Summary: During an April 2025 visit to Shanghai’s “Model Space” AI innovation hub, Xi Jinping praised artificial intelligence as a young people’s cause and urged young innovators to link personal ambition with national rejuvenation. The hub, which has grown from over 100 to 300-plus enterprises, provides startups with computing resources, real-world scenarios, and financing connections. Young founders highlighted how the ecosystem helped their firms scale rapidly. Xi called on Shanghai to summarize its successful experience in incubating AI industries and strive to lead in AI development and governance.
Summary: President Xi Jinping, at national science and technology award conferences in June 2024 and July 2026, emphasized the strategic importance of building a strong young sci-tech talent force, calling for full trust, guided support, and career opportunities for young innovators. The article highlights Xiong'an New Area as a growing hub for such talent, featuring Mech-Mind Robotics, which relocated its headquarters there in 2024; founder Shao Tianlan praised the area's efficient services, venue support, and housing for young workers. Another example is Zhou Haoran's Xiong'an Anying Technology, whose portable cranial hemorrhage detector benefited from the annual "Xiongcai Cup" entrepreneurship competition, which has attracted some 1,900 projects and produced over 1,000 innovations. Young researcher Zhao Hongyu, supported by cross-disciplinary AI training camps, is developing robotic "electronic skin" for tactile sensing and autonomous obstacle avoidance. Local policies, including the "Xiongcai 16 Measures" and Beijing-Xiong'an "same-city" government services, aim to make Xiong'an a major AI talent cultivation platform for the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.
Summary: Xi Jinping, at the APEC handover ceremony, hailed Shenzhen’s transformation from a fishing village into a modern metropolis as a Chinese miracle and a window of China’s win-win opening-up, inviting all parties to next year’s APEC meeting in Shenzhen. The article uses Shenzhen’s port, trade, foreign-investment, and innovation ecosystem to illustrate APEC-wide cooperation, noting exports to APEC economies grew tenfold and that regional supply chains benefit from openness and division of labor. It highlights multinational and startup examples—including an American creator in Huaqiangbei and Whirlpool’s Shenzhen R&D center—as evidence of cross-economy innovation and mutual benefit. It concludes that openness, innovation, and cooperation are key to Asia-Pacific prosperity.
Summary: 中共中央党校29日举行秋季学期开学典礼，中共中央政治局常委蔡奇出席并讲话，石泰峰出席。蔡奇强调要系统学习习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想，特别是习近平党建思想，深刻领悟“两个确立”的决定性意义，坚决做到“两个维护”。他要求学员正确认识当前形势与任务，坚定“四个自信”，统筹发展和安全，推动经济社会高质量发展。他还要求领导干部以学员身份专心学习党的创新理论，党校要严格管理学员。中国浦东、井冈山、延安干部学院学员通过视频会议系统同步参加。
Summary: In the first seven months, value-added output in five major machinery industry sectors in China grew year-on-year, according to the China Machinery Industry Federation. General equipment manufacturing rose 7.9%, special equipment 8.8%, automobiles 7.2%, electrical machinery and apparatus 6.5%, and instruments 9.4%. Among representative products, industrial robot output reached 635,000 sets, up 28.5%, while power generator set output rose 2.8% to 208.97 million kilowatts.
Summary: President Xi Jinping, in his keynote speech at the 2026 World AI Conference, hailed “intelligent manufacturing in China” as a hallmark of Chinese modernization, citing the new energy vehicle (NEV) industry as a prime example of China's institutional, market, supply, and talent advantages. The article attributes the sector's rise to socialist market economy institutions, long-term policy planning, vast domestic demand, complete supply chains, and engineering talent, while emphasizing innovation, coordination, green development, openness, and shared benefits. It notes that Tesla, a U.S. company, has produced over 4.5 million vehicles at its Shanghai gigafactory, more than 45% of its global total, illustrating how China's opening-up has turned world opportunities into China's own and vice versa. The piece also details China's efforts to set global standards in safety, functionality, quality, service, and value, including L3 autonomous driving pilots and expanded post-market services. It concludes that the NEV industry embodies China's transition from a manufacturing powerhouse to a strong manufacturing nation, driving modernization and the "Chinese Dream."
Summary: After a mudslide on August 26 caused heavy casualties and missing people at Gyirong port in Tibet's Gyirong County, President Xi Jinping issued instructions and chaired an August ical Politburo meeting that stressed people-first principles and called for resolute, scientific rescue efforts. Under central leadership, State Council work groups, Tibet authorities, emergency management, fire/rescue teams, military and armed police deployed 2,096 personnel, evacuating 499 residents and 555 tourists to safety. Rescuers overcame high-altitude, steep terrain, and risks of secondary disasters using drones, ropes, rubber boats, satellite remote sensing, and thermal imaging to reach core areas and conduct targeted searches, while experts monitored a barrier lake upstream.
Summary: On August 29, the land search and rescue team of the Lhasa Fire Rescue Mobile Detachment continued its search and rescue operations in the disaster-affected core area of Gyirong Port. The photo was provided by the detachment via People's Vision.
Summary: The article reports on the ongoing rescue and relief efforts following a mudslide disaster in Jilong County, Shigatse, Tibet, emphasizing the implementation of directives from a Central Political Bureau meeting. It highlights the extreme difficulties posed by the terrain and conditions, calling for scientific methods and systematic coordination among all rescue forces. The piece stresses the need for comprehensive planning, integrating aerial surveillance with ground operations, and linking frontline search efforts with rear-area analysis. It advocates for worst-case scenario thinking, using technological tools to monitor risks and ensure safety throughout the rescue process. Finally, it urges racing against time with decisive and scientifically efficient measures to carry out all emergency response work.
Summary: At a July 30 Politburo meeting chaired by Xi Jinping, officials stressed multi-pronged measures to strengthen livelihood guarantees, including support for key groups’ employment, protection for flexible and new-form employment, services for the elderly and young children, a tiered social assistance system, and ecological efforts such as the “Three-North” shelterbelt project and carbon peak/neutrality goals. The article details policy implementation in employment, with pilot occupational injury protection for gig workers expanding nationwide, and in eldercare/childcare,where “shared elderly-child care” models and subsidies are being scaled up. It also highlights social assistance reforms under a new law effective July 1, expanding coverage to marginal families, and ecological projects that combine desertification control with local income generation. No mention is made of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article reports on Guizhou’s push to transform its vast computing infrastructure from a “data warehouse” into a “computing workshop,” with 50 major data centers and total computing power exceeding 176 EFLOPS. It highlights expanded applications such as intelligent scheduling, industry-specific AI models, and autonomous vehicles, as well as a new computing voucher policy with 140 million yuan in subsidies to lower costs for users. Guizhou Big Data Administration chief Zhu Zongyao is quoted saying the vouchers are not simple subsidies but an “accelerator” for industry and a “catalyst” for the ecosystem, aiming to make computing power as easy to use as water or electricity. The article does not discuss the United States or bilateral ties.
Summary: The article reports on ongoing construction of the Weisu High-Speed Railway’s major bridge crossing the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in Suqian, Jiangsu. The main bridge, a control project, spans 461.1 meters and uses a steel truss arch design. This railway is a key component of the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway auxiliary corridor. Once completed, it will improve transportation for residents of the old revolutionary base areas in the Yimeng Mountains and northern Jiangsu, boosting regional economic development. The photo was taken by Chen Shaoshuai.
Summary: China’s National Healthcare Security Administration announced that the DRG 3.0 grouping scheme will soon be released, alongside an initial selection of grassroots-level diseases—31 DRG and127 DIP categories—to support primary healthcare. These recommended diseases will adopt a “same disease, same payment” standard across differently-tiered medical institutions within one pooling region. The grassroots disease list targets common, frequently-occurring, and部分 chronic conditions suitable for secondary-and-below hospitals, and is not mandatory, allowing local adjustments. Since the issuance of guiding opinions on medical insurance support for grassroots healthcare, five provinces have published配套 documents and22 have formed initial measures, creating a policy package tilted toward grassroots services, treatment, and benefits.
Summary: During an April 2025 visit to Shanghai’s “Model Space” AI innovation hub, Xi Jinping emphasized that artificial intelligence is a young field and a young people’s endeavor, urging youth to link personal ambition with national rejuvenation. The article highlights the hub’s growth, featuring young founders developing technologies such as a low-power brain-inspired vision chip and AI-generated video tools, supported by an ecosystem offering computing resources, data, and market access. It notes that the number of resident companies has tripled to over 300, with local officials and entrepreneurs crediting the environment for fostering innovation. Xi also instructed Shanghai to summarize its successful model of incubating AI through large-model ecosystems and strive to lead globally in AI development and governance.
Summary: President Xi Jinping was reported to stress at national science and technology conferences in June 2024 and July ？ 2026 that China must strengthen cultivation of young sci-tech talents, fully trust and support them, and that building youth talent teams is a strategic project. The article highlights Xiong'an New Area's efforts to attract and retain such talents via housing support, streamlined administrative services, annual innovation competitions, and AI training camps. It profiles young innovators including Shao Tianlan, founder of Mech-Mind; Zhou Haoran, developing a portable intracranial hemorrhage detector; Zhang Tianyang, working on the "Jishu" data large model; and Zhao Hongyu, researching robotic electronic skin. Xi Jinping was quoted saying "the future of science lies in youth," while these talents contribute to Xiong'an's goal of becoming an innovation highland and high-quality development model.
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Summary: Chinese President Xi Jinping, in a signed article published in Kyrgyz media ahead of his state visit to Bishkek and attendance at the 2026 SCO summit, said China-Kyrgyzstan traditional friendship is a shared treasure and called for deepening exchanges in culture, tourism, education, and other fields to strengthen people-to-people bonds. The article also highlights ongoing bilateral cooperation, including joint archaeological projects along the Silk Road, growing Chinese-language education in Kyrgyzstan, and vocational training through the Luban Workshop. These efforts aim to build a closer community with shared future between the two countries.
Summary: The article reports on China-Egypt cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative, citing President Xi Jinping’s 2016 statement in Cairo urging the two countries to align development strategies and accelerate joint projects. It highlights flagship projects: the Chinese-built central business district in Egypt’s new administrative capital, the Cairo suburban light rail operated by Chinese firms, and Haier’s local production park. These efforts are credited with improving infrastructure, training Egyptian technical staff, and boosting local manufacturing, with Haier now producing appliances including air conditioners tailored to Egypt’s climate. Egyptian officials and academics, such as Suez Canal University President Nasser Mandour, praise high-quality Belt and Road cooperation for supporting Egypt’s modernization and self-development capacity.
Summary: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, in a phone call with Nepal's Foreign Minister, expressed condolences over a glacial lake outburst flood on the Nepal border that caused heavy casualties in both countries, and said President Xi Jinping had issued instructions and Premier Li Qiang had visited the disaster site. Wang reported that China was delivering an aid package—including emergency cash, humanitarian supplies, tunnel rescue experts, and shared satellite and hydrological data, including upstream landslide-lake warnings—while making arrangements for stranded Nepali citizens in China and asking Nepal to continue assisting Chinese citizens there. He stressed that China and Nepal were a community sharing weal and woe, vowing to stand together across the Himalayas. Nepal's Foreign Minister conveyed condolences, thanked China for its timely assistance, pledged full cooperation in rescuing missing Chinese citizens, and proposed collaboration on reconstruction, disaster prevention, and climate change.
Summary: At an APEC handover ceremony, President Xi Jinping hailed Shenzhen’s transformation from a small fishing village into a modern international metropolis as a miracle in world development and a window into China’s commitment to mutually beneficial opening-up, inviting all parties to the upcoming APEC meeting in Shenzhen. The article depicts Shenzhen as a hub of APEC trade, highlighting Yantian Port’s growth, the shift from “old three” to “new three” exports, and surging trade with APEC economies. It also emphasizes industrial integration and innovation, with foreign players—including U.S.-based Whirlpool and an American maker in Huaqiangbei—deepening roots in Shenzhen’s ecosystem. The piece argues that open trade, regional supply-chain cooperation, and cross-border innovation are essential to Asia-Pacific prosperity.
Summary: China Media Group launched a screening of nearly ten of its premium films and TV programs in Cairo, which will air on Egyptian state television and other mainstream outlets through the end of the year. The lineup includes "Letters from President Xi" and "Xi Jinping's Cultural Affinity," which highlight Xi Jinping's replies to overseas scholars, artists, and youth, promoting people-to-people friendship, and his deep commitment to cultural heritage and governance rooted in culture.
Summary: The "Encounter and Appreciation – Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Source Dialogue" opened on August 28 in Xining, Qinghai Province, gathering representatives from six Lancang-Mekong basin countries at the Sanjiangyuan region. The event aims to promote mutual learning among civilizations, enhance people-to-people connectivity, and build a closer Lancang-Mekong community with a shared future. During the event, delegates will hold friendly dialogues on industrial cooperation, ecological environmental protection, and cultural heritage conservation, while also engaging in exchanges on youth cooperation, cultural tourism promotion, food experiences, and artistic performances.
Summary: A China-Kyrgyzstan business and investment forum was held in Bishkek on August 28, themed "China-Kyrgyzstan: Sustainable Development and a Shared Road to Prosperity." Chinese and Kyrgyz government and business representatives discussed new prospects for bilateral trade and investment cooperation. Ren Hongbin, president of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT), said at the opening that CCPIT would act as a bridge to support new growth areas such as service trade, digital trade, and cross-border e-commerce, and to expand trade cooperation. He also invited Kyrgyz companies to participate in the China International Supply Chain Expo, and deepen cooperation under mechanisms like the China-Central Asia Business Council, contributing to high-quality Belt and Road cooperation.
Summary: Chinese rescue forces, including Armed Police, China Anneng, and military units, are clearing mudslides and repairing the road to Gyirong Port near the Nepal border, where a Nepal-side mudslide on Aug 26 caused casualties and missing. Soldier Bianba Sangzhu of the Armed Police Tibet Corps Shigatse Detachment said continuous engineering operations had exposed the road surface after it was covered in mud and stones. China Anneng Chengdu Rescue Base director Zhong Wenjun reported crews used slag relay and wading methods, backfilling with large stones, clearing 12,000 cubic meters of sludge by Aug 29. Tibet Shigatse Military Subarea instructor Qiangba Suolang led troops in joint clearing operations, urging thorough searches. The rescue channel is advancing meter by meter toward Gyirong Port despite rain and narrow canyon conditions.
Summary: The article emphasizes that responding to sudden disasters tests the commitment of Communist Party members and cadres, who lead patrols, evacuations, and rescue efforts alongside professional teams and the PLA and armed police. It notes that rescue operations are underway amid extremely difficult conditions in high-altitude, cold plateau terrain with complex geography and variable climate. The piece praises frontline workers—search teams, engineers, and grassroots officials—for their dedication to the people and sense of responsibility. It concludes by highlighting that party members demonstrate their expected character by being visible in normal times, stepping up in crises, and sacrificing in moments of danger.
Summary: The article reports that the CPC Central Committee's Political Bureau met on August 28 to direct rescue efforts following a mudslide disaster in Gyirong County, Tibet. Various agencies, including the Ministry of Emergency Management and the National Fire and Rescue Administration, dispatched cross-regional rescue teams, while a temporary Party organization set up 31 Party member突击队 for search operations. By August 29, over 681 rescue personnel, 13 dogs, and 47 drones had been deployed in a multi-dimensional land-water-air search. Additional efforts included engineering units repairing damaged roads, satellite and drone monitoring, and emergency communication restoration by teams such as China Mobile and the National Institute of Natural Hazards. The report emphasizes coordinated Party-led emergency response across multiple agencies.
Summary: A mudslide triggered by glacial collapse on the Nepalese side caused heavy casualties and missing persons at Gyirong Port in Tibet's Shigatse. Experts explained that both sides of the China-Nepal border feature extremely steep, narrow Himalayan gorges, but the narrow valley on the Chinese side concentrates the debris flow's energy, making impact stronger and rescue more difficult. The main road along the gorge was blocked by thick mud and boulders, limiting ground access, while complex winds, rain, and lack of safe helicopter landing zones hindered air delivery. Clearing efforts are complicated by a mixture of ice, water, mud, and large buried boulders, with unstable slopes and soft deposits slowing equipment and personnel. No U.S.-China relations were discussed in the article.
Summary: A Nepal-side mudslide on August 26 created a barrier lake where Nepal’s Cuojian River meets China’s Pure Puchang Tsangpo, and it is currently releasing water naturally. An upstream impact crater in the Cuojian River holds about 2.5 million cubic meters of water and could trigger cascading breaches if it collapses, threatening downstream rescue efforts. Ministry of Water Resources chief hydrologist Yin Zhijie said authorities have adopted measures including satellite remote sensing, screening other upstream risks, monitoring rainfall and water conditions, analyzing flood routing, and assessing the crater risk. Senior engineer Chai Fuxin said the crater’s overflow probability is currently low but needs continued attention, and the ministry will intensify monitoring of glacial lakes and potential new barrier lakes while building an air-space-ground integrated early-warning system.
Summary: Rescue workers are shown urgently repairing a road, in a photo taken by staff reporter Zhang Wujun.
Summary: At Nepal's request, China's Ministry of Emergency Management dispatched five tunnel experts on August 29, who flew by helicopter from Gyirong, Tibet, and arrived in Nepal's disaster zone at 16:58 Beijing time to immediately join rescue efforts at a hydropower station tunnel. In response to rescue needs, four additional Chinese tunnel experts were subsequently sent to provide further support for Nepal's tunnel rescue operations.
Summary: Chinese President Xi Jinping issued instructions after a mudslide at Gyirong Port in Tibet caused casualties and missing persons, and on August 28 chaired a Politburo meeting to direct rescue efforts, stressing people-first and life-first principles. Under Party leadership and with State Council guidance, more than 2,000 rescue personnel from military, police, fire, and medical units evacuated 499 residents and 555 stranded tourists to safety. The article highlights the rapid response, including a fire brigade traveling over 800 kilometers in eight hours, and the use of drones, rope descents, and rubber boats to reach the disaster core amid hazardous terrain. Scientific measures such as satellite remote sensing, thermal drones, and 3D modeling were employed to target searches for the missing.
Summary: In a keynote speech at the 2026 World AI Conference and High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance, Xi Jinping hailed “China Smart Manufacturing” as a shining hallmark of Chinese modernization. The article attributes the rapid rise of China’s new energy vehicle (NEV) industry to institutional advantages, vast domestic demand, complete supply chains, and engineering talent, presenting it as a model of Xi’s new development philosophy. It highlights openness by noting that Tesla, an American firm, built its Shanghai Gigafactory and produced over 45% of Tesla’s global vehicles, as evidence of China turning global opportunities into its own and vice versa. The piece also outlines industry efforts to set global standards in safety, functionality, quality, service, and value, while advancing toward autonomous driving and broader mobility services. It concludes with Xi’s call to promote industrial upgrading and high-end, intelligent manufacturing to strengthen China’s real economy.
Summary: The article highlights the 10th anniversary of the unified China-Europe freight train brand, focusing on Erenhot railway port in Inner Mongolia, the sole China-Europe rail gateway on the central corridor. It notes that over 26,000 trains have passed through, with 76 routes connecting more than 10 countries, and cargo has expanded from basic goods to include new-energy vehicles and electronics. The story profiles three generations of railway workers, including dispatcher Liu Juchuan, track maintainer Liu Lei, and Mongolian driver Yiderigun, who ensure safe and punctual cross-border operations through meticulous coordination, maintenance, and bilingual communication. It emphasizes the challenging conditions, such as extreme temperatures and dual-gauge tracks, and the family legacy of guarding this border railway. The piece concludes that despite digital upgrades cutting customs clearance to about 30 minutes, theailway's safety still depends on the dedication of individual workers.
Summary: The article discusses a recent trend of young, popular livestreamers visiting universities, which sparked online debate and revived the “uselessness of studying” narrative as netizens compared their high earnings to modest graduate salaries. It argues that education’s value cannot be measured by immediate income, emphasizing that critical thinking, professional skills, and learning habits endure beyond specific knowledge. The piece highlights how knowledge drives societal progress, citing examples like Tu Youyou’s artemisinin discovery and aerospace engineering achievements. It also notes that even livestreaming success requires continuous learning, judgment, and accumulation, so no career path bypasses effort. Ultimately, it concludes that reading and building skills broaden opportunities and resilience, making young people’s paths wider in a changing world.
Summary: In an article based on an interview with People’s Daily reporter Wu Chuqi, Qi Jiazhuang village Party secretary and village committee director from Shouguang, Weifang, Shandong, recounted how he transformed the saline-alkali “Beidawa” area. He said his first step was consolidating 1,100 mu of salt fields, now yielding a stable annual income of 600,000 yuan for the village. He also described partnering with nearby enterprise Party organizations to develop chemical and lithium projects on over 3,000 mu of land, adding more than 6 million yuan in collective income and providing jobs for over 200 villagers. He noted that 21 young people born after 1985 have returned to start businesses, and that being named a Weifang youth “good secretary” in December 2024 was both an honor and a responsibility. He vowed to continue working with villagers to turn the saline land into “prosperity fields.””
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Summary: The article profiles the PLA Navy's training ship Zheng He (hull number 81) as it returned to port before Army Day, with over 100 cadets from Dalian Naval Academy completing practical internships aboard, learning navigation, watchkeeping, and emergency response. Ship leaders, including political commissar and captain, alongside instructor Li Yiming, emphasized combat-oriented training, using real ocean conditions and foreign vessels as "sparring partners" to prepare future commanders. Over 39 years, the ship has trained more than 50,000 military personnel, earned the title "Meritorious Training Ship," and conducted global voyages to broaden cadets' international outlook and reinforce loyalty and mission through patriotic education.
Summary: The article highlights the film *Welcome to the Dragon Restaurant*, where a warm meal symbolizes peace amid war, and an Iraqi journalist guest actor notes that before coming to China, he had never known peace or happiness. It argues that peace is as essential as air and sunshine, and that China’s military embodies this value through missions in Congo (DRC), the Gulf of Aden, Tonga, Nepal, and Bangladesh, including the "Peace Ark" hospital ship saving a Bangladeshi mother and inspiring her daughter "Qin." It emphasizes that China's armed forces serve as a "strategic support" for world peace and development, fulfilling duties like peacekeeping, escorting, medical rescue, and humanitarian aid. The article concludes that Chinese soldiers will remain a force for peace, justice, and civilization, contributing to a world of lasting peace and common security.
Summary: The article profiles a PLA joint logistics support unit’s “Cave Depot Squad,” which guards underground fuel tanks in remote mountains and performs daily ventilation, inspection, and maintenance tasks. Squad leader Liu Jiageng described the harsh, damp environment and said the resulting rheumatism and peeling hands are their “professional mark.” Depot support team captain Chen Xi noted that expanded missions have drawn them closer to the battlefield, as every logistics link now connects directly to combat power. The piece also follows new soldier Shen Minglin, who overcame fear of climbing the massive tanks under Liu’s mentorship and now works independently. It concludes by framing their quiet, isolated service as a loyal contribution to the new-era joint logistics forces.
Summary: The article reports on the reorganization of a helicopter unit under the Chinese Armed Police Force’s First Mobile Corps, which merged multiple units and faced initial challenges from inconsistent training standards and procedures. Training Section Chief Li Qingxin noted that after the merger, comparisons revealed gaps in standards, emphasizing that “training standards must be aligned” and readiness cannot wait. Senior pilot Wang Shengli led a team to develop unified training regulations, converting vague experience-based requirements into quantifiable, enforceable standards across all flight subjects. The unit subsequently implemented integrated training management, completed its first cross-regional exercise, and established new field landing sites, with Sergeant Zhang Ze expressing confidence that standardized procedures reliably support mission success. The report highlights the unit’s broader effort to forge a cohesive combat-ready force through unified standards and joint training.
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Summary: China's web novel industry is accelerating its global expansion, with the 2025 Blue Book reporting over 130,000 exported works, roughly 250 million overseas registered users across 200+ countries, and overseas revenue exceeding 8 billion yuan, with further出海 support written into the 15th Five-Year Plan. The industry has evolved from text exports to cultural and narrative exports, exemplified by hits like *Lord of Mysteries* and a global co-creation ecosystem where overseas writers use Chinese platforms to publish their own works. Web novels now serve as IP sources for films, games, and micro-dramas, such as *一品布衣*, deeply integrating into global cultural industries. However, challenges remain, chiefly copyright piracy overseas and uneven legal protections, prompting calls for government-backed industry organizations to collectively defend rights. AI tools are being adopted for translation and adaptation, but platforms stress maintaining human creative oversight and setting boundaries on AI-generated content.
Summary: The author reflects that she did not choose her writing themes; rather, they chose her, driven by intense emotional urgency rather than rational planning. Her book *要有光* originated from her concern as a mother about why children are "getting sick" despite improved living conditions, prompting her to investigate the underlying social and spiritual causes. She argues that personal emotions mirror social sentiments, and that literature's emotional core contains the seeds of thought and rational judgment. The book is structured as a dialogue among children's self-narratives, parents' perspectives, and psychiatrists' viewpoints to foster mutual understanding and "seeing." She hopes the work serves as a light illuminating shared human experiences, encouraging readers to rethink their relationships and social assumptions.
Summary: The article profiles Ta Hou village in Tiantai County, Zhejiang, which has transformed from a poor mountain village into a model of rural civilization and youth entrepreneurship. It highlights 00后 Zheng Hanzhang, a traditional Chinese medicine graduate who settled there to teach moxibustion, alongside village officials Chen Xiuyuan and Chen Xiaoxing. Chen Xiaoxing, the village party secretary, advocates nurturing local young people rather than attracting big capital, comparing capital-driven "internet-famous villages" to plastic flowers that lack lasting vitality. The village has also implemented an "公益积分" system that rewards good deeds—exchangeable for meals, goods, or even accommodation—to sustain civilized customs. As a result, by 2025, per capita disposable income reached 74,300 yuan, and 487 young people were attracted to start businesses, driving 366 million yuan in investment.
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Summary: The article features an oil painter reflecting on decades of revolutionary historical painting, arguing that thematic spirit is the soul of such art. He recalls that in 1961, Zhou Yang, then deputy head of the Central Propaganda Department, advised him that a painting of the 1927 counterrevolutionary massacre should convey "solemn heroism" rather than "tragedy," a shift that shaped the work's core message. The painter describes how immersive fieldwork—such as living 18 days on a mountain to capture the娄山关 sunset or enduring flood conditions for the "Eight Women Throw Themselves into the River"—grounded his art in lived experience. He emphasizes using symbolic composition and red tones to express Chinese spirit, as in "The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood—March of the Volunteers," which merges the Great Wall with anti-Japanese fighters to symbolize unyielding national resistance. Finally, he urges younger artists to study history and immerse themselves in life, and hopes audiences cherish today's hard-won peace as China marks the 105th anniversary of the CPC and the 90th of the Long March.
Summary: The article, authored by Fan Di'an, president of the China Artists Association, discusses a major art exhibition titled "A City of Spring Scenery and Half City of Flowers" held at the National Art Museum of China to mark the 45th anniversary of the Xiamen Special Economic Zone. The exhibition features works from organized plein-air sketching campaigns by Xiamen's art authorities, showcasing the city's urban development, ecology, life, culture, and international exchanges through diverse styles, including a newly commissioned 35-meter-long scroll, "New Look of Luhai," created specifically for the museum's circular hall. Fan highlights Xiamen's transformation from a small coastal town into a high-quality, high-appearance modern international city, with art serving as a vivid record of its "special zone speed" under reform and opening-up. He emphasizes that the city's beauty stems not only from natural endowments but also from careful governance, as seen in sites like Yundang Lake and Gulangyu, and that the artworks capture both urban progress and the spirit of its builders and laborers. The piece concludes by calling for more fine artworks that chronicle the city and the era, reflecting the cultural mission of Chinese artists in portraying the great new epoch.
Summary: The article discusses the traditional Qixi Festival custom of "begging for skill" (乞巧), where women threaded needles and cast needles into water to pray for dexterity, as depicted in a Qing dynasty painting titled *Yongzheng in the Seventh Month* from the *Twelve Monthly Pleasures* series. The painting shows women and children engaged in qiqiao activities on a moonlit terrace in the Yuanmingyuan, while the Yongzheng Emperor, dressed in casual robes, sits in a distant pavilion observing them. The author explains that "qiao" embodies handcrafted skill, mental focus, and personal wishes, and highlights the detailed portrayal of the female participants' expressions and postures. The piece traces the custom's continuity from the Southern Liang dynasty to the Qing, emphasizing that the pursuit of "qiao" has remained a central cultural value across centuries.
Summary: The article reflects on the life and legacy of Pang Xunqin, a pioneering Chinese artist, designer, and educator, as showcased in a major retrospective at Tsinghua University Art Museum and the publication of his complete works. The author, Beijing Fine Art Academy director, recounts how Pang's seminal work "Sons of the Earth" inspired his research and highlights Pang's decades-long study of Chinese decorative art, which filled a gap in art historical scholarship. The piece also notes Pang's role in connecting British sinologist Michael Sullivan with China's modern art circles, enabling Sullivan's influential Western survey of 20th-century Chinese art. The author frames his research approach as "seeing autumn from one leaf," using focused case studies to reconstruct the broader artistic ecosystem of Pang's era. The essay concludes with a tribute by artist Huang Yongyu, praising Pang and his wife's poetic yet bittersweet lives and urging remembrance with honesty and beauty.
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Summary: A special exhibition at the Nanjing Museum, featuring over 100 lacquer artifacts from ten cultural institutions, highlights the historical and cultural significance of lacquer art in China. The article traces lacquerware's development from ancient times through numerous dynasties, emphasizing its durability and diverse decorative techniques. It notes a recent surge of lacquer exhibitions across China, reflecting a consensus that lacquer art embodies aesthetic, technical, and cultural exchange values worth studying. Contemporary efforts are revitalizing the craft through everyday products, workshops, and university programs, appealing to modern desires for tactile authenticity and handcrafted warmth. The piece concludes that while lacquer art evolves in form, preserving its material warmth and aesthetic spirit is key to its continued vitality.
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By: 本报记者 季觉苏 王崟欣
“Artificial intelligence is a young cause, and it is also the cause of young people. As we are comprehensively advancing the great cause of building a strong nation and national rejuvenation, this is precisely the right time for the younger generation to demonstrate their talents and show their capabilities.”
—On April 29, 2025, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized during an inspection in Shanghai
In August, at Shanghai’s “Model Speed Space” (模速空间), a pair of “eyes” for robots achieved new technological progress. Shanghai Xijian Technology Co., Ltd. successfully completed the tape-out of its second-generation brain-inspired vision chip, with the resolution increased to 5 million pixels and power consumption reduced by approximately 80% compared to traditional sensors.
“Model Speed Space” is an innovation ecosystem community for large models created by Shanghai, which gathers upstream and downstream enterprises such as computing power, models, and agents, attracting a large number of young entrepreneurs.
On April 29, 2025, during his inspection in Shanghai, General Secretary Xi Jinping visited “Model Speed Space” and engaged in warm exchanges with young innovative talents: “Artificial intelligence is a young cause, and it is also the cause of young people.” “Everyone should harbor a patriotic heart, establish a will to serve the country, and enhance the nation's capabilities, closely linking personal struggle with the country's future and destiny.”
Keeping these instructions in mind, the vigorous force of youth is gathering, rising, and blooming with brilliance within “Model Speed Space.”
Expanding development space and nurturing the growth of start-up enterprises.
In “Model Speed Space,” the young people you encounter may well be the founders of an artificial intelligence enterprise. On the transparent glass rooms, company nameplates are posted. Zhang Yun, Party Secretary of the “Model Speed Space” Innovation Ecosystem Community in Shanghai's Xuhui District, said, “Every so often, some enterprises move out, having moved to larger spaces.”
The exchanged nameplates record the growth trajectories of young enterprises. Opportunities for growth come from real problems and real scenarios.
In May this year, 32 difficult problems from the front lines of industry were publicly posted on the “challenge board” in “Model Speed Space.” Huawei, Alibaba Cloud, the Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, and others posed the questions, and young teams from various places accepted the challenges. Currently, the stage of key research tackling has been entered, and excellent results will be connected to scientific research transformation and project incubation.
This place possesses not only a high density of technology, talent, and innovation resources, but also a higher “density of opportunity.” It is generally difficult for start-up enterprises to access application scenarios such as shipbuilding, transportation hubs, and urban infrastructure. “Model Speed Space” organizes demands and brings enterprises to the door to facilitate connections, helping enterprises verify products, find partners, contact markets, and calibrate directions.
Seizing development opportunities and driving technological innovation to run with “acceleration.”
Input a simple description, and a few minutes later, a video segment can be generated. Behind this, a self-developed multi-modal agent from Shanghai Libulibu Technology Co., Ltd. is playing its part—identifying user intent, efficiently decomposing tasks, and advancing the connection of scripts, characters, storyboards, and frames, while also being able to automatically invoke adapted models and professional “skills.”
“It is like setting up an ‘AI production studio’ in the background.” Chen Mian, born in 1992 and the founder of Shanghai Libulibu Technology Co., Ltd., introduced that when the enterprise first moved into “Model Speed Space,” its scale was very small, but it has now developed to over 200 people, with those born in the 1990s accounting for more than 70%.
In unmanned retail scenarios, when goods change and layouts change, how do robots perceive the environment, analyze and judge, and autonomously complete tasks? During the period of the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference and the High-Level Conference on Global AI Governance, Daxiao Robotics released world model solutions for four scenarios, including unmanned retail.
“Most of the team members are young people in their twenties and thirties; we have caught up with the development opportunities of the artificial intelligence industry,” said Wang Xiaogang, Chairman of Daxiao Robotics.
Not only supporting a single new seedling, but also cultivating a whole forest.
Xingfeng Technology brings meteorological large models into the energy, agriculture, and transportation sectors; Singularity Intelligence explores AI-assisted drug research and development... Foundation models, computing power bases, world models, intelligent hardware, and industry applications are all gathering in “Model Speed Space,” where “upstairs and downstairs” are partners.
In the artificial intelligence product experience store within “Model Speed Space,” more than 300 products are displayed on the stands. At the front end, users try them out and propose demands; at the back end, after the R&D teams receive feedback, they adjust models and modify products; the collaboration between “front” and “back” forms a virtuous cycle.
“Model Speed Space” precisely meets the needs of enterprises and promotes the continuous perfection of the development ecosystem. For enterprises that have just started, the volume of large model calls is small, so “Model Speed Space” aggregates demands to help facilitate connections to computing power; for a group of enterprises needing high-quality data, the Corpus Inclusive Plan has subsequently been implemented; as models move toward the market, subsequent evaluation, filing, and compliance services follow in a timely manner... Currently, more than 60 financial institutions are looking for projects here, scenario exchanges have exceeded 300 instances, and nearly 20 collaborations have been implemented.
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: “Shanghai must well summarize successful experiences such as incubating the artificial intelligence industry through a large model industrial ecosystem, increase the intensity of exploration, and strive to stay at the forefront in all aspects of artificial intelligence development and governance to produce a demonstration effect.”
In more than a year, the number of enterprises residing in “Model Speed Space” has grown from over 100 to over 300. In Shanghai, it is not just “Model Speed Space”; innovation ecosystem communities such as “Model Power Community” (模力社区) are connecting point by point to form continuous areas.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 邵玉姿
“We must emphasize strengthening the cultivation of young scientific and technological talents, granting them full trust, letting them work freely, providing meticulous guidance, and offering warm care, to facilitate more outstanding young talents to 脱颖而出 (tuō yǐng ér chū - "to emerge from the collar," to stand out from the crowd).”
—Emphasized by General Secretary Xi Jinping on June 24, 2024, at the National Science and Technology Conference, the National Science and Technology Award Conference, and the General Assembly of the Members of the Two Academies.
Capable of identifying over 100,000 types of objects, with business coverage spanning dozens of industries, and products exported to nearly 50 countries and regions... Recently, robot products independently developed by Mech-Mind (Xiong'an) Robot Technology Co., Ltd., leveraging full-stack "eye-brain-hand" technology for general embodied intelligence, have attracted significant attention.
Turning our gaze to the Zhongguancun Science and Technology Park in the Xiong'an New Area, technicians from Mech-Mind are intensifying tests on a new generation of embodied intelligence products.
On June 24, 2024, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized at the National Science and Technology Conference, the National Science and Technology Award Conference, and the General Assembly of the Members of the Two Academies: “We must emphasize strengthening the cultivation of young scientific and technological talents, granting them full trust, letting them work freely, providing meticulous guidance, and offering warm care, to facilitate more outstanding young talents to stand out.” On July 8, 2026, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out at the National Science and Technology Award Conference, the General Assembly of the Members of the Two Academies, and the 11th National Congress of the China Association for Science and Technology: “We must treat the construction of the young scientific and technological talent workforce as a strategic project, and do an all-round good job in cultivation, introduction, and utilization.”
Earnest entrustments are being implemented with tangible results. The Xiong'an New Area is consolidating its foundation for scientific and technological innovation and creating an entrepreneurial atmosphere, attracting batches of young talents to write a new chapter of intelligence in this city of the future.
In 2024, Mech-Mind relocated its company headquarters to the Xiong'an New Area. Founder Shao Tianlan introduced, “The Xiong'an New Area provides site support and housing security for young talents; for matters involving industry, commerce, taxation, and other issues, there is also one-stop service, which is highly efficient.”
Here, a stage is built for young scientific and technological talents.
Inside the assembly laboratory of Xiong'an Anying Technology Co., Ltd., company founder Zhou Haoran is leading his team in conducting simulated skull bleeding tests using an independently developed portable intracranial hemorrhage detection and analysis instrument: “We have conducted another technical iteration, and we can now identify as little as 1 milliliter of micro-bleeding within the cranium.”
Since 2023, the Xiong'an New Area has held the “Xiongcai Cup” Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition every year. “By not setting thresholds and not focusing solely on seniority, Xiong'an gave me confidence.” In 2024, after participating in the “Xiongcai Cup” roadshow, Zhou Haoran, a graduate with a bachelor's degree in electronic information engineering, chose to take root in Xiong'an.
Over the past two years, Zhou Haoran has led his team in tackling key problems, gaining more than 30 invention patents; the portable intracranial hemorrhage detection and analysis instrument they developed has been included in the National Medical Products Administration's priority pre-review channel for key varieties. Currently, the “Xiongcai Cup” has cumulatively attracted approximately 1,900 participating projects, forming more than 1,000 innovative achievements.
Here, growth is shared with young scientific and technological talents.
Zhang Tianyang, born in the 1990s, is a co-founder of Wenzhun Intelligent (Xiong'an) Technology Co., Ltd. and a core member of the “Jishu” data large model R&D team. In his view, solving real problems in real scenarios is one of the best forms of support for young scientific and technological talents: on the basis of providing open low-cost computing power and connecting resources such as urban scenarios and industrial data, the Xiong'an New Area coordinated and determined eight key scenario applications for the “Jishu” data large model within Hebei Province, allowing this young team to undergo practical training and rapid growth.
By compressing the number of parameters, the R&D cycle for new steel materials was shortened by 70%; by performing preliminary verification of fund status predictive analysis, the comprehensive accuracy reached 90%... Today, the “Jishu” data large model is gradually being implemented and applied in more than 10 scenarios, including Xiong'an energy and electricity and smart cities.
Here, young scientific and technological talents are assisted in climbing peaks.
At the embodied intelligence experimental field of the Xiong'an Artificial Intelligence Research Institute, interdisciplinary researcher Zhao Hongyu, born in 1995, focuses on the R&D of robotic electronic “skin”—embedding mechanical sensors throughout clothing, shoes, and gloves, allowing robots to sense through touch to achieve autonomous obstacle avoidance, force feedback, and more.
From researching human wearable devices during his doctoral studies to now conducting “cross-border” R&D on robotic electronic “skin,” Zhao Hongyu said: “It was the professional training and R&D support of the Xiong'an New Area that gave me the courage to tackle cross-disciplinary challenges.”
Last October, the Xiong'an New Area held the first Interdisciplinary Talent Artificial Intelligence Innovation Camp. As one of the first batch of trainees, Zhao Hongyu, under the guidance of many experts, engaged in interdisciplinary knowledge learning. Currently, recruitment for the second Interdisciplinary Talent Artificial Intelligence Innovation Camp has already commenced.
As various policies are precisely implemented, young scientific and technological talents are increasingly favoring Xiong'an: 278 scenarios of “integrated” Beijing-Xiong'an government services have been implemented, and the “Sixteen Measures for Xiongcai” have been released; heartwarming measures such as scientific research funding and housing security allow young talents to focus on R&D and entrepreneurship... In the future, this place will be built into an important platform for artificial intelligence talent cultivation in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, attracting more and more young scientific and technological talents to come here to climb peaks and tackle difficult problems.
General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: “Vigorously cultivate excellent young scientific and technological talents. The future of science lies with the youth.”
Walking into the city of the future, one can see many young scientific and technological talents striving forward in the field of artificial intelligence. With the responsibility to live up to their entrustments and the courage to venture and innovate, they are contributing strength to the construction of the Xiong'an New Area as a new era innovation highland and to the promotion of a high-quality development model.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 龚 鸣 程远州
The metamorphosis of a city reflects the prosperity of a region.
"Located on the coast of the Pacific Ocean, Shenzhen has developed from a backward small fishing village into a modern international metropolis over several decades. This is a miracle in the history of world development created by the Chinese people, and it is also an important window for China's unswerving adherence to an opening-up strategy of mutual benefit and win-win results. I look forward to all parties coming to Shenzhen next year to jointly discuss the major development plans for the Asia-Pacific and jointly create a beautiful tomorrow for the Asia-Pacific." This was emphasized by President Xi Jinping on November 1, 2025, while attending the host handover ceremony of the 32nd APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting.
This year, the 33rd APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting will be held in Shenzhen, Guangdong. In a few days, the APEC Media High-Level Forum will also open here. By entering Shenzhen and exploring the changes of this city, one can clearly perceive the pulse of coexistence and common prosperity in the Asia-Pacific region.
Trade Interconnectivity—
Free trade and open cooperation are the inevitable paths to prosperity and development in the Asia-Pacific
On the north bank of Dapeng Bay in Yantian District, Shenzhen, the gantry cranes and quay cranes of the Yantian International Container Terminals stand in rows.
"The name Yantian is entirely literal," an employee of Yantian International introduced. More than 30 years ago, this area was still a stretch of tidal flats. Today, Yantian Port is the last port for numerous vessels before they leave China, handling over one-third of the import and export volume of Guangdong Province, and is one of the world's largest container terminals by throughput.
Starting from its first standard container in 1994, Yantian Port's cumulative throughput exceeded 100 million standard containers in 2013 and surpassed 200 million standard containers in 2021, repeatedly breaking industry records. Today, hundreds of shipping routes connect to the entire world every week.
In the early stages of the port's opening, the "three old items"—clothing, furniture, and home appliances—went out to the world from here; today, the "new three items"—new energy vehicles, lithium batteries, and photovoltaic products—have become the "protagonists" of exports, while high-value-added products such as drones, integrated circuits, and 3D printers have also become "regular guests" of exports.
Based in Shenzhen, radiating to South China, and connecting to the world—the development process of Yantian Port reflects the transformation and upgrading of Shenzhen's industrial structure and foreign trade patterns, and is also a microcosm of the joint progress and integrated development of China and other Asia-Pacific economies.
Data from Shenzhen Customs shows that Shenzhen's import and export value with APEC economies grew from 267.5 billion yuan in 1996 to 3.13 trillion yuan in 2025, with an average annual growth rate of 8.5%, an increase of more than ten times. In 2025, the proportion of "new three items," artificial intelligence-enabled products, medical instruments, and medical devices among Shenzhen's exports to APEC economies reached 25.6%.
"The structure of goods reflects the industrial structure, the state of cooperation, and the direction of policy," said Yin Yunwei, director of the Customs Import and Export Post and Mail Supervision Division of Shenzhen Customs. From the "three processing and assembly operations and one processing with compensation" (san lai yi bu) of the early reform and opening-up period, to high-end, intelligent, and green industries, and then to innovative industries such as robotics and artificial intelligence, Shenzhen's foreign trade development condenses China's path of development, opening-up, and cooperation, and also reflects the processes of economic globalization and regional economic integration.
In November 1989, APEC was established in response to the wave of economic globalization, with the objectives of promoting the liberalization and facilitation of trade and investment and supporting economic growth and prosperity. In November 1991, China officially joined APEC. Shenzhen, with its continuously expanding opening-up, has witnessed Chinese manufacturing heading to the world through iterative upgrading and the Chinese market bringing more opportunities for regional growth.
As the new production season brings Peruvian blueberries to market, the business of Xinyongmao Fruit Technology Group, headquartered in Shenzhen, has become busier. "We handle nearly 30% of the total volume of Peruvian blueberries imported into the country; our team recently made a special trip to Peru to negotiate supply matters," introduced Li Nan, vice president of Xinyongmao.
Since 1998, Xinyongmao has engaged in fruit import and export trade and has grown into a global leader in the fruit supply chain. New Zealand kiwi, Chilean cherries, Peruvian blueberries, Malaysian durian, Thai young coconuts... more than 200 types of imported fruits come from more than 40 countries and regions.
"We started from Shenzhen and formed a distribution network covering the whole country; our cooperation with foreign parties has expanded from trade procurement to variety licensing, supply chain synergy, and more," said Li Nan. The company's 28 years of leapfrog development has benefited from the vitality of the Chinese economy and the environment of open win-win results. The continuous expansion and upgrading of the Chinese consumer market, facilitation policies such as AEO (Authorized Economic Operator) advanced certification, and open platforms such as the China International Import Expo have allowed enterprises to become participants and beneficiaries of regional development and prosperity.
Sandra Wintz, Asia Business Manager for the global berry giant Hortifrut Group and a strategic partner of Xinyongmao, stated that in recent years, the China-Peru Free Trade Agreement has achieved tariff reductions and exemptions, and the opening of the shipping route from Peru's Chancay Port to Shanghai Port has allowed Peruvian blueberries to enter China with higher efficiency, fresher quality, and stronger market competitiveness. "Free trade and open cooperation are the inevitable paths to prosperity and development in the Asia-Pacific. I look forward to the APEC Shenzhen meeting further promoting the development of regional free trade and 'unlocking' more cooperation opportunities."
Industrial Integration—
Regional division of labor and cooperation play an important role in maintaining industrial chain resilience
"Shenzhen is China's first Special Economic Zone, and we are the first foreign-invested enterprise in New China; we both possess the gene of 敢为人先 (gan wei ren xian - "daring to be the first," having the courage to pioneer and take the lead)." The words of Zhang Xuefeng, General Manager of CP Land Group, pull thoughts back to more than 40 years ago.
In July 1979, a cannon shot in Shekou pulled back the curtain on the construction of Shenzhen. A year and a half later, a joint investment project between Thailand's Charoen Pokphand Group and the United States' ConAgra Group landed in Shenzhen. China's first modern feed mill broke ground in Hongzhuling, Shekou, and commenced operations using the method of "build the factory first, then process the permits." "This breakthrough arrangement was a clear signal sent by China to the international community: China is opening its doors and welcoming all parties to come and invest in business," said Zhang Xuefeng.
Today, Hongzhuling has transformed into the bustling Shennan Avenue, and modern buildings have been built on the original site of the feed mill. Taking Shenzhen as its starting point, CP Land has continuously expanded its business map in China, extending its business from feed to breeding and establishing multiple branch and subsidiary companies.
Last September, copies of the approval certificate "Waijingmao Shenwai Ziwuzi [1981] No. 0001" donated by CP Land were officially added to the collection of the Shenzhen Museum. This historical piece of evidence is not only a long-term strategic move by an enterprise, but also the starting point of transformation for a city, a country, and an era. Following No. 0001, Hong Kong-funded, Japanese-funded, and US-funded capital came in one after another. As of now, 180 countries and regions have invested in Shenzhen, and there are more than 340 Fortune Global 500 companies. In 2025, Shenzhen established approximately 16,000 new foreign-invested enterprises, of which enterprises from Asia-Pacific economies accounted for 93.3%, a year-on-year increase of 71.7%.
"As the 'vanguard' of China's reform and opening-up, Shenzhen has provided a model for technological flow and industrial collaboration within the Asia-Pacific region," said Zhang Xuefeng. Under the framework of Asia-Pacific economic cooperation, the experience of CP Land shows that: opening-up begins with institutional breakthroughs, succeeds through deep industrial cultivation, and benefits from regional sharing.
For more than 30 years, the writing of the "Asia-Pacific Miracle" has precisely benefited from the deep integration and stable, smooth flow of regional industrial and supply chains. Looking from Shenzhen toward the vast Pacific Ocean, accompanied by the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the entry into force and implementation of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), Chinese and foreign enterprises are actively seeking points of interest alignment, supporting open cooperation in production and supply chains, and continuously consolidating the foundation for common development and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific.
By adhering to all-round opening-up, Shenzhen continuously improves the attractiveness of "bringing in" and the competitiveness of "going out." Tian Changhao, a relevant official from the Shenzhen Investment Promotion Bureau, introduced that Shenzhen's introduction of foreign investment has gone through a leapfrog path from small to large in scale, from few to many in quantity, and from low to high in quality, becoming increasingly closely linked with Asia-Pacific regional industrial and supply chain cooperation. At the same time, more and more Shenzhen enterprises are going abroad to invest overseas, deeply integrating into the high-end links of the global value chain, feeding back into regional development, and achieving two-way win-win results.
Kento Fluid Technology Co., Ltd. is one such member. Zhang Cheng, Chairman of the company, introduced that with the spirit of "tackling the hardest problems first," the products independently developed and manufactured by the company have broken into international markets crowded with giants, becoming suppliers to many leading multinational medical device enterprises. At the end of 2024, Kento Fluid invested in setting up a factory in Penang, Malaysia, and achieved break-even in the year of production. "Customer demand prompted us to radiate toward overseas markets, but ultimately, it is the country's opening-up policies, the industrial chain support of the Greater Bay Area, and the macro environment of regional cooperation that support us in going further," said Zhang Cheng.
Zhang Jifu, General Manager of the Kento Fluid Malaysia factory, told reporters that the establishment of the factory has enriched the industrial ecology of Penang, driving the local medical manufacturing toward high-value-added and supporting industries, and also cultivating a group of manufacturing talents.
"The factory faces customers in Asia-Pacific economies such as North America and ASEAN; the results are not limited to bilateral cooperation but also help the interconnection of regional markets," said Zhang Jifu. The Kento Fluid Malaysia factory integrates the respective advantages of Malaysia and China, forming an efficient cross-border supply chain collaborative system. "Such regional division of labor and cooperation plays an important role in maintaining industrial chain resilience."
Innovation Mutuality—
Innovation in one place and reuse in multiple countries provides sustainable momentum for regional prosperity
"Walk around with me, and you will know why I started my business here." In Huaqiangbei, Shenzhen, Noah, an American maker, took a reporter into the Seg Electronics Market, navigating skillfully through the dense counters and demonstrating the speed and convenience of "I want what I get."
Noah is designing a pair of smart glasses for assisted modeling and artistic creation. In this incubation space, the Intelligent Hardware Innovation Center of Zhifangzhou International, there are more than 20 other foreign makers working hard like Noah to turn creativity into products. "Once I have a new idea, I can immediately procure, disassemble, combine, assemble, and test. There is a complete industrial chain here, a good incubation ecology, and a culture of 'trial and error,' so everything is possible," said Noah.
Huaqiangbei, once the "No. 1 Electronic Street in China," is moving toward becoming a "Global Hardware Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center," with various industries breaking through and growing, attracting entrepreneurs from around the world. Behind this transformation is the speed and wisdom of Shenzhen's rise as a "City of Innovation."
Coming from the reform and opening-up, adhering to the principle that development is the hard truth, and adhering to the spirit of daring to break through, daring to try, and daring to be the first, Shenzhen has naturally integrated innovation genes and cultivated fertile soil for innovation. Huawei, Tencent, BYD, and others started from here and became Fortune Global 500 companies. In the past 10 years, Shenzhen's unicorn enterprises have grown from 10 to 44, with "hard tech" such as robotics, semiconductors, and artificial intelligence showing brilliant performance.
With more innovation content, the international vision is also further. Relying on its self-developed cloud computing and artificial intelligence technological capabilities, Tencent has deepened cooperation with leading enterprises in countries such as Indonesia and Malaysia, using digital technology to empower the quality and upgrading of Asia-Pacific industrial chains; BYD has maintained a leading position in the passenger vehicle markets of many countries including Singapore, Australia, Indonesia, and Thailand; since the production of the Rayong factory in Thailand, it has achieved localized production of five vehicle models... By strengthening digital-intelligent empowerment and adhering to green and low-carbon principles, Shenzhen enterprises use an open and innovative ecology to inject new development momentum into the Asia-Pacific region.
Under the guidance of innovation, Shenzhen's foreign investment is accelerating its leap toward high-value-added links such as R&D and headquarters. "In the first half of this year, the actual use of foreign investment in high-tech industries in the whole city accounted for more than 70% of the city's total; high-tech industries have become the core engine driving the growth of foreign investment," said Tian Changhao.
Those who cultivate deeply reap abundant fruits. In 1998, the American Whirlpool Group established a global R&D center in Shenzhen, and to this day, it has won more than a hundred technical patents in core home appliance technology fields such as intelligent control, structural design, and green energy saving. "Shenzhen's opening-up has provided us with a channel to connect global resources and talent, and Shenzhen's innovation has provided institutional guarantees for technological breakthroughs and the transformation of achievements," said Fang Rong, Chairman of Whirlpool Product R&D (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
Today, the intelligent temperature control, high-efficiency frequency conversion, and high-integration structural solutions developed by the Whirlpool Shenzhen team have been widely applied in markets such as the Asia-Pacific and North America, achieving "Shenzhen intelligent manufacturing, shared globally." "Shenzhen is the group's technological source for the Asia-Pacific and the world," said Fang Rong. The innovative cooperation of multinational enterprises such as Whirlpool within the region has broken down innovation barriers between economies, stimulated endogenous momentum, and become a solid foundation for the long-term prosperity and stability of the Asia-Pacific economy.
New business formats are setting sail. At the end of this year, the Singaporean multi-modal transport operator ComfortDelGro Group will establish its autonomous driving mobility headquarters in Shenzhen, aiming to create a replicable and standardized autonomous driving fleet operation system to be promoted to the group's markets all over the world.
"Shenzhen is a benchmark city for China's innovation-driven development, and it also possesses locational and policy advantages; its open and inclusive business environment and the level of support for emerging industries are highly consistent with ComfortDelGro's strategic direction," said Wu Xiangfeng, President of ComfortDelGro China. The group has already established a strategic partnership with the Chinese company Pony.ai, launching an autonomous driving taxi pilot project in Guangzhou and deploying autonomous driving mobility services in the Punggol district of Singapore.
"Winning the initiative in the global technological revolution and industrial transformation depends on innovation. If Asia-Pacific industry and commerce strengthen innovation cooperation, it can accelerate the commercial landing of frontier technologies and allow the Asia-Pacific region to share the fruits of innovation. When more enterprises achieve innovation in one place and reuse in multiple countries, regional prosperity will have sustainable momentum," said Wu Xiangfeng.
As the great bird Dapeng rises with the wind in a single day, it soars ninety thousand miles upward. As the new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation develops deeply, how will Asia-Pacific economies grasp new opportunities and respond to new challenges? Opening-up, innovation, and cooperation—the Peng City of Shenzhen has given the answer, which the Asia-Pacific economies must jointly continue to write.
Return to TopBeijing, August 29 (Xinhua) — The Party School of the Central Committee of the CPC (National Academy of Governance)(中共中央党校（国家行政学院）) held its 2026 autumn semester opening ceremony on the 29th. Cai Qi, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and president (dean) of the Party School of the Central Committee of the CPC(National Academy of Governance, attended the ceremony and delivered a speech. He emphasized that it is necessary to comprehensively and systematically study Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era(习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想), deeply study Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building(习近平党建思想), more deeply comprehend the decisive significance of the“two establishments”(“两个确立”), resolutely ensure the“two upholds”(“两个维护”), consolidate theoretical grounding, strengthen Party spirit tempering, enhance the ability to perform duties, and strive to become high-caliber officials capable of bearing the heavy responsibility of national rejuvenation.
Cai Qi pointed out that studying and implementing Xi Jinping Thought on Party Buildingis an important political task for the entire Party in the current period and the period ahead. Party School trainees must study it in its original entirety, study it by grasping the fundamentals, study it in connection with practice, study it with continuous follow-up, deeply study and comprehend the historical logic, theoretical logic, and practical logic of the formation and development of this thought, deeply understand and grasp its great significance, quintessence and essential meaning, practical requirements, achieving knowledge of both what it is and why it is so. They must consciously manifest the results of their study in practical actions of fulfilling the responsibility of managing and governing the Party, implement the Party Central Committee's decisions and arrangements on full and rigorous Party self-governance(全面从严治党) with higher standards and more concrete measures. They must take the lead in being loyal, clean, and responsible, use the Party Constitution, Party regulations, and Party discipline as the yardstick to conduct themselvesand act, be diligent in governance, pragmatic, energetic, and enterprising. They must establish and practice a correct view of political achievements, truly achieve political achievements for the people and through solid work
Cai Qi pointed out that it is necessary to correctly understand and grasp the current situation and tasks, consciously unify their thoughts and actions with the Party Central Committee's decisions and arrangements, consciously, from the height of the overall situation, think about problems and handle affairs. Chinese-style modernization(中国式现代化) is socialist modernization led by the Communist Party of China; it is necessary to firmly maintain confidence in the path, theory, system, and culture. Correctly view the opportunities and challenges brought by the accelerated evolution of once-in-a-century changes, enhance the ability to accurately identify changes, scientifically respond to changes, and proactively seek changes, and concentrate on handling our own affairs well. Correctly view the current economic situation, strengthen confidence, stabilize expectations, coordinate development and security, achieve a good start to the“15th Five-Year Plan”(“十五五”) period. It is necessary to improve political ability, establish strategic thinking, enhance awareness of the overall situation, act according to the times, follow the trend, make scientific decisions, perform duties correctly, promote high-quality economic and social development with solid and forceful measures
Cai Qi emphasized that it is necessary to conscientiously comprehend and implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's series of important instructions and requirements regarding Party School trainees' studies and Party School work, complete the study tasks with high quality. When leading cadres come to the Party School, their primary identity is that of trainees; they must calm their minds, be 心无旁骛 (xīn wú páng wù - "the heart has no side gallop," with undivided attention), and concentrate on studying well the Party's innovative theory, deeply understand the Marxist standpoints, viewpoints, and methods running through it, grasp Party spirit requirements from it, draw Party spirit nourishment from it, carry Party spirit tempering through the entire process of study. The Party School must carefully organize teaching, strictly manage trainees, create good conditions for trainees to study with peace of mind
Shi Taifeng attended the opening ceremony
Trainees at the China Executive Leadership Academies in Pudong, Jinggangshan, and Yan'an(中国浦东、井冈山、延安干部学院) simultaneously participated in the opening ceremony via the video conference system
Return to TopBeijing, August 29, report (Reporter Li Xinping) — Reporters have learned from the China Machinery Industry Federation (中国机械工业联合会) that: In the first seven months, the added value of the five major categories of industries mainly involved in the machinery industry maintained a trend of year-on-year growth. Among them, general equipment manufacturing increased by 7.9% year-on-year, special equipment manufacturing increased by 8.8% year-on-year, automobile manufacturing increased by 7.2% year-on-year, electrical machinery and apparatus manufacturing increased by 6.5% year-on-year, and instrument and meter manufacturing increased by 9.4% year-on-year.
Among representative products of the machinery industry, in the first seven months, the cumulative output of industrial robots was 635,000 sets, an increase of 28.5% year-on-year; the cumulative output of generator sets was 208.97 million kilowatts, an increase of 2.8% year-on-year.
Return to TopBy: 本报调研组
“'Intelligent Manufacturing in China' has become another bright calling card of Chinese-style modernization.” The keynote speech delivered by General Secretary Xi Jinping at the opening ceremony of the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference and High-Level Conference on Global AI Governance was powerful and resonant.
China's new energy vehicle industry is an iconic symbol on this bright calling card.
Why is China's new energy vehicle industry capable?
It benefits from unique institutional advantages.
Institutional advantage is a country's greatest advantage. China possesses the institutional advantage of a socialist market economy, utilizing the strategic determination of drawing a single blueprint to the end (yī zhāng lán tú huì dào dǐ - following a single strategic plan through to completion) to coordinate the overall situation, closely combining an efficient market with a proactive government, and promoting the effective implementation of a series of policies covering top-level planning, fiscal and tax subsidies, and infrastructure layout, providing strong strategic support and institutional guarantees for the leapfrogging of the new energy vehicle industry.
It benefits from incomparable demand advantages.
In today's world, the scarcest resource is the market. China has the world's largest vehicle ownership, possessing massive market demand, with annual vehicle sales consistently maintained above 20 million units. From large cities to county-level towns, from plains to mountainous areas, from basic entry-level models to mid-to-high-end models... the scale of the domestic demand market is large, multi-layered, and multi-scenario, serving as a huge advantage for cultivating and forging the new energy vehicle industry.
It benefits from irreplicable supply advantages.
A complete supporting industrial system is a prominent supply advantage of our country. After more than 10 years of development, China's new energy vehicle industry has connected key links such as basic materials, key components, complete vehicles, manufacturing equipment, and energy replenishment facilities; the comprehensiveness, systematicity, and completeness of its industrial chain are leading the world.
It benefits from an inexhaustible talent advantage.
Talent resources are the primary resource. Our country's total number of R&D personnel ranks first in the world, and the engineer dividend continues to manifest. The achievements attained by China's new energy vehicle industry today rely precisely on the persistent efforts of a large number of high-quality workers capable of interdisciplinary integration and biting into hard bones (kěn yìng gǔ tou - tackling difficult tasks), as well as entrepreneurs who have long cultivated new tracks.
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, we have put forward many major theories and concepts regarding economic and social development, among which the new development concept is the most important and primary."
China's new energy vehicle industry is a typical paradigm of deeply practicing Xi Jinping Thought on Economy and thoroughly, accurately, and comprehensively implementing the new development concept.
Innovation is the soul of China's new energy vehicle industry.
Chinese automakers have rewritten the global pattern of technological evolution for new energy vehicles and have achieved technological reverse output. High-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-strengthening are the key engines driving China's new energy vehicles from large to strong and toward the top of the global value chain. Statistical data shows that over the past 10 years, the average annual growth rate of patent disclosures in China's new energy vehicle field has reached 17.1%.
"Innovation in core technologies and supply chain systems has become the cornerstone for Chinese new energy vehicle companies to traverse cycles and build core competitiveness," said Zhu Jiangming, founder, chairman, and CEO of Leapmotor.
Coordination is the lifeline of China's new energy vehicle industry.
The industrial chain is clenched into a fist. Leading complete vehicle enterprises take the lead in building industrial synergy platforms, driving small and medium-sized component supporting enterprises to synchronously upgrade their technical standards. Large, medium, and small enterprises develop through collaborative integration on the same industrial chain.
Regional layout is more scientific and reasonable. Relying on the respective industrial foundations and resource endowments of the eastern, central, and western regions, new energy complete vehicle and component production bases are laid out in an orderly manner, gradually forming five major new energy complete vehicle industry clusters: the Yangtze River Delta, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, the Hubei-Hunan-Jiangxi region, and the Chengdu-Chongqing region; meanwhile, two advanced manufacturing clusters, Ningde's power batteries and Shenzhen's advanced battery materials, are being cultivated, with the synergistic effects of industrial agglomeration continuing to become prominent.
Industrial structure is becoming more optimized. New energy passenger vehicles, commercial vehicles, and special-purpose vehicles are developing synchronously, taking into account the diverse scenario needs of civilian travel, logistics transportation, and engineering operations. The manufacturing end and the service end are upgrading in coordination, with automotive finance, maintenance and service, second-hand vehicle circulation, and charging and swapping services being improved simultaneously.
Green is the underlying color of China's new energy vehicle industry.
China, which solemnly proposed the "dual carbon" goals, has deeply integrated the green development concept into the entire life cycle of the new energy vehicle industry.
On the production end, green intelligent manufacturing is implemented, promoting energy-saving equipment and processes such as the recycling of wastewater and waste gas; on the product end, exhaust pollutants and carbon emissions are significantly reduced to meet low-carbon travel needs; on the recycling end, the recovery and utilization system for retired power batteries is becoming increasingly complete.
Openness is the breadth of mind of China's new energy vehicle industry.
In 2018, China abolished foreign ownership limits on new energy vehicles, and Tesla became the first foreign automaker to build a wholly-owned factory in China. In January 2019, the Tesla Shanghai Gigafactory commenced construction, and the first complete vehicle rolled off the line in December of that year.
On July 30, 2026, Tesla's 10 millionth electric vehicle globally rolled off the line. Since December 2019, the Tesla Shanghai Gigafactory has produced a cumulative total of over 4.5 million electric vehicles in six and a half years, accounting for more than 45% of Tesla's total global output. Tesla was born in the United States, but what achieved it is the Chinese market, which continues to expand its high-level opening up. In the first half of this year, the proportion of Tesla Shanghai Gigafactory's output to Tesla's global output during the same period exceeded 50%.
"Transforming the world's opportunities into China's opportunities, and transforming China's opportunities into the world's opportunities." China's new energy vehicle industry rose through openness and is also giving back to the world through openness.
Sharing is the realm of China's new energy vehicle industry.
The development of China's new energy vehicle industry has always aligned with the travel needs of the general masses, strengthening the industry's livelihood attribute. County towns and townships are gradually making up for charging infrastructure, allowing urban and rural residents to enjoy the dividends of new energy travel equally. From 2020 to 2025, the cumulative sales of models selected for the "new energy vehicles going to the countryside" initiative reached 23.4627 million units. As of the end of July this year, the total number of electric vehicle charging infrastructures (pistols) in our country reached 23.683 million, a year-on-year increase of 41.9%.
In Latin American countries, Chinese new energy vehicles have provided local low-carbon, environmentally friendly, efficient, and convenient public transportation solutions. It is estimated that over 6,000 Chinese-made electric buses are already in operation in Latin America, covering multiple brands such as BYD, Yutong Bus, Zhongtong Bus, and Foton AUV.
"Our country has established an industrially complete and synergistically efficient industrial system, cultivated the world's largest consumer market, and formed a good situation where new energy vehicles and related industries integrate, coexist, cooperate, and achieve win-win results, contributing Chinese strength to the electric transformation of the global automotive industry," said a relevant official from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (工业和信息化部).
The "15th Five-Year Plan" outline proposes accelerating the development of strategic emerging industries such as intelligent connected new energy vehicles, "striving to create a batch of emerging pillar industries with great growth potential, high technical content, and wide penetration fields."
This is a clear roadmap for a manufacturing powerhouse to leap toward becoming a manufacturing power, and it is also a solemn declaration of China's intelligent connected new energy vehicles moving from an industrial "new track" toward a development "new blue ocean."
Energy, power, and data are deeply integrating; the intelligent connected new energy vehicle industry is no longer an isolated industry, but a "super interface industry" that connects the artificial intelligence revolution, the energy revolution, the mobility revolution, and the advanced manufacturing revolution; it is an "aggregator" for developing new quality productive forces, and an important support for building a modern industrial system and making the real economy stronger, better, and larger.
On the brand-new track of high-quality development, leading the "new standards" of the global automotive industry, Chinese automakers are launching a new race.
Leading new safety standards. Our country has introduced the world's strictest power battery safety standards, explicitly requiring no fire or explosion for 2 hours during thermal diffusion. The newly released new national standard for intelligent connected vehicles requires that the safety level of L3 and L4 autonomous driving must not be lower than that of a qualified and attentive human driver. Changan has proposed a "new safety" concept, extending safety from vehicle body collisions to health, psychology, and data privacy, leading the formulation of national standards for the all-domain safety of intelligent connected new energy vehicles, and promoting safety configurations such as stable driving after a tire blowout to become standard equipment. As of early August this year, Huawei Qiankun smart driving has accumulated assisted driving mileage exceeding 13 billion kilometers, making active safety and all-domain safety the underlying color of the Chinese solution.
Leading new functional standards. Some application scenarios that were previously unimaginable are being continuously developed by Chinese automakers; automotive travel scenarios are continuously extending, and life value is continuously expanding, with fishing cockpits, mobile living rooms, leisure living spaces, and the human-vehicle-home full ecosystem successively being implemented. In Shenzhen, FAW Hongqi Tianxun No. 1 completed final assembly and achieved its first flight; in Guangzhou, XPeng Aeroht's "Land Aircraft Carrier" completed batch trial production and multiple aircraft test flights.
Leading new quality standards. In 2019, Li Auto first realized the inclusion of on-board refrigerators, co-pilot entertainment screens, and ultra-comfortable seats in vehicles; today, "color TVs, refrigerators, and large sofas" have become distinctive labels for Chinese new energy vehicles and have become a new trend in cockpit design for multinational automakers. BYD's Yangwang and the Maextro jointly created by JAC and Huawei redefine luxury and reshape automotive aesthetics using technology and Chinese aesthetics.
Leading new service standards. NIO pioneered the world's first "charge, swap, and upgrade" charging and swapping system and "battery-as-a-service" battery leasing service, building over 4,000 battery swap stations over 8 years, turning "energy replenishment" into a differentiated "long board." The full life-cycle operation of "product + service" is becoming a new moat for Chinese automakers to build competitive advantages and reshape the global value chain.
Leading new value standards. Adhering to technological egalitarianism and inclusive innovation, high-end intelligent configurations are comprehensively descending to lower price tiers, allowing both Chinese and foreign consumers to share the dividends of industrial innovation. Functions that previously were only available in joint-venture products in the 200,000 to 300,000 RMB range are now standard equipment in independent brand new energy vehicles in the 100,000 RMB range. BYD Chairman Wang Chuanfu stated that all BYD models will be equipped with "God's Eye" high-level assisted driving.
Currently, with the transition from mobile tools to energy terminals and digital spaces, new energy vehicles have become key elements in constructing smart energy, intelligent transportation, and smart cities. Advancing toward the "15th Five-Year Plan," China's new energy vehicle industry will initiate a new cycle of high-quality development.
— Accelerating toward the new stage of autonomous driving.
By the end of 2025, two models from Changan and BAIC obtained the first batch of domestic market access permits for L3 conditional autonomous driving products. China's autonomous driving is accelerating from the "technical verification" stage toward the new stage of "mass production application."
As one of the first domestic automakers to obtain L3 conditional autonomous driving access, the Arcfox Alpha S (L3 version) under BAIC Group has conducted road testing pilots in designated Beijing sections such as the Daxing Airport Expressway.
— Accelerating the leap toward the modern service industry.
In June this year, the Ministry of Commerce and eight other departments jointly issued the "Notice on Several Measures for Cultivating and Expanding the Automotive Aftermarket Consumption." The notice focuses on six major fields—automotive modification, RV camping, classic old cars, maintenance and insurance, automotive racing, and car rental—and introduces 17 specific measures, providing clear policy guidance and vast market space for automakers to deeply cultivate the service track and cultivate new profit growth points.
On June 21, in the Shantou Overseas Chinese Experimental Zone, the Ruixun Haivan Automotive Life Plaza, under Luxshare Precision—the second-largest shareholder of Chery and the world's largest provider of precision manufacturing solutions—officially opened. This comprehensive automotive life space, integrating consumption, experience, and social interaction, has pioneered a new global business format for automotive exhibition, sales, and service.
— Accelerating the expansion of value chain lengthening.
Luo Lei, Vice President of the China Association of Automobile Dealers, said that the value center of the automotive industry is accelerating its extension from traditional manufacturing and sales toward full life-cycle service links such as R&D and design, software services, data applications, charging and swapping networks, mobility services, finance and insurance, and recycling.
In Yizhuang, Beijing, breakthroughs have been made in the construction of five major systems: "smart cars, smart roads, real-time cloud, reliable networks, and precise maps," which are dedicated to assisting the development of the automotive industry and smart city construction through iterative upgrades of autonomous driving technology.
In the Xiong'an New Area of Hebei, the prototype of a low-carbon and intelligent transportation network is gradually appearing; the nation's first large-scale regional-level digital road of 153 kilometers has been completed, and the safe (experimental) operating mileage of intelligent connected buses has approached 200,000 kilometers.
The rise of China's new energy vehicle industry is not just a success in switching tracks, but a concentrated realization of institutional advantages, market vitality, industrial resilience, and the talent dividend on the timeline of building a strong nation.
This path of industrial leapfrogging—we have taken it correctly, we have taken it steadily, and we will go even further.
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The 140th anniversary of the birth of the internal combustion engine automobile, the 70th anniversary of the roll-off of New China's first automobile, and the 70th anniversary of the proposal of the artificial intelligence concept—several historical milestones converge in the opening year of the "15th Five-Year Plan."
Since the new era, in the new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation represented by artificial intelligence, China has for the first time stood on the same starting line as the world, laying out the entire process synchronously and joining the global first tier as a whole. Intelligent connected new energy vehicles are precisely one of the brightest footnotes to this breakthrough and catch-up.
The automotive dream, the strong nation dream, and the rejuvenation dream. The rise of China's new energy vehicle industry condenses the leapfrog trajectory of Chinese manufacturing moving upward step by step, reflects the confidence and self-reliance of a large, open country, and carries the simple aspiration of more than 1.4 billion Chinese people to move toward a better life.
"We must firmly promote industrial transformation and upgrading, strengthen independent innovation, develop high-end manufacturing and intelligent manufacturing, boost our country's manufacturing and real economy, promote our economy from large in quantity to strong in quality, and solidly realize the 'two Centenary Goals' struggle targets."
(Members of the research team: Xu Lijing, Xie Rongbin, Du Haitao, Gui Junsong, Wang Zheng, Shen Qian, Ge Mengchao, Feng Yingjie)
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On the morning of August 26, due to a sudden debris flow disaster on the Nepal side, major casualties and persons missing occurred at the Gyirong Port in Gyirong County, Shigatse City, Tibet.
After the disaster occurred, the CPC Central Committee attached great importance to it, and General Secretary Xi Jinping immediately made important instructions, putting forward clear requirements for work such as emergency rescue and emergency response. On August 28, General Secretary Xi Jinping presided over a meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee to study and deploy the emergency rescue work for the Gyirong County debris flow disaster. The meeting emphasized: "All relevant parties must adhere to the principle of people first and life first, and solidly carry out all various tasks with resolute and powerful measures and scientific and efficient methods."
Under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee and under the guidance of the State Council working group, relevant departments such as the Tibet Autonomous Region and the Ministry of Emergency Management (应急管理部), along with fire rescue teams, professional rescue forces such as China Anning (中国安能), acted swiftly; the People's Liberation Army and the People's Armed Police moved upon receiving orders and arrived in a timely manner; emergency rescue work was carried out in a tense and orderly manner; and work such as mass resettlement and aftermath handling was fully launched and advanced.
The plateau is high and cold, the valleys are steep, and the climate is changeable; there are still many glaciers, glacial lakes, and geological disaster hazards in the surrounding areas, meaning that emergency rescue faces extreme difficulties.
Moving toward danger, racing against life and death. Racing against every second, a little faster, and even faster!
Received orders at 12:30, completed assembly at 12:50, departed at 13:00, arrived at 21:00.
Mi Ma Ci Ren, captain of the Second Middle Detachment of the Shigatse Brigade of the Lhasa Fire Rescue Mobile Detachment, clearly remembers every time increment of the afternoon of August 26: the alarm rang suddenly, and the members who were training rushed into the garage, throwing items such as fuel, demolition tools, and life-saving gear onto the vehicles one by one and securing them with lashings. Half an hour later, the convoy rushed out of the camp gates. Over 800 kilometers, 8 hours, 35 firefighters sped along the plateau mountain roads the whole way, sometimes with wheels almost touching the edge of the cliffs, all just to arrive at the disaster area at the fastest speed. "In emergency rescue, time is life; we must arrive at the fastest speed," Mi Ma Ci Ren said.
Not leaving a single person behind, mass resettlement is being accelerated.
In Seqiong Village, Sale Township, Gyirong County, Party members and cadres knocked on every door, supporting the elderly and picking up children, repeatedly counting the number of people for fear of leaving even one person behind. That night, the villager Suo Lang and his family moved into a tent and received daily necessities and hot food. That night, the mountain wind outside the tent was very cold, but the people inside the tent felt very warm.
On the afternoon of the next day, Suo Lang's family and other villagers moved into a guesthouse in Jipu Village, Gyirong Town, having a more stable place to stay. In just two short days, two transfers, each time more reassuring than the last. "Thankful to the Party and the government, I hope to return to normal life as soon as possible," Suo Lang said.
As of August 28, 2,096 various types of rescue forces, including stationed troops, People's Armed Police, fire services, public security, and medical personnel, have been committed to disaster relief. All 499 masses in the threatened areas were transferred to four temporary resettlement points, and 555 stranded tourists completed evacuation and transfer.
Racing against every second requires the use of extraordinary methods.
Within the Gyirong Valley, the road clings closely to the river valley, and the mountainsides are as steep as if sliced. The debris flow, like a giant palm, smashed the roadbed entirely; some sections of the road were completely buried, to the point where even the traces of the roadbed could not be found. Rescue personnel on the scene occasionally heard dull, strange noises coming from deep within the mountains, and secondary disasters could occur at any time.
Danger cannot stop the footsteps of the charge. Rescue personnel broke with convention, advancing through water, land, and air simultaneously, making a three-dimensional advance toward the core area of the disaster.
In the air, drones went ahead to scout the path and mark the dangers. A heavy-duty drone hovered and ascended, quickly sweeping across the turbulent river surface, airlifting Duo Ji Cuo Jie, the deputy squad leader of the Baidian East Road Station of the Tibet Fire Rescue General Corps Special Service Detachment, to the opposite bank, opening an aerial life channel for the subsequent transport of personnel and materials.
During the emergency rescue, the vast number of Party members and cadres charged at the front and 挺膺担当 (tǐng yīng dān dāng - "straighten the chest and shoulder the responsibility," to step up and take responsibility) the responsibility. "Using a drone to airlift firefighters across the river—if it were not for this moment of extreme difficulty, we certainly would not have dared to adopt such a breakthrough method," Bian Ba Ci Ren, the political instructor of the Baidian East Road Station of the Tibet Fire Rescue General Corps Special Service Detachment, said frankly, "In extraordinary times, one must use extraordinary methods."
On land, the advance group of the rescue team climbed the cliff tops above the port; beneath their feet were hundreds of meters of precipitous cliffs, and by using ropes to descend vertically, they arrived at the most severely affected area at 17:00 on the 28th.
By water, rubber boats rushed into the Gyirong Zangbo, and were instantly torn outward by the rapid currents. Rescue members held the ropes tightly, controlled the hulls of the boats, and pushed forward against the current to inspect areas divided by silt and the river channel.
No matter how many and how great the difficulties, the rescue has always proceeded with strength, order, and effectiveness. As of the 28th, at least 505 person-times have entered deep into the core disaster area—an advance that originally would have taken several days was compressed into dozens of hours.
Racing against every second cannot be separated from scientific handling.
After the debris flow disaster occurred, a damming body formed upstream, which at one point approached a water volume equivalent to two West Lakes. Once it breached, rescue personnel would face extreme danger.
Lin Zhen Kui and 15 other technical experts from the Third Bureau of China Anning rushed to the Guoba Nuqu area with equipment to conduct on-site investigations of the damming body and surrounding roads.
Aerial photography modeling precisely calculated the morphology, silt thickness, and storage capacity of the damming body, while slope radar kept a 24-hour watch on the stability of the dam body. After confirming natural flow and that risks were controllable, downstream search and rescue operations were quickly launched.
Technological support assists the rescue. Military, civilian, and commercial satellite resources conduct remote sensing monitoring of the disaster site and its upstream and downstream areas; drone patrol data is linked in real-time with on-site monitoring sentry points, constructing a defense line of "satellite remote sensing + ground monitoring." The Tibet Fire Rescue General Corps deployed thermal imaging drones to penetrate vegetation and silt to capture human heat sources; three-dimensional real-scene models precisely marked the scope of siltation, road damage, and danger points, allowing the search and rescue to shift from "carpet-style groping" to "targeted screening."
众志成城 (zhòng zhì chéng chéng - "many wills form a fortress," to unite as one) and fearing no hardships or dangers. Various rescue forces focused on scientific rescue and increased the intensity of search and rescue; as long as there is a glimmer of hope, they are doing their utmost.
(This newspaper's reporters Kong Xiangwu, Bian Mindu, Shi Pengfei, Zhang Wujun, Liu Wenxin, Shen Tongrui, Lin Fan, Song Haoxin, Qiongda Zhuoga, Xu Yiyao; People's Daily Online reporters Chen Xi, Zhao Zule, Li Haixia)
Return to TopOn Augusterse29, the land search team of the Lhasa Fire Rescue Mobile Detachment ( (拉萨消防救援机动支队 continued to carry out search and rescue missionsin the disaster-affected core area of Gyirong Port ( (吉隆口岸. Photo provided by the Lhasa Fire Rescue Mobile Detachment ( (People's Vision (人民视觉.
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Roads are being repaired, base stations are being erected, technological means are providing assistance, and rescue forces are advancing from multiple fronts... Firmly implementing the deployments of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, the emergency rescue work for the debris flow disaster in Gyirong County (吉隆县), Shigatse City, Tibet, is being carried out in a tense and orderly manner.
This emergency rescue faces extreme difficulties; the danger of the terrain and the hardship of the conditions are extraordinary. The harder the tough battle, the more one must emphasize tactics; the more urgent the situation, the more one must rely on science.
Grasp the laws and implement systematic measures. Forces from all sides are demonstrating their respective strengths and responding to one another, connecting frontline search and rescue with rear-end analysis and judgment, and linking celestial detection with ground advancement. To use the scientific spirit to coordinate command, to use systemic thinking to organize meticulously, and to tighten the chain of responsibility, is the only way to provide solid support for searching and rescuing missing persons by every possible means.
Adhere to extreme thinking and bottom-line thinking. Fully consider the most unfavorable situations, make good use of various technical means, and keep a close watch on every single risk point; only by ensuring prevention comes first and disposal comes before can the safety of the entire rescue process be guaranteed.
Every second counts, racing against time; one must, with resolute and powerful measures and scientific and efficient methods, solidly do well all various tasks such as emergency rescue and emergency disposal.
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On July 30, General Secretary Xi Jinping chaired a meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee. The meeting emphasized: "We must take multiple measures to strengthen livelihood security, increase employment support for key groups, do good work in protecting the rights and interests of flexible workers (灵活就业人员) and workers in new employment forms(新就业形态人员, do good work in the service guarantee of the 'one old, one young'(一老一小, improve the tiered and categorized social assistance system, strengthen ecological environment protection, fight the tough battle of the 'Three Norths' project(“三北”工程, and actively and steadily advance carbon peakand carbon neutrality(碳达峰碳中和."
Livelihood work is connected at one end to the warmth and cold of the common people, and at the other end to the overall situation of development. Since the beginning of this year, policies on employment, elderly care, childcare, social assistance, and other areas have been intensively introduced;the pilot of occupational injury protection for workers in new employment forms has expanded in scope;elderly care service consumption subsidies have accelerated their implementation;inclusive childcare services have continued to expand. In the opening year of the '15th Five-Year Plan,' the intensity of livelihood security has been continuously strengthened, providing strong support for high-quality economic and social development.
Ensuring and improving people's livelihood has no endpoint. Next, the focus of livelihood work should be placed more on the implementation and effectiveness of policies. To measure effectiveness, in the end we must look at how many of the common people's difficulties have been solved and what tangible, perceptible changes have occurred in their lives. Turning the 'task book' into the 'construction drawing' — the key lies in one character:'实'(shí, meaning 'real/practical').
Increase employment support for key groups
Recently, a special job fair for college graduates in emerging pillar industries in Shanghai provided more than25,000 positions, attracting a total of about8,600 person-times to the site seeking employmentthat day. There were plenty of positions, but suitable people were still hard to find.
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"What we value most is the match between practical abilityand experience;recruitment positions do not set limits on majors." Said Cheng Chen(诚晨, HR manager of Hecarbon Intelligent(合碳智能. Currently, composite talents who understand algorithms and also understand vertical fields such as medicineand fine chemicals are scarce.
On one side, young people are seeking jobs;on the other side, enterprises are seeking talent. The crux lies in the supply-demand 'mismatch.' Mo Rong(莫荣, chief expert of the think tank at the Chinese Academy of Labor and Social Security Sciences(中国劳动和社会保障科学研究院, believes that the mismatch between skill supply and market demand,the coexistence of 'employment difficulty' and'recruitment difficulty,' cannot be resolved by job fairs alone;positions must come from development,and matching must extend forward to the front end of training and employment services.
A relevant responsible person from the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security(人力资源社会保障部 statedthat this year, we will implement the action to stabilize jobs, expand capacity, and improve quality(稳岗扩容提质行动, increase support for labor-intensive industries such as foreign trade, construction, accommodation and catering, stabilize employment positions in promoting industry development;tap the employment potential of fields such as digital economy, high-end manufacturing,and modern services, expand capacity in promoting industrial upgrading;implement well the minimum wage standard adjustment mechanism, standardize the order of the human resources market, fully implement the wage payment guarantee system for migrant workers, etc., improve quality in strengthening rights and interests protection.
The direction has already been clarified;the key is to turn the deployments into results perceptible to enterprisesand workers. Industrial policies and investment projects should calculate more employment accounts;skill training should keep an eye on enterprise needs;employment services should cover both before and after leaving school. For key groups such as college graduates, we must not only help them find employment, but also enhance their ability to adapt to industrial changes.
Labor forms are changing,and rights protection must also keep up. Delivery rider Mr. Hou was injured by a car scrape during food delivery;after being confirmed as an occupational injuryby the human resources and social security department of Haidian District, Beijing, he received nearly3,800 yuan in occupational injury protection benefits. From July1, the pilot of occupational injury protection for workers in new employment forms expanded to the whole country. The occupational injury protection system adopts the method of 'daily insurance participation, per-order billing, monthly contribution payment, overall participationand overall protection,' bringing workers in new employment forms into the scope of occupational injury protection.
Next, more platform enterprises in industries such as travel, instant delivery,and intra-city freight will be included in the pilot scope, providing protection for more workers in new employment forms,and promoting the continuous improvement of rights and interests protection in labor remuneration, rest time,and other aspects. Positions can be flexible, but protection cannot be 'discounted.'
Service guarantee for the 'one old, one young,' improve the social assistance system
At 9 a.m.,in Xuezhi Community(学智社区, Huxi Street(虎溪街道, Chongqing High-tech Zone(重庆高新区, Ms. Zhang sent her3-year-old granddaughter into the childcare area,and herself came to the adjacent multifunctional activity room for the elderly. 'The child is sent here during the day,and I can also enjoy some retirement time.' Ms. Zhang said. This approximately2,000-square-meter 'old-young co-care'(老幼共托 space was previously a vacant sales office.
After elderly-appropriate and child-appropriate renovation,the idle space has taken on daytime care for two generations. Services embedded in communities can not only reduce family burdens, but also expand service consumptionand employment space in elderly care, childcare, housekeeping,and other fields.
'Old-young co-care' is not simply putting anursing home and a childcare center together. Sharing venuesand logistics can reduce costs, but professional care, safety standards,and staffing configurations cannot lower requirements. Jiang Zhao(姜照, associate researcher at the Institute of Circulation and Consumption of the Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation, Ministry of Commerce(商务部研究院流通与消费研究所, saidthat further efforts should be made to fill the shortcomings in inclusive service supply, expand the supply of convenience services such as elderly careand childcare, reduce family living costs,and unleash residents' consumption potential.
On the 'one old' side,the service network is being woven more densely at an accelerated pace. A relevant responsible person from the Ministry of Civil Affairs(民政部 statedthat they will improve policies and measures for deeply implementingthe national strategy to actively respond to population aging, continue to grasp well the implementation of the 'Opinions on Deepening the Reform and Development of Elderly Care Services'(《关于深化养老服务改革发展的意见》, promote the expansion, quality improvement,and efficiency enhancement of the elderly care service industry,and strive to basically complete the construction of a county-township-village three-level elderly care service network by the end of the '15th Five-Year Plan.'
As of the end of July, approximately2 million elderly people with moderate or above disability nationwide have benefited from elderly care service consumption subsidies. A relevant responsible person from the Ministry of Civil Affairs statedthat they will base themselves on the existing work foundation, promote the upgrading of the project from 'landing and showing results' to'improving quality and creating excellence,' so that eligible elderly people can not only 'receive' consumption vouchers, but also 'spend them well.'
On the 'one small' side, adding new childcare slotsis only the first step;the masses care more about whether it is nearby, whether it is affordable,and whether it is reassuring. A relevant responsible person from the National Health Commission(国家卫生健康委 statedthat this year, they will continue to add150,000 inclusive childcare slots,and make efforts from three aspects:improving the service system, increasing investment guarantees,and improving service quality.
How to reduce the childcare burden? Mao Zhuoyan(茅倬彦, professor at the School of Labor Economics of Capital University of Economics and Business(首都经济贸易大学, believes that reducing the childcare burden requires simultaneous efforts from both the family sideand the institution side:on one hand, reduce family child-rearing expensesby issuing childcare subsidies, expanding special additional deductions for individual income tax, etc.;on the other hand, reduce institutional operating costs through fiscal subsidies, tax and fee reductions, providing venue support, etc.,while encouraging employers to provide flexible services such as integrated childcare-preschool services, half-day care,and temporary care, so that more families can 'have care to send, afford to send, send well.'
Inclusive services solve daily needs;social assistance must rescue in urgent situations. The Social Assistance Law(社会救助法, implemented from July1, brings families on the margins of minimum living security(最低生活保障, families with difficulties in rigid expenditures,and others into the scope of assistance, divides assistance into basic living assistance, special social assistance,and emergency social assistance,and clarifies strengtheningthe construction of a dynamic monitoring information platform for low-income populations, achieving precise identificationand normalized assistance support for low-income populations,and improving the capacityand level of social assistance management services.
How to make assistance work take another step forward? It is necessary both to smooth the application process,and to rely on visitsand data comparison to discover difficulties early, making 'policy finding people'(政策找人 more timely.
Strengthen ecological environment protection, enhance people's livelihood well-being
In Wushen Banner(乌审旗, Ordos City, Inner Mongolia, herdsman Liu Dafei(刘大飞 is busy in the desertification control forest land. In the past, people walked avoiding wind and sand;now, farmersand herdsmen follow the project to control desertification, having work to doand income at their doorstep.
The 'Three Norths' project has a long construction period,and the tasks of later-stage managementand protection are heavy. Wushen Banner, relying on incentive policies such as 'work-relief'(以工代赈 and'build first, subsidize later'(先建后补, has driven more than50 cooperatives to participate in project construction, guided farmersand herdsmen to participate in more than40,000 person-times, achieving income increase of over160 million yuan.
Ecological governance must calculate not only the greening account, but also the employment accountand the income increase account. In the first half of this year, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, relying on the implementation of work-relief in projects such as the 'Three Norths' project, has cumulatively absorbed21,687 rural laborers, paid out labor remuneration of204.67 million yuan,with migrant workers achieving an average income increase of9,437 yuan per person. Only by connecting construction, managementand protection with mass income increase can ecological protection have a solid social foundation.
Yongren County(永仁县, Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture(楚雄彝族自治州, Yunnan Province, relying on Fangshan(方山 to develop wellness tourism residence, received315,000 tourist visitsat Fangshan scenic area last year,with operating revenue reaching9.052 million yuan,effectively driving income increase for villagersin three surrounding administrative villages. Only when mountain forests are protected well are tourists willing to come,and only then can ecological resources continuously transform into industries that enrich the people.
The improvement of ecological environment quality is most directly felt by the masses. In the first half of the year,the average proportion of days with good or excellent air quality in339 cities at prefecture leveland above was82.8%, up4.5 percentage points year-on-year. The proportion of surface water quality Class I-III nationwide was87.4%, up3.0 percentage points year-on-year. Blue skies have become more numerous, clear water has become more common,and the results are reflected in daily life.
A relevant responsible person from the Ministry of Ecology and Environment(生态环境部 statedthat they will coordinate the promotion of climate change responseand carbon peakand carbon neutrality work:continuously promote green low-carbon transformationin key areas, accelerate the construction of the national carbon market, improve the carbon emission statistical accounting system, comprehensively enhance climate resilience,and actively promote international cooperationon climate change response.
Zhang Linshan(张林山, researcher at the Institute of Macroeconomic Research of the National Development and Reform Commission(国家发展改革委宏观经济研究院, statedthat it is necessary to accelerate the adjustmentand optimization of the energy structure, promote the greeningand low-carbonization of industries, effectively enhance the whole society's endogenous motivation for energy conservationand carbon reduction,and thicken the green background of high-quality development.
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On the streets, retail space capsules have robot store managers deftly grinding coffee beans while chatting easily with customers in multiple languages; on major urban thoroughfares, driverless public transit minibuses move through with ease, precisely linking scenic areas, metro stations, and university campuses; with a light tap of the fingertip, a cultural-tourism digital human instantly generates personalized itineraries and recommendations for authentic local cuisine... Nowadays, more and more intelligent applications are integrating into daily life.
Behind intelligent applications going deeper and becoming more substantive is the ceaselessly surging support of computing power. From laying out data centers to building national hub nodes of the National Integrated Computing Power Network(全国一体化算力网络国家枢纽节点, Guizhou has accumulated a rich "family fortune" of computing power resources.
How can computing power be made dispatchable, tradeable, and able to empower, becoming genuine productive force? Guizhou has chosen to take application demand as the orientation and accelerate the transformation from a "data warehouse" to a "computing power workshop."
First, rely on expanding comprehensive supply.
Relying on natural advantages, promote the cluster development of data centers.
In Gui'an New Area(贵安新区, tower cranes stand like a forest and machinery roars. Inside the China Telecom Cloud Computing Guizhou Information Park(中国电信云计算贵州信息园, the main structures of two newly built intelligent computing centers have been topped out. Here, a batch of new servers will soon be put on racks, providing computing power for fields such as artificial intelligence and the low-altitude economy(低空经济.
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As the first data center in Guizhou to start construction and be put into operation, over more than 10 years, this park has undergone multiple capacity expansions. The initial two equipment buildings have now expanded to 15 main buildings and supporting guarantee facilities, with the server scale reaching 135,000 units, an increase of more than 700 times over the initial period. "We have completed the transformation from storage-oriented to the integration of 'general-purpose computing, supercomputing, and intelligent computing,' achieving the leap from 'storing well' to 'computing fast.'" Said Gu Wei(顾嵬, deputy general manager of the Computing Power Center of the China Telecom Guizhou Company Information Park.
Relying on natural advantages such as a cool climate, abundant energy, and stable geology, as early as 2013 Guizhou began planning and laying out the cluster development of data centers. In just a few years, with Gui'an New Area as the main carrying area, it has gathered the three major telecom operators as well as a batch of ultra-large data centers including Tencent, Huawei, and Apple, becoming a natural"large machine room" for data storage and computing.
At the Southern Energy Big Data Center(南方能源大数据中心, cabinet indicator lights blink on and off in an orderly manner, yet no heat wave rushes to the face. "The liquid cooling system operates in coordination with natural air cooling, quickly carrying away the heat generated by servers; it can be called a green data center." Xiao Fusheng(肖辅盛, deputy general manager of the Digital Intelligence Operation Center of China Southern Power Grid Guizhou Power Grid Company(南方电网贵州电网公司, introduced that the second batch of 300 high-density intelligent computing cabinets will also be put into operation by the end of this year. Besides improving computing efficiency, the center is also putting full effort into improving energy efficiency. "Electricity prices differ considerably across different time periods; we are building a coordinated dispatch system to let computing power operate efficiently during valley electricity periods." Xiao Fusheng said. Based on the cluster advantage, Guizhou Power Grid, together with energy enterprises, computing power enterprises, research institutes, etc., has established the Electricity-Computing Collaborative Industry Alliance(电算协同产业联盟 in Gui'an New Area, promoting the dual improvement of"energy value" and"computing power value."
From being"storage-oriented" to now"integrating storage and computing, prioritizing intelligent computing," Guizhou's comprehensive computing power supply capacity has continued to improve. As of now, the number of key data centers under construction orin operation in Guizhou has reached 50, with total computing power scale exceeding 176 EFLOPS(EFLOPS: 100 quintillion floating-point operations per second, and its comprehensive computing power level firmly ranks in the national first echelon,with intelligent computing accounting for more than 90%, making it one of the regions with the strongest domestic-made intelligent computing capacity and the most resources in the country.
Second, rely on expanding application scenarios.
Intelligent scheduling of computing power, accelerated deployment of large models,andefficient matching of supply and demand.
The value of computing power must ultimately land in application. After the leap in supply capacity, how can efficient matching between supply and demand be promoted, pushing computing power resources from"built up" to"used up"?
In Banqiao Art Village, Huaxi District, Guiyang(贵阳花溪板桥艺术村, there is a"computing power company"that does not build its own computer rooms. Through a self-developed intelligent dispatch algorithm, it has erected a"digital bridge" between computing power suppliers and demanders."What small and medium-sized enterprises and individual users need is elastic, on-demand, cost-effective computing power, not long-term leasing of entire cabinets." Said Xia Hai(夏海, deputy general manager of Guizhou Suanjia Computing Services Co., Ltd.(贵州算家计算服务有限公司. They have cumulatively provided more than 40 million card-hours of computing power services to more than 50,000 users,with 90% of users coming from outside the province.
The development of the Suanjia company is a microcosm of Guizhou's computing power"coming out of the mountains." Relying on the provincial-level computing power dispatch platform, Guizhou has formed diversified service models such as"East Data, West Computing(东数西算,""East Data, West Training(东数西训,"and"East Data, West Rendering(东数西渲," letting eastern computing power demand be released in the west. At the same time,"models entering Guizhou(模型入黔" is also accelerating: industry large-model projects such as Huawei Cloud's"Pangu"andiFLYTEK's"Spark" have landed successively, pushing artificial intelligence from laboratories to production lines, fields and ridges,and intangible cultural heritage workshops.
In the Miao Embroidery Cultural and Creative Industrial Park(苗绣文创产业园 of Shibing County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture(黔东南苗族侗族自治州施秉县, Long Luying(龙禄颖, a representative inheritor of intangible cultural heritage, was holding a wax knife and drawing patterns; on the computer screen, an intelligent agent recognized traditional patterns in real time and generated dozens of innovative variants integrating modern aesthetics. The basic patterns are handed to machine embroidery for completion, while the fine parts are still rendered manually by embroideresses, raising production efficiency by more than 80%. "Technology has not replaced craftsmanship; rather, it has liberated us from repetitive labor, returning us to the original heart of creativity and culture." Long Luying said.
From the digital rebirth of Miao embroidery patterns to the"intelligent early-warning eye" deep in mine shafts, from agricultural remote sensing monitoring of pests and diseases to AI-assisted diagnosis of medical images... Guizhou has focused on 24 key industries and fields, pushing large models from"single-point demonstration" toward"whole-chain empowerment," with multiple business formats connectedand whole chains coordinated. In 2025, Guizhou's computing power operation service revenue reached 82.4 billion yuan,with the marketization rate exceeding 90%.
Third, rely on improving the service system.
The policy for computing power vouchers(算力券 continues to be optimized,and the subsidy scope is further expanded.
"Civil engineering project review-and-approval procedures took as long as 6 months"... "Hardware coordination mechanisms are imperfect"...
In the first half of this year, at the Guizhou computing power service enterprise symposium, representatives of 29 data centers under construction orin operation spoke candidly;the Guizhou Provincial Big Data Development Administration(贵州省大数据发展管理局 recorded on site and responded immediately,and the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain shifted from"each seeking its own" to"a two-way rush toward each other."
A problem-oriented approach has given birth to institutional innovation. Starting April 1,the newly revised"Measures for the Administration of Guizhou Computing Power Vouchers" took effect—140 million yuan of special funds will be issued nationwide according to the principle of"settlement based on actual amounts and redemption in chronological order(据实结算、序时兑现.
This is the third year Guizhou has issued computing power vouchers. Besides expanding the fund pool,the incentive ratio has been greatly increased,and the subsidy scope has been further expanded: orders for intelligent computing services, model training, domestic-made computing power adaptation, data trading, corpus procurement, etc., can all receive incentives at30% of the effective contract amount.
"The application process has been comprehensively simplified,with review time controlled within10 working days." Jiang Jinze(江金泽, deputy general manager of Guizhou Computing Power Technology Co., Ltd.(贵州省算力科技有限责任公司,the executing entity for issuing computing power vouchers, introducedthat the vouchers adopt an"apply immediately, enjoy immediately(即申即享" redemption model; after enterprises purchase Guizhou computing power services, they can apply for subsidies according to proportion,with the same demand entity able to redeem up to2 million yuan per year.
With the help of the computing power voucher policy,the Suanjia company received more than1 million yuan in financial support last yearand expects to receive even more subsidies this year."For startups, this is a genuine policy red envelope that can solve the燃眉之急(rán méi zhī jí -"fire singeing the eyebrows,"a pressing emergency," Xia Hai said. The company uses the saved funds to optimize its computing power dispatch algorithm, further improving the current70% computing power utilization rateand sprinting toward the new goal of annual revenue exceeding100 million yuan.
"The computing power voucher is not a simple subsidy, but an'accelerator' for the industry anda'catalyst' for the ecosystem." Zhu Zongyao(朱宗尧, director of the Guizhou Provincial Big Data Development Administration, said."What it reduces is transaction costs; what it leverages is industrial upgrading; what it guides is the landing of the ecosystem and the taking root of services." Guizhou will continue to build a computing power service system of"low cost, high quality, easy access, strong adaptability," letting market entities use computing power as conveniently as using water and electricity, truly transforming computing power"resources" into"products" that drive the development of a thousand trades and a hundred industries.
Return to TopRecently, in Suqian, Jiangsu, construction is being stepped up on the grand bridge of the Weifang-Suqian High-Speed Railway(from Weifang, Shandong to Suqian) crossing the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.
As one of the control projects of the Weifang-Suqian High-Speed Railway, the main bridge of the grand bridge crossing the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal has a total length of 461.1 meters and adopts a steel truss girder arch bridge design.
The Weifang-Suqian High-Speed Railway is an important component of the auxiliary corridor of the Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway. After completion, it will facilitate travel for the masses in the Yimeng Mountains and the old revolutionary base areas in northern Jiangsu, and boost regional economic and social development.
Photo by Chen Shaoshuai(陈少帅(Image China(影像中国.
Return to TopBeijing, August 29 (Our Reporter Sun Xiuyan). The reporter learned from the National Healthcare Security Administration (国家医保局> that the version 3.0 grouping plan for disease-based payment is about to be released. To support the development of grassroots medical and health services, the National Healthcare Security Administration has preliminarily selected and determined the first batch of grassroots disease categories(基层病种>, among which there are 31 grassroots disease categories under DRG (Diagnosis-Related Groups, 疾病诊断相关分组> and127 grassroots disease categories under DIP (disease-species point-value payment, 病种分值付费>. These recommended disease categories will realize“same disease, same payment”(同病同付>,that is, within one pooling area, the same payment standards will be implemented for grassroots disease categories at medical institutions of different levels.
Grassroots disease categories refer to common diseases, frequently-occurring diseases,and certain chronic disease categories that are suitable for admissionand treatment at qualified secondary-and-below medical institutions, where the relevant medical institutions have the capacity to accept themand their diagnosisand treatment techniques are mature.
Since the issuance of the“Guiding Opinions on Medical Insurance Supporting the Development of Grassroots Medical and Health Services” (关于医保支持基层医疗卫生服务发展的指导意见>,five provinces have issued supporting documents,and22 provinces have formed preliminary measures. Centering on goals such as funds flowing toward the grassroots,services optimized at the grassroots,and benefits tilted toward the grassroots,a“package”of policies has been formed for medical insurance to supportthe development of grassroots medical and health services.
Among the31 DRG grassroots disease categories,there are27 internal medicine disease categoriesand4 surgical procedure disease categories. A relevant official of the National Healthcare Security Administration stated that grassroots disease categories are not a mandatory list; local authorities can refineand adjust them based on actual conditions,so that payment standards better matchthe functional positioning of medical institutions at different levels.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 季觉苏 王崟欣
"Artificial intelligence is a young cause, and also the cause of young people. We are now comprehensively advancing the great cause of building a strong countryand national rejuvenation, which is precisely the good time for the younger generation to display their talentsand 大显身手 (dà xiǎn shēn shǒu - "greatly display one's skill," to fully showcase one's abilities)."
—— General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized this during his inspectionin Shanghai on April 29, 2025
In August, at Shanghai's"Model Space" (模速空间,a pair of"eyes" for robots made new technological progress again. Shanghai Xijian Technology Co., Ltd.(上海晰见科技有限公司's second-generation brain-inspired vision chip successfully completed tape-out,withthe resolution improved to 5 million pixels,and power consumption reduced by about 80% compared with traditional sensors.
"Model Space" is a large-model innovation ecosystem community built by Shanghai, gathering upstream and downstream enterprises of computing power, models, intelligent agents,and others, attracting a large number of young entrepreneurs.
On April 29, 2025, General Secretary Xi Jinping came to"Model Space" during his inspectionin Shanghaiand had a cordial exchange with young innovative talents:"Artificial intelligence is a young cause,and also the cause of young people""Everyone should cherishthe heart of patriotism, establish the ambition of serving the country, strengthen the ability to serve the country,and closely link personal struggle with the future and destiny of the country."
Keeping the instructions firmly in mind,the 朝气蓬勃 (zhāo qì péng bó - "youthful spirit flourishing," vigorous and spirited)young force is gathering, rising,and blossomingwith brilliance at"Model Space".
Expanding development space, caring for the growth of start-ups.
"Model Space",the young people coming toward you might well be the founders of an artificial intelligence enterprise. On one transparent glass room after another, enterprise nameplatesare affixed. Zhang Yun(张韵,Party secretary of the Party committee of the"Model Space" innovation ecosystem community in Shanghai's Xuhui District(徐汇区,said,"After an interval of time, some enterprises will move away, having moved to larger spaces."
The replaced nameplates record the growth trajectory of young enterprises. The opportunities for growth come from real problemsand real scenarios.
May this year, 32 difficult problems from the front line of industry were postedand publicly announced at"Model Space". Huawei, Alibaba Computing, Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory(上海人工智能实验室,and others set the questions,and youth teams from various places took up the challenges. At present, they have entered the stage of tackling key research topics,and outstanding achievements will be linked with scientific research transformationand project incubation.
ere there is not only a high density of technology, talent,and innovation resources, but also a higher"density of opportunities." Start-ups generally find it very difficult to access application scenarios such as shipbuilding, transportation hubs,and urban infrastructure."Model Space" sorts out needs, takes enterprises door-to-door to connect, helping enterprises verify products, find partners, contact markets,and calibrate directions.
Seizing development opportunities, promoting scientific and technological innovation to run at"accelerated speed."
Input a simple description,anda few minutes later,a video can be generated. Behind this, it is Shanghai Libu Libu Technology Co., Ltd.(上海哩布哩布科技有限公司's self-developed multimodal intelligent agentthat is playing a role — identifying user intent, efficiently breaking down tasks, connecting and advancing script, characters, storyboards, pictures,and more,and also automatically calling upon adapted modelsand professional"skills."
"It is like building an'artificial intelligence film studio'in the background." Chen Mian(陈冕,founder of Shanghai Libu Libu Technology Co., Ltd.,born in 1992,introduced that when the enterprise first moved into"Model Space," its scale was very small;now it has grown to more than 200 people,with those born in the 1990s accounting for over 70%.
In unmanned retail scenarios, when goods change and placement changes, how does a robot perceive the environment, analyze and judge,and autonomously complete tasks? During the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conferenceand High-level Meeting on Global Governance of Artificial Intelligence, Daxiao Robot(大晓机器人 released world model solutions for four scenarios including unmanned retail.
"Most of the team are young people in their twentiesand thirties; we have caught up with the development opportunity of the artificial intelligence industry." Wang Xiaogang(王晓刚,chairman of Daxiao Robot,said.
ot only lifting up a single new seedling, but also nurturinga whole forest.
Xiangfeng Technology(相风科技 brings meteorological large models into the energy, agriculture,and transportation fields; Qidian Zhiwei(奇点智维 explores artificial intelligence-assisted drug research and development... Foundation models, computing power base, world models, intelligent hardware,and industry applications are all gathering at"Model Space,"where"upstairs and downstairs" are precisely partners.
n the artificial intelligence product experience store inside"Model Space," more than 300 products are displayed on exhibition stands. At the front end, users try products hands-onand raise demands; at the back end, R&D teams adjust modelsand improve products after receiving feedback;the"front" and"back" collaborate, forming a virtuous cycle.
"Model Space" precisely meets enterprise needs, promoting the development ecosystem to become 日臻完善 (rì zhēn wán shàn - "day by day arrive at perfection," increasingly perfect.. For enterprises just starting out, whose volume of calling large modelsis still small,"Model Space" gathers needs togetherand helps connect with computing power;a batch of enterprises need high-quality data,and the corpus inclusive-benefit plan(语料普惠计划 subsequently landed;as models go to market, subsequent evaluation, filing,and compliance services follow up in a timely manner... Now, more than 60 financial institutions are looking for projects here, scenario exchanges have exceeded 300 enterprise-times,and nearly 20 cooperation projects have landed.
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out:"Shanghai should summarize well successful experiences such as incubating the artificial intelligence industry with the large-model industrial ecosystem, intensify exploration efforts, strive to be at the forefront in all aspects of artificial intelligence developmentand governance,and produce demonstration effects."
Over more than a year, enterprises settling in"Model Space" have grown from more than 100 to more than 300. In Shanghai, it is not just"Model Space"; innovative ecosystem communities such as"Model Community"(模力社区 are connecting points into areas.
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“We must emphasize strengthening the cultivation of young scientific and technological talents, granting them full trust, letting them work freely, providing meticulous guidance, and offering warm care, to facilitate more outstanding young talents to 脱颖而出 (tuō yǐng ér chū - "to emerge from the collar," to stand out from the crowd).”
—Emphasized by General Secretary Xi Jinping on June 24, 2024, at the National Science and Technology Conference, the National Science and Technology Award Conference, and the General Assembly of the Academies of Engineering and Sciences.
Capable of identifying over 100,000 types of objects, with business coverage spanning dozens of industries, and products exported to nearly 50 countries and regions... Recently, robot products independently developed by Mech-Mind (Xiong'an) Robot Technology Co., Ltd., leveraging full-stack "eye-brain-hand" technology for general embodied intelligence, have attracted significant attention.
Turning our gaze to the Zhongguancun Science Park in the Xiong'an New Area, Hebei, technicians from Mech-Mind are intensifying tests on a new generation of embodied intelligence products.
On June 24, 2024, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized at the National Science and Technology Conference, the National Science and Technology Award Conference, and the General Assembly of the Academies of Engineering and Sciences: “We must emphasize strengthening the cultivation of young scientific and technological talents, granting them full trust, letting them work freely, providing meticulous guidance, and offering warm care, to facilitate more outstanding young talents to stand out.” On July 8, 2026, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out at the National Science and Technology Award Conference, the General Assembly of the Academies of Engineering and Sciences, and the 11th National Congress of the China Association for Science and Technology: “We must treat the construction of the young scientific and technological talent workforce as a strategic project, and do an all-round good job in cultivation, introduction, and utilization.”
Earnest entrustments are being implemented with tangible results. The Xiong'an New Area is consolidating its foundation for scientific and technological innovation and creating an entrepreneurial atmosphere, attracting batches of young talents to write a new chapter of intelligence in this city of the future.
In 2024, Mech-Mind moved its company headquarters to the Xiong'an New Area. Founder Shao Tianlan introduced, “The Xiong'an New Area provides site support and housing security for young talents; for matters involving industry, commerce, taxation, and other issues, there is also one-stop service, which is highly efficient.”
Here, a stage is built for young scientific and technological talents.
Inside the assembly laboratory of Xiong'an Anying Technology Co., Ltd., company founder Zhou Haoran is leading his team in conducting simulated skull bleeding tests using an independently developed portable intracranial hemorrhage detection and analysis instrument: “We have conducted another technical iteration, and we can now identify as little as 1 milliliter of micro-bleeding within the cranium.”
Since 2023, the Xiong'an New Area has held the “Xiongcai Cup” Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition every year. “By setting no thresholds and not focusing solely on seniority, Xiong'an gave me confidence.” In 2024, after participating in the “Xiongcai Cup” roadshow, Zhou Haoran, a graduate with a bachelor's degree in electronic information engineering, chose to take root in Xiong'an.
Over the past two years, Zhou Haoran has led his team in tackling key technical problems, earning more than 30 invention patents; the portable intracranial hemorrhage detection and analysis instrument they developed has been included in the priority pre-review channel for key varieties of the National Medical Products Administration (国家药监局). Currently, the “Xiongcai Cup” has cumulatively attracted approximately 1,900 participating projects, forming more than 1,000 innovative achievements.
Here, growth is shared with young scientific and technological talents.
Zhang Tianyang, born in the 1990s, is a co-founder of Wenzhun Intelligent (Xiong'an) Technology Co., Ltd. and a core member of the “Jishu” data large model R&D team. In his view, solving real problems in real scenarios is one of the best forms of support for young scientific and technological talents: on the basis of providing open and low-cost computing power and connecting resources such as urban scenarios and industrial data, the Xiong'an New Area coordinated and determined eight key scenario applications for the “Jishu” data large model within Hebei Province, allowing this young team to undergo practical training and rapid growth.
By compressing the number of parameters, the R&D cycle for new steel materials was shortened by 70%; by performing preliminary verification of fund status predictive analysis, the comprehensive accuracy reached 90%... Today, the “Jishu” data large model is gradually being implemented and applied in more than 10 scenarios, including Xiong'an energy and electricity and smart cities.
Here, young scientific and technological talents are assisted in climbing peaks.
At the embodied intelligence experimental field of the Xiong'an Artificial Intelligence Research Institute, Zhao Hongyu, an interdisciplinary researcher born in 1995, focuses on the R&D of robotic electronic “skin”—embedding mechanical sensors throughout clothing, shoes, and gloves, allowing robots to sense through touch and achieve autonomous obstacle avoidance, force feedback, and more.
From researching human wearable devices during his doctoral studies to now conducting “cross-border” R&D on robotic electronic “skin,” Zhao Hongyu said: “It was the professional training and R&D support of the Xiong'an New Area that gave me the courage to tackle cross-disciplinary challenges.”
Last October, the Xiong'an New Area held the first Interdisciplinary Talent Artificial Intelligence Innovation Camp. As one of the first batch of trainees, Zhao Hongyu engaged in interdisciplinary knowledge learning under the guidance of many experts. Currently, recruitment for the second Interdisciplinary Talent Artificial Intelligence Innovation Camp has already commenced.
With various policies being precisely implemented, young scientific and technological talents are increasingly favoring Xiong'an: 278 scenarios of “integrated” Beijing-Xiong'an government services have been implemented, and the “Xiongcai Sixteen Measures” have been released; heartwarming measures such as scientific research funding and housing security allow young talents to focus on R&D and entrepreneurship... In the future, this place will be built into an important platform for artificial intelligence talent cultivation in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, attracting more and more young scientific and technological talents to come here to climb peaks and tackle difficult problems.
General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: “Vigorously cultivate excellent young scientific and technological talents. The future of science lies in the youth.”
Walking into the city of the future, one can see many young scientific and technological talents striving forward in the field of artificial intelligence. With the responsibility of living up to their entrustments and the courage to venture and innovate, they are contributing strength to the construction of the Xiong'an New Area as a new era innovation highland and to the promotion of a high-quality development model.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 邢 雪 曲 颂 屈 佩
On August ument. 28, on the eve of traveling to Bishkek for a state visit to Kyrgyzstan and attending the 2026 Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit, President Xi Jinping pointed out in a signed article published in Kyrgyz media that the traditional China-Kyrgyzstan friendship is a precious asset shared by both countries. It is necessary to deepen exchanges and cooperation between the two countries in culture, tourism, art, media, think tanks, youth, archaeology, health, and other fields, comprehensively tighten the people-to-people bonds, encourage more young students to go to the other country for study and further education, support local exchanges in going deeper and more solid, tell well the stories of China-Kyrgyzstan friendly interactions and mutually beneficial cooperation, and continuously consolidate the foundation of people-to-people connectivity(民心相通.
In recent years, China and Kyrgyzstan have deeply cultivated the fertile soil of people-to-people exchanges, continuously broadened the dimensions of cooperation,and enriched the connotation of interactions. The Chinese and Kyrgyz civilizations radiate brilliance through mutual learning and mutual reference, and the foundation of the two countries' generation-to-generation friendship has become increasingly solid.
Joint Archaeology: Jointly Safeguarding the Silk Road Memory
The Kyrgyzstan National Historical Museum, located on Ala-Too Square in Bishkek,is one of the largest museums in Central Asia. On August ument. 18,the"Harmony and Beauty — Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Civilization and Art"(和合致美——中华古代文明艺术展 opened here. Shang oracle bones, Han dynasty sheep lamps, Markum masks(马尔库姆面具)... 153 pieces (sets) of precious exhibits from the collections of the three museums — Tianjin Museum(天津博物馆, Inner Mongolia Museum(内蒙古博物院, and the Kyrgyzstan National Historical Museum — vividly present the Silk Road civilization imprints of China and Kyrgyzstan stretching for thousands of years.
Nazgul Omurzakova, director of the Kyrgyzstan National Historical Museum, has traveled to China many times for study and exchange."In the Dunhuang murals, I once found the appearance of Kyrgyzstan's traditional white sheep-felt hat." She told reporters about this unforgettable scene. Similarly, as a country along the ancient Silk Road, Kyrgyzstan has also unearthed a large number of porcelain, silk fragments,and other cultural relics related to China.
In recent years, cooperation between China and Kyrgyzstan in fields such as historical research, archaeological excavation,and cultural heritage protection has become increasingly close."What impressed me most was that the"Silk Roads:the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor"(丝绸之路：长安—天山廊道的路网, jointly nominated by China, Kazakhstan,and Kyrgyzstan,was inscribed on the World Heritage List,and a series of cooperation projects in archaeology, cultural relic protection,and other fields began to unfold more." Omurzakova said.
The Honghe Ancient City Ruins(红河古城遗址, located within Kyrgyzstan's territory,is exactly a node of the"Silk Roads:the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor". From the 5th to 6th centuries AD, Sogdians migrated eastward from the Amu Darya and Syr Darya river basins to this place, built cities,and settled,transmitting the culture of the Western Regions to the Central Plains; during the Sui and Tang dynasties, Central Plains culture and technology also spread far to Central Asia along the ancient Silk Road. In 2018,the Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology(陕西省考古研究院 and the Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnology of the National Academy of Sciences of Kyrgyzstan began joint archaeology here. Through carrying out work such as remote sensing surveys, archaeological prospecting, field excavations,and scientific archaeology,the joint archaeological team achieved new breakthroughs in exploring topics such as the urban spatial layout of the Honghe Ancient City Ruins and the multicultural exchanges of the Chu River valley. These archaeological achievements are important materials that empirically prove the exchanges and mutual learning between the Central Plains region of ancient China and Central Asian civilization.
In the midsummer of the Chu River valley,the scorching sun bakes the earth. With field archaeology beginning at 6 o'clock every morning for five months each year,the friendship between the team members of the two countries has also grown deeper day by day. Kyrgyz archaeologist Valery Kolchenko has cooperated with the Chinese team for many years. The professional competence of the Chinese archaeological team members won his admiration,and the Luoyang shovel(洛阳铲 prospecting technique also drew his repeated praise:"This is equivalent to a small-scale geological drill, helping our archaeological work achieve many new breakthroughs." Shi Yanxin(史砚忻, Chinese on-site director of the joint archaeological project and scholar at the Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology,is already in his fifth year of coming to the Honghe Ancient City Ruins to conduct research. He said:"Although the Honghe Ancient City Ruins are located in Kyrgyzstan, they are also a cultural heritage shared by all humanity. Appreciating the beauty of others,and sharing all beauties together(美人之美，美美与共,is the important significance of our joint archaeology."
Language as a Bridge: Exchanges and Interactions Improve Quality and Upgrade
"Bright moonlight before my bed; I suspect it is frost on the ground. Raising my head, I gaze at the bright moon; lowering my head, I think of my hometown." On August ument. 25,during the intermission of the Central Asia division final of the Third China Graduate International Chinese Language Education Case Competition(第三届中国研究生国际中文教育案例大赛中亚赛区决赛, Kenbat from Kyrgyzstan recited to reporters a poem by Tang dynasty poet Li Bai that is very familiar to the people of both countries.
This competition was hosted by Northwest Normal University(西北师范大学, co-organized by Kyrgyz National University,and was the first time in the three years since the competition began that it landed in Central Asia. Six teams composed of students from multiple universities in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan participated.
Sabirova Isabaevna, head of the Chinese Language and Literature Department at Bishkek State University, told reporters that Chinese's global influence is rising day by day,and students and teachers learning Chinese in Central Asian countries are all very glad to have the opportunity to exchange and learn. Wang Jing(王晶, deputy dean of the International Cultural Exchange College of Northwest Normal University, introduced that the university's Chinese Language and Culture undergraduate degree program has been enrolling students for 13 consecutive years, cumulatively cultivating 540 international students from Central Asia, helping youth exchanges and mutual learning between China and Central Asian countries.
In recent years,the"Chinese fever" in Kyrgyzstan has continued to heat up. In 2025,the number of examinees for the Chinese Proficiency Test (HSK) increased by 3 times compared with 2021. Kyrgyzstan became the country with the largest number of HSK examinees in Central Asia,and examinees have also expanded from university students to civil servants, business practitioners, skilled workers,etc. At present,the Chinese side has established 4 Confucius Institutes and 21 Confucius Classrooms in Kyrgyzstan,implemented industry-education integration projects(产教融合项目 such as the China-Kyrgyzstan cross-border e-commerce"Silk Road Academy"(丝路学院, creating convenient conditions for local people to learn Chinese and professional skills.
At the same time, China-Kyrgyzstan tourism cooperation has also become closer. In 2024,Chinese tourists to Kyrgyzstan grew by 56% year-on-year. In 2025,the two sides signed a memorandum on simplifying group tourism,and the Kyrgyz side implemented a 21-day visa-free entry system for Chinese tourist groups. Since August ument. 20 this year, Kyrgyzstani citizens can enjoy the policies of 240-hour visa-free transit in China and 30-day visa-free entry in Hainan. Air China has added 3 direct flights per week between Beijing and Bishkek since July this year.
Industry-Education Integration: Craftsman Spirit Builds Dreams, Facing the Future
Turning on the simulated solar light source,the photovoltaic module rotates with the light source,and the generated electrical energy,after conversion,is input into the microgrid smart power distribution cabinet... Inside the Luban Workshop(鲁班工坊 in Kyrgyzstan,the"solar two-dimensional automatic tracking experiment" was being conducted. The trainees intuitively understood the entire process from"capturing" sunlight to generating electrical energy.
"If we had had such conditions when we were in school, how wonderful that would have been!" Saginbaeva, senior engineer of Kyrgyzstan National Grid Joint-Stock Company,said with emotion. She introduced that Kyrgyzstanis accelerating the development of clean energy,and the company has also established relevant departments. In order to improve employees' skill levels,the company specially organized technical personnel to come to the Luban Workshop to participate in training."Here, not only can we learn new technologies,but we can also understand the latest development trends of the energy industry."
The Kyrgyzstan Luban Workshop was established in 2024,led by Zhejiang University of Water Resources and Electric Power(浙江水利水电学院,and built in cooperation with Zhejiang Vocational and Technical College of Communications(浙江交通职业技术学院 and Kyrgyzstan State Technical University. Its 15 practical training laboratories cover fields such as water conservancy, electric power, intelligent manufacturing,etc.; its 3 smart classrooms can connect with Chinese universities and enterprises,providing students with timely online training.
"Kyrgyzstan's economy is developing rapidly,its industries are continuously upgrading,and the demand for highly skilled talent is constantly growing. The Luban Workshop, centering on these needs,uses modern equipment to carry out practical teaching." Chimerov, vice president of Kyrgyzstan State Technical University and head of the Luban Workshop,told reporters.
Qian Tianguo(钱天国, Party Committee Secretary of Zhejiang University of Water
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 戴楷然 黄培昭 任皓宇
China and Egypt are like-minded, mutually trusting good friends, and also good partners for working together for development and common prosperity. Egypt was one of the earliest countries to join the Belt and Road Initiative (共建“一带一路”倡议), and under the strategic guidance of the two nations' heads of state, China and Egypt continue to deepen cooperation in jointly building the Belt and Road.
During his visit to Egypt in January 2016, President Xi Jinping emphasized: "China and Egypt should strengthen the docking of development strategies, accelerate the pace of cooperation within the framework of jointly building the Belt and Road, and transform consensus into practical results as soon as possible." In recent years, the high-quality joint construction of the Belt and Road between China and Egypt has continuously moved toward greater depth and substance, which has both improved Egypt's infrastructure and the lives of its people, and also driven local industrial development and talent cultivation, bearing 累累硕果 (lěi lěi shuò guǒ - "accumulated many fruits," yielding abundant results).
The New Administrative Capital Central Business District Project—
"Together creating a new landmark of Egypt-China friendship"
Climbing to the top of the 385.8-meter-high Landmark Tower, the view opens up wide. Sunlight pierces through the clouds and spills onto the earth; buildings are arranged neatly in the desert, and the silhouette of a modern city is already clearly visible.
This is the Egypt New Administrative Capital Central Business District project located about 50 kilometers east of downtown Cairo, constructed by the Egypt Branch of China State Construction Engineering Corporation. It includes 10 office buildings, 5 residential buildings, 4 large hotels, and the Landmark Tower. It is one of the core projects of Egypt's New Administrative Capital and also a key project of high-quality China-Egypt cooperation in building the Belt and Road.
Nourhan Amin, a senior architectural coordinator for the project, said that since joining the project team in 2022, she has watched buildings transform from lines on a blueprint into high-rises before her eyes, and she feels "very proud in her heart." Egypt lacks experience in the construction of super-tall buildings, and Chinese enterprises have brought advanced construction technologies. Through the project's "mentor-apprentice assistance" mechanism, Nourhan became the apprentice of the project's chief engineer, Jia Fengling. "For four years, Teacher Jia has taught me hand-in-hand how to read blueprints, and when problems arise, he analyzes the causes and searches for solutions with me. Now, I am able to undertake work independently."
"We hope that through the 'mentor-apprentice assistance' mechanism, we can pass on technology and experience to local people," said Jia Fengling. Chinese and Egyptian employees work together every day, researching and solving technical difficulties together; batches of Egyptian technicians have grown from "learning by following and doing by following" into engineering management backbones capable of standing alone.
At dusk, Nourhan strolls through the streets of the Central Business District, occasionally looking back at the buildings behind her. "After finishing work every day, my favorite thing is to take a walk here," she said. "There is my effort in these buildings, and there are the marks left by our team together; we are creating a new landmark of Egypt-China friendship together."
The "10th of Ramadan City" Suburban Railway Project—
"This is a light rail leading to the future"
At the Adly Mansour Station of the Egypt "10th of Ramadan City" suburban railway, passengers queue in an orderly manner to purchase tickets and board trains. "This modern light rail has allowed us to enjoy real, tangible convenience," said passenger Ismail.
The "10th of Ramadan City" suburban railway, constructed by the China Railway—China Aviation International Consortium, is Egypt's first electrified metropolitan railway and a landmark project of China-Egypt cooperation in building the Belt and Road. Phase I and Phase II of the project officially entered operation in 2022, with a total length of approximately 70 kilometers and a total of 12 stations, benefiting more than 5 million residents along the line.
"Since the light rail opened, my commuting has become much more convenient," said Ismail, who lives in El Shorouk City in eastern Cairo and works in downtown Cairo. In the past, he commuted by private minibus, which took more than an hour one way, and it took even longer when encountering traffic jams. "Now, taking the light rail, I can reach the office in about 40 minutes," he said, adding that the train operation is smooth, the carriages are clean and tidy, and the ticket prices are relatively affordable.
Guo Kaixiang, General Manager of the Egypt Branch of China Aviation International, introduced that since the commencement of service, the light rail has operated safely for approximately 1,500 days, having completed a cumulative total of about 280,000 train trips, with passenger flow exceeding 22 million passenger-times. Chinese enterprises have carried out localized talent cultivation in conjunction with the needs of project construction and operation, having cumulatively trained approximately 100 operational talents in areas such as dispatching, crew, and station services, as well as approximately 500 maintenance technical talents covering fields such as vehicles, signaling, power supply, and communications, helping Egypt establish a local operation and maintenance team for electrified light rail.
Malik Sisi is one of the maintenance technical talents trained by the Chinese enterprise. As one of the first batch of trainees recruited by China Aviation International in Egypt, he went to China in 2018 to participate in a three-year rail transit operation and maintenance training program. In 2022, he joined the "10th of Ramadan City" suburban railway project, and has now become an assistant to the maintenance project manager.
"During my training in China, I had my first systematic contact with rail transit operation and maintenance management and learned a lot of professional knowledge," Malik said. He noted that the project has trained a batch of professional talents for Egypt who are familiar with modern rail transit technology and management models. "The project connects downtown Cairo with the New Administrative Capital, assisting Egypt in achieving its 'Vision 2030.' Many friends say this is a light rail leading to the future."
Haier Egypt Eco-Park—
"Letting more products achieve 'Made in Egypt'"
Walking into the Haier appliance experience store located in "Madinaty City" in eastern Cairo, household appliances such as refrigerators, washing machines, air conditioners, and televisions are neatly displayed, and customers are experiencing complete sets of smart appliances and home living scenarios. "Please introduce this large-capacity washing machine to me," "I also want to buy a Haier refrigerator"... From the experience in front of the exhibition stands to the products brought home, Chinese household appliances are gradually integrating into the daily lives of Egyptian consumers.
Many of the household appliances here are produced at the Haier Egypt Eco-Park located in "10th of Ramadan City." The park is the first eco-park invested in by Haier in the Middle East and Africa region, covering an area of 200,000 square meters. The Phase I project mainly produces household appliances such as air conditioners, televisions, and washing machines, with an annual production capacity of approximately 1 million units, officially entering production in May 2024; the Phase II project's cold chain factory is under construction and is expected to enter production this October, and the annual production capacity after full production will exceed 1.5 million units.
"In the short two years since Phase I of the project entered production, Haier's air conditioner market share has entered the top three in the Egyptian market, and washing machines and televisions rank in the top five. This shows that our products have received recognition and welcome from local consumers," introduced Hu Ganggang, General Manager of the Eco-Park. He added that in the first half of this year, Haier Egypt also achieved localized manufacturing of large commercial air conditioners, becoming the first enterprise in Egypt to possess this capability.
Behind the increase in market share is a deep understanding of local demand. "Summers in Egypt are hot, and many families have larger populations, so there are higher demands for appliance capacity and performance," said Yang Linping, General Manager of Haier Egypt Appliances Co., Ltd. Aiming at local climate and family usage characteristics, Haier has performed adaptive improvements on its products—air conditioners equipped with T3 compressors can operate stably under high-temperature working conditions of 53 degrees Celsius, and ECO energy-saving inverter air conditioners can achieve a maximum energy-saving effect of 60%; large-diameter drum and three-drum partitioned washing machines meet the needs of washing Arabic robes and large-capacity laundry.
Currently, the phased localization target for each industrial line in the Eco-Park is 60%, of which the air conditioner industry has actually reached 63%. Speaking of this achievement, Ahmed Abdel-Rashid, head of household air conditioners at the Eco-Park, was exceptionally proud: "Localization means we can rely more on local suppliers, technicians, and manufacturing capabilities to respond more quickly to the needs of the Egyptian market." Ahmed said that the Eco-Park plans to carry out joint research and development with universities such as Cairo University, promoting the integration of research and development, production, and sales links into the local area, "leaving more links of the industrial chain in Egypt and letting more products achieve 'Made in Egypt'."
Nasser Mandour, President of Suez Canal University in Egypt, stated: "In recent years, the high-quality joint construction of the Belt and Road between Egypt and China has continuously moved toward greater depth and substance, which both responds to the realistic needs of Egypt's economic and social development and focuses on enhancing local autonomous development capabilities, injecting new momentum into Egypt's modernization process."
(Cairo, August 29, by our reporter)
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, August 29 — Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee (中共中央政治局) and Minister of Foreign Affairs, had a telephone conversation with Nepalese Foreign Minister Shishir on the 29th.
Wang Yi said that a sudden glacial collapse in the border area of Nepal had triggered a severe mudslide disaster, causing heavy casualties and missing persons in both countries, and that it was the most serious cross-border disaster between the two countries in recent years, with the complexity and arduousness of the disaster relief work being 前所未有 (qián suǒ wèi yǒu - "never before had," unprecedented).. The Chinese side attached great importance to this. President Xi Jinping immediately made important instructions, putting forward clear requirements for the emergency rescue and emergency response work. Premier Li Qiang rushed to the disaster area to guide the work on site. While urgently carrying out emergency rescue and self-rescue, the Chinese side extended a helping hand at the first opportunity to support the Nepalese side's emergency disaster relief. President Xi Jinping has sent a message of condolences to President Poudel, and Premier Li Qiang also expressed condolences to Prime Minister Barendra. A meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee specifically pointed out that emergency assistance should be provided to the disaster-affected areas of Nepal and international rescue cooperation should be carried out. This is an important political decision made by the Chinese side, reflecting its friendly feelings toward the Nepalese side.
Wang Yi said that the Chinese side's package of assistance to Nepal is being implemented, including emergency cash assistance and humanitarian assistance. The disaster relief supplies provided by the Chinese side will soon arrive in Kathmandu. Chinese tunnel rescue experts, 兵分两路 (bīng fēn liǎng lù - "troops divided into two routes," splitting into two groups), rushed to the disaster area and Kathmandu to provide assistance. The Chinese side has already shared with the Nepalese side important information such as disaster area imagery, satellite data, and hydrological data, including early warning information about upstream barrier lakes. For Nepalese citizens stranded on the Chinese side, the Chinese side has made proper arrangements and will assist them in returning to Nepal as soon as possible,and thanks the Nepalese side and hopes that it will continue to rescue and transfer Chinese citizens in Nepal. China and Nepal are a community connected by mountains and rivers and sharing a common destiny. In the face of the disaster, the two countries must stand firmly together, join hands to respond, jointly overcome the current difficulties,and demonstrate the traditional friendship spanning the Himalayas through concrete actions
Shishir conveyed the condolences of the leaders of the Nepalese side to the Chinese government, the Chinese people, and the families of the victims, sincerely thanked the Chinese side for providing emergency humanitarian assistance,and said that both Nepal and China are disaster-affected countries,but the Chinese side, overcoming difficulties, extended condolences and provided assistance to the Nepalese side at the first opportunity, fully demonstrating the high level of Nepal-China relations. The Nepalese side again expressed gratitude to the Chinese side,and will continue to work in full cooperation with the Chinese side, making every effort to rescue Chinese personnel who are trapped or missing,and joining forces to rescue missing foreign citizens. The Nepalese side is willing to strengthen cooperation with the Chinese side in areas such as post-disaster reconstruction, disaster prevention and reduction,and climate change response, so as to promote the continuous forward development of the bilateral strategic cooperative partnership.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 龚 鸣 程远州
The transformation of a city reflects the prosperity of a region.
"Located on the Pacific coast, Shenzhen has developed from a backward small fishing village into a modern international metropolis over several decades. This is a miracle in the history of world development created by the Chinese people, and it is also an important window for China's unswerving adherence to an opening-up strategy of mutual benefit and win-win results. I look forward to all parties coming to Shenzhen next year to jointly discuss the major development plans for the Asia-Pacific and jointly create a better tomorrow for the Asia-Pacific." This was emphasized by President Xi Jinping on November 1, 2025, while attending the host handover ceremony of the 32nd APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting.
This year, the 33rd APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting will be held in Shenzhen, Guangdong. In a few days, the Asia-Pacific Media High-Level Forum will also open here. By entering Shenzhen and exploring the changes of this city, one can clearly perceive the pulse of coexistence and common prosperity in the Asia-Pacific region.
Trade Interconnectivity—
Free trade and open cooperation are the inevitable paths to prosperity and development in the Asia-Pacific
On the north bank of Dapeng Bay in Yantian District, Shenzhen, the gantry cranes and quay cranes of the Yantian International Container Terminals stand in rows.
"The name Yantian is entirely literal," an employee of Yantian International introduced. More than 30 years ago, this area was still a stretch of tidal flats. Today, Yantian Port is the last port for numerous vessels before they leave China, undertaking more than one-third of the import and export cargo volume of Guangdong Province, and is one of the world's largest container terminals by throughput.
Starting from the first standard container in Yantian in 1994, Yantian Port's cumulative throughput exceeded 100 million standard containers in 2013 and exceeded 200 million standard containers in 2021, repeatedly breaking industry records. Today, hundreds of shipping routes connect to the entire world every week.
In the early stages of the port's opening, the "three old items"—clothing, furniture, and home appliances—went out to the world from here; today, the "new three items"—new energy vehicles, lithium batteries, and photovoltaic products—have become the "protagonists" of exports, and high-value-added products such as drones, integrated circuits, and 3D printers have also become "regular guests" of exports.
Based in Shenzhen, radiating to South China, and connecting to the world—the development process of Yantian Port reflects the transformation and upgrading of Shenzhen's industrial structure and foreign trade patterns, and is also a microcosm of the joint progress and integrated development of China and other Asia-Pacific economies.
Data from Shenzhen Customs shows that Shenzhen's import and export value with APEC economies grew from 267.5 billion yuan in 1996 to 3.13 trillion yuan in 2025, with an average annual growth rate of 8.5%, an increase of more than ten times. In 2025, the proportion of "new three items," artificial intelligence-enabled products, medical instruments, and medical devices among Shenzhen's exports to APEC economies reached 25.6%.
"The structure of goods reflects the industrial structure, the state of cooperation, and the direction of policy," said Yin Yunwei, director of the Customs Import and Export Post and Mail Supervision Division of Shenzhen Customs. From the "three processing and assembly operations and one processing with compensation" (san lai yi bu) of the early reform and opening-up period, to high-end, intelligent, and green industries, and then to innovative industries such as robotics and artificial intelligence, Shenzhen's foreign trade development condenses the path of national development, the path of opening up, and the path of cooperation, and also reflects the processes of economic globalization and regional economic integration.
In November 1989, APEC was established in response to the wave of economic globalization, with the objectives of promoting the liberalization and facilitation of trade and investment and supporting economic growth and prosperity. In November 1991, China officially joined APEC. The continuously expanding Shenzhen has witnessed Chinese manufacturing heading to the world through iterative upgrading, and the Chinese market bringing more opportunities for regional growth.
As the new production season begins and Peruvian blueberries hit the market, the business of Xinquangmao Fruit Technology Group, headquartered in Shenzhen, has become busier. "We handle nearly 30% of the total volume of Peruvian blueberries imported into the country; our team recently made a special trip to Peru to negotiate supply matters," introduced Li Nan, vice president of Xinquangmao.
Since 1998, Xinquangmao has engaged in fruit import and export trade and has grown into a global leader in the fruit supply chain. New Zealand kiwi, Chilean cherries, Peruvian blueberries, Malaysian durian, Thai young coconuts... more than 200 types of imported fruits come from more than 40 countries and regions.
"We started from Shenzhen and formed a distribution network covering the whole country; our cooperation with foreign parties has expanded from trade procurement to variety licensing, supply chain synergy, and more," said Li Nan. The company's 28 years of leapfrog development has benefited from the vitality of China's economy and the environment of open win-win results. The continuous expansion and upgrading of China's consumer market, facilitation policies such as AEO (Authorized Economic Operator) advanced certification, and open platforms such as the China International Import Expo have allowed enterprises to become participants and beneficiaries of regional development and prosperity.
Sandra Wintz, Asia Business Manager for the global berry giant Hortifrut Group and a strategic partner of Xinquangmao, stated that in recent years, the China-Peru Free Trade Agreement has achieved tariff reductions and exemptions, and the opening of the shipping route from Peru's Chancay Port to Shanghai Port has allowed Peruvian blueberries to enter China with higher efficiency, fresher quality, and stronger market competitiveness. "Free trade and open cooperation are the inevitable paths to prosperity and development in the Asia-Pacific. I look forward to the APEC Shenzhen meeting further promoting the development of regional free trade and 'unlocking' more cooperation opportunities."
Industrial Integration—
Regional division of labor and cooperation play an important role in maintaining industrial chain resilience
"Shenzhen is China's first Special Economic Zone, and we are the first foreign-invested enterprise in New China; we both possess the gene of 敢为人先 (gan wei ren xian - "daring to be the first," to be a pioneer or to take the lead)," said Zhang Xuefeng, General Manager of CP Land Group, whose words pull thoughts back to more than 40 years ago.
In July 1979, a cannon shot in Shekou pulled back the curtain on the construction of Shenzhen. A year and a half later, a joint investment project between Thailand's Charoen Pokphand Group and the United States' ConAgra Group landed in Shenzhen. China's first modern feed factory broke ground in Hongzhuling, Shekou, and began operations using the method of "build the factory first, then process the permits." "This breakthrough arrangement was a clear signal sent by China to the international community: China is opening its doors and welcoming all parties to come and invest in business," said Zhang Xuefeng.
Today, Hongzhuling has transformed into the bustling Shennan Avenue, and modern buildings have been built on the original site of the feed factory. Taking Shenzhen as the starting point, CP Land has continuously expanded its business map in China, extending its business from feed to breeding and establishing multiple branch and subsidiary companies.
Last September, copies of the approval certificate "Foreign Economic and Trade Shen Wai Zi Certificate [1981] No. 0001" donated by CP Land were officially added to the collection of the Shenzhen Museum. This historical piece of evidence is not only a strategic move by an enterprise looking toward the long term, but also the starting point of transformation for a city, a country, and an era. Following No. 0001, Hong Kong-funded, Japanese-funded, and US-funded capital came in one after another. As of now, 180 countries and regions have invested in Shenzhen, and there are more than 340 Fortune Global 500 companies. In 2025, Shenzhen established approximately 16,000 new foreign-invested enterprises, of which enterprises from Asia-Pacific economies accounted for 93.3%, a year-on-year increase of 71.7%.
"As the 'vanguard' of China's reform and opening-up, Shenzhen has provided a model for technological flow and industrial collaboration within the Asia-Pacific region," said Zhang Xuefeng. Under the framework of Asia-Pacific economic cooperation, the experience of CP Land shows that: opening up begins with institutional breakthroughs, succeeds through deep industrial cultivation, and benefits from regional sharing.
For more than 30 years, the writing of the "Asia-Pacific Miracle" has precisely benefited from the deep integration and stable, smooth flow of regional industrial and supply chains. Looking from Shenzhen toward the vast Pacific Ocean, accompanied by the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the entry into force and implementation of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), Chinese and foreign enterprises are actively seeking points of interest alignment, supporting open cooperation in production and supply chains, and continuously consolidating the foundation for common development and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific.
By adhering to all-round opening-up, Shenzhen continuously improves the attractiveness of "bringing in" and the competitiveness of "going out." Tian Changhao, a relevant official from the Shenzhen Investment Promotion Bureau, introduced that Shenzhen's introduction of foreign investment has gone through a leapfrog path from small to large in scale, from few to many in number, and from low to high in quality, becoming increasingly closely linked with Asia-Pacific regional industrial and supply chain cooperation. At the same time, more and more Shenzhen enterprises are going abroad to invest overseas, deeply integrating into the high-end links of global value chains, feeding back into regional development, and achieving two-way win-win results.
Kento Fluid Technology Co., Ltd. is one such member. Zhang Cheng, Chairman of the company, introduced that with the spirit of "tackling the hardest problems first," the products independently developed and manufactured by the company have broken into international markets crowded with giants, becoming suppliers to many leading multinational medical device enterprises. At the end of 2024, Kento Fluid invested in setting up a factory in Penang, Malaysia, and achieved break-even in the year of production. "Customer demand prompted us to radiate toward overseas markets, but ultimately, it is the country's opening-up policies, the industrial chain support of the Greater Bay Area, and the macro environment of regional cooperation that support us in going further," said Zhang Cheng.
Zhang Jifu, General Manager of the Kento Fluid Malaysia factory, told reporters that the establishment of the factory has enriched the industrial ecology of Penang, driven the local medical manufacturing toward high-value-added and supporting industries, and also trained a group of manufacturing talents.
"The factory faces customers in Asia-Pacific economies such as North America and ASEAN; the results are not limited to bilateral cooperation but also help the interconnection of regional markets," said Zhang Jifu. The Kento Fluid Malaysia factory integrates the respective advantages of Malaysia and China, forming an efficient cross-border supply chain collaborative system. "Such regional division of labor and cooperation plays an important role in maintaining industrial chain resilience."
Innovation Mutuality—
Innovation in one place and reuse in multiple countries provides sustainable momentum for regional prosperity
"Take a walk with me, and you will know why I started my business here." In Huaqiangbei, Shenzhen, Noah, an American maker, took a reporter into the Seg Electronics Market, navigating skillfully through the dense counters and demonstrating the speed and convenience of "I want what I get."
Noah is designing a pair of smart glasses for assisted modeling and artistic creation. In this incubation space, the Intelligent Hardware Innovation Center of Zhifangzhou International, there are more than 20 other foreign makers working hard to turn creativity into products just like Noah. "Once I have a new idea, I can immediately procure, disassemble, combine, assemble, and test. There is a complete industrial chain here, a good incubation ecology, and a culture of 'trial and error,' so everything is possible," said Noah.
Huaqiangbei, once the "No. 1 Electronic Street in China," is moving toward becoming a "Global Hardware Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center," with various industries breaking through and growing, attracting entrepreneurs from around the world. Behind this transformation is the speed and wisdom of Shenzhen's rise as a "City of Innovation."
Coming from the reform and opening-up, adhering to the principle that development is the hard truth, and adhering to the spirit of daring to venture, daring to try, and daring to be the first, Shenzhen has naturally integrated innovation genes and cultivated fertile soil for innovation. Huawei, Tencent, BYD, and others started from here and became Fortune Global 500 companies. In the past 10 years, Shenzhen's unicorn enterprises have grown from 10 to 44, with "hard tech" such as robotics, semiconductors, and artificial intelligence showing brilliant performance.
With more innovation content, the international vision is also further. Relying on its self-developed cloud computing and artificial intelligence technological capabilities, Tencent is deepening cooperation with leading enterprises in countries such as Indonesia and Malaysia to empower the upgrading of Asia-Pacific industrial chains with digital technology; BYD maintains a leading position in the passenger vehicle markets of many countries including Singapore, Australia, Indonesia, and Thailand; since the production of the Rayong factory in Thailand, it has achieved localized production of five vehicle models... strengthening digital-intelligent empowerment and adhering to green and low-carbon principles, Shenzhen enterprises use an open and innovative ecology to inject new development momentum into the Asia-Pacific region.
Under the guidance of innovation, Shenzhen's foreign investment is accelerating its leap toward high-value-added links such as R&D and headquarters. "In the first half of this year, the actual use of foreign investment in the city's high-tech industries accounted for more than 70% of the city's total; high-tech industries have become the core engine driving the growth of foreign investment," said Tian Changhao.
Those who cultivate deeply reap abundant fruits. In 1998, the American Whirlpool Group established a global R&D center in Shenzhen, and to this day, it has won more than a hundred technical patents in core home appliance technology fields such as intelligent control, structural design, and green energy saving. "Shenzhen's opening-up has provided us with a channel to connect global resources and talent, and Shenzhen's innovation has provided institutional guarantees for technological breakthroughs and the transformation of achievements," said Fang Rong, Chairman of Whirlpool Product R&D (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
Today, the intelligent temperature control, high-efficiency frequency conversion, and high-integration structural solutions developed by the Whirlpool Shenzhen team have been widely applied in markets such as the Asia-Pacific and North America, achieving "Shenzhen intelligent manufacturing, shared globally." "Shenzhen is the group's technological source for the Asia-Pacific and the world," said Fang Rong. The innovation cooperation of multinational enterprises such as Whirlpool within the region has broken down innovation barriers between economies, stimulated endogenous momentum, and become a solid foundation for the long-term prosperity and stability of the Asia-Pacific economy.
New business formats are setting sail. At the end of this year, the Singaporean multi-modal transport operator ComfortDelGro Group will establish its autonomous driving mobility headquarters in Shenzhen, aiming to create a replicable and standardized autonomous driving fleet operation system to be promoted to the group's markets all over the world.
"Shenzhen is a benchmark city for China's innovation-driven development, and it also possesses locational and policy advantages; its open and inclusive business environment and the level of support for emerging industries are highly consistent with ComfortDelGro's strategic direction," said Wu Xiangfeng, President of ComfortDelGro China. The group has already established a strategic partnership with the Chinese company Pony.ai, launching an autonomous driving taxi pilot project in Guangzhou and deploying autonomous driving mobility services in the Punggol district of Singapore.
"Winning the initiative in the global technological revolution and industrial transformation depends on innovation. If Asia-Pacific industry and commerce strengthen innovation cooperation, they can accelerate the commercial landing of frontier technologies and allow the Asia-Pacific region to share the fruits of innovation. When more enterprises achieve innovation in one place and reuse in multiple countries, regional prosperity will have sustainable momentum," said Wu Xiangfeng.
As the great bird Dapeng rises with the wind in a single day, it soars ninety thousand miles upward. As the new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation develops deeply, how will Asia-Pacific economies grasp new opportunities and respond to new challenges? Opening up, innovation, and cooperation—the Peng City of Shenzhen has given the answer, which the Asia-Pacific economies must jointly continue to write.
Return to TopOur Beijing report, August 29, electric (Liu Yang, Ma Zexiang) — The exhibition and broadcasting of high-quality film and television programs from China Media Group (中央广播电视总台) in Egypt recently launched in Cairo. Nearly 10 high-quality film and television programs from China Media Group, such as President Xi's Letters and Xi Jinping's Cultural Affinities, are being successively broadcast on Egypt's national television and other mainstream Egyptian media. This exhibition and broadcasting activity will continue until the end of the year.
President Xi's Letters selects excerpts from President Xi Jinping's reply letters to overseas Sinologists, artists, and young people, vividly telling touching stories of President Xi Jinping promoting people-to-people friendship and promoting people-to-people connectivity, and demonstrating the image of a responsible major power that is open, inclusive, cooperative, and win-win in the new era.
Xi Jinping's Cultural Affinities selects vivid stories of President Xi Jinping's concern for the inheritance and development of culture, demonstrating President Xi Jinping's profound reflections that "the prosperity of culture brings the prosperity of the national destiny, and the strength of culture brings the strength of the nation," as well as his deep sentiments for cherishing cultural heritage and continuing the historical lineage, explaining to international audiences the core tenets of Xi Jinping Thought on Culture and the profound cultural roots of President Xi Jinping's philosophy of governance.
Return to TopXining, August ́29 (Xinhua) — (Reporter Liu Zexing (柳泽兴)) The "Encounter·Appreciation — Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Source Dialogue" (遇·鉴——澜湄合作源头对话" event opened on the evening of the 28thin Xining, Qinghai Province. Representatives of the six countries from the Lancang-Mekong River basin gathered at Sanjiangyuan "(三江源,, to promote mutual learning among civilizations "(文明互鉴,, enhance people-to-people bonds "(民心相通,,and help build a closer Lancang-Mekong community with a shared future "(澜湄国家命运共同体..
During the event, representatives of the six countries will conduct friendly dialogues on topics such as industrial cooperation and development, ecological environment protection,and cultural heritage protection, exchange and share experiences, build consensus among all parties, while also focusing on in-depth exchanges in areas such as youth cooperation dialogue in the Lancang-Mekong basin, cultural and tourism promotion, culinary experiences,and exhibition and performance of outstanding literary and artistic works.
Return to TopOur newspaper, Bishkek, August 29, electric (Reporter Xing Xue, Li Qiang) The China-Kyrgyzstan Business and Investment Forum, themed "China-Kyrgyzstan: The Path to Sustainable Development and Common Prosperity," was held on the 28th in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan. Taking the forum as an opportunity, political and business figures from both countries discussed new prospects and new opportunities for bilateral business and investment cooperation.
Ren Hongbin, President of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (中国贸促会), said at the opening ceremony that the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade is willing to actively play the role of a bridge and link, supporting enterprises from both sides to create new growth points such as service trade, digital trade, and cross-border e-commerce, and to expand new spaces for trade cooperation; to make good use of the China International Supply Chain Expo platform, inviting more enterprises and institutions from the Kyrgyz side to participate in exhibitions and conferences, continuously strengthening the precise docking of industrial and supply chains, and stimulating new momentum for industrial and supply chain cooperation; and to deepen cooperation with corresponding Kyrgyz institutions under the framework of mechanisms such as the China-Central Asia Business Council, expanding the functions of multilateral and bilateral industrial and commercial cooperation mechanisms, and assisting in the high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" Initiative.
Return to TopAt noon on August 29, in Gyirong County (吉隆县,, Shigatse City, Tibet, about 2 kilometers from Gyirong Port, along one side of the mountain wall, vehicles printed with the words "Fire Rescue," "China Anneng" (中国安能,, and "Armed Police Service" were lined up in a row. The gray-brown mud was scooped up bucket by bucket, and the road extended forward meter by meter through the mud. Beside it was the surging Gyirong Tsangpo.
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""This road in front of us was still all mud and stones yesterday; after continuous work by the engineering vehicles, the road surface has already been exposed," said Bianba Sangzhu(边巴桑珠,, a soldier of the Shigatse Detachment of the Tibet Armed Police Corps(武警西藏总队日喀则支队..
According to reports, the road leading to Gyirong Port has been opened up for 2.6 kilometers, with a straight-line distance of about1 kilometer from the port.
At approximately 10:30 on August 26, due to a mudslide disaster on the Nepalese side, heavy casualties and missing persons occurred at Gyirong Port in Gyirong County. The last few kilometers of National Highway 216 leading to Gyirong Port were severely damaged,with part of the roadbed washed away.
The reporter saw at the scene that the work area is located in a deeply incised gorge amid high mountains, close to the river channel, with steep mountain slopes on both sides;the construction surface is extremely narrow;large machinery cannot operate with multiple machines simultaneously;there is insufficient space for equipment dispatch and turning/avoidance maneuvers;efficiency is limited. Rescue personnel push forward bit by bit, and emergency road repair can only open up several hundred meters a day.
""At the site, the debris-turning relay method and the wading operation method are used for fill construction;large stone blocks are used as replacement fill for the damaged road sections to solidify the foundation. As of the 29th, 12,000 cubic meters of mud have been cleared," said Zhong Wenjun(钟汶均,, director of the China Anneng Chengdu Rescue Base.
On the morning of the 29th, rescue troops of the Shigatse Military Subarea of Tibet(西藏日喀则军分区 arrived at a point about2 kilometers from Gyirong Port and jointly carried out mud-clearing work with other rescue forces. Political Instructor Qiangba Suolang(强巴索朗 walked at the front of the team. "Look carefully! Every spot must be turned over!" Racing against time, the soldiers held iron shovels, spread out in a skirmish line;with every shovel dug, they bent down to inspect, not letting any detail escape.
Night fell, the rain continued to fall, machinery still roared in the valley, and the rescue passage was extending meter by meter toward Gyirong Port.
(Staff reporters of this newspaper: Song Haoxin(宋豪新,, Shen Tongrui(沈童睿,, Liu Wenxin(刘温馨,, Qiongda Zhuoga(琼达卓嘎))
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Responding to sudden disasters is not only an encounter battle of emergency rescue; it also tests the original aspiration and mission of Party members and cadres.
Grassroots Party members and cadres took the lead in patrolling and removing dangers and in evacuating the masses at risk; relevant departments and professional rescue forces acted swiftly;the People's Liberation Army and the People's Armed Police Force moved upon hearing the order and arrived at their posts in time;the broad masses of Party members and cadres, through practical actions of knowing the weight and bearing the weight, storming strongholds and overcoming difficulties, have made the Party flag fly high at the frontline of disaster relief.
At present, the emergency rescue work is being carried out in a tense and orderly manner;the resettlement of the masses and the handling of aftermath have been fully launched and advanced;the complex terrain and changeable climate of the highland, high-cold region bring extremely great difficulties to the emergency rescue work. Whether they are search-and-rescue team members climbing sheer precipices, or engineering personnel piloting boats upstream against the current, or grassroots cadres guarding the warmth and cold of the masses, they have the people in their hearts and carry responsibilities on their shoulders. "At ordinary times, they can be seen; at critical moments, they can stand out; at perilous junctures, they can step forward boldly." In work such as emergency rescue and emergency response, we have seen the "proper appearance" of Communist Party members.
Return to TopOn August 28, the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee held a meeting to study and deploy rescue and relief work for the mudslide disaster in Jilong County(吉隆县, Shigatse, Tibet. With resolute and powerful measures and scientific and efficient methods, all relevant parties have solidly carried out all rescue and relief work.
The Ministry of Emergency Management(应急管理部 and the National Fire and Rescue Administration(国家消防救援局 dispatched fire and rescue forces for cross-regional reinforcement, fully supporting local authorities in carrying out rescue and response work. At the rescue front, temporary Party organizations were established, 31 Party member commando teams were set up, and Party member backbone personnel were organized to carry out search-and-rescue operations. As of 18:00 on the 29th, the national comprehensive fire and rescue teams(国家综合性消防救援队伍 had deployed 681 rescue personnel, 13 dogs, 113 vehicles, 47 drones, and various professional equipment, relying on the "water, land, and air" three-dimensional search-and-rescue system, continuously carrying out uninterrupted net-spreading searches.
A reporter learned from the National Immigration Administration(国家移民管理局: at around 15:00 on the 29th, a search-and-rescue commando team composed of 18 immigration management police Party member backbone personnel advanced toward the disaster-affected core area of Jilong Port(吉隆口岸.
On the 29th, China Anneng(中国安能 deployed 60 technical and skilled backbone personnel and mobilized 14 sets (units) of engineering rescue equipment including excavators and loaders, fully carrying out emergency opening operations on the damaged section of National Highway 216.
To ensure the safe conduct of rescue and relief work, the Ministry of Emergency Management dispatched 11 drone pilots from member units of the National Disaster Reduction Center's(国家减灾中心 "Swift Emergency·Major Disaster Drone Emergency Cooperation Mechanism"(雨燕应急·重大灾害无人机应急合作机制, carrying 7 reconnaissance drones and 2 large-payload drones, forming a joint aircrew, divided into a monitoring group and a delivery group, continuously carrying out emergency monitoring and auxiliary rescue.
According to rescue needs, the Ministry of Emergency Management deployed the National Disaster Reduction Center to activate the satellite emergency data acquisition mechanism, comprehensively utilizing satellite data resources from series such as Emergency Disaster Reduction, Resources, and High-Resolution, to carry out monitoring of the disaster process.
Recently, experts from the China Geological Survey(中国地质调查局, together with the natural resources teams of the Tibet Autonomous Region, formed multiple emergency investigation groups, led teamsin the disaster-affected core area, carried out investigations of potential risksin the ice avalanche source area, investigations of the barrier lake dam body characteristics, and risk assessment, completed the production of 3 square kilometers of drone orthophoto imagery, calculated the volume of the disaster-causing body, investigated the dam body's material composition, scale, and the mud water level of the downstream gully channel, and conducted hidden danger inspections of high-steep slopes, high-risk glacial lakes, mass resettlement sites, and rescue passages, implementing prevention and control measures item by item.
In the early morning of the 29th, pursuant to the dispatch orders of the Department of Science, Technology and Informatization(科技和信息化司 of the Ministry of Emergency Management, the communication support technical team of the National Research Institute of Natural Disaster Prevention and Control(国家自然灾害防治研究院, guided by the fire and rescue teams, carrying 5 sets of Xinglitong(星立通 emergency rescue special satellite base stations, advanced rapidly toward the disaster-affected core area. At the front line of the emergency opening of the road leading to the national gate, the technical team quickly built emergency communication links for on-site work points, ensuring smooth mobile communications for rescue personnel on site.
After the disaster occurred, some communication facilities along the route of Jilong Port were damaged, and network signalsin some local areas were interrupted. China Mobile formed an emergency communication support team, dispatched 172 emergency repair personneland mobilized 27 support vehicles, fully carrying out emergency opening operations.
On the 28th, the China Meteorological Administration(中国气象局 held a special meeting to further deploy meteorological service support work for the Jilong County mudslide rescue and relief efforts. The meeting proposed fully leveraging the role of the emergency support meteorological service special task force, collaboratively doing a good job in all support work.
(Reported by our staff reporters Shen Tongrui(沈童睿, Qi Yukun(亓玉昆, Liu Wenxin(刘温馨, Zhang Tianpei(张天培, Chang Qin(常钦, He Zhaoyu(何昭宇, and Li Hongmei(李红梅.
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On August 26, due to a debris flow disaster occurring on the Nepalese side, major casualties and missing persons were caused at the Gyirong Port in Gyirong County, Shigatse City, Tibet. What are the differences in natural conditions between the Chinese and Nepalese sides? Why is the emergency rescue at Gyirong Port extremely difficult? Reporters interviewed relevant experts on this matter.
The interviewed experts stated that the icefall source areas and near-field areas of the China-Nepal border generally belong to the deep-cut, extremely high Himalayan mountain canyon region, where mountains are high, valleys are deep, slopes are steep, and gullies are narrow, making both risk-avoidance and rescue spaces extremely limited.
Wu Zhonghai, director of the Active Tectonics Research Office of the Institute of Geomechanics, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, and Associate Researcher Zhang Lei, introduced that the Gyirong Port within Chinese territory is located in a canyon area of the deep-cut main ridge of the Himalayas in the Gyirong Valley, characterized by large vertical drops and narrow river valleys. When the debris flow triggered by the icefall on the Nepalese side passes through narrow valleys and intersects with mountain bodies, the energy becomes more concentrated due to the strong constraints of the narrow river channel, resulting in a stronger impact force.
After entering the downstream section of the Gyirong Valley on the Nepalese side, the river channel gradually widens and river terraces are relatively well-developed, which provides relatively favorable topographical conditions for evacuating personnel and conducting rescues in some downstream areas. However, in the core disaster area of the Chinese-side port, which is closer to the debris flow disaster source area, the superposition of multiple factors—such as narrow canyons, deep burial by thick mud, sand, and giant boulders, and the threat of barrier lakes—makes emergency rescue operations face extremely severe difficulties.
Wu Zhonghai and Zhang Lei introduced that the main road leading to Gyirong Port winds along the canyon, with a high, steep cliff on one side and a turbulent river on the other. Once thick mud, sand, and giant boulders accumulate and block the road, it is difficult for personnel, machinery, and supplies to enter quickly. Furthermore, the space at the bottom of the canyon is limited; once heavy equipment is transported to the scene, it is difficult to deploy across multiple points and can only advance linearly along limited passages.
At the same time, complex air currents such as strong transverse winds and shear turbulence easily occur within high mountain canyons, and continuous rain and heavy fog will also reduce visibility. Coupled with the large-scale scattering of giant boulders or coverage of soft deposits at the valley bottom, it makes finding safe takeoff and landing points for helicopters difficult. Therefore, although helicopters can improve delivery efficiency, they cannot replace ground passages.
Desilting is also not a simple matter of "digging mud." Li Haibing, a researcher at the Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, introduced that when the debris flow reached the port, it had already become a mixture of ice, water, mud, sand, gravel, and huge boulders; in particular, the content of huge boulders transported by glaciers is high and they are buried deeply, and the deposits in the core area are soft, causing difficulty for personnel to traverse and making it easy for equipment to become stuck, resulting in slow progress; additionally, it is necessary to prevent operations from disturbing unstable slopes. Regarding the conditions of mud and gravel accumulation alone, the volume of cleaning work and the operational difficulty on the Chinese side are greater.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 邓剑洋
A reporter learned from the Ministry of Water Resources(水利部) that, affected by the mudslide disaster that occurred on the Nepal side on August 26, a barrier lake formed near the confluence where Nepal's Cuojian River(错坚河) flows into the Prequp Qiangzang River(普热普强藏布) within China's territory, becoming the greatest risk point for disaster rescue. According to the latest information from the Ministry of Water Resources' hydrological emergency monitoring team, at present, the Prequp Qiangzang River barrier lake is in normal natural outflow.
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It is worth noting that upstream of the barrier lake, an impact crater has also formed on the Cuojian River. An impact crater is a scour pit formed when an ice-rock collapse impacts the ground downward. As runoff and snowmelt continuously flow in from upstream, a large water body has formed. The impact crater's water storage volume is approximately 2.5 million cubic meters. Once it breaches, it will impact the downstream barrier lake, easily forming a chain breach, posing a threat to downstream emergency rescue.
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Yin Zhijie(尹志杰, chief hydrological forecaster of the Ministry of Water Resources, said that after the disaster occurred, water departments adopted multiple measures to respond. First, continuously carry out satellite remote sensing emergency analysis; second, investigate and screen other risk sources upstream of Gyirong Port(吉隆口岸; third, strengthen rainfall and water conditions monitoring and forecasting; fourth, strengthen flood routing analysis for the barrier lake's breach-discharge flood; fifth, pay attention to the risk of the impact crater on Nepal's Cuojian River.
Chai Fuxin(柴福鑫, a professor-level senior engineer at the Disaster Reduction Center (Defense Center) of the Ministry of Water Resources, said that the Ministry of Water Resources is currently paying special attention to the Cuojian River ice-collapse impact crater, using three-dimensional models to calculate its water storage capacity, time to fill, and overflow risk. Currently, the probability of overflow occurring at the impact crater is not high, but it requires continued attention.
The Ministry of Water Resources stated that it will keep a close eye on the Prequp Qiangzang River barrier lake and Nepal's Cuojian River impact crater, strengthen monitoring and early warning, chain-type risk deduction, and source-tracing drainage disposal, and at the same time, strengthen and intensify monitoring and early warning for surrounding glacial moraine lakes and possible newly formed barrier lakes, and accelerate the construction of a space-air-ground three-dimensional comprehensive monitoring and early warning system.
Return to TopRescue personnel are rushing to repair the road.
Photo by Zhang Wujun (张武军, staff reporter of this newspaper.
Return to TopOur newspaper, Kathmandu, August ́29(wire dispatch; reporter Li Mo(李墨)). At the request of the Nepalese government, on August ́29, the Ministry of Emergency Management(应急管理部) urgently dispatched five Chinese tunnel experts, who took a helicopter from Gyirong, Tibet(吉隆, and flew into the Nepal disaster area at 16:58 Beijing time on the 29th, immediately throwing themselves into the Nepal hydropower station tunnel rescue work. At the same time, according to the needs of the rescue work, it also urgently dispatched another four Chinese tunnel experts to Nepal, to fully support Nepal in carrying out the tunnel rescue work.
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On the morning of August 26, due to a sudden debris flow disaster on the Nepalese side, heavy casualties and missing persons were caused at Gyirong Port (吉隆口岸,, Gyirong County (吉隆县,, Shigatse City, Tibet.
After the disaster occurred, the Party Central Committee (党中央) attached great importance. General Secretary Xi Jinping immediately made important instructions, putting forward clear requirements for rescue and emergency response work. On August 28, General Secretary Xi Jinping presided over a meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee (中共中央政治局) to study and deploy the debris flow rescue work in Gyirong County. The meeting emphasized: "All parties concerned must uphold the people-first, life-first principle, and, with resolute and forceful measures and scientific and efficient methods, do all work solidly.""
Under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee and under the guidance of the State Council (国务院) work group, the Tibet Autonomous Region, the Ministry of Emergency Management (应急管理部,, and other relevant departments, along with fire rescue teams and professional rescue forces such as China Anneng (中国安能,, acted swiftly. The People's Liberation Army and the People's Armed Police Force moved upon hearing the order and arrived in place in time. Rescue work unfolded in a tense, orderly manner, and work such as the resettlement of the masses and the handling of the aftermath was fully launched and advanced.
The plateau is high and cold, the ravines and valleys are steep, the climate is changeable, and there are still many glaciers, glacial lakes, and hidden geological hazards around. Rescue work faces extremely great difficulties.
Advancing toward danger, a life-and-death race. 争分夺秒 (zhēng fēn duó miǎo - "contend for minutes, snatch seconds," racing against time), faster, still faster!
Received the order at 12:30, completed assembly at 12:50, departed at 13:00, arrived at 21:00.
Mima Ciren (米玛次仁,, squadron leader of the Second Squadron of the Shigatse Battalion of the Lhasa Fire and Rescue Mobile Detachment (拉萨消防救援机动支队,, clearly remembered every time mark of the afternoon of August 26: the alarm bell suddenly rang, and the team members who were training rushed into the garage, throwing fuel, rescue tools, life-saving equipment, and other items one by one onto the vehicles and lashing them fast. Half an hour later, the convoy rushed out of the camp gate. More than 800 kilometers, 8 hours, 35 firefighters raced all the way along plateau mountain roads, sometimes with wheels almost grazing the cliff edge, just to reach the disaster area at the fastest speed. "Rescue work - time is life; we must arrive at the fastest speed," said Mima Cirenla
Leave no one behind; the resettlement of the masses is 快马加鞭 (kuài mǎ jiā biān - "whip the fast horse onward," hasten things along)..
In Seqiong Village (色琼村,, Salle Township (萨勒乡,, Gyirong County, party members and cadres knocked on doors house by house, supporting the elderly and picking up children, repeatedly counting heads, afraid of leaving anyone behind. That evening, villager Suolang (索朗, and his family moved into a tent, received daily necessities and hot meals. That night, the mountain wind outside the tent was cold, but the people inside the tent felt very warmla
The next afternoon, Suolang's family and other villagers moved into homestays in Jipu Village (吉普村,, Gyirong Town (吉隆镇,, gaining a more stable place to stay. In just two days, two transfers, each one more reassuring than the last. "Thank the Party and the government; I hope to return to normal life soon," said Suolangla
As of August 28, a total of 2,096 personnel from various rescue forces, including stationed troops, armed police, firefighters, public security officers, and medical personnel, had been deployed to disaster relief. All 499 people in the threatened area had been transferred to 4 temporary resettlement sites, and 555 stranded tourists had completed evacuation and transferla
Racing against time requires extraordinary methodsla
Inside the Gyirong Valley (吉隆沟,, the road hugs the river valley, and the mountain bodies are steep as if carved. The debris flow, like a giant palm, smashed the roadbed to pieces as a whole; some road sections were completely buried, with no trace of the roadbed to be found anywhere. Rescue personnel at the scene from time to time heard dull, strange noises coming from deep within the mountain, and secondary disasters could occur at any timela
Danger cannot stop the charging footsteps. The rescue personnel broke with convention, advanced by water, land, and air simultaneously, and launched a three-dimensional advance toward the core disaster areala
In the air, drones first went ahead to scout the way and mark dangers. A heavy drone circled and rose into the sky, quickly skimmed over the turbulent river surface, and hoisted Duoji Cuojie (多吉措杰,, deputy squad leader of the Baidian East Road Station of the Special Service Detachment of the Tibet Fire and Rescue Corps (西藏消防救援总队,, across to the opposite bank, opening an aerial lifeline for subsequent personnel and material transportla
In the rescue work, the vast number of party members and cadres charged at the front and stepped forward to shoulder responsibility. "Using a drone to hoist a firefighter across the river - if this were not a moment of extreme difficulty, we certainly would not dare to adopt such a breakthrough approach," said Bianba Ciren (边巴次仁,, political instructor of the Baidian East Road Station of the Special Service Detachment of the Tibet Fire and Rescue Corps, bluntly. "Extraordinary times require extraordinary methods.""
On land, the rescue team's advance team climbed the cliff top above the port, with a sheer drop of hundreds of meters below their feet, and descended vertically with the help of ropes, arriving at the most severely disaster-hit area at 17:00 on the 28thla
On water, rubber boats rushed into the Gyirong Tsangpo (吉隆藏布,, and were instantly torn outward by the torrent. The rescue team members held tightly onto ropes, controlled the boat hulls, pressed forward against the current, and searched the areas divided by mud and river channelsla
However many or however great the difficulties, rescue work always proceeded forcefully, orderly, and effectively. As of the 28th, at least 505 person-times had gone deep into the core disaster area - a thrust that would originally have required several days was compressed into several dozen hoursla
Racing against time cannot do without scientific handlingla
After the debris flow disaster occurred, a barrier body (堰塞体, formed upstream, whose water volume once approached that of two West Lakes. Once it broke, rescue personnel would face extreme dangerla
Lin Zhenkui (林振奎,, a technical expert of the Third Bureau of China Anneng, and 14 others, carrying equipment, rushed to the Guoba Nuqu area (郭巴怒曲,, to conduct on-site surveys of the barrier body and surrounding roadsla
Aerial photography and modeling precisely calculated the barrier body's shape, siltation thickness, and reservoir capacity; slope radar kept a 24-hour close watch on the dam body's stability. After confirming natural overflow and controllable risk, downstream search and rescue operations quickly unfoldedla
Technological support assists rescue. Military, civilian, and commercial satellite resources carried out remote sensing monitoring of the disaster site and its upstream and downstream; UAV patrol data were linked in real time with on-site monitoring sentry posts, building a defense line of "satellite remote sensing + ground monitoring". The Tibet Fire and Rescue Corps deployed thermal imaging drones to penetrate vegetation and mud and capture human heat sources; three-dimensional real-scene models precisely marked the extent of siltation, road damage, and danger points, shifting search and rescue from "carpet-style groping" to "targeted-style screening"la
众志成城 (zhòng zhì chéng chéng - "unity of will becomes a city wall," united strength,, fearing neither hardship nor danger. All rescue forces emphasized scientific rescue, intensified search efforts, and as long as there was a glimmer of hope, they were making their utmost effortsla
(Staff reporters of this newspaper: Kong Xiangwu (孔祥武,, Bian Minde (卞民德,, Shi Pengfei (史鹏飞,, Zhang Wujun (张武军,, Liu Wenxin (刘温馨,, Shen Tongrui (沈童睿,, Lin Fan (林帆,, Song Haoxin (宋豪新,, Qiongda Zhuoga (琼达卓嘎,, Xu Yuyao (徐驭尧;; reporters of People's Daily Online: Chen Xi (陈曦,, Zhao Zule (赵祖乐,, Li Haixia (李海霞))
Return to TopBy: 本报调研组
“'Intelligent Manufacturing in China' has become another bright calling card of Chinese-style modernization.” The keynote speech delivered by General Secretary Xi Jinping at the opening ceremony of the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference and High-Level Conference on Global AI Governance was powerful and resonant.
China's new energy vehicle industry is an iconic symbol on this bright calling card.
Why is China's new energy vehicle industry capable?
It benefits from unique institutional advantages.
Institutional advantage is a country's greatest advantage. China possesses the institutional advantage of a socialist market economy, coordinating the overall situation with the strategic determination of drawing a single blueprint to the end (yī zhāng lán tú huì dào dǐ - following through with a single strategic plan), closely combining an efficient market with a proactive government, and promoting the effective implementation of a series of policies covering top-level planning, fiscal and tax subsidies, and infrastructure layout, providing strong strategic support and institutional guarantees for the leapfrogging of the new energy vehicle industry.
It benefits from incomparable demand advantages.
In today's world, the scarcest resource is the market. China has the world's largest automobile ownership, possessing massive market demand, with annual automobile sales consistently maintained above 20 million units. From large cities to county-level towns, from plains to mountainous areas, from basic entry-level models to mid-to-high-end models... the scale of domestic demand is large, with multiple levels and multiple scenarios, serving as a huge advantage for cultivating and forging the new energy vehicle industry.
It benefits from irreplicable supply advantages.
A complete supporting industrial system is a prominent supply advantage of our country. After more than 10 years of development, China's new energy vehicle industry has connected key links such as basic materials, key components, complete vehicles, manufacturing equipment, and energy replenishment facilities; the comprehensiveness, systematicity, and completeness of its industrial chain are leading the world.
It benefits from an inexhaustible talent advantage.
Talent resources are the primary resource. Our country's total number of R&D personnel ranks first in the world, and the engineer dividend continues to manifest. The achievements attained by China's new energy vehicle industry today rely precisely on the persistent efforts of a large number of high-quality workers capable of interdisciplinary integration and biting hard bones (kěn yìng gǔ tou - tackling difficult tasks), as well as entrepreneurs who have long been cultivating new tracks.
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, we have put forward many major theories and concepts regarding economic and social development, among which the new development concept is the most important and primary."
China's new energy vehicle industry is a typical paradigm of deeply practicing Xi Jinping Thought on Economy and thoroughly, accurately, and comprehensively implementing the new development concept.
Innovation is the soul of China's new energy vehicle industry.
Chinese automakers have rewritten the global pattern of technological evolution for new energy vehicles and have achieved reverse technological output. High-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-strengthening are the key engines driving China's new energy vehicles from large to strong, moving toward the top of the global value chain. Statistical data shows that over the past 10 years, the average annual growth rate of patent disclosures in China's new energy vehicle field has reached 17.1%.
"Innovation in core technologies and supply chain systems has become the cornerstone for Chinese new energy vehicle companies to traverse cycles and build core competitiveness," said Zhu Jiangming, founder, chairman, and CEO of Leapmotor.
Coordination is the lifeline of China's new energy vehicle industry.
The industrial chain is clenched into a fist. Leading complete vehicle enterprises take the lead in building industrial synergy platforms, driving small and medium-sized component supporting enterprises to synchronously upgrade their technical standards. Large, medium, and small enterprises develop through collaborative integration on the same industrial chain.
Regional layout is more scientific and reasonable. Relying on the respective industrial foundations and resource endowments of the eastern, central, and western regions, new energy complete vehicle and component production bases are laid out in an orderly manner, gradually forming five major new energy complete vehicle industry clusters: the Yangtze River Delta, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, the Hubei-Henan-Hunan region, and the Chengdu-Chongqing region; meanwhile, two advanced manufacturing clusters, Ningde power batteries and Shenzhen advanced battery materials, are being cultivated, with the synergistic effects of industrial agglomeration continuing to become prominent.
Industrial structure is becoming more optimized. New energy passenger vehicles, commercial vehicles, and special-purpose vehicles are developing synchronously, taking into account the diverse scenario needs of civilian travel, logistics transportation, and engineering operations. The manufacturing end and the service end are upgrading in coordination, with automotive finance, maintenance and service, second-hand vehicle circulation, and charging and swapping services being improved simultaneously.
Green is the underlying color of China's new energy vehicle industry.
China, which solemnly proposed the "dual carbon" goals, has deeply integrated the green development concept into the entire life cycle of the new energy vehicle industry.
On the production end, green intelligent manufacturing is implemented, promoting energy-saving equipment and processes such as the recycling of wastewater and waste gas; on the product end, exhaust pollutants and carbon emissions are significantly reduced to meet low-carbon travel needs; on the recycling end, the recovery and utilization system for retired power batteries is becoming increasingly complete.
Openness is the breadth of mind of China's new energy vehicle industry.
In 2018, China abolished the limit on foreign shareholding in new energy vehicle companies, and Tesla became the first foreign automaker to build a wholly-owned factory in China. In January 2019, construction began on the Tesla Shanghai Gigafactory, and the first complete vehicle rolled off the line in December of that year.
On July 30, 2026, Tesla's 10 millionth electric vehicle globally rolled off the line. Since December 2019, the Tesla Shanghai Gigafactory has produced a cumulative total of over 4.5 million electric vehicles in six and a half years, accounting for more than 45% of Tesla's total global output. Tesla was born in the United States, but what achieved it is the Chinese market, which continues to expand its high-level opening up. In the first half of this year, the proportion of Tesla Shanghai Gigafactory's output to Tesla's global output during the same period exceeded 50%.
"Transforming the world's opportunities into China's opportunities, and transforming China's opportunities into the world's opportunities." China's new energy vehicle industry rose through openness and is also giving back to the world through openness.
Sharing is the realm of China's new energy vehicle industry.
The development of China's new energy vehicle industry has always aligned with the travel needs of the general masses, strengthening the industry's livelihood attribute. County towns and townships are gradually making up for charging infrastructure, allowing urban and rural residents to enjoy the dividends of new energy travel equally. From 2020 to 2025, the cumulative sales of models selected for the "new energy vehicles going to the countryside" initiative reached 24.3627 million units. As of the end of July this year, the total number of electric vehicle charging infrastructures (pistols) in our country reached 23.683 million, a year-on-year increase of 41.9%.
In Latin American countries, Chinese new energy vehicles have provided local low-carbon, environmentally friendly, efficient, and convenient public transportation solutions. It is estimated that over 6,000 Chinese-made electric buses are already in operation in Latin America, covering multiple brands such as BYD, Yutong Bus, Zhongtong Bus, and Foton AUV.
"Our country has established an industrially complete and highly synergistic industrial system, cultivated the world's largest consumer market, and formed a good situation where new energy vehicles and related industries integrate, coexist, cooperate, and achieve win-win results, contributing Chinese strength to the electric transformation of the global automotive industry," said a relevant official from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
The "15th Five-Year Plan" outline proposes accelerating the development of strategic emerging industries such as intelligent connected new energy vehicles, "striving to create a batch of emerging pillar industries with great growth potential, high technical content, and wide penetration fields."
This is a clear roadmap for a manufacturing powerhouse to leap toward becoming a manufacturing power, and it is also a solemn declaration of China's intelligent connected new energy vehicles moving from an industrial "new track" toward a development "new blue ocean."
Energy, power, and data are deeply integrating; the intelligent connected new energy vehicle industry is no longer an isolated industry, but a "super interface industry" that connects the artificial intelligence revolution, the energy revolution, the mobility revolution, and the advanced manufacturing revolution; it is an "aggregator" for developing new quality productive forces, and an important support for building a modern industrial system and making the real economy stronger, better, and larger.
On the new track of high-quality development, leading the "new standards" of the global automotive industry, Chinese automakers are launching a new race.
Leading new safety standards. Our country has introduced the world's strictest power battery safety standards, clearly specifying that there shall be no fire or explosion for 2 hours during thermal diffusion. The newly released new national standard for intelligent connected vehicles requires that the safety level of L3 and L4 autonomous driving shall not be lower than that of a qualified and attentive human driver. Changan has proposed a "new safety" concept, extending safety from vehicle body collisions to health, psychology, and data privacy, leading the formulation of national standards for the all-domain safety of intelligent connected new energy vehicles, and promoting safety configurations such as stable driving after a tire blowout to become standard equipment. As of early August this year, Huawei Qiankun smart driving has accumulated an assisted driving mileage exceeding 13 billion kilometers, making active safety and all-domain safety the underlying color of the Chinese solution.
Leading new functional standards. Some application scenarios that were previously unimaginable are being continuously developed by Chinese automakers; automotive travel scenarios are continuously extending, and life value is continuously expanding, with fishing cockpits, mobile living rooms, leisure living spaces, and the human-vehicle-home full ecosystem successively being implemented. In Shenzhen, FAW Hongqi Tianxun No. 1 completed final assembly and achieved its first flight; in Guangzhou, XPeng Aeroht's "Land Aircraft Carrier" completed batch trial production and multiple aircraft test flights.
Leading new quality standards. In 2019, Li Auto first realized the inclusion of on-board refrigerators, co-pilot entertainment screens, and ultra-comfortable seats in vehicles; today, "color TVs, refrigerators, and large sofas" have become distinctive labels for Chinese new energy vehicles and have become a new trend in cockpit design for multinational automakers. BYD's Yangwang, and the Maextro jointly created by JAC and Huawei, redefine luxury and reshape automotive aesthetics using technology and Chinese-style aesthetics.
Leading new service standards. NIO pioneered the world's first "chargeable, swappable, and upgradable" charging and swapping system and "battery-as-a-service" battery leasing service, building over 4,000 battery swap stations over 8 years, turning "energy replenishment" into a differentiated "long board." The full life-cycle operation of "product + service" is becoming a new moat for Chinese automakers to build competitive advantages and reshape the global value chain.
Leading new value standards. Adhering to technological egalitarianism and inclusive innovation, high-end intelligent configurations are comprehensively descending to lower levels, allowing both Chinese and foreign consumers to share the dividends of industrial innovation. Functions that previously were only available in joint-venture products in the 200,000 to 300,000 RMB range are now standard equipment in independent brand new energy vehicles in the 100,000 RMB range. BYD Chairman Wang Chuanfu stated that all BYD models will be equipped with "God's Eye" high-level assisted driving.
Currently, with the transformation from mobile tools to energy terminals and digital spaces, new energy vehicles have become key elements in constructing smart energy, intelligent transportation, and smart cities. Advancing toward the "15th Five-Year Plan," China's new energy vehicle industry will initiate a new cycle of high-quality development.
— Accelerating toward a new stage of autonomous driving.
By the end of 2025, two models from Changan and BAIC obtained the first batch of domestic access permits for L3 conditional autonomous driving products. China's autonomous driving is accelerating from the "technical verification" stage toward a new stage of "mass production application."
As one of the first domestic automakers to obtain L3 conditional autonomous driving access, the Arcfox Alpha S (L3 version) under BAIC Group has already conducted road testing pilots in designated Beijing sections such as the Daxing Airport Expressway.
— Accelerating the leap toward the modern service industry.
In June this year, the Ministry of Commerce and eight other departments jointly issued the "Notice on Several Measures for Cultivating and Expanding the Automotive Aftermarket Consumption." The notice focuses on six major fields—automotive modification, RV camping, classic old cars, maintenance and insurance, automotive racing, and car rental—and introduces 17 specific measures, providing clear policy guidance and vast market space for automakers to deeply cultivate the service track and cultivate new profit growth points.
On June 21, in the Shantou Overseas Chinese Experimental Zone, the Ruixun Haivan Automotive Life Plaza, under Luxshare Precision—the second-largest shareholder of Chery and the world's largest provider of precision manufacturing solutions—officially opened. This comprehensive automotive life space, integrating consumption, experience, and social interaction, has pioneered a new global business format for automotive exhibition, sales, and service.
— Accelerating the expansion of value chain lengthening.
Luo Lei, Vice President of the China Automobile Dealers Association, said that the value center of the automotive industry is accelerating its extension from traditional manufacturing and sales toward full life-cycle service links such as R&D and design, software services, data applications, charging and swapping networks, mobility services, finance and insurance, and recycling.
In Yizhuang, Beijing, breakthroughs have been made in the construction of five major systems: "smart cars, smart roads, real-time cloud, reliable networks, and precise maps," which are dedicated to assisting the development of the automotive industry and smart city construction through iterative upgrades of autonomous driving technology.
In the Xiong'an New Area of Hebei, the prototype of a low-carbon and intelligent transportation network is gradually appearing; the nation's first large-scale regional-level digital road of 153 kilometers has been completed, and the safe (experimental) operating mileage of intelligent connected buses has approached 200,000 kilometers.
The rise of China's new energy vehicle industry is not just a success in switching tracks, but a concentrated realization of institutional advantages, market vitality, industrial resilience, and the talent dividend on the timeline of building a strong nation.
This path of industrial leapfrogging—we have taken it correctly, we have taken it steadily, and we will go even further.
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The 140th anniversary of the birth of the internal combustion engine automobile, the 70th anniversary of the first automobile rolling off the line in New China, and the 70th anniversary of the proposal of the concept of artificial intelligence—several historical milestones converge in the opening year of the "15th Five-Year Plan."
Since the new era, in the new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation represented by artificial intelligence, China has for the first time stood on the same starting line as the world, laying out the entire process synchronously and joining the global first tier as a whole. Intelligent connected new energy vehicles are precisely one of the brightest footnotes to this breakthrough and catch-up.
The automotive dream, the strong nation dream, the rejuvenation dream. The rise of China's new energy vehicle industry condenses the leapfrog trajectory of Chinese manufacturing moving upward step by step, reflects the confidence and self-reliance of a large, open country, and carries the simple aspiration of more than 1.4 billion Chinese people to move toward a better life.
"We must firmly promote industrial transformation and upgrading, strengthen independent innovation, develop high-end manufacturing and intelligent manufacturing, boost our country's manufacturing and real economy, promote our economy from large in quantity to strong in quality, and solidly realize the 'two Centenary'奋斗 goals (struggle goals)."
(Members of the research team: Xu Lijing, Xie Rongbin, Du Haitao, Gui Junsong, Wang Zheng, Shen Qian, Ge Mengchao, Feng Yingjie)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 吴 勇
The whistle blows long and loud, and a dry, hot wind sweeps across the yard as a China-Europe Railway Express train carrying various types of mixed cargo slowly starts moving, heading north and about to cross the national border.
The Erlianhot Railway Port in Inner Mongolia is the only inbound and outbound railway port in the Middle Corridor of the China-Europe Railway Express. In June this year, the unified brand of the China-Europe Railway Express completed 10 years of use. Since its commencement, the cumulative number of trains passing through here has exceeded 26,000; it took 7 years to reach the first 5,000 trains, but it took less than 1 year to add another 5,000. Currently, the daily average number of inbound and outbound trains at the port is stable at around 13, with 76 routes connecting to more than 70 hub stations in over 10 countries, including Germany and Poland. Cargo has also expanded from early metals, chemicals, and clothing and footwear to "China Intelligent Manufacturing" such as new energy vehicles, electronic products, and household appliances.
Behind a single train crossing the national border is a series of interlocking relays: some people traverse the yard to decouple and marshal vehicles; some bend over to inspect and maintain the steel rails to pave a safe passage for the wheels; some sit upright in the driver's cab to run the "final leg" before exiting the country. Amidst scorching sun, wind and sand, and freezing nights, a group of young railway workers escorts the busy "iron camel caravans" across the national border, all to ensure that every China-Europe Railway Express train arrives at its destination safely and on time.
Assembling every train:
Acting as the "needle and thread" through thousands of unhookings and hookings
In the early morning, heat waves are already rising from the Erlianhot railway yard.
Shunting leader Liu Juchuan wiped the sweat from his forehead and walked briskly toward the standard-gauge operation site. Sweat quickly soaked the back of his work uniform, and his soles made fine, hurried sounds as they stepped over the ballast.
"Shunting leader entering the track for operation, number one protection in place," "Number one understood," "Driver understood."
The coordinated control voices rang out one after another over the walkie-talkies. After confirming that protection was in place, Liu Juchuan climbed into the car stall. The steel wheels on both sides were higher than his shoulders, and the couplers and hoses were right before his eyes. He checked the connection status, connected the hoses, removed the anti-roll devices, stood up, and issued the operational command. In the distance, a locomotive hummed low, the vehicles moved slowly, and the couplers collided, emitting a dull and powerful "clang."
Decoupling, switching lines, coupling, trial pulling... one vehicle after another, coming from different places and carrying different goods, were arranged and combined under the command of the shunting personnel to form a train.
"The yard is like a large express delivery distribution center," Liu Juchuan said. After a freight train arrives at the port, it must undergo decoupling and re-marshalling according to information such as product name and arrival station. "Only when every link is connected accurately and tightly can the goods be transported to their destination faster and more safely."
In 2018, Liu Juchuan started work and arrived at the Erlianhot Railway Port. When he first entered the yard, the crisscrossing rails and dense vehicles left this young man quite shocked. At that time, "China-Europe Railway Express" was still just a term in the news to him.
Starting as a trainee, he followed his master every day in the yard to walk, watch, and learn. How to confirm signals, how to unhook and connect air hoses, how to prevent vehicles from rolling, what the risk points were for different types of models... knowledge from books had to be transformed into skill through repeated bending, inspecting, and operating.
Shunting operations mostly consist of walking. In a 12-hour shift, it is common for Liu Juchuan to walk more than 20,000 steps a day. The ballast in the yard is uneven, scorching hot in summer, wrapped in ice and snow in winter, and often faces blowing sand in spring and autumn.
In the past, lighting on the peripheral lines was insufficient, and nighttime operations relied mainly on flashlights. The beams of light moved back and forth between the wheels and the rails, covering a limited range, which required even more mental alertness from the operators. Nowadays, the lighting conditions in the yard are constantly improving, but flashlights remain a standard piece of equipment. "As equipment conditions improve, the requirements for safety can only be higher," Liu Juchuan said.
In 2024, he passed the examination to become a shunting leader. The position has changed, and the responsibility on his shoulders has become heavier. Now, his shift completes the movement tasks of over a thousand vehicles on average, marshalling about 9 China-Europe Railway Express trains. The China-Europe Railway Express has high requirements for timeliness, and operational links must be tightly connected, but in Liu Juchuan's view, "the more tense and busy it is, the more one must not rush those few seconds or omit any single step."
Is the on-site environment safe? Has the operational plan changed? Have the signals been clearly confirmed? He summarized his experience into a "Three More" working method: more checking of the on-site environment, more communication regarding operational links, and more confirmation of signal commands.
Return trains use broad-gauge vehicles, with different models and braking devices. Some vehicles require the use of manual brakes, while others must adopt "double anti-roll" measures combining iron shoes with manual brakes. Whenever he encounters such vehicles, Liu Juchuan always checks one more time. The slightest abnormal sound from a wheel or an abnormal state of a brake shoe does not escape his eyes.
For over 8 years, he has safely shunted nearly 60,000 couplers without any responsibility accidents occurring. 60,000 couplers represent 60,000 confirmations, 60,000 connections, and 60,000 operations where no mistakes could be made.
As the sun gradually set, a China-Europe Railway Express train that had just finished marshalling slowly drove out of the yard. The containers were plated with a layer of gold by the afterglow. Liu Juchuan stood by the line, watching the train head toward the national border. Only after the last carriage had moved away did he turn around and walk toward the next group of vehicles waiting to be marshalled.
Protecting every meter:
Conducting precise inspections and repairs between two gauges
As the train leaves the yard, beneath the wheels lies a steel line extending toward the national border.
At 6:30 in the morning, before the morning glow in Erlianhot had fully dissipated, Liu Lei, a section foreman of the first work area of the Erlianhot Line Workshop, was already leading his colleagues in counting tools.
Internal combustion wrenches, rail saws, crowbars, track gauges... the tools were checked and loaded one by one. Their task for the day was to replace a heavily damaged rail at track 5 of the Erlianhot Station Yard, located less than 5 kilometers from the national border.
The China-Europe Railway Express operates at full capacity, and the rails endure long-term heavy pressure; even a minute defect poses a safety hazard. "For railway safety, even one millimeter of error is unacceptable," Liu Lei said.
At 7:32 in the morning, the order was issued. The protection personnel arrived at the designated position, and the workers boarded the track carrying tools. The internal combustion wrench roared, and nuts were unbolted one by one; the workers followed closely behind to remove the clips and the baseplates.
The rail saw was fixed in a pre-measured position. The high-speed rotating abrasive disc approached the rail, and in an instant, golden sparks erupted, falling into the ballast and quickly extinguishing. Amidst the "sizzling" cutting sound, the saw blade submerged into the rail bit by bit.
The most strenuous part was moving the rail. The workers held crowbars, lined up along the outside of the rail. The crowbars were firmly inserted under the rail base, and following rhythmic chants, the 25-meter-long old rail was pried out of the rail seat bit by bit.
"Hold steady," "One more time"...
The chants and the roar of machinery intertwined. By flipping the rail head and wedging the rail base, the new rail was pried into the rail seat. As the sun rose higher, beads of sweat dripped down the faces of the workers.
Liu Lei crouched by the line, holding a track gauge, measuring section by section.
"Re-inspection must be careful, especially the gauge and the fasteners; if they are not in place, adjust them immediately," he instructed while adjusting the gauge and retightening the fasteners. The scales on the track gauge were fine, and Liu Lei watched with focus. For track workers, the smoothness when a train passes safely comes from this precision that is almost imperceptible to the naked eye.
The railway lines in Erlianhot have their own special characteristics. Because the rail gauges of the China-Mongolia Railway are different, there are both 1435 mm standard-gauge rails and 1520 mm broad-gauge rails here, as well as dual-gauge tracks where two types of rails are interwoven. Within the same yard, two sets of gauge standards coexist, making the requirements for inspection, maintenance, and repair even more complex.
"In other places, one track gauge is enough, but here we must master two sets of standards," Liu Lei said. When replacing rails on broad-gauge wooden sleeper lines, many processes must be completed manually. Lifting spikes, raising rails, and driving spikes test physical strength, but even more so, they test coordination and judgment.
In Liu Lei's view, today's track workers are no longer just "selling muscle." Before operation, one must formulate maintenance plans, arrange personnel and tools, and plan entry and exit network paths and protection positions; during operation, one must keep an eye on processes, standards, and risks; after operation, one must still verify geometric dimensions and equipment status. "It looks like physical labor, but it is actually seventy percent mental and thirty percent physical," Liu Lei said.
After becoming a section foreman, Liu Lei's first work area came to include 17 employees. How to arrange personnel and how to predict risks became the things he pondered most every day.
In Erlianhot, the surface temperature of rails in summer can reach over 60 degrees Celsius, and in winter, temperatures can drop to minus 30 degrees Celsius. Regardless of extreme heat or severe cold, track workers must walk onto the lines, bend down, use their eyes to look, and use hammers to tap, to troubleshoot equipment hazards.
In 1955, the Jier Railway was completed and put into operation. That year, Liu Lei's grandfather, along with many other young people, came to Erlianhot from all parts of the motherland to support the construction of the frontier, becoming the first generation of road maintainers. At that time, road maintainers went onto the tracks carrying kerosene lamps, working with pickaxes, crowbars, and wooden track gauges.
Before retiring, the old man instructed his son: "The national border is our glory; we must maintain the railway well!" Later, Liu Lei's father became a locomotive conductor, driving trains back and forth between Erlianhot and Zamiin-Uud in Mongolia. In 2008, Liu Lei graduated and returned to Erlianhot to become a track worker.
From his grandfather maintaining the road with a kerosene lamp, to his father driving locomotives through the national border, to Liu Lei using digital and mechanized equipment to precisely inspect the lines, the methods of operation have changed, but what remains unchanged is the choice of three generations of one family to guard the national border railway.
At 10:30 in the morning, the 25-meter new rail was successfully "put to work." After the line opened, a container freight train approached at a slow speed. The wheels rolled over the brand-new rail, emitting a rhythmic sound. Liu Lei stood on one side of the line, his eyes fixed on each carriage. Only after the train passed safely did a smile appear on his dark face.
This sound, his grandfather heard, his father heard, and now he still hears it. As the rails extend forward, the youth of three generations of one family also spreads toward the national border along the same line.
Running every leg of the journey:
Catching the "final leg" through dedication and responsibility
Ahead on the line, the national border is already in sight.
A single China-Europe Railway Express train traveling from China to overseas requires nearly 60 drivers to perform a relay during the journey. From Erlianhot Station to Zamiin-Uud Station in Mongolia, the railway mileage is only 9 kilometers, yet it is the critical leg for the train to cross the national border. The Mongolian driver Iderygon is responsible for running this "final leg" well.
Entering the locomotive cab, he places his water cup and notebook on his right side. This seemingly insignificant action is a safety reminder he sets for himself.
When operating on domestic railways, the driver sits on the left, and the railway signals are usually set on the left; after passing the national border, the setting direction of the Mongolian side's railway signals is exactly the opposite, and the focus of observation also shifts to the right. "Placing the water cup and notebook on the right is to remind myself that once I pass the national border, I must begin observing the signals on the right," Iderygon said.
There are also differences in the railway signal displays and hand signal rules between the two countries, requiring the driver to accurately identify and quickly judge. When he first started, Iderygon wrote down various signal displays one by one in his notebook, repeatedly comparing and memorizing them, and flipping through them to confirm before going on duty.
After graduation, Iderygon proactively applied to come to Erlianhot. He had set his sights on the profession of a train driver since choosing his major, and because he understands Mongolian, he hoped to utilize his expertise on the front line of international intermodal transport. In 2021, he became an assistant driver. Now, he is a young backbone of the workshop and has been rated as an outstanding Communist Party member for three consecutive years.
"We must not only make the train move, but also make the train stop steadily when needed," Iderygon said. During every test, he keeps a close eye on instrument changes, listens carefully to the sound of air exhaust, and repeatedly confirms the braking status. Any abnormal data or incorrect air exhaust duration must have its cause investigated.
After long-term cross-border operations, he and his partner have also explored many communication methods. Since some railway professional terms are expressed differently on both sides, the two parties use hand signals and other methods to communicate, gradually becoming familiar with each other's operational habits.
Iderygon's partner, Zhang Xinxin, is a locomotive conductor. To better cooperate in cross-border operations, Zhang Xinxin self-studied Mongolian. "How many empty cars," "how many wagons in a set," "how many line switches"... Zhang Xinxin wrote down common phrases and practiced them repeatedly during rest time; now he can complete daily coordinated control.
One understands Mongolian and is familiar with the local linguistic environment, while the other proactively learns and continuously accumulates; one observes, while the other confirms; one operates, while the other verifies. Inside the cab, the two young men have formed a tacit understanding through repeated cooperation.
"Zamiin-Uud Station, Train No. 73508, second track departure." As the driving command came, Iderygon confirmed the signal and steadily pushed the brake lever. The locomotive emitted a low roar, the couplers tightened, and the fully loaded freight train slowly drove out of the platform.
Outside the window, the station signal lights receded one after another behind them. The train drove onto that familiar 9-kilometer stretch of line. Iderygon leaned forward slightly, his gaze moving between the track ahead, the signals, and the instruments. The water cup and notebook remained quietly on his right side, reminding him of the rules in his mind and the responsibility on his shoulders.
Reporter's Notes
Escorting the trains & Connecting the distance
9 kilometers is not long, but there are no short trips on the national border line. Every unhooking and hooking during marshalling, every millimeter on the line, and every confirmation in the driver's cab converge at this moment.
Nowadays, relying on the "Railway Fast Pass" model and the "Digital Port" system, railways, customs, border inspection, and enterprises share information across the entire cross-border transport chain, with port clearance times compressed to a minimum of about 30 minutes. Efficiency is getting higher, lines are being woven more densely, and goods are traveling further and further. But no matter how technology upgrades or how digital growth occurs, the safe operation of the trains always depends on individual people and rigorous operations.
As the train approaches the national border, the whistle blows long and loud once again. Three positions, three relays, guarding the same train, connecting to a common distance. Today, the ancient camel bells have long since turned into the long, loud whistle. On the steel lines extending north, the silhouettes of youth, along with the rolling wheels, are rushing toward the even more vast Eurasian continent.
Return to TopBy: 吴储岐
Recently, several young streamers with large fan bases walked into a certain university to exchange ideas with college students. Their academic credentials were not outstanding, yet they had earned considerable income through live-streaming. On stage, they talked about their experiences and about persistence, and there was no lack of lighthearted and jocular expressions. Such exchanges allowed college students to see different growth paths outside the classroom, which should have had positive significance. But after related videos spread, some netizens, however, sighed over this: "What use is there in attending university? After graduation, a month's salary is only a few thousand yuan." "Might as well start doing live-streaming earlier."... The theory that "studying is useless" (读书无用论) seems to have acquired a new tone once again, thereby triggering discussion.
Today, new business forms such as live-streaming e-commerce and short-video creation are developing vigorously. Some young people, relying on their talent and diligence, have seized the opportunity and 脱颖而出 (tuō yǐng ér chū - "the awl point emerges from the sack," to stand out from the crowd). This is an opportunity provided by the times,and it deserves respect. Some are good at facing the camera, some are good at delving into technology; some have carved out a world in cyberspace,and some realize their self-worth in laboratories,on production lines,and in the fields and at the field edges. The roads of life are inherently diverse;there is no need to use one kind of success to negate another kind of choice
But conclusions drawn from the success of a few people often 经不起推敲 (jīng bù qǐ tuī qiāo - "cannot withstand push-and-knock," to be unable to withstand careful scrutiny). Successful people under the spotlight are always easier to be seen,but the competition,elimination,and accumulation behind an industry are often hidden beyond the camera lens. Individual success has its own particular opportunities,and it is difficult to extrapolate universal conclusions from this. The value of studying also cannot be simply converted into the level of income at a particular time
The significance of studying also goes far beyond a mere diploma and a job. Knowledge renewal is speeding up,technology iteration is accelerating,and learning ability is becoming ever more important. The specific knowledge learned in university may need to be constantly updated,but the thinking ability,professional competence,and habit of seeking knowledge formed in the course of learning will not become outdated. Whether one can quickly get into the proper state when facing an unfamiliar field,whether one can make judgments when facing complex and varied information,whether one can find solutions when encountering complex problems - these abilities are hard to reflect on a salary slip right after graduation,but they often determine how far a person can go
The value of knowledge is also written in each concrete advance of social development. Tu Youyou drew inspiration from the classics of traditional Chinese medicine,and then,with the aid of modern scientific methods,conducted repeated research,ultimately discovering artemisinin;generation after generation of aerospace workers gnawed at theory,conducted experiments,and sent probes toward deep space;countless engineering and technical personnel studied and delved deeply over the long term,and only then did high-speed trains race along and domestically produced large aircraft soar in the blue sky. Knowledge may not immediately turn into income,but it can become methods for solving problems,abilities for breaking through bottlenecks,and ultimately transform into a force that promotes social progress
In fact,the experiences shared by those few streamers themselves also confirm a plain truth:any path,if one wants to go far,cannot do without learning and accumulation. Live-streaming appears to have a low threshold,but to truly do it well equally requires abilities such as expression,planning,and judgment;it requires understanding the platform,researching the audience,and constantly updating content. The "persistence is most important" they talked about likewise has long-term investment and capability accumulation behind it. Switching to a different track does not mean one can bypass learning;catching up with a trend does not mean one can skip the effort required for growth
The era gives young people more and more opportunities,and choices are also becoming richer and richer. Studying cannot preset a standard answer for one's life,but it can expand the boundaries of cognition,increase the possibilities of choice,and make people more confident when facing change. Trends will change,careers will change,and knowledge is also being updated,butthe vision,ability,and judgment brought by continuous learning have always been an important support for a person to walk toward a broader world
Read books well,train your skills until they are strong,andthe road of youth will naturally grow wider and wider as one walks
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In the northern part of Shouguang City (寿光市, Weifang, Shandong, there is a continuous stretch of saline-alkali land that the older generation all called "Beidawa" (北大洼. My hometown, Qijiazhuangzhuangtou Village (齐家庄庄头村, is right here.
When I was young, I once went out to make a living through hard work. When I encountered difficulties, my fellow villagers and neighbors were always willing to lend a hand. In 2017, at under 30 years of age, I was elected village Party branch secretary and village committee director. Since the villagers trust me, I must sink down roots and accomplish several practical things for the village.
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When I had just taken office, some people also grumbled:"Generations upon generations have guarded this saline-alkali flat and relied on heaven for food (靠天吃饭 (kào tiān chī fàn - "rely on heaven to eat," to depend entirely on natural conditions for a living)). Can a young fellow really make the village change its appearance?"
In my heart, I was also holding back a surge of determination. The village had long been constrained by drought, waterlogging, and salinity-alkalinity; relying solely on grain cultivation yielded limited returns, but we also guarded salt fields, brine, and large tracts of land. How could we put these resources to use? I led members of the village's two committees on door-to-door visits, and also invited veteran Party members and villager representatives to discuss together.
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The first step was to start with the low-efficiency salt fields. We integrated and standardized the operation of more than 1,100 mu of salt fields, streamlining management and production-sales processes. Today, the salt fields can stably increase the village collective's income by 600,000 yuan each year.
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But relying solely on the salt fields was not enough. Qijiazhuangzhuangtou Village is close to the town's industrial park. I proactively responded to the special campaign to seek"Red Partners" (寻找"红色合伙人"专项行动) launched by the Organization Department of the Shouguang Municipal Party Committee (寿光市委组织部, repeatedly connecting with the Party organizations of surrounding enterprises, pondering how to connect the village's land and brine resources with enterprise needs. Later, we carried out village-enterprise pairing and joint construction, set aside 2,300 mu of land to implement fine chemical supporting projects, and also integrateda thousand mu of low-efficiency idle land parcels to guarantee the construction of the lithium industry project, cumulatively increasing the village collective's income by more than 6 million yuan.
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The village collective's"waist pouch" bulged, and the villagers also gained concrete benefits. After the land was uniformly transferred, the park's projects were successively put into production, leading more than 200 villagers to take up employment nearby; they had land transfer income and could also receive stable wages. Relying on this approach, we brought back a first prize at the exchange meeting on good projects for strengthening villages and enriching the people (强村富民好项目交流会) held by Shouguang City, which made me work with ever greater vigor.
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Once, Auntie Hou (侯大娘, a villager, ran into me and said with a smile:"Everyone really chose the right leader." This homely remark was the villagers' recognition and the greatest source of confidence in my work.
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Over these years, the village has developed better and better; one after another, 21 post-85s young people who had been working away from home returned to their hometown to start businesses. In December 2024, I had the honor to become one of Weifang City's youth"Good Secretaries for Revitalizing Villages and Governing Communities" (兴村治社好书记. For me, this honor is even more of a responsibility.
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Many people say that Beidawa has heavy salinity and alkalinity, and it is hard to achieve major development. But in my eyes, the more such land, the more we must find ways to use it well. This saline-alkali land raised me and is also my eternal root.
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After the leadership transition, I continued to serve as village Party branch secretary. In the days ahead, I still want to work together with the villagers, doing one practical thing after another, building up the village's family foundation thicker, making everyone's days better and better, and truly turning this saline-alkali flat into the villagers' field of prosperity.
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(The author is secretary of the Party branch of Qijiazhuangzhuangtou Village, Yangkou Town (羊口镇, Shouguang City, Weifang, Shandong, and director of the village committee. This article was compiled from an interview by our reporter Wu Chuqi (吴储岐.)
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On the eve of Army Day this year, the Zheng He training ship(郑和舰, with hull number "81," belonging to a certain flotilla of the Dalian Naval Academy(海军大连舰艇学院, arrived at the naval port pier. Braving the sea breeze and walking down the gangway, more than a hundred cadets from the navigation and navigation-communication command specialties of the Dalian Naval Academy concluded their professional internship mission and completed the first practical lesson of their "university at sea."
Standing on the pier, looking out at the vast sea, the excitement of boarding the ship for the first time still lingers in their hearts. "This was my first time independently completing the drafting of a navigation plan, and I also participated in work at different battle stations. This helped me, beyond my own specialty, form a more systematic way of thinking about ship command," cadet Ren Ziyang(任子洋 said with emotion.
The first time accompanying a warship on a distant voyage, the first time 朝夕相处 (zhāo xī xiāng chǔ - "morning and evening together," to be together day and night) with the crew, the first time standing watch and keeping lookout in wind and waves... As the People's Navy's first oceangoing navigation training ship, the Zheng He has accompanied batch after batch of 朝气蓬勃 (zhāo qì péng bó - "morning air flourishing," full of vigor and vitality) cadets in their transformation and growth, witnessing their "first times" one after another.
The boundless deep blue is the most expansive classroom. In The 39 years since its commissioning, the Zheng He has completed more than a hundred missions, including cadet internships and visits abroad, cultivating and delivering more than50,000 outstanding military personnel to the Navy. It has been successively awarded a collective first-class merit once, a collective second-class merit once, and collective third-class merits three times, and has been conferred by the Navy the honorary title of "meritorious training ship" (功勋训练舰.
Resonating at the same frequency as youth, carrying dreams on distant voyages, this "meritorious training ship," which is "nearly the age of no confusion," is still 乘风破浪 (chéng fēng pò làng - "ride the wind, break the waves," to advance bravely despite difficulties).
"See that? That's the Big Dipper..." Under The night sky, Li Yiming(李祎明, a cadreon the Zheng He, was teaching the cadets to identify the countless stars before them.
During long voyages, on every clear night, Li Yiming, who is proficient in astronomical navigation knowledge, would always come to the deck and lead the cadets in identifying the stars. Nowadays satellite navigation is widespread, and some cadets have doubts about Li Yiming's approach, believing that positioningby observing stars is long outdated. Li Yiming patiently explained to them:"Astronomical navigation may seem rarely used, but it is an essential skill for seafarers. Once navigation equipment fails, the starry sky is an eternal beacon on the sea; in critical moments, the stars can point the way for ships."
The sea breeze blew in gusts, starlight dotted the sky, and the "star-gazing lesson" on the deck had no fixed textbook chapters, only real-scene comparisons tailored to actual combat needs. Originally abstract astronomical terms became clearand tangible in the star-filled sky.
Cadet Xu Youze(徐有则 said:"Previously I always felt astronomical navigation was dulland hard to understand. Only after observing starsand practicing on the Zheng He, identifying constellations against the sea of stars, did I come to appreciate the charm of this discipline."
As a "meritorious training ship," the Zheng He brings together the three forces of instructors, crew members, and commanders to coordinate teaching, tempering cadets' solid abilities to control warships, gallop across the deep blue, and calmly handle all kinds of maritime dangers.
In recent years, the Zheng He has actively promoted the transformation of the internship training model, built a scientific and complete training system, and accelerated the generation of cadets' comprehensive abilities.
In training organization,the Zheng He implements the"mixed-organization, unified-management" model(混编统管, integrating cadets into various ship departments to directly participate in uninterrupted watch-standing training. Cadet Wang Zeyu(王泽宇 said:"At our posts, we gradually became familiar with the equipment, familiar with battle stations, familiar with procedures. At every reviewand debriefing, problems exposed during training were corrected item by item."
The political commissar of the Zheng He introduced:"When passing through important strait waters, officersand soldiers also organize cadets to carry out high-intensity chart work, ship maneuvering, and other training subjects."
Treating foreign military shipsand aircraft as actual-combat"sparring partners,"and relying on complex distant-sea situations to teach as circumstances arise, is a maritime internship practice that the Zheng He has continued for many years.
During one internship mission, the Zheng He encountered an unidentified maritime target approaching. At first, the cadets looked at the echoes displayed on radar monitoring, feeling both excitedand uneasy. Led by the officersand soldiers on board, the cadets quickly went to their battle stationsand 有条不紊 (yǒu tiáo bù wěn - "there is order, no confusion," methodicaland orderly) followed the squad leaders in participating in communicationsand hailing, as well as warningand expulsion operations. When the danger was smoothly resolvedand the sea returned to calm, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
"This is exactlya good opportunity for combat-oriented teaching," said the captain of the Zheng He."The deck is the starting point for pursuing dreams; the ocean is the examination hall of growth. Our eyes have always been focused on the future battlefield, closely tracking the developmentand changes of the troops."
As the internship was about to end, many cadets said that from chart plottingand course calculation to navigation plan formulationand emergency response coordination, they had received real, solid training on the Zheng He."The basic skills thata qualified department head should master — we have basically practiced all of them on the Zheng He. Although there is still room for improvement, we feel increasingly confident in our hearts," said Wang Zeyu.
The track continuously extends toward the distance,and skills slowly accumulate over the years. In their day-and-night time together, the collisionand exchange between"veteran crew members"and"new cadets"is both the 薪火相传 (xīn huǒ xiāng chuán - "firewood is passed, fire is transmitted," to pass on knowledgeand skills from generation to generation)of technical experienceand the continuation of spiritual strength through bloodlines.
"Shoulder the heavy responsibilities of the eraand go where the motherland needs most."
On The distant seasand vast oceans, Zhao Xuanchun(赵宣淳, an officer on the Daqing, led department officersand soldiers in anti-submarine training. Thousands of nautical miles away, the deputy captain of the Qi Jiguang commanded the ship as it broke through the waves. In A certain area of the Yellow Sea, Wang Xinyue(王馨悦, an officer on the Urumqi, was carefully conducting chart work, planning precise routes for ship maneuvers...
From The perspective of spatial coordinates at this moment, they are far apart. But many years ago, their life trajectories intersected at the same coordinate point—the Zheng He.
For generation after generation of cadets, the Zheng He is precisely the first stop for them to get to know the distant seasand oceans,and the starting point for growing into outstanding commanders. Where does the power of transformation come from?
In The classroom of the Zheng He,a precious Five-Star Red Flag is displayed. On August ͏1, 2009, it had been raised slowly at Tiananmen Square in Beijing. The date on which this national flag was raised happened to echo the hull number"81"of the Zheng He,and it was given to all officersand soldiers of the ship as a special gift. Whenever cadets board the ship for internships, the officersand soldiers of the Zheng He lead them to stand before the flagand carry out education activities such as"Live Up to the Heritage, Continue the Glory"(不负传承，赓续荣光.
Cadet Deng Shurui(邓殊睿 opened his internship plan: visiting the Navy Museum(海军博物馆, visiting new-type ships ata certain naval port, watching an original drama... One by one, the items on the schedule came into view, meticulously arranged.
For more than30 years, the Zheng He has insisted that wherever it sails, education is carried out there, merging historyand reality, humiliationand glory, anxietyand mission into the voyage track, helping cadets strengthen their sense of missionand responsibilityand build a solid foundation of loyalty.
This"meritorious training ship," having undergone the baptism of time, has always advanced bravely along the course charted by the Party, illuminating the loyal character of"The People's Navy is loyal to the Party; sailing ten thousand miles, it does not lose its way"(人民海军忠于党、舰行万里不迷航.
During one activity, the Zheng He organized cadets to go to Liugong Island(刘公岛 in Weihai, Shandong, to carry out on-site education. Arriving at the former site of the Jiawu naval battle(甲午海战, looking at the towering bronze bell, the huge rusted anchor, the overturned warships in the pictures... The cadets' thoughts were myriad.
"If war comes, can everyone charge forward bravely?" The political commissar of the ship asked the cadets.
"Whether we can charge forward bravely—the answer is in our own hands," said cadet Zhou Ziyue(周子越."History warns us that courage alone is not enough; solid skills are the true foundation. Only by training our specialty welland mastering it can we, at critical moments, stand upand win the fight." Looking at the sea before them, the cadets expressed one after another that they must train their professional skills to the utmostand advance bravely toward victory.
After watching the original drama The Sexagenarian Captain(花甲舰长, Deng Shurui stood for a long time on the deck of the Zheng He, with the words of Feng Mianshu(冯缵枢, the first instructor captain, echoing in his ears:"The ship obeys my command; I obey the Party's words; defend the maritime frontiersand protect the motherland!"
"They are the"sparks"of the Navy,and even more so, the hope of the Navy's future," said the ship's political commissar."Stepping down from the Zheng He, these young cadets shed their immaturity, shoulder the heavy responsibilities of the era,and go where the motherland needs most."
Amid 潮起潮落 (cháo qǐ cháo luò - "tide rises, tide falls," ups and downs), batch after batch of cadets, taking the Zheng He as their starting pointand carrying heavy thoughtsand gains, have successively boarded various types of ships—the catapult-equipped aircraft carrier Fujian, the 10,000-ton-class destroyer, the amphibious assault ship—and shouldered their missionsand responsibilities.
"Sail toward the farther deep blueand encounter abroader world."
The Suez Canal, the Panama Canal, the Strait of Gibraltar... These world-famous maritime arteries are marked on a huge world voyage-track map on the Zheng He.
When marking oceangoing routes on the chart, cadet Liu Yong(刘勇 realized:"To become an outstanding naval officer, one's vision cannot be limited to what is before one's eyes; one must hold abroader world in one's heart."
More than600 years ago, Zheng He, the Ming Dynasty navigator, led his fleet on seven voyages to the Western Seas, connecting Asianand African shipping routes amid the vast blue waves. This spirit of crossing mountainsand seas has continued to this day, guiding later generations to sail toward even more vast distant seasand oceans.
Since its commissioning, the Zheng He's voyage tracks have spread across three oceansand six continents,with acumulative voyage of more than600,000 nautical miles. When sailing on unfamiliar international shipping lanes, the officersand soldiers of the Zheng He encourage cadets to independently complete transoceanic chart work, become familiar with international maritime rules,and understand the strategic significance of global maritime passages for national security."This is precisely the most vivid way the Zheng He cultivates cadets' international vision," introduced the ship's political commissar."Leading the cadets into the world classroom is not only to help them broaden their horizons, but also to make them clearly recognize the responsibilities they bear."
During the Zheng He's visit abroad,a naval instructor from acertain country boarded the ship three times to visit,and the cadets' appropriateand insightful answers earned this instructor's great admiration. He said with emotion:"From you, I see the future of the Chinese Navy."
"Sail toward the farther deep blueand encounter abroader world," said the ship's political commissar. When docking at foreign military ports, they communicate face-to-face with foreign military officersand soldiers, visit other countries' ships, conduct professional discussions,and intuitively experience the construction concepts, training models, etc. of different countries' navies. In comparative observation, they 取长补短 (qǔ cháng bǔ duǎn - "take the long, make up the short," to learn from others' strengths to offset one's weaknesses),and the cadets' international visionand humanistic qualities are enhanced through 潜移默化 (qián yí mò huà - "silently shift, imperceptibly transform," to be gradually influenced without noticing).
In foreign lands, what deeply touched the cadets was also the scene of overseas Chinese enthusiastically welcoming the motherland's warship."That blazing emotion deeply infected everyone present," said cadet Zhang Zhenyang(张镇洋 with emotion."This also made me more determinedthat guarding the tranquility of the motherlandand the people is our unchanging original aspiration."
During Navy Day this year, the Zheng He was opened to the public in Dalian, Liaoning. At the open-day event site, Wu Jiahui(吴佳慧,a cadreon the Zheng He, together with cadet Wu Luhan(吴露涵, undertook thereception task.
Many people boarded the ship to visit. Whenever she saw elderly people or young children, Wu Jiahui would quickly step forwardand steadily support them. During abreak, Wu Jiahui said to Wu Luhan:"A soldier standing here represents the image of the Navy; sincerity is the best response to the people." Watching Wu Jiahui bend downand reach out her hand time after time,and the passing people express thanks one after another, Wu Luhan truly experienced the deep fish-and-water affection between the militaryand the people(军民鱼水情.
On The Zheng He, there is adisplay board densely covered with cadets' wish cards, where they have written down one"small internship goal"after another—some want to learn afew more tricks from veteran soldiers, some look forward to mastering those precision instrumentsas soon as possible, some quietly write"I want to go on amission to the distant seas,"and others, stroke by stroke, promise"to contribute strength to strengthening the militaryand invigorating the military."
On The journey of riding the windand breaking the waves, some wishes have already 开花结果 (kāi huā jiē guǒ - "blossomand bear fruit," to yield results), while other dreams are still on the way, waiting for the young cadets to advance bravely.
(Wang Zhi(王祉 and Sun Chao(孙超 participated in the reportingand writing.)
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Recently, the film "Welcome to Dragon Restaurant" has been a box-office hit. As artillery fire spreads across the Middle East, a small restaurant with a Chinese-language sign keeps its stove fire burning. In the film, a bowl of steaming hot mixed rice lets children fleeing disaster put down their fear and break into smiles; years later, this dish, named "Xu Fu mixed rice"(徐福烩饭), has become even more a mark of goodwill spanning the flames of war.
"Stove fire"(灶火) and"war fire"(战火) differ by one character, yet they are two 截然不同 (jié rán bù tóng - "sharply different," completely different) scenes. At the roadshow, the Iraqi journalist who guest-starred as a waiter in the film said:"Before coming to China, I did not know what peace meant, or what happiness meant. For those who have experienced war and chaos, to eat a meal safely, securely, and properly is itself a luxury.""
One sentence reveals how precious peace is."Peace is like air and sunshine: one benefits from it without being aware, and once lost, it is hard to survive." Looking at today's world, regional security hotspot issues 此起彼伏 (cǐ qǐ bǐ fú - "this rises, that falls," occurring one after another), local conflicts and turmoil occur frequently, and various traditional and non-traditional security threats interweave and overlap. Precisely for this reason, guarding the right to"eat a proper meal" and guarding ordinary people's plain expectation of peace appears 弥足珍贵 (mí zú zhēn guì - "all the more precious," all the more valuable).
The Chinese nation carries forward the concepts of peace, harmony, and concord. The culture of 以和为贵 (yǐ hé wéi guì - "take harmony as precious," peace/harmony is most valuable) and 协和万邦 (xié hé wàn bāng - "harmonize the myriad states," bring harmony to all nations) has flowed for millennia and long ago merged into the nation's bloodline. In the film, the Dragon Restaurant carries the cooking smoke of the human world with a bowl of hot rice; in reality, the Chinese military continuously rushes to regions in need, conveying the concept of peace with steadfast protection -
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Chinese peacekeeping engineers rushed to repair the school road washed away by flash floods, letting children walk back into classrooms; in the Gulf of Aden, Chinese Navy escort formations protected merchant ships coming and going, and the slogan"Thank you, Chinese Navy" stood out prominentlyin the sea breeze; during Tonga's volcanic eruption and Nepal's earthquake,the Chinese Air Force piloted Y-20 aircraft, fully loaded with relief supplies, across ten thousand li, lifting up hope for the people in disaster areas...
Different regions, different missions, yet the Chinese military's goal has been 始终如一 (shǐ zhōng rú yī - "from beginning to end, as one," always consistent): to deliver peace and tranquility to places in need,and to put a real, tangible sense of security into the hands of ordinary people. From stove fire to battle station, from civilian goodwill to national responsibility,the Chinese concept of peace has been 一以贯之 (yī yǐ guàn zhī -"thread it through with one," consistent throughout).The story of Alifa Chin(阿里法·沁,, a Bangladeshi girl, is a vivid footnote. In 2010,the hospital ship"Peace Ark"(和平方舟) visited Bangladesh. Chin's mother had a difficult childbirth, her life 生命垂危 (shēng mìng chuí wēi -"life hanging in grave danger," at death's door). Chinese doctors performed emergency surgery, ensuring the safety of both mother and daughter. To express gratitude, Chin's father, using the Bengali pronunciation of"China," named the girl"Chin." Today, Chin has resolved to go to China to study medicine when she grows up,and, like a"Chinese mother," to 救死扶伤 (jiù sǐ fú shāng -"rescue the dying, support the wounded," heal the wounded and save the dying).
Ship after ship, Chinese Navy hospital ships set sail on distant voyages, bringing superb medical skills,and also conveying the conviction of 守望相助 (shǒu wàng xiāng zhù -"keep watch and help each other," mutual aid in times of need); what is saved are lives, what is sown are seeds of kindness and warmth.
Iron shoulders bear moral duty; holding weapons, guard peace.The white paper"China's National Defense in the New Era"(《新时代的中国国防》) points out that one of the missions and tasks of the Chinese military in the new era is"to provide strategic support for promoting world peace and development." Peacekeeping, escort missions, medical rescue, humanitarian assistance are all concrete manifestations of this support.
In the film,the Dragon Restaurant's stove fire, though faint, warms the hearts of an entire community; the Chinese military's journey of peace, though the distance is far, guards the 万家灯火 (wàn jiā dēng huǒ -"ten thousand household lamps," myriad lights of countless homes). When children need not fear landmines on the way to school, chefs need not worry about their stoves being destroyed by artillery fire, sailors need not worry about the perils of the deep sea... the meaning of guarding peace transforms from a grand narrative into concrete, perceptible daily life.
For peace, they travel far to fulfill their mission.The Chinese military will forever be a force of peace, a force of justice, a force of civilization;it will continue to faithfully practice the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind(人类命运共同体,, actively fulfill its international responsibilities as a major power's military,and strive to contribute to building a beautiful world of lasting peace and universal security.
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At two o'clock in the dead of night, the alarm clock pierced the silence. Soldiers of the 'Cave Depot Squad' (洞库班 of a certain depot of the Joint Logistics Support Force(联勤保障部队 quickly got up, pulled on their training uniforms, slung their backpacks over their shoulders,and stepped onto the mountain path. They had to reach the cave depot during the relatively dry hours after midnight to carry out ventilation operations.
Tree shadows lay thick in the woods;the soldiers advanced toward the cave depot through the night and arrived at their posts on time. The instant the ventilation fan started, its roar was especially clear across the empty mountain wilderness. Only when the sky began to brighten and the ventilation work was concluded did they drag their weary steps back to the camp.
This is the daily routine of the 'Cave Depot Squad.' They guard row after row of fuel tanks in the deep mountain cave depot, shouldering the heavy responsibility of fuel storage, receipt and dispatch,and security watchman
Squad Leader Liu Jiageng(刘加庚 was among the first batch of soldiers to stand guard here. He still remembers how it felt to enter the cave depot for the first time:the cool, damp air was filled with the pungent smell of fuel,and huge fuel tanks stood towering in the darkness,as tall as a six-story building. The soldiers climbed up the hanging ladder to the tank tops,shone flashlights,and inspected again and again,not letting a single weld seam or valve escape their attentionman
Inspection, cleaning, rust removal, painting... Day after day spent in the damp environment,some soldiers developed stubborn rheumatism,and their hands peeled all year roundbecause of repeated contact with fuel. Liu Jiageng said:"I think that,as soldiers who guard fuel tanks,this is our 'occupational mark.'"
As the troops developed,the cave depot,which had previously only supportedthe troops stationed at the garrison,gradually came to undertake the fuel supply for troops coming and going for training,andthe support volume grew manifoldman
"With more tasks and heavier burdens,we are also closer to the battlefield." Chen Xi(陈曦,team leader of the depot's support team,said that in the past they always felt the cave depot was the 'rear area,'but now they understand that every link of joint logistics support is closely linked to combat effectiveness,andthat even in a mountain gully one can make contributions to the armyman
In order to gnaw through the hard bone of upgrading support capability,the officers and soldiers studied the regulations item by item,drilled on the equipment repeatedly,turned every operation into muscle memory,and forged the Cave Depot Squad's solid and genuine support proficiencyman
The relay baton of growth was passed steadily. When Private Shen Minglin(沈名林 climbed the fuel tank for the first time,his hands clutching the hanging ladder were sweating profusely,and he did not dare look down even once. The squad leader pulled him up to the tank top,and said to him:"Fuel is the blood of war. Without fuel,no matter how goodthe equipment,it has to 'lie in its nest.'" Today,Shen Minglin can skillfully climb to the tank top to inspect for hidden dangers,and is 独当一面 (dú dāng yī miàn - "stand alone on one side," to be able to take charge of a task independently)in fuel receipt and dispatch operationsman
In the lonely years lies hidden the perseverance of the 'cave depot soldiers.' The couplet at the door of the Cave Depot Squad reads:"Looking down at the city's bustle,my heart is unmoved; looking up at the solitary mountain's desolation,I pledge my will to loyalty." In the open ground of the camp,the olive,longan,and papaya trees planted by the officers and soldiers grew robustly... When the fragrance of the fruit spread,the deep mountains gained a bit more of the flavor of everyday lifeman
These soldiers,guarding the depths of the great mountains,take the depot as home,carve their youth into this mountain forest,and fuse their perseverance into every day and night. From the adjustment of organizational size to the leap in support capability,from the transformation of green recruits to the passing on of the spiritual spark,they,at their ordinary posts,have handed in a loyalty answer sheet that belongs to the joint logistics soldiers of the new eraman
(Chen Chengxiao(陈程孝 and Mo Ruohua(莫若华 participated in the reporting and writing.)
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At an outdoor site in northern Shanxi, the morning light spilled over the hangar roof. Upon a single command, aircraft maintenance officers and soldiers from a certain detachment of the first mobile brigade of the People's Armed Police (武警第一机动总队) collaborated to tow a helicopter out of the hangar; the rotors emitted a cold metallic glint under the rising sun, and the item-by-item inspections prior to takeoff were rigorous and orderly.
Eight years ago, during the unit's adjustment and reform, helicopter units stationed in multiple locations were reorganized into this detachment. Although the overall strength was fundamentally well-equipped, contradictions quickly emerged after the integration: various units had long been stationed in different locations and functioned as self-contained systems, with non-unified training procedures, differing methods for logistics support processes, and a lack of coordination among aircrews. The old model of "each unit training separately and performing tasks independently" led to low efficiency in training coordination, making it difficult to implement high-difficulty combat training subjects across the entire operational area.
"When training within a single garrison, I always felt our foundation was not bad. Only after comparing them following the integration did I see the gaps clearly," said Li Qingxin, head of the training section, with deep feeling. "If standards are not aligned, the system cannot be 攥不成拳头 (zuàn bù chéng quán tou - "cannot be clenched into a fist," unable to consolidate strength into a unified force). In training and preparing for combat, we cannot wait, and we cannot be slow."
The detachment Party committee quickly anchored its construction path to "unifying training standards, integrating combat systems, and tempering the capability to win battles." Master pilot Wang Shengli took the lead in forming a team, immersing himself in the front lines of exercises and training to concentrate on tackling key difficulties.
In the headquarters office late at night, the lights remained on. The aeronautical charts were marked with dense corrections for flight routes, and stacks of draft procedures half as tall as a person sat on the desks. Everyone reviewed shortcomings against flight data, discussing and correcting them item by item, compiling the practical experience scattered across different regions into unified specifications applicable to the entire detachment.
Shortly thereafter, the detachment's centralized unified training and integrated management standards were fully implemented, and the first cross-regional collaborative exercise concluded successfully. Inside the control tower, the hearts of the officers and soldiers finally settled. This aerial force, which had been reorganized, had constructed a complete system for joint combat and joint training.
Once the framework is established, it must be taken deeper and implemented more solidly.
During the initial stages of formation, the training scales and safety control measures of various units were not entirely the same: for the same flight subject, some left an operational margin that was too wide, while others executed strict standards; for similar aerial emergencies, the handling processes and critical judgment standards of different aircrews were all different.
"We will not yield an inch on the bottom line of safety, and we will not loosen a fraction on training standards." Wang Shengli led a core team to comprehensively sort through and reconstruct the training details and safety guidelines for all flight subjects, transforming previously vague requirements that relied on experience into unified standards that can be quantitatively evaluated and rigidly executed.
As the scope of mission coverage continued to extend, the detachment initiated the construction of field takeoff and landing sites in various different terrains. Flight manuals with curled edges, continuously updated training databases, and logistics specifications that underwent numerous revisions were systematically sorted and compiled into volumes, which were simultaneously distributed to each newly constructed field site.
At the construction site of a field logistics support station in northern Hebei, brand-new support equipment awaited debugging, and the calibrated takeoff and landing routes stretched toward the distant mountains. Having a complete set of mature specifications in hand, there was great confidence in performing the work. Wiping the sweat from his forehead, Second Sergeant Zhang Ze spoke with a firm tone: "Every process and standard we execute according to specification is a reliable support for performing missions and seizing victory."
On a new day of training, iron wings once again pierced the vast sky. Clenching hands into fists, flying toward combat, this aerial force drew magnificent flight tracks across the blue sky.
(Li Yanguang and Chen Yun participated in the writing)
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China's online literature overseas expansion is accelerating into a broader blue ocean.
The China Writers Association (中国作家协会) recently released the "2025 Blue Book of Chinese Online Literature" (《2025中国网络文学蓝皮书》, hereinafter referred to as the "Blue Book"), which shows that as of the end of 2025, China's online literature has cumulatively exported over 130,000 works overseas, with approximately 250 million registered overseas users, active users covering more than 200 countries and regions globally, and overseas revenue exceeding 8 billion yuan (including the micro-short drama business of online literature platforms)... In 2026, promoting the overseas expansion of high-quality online literature and other sectors will be written into the "15th Five-Year Plan"纲要 (outline).
Online literature, a literary form inherently engraved with internet imprints and the lifeblood of new mass culture, is becoming one of the most dynamic carriers for the construction of a strong cultural nation and the overseas expansion of Chinese culture. What new characteristics does the overseas expansion of online literature exhibit? How does Chinese online literature integrate into the global cultural industry system? Where does the next leg of the overseas journey lie?
Opening a new window for overseas youth to observe China
"《Lord of the Mysteries》 is the best Chinese online literature I have ever read! Behind the Victorian era setting, steampunk aesthetics, and mysterious fantasy system lies a complete worldview system..."
"The author weaves the story very exquisitely, with long-term foreshadowing and the retrieval of clues, comparable to classic Western fantasy works!"
On the overseas reading platform Qidian International, the Chinese online literature work 《Lord of the Mysteries》 has been translated into more than 10 languages, becoming a phenomenal blockbuster in the overseas expansion of Chinese online literature.
"The shell of the story seems very 'Western,' but the core is very 'Chinese'." In the view of the author "Cuttlefish That Loves Diving" (爱潜水的乌贼), the novel not only writes about common human emotions but also attracts overseas readers due to the unique traditional value system in Chinese culture. "For example, the protagonist Klein's worldview of 'if one is poor, one should cultivate oneself; if one is successful, one should benefit the world' drives him to make choices at critical moments of fate that are distinctly different from the protagonists of Western stories."
The Blue Book points out that the traditional Confucian and Taoist culture, chivalric spirit, and sense of nation and family embodied in online novel genres such as Xuanhuan, Wuxia, and history are becoming identifiers of Chinese civilization pursued by global readers.
"This is also a 双向奔赴 (shuāng xiàng bēn fù - "two-way rush," a mutual effort or meeting halfway) between the quality improvement and upgrading of Chinese online literature masterpieces and the reading expectations of overseas young readers." Li Wei, a professor at Nanjing Normal University, believes that in the current era of accelerating globalization, "Generation Z" overseas youth are more eager to see a real China that is not obscured by prejudice, and online literature, with its openness and inclusiveness, is becoming an important window for overseas youth to observe Chinese society and understand the spiritual world of Chinese people.
Connections are strengthening, and participation is deepening. Chinese online literature not only provides high-quality and massive reading texts for overseas readers but also opens a new path for them to participate deeply and create autonomously.
Carven, a young British man born in the 1990s, is a loyal reader of Chinese online literature. Previously, he handed his self-written online novels to traditional publishers, only to hit a wall. "They said my writing style would never be accepted by them." Carven turned to creating on Chinese online literature platforms instead. A few years later, a work that fused Chinese online literature "system" elements with Western fantasy settings became very popular overseas.
"It's like Harry Potter meeting Sun Wukong," Carven said. He noted that cultural elements such as "universe" and "leveling up," the narrative mode of "system literature," and the creation method of long-form serials in Chinese online literature provided him with a complete methodology for online literature creation.
"A wave of global co-creation is nurturing a new universe of youth culture IPs led by young people; a truly international market is forming," said Hou Xiaonan, CEO and President of China Literature Group. Through the rapidly developing AI (Artificial Intelligence) translation technology, more and more Chinese online literature is being translated into multiple languages with one click, reaching global readers; activated overseas youth also participate in it, telling their own cultural stories through the Chinese online literature model.
The Blue Book also points out that the overseas expansion of Chinese online literature has advanced from early text expansion to narrative expansion and cultural expansion. The production mechanism of Chinese online literature has been successfully replicated overseas, forming a sustainable "blood-making" capability.
"Chinese online literature platforms are like a huge and active community where young people from all over the world communicate, interact, and create, embarking on a shared journey," said Big Z, a Mexican online literature writer born in the 1990s. He said that Chinese online literature platforms provide extremely valuable opportunities for those writers who want to transform their creative passion into a sustainable career.
"We do not only want to bring good Chinese stories overseas; we hope even more to bring out the creative experience, production mechanisms, and business models that Chinese online literature has explored over the past 20 years, allowing people all over the world who have the ability to create and are willing to write to tell their own stories. From 'Chinese online literature going to the world' more than 20 years ago to today's 'world stories meeting in China,' a global co-creation online literature ecosystem is being established," said Wang Zhongjie, General Manager of Overseas Business at China Literature Group.
Deeply integrating into the global cultural industry system
The overseas expansion of online literature is not limited to the text itself.
In early 2026, the micro-short drama 《A First-Class Commoner》 (一品布衣), produced by China Literature Online, became a hit overseas. This micro-short drama adapted from online literature caused many overseas viewers to stay up late to follow updates, and many viewers even spontaneously turned various types of knowledge in the drama into illustrated diagrams, triggering a wave of secondary creation on overseas social media platforms.
"A new round of cultural expansion is the synergistic expansion of diverse cultural products such as online literature, online games, and online dramas; online literature has become the largest IP source for all cultural products," said Ma Tao, General Manager of the Strategic Department of China Literature Online Group Co., Ltd. He believes that compared to the single expansion model of doing translation or selling copyrights, the content expansion chain of "online literature IP — overseas reading distribution — short drama adaptation — global distribution" is becoming the new direction of the industry.
"Under this full-link IP development model, an excellent online literature work can also gain loyal audiences from film and television, animation enthusiasts, peripheral fans, and so on," said Mu Yihan, head of overseas short drama content at China Literature Online. "Therefore, users have more channels to understand an IP and choose their preferred format to enter the story," said Ni Zhongyu, an overseas editor at China Literature Group.
"IP adaptation also grants online literature a second life; with the assistance of AI technology, the changes are disruptive." Ma Tao introduced that in the past, the film and television adaptation of publications had high costs and long cycles, but AI can efficiently filter suitable works for adaptation from massive amounts of online text and directly convert them into AI micro-short dramas.
"Taking the online literature 《A First-Class Commoner》 as an example, four adapted micro-short dramas of the same name have been released, totaling 396 episodes." Ma Tao believes that future Chinese online literature will also produce world-class super IPs.
In fact, Chinese online literature IPs have already triggered a global development craze, deeply integrating into the global cultural industry system.
In 2025, C-Drama (Chinese TV dramas) became a hot term overseas. Adapted series from works under Jinjiang Literature City (晋江文学城) have appeared on mainstream overseas platforms: the urban drama 《First Frost》 (难哄) topped the charts in Netflix Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, and other places, breaking the record for Chinese drama broadcasts on Netflix; the costume drama 《The Prisoner of Beauty》 (折腰) sold its copyrights to 17 countries... Hu Huijuan, Vice President of Jinjiang Literature City, believes that in the early stages of overseas expansion, using cultural masterpieces to open overseas cultural markets and form specific influence will make subsequent work output or operation twice as effective with half the effort.
Whether it is using AI empowerment to expand new fields of online literature IP, or polishing masterpieces to bloom in both domestic and international markets, the overseas expansion of online literature has already formed a systemic force, jointly promoting Chinese narratives toward the world. The "2025 China Online Literature IP Transformation Report" released by the 2026 China Online Literature Forum pointed out that online literature IPs are reshaping the cultural industry ecology, and cross-media deep integration has entered a new stage.
Taking text expansion as the starting point, online literature works are gradually constructing a multi-form synergistic three-dimensional communication system. "IP + cultural tourism," "IP + exhibitions," "IP + markets"... the new stage of global IP ecosystem co-construction for online literature expansion holds great promise for the future.
Jointly writing more wonderful chapters
As online literature expansion enters its next leg, opportunities and risks coexist; the active adaptation of overseas expansion enterprises and the safeguarding by relevant departments still need to exert synergistic force.
Regarding the many challenges faced by the overseas expansion of Chinese online literature, practitioners generally expressed that the biggest problem is the increasingly prominent pressure of copyright protection.
"Currently, copyright protection laws and norms in various overseas countries are uneven. Overseas, online literature may already be pirated within 24 hours of publication, and it is real-time, concealed, and network-wide piracy, which is very difficult to trace." Regarding this, Ma Tao felt helpless: "Once piracy is discovered, we complain to overseas platforms immediately, but the response efficiency of the other party is extremely low. Some enterprises simply have to 吃哑巴亏 (chī yǎ ba kuī - "eat a mute loss," to suffer a loss without being able to complain) and simply do not defend their rights."
Facing a universal predicament in rights protection, "mostly operating as individual soldiers and lacking team collaboration" has become a bottleneck yet to be broken. Tong Zhilei, Chairman and President of China Literature Online Group Co., Ltd., stated that currently, there is a lack of corresponding industry associations or institutions in China to help Chinese cultural enterprises strive for rights overseas: "We look forward to the government level establishing an industry organization to collectively express the voice of the industry. This will have better effects."
Xia Lie, Deputy Dean of the Online Literature Research Institute of the China Writers Association, pointed out that the overseas expansion of online literature currently manifests more as the market behavior of individual enterprises, lacking the substantive participation of academia and cultural organizations and institutions, which hinders deep exchange and dialogue between different civilizations. The Blue Book suggests that under the background where online literature expansion has been included in national top-level design, more practical supporting policies need to be introduced to fully stimulate the enthusiasm and creativity of business entities in going overseas.
Regarding the standardized development of online literature itself, as well as how to make good use of AI technology—leveraging it without depending on it—the industry and platforms are simultaneously exploring new governance norms, jointly rectifying issues such as the abuse of AI tools, the overflow of low-quality content, and blurred copyright ownership.
"We encourage authors to reasonably use AI auxiliary creation tools, but the bottom line is that the subjectivity of creation must be guaranteed," Ma Tao stated. If a work has too heavy a trace or too high a proportion of AI creation, affecting the reader's reading experience, the platform will warn the author, or even take down the work and terminate the contract with the author. Jinjiang Literature City, on the other hand, has added determination standards involving "AI-assisted writing" and corresponding penalty regulations in its original writing norms, implementing graded control over AI-assisted writing behavior.
In terms of AI translation, many enterprises stated that although AI has greatly improved translation efficiency, manual translation will not disappear in the short term. "On one hand, manual proofreading is still necessary, especially for translations of some minor languages where AI may not be able to achieve complete accuracy; on the other hand, the translation of literary works has requirements for 'faithfulness, expressiveness, and elegance' (信达雅), and AI translation always has some 'imperfect boundaries,' which requires manual optimization to ensure work quality," said Wang Zhongjie.
From work expansion to ecosystem expansion, from single texts to the full IP chain, Chinese online literature is becoming an important participant in global cultural co-creation, continuously rewriting the global cultural landscape of the internet era. Facing the next leg where risks and opportunities coexist, industry insiders are generally full of confidence and also look forward to the government and enterprises working with one heart and improving both internally and externally, allowing Chinese online literature to write more wonderful chapters on the world cultural map.
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Since the publication of Let There Be Light (要有光), people have kept asking me, "How do you choose your writing themes? It seems that every time you manage to touch upon very important propositions in social life." I myself had not been aware of this, but when asked this way, I felt it was something quite worth pondering.
Or perhaps it was not I who chose the themes, but the themes that chose me. The reason I say this is that my writing is not the result of rational choice; on the contrary, it often depends on a strong passion. I feel that I must write, that I cannot not write. It is under such an impulse that I begin to write. When I wrote "Liang Village (梁庄)" back then, it was like this: I felt I could not bear a certain emptiness within my spirit and a life that was too self-sufficient, so I carried my bagand returned to my hometown. As for what to write and how to write once back home, I was not quite clear; I only felt that I needed to return to the earth, to reality, to take a look and live there for a while. It was under this premise that China in Liang Village came into being.
The starting point of Let There Be Light was the same. As a mother, I could not ignore the contradictions and conflicts behind my relationship with my child; at the same time, as a writer, I would naturally cast my gaze farther and wider: What exactly is happening, when our lives are getting better and better, when we are paying more and more attention to our children, yet our children are "falling ill"? I was entangled by this question, anguished for the children trapped in it and the parents, and I felt a tremendous urge: I must go and see, go and understand - what exactly is happening inside our lives and our spirits? Why does our love 擦肩而过 (cā jiān ér guò - "brush shoulders and pass," to miss each other) with our children? So I carried my bagand began to walk.
I have never worried about whether anyone would pay attention once it was written. It is not that I have full confidence that people will definitely pay attention, but rather that I clearly know that I, or any person, am a member of social life, a person of the times; personal life is a mirror reflection of social life, and personal emotions are also one of the social emotions. When a person pays attention to his or her own emotions and feelings, he or she is also paying attention to social emotions and feelings. As long as a person lives earnestly, he or she will touch a certain rhythm of the spirit of the times and resonate with it.
In other words, each of us is one of the living,andeach person's world is one facet of the world's appearance; do not worry that your life is too plain or narrow - any person's life is 波澜壮阔 (bō lán zhuàng kuò - "surging waves, vast and magnificent," magnificent and stirring),worthy of attention and of being written about. The key lies in how you understand and perceive it.
If we continue to explore, what I want to say is that the starting point of emotion is very important in literature, whether for a writer's writing or for a reader's reading. Emotion is not entirely sensibility, nor is it 无章可循 (wú zhāng kě xún - "no rules to follow," without order or pattern);on the contrary, it itself contains the starting point of thought,and inevitably contains a rational judgment of past life and spirit. What first moves readers in Let There Be Light is also emotion, because of the intense emotional impact, readers begin to re-examine their past notionsand re-examine their relationship with their children - this is the beginning of action.
I tried to form a dialogue in the book. The first part, "The Coast (滨海)," consists mostly of children's self-narratives;the second part,"The Capital," is centered on parents;the third part,"Dan County (丹县)," is centered on the perspective of psychiatrists. In this way, within the text there is a dialogue across distance, making it possible to listen to each other,and only then can a mutual seeing be achieved. "Seeing" itself is a process of discovery - discovering each other, discoveringthe love and warmth that have been obscured in life,and thereby rethinking oneself, society,and everything connected. Here, literature is "intervention," but more than that, it is permeationand empathy;there is no chasm between authorand reader, but rather they are in the same situation, moved by the same child, the same sentence, from which thinking slowly takes shape,and light begins to shine in.
The premise of Let There Be Light is that we are all members of human society,and our lives are all part of human life;therefore, the experiences of the children in the book are also representative to a certain degree,and the emotionsand thoughts it contains will surely give us inspiration. It will form a beam of light, illuminating every person in society.
(The author is a writer and the recipient of the 9th Lu Xun Literature Prize.)
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Early morning, the thin mist about to disperse, the Liangfei Pagoda (梁妃塔) perched on Chicheng Mountain(赤城山) in Tiantai County(天台县,, Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province, was 若隐若现(ruò yǐn ruò xiàn - "as if hidden, as if visible," faintly visible, now appearing now disappearing) in the morning light.
At the mugwort culture experience center in Tahou Village(塔后村,, Tiantai County, Zheng Hanzhang, a young woman born after 2000, bent overto demonstrate moxibustion to the trainees, her technique steady. Three years ago, after graduating from Zhejiang Chinese Medical University(浙江中医药大学,, she plunged headfirst into this small village in eastern Zhejiang;today she has already become a benchmark of youth entrepreneurship in the village.
"When I first came to Tahou Village, what I worried most was that I would not be able to stay. Unexpectedly, the small village is both beautiful and civilized, comfortable to live in,and the villagers are of high quality. Now more and more young people are gathering,and industry has come alive,so I have steeled my heart to stay," Zheng Hanzhang said with a smile.
Tahou Village did not become good in a day. Chen Xiuyuan, deputy secretary of the village Party general branch, grew up here since childhood;in her memory,it was a different scene:"Seven parts mountains,two parts water,one part farmland;the mountains were covered with shrubs and wild grass,without even a single big tree. Relying on the mountains to eat from the mountains did not work,so everyone went out to make a living."
From the "Thousand-Village Demonstration, Ten-Thousand-Village Improvement" project(千万工程,, to the construction of beautiful villages(美丽乡村建设,,round after round of policies landed and empowered,Tahou Village has not only shored up the shortcomings of the human settlement environment,but has also continuously deeply cultivated the construction of civilized rural customs,achieving not just"shaping the body"but also"casting the soul"of the countryside. Villagers successively renovated their farmhousesand moved into new homes with white wallsand black tiles;the dirty,messy,and shabby conditions in front of and behind the houses were thoroughly rectified,andthe village became neat,elegant,and 井然有序(jǐng rán yǒu xù -"well-ordered,having sequence,"orderlyand methodical.
In order to make the new civilized atmosphere normalizedand integrated into daily life,the village revitalized positions such as the village cultural halland the New Era Civilization Practice Station(新时代文明实践站,,building a civilized practice platformwith whole-people participationand full coverage. On the village affairs public notice board,the year's civilized practice activities are packed full:at the beginning of the year,sending Spring Festival coupletsand the village Spring Festival Gala light up the flavor of the New Year;successively,trainings such as etiquetteand manners,sports,culture,and dance are held;the whole-people reading month,移风易俗(yí fēng yì sú -"move customs,change habits,"to reform social customs and practices)promotional lectures,and other activities are held on a regular basis,allowing the new civilized atmosphere of respecting the elderlyand loving the young,harmonious neighbors,advocating virtueand being good to others to grow increasingly strong.
Rural customs are simple,rural villages thrive. With a 焕然一新(huàn rán yī xīn -"shining and entirely new,"to take on a completely new appearance)village appearanceand a warm,gentle,simple,and honest civilized rural custom,Tahou Village's reputation gradually rose;tourists 慕名而来(mù míng ér lái -"admire the name,then come,"to come attracted by someone's reputation)and merchants seeking cooperation came 络绎不绝(luò yì bù jué -"continuousand unceasing,"in an endless stream.. Facing the development boom,Chen Xiaoxing,secretary of the village Party general branch,always remained clear-headed:do not introduce big capital,focus on cultivating local young peopleand nurturingthe endogenous driving force of the countryside. His reason was very straightforward:"Big investments all seek'speed';many internet-famous villages piled up by capital are like plastic flowers-they look shiny,have no fragrance,and are not durable. We just support young people to take root here,open a small shop,learn a craft,and take it slow."
Civilized rural customs 润物无声(rùn wù wú shēng -"moisten things without sound,"to nurture and influence silently),and a harmoniousand beautiful atmosphere permeates people's hearts. Under the normalized civilized cultivation,the atmosphere of harmonious coexistencein the village grows increasingly strong;the whole village adheres to the bottom line of honest management,shares customer sources with each other,and develops by holding together;youth groups take the initiative to shoulder responsibilityand regularly help left-behind elderly people;loving public welfare activities are carried out on a regular basis...
To further activate the endogenous driving force of civilization,let good peopleand good deeds have rewards,and civilized customsbe sustainable,Chen Xiuyuan took the leadin implementing a new rural governance mechanism of"public welfare points"(公益积分,,incorporating behaviors such as civilized practice,volunteer service,neighborhood assistance,garbage sorting,filial piety toward the elderlyand love for relatives,diligenceand frugalityin managing the household into the points system. Villagers who take the initiative to do good deeds can accumulate points,andthe points can be redeemed for mealsand daily necessities at the elderly cafeteria;tourists who participate in rural public welfareand civilized volunteer activities can also deduct homestay accommodation fees. Using"small points" to leverage"big civilization,"using institutionalized measures to cultivate simpleand honest folk customs,making everyone strive to be a good personand every household advocate civilization become a new rural custom.
Beautiful environmentand good atmosphere continue to attract large numbers of young people to return to their hometownsand come to the countryside,build dreams,and take root. In 2025,the per capita disposable income of farmersin Tahou Village reached 74,300 yuan,attracting 487 young people to enter the village to start businesses,driving investment of 366 million yuan.
暮色四合(mù sè sì hé -"dusk colors close in from four sides,"nightfall descending,,Chicheng Mountain gradually faded into dark blue-green,and Tahou Village lit up. The simpleand honest civilized new atmosphere merged into the gentle mountain wind,spreading across the countrysideand soaking into ten thousand households.
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I have often said that in my life I have painted so many revolutionary history paintings; this was not a personal choice but a need of the era. From Heroic and Unyielding (英勇不屈) to On the Jinggang Mountains (井冈山上), from Loushan Pass (娄山关) to Flesh-and-Blood Great Wall—March of the Volunteers (血肉长城——义勇军进行曲; see figure), behind every work are solidified history, immortal heroes, and a profound tribute.
In these creations, one of my profound realizations is:the theme and thought are the soul of a painting.
In 1961, on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, the Museum of the Chinese Revolution(中国革命博物馆) organized revolutionary history painting creation, and I undertook the task of creating Heroic and Unyielding. At first, the first draft depicted the horrific scene after the April 12 Counter-Revolutionary Coup(四一二反革命政变.. Comrade Zhou Yang(周扬,, then deputy head of the Central Propaganda Department(中宣部,, looked at it and said:"Too miserable. A painting should not express misery, but solemn tragedy." This one-character difference awakened me.
I repeatedly read that passage in Chairman Mao's On Coalition Government(论联合政府):"The Communist Party of China and the Chinese people have not been intimidated, conquered, or exterminated. They climbed up from underground, wiped clean the bloodstainson their bodies, buried their comrades' corpses, and continued to fight." "Continued to fight" —that was where the theme lay. Once the theme was found, the painting had a soul. The shift from "miserable" to "solemn tragedy" allowed the painting to be finally completed smoothly.
The creation of Flesh-and-Blood Great Wall—March of the Volunteers was the same. In 2005, the National Art Creation Project on Major Historical Themes(国家重大历史题材美术创作工程) was launched. At that time, the relevant leader designated me to paint this theme, while also instructing that I could create freely, without needing to be limited to creating historical illustrations for museum exhibitions. My student Weng Danxian(翁诞宪) and I repeatedly discussed how to express the theme —should we paint Tian Han(田汉) writing the lyrics? Nie Er(聂耳) composing the music? No, that was only appearance. We finally locked onto that lyric:"Take our flesh and blood and build it into our new Great Wall!" This is the inner core of the Chinese nation's spirit, and we believed that the theme and thought of the painting should lie here. The work does not depict specific historical episodes, but rather expresses a spirit of 不屈不挠(bù qū bù náo - "not bend, not yield," indomitable),, thereby moving people and inspiring people.
To paint history paintings well, one must go deep into life and obtain real nourishment.
When painting Loushan Pass, I carried my bedding and plunged into the great mountains of Guizhou. Life on the mountain was hard and frugal; grain had to be carried up by oneself, and every day we lived on onions and potatoes. On the mountain there was only one memorial hall; the old gatekeeper kept two piglets, and one basin was used both to feed the pigs and to hold rice for us. At first I really could not swallow it, but later I got used to it. I stayed on the mountain for 18 days, because I had to capture the scene of "green mountains like a sea, setting sun like blood." Guizhou's sky never has three consecutive sunny days. On the eighteenth day, I finally got the sunset I had been hoping for, which gave me a real feeling. The hard life made me deeply realize that it was truly not easy for the Red Army back then to endure hardships and achieve victory in the revolution.
When painting Eight Women Throwing Themselves into the River(八女投江,, I went to Heilongjiang to experience life. Suddenly a torrential rainstorm hit, triggeringa flood, and in the middle of the night I carried my bedding and left. Halfway there, the water was already waist-deep, bitingly cold. At that moment, I personally felt what it was like for the eight female soldiers to be in the river water, and realized how heroic they were at that time. After returning to the Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts(浙江美术学院; now the China Academy of Art,中国美术学院),,, I immediately began to conceive and create this work. What I wanted to express was not how they threw themselves into the river or how they resisted the enemy, but the Chinese nation's great indomitable spirit —they would rather die standing than live kneeling! It was precisely those direct and indirect life experiences that enriched my rational and perceptual understanding of history and gave history paintings flesh and blood.
In my history painting creation, I like to use symbolic techniques. The creative difficulty of Loushan Pass was how to express "the second entry into Zunyi" —the picture could not directly write the character "two". If the Central Red Army wanted to "enter Zunyi for the second time," it had to capture Loushan Pass. When sketching from life, I saw a stele by the roadsidewith the three characters "Loushan Pass" carved on it. I was inspired by it: if one was entering Loushan Pass, the stele was on the left side of the road;if one was leaving Loushan Pass, the stele was on the right side of the road. I painted the stele on the right side of the marching column, signifyingthat the troops had returned victorious. I used this detail to resolve the contradiction between historical truth and artistic expression.
Oil painting is an imported product, but in my creation I pay attention to making the works conform to Chinese aesthetics, using the language of oil painting to express the Chinese spirit. Saryan, the famous Soviet-era Armenian oil painter, once admonished me:"China has excellent cultural heritage; never forget it." Western history painting places relatively more emphasis on strong contrasts of light and shade; my paintings have a sense of light and shadow, but not a strong one; I speak more through color, and especially love to use red tones to express the solemn tragedy and struggle of the revolutionary era.
Flesh-and-Blood Great Wall—March of the Volunteers then used thick red tones to symbolize the flames of the War of Resistance And the dawn of victory. The foreground is the Volunteer Army —among them soldiers, workers, peasants, students, etc.;the middle ground is thousands upon thousands of the masses;the background is the Great Wall and the red sky. I combined the 仁人志士(rén rén zhì shì - "benevolent people and aspirational scholars," people with lofty ideals)with the Great Wall, symbolizing both the indestructible 铜墙铁壁(tóng qiáng tiě bì - "bronze walls, iron bastions," impregnable defense),,and also symbolizingthat our War of Resistance was a War of Resistance in which soldiers and civilians united and fought hard, conveying the Chinese nation's tenacious and unyielding spirit.
I have painted history paintings for decades, and there is not a single one that fully satisfies me; I always feel it could still be better. I have always firmly believed: what a history painting paints is the truth of history, not simply the real history. A history painting paints spirit, a power capable of crossing time and space. Nowadays, the younger generation of painters have very good skills and aesthetic cultivation, but they often lack a profound understanding of life and history. I hope they will read more history, go deep into life, and not forget the past. Standing at the juncture of the 105th anniversary of the Party's founding and the 90th anniversary of the victory of the Red Army's Long March, I hope audiences will feel from these paintings that today's peace has not come easily. May we not forget the road by which we came and walk well the Long March road of the new era.
(The author is an oil painter. This article was compiled from an interview by Gu Chun(顾春,, reporter of this newspaper.)
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To write the great era with heart, with feeling, with effort, is the mission of fine arts workers in the new era (新时代). On the occasion of the 45th anniversary of the construction of the Xiamen Special Economic Zone, an art exhibition themed 'A City of Spring Colors, Half a City of Flowers' (一城春色半城花) was held at the National Art Museum of China (中国美术馆), and a collection of works was published. This is a way for a city to present its own appearance through painting, and also a practice of telling the story of urban development in the new era through the image language of fine arts.
For a city to form a bond with fine arts, the city needs sufficient image charm. Xiamen, where mountains and sea embrace each other and the four seasons are like spring, has warm sunshine and gentle sea breezes that have nurtured a city full of blossoming flowers and lush greenery; coupled with the unique southern Fujian architecture and rich humanistic atmosphere, it has always attracted the gaze of painters. Along with the pace of the construction of the Xiamen Special Economic Zone, Xiamen has further become a place where fine arts activities are frequently heldand domestic fine artists often visit to sketch from life, leaving imprints of urban development in painting and calligraphy.
This exhibition, with its rich variety of work types and colorful styles and forms, creates 'portraits' of Xiamen, vividly presenting Xiamen's beautiful urban sceneryand vigorous spirit of the era. What is precious is thatthe exhibition brings together a group of works sketched from life in Xiamen by renowned art masters, especially those in the field of oil painting. These works are full of the broad vision between sea and sky, the warm breath of the green shade of Egret Island (鹭岛), and clearly embodythe artists' different language stylesand unique aesthetic style; they are testimonies to the bond between art mastersand Xiamen. Since the new era began,the development of Xiamen's fine artshas become an important part of urban cultural construction. With the strong support of the Publicity Department of the Xiamen Municipal Committee (厦门市委宣传部>, the Xiamen Municipal Federation of Literary and Art Circles (厦门市文联>, the Xiamen Municipal Artists Association (厦门市美协>, and the Xiamen Municipal Academy of Painting (厦门市画院> have organized multiple 'A City of Spring Colors, Half a City of Flowers' sketching-and-life-drawing activitiesand held related exhibitions, inviting renowned art mastersfrom all overto go deep into various scenes of urban constructionand urban life, making the sketching gaze more focusedand warmer, leaving behind many excellent works.
Sketching-and-life-drawing activities centered on urban construction are not uncommon across the country, but for a city to continuously hold sketching-and-life-drawing activitiesin a planned manner, Xiamen is almost the only one. Precisely because of the foundation of multiple sketching sessionsand the thematic creations based on those sketching sessions, paintings on Xiamen themes refract the city's rich landscape like a prism;and precisely because painters from all overand Xiamen's art colleagues often exchangeand discuss, fine arts creation reflecting Xiamen keeps advancing toward a higher level. Xiamen's painter contingentis also a formidable forcein national fine arts creation,with particularly distinct advantagesin lacquer paintingand watercolor painting. All of these provided rich resources for the selection of works for this exhibition, making the exhibition 蔚为大观 (wèi wéi dà guān - "luxuriant and grand in appearance," presenting a magnificent spectacle). To highlightthe exhibition theme, starting from this spring, Xiamenhas also specially organizeda group of painters to create the long scroll 'New Look of Egret Sea' (鹭海新颜>. This work was 'tailor-made' for the front exhibition wall of the circular hall of the National Art Museum of China,which may be called the 'first wall of Chinese fine arts';inthe scroll of 35 meters in lengthand 2.4 meters in height, Xiamen's humanistic historical featuresand the new look of urban constructionare 尽收眼底 (jìn shōu yǎn dǐ - "all collected at the bottom of the eye," to have a panoramic view of everything>. The painters used freehand brush-and-ink to sketchthe objectsand blue-green coloring to renderthe atmosphere, adding new splendor to the creation of urban landscape painting.
Xiamen always appears suitable in a painting, because this city itself is a flowing, three-dimensional, continuously vigorously growing scroll painting. From a small seaside town in the past to today's high-quality, high-appearance-value, modern, international city, Xiamen, under the spring breeze of reform and opening up (改革开放>, has created an eye-catching 'special zone speed' (特区速度> in economic construction. This exhibition uses 'Blueprint and Foresight' as its prologue section,and from the five dimensions of the beauty of development,the beauty of ecology,the beauty of life,the beauty of humanity,and the beauty of integration,presents different facets of the city of Xiamen,allowing viewers to observe the speed of urban developmentfrom the scroll paintingsand to feel the temperature of people's livelihood amid the smoke and fire of daily life. In the eyes of painters,the hot scenes of urban constructionare deeply moving,for example,the shipping routes of Xiamen Port reach the five continents,the soon-to-be-completed Xiang'an International Airport (翔安国际机场> and the Xiamen–Kinmen Bridge (厦金大桥> (Xiamen section> constitute a landscape interwoven with points, lines,and planes;innovation-driven industrial upgradingbursts with the vigorous vitality of high-quality development (高质量发展>, and also shows a posture of exchangeand interaction with the world. Xiamen's 'high appearance value' does not rely solely on natural endowment,but also depends on present-day careful nurturingand wise governance. The butterfly transformation of Yundang Lake (筼筜湖>, the green belt of Huandao Road (环岛路>, the new look of Junying Village (军营村>, and the green shade of Gulangyu (鼓浪屿>, etc.,all make painters 流连忘返 (liú lián wàng fǎn - "to linger, forgetting to return," to enjoy oneself so much as to forget to leave>, wielding their brushes without stopping. Through one painting after another,viewers can touchthe city's profound heritageand diverse,inclusive cultural texture. At the same time,through going deep into lifeand sketching on site,the painters have gained a close-range feelingand understanding of the city's laborers,builders,and dedicators;the scenes of production and construction,scientific and technological research,etc.,shown in the exhibition,embodythe dedication of the city's masters,refractingthe spiritual power of struggleand hard work.
Forty-five years of time rushing onward,Xiamen's scenery is renewed with the times;spring colorsand blossoming flowerscannot be fully expressed,and the people's city (人民城市> can be attested by painting. We look forward to the emergence of more fine worksand masterpieces,using true feelings to write a biography for the cityand cast a soul for the era. (The author is the chairman of the China Artists Association (中国美术家协会>.
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On Qixi Festival (七夕), people often think of the story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Maid. The Milky Way, the Magpie Bridge, the reunion — these familiar images make Qixi a romantic festival. But in the lives of the ancients, Qixi also had the custom of "begging for skill" (乞巧. Compared with myths and legends, the groups of women threading needles and drawing threads in courtyards — 穿针引线 (chuān zhēn yǐn xiàn - "thread needle, draw thread," to act as go-between; here used literally) — may perhaps better let us see the real and concrete side of this ancient festival.
Zong Lin (宗懔) of the Liang dynasty of the Southern Dynasties, in his Records of the Seasonal Customs of Jing and Chu (《荆楚岁时记》), records that on Qixi, women"threaded a seven-eyed needle" and"set out melons and fruits in the courtyard to beg for skill."The ancients believed that the Weaver Maid was skilled at weaving, and they felt a longing for her"skill."On this day of Qixi, women begged for skill by threading needles, entrusting their hopes for dexterous craftsmanship and a better life.Lin Jie (林杰) of the Tang dynasty wrote in Begging for Skill:"Every household begs for skill, gazing at the autumn moon; threading through tens of thousands of red silk threads."The single word"every household" shows that begging for skill was not a niche, refined pursuit, but an everyday custom integrated into people's lives.Not only among the common people, begging for skill was also part of palace Qixi activities.The anonymous Qing-dynasty work Twelve Months of Pleasure of the Yongzheng Era: Seventh Month, Begging for Skill (《雍正十二月行乐图轴之七月乞巧》)(partial view shown in the figure) depicts exactly the scene of begging for skillin the Old Summer Palace during the Qixi season.
In ancient times, Qixi was also called the"Daughters' Festival," so the figures in the work are mainly women.Their postures differ, their makeup is elegant; some gather, some scatter, mainly concentrated on the moon terraceby the water at the center of the picture.Distant mountains rise and fall, woods and trees screen one another; within pavilions, terraces, and waterside galleries, young children frolicand boy servants pass through.The Yongzheng Emperor, in ordinary clothes, leans idly at ease in the middle of an open pavilion in the distance, gazing toward the moon terrace, where the womenfolkand young children are 兴致盎然 (xìng zhì àng rán - "interestand spirit abundant," full of enthusiasm) carrying out various begging-for-skill activities.Figures, gardens, mountains-and-waters, seasonal offering tables, and a dazzling array of objects interweave with one another — sparse and dense disposed with measure, 层次分明 (céng cì fēn míng - "layersand gradations clearly distinguished," clearly layeredand structured) — and a courtyard scene suffused with the atmosphere of Qixi thus spreads out before the viewer.
What is full of lively interest is the rendering of the figures in the painting.Among mountains, waters, towers, and terraces, although the figures are relatively small in overall proportion, their body postures, facial features, hands and feet, and clothing are depicted in great detail.Taking the female group concentrated on the moon terraceas an example, their facial features convey the spirit vividly; between their brows and eyes, expectationand joy faintly show through, stirring the viewer's heart.Although the painting has a great number of figures, there is no sense of clamor; overall, it reveals an atmosphere of leisurely joy, tranquility, and order.Together with the activities of male figures in the courtyard's open pavilions, the picture is even richer in the flavor of secular life.These images all make the"skill" being begged for no longer just an abstract word, but endow it with concrete scenes of real life.
"Skill" — the technique lies in the hand.Threading needles to beg for skill seems simple, but it most reveals the hand's craftsmanship.Beside the offering table on the moon terracein the painting, a woman in blue, under the gaze of two companions, raises her fair hand highand carefully threads a seven-eyed needle, her expression pleased.They know well that the dexterity of the hand cannot be achieved in a single morning or evening — 一朝一夕 (yī zhāo yī xī - "one morning, one evening," a short time/overnight) — but requires practice accumulated through 日积月累 (rì jī yuè lěi - "days accumulate, months pile up," to build up over time).Women's admiration for the Weaver Maid's"craft" also settles on their own pursuit of craftsmanship; begging to gain the dexterity of ten fingers, not failing the seventh day of the seventh month.
"Skill" — wisdom lies in the heart.Although begging for skill is embodied in the skill of the fingertips, behind it one needs a measure of calmnessand judgment — one might say, only when the heart is clever can the hand be dexterous.In the painting, before the offering table, the woman in an apricot-yellow long robeis wholly focused, leans forward, watches for the right moment, and drops the needle into water.The three people watching beside her follow the silver needlewith their eyes, carefully discerning the pattern that the needle's shadow casts on the bottom of the bowl.This skill lies in the heartand hand responding to each other — 心手相应 (xīn shǒu xiāng yìng - "heartand hand respond to each other," the hand moving in harmonywith the heart) — and in having measureand restraint.
"Skill" — it lies in answering one's wishes.In the corner of the moon terracein the painting, under the watch of a female official, two young boys each hold a wooden boxwith an auspicious spider, examining with each other how successfully the auspicious spiders have woven their webs; amid their laughter, it seems all their wishes come true.This touch of childlike innocence adds even more festive joy to the picture.
From Li Song(李嵩) of the Song dynasty — whose Han Palace Picture Leaf of Begging for Skill)(《汉宫乞巧图页》)) — to Qiu Ying(仇英) of the Ming dynasty — whose Picture of Begging for Skill)(《乞巧图》)) — and then to the anonymous Qing-dynasty Twelve Months of Pleasure of the Yongzheng Era: Seventh Month, Begging for Skill,the custom of begging for skill on Qixi has continued for a thousand years.The courtyardsand figures in these paintings each have their differences, but people's pursuit of"skill" has never changed.The wishes of the ancientsare fused into these everyday seasonal customs,and because of this,the festival gains an additional layer of cultural connotation.
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Influenced by Western painting, yet seeking victory and treasure within the brilliant artistic treasury of the Chinese nation, transitioning from painting to design, and dedicating a lifetime to the unification of the wish for aesthetic education to save and strengthen the country... the "Splendor of a Master: Pang Xunqin Special Exhibition" currently being held at the Tsinghua University Art Museum, along with the simultaneous debut of the Complete Works of Pang Xunqin, profoundly looks back upon the magnificent life of this "pioneer." After nearly 20 years, I have once again entered Mr. Pang's artistic world, and I am filled with many emotions. The starting points of many studies are often not pre-set grand topics, but rather stem from unexpected "chance encounters."
Who was Pang Xunqin? "He was a professional painter who opened his own studio in Shanghai in the 1930s; he was a designer who established China's first modern design institution—the Daxiong Industrial and Art Society; he was a promoter of art, who, as a primary member in 1931, began the preparation for the most influential modern art society in China at that time—the Jue Lan She (決瀾社, Decision to Wave Society); he was a researcher of ancient Chinese art, being the earliest to study ancient Chinese patterns and decorative paintings from an artistic perspective, painting the Collection of Chinese Patterns and writing A Study of Chinese Decorative Paintings through the Dynasties; he was an investigator of art fieldwork, being the earliest to go deep into the villages of ethnic minorities in Guizhou to investigate, collect data, and conduct research and organization, pioneering visual arts research in a scientific manner; he was a teacher and an educator, whose students are spread throughout the world, and who also founded the Central Academy of Craft Art, constructing the educational system for Chinese arts and crafts and modern design in New China." This was my understanding of him when I was preparing for the "Son of the Earth—Exhibition of the Works of Pang Xunqin in the 1930s and 1940s" in 2009; reading it now, it is far too conceptual. What leaves a deep impression on me are still several "encounters" with this senior whom I never met in person.
The earliest was because of the National College Entrance Examination. In 1992, while preparing for the entrance exam to the Central Academy of Craft Art, I consulted Pang Xunqin's A Study of Chinese Decorative Paintings through the Dynasties. This book became my earliest introductory reading for understanding traditional Chinese patterns and decorative arts. Later, I was admitted to the Central Academy of Fine Arts, and although I daily studied modern and contemporary art historical materials, I was never able to establish a vivid and three-dimensional cognition of Pang Xunqin, nor was I able to truly understand the artistic thinking of this founder from over half a century ago.
My true "chance encounter" with Pang Xunqin occurred in 2007. At the "Avant-Garde of Drifting" exhibition celebrating the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Guangdong Museum of Art, I saw the original watercolor manuscript of Pang Xunqin's famous work Son of the Earth with my own eyes for the first time. He abandoned straightforward tragic narratives and used symbolic methods to gaze upon the suffering on the land. This work became a key node in his transition from pursuing pure modern forms to rooting himself in local reality. Standing before the painting, my heart was filled with shock. It completely ignited the idea of conducting a systematic study of Pang Xunqin.
Afterward, I reread A Study of Chinese Decorative Paintings through the Dynasties, and increasingly understood the heavy scholarly spirit behind this book. Pang Xunqin spent more than 20 years building a complete and coherent general history system of Chinese decorative arts, filling a gap in domestic art history research. Because of a moving passage he left in the book, I conceived the idea of re-supplementing and republishing this classic work. He wrote as follows: "Considering that a high book price is unfavorable to popularization, therefore this book only uses a few images, but this is also unfavorable to the reader. The above-listed book titles are provided for readers to consult; most books are relatively easy to find." However, as decades have passed, most of the reference books he listed back then have become scattered and difficult to find, and the illustrations in the original edition are incomplete; it is difficult for ordinary readers to complete the image data by following the bibliography. With the vigorous support of Mr. Liu Jude, our team spent more than half a year searching everywhere for scattered original pattern images and Mr. Pang's remaining hand-drawn manuscripts, adding the illustrations bit by bit; it is a slight regret that, in the end, seven images could not be fully restored.
In the continuous research of Pang Xunqin, another key figure was also unexpectedly brought forth—the British sinologist Michael Sullivan, which allowed us to connect a hidden thread of 20th-century Chinese and Western art exchange. Sullivan was one of the earliest overseas scholars to systematically introduce 20th-century Chinese modern art to the West. Ma Xile, a curator of Chinese art at the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Oxford, believes that: without Pang Xunqin's introduction and exchange, it would have been difficult for Sullivan to deeply enter the circle of modern Chinese artists, and thus he would have been unable to complete that work, Chinese Art and Artists of the 20th Century, which influenced the West for decades.
Following this interdisciplinary research path, we also extended and carried out more case studies of great masters of 20th-century art. Relying on the clues of sketching trips in the Southwest and Northwest, multiple museums cooperated to launch the "The Path is Difficult for One Traveling in the Human World: Exhibition of Sketching Works in the Southwest and Northwest by Pang Xunqin, Wu Zuoren, Guan Shanyue, and Sun Zongwei in the 1940s," comparing the sketching works of artists of the same era on the same subject matter, and analyzing the differences in the observational perspectives and artistic languages of different artists. This type of case-based research that sees the big through the small, though seemingly fragmented, can continuously complete the aspects ignored by art history. Studying Pang Xunqin is not just about interpreting a painter or a president of an academy of fine arts, but is more about touching the complete network of the entire artistic ecology and artistic exchange of that era. We call this method of research 一叶知秋 (yī yè zhī qiū - "one leaf knows the autumn," to perceive the whole from a single part).
Mr. Huang Yongyu once wrote the article "That Big Tree in the Pang Family," affectionately recalling the artistic character and personal charm of Pang Xunqin's family. I am particularly fond of his sentence: "I still often think of the poetic lives of Mr. Xunqin and Mr. Qiudi; in their poetry there is beauty, but also sadness and bitterness; if later generations are to commemorate the two of them, please weave wreaths with a heart of honesty and beauty!"
(The author is the President of the Beijing Fine Arts Academy)
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At the special exhibition "Yun Feiyang: The Culture and Art of Western Han Dynasty Guangling Lacquerware" currently being held at the Nanjing Museum, more than 100 pieces (sets) of works from 10 cultural and museum institutions, including the Hunan Museum and the Yangzhou Museum, have made their collective debut, presenting the diverse roles of lacquerware in people's material lives and spiritual worlds. In recent years, from Anhui to Shanghai, and from Hubei to Guangdong, lacquer art exhibitions have emerged in dense succession; although their themes vary, they have 不约而同 (bù yuē ér tóng - "not agreeing but arriving at the same point," to act in unison or reach a consensus without prior agreement) formed a consensus: lacquer art is an important carrier of aesthetic consciousness, material technology, and cultural exchange, and its contemporary value requires attention and research.
As early as seven or eight thousand years ago, the ancestors of Kuahuqiao in Zhejiang had already cut the bark of lacquer trees and brushed the flowing sap onto bows, pulling open the curtain on the development of Chinese lacquer art. The lacquer film is hard and wear-resistant, and can also prevent moisture and corrosion; therefore, lacquerware became an indispensable object in the daily lives of ancient Chinese people. From lacquer beans of the Shang and Zhou dynasties and feather cups of the Han dynasty, to mother-of-pearl inlaid lutes of the Tang dynasty and plain-lacquered elegant vessels of the Song dynasty, and further to imperial-made lacquerware of the Ming and Qing dynasties, lacquer art has gradually formed dozens of processes such as plain lacquering, carved lacquer, mother-of-pearl inlay, inlaid gold, painted gold, filled lacquer, and colored patterns through thousands of years of development. Plain lacquering uses a single color from beginning to end, excelling in the warm luster of the lacquer material itself; carved lacquer uses the knife like a brush, carving landscapes and figures onto thick layers of lacquer, with deep and sharp knife marks and distinct layers; mother-of-pearl inlay embeds shell and conch pieces into the lacquer surface, creating a flowing and colorful brilliance; inlaid gold uses a needle to scratch out patterns and then fills the grooves with gold powder, resulting in fine and strong lines with a hidden golden light in the darker areas... This beauty of infinite transformations has allowed lacquer art to span thousands of years without interruption and to spread to East Asia and Southeast Asia, becoming a unique aesthetic imprint of Chinese civilization.
At present, through creative transformation and innovative development, lacquer art is gradually entering daily life and receiving popularity among the masses. Plain-lacquered tea vessels on tea tables use Song-style monochromatic lacquer surfaces to echo the contemporary person's aesthetic longing for restraint and tranquility; lacquer bead jewelry allows lacquer art to integrate into fashionable outfits; and large-lacquer decorative panels in automobile interiors add a touch of Oriental charm to travel spaces. The reason why cross-sector expansion in multiple fields can receive people's recognition lies not only in lacquer art returning to contemporary daily scenes and creating an emotional connection with people during use, but even more in the fact that the aesthetic genes it carries are not simply replicated, but are presented with a new sense of beauty through conversion by contemporary design language. When lacquer art lands in new forms, it happens to resonate with people's current desire for authentic tactile sensations, individual expression, and the warmth of handcrafting.
At the same time, lacquer art is moving toward a wider audience through intangible cultural heritage workshops and experience spaces. In traditional lacquer art hubs such as Fuzhou, Yangzhou, and Chengdu, a group of lacquer workshops presided over by representative inheritors of intangible cultural heritage continue the ancient system of master-apprentice teaching, while simultaneously opening courses for lacquer art enthusiasts, allowing them to personally participate in processes such as coating, sanding, and polishing. Many lacquer art experience spaces have also emerged in cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, and Hangzhou, making this traditional skill, which originally had a high technical threshold, accessible. More and more young people are entering lacquer art workshops, feeling the "slow" power of large lacquer through repeated coating and patient waiting; this is both a mediation of the fast-paced life and a cross-temporal and cross-spatial dialogue with tradition.
Exhibitions evoke attention, life generates demand, and workshops nurture passion; running through it all is the contemporary person's re-recognition of this ancient art. The beauty of lacquer art lies in color and luster, in thousands of diverse processes, but even more in the precipitation of time. A piece of lacquerware must undergo dozens of processes such as making the body, applying cloth, scraping ash, coating lacquer, and polishing, taking months or even years to complete. Once an object is made, it can be preserved for a thousand years, with its luster as new as ever. This characteristic of "walking with time" is precisely the "essence" of large lacquer that has remained unchanged for thousands of years, presenting a continuous and vital beauty through long-term companionship with people.
Today, representative inheritors of intangible cultural heritage enter university classrooms, contemporary artists reside in lacquer art workshops, and cross-media and cross-cultural lacquer art exchanges are becoming increasingly frequent; while the younger generation inherits traditional skills, they continuously explore new possibilities for lacquer art in fields such as sculpture, installation, and public art. Regardless of how forms and appearances change, only by adhering to the process temperature and aesthetic spirit of lacquer art can this touch of warm Oriental color radiate vitality in new inheritance.
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