Summary: The article marks the 105th anniversary of the Communist Party of China and the upcoming Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee, framing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party as a long-term strategy and eternal subject. It details General Secretary Xi Jinping's leadership since the 18th National Congress in promoting Party self-supervision, anti-corruption efforts, and the Eight-Point Regulation, emphasizing the Party's self-revolution as the answer to escaping the historical cycle rate. The piece highlights institutional innovations, inspection tours, and centralized Party education campaigns as key achievements, and quotes Xi on upholding Party leadership and serving the people. It concludes with Xi's call for Party members to remain vigilant, struggle bravely, and create new historical brilliance on the journey toward national rejuvenation.
Summary: The article commemorates the 90th anniversary of the Red Army's Long March victory, citing General Secretary Xi Jinping's call to carry forward the great spirit of the Long March and embark on the new Long March. Xi emphasized "five musts," including upholding the Party's ideals and purposes, promoting high-quality development, and accelerating the building of a world-class military. The piece elaborates on the need for courageous struggle, the people's military's role under the Party's absolute leadership, and the importance of Party building and discipline. It connects these themes to the Second Centenary Goal and the modernization of national defense. The article concludes by urging unity around the Party Central Committee to achieve these goals.
Summary: Wang Huning, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and chairman of the CPPCC National Committee, accompanied Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and chairman of the State Affairs Commission, on a visit to Dandong on the 24th, conveying the cordial greetings and good wishes of General Secretary Xi Jinping and President Xi Jinping. Wang Huning welcomed Kim Jong Un at the Memorial Hall of the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, where they laid a floral basket and observed a moment of silence in memory of the martyrs of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army. During the meeting, Wang Huning stated that Kim Jong Un's special visit on the 76th anniversary of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army's dispatch fully reflects the importance attached to the blood-forged China-DPRK friendship, and that the Chinese side is willing to implement the important consensuses of the top leaders and promote the further elevation of bilateral relations. Kim Jong Un asked Wang Huning to convey his greetings to Xi Jinping, expressed gratitude for China's support, and noted that Xi's historic visit to the DPRK in June this year was a milestone in bilateral relations. That afternoon, Wang Huning accompanied Kim Jong Un to an automobile factory and saw him off at the new China-DPRK Yalu River Bridge, with Wang Yi participating in the activities.
Summary: Li Xi, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and head of the Central Inspection Work Leading Group, spoke at the mobilization and deployment meeting for the eighth round of inspections of the 20th CPC Central Committee, conveying and studying the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech. He stressed the need to deeply comprehend the decisive significance of the Two Establishments, resolutely achieve the Two Upholds, and promote high-quality development of inspection work with higher standards and more concrete measures. Li Xi emphasized firmly grasping the fundamental task of the Two Upholds, the strategic policy of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, the people-centered value orientation, and the key link of inspection rectification, including promoting treating both the symptoms and the root causes. He also highlighted focusing on the Ministry of Education and central-management universities, conducting in-depth inspections around the implementation of the Party Central Committee's decisions on higher education, fostering virtue through education, and preventing and defusing risks. Shi Taifeng announced the authorization and task division of team leaders, and Liu Jinguo presided over the meeting.
Summary: The full-track laying of the Chongqing-Kunming High-Speed Railway was completed on October 24, as reported by People's Daily from Zhaotong. The railway is a key part of the Beijing-Kunming corridor in China's "eight vertical and eight horizontal" high-speed network, spanning about 700 kilometers from Chongqing West Station to Kunming South Station through Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou, and Yunnan, with a design speed of 350 kilometers per hour.
Summary: The article highlights how the Long March story, as taught through Chinese textbooks, serves as a vivid lesson for young people, with General Secretary Xi Jinping repeatedly praising and recounting tales like "The Monument" and Chen Shuxiang's sacrifice. It details how students and universities retrace the Long March route, drawing inspiration from revolutionary heroes to apply to modern challenges in science, poverty alleviation, and national development. The piece emphasizes Xi's call for youth to strengthen ideals and convictions on the new Long March of the new era, citing examples like Huang Wenxiu and the Long March rocket. It concludes that the monument in textbooks has become a guiding light for young people, who are now writing their own Long March stories across various fields.
Summary: The article reports on the military's response to Xi Jinping's speech at the conference commemorating the 90th anniversary of the Long March victory, in which he called for accelerating the building of the People's Army into a world-class military. Officers and soldiers across various units, including the National Defense University, the 76th Group Army, the Northern Theater Command Navy, and the PLA General Hospital, are quoted as studying the speech and vowing to carry forward the great Long March spirit. They emphasize adhering to Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, implementing the "five musts," and achieving the goal of building the military by the centenary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army. The article highlights themes of Party leadership, political loyalty, discipline, and high-quality development in national defense and military modernization. It concludes that the People's Army, under the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, is determined to write a new chapter worthy of the revolutionary forebears and the great era.
Summary: The article marks the 105th anniversary of the Communist Party of China and the upcoming Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee, framing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party as a long-term strategy and eternal subject. It details General Secretary Xi Jinping's leadership since the 18th National Congress in promoting Party self-supervision, anti-corruption efforts, and the Eight-Point Regulation, emphasizing the Party's self-revolution as the answer to escaping the historical cycle rate. The piece highlights institutional innovations, inspection tours, and centralized Party education campaigns as key achievements, and quotes Xi on upholding Party leadership and serving the people. It concludes with Xi's call for Party members to remain vigilant, struggle bravely, and create new historical brilliance on the journey toward national rejuvenation.
Summary: Li Xi, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and head of the Central Inspection Work Leading Group, spoke at the mobilization and deployment meeting for the eighth round of inspections of the 20th CPC Central Committee, conveying and studying the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech. He stressed the need to deeply comprehend the decisive significance of the Two Establishments, resolutely achieve the Two Upholds, and promote high-quality development of inspection work with higher standards and more concrete measures. Li Xi emphasized firmly grasping the fundamental task of the Two Upholds, the strategic policy of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, the people-centered value orientation, and the key link of inspection rectification, including promoting treating both the symptoms and the root causes. He also highlighted focusing on the Ministry of Education and central-management universities, conducting in-depth inspections around the implementation of the Party Central Committee's decisions on higher education, fostering virtue through education, and preventing and defusing risks. Shi Taifeng announced the authorization and task division of team leaders, and Liu Jinguo presided over the meeting.
Summary: President Xi Jinping sent a letter to the 2026 Global Governance Forum (Xiong'an) on October 23, proposing the Global Governance Initiative to promote a more just and equitable global governance system, and calling for confidence to gather strength and cooperation to resolve difficulties. International participants, including former officials and scholars from Senegal, Egypt, Gambia, Pakistan, Russia, Somalia, the UK, Tanzania, Kazakhstan, and Brazil, praised the letter as demonstrating China's firm stance on improving global governance and providing guidance for consensus-building. They highlighted that the Global Governance Initiative, supported by over 160 countries and written into multilateral documents, offers a path for bridging the governance deficit and benefiting the Global South. China's actions, such as zero-tariff measures for 53 African countries, were cited as concrete contributions to common development and global governance reform. Jeffrey Greene, chairman of the Sino-American Aviation Heritage Foundation, stressed the responsibility to cooperate and improve global governance, while the article noted the initiative's contrast with "my country first" and "might makes right" logic.
Summary: President Xi Jinping sent a letter to the 2026 Global Governance Forum (Xiong'an) on October 23, elaborating on the significance of reforming the global governance system and promoting the Global Governance Initiative. The article highlights that the initiative, proposed by Xi in September 2025, has gained support from over 160 countries and international organizations, with more than 60 joining the "Group of Friends of Global Governance." China announced eight practical actions at the forum, including hosting the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting and advancing United Nations reform, alongside a five-point call to uphold multilateralism and improve governance in emerging fields. The forum, held in Xiong'an New Area, was described as a window for observing China's governance, showcasing concepts such as people-centered development and green growth. The article concludes by reaffirming China's commitment to working with all countries toward a community with a shared future for mankind.
Summary: The article marks the 55th anniversary of UN General Assembly Resolution 2758, which restored all rights of the People's Republic of China in the United Nations, and details China's deepening participation in UN peace, development, and governance efforts. It highlights China's role as the second-largest contributor to the UN regular budget and peacekeeping assessments, and its dispatch of over 50,000 peacekeepers. The piece also cites China's initiatives, including the Global Development Initiative and the Global Civilization Initiative, and references President Xi Jinping's concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind. The author, China's Permanent Representative to the UN, concludes by affirming China's commitment to upholding and strengthening the United Nations alongside other countries.
Summary: The article highlights how the Long March story, as taught through Chinese textbooks, serves as a vivid lesson for young people, with General Secretary Xi Jinping repeatedly praising and recounting tales like "The Monument" and Chen Shuxiang's sacrifice. It details how students and universities retrace the Long March route, drawing inspiration from revolutionary heroes to apply to modern challenges in science, poverty alleviation, and national development. The piece emphasizes Xi's call for youth to strengthen ideals and convictions on the new Long March of the new era, citing examples like Huang Wenxiu and the Long March rocket. It concludes that the monument in textbooks has become a guiding light for young people, who are now writing their own Long March stories across various fields.
Summary: Chen Wenqing, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission, chaired a special meeting on the 24th, stressing the need to thoroughly study and implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's important instructions on the fight against gang crime and evil forces, and to advance the deepening of the special campaign so that it goes deeper and produces tangible results. He fully affirmed the stage-by-stage results since the campaign's launch, emphasizing the need to grasp its people-oriented, law-based, and complex nature, and to combine special governance with systematic, law-based, comprehensive, and source governance while maintaining a high-pressure posture. Chen stressed deepening lead screening, intensifying investigation and assault efforts, handling cases in accordance with the law, and adhering to treating both the symptoms and the root causes to eradicate the soil that breeds gang crime and evil forces. He also called for strengthening overall coordination and supervision to push the campaign toward new progress. Wang Xiaohong attended and delivered a speech, while Zhang Jun and Ying Yong also attended.
Summary: With the approval of the Party Central Committee, the 8th round of inspections by the 20th Central Committee will carry out routine inspections of the Party organizations of 32 units, including the Ministry of Education and 31 major universities. The inspected universities include Peking University, Tsinghua University, Fudan University, and other leading institutions across China. This round of inspections targets the Party organizations of these units as part of the Central Committee's ongoing oversight efforts.
Summary: The Central Archives has compiled the *Selected Historical Archives and Materials on the Red Army's Long March* to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the victory of the Long March, and the book has been published by the Learning Publishing House and distributed nationwide from today. The materials are mainly documents of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Central Revolutionary Military Commission, and the First, Second, and Fourth Front Armies as well as the Twenty-Fifth Army, with telegrams as the main body, arranged in 8 themes totaling 350 pieces. Most are printed from archival materials held in the Central Archives, with some published for the first time, and the book also includes 47 photocopies of archival materials. The work is described as authoritative, systematic, and rich in content, objectively restoring the course of the Long March and providing support for historical research, as well as serving as a vehicle for carrying forward the Long March spirit and inheriting the red gene.
Summary: Commemorative audio-visual publications marking the 90th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army's Long March were released to the public at home and abroad starting October 24. The publications include the 60-episode TV drama *The Great Long March*, the televised variety gala *Ode to the Long March*, the 7-episode documentary *The Great Expedition*, and the 12-episode documentary *Ten Thousand Mountains and Rivers*, produced and distributed by China International Television Corporation. China Media Group produced and broadcast these works, with the TV drama presenting a panoramic view of the Red Army's victory, the gala integrating multiple art forms, and the documentaries showcasing the people's army's loyalty and heroic spirit.
Summary: The Chinese sports delegation topped both the gold medal and overall medal tables at the 5th Asian Para Games, which concluded October 24 in Nagoya, Japan, winning 207 gold, 117 silver, and 111 bronze medals for a total of 435—ranking first for the fifth consecutive Games and achieving its best overseas result. The delegation fielded 312 athletes across 17 sports and 335 events, excelling in swimming, athletics, wheelchair fencing, table tennis, and badminton, while also winning team titles in blind football, women's blind goalball, women's wheelchair basketball, and women's sitting volleyball. Chinese athletes achieved success in both athletic performance and sportsmanship, with weightlifter Cui Zhe and track and field athlete Mi Na winning gold at their fifth consecutive Asian Para Games, and 30-year-old swimmer Zhang Meng taking 8 gold medals, the most of any athlete. Young competitors gained experience, including 18-year-old Zhu Hui with 3 swimming golds, 19-year-old Wei Jia breaking two Asian records in athletics, and 19-year-old archer Wang Liya winning gold.
Summary: A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Baqing County, Nagqu City, Tibet, and rescue efforts are proceeding rapidly, with all 76 injured persons treated and 40 discharged from hospital by 17:00 on the 24th. Relief supplies from central, autonomous region, city, and county governments—20 categories totaling 60,518 items—have been shipped to the disaster area. The affected area includes 34 administrative villages in Maru and Gangqie townships, involving 13,673 people, with 1,830 tents housing 12,489 people and 35 resettlement sites and temporary Party branches established. Local authorities are accelerating construction of prefabricated houses with heating stoves due to high altitude and low temperatures. Main roads were unobstructed by noon on the 24th, and power supply was fully restored at 20:38 that evening.
Summary: On the night of October 23, rescue forces gathered in large numbers at the epicenter in Village 2, Maru Township, Baqing County, Nagqu City, Tibet, with trucks, engineering machinery, and personnel in camouflage, work clothes, and red vests working intensively under emergency lighting. Zhaxi Dawa, captain of the Baqing County Fire and Rescue Brigade, inspected every tent, advising on stove placement and ventilation, and personally taught the elderly how to use new stoves while explaining fire safety precautions. In the latter half of the night, stationed cadres sat in a circle inside a tent, verifying the disaster situation and discussing resettlement issues, including stove needs, vulnerable families, and coordination of supplies and work for the next day. By dawn on October 24, commanders and fighters of the People's Liberation Army, officers and soldiers of the Armed Police Force, and fire and rescue personnel were providing catering services in severely affected areas, preparing hot meals despite the icy water. Throughout the night, occasional aftershocks occurred, but the resettlement sites remained orderly, with most of the masses sleeping soundly as work continued on restoration and reconstruction.
Summary: At a resettlement site in Maru Township, Baqing County, Nagqu City, Tibet, a medical team set up a medicine counter with common medicines, including cold, hypertension, and Tibetan medicines, meeting daily needs. The site hosts a temporary Party branch jointly established by the Nierong County People's Hospital and the Baqing County Tibetan Medicine Hospital, with 11 staff members, 5 of whom are Party members. Medical staff conducted door-to-door rounds, with Sisang reassuring an elderly person to trust the Party and government, while Zhao Hui noted special attention to the elderly, children, and chronic disease patients. Basang Ciren, deputy Party secretary and director of the Nagqu City Tibetan Medicine Hospital, distributed Tibetan medicines at another site, and the medical team received 460 patient visits in a single day starting October 23. Disease control personnel, including nearly 30 at the Maru Township Second Village site, handled disinfection, infectious disease surveillance, and water quality testing, while psychological comfort and one-on-one follow-ups were also provided.
Summary: The article is a reporter's note from Maryu Township, focusing on small livelihood matters after a disaster, such as rushing milk powder to residents and ensuring warm housing and safety inspections. Party members and cadres are described as registering households door to door and asking about needs, while firefighters checked stoves and valves to guard safety. The piece emphasizes that these small actions demonstrate the principle of "people first" and radiate tangible warmth. It concludes that addressing people's urgent difficulties and worries solidly makes work feel warm, and this warmth is felt by the people. The cold plateau wind is contrasted with burning hearts, built from concrete livelihood tasks.
Summary: The Central Cyberspace and Informatization Commission issued the *National Informatization Plan for the 15th Five-Year Plan Period*, which arranges for systematically advancing national informatization development and serves as an action guide for all regions and relevant departments. The plan proposes that by 2030, China's informatization will make significant progress, with information infrastructure consolidating its leading advantages and a three-dimensional network system spanning land, sea, air, and space basically formed. It also calls for full completion of a new generation of communication networks, commercial use of sixth-generation mobile communications (6G) launched at an appropriate time, a basically completed national blockchain network, and accelerated layout of the intelligent internet.
Summary: An academic symposium on "One Country, Two Systems," hosted by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, was held in Shenzhen on October 24, with nearly 100 guests, experts, and scholars from the mainland, Hong Kong, Macao, and overseas. Discussions centered on the theme of "The Five-Year Plans of Hong Kong and Macao and Their Integration into and Service to the National Development Agenda," covering topics such as enhancing core competitiveness, Greater Bay Area construction, and leveraging unique advantages for high-level opening up. Participants examined the theoretical, historical, and practical logic behind Hong Kong's first five-year plan and Macao's new five-year plan. They argued that these plans constitute a breakthrough in the practice of "One Country, Two Systems," having milestone significance.
Summary: The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China has announced leadership changes in Hunan and Yunnan provinces. Wang Zhijun has been appointed as secretary of the Hunan Provincial Party Committee, succeeding Shen Xiaoming. Mo Gaoyi has been appointed as secretary of the Yunnan Provincial Party Committee, succeeding Wang Ning.
Summary: Tang Dengjie was elected Secretary of the CPC Shanxi Provincial Committee at the First Plenary Session of the 13th Shanxi Provincial Committee on October 24, with Lu Dongliang and Li Jinke elected as Deputy Secretaries. The session also elected Dong Xiaoyu, Zhang Biyong, Zhao Hongyan, Lin Hongyu, Zhang Shaohua, You Lixia, Zhu Xiaodong, Chang Shuming, and Wang Shuaihong as members of the Standing Committee. Separately, the First Plenary Session of the 13th Shanxi Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection elected You Lixia as its Secretary, with Wang Xiaopeng, Xu Defeng, Liu Dongguang, and Chen Yunpeng as Deputy Secretaries.
Summary: Chen Xiaojiang was elected Secretary of the CPC Xinjiang Regional Committee at the First Plenary Session of the 11th Committee, with Erkin Tuniyaz, He Zhongyou, Zhang Yingchun, and Wang Lin elected as Deputy Secretaries. The session also elected members of the Standing Committee, including Wang Jianxin, Yusupjan Mamat, Ilzat Akhmetjan, Hadan Kabin, Li Gang, Kaisar Abdukerim, Liu Chunlei, Nie Zhuang, and Li Guoliang. Liu Chunlei was elected Secretary of the Autonomous Region Discipline Inspection Commission, with Wang Xinjun, Li Xiaolin, Reyihanguli Asim, and Ruza Nuksenbek as Deputy Secretaries.
Summary: The article profiles three young people working in China's elderly care sector, highlighting their frontline roles and career growth. Jiang Xinlian, a senior technician in Ningbo, trains new caregivers and has won a national skills competition, while Jiang Qiuxiang, a station head in Beijing, delivers home-based services and emphasizes trust-building with elderly residents. He Guanchen, a 2000s-born assistant in a Henan village elderly care home, uses poetry and short videos to enrich residents' lives. The piece references the 15th Five-Year Plan's goals for professionalizing elderly care and expanding community-embedded services, noting China's 323 million people aged 60 and above. It underscores the growing demand for elderly care as a livelihood issue and a career opportunity for youth, without mentioning the United States.
Summary: The article highlights the growing presence of young people born in the 1990s and 2000s in elderly care services across Xiong'an, Beijing, and Suzhou, noting their professional skills and youthful energy. It argues that elderly care offers a broad stage for youth to display talents, though challenges such as low pay, limited career advancement, and insufficient social recognition remain hurdles. The piece calls for linking vocational skill levels to salary, improving talent evaluation mechanisms, and strengthening college-institution cooperation to retain young workers. It emphasizes that society's understanding and respect, fostered through skills competitions and storytelling, can help young practitioners firm up their career choices. The author, a researcher at the China Population and Development Research Center, concludes that youth can shine by growing through professional practice and realizing their value in serving the elderly.
Summary: The author, a village Party secretary in Liaoning Province, recounts leaving a city job to return home and start a greenhouse tomato business after calculating that hometown produce could be sold at higher city prices. After earning over 300,000 yuan in the first year, fellow villagers followed suit, and the author established a cooperative to unify seed selection, techniques, quality control, and sales. In 2019, the author became secretary of the village Party general branch and, with the two committee teams, promoted the "Party branch + cooperative + farmers" model to drive common prosperity. The village now has over 600 heated greenhouses and more than 100 cold sheds, with average annual income increases of 15,000 yuan for greenhouse households and village collective income exceeding 500,000 yuan. The author concludes that improving villagers' concrete living conditions, such as building a cultural square and installing solar streetlights, has reinforced the belief that a good life is growing stronger.
Summary: Wu Shuai, the 54th political instructor of the "Red First Company" under the 83rd Group Army, traced the Long March route to Huili, Sichuan, and the Riganqiao Wetland, where he reflected on the hardships endured by the Red Army and the company's heirloom, the "Red Mess Tin," which Mao Zedong praised during a 1935 visit. The article recounts how the company, which established the army's first company-level Party branch during the "Sanwan Reorganization," upheld traditions of Party members leading in marches, rationing, and night watches, and how these stories inspired soldiers like Dai Zhifei and Xu Silin to overcome challenges. Wu Shuai emphasized that the "Red Mess Tin" symbolizes loyalty and the company spirit of "obeying the Party's command, unity between officers and soldiers, and making hard struggles and working with perseverance," which continues to guide training and missions. The company recently won six first places in a brigade competition and first place in a vehicle crew competition in northern Henan, with Company Commander Li Yanfei vowing to keep moving forward despite future difficulties. The article concludes that the "Red Mess Tin," though worn through, remains red, embodying the enduring spirit passed down through generations.
Summary: The third "Retracing the Long March" activity for young people of the new era was launched in Zunyi, Guizhou, with over a hundred youth representatives ascending the site of the Battle of Loushan Pass. The article argues that retracing the Long March helps youth anchor ideals, drawing on the example of Red Army soldiers who averaged around 20 years old. It frames setting out anew as a value choice of moving from the "small self" to the "greater self," citing college graduate Yang Ning's return to her Miao village to lead poverty alleviation. It also emphasizes practical responsibility in carrying on the struggle, quoting aerospace engineer Wei Linke on facing challenges like a new Long March. The piece concludes that the Long March road extends beneath every young person's feet, with the relay race across time and space representing the young generation's responsibility.
Summary: Jiang Shilin, an 82-year-old man in Quanzhou County, Guangxi, continues a family guardianship of an unnamed Red Army martyrs' tomb on Mihua Mountain, a vigil spanning over nine decades since his grandfather buried seven soldiers after the Battle of Jiaoshanpu in late 1934. He passed down the duty to his grandchildren, teaching his granddaughter to make Mayuan Baba as offerings and leading her to tend the grave, while also serving as a volunteer docent for students retracing the Long March route. The tomb has become a local red education site, and since 2019, sixteen memorial facilities for the Xiang River Campaign martyrs have been incorporated into the Guangxi section of the Long March National Cultural Park construction plan. Jiang Shilin emphasized that the heroes' stories are spreading as visitors come from across the country, and he hopes the heroes will be remembered by more people.
Summary: The article highlights Guizhou's progress in high-quality development, focusing on the "Four New" initiatives and "Four Modernizations" as its main tasks. It reports industrial transformation, with the added value of industries above designated size growing by 6.4% year-on-year from January to August 2026, and emphasizes the digital economy's expansion, including 50 key data centers and computing power exceeding 176 EFLOPS. Cultural and tourism integration is showcased through events like the "Village Super League" and "Village BA," which have driven significant tourist revenue. The piece also underscores ecological value conversion, with forest coverage stable at 63.3%, and improvements in people's livelihoods, including stable employment and narrowing urban-rural income gaps. The article concludes by affirming Guizhou's commitment to continued struggle and pragmatic work in the 15th Five-Year Plan period.
Summary: The article commemorates 80 years of Yellow River governance since 1946, highlighting how generations of Chinese artists have depicted the river's transformation from a "river of tribulation" into a "river of happiness" through paintings of water conservancy projects like Sanmenxia and Xiaolangdi. It traces how artists such as Xie Ruijie, Wu Zuoren, and others captured the spirit of "unremitting self-improvement" and "humanity's ability to conquer nature" in their works, while later paintings reflect the river's improved ecology and cultural significance. The piece emphasizes that the Yellow River is both a natural and cultural river, with artists expressing national spirit through depictions of its surging waters. It concludes that the ongoing strategy for ecological protection and high-quality development of the Yellow River basin continues to inspire new artistic chapters.
Summary: The article announces the official publication of the *China Art Yearbook* for 2025, a professional annual document guided by the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, hosted by the China Artists Association, undertaken by the *Art* magazine agency, and published by the People's Publishing House. It emphasizes the Yearbook's threefold character—documentary, reference-book, and research nature—and its six major sections, which together construct a three-dimensional annual art narrative system. The Yearbook aims to preserve history, serve the art field, and support the building of a culturally strong nation by transforming annual art practices into tangible documents. Looking ahead, the yearbook enterprise will expand into a matrix of three major IPs: the "Yearbook Series," "Yearbook Release," and "Yearbook Nomination Exhibition," creating an academic ecological system. The author, president of the *Art* magazine agency, concludes that the accumulated yearbooks will form a long scroll of contemporary Chinese art, demonstrating the nation's cultural vitality and historical responsibility.
Summary: The author, a member of the Sculpture and Public Art Committee of the Beijing Artists Association, describes leading the creation of a large-scale sculpture of Wang Qimin, completed in the Daqing Oilfield Square in Heilongjiang and echoing the statue of Wang Jinxi. The author explains that the work sought to comprehend the Daqing Spirit through visits to historical sites, and positioned the statue as that of a "People's Model" using a realist approach. The creative team fixed a moment of Wang Qimin returning in glory, striding forward in a Western-style suit with a book and medal, balancing his real physical features—including a bent back from ankylosing spondylitis—with public expectations of heroic models. The author notes that a habitual gesture, Wang Qimin's vigorous swinging of his right arm, was cast into the sculpture to convey genuine emotional power, concluding that shaping space with humanistic thought is the value of public art.
Summary: The article discusses Ai Zhongxin's oil painting *The Red Army Crossing the Snow Mountains*, a classic work of revolutionary historical painting that depicts the Red Army climbing Mount Jiajin during the Long March. Ai distinguished his piece by using landscape as the main carrier of historical narrative, placing a winding column of soldiers amid vast snow mountains rather than relying on dramatic plot. Created in 1957, the work exemplifies the "nationalization of oil painting" debate, with its freehand brushwork and expressive lines merging figures and scenery into an "Ai family style." The painting's power lies in its ability to immerse viewers in the scene, conveying human will and the Long March spirit through the sublime mass of nature. The author, an associate research curator at the Guan Shanyue Art Museum in Shenzhen, concludes that this narrative mode profoundly influenced later Long March-themed art.
Summary: The article is a photo report featuring the Chinese painting "Nine Dragon Pool" by artist Yu Wenjiang. No additional details or commentary are provided.
Summary: The article discusses the growing role of curation in Chinese art museums, focusing on a forum at the Shanghai Art Museum where experts debated how classical art can converse with contemporary viewers. It argues that curation is not merely organizing works but re-establishing connections among works, history, viewers, and the era, with the key questions being "why exhibit it today" rather than "what to exhibit." The author highlights exhibitions on Lin Fengmian and Wu Guanzhong, Chinese oil painting, and Han tombs at Mawangdui as examples of "discovery," "connection," and "display" in practice. The piece concludes by defining "Chinese-style curation" as a method and cultural stance that proceeds from Chinese cultural experience to "discover China" through curation. The author is the director of the Academic Department of the Shanghai Art Museum.
By: 新华社记者
To govern the country, one must first govern the Party; only when the Party thrives can the country grow strong.
For 105 years, working hard in tough conditions (栉风沐雨, zhì fēng mù yǔ - "comb the wind, bathe in the rain"), from the setting sail of a red boat on South Lake in Jiaxing to steering the giant vessel of China through the waves, the Communist Party of China has remained in the prime of its life or glory (风华正茂, fēng huá zhèng mào - "wind, flower, just, flourishing") through the vicissitudes of history and endless and continuous (生生不息, shēng shēng bù xī - "birth, birth, not, cease") through trials and tribulations, precisely because it has always upheld the principle that the Party must supervise itself and govern itself with full and rigorous self-governance.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Party, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, with strong historical responsibility and tenacious will and character, has driven the new great project of Party building in the new era to deeper development, continuously opening up new realms for this century-old major Party in supervising and governing the Party, and in revitalizing and strengthening the Party.
From October 26 to 29, the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party will be held in Beijing to study several major issues concerning the sustained promotion of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party. On the never-ending road of examination, the Communist Party of China writes a brand-new answer sheet with its original aspiration, marching bravely toward the bright prospect of building a strong country and achieving national rejuvenation.
"Make full and rigorous self-governance of the Party a long-term strategy and eternal subject of the Party"
On July 1, 2026, a grand meeting was held to celebrate the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China. In the Great Hall of the People, the ten-thousand-person auditorium was brightly lit and the atmosphere was warm. The sign "1921-2026" was particularly eye-catching, encapsulating the magnificent and grand in scale (波澜壮阔, bō lán zhuàng kuò - "wave, ripple, magnificent, vast") journey of struggle of a great political party.
After 105 years of tempering through wind and rain, the Communist Party of China, dedicated to the great cause of the Chinese nation for a thousand years, is full of vitality.
"The fundamental reason why the Communist Party of China has been able to continuously create brilliance in its 105 years of struggle, and why history and the people have chosen the Communist Party of China, lies in the fact that our Party possesses excellent qualities that are incomparable or matchless (无可比拟, wú kě bǐ nǐ - "not, can, compare, match") to those of other political parties and political forces." At the celebration meeting, General Secretary Xi Jinping delivered an important speech, listing "focusing on strengthening oneself and always remaining full of vitality" as one of our Party's excellent qualities, emphasizing that "to strengthen confidence and continue the struggle, we must persistently promote full and rigorous self-governance of the Party."
The grand hall bore witness: profound historical self-awareness has been consistent from beginning to end (一以贯之, yī yǐ guàn zhī - "one, by, through, connect"), and a strong sense of mission has been just as before or as always (一如既往, yī rú jì wǎng - "one, like, already, go").
On November 15, 2012, in the East Hall of the Great Hall of the People. Facing Chinese and foreign journalists, Xi Jinping, who had just been elected General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, stated firmly: "The whole Party must be alerted. To forge iron, one must be strong oneself."
Two days later, when presiding over the first group study session of the 18th Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, General Secretary Xi Jinping said with a thunderous voice: "A large amount of facts tell us that if the corruption problem intensifies, it will inevitably lead to the downfall of the Party and the state! We must be vigilant!"
Entering the new era, the weight of tasks for reform, development, and stability, the number of contradictions, risks, and challenges, and the magnitude of tests for governance are unprecedented (前所未有, qián suǒ wèi yǒu - "before, that which, not, have"), and the profound changes of changes unseen in a century in the world are unprecedented. To handle China's affairs well, the key lies in the Party, and the key lies in the Party supervising itself and governing itself with full and rigorous self-governance. General Secretary Xi Jinping's declaration was forceful and resounding (掷地有声, zhì dì yǒu shēng - "throw, ground, have, sound"): "Our Party must do a good job in building itself and truly become the most powerful political party in the world."
Facing the new situation and new challenges, General Secretary Xi Jinping, based on the cycle of rise and fall in governance (治乱兴衰, zhì luàn xīng shuāi - "govern, chaos, rise, decline") of ancient and modern times, articulated the far-reaching considerations for ensuring the Party's long-term governance—
"I have often spoken of the issue of the historical cycle rate; this is indeed a fate that feudal dynasties in our history could not escape." In January 2018, at the opening ceremony of the seminar on studying and implementing the spirit of the 19th National Congress of the Party, General Secretary Xi Jinping analyzed the proposition left by the rise and fall of governance in ancient and modern times, at home and abroad, and profoundly pointed out that the fundamental reason lies in "being unable to solve one's own problems."
Shouldering a mission as heavy as a mountain, focusing on revitalizing the Party and strengthening the country, General Secretary Xi Jinping confronted the unique problems of a major Party and made profound reflections—
"How to always stay true to the Party's original aspiration and founding mission, how to always unify thought, will, and action, how to always possess strong governing capability and leadership level, how to always maintain the mental state of doing business and starting undertakings, how to always be able to promptly discover and solve one's own problems, and how to always maintain a clean and upright political ecology—these are all unique problems that our major Party must solve."
In January 2023, at the Second Plenary Session of the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, General Secretary Xi Jinping made a profound analysis with the "six 'how to always' requirements," emphasizing that "we must stand at the height of the Party's long-term governance, the country's long-term stability, and the people's happiness and well-being, and make full and rigorous self-governance of the Party a long-term strategy and eternal subject of the Party."
Profound understanding is followed by thorough action.
Since the new era, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has begun by formulating and implementing the Central Eight-Point Regulation, directly confronting the major risks and tests facing the Party and the prominent problems existing within the Party, unswervingly promoting full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, turning the knife inward, scraping the poison to heal the bone, using strong medicine to cure the disease, and severe punishment to rectify chaos. Party conduct and government conduct have taken on a completely new look, social conduct and public sentiment have continued to improve, and the Party's image in the hearts of the people has been reshaped.
In the magnificent historical process of eliminating the turbid and promoting the clear, our Party has governed the Party with the spirit of reform and strict standards, achieving a series of achievements in theoretical innovation, practical innovation, and institutional innovation.
In December 2014, during an inspection in Jiangsu, General Secretary Xi Jinping explicitly proposed "full and rigorous self-governance of the Party," and placed it alongside building a moderately prosperous society in all respects, deepening reform in all respects, and comprehensive law-based governance, forming the Four-Pronged Comprehensive Strategy (四个全面) strategic layout.
From "strict governance of the Party" to "full and rigorous self-governance of the Party," this reflects profound connotations of the times and a distinct problem orientation, marking the shift of Party supervision and governance from partial key breakthroughs to systematic integration and overall advancement.
In October 2017, the 19th National Congress of the Party established "upholding full and rigorous self-governance of the Party" as one of the basic strategies for upholding and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era;
In November 2021, the Party's third historical resolution listed "upholding self-revolution" as one of the ten historical experiences of the Party's century-long struggle. General Secretary Xi Jinping gave the second answer to escaping the historical cycle rate, and that is self-revolution;
In October 2022, the 20th National Congress of the Party for the first time proposed "improving the system for full and rigorous self-governance of the Party," strengthening the comprehensive systematic layout and coordinated efficient advancement of Party supervision and governance;
On June 15, 2026, the National Forum on Party Building made work arrangements for studying and implementing Xi Jinping's Thought on Party Building. Among the connotations and essentials of the Fourteen Commitments (十四个坚持) of Xi Jinping's Thought on Party Building, one is precisely "upholding full and rigorous self-governance of the Party."
Understanding continues to deepen, and experience continues to accumulate. Xi Jinping's Thought on Party Building systematically answers a series of major questions of how to supervise and govern the Party, revitalize and strengthen the Party in the new era, providing scientific guidance for deeply advancing the new great project of Party building in the new era.
Having traversed thousands of mountains and rivers, we still need to climb mountains and ford streams.
In July 2026, on the occasion of the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Party, General Secretary Xi Jinping came to Shanghai, the birthplace of the Party. At a community Party-mass service station, the General Secretary earnestly instructed: "A major Party with over 100 million Party members and more than 5 million grassroots Party organizations must each fulfill their responsibilities and truly do a good job in serving the people."
As the world's largest Marxist ruling party, the Communist Party of China has the bearing of a big party, but also the difficulties of a big party.
At present, the basic realization of socialist modernization has entered a critical period of consolidating the foundation and making comprehensive efforts. Strategic opportunities and risks and challenges coexist, and uncertain and unpredictable factors are increasing. At the same time, the "four tests" and "four dangers" facing the Party are long-term, complex, and severe. On the new journey of comprehensively building a modern socialist country, the more arduous the task, the more we must consolidate the foundation and strengthen the base; the brighter the prospect, the more we must remain sober. We must persistently promote full and rigorous self-governance of the Party and continuously push forward the new great project of Party building in the new era.
"Full and rigorous self-governance of the Party has opened up a new realm of self-revolution for the century-old major Party"
On January 8, 2026, in Zhongnanhai, Beijing, an important meeting lasted a whole day—
General Secretary Xi Jinping presided over a meeting of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, hearing work reports from the Party groups of the NPC Standing Committee, the State Council, the CPPCC National Committee, the Supreme People's Court, and the Supreme People's Procuratorate, and hearing the work report of the Secretariat of the Central Committee.
Since 2015, such a report once a year has become an important institutional arrangement for upholding the authority and centralized, unified leadership of the Party Central Committee.
The core of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party is to strengthen the Party's leadership.
Both history and reality have fully proven that to govern this largest political party in the world well, we must uphold the Party's overall leadership, especially the centralized, unified leadership of the Party Central Committee, and ensure that the Party always commands the overall situation and coordinates all parties.
In April 2020, General Secretary Xi Jinping came to Shaanxi for inspection and research. Qinling Mountains was the first stop.
In the past, within the Xi'an area at the northern foot of the Qinling Mountains, illegally built villas were like scars, eroding the greenery of the mountains and rivers. General Secretary Xi Jinping explicitly required "to investigate starting from political discipline," and made important instructions and approvals six times, resolutely promoting the investigation and handling of this problem, restoring the former tranquility and beauty of the Qinling Mountains.
Whether it is the environmental pollution in the Qilian Mountain Nature Reserve, the illegal coal mining in the Muli mining area, or the illegal and irregular construction of low embankments around Dongting Lake... Behind each specific problem, what is often exposed is a problem of political ecology.
General Secretary Xi Jinping profoundly perceived that all problems existing within the Party are essentially political problems, and required that "full and rigorous self-governance of the Party must first be viewed from a political perspective" and "political problems must be solved from a political perspective," promoting the transformation of Party supervision and governance from lax, soft, and loose to strict, tight, and hard.
The relevant expression "The leadership of the Communist Party of China is the most essential feature of socialism with Chinese characteristics" was written into the Party Constitution and enshrined in the Constitution; the Central Commission for Comprehensively Deepening Reform, the Central National Security Commission, the Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission, the Central Financial and Economic Affairs Commission, and others were established; members of the Political Bureau report in writing to the Party Central Committee and General Secretary Xi Jinping every year; a series of working mechanisms for central decision-making and coordination bodies were improved...
Entering the new era, a series of institutional measures have provided a strong guarantee for the whole Party to maintain a high degree of consistency with the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core in thought, politics, and action, ensuring that the centralized, unified leadership of the Party Central Committee is stronger and more effective.
The Party's work style concerns the Party's image, concerns the support or opposition of the people, and concerns the survival or demise of the Party.
On December 4, 2012, the Political Bureau deliberated and approved the Eight-Point Regulation on improving work style and maintaining close ties with the masses. In just over 600 characters, it established rules and clarified standards for strengthening work style construction from 8 aspects including investigation and research, meetings and activities.
Once the Eight-Point Regulation landed, work style construction came alive across the board. From cracking down on mooncakes, greeting cards, and fireworks, to cracking down on holidays, "after working hours," and daily life... In the nearly 14 years since the Eight-Point Regulation was introduced, breakthroughs on specific problems have driven the resolution of problems across the board.
How to make this "golden card" of work style construction shine ever brighter? General Secretary Xi Jinping has been thinking about this.
Just after the 2025 National Two Sessions concluded, the study and education on thoroughly implementing the spirit of the Central Eight-Point Regulation was promptly carried out throughout the Party.
"Over the years, the Eight-Point Regulation has indeed promoted fundamental changes, and the atmosphere has been renewed. Most of the problems that were once deep-rooted and difficult to reverse have disappeared. At the same time, we must see that in some places there has been loosening, in some aspects there are still blind spots and dead corners, and some unhealthy tendencies have rebounded and resurfaced. When driving nails, drive a few more times, with sustained, long-term effort, turning them into customs."
Each centralized education within the Party has always taken work style construction as an important content; the first meetings of the 19th and 20th Central Political Bureaus both focused on the implementation rules of the Eight-Point Regulation, further deepening and refining them; Xi Jinping's Thought on Party Building explicitly proposes "upholding the promotion of the normalization and long-term effectiveness of work style construction," demonstrating a distinct people's standpoint...
Adhering to a top-down approach and leading by example, Chinese Communists in the new era have persistently done a good job in Party work style construction, curbed some unhealthy tendencies that had long not been curbed, corrected some stubborn diseases that had not been eliminated for many years, and won the heartfelt support of the people with a new atmosphere in work style construction.
Corruption is a roadblock and stumbling block in the process of the Party's and the country's development, and the fight against corruption is a major struggle that cannot be lost and must not be lost.
In October 2025, the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party was held in Beijing. The plenary session deliberated and approved the review report on the serious violations of discipline and law by a number of leading cadres.
"If we do not fight corruption with an iron fist, there will be endless troubles. 'Beside the sunken boat, a thousand sails pass by; before the sick tree, ten thousand trees spring.'"
At the plenary session, when talking about unswervingly carrying out the fight against corruption, General Secretary Xi Jinping said with a firm tone: "We must always maintain a high-pressure posture against corruption, investigate and handle corruption cases according to law and regulations, severely punish corrupt elements, achieve not stopping for a single step or retreating half a step, and never allow corrupt elements to have any place to hide. No one should harbor any luck or cherish any illusions."
Every case is investigated, every corruption is punished. Entering the new era, the intensity and scale of the fight against corruption are rarely seen in the world and rarely seen in history.
"Tiger hunting" has no forbidden zones. From the 18th National Congress of the Party to the eve of the 20th National Congress, more than 500 centrally managed cadres were placed on file for review and investigation. In 2023, 2024, and 2025, the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission placed on file for review and investigation 87, 92, and 181 centrally managed cadres respectively;
"Fly swatting" is not soft-handed. In 2025 alone, the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission directly investigated and supervised 8,116 cases of unhealthy tendencies and corruption problems around the masses, and nationwide, 967,000 related problems were investigated and handled, 627,000 people were disciplined, and 22,000 people were transferred to procuratorial organs;
"Fox hunting" never stops. From the 19th National Congress of the Party to the eve of the 20th National Congress, the "Sky Net Operation" brought back 6,900 fugitives and recovered 32.786 billion yuan of illicit money. In 2025, 505 cross-border corruption cases were filed and investigated, 963 fugitives were brought back, achieving the clearing of the "100 Most Wanted Red Notice Fugitives" in the Asian region;
Some foreign media commented that China's current anti-corruption achievements are "a huge contribution comparable to solving the problem of food and clothing and greatly eliminating poverty in China, the most populous country in the world."
More than 10 years of tempering and forging, more than 10 years of refining into steel.
Strengthening political guidance, ideological soul-casting, organizational foundation-strengthening, work style shaping, discipline consolidation, and institutional governance of the Party, and promoting the integrated advancement of not daring to be corrupt, not being able to be corrupt, and not wanting to be corrupt... Under the leadership and promotion of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, full and rigorous self-governance of the Party has been promoted with unprecedented intensity, achieving historic and pioneering achievements, producing all-round and deep-level impacts, and providing a strong guarantee for comprehensively advancing the construction of a strong country and the great cause of national rejuvenation with Chinese modernization.
"Adhere to and carry forward the good experiences and good practices that have proven effective in our Party's history, deepen the understanding of the laws of Party supervision and governance, and create new experiences"
By the Yudu River, the monument to the departure of the Central Red Army's Long March stands tall. 92 years ago, the main force of the Central Red Army gathered here and began the great expedition.
"We must not forget the Party's original aspiration and mission, must not forget revolutionary ideals and revolutionary purposes, must continue to hold high the revolutionary banner, carry forward the great Long March spirit, and march forward bravely toward the goal of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation." In May 2019, General Secretary Xi Jinping came here to revisit the glorious history.
From the revolutionary sites at the foot of the Pagoda Mountain in Yan'an, to the revolutionary base areas deep in the Taihang Mountains, to the Memorial Museum of the Capital of the Hubei-Henan-Anhui Soviet Area in the Dabie Mountains... General Secretary Xi Jinping "tempered his original aspiration along the journey of the Chinese revolution," leading the whole Party to inherit the fire of ideals and the light of faith.
"Figuratively speaking, ideals and convictions are the 'calcium' in the spirit of Communists. Without ideals and convictions, or with unstable ideals and convictions, one will suffer from 'calcium deficiency' in the spirit and get 'rickets.'"
From the Party's mass line education and practice campaign to the "Three Stricts and Three Honests" special education, from the "Two Studies and One Action" study and education to the "staying true to the Party's original aspiration and founding mission" theme education, from Party history study and education to the theme education on studying and implementing Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, and then to Party discipline study and education, study and education on thoroughly implementing the spirit of the Central Eight-Point Regulation, and study and education on establishing and practicing a correct view of political achievements... Since the new era, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has deployed and carried out 9 centralized educations within the Party, continuously consolidating the foundation and strengthening the roots, and tamping down the ideological foundation.
Adhering to the simultaneous exertion of ideological Party building and institutional Party governance is a valuable experience of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party in the new era.
On August 30, 2017, the 18th Central Committee's inspection tours concluded successfully, marking the first time in the Party's history that central inspection tours achieved full coverage within one term of office.
Full coverage reflects the attitude of confronting problems head-on and also embodies the wisdom of institutional Party governance.
After each round of inspection tours, General Secretary Xi Jinping carefully reviews the inspection reports, makes judgments on the problems found in the inspections, and promotes the continuous deepening of inspection work.
From the 18th Central Committee's first "look-back" inspections, exploration of special inspections, and piloting of "mobile" inspections; to the 19th Central Committee's deepening of political inspections, closely focusing on "top leaders" and the key minority, and on prominent issues strongly reflected by the masses; to the 20th Central Committee's scientifically coordinating routine inspections, mobile inspections, and inspection "look-backs," flexibly carrying out upgraded inspections, and enhancing the effectiveness of promoting reform, construction, and governance through inspections... Consistent from beginning to end and deepening step by step, the sharp sword of inspection has been sharpened ever brighter, and the political advantages of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party have been continuously transformed into the effectiveness of supervision and governance.
Along with the continuous deepening and solidification of the reform of the discipline inspection and supervision system, discipline supervision, supervision by supervisory commissions, dispatched supervision, and inspection supervision are coordinated and connected, the pattern of linkage between inspections at the central level and inspections at the local level is continuously improved, and a supervision system under the unified leadership of the Party, with full coverage and authoritative and efficient operation, is gradually being perfected.
From the steady and rapid progress of the reform of the supervision system, to the formulation and revision of a series of fundamental and key intra-Party regulations, to the solid advancement of the concretization, precision, and normalization of political supervision... Since the 18th National Congress of the Party, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has continuously promoted the practical and theoretical exploration of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, and the level of scientific, institutionalized, and standardized Party building has been continuously improved.
On July 30, 2026, the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee held a meeting, explicitly proposing to strengthen confidence, maintain strategic resolve, uphold and apply the valuable experience of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party in the new era with higher standards and more practical measures, rectify and solve the prominent problems facing Party building, and consolidate and develop the good political situation formed by Party supervision and governance.
Managing and governing the world's largest ruling party well is no less than a huge and complex systematic project. Only by understanding its principles can one grasp its methods; only by grasping its methods can one govern it well.
At the 19th National Congress of the Party, General Secretary Xi Jinping explicitly put forward the general requirements for Party building in the new era, emphasizing the comprehensive advancement of the Party's political construction, ideological construction, organizational construction, work style construction, and discipline construction, running institutional construction through all of them, and deeply advancing the fight against corruption.
"Adhere to and carry forward the good experiences and good practices that have proven effective in our Party's history, deepen the understanding of the laws of Party supervision and governance, and create new experiences." At the Second Plenary Session of the 19th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, General Secretary Xi Jinping made a systematic summary of the achievements and experience of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, proposing to uphold "the unity of ideological Party building and institutional Party governance," "the unity of mission guidance and problem orientation," "the unity of grasping the 'key minority' and managing the 'overwhelming majority,'" "the unity of exercising power and assuming responsibility," "the unity of strict management and care and trust," and "the unity of intra-Party supervision and mass supervision."
Governance has its framework, and implementation has its order.
More emphasis is placed on the organic connection, linkage, and coordination of all aspects of Party building, more emphasis on the improvement and perfection of systems and mechanisms and the scientificity and effectiveness of laws and regulations, and more emphasis on using the concept of governance, systematic thinking, and dialectical thinking to supervise and govern the Party, revitalize and strengthen the Party, so that all work of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party better reflects the characteristics of the times, grasps the laws, and is full of creativity.
Full and rigorous self-governance of the Party cannot be achieved overnight, nor will it be done once and for all; it is necessary to grasp the unity of "regular" and "long-term."
In August 2026, General Secretary Xi Jinping made an important instruction emphasizing that establishing and practicing a correct view of political achievements is a long-term task, which requires sustained, long-term effort, continuously consolidating and expanding the achievements of study and education, and continuously promoting Party organizations at all levels and the vast number of Party members and cadres to build the Party for the public, benefit the people, make scientific decisions, and work hard and pragmatically, striving to create achievements that stand the test of practice, the people, and history.
"The risks and tests we face will only become more and more complex, and we may even encounter unimaginable stormy waves. The various struggles we face are not short-term but long-term, and will accompany the entire process of achieving the Second Centenary Goal." The more arduous the tasks and the greater the risks and tests, the more we must uphold full and rigorous self-governance of the Party.
By upholding and applying the valuable experience of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party in the new era with a serious attitude and scientific spirit, and persistently promoting full and rigorous self-governance of the Party with the tenacity and perseverance of always being on the road, our Party will surely forever maintain its advanced nature and purity, and become a vibrant Marxist ruling party that always walks at the forefront of the times, is sincerely supported by the people, and can withstand various storms and tests.
"Ensure that the Party always becomes the strong leadership core of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics"
"Passed!"
On March 12, 2026, thunderous applause rang out in the Great Hall of the People. The Fourth Session of the 14th National People's Congress voted to pass a resolution approving the outline of the 15th Five-Year Plan.
Opening this grand blueprint, important measures such as "taking full and rigorous self-governance of the Party as the fundamental guarantee" and "persistently promoting full and rigorous self-governance of the Party" carry immense weight, demonstrating the long-term nature of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party and its extreme importance for promoting economic and social development during the 15th Five-Year Plan period.
The more ambitious the goal and the more arduous the task, the more the Party needs to set the course in stormy waves and stand at the forefront in the race of a thousand sails.
Facing the future, examining itself with the requirements of the development of the times and alerting itself with a strong sense of urgency, the century-old major Party will "persistently promote full and rigorous self-governance of the Party and ensure that the Party always becomes the strong leadership core of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics."
Raising the banner and forging ahead, strengthening the foundation and consolidating the base, upholding and strengthening the Party's leadership without wavering—
On the land of Xiong'an, a grand plan is being launched anew. In March 2026, General Secretary Xi Jinping came here and presided over a symposium on deeply advancing the high-quality construction and development of Xiong'an New Area.
The General Secretary's important speech at the symposium not only focused on one city and one region, but also faced the whole Party and the overall situation, emphasizing that "the strengthening of the Party's leadership and the promotion of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party must be carried through from beginning to end."
Upholding the Party's leadership is the most essential feature of socialism with Chinese characteristics and is a matter of direction; it must be clear-cut and firm in stance.
On the new journey, we must more deeply comprehend the decisive significance of the Two Establishments (两个确立), more resolutely achieve the Two Upholds (两个维护), maintain the resolve of not changing the path and not changing the will, uphold the Party's overall leadership and the centralized, unified leadership of the Party Central Committee, and achieve not being blocked by floating clouds from seeing far, and not losing the course while riding the wind and waves.
Leading a large socialist country with a population of more than 1.4 billion, our Party must be both politically strong and highly capable.
"Whether the goals and tasks of the 15th Five-Year Plan period can be successfully completed depends decisively on the Party's ability and level in leading economic and social development, and the whole Party must make great efforts in this regard." At the beginning of 2026, at the opening ceremony of the special seminar for provincial and ministerial-level leading cadres on studying and implementing the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party, General Secretary Xi Jinping put forward new expectations for strengthening the Party's leadership.
On the road forward, the vast number of Party members and cadres, especially leading cadres, must strive to improve their abilities to promote high-quality development, serve the masses, and prevent and defuse risks, effectively run the Party's leadership through all aspects and the entire process of economic and social development, and open up new horizons for the development of the cause in overcoming difficulties.
Putting the people first, caring for the people, and deeply cultivating the Party's governing foundation without stopping—
In June 2026, in Dezhou, Shandong, the heat was steaming. General Secretary Xi Jinping came here to investigate the construction of rural grassroots Party organizations and the comprehensive revitalization of rural areas, and visited farmers' homes to talk about happy lives.
During the inspection, General Secretary Xi Jinping earnestly taught Party members and cadres: "Establishing and practicing a correct view of political achievements must ultimately be reflected in benefiting the people. The vast number of Party members and cadres must strengthen their awareness of being public servants, deeply cultivate their feelings for the people, do more good things, practical things, and solve difficult things for the masses, and truly enhance the people's sense of gain, happiness, and security."
"Deeply rooted in the people, always possessing a solid foundation" is a profound revelation from more than a hundred years of trials and hardships, and it is also the source of strength for creating new historical achievements.
Firmly standing with the people, thinking with the people, and working with the people, adhering to making political achievements for the people and through practical work, and following the Party's mass line in the new era, the Party's cause will surely be even more prosperous and flourishing.
Being vigilant in times of peace, always thinking of the long term, and maintaining an attitude of caution from beginning to end without slackening—
Entering the Beijing Book Building, the first and second volumes of the Selected Works of Xi Jinping on Party Building are placed in prominent positions, attracting many readers to stop, read, and ponder.
Studying this authoritative textbook, articles such as "Packing Up and Setting Out Again, Deepening Full and Rigorous Self-governance of the Party with the Perseverance of Always Being on the Road" and "Always Maintaining the Sobriety and Firmness to Solve the Unique Problems of a Major Party" are thought-provoking, demonstrating the political responsibility of the leader of a major party and major country, and containing the bottom-line thinking of preparing for the worst.
Not forgetting danger in times of safety, not forgetting demise in times of survival, not forgetting chaos in times of order—this is the profound historical self-awareness of a century-old major Party.
As early as during the war period, the Party Central Committee called for studying The 300th Anniversary of the Fall of the Ming Dynasty and warned the whole Party to "take it as a lesson and not repeat the mistake of being arrogant at the moment of victory." In peacetime, from proposing "deploying our work on the premise that we may be attacked" to clarifying "placing the basis of our work on the occurrence of relatively large risks," our Party has always been on constant alert.
On the new journey of the new era, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, with a sense of responsibility of always being concerned, has forged "enhancing awareness of potential dangers and adhering to bottom-line thinking" into the magnificent practice of supervising and governing the Party, revitalizing and strengthening the Party.
Under the guidance of Xi Jinping's Thought on Party Building, the whole Party continuously carries forward the spirit of struggle, enhances the ability to struggle, improves the ability to scientifically foresee changes, promptly detect risks, and effectively respond to challenges, and promotes the giant vessel of China's rejuvenation to break through the waves and sail steadily and far.
The journey of great rejuvenation is as magnificent as a rainbow, stirring the heart; the great cause has a long and arduous road, inspiring high morale.
Striding forward on the expedition full of glory and dreams, Chinese Communists in the new era bear an incomparably heavy responsibility and an incomparably noble mission. General Secretary Xi Jinping issued a resounding call—
"All Party comrades must stay true to the Party's original aspiration and founding mission, must remain modest, prudent, and hardworking, must dare to struggle and be good at struggling, closely rely on and unite and lead the people of all ethnic groups across the country to forge ahead on the new journey and make contributions in the new era, and strive to create new historical brilliance!"
(Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, October 24)
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"The new journey is a long march filled with glory and dreams, a new Long March for the Party and the people."
At the conference commemorating the 90th anniversary of the victory of the Long March of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping, coordinating the overall strategic situation of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and the changes unseen in a century in the world, solemnly declared, "We must vigorously carry forward the great spirit of the Long March and working together with one heart and mind (同心协力, tong xin xie li - "same, heart; together, cooperate") walk well the new Long March road."
The great spirit of the Long March fully manifests the power of loyalty, the power of truth, the power of justice, and the power of unity, and will forever be a precious asset and powerful driving force inspiring us to overcome difficulties and charging forward courageously (勇往直前, yong wang zhi qian - "bravely, go forward; straight, ahead").
The most crucial aspect of carrying forward the great spirit of the Long March is to bear in mind the original aspiration and founding mission, continue the red bloodline, temper oneself through hard struggle (砥砺奋斗, di li fen dou - "grind, whet; struggle, strive"), and continuously advance the great cause initiated by our revolutionary predecessors.
"We must uphold the Party's ideals, beliefs, and purposes," "We must unswervingly and resolutely (坚定不移, jian ding bu yi - "firm, steadfast; not, move") promote high-quality development and continuously meet the people's ever-growing needs for a better life," "We must courageously carry out the great struggle with many new historical features," "We must accelerate the building of the people's military into a world-class military," "We must uphold the Party's leadership and strengthen Party building."
General Secretary Xi Jinping put forward the clear requirements of the "five musts" for carrying forward the great spirit of the Long March and walking well the new Long March road, connecting history, the present, and the future, providing ideological and action guidance for striving to create new brilliance on the new Long March road.
This article provides explanations focusing on "We must courageously carry out the great struggle with many new historical features," "We must accelerate the building of the people's military into a world-class military," and "We must uphold the Party's leadership and strengthen Party building," in order to deepen understanding.
Struggling for truth, struggling for ideals, daring to struggle and being good at struggling are the fine qualities of our Party.
The road toward ideals has never been smooth, and great victories are all achieved through tenacious struggle.
In the great expedition, hardship can destroy people's bodies, and death can take people's lives, but no force can shake the ideals and beliefs of Chinese Communists.
Fighting poverty, building a moderately prosperous society, battling epidemics, confronting floods, stabilizing the economy, promoting development, resolving crises, responding to changing situations... The achievements of the new era were attained by countless Communists who always maintained confidence in victory and engaged in heroic and tenacious struggle.
"The various struggles we face are not short-term but long-term, and will accompany the entire process of achieving the Second Centenary Goal." The closer we get to the goal, the more we are filled with risks and challenges, and the more we need to uphold the Party's ideals, beliefs, and purposes, overcome difficulties, confront risks, and meet challenges with the spirit of historical initiative, ensuring that the great ship of China's rejuvenation clears obstacles and rides the waves (劈波斩浪, pi bo zhan lang - "split, waves; chop, surges") and makes steady progress to achieve long-term goals (行稳致远, xing wen zhi yuan - "walk, stable; reach, far").
A strong country must have a strong military, and only with a strong military can the nation be secure.
The victory of the Long March teaches us that the people's military is the support of the revolution and the hope of the nation, and that the Party's absolute leadership over the military is the fundamental guarantee for the people's military to win victory.
When speaking of the people's military, one cannot fail to mention the "New Gutian Conference." In 2014, General Secretary Xi Jinping personally decided to convene the military's political work conference in Gutian, making arrangements for political army building in the new era and leading the people's military to reorganize and set out anew.
Today, the people's military has a new system, a new structure, a new framework, and a new appearance, and the ideological foundation of obeying the Party's command and following the Party is being built ever more firmly. From the vast expanses of blue water (碧波万顷, bi bo wan qing - "green, waves; ten thousand, acres") of the deep oceans to the vast and boundless skies, from disaster relief and emergency response to safeguarding national security and social stability, the people's military truly deserves to be called the "great steel wall defending the cause of the Party and the state."
Next year marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army of China.
Fully implementing Xi Jinping's thought on strengthening the military, always upholding the Party's absolute leadership over the people's military, advancing the modernization of national defense and the military with high quality, and accelerating the building of the people's military into a world-class military will surely provide strong strategic support for Chinese modernization.
The great victory of the Red Army's Long March was achieved through the correct leadership of the Party, which profoundly teaches us: the Party's leadership is the fundamental guarantee for the success of the Party's and the people's cause.
Since the beginning of the new era, from leveraging the advantages of the new system for mobilizing resources nationwide, concentrating resources and strength to solve the "bottleneck" problems, to accelerating the construction of the unified national market and breaking the mindset of "one acre and three-tenths of an acre"...
Upholding the centralized, unified leadership of the Party Central Committee is the highest political principle, enabling the entire Party to always maintain unified thinking, firm will, coordinated action, and strong combat effectiveness.
From resolutely fighting the tough, protracted, and overall battle against corruption, urging Party members and leading cadres to abide by rules and maintain discipline (遵规守纪, zun gui shou ji - "obey, rules; keep, discipline") and work cleanly, to continuously rectifying formalism to reduce burdens at the grassroots level, promoting grassroots cadres to set out with minimal burdens (轻装上阵, qing zhuang shang zhen - "light, equipment; go, battle array") and strive vigorously to achieve something (奋发有为, fen fa you wei - "exert, energy; have, achievement")... The more effective Party governance and Party discipline are, the stronger the guarantee for economic and social development.
Thoroughly implementing Xi Jinping's thought on Party building and persistently advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party will surely continuously create a new situation of Party governance, Party discipline, Party revitalization, and Party strengthening in the new era, ensuring that the Party always remains the strong leading core of the great cause.
The expedition in pursuit of dreams continues, one leg after another.
Unite more closely around the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, fully implement Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, vigorously carry forward the great spirit of the Long March, firmly maintain confidence in victory, preserve strategic resolve, and courageously overcome difficulties, steadily moving forward step by step — our pace cannot be stopped, and our goals will surely be achieved!
Return to Top(Xinhua News Agency, Dandong, Liaoning, October 24) (Reporter Dong Xue) Wang Huning, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and chairman of the CPPCC National Committee, accompanied Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and chairman of the State Affairs Commission, on a visit to Dandong on the 24th, conveying the cordial greetings and good wishes of General Secretary Xi Jinping and President Xi Jinping.
That morning, Wang Huning welcomed Kim Jong Un at the square of the Memorial Hall of the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea and accompanied him in laying a floral basket at the Memorial Tower of the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea. The national anthems of China and the DPRK were played on site. Accompanied by the soulful "Floral Tribute March," honor guards slowly carried the floral basket to the platform. The ribbon on the floral basket bore the words written in Korean: "Forever remember the martyrs of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army." Kim Jong Un stepped onto the platform, paused before the floral basket, and carefully straightened the ribbon. All those present observed a moment of silence in memory of the martyrs of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army, and the atmosphere was solemn and respectful. Kim Jong Un then entered the Memorial Hall of the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea and viewed precious cultural relics and historical materials displaying the valiant fighting of the Volunteer Army soldiers and the joint struggle of China and the DPRK fighting side by side. Kim Jong Un presented the memorial hall with a historical photograph bearing his personal inscription.
During the meeting between the two sides, Wang Huning stated that General Secretary Kim Jong Un's special visit to Dandong on the occasion of the 76th anniversary of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army's dispatch to fight in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea fully reflects the importance the Korean Party and government attach to the friendship forged between China and the DPRK with blood, and that this visit is of great significance, as it both carries forward the traditional China-DPRK friendship and consolidates friendly public sentiment, and deepens political mutual trust and seeks common development through cooperation. In September last year and June this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping and General Secretary Kim Jong Un realized historic mutual visits and reached a series of important consensuses, leading the traditional friendly and cooperative relations between China and the DPRK into a new historical period. The Chinese side is willing to work with the Korean side to unswervingly implement the important consensuses of the top leaders of the two parties and two countries, take the common socialist cause as a bond, and promote the further elevation and development of China-DPRK relations. Taking the opening of the new China-DPRK Yalu River Bridge as an opportunity, the two sides should expand personnel exchanges and economic and trade cooperation to better benefit the peoples of the two countries. The two sides should strengthen strategic communication and coordination to create a peaceful and stable external environment for safeguarding each other's sovereignty, security, and development interests.
Kim Jong Un asked Wang Huning to convey his cordial greetings and good wishes to General Secretary Xi Jinping and wished the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China a complete success. Kim Jong Un stated that he had made a special trip to Dandong this time to commemorate the martyrs of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army who supported Korea with their lives and blood at a critical historical juncture, and to express the Korean side's heartfelt gratitude and eternal respect for the heroes of the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea. General Secretary Xi Jinping's historic visit to the DPRK in June this year reflected the high importance attached to China-DPRK relations and became a milestone in the development of bilateral relations. This year marks the 65th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance between the DPRK and China. The Korean side is grateful for China's long-standing support and assistance to the socialist cause of the DPRK, and the prospects for bilateral cooperation are very broad. The Korean side admires the fact that, under the leadership of General Secretary Xi Jinping, the Chinese people have achieved development accomplishments attracting worldwide attention (举世瞩目, ju shi zhu mu - "the whole world, gazes, looks") and won their due important international status, and is willing to work with the Chinese side to inherit historical friendship, expand practical cooperation, and bring tangible well-being to the peoples of the two countries.
That afternoon, Wang Huning accompanied Kim Jong Un on a visit to an automobile factory in Dandong, where they inspected the production workshop and listened to briefings. When Kim Jong Un departed Dandong, Wang Huning saw him off at the new China-DPRK Yalu River Bridge.
Wang Yi participated in the above activities.
Return to Top(People's Daily, Beijing, October 24) (Reporter Shi Yiqi) Li Xi, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and head of the Central Inspection Work Leading Group, recently attended and delivered a speech at the mobilization and deployment meeting for the eighth round of inspections of the 20th CPC Central Committee. The meeting conveyed and studied the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech delivered when he heard the report on the seventh round of inspections of the Central Committee, made arrangements for inspecting the Ministry of Education and central-management universities, and stressed the need to earnestly study and understand Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, especially Xi Jinping's thought on Party building, deeply comprehend the decisive significance of the Two Establishments (两个确立), resolutely achieve the Two Upholds (两个维护), promote high-quality development of inspection work on the new journey with higher standards and more concrete measures, and better give play to the role of inspections as a sharp sword for governing the Party and managing the Party and a powerful tool for governing the country.
Li Xi pointed out that since the 18th CPC National Congress, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has regarded inspections as an important measure for strengthening Party building and a strategic institutional arrangement for intra-Party oversight, leading inspection work to uphold fundamental principles and break new ground and deepen its development. It is necessary to thoroughly study and implement Xi Jinping's thought on Party building and implement it in all aspects and throughout the entire process of inspection work. Firmly grasp the fundamental task of the Two Upholds, adhere to the political orientation of inspections, strictly enforce political discipline and political rules, strengthen political oversight, promote the deep understanding by Party organizations at all levels of the responsibilities and missions they bear, and ensure the implementation of major decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee. Firmly grasp the strategic policy of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, adhere to the strict tone, tighten and consolidate the political responsibility for governing the Party and managing the Party, promote the integrated approach of strict punishment, precise governance, effective prevention, and unified handling, enhance the deterrence, penetration, and driving force of inspections, and give full play to the comprehensive oversight role of inspections. Firmly grasp the people-centered value orientation, adhere to inspections and patrols for the people, continuously improve the quality and effectiveness of inspections of villages, strengthen the connection and integration with the concentrated rectification of unhealthy tendencies and corruption problems around the people, sincerely and earnestly solve the urgent, difficult, and anxious concerns of the people, and continuously consolidate the Party's governing foundation. Firmly grasp the key link of inspection rectification, adhere to promoting rectification and governance through inspections, improve the mechanisms for inspection feedback and situation notification, continuously improve the rectification oversight mechanism, promote deepening reform, and promote treating both the symptoms and the root causes (标本兼治, biao ben jian zhi - "symptoms, root, both, treat").
Li Xi stressed that it is necessary to focus on functions and responsibilities, highlight the priorities of this round of inspections, thoroughly study and understand General Secretary Xi Jinping's important expositions on university work, closely carry out oversight around the implementation of the Party Central Committee's decisions and arrangements on higher education, conduct in-depth inspections of the implementation of the fundamental task of fostering virtue through education and the integrated promotion of the development of education, science and technology, and talent, conduct in-depth inspections of the situation of preventing and defusing risks, conduct in-depth inspections of the situation of strict Party governance and school management, the building of leadership teams and primary-level Party organizations, make every effort to discover and promote the resolution of prominent existing problems, and provide a strong guarantee for strengthening the Party's leadership and Party building in universities and promoting the high-quality development of higher education. It is necessary to strengthen organization and implementation, establish a correct view of political achievements, strengthen overall coordination, strictly enforce discipline and work style, strengthen standardized, law-based, and regularized construction, and ensure the high-quality completion of inspection tasks.
Shi Taifeng, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and deputy head of the Central Inspection Work Leading Group, announced the decision on the authorization and task division of the team leaders for the eighth round of inspections of the 20th CPC Central Committee, and Liu Jinguo, member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee and deputy head of the Central Inspection Work Leading Group, presided over the meeting.
Return to Top(People's Daily, Zhaotong, October 24) (Reporter Ye Chuanzeng) The full-track laying of the Chongqing-Kunming High-Speed Railway was completed on October 24. The Chongqing-Kunming High-Speed Railway is an important component of the Beijing-Kunming corridor within China's "eight vertical and eight horizontal" high-speed railway network. The line starts at Chongqing West Station, passes through Chongqing Municipality, Sichuan Province, Guizhou Province, and Yunnan Province, and connects to Kunming South Station, with a total length of approximately 700 kilometers and a design speed of 350 kilometers per hour.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 吴 丹 吴 月
A monument, recorded in textbooks, engraved in the hearts of the people.
"A frozen old soldier, leaning against a bare tree trunk, sat... The wind grew wilder, the snow heavier. The heavy snow quickly covered the body of the quartermaster, and he became a crystal monument."
General Secretary Xi Jinping once said with deep feeling: "The one in charge of clothing preferred to freeze to death himself rather than put on warmer clothes first — what a lofty state of mind this is!"
"The Monument," a story in textbooks, a microcosm of the great Long March spirit.
On October 22, at the conference commemorating the 90th anniversary of the victory of the Long March of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: "This extraordinary and heroic epic of heroes will forever be engraved on the monument of the Chinese revolution and forever remembered in the hearts of hundreds of millions of people."
The revolutionary feat of the 25,000-li Long March is also a vivid lesson for generations of young people.
The monument in textbooks, the monument in history, the monument in the hearts of the people.
Understanding the "Monument," the story of the Long March plants a red spark in the hearts of young people; looking to the future, the great Long March spirit is passed down from generation to generation, accumulating vigorous strength.
Reading the "Monument"
How does a small sapling grow into a towering tree? The answer lies in the classrooms and textbooks that bear the heavy responsibility of nurturing people.
In September 2020, in a classroom of the First Pian Primary School of Wenming Yao Ethnic Township, Rucheng County, Hunan Province, an ideological and political lesson was underway, with the words "Tell the Long March stories, be the new generation of the era" written on the blackboard.
"Half a Quilt," "Night March Through the Grassland," "Red Army Shoes," "The Monument"... Little hands shot up in unison.
Hearing a male student share the story of "The Monument," General Secretary Xi Jinping praised him repeatedly: "Well told! Well told!"
Looking at the children's bright eyes, the General Secretary said cordially: "Students should learn the revolutionary stories well, keep them in mind, and at the same time master the knowledge and skills for building modernization, striving to be socialist builders and successors."
In the junior high school history textbook, the deeds of Chen Shuxiang are deeply moving. Facing an enemy more than ten times his strength, Chen Shuxiang was full of courage, showing no fear, leading the soldiers of the entire division in a tenacious resistance, fighting a bitter battle with the enemy for four days and five nights, winning precious time for the Red Army to cross the Xiang River. After being captured wounded, he tore out his own intestines and died a heroic death, at the age of only 29.
Chen Shuxiang and the Battle of the Xiang River have been mentioned on multiple occasions:
In October 2014, at the PLA Political Work Conference, General Secretary Xi Jinping recounted the story of Chen Shuxiang's "breaking his intestines to show his resolve," praising him for fulfilling the oath of "shedding the last drop of blood for the Soviets."
In April 2021, during an inspection of Guangxi, the General Secretary made a special trip to the Memorial Hall of the Red Army's Long March Xiang River Battle, sighing with heartfelt emotion: "How heroic! Chen Shuxiang is a very typical one among the heroes who sacrificed."
The monument is silent; the heroes live forever.
Today, in Shimashen Village, Dao County, Hunan Province, the place where Chen Shuxiang fell, Shuxiang Primary School stands here. Under the century-old holly tree, children remember the hero, and ideals and convictions take deep root in their hearts.
— The Long March stories in textbooks record the journey of seeking truth.
"You must tell everyone well, tell everyone how our Party came to be." During an inspection of Guizhou, General Secretary Xi Jinping earnestly urged when visiting the Zunyi Conference Exhibition Hall.
Opening the middle school history textbook, a photo of the site of the Zunyi Conference comes into view. "Saving the Party, saving the Red Army, and saving the Chinese revolution at the most critical moment," this turning point of life-and-death importance let the seeds of revolution start a great movement from a small spark (星火燎原, xing huo liao yuan - "star, fire, burn, plain").
In September this year, in the Long March Lecture Hall of Zunyi Normal College, docents from the Zunyi Conference Memorial Hall used detailed historical materials and professional narration to bring students back to the war-torn years.
"This lesson made me understand the weight of 'truth.' Truth can only be tested in practice, and truth can only be established in practice." Cheng Yuqing, a student at Zunyi Normal College, shared what she had gained.
— The Long March stories in textbooks reflect the deep bond between the army and the people.
Why did the people always support the Red Army?
"Every leaf and branch is a matter of concern! Our army is the people's army, and the feeling between our Communists and the common people is the feeling of sharing one quilt."
The story of "Half a Quilt" is included in the Student Reader on Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era (Lower Primary Grades), as teaching content for the lesson "The Party and the People Are of One Heart."
The students of the First Pian Primary School of Wenming Yao Ethnic Township in Rucheng County often come to the "The Warmth of Half a Quilt" special exhibition hall to tell the story from the book to more people. The simple truth is firmly kept in their young hearts: "The Communist Party is the one who, even if they have only one quilt, would cut half of it to give to the common people."
Many people remember that in the high school Chinese textbook, "The Victory of the Long March Is Everlasting" contains this passage: "The Long March is the first of its kind in the annals of history, the Long March is a manifesto, the Long March is a propaganda team, the Long March is a seeder."
Look, the seeds sown by the seeder have traversed the years, "sprouting, growing leaves, blooming, bearing fruit, and there will be a harvest in the future."
Pursuing the "Monument"
The great Long March spirit needs to be guarded and passed on by generation after generation.
Along the Long March route, monuments rose from the ground one after another, and young people always stopped to gaze at them. The monument in textbooks, the monument before their eyes, and the monument in their hearts overlap — lofty, blazing, and bright.
Great rivers, revolutionary sites, and precious cultural relics are all living teaching materials. As they walk, "those who hear the stories" become "those who tell the stories" and "those in the stories."
Mount Laoshan, "the first difficult mountain crossed during the Long March."
The junior high school Chinese text "Mount Laoshan" recreates the difficulty of climbing the mountain and the hardship of camping out in the open: the mountain is steep, "the path is only about a foot wide"; the marching column holds torches in the dark night, "reaching all the way up to the sky, joining with the starlight, so that one cannot tell whether they are torches or stars."
Mount Laoshan welcomes wave after wave of young people retracing the Long March. This summer, trekking 10 kilometers in the rain and climbing over muddy mountain paths, students from Xidian University spoke from their hearts: "Back then, the Red Army crossed a mountain of survival, a mountain of desperation; today, we must strive to cross the mountain of scientific research and the mountain of innovation."
Pursuing the monument is to not forget the road behind and to see clearly the road ahead.
"Flying Capture of Luding Bridge," a classic piece in the primary school Chinese textbook:
"22 heroes, holding pistols, carrying broadswords, and grenades, braving the enemy's dense gunfire, climbed the iron chains and charged toward the opposite bank... The 4th Regiment of the Red Army heroically captured Luding Bridge, achieving another decisive victory in the Long March."
Standing before the monument to the Red Army's Flying Capture of Luding Bridge, teachers and students from the University of Science and Technology of China felt especially close: "Li Youlin, one of the 22 warriors, later became the first Party branch secretary of the university's Department of Atomic Nuclear Physics and Atomic Nuclear Engineering."
The iron chains hang in the air, the river surges. "We no longer need to block gun embrasures with our flesh and blood or climb iron chains, but we must strive, like the warriors of that time, to withstand pressure and shoulder responsibility." Kang Zechao, a graduate student in the Department of Modern Physics at USTC, said with emotion.
Gaining insights all along the way, growing all along the way.
The footprints of the journey turn into strength in the heart.
Teachers and students of Huaibei Middle School in Jiangsu Province formed the "Iron Torrent Thousand-Li Investigation Team" to retrace the Long March. Team member Xu Zhuwen wrote in his diary: "The great Long March spirit has never been a slogan; sometimes, it is the persistence of choosing to move forward even when exhausted to the limit."
Inheriting through listening, taking root in the soil. The Yanhe Lecturers Group of Renmin University of China went to Tantou Village, Yudu County, Jiangxi Province, to interview the descendants of martyrs and rescue oral historical materials.
The red star in the book illuminates the road underfoot. Wang Xinyi, a master's student at Peking University, once traded the pen for the sword, serving as a helmsman on the Liaoning aircraft carrier. On nights when the wind and waves were strong, she would often take out Edgar Snow's Red Star Over China and encourage herself with the stories of the Long March. Not long ago, she joined a youth research team, visited the old Long March sites, and shared what she had gained from practice with more companions.
The mountains and rivers are safe now; our generation should strive to be strong.
In those years, countless revolutionary youths, full of ideals, followed the light.
American biographer R. Terrill once wrote: "About 54 percent of the Long Marchers were young people under the age of 24." It can be said that the Long March was walked out by a group of young people.
The spirit of the predecessors is like a torch, illuminating the road ahead.
On the banks of the Yudu River, tracing the footsteps of the Red Army soldiers as they set out; on Loushan Pass, recalling the breathtaking Four Crossings of the Chishui River... Young people of the new era step out of campus, embark on the journey, and measure the eternal faith in their hearts with passion, courage, and perseverance.
This "red ribbon of the earth" remains forever brilliant.
Forging the "Monument" Together
The textbook turns to a new page.
"Each generation has its own Long March, each generation has its own responsibility." The Student Reader on Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era (Junior High School) expresses this earnest expectation.
On the new Long March of the new era, new monuments stand tall one after another.
"This is just like Liupan Mountain being the last high mountain the Red Army had to cross during the Long March — lifting all of the country's more than 50 million impoverished people out of poverty is the last high mountain we must cross to win the battle against poverty." In July 2016, General Secretary Xi Jinping made this vivid analogy at the symposium on East-West poverty alleviation cooperation.
Overcoming all obstacles to achieve success (踏平坎坷成大道, ta ping kan ke cheng da dao - "tread, flat, bumps, become, great, road"). Five years later, at the important moment of the centenary of the Party's founding, China achieved a complete victory in the battle against poverty.
Behind the miracle stand vivid names. The junior high school Chinese text "The Light of Youth" records one of them: Huang Wenxiu.
"During the Long March, the soldiers were not afraid even of death; on the road to poverty alleviation, how can this little difficulty limit my progress?" In the text, her diary holds the answer.
25,000 kilometers — that was the distance Huang Wenxiu traveled in one year of working in the village. On her social media, she wrote, "The Long March in my heart — one happy year of working in the village."
Wenchang, Hainan. The Long March-7 rocket soared into the sky, sending the Tianzhou-1 cargo spacecraft into space. In the Student Reader on Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era (Senior High School), a photo freezes the moment.
A major national equipment item is named "Long March." It is both an inheritance and an inspiration. China's aerospace industry continues to strive, from the Long March-1 rocket being able to "get up" more than 50 years ago, to today's new-generation Long March rockets being able to "come back." Generations of scientists and technologists have worked hard and broken through one barrier after another.
Gazing at the monument, paying tribute to the monument, forging the monument. The baton is passed to the younger generation —
On June 27, 2020, General Secretary Xi Jinping replied to all members of the Party member volunteer service team of Fudan University's Exhibition Hall of the Communist Manifesto: "Facing the future, to walk well the Long March of the new era, we need even more to strengthen our ideals and convictions and strive with determination."
This deep expectation resonates in the hearts of Fudan teachers and students. Wen Shaoqing, associate professor at the Institute of Scientific and Technological Archaeology, leads students in using scientific and technological archaeological methods to search for, excavate, and study the remains of unknown martyrs. Ideal and struggle are not empty talk; they mean bringing professional knowledge to where the country needs it and bringing the heroes home.
The monument of history is also a milestone for setting out anew. The youth of China today are walking their own Long March with concrete actions —
China Medical University, formerly the Red Army Medical School of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, continued to run the school during the Long March. More than 90 years later, a new generation of medical students has taken up the baton, striving to reach new heights (勇攀高峰, yong pan gao feng - "brave, climb, high, peak") in medical research.
With 30 years of Minning cooperation, teachers and students of Minnan Normal University and Ningxia Normal University have joined hands to carry out social practice, visiting old Long March sites and the East-West Cooperation Minning Practice Hall, with a dialogue of youth spanning mountains and seas.
The initial "all-digital" plan for BeiDou was developed by three young people in their early twenties in a warehouse of just over 10 square meters; the average age of the Chang'e and Shenzhou teams is only a little over 30; at the forefront of artificial intelligence, young talents are showing their skills...
On the vast land, young figures can be seen everywhere. Setting out from the monument, they follow the road the Red Army once took, heading toward even farther places.
"The new journey is an expedition full of glory and dreams; it is the new Long March of the Party and the people." At the conference commemorating the 90th anniversary of the victory of the Long March of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, General Secretary Xi Jinping reviewed the past and looked to the future.
In scientific and technological innovation, rural revitalization, green development, social services, and national defense and border protection, on the front lines of every field, the broad masses of young people are bravely serving as vanguards and the main force, working hard and striving for achievement, continuously advancing the great cause pioneered by the revolutionary predecessors, and writing their own Long March stories.
"The Red Army fears not the trials of the distant march; a thousand mountains and ten thousand rivers are treated as nothing..." The texts carrying the great Long March spirit are still being recited. The monument in the textbook has long become the light in their eyes, illuminating the road underfoot.
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The new journey is an expedition filled with glory and dreams, and it is the new Long March of the Party and the people.
"To carry forward the great Long March spirit and take the new Long March well, we must accelerate the building of the People's Army into a world-class military." The important speech delivered by Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, on the morning of the 22nd at the conference commemorating the 90th anniversary of the victory of the Long March of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, has aroused warm responses among officers and soldiers of the entire military in recent days.
The broad mass of officers and soldiers unanimously hold that General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech reveals the way to victory embodied in the triumphant advance of the Party and the People's Army contained in the victory of the Long March, expounds the historical value of the great Long March spirit, and puts forward the clear requirements of the "five musts" for carrying forward the great Long March spirit and taking the new Long March well, and that it has strong political, ideological, and guiding significance. It is necessary to adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, thoroughly implement Xi Jinping's thought on strengthening the military, deeply comprehend the decisive significance of the Two Establishments (两个确立), strengthen the Four Consciousnesses (四个意识), firm up the Four Confidences (四个自信), and achieve the Two Upholds (两个维护), implement the system of the Chairman of the Central Military Commission assuming responsibility, carry forward the great Long March spirit, go all out to fight the tough battle of achieving the goal of building the military by the centenary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army, accelerate the building of the People's Army into a world-class military, and provide a strong strategic support for comprehensively advancing the building of a strong country and the great cause of national rejuvenation through Chinese modernization.
"It is necessary to accelerate the building of the People's Army into a world-class military, always uphold the Party's absolute leadership over the People's Army, achieve the goal of building the military by the centenary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army as scheduled, and promote the modernization of national defense and the military with high quality." In the various departments and commissions of the Central Military Commission organs, the directly affiliated agencies of the Central Military Commission, and the Central Military Commission Joint Operations Command Center, in the various theater commands and various services and arms, and in the directly affiliated units of the Central Military Commission and the Armed Police Force, everyone conducted study and discussion at the first opportunity, drawing spiritual strength and inspiring enthusiasm for strengthening the military.
Ideals, convictions, and purposes are the "soul" of Communists, always guiding the direction of our advance.
"The Long March is both a vivid classroom for tempering loyal faith and a military textbook containing superb strategic wisdom." As a military academy educator, after earnestly studying General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech, Guo Dong, associate professor at the National Defense University, felt deeply spiritually baptized and keenly aware of the mission on his shoulders. "We must base ourselves on the teaching and research post to study warfare and plan for warfare, adhere to cultivating character and educating people (立德树人, li de shu ren - "establish virtue, cultivate people") and educating people for combat, guide students to forge the political foundation of absolute loyalty, temper the combat capability of daring to fight and being sure to win, inherit the heroic spirit of the Red Army that feared no hardship and advanced into danger, and cultivate outstanding new-type military talents capable of shouldering the heavy responsibility of strengthening the military."
At the foot of the Kunlun Mountains, on the training ground of a certain brigade of the 76th Group Army, the unit where Qiu Shaoyun, a hero whose portrait hangs throughout the military, served during his lifetime, orders were strict and the atmosphere of war was strong. During training breaks, officers and soldiers earnestly studied General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech and exchanged insights and experiences. "The great Long March spirit runs through with the power of faith and also demonstrates the weight of discipline." Yuan Chao, director of the political work department of the brigade, said that we insist on making good use of the great Long March spirit and the heroic spirit as vivid teaching materials for casting the soul and educating people, and through regularly carrying out educational activities of "inheriting the great Long March spirit, telling heroic stories well, and striving to be heirs of heroes," we thoroughly explain the faith behind the heroes' iron-like observance of discipline, guiding officers and soldiers to truly transform firm faith into disciplinary consciousness, ready to fight at any time and sure to win in battle.
At a certain military port dock, the two characters "Long March" on the bow nameplate of a certain submarine unit of the Northern Theater Command Navy were especially conspicuous. In the study room, a theoretical study group conducted a lively discussion around General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech. "We are named 'Long March,' and what we brave is the deep sea and vast ocean." The officers and soldiers said that from "Long March No. 1" to the new generation of submarines, generation after generation of submarine officers and soldiers have taken ideals as sails and convictions as lamps, carrying forward the great Long March spirit in relay struggle, and forging the Republic's "underwater shield" with practical actions.
Strengthen political guidance, deepen innovative development, and promote the modernization of national defense and the military with high quality.
In recent years, Zhou Feihu, director of the Department of Critical Care Medicine at the First Medical Center of the PLA General Hospital, and his team have strengthened the construction of "smart ICU," taking the lead among ICUs nationwide in running a self-developed intelligent ward-round robot for critical care, greatly improving the success rate of treating patients with multiple organ failure caused by trauma. "'To carry forward the great Long March spirit and take the new Long March well, we must unswervingly promote high-quality development and continuously meet the people's growing needs for a better life' — this important thesis of General Secretary Xi Jinping is far-sighted, profound in thought, and rich in connotation." Just out of the operating room, Zhou Feihu organized the department personnel to earnestly study General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech. "We must promote the quality transformation, efficiency transformation, and driving-force transformation of our military's construction and development, realize the shift from the increase of 'quantity' to the improvement of 'quality,' and adhere to the path of high quality, high efficiency, low cost, and sustainable development."
Just after the technical route discussion ended, a certain team of the College of Systems Engineering at the National University of Defense Technology organized comrades stationed in Beijing to tackle key projects on site to study General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech word by word and sentence by sentence. Zhang Xin, the team leader and researcher, said: "In scientific research and tackling key problems, we must keep a close eye on the needs of preparing for combat and winning wars, dare to venture into the 'no-man's land' of scientific research, bravely tackle the 'hard bones' of key core technologies (勇啃硬骨头, yong ken ying gu tou - "bravely gnaw hard bones"), and concentrate efforts on promoting the transformation of achievements into actual combat effectiveness."
Temperatures in the vast northern borderlands dropped suddenly. A certain unit of the Northern Theater Command Air Force successively conducted full-process exercises to comprehensively test the quality and effectiveness of weapons and equipment upgrades. Senior Sergeant Ding Zhanhui said that in recent years, the unit's equipment transformation and development have been extremely rapid, and the iterative upgrading of equipment not only places higher demands on operational skills but also poses new challenges to officers and soldiers' operational concepts and combat thinking. "We will always maintain a high-spirited posture, launch a 'new Long March' of new-domain and new-quality combat capabilities, and promote the high-quality development of the unit."
The road to ideals has never been smooth, and great victories are all achieved through tenacious struggle.
"The Long March was a great expedition in which the Party-led People's Army fought a life-and-death struggle against powerful enemies in desperate situations and broke through the deadlock to win victory. The political wisdom it contains for coping with severe struggle situations and the mechanism for winning by coordinating the overall situation of combat, construction, and preparation are precious wealth obtained by the Party and the Red Army with blood and life." After listening to General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech, Shi Bobo, a researcher at the Academy of Military Sciences, was deeply moved. "We must be good at drawing struggle strength from it, actively aim our research vision at the future battlefield, aim the crosshairs of our problems at our adversaries, deepen research on operational issues around diversified military tasks and complex confrontation scenarios, test and iterate military theories in actual-combat exercises and training, and promote the precise alignment of research results with the urgent needs of preparing for combat and winning wars."
In a certain duty room in the core area of the capital, Armed Police officers and soldiers earnestly studied and comprehended the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech. "The Red Army soldiers traveled long distances over difficult terrain (跋山涉水, ba shan she shui - "climb mountains, wade through water") and passed through heavy gunfire and artillery fire (枪林弹雨, qiang lin dan yu - "gun forest, bullet rain") under extremely difficult conditions, yet they always held firm convictions and stayed close to the masses, fearing no obstacles for the victory of the revolution." Wei Huaqiang, a squad leader of a certain unit of the Beijing Armed Police Corps, said that maintaining constant vigilance at the guard post and guarding the three-foot position well is our best inheritance of the great Long March spirit. "As 'heirs of Zhang Side,' we must practice the revolutionary predecessors' fearless spirit of sacrifice, strengthen our fighting spirit, improve our fighting skills, and guard the peace of one region with excellent abilities."
"The revolutionary forebears relied on tenacious struggle to break through heavy enemy encirclements and erected a spiritual monument to overcoming all difficulties and seizing victory." He Xianda, a senior sergeant of a certain brigade of the Rocket Force, and his comrades-in-arms earnestly studied General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech, their hearts surging with excitement and their convictions even firmer. He said that as Rocket Force officers and soldiers in the new era, we must engrave the great Long March spirit into our combat posts, write it into the deep mountain positions, integrate it into the flight trajectories of missiles, and embody it in every operation and training session, every exercise and launch, and every second of combat readiness duty, striving unremittingly to build a strong and modernized Rocket Force.
The Party's leadership and Party building are the fundamental guarantees for the development of the cause.
In the hinterland of the Central Plains, a live-force confrontation exercise was in full swing. The Party member commando team of the "All-Round Model Company" of a certain brigade of the 82nd Group Army opened the way forward. The predecessor of the company was the 2nd Company of the 4th Regiment of the Red Army, which captured the Luding Bridge back then. In the battle to seize the Luding Bridge more than 90 years ago, Liao Dazhu, then commander of the company, volunteered to form a commando team. The officers and soldiers said that history and practice have fully proved that the Party's leadership is the most fundamental guarantee for the continuous victory of China's revolution, construction, and reform, is the most essential feature of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and is also the greatest advantage of socialism with Chinese characteristics.
"The Party's absolute leadership over the military is an important political advantage of the Party and the state, and is the foundation of the People's Army's establishment and the soul of strengthening the military." After carefully studying General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech through symposiums, theoretical study groups, and other means, officers and soldiers of a certain unit of the Information Support Force said that looking back on the glorious course of the People's Army, it is precisely by adhering to the principles of building the Party ideologically and building the military politically, and adhering to the fundamental principle and system of the Party commanding the gun, that our military has always been a people's army under the Party's absolute leadership, providing an inexhaustible source of strength for our military to defeat powerful enemies and overcome difficulties and obstacles.
"The formation of Xi Jinping's thought on Party building marks that Marxist theory on Party building has ascended to a new realm." Officers and soldiers of a certain unit of the Military Aerospace Force said that we must adhere to combining learning with application and applying what is learned, consciously use Xi Jinping's thought on Party building to plan and advance Party building, closely link it with what is being done, identify the entry points and focal points of work, and strive to transform the results of learning into ideas and measures for focusing on preparing for combat and winning wars and promoting the modernization of national defense and the military.
The People's Army is loyal to the Party and forges ahead with determination toward a strong military. "Our military is a people's army under the Party's absolute leadership, always taking the Party's banner as its banner, the Party's direction as its direction, and the Party's will as its will, and fighting wherever the Party points." In the study room, after earnestly studying and discussing General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech, officers and soldiers of a certain unit of the Cyberspace Force said that at present, achieving the goal of building the military by the centenary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army has reached the sprint stage. To solve the various contradictions and problems faced, there is an urgent need to comprehensively strengthen the Party's leadership and Party building, continue to deepen political training in the spirit of rectification, forge strong Party organizations that are politically firm and capable, and provide a strong political guarantee for the decisive assault and final victory.
The Jiujiang Military Subdistrict of Jiangxi Province, focusing on important target defense missions, carried out integrated combined-subject exercises such as combat readiness mobilization, field maneuvering, material transport, emergency rescue and disaster relief, and communications support. "Since the 18th National Congress of the Party, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has led the People's Army to deepen political training and advance political building of the military with unprecedented determination and intensity, achieving major results." During an exercise break, Ji Kehua, director of a certain division, organized officers and soldiers to earnestly study General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech. He said, "Under the strong leadership of the Party, the People's Army is forging ahead on the great journey of building a strong country and national rejuvenation, continuously advancing from victory to victory."
Each generation has its own Long March, and each generation has its own responsibilities. On the new journey, under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, the People's Army bears in mind its mission and duties, rouses its revolutionary spirit, gathers the strength to forge ahead, strives to open up a new situation in the cause of strengthening the military in the new era, and writes a new chapter of strengthening the military and rejuvenating the armed forces that is worthy of the revolutionary forebears, worthy of the century-old foundation, and worthy of the great era.
(Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, October 24)
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To govern the country, one must first govern the Party; only when the Party thrives can the country grow strong.
For 105 years, working hard in tough conditions (栉风沐雨, zhì fēng mù yǔ - "comb the wind, bathe in the rain"), from the setting sail of a red boat on South Lake in Jiaxing to steering the giant vessel of China through the waves, the Communist Party of China has remained in the prime of its life or glory (风华正茂, fēng huá zhèng mào - "wind, flower, just, flourishing") through the vicissitudes of history and endless and continuous (生生不息, shēng shēng bù xī - "birth, birth, not, cease") through trials and tribulations, precisely because it has always upheld the principle that the Party must supervise itself and govern itself with full and rigorous self-governance.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Party, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, with strong historical responsibility and tenacious will and character, has driven the new great project of Party building in the new era to deeper development, continuously opening up new realms for this century-old major Party in supervising and governing the Party, and in revitalizing and strengthening the Party.
From October 26 to 29, the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party will be held in Beijing to study several major issues concerning the sustained promotion of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party. On the never-ending road of examination, the Communist Party of China writes a brand-new answer sheet with its original aspiration, marching bravely toward the bright prospect of building a strong country and achieving national rejuvenation.
"Make full and rigorous self-governance of the Party a long-term strategy and eternal subject of the Party"
On July 1, 2026, a grand meeting was held to celebrate the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China. In the Great Hall of the People, the ten-thousand-person auditorium was brightly lit and the atmosphere was warm. The sign "1921-2026" was particularly eye-catching, encapsulating the magnificent and grand in scale (波澜壮阔, bō lán zhuàng kuò - "wave, ripple, magnificent, vast") journey of struggle of a great political party.
After 105 years of tempering through wind and rain, the Communist Party of China, dedicated to the great cause of the Chinese nation for a thousand years, is full of vitality.
"The fundamental reason why the Communist Party of China has been able to continuously create brilliance in its 105 years of struggle, and why history and the people have chosen the Communist Party of China, lies in the fact that our Party possesses excellent qualities that are incomparable or matchless (无可比拟, wú kě bǐ nǐ - "not, can, compare, match") to those of other political parties and political forces." At the celebration meeting, General Secretary Xi Jinping delivered an important speech, listing "focusing on strengthening oneself and always remaining full of vitality" as one of our Party's excellent qualities, emphasizing that "to strengthen confidence and continue the struggle, we must persistently promote full and rigorous self-governance of the Party."
The grand hall bore witness: profound historical self-awareness has been consistent from beginning to end (一以贯之, yī yǐ guàn zhī - "one, by, through, connect"), and a strong sense of mission has been just as before or as always (一如既往, yī rú jì wǎng - "one, like, already, go").
On November 15, 2012, in the East Hall of the Great Hall of the People. Facing Chinese and foreign journalists, Xi Jinping, who had just been elected General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, stated firmly: "The whole Party must be alerted. To forge iron, one must be strong oneself."
Two days later, when presiding over the first group study session of the 18th Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, General Secretary Xi Jinping said with a thunderous voice: "A large amount of facts tell us that if the corruption problem intensifies, it will inevitably lead to the downfall of the Party and the state! We must be vigilant!"
Entering the new era, the weight of tasks for reform, development, and stability, the number of contradictions, risks, and challenges, and the magnitude of tests for governance are unprecedented (前所未有, qián suǒ wèi yǒu - "before, that which, not, have"), and the profound changes of changes unseen in a century in the world are unprecedented. To handle China's affairs well, the key lies in the Party, and the key lies in the Party supervising itself and governing itself with full and rigorous self-governance. General Secretary Xi Jinping's declaration was forceful and resounding (掷地有声, zhì dì yǒu shēng - "throw, ground, have, sound"): "Our Party must do a good job in building itself and truly become the most powerful political party in the world."
Facing the new situation and new challenges, General Secretary Xi Jinping, based on the cycle of rise and fall in governance (治乱兴衰, zhì luàn xīng shuāi - "govern, chaos, rise, decline") of ancient and modern times, articulated the far-reaching considerations for ensuring the Party's long-term governance—
"I have often spoken of the issue of the historical cycle rate; this is indeed a fate that feudal dynasties in our history could not escape." In January 2018, at the opening ceremony of the seminar on studying and implementing the spirit of the 19th National Congress of the Party, General Secretary Xi Jinping analyzed the proposition left by the rise and fall of governance in ancient and modern times, at home and abroad, and profoundly pointed out that the fundamental reason lies in "being unable to solve one's own problems."
Shouldering a mission as heavy as a mountain, focusing on revitalizing the Party and strengthening the country, General Secretary Xi Jinping confronted the unique problems of a major Party and made profound reflections—
"How to always stay true to the Party's original aspiration and founding mission, how to always unify thought, will, and action, how to always possess strong governing capability and leadership level, how to always maintain the mental state of doing business and starting undertakings, how to always be able to promptly discover and solve one's own problems, and how to always maintain a clean and upright political ecology—these are all unique problems that our major Party must solve."
In January 2023, at the Second Plenary Session of the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, General Secretary Xi Jinping made a profound analysis with the "six 'how to always' requirements," emphasizing that "we must stand at the height of the Party's long-term governance, the country's long-term stability, and the people's happiness and well-being, and make full and rigorous self-governance of the Party a long-term strategy and eternal subject of the Party."
Profound understanding is followed by thorough action.
Since the new era, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has begun by formulating and implementing the Central Eight-Point Regulation, directly confronting the major risks and tests facing the Party and the prominent problems existing within the Party, unswervingly promoting full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, turning the knife inward, scraping the poison to heal the bone, using strong medicine to cure the disease, and severe punishment to rectify chaos. Party conduct and government conduct have taken on a completely new look, social conduct and public sentiment have continued to improve, and the Party's image in the hearts of the people has been reshaped.
In the magnificent historical process of eliminating the turbid and promoting the clear, our Party has governed the Party with the spirit of reform and strict standards, achieving a series of achievements in theoretical innovation, practical innovation, and institutional innovation.
In December 2014, during an inspection in Jiangsu, General Secretary Xi Jinping explicitly proposed "full and rigorous self-governance of the Party," and placed it alongside building a moderately prosperous society in all respects, deepening reform in all respects, and comprehensive law-based governance, forming the Four-Pronged Comprehensive Strategy (四个全面) strategic layout.
From "strict governance of the Party" to "full and rigorous self-governance of the Party," this reflects profound connotations of the times and a distinct problem orientation, marking the shift of Party supervision and governance from partial key breakthroughs to systematic integration and overall advancement.
In October 2017, the 19th National Congress of the Party established "upholding full and rigorous self-governance of the Party" as one of the basic strategies for upholding and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era;
In November 2021, the Party's third historical resolution listed "upholding self-revolution" as one of the ten historical experiences of the Party's century-long struggle. General Secretary Xi Jinping gave the second answer to escaping the historical cycle rate, and that is self-revolution;
In October 2022, the 20th National Congress of the Party for the first time proposed "improving the system for full and rigorous self-governance of the Party," strengthening the comprehensive systematic layout and coordinated efficient advancement of Party supervision and governance;
On June 15, 2026, the National Forum on Party Building made work arrangements for studying and implementing Xi Jinping's Thought on Party Building. Among the connotations and essentials of the Fourteen Commitments (十四个坚持) of Xi Jinping's Thought on Party Building, one is precisely "upholding full and rigorous self-governance of the Party."
Understanding continues to deepen, and experience continues to accumulate. Xi Jinping's Thought on Party Building systematically answers a series of major questions of how to supervise and govern the Party, revitalize and strengthen the Party in the new era, providing scientific guidance for deeply advancing the new great project of Party building in the new era.
Having traversed thousands of mountains and rivers, we still need to climb mountains and ford streams.
In July 2026, on the occasion of the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Party, General Secretary Xi Jinping came to Shanghai, the birthplace of the Party. At a community Party-mass service station, the General Secretary earnestly instructed: "A major Party with over 100 million Party members and more than 5 million grassroots Party organizations must each fulfill their responsibilities and truly do a good job in serving the people."
As the world's largest Marxist ruling party, the Communist Party of China has the bearing of a big party, but also the difficulties of a big party.
At present, the basic realization of socialist modernization has entered a critical period of consolidating the foundation and making comprehensive efforts. Strategic opportunities and risks and challenges coexist, and uncertain and unpredictable factors are increasing. At the same time, the "four tests" and "four dangers" facing the Party are long-term, complex, and severe. On the new journey of comprehensively building a modern socialist country, the more arduous the task, the more we must consolidate the foundation and strengthen the base; the brighter the prospect, the more we must remain sober. We must persistently promote full and rigorous self-governance of the Party and continuously push forward the new great project of Party building in the new era.
"Full and rigorous self-governance of the Party has opened up a new realm of self-revolution for the century-old major Party"
On January 8, 2026, in Zhongnanhai, Beijing, an important meeting lasted a whole day—
General Secretary Xi Jinping presided over a meeting of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, hearing work reports from the Party groups of the NPC Standing Committee, the State Council, the CPPCC National Committee, the Supreme People's Court, and the Supreme People's Procuratorate, and hearing the work report of the Secretariat of the Central Committee.
Since 2015, such a report once a year has become an important institutional arrangement for upholding the authority and centralized, unified leadership of the Party Central Committee.
The core of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party is to strengthen the Party's leadership.
Both history and reality have fully proven that to govern this largest political party in the world well, we must uphold the Party's overall leadership, especially the centralized, unified leadership of the Party Central Committee, and ensure that the Party always commands the overall situation and coordinates all parties.
In April 2020, General Secretary Xi Jinping came to Shaanxi for inspection and research. Qinling Mountains was the first stop.
In the past, within the Xi'an area at the northern foot of the Qinling Mountains, illegally built villas were like scars, eroding the greenery of the mountains and rivers. General Secretary Xi Jinping explicitly required "to investigate starting from political discipline," and made important instructions and approvals six times, resolutely promoting the investigation and handling of this problem, restoring the former tranquility and beauty of the Qinling Mountains.
Whether it is the environmental pollution in the Qilian Mountain Nature Reserve, the illegal coal mining in the Muli mining area, or the illegal and irregular construction of low embankments around Dongting Lake... Behind each specific problem, what is often exposed is a problem of political ecology.
General Secretary Xi Jinping profoundly perceived that all problems existing within the Party are essentially political problems, and required that "full and rigorous self-governance of the Party must first be viewed from a political perspective" and "political problems must be solved from a political perspective," promoting the transformation of Party supervision and governance from lax, soft, and loose to strict, tight, and hard.
The relevant expression "The leadership of the Communist Party of China is the most essential feature of socialism with Chinese characteristics" was written into the Party Constitution and enshrined in the Constitution; the Central Commission for Comprehensively Deepening Reform, the Central National Security Commission, the Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission, the Central Financial and Economic Affairs Commission, and others were established; members of the Political Bureau report in writing to the Party Central Committee and General Secretary Xi Jinping every year; a series of working mechanisms for central decision-making and coordination bodies were improved...
Entering the new era, a series of institutional measures have provided a strong guarantee for the whole Party to maintain a high degree of consistency with the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core in thought, politics, and action, ensuring that the centralized, unified leadership of the Party Central Committee is stronger and more effective.
The Party's work style concerns the Party's image, concerns the support or opposition of the people, and concerns the survival or demise of the Party.
On December 4, 2012, the Political Bureau deliberated and approved the Eight-Point Regulation on improving work style and maintaining close ties with the masses. In just over 600 characters, it established rules and clarified standards for strengthening work style construction from 8 aspects including investigation and research, meetings and activities.
Once the Eight-Point Regulation landed, work style construction came alive across the board. From cracking down on mooncakes, greeting cards, and fireworks, to cracking down on holidays, "after working hours," and daily life... In the nearly 14 years since the Eight-Point Regulation was introduced, breakthroughs on specific problems have driven the resolution of problems across the board.
How to make this "golden card" of work style construction shine ever brighter? General Secretary Xi Jinping has been thinking about this.
Just after the 2025 National Two Sessions concluded, the study and education on thoroughly implementing the spirit of the Central Eight-Point Regulation was promptly carried out throughout the Party.
"Over the years, the Eight-Point Regulation has indeed promoted fundamental changes, and the atmosphere has been renewed. Most of the problems that were once deep-rooted and difficult to reverse have disappeared. At the same time, we must see that in some places there has been loosening, in some aspects there are still blind spots and dead corners, and some unhealthy tendencies have rebounded and resurfaced. When driving nails, drive a few more times, with sustained, long-term effort, turning them into customs."
Each centralized education within the Party has always taken work style construction as an important content; the first meetings of the 19th and 20th Central Political Bureaus both focused on the implementation rules of the Eight-Point Regulation, further deepening and refining them; Xi Jinping's Thought on Party Building explicitly proposes "upholding the promotion of the normalization and long-term effectiveness of work style construction," demonstrating a distinct people's standpoint...
Adhering to a top-down approach and leading by example, Chinese Communists in the new era have persistently done a good job in Party work style construction, curbed some unhealthy tendencies that had long not been curbed, corrected some stubborn diseases that had not been eliminated for many years, and won the heartfelt support of the people with a new atmosphere in work style construction.
Corruption is a roadblock and stumbling block in the process of the Party's and the country's development, and the fight against corruption is a major struggle that cannot be lost and must not be lost.
In October 2025, the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party was held in Beijing. The plenary session deliberated and approved the review report on the serious violations of discipline and law by a number of leading cadres.
"If we do not fight corruption with an iron fist, there will be endless troubles. 'Beside the sunken boat, a thousand sails pass by; before the sick tree, ten thousand trees spring.'"
At the plenary session, when talking about unswervingly carrying out the fight against corruption, General Secretary Xi Jinping said with a firm tone: "We must always maintain a high-pressure posture against corruption, investigate and handle corruption cases according to law and regulations, severely punish corrupt elements, achieve not stopping for a single step or retreating half a step, and never allow corrupt elements to have any place to hide. No one should harbor any luck or cherish any illusions."
Every case is investigated, every corruption is punished. Entering the new era, the intensity and scale of the fight against corruption are rarely seen in the world and rarely seen in history.
"Tiger hunting" has no forbidden zones. From the 18th National Congress of the Party to the eve of the 20th National Congress, more than 500 centrally managed cadres were placed on file for review and investigation. In 2023, 2024, and 2025, the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission placed on file for review and investigation 87, 92, and 181 centrally managed cadres respectively;
"Fly swatting" is not soft-handed. In 2025 alone, the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission directly investigated and supervised 8,116 cases of unhealthy tendencies and corruption problems around the masses, and nationwide, 967,000 related problems were investigated and handled, 627,000 people were disciplined, and 22,000 people were transferred to procuratorial organs;
"Fox hunting" never stops. From the 19th National Congress of the Party to the eve of the 20th National Congress, the "Sky Net Operation" brought back 6,900 fugitives and recovered 32.786 billion yuan of illicit money. In 2025, 505 cross-border corruption cases were filed and investigated, 963 fugitives were brought back, achieving the clearing of the "100 Most Wanted Red Notice Fugitives" in the Asian region;
Some foreign media commented that China's current anti-corruption achievements are "a huge contribution comparable to solving the problem of food and clothing and greatly eliminating poverty in China, the most populous country in the world."
More than 10 years of tempering and forging, more than 10 years of refining into steel.
Strengthening political guidance, ideological soul-casting, organizational foundation-strengthening, work style shaping, discipline consolidation, and institutional governance of the Party, and promoting the integrated advancement of not daring to be corrupt, not being able to be corrupt, and not wanting to be corrupt... Under the leadership and promotion of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, full and rigorous self-governance of the Party has been promoted with unprecedented intensity, achieving historic and pioneering achievements, producing all-round and deep-level impacts, and providing a strong guarantee for comprehensively advancing the construction of a strong country and the great cause of national rejuvenation with Chinese modernization.
"Adhere to and carry forward the good experiences and good practices that have proven effective in our Party's history, deepen the understanding of the laws of Party supervision and governance, and create new experiences"
By the Yudu River, the monument to the departure of the Central Red Army's Long March stands tall. 92 years ago, the main force of the Central Red Army gathered here and began the great expedition.
"We must not forget the Party's original aspiration and mission, must not forget revolutionary ideals and revolutionary purposes, must continue to hold high the revolutionary banner, carry forward the great Long March spirit, and march forward bravely toward the goal of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation." In May 2019, General Secretary Xi Jinping came here to revisit the glorious history.
From the revolutionary sites at the foot of the Pagoda Mountain in Yan'an, to the revolutionary base areas deep in the Taihang Mountains, to the Memorial Museum of the Capital of the Hubei-Henan-Anhui Soviet Area in the Dabie Mountains... General Secretary Xi Jinping "tempered his original aspiration along the journey of the Chinese revolution," leading the whole Party to inherit the fire of ideals and the light of faith.
"Figuratively speaking, ideals and convictions are the 'calcium' in the spirit of Communists. Without ideals and convictions, or with unstable ideals and convictions, one will suffer from 'calcium deficiency' in the spirit and get 'rickets.'"
From the Party's mass line education and practice campaign to the "Three Stricts and Three Honests" special education, from the "Two Studies and One Action" study and education to the "staying true to the Party's original aspiration and founding mission" theme education, from Party history study and education to the theme education on studying and implementing Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, and then to Party discipline study and education, study and education on thoroughly implementing the spirit of the Central Eight-Point Regulation, and study and education on establishing and practicing a correct view of political achievements... Since the new era, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has deployed and carried out 9 centralized educations within the Party, continuously consolidating the foundation and strengthening the roots, and tamping down the ideological foundation.
Adhering to the simultaneous exertion of ideological Party building and institutional Party governance is a valuable experience of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party in the new era.
On August 30, 2017, the 18th Central Committee's inspection tours concluded successfully, marking the first time in the Party's history that central inspection tours achieved full coverage within one term of office.
Full coverage reflects the attitude of confronting problems head-on and also embodies the wisdom of institutional Party governance.
After each round of inspection tours, General Secretary Xi Jinping carefully reviews the inspection reports, makes judgments on the problems found in the inspections, and promotes the continuous deepening of inspection work.
From the 18th Central Committee's first "look-back" inspections, exploration of special inspections, and piloting of "mobile" inspections; to the 19th Central Committee's deepening of political inspections, closely focusing on "top leaders" and the key minority, and on prominent issues strongly reflected by the masses; to the 20th Central Committee's scientifically coordinating routine inspections, mobile inspections, and inspection "look-backs," flexibly carrying out upgraded inspections, and enhancing the effectiveness of promoting reform, construction, and governance through inspections... Consistent from beginning to end and deepening step by step, the sharp sword of inspection has been sharpened ever brighter, and the political advantages of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party have been continuously transformed into the effectiveness of supervision and governance.
Along with the continuous deepening and solidification of the reform of the discipline inspection and supervision system, discipline supervision, supervision by supervisory commissions, dispatched supervision, and inspection supervision are coordinated and connected, the pattern of linkage between inspections at the central level and inspections at the local level is continuously improved, and a supervision system under the unified leadership of the Party, with full coverage and authoritative and efficient operation, is gradually being perfected.
From the steady and rapid progress of the reform of the supervision system, to the formulation and revision of a series of fundamental and key intra-Party regulations, to the solid advancement of the concretization, precision, and normalization of political supervision... Since the 18th National Congress of the Party, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has continuously promoted the practical and theoretical exploration of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, and the level of scientific, institutionalized, and standardized Party building has been continuously improved.
On July 30, 2026, the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee held a meeting, explicitly proposing to strengthen confidence, maintain strategic resolve, uphold and apply the valuable experience of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party in the new era with higher standards and more practical measures, rectify and solve the prominent problems facing Party building, and consolidate and develop the good political situation formed by Party supervision and governance.
Managing and governing the world's largest ruling party well is no less than a huge and complex systematic project. Only by understanding its principles can one grasp its methods; only by grasping its methods can one govern it well.
At the 19th National Congress of the Party, General Secretary Xi Jinping explicitly put forward the general requirements for Party building in the new era, emphasizing the comprehensive advancement of the Party's political construction, ideological construction, organizational construction, work style construction, and discipline construction, running institutional construction through all of them, and deeply advancing the fight against corruption.
"Adhere to and carry forward the good experiences and good practices that have proven effective in our Party's history, deepen the understanding of the laws of Party supervision and governance, and create new experiences." At the Second Plenary Session of the 19th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, General Secretary Xi Jinping made a systematic summary of the achievements and experience of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, proposing to uphold "the unity of ideological Party building and institutional Party governance," "the unity of mission guidance and problem orientation," "the unity of grasping the 'key minority' and managing the 'overwhelming majority,'" "the unity of exercising power and assuming responsibility," "the unity of strict management and care and trust," and "the unity of intra-Party supervision and mass supervision."
Governance has its framework, and implementation has its order.
More emphasis is placed on the organic connection, linkage, and coordination of all aspects of Party building, more emphasis on the improvement and perfection of systems and mechanisms and the scientificity and effectiveness of laws and regulations, and more emphasis on using the concept of governance, systematic thinking, and dialectical thinking to supervise and govern the Party, revitalize and strengthen the Party, so that all work of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party better reflects the characteristics of the times, grasps the laws, and is full of creativity.
Full and rigorous self-governance of the Party cannot be achieved overnight, nor will it be done once and for all; it is necessary to grasp the unity of "regular" and "long-term."
In August 2026, General Secretary Xi Jinping made an important instruction emphasizing that establishing and practicing a correct view of political achievements is a long-term task, which requires sustained, long-term effort, continuously consolidating and expanding the achievements of study and education, and continuously promoting Party organizations at all levels and the vast number of Party members and cadres to build the Party for the public, benefit the people, make scientific decisions, and work hard and pragmatically, striving to create achievements that stand the test of practice, the people, and history.
"The risks and tests we face will only become more and more complex, and we may even encounter unimaginable stormy waves. The various struggles we face are not short-term but long-term, and will accompany the entire process of achieving the Second Centenary Goal." The more arduous the tasks and the greater the risks and tests, the more we must uphold full and rigorous self-governance of the Party.
By upholding and applying the valuable experience of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party in the new era with a serious attitude and scientific spirit, and persistently promoting full and rigorous self-governance of the Party with the tenacity and perseverance of always being on the road, our Party will surely forever maintain its advanced nature and purity, and become a vibrant Marxist ruling party that always walks at the forefront of the times, is sincerely supported by the people, and can withstand various storms and tests.
"Ensure that the Party always becomes the strong leadership core of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics"
"Passed!"
On March 12, 2026, thunderous applause rang out in the Great Hall of the People. The Fourth Session of the 14th National People's Congress voted to pass a resolution approving the outline of the 15th Five-Year Plan.
Opening this grand blueprint, important measures such as "taking full and rigorous self-governance of the Party as the fundamental guarantee" and "persistently promoting full and rigorous self-governance of the Party" carry immense weight, demonstrating the long-term nature of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party and its extreme importance for promoting economic and social development during the 15th Five-Year Plan period.
The more ambitious the goal and the more arduous the task, the more the Party needs to set the course in stormy waves and stand at the forefront in the race of a thousand sails.
Facing the future, examining itself with the requirements of the development of the times and alerting itself with a strong sense of urgency, the century-old major Party will "persistently promote full and rigorous self-governance of the Party and ensure that the Party always becomes the strong leadership core of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics."
Raising the banner and forging ahead, strengthening the foundation and consolidating the base, upholding and strengthening the Party's leadership without wavering—
On the land of Xiong'an, a grand plan is being launched anew. In March 2026, General Secretary Xi Jinping came here and presided over a symposium on deeply advancing the high-quality construction and development of Xiong'an New Area.
The General Secretary's important speech at the symposium not only focused on one city and one region, but also faced the whole Party and the overall situation, emphasizing that "the strengthening of the Party's leadership and the promotion of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party must be carried through from beginning to end."
Upholding the Party's leadership is the most essential feature of socialism with Chinese characteristics and is a matter of direction; it must be clear-cut and firm in stance.
On the new journey, we must more deeply comprehend the decisive significance of the Two Establishments (两个确立), more resolutely achieve the Two Upholds (两个维护), maintain the resolve of not changing the path and not changing the will, uphold the Party's overall leadership and the centralized, unified leadership of the Party Central Committee, and achieve not being blocked by floating clouds from seeing far, and not losing the course while riding the wind and waves.
Leading a large socialist country with a population of more than 1.4 billion, our Party must be both politically strong and highly capable.
"Whether the goals and tasks of the 15th Five-Year Plan period can be successfully completed depends decisively on the Party's ability and level in leading economic and social development, and the whole Party must make great efforts in this regard." At the beginning of 2026, at the opening ceremony of the special seminar for provincial and ministerial-level leading cadres on studying and implementing the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party, General Secretary Xi Jinping put forward new expectations for strengthening the Party's leadership.
On the road forward, the vast number of Party members and cadres, especially leading cadres, must strive to improve their abilities to promote high-quality development, serve the masses, and prevent and defuse risks, effectively run the Party's leadership through all aspects and the entire process of economic and social development, and open up new horizons for the development of the cause in overcoming difficulties.
Putting the people first, caring for the people, and deeply cultivating the Party's governing foundation without stopping—
In June 2026, in Dezhou, Shandong, the heat was steaming. General Secretary Xi Jinping came here to investigate the construction of rural grassroots Party organizations and the comprehensive revitalization of rural areas, and visited farmers' homes to talk about happy lives.
During the inspection, General Secretary Xi Jinping earnestly taught Party members and cadres: "Establishing and practicing a correct view of political achievements must ultimately be reflected in benefiting the people. The vast number of Party members and cadres must strengthen their awareness of being public servants, deeply cultivate their feelings for the people, do more good things, practical things, and solve difficult things for the masses, and truly enhance the people's sense of gain, happiness, and security."
"Deeply rooted in the people, always possessing a solid foundation" is a profound revelation from more than a hundred years of trials and hardships, and it is also the source of strength for creating new historical achievements.
Firmly standing with the people, thinking with the people, and working with the people, adhering to making political achievements for the people and through practical work, and following the Party's mass line in the new era, the Party's cause will surely be even more prosperous and flourishing.
Being vigilant in times of peace, always thinking of the long term, and maintaining an attitude of caution from beginning to end without slackening—
Entering the Beijing Book Building, the first and second volumes of the Selected Works of Xi Jinping on Party Building are placed in prominent positions, attracting many readers to stop, read, and ponder.
Studying this authoritative textbook, articles such as "Packing Up and Setting Out Again, Deepening Full and Rigorous Self-governance of the Party with the Perseverance of Always Being on the Road" and "Always Maintaining the Sobriety and Firmness to Solve the Unique Problems of a Major Party" are thought-provoking, demonstrating the political responsibility of the leader of a major party and major country, and containing the bottom-line thinking of preparing for the worst.
Not forgetting danger in times of safety, not forgetting demise in times of survival, not forgetting chaos in times of order—this is the profound historical self-awareness of a century-old major Party.
As early as during the war period, the Party Central Committee called for studying The 300th Anniversary of the Fall of the Ming Dynasty and warned the whole Party to "take it as a lesson and not repeat the mistake of being arrogant at the moment of victory." In peacetime, from proposing "deploying our work on the premise that we may be attacked" to clarifying "placing the basis of our work on the occurrence of relatively large risks," our Party has always been on constant alert.
On the new journey of the new era, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, with a sense of responsibility of always being concerned, has forged "enhancing awareness of potential dangers and adhering to bottom-line thinking" into the magnificent practice of supervising and governing the Party, revitalizing and strengthening the Party.
Under the guidance of Xi Jinping's Thought on Party Building, the whole Party continuously carries forward the spirit of struggle, enhances the ability to struggle, improves the ability to scientifically foresee changes, promptly detect risks, and effectively respond to challenges, and promotes the giant vessel of China's rejuvenation to break through the waves and sail steadily and far.
The journey of great rejuvenation is as magnificent as a rainbow, stirring the heart; the great cause has a long and arduous road, inspiring high morale.
Striding forward on the expedition full of glory and dreams, Chinese Communists in the new era bear an incomparably heavy responsibility and an incomparably noble mission. General Secretary Xi Jinping issued a resounding call—
"All Party comrades must stay true to the Party's original aspiration and founding mission, must remain modest, prudent, and hardworking, must dare to struggle and be good at struggling, closely rely on and unite and lead the people of all ethnic groups across the country to forge ahead on the new journey and make contributions in the new era, and strive to create new historical brilliance!"
(Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, October 24)
Return to Top(People's Daily, Beijing, October 24) (Reporter Shi Yiqi) Li Xi, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and head of the Central Inspection Work Leading Group, recently attended and delivered a speech at the mobilization and deployment meeting for the eighth round of inspections of the 20th CPC Central Committee. The meeting conveyed and studied the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech delivered when he heard the report on the seventh round of inspections of the Central Committee, made arrangements for inspecting the Ministry of Education and central-management universities, and stressed the need to earnestly study and understand Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, especially Xi Jinping's thought on Party building, deeply comprehend the decisive significance of the Two Establishments (两个确立), resolutely achieve the Two Upholds (两个维护), promote high-quality development of inspection work on the new journey with higher standards and more concrete measures, and better give play to the role of inspections as a sharp sword for governing the Party and managing the Party and a powerful tool for governing the country.
Li Xi pointed out that since the 18th CPC National Congress, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has regarded inspections as an important measure for strengthening Party building and a strategic institutional arrangement for intra-Party oversight, leading inspection work to uphold fundamental principles and break new ground and deepen its development. It is necessary to thoroughly study and implement Xi Jinping's thought on Party building and implement it in all aspects and throughout the entire process of inspection work. Firmly grasp the fundamental task of the Two Upholds, adhere to the political orientation of inspections, strictly enforce political discipline and political rules, strengthen political oversight, promote the deep understanding by Party organizations at all levels of the responsibilities and missions they bear, and ensure the implementation of major decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee. Firmly grasp the strategic policy of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, adhere to the strict tone, tighten and consolidate the political responsibility for governing the Party and managing the Party, promote the integrated approach of strict punishment, precise governance, effective prevention, and unified handling, enhance the deterrence, penetration, and driving force of inspections, and give full play to the comprehensive oversight role of inspections. Firmly grasp the people-centered value orientation, adhere to inspections and patrols for the people, continuously improve the quality and effectiveness of inspections of villages, strengthen the connection and integration with the concentrated rectification of unhealthy tendencies and corruption problems around the people, sincerely and earnestly solve the urgent, difficult, and anxious concerns of the people, and continuously consolidate the Party's governing foundation. Firmly grasp the key link of inspection rectification, adhere to promoting rectification and governance through inspections, improve the mechanisms for inspection feedback and situation notification, continuously improve the rectification oversight mechanism, promote deepening reform, and promote treating both the symptoms and the root causes (标本兼治, biao ben jian zhi - "symptoms, root, both, treat").
Li Xi stressed that it is necessary to focus on functions and responsibilities, highlight the priorities of this round of inspections, thoroughly study and understand General Secretary Xi Jinping's important expositions on university work, closely carry out oversight around the implementation of the Party Central Committee's decisions and arrangements on higher education, conduct in-depth inspections of the implementation of the fundamental task of fostering virtue through education and the integrated promotion of the development of education, science and technology, and talent, conduct in-depth inspections of the situation of preventing and defusing risks, conduct in-depth inspections of the situation of strict Party governance and school management, the building of leadership teams and primary-level Party organizations, make every effort to discover and promote the resolution of prominent existing problems, and provide a strong guarantee for strengthening the Party's leadership and Party building in universities and promoting the high-quality development of higher education. It is necessary to strengthen organization and implementation, establish a correct view of political achievements, strengthen overall coordination, strictly enforce discipline and work style, strengthen standardized, law-based, and regularized construction, and ensure the high-quality completion of inspection tasks.
Shi Taifeng, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and deputy head of the Central Inspection Work Leading Group, announced the decision on the authorization and task division of the team leaders for the eighth round of inspections of the 20th CPC Central Committee, and Liu Jinguo, member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee and deputy head of the Central Inspection Work Leading Group, presided over the meeting.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 陈尚文 宋亦然 曲 颂 王海林
"I have proposed the Global Governance Initiative, aiming to promote the building of a more just and equitable global governance system and to build a better world." On October 23, President Xi Jinping sent a letter to the 2026 Global Governance Forum (Xiong'an), pointing out that China is willing to work with all parties to practice the global governance concept of extensive consultation, joint contribution, and shared benefits, to gather strength through confidence, to resolve difficulties through cooperation, to promote the implementation of the Global Governance Initiative, to inject more certainty and positive energy into a world characterized by frequent changes and instability (变乱交织, bian luan jiao zhi - "change, chaos, interweave"), and to work together toward a community with a shared future for mankind.
Participants interviewed by People's Daily reporters said that President Xi Jinping's letter to the forum demonstrated China's firm stance in committing to improving global governance, showed China's firm determination to work with all parties to promote the implementation of the Global Governance Initiative, and injected new momentum into the international community's efforts to pool wisdom and strength and to tackle difficulties and challenges.
"Provides important guidance for all parties to exchange ideas and build consensus"
"President Xi Jinping's letter to the forum demonstrated China's firm stance in committing to improving global governance and provided important guidance for all parties to exchange ideas and build consensus." Demba Ba, former chief foreign affairs adviser to the President of Senegal, said that this forum brought together representatives from more than 90 countries and international and regional organizations such as the United Nations, contributing wisdom and strength for all parties to rebuild confidence and cooperation, promote the improvement of the global governance system, and address global challenges.
"China has demonstrated the responsibility of a major country in promoting the implementation of the Global Governance Initiative and reforming and improving the global governance system." Mohamed El-Shennawy, vice president of the Egyptian-Chinese Friendship Association, said that in the face of the intertwined changes and instability in the international situation, President Xi Jinping's letter responded to the common expectations of the international community. "China strengthens confidence with ideas and fulfills commitments with actions, which has a profound impact on the entire world."
"President Xi Jinping's letter to the forum is inspiring." Mamadou Tangara, chairman of the Gambia's Access to Information Commission and former foreign minister, said that China's promotion of improving the global governance system aims to promote common development and give people of all countries a greater sense of gain.
Munir Akram, former permanent representative of Pakistan to the United Nations, said that President Xi Jinping's proposition of "promoting the building of a more just and equitable global governance system and building a better world" encourages all countries to transcend their own interests and jointly pursue the common goals of human society. "The Global Governance Initiative provides a practical and feasible path for realizing this lofty vision."
"Global governance concerns the common future and destiny of mankind in the 21st century." Ondřej Dostál, Member of the European Parliament, said that as China's science, technology, and industry continue to develop, Europe and China have broad space for cooperation in jointly building a better world. He looks forward to working with more colleagues to translate the consensus of the forum into concrete actions.
"A solution for the times to bridge the governance deficit and jointly create a better future"
In September 2025, President Xi Jinping proposed the Global Governance Initiative at the "Shanghai Cooperation Organization+" meeting. Over the past year or more, the Global Governance Initiative has received support and response from more than 160 countries and international organizations, more than 60 countries have enthusiastically joined the "Group of Friends of Global Governance," and the core essence of the initiative has been written into multilateral meeting documents of the G20, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the BRICS, and others... The Global Governance Initiative has transformed from Chinese solutions into international practice, and its value for the times has become even more evident.
Sergei Sanakoev, director of the Russian Center for Asia-Pacific Studies, said that the reason why the Global Governance Initiative is increasingly deeply touching people's hearts (深入人心, shen ru ren xin - "deep, enter, people, heart") and its influence and appeal continue to expand is precisely because it responds to the world's universal aspiration for peace and development and anchors the common goal of enhancing the well-being of people of all countries. "The Global Governance Initiative advocates a people-centered approach, allowing people of all countries to share the fruits of global governance. This is crucial," he said.
"The Global Governance Initiative provides a solution for the times to bridge the governance deficit and jointly create a better future." Balal Mohamed Cusman, former Somali deputy minister of foreign affairs, said that global governance is a collective responsibility that requires the joint efforts of the international community. At present, the international order is facing severe shocks, and the governance deficit is growing rather than shrinking. The Global Governance Initiative provides a clear path for the international community to address common challenges and build a better world.
Keith Bennett, vice chairman of the UK's 48 Group Club, believes that at a time when the international order faces severe challenges, the Global Governance Initiative upholds the purposes and principles of the UN Charter while fully considering new realities. Unlike the logic of "my country first," "might makes right," and double standards, the Global Governance Initiative emphasizes fairness, justice, cooperation, and mutual benefit, is committed to building a community with a shared future for mankind, and provides valuable ideas for reforming and improving global governance.
"The Global Governance Initiative provides the Global South with an international public good for equal dialogue and cooperation, and has received active support and response from all parties." John Mongella, former deputy secretary-general of Tanzania's ruling party Chama Cha Mapinduzi, said that in May this year, China proposed nine directions for reforming and improving global governance, translating fairness and justice into a reform agenda that can be put into practice, which is particularly conducive to solving long-standing problems in the international economic, financial, and trade fields.
Gulnar Shaimergenova, director of the Kazakhstan Center for Chinese Studies, believes that as the world's major changes are accelerating, China has always been an important engine of global economic growth and a key force for maintaining international stability. "The Global Governance Initiative emphasizes extensive consultation, joint contribution, and shared benefits, fairness and justice, etc., which conforms to the requirements of the times and is conducive to the development of Global South countries."
"Brings a large number of transformative development opportunities to developing countries"
At present, the international situation is characterized by frequent changes and instability, and global governance either advances or retreats. Actively practicing the Chinese approach to resolving hotspot issues, adhering to open development, promoting common development, and actively providing new types of international public goods... China's contribution to improving global governance has become even more prominent.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, said that achieving lasting peace requires the joint participation and shared responsibility of governments, international organizations, and civil society. China's defense of multilateralism and fairness and justice at a time of profound adjustment in the world landscape has injected valuable certainty into the world. "UNHCR looks forward to further strengthening its partnership with China, deepening cooperation on issues of common concern, and making greater contributions to promoting conflict resolution and maintaining peace and stability," Grandi said.
Mongella said that China's promotion of placing development at the center of the international agenda helps developing countries better participate in economic globalization, which is highly compatible with African countries' development goals such as advancing industrialization and increasing product added value. "China's concrete actions to promote the reform and improvement of the global governance system bring more tangible development opportunities to Global South countries."
Since May 1 this year, China has fully implemented zero-tariff measures for 53 African countries that have diplomatic relations with China, creating valuable opportunities for African goods to enter China's large market. "A more open and inclusive global economy and a more just and equitable world will help more countries, including African countries, share the fruits of economic globalization," said Élio Varela, chairman of the Cabo Verde Internet Exchange Point. "China's zero-tariff measures help enhance the local production and processing capacity of African countries, promote industrial upgrading, and provide support for African countries to better participate in global governance."
Davis Gruber Sansolo, director of the Institute of Public Policy and International Relations at São Paulo State University in Brazil, said that both Brazil and China advocate upholding multilateralism and promoting international cooperation so that the fruits of development can better benefit the people. South-South cooperation, represented by Brazil-China cooperation, helps promote the reform of the global governance system and translate the results of mutual benefit and win-win cooperation into tangible benefits for people's livelihoods.
Jeffrey Greene, chairman of the Sino-American Aviation Heritage Foundation, said that the challenges facing the international community require joint efforts from all parties. "We have a responsibility to cooperate, improve global governance, and promote the building of a better world."
From the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative, and the Global Civilization Initiative to the Global Governance Initiative, China has always focused on the common interests of people of all countries and provided systematic solutions to global challenges. Akram said, "President Xi Jinping's proposal of the Belt and Road Initiative and the four major global initiatives has brought a large number of transformative development opportunities to developing countries and promoted inclusive and universal development worldwide."
Return to TopThe Global Governance Initiative defends multilateralism at a time of profound adjustment in the world landscape, upholds fairness and justice when the law of the jungle is making a powerful comeback (卷土重来, juan tu chong lai - "roll, earth, return, come"), and provides a clear path for seeking common development and shared security.
On October 23, President Xi Jinping sent a letter to the 2026 Global Governance Forum (Xiong'an), further elaborating on the great significance of reforming and improving the global governance system, clarifying the direction of efforts to promote the implementation of the Global Governance Initiative, and demonstrating China's sense of responsibility in working with all countries to build a more just and equitable world.
In September 2025, President Xi Jinping historically proposed the Global Governance Initiative, providing a solution for the times to make up for the governance deficit and create a better future together. Over the past year and more, this major initiative has received support and response from more than 160 countries and international organizations, with over 60 countries enthusiastically joining the "Group of Friends of Global Governance," and the core essence of the Global Governance Initiative has been written into the documents of multilateral meetings such as the G20, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and BRICS. The value of the Global Governance Initiative for the times has become even more evident, its influence and appeal continue to expand, and it has become an important public good warmly welcomed by the international community. The international community believes that the Global Governance Initiative defends multilateralism at a time of profound adjustment in the world landscape, upholds fairness and justice when the law of the jungle is making a powerful comeback, provides a clear path for seeking common development and shared security, and injects precious certainty into a turbulent and unstable world.
China is the initiator of the Global Governance Initiative, and even more so a firm doer. From putting forward a series of propositions for maintaining and promoting peace and stability in the Middle East, to announcing that it will not seek new special and differential treatment in the current and future negotiations of the World Trade Organization, to actively providing new public goods such as the International Organization for Mediation and the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization, since the Global Governance Initiative was proposed, China has continued to make contributions to improving the global governance system. International opinion points out that the Global Governance Initiative is a repair and improvement of the existing international system, and is Chinese wisdom contributed to building a more fair, inclusive, and sustainable world.
The 2026 Global Governance Forum (Xiong'an) was held in the Xiong'an New Area of Hebei Province, a major action by China to jointly practice the Global Governance Initiative together with countries around the world. Participating guests, around the theme of "Rebuilding Confidence and Cooperation: Changes Unseen in a Century and the Reform and Improvement of Global Governance," exchanged ideas and shared insights, discussing both the maintenance of the international system with the United Nations at its core and the governance of new domains such as artificial intelligence, cyberspace, and outer space. All parties built consensus and sought good solutions through dialogue and communication, jointly helping the international community to work together to solve governance challenges and reform and improve global governance. This forum is both an intellectual gathering on global governance and an important window for the world to observe China's governance. The Xiong'an New Area has risen from the ground in just nine years, and a new-era innovation highland and a model of high-quality development are taking shape. Reflecting China's governance through one city, participating guests, through the vigorous vitality and development momentum of this "city of the future," have gained a more intuitive understanding of Chinese governance concepts such as putting people first, green development, innovation-driven growth, and long-termism, as well as their governance effectiveness.
This year marks the 55th anniversary of the restoration of the People's Republic of China's lawful seat in the United Nations. As a founding member of the United Nations and a permanent member of the Security Council, China has always been a staunch defender and practitioner of multilateralism. At this forum, the Chinese side announced eight practical actions, including hosting this year's APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting well, continuing to deeply participate in and advance United Nations reform, and giving full play to the role of the "Group of Friends of Global Governance," and issued a five-point call to jointly uphold the central position of the United Nations, adhere to the value pursuit of fairness and justice, strengthen the Global South force in global governance, uphold the correct direction of open development, and improve governance rules in emerging fields, clearly demonstrating China's firm determination to work with all countries to promote the development of global governance in a more just and equitable direction, and also clarifying an action roadmap for the joint implementation of the Global Governance Initiative in the next step. African media commented that the importance of this forum lies in its promotion of a more open, balanced, and constructive dialogue on the future of international relations.
What global governance pursues is the common well-being of the people of all countries, and it relies on the joint efforts of the international community. China is willing to work with all parties to practice the global governance concept of extensive consultation, joint contribution, and shared benefits, to gather strength with confidence, to solve problems through cooperation, to promote the implementation of the Global Governance Initiative, to inject more certainty and positive energy into a world of intertwined changes and turbulence, and to work hand in hand toward a community with a shared future for mankind.
Return to TopBy: 傅 聪
On October 25, 1971, the 26th session of the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 2758 by an overwhelming majority, deciding to restore all rights of the People's Republic of China in the United Nations and recognizing the representatives of the Government of the People's Republic of China as the only legitimate representatives of China to the United Nations. Over the past 55 years, China has walked hand in hand with the United Nations, striving unremittingly for human progress, and the forces for world peace and development have grown stronger.
From faithfully fulfilling its obligations as a UN member state, to comprehensively participating in the building of the three pillars of peace and security, development, and human rights, to contributing wisdom and solutions to reforming and improving global governance, China's participation in the cause of the United Nations has grown ever deeper and its responsibilities ever weightier. As the second-largest contributor to the UN regular budget and the second-largest contributor to UN peacekeeping assessments, China demonstrates its strong support for the cause of the United Nations through sustained input and resolute action. However the international situation may change, China's original aspiration of upholding the purposes and principles of the UN Charter remains unchanged, and its position of safeguarding the authority and status of the United Nations grows ever firmer.
Over the past 55 years, China has always worked for world peace. From launching the Group of Friends for Peace on the Ukraine Crisis at the United Nations, to shuttling between Cambodia and Thailand over their border dispute and mediating between Afghanistan and Pakistan over their conflict, to intensively conducting diplomacy to ease and cool down the situation in the Middle East, the Chinese approach to resolving hotspot issues has demonstrated its strength time and again through promoting peace and facilitating talks. In the Security Council, China shoulders the special responsibility of a permanent member, firmly upholds international fairness and justice, works to translate the call for peace into collective action, and pools strength for the political settlement of hotspot issues. As the largest troop contributor to peacekeeping among the permanent members of the Security Council, China has dispatched more than 50,000 peacekeepers to the front lines, and 21 Chinese peacekeepers have given their lives for peace. China's "blue helmets" safeguard tranquility through steadfastness and interpret responsibility through action.
Over the past 55 years, China has always fulfilled its responsibility for global development. China has worked to place development at the center of the international agenda and supported the United Nations in strengthening its development pillar and accelerating the implementation of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The Group of Friends of the Global Development Initiative brings together 88 countries, and the UN initiative promotion working group has attracted the participation of more than 20 development agencies, with the forces for common development growing ever stronger. More than 2,000 cooperation projects have taken root and flourished in over 120 countries. From Juncao grass that helps reduce poverty to the "Mazu" platform that keeps watch over weather, the grand vision of development has been transformed into tangible benefits for the people of all countries.
Over the past 55 years, China has always built bridges for mutual learning among civilizations. The diversity of civilizations is a basic feature of human society, and exchange and mutual learning are an inexhaustible driving force for human progress. China promoted the adoption by consensus of a resolution by the UN General Assembly designating June 10 each year as the International Day for Dialogue among Civilizations. Building on this bond, China has worked with all parties to pool consensus through multilateral platforms such as the United Nations, letting the harmony of dialogue among civilizations spread to all parts of the world. The Global Civilization Initiative proposed by China is increasingly being translated into common actions by all countries, laying a deeper humanistic foundation of mutual respect and harmonious coexistence for global governance.
Over the past 55 years, China has always empowered global governance. In response to the question of the times — "What is wrong with the world, and what should we do about it?" — President Xi Jinping put forward the important concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind and the four major global initiatives, with one important consideration being to uphold the status and authority of the United Nations. China has clarified nine directions for reforming and improving global governance, promoted the establishment of the International Organization for Mediation and the World Organization for Artificial Intelligence Cooperation, actively applied for the secretariat of the Agreement on Marine Biodiversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction to be located in Xiamen, and erected pillars and beams for multilateralism through concrete actions. From October 23 to 25, the 2026 Global Governance Forum (Xiong'an) broadly invited all parties to discuss major governance issues, pooling strength for building a more just and equitable global governance system.
The greatness of a great power lies in benefiting the world. The 55 years are a milestone and, even more, a new starting point. China will continue to be a builder of world peace, a contributor to global development, and a defender of the international order, working with all countries to uphold the United Nations, invigorate the United Nations, and strengthen the United Nations, to pool the mighty forces of solidarity and cooperation through multilateralism, so that the torch of peace is passed on from generation to generation, the driving force of development flows endlessly, the light of civilization shines brightly and brilliantly, and the beautiful vision of a community with a shared future for mankind is translated into a tangible reality that the people of all countries can feel and enjoy.
(The author is China's Permanent Representative and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United Nations.)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 吴 丹 吴 月
A monument, recorded in textbooks, engraved in the hearts of the people.
"A frozen old soldier, leaning against a bare tree trunk, sat... The wind grew wilder, the snow heavier. The heavy snow quickly covered the body of the quartermaster, and he became a crystal monument."
General Secretary Xi Jinping once said with deep feeling: "The one in charge of clothing preferred to freeze to death himself rather than put on warmer clothes first — what a lofty state of mind this is!"
"The Monument," a story in textbooks, a microcosm of the great Long March spirit.
On October 22, at the conference commemorating the 90th anniversary of the victory of the Long March of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: "This extraordinary and heroic epic of heroes will forever be engraved on the monument of the Chinese revolution and forever remembered in the hearts of hundreds of millions of people."
The revolutionary feat of the 25,000-li Long March is also a vivid lesson for generations of young people.
The monument in textbooks, the monument in history, the monument in the hearts of the people.
Understanding the "Monument," the story of the Long March plants a red spark in the hearts of young people; looking to the future, the great Long March spirit is passed down from generation to generation, accumulating vigorous strength.
Reading the "Monument"
How does a small sapling grow into a towering tree? The answer lies in the classrooms and textbooks that bear the heavy responsibility of nurturing people.
In September 2020, in a classroom of the First Pian Primary School of Wenming Yao Ethnic Township, Rucheng County, Hunan Province, an ideological and political lesson was underway, with the words "Tell the Long March stories, be the new generation of the era" written on the blackboard.
"Half a Quilt," "Night March Through the Grassland," "Red Army Shoes," "The Monument"... Little hands shot up in unison.
Hearing a male student share the story of "The Monument," General Secretary Xi Jinping praised him repeatedly: "Well told! Well told!"
Looking at the children's bright eyes, the General Secretary said cordially: "Students should learn the revolutionary stories well, keep them in mind, and at the same time master the knowledge and skills for building modernization, striving to be socialist builders and successors."
In the junior high school history textbook, the deeds of Chen Shuxiang are deeply moving. Facing an enemy more than ten times his strength, Chen Shuxiang was full of courage, showing no fear, leading the soldiers of the entire division in a tenacious resistance, fighting a bitter battle with the enemy for four days and five nights, winning precious time for the Red Army to cross the Xiang River. After being captured wounded, he tore out his own intestines and died a heroic death, at the age of only 29.
Chen Shuxiang and the Battle of the Xiang River have been mentioned on multiple occasions:
In October 2014, at the PLA Political Work Conference, General Secretary Xi Jinping recounted the story of Chen Shuxiang's "breaking his intestines to show his resolve," praising him for fulfilling the oath of "shedding the last drop of blood for the Soviets."
In April 2021, during an inspection of Guangxi, the General Secretary made a special trip to the Memorial Hall of the Red Army's Long March Xiang River Battle, sighing with heartfelt emotion: "How heroic! Chen Shuxiang is a very typical one among the heroes who sacrificed."
The monument is silent; the heroes live forever.
Today, in Shimashen Village, Dao County, Hunan Province, the place where Chen Shuxiang fell, Shuxiang Primary School stands here. Under the century-old holly tree, children remember the hero, and ideals and convictions take deep root in their hearts.
— The Long March stories in textbooks record the journey of seeking truth.
"You must tell everyone well, tell everyone how our Party came to be." During an inspection of Guizhou, General Secretary Xi Jinping earnestly urged when visiting the Zunyi Conference Exhibition Hall.
Opening the middle school history textbook, a photo of the site of the Zunyi Conference comes into view. "Saving the Party, saving the Red Army, and saving the Chinese revolution at the most critical moment," this turning point of life-and-death importance let the seeds of revolution start a great movement from a small spark (星火燎原, xing huo liao yuan - "star, fire, burn, plain").
In September this year, in the Long March Lecture Hall of Zunyi Normal College, docents from the Zunyi Conference Memorial Hall used detailed historical materials and professional narration to bring students back to the war-torn years.
"This lesson made me understand the weight of 'truth.' Truth can only be tested in practice, and truth can only be established in practice." Cheng Yuqing, a student at Zunyi Normal College, shared what she had gained.
— The Long March stories in textbooks reflect the deep bond between the army and the people.
Why did the people always support the Red Army?
"Every leaf and branch is a matter of concern! Our army is the people's army, and the feeling between our Communists and the common people is the feeling of sharing one quilt."
The story of "Half a Quilt" is included in the Student Reader on Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era (Lower Primary Grades), as teaching content for the lesson "The Party and the People Are of One Heart."
The students of the First Pian Primary School of Wenming Yao Ethnic Township in Rucheng County often come to the "The Warmth of Half a Quilt" special exhibition hall to tell the story from the book to more people. The simple truth is firmly kept in their young hearts: "The Communist Party is the one who, even if they have only one quilt, would cut half of it to give to the common people."
Many people remember that in the high school Chinese textbook, "The Victory of the Long March Is Everlasting" contains this passage: "The Long March is the first of its kind in the annals of history, the Long March is a manifesto, the Long March is a propaganda team, the Long March is a seeder."
Look, the seeds sown by the seeder have traversed the years, "sprouting, growing leaves, blooming, bearing fruit, and there will be a harvest in the future."
Pursuing the "Monument"
The great Long March spirit needs to be guarded and passed on by generation after generation.
Along the Long March route, monuments rose from the ground one after another, and young people always stopped to gaze at them. The monument in textbooks, the monument before their eyes, and the monument in their hearts overlap — lofty, blazing, and bright.
Great rivers, revolutionary sites, and precious cultural relics are all living teaching materials. As they walk, "those who hear the stories" become "those who tell the stories" and "those in the stories."
Mount Laoshan, "the first difficult mountain crossed during the Long March."
The junior high school Chinese text "Mount Laoshan" recreates the difficulty of climbing the mountain and the hardship of camping out in the open: the mountain is steep, "the path is only about a foot wide"; the marching column holds torches in the dark night, "reaching all the way up to the sky, joining with the starlight, so that one cannot tell whether they are torches or stars."
Mount Laoshan welcomes wave after wave of young people retracing the Long March. This summer, trekking 10 kilometers in the rain and climbing over muddy mountain paths, students from Xidian University spoke from their hearts: "Back then, the Red Army crossed a mountain of survival, a mountain of desperation; today, we must strive to cross the mountain of scientific research and the mountain of innovation."
Pursuing the monument is to not forget the road behind and to see clearly the road ahead.
"Flying Capture of Luding Bridge," a classic piece in the primary school Chinese textbook:
"22 heroes, holding pistols, carrying broadswords, and grenades, braving the enemy's dense gunfire, climbed the iron chains and charged toward the opposite bank... The 4th Regiment of the Red Army heroically captured Luding Bridge, achieving another decisive victory in the Long March."
Standing before the monument to the Red Army's Flying Capture of Luding Bridge, teachers and students from the University of Science and Technology of China felt especially close: "Li Youlin, one of the 22 warriors, later became the first Party branch secretary of the university's Department of Atomic Nuclear Physics and Atomic Nuclear Engineering."
The iron chains hang in the air, the river surges. "We no longer need to block gun embrasures with our flesh and blood or climb iron chains, but we must strive, like the warriors of that time, to withstand pressure and shoulder responsibility." Kang Zechao, a graduate student in the Department of Modern Physics at USTC, said with emotion.
Gaining insights all along the way, growing all along the way.
The footprints of the journey turn into strength in the heart.
Teachers and students of Huaibei Middle School in Jiangsu Province formed the "Iron Torrent Thousand-Li Investigation Team" to retrace the Long March. Team member Xu Zhuwen wrote in his diary: "The great Long March spirit has never been a slogan; sometimes, it is the persistence of choosing to move forward even when exhausted to the limit."
Inheriting through listening, taking root in the soil. The Yanhe Lecturers Group of Renmin University of China went to Tantou Village, Yudu County, Jiangxi Province, to interview the descendants of martyrs and rescue oral historical materials.
The red star in the book illuminates the road underfoot. Wang Xinyi, a master's student at Peking University, once traded the pen for the sword, serving as a helmsman on the Liaoning aircraft carrier. On nights when the wind and waves were strong, she would often take out Edgar Snow's Red Star Over China and encourage herself with the stories of the Long March. Not long ago, she joined a youth research team, visited the old Long March sites, and shared what she had gained from practice with more companions.
The mountains and rivers are safe now; our generation should strive to be strong.
In those years, countless revolutionary youths, full of ideals, followed the light.
American biographer R. Terrill once wrote: "About 54 percent of the Long Marchers were young people under the age of 24." It can be said that the Long March was walked out by a group of young people.
The spirit of the predecessors is like a torch, illuminating the road ahead.
On the banks of the Yudu River, tracing the footsteps of the Red Army soldiers as they set out; on Loushan Pass, recalling the breathtaking Four Crossings of the Chishui River... Young people of the new era step out of campus, embark on the journey, and measure the eternal faith in their hearts with passion, courage, and perseverance.
This "red ribbon of the earth" remains forever brilliant.
Forging the "Monument" Together
The textbook turns to a new page.
"Each generation has its own Long March, each generation has its own responsibility." The Student Reader on Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era (Junior High School) expresses this earnest expectation.
On the new Long March of the new era, new monuments stand tall one after another.
"This is just like Liupan Mountain being the last high mountain the Red Army had to cross during the Long March — lifting all of the country's more than 50 million impoverished people out of poverty is the last high mountain we must cross to win the battle against poverty." In July 2016, General Secretary Xi Jinping made this vivid analogy at the symposium on East-West poverty alleviation cooperation.
Overcoming all obstacles to achieve success (踏平坎坷成大道, ta ping kan ke cheng da dao - "tread, flat, bumps, become, great, road"). Five years later, at the important moment of the centenary of the Party's founding, China achieved a complete victory in the battle against poverty.
Behind the miracle stand vivid names. The junior high school Chinese text "The Light of Youth" records one of them: Huang Wenxiu.
"During the Long March, the soldiers were not afraid even of death; on the road to poverty alleviation, how can this little difficulty limit my progress?" In the text, her diary holds the answer.
25,000 kilometers — that was the distance Huang Wenxiu traveled in one year of working in the village. On her social media, she wrote, "The Long March in my heart — one happy year of working in the village."
Wenchang, Hainan. The Long March-7 rocket soared into the sky, sending the Tianzhou-1 cargo spacecraft into space. In the Student Reader on Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era (Senior High School), a photo freezes the moment.
A major national equipment item is named "Long March." It is both an inheritance and an inspiration. China's aerospace industry continues to strive, from the Long March-1 rocket being able to "get up" more than 50 years ago, to today's new-generation Long March rockets being able to "come back." Generations of scientists and technologists have worked hard and broken through one barrier after another.
Gazing at the monument, paying tribute to the monument, forging the monument. The baton is passed to the younger generation —
On June 27, 2020, General Secretary Xi Jinping replied to all members of the Party member volunteer service team of Fudan University's Exhibition Hall of the Communist Manifesto: "Facing the future, to walk well the Long March of the new era, we need even more to strengthen our ideals and convictions and strive with determination."
This deep expectation resonates in the hearts of Fudan teachers and students. Wen Shaoqing, associate professor at the Institute of Scientific and Technological Archaeology, leads students in using scientific and technological archaeological methods to search for, excavate, and study the remains of unknown martyrs. Ideal and struggle are not empty talk; they mean bringing professional knowledge to where the country needs it and bringing the heroes home.
The monument of history is also a milestone for setting out anew. The youth of China today are walking their own Long March with concrete actions —
China Medical University, formerly the Red Army Medical School of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, continued to run the school during the Long March. More than 90 years later, a new generation of medical students has taken up the baton, striving to reach new heights (勇攀高峰, yong pan gao feng - "brave, climb, high, peak") in medical research.
With 30 years of Minning cooperation, teachers and students of Minnan Normal University and Ningxia Normal University have joined hands to carry out social practice, visiting old Long March sites and the East-West Cooperation Minning Practice Hall, with a dialogue of youth spanning mountains and seas.
The initial "all-digital" plan for BeiDou was developed by three young people in their early twenties in a warehouse of just over 10 square meters; the average age of the Chang'e and Shenzhou teams is only a little over 30; at the forefront of artificial intelligence, young talents are showing their skills...
On the vast land, young figures can be seen everywhere. Setting out from the monument, they follow the road the Red Army once took, heading toward even farther places.
"The new journey is an expedition full of glory and dreams; it is the new Long March of the Party and the people." At the conference commemorating the 90th anniversary of the victory of the Long March of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, General Secretary Xi Jinping reviewed the past and looked to the future.
In scientific and technological innovation, rural revitalization, green development, social services, and national defense and border protection, on the front lines of every field, the broad masses of young people are bravely serving as vanguards and the main force, working hard and striving for achievement, continuously advancing the great cause pioneered by the revolutionary predecessors, and writing their own Long March stories.
"The Red Army fears not the trials of the distant march; a thousand mountains and ten thousand rivers are treated as nothing..." The texts carrying the great Long March spirit are still being recited. The monument in the textbook has long become the light in their eyes, illuminating the road underfoot.
Return to Top(People's Daily, Beijing, October 24) Chen Wenqing, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission, stressed at a special meeting he chaired on the 24th that it is necessary to thoroughly study and implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's important instructions on the fight against gang crime and evil forces, to advance in an orderly manner the deepening of the special campaign against gang crime and evil forces so that it goes deeper and produces tangible results, and to respond to the expectations of the people with real and concrete achievements.
Chen Wenqing fully affirmed the stage-by-stage results achieved since the launch of the special campaign. He stressed that it is necessary to firmly grasp the people-oriented nature, the law-based nature, and the complexity of the fight against gang crime and evil forces, to combine special governance with systematic governance, law-based governance, comprehensive governance, and governance at the source, to always maintain a high-pressure posture, to promote long-term and routine effectiveness, and to strive to make urban and rural areas more peaceful and the people more content.
Chen Wenqing stressed that it is necessary to deepen the screening of leads, strengthen analysis and assessment, improve the work norms for the triage, transfer, verification, and feedback of leads, and guide precise strikes. It is necessary to intensify investigation and assault efforts, always aim the edge of the strike at the crimes of gang crime and evil forces that the people reflect most strongly, adhere to cluster strikes, organize strikes on similar cases, advance assaults on major cases, and strive to strike deeply and thoroughly so as to form a powerful deterrent. It is necessary to handle cases in accordance with the law, clarify the standards for identifying new types of gang crime and evil forces, improve the whole-chain coordination mechanism, handle cases in accordance with the law with severity and speed, and ensure that no gang crime or evil force is missed and no non-gang crime or non-evil force is padded. It is necessary to adhere to treating both the symptoms and the root causes (标本兼治, biao ben jian zhi - "mark, root, treat, manage"), to advance in an integrated manner the "smashing of protective umbrellas and breaking of networks," the "cutting off of financial bloodlines," and industry governance, to eradicate the soil that breeds gang crime and evil forces, and absolutely not to allow any "place beyond the law." It is necessary to strengthen overall coordination and supervision and inspection, and to push the special campaign to continuously achieve new progress and new results.
Wang Xiaohong attended the meeting and delivered a speech. Zhang Jun and Ying Yong attended.
Return to Top(People's Daily, Beijing, October 24) (Reporter Shi Yiqi) With the approval of the Party Central Committee, the 8th round of inspections by the 20th Central Committee will carry out routine inspections of the Party organizations of 32 units, including the Ministry of Education, Peking University, Tsinghua University, Renmin University of China, Beijing Normal University, Fudan University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Xi'an Jiaotong University, University of Science and Technology of China, China Agricultural University, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beihang University, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Harbin Institute of Technology, Zhejiang University, Nanjing University, Sichuan University, Nankai University, Tianjin University, Wuhan University, Sun Yat-sen University, Northwest A&F University, Jilin University, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Shandong University, Southeast University, Xiamen University, Tongji University, Central South University, Dalian University of Technology, Chongqing University, and Lanzhou University.
Return to Top(Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, October 24) To commemorate the 90th anniversary of the victory of the Long March of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army and to carry forward the great Long March spirit, the Central Archives has compiled the Selected Historical Archives and Materials on the Red Army's Long March. At present, the book has been published by the Learning Publishing House and is being distributed nationwide from today.
The historical archives and materials on the Long March compiled into this book are mainly documents of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Central Revolutionary Military Commission, and the First, Second, and Fourth Front Armies of the Red Army as well as the Twenty-Fifth Army, with telegrams as the main body, and also include a small number of historical materials from revolutionary newspapers and periodicals published along the Long March route. These documents are arranged according to the stages of development of the Red Army's Long March, in a format combining chronological order with thematic compilation, divided into 8 themes, totaling 350 pieces. Among them, the vast majority of the historical archives and materials are printed based on archival materials held in the collections of the Central Archives, a small number are printed based on already published books or materials, and some archives are published for the first time. At the same time, the book also includes 47 photocopies of archival materials held in the collections of the Central Archives.
With authoritative historical materials, systematic compilation, and rich content, this book is an important work that objectively restores the course of the Red Army's Long March, providing important historical material support for the study and research of the history of the Red Army's Long March, providing a vivid vehicle for carrying forward the Long March spirit and inheriting the red gene, and possessing strong social value, academic value, and cultural value.
Return to Top(People's Daily, Beijing, October 24) (Reporter Liu Yang) Starting October 24, commemorative audio-visual publications marking the 90th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army's Long March are being released to the public both at home and abroad. The publications include the 60-episode TV drama The Great Long March, produced and broadcast by China Media Group, the televised variety gala Ode to the Long March, the 7-episode documentary The Great Expedition, and the 12-episode documentary Ten Thousand Mountains and Rivers.
This batch of audio-visual publications is produced and distributed by China International Television Corporation, available on DVD and USB flash drive media, offered in multiple edition sets, and sold through channels including Xinhua Bookstores nationwide, audio-visual shopping malls, and online e-commerce platforms.
To commemorate the 90th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army's Long March, China Media Group meticulously produced and broadcast a series of outstanding works. The 60-episode TV drama The Great Long March presents a panoramic view of the glorious historical facts of the Central Red Army and multiple Red Army contingents enduring immense hardships to win victory in the Long March, presenting this magnificent feat of human history in an all-round, multi-level, and three-dimensional manner. The televised variety gala Ode to the Long March integrates music and dance, cinematic art, drama and folk art forms, creating a "televised epic of art" on the Long March theme. The 7-episode documentary The Great Expedition focuses on showcasing the people's army's absolute loyalty in obeying the Party's command and its fearless and advancing without hesitation (一往无前, yi wang wu qian - "one, go, no, forward") heroic spirit, vividly presenting the magnificent picture of unanimous unity of all people (万众一心, wan zhong yi xin - "ten thousand, masses, one, heart") advancing the cause of building a strong military and a strong country on the new journey of the new era. The 12-episode documentary Ten Thousand Mountains and Rivers follows in the footsteps of the Red Army, employing precious documents, sand-table maps, digital recreation, and other audio-visual techniques to immersively restore those stirring years at the intersection of history and reality, allowing viewers to deeply appreciate the great Long March spirit.
Return to Top(People's Daily, Nagoya, Japan, October 24) (Reporters Ji Fang, Wang Liang) The 5th Asian Para Games concluded on October 24 in Nagoya, Japan. The Chinese sports delegation won 207 gold medals, 117 silver medals, and 111 bronze medals, for a total of 435 medals, ranking first in both the gold medal table and the overall medal table for the fifth consecutive Asian Para Games, achieving its best result at an overseas Asian Para Games.
At these Asian Para Games, 312 athletes from the Chinese sports delegation competed in 17 sports and 335 events. In swimming, athletics, wheelchair fencing, table tennis, badminton, and other advantageous sports, the Chinese team demonstrated outstanding overall strength and achieved excellent results. In team events, the Chinese blind football team won the gold medal, claiming the Asian Para Games championship for the third time. In addition, the Chinese team also won championships in the women's blind goalball, women's wheelchair basketball, and women's sitting volleyball events.
On the field of play, Chinese athletes dared to challenge and surpass themselves, achieving success in two different areas (双丰收, shuang feng shou - "double, harvest") in both athletic performance and sportsmanship. Weightlifter Cui Zhe and track and field athlete Mi Na have competed in five consecutive Asian Para Games and won gold medals. Zhang Meng, a 30-year-old swimmer, won 8 gold medals, the most of any athlete at these Games. Young competitors gained experience at major competitions while also demonstrating their strength. Zhu Hui, an 18-year-old athlete competing in her first Games, won 3 gold medals in swimming; Wei Jia, a 19-year-old athlete, broke two Asian records and won a gold medal in athletics; and Wang Liya, a 19-year-old archer, won a gold medal.
Return to Top(People's Daily, Nagqu, October 24) (Reporter Qiongda Zhuoga) The reporter learned from the Nagqu City Earthquake Relief Headquarters: Since the 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Baqing County, Nagqu City, Tibet, rescue and disaster relief work has been carried out rapidly, and the treatment of the injured and post-disaster resettlement work are advancing in an orderly manner.
As of 17:00 on the 24th, all 76 injured persons had received timely treatment, of whom 40 had been discharged from hospital after medical treatment, and some of the injured were transferred to Nagqu City People's Hospital, the People's Hospital of the Tibet Autonomous Region, West China Hospital of Sichuan University Tibet Hospital, and Lhasa People's Hospital for treatment. Relief supplies allocated by the central government, the autonomous region, the city, and the county have been shipped to the disaster area one after another, totaling 20 categories and 60,518 items/sets.
Within the earthquake-affected area, there are 34 administrative villages in the two townships of Maru and Gangqie, involving 13,673 people. As of the 24th, Baqing County had set up a total of 1,830 tents, housing 12,489 disaster-affected people. The county has established a total of 35 resettlement sites and 35 temporary Party branches. Because the disaster area is at a high altitude and has low temperatures, local authorities are stepping up the construction of prefabricated houses and equipping them with facilities such as heating stoves to ensure the livelihoods of the disaster-affected people.
As of 12:00 on the 24th, the main road traffic arteries in Baqing County were unobstructed. At 20:38 on the 24th, with the emergency repair and restoration of power to the last low-voltage distribution area, power supply in the earthquake-affected area was fully restored.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 徐驭尧 人民网记者 李海霞 次仁罗布
On the night of October 23, it was the first night that rescue forces gathered in large numbers and arrived at the epicenter.
In Village 2, Maru Township, Baqing County, Nagqu City, Tibet, trucks drove in one after another in a queue, while engineering machinery such as cranes and excavators worked under intense pressure; personnel in camouflage uniforms, work clothes, and red vests bustled about, and lights were lit one by one in the tents, shining together with the outdoor emergency lighting facilities under the night sky.
The ground that had been level an hour ago was now piled with panels; tents that had been empty before soon had stoves burning; the empty spaces just cleared at the intersections were quickly filled again by newly arrived vehicles. No staff member stopped to rest—this was a night of making every second count (争分夺秒, zheng fen duo miao - "struggle for, minute, snatch, second").
Zhaxi Dawa, captain of the Baqing County Fire and Rescue Brigade, had no time to eat, and with a flashlight in hand, he went into every tent to inspect. "Keep the stove a bit farther from the bedding, and pay attention to ventilation at night." He also personally taught the elderly how to use the new stoves, explaining the precautions for using fire and preventing fires to the masses sentence by sentence.
In the latter half of the night, the cadres stationed in the area sat in a circle inside the tent, still verifying the disaster situation and studying resettlement issues. Which resettlement site still needed more stoves, which family had more elderly and children, what shortcomings existed in the day's work, how to arrange supplies and coordinate work tomorrow... Everyone spoke in turn, discussing in depth and detail. From resettlement support, to safety inspections, to emergency response plans, they confirmed the division of responsibilities and implementation progress one by one.
In the early morning of October 24, just as dawn was breaking, the rescue site in Maru Township was already a scene of bustle. In order to let the affected masses eat hot meals, commanders and fighters of the People's Liberation Army, officers and soldiers of the Armed Police Force, and fire and rescue personnel carried out catering services in the severely affected areas. The tents providing catering services had their lights on, and wisps of white steam rose into the air.
The water for washing vegetables was icy cold, but everyone carefully scrubbed the ingredients, their fingers red from the cold. Several large pots were bubbling and boiling, and the kitchen staff, wearing aprons, bustled about, cutting vegetables and putting them into the pots without a moment's pause. Hot meals came out of the pots and were delivered into the hands of the masses.
Throughout the night, there were occasional aftershocks, but the resettlement sites remained orderly, and most of the masses slept soundly. In the new day, everyone continued to work hand in hand, striving to advance the restoration and reconstruction of their homes.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 徐驭尧 人民网记者 李海霞
At a resettlement site in Maru Township, Baqing County, Nagqu City, Tibet, the three characters "Medical Team" on a blue tent were especially conspicuous.
After dawn on October 24, the medical team set up their medicine counter outside the tent. The counter was not large, but common medicines such as cold medicine, hypertension medicine, and Tibetan medicine were all available (一应俱全, yi ying ju quan - "all, should, exist, complete"), meeting the daily medication needs of the people at the resettlement site.
This is also the base of a temporary Party branch jointly established by the Nierong County People's Hospital and the Baqing County Tibetan Medicine Hospital — of the 11 medical staff members, 5 are Party members, and everyone has pitched their position in the place where the people need it most.
Medical staff made door-to-door rounds, carefully fastening the blood pressure cuff for an elderly person. "Your blood pressure is fine, don't worry, you must trust the Party and the government, everything will be all right." The plain and sincere words of Sisang, a medical worker from the Baqing County Tibetan Medicine Hospital, made the elderly person nod repeatedly.
"We provide door-to-door medical rounds, with special attention to key groups such as the elderly, children, and patients with chronic diseases, and deliver medical treatment and medicine to their homes when necessary," said Zhao Hui, a supervisor nurse at the Nierong County People's Hospital.
At the resettlement site in Gangqie Township, Baqing County, Basang Ciren, deputy Party secretary and director of the Nagqu City Tibetan Medicine Hospital, carefully inquired about the people's physical conditions and distributed the hospital's carefully prepared Tibetan medicines to everyone.
Starting October 23, the medical team from the Nagqu City Tibetan Medicine Hospital made rounds at three resettlement sites, conducting careful consultations and physical examinations and distributing Tibetan medicine free of charge. Within a single day, the medical team received a total of 460 patient visits. The medical team will continue to carry out disease prevention and control, psychological intervention, health education, and other work.
Disease control personnel carried disinfection equipment, moving back and forth, safeguarding everyone's drinking water and food safety. Nyima Tsering, deputy director of the Nagqu City Center for Disease Control and Prevention, introduced: "The work of disease control personnel is concentrated in disinfection, infectious disease prevention and control surveillance, water quality testing, and other areas. At the Maru Township Second Village resettlement site alone, there are nearly 30 disease control personnel."
In addition, medical personnel also specifically carried out psychological comfort and counseling, conducting one-on-one follow-up visits when necessary.
For the disaster-affected people, with these medical guarantees, they have gained an additional measure of reassurance and confidence.
Return to TopBy: 徐驭尧
During our reporting in Maryu Township, what moved me most was a series of small matters concerning people's livelihoods.
On the first day after the disaster, some residents reported a shortage of milk powder. The cadres immediately noted down the need, then quickly searched for and coordinated a supply, and by the next day the milk powder was rushed into the hands of the residents. A can of milk powder may be small, but it fully demonstrates the sincerity and sense of responsibility in serving the people.
Workers assembling prefabricated houses held up measuring rulers and spread lime to mark lines, quickly putting together a room — racing against time so that residents could "live in warmth"; Party members and cadres went door to door with flashlights to register households, their eyes bloodshot, asking "Is anything lacking?" and "Do you need an extra quilt?" — concerned about whether residents could "sleep well"; firefighters inspected stoves and valves room by room, mindful that "not a single spark can be taken lightly" — guarding the bottom line that residents "live in safety."
None of these matters are big: a hot meal, a quilt, a registration form, a word of reminder... But it is precisely these small matters that demonstrate the principle of "people first" and radiate a warmth that can be felt and touched.
No aspect of people's livelihood is trivial (民生无小事, min sheng wu xiao shi - "people's livelihood, no, small matter"), every detail is connected to the people's well-being (枝叶总关情, zhi ye zong guan qing - "branches, leaves, always, concern, feelings"). When the people's urgent difficulties, worries, and aspirations are addressed one by one in a solid and meticulous manner, the work gains warmth. And this warmth, the people can all feel it. The cold wind on the plateau may be biting, but people's hearts remain burning hot — and this heat is precisely what accumulates from one concrete livelihood task after another.
Return to Top(People's Daily, Beijing, October 24) (Reporter Jin Xin) The reporter learned from the Office of the Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission: Recently, the Central Cyberspace and Informatization Commission issued the National Informatization Plan for the 15th Five-Year Plan Period, which makes arrangements for systematically and deeply advancing national informatization development during the 15th Five-Year Plan period, and serves as an action guide for guiding and advancing the informatization work of all regions and relevant departments.
The plan proposes that by 2030, China's informatization will make significant progress, and its role in advancing Chinese modernization will become more prominent. Information infrastructure will consolidate and expand its leading advantages, a three-dimensional network system spanning land, sea, air, and space will be basically formed, a new generation of communication networks will be fully completed, commercial use of the sixth-generation mobile communications (6G) will be launched at an appropriate time, a national blockchain network will be basically completed, and the intelligent internet will accelerate its layout and development.
Return to Top(People's Daily, Shenzhen, October 24) (Reporters He Linping, Jiang Lin) An academic symposium on "One Country, Two Systems," hosted by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, was held in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, on October 24. Nearly 100 guests, experts, and scholars from the mainland, Hong Kong, Macao, and overseas gathered around the theme of "The Five-Year Plans of Hong Kong and Macao and Their Integration into and Service to the National Development Agenda," conducting in-depth discussions on topics including "The Five-Year Plans of Hong Kong and Macao and the Enhancement of Core Competitiveness," "The Construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the Integration of Hong Kong and Macao into the National Development Agenda," and "Leveraging the Unique Advantages of Hong Kong and Macao to Serve the Nation's High-Level Opening Up."
Participants discussed the theoretical logic, historical logic, and practical logic behind the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region's formulation and implementation of its first five-year plan and the Macao Special Administrative Region's release and implementation of its new five-year plan. From the height of history, the depth of governance, and the breadth of development, they elucidated that the formulation of five-year plans by Hong Kong and Macao constitutes a breakthrough in the practice of "One Country, Two Systems," having milestone significance (里程碑意义, li cheng bei yi yi - "mile, stage, monument, meaning").
Return to Top(People's Daily, Beijing, October 24) Recently, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China decided:
Comrade Wang Zhijun is appointed as member, standing committee member, and secretary of the Hunan Provincial Party Committee; Comrade Shen Xiaoming no longer serves as secretary, standing committee member, and member of the Hunan Provincial Party Committee.
Comrade Mo Gaoyi is appointed as member, standing committee member, and secretary of the Yunnan Provincial Party Committee; Comrade Wang Ning no longer serves as secretary, standing committee member, and member of the Yunnan Provincial Party Committee.
Return to Top(People's Daily, Taiyuan, October 24) (Reporters Zhou Renjie, Zheng Yangyang) The First Plenary Session of the 13th Shanxi Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China elected Tang Dengjie as Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee on October 24, with Lu Dongliang and Li Jinke (Manchu) elected as Deputy Secretaries of the Provincial Party Committee. Also elected as members of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee were Dong Xiaoyu, Zhang Biyong, Zhao Hongyan (female), Lin Hongyu, Zhang Shaohua, You Lixia (female), Zhu Xiaodong, Chang Shuming, and Wang Shuaihong.
The First Plenary Session of the 13th Shanxi Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China elected You Lixia (female) as Secretary of the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, with Wang Xiaopeng, Xu Defeng, Liu Dongguang, and Chen Yunpeng elected as Deputy Secretaries of the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection.
Return to Top(People's Daily, Urumqi, October 24) (Reporters He Yong, Li Yanan) The First Plenary Session of the 11th Committee of the Communist Party of China Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on October 23 elected Chen Xiaojiang as Secretary of the Autonomous Region Party Committee, and Erkin Tuniyaz (Uygur), He Zhongyou, Zhang Yingchun (female), and Wang Lin as Deputy Secretaries of the Autonomous Region Party Committee. Also elected as members of the Standing Committee of the Autonomous Region Party Committee were Wang Jianxin, Yusupjan Mamat (Uygur), Ilzat Akhmetjan (Uygur), Hadan Kabin (Kazakh), Li Gang, Kaisar Abdukerim (Uygur), Liu Chunlei, Nie Zhuang, and Li Guoliang.
The First Plenary Session of the 11th Discipline Inspection Commission of the Communist Party of China Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region elected Liu Chunlei as Secretary of the Autonomous Region Discipline Inspection Commission, and Wang Xinjun, Li Xiaolin, Reyihanguli Asim (female, Uygur), and Ruza Nuksenbek (female, Kazakh) as Deputy Secretaries of the Autonomous Region Discipline Inspection Commission.
Return to TopThe outline of the 15th Five-Year Plan proposes improving the policy mechanisms for the coordinated development of the elderly care undertaking and industry, and promoting the goals of ensuring that the elderly are cared for, have opportunities to contribute, and enjoy life. As of the end of 2025, China had approximately 323 million people aged 60 and above. The growing demand for elderly care is not only a major livelihood issue of concern to the whole society, but also provides young people with more career choices.
October is the national "Respect for the Elderly Month." Our reporters visited young people who have devoted themselves to the elderly care industry to see how they integrate their professional expertise into daily care, grow by solving concrete problems, and add a measure of peace of mind and a measure of warmth to the later years of the elderly.
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Mastering Skills, Training Capable Hands
People's Daily reporter Dou Hao
At 8 a.m., at Everbright Elderly Care's Ningbo Jinxin Elderly Care Paradise in Zhejiang, elderly care worker Jiang Xinlian changes into her work uniform and begins her rounds. She pushes open doors, bends down, offers greetings, and tucks in the corners of the elderly residents' quilts. A busy day begins with these small, meticulous details.
"In elderly care services, one can never feel fully at ease about anything," Jiang Xinlian says. One evening in August this year, she had just finished overtime and walked to the entrance of the facility when her phone suddenly rang: an elderly person in her 80s had fallen and a large lump had swollen on their head.
Jiang Xinlian turned around and hurried back. She checked the elderly person's condition, contacted the family, and arranged for staff to accompany them to the hospital. Fortunately, after examination, the elderly person was found to be in no serious danger. After returning to the facility, she and her colleagues continued to monitor the elderly person's physical condition.
The matter was not over. A few days later, a review meeting was held. Were the shoes the right fit? Was the floor slippery? Did the elderly person show any physical abnormalities? The caregivers analyzed each item one by one, investigated hidden risks, and followed up on rectifications. The handling of one emergency became an opportunity for the whole team to learn together.
Responding promptly, caring attentively, and reviewing afterward—no link in the chain can be taken lightly. For Jiang Xinlian, much of the effort in care work must be invested in the ordinary days that keep the elderly stable and at ease. Paying attention to changes in physical condition, becoming familiar with daily habits, and thinking one step ahead about where problems might arise—only then can the elderly and their families have greater peace of mind.
This sense of concern is connected to her upbringing. Jiang Xinlian was raised by her grandparents from childhood. Watching them grow old, she developed a deeper sense of empathy. When she attended a vocational college, she chose the major of elderly services and management. After graduation, she entered an elderly care institution and began her days living together day and night with the elderly.
Her family did not understand at first. Why would a young woman choose such a job? Jiang Xinlian had her own thoughts: "Everyone will grow old. Only when more people devote themselves to this industry can we enjoy our later years in peace when we are old."
Having set her direction, she started by learning the fundamentals. She set a goal for herself: to obtain the elderly care worker certificate within one year, learn to wash the feet, bathe, and cut the hair of the elderly, and master all the care skills well. What she had learned in school had to become proficient skills through repeated practice. Facing different elderly people, she also had to learn to be considerate of their habits and feelings.
From a frontline caregiver to team leader, then to supervisor, and then to taking on management and training responsibilities, Jiang Xinlian gradually grew into a backbone member of the team. In 2024, she won first prize in the elderly care worker category of the National Civil Affairs System Vocational Skills Competition and was promoted to senior technician. The competition tested her skills, her post accumulated her experience, and her understanding of care work continued to deepen.
How could her skills help more elderly people? Jiang Xinlian signed up for Zhejiang's "Supporting the Elderly on Islands" initiative, using her spare time to go to an elderly care home in Liuheng Town, Zhoushan, Zhejiang.
During the support work, she encountered a newly admitted elderly person suffering from pressure sores. Faced with complex care needs, the local caregivers lacked experience. While participating in the care, Jiang Xinlian also passed on the relevant knowledge and care experience to everyone. The skills she had learned on the frontline became experience that local caregivers could draw on, and it also deepened her understanding of the significance of mentoring: after one round of assistance, leaving behind people who can continue to provide good service is how the elderly can benefit in the long term.
"No matter how capable one person is, they cannot care for all the elderly," Jiang Xinlian says. Today, training new staff has become an important part of her work.
"In recent years, more and more young people are entering the elderly care industry," Jiang Xinlian says. She explains that the Everbright Elderly Care company she works for manages 32,000 elderly care beds and serves 500,000 elderly people per year, and there are many elderly care workers born in the 1990s and 2000s like herself. Over the years, Jiang Xinlian has trained more than 300 elderly care skilled workers, of whom those born in the 1990s and 2000s account for nearly 30 percent. The growing number of young faces has shown her the vitality of the industry. Teaching newcomers skills is important, but it is even more important to help them understand this profession: caring for the elderly requires knowledge and expertise, is worthy of dedicated study, and can also bring personal growth.
How can more young people gain a deeper understanding of elderly care before they even take up their posts? Jiang Xinlian has turned her attention to compiling textbooks. She has participated in writing textbooks such as Care for Elderly People with Dementia, turning frontline experience into written words to connect the classroom more closely with the workplace. At present, she is planning to lead the compilation of an elderly care service textbook for universities.
The outline of the 15th Five-Year Plan proposes "advancing the professionalization of the elderly care service workforce." This deployment is closely linked to Jiang Xinlian's daily work. Improving the quality of elderly care services requires more professional talent, and it also requires providing opportunities for training and practice for talent development. The growth path of a young caregiver moving to a skills-training post and then helping more young people improve their skills demonstrates the development space of the elderly care industry.
On the eve of this year's May Fourth Youth Day, Jiang Xinlian was named a 2026 New Era Youth Pioneer. She said: "My youth is very ordinary, but I feel it is very substantial. Although I cannot extend the lives of the elderly, I can improve the quality of their lives and make them smile more happily."
Caring well for the elderly and training capable newcomers. The young Jiang Xinlian hones her skills through one concrete service after another, and she also passes on this conscientiousness to more young people, jointly supporting the stable daily lives of the elderly.
Knocking on Doors, Opening Hearts
People's Daily reporter Wu Chuqi
Just as they reached the door of an elderly person's home, Jiang Qiuxiang, head of the Xiejialou Community Elderly Care Service Station in Tongzhou, Beijing, under Beijing Kangyang Group, and her colleague smelled a burning odor. When they entered the house, they saw that the quilt on the heated brick bed was on fire.
That was a home visit service one winter several years ago. The two quickly helped extinguish the fire, carried the quilt outside, poured water on it to put it out, and then comforted the elderly person—busy for more than half an hour in total.
The household consisted of an elderly couple of advanced age. The husband was bedridden year-round, cared for by his wife, who was in her 80s. That day, feeling cold, the elderly woman added a few more pieces of firewood, then busied herself making liquid food and feeding her husband. By the time she smelled smoke, the quilt was already sparking. The beams of the old house were made of wood. Recounting the incident afterward, the elderly woman was so frightened that she burst into tears.
Previously, the elderly woman had reservations about home visit services and would not even let staff enter the door. After this incident, she set aside her concerns and became willing to accept services proactively. "From then on, the auntie had a great relationship with us—she would smile and chat with us whenever we met." Recalling this experience, Jiang Qiuxiang still finds it unforgettable: "Only by providing services sincerely and earnestly can you gain genuine recognition from the elderly."
Having studied elderly services and management in college and entering the frontline of elderly care after graduation, Jiang Qiuxiang has now been in this line of work for 10 years. What do the elderly need, and how can things be done properly? She has gradually accumulated experience through her interactions with the elderly.
In the area Jiang Qiuxiang serves, some elderly people are advanced in age and have difficulty moving about. For haircuts and buying daily necessities, they all need someone to lend a hand. The service station delivers services to their homes, helping clean living quarters, attend to daily life, and monitor blood pressure, and also purchasing daily necessities and assisting with obtaining medications on their behalf. "Things that used to require running to several different places can now be handled at the doorstep of one's home," Jiang Qiuxiang says.
The tasks may seem small, but they are connected to the daily lives of the elderly. Some elderly people need help with daily living, while others may want someone to talk to. In Jiang Qiuxiang's view, home visit services require understanding the elderly in detail, considering both their physical condition and respecting their living habits.
Today, Jiang Qiuxiang manages three elderly care stations, each equipped with one full-time elderly care life manager. Three stations, connected to household after household—how does she arrange the staffing so that services can be delivered in a timely manner? She starts each day by sorting through work ledgers and arranging home visits, and personnel management, safety supervision, and coordination with the local government all have to be implemented one by one. A small matter in an elderly person's home becomes a task that must be carefully arranged when it reaches the station head.
The content of the services is also changing. When she first entered the profession, Jiang Qiuxiang's work involved more patrol visits and basic assistance. Over the past 10 years, the elderly and their families have become increasingly focused on health management and professional care, and they also place greater value on emotional companionship. In addition to providing home-based care, the station also organizes activities such as handicraft making and recreational sports and cultural events to add more enjoyment to the elderly's lives. Taking good care of daily living while also making life full of interest and zest is her understanding of this job.
As needs become more refined, skills must keep pace. The Beijing Kangyang Group where Jiang Qiuxiang works helps service personnel improve their skills through theoretical training, practical exercises, and assessment and certification. "Home visit services require not only solid professionalism, but also attentiveness and patience, as well as basic emergency response capabilities," Jiang Qiuxiang says. Only when staff can respond promptly to emergencies and provide standardized and proper services in daily work can the elderly and their families feel at ease.
As station head, Jiang Qiuxiang also has to keep a good account of operations. Whether service prices are appropriate and whether the elderly can afford to use them over the long term must all be carefully considered. Relying on government policies for elderly care benefits for the people, the station undertakes inclusive service projects such as family elderly care beds and meal assistance for the elderly, sets prices based on the income and needs of the elderly in the jurisdiction, and reduces operational losses by optimizing personnel scheduling and standardizing service management.
The outline of the 15th Five-Year Plan proposes developing community-embedded elderly care services, developing family elderly care beds, and advancing home aging-friendly renovations. Speaking about her future work, Jiang Qiuxiang says: "We hope to better integrate intelligent safety monitoring, professional home-based care, and medical and elderly care services, so that the elderly can enjoy more thoughtful care at home." This also means that service personnel must keep learning and bring new skills to the side of the elderly.
Over the years, what has brought Jiang Qiuxiang the most comfort is that the elderly have gone from not letting staff through the door to willingly accepting services proactively. Haircuts, cleaning, visits—in the day-to-day work there is both trust and concern. "Running the station better so that more elderly people can feel at ease at home and their children can feel reassured while away" is her wish and also the driving force for her continued commitment to this cause.
Supporting Elderly Care in Mountain Villages
People's Daily reporter Zhang Wenhao
At the northern foot of the Dabie Mountains, the autumn sun is just rising. In the courtyard of the "Harmonious Home" elderly care home in Nanwangang Village, Wenshu Township, Guangshan County, Henan Province, Guangshan flower-drum opera is being performed with great liveliness. He Dinggong, 70, dressed as a boatman, dances to the rhythm of the music with his friends, doing so in a convincing and proper manner. A dozen or so elderly people sit around watching—some leaning on canes, some in wheelchairs—clapping their hands and humming along, all with smiles on their faces.
Beside the speaker, He Guanchen, born in the 2000s, crouches down to adjust the volume, then stands up to liven up the atmosphere. "These performers are all elderly residents and staff of the home," he says. "Look—costumes, props, sound equipment, we have everything. The goal is to add some flavor to the lives of the elderly." This national-level intangible cultural heritage has brought the elderly a great deal of enjoyment.
When studying at university in Zhengzhou, He Guanchen majored in mechanical design, manufacturing, and automation. When he graduated in 2024, he did not stay in the provincial capital but returned to his hometown to work as assistant to the director of an elderly care home founded by his relatives.
"Everyone is heading to the city, but you're going into the mountains instead." His classmates did not understand, and some friends reminded him that elderly care is hard work and not something anyone can just do. He Guanchen, however, felt he had some experience: in earlier years he had cared for his grandfather and grandmother, feeding them and wiping them down. "As long as you're willing to endure hardship and aren't afraid of tiring work, what's so difficult?"
Only after entering the profession did he realize that the knowledge required was far greater than he had imagined. The home currently has 23 elderly residents, of whom 3 are fully disabled and 12 are semi-disabled, with varying physical conditions and living habits.
Once, just as the meal was placed on the table, an elderly man pushed his bowl over, muttering that the porridge was not right. He Guanchen explained word by word and tried to persuade him for a good while, but the elderly man still refused to eat. An experienced colleague stepped forward, fetched a new bowl of porridge, and patiently negotiated with the elderly man, going along with what he said. After several rounds of persuasion, the elderly man finally took the bowl. This small incident made He Guanchen understand that reasoning also requires the right approach—one must first understand the elderly person's habits.
Zhan Yanling, the head of the elderly care home, reminded him that to run an elderly care home in a village, one must have the awareness of serving the villagers, possessing not only professional knowledge but also a willingness to study diligently, ask questions, and accumulate experience. To take good care of the elderly, one also has to know what is on their minds.
When 83-year-old Zou Jitao first moved in, he lay in bed all day and was unwilling to interact with anyone. He Guanchen wanted to try chatting with him, but as soon as he sat down by the bed, the elderly man turned his back to him. Xiao He did not get discouraged. He chatted about everything under the sun, and when the topic of poetry came up, the elderly man suddenly responded.
Having found a topic of common interest, He Guanchen found poetry collections for the elderly man and accompanied him in writing poems. Over time, the two became familiar with each other. Once, Zou Jitao took Xiao He's hand and spoke of his past: a few years earlier, he had still run a small shop in the county town, self-sufficient. Later, his health deteriorated, and there were many things he could no longer do. His daughter was in another city, and his son could not take care of him, so he moved into the elderly care home. "I have a strong personality—I always wanted to be first in everything. Now I'm just a burden to my children. We weren't familiar with each other before, so please don't mind."
The elderly need care in daily life, and they also hope that their hobbies will be appreciated and their concerns listened to. He Guanchen gradually drew closer to Zou Jitao's heart.
Not long ago, the elderly care home invited the county poetry association to visit, and Zou Jitao wrote the lines: "One year in the home has warmed my heart, my mind has returned to youth by decades." "I don't have much talent—I was just speaking out of emotion, writing about my personal experience," the elderly man said.
Another elderly resident of the home, He Dinggong, has become fascinated with short videos. Once, he approached He Guanchen and said he wanted to use Douyin. Xiao He helped him register an account and taught him how to adjust equipment and edit images. The elderly man learned slowly but was very earnest—when he was not filming, he was taking notes in the lounge. Today, his account documenting daily life has attracted more than 10,000 followers.
Accompanying the elderly in writing poems and making videos gives young people's talents a place to be put to use. Stepping onto the stage, writing poems, and sharing their lives also gives the elderly things they enjoy doing and are willing to do.
To make the lives of the elderly full of interest and zest, the foundation of daily care must also be solidly built. Zhang Hui, born in the 1990s, wanted to apply for the position of full-time caregiver. She participated in training organized by the county and obtained a certificate. She said that turning the elderly over, patting their backs, and clearing their phlegm all require technique—relying on experience alone is far from sufficient. He Guanchen also participated in safety training organized by the county and obtained a fire facility operator certificate.
Villages need young people like this. Data provided by the local government shows that Nanwangang Village has a permanent population of 865, of whom 606 are aged 60 and above. The entire county already has 47 elderly care institutions, 3,212 beds, and 68 meal assistance points in urban and rural areas. "As county-level elderly care moves from 'having it' to 'having it good,' the shortcoming of insufficient supply of professional talent is becoming increasingly prominent. We encourage young people to take root in grassroots elderly care posts and contribute their youthful talents," says Chen Chen, director of the Guangshan County Civil Affairs Bureau.
The outline of the 15th Five-Year Plan proposes "improving the three-tier elderly care service network at the county, township, and village levels." Extending the service network to villages requires more people with professional skills to implement services concretely. From responding to daily living needs to enriching spiritual and cultural life, the expectations of the elderly provide a broad arena for young people returning to their hometowns to put their talents to use.
"Youth and elderly care are not far apart. Young people will also grow old, and someone has to do elderly care," He Guanchen says. The liveliness of flower-drum opera, the comfort found in poems, and the fresh stories in short videos are precisely the daily life he has stayed in his hometown to protect.
Return to TopBy: 刘厚莲
Over the past two years, while conducting research on elderly care services in Xiong'an New Area in Hebei, Tongzhou in Beijing, and Suzhou in Jiangsu, I have from time to time seen the figures of those born in the 1990s and 2000s. At a township nursing home in Xiong'an, a young man born in the 1990s was helping an elderly person with physical exercises, teasing the senior as he worked: "Your arm has more strength than last week—keep practicing and you could even arm-wrestle!" At a community day-care center in Suzhou, a nutritionist born in the 1990s shared the tricks of elderly meals: "Less oil and salt, but it can't be bland; soft and easy to chew, but it also has to look good." Young faces have brought a more youthful spirit to elderly care services.
Elderly care services bear on the well-being of people's livelihoods and also provide a broad stage for young people to display their talents. By the end of 2025, China's population aged 60 and above stood at approximately 323 million. The multi-level and diversified service needs of the elderly place higher demands on the professional competence of practitioners. From daily care to rehabilitation nursing, from capability assessment to age-friendly renovation, more and more positions require professional talent, which also allows young people to see new possibilities for career development.
When young people enter the elderly care industry, they bring not only vitality but also knowledge and methods. How to balance nutrition and taste in a single meal, and how to adapt an exercise routine to an elderly person's physical condition—both require applying what one has learned to the finer details. In Beijing, a care manager born in the 2000s told me that they were thinking of filming the elderly residents' daily exercises as short videos so that family members could also see them, saying, "The seniors gain a sense of accomplishment, and the family members feel reassured." By integrating professional knowledge into daily care and applying new technologies where the elderly need them, young people can make a meaningful contribution (有所作为, you suo wei zuo - "have, some, achieve, act") in seemingly ordinary work.
The process of serving the elderly is also a process of growth for young people. Young people teach seniors to use smartphones, while seniors tell young people stories of the past and pass on their skills—the two generations enhance mutual understanding through exchange. Faced with different physical conditions and living habits, practitioners need to listen patiently, observe carefully, and learn to consider issues from the perspective of the elderly. Solving a problem in daily life and winning a measure of sincere trust can bring a sense of professional accomplishment and also make young people better understand responsibility and respect. Personal growth and society's needs are thus interconnected through concrete service.
However, having space to display one's talents must be accompanied by conditions that allow one to work with peace of mind. In Xiong'an, that young man born in the 1990s frankly admitted: "This line of work gives me a real sense of accomplishment, but my classmates' first reaction is, how did you end up waiting on people?" This speaks to the predicament faced by some practitioners. Relatively low pay, limited career advancement channels, and insufficient social recognition remain hurdles that must be cleared to attract young people to devote themselves to elderly care services.
To keep young people in the field and enable them to do well, it is necessary to attach importance both to their current compensation and to their long-term growth. Promote the linkage between vocational skill levels and salary distribution, so that improvements in skills are reflected in income growth; improve the talent evaluation mechanism and smooth the channels for career development, so that frontline practitioners can see a clear future. At the same time, promote stronger cooperation between colleges and elderly care service institutions, linking classroom teaching with on-the-job practice, and providing opportunities for continuous learning and skill enhancement. Only when effort is rewarded and growth has a pathway can the enthusiasm felt upon entering the profession be transformed into the motivation to take root for the long term.
The attractiveness of a profession also comes from society's understanding and respect. Through skills competitions, job experience activities, and the like, more people can come to understand the knowledge content and labor value of professional care; when telling the stories of outstanding practitioners, one should present not only their love and patience but also their professional competence. Making the value of this work visible to more people helps young people firm up their career choices and gain the respect they deserve in ordinary posts.
Elderly care concerns the present of the elderly and also the future of young people. When more young people are willing to devote themselves to the field and able to take root, growing their abilities through professional practice and realizing their value in serving the elderly, youth can shine in this warm and concrete undertaking.
(The author is a researcher at the China Population and Development Research Center)
Return to TopBy: 李凤雷
My hometown is Xincheng Village, Xiaotang Township, Jianping County, Liaoning Province. In earlier years, I left my hometown to work in Shenyang. Once, I heard a fellow worker say that buying two large scallions cost 5 yuan, and I began to calculate in my mind: "In my hometown, the cost of two scallions is only a few mao, yet in the city they can be sold at this price. Could returning to my hometown to grow vegetables blaze a path forward?" This thought made me more and more excited the more I considered it. After repeatedly doing the math, I resigned from my job and returned to my hometown.
Giving up a job in the city and insisting on returning to the village to farm — my family found this very hard to understand. But I was set on this direction and was determined to turn my plan into reality. Land rent in the village was cheap, so I rented more of it. Not understanding cultivation techniques, I learned bit by bit. I raised more than 800,000 yuan, built 15 greenhouses to grow tomatoes, and turned a profit of more than 300,000 yuan that very year. This gave me even more confidence in my choice.
Seeing that the greenhouses were profitable, fellow villagers followed suit one after another, and I also taught everyone the cultivation techniques and management methods I had mastered. The village's greenhouse cultivation area quickly expanded by more than 800 mu, and the variety of crops also increased, including zucchini, cucumbers, green beans, and others.
But as the scale grew, problems such as sales and pricing also arrived in quick succession (接踵而来, jie feng er lai - "follow, one after another, arrive"). Relying solely on each household managing on its own, it was hard to make the industry stable; we had to organize everyone together. I took the lead in establishing a fruit and vegetable planting professional cooperative, unifying seed selection, guiding techniques, controlling quality, and organizing transport and sales. The greenhouse industry developed steadily, and fellow villagers affectionately called me the "greenhouse scholar." Being able to use what I had learned to help everyone solve problems gave me a strong sense of accomplishment.
In 2019, I became secretary of the village Party general branch. The trust of my fellow villagers made me feel the burden on my shoulders grow heavier. How to give full play to the role of the village Party organization, make industrial development more stable, and make the lives of fellow villagers better became something I constantly pondered.
Over these years, together with the village's two committee teams, I have strengthened the building of the Party member contingent, and through the "Party branch + cooperative + farmers" model, we have driven Party members and the masses to achieve common prosperity. Today, the village has built more than 600 heated greenhouses and more than 100 cold sheds, greenhouse households have seen average annual income increases of 15,000 yuan, and the village collective's annual income has exceeded 500,000 yuan. With fellow villagers' incomes increased, the village also has more confidence in getting things done.
To let fellow villagers live good lives, the village's living environment also has to keep pace. We built a cultural activity square, installed solar streetlights, planted shrubs and flowers, and constructed a leisure corridor, making it more convenient for everyone to get around and giving them a place for leisure. One practical matter after another was accomplished, the village underwent changes, and I came to understand even more that the expectations of fellow villagers rest precisely on these concrete things.
From returning to my hometown to grow greenhouse crops, to leading fellow villagers to work together, I have increasingly come to appreciate that a good life is growing and thriving. As long as the land beneath our feet yields a bit more harvest, and fellow villagers' days hold a bit more hope, then the hardship we put in is worthwhile.
(The author is secretary of the Party general branch and director of the villagers' committee of Xincheng Village, Xiaotang Township, Jianping County, Liaoning Province; compiled and arranged by Wu Chuqi, People's Daily reporter)
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Across the vast wilderness, rivers and streams crisscross the terrain. Looking out, the Riganqiao Wetland stretching across northwestern Sichuan appears boundless and majestic, its magnificent scenery leaving visitors reluctant to depart.
This is the same wetland. In 1935, the Red Army set foot on this land, leaving behind a page of hardship and tragedy. In those years, among those who witnessed history was the predecessor unit of the "Red First Company" of a brigade under the 83rd Group Army.
Not long ago, Wu Shuai, the 54th political instructor of the "Red First Company," traveled thousands of miles to trace his roots and once again set foot on this land. "Without seeing it with my own eyes, it is hard to imagine how much hardship our forebears endured more than 90 years ago to cross this deadly swamp." Wu Shuai sighed with emotion.
The "Red First Company" has a glorious history. It emerged from the flames of the Autumn Harvest Uprising, and during the "Sanwan Reorganization" it established the army's first company-level Party branch, pioneering the practice of "building the Party branch on the company level," earning it the reputation as "the place where the soul of the military originated."
What sustains a unit in moving forward undeterred (一往无前, yi wang wu qian - "one, go; no, front") toward victory? Driven by a desire to enter the spiritual world of the revolutionary forebears, Wu Shuai embarked on a root-seeking journey to "retrace the Long March."
"'The Red Mess Tin' holds not just a meal of coarse grain, but also the sincere loyalty of working together with one heart and mind (上下同心, shang xia tong xin - "up, down; together, heart")"
For the first stop of his root-seeking journey, Wu Shuai came to Huili, Sichuan.
"When the Red Army arrives, the poor rejoice..." In a farmhouse courtyard in Tiechang Village, Huili, Chen Haiqing, an elderly man in his eighties, sang a folk song passed down through generations.
"They were good people. Though they suffered great hardship, they never took anything from the common folk." Chen Haiqing said with deep emotion that when the Red Army passed through back then, they did not disturb the people or encroach on their interests, and in their spare time helped the masses carry water, chop firewood, sweep courtyards, and tend the fields, truly keeping the poor common people in their hearts.
Hearing this, Wu Shuai's eyes lit up.
Huili holds special significance in the history of the "Red First Company." Sitting in the courtyard, Wu Shuai recounted the story of the company's heirloom, the "Red Mess Tin"—
In May 1935, the "Red First Company" followed the troops to rest and regroup in Huili. Comrade Mao Zedong, having learned that the "Red First Company," which had established the first company-level Party branch, was stationed nearby, came to the company to visit the officers and soldiers. At mealtime, the mess squad leader used a captured red enamel plate to serve a plate of boiled pumpkin.
Seeing that the soldiers were stable in their thinking and high in fighting spirit, Comrade Mao Zedong said that the mess plate was red and had been seized from the enemy, which was very good. You must, under the leadership of the Party branch, carry the revolution through to the end.
These words greatly inspired the company's officers and soldiers. From that time on, the "Red Mess Tin" accompanied the "Red First Company" in fighting in many battles across the country (南征北战, nan zheng bei zhan - "south, expedition; north, battle").
"This 'Red Mess Tin' bore witness to the stirring years when officers and soldiers held 'revolutionary ideals higher than the sky.' From it was nurtured the company spirit of 'obeying the Party's command, unity between officers and soldiers, and making hard struggles and working with perseverance (艰苦奋斗, jian ku fen dou - "hard, bitter; struggle, strive"),' inspiring generation after generation of 'Red First Company' officers and soldiers to press forward courageously." Wu Shuai said with deep feeling.
Later, the company entered the grasslands with the main force of the corps, suffering more than half of its non-combat casualties. Back then, the Red Army faced four difficulties in crossing the grasslands: difficulty in traveling—in shallow places the water reached the knees, in deep places it went over the head; difficulty in eating—when the dry rations ran out, they could only eat grass roots and tree bark; difficulty in keeping warm—the grassland weather changed three times in a single day; difficulty in camping—when sleeping, several people had to lean back-to-back to increase the surface area so as not to sink down.
Facing the harsh and adverse natural environment, the officers and soldiers of the "Red First Company," relying on firm ideals and convictions and an unyielding will, time and again broke through dangerous passes and defeated powerful enemies.
At that time, the company had an unwritten rule: during marches, Party members and cadres walked at the very front; when rations ran out, Party members and cadres were the first to taste unfamiliar wild grass; at night, Party members and cadres took turns standing night watch. Party members and cadres took the lead in everything, a tradition that has been passed down to this day.
Listening to these stories, Chen Haiqing excitedly grasped Wu Shuai's hand: "You must not forget your roots. You must forever listen to the Party and follow the Party."
These few brief words struck straight at the heart. Wu Shuai said: "Even an old man understands this principle. As inheritors of the Red Army company, we must be even more resolute in our loyalty to the Party and unwavering in our commitment."
More than 90 years have passed. The "Red Mess Tin" has been battered and scarred through long journeys, but the spirit it carries will never fade.
"Standing on the soil of Huili, with the wind blowing through the streets and alleys, I seem to see that little 'Red Mess Tin' holding not just a meal of coarse grain, but also the sincere loyalty of working together with one heart and mind, and the faith of holding fast to one's original aspiration even in desperate straits." Wu Shuai said.
Not long ago, the company held a story-sharing session on "The Long March Spirit in My Heart," using soldiers' own words to tell the stories of how the company's officers and soldiers carry forward fine traditions.
On the platform, the sharing by soldier Liu Yang resonated with the officers and soldiers—during field training, with many tasks and heavy responsibilities, the company's Party members and cadres took the lead on the front line, vying to do the dirtiest and heaviest work, and everyone fought side by side, completing the training ground renovation ahead of schedule. "Party members taking the lead and working together with one heart and mind is a vivid embodiment of the great Long March spirit." Liu Yang said.
Today, the "Red Mess Tin" has long been replaced by individual serving trays, and the red rice and pumpkin soup on the dining table have become five dishes and a soup, but the education in the work style of unity between officers and soldiers and sharing hardships has never been interrupted. The first meal for new recruits upon joining the company is always red rice and pumpkin soup; every time a major mission is undertaken, the story of the "Red Mess Tin" is used for mobilization.
"The best way to carry forward tradition is to let it reach the officers and soldiers and be put into practice." Wu Shuai explained that the company carries forward its fine traditions, guiding officers and soldiers to strengthen their faith and convictions, and under the leadership of the Party branch, to make hard struggles and work with perseverance and press forward bravely (勇往直前, yong wang zhi qian - "brave, go; towards, front").
"Having come to a heroic company, the heroic deeds in the textbooks now echo with greater immediacy"
Spanning the long river of history, the torch is passed down in an unbroken line. The stories of the revolutionary forebears have always nourished the officers and soldiers of the "Red First Company," and the company spirit has gradually merged into the blood of generation after generation of its soldiers.
Dai Zhifei, a college-graduate recruit, when he first arrived at the historically rich "Red First Company," secretly resolved: if I am to do this, I must make a name for myself, and I must never let down the cultivation of the Party organization.
Relying on the foundation he had built before, Dai Zhifei was fortunate to receive the opportunity for selection for promotion of college-graduate soldiers to officer. His comrades around him all thought he would come out on top, but the first preliminary examination poured cold water on him. The pressure of selection and the expectations of his comrades—these "burdens" weighed on him so heavily he could hardly breathe.
"Can I really do this?" During that period, Dai Zhifei fell into self-doubt and became taciturn. Wu Shuai saw through his state of mind and, taking the opportunity of a heart-to-heart talk, brought him to the company history museum.
"This is a jar of soil I brought back from the Riganqiao Wetland. More than 90 years ago, the Red Army predecessors pulled up grass roots to eat in this very soil." Wu Shuai did not lecture, but instead recounted in a measured tone what he had seen and heard on his root-seeking journey. "Facing difficulties and dangers, the Red Army soldiers, relying on their tenacious will, crossed snow mountains and grasslands, and by sheer determination carved out a bright road."
"When I was in school, the stories of the Long March were already very familiar through constant hearing (耳熟能详, er shu neng xiang - "ear, familiar; can, know"). Now, having come to a heroic company, the heroic deeds in the textbooks echo with greater immediacy. Our forebears braved danger on a long expedition back then, and we too must continue to walk today's Long March well." The instructor's words, like a beam of light, illuminated Dai Zhifei's heart.
Dai Zhifei pulled himself together. He shed his mental burdens and prepared solidly, step by step. This June, he realized his dream of entering military academy with the outstanding result of first place in the entire brigade. On the night before reporting to the academy, Dai Zhifei returned to the company history museum and solemnly saluted the "Red Mess Tin" that carries the company's historical imprint: "No matter where I go, the 'Red Mess Tin' will forever be the source of my strength to move forward."
The radiance of faith illuminates the journey of officers and soldiers striving forward. Inspired by the company spirit, Xu Silin's growth story is equally moving.
In July of last year, the company was equipped with new-type equipment, and all officers and soldiers were greatly inspired—except Staff Sergeant Xu Silin, who furrowed his brow. The new equipment had a high degree of information integration, and its operating principles, operating system, and mechanical structure were completely different from the old equipment, making it especially difficult for him to learn.
The forebears, trapped in desperate situations, relied on eating grass roots and drinking muddy water to walk out of the vast grasslands; now, faced with this small difficulty, was he going to stop in his tracks? Xu Silin secretly resolved that he must crack this hard nut.
During that period, Xu Silin spent his days in the training ground practicing operations repeatedly, and his nights working until one or two in the morning studying equipment principles, until his fingers developed a thick layer of calluses. Today, Xu Silin has mastered the training methods and tactics of the new equipment with proficiency, and has repeatedly taken first place in new equipment operation competitions.
Xu Silin said: "The strength to move forward comes from the nourishment of tradition. Soldiers of the 'Red First Company' always put the 'red' character first at all times, forever being Red Army inheritors of the new era."
For the officers and soldiers of the "Red First Company," red is the underlying color of loyalty and victory, and also the true color of making hard struggles and working with perseverance.
Behind the dormitory building of the "Red First Company," there is a "savings box" nailed together from scrap wood, where soldiers often place leftover waste materials.
At the brigade's repair shop, there is also an "electronic savings box." Before the brigade sealed and stored old equipment, it centrally established a database of common spare parts, enabling precise retrieval and effectively saving funds.
"Indeed, conditions in all aspects of the military are getting better and better now." The brigade's financial assistant said, "Good days are not meant to be squandered. Holding onto a 'thick family foundation,' we must be all the more willing to live 'frugal days.'"
The company regularly carries out activities of "making hard struggles and working with perseverance, and making contributions in one's post." Master Sergeant Miao Hui, through repeated research, developed a "night shooting target display system" and a "laser simulation sighting correction method," which improved the excellence rate of night shooting and greatly reduced training costs.
In April of last year, Zhang Weiwei, Party branch secretary of Sanwan Village, Yongxin County, Jiangxi, was invited to the military camp and ate the "Red Army meal" together with the officers and soldiers. He said with deep emotion: "Still the same taste, still the same people!"
"There are still more difficulties ahead waiting for us to overcome; we must keep moving forward"
The spiritual torch is passed down, endless and continuous (生生不息, sheng sheng bu xi - "life, life; not, cease").
On the new journey of the new era, the officers and soldiers of the "Red First Company" are accelerating the transformation of military training, honing their ability to dare to fight and be sure to win, and writing new chapters of victory for this heroic unit.
Not long ago, a live-force tactical exercise was launched in the hinterland of the Wei River basin. With war vehicles roaring and dust and smoke billowing, the company swiftly occupied a defensive position in depth according to the planned scheme, preparing to launch the next round of attack. At that moment, the higher command suddenly issued a battle order: within half an hour, circle around from the flank of the high ground to form an encirclement against the Blue Force.
By this time, the company had already been fighting continuously for four hours, and to make a fully armed forced march of 5 kilometers within half an hour was undoubtedly a severe test. "When there is difficulty, there is the First Company; before the First Company, there is no difficulty!" Company Commander Li Yanfei made an immediate decision and led all Party members to form an assault team and set out at once.
The mountain roads were rugged, with brambles intertwined and tangled. Li Yanfei took the lead in clearing the way, paying no heed to the stinging pain of his skin being scratched. In the dense forest, the formation moved swiftly like a camouflaged dragon, infiltrating behind enemy lines within the allotted time and successfully completing the mission.
"Daring to fight, daring to press on, agile and flexible—the soldiers of the First Company are truly outstanding!" The exercise evaluators could not help but give a thumbs up.
In the "Red First Company," the officers and soldiers share a common trait: no matter when, as long as a mission is mentioned, everyone's eyes light up and they are full of drive.
"Build toward the First Company as the benchmark, train in comparison with the First Company." This August, the entire brigade launched a mass military skills competition, and the "Red First Company" became the target everyone was chasing and striving to surpass. Facing the test, the officers and soldiers of the First Company showed not the slightest slack, with only one thought in their minds: we can only win, we cannot lose!
Before the competition, Li Yanfei took out the "Hundred Battles, Hundred Victories" battle flag and took the lead in taking the oath: "On the Long March we bravely served as the vanguard; now that the challenge is upon us, we will likewise strive for first place."
When the competition began, the 400-meter obstacle race was extremely intense. Soldier Nan Chunzhen accidentally fell, his knee hitting the ground hard, and a piercing pain shot through him instantly.
"I absolutely cannot disgrace the company—even if I fall, I must fall on the finish line!" He gritted his teeth and struggled to his feet, chasing desperately despite the severe pain, and ultimately overtook his opponent to win the race.
In that competition, the "Red First Company" courageously won six first places and broke two records. Relying on this spirit of striving for first place, over the years the company has successfully completed multiple major training and exercise missions.
From the fearless bravery of the Long March era to the transformation vanguard of the new era, in the eyes of the officers and soldiers of the "Red First Company," "being able to win battles" is the most resounding answer to loyalty to the Party.
Not long ago, the company went to a training ground in northern Henan to participate in a vehicle crew competition. Everyone knew well that, starting from the same line, this competition was a comprehensive test of the combat capability generation of the new equipment.
"If we compete, we must take first place!" In order to master coordination in the shortest possible time, everyone stayed in the training ground all day, spending three to four hours at a stretch in the sealed vehicle compartments. Their camouflage uniforms were soaked and dried, dried and soaked again, with a white layer of salt crystals forming on their backs; when their fingers were worn raw, they wrapped them in tape and kept training.
On the day of the competition, a sudden sandstorm hit the venue, visibility dropped sharply, and many vehicle crews "failed" as a result. Relying on excellent coordination, the vehicle commander remained calm in the face of danger (临危不乱, lin wei bu luan - "approach, danger; not, chaotic") and handled the emergency flexibly, the driver steadily controlled the speed through the bumpy sections, and the gunner rapidly acquired the target and decisively fired, ultimately taking first place by an overwhelming margin.
"Winning the competition is only the first step of a Long March of ten thousand miles. There are still more difficulties ahead waiting for us to overcome; we must keep moving forward." Li Yanfei said with emotion.
Relocating across a thousand miles, the company's officers and soldiers moved in unison without a word of complaint, packing their bags and setting off; in disaster relief, Party members and backbone cadres were the first to volunteer for battle, their figures always standing firm at the front line of danger; in equipment replacement and transformation, the company took the initiative to undertake pilot missions, with officers and soldiers unafraid of difficulty, fighting day and night, charging at the very forefront of combat capability building...
The officers and soldiers of the "Red First Company" carry the "Red Mess Tin" on their backs and in their hearts, always bravely serving as the vanguard, daring to shoulder heavy responsibilities and take the lead in attacks, time and again successfully completing their missions.
In the company history museum of the "Red First Company," there is a "Glorious History Register of the Company" that has been recorded since 1951.
Due to the passage of time, some of the handwriting has become blurred, but this sentence in the register remains strikingly clear—
"This 'Red Mess Tin,' through long periods of combat and marching, has had its enamel worn away, and the bottom has worn through with a hole, but its color is still red."
(Ma Yongsheng and Xu Zhen contributed to the reporting)
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In the golden autumn season, the third "Retracing the Long March" activity for young people of the new era was launched in Zunyi, Guizhou.
Stepping up layers of stone steps and passing through mountains and forests, more than a hundred youth representatives followed the trail of the Red Army's march and ascended the site of the Battle of Loushan Pass. The bold lines "The strong pass is like iron, yet today we cross it anew from the start" echoed and stirred in their hearts.
Looking across the country, more and more young people are actively seeking out the trail of the Red Army's Long March, drawing spiritual strength from on-site visits. They set foot on the land where their predecessors once fought, listen to the heartfelt accounts of the Red Army's descendants, and use digital technology to recreate historical scenes...
Looking back on the Long March road, how will young people set out anew?
Setting out anew means anchoring ideals and advancing with firm resolve.
More than 90 years ago, the average age of the Red Army soldiers who took part in the Long March was only around 20. This incredibly young contingent crossed nearly a hundred rivers and scaled more than 40 high mountains and perilous peaks, blazing a path that determined the fate of the Chinese nation.
More than 90 years later, before the young people of the new era lie new "Loushan Passes" and "Lazikou." Facing disappointments in life and difficulties at work, one sometimes cannot help but feel lost: with the road ahead unknown, how does one make a choice? When hope is not yet in sight, should one still persevere? Looking back at those years, that group of young people, facing unimaginably arduous trials, set an example for us — realizing a lofty ideal requires a tenacity of "biting firmly into the green mountain and never letting go."
Retracing the Long March is precisely about understanding, step by step, how they held fast in desperate straits and how, guided by faith, they broke through one difficulty after another. "Revolutionary ideals are higher than heaven" is not empty rhetoric, but an answer written with fervor and perseverance.
Setting out anew is a value choice of moving from the "small self" to the "greater self."
On the Long March road, the Red Army officers and soldiers and the people were facing the same storms and hardships together (风雨同舟, feng yu tong zhou - "wind, rain, same, boat") and sharing the same fate of life and death (生死与共, sheng si yu gong - "life, death, with, share"); the "half quilt" reflected deep affection for the people, and the "one silver dollar" demonstrated discipline and conduct. The history of the Red Army's Long March is a history of the deep bond between the army and the people, as close as fish and water.
Today, the value foundation of putting the people first is being carried forward in new ways. College graduate Yang Ning gave up her job in the city after graduation and returned to the Miao village deep in the mountains. To help her fellow villagers shake off poverty, she tried and erred time and again, paid out of her own pocket, and led the villagers in developing distinctive industries. Rooted in her hometown for over a decade, she enabled the once-impoverished village to successfully "remove its poverty label," fulfilling her promise to "let the villagers live good lives."
Among the young people of the new era, such choices are not isolated cases. Some of them hold fast to the front line of mine rescue, always ready to rush against the flow in times of crisis; some are rooted deep in the mountains teaching, walking mountain roads every week to give make-up lessons to sick students; still others stand guard at border posts, spending years with wind and snow and keeping watch alongside boundary markers. Their choices may not be earth-shattering, but they are equally worthy of praise.
Setting out anew is the practical responsibility of carrying on the struggle.
People often say: "Is it bitter? Think of the Long March's 25,000 li; is it tiring? Think of the revolutionary elders." On the 25,000-li journey, the Red Army officers and soldiers time and again overcame many difficulties and obstacles (斩关夺隘, zhan guan duo ai - "cut, pass, seize, obstacle") and tackled tough problems and overcoming difficulties (攻坚克难, gong jian ke nan - "attack, key, overcome, difficulty"), inspiring the young people of the new era to temper their resilience in undertaking work and starting businesses, and to be unyielding in the face of repeated setbacks (百折不挠, bai zhe bu nao - "hundred, bend, not, yield") and rise to challenges when confronting them. Young aerospace engineer Wei Linke likens the development of China's aerospace industry to another long expedition: "Facing this Long March full of challenges, our generation must strive to strengthen ourselves."
On the new Long March road, countless "you" and "I" walk side by side. This is a relay race across time and space, and it is also the responsibility of the young generation. In rural fields, laboratories, training grounds... in the broader expanse of the world, the Long March road extends beneath the feet of every young person.
When the youth move forward, so does the era.
Return to TopBy: 李龙伊 王 栋
The Xiang River in northern Guangxi—a tragic landmark on the Long March. The river surges onward, like the echoing cries of the Red Army heroes of those years.
On Mihua Mountain in Quanzhou County, Guangxi, a Red Army martyrs' tomb stands in quiet solitude. Jiang Shilin, 82 years old, takes up a paintbrush, dips it in red lacquer, and carefully traces the five characters "Red Army Martyrs' Tomb" on the stele and the five-pointed star atop the tomb, stroke by stroke.
There are no names on the stele, no places of origin—beneath it lie seven unnamed Red Army martyrs. For these seven Red Army martyrs, Jiang Shilin's family has maintained a guardianship passed down through several generations. A simple vigil spanning more than ninety years continues quietly on this red soil.
In late 1934, the Battle of Jiaoshanpu, part of the Xiang River Campaign, began. To cover the main force of the Central Red Army in crossing the Xiang River, Red Army soldiers fought day and night at Jiaoshanpu against an enemy several times their number. Mihua Mountain was an important position in this blocking action.
When the smoke of battle cleared, Jiang Shilin's grandfather discovered the bodies of seven Red Army soldiers. The Jiang family quietly buried the martyrs on the spot. Before he died, the grandfather took his family by the hand and left these words: the Red Army made so many sacrifices for the common people—you must protect this Red Army tomb for generations to come.
A single instruction became a duty that the Jiang family has upheld generation after generation. From following his elders as a bewildered child, to shouldering the responsibility alone in his prime, to bringing his grandchildren up the mountain to carry on the task, consistent effort over many decades (数十年如一日, shu shi nian ru yi ri - "tens of years, like, one day"), Jiang Shilin has never once ceased his guardianship of the martyrs' tomb.
Mayuan Baba (fried glutinous rice balls) is an indispensable food for the people of Quanzhou on important occasions. This year, before sweeping the martyrs' tomb, Jiang Shilin decided to entrust the task of making Mayuan Baba for the martyrs to his young granddaughter.
The old man taught as he demonstrated: "When small bubbles rise in the pot, you can put them in." The oil sizzles and churns, the Mayuan Baba gradually take shape, and their fragrance fills the air. In this small food lies a sincere original aspiration passed down from generation to generation.
Grandfather and granddaughter each carried a bamboo basket and supported each other up the mountain. The granddaughter carefully placed the Mayuan Baba as an offering, soldiers stood in formation and saluted, listening to Jiang Shilin tell the stories of the Red Army's battles in those years. They swept the cemetery, pulled weeds, and mounded up earth, tracing the red on the tombstone to restore its color.
Today, the Red Army martyrs' tomb has become an important local site for red education. Students from all over the country come to retrace the Long March route, and Jiang Shilin has become a volunteer docent. More than ninety years of family devotion and the tragic history of the Xiang River Campaign are deeply engraved in his heart.
Speaking in a clear and engaging manner (娓娓道来, wei wei dao lai - "softly, softly, speak out"), his accounts always move those who listen. "Sometimes I receive four groups in a single day," Jiang Shilin said. "They come from all over the country—the heroes' stories are spreading."
Across the land of northern Guangxi, the bones of the loyal are buried everywhere. Looking across Guilin as a whole, since 2019, sixteen memorial facilities for the Xiang River Campaign martyrs have been incorporated into the Guangxi section of the Long March National Cultural Park construction plan. From Guanyang to Quanzhou in Guilin, and on to Xing'an, Ziyuan, and Longsheng, every memorial facility along this artery of heroism tells that immortal legend in its own way. An unnamed Red Army tomb, together with all the memorial facilities on this hot soil, has carried history to the present day—and will carry it on to the more distant future.
The Xiang River surges on; the hills stand silent. "The heroes must be remembered by more people," Jiang Shilin said.
Return to TopToday, across the land of Guizhou, factory production lines run at high speed, data centers' lights never go out, village sports arenas are a scene of great excitement and noise (人声鼎沸, ren sheng ding fei - "people, voices, loudly, boiling"), and high bridges span chasms turning impassable barriers into thoroughfares... Scene after scene of endeavor composes the magnificent picture of Guizhou, united in heart and strength, walking the new Long March well and writing with vigorous strokes a new answer sheet for high-quality development.
Guizhou persists in focusing on the "Four New" initiatives and tackling the "Four Modernizations" as its main tasks, guarding the two bottom lines of development and ecology, using the cultivation of new quality productive forces as its starting point to drive industrial transformation, digital innovation, ecological value enhancement, and improvement of people's livelihoods, taking solid steps through concrete work and tangible results, and keeping the red hot land continuously radiating vigorous vitality.
Industrial transformation advances in depth — the support of the real economy grows ever more solid
Based on its resource endowments, Guizhou has always made great efforts to develop industry and focus on manufacturing, deeply implementing the "precise development of rich mineral resources," concentrating efforts on building six major industrial clusters, promoting the green renewal of traditional industries and the vigorous growth of emerging industries, with the industrial economy fully shouldering the "main beam" of high-quality development. From January to August 2026, the added value of industries above designated size across the province grew by 6.4% year-on-year, ranking among the forefront of the western region; among these, the added value of the province's six major industrial clusters above designated size grew by 5.8% year-on-year, the clustering and agglomeration effects of the industrial clusters continue to stand out, and new quality productive forces are rapidly taking shape and producing results on the main battlefield of industry.
The tangible results of transformation are reflected in the upgrading of production lines. Liupanshui City, long known as the "Coal Sea of the Southwest," has broken through from selling raw coal toward deep processing and diversified industries, and the old industrial city is radiating new vitality. At the junction of Weng'an County and Fuquan City in the Qiannan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, at the Chuanyandong phosphate mine — the largest single-site phosphate mine in Asia — mining trucks shuttle in an orderly manner, and nearly 4 million tons of phosphate rock produced annually are converted on-site into fine phosphate chemical materials and new energy materials. In the aluminum and aluminum processing industrial park in Bozhou District, Zunyi City, electrolytic aluminum liquid is delivered directly to downstream workshops through hot-supply pipelines, eliminating the remelting step while greatly reducing costs and energy consumption, with an annual output value of 17 billion yuan supporting half of the local industry above designated size, and "Guizhou aluminum" going from deep in the mountains to the global market.
While industry improves in quality, mountain-specific characteristic agriculture firmly consolidates the ballast stone of development. Relying on its unique climate and ecological advantages, Guizhou continues to strengthen its characteristic and advantageous industries, with the scale of the chili pepper, Rosa roxburghii, Gastrodia elata, and coix seed industries steadily ranking among the forefront nationally. From mountain planting and breeding to deep processing, from bulk external sales to brands gaining recognition, the efficient agricultural system of mountain-specific characteristics is continuously improving, laying a solid industrial foundation for comprehensive rural revitalization.
The digital economy rises with the momentum of the times — the advantage of green computing power grows ever more consolidated
In the data center machine rooms of the Gui'an New Area in the dead of night, brightly lit (灯火通明, deng huo tong ming - "lamp, fire, through, bright"), AI training and film rendering tasks from the eastern region run efficiently here. Relying on computing power infrastructure including the world's first 400G computing power channel, the national-level internet backbone direct connection point, and dedicated international internet data channels, Guizhou has built an ultra-low-latency computing power service circle of "3 milliseconds within the province, 10 milliseconds to the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and 20 milliseconds to the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and the Yangtze River Delta," directly connecting 42 key cities and achieving efficient cross-provincial computing power coordination.
Guizhou is accelerating the construction of a computing power guarantee base serving the whole country, promoting the implementation and tangible results of the "East Data, West Computing" national strategy, and the digital economy has become a growth pole for high-quality development. As of August 2026, the province has 50 key data centers under construction or in operation, with total computing power exceeding 176 EFLOPS, of which intelligent computing accounts for more than 98%, making it one of the regions in the country with the most concentrated domestically produced intelligent computing resources.
The digital "wave" surges into every link of Guizhou's industrial production. At the Guizhou Tire production base, an intelligent management and control system dispatches the entire production process, making it the first global "lighthouse factory" in the national tire industry. The "China Sky Eye" FAST continues to capture signals from the depths of the universe, and on Long March rockets, Shenzhou spacecraft, and domestically produced aircraft, "Made in Guizhou" components perform with precision, contributing to the nation's self-reliance and strength in science and technology. Leading enterprises such as Huawei Cloud and iFlytek have successively launched large model projects, forming a diversified service model of "East Data, West Computing," "East Data, West Training," and "East Data, West Rendering."
Cultural and tourism integration empowers deeply — tourism traffic becomes development increment
On the "Village Super League" football field in Rongjiang County, shouts interweave with the sound of Miao reed pipes, long lines form in front of the fragrant glutinous rice stalls and pickled fish stalls beside the field, homestays are fully booked half a month in advance, and the "Village Super League" has cumulatively attracted nearly 40 million tourist visits with comprehensive revenue exceeding 41.8 billion yuan. Under the basketball hoops of Taipan Village in Taijiang County, the heat of the "Village BA" blends with the charm of the Miao Sisters' Festival, and one ball game has made a village famous and activated a local economy. The service area of the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge, the "world's highest bridge," is crowded with tourists (游人如织, you ren ru zhi - "travelers, like, weaving"), and this summer, over 1 million visitors took in the magnificence of the high mountains and deep valleys here.
There is no need for deliberate hype; the mountains and fields have their own popularity. From the fervor of "village-branded" events to the fame of bridge wonders, from ethnic villages to red revolutionary sites, Guizhou's experience tourism, wellness tourism, and study tourism are developing in many different areas simultaneously (多点开花, duo dian kai hua - "many, points, bloom, flower"), with karst landscapes, ethnic culture, and red memories linked into a cohesive whole (串珠成链, chuan zhu cheng lian - "string, beads, become, chain"). Focusing on the three key elements of resources, tourists, and services, Guizhou continues to deepen innovation in the integration of culture, sports, and tourism, promoting the industrialization of tourism from "traffic gaining attention" to "retention adding value." In the first half of 2026, the province's tourist reception volume and total tourism spending grew by 7.6% and 8.2% year-on-year respectively, and the deep integration of culture, sports, and tourism is truly converting the scenery, culture, and vibrant life hidden in the mountains into development increments that enrich the people and prosper Guizhou.
Ecological value continues to be released — the foundation of green development grows ever more distinct
As an important ecological barrier for the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and the Pearl River, Guizhou has always held fast to the bottom line of development with lucid waters and lush mountains, developing through protection and protecting through development. The province's forest coverage rate remains stable at 63.3%, the number of world natural heritage sites ranks first in the country, more than 30 achievements in ecological civilization reform have been promoted nationwide, and many places have been recognized as national-level ecological civilization construction demonstration zones and "lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets" practical innovation bases.
Green transformation gives traditional industries new life. Guizhou Phosphorus Chemical Group has overcome the worldwide problem of phosphogypsum solid waste treatment, achieving high-value utilization of ten-million-ton-scale phosphogypsum; the once mountain-like piles of industrial waste residue have been transformed into new building materials and high-end filling materials, blazing a green chemical path of resource recycling and low-carbon, high-efficiency development. Relying on abundant clean energy resources, the province's share of green electricity continues to rise, providing stable green energy support for the computing power industry and advanced manufacturing, with ecological advantages, energy advantages, and industrial advantages deeply superimposed to build a green, low-carbon modern industrial system.
A good ecology "grows" good industries. Wild Rosa roxburghii from the mountains goes out to the wider world, plateau matcha is sold overseas, and strict ecological management and control along the Chishui River promotes the upgrading of the baijiu industry toward branding and the integration of liquor and tourism. "A good ecology produces good products, and good products sell at good prices" is becoming a vivid reality across the land of Guizhou.
People's wellbeing continues to deepen — the foundation of common prosperity grows ever more solid
Guizhou has always made people's wellbeing the ultimate goal of high-quality development, continuously investing substantial fiscal resources in people's livelihoods, solidly advancing livelihood projects such as employment and income growth, education quality improvement, medical upgrading, and urban-rural quality enhancement, so that the fruits of development benefit all ethnic groups across the province. In the first three quarters of 2026, the province's employment situation was stable and improving, urban and rural residents' incomes rose steadily, rural residents' income growth continued to outpace that of urban residents, and the urban-rural development gap continued to narrow.
The warmth of public services is reflected in the people's sense of gain. Educational resources continue to be optimized, with a large number of new basic education places added, and assistance from high-level universities outside the province for the disciplinary development of local universities is being deepened; national regional medical centers have successively been established in Guizhou, county-level medical sub-centers are being accelerated, and people no longer have to travel far for medical treatment. A new round of the "Three 1 Million" new-type urbanization improvement action is being solidly advanced, with the renovation of old residential communities and urban renewal continuously improving the living environment; in the assistance workshops of resettlement areas for relocated residents, relocated people are achieving employment at their doorsteps, and their sense of gain continues to grow.
The journey is long, and only through struggle can we press on. Striving forward into the 15th Five-Year Plan, Guizhou will maintain a posture of clinging firmly to its goals (咬定目标, yao ding mu biao - "bite, fixed, target") and moving forward courageously without hesitation (勇往直前, yong wang zhi qian - "brave, go, straight, forward"), effectively leverage its comparative advantages, unswervingly focus on the "Four New" initiatives and tackle the "Four Modernizations," accelerate the cultivation of new quality productive forces, continue to broaden the paths for converting ecological value, continuously consolidate the foundation for safeguarding people's livelihoods, and with the persistence of sustained, long-term effort, the practical work of seeking truth from facts and being pragmatic (求真务实, qiu zhen wu shi - "seek, truth, pragmatic, solid"), and the responsibility of showing great determination to make progress (锐意进取, rui yi jin qu - "sharp, intention, advance, strive"), walk the new Long March well with united hearts and strength, and write a new answer sheet for Guizhou's high-quality development.
Data source: Publicity Department of the CPC Guizhou Provincial Committee
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"When the Yellow River is tranquil, all under heaven is at peace." The Yellow River is the mother river of the Chinese nation, yet it was also once a river of tribulation due to its propensity for silting, breaching, and shifting course. Since the establishment of the Yellow River Water Conservancy Commission of Hebei, Shandong, and Henan in 1946, Yellow River governance has opened a new chapter. Over the past 80 years, under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, generations of Chinese people have used wisdom and sweat to protect the ecology, manage sediment, harness water and promote water conservancy, and pass on culture, making the Yellow River a river of happiness that benefits the people. The 80-year history of people's governance of the Yellow River and the river's new transformations have been faithfully rendered in brush by generations of fine artists, producing a magnificent visual epic.
The winding Yellow River carries ten thousand miles of sand. Regulating water and sediment is an important task in Yellow River governance, and water conservancy construction is the primary measure. The Sanmenxia Water Control Project, known as the "First Dam on the Ten-Thousand-Mile Yellow River," was the first large-scale water conservancy project built on the main stem of the Yellow River after the founding of New China, and it became a focal point of artistic creation from the very start of its construction. Among the earliest to visit Sanmenxia for investigation and devote themselves to creation was Xie Ruijie, who grew up by the Yellow River and witnessed every stage of the Sanmenxia construction. Among his many Yellow River paintings, the most influential is the Chinese painting Sanmenxia Geological Survey Project on the Yellow River, which, from a bird's-eye perspective, depicts the in full swing or high spirits (热火朝天, re huo chao tian - "hot, fire; rise, sky") survey scene as well as the natural scenery on both banks of Sanmenxia. Later, Wu Zuoren also visited Sanmenxia many times, using multiple paintings to represent Sanmenxia's "past" and "present." These two artists led the trend of the times, and a large number of artists such as Fu Baoshi, Li Hua, Li Xiongcai, and Song Wenzhi followed in their footsteps, creating a batch of fine works reflecting the construction of the Sanmenxia Water Control Project, interpreting the spirit of unremitting self-improvement (自强不息, zi qiang bu xi - "self, strengthen; not, cease") of the Chinese nation.
Following the Sanmenxia Water Control Project, numerous reservoirs and hydropower stations such as Sanshenggong, Qingtongxia, Liujiaxia, Longyangxia, Lijiaxia, and Xiaolangdi were built on the main stem and tributaries of the Yellow River, playing multiple roles in flood control, power generation, water supply, irrigation, and ecological improvement, becoming a beautiful landscape on the Yellow River and also providing rich inspiration for fine artists. For example, Guan Shanyue's Chinese painting Longyangxia starts from individual perception and, through the depiction of the natural precipitousness, reinforces the spirit of humanity's ability to conquer nature (人定胜天, ren ding sheng tian - "man, determine; overcome; heaven"). Fan Di'an's oil painting Lijiaxia Reservoir juxtaposes the clear, calm surface of the reservoir area with the surging waves or turbulent waters (浪涛汹涌, lang tao xiong yong - "wave, surge; violent, surging") of the discharge scene, creating a dramatic visual contrast, and in the interplay of stillness and motion evokes the artistic conception of "a calm lake emerging from high gorges." Yu Huijian's oil painting Peaceful Waters Under Heaven — Xiaolangdi uses a grand composition to take in Xiaolangdi and the surrounding mountains, rivers, roads, farmland, and dwellings; the hydropower station is inconspicuous in the picture, but it is precisely its presence that makes the mountains and rivers bright and charming. These works differ greatly in style, yet all integrate natural mountains and rivers with water conservancy projects, allowing viewers to appreciate the symbiotic relationship of "nature—society—ecology."
From source-area governance to levee reinforcement, Yellow River governance depends on the efforts of every individual. In their observation of reality, fine artists carry out spiritual and cultural construction by focusing on the power of people. Zhou Zongkai's oil painting Ode to the Source of the Three Rivers and the Chinese painting Green Attire co-created by Niu Kecheng, Li Yuelin, and Li Leran respectively strengthen the sense of mission in Yellow River governance from the perspectives of consolidating the "Chinese water tower" and preventing wind erosion and fixing sand. Lu Zhiqiang's Chinese painting A Family Devoted to Yellow River Governance uses group portraiture to construct a family-and-nation narrative of "harnessing water to bring peace to the people."
Over eighty years of steadfast dedication, the Yellow River ecology has continued to improve, and the river's tranquility has become a reality. The peaceful and serene Yellow River has increasingly appeared in painters' works. Pan Ying's Chinese painting Source of the Great River depicts the source of the Yellow River. In the picture, the winding and meandering (九曲回环, jiu qu hui huan - "nine, bends; turn, loop") Yellow River, like a ribbon of light, meanders forward from the foot of snow-capped mountains, glittering brightly. The Chinese painting Coming from Heaven by Jiang Baolin and Jiang Man uses colorful Danxia landforms to set off the clarity and purity of the Yellow River's waters. The once extremely powerful or overwhelming (雷霆万钧, lei ting wan jun - "thunder, lightning; ten thousand, weight") Yellow River water now presents a calm and gentle aspect in painters' works. This is not only a true portrayal of today's Yellow River, but also the artists' recognition and presentation of the river's great transformation.
As the strategy for ecological protection and high-quality development of the Yellow River basin continues to deepen, the Yellow River today has become even more a river that benefits the people. In Liu Jian's Chinese painting Qikou, First Town on the Winding Yellow River, the Yellow River's waters are thin and misty, and the ancient town on the bank has regained its vitality. Oil painter Wang Keju's monumental work The Yellow River (partial view shown in the photo), created over 4 years and more than 40,000 kilometers of travel, follows the river's course, painting from the calm and meandering source of the Yellow River, through the fruits of labor or seasonal cycles (春华秋实, chun hua qiu shi - "spring, flower; autumn, fruit") of the Henan and Shandong plains, to the tranquil and profound moment when it flows into the sea, comprehensively and truthfully displaying the Yellow River's vastness and profundity and the richness and diversity of its two banks.
For the Chinese people, the significance of the Yellow River is especially unique. It is not only a natural river, but also a cultural river. Protecting, inheriting, and promoting Yellow River culture is an important part of the river's high-quality development. Since the last century, when fine artists used the roaring Yellow River waters to display the spiritual power contained within, Yellow River culture has continuously expanded in painting and ink. For example, Zhou Shaohua's Chinese painting Soul of the Yellow River uses the varying density, dryness, and wetness of ink to intensify visual tension, manifesting an uplifting national spirit. Xu Huijun's Chinese painting Surging and Unceasingly Moving (奔腾不息, ben teng bu xi - "gallop, surge; not, cease") expresses the indomitable and unyielding spirit (不屈不挠, bu qu bu nao - "not, bend; not, yield") of the nation through the depiction of the Yellow River's surging waves. Although these creations from different eras adopt different perspectives, they all express the creators' understanding of Yellow River culture and spirit.
"The Yellow River falls from heaven and flows east to the sea, ten thousand miles written into the breast." In the 80 years of people's governance of the Yellow River, major achievements have been made in its protection and governance. Generations of fine artists, with their brilliant painting and colors, have not only left visual memories for the era, but have also continuously reshaped the image of the Yellow River. Looking ahead, a new chapter in Yellow River governance continues to unfold, and the ever-renewing story of the mother river will also be passed down forever in the scrolls of painting.
(The author is a professor at the Central Academy of Fine Arts.)
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If artistic creation is the way art workers express their views through writing or art (挥毫立言, hui hao li yan - "swing brush, establish words") in response to the times, then yearbook compilation is the task of organizing the files and engraving the footprints of the entire year's art enterprise. Not long ago, the China Art Yearbook (hereinafter referred to as the Yearbook), focusing on the current state of Chinese art in 2025, was officially published. This professional yearbook, guided by the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, hosted by the China Artists Association, undertaken by the Art magazine agency, and published by the People's Publishing House, has become an important vehicle for recording the trajectory of the current development of the art enterprise and preserving the cultural memory of the era.
The establishment of the Yearbook lies in its threefold character. Documentary nature, reference-book nature, and research nature constitute the unique value coordinates of this annual document. Rooted in documentary nature, the Yearbook upholds the compilation principles of comprehensiveness, objectivity, and accuracy, and through rigorous information collection and screening, truthfully records various representative art activities within the year, ensuring its reliability and authority as historical evidence, while striving to facilitate retrieval. Centered on reference-book nature, the Yearbook, through dialectical "unfolding" and "summarizing," scientifically classifies and systematically integrates massive amounts of information, clearly presenting the structural context of art development, and providing readers with a foundational platform for efficient consultation, comparison, and analysis. Anchored in research nature, the Yearbook is not a simple compilation of materials, but rather incorporates the editors' academic judgment and value orientation, and through the screening and commentary on important annual phenomena and hot topics, presents a professional perspective and academic leadership, enabling it to retain profound academic connotations while being readable.
The structure of the Yearbook lies in its six major sections. This document, with a holistic vision, brings together art practices distributed across the country, and through six major sections, constructs a three-dimensional annual art narrative system. From macro-level annual reviews to rich and colorful exhibition scenes; from the development and transformation of art education to the abundant achievements (累累硕果, lei lei shuo guo - "many, many, large fruits") of art publishing; from the ever-changing art market to clearly organized annual chronicles, the contents of the six major sections mirror one another, jointly outlining the vivid picture of the vigorous development of the current art enterprise.
The benefit of the Yearbook lies in preserving history and serving the world. The Yearbook not only allows all sectors of society to systematically understand the rich face of contemporary Chinese art and perceive the diverse vitality of the artistic ecology, but also builds a platform for interconnection and linkage in the art field. The significance of the Yearbook lies even more in research, evaluation, and guidance. The editors' academic judgment and value orientation enable the Yearbook to not merely present "what happened," but also to reveal "what it means," thereby providing foundational academic support for studying the development trends of Chinese art. The value of the Yearbook also lies in serving the building of a culturally strong nation as a public cultural project. It transforms annual art practices into tangible documents, providing a reference for cultural inheritance and innovation, and helping the art enterprise always maintain sober academic judgment and a forward-looking vision in the development of the times.
The far-reaching significance of the Yearbook lies in passing on a tradition or spirit from generation to generation (薪火相传, xin huo xiang chuan - "firewood, torch, mutually, pass"). It is both a faithful record of past journeys and a proactive construction facing the future. With continued deep cultivation, the yearbook enterprise will expand from the compilation of a single volume into the construction of a matrix of three major IPs: the "Yearbook Series," which, in addition to publishing a comprehensive yearbook volume each year, will also publish annual documents for various sub-sectors of the art industry; the "Yearbook Release," which will be divided into monthly releases and annual releases; and the "Yearbook Nomination Exhibition," which, from an academic research perspective, will carry out thematic nomination exhibitions to improve the exhibition structure of the China Artists Association. In conjunction with the Yearbook, recommended exhibitions, art books, papers, figures, and creations of the year will also be released, presenting the highlights of annual art development from multiple perspectives. The three major IPs complement one another, so that the Yearbook is no longer confined to a static compilation of annual historical facts, but rather derives a set of academic ecological systems that can operate on a regular basis. It will continuously update and expand through sustained accumulation, embracing a more diverse range of artistic voices and academic perspectives with an open attitude.
The yearbook enterprise is a foundational project that requires sustained, long-term effort. When volumes of yearbooks accumulate together, they form a long scroll of contemporary Chinese art. When later generations unfold it, they can read from it the vigorous vitality of a nation's cultural creation, the solemn attitude of today's people toward history, and the responsibility and commitment of generation after generation of art workers. This undertaking of continuous inheritance will continually demonstrate its value under the test of time.
(The author is the president of the Art magazine agency of the China Artists Association.)
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The spirit of a city is the soul of that city, the distinctive essence and vitality that give it its unique character. How to transform a city's spirit into an artistic expression perceptible to the general public is an important subject facing public art, and it is also the fundamental proposition I focused on when I led the creation of the large-scale sculpture of Wang Qimin (see image).
Not long ago, the statue of Wang Qimin was completed in the Daqing Oilfield Square in Heilongjiang, echoing each other from a distance (遥相呼应, yao xiang hu ying - "distant, mutually; respond, echo") with the statue of Wang Jinxi in the square of the Iron Man Wang Jinxi Memorial Hall. As a city born of oil and thriving on oil, Daqing's foundation lies in the Daqing Spirit (Iron Man Spirit). To create this sculpture well, one must deeply understand the Daqing Spirit. To this end, I visited the Iron Man Wang Jinxi Memorial Hall, the site of Daqing's first oil well (Songji No. 3 Well), and other places, seeking to comprehend the Daqing Spirit through historical sites, documents, and physical objects.
As the "Iron Man of the New Era," Wang Qimin, from participating in the great battle for oil to exploring the frontiers of oilfield development technology in the new era, continuously challenged the limits of oilfield development and helped Daqing Oilfield create a miracle in the development of similar oilfields worldwide. These deeds established the overall positioning of this statue as that of a "People's Model." In the specific creation, I used a realist approach to blend the figure's image with the spirit of the times.
Wang Jinxi has statues in Daqing and other places, each in a different posture but with nearly identical attire: a cotton-padded jacket covered by a sheepskin coat, giving a strong sense of volume. Wang Qimin is likewise an "Iron Man," yet he is an intellectual who served the country through science and technology. Presenting his sharing a common origin or lineage (一脉相通, yi mai xiang tong - "one, vein, mutually; connect, through") with Wang Jinxi in spiritual essence while fully highlighting his own temperament—this was the first problem to be solved in the sculptural form.
Accordingly, my creative team and I fixed the moment of his returning in glory, high-spirited and full of vigor (意气风发, yi qi feng fa - "will, spirit, wind, flourish"), striding boldly forward—holding a volume of writings, wearing a medal, full of vigor and spirit in old age (精神矍铄, jing shen xu shuo - "spirit, vigorous, old, energetic"), and walking with head held high and large strides (昂首阔步, ang shou kuo bu - "raise, head, wide, step"). His attire is modeled on the Western-style suit he wore in life, creating a visual distance from Wang Jinxi's iconic sheepskin coat; the book in his hand is not a vague symbol but is engraved according to his representative works on Daqing oil and gas research. The real difficulty in creation lay in shaping the physique. Years of arduous frontline work and scientific research had left Wang Qimin in his later years afflicted with ankylosing spondylitis, his back visibly bent. His wife repeatedly said that he was just an ordinary person and should not be sculpted as "lofty, complete, and perfect." However, unlike small portraits, a large freestanding sculpture erected in a square must withstand being viewed with reverence and from a distance. To balance truthfulness with solemnity, after repeatedly comparing standing and walking postures and drafting more than a dozen proposals, we ultimately found a balance between the real physical features of the subject and the public's reasonable imagination of heroic models. When a person steps forward, the body naturally leans forward, the neck slightly tucks in, and that one degree of curvature in the spine is absorbed into the forward momentum. The subject's physical characteristics are preserved, and the uprightness and strength befitting a model are not diminished.
Conveying the spirit through the depiction of form (以形写神, yi xing xie shen - "use, form, write, spirit"), verisimilitude often lies not in exaggerated postures but more likely in a habitual gesture. Those familiar with Wang Qimin recall that in his later years he always swung his right arm vigorously when walking. We adjusted this gesture repeatedly and finally cast it into the sculpture, endowing the figure with genuine emotional power.
Shaping space with humanistic thought and constructing place through spiritual narrative—this is precisely the value of public art.
(The author is a member of the Sculpture and Public Art Committee of the Beijing Artists Association)
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"Climbing snow mountains" was one of the most arduous marches during the Red Army's Long March, a highly condensed artistic image of the great Long March spirit, and a revolutionary historical theme that is constantly painted anew. Ai Zhongxin's oil painting The Red Army Crossing the Snow Mountains (see figure) vividly freezes the grand scene of the Red Army climbing the first snow mountain on the Long March — Mount Jiajin — and has become a classic work of "writing history through landscape" among New China's revolutionary historical paintings.
Among the many "climbing snow mountains" artworks, what distinguishes Ai Zhongxin's piece is its use of landscape to carry historical narrative. Rather than following the common practice in revolutionary historical painting of unfolding the narrative through dramatic plot, he placed a winding column of Red Army soldiers amid vast snow mountains, letting nature become the protagonist of the picture. As early as 1952, Ai Zhongxin began attempting to handle revolutionary historical themes with landscape as the main subject; his Artillery Crossing the Snow Mountains was one of New China's earlier revolutionary historical landscape paintings. According to Ai Zhongxin's recollections, in the early stage of creation he had drafted a composition "with larger figures and a plot-driven story," but because he lacked real experience of army life and was unfamiliar with the image of soldiers, he chose instead to indirectly depict people's thoughts and feelings through landscape painting: "Whether painting figures or painting scenery, one is depicting people's state of mind. Landscape, when it appears on the canvas, embodies people's thoughts and feelings."
The Red Army Crossing the Snow Mountains is like an epic: rich in plot, grand in scale, and suffused with a spirit of heroism. The work adopts a broad horizontal composition; the unbroken snow mountains nearly fill the frame, and the column, pressed by the raging wind, is compressed into a slender line of movement that winds its way into the distance, with scene and people fused into one. Here, human will and spirit are conveyed not through plot narrative or facial expression, but through the rendering of environment.
The artistic language of this work carries an evident tendency toward freehand expression. If one places the work back in the context of the "nationalization of oil painting" in the 1950s, its significance becomes more concrete. When Ai Zhongxin created this painting in 1957, "nationalization of oil painting" was being intensively discussed. At the 1956 National Oil Painting Teaching Symposium, Dong Xiwen proposed "turning this foreign form into something of our own Chinese nation, and giving it our own national style." The Red Army Crossing the Snow Mountains is precisely a successful exploration of the nationalization of oil painting in both landscape and historical painting. In technique, the brushwork is free and easy, the color layers are rich and thick, and both figures and scenery are rendered with highly expressive brush lines, full of poetic beauty. By depicting the perilous mountain terrain to express the Red Army's spiritual strength, Ai Zhongxin adopted an approach rarely seen in revolutionary historical painting at the time; the art world later came to call this ultra-wide format, in which figures and landscape merge into one, the "Ai family style."
The outstanding power of The Red Army Crossing the Snow Mountains is that it "pushes" the viewer into the snow mountain scene. Every viewer standing before the painting first feels the oppression of nature, then feels human will. The viewer easily projects himself into "the person at the back" of the column: both insignificant and compelled to keep up; both awed by the immensity of the snow mountains and holding the conviction that "the column must not fall apart." This sense of being personally present at the scene (身临其境, shen lin qi jing - "body, enter, reach, scene") comes not from detailed realism, but from the sheer mass of the landscape, the sinewy strength of the brushwork, and the pull of the line of movement; it ultimately points toward the sublime — a person set amid the snow mountains, yet with a spirit higher than the mountains themselves. This narrative mode not only gave the great Long March spirit a solemn and lofty visual expression, but also exerted a profound influence on art creation on the Long March theme.
(The author is an associate research curator at the Guan Shanyue Art Museum in Shenzhen.)
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In recent years, the number of exhibitions at domestic art museums has continued to grow, and curation has accordingly become a topic of shared concern for both the industry and the general public. At the "Curation in China" forum held at the Shanghai Art Museum, participating experts and scholars engaged in in-depth discussion on museum development and local curation practice. From this it is not difficult to see that although current museum exhibitions address different cultural objects, they frequently touch upon the same questions: How can classical art converse with contemporary viewers? How can culture reach the inner heart of the viewer?
To answer these questions, one must first clarify the essence of curation. Curation is not merely organizing works; it is more fundamentally about re-establishing the connections among works, history, viewers, and the era. An exhibition is not about laying out ready-made answers, but about helping viewers raise new questions; it is not about merely letting people "see" the works, but about enabling people to re-understand themselves, re-understand the world, and re-understand today through the works.
The first question curation must answer is not "what to exhibit," but "why exhibit it today," and this requires the curator to possess a pair of eyes good at discovery. Lin Fengmian and Wu Guanzhong are artists familiar to people, and academic research on them has already formed a vast body of knowledge. To curate an art exhibition of the two today, one clearly cannot merely tell viewers who they are and what works they have. In fact, the artistic value of Lin Fengmian and Wu Guanzhong lies both in their absorption of Western art and in their answers, at a moment of historical transition, to the question "where should Chinese painting go" — an innovative spirit of integrating Chinese and Western traditions across different eras (融通古今中西, rong tong gu jin zhong xi - "melt together, ancient, modern, China, West"). Accordingly, the team curated the exhibition from the perspective of "Chinese-style scenery," presenting not only natural landscapes, social customs, and spiritual character, but also prompting viewers to reflect on how to uphold the cultural subjectivity of the Chinese nation amid mutual learning among civilizations.
Reorganizing the relationships among cultural experiences so that they establish connections is the key to curation. Museum collections are often categorized by chronology, genre, and the like, but real cultural experience is not so divided. The curator's work is to discover connections among different objects that have been obscured by existing classifications, to return them to a broader cultural context, and to generate new meaning. The exhibition "Setting Out from Shanghai — A Glimpse of a Century of Chinese Oil Painting" is one such example: it not only presents a history of oil painting styles, but also enables viewers to understand, through the paintings, the internal connections between art and the enlightenment of thought, national education, and urban development. The curator's narrative logic determines to a great extent how viewers understand the exhibited objects. Only by avoiding the simplistic dismantling of "tradition" into collections, stories, and symbols, and by restoring as far as possible the internal connections within cultural experience, can the spiritual thread embedded in tradition become visible.
"Discovery" and "connection" must ultimately be realized in "display." Through narrative reconstruction and innovation in exhibition form, the curator must transform thought into aesthetic experience and transform knowledge into a space viewers can enter. The exhibition "The House of a Thousand Gold Pieces — The Aesthetics of Daily Life and Its Cultivation in the Han Tombs at Mawangdui" helps viewers better understand ancient life and the Han-dynasty view of life and cosmology centered on the generation and movement of vital energy by restoring scenes of daily life and adding interactive installations and music. In the exhibition design of "The True Colors of All Things — 'Chinese White · Dehua Porcelain' Shanghai Grand Art Exhibition," the curatorial team used the five elements' colors to translate the porcelain-making process and, drawing on the concept of having a balanced combination of inner substance and outer refinement (文质彬彬, wen zhi bin bin - "pattern, substance, refined, polite"), reinterpreted "Chinese White" from philosophical and aesthetic perspectives, presenting its unique charm as both intellectual and contemporary. How to connect tradition with the contemporary? The common answer of these exhibitions is: transform tradition into a language contemporary people can understand.
The concept of "curation" originates in the West, but in China it has gradually formed its own path of practice, which may be called "Chinese-style curation." It is both a curatorial method and a cultural stance; it reminds curators to proceed from Chinese cultural experience, intellectual resources, and practical problems to find their own way of posing questions. The essence of "Chinese-style curation" lies in "discovering China" through curation: the answers to those fundamental questions faced by Chinese philosophy, art, and culture have always been hidden in works, artists, and a series of public cultural practices, awaiting curators to excavate, to contemplate, and to interpret.
(The author is director of the Academic Department of the Shanghai Art Museum)
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