Summary: The article reports on Zhejiang Province's progress toward "common prosperity," highlighting narrowing income gaps and urban-rural disparities. It notes that during a September 2023 inspection, President Xi Jinping instructed Zhejiang to "take the lead in promoting common prosperity" by focusing on reducing regional, urban-rural, and income gaps. Chen Hengzhi, director of the Zhejiang Provincial Development and Reform Commission, emphasized that the province aims to both upgrade industries and improve public services. Other officials, including Provincial Agriculture Director Li Yingbin and Human Resources Director Wu Weibin, detailed efforts to boost rural incomes, expand the middle-income group, and support skills training. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The July 30 Politburo meeting called for consolidating education on correct performance views to drive high-quality development. Examples from regions like Shanghai, Xiong'an, and Hainan show efforts to balance short-term gains with long-term strategic goals. Localities such as Zhuhai and Jingdezhen integrate their work into national development by addressing cross-border services and industrial transformation. The article also highlights the importance of统筹发展与安全, with cases from Guangxi, Hunan, and Gansu addressing flood recovery, safety risks, and historical financial issues. No mention is made of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article reports that on August 10, the 100-day countdown began for the 33rd APEC Informal Leaders' Meeting, to be held in Shenzhen, Guangdong. It describes the city's efforts to create an APEC atmosphere with themed flower beds, outdoor screens, and posters. No official statements or accompanying figures are mentioned. The article does not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article reports on China's economic strategy of "steady progress," emphasizing stability in employment, enterprises, markets, and expectations. It notes that China's 4.7% GDP growth and 3.6 trillion yuan economic increase are seen as resilient, with the IMF upgrading China's growth forecast while lowering global expectations. President Xi Jinping is quoted stressing the priority of high-quality full employment, and the July 30 Politburo meeting called for more proactive fiscal and moderately loose monetary policies. The article highlights how China's "stable anchor" role in the global economy persists amid external uncertainties, including global trade protectionism. No direct mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations is made.
Summary: In the first half of the year, China’s total social logistics value reached 181.1 trillion yuan, up 5.1% year-on-year, according to the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing. Industrial logistics grew 5.4%, with high-end manufacturing a key driver as high-tech manufacturing and digital product manufacturing rose 13.3% and 12.3%, respectively. Logistics for household and individual items increased 3.8%, while physical online retail sales grew 4.8%, outpacing overall merchandise retail by 3.7 percentage points. The report highlights steady logistics performance and growing momentum in high-end manufacturing, green low-carbon sectors, and cross-border e-commerce.
Summary: The article reports that China's transportation fixed-asset investment remained high in the first half of the year, reaching 1.5 trillion yuan, with road and waterway investments totaling 1.0 trillion yuan and 109.9 billion yuan respectively. Freight volume grew 3.2% year-on-year to 28.07 billion tons, while port cargo throughput increased 2.0% to 9.07 billion tons and container throughput rose 5.9% to 180 million TEUs. Cross-regional passenger traffic edged up 1.2% to 34.17 billion trips. No officials were directly quoted or accompanied in the report, and there is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article highlights the significance of studying Xi Jinping's "The Governance of China" volumes I-V as ideological guidance for cultural confidence in the new era. It also reports on outstanding experts and talents vacationing in Beidaihe, who were interviewed by the newspaper, emphasizing innovation and dedication to the era's mission. The piece includes no direct statements from officials or references to the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The "15th Five-Year Plan" for accelerating agricultural and rural modernization sets a binding target to increase China's comprehensive grain production capacity from 1.39 trillion jin in 2025 to approximately 1.45 trillion jin by 2030, a goal described by Renmin University Professor Cheng Guoqiang as reflecting both stability and progress. The plan emphasizes achieving this higher production level through improved policies, technology, and risk resilience, while shifting from quantity-driven to quality-and-quantity-balanced output. It acknowledges domestic constraints like limited arable land and water resources, as well as global uncertainties including geopolitical tensions, extreme weather, and some countries tightening agricultural exports. The strategy aims to secure China's food sovereignty by stabilizing production capacity against external instability.
Summary: The article highlights China's shift to technology-driven agriculture, with over 64% of agricultural growth now attributed to scientific advances. It notes achievements such as 1 billion mu of high-standard farmland, 95% of crop varieties being domestically bred, and 76.7% mechanization. The piece quotes the directive to "unswervingly ensure grain and key agricultural production by strengthening agricultural science, technology, and equipment." It concludes that deeper integration of research and industry will fortify China's food security. No mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations appears in the text.
Summary: Since the beginning of this year, tax authorities in Chongqing, Ningxia, Hunan, and Hainan have exposed 37 cases of fraudulent invoicing, reinforcing a "zero-tolerance" policy. The State Taxation Administration has released a positive and negative list for compliant invoicing, using the guidelines to clarify the boundaries of acceptable and prohibited behavior. Experts Cheng Feng of the All China Lawyers Association and Li Chungen of Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics emphasized that the list helps enterprises internalize compliance standards and avoid common pitfalls like mismatched invoice content or improper use of personal accounts. The article outlines four dimensions for determining invoice compliance—party authenticity, business substance, information accuracy, and timing—and warns against three types of non-compliance. It also advises enterprises to conduct regular invoice risk assessments to adapt to the shift toward real-time monitoring via big data and smart tax systems.
Summary: The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) issued its “15th Five-Year Plan” reform and development plan, along with nine supporting action plans, outlining key tasks for 2026–2030. The top priority is building a scientific monetary policy system and a comprehensive macro-prudential management framework, including improving the monetary policy transmission mechanism and maintaining basic stability of the renminbi exchange rate. The plan emphasizes enhancing financial support for key sectors like technology, green development, and digital finance, while strengthening the bond market’s “technology board.” It also calls for steadily advancing high-level financial opening, optimizing financial infrastructure, and building a resilient modern financial market. The PBOC stated it will fully implement these measures to accelerate the construction of a strong financial nation and support high-quality economic growth.
Summary: The article reports on cultural initiatives to bring public services to grassroots communities in China. In Huaying, Sichuan, mobile film crews screen educational and anti-fraud films in public spaces. In Kaizhou, Chongqing, the "One Yuan Theater" program lets residents perform self-produced shows for a nominal fee, aiming to improve access to public culture.
Summary: The Ministry of Natural Resources reported that China's "One Map" system for natural resources has advanced, enabling joint approval across land, forest, grass, and sea, reducing application materials by 5 to 19 items and shortening average approval time by 33%. The system has aggregated 41.4 billion spatial data items to form a unified national baseline, supporting integrated management of "three zones and three lines" and property rights registration. In Jiangsu, the platform accelerated major project commencement by over 70 days, while in Zhejiang it broke down departmental barriers to streamline approvals. Next steps include expanding information integration, establishing collaborative management standards, and improving spatial governance modernization.
Summary: Three foreign journalists—Italian Mario, Pakistani Akram, and Nepalese Bhandari—shared their observations of China's development, praising its blend of tradition and modernity, and the tangible improvements in people's livelihoods across Beijing, Shanghai, Xinjiang, Tibet, and other regions. Mario highlighted Beijing's historical sites and Shanghai's cosmopolitan energy, noting that the Communist Party of China (CPC) remains committed to its founding mission of national rejuvenation. Akram emphasized that national prosperity and people's happiness are integrated in China, citing examples from Jiangxi and Xinjiang where cultural heritage and modernization coexist. Bhandari described Tibet's transformation through infrastructure and clean energy, and saw coordinated, sustainable progress in agriculture and ecology elsewhere. The article presents China's high-quality development as a model for other nations, with no reference to the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article rebuts claims that Chinese subsidies cause overcapacity, citing data showing China used industrial policies far less than many major economies and arguing the narrative relies on flawed double standards in measuring subsidies. It asserts no inherent causal link between subsidies and overcapacity, and that China’s competitiveness stems from market scale, supply chains, and talent. The piece singles out U.S. and EU subsidy programs, such as the Inflation Reduction Act, as discriminatory and protectionist, accusing them of violating WTO rules and distorting global trade. It stresses China’s compliance with WTO rules, transparent subsidy notifications, and willingness to hold constructive discussions on subsidy policy. The author is a professor at the University of International Business and Economics.
Summary: The article quotes Greek tech executive Petros Petrocheilos praising China’s stance that artificial intelligence should not be the exclusive right of a few countries, emphasizing inclusive and ethical development. He highlights his company’s deep cooperation with Chinese firms like Unitree and Alibaba, citing successful deployment of Chinese robots and AI in European infrastructure projects. Petrocheilos notes that this collaboration significantly reduces development cycles and enables European firms to focus on compliance and innovation. He advocates combining China’s practical governance and open ecosystem with Europe’s regulatory frameworks and the UN’s inclusive platform, rather than engaging in geopolitical self-isolation. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Australian retailer Harvey Norman has partnered with Chinese new-energy firms to install commercial solar systems on three stores in Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, covering most daytime electricity needs and saving about A$90,000 per store annually. A new project under construction will use roughly 670 high-efficiency PV modules from JinkoSolar and hybrid inverters and storage from Sigenergy, with expected annual generation of 584 MWh and about A$110,000 in extra income through virtual power plant services. The storage system can also charge during low-price periods and discharge at peak times to cut energy costs. Australian distributor Blue Sun Group, whose founder Mario said the projects reflect deepening green-energy cooperation between Australia and China, helped facilitate the partnership. He noted that Harvey Norman’s retail network and Chinese firms' technological and delivery strengths create complementary, win-win opportunities.
Summary: Egyptian sinologist Ahmed El-Sayed praised the Chinese Communist Party for leading China to a unique modernization path with valuable lessons for developing countries. He highlighted the Party's ability to combine long-term planning, social mobilization, and efficient execution, as well as its problem-solving approach rooted in principles like "crossing the river by feeling the stones." Sayed emphasized the Party's people-centered philosophy, citing how poverty alleviation integrated education, healthcare, and infrastructure. He noted that China's success proves no single model of modernization is universally applicable, and each country should follow its own path. Finally, he commended the Party's global vision, including the concept of a shared future for humanity and major global initiatives, as timely responses to contemporary challenges.
Summary: The article reports that the Niyong River Bridge in Cameroon, built by China Communications Construction Company's First Highway Engineering Bureau, has opened to traffic. Construction began in June 2024, and the 160-meter steel-concrete composite girder bridge is a key part of the local road network. It is Cameroon's first bridge built using the steel beam jacking method. The project highlights Chinese state-owned enterprises' infrastructure engagement in Africa. No U.S. or bilateral relations are discussed.
Summary: The article reports that as of August 10, the South-to-North Water Diversion Project's eastern and central routes have diverted over 90 billion cubic meters of water, providing stable, high-quality water to 195 million people across seven provinces. It highlights the project's role in ecological restoration, such as reviving the Bao River and replenishing over 50 rivers and lakes, and its economic impact, including supporting industrial parks in Shandong and Hebei. The article quotes local officials—including Jing County Water Bureau’s Cao Yongzhi and Xushui District’s Liu Wende—and a company representative from Shandong Huafu Chemical, emphasizing improved water quality and supply reliability. A Ministry of Water Resources official states the project will continue to function as a key component of the national water network, supporting strategic development. No mention is made of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: A meeting was held at People's Daily to mark the 300th issue of its "Daily Reading of Paintings" column, a multimedia initiative promoting Xi Jinping's cultural thought. People's Daily Editor-in-Chief Chen Jianwen, China Federation of Literary and Art Circles Vice Chairman Gao Shiming, and China Journalists Association official Yin Lujun attended and spoke, while Deputy Editor-in-Chief Xu Lijing chaired the event. The column, co-created with People's Net and the China Academy of Art, has garnered over 280 million views and 385 million topic reads since October 2025. Experts at the meeting called for quality content, diversified distribution, and collaborative branding to sustain the column's growth.
Summary: The State Council announced personnel changes, appointing Sun Shuopeng as Vice Minister of Civil Affairs and Jiang Wei as President of the China National Committee on Aging. Luo Wen was removed as head of the State Administration for Market Regulation, and Sun Shuopeng was removed from his previous role as President of the China National Committee on Aging. No U.S. or U.S.-China relations were mentioned.
Summary: The July 30 Politburo meeting called for consolidating education on correct performance views to drive high-quality development, emphasizing balanced short- and long-term goals, local-national integration, and development-security coordination. Reports from Shanghai, Xiong'an, Hainan, Guangdong, Chongqing, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Guangxi, Hunan, and Gansu illustrate local implementation, including efforts in AI, ecological protection, cross-border medical services, fishery cooperation, and industrial transformation. No U.S. or bilateral relations were discussed.
Summary: The Ministry of Public Security directed a synchronized nationwide crackdown on organized crime, dismantling over 1,000 gangs and arresting more than 8,200 suspects. The operation targeted evolving forms of gang crime, including online loan scams, soft violence debt collection, and extortion. Specific cases included a 109-member gang in Zhejiang involved in online loan fraud and a 27-member gang in Shandong targeting drivers with staged accidents. The ministry emphasized that these new criminal methods undermine economic order and public safety. No U.S. or bilateral relations were mentioned in the report.
Summary: Typhoon "White Dolphin" made two landfalls in Zhejiang on August 9 and is moving northwest as a tropical storm, triggering heavy rain warnings across multiple provinces. China's National Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters activated Level IV emergency responses for Hubei and Shandong, then later for Hebei and Henan, while maintaining response levels for several coastal provinces. The Ministry of Emergency Management dispatched work groups to Hebei and Henan, and continued assistance in Zhejiang, Fujian, and Heilongjiang. The National Development and Reform Commission allocated 200 million yuan for post-disaster recovery in Zhejiang, while the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Emergency Management allocated 180 million yuan for disaster relief. No U.S. or U.S.-China relations were mentioned in the report.
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Summary: The article is a commentary on grassroots governance, arguing that party officials must earn public trust through exemplary action, sound work styles, and strict discipline. It quotes Xi Jinping on the importance of leading by example and on regularly tackling corruption and misconduct around the people. Examples include Xi’s early efforts building a biogas digester in Liangjiahe, Anji’s Yucun village shifting from polluting industries to green development, and local transparency mechanisms in Zhejiang and Gansu. The piece stresses balancing visible short-term achievements with long-term foundational gains. It concludes that cadre initiative can unleash grassroots vitality on the path to high-quality development.
Summary: A recent exhibition at the Liaoning Provincial Museum, "Smile: Imprints of Chinese Spirit in Cultural Relics," showcases over 300 artifacts from 38 institutions to highlight the enduring optimism and resilience of the Chinese people. The article argues that professional archaeological findings must undergo creative, context-appropriate transformation to move from academic isolation to public engagement and nurture cultural confidence. It criticizes past museum displays for merely noting ages and materials, while advocating for deeper interpretation of artifacts' spiritual and psychological meanings. Examples include the National Museum of China's Han-dynasty pottery storyteller and the Baoji Bronze Ware Museum's digital enhancement of the He Zun vessel's inscription. The piece calls for cross-institutional collaboration and multi-layered dissemination—combining academic research, digital technology, and educational programs—to make cultural relics "speak" and strengthen China's cultural confidence.
Summary: The article highlights the growing trend of consumers bringing their own cups for coffee, driven by environmental awareness and social media engagement. It attributes the trend's popularity to a sense of ritual and shared identity, noting that such grassroots actions are more effective than top-down appeals. The piece cites examples like mobile payment platforms rewarding low-carbon behavior and volunteer tree-planting campaigns to illustrate similar successes. It argues that sustaining green habits requires both emotional engagement and practical incentives, such as improved product offerings and innovation like green points. The article concludes that fostering participation through inclusivity and interest-driven motivation can turn individual actions into collective power for broader societal goals.
Summary: China's new energy storage sector has achieved technological breakthroughs, transitioning from early commercialization to large-scale development. By end of 2025, cumulative installed capacity reached 136 million kW/351 million kWh, a year-on-year increase of 84.3% and over 40 times the level at the end of the 13th Five-Year Plan. The sector is now a key pillar of the new power system and national energy strategy.
Summary: Over 9,000 industrial enterprises in Hebei Province have adopted live-streaming for industrial products, achieving full coverage across all counties and districts. The practice allows potential buyers to virtually inspect production lines, building trust and enabling efficient transactions. Companies like Bo’ang Automobile in Cheng’an and a Yutian printing machinery firm reported significant sales growth through live-streaming. Beyond increasing orders, live-streaming also serves as a "market radar," prompting firms to rapidly iterate products based on customer feedback, as seen with Dawei Automotive expanding from 6 to 21 product categories. The article argues that this digital tool helps "county-made" products break into national and global markets while driving manufacturing upgrades.
Summary: The article highlights the launch of the "Beautiful Life·Palm Treasure" intelligent assistant by a Shanghai street at the 2026 World AI Conference, demonstrating how localized AI enhances community services. It cites a Beijing official who developed a flood-warning mini-program using AI at minimal cost, illustrating how low-barrier, lightweight AI tools empower grassroots governance. The piece stresses the need to balance innovation with regulation, particularly in public services, to prevent issues like data leaks and algorithmic bias. Examples from Jiangsu and Anhui show AI assisting with resident inquiries and urban management, emphasizing that AI must remain people-centered. The article concludes that improving digital literacy among grassroots officials is essential for effective, responsible AI deployment.
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Summary: The article reports on Xi Jinping's emphasis that “science and technology are the primary productive forces, talent is the primary resource, and innovation is the primary driving force,” and highlights the state’s institutionalized practice of inviting outstanding experts to Beidaihe for summer rest. It profiles seven experts, including Qian Qihu (PLA Army Engineering University professor and academician), who advocates for domestic shield tunneling technology, and Peng Shige (Shandong University professor and academician), who warned of financial risks and advanced nonlinear expectation theory. Wang Enge (Peking University professor) describes his team’s 25-year effort to visualize hydrogen atoms, challenging a century-old paradigm, while Shi Yigong (Westlake University president) discusses his decision to return to China and his lab’s breakthroughs in RNA splicing. Li Hongxia (academician) explains her team’s electric-field control of steel casting clogs, Fu Qiaomei (CAS researcher) recounts identifying the “Harbin skull” as Denisovan, and actor Li Xuejian reflects on his dedication to portraying exemplary Communist Party members despite hearing loss. The article does not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article quotes President Xi Jinping emphasizing that talents should harbor deep patriotism and actively undertake the mission of the era. It profiles scientists such as Wang Enge, Fu Qiaomei, Qian Qihu, and others who have achieved breakthroughs through decades of perseverance, serving national needs. Xi is also cited urging accelerated progress toward high-level technological self-reliance to support Chinese-style modernization by 2035. The piece calls for following these dedicated role models, who embody a spirit of serving the motherland. No mention is made of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: President Xi Jinping emphasized that "science and technology are the primary productive forces, talent the primary resource, and innovation the primary driving force," urging the acceleration of building a national strategic talent force. The article reports on the annual state-sponsored summer retreat in Beidaihe for top experts, a key institutional arrangement under Party guidance. Featured experts include Qian Qihu (advancing shield tunnel intelligent construction), Peng Shige (pioneering financial mathematics for risk management), Wang Enge (challenging a century-old physics paradigm with quantum water research), and Shi Yigong (founding Westlake University to reform science and education). Also highlighted are Li Hongxia (developing electric-field metallurgy to solve steelmaking bottlenecks), Fu Qiaomei (using ancient DNA to identify Denisovan fossils), and actor Li Xuejian (dedicating his career to portraying exemplary Communist Party members despite severe health challenges). The piece underscores the Party-state's commitment to nurturing talent for national rejuvenation and technological self-reliance.
Summary: The article underscores President Xi Jinping's call for talented individuals to serve the nation with patriotism and perseverance, highlighting examples like Wang Enge, Fu Qiaomei, and Qian Qihu, who have made significant contributions through decades of dedicated work. It emphasizes turning research into practical applications that meet national needs, such as solving complex engineering challenges and advancing metallurgy. The piece also praises figures like Peng Shige and Shi Yigong for mentoring the next generation of scientists. Xi is quoted urging accelerated progress toward technological self-reliance and a strong science nation by 2035, framing these efforts as crucial to China's modernization. No references to the United States or U.S.-China relations appear in the article.
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Summary: During an inspection of Shanghai on July 15, President Xi Jinping emphasized the need to listen to the people's demands, opinions, and feedback to meticulously implement urban renewal projects. The article highlights Shanghai's ongoing efforts to improve living conditions, such as replacing shared toilets and kitchens with modern apartments, expanding rental housing for migrants, and repurposing underused spaces. It also outlines future targets, including completing housing renovations for old "small beam and thin slab" buildings by 2026 and fully finishing urban village redevelopment by 2027. No mention was made of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: The article analyzes Xi Jinping's concept of "cultural confidence" as elaborated across Volumes I–V of *Xi Jinping: The Governance of China*, tracing its evolution from a proposed idea to a formal pillar of the "Four Confidences" alongside road, theory, and institutional confidence. Xi reportedly stressed that cultural confidence is "more fundamental, broader, and deeper" than the other confidences, rooted in over 5,000 years of Chinese civilization, and essential for realizing national rejuvenation and building a cultural powerhouse. The piece highlights Xi's call to implement cultural confidence through the "Two Combinations"—integrating Marxism with China's concrete conditions and its fine traditional culture—and his "Seven Efforts" guidance for cultural and ideological work. It emphasizes people-centered cultural development and strengthening China's cultural soft power and international communication. The article does not address the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: President Xi Jinping has called for deeper integration into global innovation networks and expanded international cooperation in basic research to enhance China's original innovation capacity. The article, authored by the director of Peking University's International Cooperation Department, outlines strategies including building joint research platforms, aligning evaluation and data-sharing rules, and promoting global talent mobility. It cites examples like the China-Russia Basic Science Research Institute and the UNESCO International STEM Education Institute in Shanghai as models for such collaboration. The piece emphasizes moving from ad hoc projects to institutionalized international coordination, with China contributing to global scientific governance. No direct reference to the United States or U.S.-China relations is made.
Summary: The article highlights how revolutionary base areas across China are using immersive red tourism to drive local development. In Ruijin, Jiangxi, a new immersive performance near the Red Well extends visitor stays by nearly double, as noted by performance team leader Song Xianzong and Ruijin cultural tourism official Yang Cheng. In Qijiang, Chongqing, Shihao Town Party Secretary Sun Zhenying and local officials described a "red culture + rural tourism" model that integrates historical sites with fruit orchards, boosting incomes for villagers like Wang Yuqiang and Huang Laxiu. In Huining, Gansu, docent Wang Lequn and others emphasized the use of experiential study tours to deepen visitors’ understanding of the Long March heritage. No mention is made of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The 2026 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) will be held from September 9 to 13 at Shougang Park in Beijing, according to a media briefing. Beichen Group Deputy General Manager Wei Mingqian reported that nearly 70 countries and international organizations, including the UK, Denmark, and Brazil, have confirmed participation, with Norway as the guest of honor and Guangxi as the guest province. Over 740 enterprises and institutions have expressed interest in offline exhibitions across nine sectors, and more than 80 firms plan to release 180-plus innovation achievements in AI, healthcare, and green technology. The event will feature 190 forums and meetings, including the release of reports such as the *China Service Trade Development Report 2025*. No reference to the United States or U.S.-China relations was made in the article.
Summary: The Ministry of Emergency Management issued a work safety alert for industrial and trade enterprises in August, citing heightened risks from extreme weather, increased nighttime production, and factors like worker fatigue. The alert emphasizes preventing six types of accidents: confined space poisoning, molten metal water explosions, electric shocks, mechanical injuries, falls from heights, and hazardous chemical fires. It also calls for strengthened safety governance in shared industrial facilities ("factory within a factory" or "park within a park") by clarifying responsibilities for landlords and tenants. No mention was made of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article reports on Zhejiang Province's progress in achieving common prosperity, highlighting that General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized during a September 2023 inspection that Zhejiang should serve as a vanguard in this effort, focusing on narrowing urban-rural, regional, and income gaps. Provincial officials, including Development and Reform Commission Director Chen Hengzhi, stated that Zhejiang is pursuing a "development-based common prosperity" model by combining industrial upgrading with improved public services. Agriculture Department Director Li Yingbin and Human Resources Department Director Wu Weibin detailed specific initiatives such as the "Thousand Village Demonstration" project and skill training programs to boost incomes and reduce inequality. The piece notes that Zhejiang's urban-rural income ratio narrowed from 1.96 in 2020 to 1.81 in 2025, and that the province is building a "olive-shaped" social structure with a growing middle-income group. No mention is made of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: In Heilongjiang's Wudalianchi, the Daqing Oilfield Farm has entered its wheat harvest period. The farm has deployed multiple large combine harvesters for mechanized, rushed harvesting. The work is proceeding efficiently amid golden wheat fields, presenting a busy and orderly scene. The accompanying photo was taken by Lu Wenxiang for Image China. No officials or U.S.-related topics are mentioned.
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Summary: The article reports on Ningxia's implementation of a three-item service list system in communities, as described by officials including community party secretary Zhao Yuanyuan and deputy Huang Dan. Zhao stated that while unnecessary certificates are no longer issued, communities still coordinate resources to address residents' difficulties. The system clarifies responsibilities between communities and government departments, supported by a "whistle-blowing" mechanism where communities signal problems for rapid departmental response. Officials noted that this has reduced administrative burdens on communities while improving service efficiency and cross-department collaboration. The reform aims to create a co-governance structure linking resident demands, resources, and social forces.
Summary: The article discusses China's "whistle-blowing and reporting" mechanism, which aims to shift community roles from direct problem-solvers to reporters and dispatchers by clarifying responsibilities. However, grassroots workers report that the mechanism faces "last-mile" obstacles, with local governments still assigning tasks beyond communities' scope and functional departments failing to take action. Workers note that weak coordination and insufficient delegation of authority leave communities "seeing problems but unable to manage them," while pressure from higher levels renders the mechanism ineffective. The piece invites readers to submit similar experiences to the People's Daily Online "Leader Message Board" as part of a campaign against formalism. No mention is made of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The fifth "Silk Road Friendship Ambassadors" ceremony was held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on August 4, marking its first overseas edition, co-organized by the China International Cultural Exchange Center, *Global People* magazine, and Shenzhen's publicity department. Ten groups of honorees shared Belt and Road stories, including former Kyrgyz ambassador to China Kanaiym Baktygulova, who traced her bond with China to the *Shiji*, and Egyptian youth Wang Mulin, who said shifting perceptions ultimately converge into understanding, trust, and friendship. Peruvian Mayor Juan Álvarez, who oversaw the Chancay port project, voiced hope it would strengthen friendly cooperation, while former Argentine ambassador Ni Wangdao, a visitor to over 20 Chinese provinces, is now cultivating young scholars to better understand China. Shenzhen Energy Group built a Ghana power plant in a record 18 months and invested in Vietnamese wind power, benefiting local communities. The event also featured a Silk Road fashion show and the launch of the "Silk Road Friendly Cities – Shenzhen" initiative.
Summary: The article reports on the "mountain-sea" cooperation between Hangzhou's Binjiang District and Wenzhou's Taishun County under Zhejiang's broader development plan, emphasizing digital and cultural complementarity. Binjiang leverages its AI and digital innovation strengths, including an "AI+lecturing" pilot and a digital avatar team, while Taishun contributes grassroots lecturing traditions and ethnic folk customs. The two sides jointly build a theoretical lecturing system and talent pipeline, exchange civilization creation experiences, and use digital technology to preserve and transform Taishun's cultural heritage, such as via AI-animated series and original music projects. They aim to create a model for spiritual civilization co-construction that bridges urban digital capabilities and rural cultural resources.
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Summary: The article reports on China Southern Power Grid's Guangdong Grid Company, which completed over 346 billion yuan in investment in the first half of the year, exceeding its semi-annual target. Key projects included two 220 kV substations in Dongguan—a record for the company—and seven 35 kV transformers in Zhanjiang within nine days. In Foshan, the company upgraded grid self-healing capabilities to support the city's smart robot industry, aligning with a local plan to grow the sector to 100 billion yuan by 2030. In Dongguan, grid projects were accelerated through coordination with local governments to meet summer peak demand and support precision manufacturing. The article also highlights the batch application of aluminum-alloy core cables in coastal areas, a first for the Southern Grid, aimed at improving typhoon resilience and supporting island industries.
Summary: During the summer, Chinese youth participate in volunteer programs at revolutionary sites, science museums, and communities to learn about Party history, science, and social governance. At the First CPC National Congress Memorial, Red Scarf guides like Tao Yichen explain exhibits, with official Yang Yu praising the immersive experience as the best form of red education. At the China Science and Technology Museum, "little volunteers" such as Qin Nike and Ruan Zimo lead interactive science demonstrations, with project official Hu Yang emphasizing the cultivation of scientific literacy and social responsibility. In Qingdao’s Jimo district, the "little stewards" program engages children in community tasks, with local official Teng Anzheng stating that children "use their small hands to leverage community governance." The article contains no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article highlights how primary and secondary school students in China spent their summer vacation engaging in volunteer activities. At the Memorial Hall of the First CPC National Congress, young docents explained the Party's founding history; at the China Science and Technology Museum, "little volunteers" shared science knowledge; and on the streets of Qingdao, Shandong, children cleaned up litter. These experiences transformed students from listeners into narrators, from bystanders into participants, and from recipients of service into providers. Through such social practice, they gained knowledge, cultivated responsibility and dedication, and grew through contributing small efforts to society.
Summary: The article provides flood season safety guidance, quoting Xu Chong, director of the National Disaster Reduction Center’s Geological Disaster Research Office, and Chen Lijuan, chief forecaster at the National Climate Center. Xu Chong warned of increased risks from flash floods, landslides, and urban waterlogging during heavy rains, advising avoidance of low-lying areas and inspection of evacuation routes. Chen Lijuan recommended checking weather warning signals (blue, yellow, orange, red) before travel. The piece also offers specific survival tips, such as escaping perpendicular to landslide direction. No mention is made of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: As of August 2025, China has established 578 national demonstration zones for comprehensive chronic disease prevention and control, with the National Health Commission reporting that these zones have increasingly driven improvements in health-supportive environments. Since the initiative began in 2010, health literacy among residents has risen, and control rates for hypertension and diabetes have steadily improved. China targets expanding the number of such zones to 820 by 2035, covering nearly 30% of all districts and counties to enhance life expectancy and quality of life.
Summary: The 38th Popular Film Hundred Flowers Awards ceremony was held on August 10 at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing, awarding nine major prizes including Best Picture to "Ne Zha: The Devil's Sea" and Best Director to Da Peng for "The Litchi Road". The event was co-hosted by the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, the Beijing Municipal Government, and the China Film Association, running from August 7 to 10 under the theme "Hundred Flowers Return, Myriad Images in Beijing". No US-related topics were discussed.
Summary: An 18-year-old man from Hunan, Xiang Kewang, missed a job interview on August 3 after stopping to save a woman who jumped from Orange Isle Bridge in Changsha. While en route to the interview, he noticed the woman hanging outside the railing, persuaded her briefly, and jumped into the river to help police rescue her after she leapt. He texted the interviewer, “I’m saving someone,” and sent a photo. After confirming the woman was safe, he left, but the interview had ended. The company verified his account and rescheduled; he received a job offer the next day.
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Summary: The article compiles statements from Chinese state-owned enterprise officials—including Zhang Tao of CNNC, Lyu Tingyan of CTG, Yan Guochun of CHN Energy, Huang Aiguo of China South-to-North Water Diversion, and others—affirming their companies' roles in advancing nuclear power, renewables, clean coal chemicals, water infrastructure, and green manufacturing to support China's energy security and "dual-carbon" goals. They highlight specific achievements such as CNNC's "Hualong One" reactors, CTG's clean energy corridor, and CHN Energy's coal-to-chemicals projects, all framed as contributions to the nation's energy transition. No mention is made of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: The article highlights three grassroots sports initiatives in China—Beijing’s orienteering race along the Central Axis, Hubei’s "EnBA" basketball tournament, and a Sichuan-Chongqing children’s balance bike carnival—as models for integrating fitness into daily life and local culture. Beijing Dongcheng District Sports Bureau Deputy Director Yang Shanglin noted the event transformed historical heritage into an immersive sports-tourism experience. Hubei’s tournament, with 2,000 teams and over 20,000 participants, boosted tourism revenue to 920 billion yuan in 2025 through a "venue + scenic spot" model. A Sichuan sports bureau official emphasized the carnival’s shift from competition to a comprehensive cultural-sports tourism event. No references to the United States or U.S.-China relations appear in the text.
Summary: The article discusses the growing popularity of grassroots sports events in China, emphasizing their need to be rooted in local communities to sustain public interest. It highlights the "National Fitness Plan (2026–2030)" as a driver for transitioning from quantitative expansion to qualitative improvement. Examples include basketball leagues in Qingchuan and football in Heishan, which integrate tourism and local culture. The piece notes a strategic shift from simply hosting events to cultivating a sustainable fitness ecosystem, with tiered competition systems and inclusive participation across all ages. No references to U.S. or U.S.-China relations are made.
Summary: The 2026 Asian University Basketball League semifinal in Hangzhou saw Shanghai Jiao Tong University defeat Tsinghua University 84-82 on a buzzer-beating three-pointer by Hu Hui, who recorded 15 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, a steal, and a block. The game required overtime after a 74-74 tie in regulation. Shanghai Jiao Tong will face Taiwan’s National Chengchi University in the final on August 11. No U.S.-related topics or officials were mentioned in the report.
Summary: The 22nd Chinese University Climbing Championship was held August 6–9 in Gaotang, Liaocheng, Shandong, drawing 522 athletes from 90 universities. The event featured six disciplines across four groups, awarding 48 gold medals. Paris Olympic silver medalist Deng Lijuan competed for Donghua University. Guangxi Sports College’s Lao Liqin swept three individual titles, while China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) won multiple golds. The broad medal distribution across universities highlights the deepening popularity of climbing in Chinese higher education.
Summary: The article discusses the risks and benefits of exercising on an empty stomach, featuring insights from Zhang Peng, director of the Department of Metabolism and Bariatric Surgery at Beijing Friendship Hospital, and Zuo Xiaoxia, director of the Nutrition Department at the Eighth Medical Center of the PLA General Hospital. Zhang warned that fasting exercise can trigger hypoglycemia or heart arrhythmias, especially in individuals with underlying conditions, while Zuo noted that the fat-burning advantage of fasting exercise is not sustained long-term. The piece cites a UK study finding no significant difference in fat loss between those who exercised before or after breakfast. Experts recommend moderate exercise 1–1.5 hours after a meal, combining aerobic and resistance training, and emphasize overall calorie balance over metabolic rate. No U.S. or U.S.-China relations are mentioned.
Summary: The 2026 "Tongxin Cup" Xinjiang Football Super League, the region's highest-profile grassroots football event, held its final on August 10 in Urumqi, drawing over 30,000 spectators. Kashi won the championship, followed by Yili and Turpan. The league featured 14 teams across 56 matches since May 16, with all tickets priced at 9.9 yuan. Accompanying activities included football carnivals, fan experiences, intangible cultural heritage displays, and tourism promotions tied to match tickets. No political officials or U.S.-China relations were mentioned in the article.
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Summary: EU interior ministers held an emergency meeting on a migration surge into Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta, where around 72,000 migrants entered from Morocco. Spanish Interior Minister Marquesas reported that 70,000 have already returned, and Spain upgraded border controls with EU support. European Commission President von der Leyen urged Spain to intensify efforts against smuggling networks and speed up deportations. The crisis exposed EU internal divisions, with Italy suspending Schengen rules for Spanish travelers and Spain retaliating, while critics noted a lack of collective action. The article does not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Thousands of illegal migrants entered the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, disrupting local order and highlighting EU divisions on migration governance. The article notes that structural imbalances—such as the Dublin Convention's burden on border states—and the failure of the 2026 EU Migration and Asylum Pact to ensure equitable responsibility-sharing have exacerbated the crisis. It argues that EU measures emphasizing border control do not address the root causes of migration, like poverty and conflict, and that without deeper member-state cooperation, long-term solutions remain elusive. The author, from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, calls for both practical burden-sharing and a shift away from purely restrictive approaches. No U.S. or U.S.-China relations are mentioned.
Summary: Cambodia's rice exports surged 68% in volume and 34.3% in value during the first seven months of 2026, according to the Cambodia Rice Federation. Official Lai Chunhua projected annual exports would exceed the 1 million ton target. China remained a key single market, with 175,000 tons exported, and a new trade agreement raised the quota to 500,000 tons. Accompanying the report, Chinese Ambassador Wang Wenbin attributed the growth to the RCEP and the China-Cambodia free trade agreement, highlighting deepened bilateral cooperation.
Summary: U.S. President Trump told Axios he prefers economic pressure over military action against Iran, stating he is "handling it low key" and noting Iran's inflation and lack of funds. He added that U.S. naval blockades worsen Iran's economy, and compared the standoff to chess, while Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi said no negotiations are occurring. U.S. Vice President Vance described the conflict as in its "mid-game" phase, combining diplomatic, economic, and military tools. Separately, Turkish Foreign Minister Fidan said the Saudi-Turkey-Pakistan defense pact aims to enhance regional autonomy and should expand, with Egypt likely joining. The article also reports Japan's first current account deficit in 17 months due to rising import costs, and Philippine extreme weather affecting over 380,000 people.
Summary: At the 2026 Brazil International Animal Protein Expo in São Paulo, over 400 exhibitors, including dozens of Chinese firms, showcased products and technologies. Brazilian Minister of Agriculture André de Paula stated that Brazil can consolidate its global leadership in animal protein, creating more opportunities for Brazil-China cooperation. Brazilian Beef Exporters Association president Roberto Perosa highlighted BRICS achievements and called for further sanitary inspection collaboration to boost trade. Brazilian Animal Protein Association president Ricardo Santin affirmed the strong Brazil-China partnership, noting China's huge import potential and welcoming Chinese investment in infrastructure to facilitate bilateral trade. The article discusses no U.S. or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: The article profiles foreign professionals living and working in Taizhou, Zhejiang, highlighting how the city’s open business environment, advanced manufacturing, and livable communities attract global talent. It features Argentine designer Rodrigo Álvarez, who helps a local motorcycle company boost exports to Latin America, and Italian businessman Matteo, who facilitates European technology transfer to Chinese agricultural machinery firms. Yemeni entrepreneur Fu Sai was drawn by Taizhou’s complete supply chain and supportive local government, while German-born Pan Moli and American Shi Mingsi praise the city’s rural charm and digital convenience. The piece underscores Taizhou’s transformation from a manufacturing hub to a “smart city” and notes that urban-rural income disparity continues to shrink.
Summary: The article highlights how Taizhou, a coastal city in Zhejiang, attracts foreigners like Argentine designer Rodrigo, Yemeni entrepreneur Fusai, and German expat Pan Molly through its integrated industrial ecosystem, practical problem-solving (e.g., a local visa point resolving Pakistani entrepreneur Zuo Zhichen's restaurant delay), and inclusive culture rooted in “hehe” harmony. No Chinese officials or U.S.-China relations are mentioned.
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Summary: The article reports on China's campaign to rectify formalism and bureaucratism to reduce burdens at the grassroots level, following a January central meeting that stressed deepening "six corrections." It details local measures: Inner Mongolia prevents new unfinished government projects; Yunnan cracks down on statistical fraud; Zhejiang curbs evaluation and award activities; Qinghai reduces excessive documents and meetings; Hunan uses a digital "one-table" platform to simplify reporting; and Tianjin streamlines assessment indicators to ease grassroots burdens.
Summary: The article underscores Xi Jinping's emphasis on "upholding the Party's political construction as the统领" (guiding principle), framing it as the foundational requirement for all Party work. It traces this priority from the 19th Party Congress through the 20th, citing historical examples—such as the Red Army's direction-setting during the Long March—to argue that political orientation determines survival. The piece highlights that political supervision, including anti-corruption campaigns and environmental crackdowns (e.g., Qinling villas, Qilian Mountains), is essential for correcting political deviations. It further asserts that political capability is the foremost ability for cadres, using Xi's Fuzhou-era "vegetable basket program" to illustrate that governance is inherently political. The article concludes by calling for unwavering adherence to "two establishes" and "two upholds" to navigate complex domestic and international challenges.
Summary: A village party secretary and committee director in Dongfang, Hainan, was found to have used identical photos in duplicate reimbursement documents for garbage collection work. He admitted to reusing old photos, claiming the work was still completed, but an investigation revealed he had fabricated garbage disposal projects and inflated work volumes to embezzle over 1.18 million yuan. The funds were used for office expenses, a secret “slush fund,” and over 130,000 yuan to cover officials’ lavish meals. He was expelled from the party and sentenced to four and a half years in prison, with a fine of 450,000 yuan. The article emphasizes that such violations of collective asset management regulations face severe punishment.
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Summary: The article, written by a micro-drama creator, argues that AI has lowered the barrier to producing short dramas but raised the demands on creators, shifting their focus from production to curation. It notes that the China Netcasting Services Association reported over 36.7 million micro-dramas were released in the first half of 2026, with AI-generated content accounting for 74%, yet audiences complain about homogeneity and lack of emotional depth. The piece emphasizes that human creators must make subjective choices—such as when to pause or convey nuanced feelings—which AI cannot replicate, and contrasts AI short dramas' strength in sci-fi and fantasy with live-action dramas' advantage in emotional storytelling. It references the National Radio and Television Administration's new *Micro-drama Development Management Measures* and the inclusion of micro-dramas in China’s 15th Five-Year Plan, underscoring social responsibility. Ultimately, the author concludes that AI offers infinite options, but the creator's judgment in selecting what truly resonates with human emotion determines a work's success.
Summary: The article discusses how contemporary audiences are re-evaluating classic works like *Parents Love* and *The Water Margin*, not because the works are inherently flawed, but because each generation brings new cognitive tools—such as heightened sensitivity to individual dignity and autonomy—that reveal previously unnoticed limitations. The author argues that mere criticism is insufficient; true reflection requires understanding the historical context of a work while also recognizing its anachronisms, turning classics into a mirror for self-examination. This process shows that even revered works like *Gone with the Wind* or Shakespeare’s *The Taming of the Shrew* are subject to re-interpretation. Ultimately, classics are not static relics but flowing rivers that gain meaning through ongoing dialogue with each era. No mention is made of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article reviews the military drama "Soldiers Come from the Wind," which premiered before Army Day and focuses on the frontline lives of soldiers amid China's ongoing military modernization. It highlights the show's realistic depiction of the People's Liberation Army's transition toward synthetic and digital warfare, centering on the growth of young officer Guo Zijian. The plot avoids clichés by addressing training formalism and featuring authentic tactical scenarios, such as a joint exercise where the protagonist breaks a rigid red-blue setup. Characters include innovative junior commanders, veteran leaders adapting to reforms, and tech-savvy officers like communications PhD Liang Hong, all balancing tradition with modern combat readiness. The piece emphasizes the drama's grounded, professional approach to portraying China's evolving military ethos, rooted in real training and strategic foresight.
Summary: The article warns against imitating dangerous behaviors depicted in films and TV shows, citing a real case in Yunnan where an elderly couple mimicked a movie scene and were both poisoned by snake venom. It criticizes shows that simplify risks, such as entering sewers without protection, misleading viewers—especially seniors and children—who lack safety knowledge. The piece calls on content creators to balance artistic expression with social responsibility, ensuring accurate portrayals of first aid, hazard avoidance, and high-risk operations. It suggests using subtitles or narration to convey safety tips and prevent harmful imitation. No U.S.-China relations or official actions are discussed.
Summary: The article discusses the popular micro-drama *Safe Distance*, which tells a national security story about state security officers and cultural relic restorers jointly cracking a cross-border espionage case involving cultural relics. It argues that while such grand themes were once considered suited only for long-form TV dramas, this short-form series succeeds by using close-ups and tracking shots to amplify the protagonist’s tense physical reactions and create emotional immersion. This visual style makes viewers more receptive to the legal education message at the end of each episode. The piece concludes that micro-dramas can effectively convey major themes if they leverage their unique audiovisual storytelling strengths.
Summary: The article discusses the concept of “含舞量” (dance content) as a key metric for evaluating Chinese dance dramas, referring to the quantity and quality of artistic dance segments. It attributes low dance content to an imbalance between dance and narrative, as well as a lack of high-quality, emotionally coherent choreography. The piece argues that mature creators must balance dance design and storytelling to avoid reducing dance to mere filler or plot advancement. It notes that audience criticism of low dance content reflects a historical debate from the 1980s–1990s, urging creators to engage with such feedback rather than dismissing it. No officials or U.S.-China relations are mentioned.
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By: 本报记者 武少民 何 聪 齐志明
In smart factories on the shores of the East China Sea, industrial workers work side by side with robots, reaping professional growth amidst intelligent manufacturing upgrades; on the production lines of enclaves in central Zhejiang, migrant workers from mountainous areas increase their income through skills, achieving stability and prosperity at their doorstep; in the boutique homestay villages at the foot of Moganshan, farmers revitalize assets through land reform, with "three gold" incomes supporting steady happiness; amidst the white walls and black tiles of western Zhejiang countryside, farmers take up brushes to paint, turning rural life into a people-enriching industry... Four snapshots, spanning mountains and seas, point toward a single theme: common prosperity.
In September 2023, during an inspection of Zhejiang, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: "Zhejiang must take the lead in demonstrating progress in advancing common prosperity. It must take narrowing the gaps between urban and rural areas, between regions, and in income as the main direction, and further improve the institutional mechanisms for integrated urban-rural development."
In May 2021, the "Opinions of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council on Supporting Zhejiang in Building a Demonstration Zone for High-Quality Development and Common Prosperity" was issued, conferring upon Zhejiang the major mission of providing a provincial-level model for promoting common prosperity nationwide. The "15th Five-Year Plan" outline proposes "taking solid steps toward promoting all-round human development and common prosperity for all people."
Remembering the entrustment, forging ahead. For more than five years, Zhejiang has closely adhered to the main direction of narrowing the "three major gaps" in region, urban-rural, and income, continuously taking new steps and achieving new results on the journey of exploring common prosperity. The ratio of urban to rural resident income in Zhejiang narrowed from 1.96 in 2020 to 1.81 in 2025, showing a shrinking trend for 13 consecutive years, the lowest among major economic provinces; in the first half of this year, the per capita disposable income of rural residents in the province reached 27,555 yuan, a year-on-year increase of 6.0%.
Prioritizing both quality and efficiency to fortify the foundation of common prosperity
Entering a smart factory in Beilun District, Ningbo, robotic arms swing gracefully, and AGV (automated guided vehicle) transport robots shuttle smoothly along predetermined routes. On the production line, a humanoid robot precisely completes repetitive tasks such as moving material boxes, becoming a "new colleague" to industrial worker Zhang Chao.
"My coworker is a robot." A joke from Zhang Chao reflects the changes in production brought by intelligent manufacturing.
As a national-level 5G factory and intelligent manufacturing demonstration factory, this site has constructed a "digital brain" using 5G, artificial intelligence, and industrial big data, resulting in a massive leap in production efficiency and product precision. As machines become increasingly intelligent, the space for worker growth also becomes increasingly broad: a large number of frontline workers like Zhang Chao have achieved professional advancement and income growth during industrial upgrading.
Industrial upgrading improves more than just production line speed and corporate output value. In the nearby Hengyang Future Community, the warmth of industry-city integration reaches people's hearts. The Lunan Campus of the East China Sea Experimental School is about to be put into use, solving the worries of industrial workers regarding their children's schooling; talent apartments, childcare centers, home-based elderly care service centers, and community hospitals are all provided, and the public transport network is continuously optimized. From intelligent production lines to the "smoke and fire" of community life, Beilun District coordinates industrial development with urban renewal, providing space for enterprises to grow and ensuring industrial workers live and work in peace.
The transformation of a factory and the warmth of a community reflect the exploratory logic of Zhejiang using high-quality development to support high-quality life—development is not isolated economic growth, but the common growth of industry, cities, and people. This practice of "improving industry quality and upgrading livelihoods" can be seen everywhere in the land of Zhijiang.
In Hangzhou Qingshan Lake Science and Technology City, innovation extends along the industrial chain. In the workshop of Zhejiang Wanma Co., Ltd., extrusion worker Huang Jinfang has grown from a frontline worker to a skill leader, compiling his 20-plus years of experience into operating manuals and shortening the training cycle for main machine operators from one or two years to three months; in industrial communities, talent apartments and shared laboratories sit adjacent to one another. "Moving up and down the floors means moving up and down the supply chain," scientific and technological innovation resources both catalyze enterprises and open channels for skill enhancement and employment income growth.
In the Yiwu Global Digital Trade Center, digital upgrades have broadened the paths to common prosperity for small and medium-sized merchants. The "World Yiwu" business large model has launched 25 AI applications, such as AI design, AI visual creation, and AI video translation, lowering the threshold for cross-border operations; the market's daily average passenger flow reaches 60,000 people, and the proportion of "second-generation business," "second-generation entrepreneur," and "new generation" market entities exceeds 50%, forming a modern trade hub that "buys globally, sells globally, and thinks intelligently globally."
Individual micro-practices accumulate into a powerful momentum, gathering the surging kinetic energy of Zhejiang's high-quality development. In recent years, Zhejiang has deeply implemented the "Eight-Eight Strategy," insisting on making the "cake" bigger and better through high-quality development and accelerating the construction of a modern industrial system. The province's GDP has continuously crossed three trillion-yuan thresholds, reaching 9.45 trillion yuan in 2025; R&D investment intensity has increased to 3.3%, the added value of core digital economy industries has exceeded 1.2 trillion yuan, and the number of "Little Giant" enterprises specializing in niche markets remains among the top in the country. While expanding the total economic volume, Zhejiang simultaneously promotes the "Seven Excellent Enjoyments" public service project, achieving full coverage of county-level medical communities, leading the nation in the proportion of counties (cities, districts) with high-quality balanced compulsory education, steadily increasing average life expectancy, and continuously improving the bottom-line guarantee level for people in difficulty. It innovatively implements a multi-dimensional "material + service" assistance model, accelerating the formation of a favorable social atmosphere of "not leaving anyone behind," truly achieving resonance between development and livelihoods.
"The pioneering exploration of common prosperity in Zhejiang is essentially 'development-oriented common prosperity,' which uses innovation-driven growth and industrial upgrading to make the cake bigger and better, while simultaneously promoting the improvement and expansion of public services to allow development results to cover all people more fairly," said Ji Fuxing, a professor at the School of Applied Economics, University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
"We promote common prosperity through high-quality development, grasping industrial upgrading on one hand to fortify the economic foundation, and grasping livelihood improvement on the other to enhance the well-being of the people," said Chen Hengzhi, Director of the Zhejiang Provincial Development and Reform Commission. He stated that in the next step, Zhejiang will continue to vigorously develop new quality productive forces according to local conditions, use the "Thousand-Village Demonstration, Ten-Thousand-Village Improvement" project (千万工程 - qiān wàn gōng chéng, a massive rural revitalization initiative) as a driver to continuously narrow the "three major gaps," use innovation and reform to break through bottlenecks, promote the integration of basic public services, and accelerate the filling of livelihood shortcomings, while continuously consolidating the material foundation of common prosperity, making development results warmer and more tangible, and exploring the path for the nation to achieve common prosperity through Zhejiang's pioneering trials.
Merging mountains and seas to bridge development gaps
As the morning light faintly shines, the sound of machinery gradually rises in the wood carving and furniture industrial park of Nanshi Street, Dongyang City... Chen Jianhua, a carpenter from Renchen Town, Pan'an County, turns on a CNC machine to begin his day's work.
"It used to be hard to find work in the mountains, but now I take a shuttle bus to work in Dongyang; my wages have doubled, and the factory provides food and lodging," said Chen Jianhua. There are many workers like him from the mountainous areas of Pan'an in the park.
This industrial park is a cooperative project of mountain-sea collaboration between Dongyang and Pan'an. The park is operated by Zhejiang Dongpan Mountain-Sea Collaboration Co., Ltd., jointly funded by Pan'an and Dongyang. According to the cooperation agreement, the benefits are shared through negotiation between both parties. From 2021 to 2025, Pan'an County has cumulatively received 8.65 million yuan in profit dividends.
Beyond industrial collaboration, the partnership between the two places has long extended to all aspects of livelihoods. Dongyang and Pan'an mountainous area schools have formed cross-regional teaching communities, achieving the sharing of high-quality resources through synchronized classrooms and mentor-apprentice pairings; Dongyang's Grade A tertiary hospitals have established counterpart support relationships with Pan'an township health centers, making expert consultations and remote medical meetings the norm; relying on the "Hundred Towns Building a Strong Foundation" action in the Jinhua region, the two places have established the "Hengdian-Pan'an Film and Television Alliance," allowing mountainous homestays to link deeply with film and television tourism... a picture of mountains and seas working together, with the prosperous leading the less prosperous, is gradually unfolding.
Explorations of using enclaves to build bridges and mountain-sea collaboration are blooming everywhere in Zhejiang.
In Yongyue Village, Pu'an Town, Jiaxing, a 17-story villagers' building has been constructed, fully equipped with clinics, libraries, and other facilities. Zhuang Minghuo, the village Party committee secretary, said proudly: "Basically, whatever the city has, the village has too."
In Jiaxing, the balanced model of urban-rural integration is becoming increasingly clear. In 2025, the per capita disposable income of rural residents in the whole city reached 54,939 yuan, ranking first in the province for 22 consecutive years, and the ratio of urban to rural resident income narrowed to 1.48, remaining the smallest in the province for seven consecutive years. From urban-rural buses having "the same lines, same prices, and same services," to water, electricity, and communications having "the same networks and same quality," to education, medical care, and social security having "the same standards and same sharing," on the land of Jiahe, the identity boundaries between farmers and urban residents are constantly blurring, and undifferentiated urban-rural public services have turned from a vision into daily life.
At the Ant Island pier in Putuo, Zhoushan, a medical ship equipped with 5G+AR (augmented reality) remote consultation technology docks regularly. 73-year-old Granny Lin remarked that in the past, seeing a doctor required taking a boat into the city, but now "the hospital has opened at my doorstep."
In Zhoushan, the "Hello, Small Island" island common prosperity action has brought vitality to remote islands. Shengshan Island in Shengsi County is building an international sea fishing base, Gouqi Island is deepening the development of the entire mussel industry chain, and Liuhang Island is promoting the construction of marine ranching complexes... From public services to people-enriching industries, Zhoushan is striving to narrow the "three major gaps," with the urban-rural resident income ratio narrowing from 1.63 in 2020 to 1.51 in 2025.
Breakthroughs at specific points gather into results across the whole area. Zhejiang continues to deepen the "Thousand-Village Demonstration, Ten-Thousand-Village Improvement" project and the mountain-sea collaboration project, continuously narrowing the "three major gaps."
Data speaks for itself. The average annual GDP growth rate of mountainous and island counties is higher than the provincial average, and the per capita disposable income of residents and low-income farmers has respectively surpassed the 50,000 yuan and 20,000 yuan marks; the ratio of local residents' per capita disposable income to the provincial average has increased from 0.732 in 2021 to 0.756 in 2025. Over one hundred mountain-sea collaboration enclave parks have been built, promoting an increase in farmers' income by 27 billion yuan. Zhejiang took the lead in the nation by launching the integration of basic public services reform; over 12,000 elderly meal service points in the province serve the public, 96 out of 101 provincial basic public service standards have achieved urban-rural undifferentiation, and the level of inclusive and balanced public services continues to rise.
"Zhejiang's breaking of the traditional urban-rural dualistic barriers and regional development disparities relies both on the 'Thousand-Village Demonstration, Ten-Thousand-Village Improvement' project to reshape the rural appearance and activate rural value, and on mountain-sea collaboration and enclave economies to establish cross-regional interest-sharing mechanisms," said Ye Xingqing, former director and researcher of the Rural Economy Research Department of the Development Research Center of the State Council. This coordinated development model of "two-way flow, complementary advantages, and interest linkage" moves beyond simple assistance and "blood transfusion," constructing a long-term win-win development mechanism and providing important experience for the nation to solve the problem of unbalanced urban-rural and regional development.
"We take narrowing the urban-rural, regional, and income gaps as the main direction, and around 'enriching the people,' we do a deep and good job on the three articles of 'strengthening cities,' 'revitalizing villages,' and 'integration,'" said Li Yingbin, Director of the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, Zhejiang will continue to deepen the "Thousand-Village Demonstration, Ten-Thousand-Village Improvement" project, comprehensively build the "county town—central town—key village" development axis, iteratively upgrade technology-based and machinery-based agriculture, vigorously implement the "Local Specialty Enrichment · Ten Groups and Hundred Chains" action, improve the quality and scale of rural area clusters, actively attract youth to develop in rural areas, strive to create common prosperity scenes such as common prosperity workshops, common prosperity markets, and common prosperity courtyards, deepen the "1+3" assistance mechanism for mountainous and island counties and the mutual assistance of relatively weak towns and villages, and continuously promote "narrowing gaps for common prosperity" to achieve new results and open new horizons, ensuring that no one is left behind on the road to common prosperity.
Expanding the middle and raising the low to optimize the distribution pattern
As the morning mist lightly shrouds Moganshan, Shen Shuijia, a villager from Xiantan Village, Moganshan Town, Deqing County, enters a boutique homestay at the village entrance on time to begin her day of cleaning work. Previously, she could never have imagined that by staying in the mountains, she could live a stable life with "income every month and dividends every year": the contracted land in her family is leased to the homestay cluster, providing steady annual rent; working in the homestays provides a fixed monthly salary of 3,200 yuan; and at the end of the year, she can receive an additional sum of dividends from the village collective. Combined, her annual income has increased by nearly 50,000 yuan.
From a former "hollow village" that relied on the mountains with meager income, to a homestay cluster village today that gathers 166 boutique homestays with an annual total rural tourism output value of around 100 million yuan, the transformation of Xiantan Village stems from the institutional empowerment of the rural "three pieces of land" reform.
Since 2015, Deqing County has coordinated the promotion of rural land expropriation, the entry of collective operational construction land into the market, and the pilot reform of the homestead system, turning sleeping rural resources into liquid assets. The reform dividends continue to be released; in 2025, the per capita disposable income of rural residents in Deqing reached 55,316 yuan, the urban-rural income ratio narrowed to 1.49, and the urban-rural development gap continued to narrow.
The breakthroughs in regional reform reflect the deepening and solidification of Zhejiang's institutional innovation. Centering on the two major directions of "expanding the middle" to grow the group and "raising the low" to fortify the bottom line, various places in Zhejiang have implemented policies according to local conditions, forming distinctive income-increasing paths.
Ningbo focuses on increasing the income of industrial workers, comprehensively implementing a collective negotiation system for level-based wages, covering large-scale and industry enterprises, benefiting over 116,000 technical workers. Ningbo's total number of skilled talents has exceeded 2.15 million, with over 790,000 high-skilled talents, making skilled laborers the main force in cultivating the middle-income group.
Lishui deeply cultivates bottom-line assistance for low-income groups, promoting the "strong village company + common prosperity workshop" and "enterprise + cooperative + farmer" models across the region, and has built 1,011 regularly operated common prosperity workshops. The workshops bridge the path from resources becoming assets and farmers becoming industrial workers, cumulatively driving the employment of over 82,000 people, including over 14,900 low-income farmers, with the employed people's average monthly income increasing by over 2,880 yuan.
Quzhou focuses on the skill enhancement of three types of groups: new blue-collar workers, new farmers, and new craftsmen. Since 2022, it has cumulatively trained 134,000 new blue-collar workers, cultivated 31,000 new farmers, and 12,000 new craftsmen, using skills to empower the people to achieve stable income growth.
Breakthroughs at points connect into a surface, as systemic reforms advance in depth. Zhejiang has constructed an "8+9" working matrix of "eight major implementation paths and nine types of key groups," using nine types of groups such as technical workers and scientific researchers as key handles, implementing precise policies and categorized efforts, and continuously improving the institutional system of coordinated primary, secondary, and tertiary distribution.
The effects of the reform are palpable. The scale of Zhejiang's middle-income group is continuously expanding, and an "olive-shaped" social structure with the middle-income group as the mainstay is accelerating its formation; the per capita disposable income of low-income farmers grows by more than 10% annually, a growth rate that continues to be higher than the average for farmers in the province; in 2025, the number of people participating in basic medical insurance in the province reached 57.58 million, an increase of over 2 million compared to five years ago. Minimum wage standards and social security benefits are steadily adjusted upward, and the livelihood security net is being woven increasingly densely.
"Zhejiang's income distribution reform insists on implementing policies based on individuals and adheres to the orientation of opportunity equality; it is by no means a simple pursuit of equal results." In the view of Zhao Zhirong, Dean of the School of Public Administration at Zhejiang University, a series of reform measures continuously smooths social upward mobility channels, effectively preventing class solidification, and forms a comprehensive policy system of "expanding the middle, raising the low, adjusting the high, and smoothing flow."
"We focus on the core tasks of 'expanding the middle and raising the low,' continuously improving the integrated urban-rural employment and entrepreneurship system, broadening labor income paths, promoting 'at-the-doorstep' employment and income growth, and striving to achieve 'everyone has work to do, and every family has income.' We are pioneering the construction of a province-wide skill-based society, establishing an incentive orientation of 'workers increase skills, enterprises increase efficiency, and workers increase income,' and promoting the vast number of laborers to increase skills and income," said Wu Weibin, Director of the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Human Resources and Social Security. In the next step, Zhejiang will continue to anchor the key tasks of "expanding the middle and raising the low," playing a "combination punch" of employment and income growth, skill empowerment, social security standard upgrading, and distribution adjustment, making the "money bags" of the people fuller and their sense of gain greater.
"Cultivating both internal and external aspects" to paint the background color of happiness
In Yudong Village, Kecheng District, Quzhou City, in the China Rural Art Museum at the village entrance, villager Yu Yunmei is holding a brush, carefully sketching in front of a wall painting. Who would have thought that this seemingly ordinary villager is now a member of the Zhejiang Artists Association, earning over 100,000 yuan a year just from painting murals?
"Carrying a hoe by day and a brush by night, using the bedroom as a studio and the doorframe as a drawing board"—this jingle is a vivid portrayal of the "Picassos of the countryside."
Entering Yudong is like stepping into a palette. In this small village of over 800 people, as many as 300 people participate in the creation of peasant paintings. Yudong Village operates a "peasant painting +" industrial chain, moving from selling paintings to selling copyrights, cultural and creative products, and tourism. The annual output value of industries related to peasant paintings has exceeded 25 million yuan, and it receives over 200 batches of study tour teams annually, allowing Yudong Village to transform from a "poor and weak village" into "China's number one peasant painting village" and a "National Civilized Village."
One painting awakens sleeping rural resources; one brush paints a path to common prosperity through culture-driven industry and the integration of culture and tourism.
Spiritual richness resonating with material prosperity is a distinct hallmark of Zhejiang's common prosperity demonstration.
In Jiaxing, a steady sense of security is "governed" into existence. In Xinnan Community, Nanhu District, a "business-residential integration" consultative meeting is being held. A restaurant owner negotiates oil fume emissions with residents, and the community uses "star-rated merchant evaluations" to turn morality into credit.
As the birthplace of "the integration of three types of governance," Jiaxing was the first in the nation to explore a grassroots governance system combining self-governance, rule of law, and rule of virtue, receiving the title of Zhejiang Province "Peaceful City" for 21 consecutive years. In 2025, the local resolution rate of county-level conflicts in Jiaxing reached 98.0%, and the people's sense of security and satisfaction have always remained at the forefront of the province.
In Lishui, a good ecology has a clear "value ledger." The "Su Ye" homestay in Fuye Village, Jingning She Autonomous County, has innovated its pricing method, separately incorporating the ecological dividends brought by mountain forest air and valley streams into room prices. Fresh air, clean water, and negative oxygen ions, after being quantified through GEP (Gross Ecosystem Product) accounting, are transformed into ecological assets that can command a premium and be monetized.
As the nation's first pilot city for the realization mechanism of the value of ecological products, Lishui has completed GEP accounting coverage across four levels: city, county, township, and village, giving mountain forests, streams, and air "property certificates," allowing villagers to increase their annual income by over 10,000 yuan by protecting the ecology. As of the end of July 2026, Lishui has used its ecological product trading platform to collect and store a total of 4,100 types of ecological resources, continuously transforming "good mountains and good waters" into "people-enriching assets."
These are not isolated highlights, but a civilization leap across the entire region. Through "cultivating both internal and external aspects," achieving common prosperity and common beauty, the vast urban and rural residents are harvesting a happy life here that has both depth and warmth.
Zhejiang Province insists on the simultaneous promotion of five types of education, coordinating the construction of Beautiful Zhejiang and the "Zhejiang is Polite" provincial civilization practice. The proportion of excellent air quality days in prefecture-level cities exceeds 90%, the excellent water quality rate of surface water sections exceeds 98%, and blue skies, green land, and clear water have become the norm for urban and rural areas. The frontlines of spiritual civilization are continuously being woven more densely; New Era Civilization Practice Centers have achieved full coverage at the county, township, and village levels, the coverage rate of rural cultural auditoriums exceeds 90%, and civilization practice activities have entered fields, plots, and thousands of households. At the same time, the New Era "Fengqiao Experience" is continuously being deepened, the grassroots governance system is being iteratively upgraded, and the resolution of conflicts and peace-building are continuously improving in quality and efficiency. The people's sense of gain, happiness, and security remains in the first echelon in the nation, and beauty, civilization, and peace have become the distinct hallmarks of Zhejiang's common prosperity.
"Common prosperity requires both 'enriching the pocket' and 'enriching the head,'" said Yu Huimin, Deputy Director of the Publicity Department of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee and Director of the Provincial Civilization Office. She stated that Zhejiang will deepen the "Zhejiang is Polite" provincial civilization practice, promote cultural benefit-to-the-people projects, consolidate the achievements of Beautiful Zhejiang construction, and improve the efficiency of grassroots governance, making the background color of common prosperity warmer and its quality more substantial.
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By the banks of the Qiantang River, the tides flow day and night, just as Zhejiang's steps in advancing common prosperity have never ceased.
Looking back at the path traveled, from the blueprinting of the "Eight-Eight Strategy" to the long-term efforts of the "Thousand-Village Demonstration, Ten-Thousand-Village Improvement"; from the precise "one county, one policy" irrigation for mountainous and island counties to the cross-regional handshakes of mountain-sea collaboration; from the joyful smiles of technical workers receiving their first share of equity to the peaceful expressions of elderly people on islands boarding the "Health Ark"—every step of exploration on the land of Zhijiang is answering the same proposition: common prosperity is not a far-off place that is out of reach, but a daily reality that is perceptible and accessible to thousands of households.
Standing at a new starting point, Zhejiang is, in a posture of "acting in substance, moving in the forefront, and bravely riding the tide," continuing to write this answer sheet for common prosperity that belongs to all the people.
(Reporters Liu Junguo, Li Junqiang, and Dou Hao participated in the writing)
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A Politburo meeting of the CPC Central Committee held on July 30 pointed out that "it is necessary to consolidate and expand the study and education achievements of establishing and practicing correct performance views, and drive leading cadres at all levels to continuously create new achievements in high-quality development with a more vigorous and uplifting spirit."
Performance views are linked with development views. Since the study and education on establishing and practicing correct performance views was carried out, all regions, departments, and units have taken adhering to high-quality development as an important part of leading cadres' performance views, promoted the integrated advancement of study, investigation, and rectification, calibrated performance views with the new development concept, and transformed the achievements of study and education into practical results that drive high-quality development and enhance people's well-being.
Focus on potential achievements: balancing the present and the long term
All regions, departments, and units have deeply studied and implemented General Secretary Xi Jinping's important expositions on establishing and practicing correct performance views, guiding Party members and leading cadres to correctly handle the relationship between the present and the long term, resolutely refrain from "rush jobs" (急就章), and do more to lay foundations, build lasting momentum, and benefit the long term — potential achievements.
"The construction of the G60 Science and Innovation Corridor is not fully deepened and substantiated, the role of scientific and technological innovation source and transformation is not sufficiently played, and cross-regional linkage still needs to be deepened"... The Songjiang District (松江区) of Shanghai has insisted on turning the blade inward, conducting truthful investigation and actual rectification, resolutely preventing the tendency of "valuing visible achievements over potential achievements" and "valuing short-term output over long-term investment", building a mechanism guided by the government, dominated by enterprises, supported by universities, and driven by the market, and prospectively planning future industrial clusters. A local cadre deeply felt: "Basic research has a long cycle, large investment, and many uncertain factors. The key is to establish and practice correct performance views, maintain strategic focus, and cultivate the spiritual realm of 'achievements need not be in my tenure' (功成不必在我) and the historical responsibility of 'achievements must certainly have me' (功成必定有我)."
On August 6, the Hebei Xiong'an (河北雄安) Artificial Intelligence Training Base was officially put into operation. In the base, a group of trainees are conducting hands-on training in training classrooms and robot innovation training centers. Artificial intelligence is an important driving force leading the new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation, but it has a long cultivation cycle and large market risks; it cannot be delayed, nor can it be rushed. The Xiong'an New Area Science Park Management Committee insists on basing itself on the present while looking to the long term, taking artificial intelligence as the main direction for cultivating new quality productive forces, driving technological breakthroughs through training bases and scenario opening, and attracting more than 80 AI-related enterprises.
In Danzhou City (儋州市), Hainan Province, white wind turbines are scattered in an orderly manner, and the waves and beach scenery are pleasant. Once, coastal aquaculture households "lived on the sea by the sea", with problems such as direct discharge of sewage and recultivation in prohibited zones prominent. In the study and education, Danzhou City firmly established the concept of "lucid waters and lush mountains are mountains of gold and silver", and for the ecological environment problems identified through investigation, advanced rectification through projectization, managed through listization, and dispatched through normalization, with relevant municipal party committee leaders overseeing on site, fully established problem ledgers, dismantled 32 illegal sewage pipes occupying sandy shorelines, and conducted monitoring on 149 discharge outlets for seawater aquaculture tail water.
Calculate the big picture: grasping the part and the whole
"He who does not plan for the whole is insufficient to plan for one part." All regions, departments, and units resolutely overcome the "single-minded" (单打一) mindset, guiding Party memembers and leading cadres to more calculate the big abacus, calculate the big account, less calculate the small abacus, calculate the small account, and truly integrate the work of regions and departments into the overall situation of the Party and the state's development.
Since the study and education began, the Health Bureau of Zhuhai City (珠海市), Guangdong Province, has conducted comprehensive bottom-up investigation and truthful investigation and actual rectification. In response to identified shortcomings such as uneven cross-border medical service standards, insufficient talent reserves, and inconvenient payment and settlement, it has formed a cross-border medical talent reserve, deployed ambulances with licenses from Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macao, advanced the construction of a cross-border commercial insurance direct payment system, and built a complete service chain of cross-border diagnosis, transport, and reimbursement, allowing residents of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area to better share the fruits of integrated development.
In Wanzhou District (万州区), Chongqing City, carp from the Weishan Lake (微山湖) in Shandong have become "wealth-creating fish" for local people's income increase. This is inseparable from the two-way flow of production factors such as capital and resources under Shandong-Chongqing cooperation. Wanzhou District insists that bringing benefit to the people is the greatest performance view, continuously deepens and expands the achievements of Shandong-Chongqing cooperation, and jointly lays out a two-way interconnected fisheries whole industry chain with Jining, Shandong, both deeping the southwest market and opening up the northern market, using correct performance views to continue writing the "mountains and seas sentiment" (山海情) of east-west collaboration.
Jingdezhen City (景德镇市), Jiangxi Province, was born from ceramics and thrives on ceramics, but also faces the "trouble" of homogeneous competition in traditional porcelain-producing areas. In the study and education, Changnan New District (昌南新区) of Jingdezhen deeply studied and implemented General Secretary Xi Jinping's important expositions on developing new quality productive forces according to local conditions, based on its own resource endowments, used cluster thinking to carve out segmented tracks, and used intelligent manufacturing to help daily-use ceramics, art ceramics, advanced ceramics, ceramic trade and other fields to move toward the new and excellent, exploring and walking a high-quality development path suited to reality.
Suichang County (遂昌县), Lishui City (丽水市), Zhejiang Province, actively integrated into the construction of a national unified large market, combined the continuous rectification of "involution-style" (内卷式) competition with study and education, resolutely overcame the performance impulse to blindly follow trends and chase hot spots, jumped out of the extensive investment attraction model of "whatever is in the basket is considered vegetables" (捡到筐里都是菜), established metal products and equipment manufacturing, and new energy and new materials industries as main tracks, and developed high-strength alloy materials and precision parts manufacturing, and sodium-ion batteries and semi-solid state battery industries.
Strengthen resilience: coordinating development and security
Security is the prerequisite for development; development is the guarantee for security. In the study and education, all regions, departments, and units have established and practiced correct performance views, better coordinated development and security, continuously strengthened the resilience of economic and social development, and fully safeguarded national security and social stability.
Recently, Guigang City (贵港市), Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, was hit by flood disasters, with some enterprise workshops and warehouses inundated, raw materials and products water-damaged, and production lines damaged.
"Protecting production is protecting livelihoods. Only when the machines of enterprises turn can the people's rice bowls be held steady!" Relying on the "He City Pioneers Diligently Serve the People" (荷城先锋勤为民) platform, Guigang organized forces from transport, power supply, communications, and urban management, set up Party member commando teams and Party member vanguard teams, deployed high-power pumping equipment to urgently drain water, urgently repaired damaged power supply lines, went all out to protect production and stabilize the economy, and tested the performance views of Party members and leading cadres in the great exam of wind and rain. Currently, 1,347 of the 1,459 affected enterprises have resumed production.
Some time ago, a chemical enterprise in the Songmu Economic Development Zone (松木经开区) of Hengyang City (衡阳市), Hunan Province, was ordered to suspend production for rectification due to safety hazards such as inadequate fire separation in a Class A warehouse. At that time, it was the handover period between the principal responsible persons of the Economic Development Zone Management Committee. The new leader, upon taking office, immediately deployed rectification on site according to the handover list.
Hengyang City continuously worked on establishing rules and systems, formulated methods for the departure handover of principal Party and government officials of county-level cities and districts, and principal responsible persons of municipal units (parks, state-owned enterprises), included major hidden dangers in production safety into the departure handover, clarified work mechanisms such as investigation and assignment, dispatch and supervision, handover continuation, acceptance and closure, incentive and accountability, and source prevention, implemented special task force advancement and ledger-based closure for long-term unresolved stock risks in the field of production safety, ensuring that risks are handed over clearly, accepted concretely, and resolved well.
"The cooperative's dividends have finally been paid; the Party committee and government helped us recover our losses and protect our family assets," said the masses in Ganzhou District (甘州区), Zhangye City (张掖市), Gansu Province. The local area comprehensively sorted out historical legacy issues, categorized and precisely handled the problem of some cooperatives and agriculture-related enterprises being unable to pay the dividends from village collective shares, differentiated and promoted rectification, conducted targeted and precise supervision of townships with lagging rectification progress, normalized the investigation and rectification of collective fund risk hazards, and has so far recovered over 1.28 million yuan in overdue collective dividends from villages.
(Reporters He Zhaoyu, Liu Junguo, Wang Yunna, Yang Xun, Wang Yinxin, Yang Yanfei, Zhu Jiaqi, Wang Xinyue, Song Chaojun, Dong Zeyang)
Return to TopOn August 10, the countdown to the 33rd APEC Informal Leaders' Meeting reached 100 days. In Shenzhen, Guangdong, the host city for the meeting, an intense APEC atmosphere can be seen everywhere, with themed flowerbeds, outdoor large screens, poster display boards, etc. The photo shows Lianhua Mountain Park in Shenzhen, decorated with APEC-themed ornaments. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Liang Xu (梁旭).
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The general principle of seeking progress while maintaining stability is an important principle of our Party’s governance and a methodology for economic work.
There are multiple perspectives from which to observe China’s economy – one must look at aggregate volume and speed, but also be adept at examining quality and efficiency from the perspective of “stability.”
An economic growth rate of 4.7% falls within a reasonable range; an economic increment of 3.6 trillion yuan is the largest for the same period in nearly five years… The Chinese economy reflected in the “half-year report” has been described by foreign media as “showing resilience.”
Not long ago, the International Monetary Fund lowered its global economic growth forecast for 2026, yet simultaneously raised its forecast for China’s economic growth by 0.2 percentage points.
As a super-large economy, confronted with various external shocks and internal difficulties, the role of China’s economy as an “anchor of global economic stability” has become even more prominent.
In a world of turmoil and interweaving changes, the ability to “remain unflustered amid change” and the potential to “adapt and seek change” are especially precious.
On July 30, a meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee proposed “adhering to the general principle of seeking progress while maintaining stability” and “promoting high-quality development to achieve enduring stability and steady progress.”
Stabilizing employment, stabilizing enterprises, stabilizing the market, and stabilizing expectations – these are the keys to maintaining the “stable momentum” of China’s economy. From this, we gain even greater confidence and composure in “promoting sustained improvement, innovation, and excellence in economic development.”
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Stabilize employment, and the people’s hearts are at ease.
“More consciously take high-quality and full employment as the priority target of economic and social development, so that the process of high-quality development becomes a process of improving the quality and expanding the capacity of employment, thereby increasing the driving force of development on employment.”
From the strategic height of “three matters of overarching importance,” General Secretary Xi Jinping has demanded “persistently prioritizing employment work in the governance of the country” and “treating employment as the top priority in the people’s livelihood.”
Promoting high-quality and full employment is the new positioning and new mission of employment work on the new journey of the new era. The 20th National Congress of the Party made major deployments in this regard.
In the first half of the year, the average surveyed urban unemployment rate in China was 5.2%. Whether through international comparison or trend analysis, stable employment is a distinctive bright spot of the Chinese economy.
New driving forces continuously create new jobs.
Intelligent connected vehicle tester, embodied intelligent robot application technician… New quality productive forces give rise to new occupations. Currently, the job vacancy-to-applicant ratio for some new occupations has remained above 3, indicating strong demand for related talent.
In the first half of the year, the contribution rate of new driving forces to economic growth exceeded 40%, and the “reservoir” of employment has been steadily expanding.
Good policies improve the adaptability between supply and demand.
Start by cracking the problem of “jobs going unfilled” to solve the issue of “people having no work to do.”
Changde in Hunan Province employs vocational training to “turn skills into gold”; Tiantai in Zhejiang Province incorporates the “employment content ratio” into the assessment mechanism for major projects; the Ministry of Education has added a batch of urgently needed new vocational education specialties…
Employment, industrial, and education policies are deeply interlocked, building an employment-friendly development mode, making people and positions more compatible.
Optimize the environment to make employment more dignified.
Building warm “new” service stations, establishing friendly business districts, expanding pilot programs for occupational injury protection nationwide… Targeting pain points, unblocking bottlenecks, 84 million workers in new forms of employment feel more secure.
The outline of the 15th Five-Year Plan makes deployments for “deeply implementing the employment-first strategy” and “promoting high-quality and full employment.”
Problems encountered in development are resolved through development.
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Stabilize enterprises, and the economy thrives.
Enterprises are the main force for innovation and creation, and the micro-foundation of high-quality economic development.
Various reform measures and policies benefiting enterprises have been implemented, effectively stimulating the vitality of enterprise development.
In the first half of the year, China’s total import and export volume exceeded 25 trillion yuan for the first time in a historical period, of which private enterprises accounted for 57.0% of the total import and export volume – genuinely the “main force.”
As external uncertainties intensify, why has the development of private enterprises improved?
“On the new journey of the new era, the development prospects of the private economy are broad, and there is much that can be accomplished.”
The deep integration of innovation chains and industrial chains presents emerging opportunities.
WUS Printed Circuit invested 22.4 billion yuan over 18 months, targeting the AI chip supporting sector; ChangXin Memory Technology set multiple records, including the largest fundraising scale on the STAR Market; Moonshot AI released the world’s largest open-source model, with a valuation of 35 billion US dollars…
The certainty, growth, and leading nature of the Chinese economy provide a stage for enterprises to fully demonstrate their capabilities.
In the first half of the year, investment in intellectual property products grew 9.4% year-on-year, with the growth rate accelerating by 1.5 percentage points from the first quarter. The tilt of enterprise investment toward innovation links is precisely a manifestation of stable operations and sufficient confidence.
The visible hand and the invisible hand work in tandem to release dividends.
200 billion yuan in funds for equipment renewal have been allocated, continuously stimulating vitality; 1.91 trillion yuan in tax and fee “red envelopes” provide precise relief and empowerment; the Private Economy Promotion Law continues to show its effect, creating a fairer and more predictable environment… Genuine financial support and robust legal safeguards give various business entities greater confidence and more vibrant energy.
The endogenous power bursting forth from countless business entities converges into a formidable force for overcoming difficulties and climbing the innovation ladder. China’s economy possesses the solid confidence to navigate cycles and forge ahead through the waves.
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Stabilize the market, and the magnetic force is strong.
A strong domestic market is the strategic foundation of Chinese-style modernization. Accelerating the construction of a new development pattern has further forged the resilience of the Chinese economy.
The “first launch” in China of an increasing number of global products is a major highlight of the current Chinese economy.
From “Produced in China” to “Created in China,” why does China possess such a powerful magnetic attraction?
“Market resources are our country’s huge advantage; we must fully utilize and leverage this advantage, continuously consolidate and strengthen this advantage, forming a solid support for constructing a new development pattern.”
A complete industrial system and rich application scenarios provide a “gym” for enterprise innovation.
Producing over 1.5 billion chips daily and hundreds of trillions of token calls daily, firmly in the first echelon of global AI innovation… The artificial intelligence industry reveals the mutual promotion of the industrial system and the super-large market, showcasing the charm of a global source of innovation.
Improve infrastructure, optimize the business environment, and build “highways” for factor circulation.
Interviewing platform enterprises, penalizing monopolistic behavior, standardizing the competitive order in the automotive industry, deeply rectifying “involution” competition; strengthening the planning and construction of “six networks” including water networks, new power grids, and computing power networks, accelerating the improvement of the modern infrastructure system…
Building a unified national market, both “letting go and letting live” and “managing well,” cracking what has been called “a worldwide challenge in economics.”
Markets will always face storms; the Chinese market always has the ability to weather them.
Facing “ne of the largest shocks in modern history” in the global energy market, China has focused on independent production on one hand and diversified imports on the other, ensuring stable and orderly energy supply and mild and controllable price levels.
Safeguarding high-quality development with high-level security – this is the key code for China’s economy to overcome difficulties and forge ahead.
“Seking China’s development in a more unstable and uncertain world,” the market – this “most scarce resource” – represents the greatest potential and the greatest confidence.
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Stabilize expectations, and confidence is high.
Concentrating our energy on handling our own affairs well, China’s high-quality development injects more certainty and stability into the world.
With good expectations, investors will dare to invest.
In the first half of the year, the number of newly established foreign-funded enterprises nationwide increased by 5.3% year-on-year, with foreign investment in high-tech industries growing by 33.2%, its share reaching a record high. Multinational corporations are actively seizing Chinese opportunities.
The 2026 World Investment Report released by UNCTAD in July believes that in a challenging global investment environment, China’s investment attraction has shown signs of stabilizing.
With global trade protectionism on the rise, why are foreign investors increasing their bets on China?
Because of a “large stage for enterprise, broad market prospects, stable policy expectations, and good security situation.” The “innovation dividend” has built a “China Opportunity 2.0.” Some enterprises state frankly that there is simply no “other China” in the world today.
With good expectations, consumers will be willing to spend.
Boutique performances and sports events see “tickets hard to come by”; health tourism and lifelong learning are gradually becoming trends… This year, the “total retail sales of social consumer goods and services” indicator was released for the first time, further highlighting the position of service consumption as an important engine.
Why do ordinary people have more confidence in consumption?
The optimization and implementation of policies for trading in old consumer goods for new ones, the gradual implementation of the “Expanding Consumption 15th Five-Year Plan”… High-quality development and a high-quality life are moving towards each other.
A market economy is also an economy of confidence.
Two young mathematicians of Chinese nationality won the Fields Medal, confirming that “China’s basic education has advantages in the world.”
The core industry scale of the intelligent economy exceeds one trillion yuan; the cumulative global downloads of China’s AI open-source large models have surpassed ten billion times, inspiring the determination and fighting spirit to “win the initiative in global technological competition.”
On July 30, a meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee emphasized: “Implement a more proactive fiscal policy and a moderately loose monetary policy fully leverage the effectiveness of various existing policies promptly plan and introduce pragmatic and effective incremental policies increase counter-cyclical adjustment intensity intensify efforts to expand domestic demand and optimize supply effectively ensure and improve people’s livelihoods enhance development momentum and stimulate social vitality promote sustained improvement, innovation, and excellence in economic development, and strive for a good start to the 15th Five-Year Plan.”
Return to TopThis newspaper, Beijing, August 10 (Reporter Ouyang Jie (欧阳洁)) Data released by the China Federation of Logistics & Purchasing (中国物流与采购联合会) show: In the first half of the year, the total value of social logistics in the country was 181.1 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.1%. Logistics operations were generally stable, logistics demand maintained growth, and new growth drivers such as high-end manufacturing, green and low-carbon, and cross-border e-commerce performed well, continuously strengthening their leading and driving role in national economic growth.
Industrial product logistics maintained growth, with high-end manufacturing becoming an important driving force. In the first half of the year, the total value of industrial product logistics increased by 5.4% year-on-year, and logistics demand in the high-end manufacturing sector maintained strong growth, with high-tech manufacturing and digital products manufacturing increasing by 13.3% and 12.3% year-on-year respectively. The total value of logistics for units and resident goods maintained resilient growth, increasing by 3.8% year-on-year. The national online retail sales of physical goods increased by 4.8% year-on-year, with a growth rate 3.7 percentage points higher than that of commodity retail sales in the same period, and e-commerce express delivery business expanded correspondingly.
Return to TopThis newspaper, Beijing, August 10 (Reported by Han Xin (韩鑫)). The reporter learned from the Ministry of Transport (交通运输部): Since the beginning of this year, driven by a series of major projects, China's fixed-asset investment in transportation has remained at a high level. In the first half of the year, investment completed reached 1.5 trillion yuan, of which highway and waterway investment completed 1.0 trillion yuan and 109.9 billion yuan respectively.
Freight volume continued to grow. In the first half of the year, commercial freight volume completed reached 28.07 billion tons, a year-on-year increase of 3.2%.
Port cargo throughput showed steady growth with some increase. In the first half of the year, ports nationwide completed cargo throughput of 9.07 billion tons, a year-on-year increase of 2.0%. Container throughput completed reached 180 million TEUs, a year-on-year increase of 5.9%.
Passenger flow remained stable. In the first half of the year, cross-regional passenger flow completed reached 34.17 billion person-trips, a year-on-year increase of 1.2%.
Return to TopTheory · A Thorough Reading of Volumes 1–5 of "Xi Jinping: The Governance of China"
Ideological Guidance and Practical Compliance for Forging Cultural Confidence in the New Era
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By: 本报记者 朱 隽 郁静娴
The recently released "15th Five-Year Plan for Accelerating Agricultural and Rural Modernization" designates comprehensive grain production capacity as a binding target, clearly proposing to increase it from 1.39 trillion jin in 2025 to around 1.45 trillion jin by 2030.
Comprehensive grain production capacity concerns the rice bowl of over 1.4 billion Chinese and is a key indicator for ensuring national food security. "The target of around 1.45 trillion jin embodies both stability and progress," said Cheng Guoqiang (程国强), professor at Renmin University of China and president of the National Food Security Strategy Research Institute (国家粮食安全战略研究院).
Stability: the target is determined based on the foundation of grain production capacity construction
After the Start of Autumn, in the large fields of Yuanzhuang Town, Wenshang County (汶上县), Jining City, Shandong Province, corn had grown to over a person's height, with light green tassels protruding from between the top leaves. "After harvesting the wheat, we hurriedly planted the corn. Look at these stalks – strong, leaves thick, leaf hearts clean. Plenty of rain this year; the seedling condition is the best in recent years," said Zhang Daoli (张道立), chairman of the Wenshang County Daoli Planting Farmers' Professional Cooperative, standing on the ridge with a look of reassurance in his eyes.
In the cooperative's tall granary, wheat fills the storehouses. With more rain than usual during the summer harvest, the drying tower put into operation in previous years played a major role, with a daily processing capacity of 300 tons. "The damp grain brought in by villagers is dried through in just a few hours, every grain golden," Zhang Daoli said. "When the granaries of each household are stable, the nation's big granary can be even more stable."
This stability comes from the support of a set of advanced elements.
Last autumn, Wenshang County encountered rare continuous rain; rain did not stop for over half a month. Over 4,000 mu of corn could not be harvested, and wheat seeding was nearly a month later than normal. Just after the Spring Festival this year, the county organized nearly 100 agrotechnicians to be assigned to villages and fields, tailoring "promote the weak to become strong" (促弱转壮) plans for each household.
Zhang Daoli's son, Zhang Hu (张虎), born in 1990, followed his father into the fields from a young age and is a young "old hand." He showed the reporter comparison photos: in just over 20 days, all the weak seedlings turned dark green, new secondary roots and tillers increased significantly, and the seedling condition was successfully recovered.
In recent years, the cooperative has selected the "Liangyu 99D" (良玉99D) corn variety, which is not only density-tolerant but also lodging-resistant and strongly disease-resistant; for sowing, they use an air-suction seed drill, configured with 40/80 cm wide-narrow rows, sowing evenly and emerging uniformly. "Now we can plant 6,000 plants per mu, about 1,500 more than before," Zhang Hu said.
In Wenshang County, the grain planting area in 2025 was stable at 1.5 million mu, with output exceeding 1.4 billion jin; this year, the average wheat yield per mu was 581.5 kg, and at present, the autumn grain corn is growing well.
Looking at the whole country, in 2025, the contribution rate of agricultural science and technology progress exceeded 64%, the area of independently bred crop varieties accounted for over 95%, and the comprehensive mechanization rate of crop cultivation, sowing, and harvesting reached 76.7%. High-standard farmland construction, the Seed Industry Revitalization Action (种业振兴行动), and other initiatives have driven significant improvement in the infrastructure, technical conditions, and machinery and equipment of China's agricultural production, pushing the total grain output to continuously reach new levels: surpassing 1.3 trillion jin in 2015, breaking 1.4 trillion jin in 2024, and reaching 1.43 trillion jin in 2025. This year, the summer grain output achieved a historic 301.49 billion jin.
"The target of around 1.45 trillion jin for comprehensive grain production capacity is set based on the foundation of our grain production capacity construction; achieving it has conditions and support," Cheng Guoqiang said. "Production capacity is the basis of output; stable output comes from solid capacity. Many years of stable production and increase fully prove that China's comprehensive grain production capacity already has the ability for stable 'mass production,' and during the '15th Five-Year Plan' period, the foundation for further improving comprehensive grain production capacity is solid."
Progress: on the basis of a high base, balanced improvement in output and quality
On the same land, how to use less input to grow more and better grain?
In 2023, Daoli Cooperative began using water-fertilizer integrated drip irrigation equipment, remotely supplying water and fertilizer to corn via a smart terminal. "In the past, we feared drought at the big bell mouth stage and feared nutrient deficiency at the heading stage; now, with precise supply, the corn eats and drinks its fill, the ears are full, and each mu yields about 300 jin more," Zhang Hu said.
Is the new equipment cost-effective? Zhang Daoli calculated an account: average water use per mu and fertilizer application per mu decreased by 20% and 10% respectively; socialized service organizations handled unified procurement, reducing agricultural material costs by 30%; water-fertilizer integration and drone spraying also saved some labor costs. All told, the average annual income per mu increased by about 500 yuan, and the benefits of grain farming have genuinely improved.
"Now our cooperative's production and service scale exceeds 30,000 mu, not only in this county but also extending to other provinces," Zhang Hu said. "Everyone is getting more and more motivated."
"Around 1.45 trillion jin" is a further increase on the basis of a high base, and a balanced improvement in both output and quality. At present, both China's grain output and grain production capacity are at historical highs, and further improvement is not easy. It must also be seen that China's grain production still faces multiple challenges such as the pressure of total balance, structural contradictions, and external uncertainties. Domestically, constraining factors still exist, such as the arable land resources "endowment" not being thick, the regional tension in water resources, and the long cycle for restoring land fertility; internationally, increasingly tense geopolitics, frequent extreme weather, and some countries tightening agricultural exports continue to accumulate global food security risks.
"The new target of around 1.45 trillion jin is to use the stability of comprehensive grain production capacity to cope with the uncertainty of the external environment, and firmly hold the initiative in food security in our own hands," Cheng Guoqiang said.
The plan clearly proposes to "promote the transformation of agriculture from output-dominated to paying equal attention to output and quality." This clearly conveys that the next step's further improvement in China's comprehensive grain production capacity is not only a signal of quantity change. Facing the trend of continuous upgrading in food consumption, from now on it is necessary to scientifically coordinate effective improvement in quality and reasonable growth in quantity, and enhance the adaptability of the agricultural supply system.
Capacity: multiple guarantees in policy, technology, risk resistance, etc.
Generally speaking, comprehensive grain production capacity should be a comprehensive reflection of policy guarantee capacity, technology support capacity, arable land stable yield potential, risk resistance capacity, and so on.
In terms of policy guarantee capacity, from implementing party-government joint responsibility for food security to strengthening policy support and coordination in prices, subsidies, insurance; from central fiscal special funds precisely directed to disaster prevention and relief and stable production to multiple departments orderly releasing commercial reserves to stabilize the domestic fertilizer market – China has established a solid policy system for ensuring stable and secure supply of grain and other important agricultural products. The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (农业农村部) stated that it is necessary to strengthen strategic forward-looking research, improve policy implementation methods, enrich the policy toolbox, and continuously enhance the precision, stability, and effectiveness of policies to strengthen agriculture, benefit agriculture, and enrich farmers.
In terms of technology support capacity, from smart agricultural machinery to precise water and fertilizer management, and to the integrated efficiency increase of good fields, good seeds, good machinery, and good methods, science and technology drive large-area per-unit yield increase. In 2025, the contribution rate of per-unit yield increase to national grain increase exceeded 90%. During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, it will further enhance the construction efficiency of scientific and technological forces, accelerate the cultivation and promotion of urgently needed breakthrough varieties, accelerate the research and development and application of high-end intelligent agricultural machinery and equipment suitable for hilly and mountainous areas, promote "artificial intelligence + agriculture," and let new quality productive forces become the "new engine" of modern agricultural development.
In terms of arable land stable yield potential, high-standard farmland construction is a key measure for improving arable land quality. The country has cumulatively built over 1 billion mu of high-standard farmland, basically achieving "heavy disaster reduces output less, light disaster ensures stable output, no disaster increases output more," strongly supporting the continuous decline in the proportion of affected area to sown area in China's agriculture, which dropped to about 7% during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period. Next, it will continue to promote high-quality construction and management of high-standard farmland, ensuring that each piece built is successful, and consolidating the arable land foundation for improving comprehensive grain production capacity.
In terms of risk resistance capacity, disasters are the biggest variable affecting grain production. As one of the countries in the world with the most severe natural disasters, in the past five years, the average annual crop disaster area in China has exceeded 150 million mu. The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs stated that it is necessary to promote the transformation from focusing on post-disaster relief to prioritizing pre-disaster prevention, from subjective experience judgment to scientific precision empowerment, from passive emergency response to normal long-term preparedness, so that agricultural production shifts from "relying on heaven for food" to "knowing heaven and acting."
"This year's corn is growing vigorously; there has been quite a bit of rain recently, and the weather is muggy. Next, we need to do 'one spray, multiple promotions' (一喷多促) and strengthen pest and disease control," Zhang Daoli said. "One step connected to the next, plant steadily, and it's no problem breaking 1,700 jin per mu."
The "15th Five-Year Plan" period is a critical period for laying a solid foundation and comprehensively exerting efforts to basically realize socialist modernization. Taking the high base as a new starting point, accelerate the pace of agricultural and rural modernization, and continuously push China's food security to a higher level.
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How can limited land produce more and better grain? The key lies in technological support.
At present, the contribution rate of agricultural scientific and technological progress in our country exceeds 64%, and agricultural development has shifted from mainly relying on resource and factor inputs to being driven by science and technology: over 1 billion mu of high-standard farmland has been built, the area of independently bred crop varieties accounts for over 95%, the comprehensive mechanization rate of plowing, sowing, and harvesting has reached 76.7%, and yield-stabilizing and yield-increasing technologies such as reasonable dense planting and integration of water and fertilizer have been promoted and applied... good fields, good seeds, good machines, and good methods are integrated to increase efficiency, and the level of agricultural modernization is steadily improving.
"Unremittingly ensure the production of grain and important agricultural products, and strengthen the support of agricultural science, technology, and equipment." It is believed that with the continuous tackling of key research tasks in the agricultural field, the accelerated construction of scientific and technological forces, and the deep integration of science, technology, and industry, the science and technology barrier for ensuring food security and firmly holding the Chinese rice bowl will be built even more solidly.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 王 观
Since the beginning of this year, tax authorities in Chongqing, Ningxia, Hunan, Hainan and other places have exposed 37 cases of false invoicing, continuously sending a signal of "zero tolerance" for invoice-related tax violations. Actions such as issuing invoices without real transactions, concealing income, and making false declarations all cross the compliance red line for invoice issuance.
To further clarify the boundaries of invoice issuance behavior and preemptively guard against tax risks, the State Taxation Administration (国家税务总局) this year issued a positive and negative list for taxpayers to issue invoices in compliance. Through the form of "positive guidance + negative prohibition," it draws a "standard line" and "warning line" for taxpayers to issue invoices in compliance.
Four dimensions to judge whether issuance is compliant
"The greatest feature of the list is that it integrates and scenarios compliance requirements, allowing enterprises to clearly understand the boundaries of 'what is permissible' and 'what is impermissible,'" said Cheng Feng (程锋), a member of the Fiscal and Tax Law Professional Committee of the All-China Lawyers Association (全国律协财税法专业委员会). Many enterprises lack the ability to translate compliance requirements into specific operational procedures in invoice management. Through clear positive guidance and negative warnings, the list can help enterprises improve internal control mechanisms and clarify job responsibilities.
How to judge whether an issued invoice is compliant? Four dimensions must be grasped.
First, whether the issuer and receiver entities are compliant. The issuer and receiver entities should possess corresponding production and operation capabilities. The corresponding entities of the invoice, goods (services), funds, and contract should be consistent. Invoices should be issued after identity verification by the real-name tax filing personnel.
Second, whether the production and operation business is compliant. The business carried by the invoice must be genuine and valid, have reasonable commercial purposes, conform to common trading knowledge, and in principle align with the basic principle of the "four flows consistent" (四流一致, sì liú yīzhì — consistency of contract flow, goods flow/service flow, capital flow, and invoice flow).
Third, whether the elements of the invoice information are compliant. Invoice issuance should correctly apply the invoice type or label based on the nature of the business and type of entity. The element information on the invoice should be filled in completely and accurately, consistent with the actual production and operation business. Issuing red-letter invoices must follow prescribed procedures and have sufficient basis.
Fourth, whether the time limit for invoice issuance is compliant. Invoices should be issued strictly in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Measures for Invoices of the People's Republic of China (中华人民共和国发票管理办法) and its implementation rules, at the time when operating revenue is recognized upon the occurrence of a business transaction.
Pay attention to three types of non-compliance
"From the situation of tax audits and risk analyses in recent years, many enterprises' invoice-related problems originate from inaccurate understanding of business scenario identification and policy provisions," said Li Chungen (李春根), Vice President of Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics.
The problem of invoice content not matching the substance of the transaction is relatively prominent. For example, some enterprises issue invoices for actual consulting services under vague items such as "meeting fees" or "service fees," or consolidate multiple businesses with different tax rates and natures into one invoice, resulting in the invoice failing to reflect the full picture of the transaction. Such behavior can easily conceal the true nature of the business, may affect tax calculation, or be identified by the system as proxy invoicing or false invoicing, triggering subsequent verification risks.
Improper use of corporate accounts is also a common problem in practice. Some taxpayers, for convenience or even to conceal income, use personal accounts, WeChat, Alipay, etc. to receive operating payments. In this regard, the negative list clearly draws a red line, stating that "using personal accounts, WeChat, Alipay or cash extensively to collect payments, and failing to declare and pay tax on the related income" is non-compliant behavior.
Li Chungen reminds that opening and properly using a corporate account is a legal obligation. Even if WeChat, Alipay, etc. are used for collection due to special scenarios, the related income should be transferred to the corporate account in a timely manner, and truthfully filed in tax returns to avoid tax risks.
In addition, the compliance boundary for invoicing at unconventional times also requires special attention. The positive list allows invoicing during the liquidation period, mainly applicable when an enterprise normally terminates operations, to supplement invoices for compliant businesses that occurred during the existence period but had not yet been issued. The "surge invoicing" targeted by the negative list, such as "long-term quiet operations, evading tax risk scanning, concentrating large amounts of invoicing at a chosen time and then absconding," carries obvious subjective malice and is a key focus of tax audits. "Concentrated invoicing before or after changing the legal representative or before cancellation" may trigger subsequent verification risks. If taxpayers indeed have unissued but compliant businesses, they should issue invoices according to standard procedures and retain contracts, payment vouchers, etc. for reference, and must not harbor any 侥幸心理 (jiǎo xìng xīn lǐ — "luck mindset," to rely on luck or take chances).
Regularly conduct invoice risk check-ups to enhance risk identification and prevention capabilities
With the continuous improvement of tax big data, electronic invoices, and smart supervision systems, invoice supervision is gradually shifting from post-event inspection to full-process risk monitoring.
Cheng Feng stated that the issuance of the list is not only a regulatory requirement but also an important opportunity for enterprises to improve internal management efficiency. Enterprises should strengthen the management of the entire transaction chain, retain materials such as contracts, logistics documents, acceptance records, and payment vouchers, enhance pre-review, in-process control, and post-reView, and promote the transformation of invoice management from passive response to proactive compliance. For the vast number of micro-, small-, and medium-sized enterprises, it is especially necessary to regularly conduct invoice risk check-ups, improve the archiving system for financial and tax materials such as contract management, and enhance risk identification and prevention capabilities.
"Compliance is the cornerstone for an enterprise to 行稳致远 (xíng wěn zhì yuǎn — "walk steadily, go far," to achieve long-term stability and progress), and its value is especially evident in long-term operations," Cheng Feng believes. Invoice management is one of the key links in an enterprise's tax compliance. Integrating the principle of authenticity throughout the entire operation process and insisting on standardized invoice issuance not only helps enterprises prevent related risks and maintain tax credit, but also enhances market trust to a certain extent, creating more favorable conditions for long-term development.
Return to TopBeijing, August 10 (Our Reporter Wu Qiuyu (吴秋余)) — The People's Bank of China recently issued the Reform and Development Plan for the 15th Five-Year Plan Period of the People's Bank of China, and concurrently formulated and released 9 action plans in related subdivided areas. The plan makes arrangements for the key tasks of the People's Bank of China's reform and development during the 15th Five-Year Plan period.
Among the various key tasks, building a scientific and robust monetary policy system and a comprehensive macroprudential management system rank first. The plan proposes to perfect the modern monetary policy framework with Chinese characteristics, improve the base money issuance mechanism, and give full play to the aggregate and structural functions of monetary and credit policy tools. Perfect the market-based interest rate formation, regulation, and transmission mechanism. Let the market play a decisive role in exchange rate formation, and keep the RMB exchange rate basically stable at a reasonable and balanced level.
The plan requires continuously enhancing the quality and efficiency of financial services for the real economy. Perfect a financial policy system that precisely and forcefully supports major strategies, key areas, and weak links. Build a science and technology finance system that is compatible with scientific and technological innovation, construct the Science and Technology Board (科技板) of the bond market with high quality, improve the quality and efficiency of financial support for green development and low-carbon transition, continuously perfect the inclusive finance system, perfect the pension finance system, accelerate the advancement of digital finance, and strengthen financial support to boost and expand consumption.
The plan proposes to continuously build an open, inclusive, vibrant, and resilient modern financial market. Perfect a multi-category, multi-tiered financial market system, further enrich financial market forms, and better exert the functions of financial markets. Strengthen financial market system construction, and maintain the stable operation of financial markets.
According to the plan, the People's Bank of China will steadily advance high-level opening up of the financial sector, optim ize financial infrastructure and the central bank service system, and promote the formation of a financial infrastructure system that is rationally laid out, effectively governed, advanced and reliable, and resilient.
The People's Bank of China stated that during the 15th Five-Year Plan period, it will make every effort to implement and ground the various measures of the plan, accelerate the building of a financial powerhouse, and serve high-quality economic development.
Return to TopIn recent days, culture-benefiting-the-people activities (文化惠民活动) have been continuously carried out, and public cultural services have reached the grassroots in forms that the masses are happy to see and hear.
In Huaying City (华蓥市), Sichuan Province, film projection teams have been organized to go into communities, squares, and parks to show feature films, science and education films, and anti-telecom-fraud propaganda films to citizens free of charge, combining education with entertainment (寓教于乐 (yù jiào yú lè - "embed teaching in pleasure," to educate through entertainment) and advancing community cultural construction. In Kaizhou District (开州区), Chongqing, a "One-Yuan Theater" (壹圆剧场) activity has been launched, where residents write and direct their own programs and take turns performing on stage, full of the flavor of everyday life (烟火气十足). The activity, in the form of a "one-yuan ticket price," allows ordinary citizens to step onto the stage and "play the lead role," thereby breaking through the "last kilometer" (最后一公里) of public cultural services.
Return to TopOur newspaper, Beijing, August 10 (Reporter Li Xiaoqing (李晓晴)) — The reporter learned from the Ministry of Natural Resources (自然资源部): Since the beginning of this year, the construction of the "one-map" (一张图) for natural resources has been solidly advanced, effectively promoting cross-departmental and cross-level data sharing and utilization, and powerfully enhancing the digital governance capability of natural resource management.
Promoting linked approval reform, currently, relying on the "one-map" system, natural resource departments at all levels nationwide have achieved linked approval for land use, forest use, grassland use, and sea use. Across the country, depending on different situations, the number of materials submitted for review has been reduced by 5 to 19 items, the number of steps has been cut by 8 to 20, and the average approval time has been compressed by 33%.
Centering on the needs of business management reform, the "one-map" focuses on practical combat and actual results, having already aggregated 4.14 billion pieces of spatial data, forming a nationally unified base map that is recognized by all parties and commonly used. And it has built through-type application scenarios (贯通式应用场景), promoting the work of "three zones and three lines" (三区三线) management and control, rights confirmation and registration, and other tasks at natural resource departments at all levels to realize "one thing handled together on one map" and "one type of thing handled in one place."
In Jiangsu, the "one-map" platform has significantly improved project implementation efficiency and governance precision. Through online tracking combined with offline consultation, the average start of construction of major projects has been accelerated by more than 70 days. In Zhejiang, the "one-map" helps break down departmental barriers, solving problems such as multiple reviews, conflicting opinions, and repeated running around.
In the next step, the Ministry of Natural Resources will accelerate the construction and application of the "one-map", expand information integration functions, establish and improve business collaborative management rules and standards, accelerate the integration of spatial information such as basic geographic information, current status and property rights of natural resources, territorial space planning, and natural resource management, and enhance the modernization capability of territorial space governance.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 刘仲华 赵益普 李 墨 王旭琛
Development is the eternal theme of human society. The Communist Party of China leads China to continuously follow the path of high-quality development, constantly creating opportunities for the world, and also providing lessons and paths that can serve as reference for developing countries. More and more foreign media journalists go deep into various places in China to explore development experiences and feel the pulse of Chinese-style modernization. Recently, three foreign journalists accepted interviews with our reporter, telling the picture of China's vigorous development in their eyes.
Italian journalist Mario —
“It shows a China that is constantly moving forward without forgetting its origins”
In the view of Carlo Mario, head of the Eurasia channel of the European News Agency, Beijing and Shanghai are China’s two most representative cities. “The two cities are like two mirrors — one reflects profound historical heritage, and the other reflects modern development vitality, together piecing together a three-dimensional and vivid image of contemporary China.”
As a capital where ancient and modern merge, Beijing has always been regarded as the hinterland of Chinese traditional culture. “Beihai Park, Jingshan Park, and other traditional gardens with antique charm provide the public with quiet and culturally meaningful places for rest; the bustling Wangfujing Pedestrian Street allows people to truly feel the convenience and vitality of urban life. There are both deep and winding hutongs and wide and orderly streets…” Mario said that tradition and modernity 并行不悖 (bìng xíng bù bèi - “walk side by side without hindrance,” to coexist harmoniously), together forming Beijing’s unique urban layout.
What also left a deep impression on Mario was the large number of magnificent museums in Beijing. They systematically display China’s historical process from ancient times to modernity, fully demonstrating the profound accumulation of Chinese civilization. Taking the Palace Museum as an example, this former imperial palace has been preserved as a whole and opened to the public as a museum. “Grand architecture coexists with exquisite artistic details; history is no longer words in books, but a real space that can be personally stepped into,” Mario said.
Traveling to Shanghai, Mario stood by the Huangpu River and looked into the distance. “Shanghai is called an ‘international metropolis’, and this title is 名副其实 (míng fù qí shí - “the name matches the reality,” living up to its reputation).” He said, “The pace of urban life is extremely fast, creative industries are booming, and various museums and art spaces shape a cultural atmosphere that is 兼容并蓄 (jiān róng bìng xù - “contain all without exclusion,” inclusive and tolerant).”
Entering the Memorial Hall of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党第一次全国代表大会纪念馆), Mario was deeply shocked while also feeling a clear spiritual lineage. He wrote his visit into a report titled “Shanghai Has a Memorial Hall Dedicated to Displaying China’s Communist History,” in which he wrote: The collection of documents, artifacts, newspapers, books, and photographs here is vast, witnessing the unremitting efforts of Communist Party of China members to revitalize the motherland, which was ravaged by war and had declining national strength, and further demonstrating their firm belief in pursuing their goals. “不忘初心 (bù wàng chū xīn - “do not forget the original heart,” not forget the original aspiration), 方得始终 (fāng dé shǐ zhōng - “only then can one attain the end,” to achieve one’s goal).” Mario said that since its founding, the Communist Party of China has been unswervingly committed to benefiting the Chinese people and pursuing the great cause of national rejuvenation, and this remains an important spiritual driving force for the Communist Party of China to continuously push China forward.
“Whether in Beijing or Shanghai, together they show a China that cherishes history and actively innovates, and even more show a China that is constantly moving forward without forgetting its origins,” Mario said.
Pakistan journalist Akram —
“National Strength and People’s Happiness Are One in China”
“In every piece of Chinese land I have visited, I can feel order, balance, and hope.” Khalid Akram, International Affairs Advisor of the Pakistan Battle Media Group, said that over the past 20 years, he has visited more than 50 Chinese cities, with his footprints covering Beijing, Guangdong, Jiangxi, and Xinjiang. “In China, the prosperity of the country and the happiness of the people are one and the same, achieving a positive correlation.”
Akram shared with the reporter the following interview experience: In July 2025, he went to Jiangxi to participate in the “Belt and Road” Journalists Organization Forum, visiting Nanchang, Jiujiang, Ganzhou and other places. On the “Jiujiang Night” leisure cultural tourism street located in the Fanglan Lake Scenic Area of the Poyang Lake Ecological Science and Technology City in Jiujiang City, the local area carefully replicated historical and cultural elements, cleverly integrated them into the everyday hustle and bustle, and successfully constructed a “touchable cultural space” integrating performances, intangible cultural heritage, food, and interaction. “This place is not only a tourist attraction, but also a convenient activity block for the people,” Akram said. Through communication with local people, he learned that many people come here after dinner to take a walk, take kids out, or do square dancing. “They are full of vitality, with confident smiles on their faces. Their lives are closely linked with the development of the country and the city. This is people’s happiness.”
The 3000-kilometer-long China-Pakistan Economic Corridor starts in Kashgar, Xinjiang, and ends in Gwadar Port, Pakistan. This year marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, and Akram visited Xinjiang twice for interviews. “How to maintain the inheritance of history and culture while advancing urban modernization? Xinjiang under the leadership of the Communist Party of China has given the answer,” Akram said. Xinjiang has been an important hub for the exchange of East and West on the Silk Road since ancient times, and Urumqi is now a key node city in the core area of the Silk Road Economic Belt. Its vigorous development has always retained the underlying tone of cultural integration. “In Urumqi’s Xinjiang International Grand Bazaar, thousands of shops gather, with a dazzling array of goods. Characteristic architecture, folk customs, and commodity trade are perfectly integrated here, attracting over 100,000 domestic and foreign tourists every day.” Akram said that the Grand Bazaar is a microcosm of Xinjiang, where modern development and historical and cultural heritage 相得益彰 (xiāng dé yì zhāng - “mutually benefit and both shine,” bring out the best in each other).
In Akram’s own words, every time he boards a flight to China, he feels like he is returning to another home. “I have the privilege of witnessing a confident, dynamic, and flourishing China,” Akram said. In the future, he hopes to have more opportunities to go to China, continue to witness new development miracles on this hot land, and see the Chinese people writing new chapters of happiness with their own hands.
Nepal journalist Bhandari —
“China Is Steadily Marching Toward the ‘High-Quality, Balanced Modernization’ It Pursues”
“When the plane crosses the vast Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and lands at Lhasa Gonggar International Airport, it becomes obvious that China’s Tibet Autonomous Region has long ceased to be the remote frontier many people imagine.” Over the past 25 years, Sharachandra Bhandari, Executive Editor-in-Chief of Nepal’s National News Agency, has visited Tibet many times, and each visit reveals remarkable development changes — modern infrastructure, seamless transportation networks, and an enthusiastic and confident posture, all reflecting the country’s overall development trajectory.
Bhandari shared his observations with the reporter: despite the high altitude and complex geographical conditions of Tibet, well-maintained roads closely connect remote communities; modern housing has replaced the former adobe houses; electricity, communication, education, and medical services have covered the most remote settlements; livestock farming is organized, and industries such as horticulture, characteristic crop cultivation, and greenhouse vegetable production are continuously developing, showing the diversification of the rural economy; community tourism projects provide additional income sources for local residents; wind turbines stand on mountain ridges, and solar panels cover sunny slopes, providing clean energy for households and institutions.
Bhandari has also visited many other places in China and witnessed profound changes in urban and rural areas. In Henan, vast wheat fields, advanced irrigation systems, grain storage facilities, and agricultural research centers show the pace of traditional agriculture moving toward modernization, with an increasing number of rural youth engaging in agricultural science and technology, logistics, and agricultural technology services. In Chongqing, the Shizitan Hydropower Station, a key construction project of the First Five-Year Plan of New China, remains safe and operational to this day, closely linking early industrialization with current energy supply and regional economic and social development. In Yunnan, the Baofeng Peninsula Wetland by Kunming’s Dianchi Lake demonstrates how degraded lakeside land can be restored to marshes, reed marshes, and shallow water ecosystems, providing a public space for recreation and ecological protection education.
“When policies are truly translated into daily improvements in life, development becomes meaningful,” Bhandari said. China’s development in various fields is not 各自为政 (gè zì wéi zhèng - “each acts on its own,” acting independently), advancing in isolation; rather, it is coordinated and mutually empowering. It is not a phased campaign, but exhibits a structured and sustainable long-term character. “China is steadily marching toward the ‘high-quality, balanced modernization’ it pursues, making people’s lives more stable and giving them a greater sense of fulfillment.”
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The narrative that "Chinese subsidies cause overcapacity" — this set of deliberate smears against China — cannot stand up to solid data and facts.
Recently, some countries have frequently used "overcapacity" as a pretext to target China's industrial policies and create public opinion for their own trade protection measures. China's Ministry of Commerce recently released the document China's Position on the So-Called "Overcapacity" Issue, directly confronting the erroneous narrative — repeatedly hyped in the international public opinion arena — that "Chinese subsidies cause overcapacity." The facts are clear: there is no necessary link between industrial subsidies and overcapacity; what truly warrants vigilance is discriminatory subsidies that violate World Trade Organization rules. The narrative that "Chinese subsidies cause overcapacity" — this set of deliberate smears against China — cannot stand up to solid data and facts.
To assess the relationship between subsidies and capacity, one must first look at the actual intensity of industrial policy use. A long-term tracking study by a research team from the University of British Columbia, Canada, of the world's major economies shows that between 2009 and 2020, Germany, Japan, Brazil, and the United States were the economies that used industrial policies most frequently, while China, the world's second-largest economy by aggregate output, ranked only eleventh among major economies, with a frequency far below not only many developed economies but also a number of emerging market countries. The number of subsidy-type industrial policies implemented by China is limited, and from a macro perspective, this simply cannot support the conclusion that "subsidies lead to overcapacity." The source of China's industrial international competitiveness lies in the domestic demand support of its super-large market, the supporting advantages of its complete industrial system, and its long-accumulated technological talent base. Attributing competitive advantage solely to subsidies lacks empirical research support and defies basic common sense about industrial development.
The claim that China's so-called "hidden subsidies" are excessively large is rooted in double standards in measurement. When estimating the scale of China's "below-market interest rate lending" subsidies, the relevant OECD report uses the quoted lending rate for corporate loans as the benchmark; for other countries, however, it adopts the risk-free government bond yield or the interbank offered rate. This deliberate deviation in measurement methodology directly results in China's subsidy scale being magnified several times over. Using different yardsticks to measure the same type of economic behavior yields conclusions that are inherently biased from the outset and lack basic credibility.
From the perspective of economic laws, there is no necessary causal relationship between subsidies and overcapacity. Reasonable industrial subsidies — used to correct market failures and support the growth of emerging industries — are a globally accepted legitimate policy tool. UNCTAD data show that the number of industrial policies worldwide has been growing over the past five years, with R&D subsidies, tax incentives, and low-interest loans being policy instruments commonly adopted by WTO members. If the logic that "subsidies inevitably lead to overcapacity" held, then virtually all major economies would face accusations of "overcapacity" — which clearly does not align with the facts. Forcibly linking subsidies to overcapacity is itself inconsistent with the common practice of global industrial development.
What truly undermines the global industrial order is precisely the discriminatory subsidies pursued by some countries. The U.S. Inflation Reduction Act, which plans to inject $750 billion in subsidies over ten years, compulsorily ties them to local production requirements for electric vehicles and even explicitly excludes Chinese battery components — essentially an import-substitution subsidy that seriously violates the WTO non-discrimination principle. The European Commission plans to invest over €1.44 trillion in various subsidies over ten years, and the EU's Industrial Accelerator Act also uses "EU-origin" requirements to directly link local content to fiscal support. Such practices — pursuing trade protection under the guise of industrial support — do not correct market failures but artificially erect trade barriers and distort the global industrial chain division of labor. When certain countries wield unilateralist sticks in the name of "anti-subsidy," they themselves are precisely implementing the most typical protectionist subsidies. This double standard of "being strict with others and lenient with oneself" is the real threat to the global industrial order.
China has always strictly observed WTO rules and continuously built a compliant and transparent subsidy policy system. In recent years, China has proactively cleaned up and rectified irregular local subsidies, continuously strengthened trade policy compliance work, and explicitly stipulated that all policies formulated by State Council departments, people's governments at or above the county level, and their departments must undergo compliance assessment beforehand, preventing subsidy abuse at the source. The 2025 notification submitted by the Chinese government covering central and local subsidy policies for 2023–2024 achieved nationwide coverage, earnestly fulfilled transparency obligations, and is a high-quality notification. Chinese subsidies apply equally to all types of business entities, with a focus on technology R&D, green transformation, and the development of small and medium-sized enterprises. China uses more market-oriented and guiding measures, and does not engage in discriminatory arrangements.
Facing the common challenges of global development, all countries should aim to enlarge the global development cake, uphold openness and cooperation, rather than 以邻为壑 (yǐ lín wé hè - "use one' s neighbor as a ditch," to shift troubles onto others) and pursue protectionism. China is willing to engage in constructive discussions with all parties on subsidy policies within the WTO framework, actively participate in WTO reform dialogues, and promote more sound and inclusive global economic development.
(The author is a professor from the School of International Trade and Economics at the University of International Business and Economics)
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"China emphasizes that artificial intelligence should not be the exclusive right of only a few countries; it must be intelligent for good and inclusive in development. This is of very important significance for building a just and reasonable global AI governance system." Petros P. Petrocheilos, president of Greece's Kafour Technology Company, recently said in an exclusive interview with our reporter that while achieving rapid development in AI technology, China actively promotes global AI governance, demonstrating the responsibility of a major responsible country.
In recent years, Kafour has engaged in deep cooperation with Chinese companies, bringing multiple advanced humanoid robots and quadruped robots into Europe, and successfully implementing them in diverse scenarios such as photovoltaic power stations, high-voltage substations, automated logistics, and emergency rescue. "China not only possesses advanced information technology and manufacturing industry chains, but also demonstrates an open attitude, willing to open the door to technology and innovation sharing for us," Petrocheilos said. The vast majority of the technology and research and development behind the company's software applications originates from cooperation with Chinese researchers.
Petrocheilos took embodied intelligence assisting the automated piling and setting-out of photovoltaic power stations as an example: In the construction of traditional hundred-megawatt large-scale photovoltaic power stations, manual survey teams need to mark up to 7,000 pile positions one by one, which is time-consuming and laborious, and highly susceptible to terrain and weather conditions. Kafour introduced a Chinese wheeled-tracked quadruped robot, deeply customized it, and developed specialized applications. "This 'new workmate' equipped with a robotic arm and fine compensation algorithm has been fully deployed in photovoltaic projects, compressing the workload that previously took several days to be completed within a few hours. It can also operate around-the-clock, controlling the piling mark error accuracy within 2 to 3 centimeters," Petrocheilos said. This is a vivid example of the deep integration of Chinese robot hardware and local software, empowering traditional infrastructure.
In 2025, Kafour launched the construction of an AI factory, aiming to integrate AI, computing power, clean energy, etc., within the same industrial ecosystem. Petrocheilos said that the robot ecosystem developed by Chinese partners such as Unitree Robotics has significantly lowered the threshold for secondary development. Alibaba's open-source Tongyi Qianwen large language model, with its powerful multilingual and multimodal capabilities, provides conditions for adaptation to Greece's local industries. These enterprises have established an efficient closed loop between scientific research, manufacturing, and application scenarios, enabling rapid transition from prototype to mass production and continuous iteration. Taking technical security, operational safety, and cybersecurity as starting points, and through technology localization, real working condition verification, and complete operation and maintenance support, Kafour deeply aligns Chinese innovative technologies with European engineering standards, achieving the integration of both sides' strengths and the creation of incremental value. "The core value of this cooperation lies in greatly compressing the development cycle, allowing Greek and even more European enterprises to concentrate their funds on safety compliance, application innovation, and the intensive cultivation of industry expertise," Petrocheilos said.
Petrocheilos stated that China possesses pragmatic global governance concepts, strong technological capabilities, an increasingly open cooperation ecosystem, and a willingness to share experience; Europe has a sound institutional system and a risk-based regulatory framework; the United Nations can provide an inclusive platform for small and medium-sized countries and developing countries. "By organically combining these advantages, rather than falling into geopolitical self-isolation, global AI governance can move toward institutional building and infrastructure sharing."
"Looking ahead, I look forward to the China-Greece cooperation moving toward a new stage of joint R&D, localized adaptation, and shared knowledge value," Petrocheilos said. Kafour will join hands with Chinese partners to jointly shape trustworthy technology, cultivate high-quality teams, and create solutions that can be exported globally. The enterprise will continue to play a bridging role, promoting more Chinese cutting-edge technologies such as AI to penetrate deeply into Greece and other European markets, contributing to the drawing of a new blueprint for global AI development.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 车 斌
On the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia, bright sunlight pours onto the rooftop of Harvey Norman, a large Australian home appliance and furniture retailer. Rows of photovoltaic modules neatly spread out in connected arrays, continuously supplying green, clean energy for the operation of the entire commercial complex.
“Since last year, we have been engaging in deep cooperation with Chinese new energy enterprises, fully utilizing commercial building rooftop resources. As of now, we have equipped three stores in the Sunshine Coast area with solar energy systems,” said Jason, Harvey Norman’s commercial project manager. “We did the math. Based on current electricity usage and tariffs, this commercial solar system can cover most of the store’s daytime electricity demand, saving the store approximately AUD 90,000 (1 AUD is about 4.77 RMB) in electricity expenses each year, and surplus electricity can also be fed into the grid.”
Jason stated that Chinese new energy enterprises not only provide advanced technology and equipment, but also bring an integrated solution covering photovoltaics, energy storage, energy management, and smart energy services. This system can improve the enterprise’s energy use efficiency, reduce the store’s electricity costs, strengthen the enterprise’s energy security capability, and enhance operational stability.
Currently, a new project in cooperation between Harvey Norman and Chinese enterprises is under construction. It is expected to adopt approximately 670 high-efficiency photovoltaic modules from China’s JinkoSolar, and be configured with hybrid inverters, energy storage systems, etc., from China’s Sigenergy. After completion, the project is expected to generate 584 MWh of electricity annually. Michael, General Manager of JinkoSolar for Oceania, told reporters that the new generation of high-efficiency modules adopted in the project are suitable for long-sunshine regions such as Australia, with higher conversion efficiency, more stable power generation performance, and higher power generation revenue over the full lifecycle. Alan, Vice President of Sigenergy for the Asia-Pacific region, introduced that the energy storage system adopted in the project has higher integration, fewer energy conversion steps, higher storage charging efficiency, and faster battery response speed. After being connected to a virtual power plant, it can also obtain additional revenue through services such as frequency regulation and demand response in the electricity market, expected to bring in approximately AUD 110,000 per year. It is understood that the energy storage system can also store electricity when prices are low and release electricity during peak hours, achieving 削峰填谷 (xuē fēng tián gǔ – “shave peaks and fill valleys,” i.e., load shifting), helping enterprises further reduce energy costs.
The Australian distributor Blue Sun Group, which facilitated this cooperation, has long been committed to advancing Australia-China cooperation in the new energy field. The company’s founder, Mario, stated that the series of commercial solar project collaborations reached between the parties are of great significance, and that Australia-China cooperation in the green energy field is continuously deepening. “Harvey Norman has a retail and commercial network covering all of Australia, while Chinese new energy enterprises have notable advantages in technological innovation, product quality, and delivery capability. The complementary advantages of all parties can achieve win-win outcomes, with long-term development prospects and growth potential,” Mario said.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 沈小晓
"The Communist Party of China has led the Chinese people in blazing a path of modernization with Chinese characteristics. Chinese modernization (中国式现代化) is of profound referential significance for the vast number of developing countries," said Ahmed El-Sayed, an Egyptian sinologist and president of the Hikmat Cultural Industry Group.
Twenty-five years ago, El-Sayed chose Chinese as his major at university. In 2010, he set foot on Chinese soil for the first time. Thereafter, he studied and lived in China, and founded a company to translate, publish, and promote Chinese books, advancing Egypt-China cultural exchanges. Traveling back and forth between Egypt and China year-round, El-Sayed has continued to deepen his observation and understanding of China. "The Communist Party of China's ability to organically combine long-term planning, social mobilization, and efficient execution is impressive," El-Sayed said.
El-Sayed said that the Communist Party of China's policies have a distinct problem orientation, with continuous exploration and improvement in accordance with practical needs. Chinese governance philosophies such as 'crossing the river by feeling the stones' (摸着石头过河) and 实事求是 (shí shì qiú shì - "seek truth from facts") "have enabled China to maintain the continuity of national stability and development amid a complex and volatile environment. This is also an important factor in China's realization of sustained development."
El-Sayed believes that the Communist Party of China has deep feelings for the people. China's targeted poverty alleviation (精准扶贫) policy has truly put the people at the center. "In China's successful practice, poverty alleviation is combined with education, healthcare, transportation, housing, and industrial policies. Comprehensive rural revitalization (乡村全面振兴) involves not only agriculture, but also the integration of talent, education, industry, and other factors."
"The Communist Party of China has not only promoted China's economic and social development, but has also enabled an ancient civilization to radiate renewed vitality," El-Sayed said. He said that the Communist Party of China places great emphasis on drawing wisdom and nourishment from China's excellent traditional culture, continuously carrying forward the cultural genes of China's excellent traditional culture, and rallying a powerful force that leads the times. Both Egypt and China have long histories and splendid civilizations. The practices and experience of the Communist Party of China provide a reference for Egypt.
"The greatest value of China's development experience lies in proving that there is no universally applicable standard of modernization in the world," El-Sayed said. The successful practice of Chinese modernization shows that every country has the right to explore a development path of its own based on its own history, culture, and realities.
El-Sayed stated that the world today is in a new period of turbulence and transformation. Major changes unseen in a century (百年未有之大变局) are accelerating, and the global geopolitical landscape is undergoing profound and dramatic reshaping. Global challenges such as climate change, public health, food security, and artificial intelligence governance have made unilateralism and zero-sum thinking unsustainable. "The Communist Party of China has put forward the concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind (人类命运共同体) and the four global initiatives (四大全球倡议), answering the questions of the world and the questions of the era. Their practical significance is becoming increasingly prominent, demonstrating the Communist Party of China's global vision," El-Sayed said.
Return to TopThe Nyong River Bridge (尼永河大桥) in Cameroon, constructed by China Communications Construction Company First Highway Bureau Group (中交一公局集团), was recently completed and opened to traffic. Construction of the Nyong River Bridge began in June 2024. The total length of the entire project is approximately 1,120 meters, of which the bridge itself is 160 meters long, using a steel-concrete composite girder structure. It is a key control project of the local road network and is also the first bridge in Cameroon built using the steel girder incremental launching technique. The picture shows an aerial view of the project.
Photo and report by Dai Kairan (戴楷然) and Lu Bingdao (陆兵道).
By: 本报记者 王 浩 李晓晴 邓剑洋
Data released by the Ministry of Water Resources (水利部) and China South-to-North Water Diversion Group Co., Ltd. (中国南水北调集团有限公司) show that as of August 10, the total water diversion volume of the first phase of the eastern and middle routes of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project (南水北调工程) has exceeded 90 billion cubic meters. Of this, the first phase of the middle route has diverted over 80.05 billion cubic meters, and the first phase of the eastern route has diverted over 9.95 billion cubic meters.
From the completion of the world's largest water diversion project after more than a decade of construction to the new breakthroughs in cumulative water diversion volume in the nearly 12 years since water began to flow, the "safe and resilient modern water network" (安全韧性现代水网) has been continuously improved during construction. The "southern water" surges for thousands of miles, crossing the four major river basins of the Yangtze, Huaihe, Yellow, and Haihe; the eastern and middle routes of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project have become a lifeline for optimizing the allocation of water resources, ensuring the safety of drinking water for the people, reviving the ecology of rivers and lakes, and smoothing the economic cycle between the north and south.
A "Livelihood Account": Provides stable high-quality water sources for 195 million people
In Jing County (景县), Hengshui City, Hebei Province, a channel of "southern water" travels over 900 kilometers to arrive.
A well in Kushuiying Village (苦水营村), Jing County, bears witness to the changes in the villagers' drinking water. "This water tastes sweet, and the porridge cooked with it is fragrant," said Fu Tiejun (付铁军), secretary of the Party branch of Kushuiying Village, with emotion.
In the past, Kushuiying Village drank bitter water. Fu Tiejun, who grew up in the village, recalled: "When villagers went to market in other places, as soon as they opened their mouths and showed their yellowed teeth, others knew they were from Kushuiying Village."
The Heilonggang River Basin (黑龙港流域), where Jing County is located, has low-lying terrain and is prone to floods and droughts. In the past, the area suffered from salinization, and villagers could only drink high-fluoride water and bitter and salty water.
"Digging wells, defluoridation, centralized water supply — we thought of many methods, but the results were not ideal," said Cao Yongzhi (曹永智), head of the South-to-North Water Diversion Office of the Jing County Water Affairs Bureau. "Where to get good water and how to guarantee the water volume have always been a big, difficult problem."
The South-to-North Water Diversion Project brought "reassuring water" to Jing County. In recent years, Jing County has continuously carried out rural drinking water source replacement projects, and all centralized water supply plants have switched to "southern water." "Drinking healthy water gives everyone a real sense of gain and happiness," said Fu Tiejun. "Villagers have also had smart water meters installed; they pay via mobile phone, making water use more convenient."
The national water network benefits thousands of households. Since the first phase of the eastern and middle routes of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project began operation, areas along the routes have continuously improved supporting projects, and the scope of beneficiaries is expanding from large and medium-sized cities to rural areas. Millions of people in the Heilonggang River Basin have bid farewell to the history of long-term consumption of high-fluoride water and bitter and salty water.
Hebei Province has built a supporting project system from water source to tap, with the population receiving water accounting for about 70% of the province's total; in the central urban area of Beijing, "southern water" accounts for nearly 80% of water use; the main urban area of Tianjin uses almost entirely "southern water"... At present, the domestic water supply guarantee rate for cities receiving water from the middle route has increased from 75% to over 95%, and for the eastern route, the domestic and industrial water guarantee rate for cities receiving water has increased from 80% to over 97%. The flow of "southern water" provides stable high-quality water sources for 195 million people in seven provinces along the routes.
Where does the high-quality "southern water" come from? The Ministry of Water Resources has continuously led the promotion of the work plan for ensuring water quality safety in the Danjiangkou Reservoir area and its upstream basin. The middle route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project has built an integrated "sky-air-ground-water-waterworks" (天空地水工) three-dimensional monitoring and sensing system, deploying over 100,000 safety monitoring sensors and over 13,000 high-definition video surveillance devices; the eastern route's digital twin water network pilot system has been put into operation. Monitoring, protection, prevention and control, emergency response, and scientific research — the water quality safety guarantee system is continuously being improved. The water quality of the middle route is stably maintained at Class II or above for surface water, and the water quality of the eastern route is stably at Class III.
An "Ecological Account": Carrying out ecological water replenishment for numerous rivers and lakes
White feathers, long neck, wings spreading gracefully... an egret entered the lens of photography enthusiast Shi Jianfang (史建方). In Xushui District, Baoding City, Hebei Province, Shi Jianfang often sets up his camera to photograph birds, spending most of the day crouching by the Bao River (瀑河).
The Bao River is one of the "nine rivers" upstream of Baiyangdian (白洋淀), and historically had beautiful scenes such as "clear creek reflecting the moon" and "watching fish from the sluice gate." But in earlier years, the Bao River once dried up and its ecology degraded due to unregulated development.
The presence of birds is a barometer of ecology. "Where the environment is good, birds like black storks and egrets will rest and forage there," said Shi Jianfang. Nowadays, he has photographed over 80 species of various migratory and resident birds.
Tang Xiaofu (唐小福), deputy director of the Baoding Baohe Reservoir Affairs Center, remembers that when he first started working, the reservoir area was almost an "empty reservoir," and "the reservoir administrators had no water to manage." The reservoir area was full of sand and soil; on the 2014 satellite image, the exact location of the reservoir could no longer be distinguished.
After the middle route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project began operation, using rainwater and flood resources to carry out ecological water replenishment for rivers and lakes along the route, the Bao River ushered in recovery. "In 2018, 'southern water' flowed into the Baohe Reservoir, and villagers from ten miles around came to see the water," recalled Tang Xiaofu.
"Now, the entire Bao River has been reconnected, forming an ecological corridor of over 40 kilometers," introduced Liu Wende (刘文德), a member of the Party Leadership Group of the Xushui District Water Affairs Bureau.
The water conveyance line has become an ecological line for reviving rivers and lakes. From the full connection of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, Yongding River, and Hutuo River, to the restoration of the luster of Nansi Lake and Baiyangdian, the South-to-North Water Diversion Project supports the improvement of the ecological environment of rivers and lakes in North China. As of now, the first phase of the eastern and middle routes of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project has carried out ecological water replenishment for over 50 rivers and lakes along the routes.
A relevant official of China South-to-North Water Diversion Group Co., Ltd. stated that going forward, efforts will focus on river and lake ecological restoration and comprehensive treatment of groundwater overexploitation in North China, fully leveraging the potential of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, optimizing water dispatch, and continuously promoting ecological and environmental protection in the Huang-Huai-Hai region.
A "Development Account": Providing a continuous source of momentum for cities and industries
On the eastern route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, after being pressurized by a series of pumping stations, Yangtze River water "climbs" all the way to the Donghu Reservoir (东湖水库) in Jinan City, Shandong Province.
"Donghu Reservoir collects Yangtze River water, Yellow River water, and local water; it is the 'big water tank' for production and domestic water use in Jinan," said Pei Liang (裴亮), director of the Donghu Reservoir Management Office of the South-to-North Water Diversion East Route Shandong Trunk Line Co., Ltd.
A single channel of water activates the industrial chain. One end of Donghu Reservoir connects to the Diaozhen Chemical Industry Park (刁镇化工产业园) in Zhangqiu District, Jinan. "Water is the lifeline of the chemical industry. Only with a stable water source can production equipment run smoothly; only with good water quality can the quality of high-end fine chemical products be guaranteed," said a relevant official of Shandong Huafu Fluorochemical Co., Ltd. (山东华氟化工有限责任公司). The company uses about 400 to 600 cubic meters of production water per day, and the water quality must reach Class III or above — it is the "southern water" that meets this demand.
Water resource shortage was once a bottleneck for Zhangqiu District's development. A relevant official of the Zhangqiu District Urban and Rural Water Affairs Bureau introduced that the district has opened up the entire chain of water conveyance and distribution, achieving interconnection between Donghu Reservoir and Baiyun Reservoir etc., bringing in "living water from the source" and linking industrial chains such as fine chemicals and new materials.
The first phase of the eastern and middle routes of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project has promoted the balanced spatial allocation of water resources, activating the potential of advantageous resource factors and economic factors in the northern region with strong water resource factors, providing a continuous source of momentum and broad space for urban development and industrial layout optimization.
In Zhengding County (正定县), Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province, "southern water" has helped revive the Hutuo River, and Taipingzhuang Village (太平庄村) has created a deep integration tour of "ancient city plus Hutuo River"; in Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, "southern water" has become the main water source for the Zhengzhou Airport Economy Zone (郑州航空港经济综合实验区). The South-to-North Water Diversion Project has also provided support for national strategies such as the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and the construction of Hebei Xiong'an New Area. Among these, the eastern route has significantly improved the navigation conditions of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. With water as the vein, the economic cycle between north and south is smoother, and the complementary advantages and coordinated development of the north and south are increasingly prominent.
A relevant official from the South-to-North Water Diversion Project Management Department of the Ministry of Water Resources introduced that the South-to-North Water Diversion Project concerns the overall strategic situation, concerns long-term development, and concerns the well-being of the people. Going forward, it is necessary to accurately grasp the characteristics of each of the three routes — east, middle, and west — and strive to promote the high-quality development of the follow-up projects of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, continuously giving full play to the role of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project as the main framework and main artery of the national water network.
Return to TopOur newspaper Beijing, August 10 (Xinhua) — (Reporter Ma Suwei) To further deeply study and implement Xi Jinping Thought on Culture (习近平文化思想), strengthen and improve the literary and artistic propaganda coverage of People's Daily, and deepen the systematic transformation of mainstream media, a symposium on the 300th issue of "Daily Reading of Paintings" was recently held at People's Daily. People's Daily Editor-in-Chief Chen Jianwen, China Federation of Literary and Art Circles Leading Party Members Group member and Vice Chairman Gao Shiming, and All-China Journalists Association Leading Party Members Group member and Secretariat Secretary Yin Lujun attended the meeting and delivered speeches. People's Daily Deputy Editor-in-Chief Xu Lijing presided over the meeting.
The "Daily Reading of Paintings" column is a key art-media convergence column of People's Daily for deeply studying and implementing Xi Jinping Thought on Culture. Relying on the newspaper's literary and artistic propaganda coordination mechanism, it gathers quality resources from all sides, jointly created by the Literature and Art Department of People's Daily, People's Daily Online, and the China Academy of Art. The column uses language and forms favored by young people to read paintings, read culture, and read life, realizing the deep activation of artistic resources. Since its launch on October 6, 2025, the column has released more than 300 micro-videos and more than 300 beautiful night-reading essays, with total product views exceeding 280 million, topic views exceeding 385 million, appearing on internet trending lists 67 times, and being selected as a 2025 China Positive Energy Online Excellence and a 2026 National Online Civilization Construction Excellent Case.
Participating experts fully affirmed the fruitful achievements of the column and conducted in-depth discussions on how to further promote the column's high-quality development. The experts unanimously agreed: to adhere to content is king, consolidating the column's foundation with quality creations; to adhere to coordinated efforts, amplifying the column's voice through diversified dissemination; to adhere to multi-party collaboration, cultivating a healthy creative ecology; to adhere to brand-oriented operation, constructing a systematic brand content matrix.
Nearly 50 leaders and experts from Peking University, Zhejiang University, Renmin University of China, Communication University of China, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, ByteDance Group, Kuaishou Technology, Xiaohongshu, and other units, as well as representatives from the main creative units, attended the meeting.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, August 10 (Xinhua) -- The State Council has appointed and removed state personnel.
Sun Shuopeng (孙硕鹏) was appointed Vice Minister of Civil Affairs (民政部); Jiang Wei (蒋玮) (female) was appointed President of the China National Committee on Ageing (中国老龄协会).
Luo Wen (罗文) was removed from the post of Director of the State Administration for Market Regulation (国家市场监督管理总局); Sun Shuopeng (孙硕鹏) was removed from the post of President of the China National Committee on Ageing (中国老龄协会).
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The Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee meeting held on July 30 pointed out, “it is necessary to consolidate and expand the achievements of the study and education on establishing and practicing correct performance views (树立和践行正确政绩观学习教育), and promote leading cadres at all levels to continuously create new achievements in high-quality development with a more vigorous spirit.”
The performance view is connected with the development view. Since the study and education on establishing and practicing correct performance views was carried out, all regions, departments, and units have taken persisting in high-quality development as an important content of leading cadres’ performance views, advance learning, investigation, and rectification as an integrated whole, calibrate performance views with the new development concept, and transform the achievements of study and education into actual results that promote high-quality development and enhance the people’s livelihood.
Emphasize latent achievements (潜绩), balance the present and the long term
All regions, departments, and units deeply study and implement General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important discourses on establishing and practicing correct performance views, guide Party members and leading cadres to correctly handle the relationship between the present and the long term, resolutely refrain from doing 急就章 (jí jiù zhāng – “rush composition,” a stopgap measure), and instead do more latent achievements that lay foundations, increase staying power, and benefit the long term.
“The promotion of the G60 Sci-tech Innovation Corridor construction is not sufficiently deep and solid, the role of sci-tech innovation source and transformation is not yet fully played, cross-regional linkage still needs deepening”… Songjiang District, Shanghai insists on turning the blade inward (刀刃向内), truly investigating and truly correcting, resolutely prevents the tendency of “emphasizing conspicuous achievements over latent achievements” and “emphasizing short-term output over long-term investment,” builds a mechanism guided by the government, dominated by enterprises, supported by universities, and driven by the market, and prospectively plans future industry clusters. A local cadre felt deeply: “Basic research has a long cycle, large investment, and many uncertain factors. The key is to establish and practice correct performance views, maintain strategic resolve, and cultivate the spiritual realm of ‘achievements need not be mine’ (功成不必在我) and the historical responsibility of ‘achievements must certainly have me’ (功成必定有我).”
On August 6, the Hebei Xiong’an Artificial Intelligence Practical Training Base was officially put into operation. In the base, a group of trainees are carrying out practical operations in practical training classrooms and the robot innovation training center. Artificial intelligence is an important driving force leading the new round of sci-tech revolution and industrial transformation, but the cultivation cycle is long, market risks are large, it cannot be slowed down, nor can it be rushed. The Xiong’an New Area Science Park Management Committee insists on basing itself on the present and looking to the long term, takes artificial intelligence as the main direction for cultivating new quality productive forces, uses the practical training base and scenario opening to drive technological breakthroughs, and attracts more than 80 AI-related enterprises.
In Danzhou City, Hainan Province, white wind turbines are arranged in a pleasing disorder, and the waves and沙滩 scenery is delightful. Once, coastal farmers “lived by the sea and ate from the sea,” with problems such as direct discharge of sewage and repeated farming in prohibited breeding areas standing out. In the study and education, Danzhou City firmly established the concept of “lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets” (绿水青山就是金山银山), targeted the ecological and environmental problems identified through investigation, advanced them by project, managed them by list, dispatched them on a regular basis, supervised on-site by relevant municipal party committee leaders, comprehensively established problem ledgers, dismantled 32 abandoned pipes illegally occupying sandy shorelines, and monitored 149 seawater aquaculture tailwater discharge outlets.
Calculate the big account (算大账), grasp the part and the whole
“One who does not plan for the whole is inadequate to plan for a single part.” All regions, departments, and units resolutely overcome the “single-track” mentality, guide Party members and leading cadres to play the big abacus more and calculate the big account, play the small abacus less and calculate the small account, and truly integrate the work of the region and department into the overall situation of the Party and the state’s development.
Since the study and education was carried out, the Health Bureau of Zhuhai City, Guangdong Province, has comprehensively dug deep, truly investigated and truly reformed. Aiming at the shortcomings identified such as inconsistent cross-border medical service standards, insufficient talent reserves, and inconvenient payment settlement, it has established a cross-border medical talent reserve, deployed ambulances with licenses from Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macao, promoted the construction of a cross-border commercial insurance direct payment system, and built a complete service chain for cross-border diagnosis, transport, and reimbursement, allowing residents of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area to better share the fruits of integrated development.
In Wanzhou District, Chongqing City, carp from Weishan Lake in Shandong have become “fortune fish” that enrich and increase the income of the local people. This is inseparable from the two-way flow of production factors such as capital and resources under the Shandong-Chongqing (鲁渝) collaboration. Wanzhou District insists that bringing well-being to the people is the greatest performance view, continuously deepens and expands the fruits of the Shandong-Chongqing collaboration, joins hands with Jining, Shandong to lay out a two-way interconnected whole fishery industry chain, deeply cultivates the southwestern market while also opening up the northern market, and with a correct performance view continues to write the “mountain-sea sentiment” (山海情) of eastern-western collaboration.
Jingdezhen City, Jiangxi Province, was born because of porcelain and thrived because of porcelain, but also faces the “worry” of homogenization competition in traditional porcelain-producing areas. In the study and education, Changnan New District, Jingdezhen deeply studied and implemented General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important discourses on developing new quality productive forces according to local conditions, based itself on its own resource endowment, used cluster thinking to open up sub-sectors, used intelligent manufacturing to help daily-use ceramics, artistic ceramics, advanced ceramics, ceramic trade and other fields move toward the new and the excellent, and explored a high-quality development path that suits the actual conditions.
Suichang County, Lishui City, Zhejiang Province actively integrates into the construction of a unified national large market, combines continuous rectification of “involution-style” (内卷式) competition with study and education, resolutely overcomes the performance impulse to blindly follow trends and chase hotspots, jumps out of the extensive investment attraction model of “everything picked into the basket is a dish” (捡到筐里都是菜), establishes metal products and equipment manufacturing, new energy and new materials industries as the main track, and develops high-strength alloy materials and precision parts manufacturing, sodium-ion battery and semi-solid-state battery industries.
Strengthen resilience (韧性), coordinate development and security
Security is the prerequisite for development, development is the guarantee for security. In the study and education, all regions, departments, and units establish and practice correct performance views, better coordinate development and security, continuously strengthen the resilience of economic and social development, and make every effort to safeguard national security and social stability.
Recently, flood disasters occurred in Guigang City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, causing flooding in some enterprise workshops and warehouses, soaking raw materials and products, and damaging production lines.
“Ensuring production means ensuring livelihoods. Only when the machines of enterprises turn can the people’s rice bowls be held steady!” Relying on the “Heicheng Pioneer Diligently Serves the People” (荷城先锋勤为民) platform, Guigang organized forces from transportation, power supply, communications, urban management, etc., established Party member commando teams and Party member vanguard teams, deployed high-power pumping equipment to drain water, rushed to repair damaged power supply lines, spared no effort to ensure production and stabilize the economy, and tested the performance views of Party members and leading cadres in the great exam of wind and rain. Currently, 1,347 of the 1,459 affected enterprises have resumed production.
Some time ago, a chemical enterprise in Songmu Economic Development Zone, Hengyang City, Hunan Province was ordered to stop production for rectification due to safety hazards such as inadequate fire separation in its Class A warehouse. At that time, it coincided with the handover of the main responsible person of the Economic Development Zone management committee. As soon as the new leader took office, he dispatched and promoted rectification on site according to the handover list.
Hengyang City continuously does a good job of building rules and systems, formulated measures for the departure handover of the main responsible persons of county (city, district) Party and government heads, municipal departments (zones, state-owned enterprises), included major safety production hazards and other matters into the departure handover, clarified work mechanisms such as investigation assignment, dispatch supervision, handover continuation, acceptance and closure, incentive and accountability, source prevention, etc., implemented special team advancement and ledger closure for long-unresolved stock risks in the safety production field, ensuring that risks are handed over clearly, received solidly, and resolved well.
“The cooperative dividends have finally been paid. The Party committee and government helped us recover losses and keep our family base.” The masses in Ganzhou District, Zhangye City, Gansu Province said. The locality comprehensively sorted out historical legacy issues, implemented classified policies and precise disposal for the problem of some cooperatives and agriculture-related enterprises being unable to pay the village collective’s equity dividends, promoted problem rectification differentiatedly, conducted point-to-point precise supervision on townships where rectification progress lagged, carried out regular investigation and rectification of collective fund risk hazards, and has so far recovered more than 1.28 million yuan of overdue collective dividends owed.
(Reporters from this newspaper: He Zhaoyu (何昭宇), Liu Junguo (刘军国), Wang Yunna (王云娜), Yang Xun (杨迅), Wang Yinxin (王崟欣), Yang Yanfei (杨颜菲), Zhu Jiaqi (祝佳祺), Wang Xinyue (王欣悦), Song Chaojun (宋朝军), Dong Zeyang (董泽扬))
Return to TopThis newspaper Beijing, August 10 (Reporter Zhang Tianpei (张天培)) — The reporter learned from the Ministry of Public Security (公安部): In order to thoroughly implement the Party Central Committee's decisions and deployments on deepening the special campaign to eliminate black and evil forces (扫黑除恶专项斗争) and the requirements of the national video conference on the special campaign to eliminate black and evil forces, recently the Ministry of Public Security directed public security organs across the country to simultaneously carry out the first round of concentrated netting operations to deepen the special campaign to eliminate black and evil forces, successfully striking and eliminating over 1,000 criminal gangs of various types, apprehending over 8,200 criminal suspects, and solving over 5,400 criminal cases of various types.
In recent years, public security organs across the country have consistently maintained a high-pressure posture of severe crackdowns on black and evil crimes. Black and evil crimes have been effectively curbed, and the public security situation has continued to improve. However, some black and evil crimes have become hidden and mutated, constantly changing their methods and updating their forms, developing rapidly through online or soft violence means. In particular, new crimes such as online "routine loan" fraud (套路贷), soft violence (软暴力) debt collection, public opinion blackmail (舆情敲诈), malicious claims (恶意索赔), labor crash-for-cash (劳务碰瓷), forced consumption (强迫消费), and online violence (网络暴力) have become important forms of black and evil crimes, severely disrupting normal economic and social order and seriously affecting the people's sense of security.
The Ministry of Public Security directed public security organs across the country to simultaneously carry out the first round of concentrated netting operations to deepen the special campaign to eliminate black and evil forces in various localities, successfully striking and eliminating a number of criminal gangs involved in black and evil crimes. Among them, public security organs in Zhejiang successfully struck and eliminated a criminal gang that carried out online "routine loan" fraud and soft violence debt collection, apprehending 109 criminal suspects; public security organs in Shandong, after careful investigation, struck and eliminated a criminal gang that carried out crash-for-cash extortion against motor vehicle drivers by deliberately causing traffic accidents, apprehending 27 criminal suspects; public security organs in Henan struck and eliminated a criminal gang that carried out extortion by maliciously complaining about online stores, apprehending 41 criminal suspects; public security organs in Guangdong proactively screened for clues and struck and eliminated eight labor crash-for-cash criminal gangs that extorted construction sites, apprehending 65 criminal suspects.
Return to TopAccording to a message from the Central Meteorological Observatory (中央气象台), this year's 13th typhoon, "White Dolphin," made landfall in Zhejiang twice on August 9, and its intensity gradually weakened after moving inland. It is currently maintaining tropical storm level and continues to move northwestward.
Meteorological monitoring shows that at 13:00 on the 10th, the center of Typhoon "White Dolphin" moved from Lishui (丽水), Zhejiang, into the territory of Shangrao (上饶), Jiangxi; at 17:00 it was located within the territory of Dexing (德兴), Jiangxi, with maximum wind force of level 8 at the periphery. The Central Meteorological Observatory predicts that as "White Dolphin" moves further inland, from the 10th to the 12th, there will be sustained large-scale heavy rainfall in Zhejiang, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Anhui, Hubei, Henan, Hebei, and other areas, with extremely heavy rain locally, and parts of the areas will also experience severe convective weather such as short-duration heavy precipitation, thunderstorms, and gales. After the 13th, as the remnant system of the typhoon moves northward and combines with cold air, there will be significant rainfall in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, Liaoning, and other areas.
At 18:00 on the 10th, the Central Meteorological Observatory issued a meteorological risk warning for floods on small and medium rivers, and continued to issue a blue typhoon warning, a blue severe convective weather warning, and an orange heavy rain warning; the Ministry of Natural Resources (自然资源部) and the China Meteorological Administration jointly issued an orange meteorological risk warning for geological disasters; the Ministry of Water Resources (水利部) and the China Meteorological Administration jointly issued an orange meteorological warning for mountain torrent disasters; the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (农业农村部) and the China Meteorological Administration continued to issue a risk warning for waterlogging in farmland.
The National Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters (国家防总) and the Ministry of Emergency Management (应急管理部) activated a Level IV flood control emergency response for Hubei and Shandong at 08:00 on the 10th, and activated a Level IV flood control emergency response for Hebei and Henan at 15:00.
On the 10th, the Office of the National Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters and the Ministry of Emergency Management continued to organize multi-departmental joint consultations with Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Anhui, Henan, Jiangxi and other provinces to study and judge the development trend of Typhoon "White Dolphin" and the recent heavy rainfall, and to deploy prevention and response work. The National Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters and the Ministry of Emergency Management maintained a Level III flood control and typhoon prevention emergency response for Zhejiang, as well as a Level IV flood control and typhoon prevention emergency response for Shanghai, Jiangsu, Anhui, and Jiangxi, dispatched two additional working groups to Hebei and Henan, and the working groups previously dispatched continued to assist and guide flood control and typhoon prevention work on the front line in Zhejiang, Fujian, and Heilongjiang.
From 08:00 on the 9th to 08:00 on the 10th, affected by rainfall, the Yongjiang River in Zhejiang experienced the No. 1 flood of 2026, and the Jiaojiang River experienced the No. 2 flood of 2026. On the morning of the 10th, the Ministry of Water Resources held a special consultation meeting to continuously analyze and judge the development situation and impact of Typhoon "White Dolphin." Based on the 24-hour rainfall forecast, the Ministry of Water Resources issued targeted "one province, one list" (一省一单) warnings to nine provinces, including Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Henan, Hubei, Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, and Yunnan, notifying the list of counties (cities, districts) covered by heavy rainfall, the list of reservoirs, and the risk areas and points for mountain torrent disasters, and reminding them to do a good job in flood and mountain torrent disaster prevention. At 14:00 on the 10th, the Ministry of Water Resources activated a Level IV flood defense emergency response for Hebei, Shandong, Henan, and Hubei.
On the 10th, the Ministry of Transport (交通运输部) held a video dispatch with the transportation authorities of Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Anhui, Hubei, Jiangsu, Henan, Shandong, and Hebei provinces, as well as the provincial transportation investment groups and highway groups, and the Yangtze River Maritime Safety Administration, demanding that they resolutely implement proactive defense measures, solidly carry out highway safety risk control, effectively strengthen water traffic safety supervision, and hold the bottom line of transportation safety.
On the 10th, the National Commission for Disaster Prevention, Reduction and Relief (国家防减救灾委) and the Ministry of Emergency Management, in response to the severe impact of Typhoon "White Dolphin" on Zhejiang, activated a National Level IV disaster relief emergency response, dispatched a disaster relief working group to the disaster area to inspect the disaster situation on the ground, and guided and assisted local authorities in carrying out disaster relief and assistance work. The National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委) urgently arranged 200 million yuan from central budget investment to support Zhejiang in post-typhoon disaster emergency recovery, with the funds mainly used for the emergency recovery and construction of damaged infrastructure such as roads and water conservancy, and public service facilities such as schools and hospitals in the disaster area, to promote the restoration of normal production and living order as soon as possible.
On the 10th, the Ministry of Finance (财政部) and the Ministry of Emergency Management urgently pre-allocated 180 million yuan in central natural disaster relief funds, of which 120 million yuan is used to support Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian, and Jiangxi in carrying out flood control and typhoon prevention emergency rescue and disaster relief work, and 60 million yuan is used to support Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps in carrying out drought relief work.
As of 19:00 on the 10th, eight cities in Jiangsu, including Nanjing, Wuxi, Changzhou, Suzhou, Nantong, Yancheng, Zhenjiang, and Yangzhou, have raised their typhoon emergency response to Level III. At present, the entire province of Jiangsu is making every effort to carry out the defense work against Typhoon "White Dolphin." Supervision teams have been dispatched to 13 prefecture-level cities to inspect and guide typhoon defense work. All departments and localities have carried out full-coverage grid-based investigation and rectification of 35 types of risks across 12 fields.
(Compiled from reports by our correspondents Jiang Xuehong (蒋雪鸿), Deng Jianyang (邓剑洋), Liu Wenxin (刘温馨), Han Xin (韩鑫), Li Xinping (李心萍), Qu Zhehan (曲哲涵), and Yao Xueqing (姚雪青))
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With good work style and a favorable image, the masses will sincerely follow; with strict discipline and a good political ecosystem, the battle fortresses will be strong and solid.
What the masses look at is conduct that sets an example, a long-term vision, and also moral character and work style. By having cadres dare to act and thereby drive the masses to dare to pioneer, on the road of high-quality development, this source of strength at the grassroots level will surely burst forth with surging vitality and stir up infinite potential.
In exchanges with several cadres heading to the grassroots, when discussing the key to carrying out work, several people 不约而同 (bù yuē ér tóng – “without prior agreement, to act in unison,” coincidentally) mentioned “cohesion” — how to unite the strength of the masses into a single rope.
Indeed, 孤掌难鸣 (gū zhǎng nán míng – “one hand cannot clap,” it is hard to achieve alone); if we cannot mobilize the masses’ initiative, proactivity, and creativity, no matter how good the vision, it will be difficult to turn into reality.
How to unite the masses? As the common saying goes: “Villages look at villages, households look at households, the masses look at Party members, and Party members look at cadres.” To win trust, Party members and cadres must withstand being “watched.”
What is watched is the ability to take action. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: “Demanding people from above, pushing people from behind, are both not as effective as leading people from the front.” 身体力行 (shēn tǐ lì xíng – “personally do and practice,” to lead by action) and 以身作则 (yǐ shēn zuò zé – “take oneself as an example,” to set an example), only then can we fully mobilize the initiative of all sides.
For example, in grassroots work, it is inevitable to encounter situations where the masses have doubts and are unwilling to cooperate. When serving as the Party branch secretary of Liangjiahe (梁家河) Brigade, in order to alleviate fuel shortages, Comrade Xi Jinping planned to learn from Sichuan’s experience and build biogas digesters. Some did not believe: “Sichuan is warm, Yanchuan (延川) is cold, biogas cannot be built here!”
How to break the deadlock? Only by taking the lead and doing solid work. There was no sand for building the pools, so he led everyone to Qianmagou (前马沟) 15 li away to dig; cement could not be transported in, so he led the villagers to carry it back from the commune 15 li away; lacking lime, they built their own lime kiln… The first biogas lamp on the Shaanbei Plateau was lit, and the masses were deeply inspired.
Doubt often stems from not seeing a clear way out or not grasping the benefits. No matter which kind, only by throwing oneself into the work and taking the lead, providing a feasible path and bringing development dividends, can one ignite the masses’ enthusiasm for undertaking endeavors. In rural development, village cadres were the first to transfer their own land; in urban renewal, community cadres went from house to house to coordinate plans… Since the new era, every grassroots advanced worker has been exactly like this.
Watching the ability to act is also about watching the relationship between power and responsibility. “In one’s position, plan for its governance; in one’s post, fulfill its duties” — this is the most basic requirement for Party members and cadres. To not let down the power entrusted by the Party and the people, one must have the courage to shoulder responsibility. Wading into the water to chart a course, rather than shouting orders from the shore, will naturally win the support and endorsement of the masses.
Solid work gathers people’s hearts; how one does it tests their view on political achievement. Only by properly balancing latent achievements and visible achievements can one withstand being watched in the long term and being watched repeatedly.
In Yucun (余村), Anji, Zhejiang, extensive development 无以为继 (wú yǐ wéi jì – “no way to continue,” unsustainable), so village cadres decided to shut down the cement plant and the mine. Village collective income plummeted like a cliff; someone held bowls and chopsticks and banged them in front of the village committee office building with a “clatter clatter.” The pain of transformation arrived; how to continue?
Only by transforming development philosophy and discarding empty work and short-sightedness can we paint a new picture of modern villages. Repairing potholed village roads, restoring mountain ecology, exploring green industries… Yucun reappeared as 绿水青山 (lǜ shuǐ qīng shān – “clear waters and green mountains,” ecological environment) and won 金山银山 (jīn shān yín shān – “golden mountain and silver mountain,” material wealth). Looking back, the path was difficult but correct.
“We must not only do practical things that the common people can see, touch, and benefit from, but also do good things that pave the way, lay the foundation, and benefit the long term for future generations.” Short-sighted pursuit of profit or creating gimmicks may stir up a “passing gust” – the momentum may not be small, but ultimately it cannot be sustained. Only by correctly handling the dialectical relationship between the present and the long term can undertaking endeavors have a clearer sense of direction, and can we create achievements that withstand the test of practice and history, truly benefit the people, and gain public recognition.
Furthermore, “watching” is also supervision. Being afraid that contact with the masses will bring trouble, being afraid that doing things for the masses will cause hassle, being afraid that being discovered by the masses to be seeking personal gain will make it hard to extricate oneself… all these fears are due to selfish motives at work. Work style and discipline determine the image of Party members and cadres among the masses, and also affect the political ecosystem of grassroots Party organizations. With good work style and a favorable image, the masses will sincerely follow; with strict discipline and a good political ecosystem, the battle fortresses will be strong and solid.
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out, “Make the rectification of unhealthy practices and corruption around the masses an important task to be grasped on a regular basis.”
Sunshine is the best preservative. In Yiwu, Zhejiang, the Chengxi Subdistrict (城西街道) established a “village-level project bidding public trust platform” to ensure projects are fully listed online and traces can be checked; in Zhangye (张掖), Gansu, a list of four types of micro-power was established to “expose” matters of common concern clearly and openly… By using institutional innovation to ensure the masses see clearly, it helps grassroots Party members and cadres strengthen their work style, and lets the masses enhance their sense of trust in a state of 一目了然 (yī mù liǎo rán – “one glance and it’s clear,” obvious at a glance).
What the masses look at is conduct that sets an example, a long-term vision, and also moral character and work style. Jiao Yulu (焦裕禄), Gu Wenchang (谷文昌), Yang Shanzhou (杨善洲)… regarding model cadres, the masses all see them in their eyes and cherish them in their hearts. By having cadres dare to act and thereby drive the masses to dare to pioneer, on the road of high-quality development, this source of strength at the grassroots level will surely burst forth with surging vitality and stir up infinite potential.
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Only through creative transformation (创造性转化) that fits the context of the times can professional archaeological discoveries and research achievements better move from the academic ivory tower into the hearts of the public and become the 源头活水 (yuán tóu huó shuǐ - "living water from the source," the sustaining wellspring) that nourishes cultural confidence (文化自信).
Grinning pottery figurines, charming auspicious vessels, adorable children on silk... Recently, the Liaoning Provincial Museum (辽宁省博物馆), in association with many cultural relic and museum institutions across the country, brought together more than 300 cultural relics and works — pottery, jade, bronzes, stone-carved statues, paintings, and sculptures — and launched the special exhibition "Smile—Imprints of the Chinese Spirit in Cultural Relics" (微笑——文物里的中国精神印记), which has won sustained praise from culture fans and heritage buffs.
Cultural relics are history in solid form, inscribing the national memory of particular eras and carrying the emotional core of one generation after another. For example, the Eastern Han drum-beating storytelling figurine of the National Museum of China, holding a drum in one hand and raising a mallet in the other, with limbs relaxed yet full of tension, renders the performer's image with 淋漓尽致 (lín lí jìn zhì - "drenched through and carried to the utmost," vividly and thoroughly); the Eastern Han pottery kitchen figurine of the Chengdu Museum (成都博物馆) toils amid plain cooking smoke and creates delicious flavors, vivid in its likeness. The "smiles" on cultural relic after cultural relic traverse time and space, sketching an easy and contented tableau of everyday street life, and vividly exemplifying the Chinese people's optimistic nature.
Cultural confidence is not an abstract slogan but a spiritual structure built brick by brick. Our cultural assurance lies hidden within the brimming "smiles" of the cultural relics and is deposited in the faith in life that myriad cultural relics bear. From the composed cheer left by pottery figurines in years of upheaval, to the fine hopes entrusted to auspicious vessels in the ordinary marketplace, to the hope of ceaseless life carried by images of infants, what is 一脉相承 (yī mài xiāng chéng - "passed down through one continuous line," carried on in unbroken succession) is a national undertone of turning toward goodness, turning toward warmth, and loving life. To cherish what one loves and hold fast to goodness is precisely the master key by which the Chinese nation, after repeated hardships, has grown 愈挫愈勇 (yù cuò yù yǒng - "the more setbacks, the braver," stronger with each ordeal). Revealing and carrying forward the spiritual power within cultural relics helps us advance with steadfast resolve amid the waves of the times and keeps the torch of civilization 生生不息 (shēng shēng bù xī - "born again and again without ceasing," multiplying and continuing without end), 绵延不绝 (mián yán bù jué - "stretching far without breaking," unbroken through the ages).
For a long time, many a cultural relic display stopped at basic introductions of date, material, and use, and the spiritual connotations borne by the relics were left buried. In recent years, China's cultural relic and museum work has gradually moved beyond static display into a new realm of deep value interpretation and creative transformation. Beyond shallow research into the forms and dates of objects, the deep excavation of the national psychology and spiritual traits behind the relics' expressions has not only made the smiles of thousand-year-old pottery figurines a spiritual exemplar that people can touch and empathize with, but has also powerfully proven that rigorous academic research and vivid modern expression are not incompatible.
Archaeological research at the Palace Museum upholds the living-heritage conservation concept of "minimal intervention, minimally invasive excavation" (最小干预、微创发掘), and through the on-site transformation of "excavating while displaying" and through thematic exhibitions, has turned the Yuan, Ming, and Qing "three-layer stack" (三叠层) remains beneath the Forbidden City into archaeological evidence perceivable by the public; the Baoji Bronzeware Museum (宝鸡青铜器博物院) has dug deep into the connotation of the He zun's (何尊) inscription "Zhai zi Zhongguo" (宅兹中国, "to dwell in this Central State"), and by digital means has made the great bronze vessel "speak," transforming obscure archaeological language into stories that ordinary people can understand. Only through creative transformation that fits the context of the times can professional archaeological discoveries and research achievements better move from the academic ivory tower into the hearts of the public and become the living water from the source that nourishes cultural confidence.
Worth noting is that this "Smile"-themed cultural relic special exhibition at the Liaoning Provincial Museum is built on the foundation of 38 cultural relic and museum institutions nationwide joining hands. If more sleeping cultural relics are to "speak," the three pathways of research, dissemination, and popularization must be opened, pooling the wisdom, resources, and actions of all parties.
Cultural relic institutes and museums, together with archaeologists and cultural historians, dig deep into the spiritual connotations behind the objects, refusing to stop at shallow interpretations of date and form, and distill the deeper meanings borne by the cultural relics; with digital technology, they build online exhibition halls, launch livestreams interpreting cultural relics, and use accessible narratives to dissolve the sense of historical distance; they launch study-travel classroom programs, themed special exhibitions, and cultural-creative aesthetic education, turning abstract spirit into stories that the public can empathize with... Constructing a multi-level, three-dimensional system for interpreting cultural relics can make the relics "speak" more adeptly and help us today cultivate deep-rooted cultural confidence in the course of reading and understanding them.
Objects are silent; culture flows deep. Cultural relics of every kind are not only the vivid vestiges of ancient life, but also the concrete carriers of the Chinese nation's spiritual character. By deeply cultivating cultural relic interpretation, innovating heritage communication, and discerning through the objects the deep-seated assurance of civilization's unbroken continuation, we will surely further gather a vast and mighty cultural force.
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[Keyword] Self-brought cup
[Event] “Environmental protection doesn’t have to be grand; it can also start from this cup today!” Recently, the act of bringing one’s own cup for coffee has been gaining popularity on social platforms. When the concept of environmental protection becomes a conscious part of life, and when individual actions converge into social consensus, a warm journey together unfolds.
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“Going out early in the morning to ‘get’ coffee feels more ritualistic than ordering delivery.” As the trend of “carrying a kettle to fetch water” sweeps through young people, the densely packed disposable coffee cups in the pickup area have decreased, and more customers are queuing at the counter holding various self-brought cups. “We can sell about 100 cups of self-brought-cup coffee per day” — this sales figure from a coffee shop located in a concentrated office area reflects the rapid growth in the scale of the self-brought-cup consumer group.
Some say “it saves money; if I pool it together I can have one more cup a week,” while others say “the cup looks nice; I purely want to show off my gear.” Bringing one’s own cup for coffee is both affordable and rich in emotional value and social value, creating a low-carbon action of “refilling” together for a green future.
Breaking out of the circle has its logic to follow. In communication studies there is the concept of “ritual” — communication is not just a process of transmitting information, but also a process in which a group of people share meaning space and identity through joint participation. In other words, what matters is not only “what information tells people,” but also “what activities people participate in and what kind of people they become.” In practice, creating an atmosphere of participation often stimulates people’s initiative and motivation more effectively than mere information and appeals.
Mobile payment platforms quantify users’ low-carbon behaviors and encourage friend interaction; the volunteer campaign “Please Plant Trees in Minqin” uses social media relay to increase topic prominence. In recent years, many green lifestyle cases that have broken out of the circle and become popular have not lacked similar ingenuity. When concepts step out of promotional boards and are no longer a checklist of “check-in” or “tick-box” tasks, but transform into pleasures that young people are willing to share, related behaviors will naturally 蔚然成风 (wèi rán chéng fēng - “luxuriant growth becomes wind,” to become widespread practice).
Of course, for a concept to take root, it cannot rely solely on a spiritual sense of ritual; it must also depend on a material support chain. For example, businesses need to optimize product and service supply, improve consumers’ green experience, and meet emotional consumption needs; relying on innovative models such as green points to enrich the gameplay is conducive to green consumption spreading from points to surfaces, further activating consumers’ endogenous motivation.
It is not limited to low-carbon environmental protection. Look at changing customs and habits: from “three-no” weddings with no bridesmaids (or groomsmen), no picking up the bride, and no motorcade, to the popularity of “getting married by subway” and “using a bus as the wedding car” — more and more young people are actively choosing to embrace lightweight, personalized lifestyles. Look at cultural heritage: “national tide” organically connects heavy history with popular culture, attracting young people to participate in, experience, and spread culture through storytelling and interactivity. Practice has repeatedly proven that focusing effort on a sense of participation often yields 事半功倍 (shì bàn gōng bèi - “half the effort, double the result,” achieving more with less effort).
The outward expansion of popularity constitutes the inward activation of confidence. Walking together with companions, co-building and co-sharing, in a certain sense, means paying attention to people’s needs and realizing people’s value. After all, no matter how grand an undertaking, is it not a gathering of repeated joint participation? Being good at creating an inclusive atmosphere, strengthening demand-driven, interest-driven, and value-driven approaches, so that more people become doers — countless warm journeys together can converge into a powerful force, helping us jointly create a happy life and stride toward a bright future.
In recent years, China's new-type energy storage industry has continuously achieved technological breakthroughs, moving from the initial stage of commercial application into a new phase of large-scale development. As of the end of 2025, the nationwide cumulative installed capacity of new-type energy storage reached 136 million kilowatts / 351 million kilowatt-hours, a year-on-year increase of 84.3% and a growth of more than 40 times compared with the end of the 13th Five-Year Plan period, becoming a key supporting force for the new-type power system and an important pillar industry of the national energy strategy.
This is exactly:
Deep cultivation of technology nurtures new sprouts,
Installation acceleration bursts into brilliant blossoms.
Flexible absorption and consumption add to the foundation,
Stable electricity secures the state and benefits myriad households.
Xu Zhiwen
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Without going to exhibitions, the workshop is the livestreaming studio; without running to markets, the assembly line is the display stand. Industrial product livestreaming activates new momentum for industries and has become a powerful lever for accelerating county economy development. As of July 10, over 9,000 industrial enterprises in Hebei Province have carried out industrial product livestreaming, achieving full coverage of all counties (cities, districts).
The confidence of Hebei's county economy stems, in a very important aspect, from the manufacturing sector that covers numerous niche tracks. Enterprises distributed across counties refine their craftsmanship and improve supporting facilities, giving birth to a large batch of industrial products with excellent quality and outstanding strength. However, for a long time, many enterprises have had traditional marketing models, relatively limited customer acquisition scope, and high customer expansion costs, leading to some “county-made” products having quality but no reputation. In the wave of digital marketing, actively embracing industrial product livestreaming is a beneficial choice for enterprises to break through geographical limitations, broaden market boundaries, and activate development potential.
Industrial product livestreaming turns the livestreaming studio into a “cloud-based factory inspection” site. Buyers can watch production processes such as raw material selection, precision machining, and full-chain quality inspection through the lens, intuitively perceive the enterprise’s production strength, quickly establish cooperation trust, and achieve efficient and precise transactions. Boang Auto (伯昂汽车) in Cheng’an County (成安), Handan, deeply cultivates the specialized vehicle track and boldly tried industrial product livestreaming, achieving sales of 350 million yuan last year, of which 85% of orders came from online. Yutian County (玉田), Tangshan, focuses on the printing machinery industry, and many enterprises regularly conduct live broadcasts of workshop scenes, showcasing equipment manufacturing precision and performance advantages. One of these enterprises received nearly 5 million yuan in orders just two months after starting livestreaming. Industrial product livestreaming has unblocked the traditional production-sales bottlenecks, allowing many “county-made” products to reach national and global markets, achieving efficient conversion of production capacity into output value.
Looking from a deeper level, industrial product livestreaming brings not only order growth but also promotes deep-level changes in enterprise R&D, production, marketing, and service. Industrial product livestreaming builds a direct connection channel between factories and markets, turning the livestreaming studio into a timely and precise “market radar”. Jingwei Auto (京威汽车) in Dachang County (大厂), Langfang, responded to the demand for dedicated heating for gas vehicles raised by livestreaming customers, quickly iterating adaptation solutions. Now its product categories have expanded from 6 before livestreaming to 21. From production based on experience to “smart manufacturing on demand”, industrial product livestreaming reshapes enterprise development thinking, avoids homogenized competition, and drives the upgrade of production towards refinement, customization, and branding.
To continuously amplify the empowering effect of industrial product livestreaming, it is still necessary to raise awareness and optimize services. Enterprises should embrace digitalization and take livestreaming as an important lever to connect with markets, iterate products, and build brands. All localities should continuously improve supporting services, rely on platforms such as livestreaming bases to carry out customized, hands-on public welfare training, cultivate a group of professional livestreamers who understand craftsmanship, technology, and markets, and better solve the problem of small and medium-sized enterprises “not knowing how to livestream, not daring to livestream, and not livestreaming well”.
The lens aimed at the workshop is the fulcrum for “county-made” products to break out of their circle. Making good use of this digital fulcrum, deeply cultivating niche tracks, and persisting in quality improvement and innovation will enable more high-quality “county-made” products to stand firm in the market and polish their brands, laying a solid foundation for the high-quality development of the county economy.
(Excerpted from Hebei Daily, originally titled “The Lens Aimed at the Workshop Is the Fulcrum for ‘County-Made’ Products to Break Out of Their Circle”)
Return to TopBy: 王赟鹏
By providing both "face-to-face" services and making good use of "screen-to-screen" technology, ensuring that AI applications are convenient for the people without disturbing them, and improve efficiency without causing trouble, can we truly enhance the well-being of the masses.
Based on localized corpora and voice Q&A, personalized smart services are created; focusing on residents' pain points, "small but refined" functional modules such as security maps and convenience service maps are added... At the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference, a street in Shanghai participated in creating the "Beautiful Life·Palm Treasure" (美好生活·掌中宝) Cao Yang Smart Agent (曹杨智能体), which was pre-released to help upgrade community services. The advancement of digital and intelligent grassroots governance brings future scenarios that are exciting to anticipate.
Digital and intelligent transformation often implies substantial system investment, professional technical teams, and long adaptation cycles, leaving many grassroots units with weak foundations and tight staffing 有心无力 (yǒu xīn wú lì - "have heart, no strength," willing but unable to act). As general-purpose AI technology iterates and matures, lightweight, scenario-based, and low-cost application solutions continue to emerge, intuitively demonstrating the multiplier effect released by AI penetrating and integrating into various fields of the economy and society.
AI technology integrating into grassroots units in a pragmatic, inclusive, and efficient manner helps raise total factor productivity across society and also helps narrow the digital divide between regions and industries, allowing the fruits of scientific and technological development to benefit the broad masses more and more fairly. Not long ago, a grassroots cadre in Miyun District (密云区), Beijing, purchased a large-model service and used AI to assist in coding, spending only about 20 yuan in cost and taking about one month to develop a flood prevention "call-response" (防汛“叫应”) mini-program. This mini-program can realize visual dispatch of geological disaster risk points, rainfall changes, and the evacuation status of the masses across the entire district. A grassroots cadre familiar with front-line operations can, with the help of AI tools, improve the level of digital governance — this is a vivid footnote to how smart technology lowers the application threshold.
It should be noted that the lowering of the technical threshold does not mean a simultaneous lowering of the risk threshold. The more widespread the application, the more potential hazards such as algorithmic bias, data leaks, and unclear attribution of responsibility cannot be ignored. The broader the space for cross-boundary integration, the more necessary it is to strike a balance between encouraging innovation and regulating development. Especially in areas closely related to the vital interests of the masses, such as grassroots governance and public services, the orientation of technology for good must be upheld, full-process supervision must be strengthened, and personal information rights and interests must be protected.
Viewed from grassroots practice, the empowering and auxiliary role of AI for grassroots governance is built on the foundation of services not being scaled back and management not being compromised. In Suyu District (宿豫区), Suqian (宿迁), Jiangsu (江苏), community grid groups deploy AI assistants that automatically answer residents' high-frequency questions about social security, school enrollment, etc., 24 hours a day, and automatically classify residents' opinions and suggestions, pushing them to the corresponding grid workers for handling; in Yingzhou District (颍州区), Fuyang (阜阳), Anhui (安徽), AI monitoring is deployed on the streets; when illegal street vending is detected, it uses broadcasts to "softly call out" (柔性喊话) to persuade; if the problem is not corrected in time, the system dispatches a work order to nearby urban management law enforcement personnel for on-site resolution. By providing both "face-to-face" services and making good use of "screen-to-screen" technology, ensuring that AI applications are convenient for the people without disturbing them, and improve efficiency without causing trouble, can we truly enhance the well-being of the masses.
Currently, AI is at a critical stage of deepening from technological breakthroughs to application scenarios. Focusing on improving grassroots cadres' digital literacy and risk identification capabilities, while preventing both "not knowing how to use" and "daring not to use," and also avoiding "blind use" and "reckless use," we will surely use digital intelligence to help grassroots governance improve quality and increase efficiency, accelerate on the correct track of benefiting the people, and continuously strengthen the masses' sense of gain, happiness, and security.
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Return to TopGeneral Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized, “Science and technology are the primary productive force, talent is the first resource, and innovation is the first driving force” “Accelerate the building of a national strategic talent force, strive to cultivate and bring forth more master scholars, strategic scientists, first-class scientific and technological leaders and innovation teams, young scientific and technological talents, outstanding engineers, great artisans, and highly skilled talents” “I hope everyone will carry forward the fine tradition of serving the country and benefiting the people, and make new contributions to building a strong science and technology nation.”
From basic research to strategic frontier science and technology, from key core technology fields to philosophy and social sciences, all kinds of outstanding expert talents are committed to innovation and creation, bravely shouldering the mission of the times, and have made outstanding contributions to the country’s scientific and technological innovation, social progress, and the happiness of the people.
General Secretary Xi Jinping always cares about expert talents with his heart, and has always attached great importance to education, science and technology, and talent work. The invitation by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council for outstanding expert representatives to vacation in Beidaihe has become an important institutional arrangement for the Party and the state’s talent work. A few days ago, reporters of this newspaper interviewed several outstanding expert talents who participated in the summer vacation activities, listening to their stories of scaling new heights, making new contributions, and contributing greater wisdom and strength to advancing Chinese-style modernization.
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Professor of the Army Engineering University of the People’s Liberation Army, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering Qian Qihu (钱七虎)—
“Wherever the country needs, the scientist’s gaze should go there”
Reporter of this newspaper Li Xinping
“The intelligent construction of shield tunnel engineering is a valuable and meaningful issue.” Talking about the topic he has been focusing on recently, 88-year-old Professor of the Army Engineering University of the People’s Liberation Army, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering Qian Qihu, spoke succinctly.
What is a shield tunnel? Simply put, it is a tunnel “chewed” out underground or underwater using a shield machine or tunnel boring machine, which can achieve one excavation, one integrated forming.
Let’s go back to 2001. At that time, crossing the Yangtze River mainly relied on building bridges, but bridge piers affected navigation. “The Yangtze River golden waterway is the country’s water transport ‘giant panda’.” Qian Qihu made a suggestion: “The Yangtze River should build underwater tunnels.”
After that, China’s large-shield tunnel construction kicked off.
At that time, we could only buy foreign shield machines and invite foreign experts to guide us, being in the “following” stage. Later, Wuhan, Nanjing, Shanghai and other places began to build shield tunnels one after another, and China’s shield technology accelerated its catch-up. As director of the expert committee, Qian Qihu, together with his team members, pooled wisdom and efforts (群策群力, qún cè qún lì - “pool wisdom and join strength,” to work together and combine ideas and efforts), to overcome problems such as high water pressure and complex geology in projects like the Nanjing Yangtze River Tunnel.
“Core technology cannot be bought.” This is a phrase Qian Qihu often says.
China’s shield industry has moved forward step by step. From cooperative production to independent research and development, to comprehensive breakthroughs in core components. Nowadays, our country can not only build super-large diameter shield machines above 16 meters, but the required main bearings above 8 meters have also been successfully developed.
Now, China has the largest number of shield tunnels in the world. From the Yangtze River, the Yellow River to the Pearl River, from Jiaozhou Bay to Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao, Chinese engineers are challenging various complex geological environments. Domestic shield machines have also gone abroad, exported to many countries and regions.
“In the future, shield tunnel engineering should strive toward intelligence and fewer personnel.” Qian Qihu gave an example: during the excavation process of a shield machine, the cutting tools inevitably wear out and need to be replaced, and the process of replacing tools is called “dancing on the tip of a knife.”
This is because when a shield machine operates tens of meters underwater, the pressure is as high as over 0.7 megapascals. Manual high-pressure tool replacement is not only high-risk but also inefficient. “Is it possible to let robots replace the tools?” Qian Qihu proposed the idea.
This idea gave birth to China’s first heavy-load intelligent shield tool-changing robot. Through the joint research of units such as China Railway 14th Bureau, this robot with fully independent intellectual property rights integrates 11 degrees of freedom and a load capacity of 500 kilograms, successfully achieving “unmanned” tool change for large-diameter shield construction.
In Qian Qihu’s view, intelligent construction includes not only tool-changing robots but also automatic segment assembly, intelligent warning of mud cake agglomeration, etc. He advocates combining artificial intelligence technology with civil engineering to push shield tunnel engineering toward “fewer personnel, unmanned” operation.
From the suggestion to build an underwater tunnel across the Yangtze River, to assisting in the localization of equipment, to leading intelligent construction, Qian Qihu has always thought about the future of China’s tunnel engineering from the perspective of national needs, just as he said: “Wherever the country needs, the scientist’s gaze should go there.”
Key words: shield equipment
Using shield machines to carry out tunnel excavation construction, the shield machine is like a “steel earthworm,” relying on the cutter head and tools to cut and break soil and rock layers, mixing the muck into slurry, conveying it to the ground through pipelines, synchronously assembling segments like building blocks, linking ring by ring, continuously jacking forward, forming the tunnel in one go, minimizing disturbance to the surrounding environment.
To avoid being controlled by others, shield equipment must be localized. Under the continuous research efforts of the expert team led by Qian Qihu, our country has gradually broken through and mastered key core technologies for shields, building a number of shield-crossing Yangtze River tunnels such as the Nanjing Yangtze River Tunnel and the Wuhan Yangtze River Tunnel.
Professor of Shandong University, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Peng Shige (彭实戈)—
“Use mathematics to solve real-world technical problems”
Reporter of this newspaper Li Rui
Nearly eighty years old, his temples already covered with frost; when sitting quietly, his eyes and brows are full of the scholar’s gentleness—this is the first impression of Shandong University Professor and Chinese Academy of Sciences Academician Peng Shige.
Standing on the podium, holding chalk, his eyes suddenly light up, bright and spirited, his mind sharp, the logical deduction on the blackboard advancing layer by layer with each stroke, making people almost forget his age.
Starting in May of this year, Peng Shige has successively taught short courses at universities such as Soochow University and Sichuan University. In the classroom, he explained classical probability theory, systematically elucidating a new mathematical analysis paradigm for uncertainty constructed by nonlinear expectation theory.
“Every period has different aspirations, but the longing for science has lasted the longest; once you fall in love with it, you can’t leave it.” Many years later, Peng Shige recalled his youth like this. He was once obsessed with literature and poetry, and also infatuated with gymnastics. In high school, he wrote enthusiastically to Beijing Aeronautics Institute (now Beihang University), boldly proposing a design concept for a vertical take-off and landing aircraft.
In 1971, Peng Shige was admitted to Shandong University and assigned to the Department of Physics. But this did not extinguish his passion for mathematics. During his years of study, he immersed himself in the library, extensively reading classic works in physics, mathematics and other fields, and completed a paper on “Hyperbolic Complex Functions” through independent research. In the spring of 1978, Peng Shige entered the Institute of Mathematics of Shandong University to work, then went to France for further study in 1983, and returned to China in 1986 after completing his studies.
In the early 1990s, Peng Shige keenly discovered that overseas futures trading harbored significant potential risks. Using “backward stochastic differential equation” calculations, each trader made a single transaction, with the probability of loss far exceeding the probability of profit. Out of a high sense of responsibility, he wrote two letters in succession, submitted to Shandong University and the National Natural Science Foundation of China respectively, warning of risks in overseas futures markets and calling for accelerating theoretical research related to financial risks. This advice was valued. In 1996, the National Natural Science Foundation of China launched the major project “Financial Mathematics, Financial Engineering and Financial Management” with Peng Shige as the chief responsible person, pooling scientific research forces from 20 units across the country to jointly tackle key problems.
Deeply engaged in stochastic control, financial mathematics, and probability statistics, Peng Shige led the team to continuously tackle difficulties: In 2010, he was invited to give a one-hour report at the 26th International Congress of Mathematicians; in 2011, he won the Hua Luogeng Mathematics Prize; in 2020, for his pioneering contributions to the theory of backward stochastic differential equations, the nonlinear Feynman-Kac formula and the nonlinear mathematical expectation theory, he was awarded the Future Science Prize “Mathematics and Computer Science Prize”…
Outside the window, the shadows of wutong tree leaves sway. On the podium, Peng Shige still writes formulas stroke by stroke. “Basic mathematics is never abstract theory; we must use mathematics to solve real-world technical problems.” His voice was resounding, “Cherish passion, serve the country – that is the responsibility that scientific researchers should bear.”
(Yang Shuzhen contributed to this article)
Key words: financial mathematics
In 2020, Peng Shige was awarded the Future Science Prize for his pioneering contributions to the theory of backward stochastic differential equations, the nonlinear Feynman-Kac formula and nonlinear mathematical expectation theory.
Peng Shige’s team mainly conducts basic theoretical research in probability theory, nonlinear expectations and financial mathematics. Main contributions include the theory of backward stochastic differential equations and nonlinear expectation theory.
Backward stochastic differential equations provide a new mathematical analysis framework for the pricing of financial derivatives; nonlinear expectations are used to handle risk measurement problems when the probability model itself is uncertain. These works provide key mathematical tool support for financial risk management.
Professor of Peking University, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Wang Enge (王恩哥)—
“Scientific exploration always proceeds step by step”
Reporter of this newspaper Yan Yiqiao
In a laboratory of the School of Physics at Peking University, Professor of Peking University and Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Wang Enge, together with colleague Jiang Ying and others, held their breath and focused on the screen of a high-resolution scanning probe microscope. As the signal came, on the screen, images of a single hydrogen atom inside a water molecule and a single hydrogen bond in a water cluster gradually formed.
“This is the first time humanity has clearly seen the smallest and most elusive hydrogen atom in nature.” Not long ago, the Wang Enge team won the First Prize of the National Natural Science Award for their “Research on the Full Quantum Effects of Water’s Hydrogen Bond Strength and Dynamic Processes.” To “see clearly” this drop of water, Wang Enge and his team have devoted 25 years of painstaking research.
The reason this achievement attracted attention is that it touches a fundamental problem in physics.
After the establishment of the Schrödinger equation, in 1927, scholars Born and Oppenheimer proposed the adiabatic approximation of electronic states based on this equation. Under this framework, the atomic nucleus is often treated as a classical particle, with only electrons being quantized. For nearly a century since then, the field of condensed matter physics has almost taken the “Born-Oppenheimer approximation” as the starting point for studying physical problems.
“This paradigm usually only considers the wave nature of electrons, simplifying calculations, but neglects non-adiabatic effects and the quantum properties of the atomic nucleus.” Wang Enge had the idea of challenging the “century-old paradigm.” He proposed the idea of simultaneously quantizing both the atomic nucleus and the electrons.
Theory and experiment, walking on two legs. Over the following more than twenty years, the team not only proposed the theory of full quantum effects and developed a world-leading fully quantized computational software package, but also originally created the principle of high-order electrostatic force atomic imaging and developed a high-resolution scanning probe microscope system.
This instrument broke the situation of China’s high-end scanning probe microscopes relying on imports for nearly 40 years, realizing humanity’s dream of directly identifying hydrogen atoms, the smallest atoms, on a surface.
With the “eyes” to see hydrogen atoms and the “brain” to accurately explain hydrogen bond effects, a series of achievements followed.
The team discovered that the contribution of nuclear quantum effects to hydrogen bond strength can reach 14%, exceeding the influence of thermal effects at room temperature; the team also discovered the law that full quantum effects “strengthen strong hydrogen bonds, weaken weak hydrogen bonds”; recently, the team proposed a new idea that full quantum effects can regulate the state of matter, preparing a two-dimensional ice that breaks the “ice rules,” realizing a phase transition of ice from an insulating state to a metallic state under normal pressure…
“Scientific exploration always proceeds step by step.” In Wang Enge’s view, the task of scientists is to discover the laws that exist in nature. From teacher and student to collaborator, Wang Enge’s persistence in scientific research has also made Jiang Ying increasingly clear about her own scientific research goals: “Do not blindly follow trends or chase hot spots; dare to face major scientific difficulties, and have the courage and perseverance to endure sitting on a cold bench.”
Using 25 years to crack the quantum mystery of water, Wang Enge and the team now have a new goal. “The further development of hydrogen energy applications is one of the puzzles we want to solve next,” said Wang Enge.
Key words: condensed matter physics
In the field of condensed matter physics, traditional theories treat the atomic nucleus as a classical particle, ignoring its quantum properties. The Wang Enge team proposed to simultaneously quantize both the atomic nucleus and electrons, and for this purpose independently developed an internationally leading computational software package and high-resolution scanning probe microscope system.
The research found that nuclear quantum effects contribute up to 14% to hydrogen bond strength, revealing its unique law of “strengthening strong hydrogen bonds, weakening weak hydrogen bonds,” and further achieved a new state of two-dimensional ice by regulating full quantum effects. This achievement established a new paradigm for full quantum condensed matter physics research, laying an important foundation for understanding water’s anomalous properties and the development of fields such as water splitting for hydrogen production, water treatment and separation, and biological water transport.
President of Westlake University, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Shi Yigong (施一公)—
“Scientific research is not a 100-meter sprint; it is a marathon”
Reporter of this newspaper Zhang Yang
Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease is one of the most common hereditary kidney diseases. The pathogenic genes PKD1 and PKD2 encode polycystin-1 (PC1) and polycystin-2 (PC2) respectively, and the two assemble into a cation channel located on primary cilia. But how this channel “opens and closes the door” had never been clearly explained. Just last month, the Shi Yigong team published a research result that clarified this issue using high-resolution cryo-electron microscopy.
Shi Yigong is a structural biologist, president of Westlake University, and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. For decades, he has maintained a keenness for professional technology, constantly challenging the frontiers of science.
In the 1980s and 1990s, Shi Yigong graduated from Tsinghua University, went to study in the United States, and then entered Princeton University to teach. In just nine years, he became the youngest tenured full professor and chaired professor since the establishment of the Department of Molecular Biology at Princeton University.
At the height of his vigor, he resolutely returned to China in 2008. Although domestic scientific research conditions were not mature at the time, he firmly set his sights on a problem that many world-class laboratories had previously failed to conquer in the field of structural biology—elucidating the structure of the spliceosome.
The spliceosome is responsible for cutting out “invalid fragments” in genes and splicing together “effective fragments.” Once something goes wrong, thalassemia, cancer, and Alzheimer’s disease may follow. The Shi Yigong team plunged into it, failing again and again, adjusting again and again. He said: “Scientific research is not a 100-meter sprint; it is a marathon.”
Effort never fails to pay off. In 2015, the Shi Yigong team achieved a major breakthrough, becoming the only team in the world at that time to successfully capture and elucidate the high-resolution three-dimensional structures of all fully assembled spliceosomes during the RNA splicing process. The two papers published in the journal Science were hailed by international peers as “milestone breakthroughs.”
Shi Yigong made another decision—to found Westlake University (西湖大学). The school adheres to the orientation of “small but refined,” resolutely breaks the “Four Ills,” and builds a diverse, inclusive, free, and uplifting campus culture. In his view: “A group of scientists who persist in academic taste over the long term, a scientifically reasonable evaluation system, and a scientific research environment that encourages innovation and tolerates failure will certainly play an increasingly important role in basic research.”
In the past two years, the Shi Yigong team has continuously achieved a series of important scientific breakthroughs in frontier fields such as cell apoptosis, RNA splicing, and genetic disease mechanisms. In 2025, the team published research results in Science, clarifying the core mechanism of programmed cell death, tackling a problem long unresolved by the academic community. Since its founding, Westlake University (西湖大学) has continuously improved its scientific research strength, achieving more than 50 “world-first” breakthroughs. According to evaluations by relevant institutions, the school entered the top 100 of all world universities in scientific research in 2025.
Shi Yigong stated that on this endless journey of science, Westlake University must not only bravely advance in the uncharted territories of basic research, but also boldly explore in the deep waters of higher education and scientific research systems. On this road, he and his peers walk firmly and calmly.
Key words: structural biology
Structural biology is an interdisciplinary field that explores the determination of the three-dimensional spatial structure of biological macromolecules such as proteins and nucleic acids at the atomic/molecular resolution level, thereby elucidating their functions and mechanisms of action.
This is like disassembling a precise “life machine.” Only by seeing the specific shape and interlocking manner of each internal gear can we understand how it operates, why it malfunctions, and how to design an “exclusive wrench” to precisely turn it. Structure determines function; seeing the structure is like reading the “physical instruction manual” of life.
Director of the State Key Laboratory of Advanced Refractories, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering Li Hongxia (李红霞)—
“Building a ‘high-speed railway’ in temperatures of over a thousand degrees”
Reporter of this newspaper Fang Min
At noon, on the continuous casting platform of a large steel plant, heat waves carrying the smell of rust rushed over. Li Hongxia, Director of the State Key Laboratory of Advanced Refractories (先进耐火材料全国重点实验室) and Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, examined the uneven layer of attachments on the wall of the nozzle—traces left by the nodulation of alumina inclusions, like stubborn blood clots in blood vessels, blocking the lifeline of high-quality steel production.
The production of high-end automotive sheets and bearing steel has long been stuck by this “blood clot”—tiny non-metallic inclusions in the molten steel continuously gather, adhere, and grow on the nozzle wall, eventually blocking the flow channel, causing the cast slab to be scrapped, and greatly reducing steel performance and finished product pass rate.
For many years, the domestic steel industry tried various methods such as improving materials and optimizing processes, but could only slightly alleviate the problem, never able to “cure it.” What was even more perplexing was that, according to traditional fluid mechanics theory, inclusions should flow away with the molten steel or be adsorbed by slag, but they adhered to the wall, completely contradicting classical understanding.
Li Hongxia refused to accept this.
Relying on multiple national and enterprise joint scientific research projects, she led the team to integrate metallurgy, electrochemistry, materials science and other disciplines for collaborative research. Spending time in steel plants and laboratories, experiment after experiment gradually uncovered the truth—the alumina inclusions in high-temperature molten steel were positively charged, while the nozzle refractory material was negatively charged; positive attracts negative; Coulomb forces were the “culprit” behind the nodulation.
With new theoretical support, the team followed the vine to find the melon (顺藤摸瓜, shùn téng mō guā - “follow the vine to find the melon,” to track down clues and get to the bottom of things), developing a complete set of new electric field regulation metallurgy technology, equivalent to installing an “intelligent switch” in the molten steel, using the force of the electric field to nip nodulation in the bud while directionally “capturing” harmful inclusions.
From scientific discovery, theoretical breakthrough, technological invention, equipment creation to engineering application, this full-chain innovation precisely filled a key core shortcoming in China’s high-end steel continuous casting, reaching an internationally leading level overall.
More than 30 years ago, refractories was still a cold and difficult field. Asked why she chose this line of work, Li Hongxia said: “Professors Yuan Qiming, Academician Yan Dongsheng and other mentors guided me during my studies, and they also passed down by words and deeds the eight characters ‘seek truth and reality, put the family-state first,’ engraving them into my scientific research career.”
Beyond research, Li Hongxia values cultivating young people. Now, seeing batches of young people grow up, she says this is her “greatest happiness.”
During a science popularization activity, Li Hongxia made an analogy for the children: “We are building a ’high-speed railway’ in temperatures of over a thousand degrees, allowing molten steel to flow more smoothly.”
This is a career that tests true gold in the fire, and Li Hongxia is that piece of true gold tempered in the furnace for most of her life. It is this steadfastness that made up for the shortcomings that plagued the industry for many years.
Key words: advanced refractories
Advanced refractories are a class of inorganic non-metallic materials with stable physical and chemical properties, used in complex service environments such as high-temperature oxidation/reduction, vacuum/high pressure, gas-solid-liquid erosion, and multi-field coupling. Their characteristics include a multi-component, multi-phase, cross-scale (nanometer-millimeter), heterogeneous dense or porous complex material system, and depending on the service environment, they need to have specific high-temperature functions such as high-temperature resistance, thermal shock resistance, erosion resistance, and thermal/electrical insulation or conduction.
The complete set of electric field regulation metallurgy new technology developed by Li Hongxia’s team, after being implemented at Baosteel, Shougang, Nangang (Nanjing Iron and Steel), and Zhongtian Steel, delivered a hardcore report card: the average thickness of the nodulation layer on the nozzle decreased by more than 30%; the maximum number of consecutive pouring heats per single nozzle increased by up to double; large-size inclusions in the cast slab decreased by more than 25%; the downgrade rate of cold-rolled products dropped by more than 20%; the bearing steel flaw detection pass rate jumped from 75% to 99.5%; it can also replace expensive imported materials, significantly reducing costs.
Researcher at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Fu Qiaomei (付巧妹)—
“Always maintain a persistent inquiry into the unknown of science”
Reporter of this newspaper Wu Yuehui
In June 2025, the team of Fu Qiaomei, researcher at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所), and the team of Professor Ji Qiang of Hebei University of Geosciences (河北地质大学) announced a research result, attributing the “Harbin Man” to an early Denisovan lineage. Thus, the appearance and features of the ancient human group Denisovans, which had been a mystery since their discovery in 2008, gradually came to light.
The story starts with “Harbin Man.” In 1933, a construction worker in Harbin, Heilongjiang, discovered an ancient human skull fossil and preserved it. In 2018, this well-preserved skull fossil was collected by Hebei University of Geosciences. In 2021, Fu Qiaomei’s team keenly caught a key clue: the skeletal features of the “Harbin Man” skull were so complete that if ancient molecular information were preserved, it might reveal key clues about human evolution.
With this question, the team quickly joined hands with Hebei University of Geosciences, launching a battle to decipher the ancient origin.
“After the team performed multi-site micro-extraction and detection on key bones, we found nothing; besides contamination, there was absolutely no ancient DNA in the bones,” Fu Qiaomei said. The research once fell into a dilemma.
Fu Qiaomei and the team did not give up. The dental calculus on the outside of the only preserved tooth on the “Harbin Man” skull became the key to solving the puzzle. However, the calculus sample was very small. Although previous studies had successfully extracted dental microorganisms and human ancient DNA from human dental calculus, for samples older than 10,000 years, there were no relevant research cases.
To address this, Fu Qiaomei established a series of ultra-micro data mining and analysis methods, leading the team to repeatedly optimize extraction experiments for extremely small samples. She often arrived at the lab as early as three or four in the morning, writing programs to analyze massive sequencing data line by line. Eventually, the research team successfully extracted ancient human DNA from the tiny amount of dental calculus. Combined with previously obtained bone protein evidence, they proved that “Harbin Man” belongs to the Denisovans. This achievement was successfully selected as one of the Science magazine’s Top 10 Scientific Breakthroughs of 2025.
Dedicating more than ten years to the study of ancient genetics of human evolution, Fu Qiaomei led the team to continuously tackle core issues concerning East Asian human evolution. By innovatively developing ancient genome and ancient proteome technologies, they used molecular evidence to reconstruct the genetic map of East Asian Homo erectus, Denisovans, and diverse early modern humans, tracing the origins of Chinese ethnic groups and the evolutionary history of the past ten thousand years of main continuity and multiple integration.
In Fu Qiaomei’s view, scientific research is about persistently doing three things—not setting limits, not giving up, and always maintaining curiosity: “Not setting limits means not confining the boundaries of disciplines and abilities; not giving up means choosing to try again every time we fail; always maintaining curiosity means persistently questioning the unknown of science.”
“It is these three things that allow us to keep moving forward at the hardest junctures, turning the impossible into the possible,” said Fu Qiaomei. “In the future, I will lead the team to continuously explore and overcome technical bottlenecks, striving to continuously push the limits of human understanding of evolution.”
Key words: human evolution
Research on human evolution takes the fossil, genetic information, Paleolithic and related cultural remains of ancient humans and ancient apes as research objects, aiming to reconstruct the evolution history and patterns of humans.
China is rich in ancient human fossil resources with a complete stratigraphic sequence, and also preserves continuous Paleolithic cultural remains from the Early Pleistocene to the Late Pleistocene, giving it unique research advantages. China’s research on human evolution has spanned more than a hundred years, proposing a series of theories on human evolution, greatly enriching the picture of East Asian human evolution.
First-level Actor of the National Theatre of China (中国国家话剧院) Li Xuejian (李雪健)—
“We must strive to offer richer spiritual nourishment to the people”
Reporter of this newspaper Ren Shanshan
Li Xuejian is thinner than before. He took out a voice-to-text converter from his backpack, rather than the hearing aids he often carried in recent years. “Old Li’s hearing is completely gone; for daily communication, he relies on this or a mobile app for transcription,” explained Li Xuejian’s wife, Yu Haidan.
2026 marks Li Xuejian’s 49th year as a professional actor. From Li Dazhao, Jiao Yulu, Song Dacheng, Feng Shi to Zhao Shuli, Yang Shanzhou, Lu Xun, Gan Zuchang, Zhou Zhezi… he has “carved” a hundred different characters using his life, interpreting “life is like a play, a play is like life.”
This year is also his 26th year fighting cancer. The rays of chemotherapy killed the cancer cells, but also his salivary glands. Damaged vocal cords, hearing loss… for 26 years, he has suffered from the sequelae. Eight years ago, he underwent another surgery; fortunately, it turned out to be a false alarm.
He once promised “to make one film a year,” now it’s “as long as it’s a meaningful role, even if it’s just one scene, if they want me, I’ll go.” Li Xuejian spoke slowly, “I want to be a good supporting role.”
Completely deaf, how can he act well?
“I memorize the lines of my co-stars, and when performing, I watch the other’s mouth movements. Acting requires true listening, true seeing, true feeling. Having memorized the other’s lines, I also have to give improvised reactions. It demands a lot from me.” Li Xuejian also has his difficulties.
“The crew has helped me think of many methods. When filming the movie The Wandering Earth 3, the assistant director tied a controller to my wrist; when it was time for me to say my lines, he pressed the controller to signal me. This voice-to-text converter and the mobile app were methods found by Director Guo Fan.”
Saying this, Li Xuejian took out four photos from an envelope. Among them, three are group photos with Cui Daozhi, recipient of the July 1 Medal (七一勋章). “Having the opportunity to portray the elderly Cui Daozhi in a film was a learning opportunity, and I am very honored.” Another photo was taken near Tiananmen in the early hours of November 21, 2025; it was a group photo of Li Xuejian, the film’s main creators, and police officers on duty after the work was completed. In the photo, only the over-70-year-old Li Xuejian was still wearing a thin costume, but he said “my heart is warm.”
This year is also Li Xuejian’s 51st year as a Party member. “As an old Party member, bringing the images of outstanding Communist Party members onto the silver screen is my responsibility and also the value of life,” he said slowly. “For creation, I still have to risk my life.”
“Being able to eat the bowl of an actor is not easy. I treasure the profession of actor very much. I must strive to offer richer spiritual nourishment to the people.” Li Xuejian’s hoarse voice was full of determination—to be a qualified actor and, even more, to be a qualified Party member.
Why does an actor, over a half-century-long career, remain consistently dedicated to performance without any fatigue, even willing to risk half his life? Why do his roles always stay in the audience’s hearts? The answer lies in the word “treasure.”
Key words: role shaping
Using roles to make friends with the audience is Li Xuejian’s pursuit. Character roles are both the “outlet” for literary and artistic works to convey feelings and ideas, and the “window” for actors to dialogue with the audience. Li Xuejian has shaped characters with vastly different personalities. He connects with the characters he shapes, expressing everything he wants to say through those roles. Through his roles, he lets the audience feel what is true, good, and beautiful.
Role shaping, in the final analysis, is shaping a person. Scholar Feng Jicai once commented: every time Li Xuejian plays a person, the world gains one more “person.” Why can this “person” “stand firm”? Because the shaper uses life to empathize with life, sincerely serving the audience. And even more because this “person” is vivid, lively, and full of vitality, reflecting the common ideals and pursuits of the era.
By: 王 博
General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: “Encourage talents to deeply cherish patriotic sentiments, sharpen their ambition to serve the country, and actively take on the missions and responsibilities entrusted by the era.”
On the journey to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, there is such a group of people: they have toiled in their respective fields for decades, achieving many original, pioneering, and landmark major results. This is both the call of the era and the answer sheet written by this group with practice. They use 持之以恒 (chí zhī yǐ héng – “persevere with constancy,” to persist unremittingly) struggle as pen and ink to write a deep confession to the motherland.
Scaling the pinnacle of science is achieved through silent perseverance time and again. The path of scientific research is often lonely and long. Wang Enge (王恩哥) devotedly studied for 25 years, unraveling the quantum mysteries of water; Fu Qiaomei (付巧妹) willingly sat on the “cold bench” in the “unpopular” field of paleogenetics of human evolution, contributing to the study of human evolution… Even when questioned during the process, they never gave up, and finally, after keeping vigil, saw the clouds part and the moon appear. Behind this perseverance is not only a passion for science but also a simple belief rooted in serving the needs of the country. They are like stars in the night sky, silently operating, using enduring persistence to confront the unknown and loneliness. Such stories happen in countless laboratories and test grounds.
The endeavor does not stop at personal achievements; more importantly, learning must be applied on the land of the motherland. Qian Qihu (钱七虎) conquered challenges such as high water pressure and complex geology, helping the conception on blueprints become a tunnel crossing the ten-thousand-li Yangtze River; Li Hongxia (李红霞) developed a complete set of new electric field-controlled metallurgy technologies, filling the core shortcomings in China’s high-end steel continuous casting; Li Xuejian (李雪健) created many 深入人心 (shēn rù rén xīn – “deeply enter people’s hearts,” to be deeply rooted in people’s hearts) roles on the screen, striving to dedicate richer spiritual nourishment to the people… Their gazes both look up at the distant stars and land on the solid ground under their feet. They closely follow the needs of the country and the people, dedicating their lifelong efforts.
Stars shine in groups in the night sky; the power of example inspires more young hearts. They 以身作则 (yǐ shēn zuò zé – “use themselves as the rule,” to set an example), integrating the “small self” into the “big self,” guiding and influencing the younger generation, and cultivating with heart’s blood, nurturing 桃李芬芳 (táo lǐ fēn fāng – “peaches and plums fragrant,” many disciples or successful students) filling the garden. Peng Shige, in the education and research work of financial mathematics, combines the teaching of scientific knowledge with the moral education of students, forming a unique educational philosophy and teaching method; Shi Yigong, as president of Westlake University (西湖大学), is committed to nurturing top-notch talents and promoting the level of basic research… Under their inspiration and help, young people of the new era study assiduously and continue to struggle, helping China’s science and technology cause to continuously advance, and the country’s innovation-driven development has a steady stream of vitality.
In this era, what kind of “star” should we pursue? It is these strugglers who deeply cultivate every walk of life and repay the motherland with every bit of practice. They burn themselves and radiate brilliance, converging into the shining galaxy of this era.
General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: “We must seize historical opportunities, meet the challenges of the era, accelerate the construction of high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-strengthening, move firmly toward the goal of building a strong nation in science and technology by 2035, and solidly support and lead Chinese-style modernization with scientific and technological innovation.” The “Fifteenth Five-Year Plan” period is an important stage of 攻坚克难 (gōng jiān kè nán – “attack strongholds and overcome difficulties,” to tackle hard problems), 闯关夺隘 (chuǎng guān duó ài – “break through passes and seize defiles,” to overcome obstacles), and 久久为功 (jiǔ jiǔ wéi gōng – “persist for a long time to achieve success,” to make persistent efforts) in the construction of an education-strong country, a science-and-technology-strong country, and a talent-strong country. We look forward to more such strugglers, who continue the spiritual foundation of 矢志报国 (shǐ zhì bào guó – “swear to serve the country,” determined to serve the country), 深耕细作 (shēn gēng xì zuò – “deep plowing and careful cultivation,” to work diligently and meticulously), and with persistent effort and tenacity, jointly support the solid backbone of the country’s high-quality development.
Return to TopThis edition coordinated by: Yang Xuan (杨暄), Zhang Yanchun (张彦春), Zhi Chunli (智春丽); Layout design: Cai Huawei (蔡华伟).
Return to TopGeneral Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that “science and technology are the primary productive force, talent is the primary resource, and innovation is the primary driving force,” and that “we must accelerate the building of a national strategic talent force, and strive to cultivate and bring forth more masters, strategic scientists, leading scientific and technological talents and innovation teams, young scientific and technological talents, outstanding engineers, great-country craftsmen, and highly skilled technical personnel.” He also stated, “I hope everyone will carry forward the fine tradition of serving the country and benefiting the people, and make new contributions to building a strong nation in science and technology.”
From basic research to strategic frontier science and technology, from key core technology fields to the fields of philosophy and social sciences, outstanding experts and talents of all kinds are dedicated to innovation and creation, bravely shoulder the mission of the times, and have made outstanding contributions to the country’s scientific and technological innovation, social progress, and the well-being of the people.
General Secretary Xi Jinping always has experts and talents in his heart, and has consistently attached great importance to the work of education, science and technology, and talent. The invitation by the Party Central Committee and the State Council to outstanding expert representatives for a vacation in Beidaihe has become an important institutional arrangement for the Party and the state’s talent work. Recently, reporters from this newspaper interviewed several outstanding experts and talents who participated in the summer vacation activities, listening to their stories of scaling new heights, making new contributions in their respective posts, and contributing greater wisdom and strength to advancing Chinese-style modernization.
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Qian Qihu, Professor at the Army Engineering University of the People’s Liberation Army, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering — "Wherever the country needs it, that is where the scientist’s gaze should be"
Reporter of this newspaper: Li Xinping
“The intelligent construction of shield tunneling engineering — this issue is very valuable and also very meaningful.” Speaking of the topic he has been focusing on recently, 88-year-old Qian Qihu, Professor at the Army Engineering University of the People’s Liberation Army and Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, spoke crisply and decisively.
What is a shield tunnel? Simply put, it is a tunnel “chewed” out underground or underwater using a shield machine or tunnel boring machine, capable of achieving one-time excavation and integrated forming.
Let’s go back to 2001. At that time, crossing the Yangtze River mainly relied on building bridges, but bridge piers affected shipping. “The golden waterway of the Yangtze River is the country’s water transport ‘giant panda’.” Qian Qihu made a suggestion: “The Yangtze River should have underwater tunnels built under it.”
After that, the construction of large-diameter shield tunnels in China began.
At the time, we could only buy foreign shield machines and invite foreign experts for guidance; we were in the “following” stage. Later, Wuhan, Nanjing, Shanghai and other places successively began building shield tunnels, and China’s shield tunneling technology accelerated its pursuit. Qian Qihu, as chairman of the expert committee, worked together with team members on projects such as the Nanjing Yangtze River Tunnel, overcoming challenges such as high water pressure and complex geological conditions.
“Core technology cannot be bought.” This is a phrase Qian Qihu often says.
China’s shield tunneling industry has advanced step by step. From cooperative production, to independent research and development, to comprehensive breakthroughs in core components. Today, our country can not only manufacture ultra-large diameter shield machines of over 16 meters grade, but the main bearings of over 8 meters grade required for them have also been successfully developed.
Now, China has the most shield tunnels in the world. From the Yangtze River, the Yellow River to the Pearl River, from Jiaozhou Bay to the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, Chinese engineers are challenging various complex geological environments. Domestically produced shield machines have also gone abroad, being exported to multiple countries and regions.
“In the future, shield tunneling engineering must strive in the direction of intelligence and minimal human operation.” Qian Qihu gave an example: during the shield machine’s tunneling process, the cutting tools inevitably wear out and need replacement, and the process of replacing the tools is called “dancing on the blade’s edge.”
This is because when the shield machine is operating several tens of meters underwater, the pressure can reach over 0.7 megapascals. Manual high-pressure tool replacement is not only risky but also inefficient. “Is it possible to have a robot replace the tools?” Qian Qihu proposed the idea.
This idea gave birth to China’s first heavy-load intelligent shield tool-changing robot. Through the research efforts of units such as China Railway 14th Bureau Group, this robot, which possesses fully independent intellectual property rights, integrates 11 degrees of freedom and a load capacity of 500 kilograms, successfully achieving “unmanned” tool replacement for large-diameter shield construction.
In Qian Qihu’s view, intelligent construction includes not only tool-changing robots but also automated segment assembly, intelligent early warning for mud cake blockage, and more. He advocates combining artificial intelligence technology with civil engineering to push shield tunneling engineering towards “minimal human operation and unmanned operation.”
From the suggestion to build underwater tunnels under the Yangtze River, to supporting the localization of equipment, to leading intelligent construction, Qian Qihu has always proceeded from the perspective of national needs, thinking about the future of China’s tunnel engineering. As he himself said: “Wherever the country needs it, that is where the scientist’s gaze should be.”
Keywords: Shield Tunneling Equipment
Using shield machines to carry out tunnel excavation construction, the shield machine is like a “steel earthworm.” It relies on its cutterhead and cutting tools to cut and break up the soil and rock strata, mixes the muck into slurry, transports it to the surface via pipelines, and simultaneously assembles segments like building blocks, linking ring by ring, continuously advancing, forming the tunnel in one go, minimizing disturbance to the surrounding environment.
To avoid being controlled by others, shield tunneling equipment must be localized. Under the continuous research efforts of the expert team led by Qian Qihu, our country has gradually broken through and mastered key core technologies of shield tunneling, building a number of shield tunnels crossing rivers, such as the Nanjing Yangtze River Tunnel and the Wuhan Yangtze River Tunnel.
Peng Shige, Professor at Shandong University, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences — “Use mathematics to solve real-world technical problems”
Reporter of this newspaper: Li Rui
Nearly eighty years old, his temples already streaked with grey, when sitting quietly in daily life, his brows and eyes are full of a scholar’s gentleness — this is the first impression given by Peng Shige, Professor at Shandong University and Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Standing on the podium, picking up the chalk, his eyes suddenly brighten, full of sparkle, his mind agile. Stroke by stroke, the logic of deduction advances layer by layer on the blackboard, making one almost forget his age.
Starting from May this year, Peng Shige has successively given short-term courses at universities including Soochow University and Sichuan University. In class, he explains classical probability theory and systematically expounds the new paradigm of mathematical analysis for uncertainty constructed by nonlinear expectation theory.
“Every period had different aspirations, but the aspiration for science has lasted the longest. Once I fell in love with it, I couldn’t leave it.” Many years later, Peng Shige recalled his youth like this. He was once deeply engrossed in literature and poetry, and also obsessed with gymnastics. During high school, with great enthusiasm, he sent a letter to Beijing Aeronautical Institute (now Beihang University), boldly proposing a design concept for a vertical take-off and landing aircraft.
In 1971, Peng Shige was admitted to Shandong University and assigned to the Department of Physics. However, this did not extinguish his passion for mathematics. During his student days, he immersed himself in the library, extensively reading classic works in physics, mathematics, and other fields, and completed a paper titled “Hyperbolic Complex Functions” through independent research. In the spring of 1978, Peng Shige began working at the Institute of Mathematics of Shandong University, and then went to France for advanced studies in 1983, returning to China upon completing his studies in 1986.
In the early 1990s, Peng Shige keenly identified potential major risks hidden in overseas futures trading. Using “backward stochastic differential equations” for calculation, he found that for every transaction made by each investor, the probability of loss far exceeded the probability of profit. Out of a strong sense of responsibility, he wrote two letters in succession, one submitted to Shandong University and the other to the National Natural Science Foundation of China, warning about the risks of overseas futures markets and urging the acceleration of theoretical research related to financial risk. This suggestion received attention. In 1996, the National Natural Science Foundation of China launched the major project “Financial Mathematics, Financial Engineering, and Financial Management,” with Peng Shige serving as the chief principal investigator, pooling research strength from 20 institutions across the country for joint research.
Deeply cultivating the fields of stochastic control, financial mathematics, and probability and statistics, Peng Shige led his team in continuous research: in 2010, he was invited to give a one-hour lecture at the 26th International Congress of Mathematicians; in 2011, he won the Hua Luogeng Mathematics Prize; in 2020, for his groundbreaking contributions to the theory of backward stochastic differential equations, the nonlinear Feynman-Kac formula, and the theory of nonlinear mathematical expectation, he received the Future Science Prize in Mathematics and Computer Science…
Outside the window, the shadows of sycamore leaves sway. At the podium, Peng Shige still writes formulas stroke by stroke. “Basic mathematics has never been an abstract theory; it must be used to solve real-world technical problems.” His voice was resounding and forceful: “Cherishing passion and serving the country — this is the responsibility that scientific researchers should bear.”
(Yang Shuzhen participated in the writing)
Keywords: Financial Mathematics
In 2020, Peng Shige received the Future Science Prize for his groundbreaking contributions to the theory of backward stochastic differential equations, the nonlinear Feynman-Kac formula, and the theory of nonlinear mathematical expectation.
Peng Shige’s team mainly conducts basic theoretical research in the fields of probability theory, nonlinear expectation, and financial mathematics. Their main contributions include the theory of backward stochastic differential equations and the theory of nonlinear expectation.
Backward stochastic differential equations provide a new mathematical analytical framework for the pricing of financial derivatives. Nonlinear expectation is used to handle risk measurement problems in situations where the probability model itself is uncertain. These works provide key mathematical tool support for financial risk management.
Wang Enge, Professor at Peking University, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences — “Scientific exploration always proceeds step by step”
Reporter of this newspaper: Yan Yiqiao
Inside a laboratory at the School of Physics, Peking University, Wang Enge, Professor at Peking University and Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, along with colleague Jiang Ying and others, held their breath and focused their attention on the screen of a high-resolution scanning probe microscope. A signal came through. On the screen, an image of a single hydrogen atom inside a water molecule and a single hydrogen bond within a water cluster gradually formed.
“This is the first time humanity has clearly seen the smallest and most elusive atom in nature — the hydrogen atom.” Not long ago, Wang Enge’s team won the First Prize of the National Natural Science Award for their “Research on the Full Quantum Effects of the Strength and Dynamic Processes of Hydrogen Bonds in Water.” To “see clearly” this drop of water, Wang Enge and his team devoted 25 years of painstaking research.
This achievement attracted attention because it touches upon a fundamental problem in physical science.
After the establishment of the Schrödinger equation, in 1927, scholars Born and Oppenheimer proposed the adiabatic approximation for electronic states based on this equation. Within this framework, atomic nuclei were often treated as classical particles, with only electrons being quantized. For nearly a hundred years since, the field of condensed matter physics has almost universally taken the “Born-Oppenheimer approximation” as the starting point for studying physical problems.
“This paradigm usually only considers the wave nature of electrons, simplifying calculations, but it neglects non-adiabatic effects and the quantum properties of atomic nuclei.” Wang Enge conceived the idea of challenging the “century-old paradigm.” To this end, he proposed the idea of treating both atomic nuclei and electrons quantum-mechanically simultaneously.
Theory and experiment — walking on two legs. Over the following two decades and more, the team not only proposed a full quantum effect theory and developed an internationally leading fully quantized computational software package, but also originated the principle of high-order electrostatic force atomic imaging and developed a high-resolution scanning probe microscope system.
This instrument broke the nearly 40-year-long reliance of China’s high-end scanning probe microscopes on imports, realizing humanity’s dream of directly identifying the hydrogen atom — the smallest atom — on a surface.
With the “eyes” to see hydrogen atoms clearly and the “mind” to accurately explain hydrogen bonding, a series of achievements followed.
The team discovered that nuclear quantum effects can contribute up to 14% to the strength of hydrogen bonds, exceeding the influence of thermal effects at room temperature. The team also discovered the law that full quantum effects “strengthen strong hydrogen bonds and weaken weak hydrogen bonds.” Recently, the team proposed a new idea that full quantum effects can be used to regulate the state of matter, preparing a two-dimensional ice that breaks the “ice rules” and achieving a phase transition of ice from an insulating state to a metallic state under normal pressure…
“Scientific exploration always proceeds step by step.” In Wang Enge’s view, the task of scientists is to discover the laws that exist in nature. From being his student to becoming his collaborator, Wang Enge’s persistence in scientific research has also made Jiang Ying increasingly clear about his own scientific goals: “Don’t blindly follow trends or chase hotspots. Have the courage to confront major scientific challenges directly, and possess the guts and perseverance to endure sitting on a cold bench.”
Using 25 years to unravel the quantum mysteries of water, Wang Enge and his team now have a new goal. “The further development of hydrogen energy applications is one of the puzzles we want to solve in the next step,” Wang Enge said.
Keywords: Condensed Matter Physics
Traditional theories in the field of condensed matter physics treat atomic nuclei as classical particles, ignoring their quantum properties. Wang Enge’s team proposed treating both atomic nuclei and electrons quantum-mechanically simultaneously, and independently developed an internationally leading computational software package and a high-resolution scanning probe microscope system for this purpose.
The research found that nuclear quantum effects contribute up to 14% to the strength of hydrogen bonds, revealing their unique law of “strengthening strong hydrogen bonds and weakening weak hydrogen bonds,” and further achieved a new state of two-dimensional ice by regulating full quantum effects. This achievement established a new paradigm for research in fully quantized condensed matter physics, laying an important foundation for understanding the anomalous properties of water and for the development of fields such as water splitting for hydrogen production, water treatment and separation, and biological water transport.
Shi Yigong, President of Westlake University, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences — “Scientific research is not a 100-meter sprint; it is a marathon”
Reporter of this newspaper: Zhang Yang
Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease is one of the most common hereditary kidney diseases. The pathogenic genes PKD1 and PKD2 encode polycystin-1 (PC1) and polycystin-2 (PC2), respectively, which assemble into a cation channel located on primary cilia. However, exactly how this channel “opens and closes its door” had never been clearly explained. Just last month, Shi Yigong’s team published a research result, using high-resolution cryo-electron microscopy to explain this issue clearly.
Shi Yigong is a structural biologist, President of Westlake University, and Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. For decades, he has maintained a keen sensitivity to professional technology, constantly challenging the frontiers of science.
In the 1980s and 1990s, Shi Yigong graduated from Tsinghua University and went to study in the United States. He subsequently taught at Princeton University. In just 9 years, he became the youngest tenured full professor and chaired professor since the establishment of the Department of Molecular Biology at Princeton University.
At the height of his career, he resolutely returned to China in 2008. Although domestic scientific research conditions were not yet mature at the time, he firmly set his sights on a problem that many world-class laboratories in the field of structural biology had previously failed to conquer — resolving the structure of the spliceosome.
The spliceosome is responsible for cutting out “non-functional segments” within genes and splicing together “functional segments.” Once it makes a mistake, thalassemia, cancer, and Alzheimer’s disease can follow. Shi Yigong’s team plunged into this problem, facing repeated failures and making repeated adjustments. He said, “Scientific research is not a 100-meter sprint; it is a marathon.”
Effort finally paid off. In 2015, Shi Yigong’s team achieved a major breakthrough, becoming the only team in the world at that time to have successfully captured and resolved the high-resolution three-dimensional structures of all fully assembled spliceosomes during the process of RNA splicing. The two papers published in the journal Science were hailed by international peers as “landmark breakthroughs.”
Shi Yigong then made another decision — to found Westlake University. The university adheres to a “small but refined” positioning, resolutely breaks down “the four onlys,” and builds a diverse, inclusive, free, and uplifting campus culture. In his view, “a group of scientists who adhere to academic standards over the long term, a scientifically sound evaluation system, and a scientific research environment that encourages innovation and tolerates failure will certainly play an increasingly important role in basic research.”
In the past couple of years, Shi Yigong’s team has continuously achieved a series of important scientific breakthroughs in cutting-edge fields such as apoptosis, RNA splicing, and the mechanisms of genetic diseases. In 2025, the team published research results in Science, elucidating the core mechanism of programmed cell death and overcoming a long-standing unsolved problem in the academic community. Since its establishment, Westlake University has continuously improved its research strength, achieving more than 50 “world-first” breakthroughs. According to assessments by relevant institutions, the university entered the world’s top 100 universities for scientific research in 2025.
Shi Yigong stated that on this scientific journey with no end, Westlake University must not only move forward bravely in the uncharted territories of basic research but also boldly explore in the deep waters of higher education and scientific research system reform. On this path, he and his colleagues walk with determination and composure.
Keywords: Structural Biology
Structural biology is an interdisciplinary field that explores the determination of the three-dimensional spatial structures of biological macromolecules such as proteins and nucleic acids at the atomic/molecular resolution level, in order to explain their functions and mechanisms of action.
It is akin to disassembling a precise “machine of life.” Only by seeing the specific shape and meshing mode of each internal gear can one understand how it operates, why it malfunctions, and how to design an “exclusive wrench” to precisely adjust it. Structure determines function. Seeing the structure clearly allows one to read the “physical manual of life.”
Li Hongxia, Director of the National Key Laboratory of Advanced Refractories, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering — “Building a ‘highway’ in temperatures of over a thousand degrees”
Reporter of this newspaper: Fang Min
At noon on the continuous casting platform of a large steel plant, waves of heat mixed with the smell of rust rushed in. Li Hongxia, Director of the National Key Laboratory of Advanced Refractories and Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, examined the uneven layer of attachments on the wall of the nozzle — the marks left by alumina inclusion buildup, like stubborn blood clots in blood vessels, blocking the lifeline of high-quality steel production.
The production of high-end automotive sheet and bearing steel was long held back by this “blood clot” — tiny non-metallic inclusions in the molten steel continuously gathered, adhered, and grew on the nozzle wall, eventually blocking the flow channel, causing the cast slab to be scrapped, and drastically reducing steel performance and the pass rate of finished products.
For years, the domestic steel industry tried various methods such as improving materials and optimizing processes, but could only achieve minor relief, never a “cure.” Even more frustrating was that, according to traditional fluid mechanics theory, the inclusions should have flowed away with the molten steel or been adsorbed by the slag. Yet they adhered to the wall, completely contradicting classical understanding.
Li Hongxia refused to accept this.
Relying on multiple national and enterprise-joint research projects, she led her team, integrating disciplines such as metallurgy, electrochemistry, and materials science for coordinated research. Spending time in steel plants and immersed in the laboratory, they gradually uncovered the truth through countless experiments — the alumina inclusions in the high-temperature molten steel carry a positive charge, while the nozzle refractory material carries a negative charge. Opposites attract; the coulomb force is the “culprit” of the buildup.
With support from the new theory, the team followed the lead and developed a complete set of new electric field regulation metallurgy technologies. This is equivalent to installing an “smart switch” in the molten steel, using the power of the electric field to nip the buildup in the bud, while directionally “capturing” harmful inclusions.
From scientific discovery, theoretical breakthrough, technological invention, equipment creation, to engineering application, this entire chain of innovation precisely filled the core shortcomings of China’s high-end continuous casting of steel, achieving an overall internationally leading level.
More than 30 years ago, refractories was a niche and difficult field. When asked why she chose this line of work, Li Hongxia said: “Professors like Yuan Qiming and Academician Yan Dongsheng guided me during my student years. Moreover, through their words and deeds, they engraved the eight characters ‘seek truth and reality, put country and family first’ into my scientific research career.”
Beyond research, Li Hongxia places great importance on cultivating young people. Now, seeing batches of young people grow up, she says this is her “greatest happiness.”
During a science popularization activity, Li Hongxia used an analogy for the children: “We are building a ‘highway’ in temperatures of over a thousand degrees, allowing molten steel to flow more smoothly.”
This is a career of refining true gold in the fire, and Li Hongxia is precisely that piece of true gold tempered in the furnace for most of her life. It is this perseverance that has filled the shortcomings that plagued the industry for years.
Keywords: Advanced Refractories
Advanced refractories are a class of inorganic non-metallic materials with stable physical and chemical properties, usable in complex service environments involving high-temperature oxidation/reduction, vacuum/high pressure, gas-solid-liquid erosion, and multi-field coupling. Their characteristics include a multi-component, multi-phase, cross-scale (nano to millimeter), heterogeneous, dense or porous, complex material system. Depending on the service environment, they need to possess specific high-temperature functions such as high temperature resistance, thermal shock resistance, erosion resistance, and thermal/electrical insulation or conduction.
The complete set of electric field regulation metallurgy technologies developed by Li Hongxia’s team was implemented at Baosteel, Shougang, NISCO, and Zenith Steel, delivering impressive results: the average thickness of the nozzle buildup layer decreased by more than 30%; the maximum number of continuous casting heats using a single nozzle increased by up to 100%; large-sized inclusions in the cast slab decreased by more than 25%; the downgrade rate for cold-rolled products dropped by over 20%; the pass rate for bearing steel in flaw detection jumped from 75% to 99.5%; and they can replace expensive imported materials, significantly reducing costs.
Fu Qiaomei, Researcher at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences — “Always maintain the persistence to keep asking about the unknown in science”
Reporter of this newspaper: Wu Yuehui
In June 2025, the team of Fu Qiaomei, Researcher at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the team of Professor Ji Qiang from Hebei GEO University announced a research result, assigning “Harbin Man” to an early Denisovan lineage. Thus, the appearance of the Denisovans, an ancient human group whose form and features had been mysterious since their discovery in 2008, gradually began to emerge.
The story starts with “Harbin Man.” In 1933, a construction worker in Harbin, Heilongjiang, discovered and preserved a fossilized ancient human skull. In 2018, this well-preserved skull fossil was collected by Hebei GEO University. In 2021, Fu Qiaomei’s team keenly captured a crucial clue: the skeletal features of the “Harbin Man” skull were so complete that if ancient molecular information were preserved, it might reveal key clues to human evolution.
With this question, the team quickly joined forces with Hebei GEO University, embarking on a difficult battle to decipher the ancient identity.
“After multi-site micro-extraction and detection of the key bones, the team found nothing. Apart from contamination, there was completely no ancient DNA in the bones,” Fu Qiaomei said. The research once fell into a dead end.
Fu Qiaomei and the team did not get discouraged. The dental calculus on the outside of the only preserved tooth on the “Harbin Man” skull became the key to solving the puzzle. However, the dental calculus sample was very small. Although previous studies had successfully extracted dental microbial and human ancient DNA from human dental calculus, there had been no relevant research cases for samples older than 10,000 years.
In response, Fu Qiaomei established a series of ultra-micro data mining and analysis methods, leading the team to repeatedly optimize extraction experiments for extremely small samples. She often went to the laboratory at three or four in the morning to write programs and analyze vast amounts of sequencing data piece by piece. Ultimately, the research team successfully extracted ancient human DNA from the trace dental calculus. Combined with previously obtained bone protein evidence, this proved that “Harbin Man” belongs to the Denisovans. This achievement was selected as one of Science magazine’s Top 10 Scientific Breakthroughs of 2025.
Engaging in the study of ancient genetics of human evolution for over ten years, Fu Qiaomei has led her team to persistently tackle core issues surrounding East Asian human evolution. By innovatively developing ancient genome and ancient proteome technologies, they used molecular evidence to reconstruct the genetic map of East Asian Homo erectus, Denisovans, and diverse early modern humans, tracing the origins of the Huaxia ethnic groups and the evolutionary history of continuous main lineage with multi-ethnic integration over ten thousand years.
In Fu Qiaomei’s view, scientific research means insisting on three things: not setting limits, not giving up, and always maintaining curiosity. “Not setting limits means not being confined by disciplinary and capability boundaries. Not giving up means choosing to try one more time after every failure. Always maintaining curiosity means always having the persistence to keep asking about the unknown in science.”
“It is precisely these three things that allowed us to move forward at the most difficult junctures, turning the impossible into the possible,” Fu Qiaomei said. “In the future, I will lead my team to continuously explore and overcome technical bottlenecks, striving to constantly push the limits of understanding of human evolution.”
Keywords: Human Evolution
Research on human evolution takes fossils of ancient humans and ancient apes, genetic information, Paleolithic stone tools, and related cultural relics as its research objects, aiming to reconstruct the evolutionary process and patterns of change in humanity.
China has abundant ancient human fossils and a complete stratigraphic sequence, while also preserving continuous Paleolithic cultural remains from the Early Pleistocene to the Late Pleistocene, offering unique research advantages. Research on human evolution in China has developed for over a century, proposing a series of theories on human evolution, greatly enriching the picture of East Asian human evolution.
Li Xuejian, National First-Class Actor at the National Theatre of China — “Strive to dedicate richer spiritual nourishment to the people”
Reporter of this newspaper: Ren Shanshan
Li Xuejian is thinner than in previous days. He took out a voice transcriber from his backpack, instead of the hearing aids he had often carried with him in recent years. “Old Li has completely lost hearing in both ears. For daily communication, he relies on this or a mobile app transcription,” explained Li Xuejian’s wife, Yu Haidan.
2026 marks Li Xuejian’s 49th year as a professional actor. From Li Dazhao, Jiao Yulu, Song Dacheng, Feng Shi to Zhao Shuli, Yang Shanzhou, Lu Xun, Gan Zuchang, Zhou Zhizhi… he has used his life to “sculpt” over a hundred diverse characters, interpreting the phrase “life is like a play, a play is like life.”
This year is also his 26th year of surviving cancer. The radiation from chemotherapy killed the cancer cells, but also destroyed his salivary glands. Damaged vocal cords, declining hearing… for 26 years, he has suffered from the sequelae. Eight years ago, he underwent surgery again, fortunately escaping danger.
He once promised to “make one film a year.” Now, it is “as long as it is a meaningful role, even if it’s just one scene, as long as they think of me, I will go.” Li Xuejian spoke slowly and deliberately: “I want to be a good supporting leaf.”
Completely deaf, how does he perform well?
“I memorize the lines of the actors I am working opposite. During the performance, I watch their lip movements. Acting requires truly listening, truly seeing, truly feeling. Memorizing the other’s lines and still giving an improvised reaction — it is very demanding for me.” Li Xuejian also has his frustrations.
“The crew helped me think of many methods. While filming the movie The Wandering Earth 3, the assistant director tied a controller to my wrist. When it was time for my line, he pressed the controller to signal me. This voice transcriber and mobile app were solutions found by Director Guo Fan.”
Saying this, Li Xuejian took out four photos from an envelope. Three of them were group photos of him and Cui Daozhi, a recipient of the “July 1 Medal.” “Being able to portray the elderly Cui Daozhi in a film was a learning opportunity, and I am honored.” The other photo was taken near Tiananmen in the early morning hours of November 21, 2025. It was a group shot of Li Xuejian, the film’s main creative team, and police officers on duty after the work wrapped. In the photo, only Li Xuejian, over 70, was still wearing a thin costume, yet he said his “heart felt warm.”
This year is also Li Xuejian’s 51st year as a Party member. “As a veteran Party member, bringing the images of outstanding Communist Party members to the silver screen is my responsibility and the value of my life,” he said slowly. “For the sake of creation, I will still give my life.”
“Being able to make a living as an actor is not easy. I cherish the profession of actor very much. I must strive to dedicate richer spiritual nourishment to the people.” Li Xuejian’s hoarse voice was full of conviction — to be a qualified actor, and even more so to be a qualified Party member.
Why does an actor, over a career spanning half a century, remain consistently devoted to his craft without a trace of fatigue, even willing to risk half his life for it? Why do his roles always stay in the hearts of the audience? The answer lies in the word “cherish.”
Keywords: Character Portrayal
Using roles to make friends with the audience is Li Xuejian’s pursuit. The character role is both the “outlet” for literary and artistic works to convey emotions and meaning, and the “window” for actors to dialogue with the audience. Li Xuejian has shaped characters of vastly different personalities. He connects with the characters he portrays, expressing his thoughts through the role. Through his characters, he allows the audience to perceive what is true, good, and beautiful.
Character portrayal, in the final analysis, is about portraying a person. Scholar Feng Jicai once commented: Every time Li Xuejian portrays a person, the world gains one more “person.” Why can this “person” stand firm? Because the portrayer uses life to comprehend life, serving the audience with utmost sincerity. And even more so because this “person” is vivid, lively, and full of vitality, reflecting the common ideals and pursuits of the era.
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General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: "Encourage talented people to nurture deep in their hearts a love for the motherland, temper their resolve to serve the country, and take the initiative to shoulder the missions and responsibilities entrusted by the era."
On the journey toward realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, there is such a group of people: they have toiled in their respective fields for decades, achieving many major accomplishments of an original, pioneering, and landmark nature. This is both the call of the era and an answer sheet that this group has written with practice — taking as their brush and ink the struggle of 持之以恒 (chí zhī yǐ héng - "hold to it with constancy," to persevere unremittingly), they have written a profound declaration of love to the motherland.
Scaling the summit of science is achieved through one act of silent perseverance after another. The road of scientific research is often lonely and long. Wang Enge (王恩哥), with painstaking focus, delved for 25 years to crack the quantum mystery of water; Fu Qiaomei (付巧妹), in the "unpopular" field of paleogenetics of human evolution, is willing to "sit on the cold bench," contributing her strength to the study of human evolution... Even when doubted along the way, they never gave up, and in the end they kept watch until the clouds parted and the moon shone through. Behind this perseverance lies both a passion for science and, even more deeply, the simple conviction of serving the nation's needs. They are like stars in the night sky, silently moving in their orbits, confronting the unknown and loneliness with enduring steadfastness. Such stories take place in countless laboratories and testing grounds.
The cause of endeavor does not stop at personal achievements; still more, scholarship must be done on the great land of the motherland. Qian Qihu (钱七虎) conquered difficult problems such as high water pressure and complex geological conditions, helping the conception on the blueprints become a tunnel traversing the ten-thousand-li Yangtze; Li Hongxia (李红霞) developed a complete set of new metallurgical technologies regulated by electric fields, making up the core short board in our country's high-end steel continuous casting; Li Xuejian (李雪健) has shaped on the silver screen numerous roles that have taken deep root in people's hearts, striving to offer richer spiritual nourishment to the people... Their gaze looks up to the distant starry sky and, still more, settles on the solid ground beneath their feet. They keep a close watch on the needs of the country and the people, devoting the painstaking effort of a lifetime.
The stars shine in the night sky, and the power of role models inspires more young hearts. They 以身作则 (yǐ shēn zuò zé - "set the standard with their own conduct," to lead by example), integrate the "small self" into the "great self," guide and move the younger generation, and, watering with painstaking effort, nurture a garden full of the fragrance of peaches and plums. Peng Shige (彭实戈), in the educational cause and scientific research of financial mathematics, combines the imparting of scientific knowledge with the moral education of students, forming a distinctive educational philosophy and teaching methods; Shi Yigong, as the president of Westlake University, is committed to cultivating top-notch talent and promoting the elevation of basic research standards... Inspired and helped by them, young people of the new era study with diligence and continue the struggle, helping China's science and technology cause advance steadily, and the country's innovative development thereby gains an unceasing stream of vitality.
In this era, what kind of "stars" should we pursue? They are precisely these strivers who work deep in every walk of life and serve the motherland with bit-by-bit practice. They burn themselves and radiate brilliance, converging into the shimmering river of stars of this era.
General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: "We must seize historical opportunities, rise to the challenges of the era, accelerate the advancement of high-level self-reliance and self-strengthening in science and technology, march with firm steps toward the goal of building a strong country in science and technology by 2035, and, in a down-to-earth manner, support and lead Chinese-style modernization (中国式现代化) with scientific and technological innovation." The "15th Five-Year Plan" period is an important stage in which the building of a strong country in education, a strong country in science and technology, and a strong country in talent (教育强国、科技强国、人才强国) requires storming fortresses and overcoming difficulties (攻坚克难), charging through passes and seizing defiles. We look forward to more strivers like these, who will carry forward the spiritual base color of unswerving dedication to serving the country, cast off impetuosity, plow deep and cultivate meticulously, and, with the solid work and tenacity of long-term, sustained effort (久久为功), jointly hold up the sturdy backbone of the country's high-quality development.
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On July 15, when General Secretary Xi Jinping inspected Shanghai, he stressed, "Persist in asking the people about their needs, asking the people for their advice, and asking the people about results, and carry out all aspects of urban renewal work in a deeper, finer, and more solid manner," and "handle well, one by one, the matters of concern to the common people."
In the process of continuously advancing the construction of the people's city (人民城市), Shanghai — whether it is the riverside renovation or the installation of elevators — persists in extensively listening to public opinion, turning the people's "golden ideas" into the "golden keys" for building the people's city.
In June this year, the 1,044 households of Lane 65, Tianlin Road, Xuhui District (徐汇区), Shanghai, finally welcomed their long-awaited moment of homecoming — the residents completely bid farewell to the cramped years of "sharing coal stoves and toilets," moved into a comfortable new community rebuilt on the original site after demolition, and moved into finely decorated elevator apartments.
In recent years, more and more of Shanghai's "old, broken, and small" housing has been given new life. In July 2022, the 30-year contiguous old-area renovation in the central urban area was fully concluded, with a total of 30 million square meters of housing renovated and about 1.3 million households benefiting. Aiming at the final 14,082 "chamber-pot-carrying" sites, Shanghai completed the overall renovation in two years, historically bidding farewell to "carrying chamber pots."
To ensure that the migrant population can come in, can stay, can live in peace, and can build careers, Shanghai is accelerating the construction of a multi-level rental housing supply system of "one bed, one room, one apartment." Up to now, Shanghai has cumulatively built and procured 620,000 units (rooms) of government-subsidized rental housing (保租房) and supplied 430,000 units (rooms), holding up the first home in Shanghai for young people who come to Shanghai to pursue their dreams. The "Home for New Era City Builders and Managers" (新时代城市建设者管理者之家) has procured more than 89,000 beds, giving express-delivery, sanitation, housekeeping, and other frontline urban workers an affordable place to settle down.
Renewing and revitalizing the existing stock and applying sufficient "embroidery skill," Shanghai overcomes the shortage of land resources to create public spaces for citizens. The once "sleeping" space under bridges has been transformed into sports space; green spaces attached to work units have been opened, bringing small parks to residents' doorsteps; old factory buildings have been renovated, giving citizens more good places for leisure and entertainment.
"Every branch and every leaf always touches the heart." During the 15th Five-Year Plan period, Shanghai continues to make an all-out effort to tackle the key tasks of old-area renovation — striving to fully complete the renovation of small-beam, thin-slab housing in 2026, fully completing the preliminary work for overall renovation projects of urban villages in 2027, and striving to basically complete the renovation of non-self-contained worker housing in 2030; the renovation of old residential communities is simultaneously being accelerated, with a planned renovation area of 30 to 40 million square meters within five years.
On the road of exploring the construction of a modern people's city that is innovative, livable, beautiful, resilient, civilized, and smart, Shanghai's original aspiration remains unchanged, and it advances steadily.
(Our staff reporter Tian Hong (田泓))
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Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has placed cultural development in a prominent position in the governance of the country, creatively proposed cultural confidence, and listed it alongside confidence in the path, confidence in the theory, and confidence in the system as the "Four Confidences" of socialism with Chinese characteristics, carrying out systematic and in-depth expositions and making important deployments around strengthening cultural confidence and building a cultural power. These important discourses with distinctive Chinese characteristics and the characteristics of the times are the core categories and important content of Xi Jinping Thought on Culture, and have played a fundamental role in promoting historic achievements and historic changes in cultural development through 正本清源 (zhèng běn qīng yuán - "rectify the source and clear the stream," to fundamentally rectify and clarify) and 守正创新 (shǒu zhèng chuàng xīn - "uphold the fundamentals and innovate," to maintain orthodoxy while innovating). Earnestly studying and comprehending the consistent and advancing-with-the-times important discourses on cultural confidence in Volumes I to V of Xi Jinping: The Governance of China, and sorting out the glorious process of forging cultural confidence in the new era, have extremely important theoretical and practical significance for further promoting the building of a cultural power.
The Proposal of "Cultural Confidence" Is an Inevitability of the Times for Building a Strong Country and National Rejuvenation
Marx said: "Any genuine philosophy is the spiritual quintessence of its own time." General Secretary Xi Jinping's important discourses on cultural confidence are gradually formed and developed based on the overall strategic situation of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and the profound changes unseen in a century in the world, along with the practice of building socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era. Volumes I and II of Xi Jinping: The Governance of China include important discourses by General Secretary Xi Jinping on cultural confidence from the 18th National Congress of the CPC to before the convening of the 19th National Congress of the CPC, systematically and completely presenting the vivid process from the gestation to the proposal of cultural confidence, laying a solid theoretical foundation for the entire Party and the people of all ethnic groups in the country to strengthen cultural confidence on the new journey.
Focusing on the two overall situations, it is necessary to strengthen ideological work and enhance national cultural soft power. The 18th National Congress of the CPC proposed to strengthen "confidence in the path, confidence in the theory, and confidence in the system," that is, confidence in the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics, the theoretical system of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and the system of socialism with Chinese characteristics. This is of great significance for consolidating the consensus of the entire Party and the people of the whole country and promoting the development of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics. However, the problem of relatively weak national cultural soft power still exists, and it is imperative to improve national cultural soft power. Two articles in Volume I of Xi Jinping: The Governance of China, "Do Better in Propaganda and Ideological Work" and "Improve National Cultural Soft Power," respectively include excerpts from General Secretary Xi Jinping's speech at the National Conference on Propaganda and Ideological Work on August 19, 2013, and excerpts from his speech when presiding over the 12th collective study session of the Political Bureau of the 18th CPC Central Committee on December 30, 2013. From these, one can profoundly appreciate that General Secretary Xi Jinping has elevated the building of cultural soft power in the new era to a strategic height that realizes the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and adapts to the evolution of the world cultural pattern; the concept of "cultural confidence" is already on the verge of emerging. In August 2013, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out at the National Conference on Propaganda and Ideological Work that "economic construction is the Party's central work, and ideological work is an extremely important task of the Party," emphasizing that "only when both material civilization and spiritual civilization are well developed, both the material strength and spiritual strength of the country are enhanced, and both the material life and spiritual life of the people of all ethnic groups in the country are improved, can the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics move forward smoothly." In this speech, General Secretary Xi Jinping put forward requirements for doing propaganda and ideological work under conditions of comprehensive opening up, emphasizing "explaining and elucidating Chinese characteristics" and "clearly articulating that fine traditional Chinese culture is the prominent advantage of the Chinese nation and our deepest cultural soft power." On December 30 of the same year, when presiding over the 12th collective study session of the Political Bureau of the 18th CPC Central Committee, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that "improving national cultural soft power is related to the realization of the 'two centenary' goals and the Chinese Dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation," emphasizing that "we must strengthen refinement and interpretation, expand external communication platforms and carriers, and integrate contemporary Chinese values throughout all aspects of international exchanges and dissemination." At the same time, he also put forward important requirements such as "strive to showcase the unique charm of Chinese culture" and "strive to increase international discourse power," in order to "enhance the backbone and confidence of being Chinese."
To improve national cultural soft power, the most fundamental thing is to strengthen cultural confidence. The article "Cultivate and Promulgate Socialist Core Values" in Volume I of Xi Jinping: The Governance of China includes excerpts from General Secretary Xi Jinping's speech when presiding over the 13th collective study session of the Political Bureau of the 18th CPC Central Committee on February 24, 2014, which explicitly proposes "cultural confidence." General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "Core values are the soul of cultural soft power and the focus of building cultural soft power"; "Cultivating and promoting socialist core values must be based on fine traditional Chinese culture"; "The broad and profound fine traditional Chinese culture is the foundation for us to stand firm in the world's cultural turbulence. Chinese culture has a long and continuous history, accumulating the deepest spiritual pursuits of the Chinese nation, representing the unique spiritual identity of the Chinese nation, and providing rich nourishment for the endless life and development of the Chinese nation." General Secretary Xi Jinping further emhasized: "We must clearly explain the historical origins, development context, and basic trends of fine traditional Chinese culture, clearly explain the unique creations, value concepts, and distinctive characteristics of Chinese culture, and enhanc cultural confidence and value confidence." In March of the same year, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "We must insist on confidence in the path, confidence in the theory, and confidence in the system, and the most fundamental is also cultural confidence." This is an important discourse that juxtaposes cultural confidence with the other three confidences.
From the perspective of a grand view of history, proposing cultural confidence is a historical inevitability and ideological prerequisite for advancing the great cause of building a strong country and national rejuvenation in the new era. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "Building a modern socialist country that is prosperous, strong, democratic, culturally advanced, and harmonious, and realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, is the greatest dream of the Chinese people since the Opium War and the highest interest and fundamental interest of the Chinese nation." The article "You7h Should Consciously Practice Socialist Core Values" in Volume I of Xi Jinping: The Governance of China includes excerpts from General Secretary Xi Jinping's speech at a symposium with teachers and students of Peking University on May 4, 2014, which once again strengthens the national confidence of the Chinese nation with cultural confidence, issuing a deafening and soul-striking cultural declaration of the new era. Recalling the tragic situation of poverty, weakness, and being trampled upon after the Opium War, General Secretary Xi Jinping profoundly pointed out: "China has alfredy developed"; "The era when the Chinese nation was arbitrarily bullied by foreign powers is gone forefver"; "We take our own path, with an exceptionally broad stage, exceptionally deep historical foundation, and exceptionally strong forward determination. The Chinese people should have this confidence, and every Chinese person should have this confidence." In this speech, General Secretary Xi Jinping used the expression of "three confidences" plus "affirmation of core values," pointing out that "to achieve our development goals and realize the Chinese Dream, we must enhanc confidence in the path, confidence in the theory, and confidence in the system"; "and these 'three confidences' require the support of our affirmation of core values." This gradually clarified the relationship between cultural confidence and the other "three confidences."
The formal proposal of the "Four Confidences" has made the confidence of the Chinese Communist Party and the Chinese people even stronger. The two articles "Nef0rget the Original Intention, Keep Advancing" and "Hold High the Great Banner of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics, Strive to Secure a Decisive Victory in Building a Moderatly Prosperous Society in All Respects and Realize the Chinese Dream" in Volume II of Xi Jinping: The Governance of China respectively include excerpts from General Secretary Xi Jinping's speech at the ceremony marking the 95th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party on July 1, 2016, and excerpts from his speech at the opening of a study session for major provincial and ministerial-level offucials on the topic "Study General Secretary Xi Jinping's Important Speech Spirit, Welcomed the 19th National Congress of the CPC" on July 26, 2017. At the ceremony marking the 95th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "To insist on never forgetting the original intention and continuing to advance, we must insist on confidence in the path, confidence in the theory, confidence in the system, and cultural confidence of socialism with Chinese characteristics, insist on the Party's basic line without wavering, and continuously push forward the great cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics." This marked that our Party's understanding of "cultural confidence" has reached a new height. In July 2017, at the opening of the special study session for major provincial and ministerial-level offucials, General Secretary Xi Jinping further pointed out: "The entire Party must hold high the great banner of socialism with Chinese characteristics, firmly establish confidence in the path, confidence in the theory, confidence in the system, and cultural confidence of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and ensur the Party and national cause always advances victoriosely along the correct direction." General Secretary Xi Jinping's proposal and elucication of cultural confidence has effectively enhaced the national self-esteem and confidence of the Chinese Communist Party and the Chinese people.
In-depth Elucication of the Important Position, Core Essentials, Rich Connotations, and Practical Paths of Cultural Confidence
Volumes III to V of Xi Jinping: The Governance of China include important discourses by General Secretary Xi Jinping on cultural confidence since the 19th National Congress of the CPC, laying a solid theoretical foundation for guiding cultural development in the new era, pointing the way forward for building a socialist cultural power with Chinese characteristics, and providing strong spiritual impetus for promoting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. In October 2017, the 19th National Congress of the CPC was convened. In his report to the 19th National Congress, General Secretary Xi Jinping emhasized: "The entire Party must more consciously enhanc confidence in the path, confidence in the theory, confidence in the system, and cultural confidence." At the same time, the 19th National Congress wrote socialist culture with Chinese characteristics into the Party Constitution alongside the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics, the theoretical system of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and the system of socialism with Chinese characteristics, raising the status and role of culture to a new height. After the 19th National Congress, General Secretary Xi Jinping further elaborated in-depth on the important position, core essentials, rich connotations, and practical paths of cultural confidence, gradually developing cultural confidence into a theory with a more distinct theme, more comprehensive connotations, more rigorous logic, and more complete system.
Cultural confidence holds a foundational position among the "Four Confidences." Regarding the foundational position of cultural confidence, General Secretary Xi Jinping, on important occasions such as the symposium on philosophy and social sciences held on May 17, 2016, the ceremony marking the 95th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party on July 1, 2016, and the opening of the 10th National Congress of the Chinese Literature and Art Federation and the 9th National Congress of the Chinese Writers Association on November 30, 2016, repeatedly emhasized that cultural confidence "is a more fundamental, broader, and deeper confidence" and "is a more basic, deeper, and more lasting force." The article "Consciously Assume the Missition and Task of Propaganda and Ideological Work under the New Circumstances" in Volume III of Xi Jinping: The Governance of China includes excerpts from General Secretary Xi Jinping's speech at the National Conference on Propaganda and Ideological Work on August 21, 2018. General Secretary Xi Jinping summarized the Party's understanding of the regularity of propaganda and ideological work in practice, which includes "insisting that cultural confidence is a more fundamental, broader, and deeper confidence, and is a more basic, deeper, and more lasting force." In Volume IV of Xi Jinping: The Governance of China, the article "Provide Strong Support for Carrying Forward Fine Traditional Chinese Culture and Enhancing Cultural Confidence" includes excerpts from part of General Secretary Xi Jinping's speech when presiding over the 23rd collective study session of the Political Bureau of the 19th CPC Central Committee on September 28, 2020. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "China has firm confidence in the path, confidence in the theory, and confidence in the system, the essence of which is cultural confidence built on the heritage of more than 5,000 years of civilization." Cultural confidence is a deep identification with the culture of one's own nation. The long-standing and continuous Chinese civilization proves that fine traditional Chinese culture has its own distinct characteristics and is a powerful spiritual support for promoting the building of a strong country and national rejuvenation.
The essence of cultural confidence is the embodiment of cultural subjectivity. The article "Deeply Understand the Great Significance of 'Two Combinations'" in Volume V of Xi Jinping: The Governance of China includes excerpts from part of General Secretary Xi Jinping's speech at the Symposium on Cultural Heritage Development on June 2, 2023, elucidating the core essentials of cultural confidence from a philosophical height. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "Cultural confidence comes from our cultural subjectivity"; "With cultural subjectivity, there is a firm self in the cultural sense, and cultural confidence has a fundamental support." This shows that the core essence of cultural confidence is the firm cultural self-identification of the cultural subject, which is the embodiment of its internal cultural subjectivity; the subjectivity of any culture is the independence in spiritual culture; only a culture with subjectivity can stand firm and go far, and can have leading power, cohesive power, shaping power, and radiating power; such a culture can be convincing, and can also make the cultural subject produce cultural self-identification, self-affirmation, and thus a sense of pride and confidence. It is precisely based on this deep understanding of cultural confidence and cultural subjectivity that in October 2022, General Secretary Xi Jinping included "must insist on confidence and self-reliance" as an important part of the "six musts" in his report to the 20th National Congress of the CPC. The "Four Confidences," including "cultural confidence," have become important content of our Party's guiding ideology and theoretical foundation in the new era, and an important worldview and methodology for our Party and people to understand and transform the world in the new era.
Cultural confidence has extremely rich connotations. In a broad sense, cultural confidence includes both confidence in historical culture and confidence in the current path, theory, and system. The reason for particularly emphasizing cultural confidence is that it logically contains the other "three confidences." In a narrow sense, cultural confidence mainly refers to confidence in Chinese culture, which is divided into several aspects. First, confidence in fine traditional Chinese culture. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that "fine traditional Chinese culture has many important elements, such as the social ideal of 'the world is for all, the Great Harmony'; the governance thought of 'the people are the foundation of the state, govern with virtue'; the great unification tradition of 'all regions under heaven are interconnected, pluralistic and integrated'; the family-country feeling of 'cultivate oneself, regulate the family, govern the state, and bring peace to the world, rise and fall have responsibility'; the spiritual pursuit of 'embrace virtue with broadness, promote virtue and the Way'; the economic ethics of 'enrich the people and value life, balance righteousness and benefit'; the ecological concept of 'harmony between man and nature, all things grow together'; the philosophical thought of 'seek truth from facts, unity of knowledge and action'; the thinking method of 'uphold the middle way, balance the two ends and achieve harmony'; the way of interaction of 'value trust and harmony, be kind to neighbors and good at diplomacy', etc.," and summarized that Chinese civilization has prominent continuity, innovativeness, unity, inclusiviness, and peacifulness. Specifically, continuity determines that the Chinese nation must take its own path; innovativeness determines the enterprising spirit of the Chinese nation of upholding the fundamentals without being conservative, respecting the ancient without restoring the old; unity determines that the cultures of all ethnic groups of the Chinese nation are integrated and inseparable; inclusiviness determines the historical orientation of interaction, exchange, and integration of the Chinese nation and its open mind to incorporate all civilizations of the world; peacifulness determines that China will al4ays be a builder of world peac. Second, confidence in Marxist culture. The report of the 20th National Congress poined out: "Marxism is the fundamental guiding ideology for founding the Party and the state, and for rejuvenating the Party and the state. Practice tells us that why the Chinese Communist Party can work, why socialism with Chinese characteristics is good, ultimately because Marxism works, and because Marxism adapted to the Chinese context and the times works. Possessing the scientific theoretical guidance of Marxism is the fundamental crux for our Party to have firm faith and convictions and to grasp the historical initiative." Marxist culture includes both the relevant thoughts of the classic Marxist writers and Marxism adapted to the Chinese context and the times, as well as the revolutionary culture and advanced socialist culture bred in the great struggles of the Party and the people, and the national spirit with patriotism at its core and the spirit of the times with reform and innov ation at its core. Only by strengthening confidence in Marxist culture can we consolidate Marxism's guiding position in the ideological field and consolidate the common ideological foundation for the united struggle of the entire Party and the people of all ethnic groups across the country. Third, confidence in socialist core values. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "Cultivating and promoting core values, effectively integrating social consciousness, is an important way for the social system to operate normally and social order to be effectively maintained, and is also an important aspect of the national governance system and governance capacity." Since the 18th National Congress, General Secretary Xi Jinping has made in-depth expositions on socialist core values. For example, "For a nation or a country, the most lasting and deepest force is the core values commonly recognized by the whole society"; socialist core values "inherit the genes of China's excellent traditional culture, carry the ideals and beliefs established by the Chinese people through hard exploration and countless hardships since modern times, and also carry the beautiful vision of each of us"; and so on.
Adhering to the "two combinations" is the fundamental path for strengthening cultural confidence and promoting cultural innov ation and development. On July 1, 2021, General Secretary Xi Jinping explicitly proposed the "two combinations" at the ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party, that is, "adhere to com bining the basic tenets of Marxism with China's specific realities and with fine traditional Chinese culture." Subsequently, General Secretary Xi Jinping further elucidated this at the sixth plenary session of the 19th Central Committee and the 20th National Congress. Volume V of Xi Jinping: The Governance of China begins with General Secretary Xi Jinping's report to the 20th National Congress, pointing out that "adhering to and developing Marxism must be comb ined with China's specific realities" and "must be comb ined with fine traditional Chinese culture," emph asizing that "we must strengthen historical confidence and cultural confidence." At the Symposium on Cultural Heritage Development, General Secretary Xi Jinping further pointed out that the "two combinations" are the "only way" to open up and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics, "a regular pattern understanding obtained in our exploration of the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics." Subsequently, when presiding over the sixth collective study session of the Political Bureau of the 20th CPC Central Committee, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that Marxism is the soul vein and fine traditional Chinese culture is the root vein, emph asizing "holding fast to this soul and root is the foundation and prerequisite for theoretical innov ation, and theoretical innov ation is also to better hold fast to this soul and root." These all fully indicate that only by insisting on Marxism, the foundation for founding the Party and the state and rejuvenating the Party and the state, without shaking; insisting on taking root in the historical and cultural soil of the country and the nation to develop Marxism without stopping; insisting on historical confidence and cultural confidence; can we continuously promote theoretical and cultural innov ation and development.
Transforming Strengthened Cultural Confidence into Concrete Actions for Building a Cultural Power
General Secretary Xi Jinping emph asized: "When we say we must strengthen cultural confidence, it cannot only be lip service, but must be implemented in action." Volume V of Xi Jinping: The Governance of China includes a series of important contents about strengthening cultural confidence, from which we can deeply understand that the fundamental way to transform strengthened cultural confidence into concrete actions for building a cultural power is to adhere to the "two combinations," must meet the spiritual and cultural needs of the people and improve national cultural soft power, work hard on the "seven areas of focus," and continue to advance toward the goal of building a cultural power.
Further anchor the goals and tasks of building a cultural power. Volume V of Xi Jinping: The Governance of China proposes the major proposition of "promote cultural confidence and self-strengthening, cast new splendor of socialist culture," emph asizing that "to build a modern socialist country in all respects, we must adhere to the path of socialist cultural development with Chinese characteristics, strengthen cultural confidence, build a socialist cultural power around the tasks of raising the Banner, condensing the People, cultivating the New Generation, Developing Culture, and Presenting a Good Image, develop a socialist culture that is national, scientific, and popular, facing modernization, the world, and the future, stimulate the cultural creativ ity and innovation vitality of the entire nation, and strengthen the spiritual power for realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation." This further clarifies that strengthening cultural confidence is an important prerequisite and inevitable requirement for adhering to the path of socialist cultural development with Chinese characteristics. At the same time, Volume V of Xi Jinping: The Governance of China further explicitly proposes building a socialist ideology with strong cohesiv eness and leading power, widely practicing socialist core values, enhancing the level of civ ilization in the whole society, prospering and developing cultural undertakings and cultural industries, and enh ancing the dissem ination power and influence of Chinese civilization. This provides the fundamental guidance for us to transform strengthened cultural confidence into concrete actions for building a cultural power.
Adhere to the "two combinations" to continuously promote cultural innov ation. In Volume V of Xi Jinping: The Governance of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "The experience of history from both positive and negative aspects shows that the 'two combinations' are the greatest magic weapon for our success." We must deepen our understanding and implementation of the "two combinations," especially the "second combination," that is, the comb ination of the basic tenets of Marxism with fine traditional Chinese culture, and promote cultural innov ation and development. General Secretary Xi Jinping explained the "two combinations" in depth from five aspects, which contain clear and specific practical guidance. First, the prerequisite of "com bination" is mutual comp atibility, guiding us to study the points of convergence between Marxism and fine traditional Chinese culture, and not to combine blindly; second, the result of "com bination" is mutual achievement, guiding us to make Marxism Chinese through combination, make fine traditional Chinese culture modern, and mak the new culture formed through "com bination" the cultural form of Chinese-style modernization; third, "com bination" has consolidated the foundation of the path, guiding us to study the cultural foundation of the China path both from the basic tenets of Marxism and from the broad and profound historical depth of Chinese civilization; fourth, "com bination" has opened up innov ation space, guiding us to continuously emancipate the mind, fully utilize the precious resources of fine traditional Chinese culture in a broader cultural space, and explore theor etical and institutional innov ation facing the future; fifth, "com bination" has consolidated cultural subjectivity, guiding us to adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, adhere to the Party's cultural leadership, and form a solid cultural foundation for the united struggle of the Chinese nation and the Chinese people.
Work hard on the "seven areas of focus." In October 2023, the National Conference on Propaganda, Ideological and Cultural Work officially proposed and systematically expounded Xi Jinping Thought on Culture, marking that our Party's understanding of the laws of socialist cultural construction has reached a new height, indicating that our Party's cultural confidence has reached a new height, and it is an important milestone in cultural construction. General Secretary Xi Jinping made important instructions on propaganda, ideological and cultural work, proposing the "seven areas of focus": focus on strengthening the Party's leadership over propaganda, ideological and cultural work; focus on building a socialist ideology with strong cohesive and leading power; focus on cultivating and practicing socialist core values; focus on enh ancing the communication, guidance, influence, and credibility of news and public opinion; focus on continuing the Chinese cultural lineage and promoting the creativ e transformation and innov ative development of fine traditional Chinese culture; focus on promoting the prosperity and development of cultural undertakings and cultural industries; focus on enh ancing international communication capacity and promoting exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations. These provide the fundamental guidance and point the way forward for us to strengthen cultural confidence and do a good job in the Party's propaganda, ideological and cultural work under the new circumstances.
Adhere to cultural construction focusing on people and settling on people. In Volume V of Xi Jinping: The Governance of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "The 'strength' of a cultural power is ultimately reflected in the ideological realm, spiritual state, and cultural cultivation of the people." Cultural construction should "adhere to a people-centered approach," stimulate the cultural creativ ity vitality of the people, and create more and better cultural products. We should pay attention to the creativ e transformation and innov ative development of fine traditional Chinese culture, continue the Chinese cultural lineage, and meet the multi-faceted and multi-level cultural and living needs of the people. We must strengthen the cultivation of cultural talents and build a high-level cultural talent team with a large scale, reasonable structure, and sharp innov at ive spirit.
Conclusion
In summary, since the new era, General Secretary Xi Jinping has creatively proposed and continuously enriched and developed important discourses on cultural confidence, making them an important part of Xi Jinping Thought on Culture. Under the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Culture, China's cultural construction has achieved historic accomplishments and undergone historic changes, and the cultural confidence of the entire Party and the people of all ethnic groups across the country has significantly increased, laying a solid foundation for achieving the strategic goal of building a cultural power. On the new journey, we must earnestly study and implement Xi Jinping Thought on Culture, thoroughly study Volumes I to V of Xi Jinping: The Governance of China, further strengthen cultural confidence, create a more brilliant new culture worthy of our times, and contrib ute to the realization of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
(The author is a researcher at the Institute of Party History and Literature of the CPC Central Committee)
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General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: “We must take the initiative to integrate into the global innovation network and deepen international exchange and cooperation in basic research,” and “aim at the frontiers of world science and technology and continue to make sustained efforts in strengthening basic research and enhancing original innovation capacity.” The “15th Five-Year Plan for Education Development” (教育发展“十五五”规划), issued in June this year, states: “Effectively utilize world-class educational resources and innovation factors. Deepen international exchange and cooperation in basic research.” At present, the once-in-a-century transformation of the world is accelerating, and a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation is advancing with accelerating breakthroughs. Taking the initiative to integrate into the global innovation network, continuously expanding the breadth and depth of international exchange and cooperation in basic research, and enhancing original innovation capacity through international exchange and cooperation is both an urgent need for actively responding to international scientific and technological competition and an inherent requirement of accelerating the building of a strong country in science and technology and contributing Chinese wisdom to human civilization.
Building platforms for international exchange and cooperation in basic research. The core value of international exchange and cooperation platforms lies in breaking down the “walls” of thinking, geography, and culture and realizing the efficient concentration and optimal allocation of innovation factors. Building platforms for international exchange and cooperation in basic research can not only promote the open sharing of large-scale scientific research facilities and data resources, but also facilitate the deep alignment of scientific research paradigms, evaluation systems, and management mechanisms. We can rely on national strategies to promote the substantive operation of joint research platforms. With international collaborative innovation as the traction, we should focus global wisdom on major scientific frontier fields, promote the gradual deepening of international exchange and cooperation in basic research from personnel exchanges toward systemic integration, and provide a solid fulcrum that spans national borders for long-cycle, high-risk original innovation. For example, joint research platforms such as the China-Russia Institute of Basic Sciences (中俄基础科学研究院) have effectively realized deep cooperation and joint tackling of key problems between the advantageous scientific research forces of the two countries, producing a number of original achievements with international influence. Relying on platforms of international organizations, we should participate in and initiate policy dialogues on international exchange and cooperation in basic research and build international public goods for basic research. For example, in September 2025, the UNESCO International Institute for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Education was established in Shanghai. This is the first global Category 1 center established by UNESCO outside Europe and the United States, and it is also an important international public good that China, in practicing the global governance initiative, has provided for the development of world STEM education. We should better give play to the role of the UNESCO International Institute for STEM Education and promote STEM education so that it becomes inclusive, equitable, relevant, and high-quality education for all at every stage from early childhood to adulthood.
Improving the rules and mechanisms for international collaboration in basic research. The key to deepening international exchange and cooperation in basic research lies in breaking down rule barriers and building an institutional framework of mutual recognition and interconnection. To this end, we can promote the mutual recognition and linkage of scientific research evaluation and data sharing rules. In international exchange and cooperation in basic research, we should not only promote the sharing of achievements, but also consolidate the foundation of mutual trust in such aspects as data openness, intellectual property protection, and scientific research ethics norms. We should actively build an evaluation system with international influence, advocate that Chinese and foreign experts jointly formulate international rules in the field of basic research, and contribute more Chinese wisdom to the formulation of international scientific and technological rules. We should use academic dialogue to break down cognitive barriers and consolidate consensus on rules. We should build normalized international academic dialogue and consultation mechanisms that are multilateral and interdisciplinary, gathering intellectual consensus for the mutual recognition and interconnection of transnational rules. We should promote the transformation of international cooperation in basic research from fragmented, project-based cooperation on individual cases toward institutionalized and systematic collaboration based on mechanisms, and turn bilateral and multilateral academic consensus into standardized and universally applicable international cooperation rules and norms. For example, in the field of artificial intelligence basic research, China has deeply participated in global academic dialogue, coordinated with scientific research institutions of various countries to make overall plans for basic research innovation, technology application norms, and scientific research ethics governance, consolidated global industry consensus, and formed development norms and ethical governance plans for artificial intelligence basic research that are both scientific and inclusive, effectively filling the gaps in international rules in frontier interdisciplinary fields, empowering institutional co-construction with academic consensus, and continuously improving the institutional framework for mutually recognized and interconnected international collaboration.
Promoting the global flow of basic research talent. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: “We must promote the development of education, science and technology, and talent in an integrated manner, do a comprehensive job of cultivating, introducing, and utilizing talent, and expand the ranks of basic research talent.” Deepening international exchange and cooperation in basic research and enhancing original innovation capacity depend, 归根到底 (guī gēn dào dǐ - “return to the root and reach the bottom,” in the final analysis), on talent. The global flow of basic research talent helps break through cognitive limitations and stimulates the endogenous driving force for original innovation. We can make targeted introductions of strategic scientists and leading scientific and technological talents, giving play to the “leading-goose effect.” Through establishing and improving targeted talent introduction mechanisms, more and more high-level overseas talents will be attracted to come to China for development, further promoting the improvement of China’s basic research level. We should improve the mechanisms for the internationalized cultivation and joint funding of young talent. In basic research, it is necessary to further discover new research forces with potential and, through long-cycle and multi-dimensional cultivation, build a global incubator for basic research talent. We should deepen open and collaborative mechanisms and, through internships and practical training at international organizations, the establishment of international joint laboratories, and the establishment of joint research funds, promote the deep participation of young talent in global frontier cooperation in science and technology. At the same time, we should further strengthen the brand and capacity building of “Study in China,” improve the policies for studying in China, build a world talent highland, and form a virtuous cycle of “being able to attract, retain, and make good use of” talent.
(The author is the Director of the Department of International Cooperation of Peking University.)
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Jiangxi Ruijin (江西瑞金) — beside the Red Well (红井), immersive performances enrich visitor experience; Chongqing Qijiang (重庆綦江) — in Shihao Town (石壕镇), red tourism routes help villagers increase income; Gansu Huining (甘肃会宁) — multiple study tour activities take red education out of the classroom... Old revolutionary base areas rely on abundant red tourism resources, integrate and innovate diverse products, and promote local high-quality development.
Jiangxi Ruijin (江西瑞金)
Immersive performances, visitors find resonance
“Supplies must be delivered immediately.” Beside the Red Well (红井) in Shazhouba Town (沙洲坝镇), Ruijin, Jiangxi, an immersive performance is underway. The actors are focused in expression and sharp in movement, recreating scenes from the Soviet Area (苏区) where the masses mended clothing overnight and gathered grain for the army.
“We brought our child from Guangdong to Ruijin. We never imagined we could not only see the old sites and listen to explanations, but also watch a performance up close,” said visitor Zhong Zhijun (钟志军), who came sightseeing with his daughter.
Every holiday or weekend, the Red Well Revolutionary Site Cluster (红井革命旧址群) in Shazhouba Town, Ruijin, receives large numbers of tourists.
In the past, most tourists who came to the Red Well Revolutionary Site Cluster would look at one well, take one photo, listen to one explanation — their stay was short and the experience relatively monotonous. How to make red history more attractive, especially so that the younger generation and parent-child families can feel a sense of connection? The local cultural tourism team explored and launched immersive performances.
As the actors perform, they guide visitors into the site of the Lenin Elementary School (列宁小学旧址). The actors who previously played the masses supporting the front change into coarse cotton gowns and transform into “instructors,” while the visitors become students of the Lenin Elementary School of that time. “When the instructor called on me to answer a question, I felt as if I were inside the classroom — the sense of immersion was stronger,” said visitor Liu Ruiming (刘瑞明) from Guangzhou, Guangdong.
The classroom segment ends. Actors and visitors jump rubber bands and kick shuttlecocks under the large camphor tree. The “Soviet Area communications soldier” takes the lead in reciting a poem: “Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet — who holds the colored ribbon dancing in the sky?…” The visitors follow along in recitation, their voices starting softly and growing louder, becoming more orderly. Then the classic song-and-dance programs “Smoke and Flames on the Battlefield” and “The Army and People Are One Family” are performed, with actors and visitors interacting frequently.
Immersive red cultural tourism relies on the real settings of the old sites to create interactive situational plays, restoring historical scenes. Visitors can participate in activities such as weaving straw sandals, tasting Red Army meals, and learning to sing red folk songs, turning visitors from “onlookers” into “participants,” allowing them to feel spiritual resonance in the restored historical settings.
“Since this type of immersive performance was launched, the average length of stay for visitors in the scenic area has nearly doubled,” explained Song Xianzong (宋宪宗), head of the performance team. Data from the Cradle of the Republic Scenic Area (共和国摇篮景区) in Ruijin shows: in the first half of 2026, the scenic area received a cumulative total of 4.8296 million visitors, a year-on-year increase of 25%.
Yang Cheng (杨诚), a staff member in the Management and Operations Department of Ruijin Cultural Tourism Development Group Co., Ltd. (瑞金市文化旅游发展集团有限公司), said: “We will continue to integrate and innovate to create new products, using immersive experiences to inject lasting vitality into Ruijin’s red cultural tourism development.”
Chongqing Qijiang (重庆綦江)
“Red culture + rural tourism,” scenes become more diverse
After a night of rain, in the 500-mu ecological bayberry orchard of Liyuan Village (梨园村), Shihao Town (石壕镇), Qijiang District (綦江区), Chongqing, bayberries hang heavy on the branches, and the sweet-and-sour fruity fragrance overflows on the wind.
Li Shi (李实), a visitor from Chongqing Liangjiang New Area (两江新区), strolls through the orchard with his child, picking fresh fruit and savoring its sweetness.
“We spend one day visiting red historic sites and another day immersing ourselves in the rural scenery. As my child walks, he learns about history — it’s interesting and meaningful,” said Li Shi. He made a special trip with his child to Shihao Town to follow the footsteps of the Long March.
Chen Xiaosheng (陈晓胜), chairman of the People’s Congress of Shihao Town, Qijiang District, explained that Shihao Town was the stationing site for the main force of the Central Red Army in Chongqing. In recent years, the town has renovated and restored a number of red historic sites and relics, centrally exhibited more than a hundred historical old photos, martyrs’ personal effects, and family letters, transforming revolutionary history into a real-scene classroom.
The local government renovated the tourist reception center and built 8 kilometers of Red Army trail, the Shihao 1935 “Red Soul Garden” (石壕1935“红魂苑”), the Red Army Long March bivouac site cluster, and other red check-in points. At the same time, using the Long March route to link characteristic fruit and vegetable industrial parks such as tomatoes, yellow peaches, and bayberries, a development model of “red culture + rural tourism” has been formed, broadening channels for increasing people’s income.
Wang Yuqiang (王玉强), a villager from Shiquan Village (石泉村), previously made a living from coal mining. After the coal mine shut down, he took advantage of the local tourism boom and transformed his business into a farmhouse restaurant. “During the peak tourist season, the guest rooms are often fully booked, with annual revenue close to 300,000 yuan,” he said.
The small restaurant run by villager Huang Laxiu (黄腊秀) is also thriving. “Annual income is stable at around 200,000 yuan. Last year, I completely renovated the restaurant — the dining environment is better now, and more tourists are coming.”
“Now that the restaurant business is good, the vegetables I grow behind my house are no problem to sell. This year, I planted small cabbages, yellow onions, and chili peppers — they go straight to the restaurant,” said villager Li Shangxian (李尚仙).
In 2025, Shihao Town received more than 120,000 visitors. Each village relies on red resources to develop distinctive industries. Wanlong Village (万隆村) develops high-altitude summer retreats, Xiangshui Village (响水村) is dedicated to promoting “Xiangsanlong Ecological Rice” (香三隆生态大米), Liyuan Village (梨园村) has built an ecological bayberry orchard, and Gaoshan Village (高山村) focuses on cultivating late-ripening yellow peaches…
“The town’s high-altitude high-quality waxy corn planting area is 5,000 mu, with an annual output of 3,000 tons and an output value of nearly 9 million yuan; rapeseed planting area is 9,500 mu, with an annual rapeseed yield of 1,400 tons; 500 mu each of premium fruits such as yellow peaches and bayberries; nearly 10,000 mu of wild square bamboo shoot resources; 115 mu of high-altitude tea gardens…” introduced Sun Zhenying (孙振营), Party secretary of Shihao Town.
“We make good use of red resources and take the path of integrated development of agriculture, culture, sports, tourism, and commerce,” said Sun Zhenying. Shihao Town is actively promoting projects such as green health and wellness to link up with red tourism, continuously enriching diverse business formats and scenes.
Gansu Huining (甘肃会宁)
On-site red study tours, deeper understanding
At the Victory Scenic Area of the Red Army’s Long March (红军长征胜利景园) in Huining County (会宁县), Baiyin, Gansu, Wei Jiaheng (魏嘉珩), a student from the High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China, is experiencing the “Retracing the Long March” activity together with his classmates. “Before, the Long March in my heart came from the numbers and pictures in history books. After walking the winding mountain paths and the long chain bridge, I personally felt the hardship and danger of the Long March,” he said.
On October 9, 1936, the First and Fourth Front Armies of the Red Army joined forces in Huining, Gansu. Today, this city with red memories relies on red cultural tourism resources to promote high-quality development.
Zhao Liang (赵亮), a Chinese language teacher from Huichuan Middle School in Weiyuan County (渭源县), Dingxi, Gansu, brought his students to Huining for the first time. He said: “Standing under the Huining Joint Forces Tower, my heart is full of reverence. I will integrate the red stories here into my teaching, so that the Long March spirit is passed down from generation to generation.”
When the docent recounted the martyrs’ deeds, Duan Ying (段颖), a student from Renmin University of China, had red-rimmed eyes. “Setting foot on the land of Huining, I understand more deeply the sacrifice and faith it bears.”
Starting from the Huining Red Service Station (会宁红色驿站) beside the G22 Qinglan Expressway, visiting the Red Army Joint Forces Historic Site (红军会师旧址), paying respects at Manniu Slope (慢牛坡), experiencing the Victory Scenic Area of the Red Army’s Long March and the Red Army Village (红军村) on site… “Every holiday is the peak period for red tourism. Our entire docent team is on duty. We hope to pass on the red genes and revolutionary flame with full enthusiasm and professional explanations,” said Wang Lequn (王乐群), a docent from the Women’s Docent Team of the Red Army Huining Joint Forces Historic Site Administrative Committee (红军会宁会师旧址管委会女子讲解队).
Huining has carefully crafted special study tour courses such as “One Ten-Thousandth — Toward Extraordinariness” (万分之一·向着不凡) and “Retracing the Long March, Forging Ambition to Strengthen the Nation” (重走长征路 砥砺强国志), building an education model of “real-scene experience + on-site teaching + spiritual insight.”
According to statistics, in the first half of the year, Huining County received 4.7378 million visitors, a year-on-year increase of 9.64%; achieved tourism spending of 3.756 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 21.6%; and hosted more than 200 study tour groups from primary, secondary, and university students.
Return to TopBeijing, August 10 (Reporter Pan Junqiang (潘俊强)): On the 10th, the reporter learned from the media briefing of the 2026 China International Fair for Trade in Services (hereinafter referred to as CIFTIS) that the 2026 CIFTIS will be held from September 9 to 13 at Shougang Park in Shijingshan District, Beijing.
As an important annual event in the field of global service trade, CIFTIS has always been an important platform for showcasing China's service trade opening achievements and promoting international exchanges and cooperation. This year's CIFTIS will continue to uphold the concept of “Global Services, Mutual Benefit and Shared Gain” (全球服务，互惠共享), around cultivating the “China Services” brand and showcasing service policies and practical achievements, and will set up exhibition and display, negotiation and promotion, results release, supporting activities, etc. During the same period, the Global Service Trade Summit and a series of service trade development forums will also be held.
According to Wei Mingqian (魏明乾), Deputy General Manager of Beichen Group, as of now, nearly 70 countries (regions) and international organizations, including the United Kingdom, Denmark, Brazil, the World Trade Centers Association, and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, have confirmed to set up exhibitions and hold meetings. The guest of honor country, Norway, and the guest of honor province, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, will, based on their respective advantageous fields, set up national pavilions and characteristic theme exhibition halls. The nine special topics have already attracted more than 740 enterprises and institutions that intend to participate in exhibitions offline.
At this year’s CIFTIS, heavyweight achievements will be concentrated and unveiled, with emphasis on “first releases” and “lists.” Currently, more than 80 enterprises and institutions, including Alibaba, Schneider, and GE Healthcare, plan to release over 180 innovation achievements, covering multiple fields such as artificial intelligence, medical health, and green low-carbon. Relevant countries and international organizations, provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities, and the nine special topics will hold more than 190 forum meetings and negotiation promotion events, including 16 theme forums such as the Service Trade Development Forum and the Forum on Trends and Frontiers of Digital Trade Development, and plan to release reports such as China Service Trade Development Report 2025 and Digital Trade Development and Cooperation Report 2026.
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At present, extreme weather such as high temperatures and torrential rain occurs frequently, electricity loads rise sharply, and risks of fire, electric shock, poisoning, and suffocation in industrial and trade enterprises increase significantly. Some enterprises increase the intensity of nighttime production for energy conservation and consumption reduction; factors such as worker fatigue and limited nighttime visibility combine, and accidents of mechanical injury and falls from height enter a high-incidence period. In order to effectively prevent and resolve prominent safety risks for industrial and trade enterprises in August, the Ministry of Emergency Management issues a work safety production notice to industrial and trade enterprises, strictly guard against six categories of production safety accidents, and strengthen safety management of "factory within a factory" (厂中厂) and "park within a park" (园中园).
First, strictly guard against poisoning and suffocation accidents in confined space operations. The confined space operation approval system must be strictly implemented; before operations, the gas concentration in the confined space must be tested; the operation site must be equipped with safety protection and emergency rescue equipment, and dedicated supervisors must be assigned, so as to strictly guard against the occurrence of confined space operation accidents.
Second, strictly guard against splash and explosion accidents when high-temperature molten metal meets water. The water-cooling devices of furnace bodies such as smelting furnaces must be regularly inspected and repaired to prevent cooling water from leaking into the furnace and contacting the high-temperature molten material.
Third, strictly guard against electric shock accidents. A comprehensive inspection must be carried out on electrical lines, switches, distribution boxes, electrical equipment, etc., with a focus on rectifying hazards such as line aging, insulation damage, and overload operation.
Fourth, strictly guard against mechanical injury accidents. The safety confirmation before operation must be strictly implemented, the post responsibility system and post operation procedures must be implemented, and the inspection and rectification of safety protection devices such as light curtains, emergency stops, and protective covers must be strengthened.
Fifth, strictly guard against falls from height accidents. The approval system for work at height must be strictly implemented, safety education and training for operators must be strengthened, and labor protection articles such as safety helmets and safety belts must be worn in a standardized manner.
Sixth, strictly guard against combustion and explosion accidents of hazardous chemicals. Industrial and trade enterprises involved in the storage and use of hazardous chemicals must strictly implement measures such as cooling, ventilation, and keeping away from ignition sources, and strictly control the risks of leakage, combustion, and explosion of hazardous chemicals under high-temperature environments.
At the same time, all regions must strengthen safety management of industrial "factory within a factory" and "park within a park", further ascertain the risk baseline, consolidate the safety management responsibilities of lessors and lessees, urge lessors to strictly implement unified coordination and management responsibilities and lessees to strictly implement the primary safety responsibilities, strictly prohibit blocking evacuation passages, illegal and irregular production and business operations, illegal and irregular construction and renovation, strictly manage the safety of hot work operations, and resolutely prevent accidents such as fire, explosion, and collapse from occurring.
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In the smart factories along the coast of the East China Sea, industrial workers work side by side with robots, gaining career growth through the upgrade to intelligent manufacturing; on the production lines of the enclave park in central Zhejiang, mountain-area workers increase their income through skills and achieve stable employment and a happy life at their doorstep; in the homestay villages at the foot of Moganshan, farming households revitalize assets through land reform, and the "three types of income" (三金 - land rent, wages, and share dividends) support a stable happiness; amid the white walls and black tiles of the villages in western Zhejiang, farmers pick up brushes to paint, turning their rural lives into an industry that enriches the people… Four snapshots, spanning mountains and sea, all point to the same theme: common prosperity.
In September 2023, during his inspection tour in Zhejiang, General Secretary Xi Jinping stressed: “Zhejiang should take the lead in demonstrating the path to common prosperity. Narrowing the urban-rural gap, the regional gap, and the income gap should be made the main direction of attack, and the institutional mechanisms for integrated urban-rural development should be further improved.”
In May 2021, the “Opinions of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council on Supporting Zhejiang in High-Quality Development and Building a Demonstration Zone for Common Prosperity” was issued, entrusting Zhejiang with the major mission of providing a provincial-level example for the whole country in promoting common prosperity. The “15th Five-Year Plan” outline puts forward, “Making solid progress in promoting people’s all-round development and common prosperity for all.”
Keeping instructions in mind, forging ahead with determination. Over the past five-plus years, Zhejiang has closely adhered to the main direction of narrowing the “three major gaps” — regional, urban-rural, and income — and has continuously taken new steps and achieved new results on the exploratory journey toward common prosperity. The urban-rural income ratio of Zhejiang residents narrowed from 1.96 in 2020 to 1.81 in 2025, showing a trend of narrowing for 13 consecutive years, the lowest among the major economic provinces. In the first half of this year, the per capita disposable income of rural residents in the province reached 27,555 yuan, a year-on-year increase of 6.0%.
Quality and Efficiency, Laying a Solid Foundation for Common Prosperity
Entering a smart factory in Beilun District, Ningbo, robotic arms wave and stretch, and AGV (Automated Guided Vehicle) transport robots glide steadily along predetermined routes. On the production line, a humanoid robot accurately completes repetitive tasks such as moving bins, becoming the “new colleague” of industrial worker Zhang Chao (张超).
“My workmate is a robot.” Zhang Chao’s light-hearted remark reflects the production changes brought by intelligent manufacturing.
As a national-level 5G factory and intelligent manufacturing demonstration factory, this facility has built a “digital brain” using 5G, artificial intelligence, and industrial big data, greatly improving production efficiency and product precision. As machines become smarter, the room for workers’ growth also expands: a large number of frontline workers like Zhang Chao have achieved career advancement and income growth amid industrial upgrading.
Industrial upgrading improves not only line speed and factory output. Not far from the factory, in the Hengyang Future Community, the warmth of industry-city integration reaches people directly. The Lunan campus of Donghai Experimental School is about to open, solving the concern of industrial workers’ children about schooling; talent apartments, childcare centers, home-based elderly care service centers, community hospitals, and more are all available, and the bus network is continuously optimized. From intelligent production lines to the烟火 (bustling daily life) of the community, Beilun District coordinates industrial development and urban renewal, giving enterprises room to grow and, more importantly, enabling industrial workers to 安居乐业 (ān jū lè yè - “settle in peace and take pleasure in work,” to live in peace and enjoy one’s work).
The transformation of one factory and the warmth of one community illuminate Zhejiang’s logic of supporting high-quality life through high-quality development — development is not isolated economic growth but the common growth of industry, cities, and people. This practice of “improving industry and upgrading people’s livelihoods” can be seen everywhere on the land of Zhejiang.
In Hangzhou Qingshan Lake Science and Technology City, innovation extends along the industrial chain. In the workshop of Zhejiang Wanma Co., Ltd., extrusion worker Huang Jinfang (黄金坊) has grown from a frontline worker to a skilled leader, turning more than 20 years of experience into an operation manual, shortening the training period for master operators from one to two years down to three months; in the industrial community, talent apartments stand next to shared laboratories. “Upstairs and downstairs are the upstream and downstream of the industry.” Sci-tech innovation resources not only give birth to enterprises but also open up channels for skill improvement and employment income growth.
In Yiwu Global Digital Trade Center, digital upgrading broadens the path to common prosperity for small and medium-sized merchants. The “World Yiwu” trade big model has launched 25 AI applications including AI design, AI video creation, and AI video translation, lowering the threshold for cross-border business; the market’s average daily footfall has reached 60,000 person-times, with “second-generation merchants,” “second-generation entrepreneurs,” and “new-generation” business entities accounting for over 50% of the total. A modern trade hub that “buys globally, sells globally, and smartly serves globally” has taken shape.
These micro-practices accumulate into a powerful momentum, gathering the surging energy for Zhejiang’s high-quality development. In recent years, Zhejiang has deeply implemented the “Eight-Eight Strategy” (八八战略), persisted in making the “cake” bigger and better through high-quality development, and accelerated the construction of a modern industrial system. The province’s GDP has crossed three trillion-yuan thresholds in succession, reaching 9.45 trillion yuan in 2025; R&D investment intensity has increased to 3.3%, the value added of core digital economy industries has exceeded 1.2 trillion yuan, and the number of specialized and new “little giant” enterprises ranks among the top in the country. While expanding the economic aggregate, Zhejiang has simultaneously promoted the “Seven Excellent and Enjoyable” public services project, achieved full coverage of county-level medical communities, taken the lead nationally in the proportion of counties (cities, districts) achieving high-quality and balanced compulsory education, steadily increased average life expectancy, continuously raised the level of basic safety net protection for people in difficulty, innovatively implemented a “material + services” multi-dimensional assistance model, and accelerated the formation across society of a favorable atmosphere where the weak are supported by all, ensuring that no one is left behind (一个都不掉队) , truly achieving resonance between development and people’s livelihoods.
“The pioneering exploration of common prosperity in Zhejiang is essentially a ‘development-driven common prosperity,’ which makes the cake bigger and better through innovation-driven development and industrial upgrading, while simultaneously promoting the improvement and expansion of public services so that the fruits of development more fairly cover all the people,” said Ji Fuxing (吉富星), professor at the School of Applied Economics, University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
“We promote common prosperity through high-quality development, with one hand focused on industrial upgrading to consolidate the economic foundation, and the other hand on improving people’s livelihoods to enhance the well-being of the people,” said Chen Hengzhi (陈衡治), Director of the Zhejiang Provincial Development and Reform Commission. He said that in the next step, Zhejiang will continue to vigorously develop new quality productive forces based on local conditions, use the “Thousand-Village Demonstration, Ten-Thousand-Village Improvement” project (千万工程) as a driving force to steadily narrow the “three major gaps,” break through bottlenecks and blockages through innovation and reform, advance the integration of basic public services, accelerate the filling of shortcomings in people’s livelihoods, and while continuously consolidating the material foundation for common prosperity, make the fruits of development warmer and more tangible, using Zhejiang’s pioneering experiments to explore the path to common prosperity for the whole country.
Mountains and Seas Merge, Bridging the Development Divide
At the break of dawn, in the wood carving furniture industrial park in Nanshi Subdistrict, Dongyang City, the sound of machines gradually rises… Woodworker master Chen Jianhua (陈建华), from Renzhen Town, Pan’an County (磐安县), opens the CNC machine tool and starts his day’s work.
“In the past, it was hard to find work in the mountains; now I take the shuttle bus to Dongyang to work, my salary has doubled, and the factory also provides room and board,” said Chen Jianhua. In the park, there are many workers like him from the mountainous area of Pan’an.
This industrial park is a cooperative project under the mountain-sea collaboration between Dongyang and Pan’an. The park is operated by Zhejiang Dongpan Mountain-Sea Collaboration Co., Ltd., jointly funded by Pan’an and Dongyang. According to the cooperation agreement, the income is shared between the two parties through negotiation. From 2021 to 2025, Pan’an County has received cumulative profit dividends of 8.65 million yuan.
Beyond industrial collaboration, the partnership between the two places has already extended to all areas of people’s livelihoods. Dongyang and mountainous-area schools in Pan’an have formed cross-regional educational consortia, sharing high-quality resources through synchronized classrooms and mentor-apprentice pairings; Dongyang’s tertiary hospitals have established pairing support relationships with township health centers in Pan’an, with expert consultations and remote consultations becoming routine; the two places have established a “Hengdian-Pan’an Film and Television Alliance” based on Jinhua area’s “Hundred Towns Build Foundations” action, closely linking mountain-area homestays with film and television tourism… A picture of mountains and seas joining hands, with the prosperous leading the less prosperous, gradually unfolds.
The exploration of enclave bridges and mountain-sea collaboration is blossoming all over Zhejiang.
In Yongyue Village, Puyuan Town, Jiaxing, a 17-story village building has been built, complete with a health room, a library, and other facilities. Village Party secretary Zhuang Minghuo (庄明火) proudly said, “What the city has, the village basically also has.”
In Jiaxing, the balanced model of urban-rural integration is becoming increasingly clear. In 2025, the per capita disposable income of rural residents citywide reached 54,939 yuan, ranking first in the province for 22 consecutive years, and the urban-rural income ratio narrowed to 1.48, remaining the smallest in the province for seven consecutive years. From urban-rural public buses with “same line, same fare, same service” to water supply, electricity, and communications with “same network, same quality,” to education, medical care, and social security with “same standard, same enjoyment,” on the land of Jiaxing, the identity boundary between farmers and urban residents is constantly blurring, and urban-rural non-differentiated public services have turned from a vision into daily reality.
At the dock of Mayi Island, Putuo District, Zhoushan, a medical boat equipped with 5G+AR remote consultation technology regularly docks. 73-year-old Granny Lin (林阿婆) sighed with emotion: before, she had to take a boat to the city to see a doctor; now, “the hospital has come to our doorstep.”
In Zhoushan, the “Hello, Little Island” island common prosperity action has brought vitality to remote islands. Shengshan Island, Shengsi County, is building an international sea fishing base; Gouqi Island deepens the development of the full mussel industry chain; Liuheng Island promotes the construction of a marine ranch complex… From public services to industries that enrich the people, Zhoushan focuses on narrowing the “three major gaps,” with the urban-rural income ratio narrowing from 1.63 in 2020 to 1.51 in 2025.
Breakthroughs at individual points converge into achievements across the board. Zhejiang continues to deepen the “Thousand-Village Demonstration, Ten-Thousand-Village Improvement” project and the mountain-sea collaboration project, continuously narrowing the “three major gaps.”
The data speaks. The average annual GDP growth rate of mountainous and island counties is higher than the provincial average. The per capita disposable income of residents and low-income farming households has exceeded the 50,000 yuan and 20,000 yuan thresholds respectively. The ratio of per capita disposable income of local residents to the provincial average rose from 0.732 in 2021 to 0.756 in 2025. A total of over 100 mountain-sea collaboration enclave parks have been built, boosting farmers’ income by 27 billion yuan. Zhejiang took the lead in the country in launching the reform of basic public service integration. More than 12,000 elderly meal assistance points across the province serve the dining needs of the masses. Among the 101 provincial-level basic public service standards, 96 have achieved urban-rural non-differentiation, and the level of universal, balanced, and accessible public services continues to rise.
“Zhejiang has broken the traditional urban-rural dual barriers and regional development disparities, relying not only on the ‘Thousand-Village Demonstration, Ten-Thousand-Village Improvement’ project to reshape the face of villages and activate rural value, but also on mountain-sea collaboration and enclave economy to establish cross-regional benefit-sharing mechanisms,” said Ye Xinqing (叶兴庆), former director and researcher of the Research Department of Rural Economy, Development Research Center of the State Council. He said this coordinated development model of “two-way flow, complementary advantages, and interest linkage” goes beyond simple assistance and transfusion, building a long-term win-win development mechanism, and provides important experience for the whole country in solving the problem of unbalanced urban-rural and regional development.
“We take narrowing the urban-rural gap, regional gap, and income gap as the main direction, and focus on ‘enriching the people’ by deeply doing a good job in the three articles of ‘strengthening the city,’ ‘revitalizing the village,’ and ‘integrating,’” said Li Yingbin (李迎宾), Director of the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. He said that during the “15th Five-Year Plan” period, Zhejiang will continue to deepen the “Thousand-Village Demonstration, Ten-Thousand-Village Improvement” project, comprehensively strengthen the development axis of “county seat — central town — key village,” upgrade and iterate the strategy of strengthening agriculture through science and technology and machinery, vigorously implement the “Local Specialty and Wealth — Ten Groups, Hundred Chains” action, improve the quality and expand the scope of village cluster development, actively attract young people to return to the countryside and develop, strive to create common prosperity scenarios such as common prosperity workshops, common prosperity markets, and common prosperity courtyards, deepen the “1+3” assistance mechanism for mountainous and island counties and the support for relatively weak towns and villages, and continuously push forward “narrowing gaps for common prosperity” to achieve new results and open up new situations, ensuring that no one is left behind on the road to common prosperity.
Expanding the Middle and Raising the Low, Optimizing the Distribution Pattern
In the early morning light with a thin mist over Moganshan, Shen Shuijia (沈水佳), a villager from Xiantan Village, Moganshan Town, Deqing County, arrives on time at the fine homestay at the village entrance to start her day’s cleaning work. In the past, she never imagined that by staying in the mountains she could live a stable life of “income every month, dividends every year”: her family’s contracted land is leased to the homestay cluster — stable rent every year; working at the homestay gives her a fixed monthly wage of 3,200 yuan; at year-end, the village collective distributes dividends, giving her another share of equity income. Together, this adds nearly 50,000 yuan to her annual income.
From a former “hollow village” that relied on the mountains for a meager living to a homestay cluster village that now gathers 166 fine homestays and has a total annual rural tourism output value of around 100 million yuan, the transformation of Xiantan Village stems from the institutional empowerment of the rural “three types of land” reform (三块地) .
Starting in 2015, Deqing County coordinated the pilot reform of rural land expropriation, collective operational construction land market entry, and homestead system reform, turning dormant rural resources into movable assets. The reform dividends continue to be released: in 2025, Deqing’s per capita disposable income of rural residents reached 55,316 yuan, the urban-rural income ratio narrowed to 1.49, and the urban-rural development gap continued to shrink.
Breakthroughs in one area reflect the deepening of Zhejiang’s institutional innovation. Around the two major directions of “expanding the middle” (growing the middle-income group) and “raising the low” (securing the bottom line), various localities in Zhejiang implement policies tailored to local conditions, forming distinctive income-increasing paths.
Ningbo focuses on increasing income for industrial workers, comprehensively promoting a collective wage negotiation system based on skill levels, covering regulated-above-scale and industry enterprises, benefiting more than 116,000 skilled workers. The total number of skilled personnel in Ningbo has exceeded 2.15 million, with over 790,000 high-skilled personnel, making skilled workers the main force in cultivating the middle-income group.
Lishui deeply cultivates bottom-line assistance for low-income groups, promoting the “strong village company + common prosperity workshop” and “enterprise + cooperative + farmer” models across the region, with 1,011 commonly prosperity workshops in regular operation. These workshops open up the path for turning resources into assets and farmers into industrial workers, having cumulatively driven the employment of more than 82,000 people, of which over 14,900 are low-income farmers, with an average monthly income increase of more than 2,880 yuan per employed person.
Quzhou focuses on skills upgrading for three groups — new blue-collar workers, new farmers, and new craftspeople. Since 2022, it has cumulatively trained 134,000 new blue-collar workers, cultivated 31,000 new farmers, and 12,000 new craftspeople, using skills to empower the people with stable income increases.
Breakthroughs at points, connecting points into areas, systematic reform advances in depth. Zhejiang has built an “8+9” work matrix of “eight implementation paths and nine key groups,” taking nine groups including skilled workers and scientific researchers as key levers, applying precise policies and targeted efforts for each category, and continuously improving the coordinated and matching institutional system of primary distribution, redistribution, and tertiary distribution.
The results of reform are palpable. The scale of the middle-income group in Zhejiang continues to grow, and an “olive-shaped” social structure with the middle-income group as the main body is rapidly taking shape; the per capita disposable income of low-income farming households has grown at an average annual rate of more than 10%, consistently higher than the average level of farmers in the province; in 2025, the number of people covered by basic medical insurance in the province reached 57.58 million, an increase of more than 2 million compared to five years ago. The minimum wage standard and social security benefits have been steadily raised, and the safety net for people’s livelihoods is being woven ever tighter.
“Zhejiang’s income distribution reform insists on implementing policies tailored to each person, adheres to the orientation of equal opportunity, and by no means simply pursues equal outcomes,” said Zhao Zhirong (赵志荣), Dean of the School of Public Affairs, Zhejiang University. In his view, a series of reform measures continue to unblock channels for upward social mobility, effectively prevent class solidification, and form a comprehensive policy system of “expanding the middle, raising the low, adjusting the high, and smoothing flow.”
“We focus on the core task of ‘expanding the middle and raising the low,’ continuously improve the integrated urban-rural employment and entrepreneurship system, broaden channels for increasing income through labor, promote employment and income growth ‘at the doorstep,’ and strive to ensure that ‘everyone has something to do, every household has income.’ We will take the lead in trial building a province-level skills-based society, establish an incentive orientation of ‘workers increase skills, enterprises increase efficiency, workers increase income,’ and promote the increase of skills and income for all workers,” said Wu Weibin (吴伟斌), Director of the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Human Resources and Social Security. He said that in the next step, Zhejiang will continue to anchor onto the key task of “expanding the middle and raising the low,” strike a combination of measures including employment income growth, skills empowerment, social security upgrades, and distribution adjustments, so that the people’s “money bags” are fuller and their sense of fulfillment is stronger.
“Cultivating Both Internal and External,” Painting the Background of Happiness
In Yudong Village (余东村), Kecheng District (柯城区), Quzhou, in the China Rural Art Museum at the village entrance, villager Yu Yunmei (余云梅) is holding a paintbrush, carefully sketching on a wall painting. Who would imagine that this seemingly ordinary villager is now a member of the Zhejiang Artists Association and earns more than 100,000 yuan a year just from painting wall murals?
“By day, I carry a hoe; by night, I hold a paintbrush; the bedroom is my studio, and the door is my canvas” — this doggerel is a vivid portrait of these “village Picassos.”
Entering Yudong is like stepping into a color palette. Of the more than 800 villagers, over 300 are engaged in farmer painting. Yudong Village has invigorated the “farmer painting +” industrial chain, from selling paintings to selling copyrights, selling cultural creative products, and selling tourism. The annual output value of industries related to farmer painting has exceeded 25 million yuan, and the village receives more than 200 research and study groups each year, transforming Yudong Village from a “poor and weak village” into “China’s No. 1 Farmer Painting Village” and a “National Civilized Village.”
One painting awakened dormant rural resources; one paintbrush drew a path to common prosperity through culture-driven industry and cultural-tourism integration.
The synchronization of spiritual prosperity and material prosperity is a distinctive marker of Zhejiang’s common prosperity demonstration.
In Jiaxing, a solid sense of security is “governed” into being. In Xinnan Community, Nanhu District, a “business-residence co-integration” council meeting is being held. Restaurant owners and residents negotiate about fume emissions, and the community uses a “star-rated merchant evaluation” to turn morality into credit.
As the birthplace of the “three-in-one governance” (autonomy, rule of law, rule of virtue), Jiaxing pioneered the exploration of a grassroots governance system combining autonomy, rule of law, and rule of virtue in the country, and has been awarded the title of “Safe City” in Zhejiang Province for 21 consecutive years. In 2025, the rate of local resolution of disputes and conflicts at the county level reached 98.0%, and the sense of safety and satisfaction among the masses consistently ranks among the top in the province.
In Lishui, good ecology has a clear “value ledger.” The homestay “Suye” in Fuye Village (伏叶村), Jingning She Autonomous County, has innovated its pricing method by separately incorporating the ecological dividends brought by mountain air and valley clear streams into the room price. Breeze, clean water, negative oxygen ions — after GEP (Gross Ecosystem Product) accounting, they have a quantifiable value, which is then converted into ecological assets that can be priced at a premium and monetized.
As the country’s first pilot city for the mechanism of realizing the value of ecological products, Lishui has achieved full GEP accounting coverage at the city, county, township, and village levels, giving mountains, forests, streams, and air “property rights certificates.” Villagers earn an average of more than 10,000 yuan annually simply by protecting the ecology. As of the end of July 2026, Lishui city had stored a total of 4,100 various ecological resources through its ecological product trading platform, continuously transforming “good mountains and good waters” into “assets that enrich the people.”
This is not an isolated highlight but a civilization leap across the entire region. “Cultivating both internal and external, common prosperity and common beauty,” the vast number of urban and rural residents are gaining a happy life that is both substantial and warm.
Zhejiang Province insists on the simultaneous development of the five aspects of education (moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetic, and labor education), coordinates the construction of a Beautiful Zhejiang with the provincial-level civilized practice of “Manner in Zhejiang.” The proportion of days with good air quality in cities set up by the province exceeds 90%, and the rate of excellent water quality at surface water monitoring sections exceeds 98%. Blue skies, clean land, and clear waters have become the norm in urban and rural areas. The spiritual civilization front is continuously being woven tighter: the new era civilization practice centers have achieved full coverage at the county, township, and village levels; the coverage rate of rural cultural halls exceeds 90%; and civilized practice activities reach the fields and every household. At the same time, the “Fengqiao Experience” in the new era is continuously deepened, the grassroots governance system is upgraded and iterated, and dispute mediation and peacebuilding work constantly improve in quality and efficiency. The people’s sense of gain, happiness, and security remain firmly in the top tier nationwide. Beauty, civilization, and safety have become distinctive identifiers of Zhejiang’s common prosperity.
“Common prosperity requires both ‘enriching the wallet’ and ‘enriching the mind,’” said Yu Huimin (俞慧敏), Deputy Director of the Propaganda Department of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee and Director of the Provincial Civilization Office. Zhejiang will deepen the provincial-level civilized practice of “Manner in Zhejiang,” advance cultural projects that benefit the people, consolidate the achievements of building a Beautiful Zhejiang, raise the effectiveness of grassroots governance, and make the foundation of common prosperity warmer and its quality more solid.
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By the Qiantang River, the tides surge day and night, just like Zhejiang’s footsteps in advancing common prosperity — never ceasing.
Looking back on the path traveled: from the blueprint of the “Eight-Eight Strategy” to the persistent, long-term efforts of the “Thousand-Village Demonstration, Ten-Thousand-Village Improvement” project; from the precise targeted support of “one county, one policy” for mountainous and island counties to the cross-regional hand-in-hand of mountain-sea collaboration; from the joyful smile of a skilled worker receiving his first equity stake to the reassured expression of an island elderly person boarding the “Ark of Health” — every step of exploration on the land of Zhejiang is answering the same proposition: common prosperity is not an unreachable distant future, but an everyday reality that can be felt and touched by thousands of households.
Standing at a new starting point, Zhejiang is continuing to write this answer sheet for common prosperity belonging to all the people, with the posture of “taking concrete actions, staying ahead, and bravely standing at the forefront of the tide.”
(Reported by staff reporters Liu Junguo (刘军国), Li Junqiang (李君强), and Dou Hao (窦皓) who participated in the writing.)
Return to TopIn recent days, the Daqing Oilfield Farm (大庆油田农场) in Wudalianchi (五大连池市), Heilongjiang, has entered the wheat harvest period. The farm has coordinated and dispatched multiple large combine harvesters to carry out mechanized rush-harvesting. Amid the golden wheat waves, the harvesting operations are advancing efficiently, presenting a scene of busy yet orderly bumper harvest. The photo shows large machinery rushing to harvest wheat in the wheat fields of Daqing Oilfield Farm. Photo by Lu Wenxiang (陆文祥) (Image China (影像中国))
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“My household registration is here, so why can’t I get a certificate of economic hardship?” Not long ago, Li Wenya (李文亚), a resident of Qingchun Community (庆春社区), Lijing Street Subdistrict (丽景街街道), Xingqing District (兴庆区), Yinchuan City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (宁夏回族自治区银川市), came to the community service hall. A contract project he had undertaken in Inner Mongolia became embroiled in a dispute, and when he applied for legal aid, the local lawyer required him to return to his place of household registration to obtain a hardship certificate.
Zhao Yuanyuan (赵园园), Party Secretary of Qingchun Community, opened the list — there was no such item under public services, so the certificate could not be issued. Zhao Yuanyuan did not push the matter away; she called the community legal adviser, explained Li Wenya’s actual situation. In the end, Li Wenya successfully connected with local legal aid resources in Xingqing District.
“Certificates cannot be issued randomly, but the difficulties of the masses must be resolved somehow,” said Zhao Yuanyuan. Behind this “one refusal, one help” lies the confidence and transformation brought by the implementation of the community service list system.
For a long time in the past, what a community should do was not very clear. “Departments came to hang plaques every few days; there were more than a dozen just on the anti-theft window grilles,” said Huang Dan (黄丹), deputy Party Secretary of Qingchun Community.
In 2025, Ningxia established a list of basic public services, a list of social welfare services, and a list of convenience services for the people, clarifying from an institutional level the boundaries of rights and responsibilities between communities and functional departments. Xingqing District pushed forward quickly, sorting out 30 items on a common list for community affairs, and establishing a supporting “whistle-blowing and reporting” mechanism (吹哨报到机制): the community raises requests, departments come to handle them. Huang Dan pointed at the now bright and spacious service hall and said: “Now the community only has these few plaques: the community Party organization, the residents’ committee, the community workstation, and the neighborhood affairs supervision committee. How many plaques there are and where they are hung are also clearly specified.”
Also reduced were the various certificates and reports of the community.
Ma Dilan (马娣兰), a staff member of the Lijing Street Subdistrict Party Construction Office, introduced that before the three lists (三项清单) were formulated, Qingchun Community issued fifty to sixty certificates a month — a certificate was needed for applying for subsistence allowances, a certificate for applying for aid, a certificate for participating in litigation; the community had become a “universal stamp.” “After the lists were laid out item by item, whose job it is is completely clear; for certificates that the community should not issue, we have a basis to explain when we refuse,” said Huang Dan.
How were the lists decided? Xingqing District formed a special task force that included street and community cadres, combined with grid-based area division, visited and collected residents’ opinions, held evaluation meetings, and invited Party member representatives and residents’ representatives to discuss. Which services were most urgent, which items should be added or removed, what the community can do, what they hope departments will do — all were clarified one by one with the participation of the masses. Xingqing District also customized 40 individual lists (个性清单) based on community characteristics.
Zhao Yuanyuan said: “Now we issue only two or three certificates a month; the burden has lightened, but the responsibility to serve the masses cannot be reduced. The community coordinates resources and encourages young grid workers (网格员) to actively learn professional knowledge such as law and social security, so as to serve residents more precisely and professionally.”
For the community, to better fulfill its duties, reducing burdens is one aspect; another is solving the problem of “seeing it but not being able to manage it.” Xingqing District’s “whistle-blowing and reporting” working mechanism classifies whistle-blowing items into three types: quick-response whistle (快捷哨), tough-problem whistle (攻坚哨), and emergency whistle (应急哨), which respectively require completion by the next day, completion within a set time limit, and immediate response upon the whistle. Communities and residents grade the response speed and coordination of functional departments, and these grades are included in the annual performance evaluation.
Last summer, a sewage well at Shuangzhang Alley in Qingchun Community suddenly sprayed water, severely affecting residents’ travel. The community first contacted the municipal works department, which said the well was not under its jurisdiction. “In the past, the matter might have deadlocked, but now it’s different.” Zhao Yuanyuan “blew the whistle” through an online platform; after the subdistrict verified, three units — municipal works, comprehensive law enforcement, and Zhongtie Water (中铁水务) — arrived at the scene at the agreed time. They inspected well by well and finally found that the problem was caused by a mistaken valve operation; it was repaired the same day.
“This year, many functional departments in the district have actively approached us, hoping to be able to cross-departmentally blow the whistle together,” said Hou Shanshan (厚珊珊), Deputy Director of the Social Work Department of Xingqing District Party Committee. “Communities and functional departments cooperate closely; community cadres have more good helpers, work efficiency is higher, and results are more significant.”
The co-construction and sharing of the three lists not only benefits residents but also improves department work efficiency.
Inside Qingchun Community there was an intersection. More than 30,000 people from the two nearby communities passed through frequently, but because there was no traffic light for a long time, scraping accidents occurred from time to time. At a community list task force meeting, resident representative Wang Jianjun (王建军) raised: “With the individual lists as support, can we contact the relevant departments based on the community situation to install a traffic light?” The community carefully recorded this suggestion.
Subsequently, the community “blew the whistle.” Traffic police and municipal works departments came to the site to consult. What kind of light to install? Would it cause traffic jams? Street and community cadres and residents discussed repeatedly, and finally the traffic light was installed. “From making the suggestion to installation, we participated throughout, so we feel at ease,” said Wang Jianjun.
“The lists make the community and departments twist into one rope; management is more proactive, and services are more forward-leaning,” said Lei Kai (雷凯), Deputy Captain of the Comprehensive Law Enforcement Brigade of Xinhua Street (新华街), Xingqing District. He frankly stated that the law enforcement team has few personnel and slow patrols; in the past, handling problems such as residents’ unauthorized construction or illegal storefront sign placement often required repeated complaints by the masses before they were discovered, making the work very passive. Lei Kai said: “Now community grid workers patrol daily; when they find a problem, they ‘blow the whistle’ immediately. Our on-site response efficiency has increased, and the number of complaints from the masses has also decreased.”
From residents “placing orders” to communities and functional departments “receiving orders,” and then to the masses “rating the orders,” a co-governance chain is taking shape. “The three lists are like an index, linking together residents’ demands, governance resources, and social forces, striving to realize a governance pattern where everyone has responsibility, everyone fulfills responsibility, and everyone enjoys the benefits,” said Yang Puyu (杨璞璞), Director of the Social Work Department of Xingqing District Party Committee.
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Due to blurred boundaries of power and responsibility, communities have long played the role of a "general housekeeper," covering everything and stamping everything. With the implementation of the whistle and report (吹哨报到) mechanism, communities are gradually shifting from being "direct handlers" of problems to "reporters" and "dispatchers." However, in some places, the transformation of power and responsibility still encounters a "last mile" obstruction, and community workers still face the difficulty of "can see but cannot manage."
In a special collection launched by People's Daily Online's Leader Message Board (领导留言板), grassroots workers with similar troubles called for clarifying the blurred boundaries. One message mentioned that the locality has long assigned work tasks that exceed the scope of the community to subordinate communities. Although the locality has issued a document on "functional departments entering residential communities," the relevant functional departments do not implement it, and higher-level departments only put pressure on communities, making whistle and report an empty talk.
Another grassroots worker admitted that due to poor coordination mechanisms of power and responsibility and insufficient local empowerment, communities and sub-district offices still fall into the troubles of "cannot mobilize" and "cannot push off" when facing cross-departmental matters. The original design intent of the whistle and report mechanism was to make departments sink down, but in actual operation, a large amount of transactional work such as coordination and persuasion is still transmitted layer by layer, ultimately landing at the community level.
If you have any similar situations around you, you are welcome to visit the Leader Message Board special area on the People's Daily Online homepage and click on "People's Daily invites you to talk about the formalism around you" to leave a message and report.
(E Zhichao (鄂智超) participated in writing and interviewing.)
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On August 4, local time, the fifth "Silk Road Goodwill Ambassadors" (丝路友好使者) ceremony was held in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, marking the first time this ceremony has been held outside China. Bishkek, situated in the Chu River Valley, was an important town on the ancient Silk Road and is now becoming a vital bridge connecting East and West and facilitating communication between civilizations. This year's ceremony was jointly hosted by the China International Culture Exchange Center, the Global People magazine, and the Publicity Department of the Shenzhen Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China. Ten groups of "Silk Road Goodwill Ambassadors" from multiple countries gathered together to share their personal experiences of jointly building the Belt and Road (一带一路).
Understanding is the starting point of friendship. Many years ago, a copy of Records of the Grand Historian brought Kanayimu Bakeguluowa (卡纳伊姆·巴克特古洛娃), former Kyrgyzstan ambassadr to China, together with China. Over more than 30 years, she has twice served in China, building a bridge of understanding and trust. Jialibu (加力布), Director of the Cross-Cultural Communication and Belt and Road Research Center at the School of Marxism, Wuhhan University of Technology, has for over 20 years saved living expenses to fund treatment for children with leukemia, earning him the title "foreign Lei Feng" (洋雷锋). He said, "In China, I have truly understood the immense weight of the four characters 和而不同" (hé ér bù tóng - "harmony but not sameness," to maintain harmony while respecting differences). Egyptian youth Wang Mulin (王慕林) uses Arabic to tell stories of China's rural revitalization and ecological changes, and has also independently created short videos to present a true picture of the Belt and Road to the Arab world. He believes that countless changes in perception will ultimately converge into understanding, trust, and friendship.
Cooperation is the cornerstone of development. Chinese engineer Xiong Qingqing (熊清清) and Indian drawing coordinator Alakapan Xwakuumar (阿拉卡潘·西瓦库马尔) became mentor and apprentice, advancing side by side. They jointly participated in multiple mega-projects in Dubai, enabling "Constructed by China" to take root in the Middle East. Wang Yao (王耀), an interpreter for the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway project, is proficient in Kyrgyz, Russian, and Chinese. On the construction site, he interpreted word for word to facilitate consensus between the two sides, and ate and lived together with the Chinese team, advancing hand in hand. For over 10 years, Juan Alvarez, mayor of Chancay, Peru, has supervised and promoted the construction of the Port of Chancay, witnessing the transformation of "from Chancay to Shanghai" (从钱凯到上海) from vision into reality. He hopes that both sides will take this opportunity to tighten the bonds of friendly cooperation.
Diligent effort is the assumption of responsibility. Niu Wangdao (牛望道), former Argentine ambassadr to China, has visited more than 20 Chinese provinces, finding commonalities between the two civilizations amid tango and red lanterns. Now, he devotes himself to sinology education, using scholarship as a boat to cultivate a new generation of young scholars who understand and know China, allowing the seeds of mutual learning among civilizations to continue to grow. Matelaimofu Abudulaheman (马特拉伊莫夫·阿卜杜拉赫曼), from the Kyrgyztan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, has built bridges between the two countries in fields such as agriculture, education, economy, and trade. Muweineibatende Kalaixi Yuesefu (姆韦内巴滕德·卡莱希·约瑟夫) serves as the core liaison between the Congolese (DRC) Coordination and Supervison Bureau and the China Enterprise Confederation. He is deeply rooted on the construction site, helping both sides communicate efficiently and eliminate misunderstandings and gaps.
Benefiting the people is the echo of the original aspiration. In Ghana, Shenzg Energy Group built a power plant in just 18 months, setting a record for the shortest construction period in the local area. In Vietnam, Shenzhen Energy Group invested in wind power, spreading green energy and benefiting local residents.
These stories that span mountains and seas make the joint construction of the Belt and Road more tangible and perceptible, and also inject more strength into promoting people-to-people bonds and advancing the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.
During the event, artists from China and Kyrgyzstan presented a splendid performance, staging a costume show where tradition and future interweave — Silk Road Cloud Garments. At the scene, a launch ceremony for "Silk Road Friendly Cities Shenzhen" was also held.
(Wang Shuohan participated in reporting and writing.)
Return to TopBased on the overall deployment of Zhejiang Province's Mountain-Sea Collaboration (山海协作), Binjiang District of Hangzhou, relying on its pioneering advantages in digital science and technology and urban civilization construction, complements Taishun County of Wenzhou in terms of its ecological foundation, folk culture, and red local heritage. The two areas have opened up a channel for converting urban digital momentum and mountainous cultural resource endowments, adhering to the principle of "Mountain-Sea Collaboration, complementary advantages, joint construction and shared benefits, coordinated development" (山海协作、优势互补、共建共享、协同发展), advancing the joint construction of spiritual civilization, and creating a model for mountain-sea spiritual civilization co-construction.
Jointly building a system for spreading and educating through lectures, opening a two-way talent cultivation channel. Theoretical lectures are an important measure for unifying ideological understanding and consolidating social consensus. The two areas integrate digital innovation technology with local lecture experience, achieving simultaneous improvement in theoretical dissemination capacity and the quality of grassroots backbone teams.
Jointly building a new system for theoretical lectures. In recent years, Binjiang District, relying on its artificial intelligence industry advantages, has implemented "AI + lecture" (AI+宣讲) pilot innovations, developed the lecture intelligent agent "Xiaobin" (小滨), created a digital human lecture team, launched a series of AI cartoon ideological and political short videos and new media theory positions, further enhancing the "Binjiang Youth Lecture" (滨青开讲吧) youth theory lecture brand. Taishun County has created the local lecture brand "Corridor Bridge Tide Sound" (廊桥潮音), integrating She folk songs and customs to bring it closer to grassroots people. The two sides complement each other's strengths; Binjiang District exports digital lecture technology and intelligent content creation models, while Taishun County shares grassroots local lecture practices, jointly building a "cloud lecture" (云宣讲) platform to achieve cross-regional resource sharing.
Jointly building a talent team for theoretical lectures. Binjiang District, relying on resources from universities, enterprises, social training institutions, etc., provides customized online training or short-term study opportunities for Taishun County. Taishun County provides practical scenarios in grassroots governance, ecological culture, etc., for Binjiang District's young cadres, lecturers, cultural commissioners, volunteers, etc., to conduct research and practice. The two areas regularly carry out lecture exchange and online joint lecture activities, jointly building a grassroots lecture backbone team that "understands theory, is grounded, and has distinctive characteristics."
Exchanging experiences in civilization creation, enriching grassroots practice cultivation carriers. The effectiveness of civilization construction is reflected in the construction of grassroots positions and the cultivation of civilized trends. The two areas, taking experience mutual learning and joint activities as the starting point, extend urban civilization construction experience to the countryside.
Jointly promoting mutual learning of civilization creation experience and capacity improvement. Binjiang District has been deeply engaged in the construction of a national civilized city, forming a complete and mature operational plan for全域 civilization governance. The two sides, focusing on pain points in grassroots civilization governance, organize on-site learning offline and establish a "cloud lecture hall" (云讲堂) exchange mechanism online, learning from each other and promoting each other through rectification scenes and governance cases.
Jointly promoting the improvement of quality and efficiency of new era civilization practice positions and activities. Binjiang District and Taishun County share operational management experience of new era civilization practice positions, assisting in optimizing functional layout, activity planning, and mass mobilization mechanisms. The two areas jointly carry out themed civilization practice activities such as "Our Festivals" (我们的节日), incubating "small yet beautiful" civilization practice projects to enhance the quality of urban and rural civilization construction.
Technology empowers mechanism innovation, consolidating the foundation for全域 civilization construction. Promoting the creative transformation and innovative development of fine traditional Chinese culture, and cultivating a new civilized trend across the entire domain in the new era, are important paths for the two areas to advance spiritual common prosperity (精神共富). The two areas use digital technology to revitalize local culture, consolidate the foundation of全域 civilization construction through joint construction mechanisms, and promote the integration of cultural innovation development with the cultivation of the people's spiritual civilization.
Jointly exploring the cross-border integration of "animation + AI" and the digital transformation of traditional culture. Binjiang District, relying on its advantages in digital cultural and creative industry support, organizes creative teams to go to Taishun for field research, conducting digital archiving of corridor bridge ancient architecture, folk techniques, and ecological landmarks. Binjiang District's digital cultural enterprise Dianhun Network (电魂网络), together with the China Network Writers' Village (中国网络作家村), produced the AI animation series Dreaming of Taishun (《寻梦泰顺》), assisting the high-quality development of Taishun's cultural tourism industry. Taishun County and NetEase Group launched the "Chasing Light Mountains and Sea – Taishun Original Music Development Plan" (追光山海·泰顺原创音乐发展计划), using original songs and offline performances to integrate mountain and water scenery with She folk customs, enriching the digital expression forms of traditional culture.
Jointly building brands for civilization cultivation and typical model selection. The two areas have established a mechanism for mutual recommendation and publicity of advanced models such as "Good People Around Us" (身边好人) and "Moral Models" (道德模范), telling stories of role models who aspire to goodness across all channels. They carry out themed search visits with the title "Mountain-Sea Collaboration, Civilization Together" (山海协作·文明同行), organizing volunteers, youth, and community workers to visit each other and observe the results of urban and rural civilization construction. They plan "Civilization Tiny Light" (文明微光) short videos, focusing on warm-hearted good deeds at the grassroots, using the integrated media matrix for coordinated dissemination, and deeply cultivating the foundation of全域 civilization.
One mountain, one water share the same wind and moon; one district, one county share common prosperity. In the new era, Mountain-Sea Collaboration must not only consolidate the material foundation through industrial synergy, but also make up for the shortcomings in spiritual supply through civilization co-construction. Binjiang District will continue to export digital civilization construction experience, and Taishun County will continue to release the value of grassroots governance, creating a model for mountain-sea spiritual civilization co-construction, and jointly painting a picture of coordinated development where material abundance and spiritual wealth coexist.
Data source: Publicity Department of the CPC Binjiang District Committee, Hangzhou (Spiritual Civilization Construction Office of Binjiang District, Hangzhou)
Return to TopIn the first half of this year, the China Southern Power Grid Guangdong Power Grid Company (abbreviated as “Guangdong Power Grid”) has received frequent good news of project commissioning, solidifying the foundation for ensuring power supply during the summer peak across the province: In Dongguan City, a record for Guangdong Power Grid construction was set, with two 220-kilovolt substations put into operation simultaneously in a single month; in Zhanjiang City, seven 35-kilovolt district substations were progressively commissioned within nine days; the main transformer expansion project of Shanwei 110-kilovolt Matian Substation was smoothly commissioned, opening up power capacity expansion channels for surrounding residents and industrial parks… From the core manufacturing area of the Pearl River Delta to townships in eastern, western, and northern Guangdong, batches of key power nodes were successively put into use. In the first half of the year, Guangdong Power Grid completed nearly 34.6 billion yuan in investment, exceeding the semi-annual target by nearly 800 million yuan, delivering a semi-annual construction report card with ahead-of-schedule progress and strong support.
Serving key industrial development, grid self-healing transformation guarantees production
Recently, staff from the China Southern Power Grid Guangdong Foshan Power Supply Bureau walked into the largest robot body production base in South China – the Midea Kuka Intelligent Manufacturing Science and Technology Park – to understand the enterprise’s electricity needs, inspect the operation of electrical room equipment, and provide technical guidance on electricity use.
In April 2025, the “Foshan City Action Plan for Accelerating the Development of the Intelligent Robot Industry (2025–2030)” was issued, clearly stating that by 2030, the output value of complete intelligent robot machines will exceed 100 billion yuan. The Foshan Power Supply Bureau actively implements relevant requirements, fully providing high-quality power supply service guarantees for the intelligent robot industry, and by optimizing reliable power supply, efficient power handling, and green electricity use, injects surging momentum into the industry’s march toward a hundred-billion-level cluster.
In terms of reliable electricity use, the Foshan Power Supply Bureau proactively connects with enterprises’ electricity needs, uses the self-developed “AI Planner” system to intelligently analyze the grid structure and intelligently calculate the power supply capacity of surrounding substations and lines, achieving advanced layout of enterprise electricity projects. At the same time, it completed the self-healing transformation of the production area power grid, effectively meeting the high-reliability electricity requirements for the production of key components such as robot servo systems.
As the Foshan intelligent robot industry cluster continues to develop and grow, electricity demand is also continuously rising. The Foshan Power Supply Bureau takes the iteratively upgraded power service mechanism as the lever, efficiently intervenes in all aspects of grid planning, project construction, and customer electricity guarantee for the high-end equipment industry, striving to achieve synchronization between power supply services and enterprise production, continuously delivering stable power momentum for the Foshan intelligent robot industry’s march toward a hundred-billion-level cluster.
Precisely meeting enterprise demands, government-enterprise linkage efficiently advances power grid construction
In June of this year, the China Southern Power Grid Guangdong Dongguan Power Supply Bureau precisely tackled challenges, achieving the completion and commissioning of three major key transmission and transformation projects: the 220-kilovolt Nanbian (Zhenkou), 220-kilovolt Chashan (Shibu), and 110-kilovolt Mumian, setting a record in Guangdong Power Grid development history for two 220-kilovolt substations put into operation simultaneously in a single month.
Since the start of summer, Dongguan’s electricity load has been continuously rising. A batch of key power infrastructure has been put into operation, improving the power supply reliability and guarantee capacity of areas such as Humen Town (虎门镇), Chashan Town (茶山镇), and Qishi Town (企石镇), supporting the summer peak, industrial development, and residential electricity use. Among them, the 110-kilovolt Mumian transmission and transformation project is located in Qishi Town (企石镇), precisely serving the precision manufacturing industry. The project precisely meets the electricity application demands of local key enterprises such as Qin Guan Precision (勤冠精密) and Mingxin Electronics (明鑫电子), totaling about 90,000 kilovolt-amperes, solidifying the power foundation for the stable development of the town’s industrial economy and residents’ peaceful summer.
Behind the multiple projects commissioned on schedule is the shoulder of responsibility of Guangdong Power Grid. The tight summer construction schedule, frequent rainfall, and complex construction conditions became difficulties for project construction. To ensure that all projects were put into operation before the key nodes of the summer peak, the Dongguan Power Supply Bureau linked with local governments and all participating construction units, actively unblocking the blockages and difficulties in project construction. They jointly overcame multiple difficulties such as complex terrain, obstructed material transportation, and crossing railway operations. After the three projects were completed, 9 main transformers were added, with a main transformer capacity of 1629 megavolt-amperes and a line length of 25.113 kilometers, providing reliable and stable power supply for the high-quality development of Dongguan’s economy.
Iteratively upgrading new materials, coastal distribution network technology achieves new breakthroughs
On June 26, as the closing switch sound of the 35-kilovolt Posan, Potian, and Suili district substations sounded, the China Southern Power Grid Guangdong Zhanjiang Power Supply Bureau successively commissioned seven 35-kilovolt district substations and their 10-kilovolt supporting outgoing lines within nine days. At the same time, nine loops of 10-kilovolt aluminum alloy core cable lines were formally put into operation in the coastal area – this is not only the first time China Southern Power Grid has achieved batch engineering application of aluminum alloy core cables in the distribution network field, but also marks a substantive breakthrough by Guangdong Power Grid in building a world-class coastal power grid.
This is not only an iterative upgrade of materials, but also solidifies strong support for the leap in disaster prevention and resistance capabilities in coastal areas. Aluminum alloy core cables have lightweight characteristics, can effectively resist typhoon attacks, and install a light yet tough “skeleton” for the coastal power grid, which can significantly reduce full life cycle operation and maintenance costs.
The 35-kilovolt Posan and Potian district substations commissioned this time are located in Nansan Town (南三镇), Potou District (坡头区), each with one 35-kilovolt outgoing line and two 10-kilovolt outgoing lines. After the projects are commissioned, they will greatly enhance the island’s power supply carrying capacity, fully meet the electricity demand of Nansan Island (南三岛)’s modern aquaculture, coastal cultural tourism industry, and the prawn and green crab industrial park, as well as the island-ring tourism belt, providing reliable power guarantee for the construction of typical towns under the “Hundred-Thousand-Ten-Thousand Project” (百千万工程) in Potou District and the comprehensive revitalization of island villages.
Data source: China Southern Power Grid Guangdong Power Grid Company
Return to TopWhere should children go during summer vacation? Various localities are launching colorful youth volunteer service activities. Primary and secondary school students are coming to red scenic spots, science and technology museums, and the front lines of communities to serve as volunteers, spreading red culture and scientific knowledge, and participating in social governance. Through practice, they increase their knowledge and broaden their horizons, and cultivate sentiments (xùnyǎng qíngqái - "cultivate sentiments," nurturing emotional depth and character) and strengthen their convictions.
— Editor
Red Scarf Explainers at the Museum of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China
Red Education Boosts Spirit and Vitality
By Cao Lingjuan, Staff Reporter
"Chen Wangdao was so focused on his translation that he actually mistook ink for brown sugar and ate it by dipping zongzi into it. From this, the allusion 'the taste of truth is very sweet' was left behind..." Standing before the first full Chinese translation of The Communist Manifesto, a national first-class cultural relic held by the Museum of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Tao Yichen, a Red Scarf explainer from Luwan No. 1 Central Primary School in Huangpu District, Shanghai, is telling the story behind "the taste of truth." Visitors are encouraging her enthusiastically: "That was very well told!"
Beside her, newly appointed Red Scarf explainers Wang Yuerui and Gao Yixin are seriously observing every move of their senior. Tao Yichen's mother is also watching her child from the side, saying: "After participating in explaining, the child has higher requirements for herself, and her spirit and vitality have reached a new level."
During the summer, the Museum of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China has welcomed a surge in visits. From July 1 to August 5, the number of visitors has risen steadily, an increase of nearly 5% compared to the same period last year. At the Museum of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China, a group of children and adolescents are, in their capacity as Red Scarf explainers, looking back at the 峥嵘岁月 (zhēngróng suìyuè - "towering years," extraordinary and momentous times) together with visitors, continuing to tell the stories of the "sparks of revolution."
Tao Yichen firmly remembers the encouragement from General Secretary Xi Jinping: "Grandpa Xi is so busy, yet he specially took time to write back to us Red Scarf explainers of the Young Pioneers, encouraging us to hold high the Young Pioneers flag, follow the Party, inherit the red genes, increase our knowledge and skills, and temper our willpower and character. We must remember Grandpa Xi's entrustment and be the 'red children' of the Party and the people."
At No. 76 Xingye Road, the Site of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Red Scarf explainer Fei Fan is explaining the history of this place to visitors. With a small frame and a loud, clear voice: "Dong Biwu, a representative of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China, once wrote eight characters for the museum: 'The beginning was simple, the conclusion will be great.' When the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held back then, there were only about 50 Party members in the whole country; today, the Communist Party of China has become the world's largest ruling party with over 100 million Party members..."
"I have already participated in 5 explaining sessions this summer, doing 4 sessions each time," Fei Fan counts proudly. She joined the "Red Loudspeaker" little explainer team of Luwan No. 1 Central Primary School three years ago and has now grown into a "senior" Red Scarf explainer. She told the reporter: "I am especially happy when the audience listens with rapt attention!"
The serious manner of the little explainers deeply moved Yang Yu, Director of the Publicity Department of the Museum of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China. "The principle of the site's restoration is to 'repair the old as it was,' so there is no air conditioning. During the summer vacation, the children are all drenched in sweat, but everyone maintains an upright posture and a clear, loud voice while telling the stories of the founding of the Party to the audience," Yang Yu remarked with emotion. "Red education, especially education for adolescents, is best achieved by letting everyone experience it personally."
In the view of Wu Rongjin, Party Branch Secretary and Principal of Luwan No. 1 Central Primary School, the key value of the Red Scarf explainer project is to allow students to know Party history and national conditions from a young age. "This is a sowing project. By planting the red seeds during children's childhood, they will surely grow vigorously in fertile soil," Wu Rongjin said.
This summer, to deepen red ideological and political education for adolescents, the Museum of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China recruited explainers from Young Pioneers across the city. Through immersive learning such as ideological and political guidance, expression training, and scenario-based drills, they tell the world-shaking stories of the founding of the Party to tourists and audiences. Yang Yu revealed that the enthusiasm for activity registration far exceeded expectations: "We will subsequently arrange explaining points and scheduling mechanisms reasonably, ensuring the safety of participants and the order of the venue, to meet the needs of as many children as possible to participate in red education practice."
The museum also launched the "Summer Vacation No Closing" activity, remaining open on Mondays during the summer to better meet the summer visit and study needs of the general audience, especially the adolescent group, and to fully utilize the educational function of the red culture main battlefield.
"Little Volunteers" at the China Science and Technology Museum
Science Popularization Practice Shows Professionalism
By Yu Sinan, Staff Reporter
"I'll tell you a secret quietly—an athlete's heartbeat is slower than an ordinary person's, but the amount of blood pumped out each time is greater." On July 28, in front of the "Human Engine—Heart" exhibit in the Children's Science Paradise of the China Science and Technology Museum, "little volunteer" Qin Nike began with a lowered voice. The surrounding young audience members crowded forward, and Qin Nike used her fingers to point at the display board, continuing to explain knowledge about the heart.
This was a scene from the first day of duty for the 2026 class of "little volunteers" at the China Science and Technology Museum. The "little volunteer" activity is aimed at children aged 8 to 11. This year, more than 3,000 people applied, and ultimately 200 were selected. Before taking up their posts, the little volunteers received five days of training, with courses covering exhibit science, explaining practice, etiquette and image, and emergency safety.
With many visitors during the summer, the little volunteers are busy in the Children's Science Paradise exhibition hall, explaining 10 exhibits such as "Human Engine—Heart," "Learning to Brush Teeth," "Flower Clock," "Dinosaur Era," and "Life of Ants." In the Children's Science Paradise, these exhibits are highly popular among children. Some parents accompanied their children to quietly watch the little volunteers explain, and bursts of applause could be heard in the exhibition hall from time to time.
In front of the "Learning to Brush Teeth" exhibit, Qin Nike took out several small stickers she had helped make from her small shoulder bag; if a child answered a question correctly, she would give them one. After the explanation ended, a child invited her to take a photo together, and Qin Nike was very happy: "I feel the encouragement and recognition of the audience, which gives me a great sense of achievement."
In front of the "Flower Clock" exhibit, "little volunteer" Ruan Zimo lightly turned the exhibit's handwheel, and the pointer slid slowly. The gathered children stared intently at the flower models on the rotating disk. "Morning glories bloom at 4:00 in the morning, and the Queen of the Night does not open until 9:00 at night; the flowering period is extremely short, which is what we often call 昙花一现 (tánhuā yīxiàn - "the epiphyllum appears once," a fleeting moment or something that lasts only a short time)." She explained the patterns of different flowers' blooming times to the young audience in a professional manner and invited them to operate it by hand.
During the explanation process, when faced with questions that exceeded her own knowledge reserves, Ruan Zimo would take out a notebook to record while explaining to the young audience: "I don't know the answer to this question yet. Once I go back and research it clearly, if you come again next time, I will tell you."
The China Science and Technology Museum "little volunteer" activity was founded in 2007 and is a science and technology volunteer service project for adolescents. It operates on a normalized basis throughout the year, with services continuing on weekends, statutory holidays, and winter and summer vacations. Over the past 19 years, more than 2,000 little volunteers have completed their service and graduated.
According to introductions, the project has formed a ladder-style curriculum system covering "pre-job general training—job-specific training—periodic advancement training." From "little volunteers" to "Red Scarf explainers" who participate in activities such as the dissemination of the scientist spirit, children both gain rich and diverse practical opportunities and inject fresh vitality into the science popularization services of the China Science and Technology Museum.
Hu Yang, the person in charge of the "little volunteer" activity project and a science popularization instructor at the China Science and Technology Museum, believes that the activity focuses on guiding adolescents to temper their willpower and character through the practice of contributing to society, to improve comprehensive abilities through the process of exploring science, and to cultivate scientific literacy, an innovative spirit, and a sense of social responsibility. The China Science and Technology Museum will continue to summarize experience and further guide adolescents to enter science and technology museums, deeply participate in science popularization practice, carry forward the volunteer spirit, and promote the development of youth science and technology volunteer services toward standardization and professionalism.
(Lv Zeying participated in the writing)
"Little Stewards" in Chaohai Subdistrict, Jimo District, Qingdao, Shandong
Community Governance Polishes a Sense of Diligence
By Li Rui, Staff Reporter
Early in the morning, a series of light footsteps sounded in the corridors of Dahua Community, Chaohai Subdistrict, Jimo District, Qingdao, Shandong. 12-year-old Song Ruoxi "went on duty" punctually as usual. With cleaning shovels, rags, and trash bags, her tools fully prepared, she followed the property management staff to clean the corridors. When encountering residents who had accumulated clutter and were unwilling to cooperate, she would squat to one side and slowly explain the fire safety hazards; her soft tone could always make the other party nod with a smile.
Song Ruoxi is a student at Jimo Experimental School and also a member of the Chaohai Subdistrict "Little Steward" volunteer service team. Having joined the team for more than two years, whenever she has free time, she follows the property management staff to clean corridors and visit elderly people living alone.
This summer, the service team's footsteps have not stopped: in the streets and alleys, delivering heat-relief supplies to sanitation workers; in the coastal park, conducting beach cleaning volunteer activities and picking up trash...
The "Little Steward" volunteer service team was established in 2022 and currently has more than 1,500 registered volunteers. Speaking of the origin of the team, grid member Diao Keke of Dahua Community has a deep impression: "At that time, I encountered a child pulling on her grandfather's arm, seriously saying, 'Grandpa, you cannot smoke,' which made the elderly man, who had just taken out a cigarette, smile and put the cigarette back in his pocket." This small matter gave the community inspiration: the seriousness of children can be used in community governance. Following the idea of "small hands pulling big hands, small families leading big families," the "Little Steward" team was thus formed.
The service team openly recruits adolescents and children aged 4 to 16; children sign up voluntarily, and parents accompany them throughout the process. Before taking up their posts, children must undergo unified training: learning volunteer service etiquette, communication skills for respecting the elderly, safety norms for tasks, and basic fire safety knowledge. They can only officially take up their posts after passing a practical assessment. Parents and professional mentors accompany the activities throughout, arranging tasks such as corridor cleaning, garbage sorting publicity, and visits to elderly people living alone based on age levels.
Participating in volunteer activities has brought great changes to the children. Previously introverted and shy, Song Ruoxi can now calmly knock on neighbors' doors, chat about daily life with elderly people living alone, and the seeds of kindness are taking root in her heart. "I have learned to think from other people's perspectives, and I also know that I must shoulder a responsibility. In the future, I am willing to do my best to help more people," Song Ruoxi said.
There was a child in the community who was once low in self-esteem due to academic setbacks; through participating in volunteer activities, their attitude toward learning became proactive, and their self-confidence also gradually improved during the process of helping others. From environmental cleaning to professional experience, the children's empathy and sense of social responsibility are slowly cultivated through repeated practices.
One parent admitted that in the past, the child would always throw trash carelessly, but now not only does the child pay attention themselves, but they also lead their grandparents to understand garbage sorting knowledge. "Small hands pulling big hands" is not just a slogan, but an operable governance path.
This year, Jimo District will use the "Little Steward" model as a blueprint to promote the youth volunteer service mechanism throughout the entire district. "'The value of the 'Little Steward' practice lies in finding the fulcrum of grassroots governance,'" said Teng Anzheng, member of the Standing Committee of the Jimo District Committee and Director of the Organization Department. "Children use their small hands to leverage community governance."
Return to TopBy: 闵方正
What are the ways to open the summer vacation?
At the Memorial Hall of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China (中共一大纪念馆), Red Scarf docents told the story of the Party’s founding in childish voices; inside the China Science and Technology Museum (中国科学技术馆), “little volunteers” explained common science knowledge while accumulating scientific knowledge; on the streets of Qingdao, Shandong, “little stewards” rolled up their sleeves to clean up garbage... Many primary and secondary school students walked out of their homes, participated in various volunteer services, and gained a period of fulfilling and happy summer vacation time.
Each vivid scene is also a lively social practice lesson, tempering the children’s sense of responsibility and commitment. Changing from listeners to narrators, from onlookers to participants, from “the served” to “those serving,” they broaden their knowledge and cultivate their minds through interaction, contributing their small strength while also being tempered and growing through 潜移默化 (qián yí mò huà - “hidden movement, silent transformation,” to influence and change imperceptibly).
Through the tender voices and earnest eyes, the words pursuit, responsibility, and dedication also become concrete. The seeds sown in youth will grow into towering trees in the future.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 刘温馨
Look for warning signals
Typhoon, rainstorm, strong wind, and other meteorological warning signals are generally divided into four levels: blue, yellow, orange, and red.
Look at road conditions
Avoid low-lying waterlogged road sections, underpasses, culverts, old slopes, and areas around river channels.
Look at escape routes
When encountering a landslide, quickly escape to the sides perpendicular to the direction of the slide.
Starting June 1, our country has fully entered the flood season, and the risk of flood and waterlogging disasters has further increased. Currently, it is the peak summer travel season. When going out for leisure, how can one master scientific flood prevention knowledge to ensure safety while having a good time?
Xu Chong (许冲), director of the Geological Disaster Research Center of the National Institute of Natural Disaster Prevention and Control under the Ministry of Emergency Management, reminds that during the flood season, rainfall is concentrated and comes swiftly. In mountainous and slope areas, continuous rainfall can easily trigger flash floods, landslides, mudslides, and collapses; in cities, short-duration heavy rainfall exceeds the capacity of drainage systems, easily causing road waterlogging and flooding of low-lying areas, leading to vehicle stalling and people being trapped; continuous rainfall can also cause rapid rises in water levels in streams, reservoirs, and ponds, easily leading to overflow and dike breaches.
Chen Lijuan (陈丽娟), chief forecaster of the National Climate Center of the China Meteorological Administration, suggests looking carefully at meteorological warning signals before going out. According to the degree of impact and urgency, typhoon, rainstorm, strong wind, and other meteorological warning signals are generally divided into four levels: blue, yellow, orange, and red. After receiving a warning signal, immediately check the type, level, and affected area of the disaster released.
What are the precautions to take during outings?
Xu Chong reminds that one must clearly see the road conditions. Try to avoid low-lying waterlogged road sections, underpasses, culverts, old slopes, and areas around river channels, and prioritize choosing roads with higher terrain and clear conditions. When it is impossible to judge the depth of standing water on the road, one must resolutely detour. At the same time, avoid lampposts, distribution boxes, billboards, overhead power lines, etc., to prevent electric shock accidents caused by water leakage. Also, pay attention not to take shelter under large trees, utility poles, or tall buildings during thunderstorm weather.
Outdoor camping is very popular. Many people choose areas along riverbanks or at the mouths of gullies and streams as campsites. Such areas look open but are areas where flash floods and mudslides flow through or accumulate, making them very dangerous. It is recommended to choose campsites with high safety, such as high places or areas far from water sources.
When facing natural disasters such as landslides and flash floods that may be triggered by rainstorms, one must actively observe, scientifically escape, and safely take shelter.
Xu Chong reminds that there are often signs before a landslide, such as spring water suddenly drying up, rocks making cracking or shearing and pressing sounds, and animals exhibiting abnormal behavior. Once these signs are discovered, one should be on high alert. When encountering a landslide, quickly escape to the sides perpendicular to the direction of the slide, and never run downstream along the direction of the slide, nor stay in low-lying areas.
If trapped by floodwaters, try to get in touch with rescue authorities as soon as possible, reporting your location and the dangerous situation. While waiting for rescue, actively send out distress signals, such as firelight, smoke, semaphore, or loud shouting, etc.
Return to TopBeijing, August 10 (People's Daily) — (Reporter Shen Shaotie (申少铁)) The reporter learned from the National Health Commission on the 10th: As of now, China has built 578 National Demonstration Zones for Comprehensive Prevention and Control of Chronic Diseases (国家慢性病综合防控示范区). After years of continuous promotion, the demonstration effect of the zones is increasingly evident, and the health-supportive environment has been continuously improved.
Since the launch of the construction of National Demonstration Zones for Comprehensive Prevention and Control of Chronic Diseases in 2010, various localities have, through using demonstration points to drive overall development and taking the lead through demonstration, embedded health elements into scenarios such as living, working, and leisure. The health-supportive environment has expanded from medical institutions to the entire society. The health literacy of residents in the demonstration zones has been continuously improved, and the awareness, treatment, and control rates of hypertension, diabetes, etc., have steadily improved.
It is estimated that by 2035, the total number of National Demonstration Zones for Comprehensive Prevention and Control of Chronic Diseases will reach 820, with a coverage rate of nearly 30% of districts and counties, promoting the continuous improvement of residents' life expectancy and quality of life.
Return to TopBeijing, August 10 (Reporter Ren Shanshan) The award ceremony of the 38th Popular Film Hundred Flowers Awards was successfully held on the evening of August 10 at the Beijing National Speed Skating Oval, presenting nine major awards: Best Film, Outstanding Film, Best Screenplay, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Newcomer.
Nezha: The Demon Boy Stirs Up the Sea won the Best Film Award; Silent Awakening of Insects won the Outstanding Film Award; Xu Luyang, Zhang Ke, and Shen Ao won the Best Screenplay Award for Nanjing Photo Studio; Dapeng won the Best Director Award for The Lychee of Chang'an; actors Yi Yangqianxi and Wei Shiya won the Best Actor Award and Best Actress Award for their performances in The Little Me and Breaking Hell, respectively; actors Wang Xiao and Sa Rina won the Best Supporting Actor Award and Best Supporting Actress Award for their performances in Nanjing Photo Studio and Catching Dolls, respectively; Chen Lijun won the Best Newcomer Award.
The 38th Popular Film Hundred Flowers Awards series of events was jointly hosted by the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, the Beijing Municipal People's Government, and the China Film Association under the theme "Hundred Flowers, Swallows Return; Myriad Phenomena, Capital Splendor" (百花燕归 万象京华), held in Beijing from August 7 to 10.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 杨 迅
"Even if I had to do it again, I would still make the same choice." The 18-year-old Hunan youth Xiang Kewang (向可望) spoke with composure and determination. On the morning of August 3, he missed a job interview but saved a person's life.
Xiang Kewang is from Hengyang (衡阳), Hunan. He once attended a martial arts school and learned lion dance skills. Now he works in Changsha, having worked as a security guard and also delivered food.
On the day of the incident, Xiang Kewang was on his way to an interview at an information technology company in Changsha. When he reached the Orange Isle Bridge, he noticed a woman climbing over the bridge railing, her body hanging on the outside of the railing, her emotions extremely agitated. Xiang Kewang feared she might be in danger at any moment and immediately stepped forward to communicate and persuade her.
"At that moment, I had only one thought: I cannot let anything happen to her," Xiang Kewang recalled. While patiently trying to talk the woman down, he also called out to passersby to help call the police. During the rescue effort, Xiang Kewang's phone screen lit up. The interview coordinator sent a message: "Are you on your way?" "I'll be late, I'm saving someone." Xiang Kewang did not hesitate, quickly replying with eight characters, and also attached a photo of the scene.
Xiang Kewang kept trying to dissuade her, but the woman still jumped down. At the critical moment, Xiang Kewang unhesitatingly jumped into the river. As he moved toward the woman, he coordinated with the police who had arrived to carry out the rescue. In the end, the woman was saved.
"It happened so suddenly, I didn't have time to think about whether I would be in danger; I only hoped to get her to safety as quickly as possible," Xiang Kewang said. After confirming that the woman was out of danger and the police had taken charge of the scene, he quietly left. By the time he arrived at the interview location, the interview had already ended.
Xiang Kewang explained the situation to the recruiting company. After the company verified the facts, it rescheduled his interview. On the afternoon of August 4, Xiang Kewang received the company's job offer.
Return to TopPromote the Coordinated High-Quality Development of Nuclear Power and New Energy
Zhang Tao (张涛), Deputy Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and General Manager of China National Nuclear Corporation (中国核工业集团有限公司)
CNNC takes "technology empowers, industry benefits" as its mission, "to be the leader in the development of the world's nuclear field" as its vision, is guided by the nuclear energy "three-step" strategy, adheres to the closed nuclear fuel cycle route, accelerates the development of new-generation nuclear energy technologies, and fully ensures national energy security.
Adhere to independent innovation, achieving a leap in nuclear energy technology from following, running alongside, to leading. In the thermal reactor field, the independently developed third-generation nuclear power "Hualong One" (华龙一号) possesses advantages such as the combination of active and passive safety, double containment, etc., and has entered the stage of batch construction. In the fast reactor field, the million-kilowatt commercial fast reactor has completed overall design, tackling key technologies of the closed fuel cycle, greatly improving uranium resource utilization. In the fusion reactor field, the new-generation "artificial sun" China Huanliu-3 (中国环流三号) has broken through the key technology of "double hundred million degrees," unlocking the path for energy development.
Relying on the diversified utilization of nuclear energy and the "nuclear-wind-solar-storage" multi-energy complementarity model, CNNC empowers the implementation of the "dual carbon" goals. Nuclear power generation scenarios expand into tracks such as industrial steam supply, urban heating, isotope production, etc. Tianwan Nuclear Power's "Heqi No.1" (和气一号) is China's first industrial-use nuclear energy steam supply project. Currently, CNNC has 27 nuclear power units in operation with an installed capacity of approximately 26.21 GW, and 22 units under construction with an installed capacity of 25.6 GW; new energy installed capacity in operation is 63.4 GW, and controllable installed capacity reaches 100 GW. The group is advancing the construction and application scenario implementation of projects such as Tianwan tidal flat photovoltaic, wind-solar-storage-hydrogen integration, supercritical carbon dioxide coupled with molten salt energy storage power generation, etc.
CNNC has a complete modern nuclear industry system covering natural uranium, nuclear fuel, engineering construction, etc. Next, it will continue to promote the coordinated high-quality development of nuclear power and new energy, contributing to national energy security, the green transformation of the energy economy, and the realization of the "dual carbon" goals.
Moving Toward Green, Exerting Effort Toward Innovation
Lü Tingyan (吕庭彦), Member of the Party Leadership Group and Deputy General Manager of China Three Gorges Corporation (中国长江三峡集团有限公司)
Three Gorges Corporation has been deeply engaged in the clean energy track for more than thirty years, and has developed into the world's largest hydropower development and operation enterprise and China's leading clean energy and ecological environmental protection group.
Revolving around ensuring national energy security, Three Gorges Corporation operates and manages the cascade reservoir group on the main stream of the Yangtze River with lean management, fully playing the role of "ballast stone" and "pillar" for energy supply guarantee, actively serving the construction of the new-type power system, having built the country's largest linear Fresnel "solar thermal+" integrated comprehensive energy demonstration base, the world's first "dual-tower, one-turbine" solar thermal energy storage project, the country's first 10,000-ton-level photovoltaic hydrogen production project, and the "source-grid-load-storage" integrated project, achieving a stable layout of multi-energy complementarity and continuously improving energy security assurance capabilities.
Revolving around green and low-carbon development, Three Gorges Corporation has built and operates the world's largest clean energy corridor, with six power stations generating approximately 300 billion kWh annually, reducing carbon dioxide emissions by over 240 million tons per year. At the same time, it vigorously promotes large-scale development of new energy, with new energy installed capacity exceeding 72 GW, actively participates in green certificate market trading, leads the implementation of the "Three North" (三北) key sand prevention and control project, and has completed systematic treatment of 366,000 mu of sandy land.
Revolving around technological innovation, Three Gorges Corporation has built 5 national-level innovation platforms, 28 provincial/ministerial-level innovation platforms, and 6 academician workstations, has overcome key technologies such as ultra-high arch dams and million-kilowatt water turbine units, continuously advances the construction of "Smart Three Gorges," accelerates the creation of a new-type energy digital ecosystem, providing practical experience for the digital-intelligent transformation of the energy industry.
Facing the "15th Five-Year Plan," Three Gorges Corporation will continue to strengthen, optimize, and expand its clean energy business, striving to be the main force in building the new-type energy system, the guardian of ecological environmental protection, the vanguard of technological self-reliance and self-strengthening, and the practitioner of digital-intelligent integrated development, assisting the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development and the realization of the "dual carbon" goals.
Build a Modern Coal Chemical Industry System
Yan Guochun (闫国春), Member of the Party Leadership Group and Deputy General Manager of China Energy Investment Corporation (国家能源投资集团有限责任公司)
Currently, the global energy landscape is accelerating restructuring, and China's "dual carbon" process is advancing in depth. As a backbone central energy enterprise, China Energy Group resolutely shoulders the responsibility of supply guarantee. Based on coal as the main energy source, it delves deeply into the big topic of "chemical industry," taking the path of high-end, diversified, and low-carbon development to transform resource advantages into industrial advantages.
Consolidate the foundation, reinforce the "ballast stone" of energy security. The group adheres to seven development directions: innovation-led, coal-based, electricity-focused, oil-chemical complementarity, logistics coordination, green and low-carbon, digital-intelligent empowerment, continuously releasing the integrated synergistic efficiency of "coal, electricity, oil, gas, chemicals" and "production, transportation, sales, storage, use." In the modern coal chemical field, it builds an industrial system with high standards, with coal-to-oil and coal-to-olefin production capacity reaching 5.31 million tons and 3.93 million tons per year respectively, continuously leading the clean and efficient utilization of coal.
Innovation-led, activate the "main engine" of industrial upgrading. Bravely shoulder the responsibility of the chain leader of the industrial chain, closely adhere to the "three transformations" development direction, and tackle key technologies. Relying on the world's first million-ton-level coal direct liquefaction demonstration project, break through a series of key technologies such as new reactor design; strengthen industrial clusters such as coal-based special fuels, forming a diversified product matrix; actively explore the "coal chemical + new energy" coupling model, and build the Yulin "coal chemical-photovoltaic-storage-hydrogen-heat storage" demonstration project; make efforts in the entire chain of source reduction, process control, and end-of-pipe treatment, achieving near-zero wastewater discharge in the group's chemical industry, polishing the bright background of green development.
Facing the "15th Five-Year Plan," the group will coordinate and optimize the layout of six major chemical bases, promoting the transformation of coal from "fuel" to "raw material" and then to "material." Actively prepare to establish a national industrial technology engineering center, advance the implementation of major national science and technology projects, speed up the tackling of green and low-carbon technologies, build a modern coal chemical industry system that connects upstream and downstream and coordinates the entire industrial chain, and write the era answer sheet of high-quality development.
Adhere to Ecological Environmental Protection, Assist in National Water Network Construction
Huang Aiguo (黄爱国), Member of the Party Leadership Group and Deputy General Manager of China South-to-North Water Diversion Corporation (中国南水北调集团有限公司)
China South-to-North Water Diversion Group deeply practices Xi Jinping's ecological civilization thought, unswervingly follows the path of ecological priority and green development, accelerates the construction of a green construction and operation system for the South-to-North Water Diversion and national water network, and builds a solid water security barrier for Chinese-style modernization.
Practice low-carbon water diversion, create a green benchmark for the water diversion industry. The first phase of the eastern and middle routes of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project has diverted over 90 billion cubic meters of water to the north, benefiting 48 cities in 7 provinces along the route and 195 million people. The 1,432-kilometer middle route has basically achieved full-route gravity flow water supply, optimizing water transmission loss from the designed 10% to about 3%; the 13-level pumping stations of the eastern route, after energy-saving renovation and optimized dispatch, have continuously reduced energy consumption.
Assist environmental improvement, write a vivid chapter of ecological civilization. Through implementing measures such as water source replacement and ecological water replenishment, the first phase of the eastern and middle routes of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project provides ecological water replenishment to over 50 rivers and lakes along the route. The 865-kilometer Yongding River channel has been flowing continuously for 5 years along its entire length, and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is fully connected. Groundwater over-extraction in North China has been effectively alleviated, and the groundwater level in the Beijing plain area has been rising for 10 consecutive years. The ecological environment of rivers and lakes along the route continues to improve.
Build green projects, open a new model of "water-energy integration." The Yangtze-to-Han River Diversion Project's ecological and environmental protection facilities are built simultaneously with the main project, with 203 monitoring points covering environmental elements in the construction area, creating 14 "demonstration projects" for environmental and water conservation, and applying and promoting 5 green and low-carbon "four new technologies" (四新技术). The first phase of the water resources allocation project in the Qaidam Basin, Qinghai, has formed a new "water-energy integration" model.
Energy transformation cannot do without the solid support of water resources, and green development requires the two-way empowerment of water and energy. China South-to-North Water Diversion Group will take the construction of a safe and resilient modern water network as its responsibility, rely on the "water diversion+" advantage to expand the green and low-carbon water industry chain, and support high-quality development with high-quality ecological environmental protection.
Comprehensively and Deeply Advance Enterprise Energy Conservation and Carbon Reduction
Tan Mu (谭沐), Standing Committee Member of the Party Committee of CRRC Corporation Limited (中国中车集团有限公司)
CRRC deeply practices the "dual carbon" goals, and in September 2021 released an action plan for carbon peak and carbon neutrality, and made a commitment: strive to achieve carbon neutrality in enterprise operations by 2035, and achieve carbon neutrality across the entire value chain by 2050. To achieve the carbon neutrality goal, CRRC has explored and practiced in 8 aspects.
Adhere to top-level planning, integrate the green development concept into the overall high-quality development of the company, and clarify the development ideas of green investment, green innovation, green manufacturing, green products and green services, green and low-carbon supply chain, and green enterprise development.
Adhere to advancing dual control, incorporating both carbon emission intensity and total carbon emission indicators into the business performance evaluation and assessment system.
Adhere to source control, stipulating that all construction projects must carry out project carbon emission assessment during the feasibility study stage.
Adhere to economic incentives, build an internal carbon trading mechanism, and guide enterprises to save energy and reduce carbon.
Adhere to digital-intelligent drive, is developing a carbon management intelligent platform, which after launch will achieve unified collection of carbon data and automatic accounting of carbon emissions.
Adhere to carbon reduction R&D, promote the integration of "carbon + R&D" system, advance carbon footprint accounting of key products, and release the world's first product carbon footprint report for pure electric new energy locomotives.
Adhere to demonstration leadership. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, 41 of its subsidiaries were rated as national-level green factories, and 10 as national-level green supply chain management enterprises.
Adhere to industrial cultivation, accumulate carbon reduction technology experience, and externally output five types of services: "manage carbon, calculate carbon, reduce carbon, trade carbon, and expand carbon."
In the future, CRRC will comprehensively and deeply advance the green and low-carbon transformation of the enterprise, assist in practicing the "dual carbon" goals, and promote high-quality economic and social development.
Technological Innovation, Activate the Development Momentum of the Energy Economy
Yao Huan (姚焕), Deputy Party Secretary of PowerChina (中国电力建设集团有限公司)
Building a clean, low-carbon, safe and efficient new-type energy system, the key lies in activating development momentum with technological innovation, consolidating the supply base with full-chain capabilities, and expanding overall space with open cooperation. PowerChina, relying on its leading capability in energy sector planning and design and its "investment, construction, operation" full industry chain integration advantage, makes efforts from three dimensions: technology, industry, and global layout, empowering the energy economy and the implementation of the "dual carbon" goals.
Technological innovation is the driving force of the energy revolution. PowerChina uses technology to solve the pain points of industrial transformation, innovates the development path of coordinated multi-energy complementarity of basin-level hydro, wind, solar, and storage, promoting the transformation of clean energy towards system integration; lays out new tracks such as deep-sea offshore wind, hydrogen energy, and new-type energy storage, promotes the implementation of achievements such as the energy engineering dedicated satellite "PowerChina No.1" (电建一号) and embodied intelligent engineering robots, and empowers the upgrading of energy infrastructure with digital solutions.
Green and low-carbon is the background color of the energy economy. PowerChina consolidates its leading advantages in hydropower and pumped storage, undertaking over 80% of the survey and design tasks for large hydropower stations and over 90% for pumped storage power stations nationwide; the new energy full industry chain covers all stages of planning, construction, and operation; simultaneously extends its water ecological environmental protection governance capabilities, using watershed restoration, wastewater treatment, seawater desalination and other businesses to promote the coordinated development of energy and ecology.
Global cooperation is a characteristic of energy development. PowerChina's business covers over 130 countries and regions, and its overseas new energy business maintains steady growth. While exporting engineering capabilities, it promotes the global expansion of Chinese standards and equipment; multiple overseas projects contribute Chinese solutions to the global energy transition.
Energy transformation is a long-term systematic project that requires multi-party coordination. PowerChina will continue to take "towards innovation, towards green, towards the future" as its direction, deepen its full industry chain advantages, work hand in hand with all sectors to jointly promote the energy revolution, and assist in building a strong energy country.
High-Level Planning Research Empowers New Scenarios of Energy Transformation
Hu Ming (胡明), Party Secretary of China Electric Power Planning & Engineering Institute (电力规划设计总院)
The "15th Five-Year Plan for the Construction of a New-Type Energy System" issued in June this year has drawn a blueprint for energy development over the next five years. The new-type energy system that China aims to build is an energy system in which non-fossil energy gradually replaces fossil energy and the proportion of new energy continuously increases; it is an energy system in which the mutual conversion and support capabilities among energy varieties continuously improve, the system is diversified and integrated, and security and resilience are continuously enhanced; it is an energy system with two-way coordination between supply and demand, flexible and intelligent operation; it is an energy system with continuously improving scientific and technological capabilities and integrated development of industrial innovation; it is an energy system with fairer, more standardized, and more efficient energy governance.
Over the years, the China Electric Power Planning & Engineering Institute has continuously delved into high-quality transformation and innovative development of energy and power, forming a series of research results: First, support decision-making, consolidating the safety and scientificity of energy transformation from the top-level design. Closely revolving around national strategic deployments, it has carried out a series of forward-looking research and demonstrations, supporting the national planning of "15th Five-Year Plan" for energy, power, renewable energy, energy science and technology innovation, hydrogen energy, new-type energy storage, etc. Second, empower the industry, sharing research results on high-quality energy development. It deeply explores the construction paths of new-type power systems and new-type energy systems, and was the first in the industry to release the "Blue Book on New-Type Energy System Development Research," etc. Third, serve enterprises, promoting major engineering decisions and the transformation and application of major scientific and technological innovations. Actively provide services for major engineering construction, innovatively promote the deep integration of energy with key energy-consuming fields such as industry, transportation, construction, and computing power, and explore new scenarios, new models, and new business forms of energy transformation and development.
In the future, the China Electric Power Planning & Engineering Institute is willing to deepen exchanges with all parties, advance hand in hand, and continuously promote high-quality energy development.
Vigorously Promote the Green and Low-Carbon Transformation of Resource-Based Cities
Ma Yuefeng (马月逢), Deputy Secretary of the CPC Yulin Municipal Committee and Mayor of Yulin City, Shaanxi Province
As an important national energy base and one of the first batch of carbon peak pilot cities, Yulin City, Shaanxi Province, shoulders the dual mission of ensuring national energy security and demonstrating low-carbon transformation. It always closely adheres to the national plan and the province's development layout, takes the creation of a national energy revolution innovation demonstration zone as its leading driver, and has embarked on a path of green and low-carbon development for a resource-based city.
Resolutely shoulder the responsibility of energy supply guarantee, consolidate the strategic foundation of energy security. The city's coal, oil, and gas output account for 13.2%, 4.8%, and 9.5% of the national total respectively, forming a coal transportation trunk railway network with an annual transport capacity of 350 million tons. It is currently building comprehensive hubs such as Jingbian (靖边) International Land Port and Yueyang Coal Iron-Water Intermodal Reserve Base, opening up three major power transmission channels from northern Shaanxi to Hebei, Shandong, and Hubei, achieving that over 70% of energy products are supplied to the whole country. Firmly promote the transformation of the energy structure, build a multi-energy integrated development pattern. High-quality advancement of the "Three North" large-scale wind and solar new energy base construction, with new energy installed capacity accounting for 43.1%, the deep peak-shaving capability of thermal power units reaching 20%, and annual hydrogen production exceeding 2.8 billion cubic meters. Relying on high-level science and innovation platforms such as the Yulin Zhongke Clean Energy Innovation Research Institute, it has built more than 30 first sets of technical equipment in the country. Adhere to clean and efficient utilization of energy, coordinate industrial upgrading with energy conservation and carbon reduction. Anchoring the development direction of high-end, diversified, and low-carbon coal chemical industry, it has laid out and built a modern coal chemical industry system with hundred-billion-yuan-level projects of Guoneng, Shaanxi Coal, Yanchang, Yulin Energy etc. as pillars, ten-billion-yuan-level projects of China Coal, Shandong Energy, Xinghua etc. as backbones, and a large number of downstream fine chemical projects as supporting, with the city's chemical product production capacity reaching 20 million tons, and the coal on-site conversion rate increased to 26.6%. Actively respond to the new requirements of the "dual carbon" goals, complete the update and transformation of over 30,000 low-efficiency energy-consuming equipment, with carbon dioxide capture, utilization and storage scale reaching 1.3 million tons per year, and a 15.3% reduction in energy intensity during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period.
Adhere to Multi-Energy Integration, Accelerate Green Development
Li Zhanming (李战明), Deputy Chief Economist of PetroChina Company Limited, Party Secretary and Executive Director of Changqing Oilfield Branch
Currently, green and low-carbon transformation is already an irreversible global economic trend. PetroChina takes "building a strong energy country, empowering a better life" as its strategic mission, comprehensively promotes the upgrading and renewal of traditional industries, the cultivation and shaping of emerging industries, and the forward-looking planning of future industries, to build a world-class comprehensive energy and chemical company.
As the largest oil and gas field enterprise under PetroChina, Changqing Oilfield has built the largest natural gas production base and onshore natural gas pipeline network hub center in China, with oil and gas equivalent maintaining efficient and stable production above 50 million tons for 13 consecutive years, constructing an industrial ecology of "abundant oil, prosperous gas, green integration, digital-intelligent empowerment." During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the company's energy consumption indicators achieved "dual control and dual reduction" for 5 consecutive years.
Changqing Oilfield will follow the overall three-step deployment of PetroChina's "clean substitution, strategic replacement, green transformation," adhere to multi-energy integrated development, actively explore new models of deep integration between fossil energy and new energy, and promote the construction of a clean, low-carbon, safe and efficient energy system. Continuously optimize the oil and gas industry structure, take natural gas as the priority direction of industrial development, while stabilizing and increasing crude oil production, continuously increase the output and proportion of natural gas. Deepen energy conservation, consumption reduction and clean substitution throughout the entire process of exploration and development, accelerate the self-construction and self-consumption of green electricity, and reduce unit energy consumption and carbon emission intensity. Actively explore and innovate CCUS (carbon dioxide capture, utilization and storage) models, and promote green production increase in oilfields through carbon dioxide flooding and storage technology. Accelerate the development of emerging industries, promote hydrogen energy, geothermal and other projects and carbon sink forest construction, and create new growth poles for high-quality development.
Build a Zero-Carbon Future Together with a New-Type Energy System
Sun Anli (孙安礼), Member of the Party Committee and Deputy General Manager of China Qiyuan Engineering Design & Research Institute Co., Ltd. (中国启源工程设计研究院有限公司)
Generally speaking, the new-type energy system has the following characteristics: clean and low-carbon, promoting the transformation of the energy structure from fossil energy-based to a diversified clean energy system; safe and resilient, coordinating energy supply guarantee and low-carbon transformation, building a stable and reliable energy supply network; supply-demand coordination, achieving two-way interaction between the supply side and the consumption side; systematic and efficient, improving overall energy utilization efficiency.
As a central enterprise with energy conservation and environmental protection as its main business, China Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection Group (中国节能环保集团) has a full industry chain advantage. It is a platform that simultaneously connects the entire chain of green energy production on the supply side and energy conservation, carbon reduction services on the consumption side, highly aligning with the "supply-demand coordination" requirement of the new-type energy system. On the supply side, China Energy Conservation coordinates the layout of clean energy businesses such as wind power, photovoltaic, biomass, geothermal energy, constructing a multi-energy complementary, safe and stable green energy supply matrix; on the consumption side, it delves deeply into energy conservation, carbon reduction and energy efficiency improvement in the industrial and construction sectors, optimizing end-use energy efficiency through full-chain services, achieving two-way connection and integrated coordination of energy production and consumption. China Qiyuan, as a key engineering technology implementation platform under China Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection Group, provides full-cycle solutions from planning and design to construction and operation for parks, factories, and public institutions, continuously promoting the transition of zero-carbon scenarios from single-point pilot to large-scale promotion.
China Qiyuan is willing to take the construction of a new-type energy system as its guide, delve deeply into the construction of zero-carbon factories and zero-carbon parks, and strive to walk a new path of green and high-quality economic and social development.
Return to TopNational fitness requires not only large venues and major events, but also the "small but beautiful" stages close to the people.
The orienteering run along the Beijing Central Axis, the basketball games in Enshi, Hubei, the Sichuan-Chongqing children's balance bike carnival… Although these "small events" are not large in scale, they 因地制宜 (yīn dì zhì yí - "according to the terrain, set appropriate measures," to adapt to local conditions) and precisely meet the exercise needs of different groups of people. Some link cultural lineages, some consolidate local sentiment, some drive family fitness. They not only together form the "big ecosystem" of national fitness, but also enable national fitness to better integrate into daily life and radiate enduring vitality.
— Editor
Beijing Dongcheng District Orienteering Event — Running to Experience the Central Axis Culture
Our reporter Chen Chenxi (陈晨曦)
Wei Peng (魏鹏), who lives near the Drum and Bell Towers in Beijing's Dongcheng District, is extremely familiar with the nearby historic ancient buildings and hutongs, but not long ago the holding of the Beijing Central Axis International Orienteering Open (北京中轴国际定向公开赛) gave him a new feeling about the Beijing Central Axis area: "Using orienteering to run through this place where I live let me discover a different beauty of the Central Axis."
"Orienteering is an activity in which participants traverse unknown terrain with the aid of a map and a compass. It has a unique effect on improving participants' cardiorespiratory endurance, coordination, agility, spatial cognition, independent thinking, and on-the-spot decision-making ability," said Chen Jinliang (陈津梁), Secretary General of the Outdoor Sports Branch of the Beijing University Sports Association (北京市大学生体育协会户外运动分会).
It has been two years since the successful inscription of the Beijing Central Axis on the World Heritage List, and the holding of the event came 恰逢其时 (qià féng qí shí - "happen to occur at that time," to be timely). The event centered on the Drum and Bell Towers, planned 31 check-in points, linked historical relics such as Wanning Bridge, the Former Residence of Mao Dun, the Former Residence of Qi Baishi, and Hong'en Temple, and covered diverse scenes including hutong shops, cafés, and schools, constructing a triple experience of "historical sites + daily life vibrancy + cultural and educational bases." The check-in points were accompanied by stamp collecting and knowledge quizzes, transforming historical stories into hurdle challenges and turning one-way preaching into fun interaction, allowing participants to understand the Central Axis culture while running.
"Using orienteering as an innovative carrier, the event breaks the static display model of traditional culture and transforms the historical heritage of the Central Axis into an immersive sports-cultural tourism scene that can be participated in, experienced, and consumed," said Yang Shanglin (杨尚霖), Deputy Director of the Social Sports Management Center (社会体育管理中心) of the Beijing Dongcheng District Sports Bureau (北京市东城区体育局).
The competition used internationally standard professional paper orienteering maps, highlighting the characteristics of reading the map to discern direction and independently planning routes. The map presented the hutong texture and ancient building points of the Drum and Bell Towers area, guiding participants to slow down and observe deeply. An out-of-town competitor 赞不绝口 (zàn bù jué kǒu - "praise without stopping," to heap praise) on the paper map, saying that moving through the hutongs allowed an immersive experience of Beijing's history and helped him recognize more than ten historical sites.
Though small in scale, the event effectively stimulated the economy of the Drum and Bell Towers area, linking the entire industrial chain of food, lodging, transport, travel, shopping, and entertainment, and converting short-term traffic into long-term consumption increments. Yang Shanglin said: "The thinking behind running the event is to land it wherever it can in the commercial district and to stay close to the residents. On the day, shops opened early at 8 a.m. and also offered exclusive discount coupons."
The main venue was set at the Drum and Bell Towers Cultural Plaza. A Beijing Central Axis cultural exhibition area was arranged on site, displaying the development lineage of the Central Axis through graphic panels and miniature models. Finishers and tourists could experience intangible cultural heritage projects such as cloisonné enamel and traditional silk figurine making. The cultural creative products and cold drinks launched by the event were highly favored. Yang Shanglin said: "The effect far exceeded expectations. All participants finished the race smoothly, and they had smiles on their faces when they left. That is our greatest gain."
Hubei Enshi Prefecture "En BA" — Enjoying the Passion of Basketball on One's Doorstep
Our reporter Ji Fang (季芳)
In the evening, the National Fitness Center of Hefeng County (鹤峰县), Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture (恩施土家族苗族自治州), Hubei Province, was brightly lit. The final of the 2026 fourth "En BA" (恩BA) basketball tournament, Hefeng County division, was held there. Wang Ke (王科), a resident of Rongmei Town (容美镇), raised his phone to capture a wonderful moment.
"En BA" is a mass basketball event founded by Enshi Prefecture in 2023. Among the participating players are workers, farmers, young returnees starting businesses, community workers… They gather because of basketball and fight for their hometown. A relevant person from the Hefeng County Basketball Association said: "'En BA' has made more people love basketball and participate in national fitness." Enshi Prefecture now has 4,560 basketball courts, and "every village has a court" has turned from a vision into reality.
In 2025, "En BA" was included by the Hubei Provincial Sports Bureau as a provincial-level demonstration event. In April this year, it was selected as a case in the 2025 national mass "Three Major Ball Sports" quality event selection. The 2026 "En BA" event optimized its system, divided into nine major divisions at the prefecture and county levels, and continued to push basketball events into government offices, villages, communities, schools, enterprises, and scenic spots.
This year's "En BA" has 2,000 participating teams and more than 20,000 competitors — behind these numbers are steaming-hot participation stories. "This is our own common people's basketball tournament," said Wang Zuozhang (王作章), a senior fan in his sixties. Last year, he traveled with fellow villagers all the way to Guizhou to cheer for the Enshi Xianfeng White Tea Team (恩施咸丰白茶队) during the national Village BA (村BA) finals. Now, with "En BA" held on his doorstep, he attends almost every game.
The basketball games are also changing a city. The event has built a model of "competition zone + scenic spot" and "competition venue + marketplace." "One person competes, the whole family travels" is increasingly popular. The "Enshi Good Products" exhibition and sales fair is packed. Selenium-rich agricultural products, vine tea, Tujia brocade… thousands of local specialties have become hits riding the heat of the event. "En BA + intangible cultural heritage" has also sparked more creativity. The medal design incorporates the Tujia brocade Xilan Kapu (西兰卡普); during game intervals, the melodious Tujia Lichuan Lantern Song (利川灯歌) sounds; in the "Sisters Basketball Tournament," female players appear in ethnic-style uniforms… The beauty of ethnic customs and sports is fused and presented.
According to statistics, in 2025, Enshi Prefecture received a total of 110 million tourists, achieving a total tourism revenue of 92 billion yuan. The "traffic" brought by sports is accelerating into "retention" of cultural and tourism consumption.
Schuan-Chongqing Children's Balance Bike Carnival — Growing Up Through Fun Competition
Our reporter Wang Liang (王亮)
On the green field, childish fun was flying. Recently, the "Run, Youth!" 2026 Youth and Children Themed Fitness Activity (Schuan-Chongqing Venue) (川渝会场) and the Schuan-Chongqing Children's Fun Balance Bike Carnival (川渝幼儿趣味滑步车嘉年华) were held at Guanghua Park in Wenjiang District (温江区), Chengdu City, Sichuan Province. 78 teams and more than 600 young contestants gathered at the venue, feeling the charm of sports through the fun balance bike event. Wave tracks, tire arrays, bubble pools, carrying and jumping over bikes… various challenges filled the scene with laughter and joy.
Zhang Yi (张伊一), aged 6, was participating in the carnival for the fourth time. After finishing this competition, he would officially "retire," and the little boy was very reluctant. His father Zhang Lifu (张力夫), a preschool educator, said: "Since joining the carnival, our child has gone from being a bit timid to becoming more and more cheerful and brave."
Since its inception in 2020, the Schuan-Chongqing Balance Bike Carnival has attracted thousands of families to participate. The event organizer explained that the activity mainly targets children aged 3 to 6, setting up individual races and team relay races, divided into 8 age groups and 17 categories, comprehensively training sense of balance, coordination, and ability to withstand setbacks. Today, the carnival has become a sports activity in which many families participate every year. "When it first started, we had to go around inviting people; now registration is often so competitive it's hard to get a spot," said the organizer.
Balance bike coach Kong Song (孔松) served as the host of this event. During the hosting, he disguised himself as "Teacher Squirrel" (松鼠老师) to cheer for the young contestants and won the children's affection. "During the competition, children get up on their own after falling. The competitive atmosphere is very good," Kong Song said. The event also set up parent-child interactive experience areas such as beanbag toss and frisbee, where parents and children participated together, narrowing the distance between them. Zhang Lifu said that, driven by his child, he and his wife also took up cycling. "In sports, our child is our teacher."
A relevant official from the Sichuan Provincial Sports Bureau said that the Schuan-Chongqing Balance Bike Competition adheres to the concept of "using sports to enlighten wisdom, using sports to nurture people," downplaying competition and increasing fun, and has upgraded from a single competition to a comprehensive carnival integrating culture, tourism, and sports.
Return to TopBy: 季 芳
Mass sports events can only generate enthusiasm and sustain long-term development by taking root at the grassroots and staying close to the people.
Nowadays, from urban streets and alleys to rural squares, from parent-child parks to cultural landmarks, mass sports events across the country are 百花齐放 (bǎi huā qí fàng - "a hundred flowers bloom," vigorous and varied), bustling with excitement. With the issuance of the National Fitness Plan (2026–2030), the national fitness endeavor is moving from "quantitative accumulation" toward "qualitative leap." Regions, based on their local endowments, tailored to the needs of the masses, and deeply cultivating distinctive innovations, are integrating national fitness into daily life, continuously painting a vivid picture of nationwide participation and nationwide health.
By adapting measures to local conditions and highlighting distinctive features, mass events gain greater vitality. In Qingchuan (青川), Sichuan, the open-air basketball tournament (坝坝篮球赛) relies on the area's deep grassroots basketball foundation, with low entry barriers, the ability for every village to form a team, and full coverage across townships. Each game becomes a bond for neighborhood exchange and making friends through basketball. In Heishan (黑山), Liaoning, the county-level football league is open to amateur enthusiasts, giving ordinary people from the fields a dedicated green pitch. Events serve as a platform, linking together diverse industries such as culture, tourism, agriculture, and commerce. Grassroots events are becoming an important lever for county economic development.
With model innovation and inclusive sharing, mass events can remain full of vitality. In recent years, regions have combined fitness activities with scenic spots and intangible cultural heritage folk customs, continuously enriching the supply of events. The Beijing Central Axis International Orienteering Open (北京中轴国际定向公开赛) turns the 7.8-kilometer-long World Cultural Heritage Central Axis into a natural race track, allowing participants to enjoy beautiful scenery, appreciate culture, and have fun while running, achieving a "two-way rush" between fitness, leisure, and cultural experience.
Judging from practice, the thinking behind mass sports is shifting from "holding events" to "cultivating an ecosystem," and the boundaries of the national fitness endeavor are constantly expanding.
The Plan proposes building a layered and classified event system, so that people of different skill levels and ages can find "a stage of their own." On one hand, the audience is more inclusive. Regions balance the needs of the old and young, covering all ages — the Sichuan-Chongqing area holds a children's fun balance bike carnival, Shenyang, Liaoning's "Factory BA" provides a stage for workers, and Binzhou, Shandong deeply cultivates "Little Olympics Builds a Home," encouraging family participation. Only when everyone finds a suitable way to exercise can national fitness be truly implemented. On the other hand, the mechanism is more long-term. Supporting measures such as open and shared school facilities, regular community activities, and empowerment by professional forces are continuously advanced. Through hardware upgrades and institutional guarantees, sports become an important part of people's lives, and events become a new calling card for urban and rural vitality.
Mass sports events can only generate enthusiasm and sustain long-term development by taking root at the grassroots and staying close to the people. Only by planning in accordance with regional characteristics and following the needs of the masses, while holding onto the original intention of 以人为本 (yǐ rén wéi běn - "people-oriented," putting people first), can the national fitness endeavor have more of the warmth of everyday life and greater appeal.
Return to TopHangzhou, August 10 (Our newspaper reporter Wang Liang (王亮)) — The semifinals of the 2026 Asian University Basketball League were held on the 8th at Binjiang Gymnasium (滨江体育馆) in Hangzhou, Zhejiang. The match was played between the Tsinghua University team and the Shanghai Jiao Tong University team. In the end, thanks to a full-court buzzer-beating three-pointer from beyond the arc by Hu Hui (胡汇), the Shanghai Jiao Tong University team defeated the Tsinghua University team 84∶82 and advanced to the finals.
Both teams are strong forces in domestic university basketball and are very familiar with each other. After the tip-off, the score remaned tight, with Tsinghua University holding a slight advantage. In the crucial fourth quarter, the Shanghai Jiao Tong University team showed extreеме toughness, with the lead changing hands back and forth. Beförе the end of the fourth quarter, the two teams were tied at 74∶74, sending the game into overtime. In overtime, Shanghai Jiao Tong University's Hu Hui scored the first basket on a layup, and then in the final possession of the game he completed a bank-shot three-pointer at the buzzer to overturn the score, helping the Shanghai Jiao Tong University team advance to the finals for the first time. For the full game, Hu Hui recorded a well-rounded stat line of 15 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block, and was named the Player of the Game.
The finals will be held on the 11th, with the Shanghai Jiao Tong University team facing the National Chengchi University (台湾政治大学) team for the championship of this edition.
Return to TopOur newspaper Liaocheng (聊城), August 10 (Reporter Wang Zhe (王者)) From the 6th to the 9th, the 22nd China University Climbing Championship was held at Gaotang International Camp (高唐国际营地) in Liaocheng City, Shandong Province. The China University Climbing Championship is one of the three major climbing events in the country. This edition of the event gathered 522 athletes from 90 universities. The competition set up 4 groups, covering six major events: difficulty climbing, bouldering, speed climbing, speed relay, combined (two-discipline) climbing, and team competition, producing a total of 48 gold medals (including team events). Deng Lijuan, silver medalist in the women's speed climbing at the Paris Olympics, represented Donghua University in the competition. In this event, multiple all-around athletes emerged: Lao Liqin (劳丽琴) from Guangxi Sports College (广西体育高等专科学校) swept three individual championships in the women's difficulty, speed, and bouldering of Group A-B; China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) won multiple gold medals in women's bouldering of Group B and men's difficulty and bouldering of Group C; Donghua University won the men's speed climbing championship of Group A-A; Shenyang Sport University received medals in multiple men's events of Group B. The medal distribution was broad: Gannan Normal University (赣南师范大学), Chengdu Sport University (成都体育学院), Guilin Tourism University (桂林旅游学院), Guizhou Medical University (贵州医科大学), etc., all had outstanding performances; Peking University, Shanghai University, University of Macau and other universities also achieved good results in Group A-A. The popularization of climbing in universities across the country continues to deepen.
Return to TopBy: 健康时报记者 邱 越
Recently, a short video drew attention online: a young man suddenly collapsed by the roadside during a fasted morning run, and was later found by passersby and promptly taken to the hospital. Many people are keen on fasted exercise, believing that exercising on an empty stomach can boost metabolism and accelerate fat burning. Is this practice advisable or not? A reporter interviewed several experts to answer questions and clear up doubts (答疑解惑 (dá yí jiě huò - "resolve doubts, dispel confusion," to answer questions and clear up doubts)).
Why do people "take a tumble" during fasted exercise?
"The root cause of fainting during a morning run is not exercise itself, but rather the fasting state compounding potential hidden health risks; fasted exercise is the trigger or fuse for the accident," explained Zhang Peng (张鹏), director of the Department of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery at Beijing Friendship Hospital (北京友谊医院). When the body is in a fasting state, blood sugar levels are already low; if one then exercises while having underlying diseases, hypoglycemia can easily be induced, causing dizziness, heart palpitations, trembling hands, and cold sweats — in severe cases, consciousness may even become clouded and fainting may occur. He specifically cautioned: "Diabetic patients should certainly be vigilant against hyperglycemia, but for this group of people, hypoglycemia is the more dangerous acute accident."
Zuo Xiaoxia (左小霞), director of the Department of Nutrition at the Eighth Medical Center of the PLA General Hospital (解放军总医院第八医学中心), said that when fasting, fat breakdown accelerates, which may cause free fatty acid concentrations in the blood plasma to become too high, increasing the risk of arrhythmia. It is thus clear that fasted exercise is not suitable for everyone: diabetic patients or those prone to hypoglycemia, patients with kidney disease, pregnant women, the elderly and those with weaker constitutions, and people suffering from cardiovascular or cerebrovascular diseases should all avoid fasted exercise. Even healthy adults, if they wish to try it, must follow scientific principles and must never blindly follow the trend (盲目跟风 (máng mù gēn fēng - "blindly follow the wind," to go along with a fad without thinking)).
Does fasted exercise burn fat better?
Some people choose fasted exercise because they believe it can boost metabolism and burn fat more efficiently. This understanding has a certain theoretical basis, but it must be viewed scientifically. Zhang Peng explained that after a full night's sleep, the body's glycogen reserves are low; exercising at this time does cause the body to mobilize more fat for energy, enabling fat reduction in the short term. Therefore, fasted exercise is not a problem for people in good physical condition, but attention should be paid to timely hydration.
Can fasted exercise raise the basal metabolic rate? Zhang Peng said not necessarily. In a fasting state, insufficient glycogen reserves are prone to occur; the body may also break down muscle protein for energy, leading to muscle loss, and the body is more likely to enter an energy-conserving state.
Zuo Xiaoxia also said that fasted exercise only increases energy expenditure at the moment of exercise, rather than permanently raising basal metabolism.
Previously, the University of Bath and the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom conducted a joint study, selecting 30 overweight or obese men and asking them to participate in a 6-week trial. One group ate breakfast first and then exercised; the other group exercised first and then ate breakfast. The training content of the two groups was the same, and their food intake was comparable. The study found that the two groups — those who exercised before breakfast and those who exercised after breakfast — showed no significant difference in body fat reduction after 6 weeks. This indicates that, in the long run, the fat-burning advantage of fasted exercise is likely to be offset by the body's compensatory mechanisms or by post-exercise diet. However, the study showed that participants who exercised before meals had more key proteins in their muscles, indicating that their muscles could respond better to insulin, helping to maintain stable blood sugar levels.
Zuo Xiaoxia said that the key to fat reduction still lies in long-term negative energy balance, that is, energy expenditure exceeding intake. Fasted exercise is not suitable for everyone, and exercising immediately after a "full stomach" is not recommended for anyone. The general recommendation is that ordinary people should engage in moderate-intensity exercise 1 to 1.5 hours after a meal, and vigorous exercise at least 2 hours after a meal.
Zhang Peng suggested: "People should not place too much focus on how fast or slow metabolism is, but rather on how many calories are consumed and how the muscles are trained."
How can exercise balance safety and effectiveness?
How should one exercise to be both safe and effective? The experts advise that it should vary from person to person (因人而异 (yīn rén ér yì - "differ with the person," to vary according to the individual)) and be arranged scientifically.
Regarding exercise intensity, Zhang Peng corrected a common misconception: "Sometimes exercise that is too gentle — exercise that does not even increase the heart rate — may have very little effect on training cardiopulmonary function and reducing fat (收效甚微 (shōu xiào shèn wēi - "the results gained are very slight," to achieve very little))." Zhang Peng believes that interval running is a highly efficient method: "first run slowly, then accelerate into a one-minute sprint, then slow down, then sprint again." This way of challenging one's own capacity helps gradually improve maximum capacity.
On how to quantify exercise intensity, Zhang Peng suggested that for ordinary adults, a heart rate between 110 and 150 beats per minute belongs to aerobic exercise; above 150 beats per minute, one enters the anaerobic phase. The aerobic phase has the highest energy conversion efficiency, while in the anaerobic phase a person is more prone to soreness and fatigue, but it is beneficial for muscle stimulation and the enhancement of cardiopulmonary function.
Regarding exercise duration, Zhang Peng suggested that people aiming to reduce fat should ideally do more than half an hour of aerobic exercise per session; 45 minutes to 1 hour is even better. Exercise should produce a slight feeling of exhaustion in order to achieve better results. For example, 1 hour of moderate-intensity exercise consumes approximately 450 to 500 kilocalories, while 1 hour of strolling may consume less than 200 kilocalories.
Regarding exercise types, Zhang Peng believes that aerobic exercise and strength training each have different emphases in their effects, and they should be combined. Long-duration moderate-intensity aerobic exercise helps reduce fat; active resistance training can make muscles stronger; and passive stretching makes muscle definition more pronounced.
Zuo Xiaoxia said that exercise is a long-term dialogue with the body; listening to the body's voice and following a scientific rhythm is the reliable path to health.
Return to TopUrumqi, August 10 (by reporter Shang Rongzheng (尚嵘峥)) After nearly three months of competition, the final of the 2026 “Tongxin Cup” (同心杯) Xinjiang Football Super League (新疆足球超级联赛) was held on the 9th at the Urumqi Olympic Sports Center, attracting over 30,000 spectators to the venue. Ultimately, the Kashgar team won the championship, the Yili team won the runner-up, and the Turpan team secured third place in the match on the 8th. On site, honorary titles such as Ethnic Unity and Progress Representative Team (民族团结进步代表队), Best Referee, Best Coach, Best Goalkeeper, and Top Scorer were also awarded.
The Xinjiang Football Super League is the highest-standard and most influential mass-participation football brand event in Xinjiang, and this is its first edition. Since the start of the tournament on May 16, 14 participating teams have conducted 56 matches across the northern and southern competition zones. All matches of the event implemented a uniform affordable ticket price of 9.9 yuan, allowing the masses to enjoy the greatest benefits.
During the event, each competition zone also carried out over 260 supporting activities such as football carnival, fan interactive experiences, and intangible cultural heritage displays; released over 200 themed tour routes including family tours, study tours, and self-driving tours; introduced a series of “ticket stub plus” (票根+) preferential measures such as event-exclusive ticket discounts, food and accommodation discounts, cultural tourism consumption benefits, and special subsidies for watching matches; and created a new one-stop service consumption scenario of “watching matches + consumption + experience”.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 谢亚宏
The interior ministers of EU member states recently held an emergency video conference to discuss the large-scale immigration incident that recently occurred in Ceuta, Spain’s enclave in North Africa. All parties agreed to strengthen collaboration on issues such as tightening repatriation policies, reinforcing EU external border protection, and cracking down on migrant smuggling networks.
Recently, approximately 72,000 migrants entered Ceuta from Morocco. This serious border migration crisis occurred just over one month after the full entry into force of the EU Migration and Asylum Pact (《移民与庇护公约》), once again thrusting the urgency and complexity of the EU’s migration problem to the forefront. European public opinion generally believes that the Ceuta crisis has amplified contradictions within the EU over border control, responsibility sharing, and other matters.
Frequent illegal border-crossing incidents
Ceuta is one of Spain’s two enclaves in North Africa, located in northwestern Africa, bordering Morocco, with an area of approximately 18.5 square kilometers. Due to its special geographical location, in recent years a large number of illegal migrants have attempted to enter Ceuta by climbing over border fences, swimming across the sea, and other means, then seeking opportunities to proceed to mainland Spain and then to other European countries. In July this year, the Spanish Supreme Court issued a ruling that, given the special border management regime implemented for Ceuta and Spain’s other North African enclave, Melilla (梅利利亚), migrants arriving at the two places by sea could not be immediately repatriated, while migrants who forcibly entered overland by climbing border fences and similar methods were allowed to be immediately repatriated. This ruling was misinterpreted as “as long as you swim into Ceuta, you can stay in Spain and eventually obtain legal status,” and spread rapidly on social media, triggering a wave of large-scale illegal border crossings. Many people chose to swim or use simple floating devices to enter Ceuta by sea, causing at least 75 deaths so far. The Spanish Civil Guard is still searching for missing persons.
Spanish Interior Minister Grande-Marlaska said on August 4 that last week a total of approximately 72,000 migrants illegally entered Ceuta from Morocco, of whom about 70,000 have returned to Morocco. To prevent another large-scale illegal border-crossing incident, the Spanish government has further upgraded border control measures, including installing new maritime interception facilities on breakwaters, strengthening border enforcement cooperation with Morocco, accelerating repatriation procedures for illegal entrants, and jointly combating human trafficking networks. The European Commission has stated that it will provide support to Spain through the European Border and Coast Guard Agency and other means, and will strengthen cooperation with partner countries such as Morocco to jointly address the illegal migration issue. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen urged Spain to intensify efforts to crack down on smuggling networks and accelerate migrant repatriation.
Exposing internal EU rifts
Analysts believe that behind the Ceuta crisis are both differences within the EU over responsibility sharing and policy implementation, as well as the practical factor of the migration issue being co-opted by the partisan interests of member states. Although the overwhelming majority of EU member states have repeatedly reaffirmed the need to prevent disorderly illegal border crossings, eliminate any factors that could stimulate illegal entry behavior, and ensure that the EU adopts unified and effective response measures, coordination at the EU level has not concealed the internal rifts within Europe.
After the incident, Italy announced the suspension of the Schengen free movement mechanism with Spain and the resumption of border checks, and received support from Finland and Denmark. France proposed strengthening border checks with Spain. Finland, Germany, and other countries called on the Spanish government to protect the “external border” of the Schengen area. In response, the Spanish government announced on August 7 that Spain would impose border checks on travelers from Italy at airports and ports from August 8 to September 7, in response to Italy’s refusal to cancel similar measures against travelers from Spain. The Italian government issued a statement on August 7 saying that, for reasons of national security and border control needs, Italy would not rescind the decision to suspend application of the Schengen Agreement to third-country nationals entering via Spain, and that the relevant measures would remain in effect at least until August 15. The statement said that Italy “will not accept ultimatums or pressure from outside” and would make its own decisions on matters involving national security and border management. Italy stated that it would reassess the relevant measures only after confirming that there are no security or terrorism risks, no new waves of illegal immigration, and no risk of illegal migrants using Spain as a transit route to enter Italy.
Spain criticized the reaction of some EU member states during the Ceuta migration crisis as “selfish” and “creating confrontation,” reiterating that EU external border security is a common responsibility of all EU member states, and that the actions of these states not only violate European law, humanitarian law, and the EU principle of solidarity, but also damage Europe’s long-term interests, calling for the establishment of a joint response mechanism.
“When facing external border pressure, EU member states have not shown solidarity,” said Carla Hobbs, a policy researcher at the European Council on Foreign Relations. She said that states have first taken national-level defensive measures rather than a joint response, which tests “European cohesion.” Hobbs called for a collective response to the challenges of the EU’s external border and for strengthening Europe’s common response capacity.
Ivan Cardillo, a member of the Center for International and Strategic Studies at the Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali in Italy, said that the political responsibility for EU border management is in fact borne by member states; however, when faced with specific problems, there is a clear gap between the slogan of “European solidarity” and action.
Since 2015, Europe has frequently suffered the impact of “migration waves.” From the illegal migration waves on Italy’s Lampedusa Island and Spain’s Canary Islands, to the current Ceuta migration crisis… over more than a decade, the resolution of Europe’s illegal migration problem has faced multiple challenges. According to statistics, although illegal border-crossing incidents at the EU’s external borders in 2025 have decreased significantly compared with before, they still amount to approximately 178,000. Europe’s frequent suffering from “migration waves” has become an important lever for far-right parties in many member states to expand their political influence and win voter support. Zaernun Suliman, a researcher in the Africa Department of the UK Center for Progressive Policy, said that this Ceuta crisis is the result of intertwined structural, security, legal, political, and other factors, exposing the persistent fragility of EU migration policy and its heavy reliance on cooperation with transit countries.
Urgent need to establish an effective migration system
In June this year, the EU Migration and Asylum Pact officially entered into force. This pact is considered a unified legal framework for EU countries to jointly address migration issues. The large-scale border-crossing incident in Ceuta also became the first major sudden crisis to test the actual effectiveness of the new framework after the full entry into force of the Migration and Asylum Pact.
The draft EU Migration and Asylum Pact was introduced by the European Commission in 2020 and passed by the European Parliament in 2024. This major reform, which took years of negotiation, aims to build a more resilient migration management system by accelerating border procedures, strengthening repatriation mechanisms, and having member states share responsibility in solidarity. Its core content covers comprehensive measures in areas such as migration management, asylum applications, and border management, aiming to fully unify the asylum procedures of member states and establish a fair burden-sharing mechanism among them. The European Council and the European Parliament have stressed that the pact will end the chaotic situation in which member states previously 各自为政 (gè zì wéi zhèng - "each acts in its own way," acting without coordination) and promote "firm and fair" migration governance.
At the EU level, the implementation of a unified migration policy has always been constrained. Spain, Italy, Greece, and other countries under refugee pressure have high hopes for the pact, believing that the mandatory solidarity mechanism will alleviate the long-term border pressure they bear. Some Eastern and Central European countries have taken a reserved or even opposing stance, arguing that while the pact has flexibility, it may infringe on national sovereignty and impose additional burdens in terms of cultural and social integration. Many member states are not yet ready to fully implement the pact and have not fundamentally improved and strengthened their own asylum and reception systems, so the pact may be difficult to translate into coordinated action in the short term.
European media and think tanks generally believe that the Ceuta crisis once again proves that simply accelerating procedures and strengthening repatriation cannot eradicate the problem. At the geopolitical level, the ongoing turmoil in the Middle East and Africa, combined with climate change and economic inequality, constitutes a long-term push factor for migration flows. If the EU cannot fundamentally resolve the contradiction between “external push factors” and “internal absorptive capacity,” and truly establish an effective and enforceable migration and asylum system, similar crises may recur repeatedly, making it difficult to escape the illegal migration predicament.
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Recently, tens of thousands of illegal immigrants surged into Ceuta, a small border town with an area of only 18.5 square kilometers, and local normal production and living order has been noticeably affected. At present, the border situation has eased, but issues related to EU migration governance reflected by the incident continue to attract attention. After the incident, EU member states reacted in markedly different ways, revealing differences in their stances on migration governance.
EU disagreements on migration governance have a long history. After the signing of the Schengen Agreement in 1985, member states gradually eliminated internal border controls, and the free movement of people became an important achievement of European integration. However, the allocation of migration control responsibilities has not achieved balance. According to the Dublin Convention, refugee asylum applications are handled by the first country of entry, so southern European and Mediterranean coastal states located on the EU’s external borders thus bear greater pressure from entry control and initial resettlement, while inland member states, while enjoying the convenience of free movement, less directly face the governance load at the border front line. This structural contradiction of mismatched rights and responsibilities was starkly manifested during the 2015 Middle East refugee wave. At that time, the EU’s proposed refugee quota sharing plan sparked controversy among some member states, several countries reinstated internal border controls, and the Schengen system was impacted. The EU Migration and Asylum Pact, which formally takes effect in 2026, sets goals such as unified standards, unified repatriation, and shared responsibility, attempting to improve the migration governance system. However, judging from the response to the Ceuta crisis, once practical interest issues such as resettlement responsibility and funding allocation arise, member states’ positions still show clear divergence, and the goal of unified governance still faces real obstacles in implementation.
Migration governance is a long-term issue accompanying the European integration process. EU migration governance places greater emphasis on border control and external coordination, using cooperation to strengthen border interception and provide assistance in related fields to reduce migrant entry. Such measures have a certain effect in alleviating short-term border pressure, but they do not address the root problems — such as poverty and war — that generate large-scale migration. As long as the deep-seated drivers of migration are not effectively alleviated, relying solely on border control measures makes it difficult to form a long-term governance effect. The Ceuta crisis once again demonstrates that cross-border issues are interconnected, and no country can completely stand aloof. To enhance the overall effectiveness of migration governance, it is necessary not only for member states to further build consensus and push responsibility-sharing from paper agreements to practical coordination, but also to break out of a single control mindset, face the development disparities behind migration issues, and explore more long-term solutions.
(The author is the Secretary-General of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Center for Spanish Studies (中国社会科学院西班牙研究中心).)
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According to the latest data from the Cambodia Rice Federation (柬埔寨稻米联盟), in the first seven months of 2026, Cambodia exported a total of 707,000 tons of rice, a year-on-year increase of 68%; the export value reached 410 million US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 34.3%. Lai Chunhua (赖春华), the relevant responsible person of the Cambodia Rice Federation, stated that Cambodia's rice export volume in 2026 is expected to exceed the previously set annual export target of 1 million tons.
As international market demand expands, Cambodia's rice exports have achieved relatively rapid growth. Among them, the ASEAN market is the largest regional market for Cambodia's rice exports. In the first seven months of this year, Cambodia exported 266,000 tons of rice to ASEAN countries, with an export value of 100 million US dollars. During the same period, demand in the European market remained stable, with an export volume of 207,000 tons and an export value of 160 million US dollars. Emerging markets such as the Middle East and Africa are becoming new growth points for Cambodia's rice exports. In the first seven months of this year, Cambodia exported 59,000 tons of rice to these regions, earning 50 million US dollars in foreign exchange.
The rice industry is an important pillar of Cambodia's national economy, and rice exports inject momentum into economic development. In 2025, agriculture contributed 16.1% to Cambodia's GDP. The Asian Development Bank's recently released "Asian Development Outlook 2026" (2026年亚洲发展展望) report predicts that Cambodia's economic growth rate is expected to rise from 4.5% in 2026 to 5% in 2027. Among them, the increase in export demand for rice and other agricultural products is an important support for the growth of Cambodia's agricultural economy.
However, compared with major rice-exporting countries such as Thailand and Vietnam, Cambodia's rice industry still faces challenges such as insufficient brand building and high logistics and warehousing costs. To this end, Cambodia's Ministry of Commerce launched the "2025—2030 Rice Export Market Expansion and Diversification Strategy" (2025—2030年大米出口市场拓展与多元化战略), planning to further expand international market space by leveraging existing free trade agreements and relying on food aid and food security cooperation mechanisms. Cambodia continues to promote high-quality rice seed cultivation and national brand building. The jasmine rice variety "Phka Romduol" (帕卡伦杜), cultivated by the Cambodian Agricultural Research and Development Institute, is increasingly gaining international fame due to its unique aroma and excellent quality. The Cambodia Rice Federation has created the nationally certified brand "Angkor Malis" (吴哥马利斯) to unify rice quality standards. At the same time, the Cambodian government has also launched the "2023—2033 Master Plan for Transport and Logistics System Integration" (2023—2033年运输和物流系统综合总体规划), which will invest 36.6 billion US dollars in 174 infrastructure development projects to improve logistics efficiency and promote trade facilitation.
China is an important single market for Cambodia's rice exports. In the first seven months of this year, Cambodia exported 175,000 tons of rice to China, with an export value of 100 million US dollars. In 2025, China and Cambodia signed a new rice trade agreement, increasing the quota for Cambodia's rice exports to China to 500,000 tons. Lun Yan (伦延), Secretary-General of the Cambodia Rice Federation, stated that China has always been an important market for Cambodian rice and plays a significant driving role in the development of Cambodia's rice industry. Wang Wenbin (汪文斌), Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia, believes that the positive results achieved in Cambodia's rice exports fully reflect the positive effects of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (区域全面经济伙伴关系协定) and the China-Cambodia Free Trade Agreement (中柬自由贸易协定) in promoting the development of Cambodia's agricultural product trade, further unleashing the potential of bilateral economic and trade cooperation.
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. news website Axios reported on the 9th that U.S. President Trump, in an interview with it, leans toward imposing economic pressure on Iran rather than launching new military operations.
In this brief telephone interview, Trump said, "We are handling this matter quietly." "We are only having semi-formal negotiations with them (Iran). We are just watching Iran; they (face) severe inflation and the fact of having no money." He emphasized that the U.S. naval blockade has made Iran's economy even 雪上加霜 (xuě shàng jiā shuāng - "frost on top of snow," to make matters worse).
Trump also said that as oil prices fall to just over $75 per barrel, the pain felt by U.S. consumers from the conflict has lessened. Referring to the repeated back-and-forth with Iran, "Things will be resolved. It always gets resolved. It's like playing chess."
Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi said on the 9th that currently Iran is not conducting any negotiations with the United States. Until the United States stops violating the memorandum of understanding and makes amends for the relevant breaches, the Iranian side believes that the possibility of restarting negotiations does not exist.
U.S. Vice President Vance said on the 8th that the U.S.-Iran conflict is not over, "but it is clearly no longer in the opening phase, but has entered the middle-game phase." He said the United States is comprehensively employing a series of means including diplomacy, economy, and military to ensure the best final outcome.
Turkish FM says Saudi-Turkey-Pakistan joint defense agreement expected to expand membership
ANKARA, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- (Reporter Huo Dantong (霍丹彤)) Turkish Foreign Minister Fidan said on the 8th that the newly concluded joint defense agreement among Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan aims to enhance regional autonomy and should continue to grow and strengthen, with more countries expressing willingness to join.
Fidan, while participating in a live interview with Turkey's Anadolu Agency, said that signing the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement is an important step toward bringing lasting stability to the region. The agreement should not be limited to the current three countries but should continue to grow and strengthen. He disclosed that more countries have expressed willingness to join the agreement and said "Egypt is likely to join in the next stage."
Regarding the collective defense clause in the agreement, Fidan said it is technically the same as NATO's collective defense clause. According to him, the three countries will jointly establish a political-military committee composed of the foreign ministers, defense ministers, and chiefs of general staff of each country.
Japan's June current account turns to deficit
TOKYO, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- (Reporters Li Shimeng (李诗萌) and Bi Gaofeng (毕高锋)) Preliminary international balance of payments statistics released by Japan's Ministry of Finance on the 10th showed that due to a sharp decline in the surplus from overseas investment income, Japan's current account turned to a deficit in June, with a deficit of 92.3 billion yen (1 U.S. dollar is approximately 159 yen). According to Kyodo News, this is the first current account deficit in 17 months.
In terms of goods trade, in June Japan's exports of automobiles, semiconductors, nonferrous metals, etc. increased, with export value rising 16.3% year-on-year to 10.48 trillion yen. At the same time, due to the persistent tension in the Middle East pushing up international oil prices, Japan, which is highly dependent on energy imports, saw a significantly higher import growth rate than exports. In June, Japan's import value rose 24.3% year-on-year to 10.62 trillion yen. Affected by this, goods trade turned to a deficit that month, with a deficit of 135.2 billion yen.
In terms of services trade, due to the narrowing of the tourism balance surplus, the services trade deficit expanded to 228.5 billion yen. According to data from the Japan Tourism Agency, the number of foreign visitors to Japan in June decreased by 6.8% year-on-year. In addition, the widening deficit in securities investment income, among other factors, led to a significant narrowing of the overseas investment income surplus. In June, the overseas investment income surplus was 380.1 billion yen, a sharp decrease of 1.06 trillion yen year-on-year.
Extreme weather has caused over 380,000 people affected, 6 deaths in Philippines
MANILA, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- (Reporters Li Meng (李萌) and Zhao Chenjie (赵晨捷)) According to a report by the Philippine News Agency on the 9th, affected by extreme weather that began on the 1st of this month, more than 380,000 residents in the country have suffered from heavy rain, landslides, and other disasters, and the related natural disasters have caused 6 deaths.
The report said that since August, the strengthening of the southwest monsoon and the overlapping of tropical cyclones have led to extreme weather in the Philippines, triggering heavy rain, landslides, and other natural disasters. The affected areas are mainly concentrated in Luzon Island and Mindanao Island, among others, with at least 110,000 affected households. The extreme weather has caused damage to 148 houses, of which 138 were partially damaged and 10 were completely destroyed.
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A few days ago, the 2026 Brazil International Animal Protein Exhibition, hosted by the Brazilian Animal Protein Association, was held in São Paulo, attracting more than 400 exhibitors, including dozens of Chinese enterprises, to participate, covering meat protein-related industries such as livestock and poultry farming, biotechnology, and meat processing. The exhibition featured discussions and expert lectures on topics related to animal protein products, such as food industry sustainability, biosecurity, and artificial intelligence applications.
Dozens of Chinese enterprises displayed products, technologies, and solutions related to the meat protein industry. Qingdao Kechuang Xinda Technology Co., Ltd. (青岛科创信达科技有限公司) provided smart farm solutions based on technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT). "China's manufacturing industry has strong overall strength and complete supporting facilities, while Brazil has outstanding resource endowments and a solid foundation in agriculture and animal husbandry; the two countries are naturally complementary in the industrial dimension." Wang Fubao (王福宝), chairman of the company, told reporters that many Brazilian farms have not yet deployed IoT systems and urgently need upgrading. The company is willing to provide services for the Brazilian market in data integration, remote collaboration, smart decision-making, and other aspects.
Shandong Ruihong Biotechnology Co., Ltd. (山东瑞弘生物科技股份有限公司), which focuses on feed additive production, participated in the exhibition for the first time. Qiu Yujun (丘于军), deputy general manager of the company's marketing center, told reporters that Chinese enterprises have complete upstream and downstream industry chain support and relevant policy support, providing a guarantee for accelerating "going global." "With the implementation of the China-Brazil mutual visa exemption policy, more Chinese enterprises are willing to develop the Brazilian market, and the space for future cooperation between the two countries in related industries will be broad."
The latest data show that in the first half of this year, China was the largest export destination for Brazilian beef and chicken and the third-largest export destination for Brazilian pork. André de Paula, Brazil's Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, said that Brazil has the conditions to further consolidate its leading position in the global animal protein production field, and this industry will bring more opportunities to Brazil-China cooperation.
"China is an important market with the greatest growth potential. Changes in Chinese market demand are considered one of the important factors affecting Brazilian beef exports. The association has long cooperated with the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency to promote Brazilian beef in important markets such as China." Roberto Perosa, president of the Brazilian Beef Exporters Association, said that cooperation among BRICS countries has achieved many results, and he hopes to further carry out cooperation in the field of sanitary and quarantine inspection in the future to promote trade growth.
Yu Lu (于露), vice president of the China Chamber of Commerce of Foodstuffs, Native Produce and Animal By-Products Import & Export (中国食品土畜进出口商会), told reporters that Brazil has in recent years consistently been China's largest source of agricultural product imports, and its product structure is accelerating diversification. The differences in consumer habits between the two countries have created 优势互补 (yōu shì hù bǔ - "advantages complement each other," complementary advantages) and structural substitution among agricultural products. Under the premise that the two governments continue to strengthen safety supervision, more Brazilian products will enter the Chinese market steadily and orderly.
"Brazil and China have established a very solid cooperative partnership, and Brazil's export volume to China has generally remained stable." Ricardo Santin, president of the Brazilian Animal Protein Association, told reporters that the Chinese market has enormous potential for importing Brazilian animal protein products, and he looks forward to being able to export more types of meat and by-products to China. "Deepening Brazil-China cooperation in the agricultural and livestock industry chain is a common opportunity for both sides." Santin said he welcomes Chinese enterprises to invest and do business in Brazil. China has advanced experience in infrastructure construction, while the development of various industries in Brazil, including the agricultural and livestock sector, urgently needs more ports, railways, and other infrastructure; deepening cooperation in related fields will help further facilitate trade between the two countries.
(This newspaper's São Paulo, Brazil dispatch)
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Every weekend, Argentine designer Rodrigo Alvarez dons a helmet, mounts a motorcycle he designed himself, and sets out with his partners—forming a “weekend fleet”—to test new bike performance while exploring the scenic beauty and cuisine of Taizhou along the way.
Taizhou in Zhejiang owes its charm to the mountains and its prosperity to the sea; its distinctive geographical pattern has nurtured an open and inclusive urban temper. In recent years, Taizhou has steadily advanced high-level opening up, continuously improved the business environment, and increasingly refined public services. More and more foreigners like Rodrigo come to work, start businesses, settle down, and integrate their personal growth into the city’s development.
Intelligent manufacturing pools talent; foreign experts energize industrial development
Rodrigo is chief designer of Taizhou Jinlang Technology Co., Ltd., which produces motorcycles. Thirteen years ago, a fellow Argentine working in Shanghai told him about the many development opportunities in China, and Rodrigo, who holds a dual master’s degree in business administration and industrial design, decided to take a look.
In Taizhou, where the manufacturing foundation is deep, Rodrigo—familiar with Latin American markets—found his niche at Jinlang Technology. Together with the R&D team, he made targeted improvements to motorcycle appearance, body proportions, etc., taking into account Latin American consumers’ aesthetic preferences, riding habits, and usage scenarios, making the products more aligned with Latin American market demand and gradually helping the company build a differentiated competitive advantage.
Today, Jinlang Technology’s motorcycle product categories are increasingly diverse. Technologies such as 3D scanning and 3D printing have been widely applied in motorcycle product development, and the design team optimizes around safety, structural rationality, and ergonomics. “From the first design drawing to mass production, the fastest we can manage is ten months,” says Rodrigo. He has witnessed the company’s shift from product going abroad to brand going abroad. “Over ten years ago, Chinese products mostly entered the Latin American market by price advantage. Now, Chinese brands pay more attention to design and quality. Over the years, Jinlang Technology’s production lines have been continuously upgraded, and digital-intelligent transformation has kept advancing.”
In recent years, Taizhou has steadily moved from “City of Manufacturing” to “City of Intelligent Manufacturing.” Top technical talent from home and abroad keeps converging; a group of foreign experts who master global cutting-edge processes and have practical experience in transnational projects take root on the industrial front line, injecting vitality into Taizhou’s manufacturing upgrade and transformation.
Like Rodrigo, Italian businessman Matteo has also found his personal development stage in Taizhou. In 2013, he was sent by his company to inspect suppliers in China. After visiting many places, he finally stopped in Taizhou. “Wenling in Taizhou has a deep manufacturing and foreign trade heritage—it is a place where a dream of agricultural machinery manufacturing can come true,” Matteo said.
Matteo introduced European agricultural machinery production technology into Taizhou enterprises, worked with local technical teams to develop complete machines, refine gearbox production lines, and constantly improve product quality. Over 12 years, the agricultural machinery categories of Taizhou enterprises have expanded to more than 500, with customers spread across dozens of countries and regions. “Taizhou enterprises are not after ‘quick money’; they think long term and focus on winning larger markets through continuous product transformation and upgrading,” he said.
In Matteo’s view, while Chinese agricultural machinery enterprises learn from European technology, they also value independent R&D, producing agricultural machinery that is easier to operate and maintain through continuous optimization and iteration. Today, Chinese agricultural machinery gear reducers are already exported in batches to the European market, achieving a reverse leap from “technology input” to “product output.”
Openness fosters business; the business environment supports entrepreneurial dreams
Stepping into Taizhou’s Jiaojiang District Taile Sewing Equipment Co., Ltd., various industrial sewing machines are neatly arrayed. More than 200 complete machines used to produce five product series—denim, leather, suits, sportswear, and women’s wear—and over 25,000 spare parts are categorized and recorded in product manuals.
The company’s head, Fu Sai (富赛), was busy polishing a new model, preparing for the upcoming international sewing equipment exhibition.
Fu Sai was born into a sewing machine family in Yemen. At age 17, he came to China to study technology. After inspecting cities such as Shanghai, Wuhan, and Yiwu, he gradually developed an idea: to create his own sewing machine brand in China.
He ultimately valued Taizhou’s advantages—a complete industrial and supply chain, from complete machine manufacturing to parts support, from servo motors to electric control systems, with over 400 sewing equipment production enterprises dividing labor and cooperating, covering almost all the production links needed to make an industrial sewing machine. More important was the local good business environment. Xu Changbao, director of the Development Service Office of Xiachen Subdistrict (下陈街道), to which Fu Sai’s company belongs, introduced: “During routine visits, we heard from upstream enterprises about Fu Sai’s entrepreneurial dream. After verifying that his qualifications and strength met investment attraction conditions, we helped him look for factory premises. There happened to be a 2,000-square-meter idle factory in our jurisdiction. After an on-site inspection, Fu Sai signed the contract on the spot.”
The atmosphere of help and benign competition among Taizhou peers also deeply impressed Fu Sai. In the early days of starting his business, he received a large order but lacked the funds to pay the down payment for purchasing components. The general manager of another local sewing machine enterprise voluntarily stepped forward to guarantee for him, helping him through the difficulty. Whenever Fu Sai encountered problems in technology R&D, production and delivery, market expansion, or policy application, Taizhou’s enterprise service specialists would coordinate in time, and relevant associations and peers would also extend a helping hand to jointly promote the industry’s growth and strengthening.
Taizhou is one of China’s important birthplaces of the private economy. Over the years, the local government has continuously optimized the business environment, comprehensively improving the market environment, rule-of-law environment, and government service environment that benefit enterprise growth. Currently, Taizhou has attracted more than 3,000 foreign-funded enterprises to settle, has 4 recognized provincial-level foreign-funded R&D centers, and has built the Zhejiang China-Germany (Taizhou) Industrial Cooperation Park.
Good governance makes it livable; urban-rural common prosperity lights up harmonious fine life
Years ago, a German girl, Pan Moli (潘茉莉), came to Linhai in Taizhou and became a “foreign daughter-in-law” of Baishuiyang Village (白水洋村) in Baishuiyang Town (白水洋镇). At first, the unfamiliar language and customs made her uneasy. “I was worried that different living habits and language barriers would make communication inconvenient,” she recalled.
Such worries quickly dissipated through daily interactions. Neighbors greeted her warmly when they saw her; villagers making wheat cakes would invite her to taste; whenever local customs arose, villagers would patiently explain… “The villagers here have never treated me as an outsider,” Pan Moli said.
She gradually became familiar with the villagers, the language barrier faded, and differences in living habits no longer seemed jarring.
In Pan Moli’s eyes, Baishuiyang Village is clean and livable, with well-developed public facilities such as a cultural auditorium and basketball courts, and increasingly rich cultural and sports activities. Especially memorable was the Baishuiyang Town Rural Basketball League held in the village. On game days, returning youth from each village, the elderly, and children all head to the court. On the court, the competition is intense; off the court, cheers are unceasing; after the game, everyone disperses in orderly fashion.
“The first time I watched a rural basketball game, I was particularly shocked,” Pan Moli said. “Men and women, old and young from the village all come. Everyone just loves watching. I never saw such a scene in Germany.” Villagers who work and chat together during the day become opponents on the court at night. During the game, they chase and race without yielding an inch; after the game, they still laugh and talk. “I think this is an expression of Taizhou’s harmony and unity culture (和合文化).”
Today, Pan Moli is an overseas communication officer of Taizhou. She picks up her phone, films videos of the rural basketball games, records the customs of wrapping zongzi, making sachets, and hanging mugwort during the Dragon Boat Festival, and then uploads them to social media, letting more and more overseas followers see the real life of Taizhou’s countryside through her lens.
In recent years, Taizhou has achieved notable results in coordinated urban-rural development. Relying on measures such as common prosperity workshops (共富工坊), mountain-sea cooperation (山海协作), and whole-chain cultivation of rural industries, it has continuously opened two-way channels for the flow of urban and rural factors, consolidating the foundation for common prosperity for all people. In 2025, Taizhou’s urban-rural income ratio fell to 1.79, narrowing by another 0.03 over the previous year, with the narrowing margin ranking first in the province, and the urban-rural income gap maintaining a consistently low level.
American post-90s young man Shi Mingsi (史明思) came to China after university graduation and became an English oral teacher at Taizhou Oriental Ideal School. At first, he commuted between Shanghai and Taizhou, but later chose to settle in Taizhou. He found that Taizhou is not only suitable for work but also convenient for daily life. “In Taizhou, a mobile phone can cover daily needs: shopping, ordering food, paying bills—even government services can be done online without having to make trips in person,” Shi Mingsi said. “Life in Taizhou is efficient and convenient.”
Taizhou’s Public Security Exit-Entry Department, together with the Municipal Foreign Experts Work Center, has set up a dedicated window at the Municipal Administrative Service Center, integrating five high-frequency processing items—work permit issuance, unit registration, visa extension, residence permit issuance, and document renewal/replacement—implementing “one window acceptance, parallel approval,” with overall processing time compressed by over 60%.
Walking through the streets and lanes of Taizhou, you often see foreign friends of different skin colors. Some come because of industry, some stay because of the livable environment, placing their careers and lives here. For them, Taizhou is no longer a name on a map, but a city worth stopping in, chasing dreams, and growing together with.
(Pan Yongxiang (泮永翔) contributed to the reporting.)
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Argentine designer Rodrigo rides through the city on a self-researched motorcycle; Yemeni youth Fussai ponders new designs amid piles of sewing machine parts; German girl Pan Moli cheers alongside villagers at a rural basketball match… These vivid “foreign faces” form a unique urban portrait. Taizhou, a city on the coast of the East China Sea, nestled between mountains and the sea, is becoming a “mountain-and-sea home” favored by foreigners for settling down and working in contentment.
Taizhou’s industrial ecosystem, where “you step out and find supporting facilities, turn around and find the market,” gives foreign entrepreneurs a sense of security in investing in Taizhou. During a conversation with Fussai, he pointed at the tens of thousands of spare parts in the company’s showroom and said, “This place made me determined to create a brand.”
Attracting people through industry is one thing; retaining them is another. A restaurant run by Pakistani youth Zuo Zhichen was once delayed in opening because of a chef’s visa issue, but the launch of a local foreigner visa service point solved the problem smoothly. Taizhou resolves specific issues with a pragmatic attitude and efficiency, helping people better settle down and work happily.
As the birthplace of the culture of harmony and unity (和合文化, héhé wénhuà), owing to the “Two Immortals of Harmony and Unity” (和合二仙, héhé èrxiān), Taizhou has integrated openness and inclusiveness into social life and civic life. “Foreign daughter-in-law” Pan Moli, who comes from Germany, makes zongzi and sachets together with villagers of Baishuiyang Village (白水洋村). What moves her about Taizhou is not only its fine mountains and waters, but also the “indescribable, inexpressible, yet inseparable” genuine feelings among the villagers and neighbors.
By deeply cultivating the fertile soil of industry, solving the difficulties of daily life, and opening its arms to visitors, Taizhou gives people a sense of security, comfort, and belonging. This city will continue to attract people to put down roots and chase their dreams.
Return to TopFormalism and bureaucratism are the great enemies of our Party and the great enemies of the people. In January this year, the special work mechanism conference for rectifying formalism to reduce burdens at the grassroots level at the central level was held. The conference emphasized that we must further deepen the 'six rectifications' (六个纠治) and aim at the deep-rooted stubborn maladies of formalism and bureaucratism.
For some time, various localities have deepened rectification and reformed prominent problems. The enthusiasm, initiative, and creativity of the vast number of Party members and cadres in undertaking undertakings have been continuously strengthened. Our reporter went deep into the front line to conduct interviews. — Editor
Rectifying 急功近利 (jí gōng jìn lì - "eager for quick success and immediate profit," overly impatient for results) and blind decision-making: Inner Mongolia: Prevent new 'half-done projects (半拉子工程)' at the source. Our reporter Zhang Cheng (张枨).
Driving on Zhaowuda Road in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, looking south, the interchange bridge project between Zhaowuda Road and the South Second Ring Road is under intensive construction. Ten ramp bridge piers stand in rows, and the installation of steel box girders is advancing orderly. This hub connecting two elevated roads, once completed, will effectively alleviate congestion in the southeastern part of the city and improve traffic efficiency during peak hours.
However, the project was once suspended. After Zhaowuda Road was opened to traffic, due to the lack of an interchange, traffic was diverted only by temporary ramps. During morning and evening peak hours, traffic flows interweave, causing severe congestion and relatively large safety hazards.
Since April this year, Inner Mongolia has deployed and carried out a comprehensive investigation and rectification campaign for the problem of unfinished and idle government-invested projects across the region, clearly grasping both controlling increments and revitalizing stock. It has concentrated on rectifying issues of deviation in performance outlook such as 急功近利, blind greed for large and complete projects, short-sighted and hasty decision-making, and ignoring local realities.
"The Party Committee and Government of the Autonomous Region require a comprehensive grasp of the actual situation and bottom-line data, adopt category-specific measures based on facts, accelerate the completion of projects that can be continued and finished, actively attract investment to revitalize projects that can be revitalized and utilized, promptly adjust and handle those that should be transformed and adjusted, and resolutely clear out those that should be cleaned up and withdrawn," said Gong Mingzhu (龚明珠), director of the Development and Reform Commission of the Autonomous Region (自治区发改委).
"Top and bottom 'play chess as one game.' The whole region has carried out full-coverage investigation of existing government-invested projects, registered them one by one, promoted various regions to improve project archives, detailedly sorted out full-cycle information such as decision-making and demonstration, fund implementation, construction and implementation, and reasons for becoming unfinished, ensuring clear bottom-line data, clear situations, and solid responsibilities," said Zhang Guodong (张国栋), director of the Fixed Asset Investment Division of the Development and Reform Commission of the Autonomous Region (自治区发改委固定资产投资处).
Inner Mongolia adheres to combining 'immediate reform' with 'long-term establishment,' strictly implements the decision-making procedures and approval management for government-invested projects, strengthens fiscal capacity assessment, establishes a full-caliber government investment planning mechanism, relies on the national major construction project database and fiscal fund management system to strengthen dynamic monitoring, conducts intervention and adjustment at the budding stage of problems, and prevents new 'half-done projects' at the source.
As a key area, Hohhot City has actively resolved historical leftover problems. After continuous hard tackling, among the 'half-done projects' discovered through the city-wide investigation, more than half have been put into use. The remaining projects have all been partially revitalized or have clear revitalization plans, and are being steadily advanced.
Rectifying statistical fraud: Yunnan: Ensure data is not adulterated and is solid and real. Our reporter Zhang Chi (张驰).
"We have set up special positions and personnel to receive statistical training, standardize the reporting process and ledger content, and ensure that it is not adulterated and is solid and real," said Huang Pizhong (黄丕忠), general manager of Shuangjiang Nanhua Sugar Industry Co., Ltd. (双江南华糖业有限公司) in Shuangjiang Lahu, Va, Blang, and Dai Autonomous County (双江拉祜族佤族布朗族傣族自治县), Lincang City, Yunnan Province.
On the other side, Gao Ruping (高如萍), section chief of the Industrial Economic Statistics Section of the Lincang Municipal Bureau of Statistics, opened the system page, lightly clicked the mouse, and browsed item by item whether the data and supporting materials reported by enterprises were abnormal. "After enterprises report on their own, we also coordinate with the competent departments and relevant county and district departments to visit enterprises and conduct on-site verification, ensuring data authenticity and reliability at the source," she said.
Strict rectification stems from profound warnings. Early this year, the central level notified the problem of formalism in statistical work in two counties in Yunnan. Under the warning, Yunnan immediately carried out rectification work, launching a 'combined punch' of ideological education, data monitoring, strict discipline and law, and improving mechanisms.
First, implement rectification measures. Yunnan carried out special statistical law enforcement inspections on Shuangbai County (双柏县) in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture (楚雄彝族自治州), Shuangjiang County (双江县) in Lincang City, and other places, corrected false data, and halted county-level economic rankings. On this basis, it built a statistical data monitoring and early warning platform, strengthened cross-comparison of data such as taxation, electricity, and finance, and strictly guarded the project approval gate, the warehousing gate, and the reporting gate.
"Managing statistics must manage data quality; the key is to strengthen system implementation," said Kang Chuanwen (康传文), director of the Lincang Municipal Bureau of Statistics. Lincang City implements three-level responsibilities of "enterprise self-inspection, county-level preliminary review, municipal-level review," uses big data platforms to carry out horizontal verification and vertical comparison and early warning, and eliminates false reporting, concealment, omission, and erroneous reporting.
Then set rigid constraints. Yunnan formulated 28 specific measures to implement and carry out the rigid system for preventing and treating statistical fraud, implemented a lifelong accountability system, and strengthened special statistical supervision and law enforcement inspections. The Yunnan Provincial Bureau of Statistics notified the organizational departments of information on persons responsible for statistical violations and crimes, implemented 'one-vote veto (一票否决)' for cadres with statistical fraud problems, and strictly prevented 带病提拔 (dài bìng tí bá - "promote despite illness," promoting cadres despite known problems). At the same time, it carried out one-on-one guidance for more than 1,000 key enterprises, urging them to strictly fulfill their statutory statistical obligations.
Currently, Yunnan has successively issued data verification early warning prompts to 11 prefectures and cities and 52 counties and districts. Since the beginning of this year, it has carried out data quality verification on more than 30,000 enterprises (projects).
Rectifying illegal and disguised conduct of evaluation, commendation, and demonstration creation activities: Zhejiang: Positive and negative lists control 'whether to do it.' Our reporter Dou Hao (窦皓).
"Previously, various departments carried out many demonstration creation activities, and a lot of manpower was invested to compete for honorary titles such as 'demonstration' and 'awarding of plaque,'" said Shi Wenzhao (石文昭), director of the Party and Government Office of Baima Town (白马镇), Pujiang County (浦江县), Jinhua City (金华市), Zhejiang Province. The county conducted self-inspection and self-rectification, and resolutely canceled five evaluation and creation projects such as "village with no accumulated petition cases" and "county-level staff book corner creation."
Zhejiang takes the clean-up and standardization of festival activities as an important entry point for rectifying formalism and reducing burdens at the grassroots, focuses on reducing the number of activities, improving the quality and efficiency of holding festivals, and promotes festival activities to return to their original purpose of serving development and benefiting the people.
Getting a clear picture of the bottom line is a prerequisite for clean-up and standardization. The Zhejiang Provincial Department of Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism (浙江省文化广电和旅游厅) took the lead, jointly with departments such as publicity and market regulation, to conduct a net-cast style survey of various festival activities. On the basis of comprehensive benefit evaluation, they took public participation rate and praise rate as important dimensions, and judged item by item whether activities should be retained.
Zhejiang issued the 'Positive List and Negative List for Festival Activities' (节庆活动正面清单和负面清单), improved the normal mechanisms of approval, filing, and withdrawal, clarified 'what cannot be done' — they must not be held without approval, must not be named in violation of regulations. At the same time, they focused on benefiting the people, highlighted actual effectiveness, and market-oriented operation, providing positive guidance for the grassroots.
"Compare the list, stop what should be stopped, do what should be done well, clearly and clearly," said Jiang Jincheng (蒋锦程), deputy director of the Office of the Ningbo Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism (宁波市文化广电旅游局).
Regarding festival exhibitions, how to achieve thrift and pragmatism? Zhejiang clearly requires that activity budgets only decrease, not increase, and the province's related expenditures have been reduced by nearly 30 percent.
Not long ago, the sixth China Yue Opera Arts Festival opened boisterously in Shaoxing: It did not emphasize ostentation, did not hold an opening ceremony, and invested the saved real money into repertoire performances and online dissemination. A theme performance with market-oriented operation and simultaneous live broadcast on multiple platforms attracted more than 6,000 people to watch on site and nearly 20 million person-times to 'watch' online, with box office revenue exceeding 2.3 million yuan. "A good activity must be down-to-earth, have market, and win people's hearts," said Zhou Bo (周波), director of the Art Division of the Shaoxing Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism.
Since the beginning of this year, after comprehensive bottom-up and strict clean-up, festival activities held by Party and government organs in Zhejiang Province have been reduced by 20%, and festival activities held by non-Party and government organs have been reduced by 64.3%.
Rectifying the 文山会海 (wén shān huì hǎi - "mountains of documents, seas of meetings," excessive paperwork and meetings): Qinghai: Consistency assessment curbs blind document issuance. Our reporter Qiao Dong (乔栋).
Under the scorching sun, in Majiawan Village (马家湾村), Heping Township (和平乡), Huangyuan County (湟源县), Xining City, Qinghai Province, rural dining and characteristic homestays are thriving. "Having been liberated from meaningless affairs, we can better devote ourselves to serving the masses and strengthening industries," said Zhang Shenglin (张生林), village Party branch secretary.
The change began with rectifying the 'mountains of documents, seas of meetings.' In March this year, Qinghai focused on normalization and standardization of official document governance, long-term quality improvement, and revised the consistency assessment list for making and issuing documents and reducing burdens at the grassroots. "The purpose is to compress the gray area of 'mountains of documents, seas of meetings' and continuously promote the reduction of the number of official documents," said Yang Liu (杨柳), director of the office of the special work mechanism for rectifying formalism and reducing burdens at the grassroots at the provincial level (省级层面整治形式主义为基层减负专项工作机制办公室) in Qinghai.
The assessment list detailedly defines evasion of document issuance, clarifying that methods such as 'changing red-head documents to white-head documents, changing formal documents to memo slips' to evade document quantity management are not allowed. "We no longer busy ourselves with receiving documents, collecting documents, and transmitting documents, and can concentrate on contacting and serving the masses, promoting the development of characteristic industries, and other work," said Tang Fei (唐斐), organizational committee member of the Party Committee of Riyue Tibetan Township (日月藏族乡), Huangyuan County.
Not only that, the assessment items added content such as 'whether there is 急功近利, blind decision-making' and 'whether there is detachment from reality, engaging in image projects.' Document issuance that violates the requirements of a correct performance outlook is rejected at the assessment stage.
"The refinement of consistency assessment is to block the loophole of 'top-down' blind document issuance," introduced Xiao Jie (肖杰), director of the Xining Municipal Party Committee Supervision Office (西宁市委督查室). For example, the consistency assessment added the content "whether when making and issuing documents, new supervision and examination matters are added without sufficient research." "In order to prevent some departments from 'patting their heads' (i.e., making arbitrary decisions) to propose adding examination matters when issuing documents, the review department will do avoidance processing on such documents in advance to avoid increasing burdens on the grassroots."
Previously, when cadres of the Xining Municipal Party Committee Supervision Office went deep into townships and subdistricts to conduct research, they found that after the consistency assessment list was introduced, some departments still required villages (communities) to 'summarize experience' and 'report by phone' on a monthly basis in a disguised manner. For this reason, Xining City further established a prohibition list and a restriction list. The prohibition list clarified that except for urgent information, villages (communities) should not be required to submit reports. The restriction list set specific provisions on the quantity, scope, and evaluation of reports.
In the first half of 2026, the total number of documents issued at the provincial level in Qinghai decreased by 8.3% year-on-year, and the number of documents issued at the municipal and county levels decreased by 5% year-on-year.
Rectifying hidden burdens at the grassroots: Hunan: 'One-Table Pass (一表通)' simplifies form filling and number reporting. Our reporter Sun Chao (孙超).
"Filling one form requires calling the village cadres of 19 villages." This was the former work state of Chen Anqi (陈安琦), a staff member of the Social Affairs Comprehensive Service Center of Lingxi Town (零溪镇), Cili County (慈利县), Zhangjiajie City (张家界市), Hunan Province.
For a period of time, inconsistent data and report calibers, varying formats, and difficulty in reuse were one of the sources of hidden burdens at the grassroots. In November 2025, Hunan focused on the needs of grassroots form filling and number reporting, launched the 'One-Table Pass' platform, with provincial departments and pilot areas combing and refining general report templates. The platform collected 772 million pieces of data from 12 departments including civil affairs and human resources and social security, supported data screening and pre-filling, and data distribution with pre-filled content, supporting application scenarios such as pension insurance services and population data verification, liberating grassroots cadres from form filling and number reporting.
"Originally, I had to report once on average every day. Now, some reports have been merged into one, some have been directly canceled, and the reporting task has been greatly reduced," said Chen Yeyuan (陈曳媛), Party branch secretary of Dongwangping Village (东旺坪村), Ruipu Town (瑞塔铺镇), Sangzhi County (桑植县), Zhangjiajie City.
Not long ago, Chen Anqi received a task to report population changes. With a light click of the mouse, she logged into the platform, entered query conditions in the human resources and social security module, and the report was automatically generated. The whole process took only two minutes.
"This is called 'distribution with data pre-filled' (带数下发)," she introduced. "With the 'One-Table Pass,' when reports are sent down to us, some already-known data are already 'lying' in the table, and we only need to verify and supplement, not start from scratch." It is learned that currently, 18 reports and 160 data items across Hunan Province have achieved 'distribution with data pre-filled.'
"Now we have more energy to invest in improving people's livelihoods and strengthening industries," said Li Gangyong (李刚勇), Party branch secretary of Dazhuang Village (大庄村), Lingxi Town. In the past two years, the village actively sought funds for beautiful countryside construction, widened village roads, laid asphalt roads, advanced the lighting project, and through land transfer developed the citrus industry and introduced a soybean product processing enterprise. The once economically weak village is developing into a strong economic village.
How to further manage the 'One-Table Pass' for the long term? Hunan formulated the provincial-level grassroots report access review procedures and rules, conducted centralized review and access for provincial-level grassroots reports, and drove cities, prefectures, counties (cities, districts) to cancel, integrate, and optimize a batch of reports. As of now, the Hunan 'One-Table Pass' platform has more than 200,000 registered users, with a cumulative login of 869,000 person-times.
Rectifying formalism in supervision, inspection, examination, research, investigation, and horizontal exchange: Tianjin: Promoting 'working in solid places' by 'examining in key places.' Our reporter Jin Bo (靳博).
Entering Diliubu Village (第六埠村), Xinkou Town (辛口镇), Xiqing District (西青区), Tianjin, rows of vegetable greenhouses are neat and uniform, groups of tourists flock to the red study tour routes, and live-streaming sales are busy in the 'Wealth Creation Workshop' (创富工坊)...
"Agricultural development, rural tourism, and the Wealth Creation Workshop — these key points of assessment are all good deeds and real matters that promote village collective income increase and villagers' prosperity," said Hao Qingshui (郝庆水), village Party committee secretary. "The assessment grasps key points and focuses on real results, so our work also has more direction."
In April this year, the Tianjin Municipal Party Committee Organization Department and other departments jointly issued the 'Notice on Rectifying Problems of Layered Escalation, Frequent Ranking and Notification, and Fraud in Assessment and Evaluation Work,' carrying out investigation and rectification on issues such as unauthorized deployment and conduct of assessments, unreasonable content of assessment indicators, arbitrary ranking and notification of lower-level units, and fraud in assessment data and results, promoting burden reduction and efficiency increase in assessment and evaluation work.
"We focus on compressing assessment indicators, controlling indicator settings within two levels, resolutely avoiding indicator nesting. The total number of indicators at the municipal and district levels decreased by 81.7% and 87.2% respectively," introduced Sun Guobin (孙国彬), director of the Third Division of Civil Servants of the Tianjin Municipal Party Committee Organization Department (天津市委组织部公务员三处).
In the rectification, Tianjin strengthened source control, strictly implemented the annual plan and approval and filing system, forbade conducting assessments without approval and filing, and resolutely blocked assessments with multiple repetitions, excessive indicators, and cumbersome methods. At the same time, it strictly implemented the management system for 'one-vote veto,' matters of signing responsibility letters, and standards-reaching activity lists, resolutely rectifying problems such as one-sided assessments, 'one-size-fits-all' approaches, and layer-by-layer shifting of responsibilities.
"We need both burden reduction and precision," introduced Sun Guobin. Tianjin strengthens the coordinated implementation of assessments, with the lead unit for assessment uniformly organizing and carrying out various assessment matters. At the same time, through indicator monitoring, special class follow-up, visits and research, and other means, it strengthens daily understanding of assessments, dynamically grasps the progress of indicator tasks, and makes good use of work results such as inspection tours, supervision inspections, statistical surveys, and audit and petition work, effectively reducing the burden on the grassroots for receiving inspections and assessments.
"By 'examining in key places,' we promote 'working in solid places,'" said a relevant responsible comrade of the Tianjin Municipal Party Committee Organization Department. "The core is to streamline and optimize grassroots assessments, solve problems such as assessments being too frequent and excessive, and grassroots burdens being too heavy, guide Party members and cadres to establish and practice a correct performance outlook, and let the grassroots have more energy to focus on implementation."
Return to TopBy: 何昭宇
Once the main rope of a net is pulled, all the meshes open. “Adhering to taking the Party’s political construction as the general command” is one of the essential meanings of Xi Jinping’s thought on Party building, a fundamental requirement for Party building in the new era, and determines the political direction of all aspects of Party building. The 19th National Congress of the CPC for the first time incorporated the Party’s political construction into the overall layout of Party building and placed it at the forefront. The 20th National Congress further clarified “using the Party’s political construction to command all work of Party building,” with its commanding status becoming increasingly prominent.
“General command” is reflected in the fact that political direction is the primary issue for the Party’s survival and development.
On the Long March, when comrade cooks got up, they did not ask whether there was rice to cook for the day, but first asked whether they were marching south or north. Direction determines the path; the path determines destiny. Adhering to the political direction was precisely the winning code that enabled the Party and the Red Army to go through hardships, cross the grasslands, and even liberate all of China.
General Secretary Xi Jinping once vividly analogized, “Strengthening the Party’s political construction is to play the role of a political compass.”
Adhering to the political direction fundamentally lies in upholding the authority of the Party Central Committee and its centralized, unified leadership. Since the new era, in poverty alleviation we have deployed our best forces in a decisive battle, in emergency rescue and disaster relief we have received assistance from all directions, in scientific and technological breakthroughs we have clenched fingers into a fist… The cause of the Party and the people has forged ahead through the waves, relying on the unremitting struggle of the whole Party toward the common political direction.
“General command” is reflected in the fact that comprehensively and strictly governing the Party must first be viewed from a political perspective.
In January this year, the communiqué of the fifth plenary session of the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (二十届中央纪委五次全会) made six major work deployments for this year, with the first item being “strengthening political supervision.”
From illegal villas built in the northern foothills of the Qinling Mountains within Xi’an in Shaanxi, to environmental pollution in the Qilian Mountain Nature Reserve in Gansu; from illegal coal mining in the Muli mining area in Qinghai, to illegal construction of low enclosures around Dongting Lake in Hunan… Behind ecological and environmental protection issues are political deviations. Many problems existing within the Party are related to political issues, all because the Party’s political construction has not been grasped tightly or firmly.
Political problems must be solved politically. The far-reaching consideration of “viewing from a political perspective” is embedded in the overall layout of Party building in the new era. The primary task of ideological construction is to strengthen ideals and convictions; selecting and appointing personnel highlights political criteria; political discipline is the most important, most fundamental, and most crucial discipline; anti-corruption is a major political struggle that must not and can never be lost… Political criteria and political requirements run through all areas of Party building.
“If you govern the root, the morning order will be followed by evening; if you save the branches, a hundred generations will not change it.” Speaking of politics, it is the fundamental guarantee for our Party to supplement calcium and strengthen bones, to build a strong body; it is the fundamental way for our Party to cultivate the courage for self-revolution, enhance the ability for self-purification, and improve the political immunity to expel toxins and kill germs.
“General command” is reflected in the fact that political ability is the first ability.
After the political line is determined, cadres are the decisive factor. Among the seven abilities (七种能力) needed for cadres to do their work well, the first is “political ability.”
In the 1990s, when Comrade Xi Jinping was working in Fuzhou, he stipulated that the municipal party committee and government should do at least 20 practical things for Fuzhou citizens every year. The thing that was as fixed as thunder and ranked first every year was the Vegetable Basket Project (菜篮子工程). Building a “vegetable basket” is in fact speaking of politics — “whether or not people can eat vegetables is politics.”
How should the accounts of economic and social development be calculated? Some places “judge heroes only by GDP,” which ultimately means they have not thoroughly understood the spirit of the Party Central Committee’s promotion of high-quality development, and have forgotten that “public opinion is the biggest politics.” When thinking about problems, making decisions, and handling affairs, the key is to be good at viewing from a political perspective. Only by analyzing problems politically can one see the essence; only by solving problems politically can one grasp the fundamentals.
At present, the development environment is complex and volatile, reform tasks are arduous and heavy, and it is even more necessary to speak politics with a clear stand. Adhere to taking the Party’s political construction as the general command, guide the vast number of Party members and cadres to firmly support the Two Establishments (两个确立) and resolutely uphold the Two Upholds (两个维护), continuously enhance political judgment, political comprehension, and political execution ability. We will surely be able, at any time and under any circumstances, to not fear the floating clouds that block the view, and to ride the wind and waves without losing course.
Return to Top“These two work photographs of garbage collection and transport are exactly identical, yet they were used in two different reimbursement documents; there must be something fishy.” Not long ago, the inspection team of the Dongfang City (东方市) Party Committee in Hainan Province, while reviewing the financial accounts of a certain village, discovered an anomaly and transferred the lead to the town Commission for Discipline Inspection.
The town Commission for Discipline Inspection immediately established a verification team and conducted a comprehensive verification of the village’s garbage collection and transport fees over the past 10 years. Through reviewing village-level financial accounts, bank statements, etc., it was found that since 2017, the village had signed 30 garbage collection and transport project contracts with Wang Moumou (王某某) and others, with total costs amounting to over 1.18 million yuan. Facing the phenomenon that acceptance materials such as on-site collection photos and signatures of collection personnel were clearly repeated multiple times, the village committee still disbursed project funds.
“Sometimes the collection work was too busy, and we forgot to take photos and sign on site, so we used photos taken before, but the work was indeed completed,” explained Liu Moumou (刘某某), the village Party branch secretary and village committee director, to the verification team.
Through multiple inquiries with village two-committee cadres, villager representatives, and the garbage collection and transport project contractors, the facts were quickly clarified. It turned out that because certain village affairs expenditure items were “difficult,” Liu Moumou repeatedly instructed the village accountant to fabricate garbage collection and transport projects or artificially increase project volumes. The funds that were fraudulently obtained were partly used to pay for daily office expenses of the village committee, and partly used for personal establishment of an “off-the-books fund” (小金库). Among them, over 130,000 yuan was used to pay for expenses of the meals and drinks that Liu Moumou organized for village cadres in violation of regulations.
In the end, because Liu Moumou also had other serious violations of discipline and law, he was expelled from the Party, sentenced to four years and six months in prison, and fined 450,000 yuan. The accountant and other related personnel received corresponding treatment, and the expenses of the illegal meals and drinks were recovered.
【Discipline enforcer’s comment (执纪者说)】 The revenue and expenditure of village collective funds have clear institutional norms, and no acts of false reporting and fraudulent claiming or off-books private storage are allowed. Liu Moumou and others harbored a sense of luck, evaded financial supervision, trampled the red line of the system, satisfied their own selfish desires, and ultimately faced severe punishment by Party discipline and national law. Acting in accordance with rules is not a constraint but a protection; the line between public and private must not be blurred. It is necessary to strictly implement all regulations governing the management of the “three resources” (三资) of rural collectives, cage the power, and firmly guard the bottom line of integrity.
(Interviewed and compiled by Dong Zeyang (董泽扬), reporter of this newspaper)
Return to TopBy: 白 羊
When "getting it made" is no longer scarce, "judging what is worth making" becomes the precious thing. AI seems to have trampled the threshold of creation flat, but in reality the demands on creators have risen, not fallen. Creators' center of gravity is shifting from "production" to "selection" — from craftsman to chief editor of their own work.
The Micro-Drama Creation Guidance (微短剧创作指引) for the first and second quarters of 2026, issued by the China Netcasting Services Association (中国网络视听协会), shows that in the first half of the year, platforms launched a total of 367,000 micro-dramas, with an average of more than 1,500 new AI (artificial intelligence) dramas flooding into the market every day, accounting for more than 74 percent. AI short dramas have become a widely popular cultural product. However, as the quantity has gone up, there is no shortage of audience complaints. Open the comment section of an AI short drama, and you will often see messages like "Why is it always the same face?" and "Can't remember them."
For creators, AI is like the "golden finger" commonly seen in short dramas: with a light tap, it can instantly replace the repeated deliberation and hard toil of countless days and nights before. Scripts, visuals, and voice-overs can all be handled with one click; works that once took months of polishing can now go online in a few days. Faced with sharp reviews from many viewers, quite a few creators cannot figure out why: the new tools are used skillfully, and the character models look good — so why do they still fail to win favorable reviews?
The reason is simple: whether live-action short dramas or AI short dramas, these are only forms of expression; what creation truly competes on is, in the final analysis, still the quality of content. AI has once again accelerated the narrative pace of short dramas, and the density of plot reversals is higher — but when to slow down is something only the creator himself can grasp. The "negative space" (留白) of traditional film and television is a good example: it lets the audience pause to savor and resonate with the characters. It is the same when applied to short dramas, but AI finds this hard to understand; it can only advance mechanically according to big-data models — a turn every few seconds, a reversal every few minutes. AI can analyze user behavior and precisely capture audience reactions, but it cannot go one step further and tell the audience what love is, what family affection and friendship are, what the subtle emotional bonds between people are. Only those who have experienced setbacks know that silence is more powerful than roaring; only those who have stayed up through the night understand the loneliness and tenacity of 埋头苦干 (mái tóu kǔ gàn - "bury the head and toil hard," to work doggedly). These genuine 悲欢离合 (bēi huān lí hé - "grief and joy, parting and reunion," the joys and sorrows of life) and 人情冷暖 (rén qíng lěng nuǎn - "human warmth and coldness," the warmth and coldness of human relations) are precisely the key to creation that AI cannot calculate or imagine.
Every revolution in audiovisual technology forces artists to make new creations. When photography had just become widespread, painters thought they would lose their jobs; the result was the birth of Impressionism. Sound film eliminated silent film, but instead elevated performing art to a higher level. Now, AI has not only rewritten the cost ledger and the talent ledger of the short-drama industry — budgets for shooting, actors, and locations have been drastically compressed, and good stories and good aesthetics have begun to command a premium. Its deeper significance is that AI has taken over everything that can be calculated, copied, and templated, making the parts that cannot be calculated appear all the more precious by contrast.
Being situated in the AI short-drama creation ecosystem that seeks speed and novelty, I have developed a profound feeling: AI can give you 100 plot directions and 100 visual schemes in one breath, and what the creator needs to do, precisely, is to pick out the one "most suitable" from among these 100 "good-looking" ones. When "getting it made" is no longer scarce, "judging what is worth making" becomes the precious thing. AI seems to have trampled the threshold of creation flat, but in reality the demands on creators have risen, not fallen. Creators' center of gravity is shifting from "production" to "selection" — from craftsman to chief editor of their own work.
And the process of choosing demands restraint; the reasons for choosing are the things that have moved you and the truths you have believed in. AI liberates the imagination; what it tests is not "how much you can think up" but "how much you can hold back from using" — this is precisely advanced creative wisdom. It is not that whatever looks good must be used, or whatever is novel must be added; rather, one should 扪心自问 (mén xīn zì wèn - "touch the heart and ask oneself," to search one's conscience): is the content generated by AI truly matched with real human emotion? Is it truly what is needed to tell this story? Sadness need not be bitter wailing; anger need not be slamming the table. Sometimes, a sentence not spoken weighs more than ten lines of dialogue. The complexity of human emotion is embodied precisely in those "non-standard" choices.
So should AI be thrown aside? The answer, of course, is no. AI and human creators are not rivals; rather, they can 相辅相成 (xiāng fǔ xiāng chéng - "mutually assist and complete," to complement each other) and supplement one another. The advantage of live-action short dramas lies in performing emotion. Family ethics, love stories, suspense and mystery — these rely more on actors' micro-expressions, tones of voice, and emotional expression, and there is still a wide gap in the subtlety and vividness of AI performances. What audiences seek in this kind of drama is precisely to cry and laugh together with the fates of the characters. This is precisely the moat of live-action short dramas.
What AI short dramas excel at is another path. New genres such as science fiction, xuanhuan fantasy, and mythology, with their vast worldbuilding and special effects, all require the support of AI technology. Using AI tools can not only reduce costs and open up a larger space of imagination, but also lower the industry threshold, giving opportunities to more small and medium-sized teams with abundant creativity. With the help of AI, creators can also test the waters with small-incision, vertically segmented stories — low cost, high speed — and, like pathfinders, help enrich the content supply and expand the boundaries of the market.
At present, AI short dramas are still at an early stage. This 朝气蓬勃 (zhāo qì péng bó - "morning vigor flourishing," full of youthful vigor and vitality) field both nurtures the infinite possibilities of human audiovisual art and objectively has the problem of low-quality, homogenized content running rampant. Recently, the National Radio and Television Administration (国家广播电视总局) issued the first special regulation targeting the micro-drama field, the "Measures for the Development and Management of Micro-Dramas" (微短剧发展管理办法), which, in promoting management and support in tandem, drives the healthy and orderly development of the entire short-drama industry. As a new type of cultural industry, micro-dramas have been written into the "15th Five-Year Plan." With more than 700 million viewers watching the screen, what creators carry on their shoulders is not just playback data but a weighty social responsibility. From the standpoint of cultural development, creators should understand that the audience are not IDs in a data model to be swiped away at any moment; they are young people binge-watching dramas on the subway after finishing overtime, mothers who find time to relax only after coaxing their children to sleep, and grandchildren who go home for the New Year and watch dramas with their grandparents. What they want is not complicated — it is, within a few minutes, to see the folds of life and feel genuine emotion.
In "The Garden of Forking Paths," Borges wrote a fascinating premise: time is not a straight line but a constantly branching labyrinth, and with every choice made, a parallel world is born. Today's short dramas stand right before this forking garden. AI offers more choices, but what truly decides the fate of micro-dramas is not which choice has the best data or the highest profit, but whether the story on that path can genuinely move the audience. In the final analysis, the one who makes the choice at the fork in the road is always the creator himself.
(The author is a screenwriter and micro-drama creator.)
Return to TopBy: 邵 岭
Recently, the topic of many classic works "overturning" has prominently appeared on the hot search list: Parents Love labels rural women, Xue Baochai is accused of being a "love-brain," and even Fahai, the antagonist in Legend of the White Snake, is empathized with by netizens as a "diligent and responsible wage earner." Faced with this phenomenon, many people's first reaction is: So these classics were never that good after all; taking it a step further, they conclude that "the audience has progressed." This one-dimensional understanding easily breeds a kind of generational superiority, simplifying interpretation.
The problem perhaps lies not in the classics being "not good enough," but in the fact that we are encountering them in a new way. A work that can resonate with generation after generation of audiences shows that it touches on certain universal human experiences—love, faith, self-identity—issues that do not belong to any particular era. At the same time, however, the specific ways these universal experiences are told in the work are always wrapped in the values and narrative habits of a specific era. And when each generation of viewers reopens it with the problem consciousness of their own time, those once-overlooked folds become visible under new scrutiny.
This is, of course, first of all because a generation has collectively updated its cognitive tools. For example, regarding individual dignity and autonomy, these views have gradually transformed from the thinking of a minority into the common sense of the majority over the past few decades through the popularization of education, the deepening of social discussion, and the replacement of generational concepts. When we look back at older works now, those details left by the limitations of creation at that time naturally emerge. Liu Huifang's "loss of self" in Yearnings, the "violence and cruelty" in Water Margin—these are not "invented" by us today, but are "awakened" by our present sensitivity.
However, merely "seeing them" is not enough. If one merely stays in the pleasure of "critique," it is actually lazy. Because it only requires a simple judgment—right or wrong, progressive or backward—and refuses to enter into more complex thinking, thus it does not complete genuine reflection.
Genuine reflection requires us to do two things at once: to be able to enter the interior of the classic, understanding why it told the story and shaped the characters the way it did under specific historical conditions; and also to stand on today's cognition, soberly identifying its era-limited aspects. These two things are not contradictory; the former is an effort of understanding, the latter a self-awareness of reflection. In this way, the classic is no longer an object of criticism, but a mirror that helps us reflect on ourselves. For example, when we shift our focus in The Peacock Flies Southeast to Jiao Zhongqing's cowardice, what is truly being interrogated is how our definitions of "responsibility" and "marriage" have changed.
"One cannot simultaneously possess youth and the feeling of youth"—this precisely captures that kind of scrutinizing distance we could not have possessed when we were immersed in these works back then. Later, looking back at adolescent diaries is not meant to mock the immaturity of those years, but because understanding that path makes us better understand who we are today.
To give a more distant example: even a famous work like the film Gone with the Wind is scrutinized in contemporary times for its beautification of slavery. After its limitations are clearly revealed, the film extends into a cultural text available for analysis, allowing us to see how racial bias was romanticized through artistic means and sewn into a moving love story, making it difficult to detect. By the same logic, the gender concepts in Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew are 触目惊心 (chù mù jīng xīn - "startling to the eye, shocking to the heart," shocking) when viewed today, but it is precisely this scrutiny that makes the play a window into understanding early modern European social order.
We can think about this: even these universally acknowledged classics that can withstand harsh scrutiny cannot escape reexamination by the values of later generations. Therefore, truly beneficial scrutiny is to make the classics a coordinate that helps us understand our own path. When we can read from a work both its power to move people and the marks of its era's limitations, we can see ourselves more clearly—this, in turn, becomes a belated dialogue. In this sense, classics are not static specimens to be worshipped, but a river that always flows. Each generation pours its own era's understanding into them, and thus can better recognize where we come from and where we are going.
Return to TopBy: 周振天
The TV drama Soldiers Come from the Wind (《兵自风中来》), which began airing before this year's Army Day, points its lens at front-line military camps where troops 枕戈待旦 (zhěn gē dài dàn – "rest on weapons, await the dawn," to be combat-ready at all times) and 厉兵秣马 (lì bīng mò mǎ – "sharpen weapons, feed the horses," to prepare for battle). It truthfully delineates the appearance of military personnel in the new era who keep their eyes on the front line and seek the road to a strong army, revealing the family-country bosom, military spirit and artistic steadfastness of film and television creation.
Contemporary military-themed subjects have always been "tough bones." Especially the military narrative of the new era requires breaking free from outdated formulas and the ruts of character portrayal, focusing on the epochal backgroound of world military technological change and the modernisation transformation of the army, delineating the spirit of military personnel seeking to win future wars. This highly tests the professional accumulation and artistic steadiness of the creators. The main creative team of Soldiers Come from the Wind set their will on this, taking root at the front line of troop exercises, repeatedly verifying military equipment and tactical details, spending 5 years polising the script and preciptating content, blowing a true and heavy gust of wind onto the military screen that has been somewhat homogenised in reecent years.
The title of the drama, "Soldiers Come from the Wind," holds the intent and strucure of the whole work. "Wind" is the 风起云涌 (fōng qǐ yún yǒng – "winds rise, clouds surge," turbulent and changing) international security situatiion, the great trend of global military change, and even more the forging-ahead wind of the thriving and rising cause of a strong army in the new era. The series does not deliberately make up legendry plot segments detached from reality, but precisely anchors on the key node of the army's combined-arms and digital transformation, takes as main line the personal growth of young officer Guo Zijian (郭子剑), strings together the collission of old and new combat concepts, the cultivation of new-quality combat power, and the whole-army transormation hard-strquggle process, refleting through the growth of a small character the strong-army change of the great era, strving for truth and depth.
The opening joint exercise establishes the creative tone of 求真务实 (qiú zhēn wù shí – "seek truth, be pragmatic," to be realistic and practical) for the whole drama. In the past, such works showed a trend toward formula, where the win and loss of red and blue sides in exercises were predetermined, lacking real-combat significance. The work jumps out of the rut. The protagonist Guo Zijan cleverly borrows the simulation rules, has trainees pretend to be the exercise headquarters to transmit orders to the blue force, breaks the deadlock of the "performed" exercise, completes a "decapitation," and transforms a drill that was about to become a formality into a hard fight of real battling and real resisting. This plot is not only a microcosm of the protagonist's character of daring to innovate and being practical toward battle, but also boldly faces the formlism in training, showing the confidence and boldness of a realist military drama.
And the scene "crossing a bridge in the rain to contend for the main-attack quota" displays the responsibility and wisdom of the new-era officers and men to the fullest. The Second Battalion encounters difficulties on the move. To contend for the battalion-level main-attack qualification, Guo Zijan makes a bold decision, leads the unit to bridge in the rain. Facing the vice brigade commander's termination order based on safety concerns, he strictly adheres to exercise rules, arges on the basis of reason (据理力争 jù lǐ lì zhēng – "cling to reason, strive hard," to ardently argue on ground of principle), relies on the company's pre-positioned training reserves and precise tactical pre-judgment, completes the task with 有惊无险 (yǒu jīng wú xiǎn – "have alarm, no danger," to get through a perillous situation safely), ensuring the smooth advance of the main force. This scene is full of deadly crises yet not floating; all the dramatic conflict is built on rigorous training and scientific judgment, fortifying the whole drama's hardcore, rigorous, and true military texture.
Based on the reality of grass-roots combat units, the work shapes a three-dimensional, vivid, 有血有肉 (yǒu xuè yǒu ròu – "have blood and have flesh," lifelike and full of substance) group portrait of new-era military personnel. Among them there are young grass-roots commanders who dare to break the old and set up the new (破旧立新 pò jiù lì xīn – "break the old, set up the new," to abolish the outdated and establish the new), old-generation generals who have experienced multiple rounds of army reform and are steady and bearing responsibility, and also knowledge-style servicemen like communications doctorate Liang Hong (梁虹) who take a stand in the information battlefield to seize new high grounds for the strong army. They are not perfect people; they also face ideological conflicts, growth setbacks, have confusion, entanglements, and struggles, but always hold firm to the conviction of "march toward battle, prepare for the country," quenching and becoming steel (淬火成钢 cuì huǒ chéng gāng – "quench and become steel," to be tempered into strength) in the big furnace of the military camp, tempering and growing. The fine delineation of their joys, angers, sorrows, and their holding firm and forging ahead lets the audence truly understand that contemporary Chinese military personnel both inherit the 一往无前 (yī wǎng wú qián – "press forward without hesitation," to advance with indomitable courage) and fearless-of-sacrifice blood-stained military soul, and also have scientific literacy and strategic vision, vividly explaining the completely new appearance of the people's army.
At present, military-themed creation continues to iterate. Some creative perspectives focus on the individual growth of soldiers, others on the overall transformation of brigade/battalion units and the deep description of informationisation. Soldiers Come from the Wind tries to balance grand narrative and individual growth story, turning the easily boring topics of military exercises and tactical transformation into perceptible character conflicts and 波澜起伏 (bō lán qǐ fú – "waves rise and fall," full of ups and downs) exercise stories. With solid location shooting, professional tactical presentation, and full character emotion, it cracks the difficulty of choosing between "big" and "small" in contemporary military-themed creation.
There has never been a shortcut to fine creation. Soldiers Come from the Wind confirms that the vitality of military literature and art is always rooted in the fiery training sand field, rooted in the pure original heart of military personnel to prepare for war and fight. The wind rises from the East, troops sharpened on the sand field, the journey is long. We look forward to more realist military force works, using the pen of literature and art to record the journey of strengthening the army, display the military's backbone, and pay tribute to the guardians of mountains and rivers.
Return to TopNot long ago, in the Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture (红河哈尼族彝族自治州), Yunnan, an elderly person was bitten by a cobra while working in the fields. The elderly companion, imitating a scene from a film or TV drama, used their mouth to suck out the venom for the injured person. In the end, both were poisoned and hospitalized. Such a lesson is sobering.
Snakebite first aid is not the only case. Some film and TV dramas, for the sake of narrative convenience, simplify the risks of various high-risk scenarios. For example, scenes in which characters move in and out of urban sewer systems easily and without any protection downplay the real dangers of toxic gases and oxygen deprivation and suffocation hidden in confined spaces. Many viewers, especially the elderly and children, lack systematic knowledge of safety science, and they are prone to assume that film and TV plots are true and credible, copying artistic interpretations of scenarios in real life and thereby incurring unnecessary danger.
Literary and artistic creation allows for reasonable artistic processing, but it must not deviate from basic scientific common sense and safety standards. Creators should balance artistic effect with social responsibility. For plotlines involving first aid, hazard avoidance, or high-risk operations, they should conduct rigorous research and present them correctly, or provide safety reminders through subtitles or voiceover narration, conveying safety knowledge and avoiding misleading the audience.
(Zibo City, Shandong Province (山东省淄博市), Xing Chengmu)
Return to TopState security officers and cultural relic restorers joined forces to crack a cross-border espionage case that used cultural relics as a vehicle. Such a major national security theme was generally considered in the past to be more suitable for the big screen of television, matching big productions like Lurking and Rival. However, micro-dramas have limited episode duration, which is naturally disadvantageous for grand narrative. The recently launched micro-drama Safe Distance (安全距离) did the opposite, using a small-screen short drama to tell a national security story, and became a ratings hit.
Safe Distance makes extensive use of close-ups and tracking shots, amplifying the "physiological stress response" of the protagonist Shen Shutu (沈殊途) — habitually checking for followers, muscle tension upon hearing abnormal sounds — increasing the audience's sense of immersion. Through visual means such as close-ups, color tones, and rhythm, it creates emotional impact, repeatedly pulling the audience into an empathy vortex in a very short time, thereby making them more receptive to the "rational reinforcement" of the legal education part at the end of the episode. Facts have proven that micro-dramas can tell big themes and big stories well, provided that they understand the artistic characteristics of micro-dramas and fully leverage the unique audiovisual narrative advantages of micro-dramas.
(Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province Liu Jieqing (刘杰青))
Return to TopBy: 黄际影
Browsing social media, one will find that "dance content" (含舞量) has become an important indicator by which today's audiences evaluate the level of dance dramas. What is "dance content"? The most intuitive understanding is: whether a dance drama has multiple dance segments that have distinct artistic styles and occupy the principal position of the work. The movement, staging, and composition of these dance segments can bring an artistic aesthetic experience. As a practitioner, I am pleasantly surprised to see that many audience members can feel, from the "tilt" (倾) posture of the dance drama "The Journey of a Legendary Landscape Painting" (只此青绿), the dynamic momentum of the texture-stroke method (皴法) of landscape painting, and can perceive, in the "stillness" (静) of the poses, a spirit resonance (气韵) that is still, yet unceasing. When audiences take "dance content" as the yardstick, they are in essence putting forward higher aesthetic demands for the bodily dynamics, flowing composition, performance, and so on presented by the dance drama.
"Dance content" is low. One reason is the imbalance between "dance" and "drama." The subject matter, thematic intent, and structure of a dance drama mostly need to be interpreted from the angle of "drama": some dance dramas, although quite rich in "dance content," rely mainly on subtitles, voiceover, and projection for narrative, and the dance segments themselves lack the necessary narrative logic and expressive clues; some dance dramas draw on well-known literary, film and television works and historical allusions, expecting the audience to "brain-fill" (脑补) the story and its details; still others ignore the distinctive nature of dance art, single-mindedly pursuing complex logic and numerous characters, advancing the plot by pantomime-like gestures. When "drama" outweighs "dance," and when dance segments are only weakly related to the plot, audiences have the intuitive impression that the "dance content" is low.
"Dance content" is low. There is another reason: the lack of high-quality dance segments. High quality comes not only from 匠心独运 (jiàng xīn dú yùn - "the artisan's mind moves alone," original and ingenious) creation, 精雕细琢 (jīng diāo xì zhuó - "fine carving and meticulous polishing," painstaking and refined) rehearsal, and 精益求精 (jīng yì qiú jīng - "refine the refined, ever seek refinement," constantly improving) performance; it is also the result of dance segments vividly interpreting the work's theme. Group-dance composition, solo-dance emotion, and duet-dance character relationships are all important means of interpreting the theme. In the 起承转合 (qǐ chéng zhuǎn hé - "begin, continue, turn, conclude," the four-stage structural progression of a work), the audience, through the dance segments, feels the 喜怒哀乐 (xǐ nù āi lè - "joy, anger, sorrow, delight," human emotions) of the characters and the myriad states of the human world. At the end of the dance drama "Sing a Mountain Song for the Party" (唱支山歌给党听), the group dance in which the three sibling protagonists' feelings toward the Tibetan mother and the Han mother are sublimated has simple and neat movement technique; relying only on the flexion-extension rhythmic motion (动律) and the saluting posture of Tibetan dance, with the addition of full-bodied emotion, it possesses extremely strong expressive power. This shows that truly high-quality dance segments move the audience through clear emotion and exquisite choreography; conversely, when techniques are piled up hollowly and disorderly, with vague expression, the more the movements, the more it makes one feel 如堕云雾 (rú duò yún wù - "as if fallen into clouds and mist," utterly bewildered). Some works with low "dance content" not only are scarce in dance segments; the few dance passages that remain are also weak in expression, doubly reducing the audience's viewing experience.
The key to dance-drama creation lies in the unity of artistic expression and stage presentation. Although creators and audiences often 各持己见 (gè chí jǐ jiàn - "each holds his own view," hold to their own opinions) over the "dance content" of dance dramas, mature creators will continually ask themselves two layers of core questions: first, on the dance level — why design this dance segment, what emotion is it to convey; second, on the narrative level — what is the meaning of this plot segment's existence, and through what kind of body language does it need to be presented? In such two-way deliberation, the theme is transformed into choreography and dance carries the story, so that one neither cuts dance segments for the sake of the plot nor severs the plot for the sake of piling up movements, thus avoiding at the root the problem of "dance content" being on the low side.
In the 1980s and 1990s of the last century, domestic dance-drama creators once carried out breakthrough explorations of dance language and dance-drama structure, driving a comprehensive innovation in creative methods and artistic concepts. The public's present-day disputes over "dance content" are, to a certain extent, a continuation of those historical discussions, and also provide ideas for optimizing current creation. Creators must not simply classify audience members who raise criticism as "non-professionals who do not understand dance"; on the contrary, they should make use of audience feedback, face squarely the ills of current creation, cast off the path dependence of the binary opposition between dance and drama, and expand new space for dance-drama creation.
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