmth comes from the care of society. When carrying goods, some tourists yield the path from afar to the porters, and some kind-hearted people try to help by supporting or pulling. When delivering goods to the mountaintop station, shop owners often bring her medicine and ingredients from the foot of the mountain.

Her stooped body, faltering steps, yet with an optimistic spirit and unyielding will. Some tourists posted her work photos online, attracting many netizens’ likes. Many people wrote comments and blessings: “When you feel lost about life, please look at her carrying heavy loads forward” “Every bucket of instant noodles eaten at the mountaintop has their hard work in it”...

When will she retire? “At least until 60 years old,” Lei Yuqin says. Having struggled for over 10 years, life is slowly getting better. The couple has saved some money; they think about renovating their old house, and in the future celebrate festivals in the new house, accompanying the elderly, taking the children, playing with the granddaughter – 四世同堂 (sì shì tóng táng - “four generations under one roof,” a multigenerational family living together) – the joy is beyond words.

When going up and down the mountain, Lei Yuqin often runs into her husband. The two will try to rest a bit, together admire the scenery on the mountain, then continue walking the mountain path under their feet.

“People, after all, all go upward step by step.” The great mountain does not let down the traveler; Lei Yuqin believes in this principle.

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"Those who have been touched by light are more willing to become light" (Leaves and Branches Stirred by Emotion)

By: 主讲人：黑龙江拜泉县残疾人联合会副理事长 仇 辉

I am Qiu Hui (仇辉), working at the Baiquan County Disabled Persons’ Federation (拜泉县残疾人联合会) in Heilongjiang. Many people know me because I have been traveling year-round on the village roads of the county’s 16 townships, and despite having a pair of congenitally incomplete arms, I deliver disability certificates, disability-benefit policies, and assistance supplies to the doorsteps of disabled friends who have difficulty moving around.

Many people ask me what drives my persistence. I always say: I myself am a disabled person; I understand best the bitterness of the difficulty of going out and handling affairs. Being able to deliver policies to the people’s doorsteps is more important than anything else.

When I first started working at the Disabled Persons’ Federation, I discovered that many severely disabled people were bedridden year-round and had difficulty moving; let alone coming to the county seat to get a certificate, they could hardly even leave the village entrance. Policies were printed in documents and hung at service windows; if they could not reach the people, they could not be implemented. I immediately made up my mind: since the people cannot come to the window, we will deliver the service to their doorsteps.

At that time conditions were limited, so using my incomplete arm to clamp a pen, I extracted one by one the disability-benefit policies scattered across more than 200 documents, sorting them into a few simple and clear items: the certificate-issuing procedure, subsidy standards, and rehabilitation applications, compiled into the Baiquan County Handbook of Disability Benefit Knowledge (《拜泉县惠残知识服务手册》). After printing it, I tucked it into my bag, and wherever I went to the countryside, I talked about it.

Over 16 years of work, I have cumulatively handled door-to-door disability certificate applications for more than 5,000 disabled people, and helped over 10,000 person-times successfully apply for living subsidies and nursing subsidies.

Of course, I have also had times when I “offended people.” In 2016, the county carried out a re-examination of severely disabled people. At that time, someone asked a relative to intercede, urging me to relax the standards a bit. I never relented: giving the green light to “relationship certificates” is robbing the life-saving money of truly needy people.

In my view, helping people should not stop at temporary food and clothing; more importantly, we must help them find a path to stand on their own and ignite their confidence in life.

A girl with polio left a deep impression on me. At first she stayed cooped up at home all day, unwilling to see anyone. When I went to her door to handle her certificate, I chatted with her and learned that she was interested in live-streaming on her phone. So I encouraged her to try e-commerce to sell local agricultural products. At the start she dared not look at the camera, so I accompanied her as she practiced over and over; she didn’t understand product selection and operations, so I helped her connect with the county’s agricultural product supply sources…

Now she does her live-streaming quite well, has a stable monthly income, and has also brought along more than ten disabled friends around her to help pack and ship orders. What’s more, she has ascended the podium of the “Heilongjiang Province Self-Reliance Model” (黑龙江省自强模范) award.

Someone asked me, since I myself have physical difficulties, why do I still year after year run to the countryside and endure this hardship? Speaking of it, it is because when I was in my hardest time, others also reached out a hand to help me.

I was born without hands. As a child learning to write and eat, I dropped countless bowls and wore through my elbows countless times. The year I took the college entrance exam, it was the county Disabled Persons’ Federation and the Baiquan Town Government (拜泉镇政府) that helped me scrape together tuition fees and solve my living difficulties, so that I could leave the county seat and enter the gates of university…

These kindnesses I have always remembered, and I made up my mind early on: if I had the chance, I would pass on this warmth. In 2005 while in university, I took the lead in forming a volunteer service team to raise funds for children with leukemia and mobilized classmates to donate hematopoietic stem cells. At that time I understood: those who have been shone upon by light are more willing to become light.

What especially comforts me is that now helping the disabled is no longer just my own business. Each township in the county has set up disability service agency points; village cadres and grid workers can help disabled friends run errands and handle affairs. Many caring businesses and volunteers have also joined in, delivering rice and flour to disabled friends in difficulty and helping them tidy up their houses. Kindness spreads like ripples in water, radiating outward ring by ring, forming a warm-hearted network covering the entire county.

These arm pairs of mine that have no hands being able to uplift the tomorrow of more disabled friends — that is the most worthwhile thing in my life.

(Reported and compiled by our staff reporter Guo Xiaolong (郭晓龙))

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Layout Editor: Shen Shaotie

Layout design: Zhang Fangman (张芳曼)

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"Providing for the Elderly" Written into the Commitment of Mountains and Rivers (Beyond the Book)

By: 白玛措

During the 2026 national two sessions (全国两会), I saw my new book "Nursing Home on the Grassland" for the first time, and a long-lost warmth welled up in my heart — like the June sunlight on the Nagqu grassland, not scorching, but with a solid warmth. This book is a meeting of my dual identities as a philosophy and social science worker and a deputy to the National People's Congress, and even more so, it is a heartfelt dialogue with the northern Tibetan grassland that gave birth to me and raised me.

一

The starting point for writing this book was actually very simple: I wanted to know, when life grows old, when the pastoral songs fade away, how can those who once galloped on the grassland age with dignity?

My mother gave me the initial impetus. After my father passed away, the silver strands in my mother's hair bun grew more and more numerous. She was once such a capable woman — she loved raising flowers, and that pot of fuchsia would always be in full bloom when the season came; she loved cooking, and the kitchen was her exclusive domain. But aging arrived. First, she moved her stool and sat in front of the stove; later, she no longer entered the kitchen, and that pot of flowers no longer bloomed proudly. These subtle changes made me begin to think about a larger question: In the Tibetan pastoral areas where family structures are undergoing dramatic changes, for those elderly who have lost the support of family-based old-age care, who will support their later years?

As a philosophy and social science worker, I deeply know that the answer does not lie in the study, but in the field. My teachers taught me a simple truth: the questions of the people must be "taken to the fields and the furrows" and we must "truly listen to people's voices and observe their lives." Therefore, I entered the Nursing Home of Jiali County (嘉黎县), Nagqu, and spent several months there.

二

The days of fieldwork are the most precious memories of my life.

I still remember Grandmother Yuqiong (玉琼). Her eyesight was poor; every time she walked, she had to use a cane, moving slowly, step by step. But the smile on her face never faded. She liked to sit by the window counting pebbles, one by one, as if counting the years she had lived. Her life was frugal, yet she gave me an immensely rich spiritual nourishment.

And there was Grandpa Bude (布德). In his youth, he was a handsome and dashing herder on the grassland, walking through the heart of northern Tibet, keeping company with wind and snow. In his later years, he had difficulty moving and his hearing had declined. But when we sat in the yard, with sunlight spilling over us, and he recounted his life word by word, this was clearly the simple answer on this grassland to the questions of providing for the elderly and supporting the vulnerable.

These elderly people taught me one thing: caring for the aged has never been merely a matter of "one meal and one bowl of gruel." 82-year-old Grandmother Zhoma (卓玛) used her hands that had just touched coal to break a flatbread into pieces, threw them into the boiling meat soup, and enthusiastically served me a bowl. Another elderly person had just moved into the nursing home for a few months, was not accustomed to washing her face every day, nor did she like using the public toilet; every day, she would wear her Tibetan robe and go to the grassy flat outside the yard to relieve herself. These details — to outsiders, they might be considered "unhygienic" or "unaccustomed habits" — but I knew they were their lifelong way of life, a cultural custom etched into their bones.

"The conditions in the nursing home are getting better and better; some of the elderly's living habits need to be understood, and the spiritual loneliness of the elderly beyond material conditions also needs to be seen." This is not only an academic observation, but also a reflection on the performance of my duties.

三

What moved me was that the phrase these elderly people said most often was: "This place is a 'home' where one can grow old."

An elderly person at the Jiali County Nursing Home once said to me: "I feel rich, because I have a great country." I remembered this sentence for a long time and thought about it for a long time. In the perception of the elderly in the pastoral areas, "country" is not an abstract concept, but a warm room, a bowl of hot buttered tea, a bed where one can lie down in peace. The state's institutional old-age care has allowed these "marginalized people" who lost their support due to family changes or the absence of blood descendants to find the feeling of "home" once again.

This perception of the homology between "home" and "country" was the key proposition I used academic language to interpret in writing. The transformation of family structures in pastoral areas — from several generations living under one roof to predominantly nuclear families — is an irreversible process of modernization. When the function of family-based old-age care weakens, the state must timely "fill the gap." And the practice in Tibet tells me that this "filling the gap" is not a cold institutional arrangement, but a concern for people's livelihood imbued with warmth. As of 2025, Tibet had built 80 centralized care service centers for destitute persons (特困人员集中供养服务中心), providing centralized care for 5,825 elderly people; it had built 65 day-care centers for the elderly and 195 rural happiness homes (农村幸福院), providing various types of elderly care services to over 1.9 million elderly people. Behind these numbers are lives that have regained a sense of belonging.

In March 2026, the long-term care insurance system (长期护理保险制度) was implemented nationwide, known as the "sixth type of social insurance" ("第六险"). From the nursing home deep in the grassland to an institution-based security system covering the entire population, China is building an increasingly dense and solid safety net for old-age security.

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As a deputy to the National People's Congress, "fulfilling my duties with deep feeling and conducting research with problems in mind" is my motto. In four years of fulfilling my duties, the place I have visited most is the nursing home, and the suggestions I have made are mostly related to old-age care. I transformed the voices I heard in my fieldwork — the loneliness of the elderly, the toil of the nursing staff, the shortcomings of grassroots elderly care facilities — into suggestions, bringing them to Beijing, bringing them to the Great Hall of the People.

This book is a piece of "homework" from fulfilling my duties. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, central government transfer payments (中央转移支付) have played a key role in ensuring basic livelihood. From 2012 to 2024, the cumulative central subsidies to Tibet amounted to 2,233.637 billion yuan, with an average annual growth rate of 10.1%, 2.9 percentage points higher than the average growth rate of central subsidies to local governments — a policy intensity unprecedented in scale. It is these funds that have transformed into the warm stove fires in the nursing homes and the hot buttered tea in the elderly's bowls.

I hope that through this book, more people can see the changes taking place in Tibet's pastoral areas, and see how the national welfare system benefits the most remote groups. Deep in the grassland at an altitude of four to five thousand meters, every aging life is placed with dignity — this itself is the most simple yet most powerful answer of this era.

In the spring of 2026, when I saw the words "the elderly and the young" (一老一小) in the government work report at the national two sessions, my thoughts once again drifted back to the Nagqu grassland. I silently said to those elderly people in my heart: I have written your stories into the book; I have brought your voices into the meeting hall.

This book is dedicated to Grandmother Yuqiong, to Grandpa Bude, to all those who are enjoying their later years in the depth of the grassland. It is also dedicated to the land that gave me birth and raised me — Nagqu — and even more to the motherland that inscribed "the elderly have support in old age" (老有所养) into the promise of mountains and rivers, and with institutions warmed every window lattice of the snowy plateau.

Life has length, and life must also have a horizon. May every aging person, within the thoughtfulness of institutions and the care of humanity, see their own horizon.

(The author is a deputy to the 14th National People's Congress and a researcher at the Tibet Autonomous Region Academy of Social Sciences.)

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Where Does Sustained Growth Come From? (Preface and Postscript)

By: 张 军

Since the reform and opening up, China has successfully maintained high-speed economic growth for more than 40 years. Over these four decades, the process of China's economic transformation and growth has not been halted or reversed by the tremendous shocks caused by severe macroeconomic fluctuations or external emergencies — this can be called a miracle. Moreover, the comprehensive economic development brought by high growth and continuous structural change has not only tightly linked China's economy with the world economy, but has also rapidly made China one of the most important participants and drivers of the global economy. Today, China is not only the world's second-largest economy, but also the largest trader in goods; it is rapidly catching up in the field of science and technology, and has even stood at the global forefront in many respects.

Economists at home and abroad, including myself, have for decades been trying to understand this important historical phenomenon, hoping to find better explanatory approaches. Past explanations — whether from the perspective of development strategy, from the perspective of transformation and institutional change, or even from the perspective of political economy — have almost all ignored or concealed a premise: a state with strong capacity for action. China's unitary state (大一统国家) form has existed for more than two thousand years. American political scientist Francis Fukuyama once said that China was the first civilized society in the world to establish a non-familial modern state, preceding the appearance of similar political units in Europe by as many as eighteen centuries. If we gradually expand our field of vision to cover most economically backward countries and regions after the war, we will find that, as economists at the World Bank have recognized, the fundamental reason it is difficult for these countries and regions to achieve successful economic development is not market failure, but state failure. How extraordinarily difficult it is for a state lacking state capacity (国家能力) and a capable government to uphold and improve market order. Yet this point has not been deeply and systematically discussed in economic theory.

Therefore, if we bring the state back into the view of economists and examine market economy development, economic growth, and industrialization from the perspective of the state as the center, we will see things different from those seen purely from the logic of the market — and these things are more important and more profound. Hence, I tried to change my perspective, rethinking the logic of China's successful economic rise from the standpoint of the state. The robust rise of the Chinese economy is closely linked to China's historical origins and institutional structure as a unitary state. In recent years, I have been thinking about how to examine the theoretical logic of China's successful economic development from the historical depth of the unitary state. This is clearly a challenge for me, requiring deeper study and reflection on the history of state formation.

We attempt to deduce important propositions and conclusions of development economics around the state as the center, gradually constructing an analytical framework. In this book, I emphasize that the successful and sustained development of China's economy after the reform and opening up is not an accident, nor can it be simply attributed to the transformation of the economic model, because the success of the transformation itself also needs to be explained. Therefore, it is a natural direction to focus attention on the historical origins and institutional structure of China as a unitary state over more than two thousand years. In fact, it is difficult to imagine that we can completely separate the market logic of a country's economic development from the dynamic mechanism of state-building, and the theoretical framework of modern economics has not unified the two.

I hope that in this small book of only 100,000 Chinese characters, I can provide readers with a simple analytical framework for better understanding the deep-seated logic of China's economic development, helping to understand how China has made the dynamic mechanism of state-building compatible with the development logic of the market economy. To this end, I start from three dimensions — the resource scarcity constraint formed in China's historical unitary state, the mature evolution of the incentive system based on performance evaluation in governance (政绩考核), and the state capacity of the unitary state — to discuss why China was able to successfully achieve robust economic rise and rapid technological catch-up after the reform and opening up. In writing, I try as much as possible not to use overly specialized concepts and methods, and instead use stories familiar to ordinary readers and easily understandable data, hoping to stimulate more readers' interest and subsequent discussion.

(The author is a senior professor in the humanities and social sciences at Fudan University and Dean of the School of Economics. This article is the preface to the book Development Economics of the Unitary State. This edition contains abridgments. The title is added by the editor.)

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Why "First-Person Perspective" Matters

By: 普 照

This year marks my tenth year in the publishing industry. After three or four years of planning foreign literature books, I perceived that the trend in literary reading was shifting toward Chinese-language original works, toward stories of “us,” “by our side,” and “nearby.” The reason may be that readers want to find more personal experiential reference points through reading, and want to calibrate the direction of their personal lives in a world that is 日新月异 (rì xīn yuè yì - “daily renewal, monthly difference,” changing rapidly) and accelerating in change.

In April 2020, I happened to see a popular article online, “My One Year Working the Night Shift at a Logistics Company” (《我在物流公司上夜班的一年》), by an author named Hu Anyan (胡安焉). The article resonated with me in many places, so I followed him. We were online friends for over a year. In 2021 he published online “Memories of Working as a Migrant Worker in Shanghai” (《在上海打工的回忆》); this article touched me more than “resonance” — I felt a denser stir deep within. Putting together these two articles and the author’s piece “Delivering Express Packages in Beijing” (《我在北京派快件》) published in Duku 2103 (《读库2103》), I seemed to encounter an editor’s “flow moment”: I saw the “vague form of a book.” I immediately contacted Hu Anyan, and thus established a collaboration.

In 2022, again online, I saw the article “In College Class, the Teacher Taught Us to Bathe” (《大专课堂上老师教我们洗澡》) being hotly shared, and many netizens expressed in comments how moved they were by the article. I likewise waited and observed for nearly a year and a half, during which I followed the author’s online activities, and only after adequate preparation did I send her a solicitation for a manuscript. From the existing texts online, I combed out an autobiographical thread: writing about a rural childhood; writing about interactions with her mother and other relatives; writing about the process of moving from village to city; writing about the exploration and understanding of lifestyle. Starting the solicitation at the end of 2023, I exchanged communications with the author over the subsequent 10 months, discussing how to add and delete content and adjust structure, gradually finalizing the textual framework for “I Am a Girl Who Grew Up in a Stockaded Village” (《我是寨子里长大的女孩》). The author uses the pen name “Nan Shan” (南山) for her fiction, and also has an online handle “Xiao Niu” (小牛) — I felt these two names were not enough, so I asked what the author’s Yi ethnic name was — “Zha Shiyire” (扎十一惹) — it can be said to perfectly fit “I Am a Girl Who Grew Up in a Stockaded Village.”

Both of the above books achieved good market responses. From the perspective of editorial planning, there were elements of timing and luck, but also replicable experience. On the path of original non-fiction writing, the unchanging premise for my topic selection is good “literary quality.” When first encountering a text, I try as much as possible to set aside my editor identity, return to being a reader, and see whether “I” can feel interest from reading, whether I can be convinced by the other’s mind and writing in terms of aesthetic beauty and rationale, and feel the text’s characteristics, that is, a type of written face different from others. With a unique written face, the work then gains distinctiveness.

In the process of publishing, disseminating, and reviewing works such as “I Delivered Express Packages in Beijing” (《我在北京送快递》) and “I Am a Girl Who Grew Up in a Stockaded Village,” I gradually formed this view: if one does not write an “autobiography,” one cannot truly write. At least first understand “who I am,” then only then can one have a stable spiritual foundation to contrast and compare, understand others, and write about the world.

Starting from this view, I conceived the “First Person” (第一人称) book series: new authors, original non-fiction, autobiographical narrative, to forge the author’s “first book.” The “new” of new authors does not refer to newness in writing experience, but newness in publication record. Before I initiated the solicitation, Hu Anyan had already been writing for 12 years, and Zha Shiyire had also created five full-length novels. But for both writers, writing autobiography in narrative prose was the first time, so it could be called a “first book.” Once they have written an “autobiography,” and also with a sincere and resonant first voice, they have laid a foundation of readers; whatever they write afterward will have a better starting point.

I am often asked whether I will continue to publish works by amateur authors. In fact, I have never thought about whether authors are amateurs or not; I pay more attention to the author’s state of mind, literary taste, and expressive power with words. No matter how concepts or labels change, whether first person or third person, what I always focus on is high-quality individual narratives that align with reading trends and reflect the changes of the times; it is the verve and power in the depths of consciousness that the author solidly conveys through a uniquely featured literary language: “what makes a person a person” (人何以为人) and “what makes me me” (我何以为我).

(The author is an editor at Shanghai Translation Publishing House.)

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Building Reading Ladders for Young People

By: 刘培俊

Adolescents are the future of the motherland, the hope of the nation, and youth reading is the top priority of national reading. Possessing solid reading literacy from an early age is essential for lifelong learning and lifelong growth. However, how to gradually improve youth reading literacy often troubles people. If the books read are too easy, progress is slow; if too difficult, it is easy to feel frustrated. If the content is too narrow, the horizon cannot be broadened; if too broad, depth is lacking. Everyone says to read while thinking, 循序渐进 (xún xù jiàn jìn - "follow order and gradually advance," step by step), but what specific path should be followed to achieve a laddered progression of literacy? This requires scientific guidance.

Not long ago, the Ministry of Education issued the China Youth Reading Literacy Framework (中国青少年阅读素养框架) (hereinafter referred to as the Framework), which directly addresses this issue. By establishing the framework structure, indicator system, and progression path for youth reading literacy, it provides professional support for cross-stage, systematic reading literacy cultivation, guides adolescents in self-advancement of reading literacy, and promotes related work such as education, teaching, and reading resource construction.

The Framework closely follows the needs of improving youth reading literacy development. Based on theoretical research and empirical investigation, it creates a three-dimensional reading literacy model of "knowledge—competence—value." This model is an internally linked, dynamically cyclical, spiraling organic whole, deeply embodying the educational philosophy of integrating "knowledge, action, and faith" (知、行、信): laying a foundation with reading "knowledge," practicing through reading "action," and ultimately sublimating into stable reading "faith." Among them, reading knowledge is the cornerstone of reading literacy, aiming to solve the problem of "what to use to read"; reading competence is the core of reading literacy, aiming to solve the problem of "whether one can read"; reading value is the soul of reading literacy, aiming to solve the deeper problems of "whether one loves to read" and "why one reads." Using knowledge to guide action, using action to promote faith, and using faith to encourage knowledge jointly elevate reading behavior from a tool level to the heights of personality shaping and spiritual growth.

The Framework divides reading literacy indicators into 4 stages and 12 levels, forming a development map for reading literacy integrating primary, secondary, and tertiary education, providing a clear roadmap for articulation across all stages and education across all subjects. Specifically, the basic recognition and reading stage focuses on slow reading and reading aloud, consolidating the foundation of comprehension; the expansion and comprehension stage focuses on speed reading and silent reading, improving information processing ability; the deepening and evaluation stage focuses on intensive reading and research-oriented reading, cultivating scientific thinking; the integration and innovation stage focuses on research-based reading and creative reading, achieving the application of learning (学以致用, xué yǐ zhì yòng - "learn in order to practice," applying what has been learned).

Through the Framework, one can deeply feel that reading literacy is multi-dimensional and 循序渐进 (step by step). Taking reading competence as an example, there is comprehension-based reading competence, which refers to the reader's ability to extract information from the words, sentences, and discourse of a text and construct meaning in combination with their own experience; there is also evaluative reading competence, which focuses on aesthetic appreciation, rational examination, and value judgment of the text's content, form, logic, etc.; and there is creative reading competence, which highlights the ability to apply what is gained from reading to specific situations, solving problems, or proposing new ideas or methods. The Framework also creatively proposes the concept of "reading identity," emphasizing the sustained internal motivation and stable sense of reader identity affiliation generated in reading. From the initial stage of "recognizing that reading is an interesting thing, developing a sense of closeness to reading," to the higher stage of recognizing that reading is a meaningful thing, "deeply integrating reading with the pursuits of self-cultivation, seeking knowledge, and serving the world, constantly enriching life and strengthening cultural confidence through reading," it enables adolescents and the public to understand the value and meaning of reading at a deeper level and from a broader perspective.

From ancient times to the present (古往今来, gǔ wǎng jīn lái - "ancient go, present come," throughout history), "Having read ten thousand volumes, one can write with divine inspiration" has often been used to describe the state of a surging flow of ideas after deep reading. However, such a state is now facing challenges from artificial intelligence. Large language models can "read" ten thousand volumes in a second and often produce divine strokes, refreshing the understanding of reading that people have held for thousands of years. The Framework* strives to adapt to this trend of the times, guiding adolescents to use AI tools to assist reading, integrating smart reading competence into the education system and evaluation scope in a detailed manner, enabling them to gradually master effective human-machine collaborative reading methods.

Youth reading needs scientific conceptual guidance, standardized criteria guidance, and step-by-step action guidance. "A law alone cannot implement itself" (徒法不足以自行). Let us join hands starting from "love reading, read good books, and be good at reading" (爱读书、读好书、善读书), implement the National Reading Promotion Regulations (全民阅读促进条例), advance the implementation of the Framework, provide reference for improving youth reading literacy, provide a basis for constructing a reading education system, provide reference for the publication and selection of high-quality reading materials, provide a framework for school-family-society collaborative education, and empower adolescents' comprehensive development and healthy growth.

(The author is from the Department of Language Information Management of the Ministry of Education)

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Recording the 'May 17 Moment' of High-Energy Physics

By: 白云翔

On May 17, 2021, the LHAASO (Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory, 高海拔宇宙线观测站) team announced the discovery of a large number of ultra-high-energy cosmic accelerators within the Milky Way, and recorded gamma-ray photons with energies as high as 1.4 PeV (1.4 quadrillion electron volts), which was the highest-energy photon ever observed by humans at that time, breaking the traditional human understanding of particle acceleration in the Milky Way and ushering in the era of "ultra-high-energy gamma-ray astronomy." This result led a reviewer for the international authoritative journal Nature to exclaim that it was a "true breakthrough" and "a new era has begun," while the internationally renowned astrophysicist Felix Aharonian sighed that "having seen these results, I have lived my life to the fullest." This scientific discovery, which moved the academic community to utter the sentiment "Heard the Way in the morning, I could die content that evening," even seemed incredible to us ourselves. But with continuous observation, the 1.4 PeV photon has already become history, as LHAASO constantly breaks the records it set.

Every revolution in human understanding of the cosmos has been accompanied by an enhancement of detection capability. The successful detection of the 1.4 PeV photon is undoubtedly a true verification of the outstanding performance of the LHAASO project. The LHAASO construction team turned a grand scientific blueprint into a unique scientific facility in the real world, fulfilling the solemn commitment made to the nation at the project's inception. From its formal proposal in 2009 to its operation and major discovery in 2021, no one predicted that the day of "May 17" would arrive so quickly.

"How did you manage to do it?" We are often asked this question. "Challenge" is the spiritual foundation of the LHAASO construction team. High-altitude cosmic-ray research in China has always kept pace with "challenge," from Luoxue Mountain in Yunnan to Yangbajing in Tibet, and then to Daocheng in Sichuan — each leap has embodied the unwavering faith of generation after generation in facing "challenge" head-on.

High-energy particles from cosmic space are related to the composition of matter and the evolution of the universe. In particular, those particles with extraordinary energy are both a "luxury item" for conducting frontier scientific research and a "necessity" for achieving major discoveries. However, until the beginning of this century, the names of Chinese people rarely appeared in the history of cosmic-ray science. Therefore, it was necessary for Chinese people to have a voice in the field of cosmic-ray scientific research. Thus, the day of "May 17" is especially important for us cosmic-ray scholars — not only for the sense of achievement in scientific progress but also for the self-confidence on the international stage.

Cosmic-ray research is a very niche discipline, yet it has produced brilliant achievements. Along the axis of the advancement of natural philosophy, it has repeatedly changed the direction of human cognition and also gave birth to a new discipline — high-energy physics. To this day, this ancient yet cutting-edge discipline of cosmic-ray research remains vibrant and has always been a pioneer in breaking through the dark universe. On "May 17," LHAASO also joined this ranks.

The several major discoveries introduced in this book are not all that LHAASO has made since it began observation. The tip of the iceberg that LHAASO has revealed makes us deeply aware that in the coming years, LHAASO's discoveries may completely change human understanding of the highest energies and the extreme universe. In an email sent to international colleagues in 2021, the late LHAASO science advisor and ARGO-YBJ Italian spokesperson, Professor Benedetto D'Ettore Piazzoli, wrote: "All of this is only the beginning of the LHAASO legend, a ray of dawn that cuts through the high-energy gamma sky, illuminating the magnificent mountains and rivers of the vast non-thermal universe, where there are inexhaustible powerful sources of cosmic rays and the century-old mystery we seek."

In the process of writing this book, I had the opportunity to transform from a builder of the project into an observer, revisiting the construction journey of the LHAASO project. I feel even more deeply that the achievements we have made today were hard-won. In this collective endeavor, everyone's efforts have been worthwhile. This book mentions many people and their stories, but within the vast team of builders and the long process of project initiation and construction, these account for only a small part. Yet what I know is that in the "star-filled sky" of LHAASO, everyone is emitting light in their own way, illuminating one another.

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