Summary: President Xi Jinping held talks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing with Sultan Haitham of Oman, who was in China for a state visit. Xi noted the long history and solid foundation of China-Oman friendship, and expressed willingness to advance the strategic partnership to a higher level. He stressed that this visit is the first to China by an Omani head of state in 48 years since diplomatic ties were established, and called for enhanced political mutual trust, practical cooperation, and people-to-people connectivity. Xi also pointed out that the Middle East and Gulf region should not become an arena for major-power rivalry, and China supports resolving disputes through political and diplomatic channels. Haitham expressed gladness to visit China, reaffirmed Oman's adherence to the one-China principle, and voiced willingness to align development strategies and strengthen cooperation in trade, investment, and technology. After the talks, the two heads of state witnessed the signing of cooperation documents and issued a joint statement on deepening the strategic partnership.
Summary: Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, recently made an important instruction on further improving Yellow River protection and governance, stating that the Party has led the people in governing the river for 80 years, fundamentally changing the historical situation of "two breaches in three years" and demonstrating the notable superiority of the socialist system. He emphasized the need to adhere to the water management approach of prioritizing water conservation, balanced spatial distribution, systematic governance, and joint efforts from both the government and the market, continuously improving the pattern of major protection and major coordination. The meeting on comprehensively advancing Yellow River protection and governance was held on November 2 in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, where Liu Guozhong, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, attended and delivered a speech, calling for deep study and resolute implementation of Xi's instruction. The meeting reported on the Party's 80-year history of leading Yellow River governance, with responsible comrades from Qinghai, Gansu, Henan, Shandong, the National Development and Reform Commission, and the Ministry of Water Resources delivering speeches.
Summary: President Xi Jinping exchanged congratulatory messages with Peruvian President Keiko Fujimori on November 2 to mark the 55th anniversary of China-Peru diplomatic relations. Xi noted that the two countries are comprehensive strategic partners and that bilateral ties have maintained sound momentum despite unpredictable changes in the international situation, with growing political mutual trust and fruitful practical cooperation. He expressed appreciation for Peru's adherence to the one-China principle and highlighted the entry into force of the upgraded Free Trade Agreement on November 1 as a boost to economic and trade cooperation. Xi stated his willingness to work with Fujimori to elevate bilateral relations to a new level. Fujimori reaffirmed Peru's firm adherence to the one-China principle and its readiness to strengthen political dialogue and cooperation with China.
Summary: The Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party formally adopted the *Decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Several Major Issues Concerning Persevering with Constancy in Advancing Full and Rigorous Self-Governance of the Party* on October 29, 2026, at the key juncture of the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China and the start of the 15th Five-Year Plan. General Secretary Xi Jinping personally led the drafting process, presiding over meetings, delivering important speeches, and raising 39 major issues in 8 areas for in-depth study. The drafting process involved extensive consultation, with 1,173 revision opinions submitted from various regions, departments, and sectors, of which 208 were absorbed. The Decision, comprising three major sections, 8 parts, and more than 17,000 characters, thoroughly implements Xi Jinping's Thought on Party Building and puts forward more than 200 specific measures, including new arrangements for regulating the exercise of power by "top leaders," strengthening Party building in emerging fields, and cracking down on new types of corruption and hidden corruption. The article concludes by calling on all Party members to unite around the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core and strive unremittingly to build a great modern socialist country in all respects and comprehensively advance the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation through Chinese modernization.
Summary: Premier Li Qiang met with Sultan Haitham of Oman at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on November 2, during the Sultan's state visit to China. Li stated that China and Oman have maintained sustained and sound bilateral relations over 48 years of diplomatic ties, and that President Xi Jinping had made new plans for deepening the China-Oman strategic partnership. Li expressed willingness to strengthen development strategy alignment, deepen cooperation across the oil and gas industry chain, expand into clean energy, agriculture, fisheries, aerospace, and artificial intelligence, and promote early conclusion of China-Gulf Cooperation Council free trade agreement negotiations. He also noted the complex international situation and China's readiness to work with Oman to restore peace in the Middle East and Gulf region. Haitham praised China's development achievements, called China Oman's most important economic and trade partner, and expressed interest in deepening cooperation across multiple sectors while strengthening coordination in international and regional affairs. Wu Zhenglong attended the meeting.
Summary: The 25th session of the 14th NPC Standing Committee held its first plenary meeting in Beijing, presided over by Chairman Zhao Leji. The meeting heard review reports on several draft laws, including the Public Interest Litigation Law for Procuratorial Work, the Antarctic Activities and Environmental Protection Law, the revised Water Law, the Anti-Cross-Border Corruption Law, the State-Owned Assets Law, and the Financial Law. It also deliberated proposals on amending the Criminal Procedure Law, revising the Renewable Energy Law and the Tax Collection and Administration Law, and approving the Agreement on the Establishment of the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization, explained by Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Hua Chunying. Reports on review results of proposals from the Third Session of the 14th NPC and on deputy qualifications were delivered by various committee directors. Vice Chairpersons, Secretary-General Liu Qi, State Councilor Wu Zhenglong, and other officials attended as non-voting participants.
Summary: Wang Huning, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and chairman of the CPPCC National Committee, met separately in Beijing on November 2 with Valentina Matviyenko, chairwoman of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation, and a delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam led by Nguyen Thanh Nghi. With Matviyenko, Wang Huning stated that under the strategic guidance of President Xi Jinping and President Vladimir Putin, China-Russia relations are advancing steadily, and China is willing to deepen practical cooperation and push the China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for the new era to a higher level. Matviyenko congratulated the successful convening of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee and expressed willingness to strengthen exchanges with the CPPCC National Committee. With the Vietnamese delegation, Wang Huning stated that General Secretary Xi Jinping maintains close communication with General Secretary To Lam, and China is willing to deepen the exchange of governance and party-building experience to promote the building of a China-Vietnam community with a shared future that carries strategic significance. Nguyen Thanh Nghi congratulated the plenary session and affirmed Vietnam's view of relations with China as a strategic choice and top priority.
Summary: Cai Qi, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, attended the mobilization meeting for the Central Publicity Group on studying and implementing the spirit of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee and delivered a speech. He emphasized that thoroughly studying and implementing the plenary session's spirit is a major political task for the entire Party, requiring guidance for Party members and cadres to unify their thinking and actions with the plenary session's spirit. Cai Qi pointed out that the "Decision" adopted at the plenary session is a programmatic document for advancing the great new project of Party building in the new era, and publicity should comprehensively and accurately convey its content. He stressed the need to grasp the tone and orientation, connect with reality, and respond to concerns in publicity work. Li Shulei, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, presided over the meeting, and State Councilor Shen Yiqin attended.
Summary: During Sultan Haitham bin Tarik's state visit to China from November 1 to 2, 2026, President Xi Jinping held talks with him and Premier Li Qiang met with him, with the two sides issuing a joint statement on deepening the China-Oman strategic partnership. The Omani side reaffirmed its commitment to the one-China principle, stating that Taiwan is an inalienable part of China, and supported China's efforts toward national reunification. The two sides agreed to deepen Belt and Road synergy with Oman's "Vision 2040" strategy, expand cooperation in energy, artificial intelligence, investment, and finance, and strengthen people-to-people and cultural exchanges. They also called for resolving disputes through political and diplomatic means, encouraging the United States and Iran to achieve a comprehensive ceasefire and resume dialogue, and supporting the early resumption of the political settlement process on Yemen. Sultan Haitham invited President Xi to visit Oman, and the two leaders witnessed the signing of cooperation documents in fields including BeiDou application, green development, and local currency swap.
Summary: Zhao Leji, chairman of the NPC Standing Committee, held talks with Valentina Matviyenko, chairwoman of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on November 2. Zhao stated that President Xi Jinping and President Vladimir Putin met twice this year, leading Sino-Russian relations into a new stage, and expressed China's willingness to make the China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for the new era more substantive and practical. He emphasized deepening cooperation in key areas such as economy, trade, investment, energy, and connectivity, and strengthening legislative exchanges on artificial intelligence and the digital economy, while also briefing on the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. Matviyenko congratulated the plenary session's success and affirmed Russia's commitment to strengthening exchanges with China's legislative body and promoting practical cooperation. The two also visited exhibitions at the National Art Museum of China, with Peng Qinghua participating in the activities.
Summary: Li Ganjie, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and head of the United Front Work Department, briefed non-Party figures on the spirit of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, entrusted by the CPC Central Committee. He described the session as important and its "Decision" as a programmatic document for advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, stressing the need to deeply comprehend the decisive significance of the Two Establishments and resolutely achieve the Two Upholds. He urged democratic parties and non-Party personages to strengthen their own development, enhance duty-performing abilities, and contribute to the goals of the 15th Five-Year Plan, while also guiding the Federation of Industry and Commerce to promote the "Two Healthies" and a cordial and clean government-business relationship. The briefing was attended by Zheng Jianbang, Ding Zhongli, Cai Dafeng, He Wei, Wu Weihua, Su Hui, Shao Hong, Gao Yunlong, Jiang Zuojun, He Baoxiang, Wang Guangqian, Qin Boyong, Zhu Yongxin, Yang Zhen, and others, along with responsible persons of democratic party central committees, the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, and non-Party representatives.
Summary: He Lifeng, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, conducted a research trip to Shanxi from November 1 to 2, visiting Datong, Shuozhou and other places to inspect energy enterprises, technology firms, agricultural product processing and foreign trade enterprises, and wind-solar-storage projects. He stressed the need to study and implement the spirit of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, coordinate development and security, and unswervingly and steadily advance industrial transformation and upgrading. He called for following the path of green and low-carbon development, coordinating new energy development, ecological protection and governance, and resource-based economic transformation, while accelerating technological transformation and equipment renewal to promote the coal industry's modernization, intelligence, and greening. He also urged leveraging local advantages in electricity, water energy, climate, and location to accelerate computing and electricity coordination and computing power network construction, and to take a multifaceted approach to expand effective investment. He required relevant departments to summarize effective experiences, resolve grassroots difficulties, dispose of risks in key areas, and ensure stable employment and economic stability.
Summary: Zhang Guoqing, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, conducted a survey in Jiangsu from November 1 to 2 on advanced manufacturing and the development of specialized, refined, distinctive, and innovative (SRDI) enterprises. He emphasized the need to thoroughly implement the important instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping and the spirit of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, vigorously develop advanced manufacturing, and accelerate the construction of a modern industrial system. In Nanjing and Huai'an, he visited enterprises in industries such as smart grids and new materials, stressing the need to adhere to intelligence, green development, and integration, and to promote the deep application of artificial intelligence in fields such as R&D and production. He also called for supporting SRDI enterprises in increasing R&D investment, promoting integrated development of large, medium, and small enterprises, and optimizing enterprise service guarantees, including implementing support policies such as tax incentives and financing services.
Summary: Premier Li Qiang met with Sultan Haitham of Oman at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on November 2, during the Sultan's state visit to China. Li stated that China and Oman have maintained sustained and sound bilateral relations over 48 years of diplomatic ties, and that President Xi Jinping had made new plans for deepening the China-Oman strategic partnership. Li expressed willingness to strengthen development strategy alignment, deepen cooperation across the oil and gas industry chain, expand into clean energy, agriculture, fisheries, aerospace, and artificial intelligence, and promote early conclusion of China-Gulf Cooperation Council free trade agreement negotiations. He also noted the complex international situation and China's readiness to work with Oman to restore peace in the Middle East and Gulf region. Haitham praised China's development achievements, called China Oman's most important economic and trade partner, and expressed interest in deepening cooperation across multiple sectors while strengthening coordination in international and regional affairs. Wu Zhenglong attended the meeting.
Summary: The 25th session of the 14th NPC Standing Committee held its first plenary meeting in Beijing, presided over by Chairman Zhao Leji. The meeting heard review reports on several draft laws, including the Public Interest Litigation Law for Procuratorial Work, the Antarctic Activities and Environmental Protection Law, the revised Water Law, the Anti-Cross-Border Corruption Law, the State-Owned Assets Law, and the Financial Law. It also deliberated proposals on amending the Criminal Procedure Law, revising the Renewable Energy Law and the Tax Collection and Administration Law, and approving the Agreement on the Establishment of the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization, explained by Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Hua Chunying. Reports on review results of proposals from the Third Session of the 14th NPC and on deputy qualifications were delivered by various committee directors. Vice Chairpersons, Secretary-General Liu Qi, State Councilor Wu Zhenglong, and other officials attended as non-voting participants.
Summary: Chen Wenqing, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission, presided over a plenary meeting of the commission on November 2 to convey and study the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech at the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee and the spirit of the plenary session. The meeting described the plenary session as an important gathering at a critical period for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, with Xi's speech providing strategic arrangements and fundamental guidance on persevering continuously in advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party. It stressed that the political and legal front must treat study and implementation of the plenary session's spirit as a major political task, unify thoughts and actions with Xi's speech, comprehend the decisive significance of the Two Establishments, and resolutely achieve the Two Upholds. The meeting also emphasized combining this study with Xi Jinping's thought on Party building and advancing inspection feedback, adhering to the Party's absolute leadership over political and legal work, and forging a loyal, clean, and responsible iron force in the field. Wang Xiaohong, Zhang Jun, and Ying Yong attended the meeting.
Summary: The article explains the significance of the Decision adopted at the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee on advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, framing it as a programmatic document for Party building in the new era. It argues that such governance is a concentrated summary of the Party's historical experience, an inevitable requirement for maintaining its advanced nature and purity, and a fundamental guarantee for creating new splendor in the Party and state's cause. The piece details the "three more arduous tasks," "four major challenges," and "four tests" and "four dangers" facing the Party, emphasizing the need for long-term vigilance and self-revolution. It calls for implementing the Decision through political construction, cadre training, organizational strengthening, mass mobilization, and anti-corruption efforts to ensure the Party's leadership and the realization of Chinese modernization.
Summary: The Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee adopted a "Decision" on advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, which officials and cadres across localities are studying to translate into action for national rejuvenation. Various officials, including Liu Ni of the Yan'an Revolutionary Memorial Hall and Chen Jiaxi of the Shenzhen Reform and Opening-up Cadre College, emphasized the role of Xi Jinping Thought and the "Two Establishments" and "Two Upholds" in guiding Party governance and high-quality development. Gao Jian of Chongqing stressed tightening Party governance to ensure a good start for the 15th Five-Year Plan, while Ye Zhongyao of Tibet called for strict discipline in border ethnic regions. The article also quotes grassroots and academic figures on implementing the "Decision's" principles, including Party building in enterprises, democratic centralism, and anti-corruption efforts, to strengthen Party leadership and supervision systems.
Summary: The Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee adopted the "Decision" on persisting in and advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, drawing enthusiastic responses from overseas Chinese. Multiple overseas Chinese leaders, including Wu Hao of the Russian Federation Overseas Chinese Association and Zhang Changbao of the France-China Association for the Promotion of Peaceful Reunification, expressed support for the Party's self-revolution and its determination to govern the Party strictly. They highlighted the plenary session's significance at the juncture of the Party's 105th anniversary and the start of the 15th Five-Year Plan, viewing it as a strategic move to provide political guarantees for high-quality development and Chinese modernization. Others, such as Yan Tianlu and Lin Chuqin, emphasized the session's focus on Party building, governance capacity, and institutional building as essential for national rejuvenation. The overseas Chinese pledged to serve as bridges to promote China's development and tell the story of Chinese modernization well.
Summary: Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Director of the Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs, met in Beijing with Bagheri, Deputy Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council. Wang Yi stated that the current situation in the Middle East is marked by prolonged conflict and spillover effects, and that dialogue and negotiation are the only way to resolve the issues. He expressed China's willingness to uphold the initiatives and propositions put forward by President Xi Jinping on easing the situation in the Middle East and to work with all parties to restore peace in the region, while supporting Iran in safeguarding its sovereignty and security. Bagheri appreciated these initiatives and China's consistent stance in upholding multilateralism, and looked forward to China playing a more important role in international and regional peace.
Summary: Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Director of the Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs, held talks in Beijing with Musaad bin Mohammed Al Aiban, Saudi Minister of State, Cabinet Member, and National Security Advisor. Al Aiban handed over a letter from Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman addressed to President Xi Jinping regarding bilateral relations and issues of mutual concern. Wang Yi stated that, under the strategic guidance of the two countries' top leaders, China-Saudi relations have maintained a sound momentum of development, and China is willing to work with Saudi Arabia to promote continuous new progress. He also said the current regional situation has reached a critical juncture between war and peace, expressing hope that all parties resolve disputes through dialogue and negotiation, and that China is willing to uphold President Xi Jinping's initiatives and communicate with all parties, including Saudi Arabia.
Summary: Gabonese President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema will pay a state visit to China from November 3 to 7 at the invitation of President Xi Jinping. Nguema, aged 51, has served as President of the Gabonese Republic since May 2025. This visit marks his first state visit to China since taking office.
Summary: Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Wang Wentao, Minister of Commerce, will jointly chair the 37th APEC Foreign and Trade Ministers' Video Conference in Beijing on November 3, as announced by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson on November 2.
Summary: Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs, will chair the 11th Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Beijing from November 3 to 4, as announced by a spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on November 2.
Summary: Mu Hong, Vice Chairman of the CPPCC National Committee, attended the China-Oman Investment Cooperation Promotion Conference in Beijing on November 2. During the event, he exchanged views with Sultan Haitham of Oman, who was present at the conference, on China-Oman cooperation.
Summary: Wang Huning, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and chairman of the CPPCC National Committee, met separately in Beijing on November 2 with Valentina Matviyenko, chairwoman of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation, and a delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam led by Nguyen Thanh Nghi. With Matviyenko, Wang Huning stated that under the strategic guidance of President Xi Jinping and President Vladimir Putin, China-Russia relations are advancing steadily, and China is willing to deepen practical cooperation and push the China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for the new era to a higher level. Matviyenko congratulated the successful convening of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee and expressed willingness to strengthen exchanges with the CPPCC National Committee. With the Vietnamese delegation, Wang Huning stated that General Secretary Xi Jinping maintains close communication with General Secretary To Lam, and China is willing to deepen the exchange of governance and party-building experience to promote the building of a China-Vietnam community with a shared future that carries strategic significance. Nguyen Thanh Nghi congratulated the plenary session and affirmed Vietnam's view of relations with China as a strategic choice and top priority.
Summary: Liu Qifan was appointed Vice Governor and Acting Governor of Yunnan Province on November 2, following the acceptance of Wang Yubo's resignation request by the 26th session of the Standing Committee of the 14th People's Congress of Yunnan Province.
Summary: Cai Qi, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, attended the mobilization meeting for the Central Publicity Group on studying and implementing the spirit of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee and delivered a speech. He emphasized that thoroughly studying and implementing the plenary session's spirit is a major political task for the entire Party, requiring guidance for Party members and cadres to unify their thinking and actions with the plenary session's spirit. Cai Qi pointed out that the "Decision" adopted at the plenary session is a programmatic document for advancing the great new project of Party building in the new era, and publicity should comprehensively and accurately convey its content. He stressed the need to grasp the tone and orientation, connect with reality, and respond to concerns in publicity work. Li Shulei, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, presided over the meeting, and State Councilor Shen Yiqin attended.
Summary: The article emphasizes adhering to a problem-oriented approach as a key principle of Xi Jinping Thought and the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee's arrangements for full and rigorous self-governance of the Party. It stresses resolving prominent problems within the Party, citing historic achievements since the 18th National Congress, including strengthening centralized leadership and curbing "Four Malfeasances" through the Eight-Point Regulation. The piece highlights the importance of implementing political responsibility, improving supervision systems, and holding cadres accountable to prevent lax governance. It calls for studying the Plenary Session's spirit, firmly grasping responsibility and accountability, and driving overall improvement through solving concrete problems. The article concludes that solving one's own problems has been key to the Party's progress over 105 years, ensuring it remains the strong leading core of socialism with Chinese characteristics.
Summary: The Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party deliberated on a decision to unswervingly advance full and rigorous self-governance of the Party to provide a guarantee for advancing Chinese modernization. Various officials, including Meng Qingyuan of the State Administration for Market Regulation, Wu Xiaojie of the Chaoyang District Committee of Beijing, and Ying Wei of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, expressed commitment to strengthening Party spirit and implementing the session's strategic tasks. Other reported statements from officials such as Wu Hao, Wang Haitao, Lin Chengfeng, Yi Huihua, Xu Qiang, Gong Huang, Ding Shaozhong, Wang Chi, Gong Yisheng, and Li Hua emphasized improving Party management, institutionalizing regulations, and enforcing responsibility systems. The article highlights that strengthening Party spirit is the fundamental task of self-governance and requires the integration of political loyalty with practical work.
Summary: The 25th session of the Standing Committee of the 14th NPC reviewed draft amendments to the Criminal Procedure Law, the Renewable Energy Law, and the Tax Collection Administration Law on November 2. The Criminal Procedure Law draft, containing 55 articles, improves basic principles, personal compulsory measures, property procedures, and protections for litigation participants, including victims and defendants. The Renewable Energy Law draft revision, with 10 chapters and 76 articles, prioritizes renewable energy development, adds provisions on environmental thermal energy and hydrogen energy, and strengthens market trading, consumption promotion, and technological innovation mechanisms. The Tax Collection Administration Law draft revision, comprising 6 chapters and 100 articles, strengthens collection measures for individuals and internet platforms, regulates enforcement conduct, and enhances taxpayer rights protections.
Summary: The relevant central departments have compiled and published two study support materials for the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee: the *Study Reader for the "Decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Several Major Issues Concerning Persevering with Constancy in Advancing Full and Rigorous Self-Governance of the Party"* and the *One Hundred Questions for Studying and Studying the "Decision" of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party*. These materials provide a comprehensive explanation of the plenary session's "Decision" and serve as authoritative study resources. The books include General Secretary Xi Jinping's "Explanation" on the "Decision" delivered at the plenary session. The *Study Reader* was published by the People's Publishing House, while the *One Hundred Questions* was published by the Party Building Books Publishing House and the Learning Publishing House.
Summary: The article marks the 80th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party leading Yellow River harnessing, citing General Secretary Xi Jinping's instruction that this work "fundamentally changed the historical situation of 'two breaches every three years'" and demonstrated the advantages of the socialist system. It details how Xi has presided over three symposiums and visited all nine provinces along the river, steering ecological protection and high-quality development. The piece highlights achievements such as over 70 years without summer-autumn breaches, 27 years of continuous flow, and a 69.75% water and soil conservation rate by 2025. It also emphasizes cultural heritage, tourism growth—including Lanzhou's 120 million tourist visits in 2025—and the integration of tradition with modern innovation. The article concludes by framing Yellow River governance as proof of China's strategic initiative and cultural confidence.
Summary: The article argues that cultivating new quality productive forces requires systematic planning, balancing existing stock with increment, long-term with short-term goals, and self-reliance with openness. It cites the C919 aircraft's progress and examples like Baosteel and Ansteel to show traditional industries can upgrade, while warning against abandoning "family assets" or seeking quick success. The piece highlights Hefei and Wuhan's patient support for memory chip firms and DeepSeek's open-source strategy as models. It references General Secretary Xi Jinping's emphasis on placing new quality productive forces in a prominent strategic position during the 15th Five-Year Plan period. The commentary concludes that only balanced, coordinated consideration enables steady progress and long-term success.
Summary: Xu Zhiwen reported that developing childcare services is an important measure for advancing the building of a birth-friendly society, noting that as of the end of 2025, China had 126,000 childcare service institutions with 6.66 million childcare slots. During the 15th Five-Year Plan period, efforts will continue to promote the integrated development of childcare and preschool education, support communities and employers in running childcare service institutions, and enable residents to obtain childcare service support nearby, conveniently, and at a relatively affordable price. The report concludes with a verse highlighting that childcare services blossom everywhere, allowing family and career to be settled without conflict.
Summary: The article contrasts the viral AI-generated faces of ancient figures with cases where criminals used AI to bypass facial recognition and steal account information, highlighting privacy and ethical risks of generative AI. It invokes the ancient wisdom of taming Ferghana horses—judging the horse, tuning its voice, and discerning its ailments—as a metaphor for how society should understand, employ, and govern AI. The author argues AI should serve people, enhance creativity and well-being, and be regulated with clear legal and ethical boundaries to prevent fraud and infringement. The piece concludes that if AI is properly managed to release positive energy, society will see more uplifting creations and fewer infuriating violations.
Summary: The article highlights China's recent deep-sea achievements, including the "Dream" ocean drilling vessel setting a record depth of 4,929.17 meters in the South China Sea and the expected cumulative dives of three manned submersibles to exceed 2,000 by 2026. It argues that deep-sea exploration is vital for understanding life's origins and accessing mineral, oil, and gas resources, with 67% of newly discovered global oil and gas blocks located in deep-sea areas. The commentary emphasizes the need for institutional reform and innovation to overcome high risks and costs, citing examples like Hainan's shared voyage platform and Guangdong's marine industry clusters. It stresses that advancing Chinese modernization requires efficient ocean development and high-quality marine economy growth, with the 15th Five-Year Plan proposing deep-sea projects to enhance access, detection, development, and safety capabilities. The piece concludes by celebrating China's independent innovation path, quoting the Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering's slogan that "we are the path."
Summary: The Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party formally adopted the *Decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Several Major Issues Concerning Persevering with Constancy in Advancing Full and Rigorous Self-Governance of the Party* on October 29, 2026, at the key juncture of the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China and the start of the 15th Five-Year Plan. General Secretary Xi Jinping personally led the drafting process, presiding over meetings, delivering important speeches, and raising 39 major issues in 8 areas for in-depth study. The drafting process involved extensive consultation, with 1,173 revision opinions submitted from various regions, departments, and sectors, of which 208 were absorbed. The Decision, comprising three major sections, 8 parts, and more than 17,000 characters, thoroughly implements Xi Jinping's Thought on Party Building and puts forward more than 200 specific measures, including new arrangements for regulating the exercise of power by "top leaders," strengthening Party building in emerging fields, and cracking down on new types of corruption and hidden corruption. The article concludes by calling on all Party members to unite around the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core and strive unremittingly to build a great modern socialist country in all respects and comprehensively advance the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation through Chinese modernization.
Summary: The Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee adopted the "Decision" on persisting in and advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, drawing enthusiastic responses from overseas Chinese. Multiple overseas Chinese leaders, including Wu Hao of the Russian Federation Overseas Chinese Association and Zhang Changbao of the France-China Association for the Promotion of Peaceful Reunification, expressed support for the Party's self-revolution and its determination to govern the Party strictly. They highlighted the plenary session's significance at the juncture of the Party's 105th anniversary and the start of the 15th Five-Year Plan, viewing it as a strategic move to provide political guarantees for high-quality development and Chinese modernization. Others, such as Yan Tianlu and Lin Chuqin, emphasized the session's focus on Party building, governance capacity, and institutional building as essential for national rejuvenation. The overseas Chinese pledged to serve as bridges to promote China's development and tell the story of Chinese modernization well.
Summary: The article reports on the Beijing Daxing International Hydrogen Energy Demonstration Zone, which has attracted over 230 hydrogen energy enterprises and built a full "production, storage, transport, refueling, and use" scenario. The zone was developed on an old factory site vacated through Beijing's "relocating non-capital functions" initiative, with Daxing District choosing hydrogen energy as its future industry direction. Key breakthroughs include domestically produced anion exchange membranes and fuel cell components, with system costs falling significantly since 2020. Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei have jointly issued 86 policies and formulated a unified hydrogen energy standard system to enable cross-regional coordination, exemplified by a "Made in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei" air compressor developed through regional collaboration. Zhou Chong, member of the Standing Committee of the Daxing District Party Committee and deputy district head, said the zone will continue to lead the new round of comprehensive hydrogen energy application pilot in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei city cluster.
Summary: Shanghai Vice Mayor Lu Shan said the CIIE is the "first-release venue" for global new products, and Shanghai aims to be the "first-release destination," striving to convert the CIIE's heat into "consumption traffic" and "development increment" year-round. The article details Shanghai's urban service guarantees for the ninth CIIE, including customs clearance facilitation, Wi-Fi 7 and 5G-A network coverage, and the "Xiaojiao" smart travel assistant. It also mentions expanded entry-exit measures for foreign business visitors from the Yangtze River Delta, and the "1+2+X" conference system with investment promotion events. The piece emphasizes Shanghai's goal of enabling quality global products to "come in, sell well, and stay," sharing China's market opportunities with all countries.
Summary: The All-China Journalists Association announced the 2026 "National Top Ten Journalists" list on November 2, conferring the title on ten journalists, including Xu Nuo of People's Daily, Zhu Jichai of Xinhua News Agency, and Li Zheng of China Media Group. The association described the honorees as advanced models in strengthening "foot strength, eye strength, brain strength, and pen strength" and outstanding representatives of journalists serving as the main force on the main battlefield. They were praised for upholding the correct political direction and public opinion orientation, going deep into the grassroots, and producing works unifying "positive energy, high quality, and high traffic." The selection campaign aims to guide journalists to deeply study and implement Xi Jinping's Thought on Culture and deepen the systematic reform of mainstream media.
Summary: Construction workers were photographed carrying out operations on the water at the photovoltaic power station construction site in Qianjin Village, Wanhe Town, Taihe County, Ji'an City, Jiangxi Province. The county is actively developing the photovoltaic power generation industry to achieve green development. The photo was taken by Deng Heping (Image China).
Summary: The 2026 World Internet Conference "Light of the Internet" Expo, co-hosted by the World Internet Conference and the People's Government of Zhejiang Province, opened on November 2 in Wuzhen, Zhejiang. Themed "Intelligent Connectivity, Smart Vision of the Future," it features 671 enterprises and institutions from 54 countries and regions, showcasing over 1,000 new technologies and products in fields such as satellite internet, quantum communication, 6G, intelligent agents, large models, embodied intelligence, and cybersecurity governance. Concurrently, 115 digital-intelligence innovation release events and 10 industrial cooperation and matchmaking events are being held. Responsible comrades from the Cyberspace Administration of China, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the World Internet Conference, and relevant units of Zhejiang Province, along with representatives of exhibiting enterprises and news media, totaling more than 200 people, attended the opening ceremony.
Summary: The Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee adopted a "Decision" on advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, which officials and cadres across localities are studying to translate into action for national rejuvenation. Various officials, including Liu Ni of the Yan'an Revolutionary Memorial Hall and Chen Jiaxi of the Shenzhen Reform and Opening-up Cadre College, emphasized the role of Xi Jinping Thought and the "Two Establishments" and "Two Upholds" in guiding Party governance and high-quality development. Gao Jian of Chongqing stressed tightening Party governance to ensure a good start for the 15th Five-Year Plan, while Ye Zhongyao of Tibet called for strict discipline in border ethnic regions. The article also quotes grassroots and academic figures on implementing the "Decision's" principles, including Party building in enterprises, democratic centralism, and anti-corruption efforts, to strengthen Party leadership and supervision systems.
Summary: The 2026 "Building a Community with a Shared Future in Cyberspace" exemplary case release and presentation event was held in Wuzhen, Zhejiang, on November 2, where global guests gathered to explore new paths for international cooperation in cyberspace. As a key activity of the World Internet Conference Wuzhen Summit, the conference has collected practical cases on this theme for six consecutive years. Since case collection began in March, over 360 submissions from more than 80 countries and regions were received, with 22 countries and regions participating for the first time. After expert selection, 11 exemplary cases were ultimately released, chosen for their high alignment with the concept, international influence, inclusiveness, and diverse presentation formats.
Summary: The 2026 World Internet Conference Leading Science and Technology Award ceremony was held on November 2 in Wuzhen, Zhejiang Province. Twenty projects received awards, including "Scalability Theory and Methods for the Internet of Things" from Tsinghua University, the University of Science and Technology of China, and Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, and "AI-Empowered Perception: A Key Technology Platform for Multimodal Tactile Perception Toward Physical Intelligence" from Chuluo Technology. Project representatives delivered presentations on site, sharing cutting-edge technological innovations in the internet field. The award, hosted by the World Internet Conference International Organization, drew 436 valid applications from 43 countries and regions, covering fields such as artificial intelligence, integrated circuits, quantum information, space information, network communications, and life and health.
Summary: The article highlights Gansu's efforts to preserve its cultural heritage and promote high-quality development, with the Dunhuang Cultural Expo serving as a key platform for international exchange and cooperation. It details progress in cultural relic protection, digital preservation, archaeological discoveries, and intangible heritage safeguarding, alongside the construction of the Great Wall, Long March, and Yellow River national cultural parks. Gansu has produced notable literary and artistic works, including the red drama *The Lights of Hadapu* and the classic dance drama *Silk Road, Flower Rain*, while expanding grassroots cultural services and national reading initiatives. The cultural tourism industry is being strengthened through immersive performances, study tour routes, and creative products, all tied to the Belt and Road Initiative. The ninth Dunhuang Cultural Expo is scheduled for November 2–4, 2026, in Dunhuang.
Summary: The article argues that implementing the general requirements for Party building in the new era is essential for advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, as emphasized by the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee. It details the internal structure and programmatic status of these requirements, which were creatively proposed at the 19th National Congress and are a core component of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. The piece outlines the guiding role of these requirements in establishing political direction, providing a systematic path, clarifying the yardstick for testing effectiveness, and stimulating the Party's endogenous driving force. It stresses the need to transform theoretical understanding into practical action through systematic thinking, rectifying prominent problems, and connecting implementation with political responsibility. The author is a specially appointed researcher at the Beijing Research Center for Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era.
Summary: The article argues that enhancing the online dissemination of China's excellent traditional culture is essential for cultural confidence and building a culturally strong nation, citing General Secretary Xi Jinping and the 15th Five-Year Plan outline. It notes current shortcomings, including superficial content and algorithmic "echo chamber effects," and proposes a system based on value interpretation, resource transformation, and public participation. The piece calls for strengthening value guidance to avoid fragmentation and superficialization, citing the program "Exploring China Through Bamboo Slips" as a positive example. It also advocates innovating resource transformation through technologies like AI and virtual reality, referencing Henan Satellite TV's "Tang Palace Night Banquet" as a model. Finally, it promotes public co-creation and community interaction to foster lasting emotional connections and cross-circle dialogue. The author is a research fellow at the Research Center for Marxist Views of Journalism and Chinese Discourse System, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies.
Summary: General Secretary Xi Jinping has stressed advocating green consumption to promote green, low-carbon production methods and lifestyles, with the 15th Five-Year Plan outline and the Ecological Environment Code establishing incentive mechanisms and expanding green product procurement. The article argues that green consumption drives supply-side transformation through demand, supply, and recycling interactions, forming a virtuous cycle where demand drives supply and supply creates demand. It calls for strengthening institutional supply by implementing unified green product standards, certification, and labeling, improving government green procurement, and aligning international rules to boost global competitiveness. It also urges optimizing market supply through green technology innovation, subsidies for green products like energy-saving appliances and new energy vehicles, and digital supply chain management. Finally, it emphasizes improving service supply across purchasing, usage, and recycling links, including charging infrastructure, waste recovery networks, and second-hand goods circulation.
Summary: The article reports that since 2004, 5,603 teachers and students at Shanghai Jinyuan Senior High School have joined the China Marrow Donor Program (CMDP), with 32 graduates later donating hematopoietic stem cells to strangers. It recounts the story of Zheng Qinwen, the first graduate donor, whose father initially objected but relented after his sister posed a hypothetical question, and features Lu Yuxin, the thirty-second donor, whose mother and principal voiced support, with Principal Du Ying stating "nothing is higher than saving a life." Zhang Yi, deputy director of the Volunteer Service Department of the Shanghai Red Cross, explains the donation process, notes Shanghai has had over 800 successful cases since 1996, and describes the donor-patient bond as "marrow fate." Teachers at the school, including Wang Ying and Chen Jingjun, have also registered as volunteers, and Principal Ji Hongxu attributes the students' actions to fulfilling "the promise of their youth" and passing on the value of respecting life.
Summary: The article examines how traditional industries can achieve "not burning the heart" in transformation and upgrading through high-end, intelligent, and green development. High-end development is illustrated by Zhangxue Motorcycles' third-place finish in the 2026 WSBK season, with its 820RR-RS model achieving a 97% domestic localization rate and 100% independent R&D of key components. Intelligent development is shown through Dahua's "Future Factory" in Zhejiang, where over a thousand pieces of equipment use an "AI brain" powered by domestic chips, and the article notes that as China's AI hardware and software ecosystems improve, integration costs for small and medium enterprises are expected to fall. Green development is exemplified by Baotou Aluminum's smart energy system that optimizes thermal and green power supply-demand ratios, reducing energy consumption per unit product. The piece concludes that traditional industries are not backward production capacity, citing over 1,000 AI application scenarios across 20 industries, more than 56,000 basic-level intelligent factories, and 8,336 national green factories, with the direction of transformation remaining unchanged: confidence from high-end, efficiency from intelligent, and staying power from green development.
Summary: Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei recently signed a cooperation memorandum in Xiong'an New Area on the joint construction and shared use of a labor capacity appraisal base, aiming to shift work-related injury insurance services from local handling to regional coordination. The memorandum follows principles of resource sharing, mutual complementarity, efficiency, and standardized procedures, advancing integrated determination of work-related injuries and joint consultation on difficult cases. The three regions will support Xiong'an in hardware, informatization, and expert pools, and deepen entrusted appraisal so appraisers can apply at the nearest location, reducing cross-region travel for individuals and easing burdens on enterprises and workers. Cooperation includes sharing medical expert resources, conducting centralized joint consultations on difficult cases, building a shared appraisal case database, and carrying out multi-dimensional training to raise professional standards.
Summary: On November 1, the Xi'an Municipal Public Security Bureau of Shaanxi Province held its fourth "Police Hearts Guarding, Joy in Chang'an" police camp open day event at the Danfeng Gate Imperial Road Square of the Daming Palace National Heritage Park. Citizens viewed displays of police equipment at the event, which featured 20 exhibition booths and six major themed sections. The event attracted a large number of citizens to visit. The photo was taken by Zhang Cheng (China Images).
Summary: The 2026 International Copyright Forum, hosted by the National Copyright Administration of China and the World Intellectual Property Organization, opened on November 2 in Dunhuang, Gansu Province, with more than 400 copyright-sector guests in attendance. Under the theme "Copyright and the Creative Industries in the Age of Digital Intelligence — Protecting Cultural Heritage, Empowering Innovation and Creation," the forum aims to use copyright as a bridge connecting tradition and the future. Participants will deliver keynote speeches and hold roundtable dialogues on topics including opportunities and challenges for copyright under digital intelligence technologies, the protection of digital cultural heritage, and the publishing industry.
Summary: Guo Yonghang, former member of the Party Leadership Group and former Vice Chairman of the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, was expelled from Party and public office for serious violations of discipline and law, following an investigation by the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission. The investigation found that Guo lost his ideals and convictions, resisted organizational review, accepted gifts and banquets, and received high-end medical services from private enterprise owners. He violated organizational principles in cadre selection, allowed relatives to receive remuneration without working, interfered with judicial activities, and engaged in large-scale power-for-money deals involving engineering projects, industrial park entries, and land transfers. His violations constituted serious duty-related offenses and suspected bribery, and he did not restrain himself after the 18th CPC National Congress. The decision to expel him, dismiss him from public office, confiscate his gains, and transfer his case to procuratorial organs was made with the approval of the CPC Central Committee.
Summary: The article reports on Postal Savings Bank of China's efforts to serve the real economy through the "five major articles" of technology, green, inclusive, pension, and digital finance. It highlights a case in Zhuzhou High-tech Zone where PSBC tailored a full-lifecycle financial package for Zhuzhou Aimei New Materials Co., Ltd., supporting plant construction, R&D, and capacity expansion. PSBC branches in Chongqing, Yunnan, and Hebei are cited for initiatives like mapping technology nodes, launching "one cluster, one strategy" services, and a "cluster finance into ten thousand enterprises" campaign. As of end-June, technology loans grew over 16%, private enterprise loans stood at 2.93 trillion yuan, and inclusive small-micro loans at 1.91 trillion yuan. The bank also reported green loan growth of 14.37% year on year, pension finance scale exceeding 3.8 trillion yuan, and digital RMB wallets exceeding 37 million.
Summary: The article discusses the success of the revolutionary historical drama *The Great Long March*, produced by China Media Group, which airs to mark the 90th anniversary of the Red Army's Long March and presents a "panoramic" portrayal of multiple Red Army routes for the first time. Chief producer Liu Guohua and director Zhang Yongxin explain that the creative team spent over five years on the script, rooted in accurate Party history, to show historical trials and ideological transformations, with the drama achieving high ratings and engaging young audiences through bullet-screen interactions. The drama combines revolutionary realism and revolutionary romanticism, using techniques like freehand expression to evoke the era's atmosphere, and has sparked a binge-watching craze among young viewers who research historical details and check in at red landmarks. The article highlights how the drama resonates with young audiences by depicting Red Army soldiers of similar age, fostering spiritual connection and emotional resonance.
Summary: Zhen Shusuo, a 55-year-old opera performer in Quyang County, Hebei Province, livestreams her daomadan (sword-and-horse female warrior role) displays from a farmhouse courtyard, drawing praise online. She began her opera career at age 13, endured harsh training conditions, and later joined the Hebei Tang County Bangzi Opera Troupe, where she spent nearly a decade in walk-on roles. In 1994, she moved with her husband, also an opera performer, to Wenzhou, Zhejiang, overcoming a shaky debut to build a local reputation with high-difficulty stunts. In 2020, she returned to her hometown and, at her son's suggestion, began livestreaming her training, gaining over 3 million followers and viral videos. She continues to perform, teach children, and explore innovative opera expressions, letting traditional culture thrive in rural settings.
Summary: The 2026 World Internet Conference Wuzhen Summit, themed "Open Source, Open Sharing — Jointly Building a Community with a Shared Future in Cyberspace," was held in Wuzhen, Zhejiang, from November 2 to 5, with Jiaxing launching the "Artificial Intelligence 'Jia' Carnival" and the "Digital Yangtze River Delta Development Conference" as signature activities. The carnival featured a 1,500-square-meter "A Day in the Future" experience park with five scenarios, showcasing domestic AI agents, embodied intelligence enterprises, and local Jiaxing firms. The Digital Yangtze River Delta Development Conference, held on November 4, gathered over 300 guests to discuss AI-empowered industries and released the *Digital Yangtze River Delta Development Report (2026)*, while launching a "1V5 pain-point questioning" dialogue and a scenario co-building initiative. Jiaxing reported core AI industry revenue of 71 billion yuan in the first three quarters, a 26% year-on-year increase, with 118 EFLOPS of computing power in operation and a "4+6" AI terminal industry system under construction. Jiaxing aims to leverage the summit to become an important central city of the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration and drive high-quality development.
Summary: The article highlights Guyu, a domestic skincare brand, as an example of Chinese brands transforming from product export to value export amid deepening Belt and Road cooperation and mutual learning among civilizations. Guyu has built a full-stack self-developed system over 10 years, including R&D centers, factories, and raw material bases, and has achieved breakthroughs in self-developed ingredients like glabridin and rare ginsenoside CK, with the latter obtaining FDA filing. The brand integrates Chinese cultural elements into its products and marketing, such as solar terms-themed gift boxes and intangible cultural heritage-inspired designs, while also engaging in ESG initiatives like recycling and rural education programs. Guyu’s mission is to use Chinese technology and culture to create health and beauty for humanity, as it looks toward its next decade of growth.
Summary: The article reports that multiple Latin American countries are rolling out supportive policies to accelerate artificial intelligence industry development, citing an Inter-American Development Bank report projecting a 5.6 percent regional GDP boost by 2030. Applications span health, education, environmental management, and municipal administration, with examples including Brazil's smart hospital network, Uruguay's AI-integrated "Ceibal Plan," and AI-based deforestation early warning in Colombia. Brazil, Chile, and Uruguay lead in AI ecosystem maturity, with Brazil investing 23 billion reais under its 2024–2028 AI plan and Chile updating its national AI policy with 177 measures. Regional cooperation includes the launch of Latam-GPT, the first open-source large language model using Latin American data, supported by 65 institutions across 15 countries. The article also highlights China as an important partner, noting Huawei and Alibaba Cloud's involvement in data centers and 5G networks, a Brazilian investment in AI infrastructure with Chinese firms, and a Mexico-China memorandum on scientific and technological innovation cooperation.
Summary: The article argues that France's economic stagnation stems from excessive public debt and an inflexible social model, requiring spending controls and pension reforms to restore confidence. It advises France to act according to its ability, streamline administration, and adjust working hours, while noting that growth depends on enterprises and households. The piece warns against blaming foreign competition, citing U.S. aggressive industrial and trade policies as part of a complex external environment, but insists France's difficulties are mainly internal. It urges France to learn from China's policy continuity and execution, remain open, and expand trade with China while welcoming Chinese investment. The author, chairman of the French Savings and Retirement Association, concludes by advocating cooperation and mutual learning between China and France.
Summary: The 14th Lancang-Mekong River Basin Countries Culture and Arts Festival was held in Jinghong City, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, from October 28 to November 1, featuring performances and activities from the six Lancang-Mekong countries. Cambodian official Kong Sirey called the festival an important bridge for cultural diplomacy and people-to-people connectivity, while Thai musician Banlue Pattayakorn urged young artists to strengthen exchanges. The festival, originating in 1992, also included a copyright exchange meeting where Lao student Zhao Ahang signed a copyright transfer agreement with a Xishuangbanna cultural-tourism enterprise. Xishuangbanna Prefecture Party Committee Secretary Ma Zhigang said the region is willing to use culture and development as bridges for "heart-to-heart connectivity" in the Lancang-Mekong River Basin.
Summary: The 2026 Africa TV Festival concluded in Cape Town, where a "China Joint Exhibition Stand" guided by the State Council Information Office and the National Radio and Television Administration and led by Jiangsu Broadcasting Corporation showcased over 50 programs and technologies from 16 Chinese institutions. Foreign attendees, including South African special effects firm head Ndoisile Joja and broadcaster Kaise Ngula, praised Chinese production methods and expressed interest in deeper cooperation and market integration. Awa Keita of Côte d'Ivoire's West Coast Audiovisual Company highlighted Chinese achievements in combining artificial intelligence with content, citing Jiangsu's "Divine Encounter: When Herodotus Meets Sima Qian" as an innovative model. Zhang Liyan of Nantong Tiantai Animation brought "Loyal Youth Yue Fei," noting African recognition of Chinese animation standards and market potential. Lu Feng of Jiangsu Broadcasting reported the "China Time" project's year-round broadcasting in South Africa, while Yang Yong of the National Radio and Television Administration and acting Consul General Wang Xiao called for expanded co-productions and cultural exchange to amplify Global South voices.
Summary: Chinese expert Fu Bojie, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and researcher at the Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, was awarded the 2026 Volvo Environment Prize in Stockholm on November 2, in recognition of his contributions to ecological restoration and sustainable development research, particularly for scientific support for ecological governance on China's Loess Plateau. The Volvo Environment Prize jury stated that Fu made pioneering contributions in social-ecological systems and sustainability science, combining local ecological restoration with global sustainable development, and that his research provides an important reference for regions facing land degradation, water scarcity, and food security. A press release from the Volvo Environment Prize Foundation noted that Fu and his team conducted long-term field surveys and landscape-scale analysis on the Loess Plateau, studying relationships among land use, vegetation, water resources, soil, biodiversity, and local livelihoods. The prize, financially supported by the Volvo Group of Sweden and first awarded in 1990, is one of the most influential awards in international environmental science, recognizing scientists whose findings significantly impact policy-making.
Summary: Nearly 10,000 Japanese citizens rallied outside the National Diet Building in Tokyo to protest the Takaichi administration's military expansion moves, including its push to adjust nuclear policy. The administration has taken frequent action on nuclear policy, with Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae stating in the Diet that the government would hold "concrete and realistic discussions" on introducing nuclear submarines to the Self-Defense Forces, and Japanese media reporting possible revisions to the "Three Non-Nuclear Principles" wording in the "three security documents." Protest speakers said the administration's militarization has intensified tensions with neighboring countries, giving them "a strong sense of crisis." Protester Yoshikawa said Japan's trend of continuously strengthening military power "has gone too far" and is "extremely abnormal" if it exceeds self-defense needs and provokes other countries. Protester Kurebayashi Mitsuru said that while the burden on livelihoods increases, the government's push to bring nuclear weapons into Japan and revise the Constitution to enable war-making "absolutely must not be permitted."
Summary: China has deepened international cooperation in disaster prevention and reduction through practical collaboration in monitoring, early warning, emergency response, and personnel training. In Djibouti, the China Meteorological Administration deployed the "Mazu" smart early warning system, with Version 2.0 delivered in July this year, improving forecast resolution and lead time for port operations. China and Thailand have conducted joint coastal zone surveys over the past decade, sharing data to support scientific decision-making on coastal erosion and disaster risk. China also established the Pacific Island Countries Applied Technology Innovation Center for Climate Change Response in Fiji, providing meteorological satellite support and renewable energy projects to enhance climate resilience. The article highlights China's role in exporting technology and training personnel to strengthen disaster prevention capabilities across Africa, Asia, and the Pacific.
Summary: The article argues that intensifying global climate change necessitates cross-border collaboration in disaster prevention and reduction, as no country can remain unaffected by cascading disaster impacts. It details China's cooperation with African, ASEAN, Pacific island, and South Asian countries in emergency response, satellite remote sensing, monitoring and early warning, and joint scientific research. China has provided disaster imagery for events like floods in Pakistan and the Nepal mudslide, and operates the South China Sea Regional Tsunami Advisory Center. The piece acknowledges structural shortcomings in global disaster governance, including the North-South technology gap and barriers to data sharing. It concludes by calling for improved cooperation frameworks under the principle of extensive consultation, joint contribution, and shared benefits to build a more resilient global security barrier.
Summary: Kweichow Moutai is using culture as a bridge to expand internationally, building on its quality foundation rooted in the Chishui River's unique ecology and traditional brewing techniques. The company combines scientific innovation, modern governance, and ESG practices to meet high-quality demand, having won the National Quality Award three times and the 2023 EFQM Global Award Seven Diamonds. In 2025, overseas market revenue reached approximately 4.85 billion yuan, with products covering 67 countries and regions, supported by a strategy of "product export, brand going global, and internationalization." Moutai has held cultural events like "Moutai Night" and commemorated the 110th anniversary of its Panama-Pacific International Exposition award in the United States, while also hosting the Chishui River Forum and "Walk into Moutai" tours to foster dialogue among civilizations. The article emphasizes Moutai's role as a national brand promoting Chinese baijiu culture globally through exchange and cooperation.
Summary: Yunnan has launched the "World Heritage Travel Plan," using its six world heritage sites as a foundation to build a multilateral international cooperation platform for heritage protection, cross-border tourism route design, and cultural exchange, with the plan included in the Action Plan List of the Global Civilization Dialogue Ministerial Conference in July 2025. The initiative has rolled out cross-border routes linking Yunnan with Laos and Cambodia, and has held events such as a flash activity at Galle Fort in Sri Lanka and a coffee-themed exchange in Ninh Binh, Vietnam, to integrate mutual learning into everyday scenarios. The plan's institutional framework includes launching overseas social media accounts, a converged media thematic website, and a "Yunnan-Africa People-to-People Dialogue" themed activity building on the 2026 "China-Africa Year of People-to-People Exchanges." Communication efforts have extended to countries including Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Saudi Arabia, with a themed photography exhibition held at Kunming Changshui International Airport. Yunnan aims to turn "encounters" into "long-term partnerships" by linking heritage protection, cultural tourism development, and civilization dialogue into a sustainable platform radiating from South and Southeast Asia toward Africa.
Summary: The article reflects on the 90th anniversary of the Long March, emphasizing that Red Army units and guerrilla forces left behind in revolutionary base areas made indelible contributions to the victory, as noted by General Secretary Xi Jinping. It argues that staying behind was also a "Long March," embodying the same faith and resilience as the main forces, and highlights stories of sacrifice, such as Liu Bojian's refusal to surrender and the protection of wounded soldiers by villagers. The piece connects this spirit to modern development, including Qingyuan's transformation of the pencil industry, Xunwu's environmental protection for the Greater Bay Area, and Wenchang's senior canteens serving veterans like 106-year-old Chen Yulan. It concludes that the Long March spirit persists through integrating the small self into the greater whole, keeping the overall situation in mind, and forever maintaining the original aspiration of serving the people.
Summary: The article is a commentary on the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee, which adopted a decision on persistently advancing the full and rigorous self-governance of the Party. It argues that "persistence" is essential for governing the country and strengthening the Party, citing the need to combat unhealthy tendencies and consolidate hard-won results. The piece invokes the story of Mount Tai porters to illustrate that steady progress requires unwavering perseverance. It reviews achievements since the 18th National Congress, including the Eight-Point Regulation, and stresses that strictness serves as a "safety valve" for clean and bold work. The Plenary Session highlighted the Party's two answers to escaping the historical cycle—"letting the people supervise the government" and "self-revolution"—as unique creations to be upheld on the new journey.
Summary: The Discipline Inspection and Supervision Working Commission of the Xinyu High-tech Development Zone in Jiangxi Province investigated a complaint about unrefunded tap water installation fees, finding that village group head He Moumou had kept 42,300 yuan of surplus funds for personal use after collecting fees from 91 households. He voluntarily returned the funds after the investigation began and received a government sanction for infringing upon the interests of the masses. The commentary states that the case reflects weak supervision of village-level livelihood funds and insufficient transparency in the exercise of power. It urges grassroots cadres to strengthen discipline awareness and calls on relevant departments to regulate micro-power and promote routine disclosure of village affairs and finances to curb "micro-corruption."
Summary: The article describes how Party member and grid worker Chen Dan in Yangzhuang Village, Shenqiu County, Zhoukou City, Henan Province, promptly reported a land dispute involving Old Man Yang, leading village Party branch secretary Yang Bing to mediate and resolve it the same day. Zhoukou City has optimized 27,832 grids and implemented the "3345" grid worker working method, requiring Party members to inspect, report, and handle conflicts during routine household visits. The city has also strengthened grassroots organizations, deployed 968 village-level coordinators for rural revitalization, and built a "digital grid" for dynamic data collection. Yang Bing emphasized that conflicts should be resolved the same day, and 32,301 grid workers have resolved 34,000 disputes this year. The article highlights the efficiency of Party-led grassroots governance in preventing disputes from escalating.
Summary: Yuneng Group, a municipal state-owned enterprise of Yulin City, Shaanxi Province, has leveraged the Belt and Road Initiative to expand from coal mining into international energy logistics, trade, and green technology, building a land-sea intermodal network and overseas warehouses in Rotterdam and Tianjin. The group has deepened engagement in Central Asia, attending the Turkmenistan-China Business Forum in Ashgabat and establishing a professional investment task force after matchmaking with Uzbekistan's Karakalpakstan delegation. Its "magnesium chain" extends from raw magnesium exports to alloy research and development, while green projects like water-preserving coal mining and air-cooling units underpin its low-carbon competitiveness. The article details the group's "4+N" industrial landscape and its efforts to promote clean energy and chemical products to Eurasian markets via the "Yuxiou" China-Europe freight train. Looking ahead, Yuneng Group will continue to coordinate energy security, industrial upgrading, and opening up with Belt and Road partner countries.
Summary: The article highlights Xifeng Liquor's efforts to promote coordinated protection of "dual heritage"—its brewing technique listed as national intangible cultural heritage and its distillery as national industrial heritage in 2021. It emphasizes "living inheritance" through continuous brewing, public experience, and the Xifeng Liquor Culture Museum, which opened in September 2025, alongside the still-used ten-thousand-ton wine cellar. The company advances a "brand going global" strategy, with its trademark registered in 20 countries and regions and products exported to over 30, including sales networks in Southeast Asia, Europe, and Africa. Looking ahead, Xifeng Liquor aims to tell the story of Chinese baijiu and extend its thousand-year fragrance to a broader world. The data source is Shaanxi Xifeng Liquor Distillery Group Co., Ltd.
Summary: The article argues that Chinese culture's global influence depends on sustained, deep engagement rather than fleeting trends, citing examples like Baduanjin, *Black Myth: Wukong*, and Labubu as new forms attracting overseas audiences. It stresses that being seen is only the beginning, and that true understanding requires bridging historical context and cultural logic, as exemplified by Mei Lanfang's meticulous preparations for his U.S. tour and the Yangs' translation of *Dream of the Red Chamber*. Works like *Poetic Dance: The Journey of a Legendary Landscape Painting* and *To the Wonder* demonstrate how tradition and contemporary creation can mutually enrich cultural exchange. The piece calls for steady, interconnected investment across the entire creative chain, and notes that overseas creators inspired by Chinese web novels can in turn nourish Chinese creators. Ultimately, the author, a professor at Shanghai International Studies University, concludes that cultural influence grows through quiet, persistent effort and reciprocal inspiration.
Summary: The article discusses reader reactions to Wang Meng's People's Daily piece on running supplements full of charm and vitality, with comments expressing affection for supplements and sharing personal stories. Readers praise supplements as essential to newspapers, comparing them to salt in cooking or a song's refrain, while also criticizing monotonous content and limited authorship. Suggestions include publishing more satirical commentary, serializations, and compiled collections. The piece concludes that readers' trust is vital, advocating for "reader-editor co-creation" in the digital-intelligent era to keep supplements relevant and illuminating.
Summary: The article discusses a puppet and shadow-play showcase titled "Auspicious Couplets of a Hundred Realms · Arts Uniting Ten Thousand Directions," which brought together five major categories of puppet and shadow figures from across China. It highlights efforts to break through rigidified subject matter and audience perceptions, citing works like *The Adventures of the Young Zhang Daqian* and *Classic of Mountains and Seas: The Dream of the Giant* as examples of expanding themes and achieving cross-generational appeal. The piece also notes technological applications, such as the Huazhou shadow play's use of large screens and multimedia, while preserving traditional techniques, and praises Quanzhou string puppetry for revitalizing its market through public-welfare performances and restaged classics. Rare puppet types, like the Sichuan Grand Puppet Theater's 1.8-meter giant puppet, drew attention but face challenges including high costs and talent shortages. The article concludes that revitalizing puppet theater requires preserving traditional skills while innovating in subject matter and audience engagement to ensure its continued brilliance.
Summary: The article reviews the film *Secret Files*, which innovatively focuses on the daily lives of families in Shanghai's shikumen lane houses rather than conventional spy-film tension. It highlights how the film uses mundane details to reveal characters' personalities and political attitudes, representing various social strata under Japanese occupation. The portrayal of revolutionaries Xu Shuting and Shen Yulin is noted for its down-to-earth depiction of their struggles, including the loss of their child. The review praises the film's effort to place revolutionary will within everyday life, broadening the spy genre's scope despite diminishing the protagonist's presence.
Summary: The article reviews the red-themed short drama *The Iron-Blooded Messenger*, which follows courier Xiang Younian as he delivers intelligence on the "Iron Bucket Plan" to Ruijin. It praises the drama's use of unexpected reversals and detailed scenes to create tension, while noting that the key to its success lies in vivid character portrayal. The author, Zhang Dexiang of Chaoyang District, Beijing, argues that short dramas have no excuse for neglecting character craft despite their length constraints. The piece emphasizes that beneath the surface adventure story lies the historical truth that revolutionary victory depends on the people's support.
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(People's Daily, Beijing, November 2) (Reporter Yang Qiaochu) On the morning of November 2, President Xi Jinping held talks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing with Sultan Haitham of Oman, who was in China for a state visit.
Xi Jinping noted that China-Oman friendship has a long history, with deep accumulation, a solid foundation, and broad prospects. The two sides have always interacted with mutual trust, sincerity, respect, and righteousness, and the millennium-old China-Oman friendship has grown even stronger over time. In recent years, the two countries have seen increasingly solid political mutual trust, fruitful mutually beneficial cooperation, and traditional friendship deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Expanding and deepening China-Oman relations is a common strategic choice of both sides, conforms to the trend of the times and the general course of history, and meets the common aspirations of the two peoples. China is willing to work with Oman to advance the China-Oman strategic partnership to a higher level, better benefit the two peoples, and contribute to regional peace, stability, and prosperity.
Xi Jinping stressed that this visit is the first visit to China by an Omani head of state in the 48 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Oman. He expressed belief that this meeting will become an important page in the history of China-Oman relations and inject strong impetus into the development of bilateral relations. China and Oman should enhance political mutual trust, strengthen exchanges of experience in governance, and further brighten the strategic foundation of China-Oman relations. China supports Oman in safeguarding national independence, sovereignty, security, and stability, and in independently exploring a development path suited to its own national conditions, and is willing to continue to firmly support each other with Oman. The two sides should expand practical cooperation and continuously consolidate the foundation of mutual benefit and win-win cooperation between the two countries. China adheres to promoting high-quality development and expanding high-standard opening up, which will bring greater opportunities to countries around the world, including Oman. China is willing to deepen the alignment of development strategies with Oman, to be a stable and reliable energy cooperation partner, a promising investment cooperation partner, and a high-tech cooperation partner with collaborative innovation, to promote more comprehensive and multi-dimensional energy cooperation between the two countries, strengthen cooperation in industry, investment, artificial intelligence, and scientific, technological, and cultural exchanges, and walk hand in hand on the path of respective development, revitalization, and modernization. The two sides should carry forward traditional friendship, strengthen the bond of people-to-people connectivity, and closely cooperate in education, tourism, health, journalism, and sports, continuously enriching and expanding the connotation of the China-Oman strategic partnership.
Xi Jinping pointed out that the world is currently undergoing accelerated changes unseen in a century, with global issues emerging one after another. The Middle East and the Gulf region should not become an arena for major-power rivalry and geopolitical conflict. Regional peace and stability require joint efforts by all parties to create and safeguard. China has always been actively committed to stopping wars and promoting peace, and hopes to contribute wisdom and solutions to resolving the regional security dilemma. We will continue to advocate resolving disputes through political and diplomatic channels and support regional countries in building a common home of good-neighborliness, development, security, and cooperation. China is willing to strengthen communication and coordination with Arab countries and Gulf Cooperation Council countries, including Oman, and work together for the early restoration of regional peace and tranquility and the realization of long-term peace and stability (长治久安, chang zhi jiu an - "long, govern; long, peace").
Haitham expressed that he is very glad to visit the great and friendly China. Under the strong leadership of President Xi Jinping, China has become a major political and economic power in the world and has made important contributions to global prosperity and stability. Oman and China have traditional friendship and have always respected and trusted each other. Oman firmly adheres to the one-China principle and supports China in safeguarding national sovereignty and territorial integrity. He hopes to take this visit as a new starting point to explore more cooperation opportunities, build a future-oriented partnership, and promote greater development of bilateral relations. China has been Oman's largest trading partner for many years, and Chinese enterprises' investment in Oman continues to grow, making the economic relations between the two countries more comprehensive and diversified. Oman is willing to align the development strategies of the two countries with China, and strengthen cooperation in trade, investment, industry, infrastructure construction, artificial intelligence, and science and technology. Enhance people-to-people and cultural exchanges to promote mutual understanding and affinity between the two peoples. China plays an indispensable leadership role in maintaining world peace and stability. Oman highly appreciates China's just position on Middle East issues, and is willing to closely coordinate with China, defend international law, adhere to resolving differences by peaceful means, and jointly promote regional and world security and stability.
After the talks, the two heads of state jointly witnessed the signing of multiple cooperation documents in fields such as industrial and supply chains, green development, and digital finance.
During the visit, the two sides issued the "Joint Statement of the People's Republic of China and the Sultanate of Oman on Deepening the China-Oman Strategic Partnership."
Before the talks, Xi Jinping held a welcome ceremony for Haitham in the North Hall of the Great Hall of the People.
When Haitham arrived, honor guards lined up to pay tribute. The two heads of state ascended the reviewing stand, the military band played the national anthems of China and Oman, and a 21-gun salute was fired at Tiananmen Square. Accompanied by Xi Jinping, Haitham reviewed the guard of honor of the People's Liberation Army of China and watched the march-past.
At noon that day, Xi Jinping held a welcome banquet for Haitham in the Golden Hall of the Great Hall of the People.
Wang Yi attended the above activities.
Return to Top(Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, November 2) Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, recently made an important instruction on further improving the work of Yellow River protection and governance. He pointed out that the Party has led the people in governing the Yellow River for 80 years, fundamentally changing the historical situation of "two breaches in three years" and creating a miracle of peace and tranquility year after year, fully demonstrating the notable superiority of the socialist system.
Xi Jinping emphasized that on the new journey, it is necessary to take the Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for the New Era as the guide, firmly grasp the strategic requirements of placing protection first and governance as the key, adhere to the water management approach of prioritizing water conservation, balanced spatial distribution, systematic governance, and joint efforts from both the government and the market, continuously improve the pattern of major protection and major coordination, solidly promote ecological protection and high-quality development in the Yellow River basin, build a solid national ecological security barrier, ensure the long-term peace and stability of the Yellow River, inherit and carry forward the Yellow River culture, and strive to make this mother river increasingly beautiful, ensuring the eternal well-being of the Chinese nation and benefiting future generations.
The meeting on comprehensively advancing the work of Yellow River protection and governance was held on November 2 in Zhengzhou, Henan Province. Xi Jinping's important instruction was conveyed at the meeting. Liu Guozhong, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, attended the meeting and delivered a speech. He stated that General Secretary Xi Jinping's important instruction is highly political, ideological, and guiding in nature, providing important guidance for continuously promoting ecological protection and high-quality development in the Yellow River basin on the new journey, and it must be deeply studied and understood and resolutely implemented. It is necessary to effectively enhance the sense of responsibility and mission, and in accordance with the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee, jointly do a good job in major protection, coordinately advance major governance, strive to ensure the long-term peace and stability of the Yellow River, strengthen the economical and intensive use of water resources, enhance the coordinated allocation capacity of water network projects, strengthen the protection of water ecology and environment, inherit and carry forward the Yellow River culture, and continuously open up new prospects in the work of Yellow River protection and governance.
At the meeting, the relevant situation of the Party leading the people in governing the Yellow River for 80 years was reported. Responsible comrades from Qinghai Province, Gansu Province, Henan Province, Shandong Province, the National Development and Reform Commission, and the Ministry of Water Resources delivered speeches at the meeting.
Responsible comrades from relevant departments of the central Party and state organs and relevant provinces and autonomous regions attended the meeting.
Return to Top(Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, November 2) On November 2, President Xi Jinping exchanged congratulatory messages with President Keiko Fujimori of Peru to celebrate the 55th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
Xi Jinping pointed out that China and Peru are comprehensive strategic partners. Over the 55 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations, China-Peru relations have weathered unpredictable changes in the international situation (风云变幻, feng yun bian huan - "wind, cloud, change, transform") and maintained a sound momentum of development. Political mutual trust between the two sides has been increasingly consolidated, practical cooperation in various fields has yielded fruitful results, and the friendship between the two peoples has been deeply touching people's hearts (深入人心, shen ru ren xin - "deep, enter, people, heart"). China appreciates Peru's long-term adherence to the one-China principle. The Protocol on Upgrading the Free Trade Agreement between the two countries officially entered into force on November 1, and it is believed that it will vigorously promote the improving quality and upgrading (提质升级, ti zhi sheng ji - "raise, quality, upgrade") of China-Peru economic and trade cooperation and inject new impetus into the development of bilateral relations. I attach great importance to the development of China-Peru relations and am willing to work with President Keiko Fujimori to take the 55th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations as a new starting point, lead China-Peru relations to a new level, and better benefit the two peoples.
Keiko Fujimori stated that the two countries have jointly forged a solid bond of friendship, mutual respect, and cooperation. Bilateral relations have been continuously nourished by the traditional friendship between the two peoples and have been continuously deepened and expanded within the framework of the comprehensive strategic partnership. Peru reaffirms its firm adherence to the one-China principle and is willing to continue to strengthen political dialogue and cooperation with China.
Return to TopBy: 新华社记者 张晓松 丁小溪 孙少龙
On the magnificent journey of building a strong country and achieving national rejuvenation, the century-old Party that aspires to a great undertaking for generations to come (千秋伟业, qiān qiū wěi yè - "thousand, autumns, great, undertaking") has once again written a new chapter of the era in strengthening the Party and the country—
On the afternoon of October 29, 2026, amid waves of applause, the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party formally adopted the Decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Several Major Issues Concerning Persevering with Constancy in Advancing Full and Rigorous Self-Governance of the Party.
At the key juncture of the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China and the start of the 15th Five-Year Plan, Chinese Communists issued the resolute pledge that to govern the country one must first govern the Party, that governing the Party must be rigorous, and that only a strong Party can make a strong country.
Steadfast and unwavering in purpose (大道如砥, dà dào rú dǐ - "great way, like, whetstone"), unwavering original aspiration (初心如磐, chū xīn rú pán - "initial heart, like, rock").
Under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, under the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, and through in-depth study and implementation of Xi Jinping's Thought on Party Building, the whole Party, firm in historical confidence and seizing historical initiative, striving forward with great vigor (踔厉奋发, chuò lì fèn fā - "strive, exert") and acting with perseverance and diligence (笃行不怠, dǔ xíng bù dài - "practicing, not, slack"), will surely unite and lead hundreds of millions of people in forging ahead toward the realization of the Second Centenary Goal, creating new historic achievements and winning new and greater victories on the new journey of the new era.
Responding to the overall situation and general trend, responding to the will of the Party and the hearts of the people—the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, having a far-sighted vision (高瞻远瞩, gāo zhān yuǎn zhǔ - "high, look, far, gaze") and assessing the situation and trends (审时度势, shěn shí dù shì - "examine, time, gauge, trend"), designated persevering with constancy in advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party as the agenda item of the Plenary Session
On July 30, 2026, with the radio waves sent out to the world by Xinhua News Agency, a piece of blockbuster news attracted widespread attention at home and abroad—
"The Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee held a meeting on July 30 and decided to convene the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in Beijing in October this year. The main agenda is that the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee will report its work to the Central Committee and study several major issues concerning persevering with constancy in advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party."
As the world's largest political party, how can the Communist Party of China, on its journey of steering the building of a strong country and national rejuvenation, solve the unique problems of a major party and forever maintain its vigor and vitality?
Ten years ago, the Sixth Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Party deliberated and adopted the Several Norms for Political Life Within the Party Under the New Situation and the Regulations of the Communist Party of China on Intra-Party Supervision, providing fundamental guidance for strengthening and regulating political life within the Party and strengthening intra-Party supervision under the new situation through a series of new viewpoints, new judgments, new requirements, and new provisions.
Five years ago, the Sixth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Party comprehensively summarized the major achievements and historical experience of the Party's century-long struggle, fully affirmed the historic and pioneering achievements in full and rigorous self-governance of the Party since the 18th National Congress, and inspired the whole Party to grasp the laws, strengthen confidence, and forge the Party into an even stronger and more powerful force.
As time passes, the mission remains the same. On the never-ending road of examination, the Communist Party of China has embarked on a new journey of governance for a major party.
In January 2026, General Secretary Xi Jinping presided over a meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee to study and determine the agenda item of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party and the overall arrangements for the drafting of the document.
At the meeting, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "Recently, I have been considering what agenda item would be appropriate for the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party to study Party building." After careful deliberation, the General Secretary pointed out: "Studying the issue of persevering with constancy in advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party is very necessary and also comes at the right time."
This is an inevitable requirement for maintaining the Party's advanced nature and purity and consolidating its long-term governing position—
"What kind of long-term governing Marxist party to build and how to build a long-term governing Marxist party" is a major issue of the times that Chinese Communists continue to explore.
Deeply understanding the principle that "those who overcome others are strong, but those who overcome themselves are mightier," our Party has attached great importance to Party building since its very birth, and has continuously developed and grown stronger in the process of relying on its own strength and the support of the people to solve its own problems.
More than a hundred years of trials and tribulations, more than a hundred years of tempering into steel.
Today, the Party's "physical form" is growing larger and larger, the ranks of Party members and cadres have undergone structural changes, the building of Party organizations at the grassroots level faces many new situations, and solving the prominent problems existing within the Party still has a long way to go.
The more severe the situation and the more arduous the tasks, the more the Party needs to set the correct course amid stormy waves and stand boldly at the forefront amid many things competing to develop at once (千帆竞发, qiān fān jìng fā - "thousand, sails, compete, set out"). Only by constantly examining itself in light of the requirements of the development of the times, alerting itself with a strong sense of urgency, and forging itself with strict discipline can the Party ensure that it always remains the strong leading core of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics.
"In my speeches on many occasions, I have repeatedly emphasized that in governing and managing the Party, we must adhere unwaveringly to the strict tone, precisely to send the signal that the stricter it gets, the stricter it will be in the future. The Party Central Committee's decision to make persevering with constancy in advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party the agenda item of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee is also based on this consideration." General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out.
This is an inevitable requirement for consolidating and developing the sound political situation of the whole Party's high-level unity and solidarity and the high-level cohesion of the Party's heart, the military's heart, and the people's heart—
More than a decade of continuing tirelessly without stopping (驰而不息, chí ér bù xī - "gallop, but, not, rest") and sustained, long-term effort—the great practice of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party in the new era has carved a magnificent "historical time" into the 105-year history of the Party.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Party, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has incorporated full and rigorous self-governance of the Party into the strategic layout of the Four-Pronged Comprehensive Strategy, made the great new project of Party building in the new era the key to coordinating the "Four Greats," led the whole Party to unswervingly pursue strictness in ideology, strictness in supervision, strictness in discipline enforcement, strictness in managing officials, strictness in work style, and strictness in anti-corruption, fundamentally reversed the lax, soft, and loose situation in governing and managing the Party, stopped unhealthy trends that had long gone unchecked, corrected deep-rooted maladies that had persisted for years, giving the century-old Party a new look, and the Party and the people have won the historical initiative in strengthening the Party and the country.
The fruitful achievements of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party in the new era embody invaluable experience and wisdom and have cultivated the confidence and confidence for continued endeavor.
General Secretary Xi Jinping's words were resolute: "Only by upholding and applying well the valuable experience of governing and managing the Party in the new era, consolidating and developing well the achievements of governing and managing the Party and the sound political situation, and persevering with constancy in advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party can the Party forever avoid changing its nature, changing its color, and changing its flavor, and forever win the heartfelt support and endorsement of the people."
This is an inevitable requirement for fulfilling the Party's mission and tasks and for promoting the steady and long-term development of the Party and the country's cause—
Whatever stage the cause of the Party and the people reaches, Party building must advance to that stage.
Today, China's development has entered a critical period of consolidating the foundation and making comprehensive efforts to basically realize socialist modernization. Through the unremitting efforts of the 15th and 16th Five-Year Plans, by 2035, China will basically realize socialist modernization.
"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." On January 20, 2026, at the opening ceremony of the special seminar for principal leading cadres at the provincial and ministerial level on studying and implementing the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party, General Secretary Xi Jinping spoke with earnest sincerity.
To turn the grand blueprint into reality, the Party must be built well and built strong, further strengthening the Party's political advantages, ideological advantages, organizational advantages, and work-style advantages, and enhancing the Party's political leadership, ideological guidance, mass organization, and social appeal.
To make the branches flourish, one must deepen the roots.
On June 15, 2026, the National Forum on Party Building was held in Beijing, making arrangements for studying and implementing Xi Jinping's Thought on Party Building.
As the chapter on Party building in Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, Xi Jinping's Thought on Party Building inherits and develops Marxist theories on Party building, summarizes and draws lessons from the experiences and lessons of Marxist parties, is a major achievement of advancing theoretical innovation by adhering to the Two Integrations, and is a systematic summary and theoretical elevation of the practical experience of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party in the new era.
The Fourteen Commitments of Xi Jinping's Thought on Party Building answer the major issue of the times of what kind of long-term governing Marxist party to build and how to build a long-term governing Marxist party, answer the fundamental question of what the Communist Party of China is and what it wants to do, answer a series of major theoretical and practical questions of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party in the new era, reveal the internal connection between strengthening the Party and strengthening the country, and, with clarity of substance and application and the integration of substance and application, provide fundamental guidance for governing and managing the Party, revitalizing the Party, and strengthening the Party.
"To strengthen confidence and continue the struggle, we must persevere with constancy in advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party."
At the intersection of history and the future, Chinese Communists of the new era, with the firmness and persistence of always being on the road, have the courage to turn the blade inward, the courage to scrape the poison from the bone, continuously motivating, improving, and elevating themselves, always keeping pace with the trends of the times, the development of practice, and the demands of the people, and striving to open up a new realm of governing and managing the Party and revitalizing and strengthening the Party for the century-old Party.
Pooling the wisdom of the whole Party and fully promoting democracy—the drafting of the Decision was carried out under the leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, always proceeding solidly and efficiently with a high sense of political responsibility and a strong sense of historical mission
In January 2026, the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee successively held meetings and decided to establish the drafting group for the document of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party, with General Secretary Xi Jinping serving as the group leader.
Taking personal command and attaching great importance. During the drafting of the document, General Secretary Xi Jinping devoted tremendous effort, presided over many meetings and delivered important speeches, issued many important instructions and directives, personally planned the overall design, provided guidance throughout the process, strategized from the helm, and set the direction, playing a decisive role.
On February 6, 2026, at Huairen Hall in Zhongnanhai, Beijing, General Secretary Xi Jinping presided over the first plenary meeting of the drafting group for the document of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party, and the drafting work was officially launched.
At the meeting, General Secretary Xi Jinping delivered an important speech, profoundly elaborating on the great significance of persevering with constancy in advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party and emphatically stressing four requirements that need to be grasped at the macro level in the drafting of the document.
Adhere to the strict tone—
"The standards for all work in Party building must be strict; education, management, and supervision of Party organizations at all levels and of Party members and cadres must be strict; measures to rectify unhealthy work styles and corruption must be strict; and the implementation of responsibilities for governing and managing the Party must be strict. Of course, in being 'strict,' we must pay attention to methods and results."
Carry forward the scientific spirit—
"Adhere to scientific ways of thinking and working methods, accurately grasp the situation and tasks facing Party building, follow the laws of Party building, adhere to the combination of goal orientation and problem orientation, grasp the fundamentals, highlight key points, implement targeted measures, and strive to improve the scientific level of Party building. In particular, summarizing achievements and reflecting problems must seek truth from facts, advancing the reform of the Party building system must uphold fundamental principles and break new ground, and proposed work measures must be pragmatic and effective."
Strengthen the systems concept—
"Adhere to systematic thinking, plan and advance the Party's political building, ideological building, organizational building, work-style building, discipline building, institutional building, and the fight against corruption as an organic whole, and enhance overall effectiveness. The various ideas and measures studied and proposed must not be separated from each other or act independently, and still less must they impede or conflict with each other."
Serve the mission and tasks—
"Party building cannot operate in a closed loop; we must adhere to the pattern of grand Party building, integrating all work of Party building into the development of the country's cause, so that they promote each other and complement each other. In planning various measures for full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, we must consider whether they are beneficial to the Party's central tasks and overall work, adhere to the unity of seeing matters and seeing people, and managing affairs and managing people, and prevent the 'two skins' phenomenon."
In accordance with General Secretary Xi Jinping's important requirements, the drafting work focused on sorting out and summarizing well the achievements and experience of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party since the 18th National Congress, accurately grasping the new changes in the Party's conditions, thoroughly analyzing the new situations, new problems, and new environment facing Party building, precisely summarizing the overall requirements for persevering with constancy in advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, and scientifically proposing important measures for persevering with constancy in advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party.
Grasp the essentials at the top, distribute the details below.
How to advance the concretization, precision, and normalization of political supervision and promote the whole Party to uphold and maintain the Party's overall leadership and the centralized, unified leadership of the Party Central Committee? How to improve the quality of theoretical education and training? How to enhance the ability of urban and rural grassroots Party organizations to lead grassroots governance? How to deepen the simultaneous treatment of symptoms and root causes and strengthen the simultaneous investigation and treatment of work-style problems and corruption? How to improve the chain of responsibility and prevent the transmission of responsibility pressure from being inadequate?
At the meeting, General Secretary Xi Jinping raised 39 major issues in 8 areas that need in-depth study in the drafting of the document, covering all aspects of Party building and the entire field and process of governing and managing the Party, pointing the direction for the drafting work.
In accordance with General Secretary Xi Jinping's important instruction to devote more energy to studying and analyzing problems and proposing effective and practical measures, the drafting group established 23 key research topics around the agenda of the Plenary Session and commissioned 16 units to conduct research. Each topic-undertaking unit organized elite forces for focused research, producing 28 high-quality research reports that provided rich material and strong support for the drafting of the Decision.
On May 6, 2026, General Secretary Xi Jinping presided over a symposium on persevering with constancy in advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party in Shanghai and delivered an important speech, putting forward further requirements for the drafting work—
"Full and rigorous self-governance of the Party is always on the road; we must advance it with constancy in the spirit of driving in nails";
"Persevering with constancy in advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party is a complex systematic project that requires systematic planning and comprehensive measures";
"Persevering with constancy in advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party must adhere to problem orientation and tackle prominent problems with real action";
"Full and rigorous self-governance of the Party is the common responsibility of the whole Party; Party organizations at all levels, especially principal responsible comrades, must truly shoulder this political responsibility."
Once the key link is grasped, everything falls into place; after careful planning, action is taken.
Under the leadership of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, the drafting work proceeded solidly and in an orderly manner. All comrades of the drafting group kept in mind the great trust of General Secretary Xi Jinping and the Party Central Committee, always maintained a high sense of political responsibility and a strong sense of historical mission, established a normalized learning and discussion mechanism, and worked with all their might and in coordinated cooperation.
Focusing on the agenda of the Plenary Session, the drafting work went deeper from the very beginning, forming a detailed outline. On this basis, the document was repeatedly discussed, deliberated, and polished to ensure that the Decision can withstand the test of practice, the people, and history.
To do the drafting work well, seeking direction, problems, and countermeasures from the Party's innovative theories and research results, the drafting group extracted "dry goods" and distilled the essence from more than 3,300 pages and more than 1.87 million characters of important materials, forming five ledgers including research by field on the agenda of the Plenary Session and the problems and countermeasure suggestions raised in the feedback reports on the agenda of the Plenary Session, making the drafting work more focused and more targeted.
Over more than 8 months, 5 plenary meetings and 35 special meetings were held, and 36 drafts of the Decision were produced... The drafting group practiced a correct view of political achievements, adhered to seeking truth from facts, worked diligently, and promptly carried out argumentation and explanations of new formulations and new measures in the draft Decision to ensure they are scientific, feasible, pragmatic, and effective.
During the drafting of the document, General Secretary Xi Jinping always emphasized paying attention to promoting democracy and pooling collective wisdom.
As early as January 31, 2026, the Central Committee issued a notice to the Party committees of all provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government, all departments of the Central Committee, the Party groups (Party committees) of all departments of state organs, all units of the People's Liberation Army and the Party committees of the Armed Police Force, and the Party groups of all people's organizations, soliciting opinions on the study of the issue of persevering with constancy in advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party at the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party. On February 28, all 112 feedback opinions from various regions and departments arrived.
On August 3, in accordance with the decision of the meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, the General Office of the Central Committee issued a notice requiring that the draft Decision be organized for discussion and opinion solicitation within a certain scope within the Party. The drafting group received a total of 58 feedback opinions from leading comrades of the Central Committee and veteran comrades of the Party who had retired from leading positions in the Party and the state, and 111 feedback opinions from various regions and departments.
On August 21, General Secretary Xi Jinping presided over a symposium with non-Party personages, soliciting opinions and suggestions from the leaders of the central committees of the democratic parties, the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, and representatives of personages without party affiliation on the draft Decision for solicitation of opinions, and the comrades present submitted 10 written materials.
"No matter how the conditions of the times change, the magic weapon role of the united front and Party building must be brought into play." At the meeting, General Secretary Xi Jinping explicitly required: "Encourage democratic parties and personages without party affiliation to speak the truth, offer sincere admonitions, and contribute good suggestions. For the opinions and suggestions they put forward that are conducive to developing the cause of the Party and the state well and building the Communist Party of China well, we should actively adopt them."
Scientific decision-making, democratic decision-making, openness and sincerity, and free expression of views.
Since the draft Decision was circulated for opinions, various regions, departments, and sectors have put forward a total of 1,173 revision opinions, which after deducting duplicate opinions amounted to 1,076, including 162 principled opinions and 914 specific revision opinions.
After repeated study, the drafting group made a total of 81 additions, revisions, and condensations of text to the draft Decision, covering 208 opinions and suggestions from various regions, departments, and sectors, with an absorption rate of 17.7%.
During the drafting of the document, General Secretary Xi Jinping presided over 3 meetings of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and 2 meetings of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, guiding the drafting group to continuously deepen its research and grasp of the major issues of persevering with constancy in advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, and always leading the drafting work to adhere to the correct direction.
On October 19, only one week before the Plenary Session was to convene, General Secretary Xi Jinping presided over a meeting of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee to review the documents to be submitted for approval for the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party, requiring "continued careful polishing of the texts to ensure quality."
On the morning of October 26, the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party opened. The Decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Several Major Issues Concerning Persevering with Constancy in Advancing Full and Rigorous Self-Governance of the Party (Draft for Discussion), which had pooled the wisdom of the whole Party and absorbed opinions and suggestions from all sides, was placed before the comrades present.
General Secretary Xi Jinping delivered a work report on behalf of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee and made explanations on the draft Decision for discussion to the Plenary Session.
Over two and a half days, the comrades present were divided into 14 groups and conducted in-depth discussions and exchanges around the work report of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee and the draft Decision for discussion. Everyone shared their experiences, talked about their understanding, reflected on their thoughts, offered suggestions, and expressed their views freely, candidly, and pragmatically.
On the evening of October 28, General Secretary Xi Jinping presided over a meeting of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee to hear reports on the discussions of each group and to study and determine issues of document revision. On the morning of the 29th, the revised draft of the Decision was again submitted to the groups for discussion, forming a draft of the Decision.
During the Plenary Session, after full discussion, the comrades present put forward a total of 100 revision opinions, and 13 revisions were made after study.
The comrades present unanimously expressed that the draft of the Decision thoroughly implements Xi Jinping's Thought on Party Building, makes strategic arrangements for persevering with constancy in advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, answers a series of major questions on governing and strengthening the Party, marks that our Party's understanding and grasp of the laws of governing a Marxist party have reached a new height, and has milestone significance in the Party's history.
Grasping the ideological thread and applying scientific methods—the Decision thoroughly implements Xi Jinping's Thought on Party Building, purifying the turbid and promoting the clear, upholding fundamental principles and breaking new ground, and is a programmatic document for advancing the great new project of Party building in the new era
"Passed!"
On the afternoon of October 29, at the Great Hall of the People. As soon as General Secretary Xi Jinping's words fell, the venue erupted in prolonged and warm applause.
Three major sections, 8 parts, and more than 17,000 characters—the Decision is comprehensive in content, clear in thread, grasping key essentials and focusing on prominent problems.
This is an action guide for the century-old Party to persevere with constancy in advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, and it has major practical significance and long-term guiding significance for further opening up a new situation in governing and managing the Party and revitalizing and strengthening the Party in the new era.
Grasping the overall situation and general trend, the Decision makes a series of new major judgments and assertions:
It points out that in revolution, construction, and reform, Party building was successively regarded as a great project and a new great project; since the 18th National Congress, the great new project of Party building in the new era has been deeply advanced; and the two answers of "letting the people supervise the government" and "self-revolution" to the historical cycle of rise and fall, order and chaos have been found—this is the unique creation of the Communist Party of China and will forever be recorded in the annals of Marxist party building;
It analyzes the new situations and new problems facing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party and clearly puts forward the "three more arduous" and the "four major challenges" of "governing ability, leadership level, quality of the ranks, and resistance to corruption and prevention of degeneration";
It scientifically summarizes the experience of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party in the new era and clarifies the 7 principles for persevering with constancy in advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party: "adhering to serving the mission and tasks," "adhering to taking the Party's political building as the guide," "adhering to comprehensive and rigorous governance," "adhering to problem orientation," "adhering to upholding fundamental principles and breaking new ground," "adhering to leading by example from above," and "adhering to governing the Party in accordance with rules";
The Decision runs through Xi Jinping's Thought on Party Building from beginning to end, implementing the principles, work layout, methods, and paths for governing and managing the Party explored and formed by the Party under the new conditions of the times into ideas and measures, fully reflecting the scientific connotation, theoretical character, and practical requirements of Xi Jinping's Thought on Party Building.
Adhering to problem orientation, grasping key essentials, focusing on prominent problems in planning the layout, adhering to the simultaneous advancement of governance and construction, and promoting construction through governance—
"We must dare to face directly all kinds of problems that affect the Party's advanced nature and purity, and resolve them with tenacious fighting will, and must never flinch" "We must firmly grasp the fundamental and key problems among them"...
General Secretary Xi Jinping's important requirements on adhering to problem orientation run through the entire text of the Decision.
Strengthening Party spirit is the fundamental task of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party. Clearly perceiving that "the problems in Party conduct and Party discipline mostly have their root causes in Party spirit," the second part of the Decision makes specific arrangements in 5 aspects, including strengthening education in loyalty to the Party and adhering to using the Party's innovative theories to unite hearts and minds, promoting Party members and cadres to be loyal, clean, and responsible, and building a "strong immune system" for the Party's body.
Cadres are the decisive factor in the success or failure of a cause. Focusing on how to improve the quality of selecting and appointing personnel, the fourth part of the Decision clearly states, "Pay attention to evaluating cadres from their consistent performance, and examining cadres at major junctures and critical moments," "strengthen extended examination," and "promote the normalization of cadres being able to go up and down," so as to truly achieve organizational selection of personnel, fair appointment of personnel, and selection of personnel based on the matter at hand.
Full and rigorous self-governance of the Party focuses on governing power. General Secretary Xi Jinping profoundly pointed out that arbitrary use of power and using power for personal gain are prominent manifestations of current corruption problems. The seventh part of the Decision emphatically stresses "strengthening the restriction and supervision of the exercise of power," using strong supervision to prevent the abuse of power at the source.
"Hidden rules" are an important problem that causes laws and regulations to fail to play their due role and produces the "broken window effect." The eighth part of the Decision emphasizes "vigorously breaking hidden rules," directly targeting such chaos as "building antennas and paying homage to docks," "principles are not as good as relationships," "chops are not as good as notes," not doing things without benefits, and operating behind closed doors, and proposing pragmatic and feasible governance measures.
Adhering to the combination of problem orientation and goal orientation, on the basis of consolidating and expanding existing work achievements and maintaining a good momentum, the Decision focuses on major problems affecting the Party's long-term governance, prominent problems existing within the Party, and new situations and new challenges faced, and studies and proposes effective, practical, and root-and-symptom-treating methods and measures.
Upholding fundamental principles and breaking new ground, highlighting the strict tone, implementing comprehensive and rigorous requirements, both reaffirming effective institutional provisions and making new arrangements and proposing new methods in accordance with changes in the situation and tasks—
"It is necessary to follow the overall layout of Party building in the new era, on the basis of adhering to existing good experiences and good practices, and in response to various prominent problems existing in Party building, study and propose constructive, breakthrough, and feasible measures." This is General Secretary Xi Jinping's clear requirement for the drafting work.
The Decision puts forward a total of more than 200 specific measures. Some of these measures are reaffirmations of the past, some have been adjusted and improved in expression in light of changes in circumstances, and some are innovations in the full sense.
In regulating the exercise of power and performance of duties by "top leaders," in the third part "Strictly Implementing Democratic Centralism," the Decision makes a series of clear, specific, and pragmatic requirements on regulating the exercise of power and performance of duties by "top leaders," covering selection and appointment, improving the mechanism for restricting the exercise of power of leading bodies, and promoting democracy, so as to give play to the political advantages, organizational advantages, institutional advantages, and work advantages of democratic centralism.
In building a rigorous organizational system that is connected from top to bottom and effective in execution, the fifth part of the Decision emphasizes "highlighting the strengthening of Party building in emerging fields," and arranges for "deepening and expanding the coverage of Party organizations and Party work in new economic organizations, new social organizations, and new employment groups," "strengthening Party building work in platform enterprises, science and technology innovation enterprises, etc., and establishing a dynamic adjustment mechanism for the upgraded management of Party organizations in internet enterprises," etc.
In maintaining the high-pressure posture of punishing corruption, the seventh part of the Decision clearly defines the new types of corruption and hidden corruption to be key targets of attack, emphasizing "deeply investigating and ferreting out new types of corruption and hidden corruption such as expected benefits, agreed holding on behalf, 'white gloves,' and the 'revolving door' between politics and business, and resolutely cracking down on corrupt acts committed through the use of the internet, virtual currencies, cross-border funds, blockchain, etc."
Paying attention to systematic planning, coordinating the Party's leadership and Party building, planning and advancing all aspects of Party building as an organic whole, interconnecting and coordinating with each other—
"Our Party has a huge contingent, many organizational levels, and a long management chain. Full and rigorous self-governance of the Party covers a wide range of areas. Only by planning and advancing with systematic thinking can we enhance overall effectiveness." General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized.
In terms of work layout, the Decision pays attention to overall coordination and comprehensive advancement, taking the Party's political building as the guide and coordinating the advancement of all aspects of Party building. At the same time, it adheres to grasping Party spirit, Party conduct, and Party discipline together, and connecting the rectification of work styles, the enforcement of discipline, and the fight against corruption, avoiding mutual separation and attending to one thing while neglecting another.
In terms of the deployment of forces, the Decision pays attention to close coordination and joint efforts in the same direction, promoting Party organizations at all levels and functional institutions such as discipline inspection, organization, and propaganda to perform their respective duties, strengthen cooperation, and form a work pattern of vertical connection from top to bottom, horizontal coordination between blocks and lines, and joint management by all.
In terms of methods and approaches, the Decision pays attention to multiple measures and classified guidance, focusing on new situations and new problems and proposing effective and practical ideas and measures. At the same time, it emphasizes adhering to the combination of points and areas in advancing work, summarizing and applying successful experience, deepening understanding of laws, and continuously improving the quality and effectiveness of Party building work.
In addition to the 8 parts, the Decision also makes arrangements respectively for improving the Party and state supervision system and implementing the political responsibility for full and rigorous self-governance of the Party.
Cultivate one's heart, govern one's person, and only then can one govern the world.
"Looking at the whole world, no political party can treat its own building as seriously and rigorously as the Communist Party of China, or advance self-revolution with such a high degree of consciousness, a scientific attitude, and a systematic approach. This is our Party's notable advantage and also the way to win in leading the times." General Secretary Xi Jinping's words carried great weight.
Forging the original aspiration and founding mission, forever maintaining political integrity—comprehensively implementing the spirit of the Plenary Session, advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party with higher standards and more practical measures, providing fundamental guarantees for the great cause of building a strong country and national rejuvenation
"Historical development has its laws, but people are not completely passive in them. As long as we grasp the general trend of historical development, seize the opportunities of historical change, strive with vigor, and forge ahead with determination, human society can advance better."
On November 1, the Decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Several Major Issues Concerning Persevering with Constancy in Advancing Full and Rigorous Self-Governance of the Party was published in full by Xinhua News Agency.
This is a political declaration that unites hearts and minds; this is a clarion call of the times that inspires fighting spirit.
Acting in response to the times and trends, advancing in accordance with laws, and striving in response to the will of the people, Chinese Communists of the new era will deeply study and comprehensively implement the spirit of the Plenary Session, re-temper their thinking, further elevate their understanding, and re-calibrate their actions, continuously realizing the positive interaction between theoretical innovation and practical innovation, and striving to run the key leg of the historical relay well.
Bending forward, striving and forging ahead, working hard to forge the Party into a piece of hard steel that is invincible and victorious in every battle—
"True Marxists and true Communists temper their courage, wisdom, and strength precisely through experiencing and overcoming various difficulties and risks."
Emancipating the mind, seeking truth from facts, upholding fundamental principles and breaking new ground, General Secretary Xi Jinping leads the whole Party in enhancing the systematic nature, foresight, creativity, and effectiveness of governing and managing the Party while following the laws, and in enhancing the Party's ability to purify itself, improve itself, reform itself, and elevate itself while grasping the laws.
Accumulate small victories into great victories, accumulate steps to reach a thousand miles.
Chinese Communists of the new era closely combine lofty goals and fighting programs with down-to-earth, hard work, have the courage to stand at the forefront of the times, and always maintain vigorous vitality, high-spirited vigor, and upright righteousness.
Establishing the Party for the public good and exercising power for the people, determined to create new achievements worthy of history and the times—
"The wisdom and strength for governing the country and managing the Party are contained in the masses of the people."
Party members and cadres at all levels should humble themselves, approach the masses, take the people as a mirror, learn from the people as teachers, and strive to solve the prominent problems within the Party that the masses strongly reflect, so as to transform the support and endorsement of the masses into a powerful driving force for persevering with constancy in advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party.
Adhering to the historical materialist view of the masses, forever rooted among the people, the century-old Party will surely be invincible.
United as one, confident and self-reliant, striding forward toward the grand goal of strengthening the Party and the country—
In 1956, Comrade Mao Zedong delivered the report On the Ten Major Relationships at an enlarged meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee, emphasizing the need to mobilize all positive factors at home and abroad to strive for the building of a strong socialist country.
Seventy years later, as the curtain rises on the 15th Five-Year Plan, our Party adheres to and strengthens the Party's overall leadership, continuously improves the Party's governing ability and leadership level, takes charge of the overall situation and coordinates all parties, unites all forces that can be united, leads hundreds of millions of people in continuously advancing Chinese modernization, and pools strength and gathers hearts to open up new horizons for the development of the cause.
Mountains become majestic through their towering heights, seas become magnificent through their surging waves. Socialism with Chinese characteristics is an unprecedented pioneering cause that requires the hard work and struggle of generation after generation.
Today, we are closer, more confident, and more capable than at any time in history of realizing the goal of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is unstoppable.
"We have already blazed a bright path, and we must continue to move forward."
Only by not forgetting the original aspiration can we comfort history and comfort our forebears, can we win the hearts of the people and win the times, and can we do good work and achieve success and advance with indomitable spirit.
On the new journey, all comrades of the Party must unite more closely around the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, resolutely implement the spirit of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party, deeply study and implement Xi Jinping's Thought on Party Building, more profoundly understand the decisive significance of the Two Establishments, more resolutely achieve the Two Upholds, persevere with constancy in advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, and strive unremittingly to build a great modern socialist country in all respects and comprehensively advance the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation through Chinese modernization!
(Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, November 2)
Return to Top(People's Daily, Beijing, November 2) (Reporter Wang Rong) On the afternoon of November 2, Premier Li Qiang of the State Council met at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing with Sultan Haitham of Oman, who is in China for a state visit.
Li Qiang stated that both China and Oman have long histories, and the friendship between the two countries has a long and continuous history. Over the 48 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations, no matter how the international situation has changed, China and Oman have always respected each other and treated each other as equals, promoting the sustained and sound development of bilateral relations and effectively benefiting the peoples of both countries. This morning, President Xi Jinping held a meeting with His Majesty the Sultan and made new plans for further deepening the China-Oman strategic partnership. China is willing to work with Oman to carry forward traditional friendship, consolidate political mutual trust, firmly support each other, and promote cooperation in various fields to continue deepening and solidifying, better serving the modernization efforts of both countries.
Li Qiang pointed out that China is willing to strengthen development strategy alignment with Oman, deepen cooperation in the entire oil and gas industry chain, carry out more high-quality clean energy projects, expand cooperation in agriculture, fisheries, aerospace satellites, information and communications, artificial intelligence and other fields, and promote the early conclusion of the China-Gulf Cooperation Council free trade agreement negotiations, achieving a higher level of mutual benefit and win-win outcomes. The two sides should expand cultural, educational and other people-to-people exchanges, further facilitate two-way personnel flows, and make the friendship between the two countries more tangible and accessible. The current international situation is complex and multifaceted (纷繁复杂, fen fan fu za - "numerous, many; complicated, complex"), and as both are Global South countries, China and Oman should maintain close communication and coordination in multilateral affairs and jointly safeguard world peace and stability. In recent times, the situation in the Middle East has been repeatedly turbulent. China is willing to uphold the series of major initiatives and propositions put forward by President Xi Jinping and work with Oman to make unremitting efforts to restore peace and tranquility to the Middle East and Gulf region at an early date.
Haitham stated that Oman-China friendly exchanges have a long history. China's development achievements are attracting worldwide attention (举世瞩目, ju shi zhu mu - "entire, world; gaze, eye"), and Oman deeply admires this. China is Oman's most important economic and trade partner, and Oman looks forward to learning from China's development experience, deepening mutually beneficial cooperation in areas such as economy, trade, investment, finance, agriculture and fisheries, manufacturing, advanced technology, clean energy, digital economy, and artificial intelligence, and opening up broader prospects for the Oman-China strategic partnership. Oman is willing to strengthen communication and coordination with China in international and regional affairs and contribute to resolving conflicts and safeguarding peace and stability in the Middle East and Gulf region.
Wu Zhenglong attended the meeting.
Return to Top(People's Daily, Beijing, November 2) (Reporter Peng Bo) The 25th session of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress held its first plenary meeting on the morning of the 2nd at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Zhao Leji, Chairman of the Standing Committee, presided over the meeting.
A total of 154 members of the Standing Committee attended the meeting, and the number of attendees met the legally required quorum.
The meeting heard a report on the review results of the draft Public Interest Litigation Law for Procuratorial Work, delivered by Huang Ming, Deputy Director of the Constitution and Law Committee of the National People's Congress. The third-reviewed draft further improves provisions on the scope of cases and case jurisdiction for procuratorial public interest litigation, optimizes the pre-litigation procedures for civil public interest litigation, and improves provisions on the trial and enforcement procedures for procuratorial public interest litigation.
The meeting heard a report on the review results of the draft Antarctic Activities and Environmental Protection Law, delivered by Zhou Guangquan, Deputy Director of the Constitution and Law Committee. The third-reviewed draft adds content on China upholding the Global Governance Initiative, actively participating in polar global governance and the formulation of relevant international rules, makes clear provisions on the Antarctic expedition system, adds provisions on the state protecting the lawful rights and interests of Chinese citizens, legal persons, and unincorporated organizations in Antarctica in accordance with the law, and further strengthens the state's overall coordination of the direction of Antarctic scientific research.
The meeting heard a report on the review results of the draft revised Water Law, delivered by Cong Bin, Deputy Director of the Constitution and Law Committee. The third-reviewed draft adds the provision of "taking the comprehensive enhancement of water security assurance capability as the goal," improves relevant provisions on the national water network, adds content encouraging public participation in activities such as protecting and conserving water resources and preventing and controlling water disasters, improves requirements for the formulation of water resources planning, further enriches content on water ecological protection, and improves relevant provisions on strengthening work coordination between water administrative departments and river basin management institutions.
The meeting heard a report on the review results of the draft Anti-Cross-Border Corruption Law, delivered by Zhou Guangquan. The second-reviewed draft further enriches and improves the legislative purpose, and enriches the principles of anti-cross-border corruption work; adds relevant provisions on the protection of state secrets, work secrets, commercial secrets, personal privacy, and personal information; and clarifies that domestic enterprises engaged in cross-border business operations shall, based on factors such as enterprise size, business scope, and risk prevention and control, reasonably establish integrity and compliance management departments or personnel.
The meeting heard a report on the revision of the draft State-Owned Assets Law, delivered by Wang Hongxiang, Deputy Director of the Constitution and Law Committee. The second-reviewed draft clarifies that state-owned assets management and supervision work adheres to coordinating development and security, and safeguards the consolidation and development of the state-owned economy; improves relevant provisions on the management of overseas state-owned assets; improves relevant provisions on the performance of the owner's responsibilities for state-owned assets by the central and local governments, and by government and authorized departments; improves relevant provisions on the basic management system for state-owned assets; and further strengthens the management of income from state-owned assets.
The meeting heard a report on the revision of the draft Financial Law, delivered by Xin Chunying, Director of the Constitution and Law Committee. The second-reviewed draft adds content on financial work adhering to the direction of marketization and rule of law, and advancing the construction of an international financial center; enriches content on the protection of financial consumers and investors; adds targeted provisions on regulating and managing activities such as internet marketing; and strengthens the supervision of cross-border financial activities, in order to safeguard the rights and interests of Chinese citizens and organizations and the national financial order.
In order to further improve the criminal procedure system, fully give play to the important role of criminal procedure legal institutions in lawfully punishing crime and safeguarding human rights, regulate the operation of judicial power, and further advance the rule-of-law construction of criminal procedure, the Council of Chairmen of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress put forward a proposal on deliberating the draft amendment to the Criminal Procedure Law. Entrusted by the Council of Chairmen, Shen Chunyao, Director of the Legislative Affairs Commission of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, provided an explanation.
In order to accelerate the promotion of a comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development and promote the high-quality development of renewable energy, the Environment and Resources Protection Committee of the National People's Congress put forward a proposal on deliberating the draft revised Renewable Energy Law. E Jingping, Deputy Director of the Environment and Resources Protection Committee of the National People's Congress, provided an explanation.
In order to improve the tax collection and administration system, regulate tax law enforcement conduct, and strengthen the protection of the lawful rights and interests of taxpayers, withholding agents, and relevant entities and individuals, the State Council put forward a proposal on deliberating the draft revised Tax Collection and Administration Law. Entrusted by the State Council, Hu Jinglin, Director of the State Taxation Administration, provided an explanation.
In order to promote and regulate the relevant legal provisions on the special planning of grassroots staffing, effectively reduce the burden on grassroots units, and promote the alignment of relevant legal provisions with the Ecological Environment Code, the State Council put forward a proposal on deliberating the draft amendment bills for 15 laws including the Emergency Response Law. Entrusted by the State Council, He Rong, Minister of Justice, provided an explanation.
Entrusted by the State Council, Hua Chunying, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, provided an explanation on the proposal to deliberate and approve the Agreement on the Establishment of the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization.
The meeting heard reports on the review results of the proposals submitted for deliberation by the Presidium of the Third Session of the 14th National People's Congress, delivered respectively by Yang Xiaochao, Director of the Supervisory and Judicial Affairs Committee of the National People's Congress; Zhong Shan, Director of the Finance and Economy Committee; Lu Xinshe, Director of the Environment and Resources Protection Committee; Du Jiahao, Director of the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee; and Yang Zhenwu, Director of the Social Development Affairs Committee.
The meeting heard a report on the qualifications of individual deputies, delivered by Yang Xiaochao, Director of the Credentials Committee of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.
The meeting also deliberated relevant appointment and dismissal proposals.
Li Hongzhong, Wang Dongming, Xiao Jie, Zheng Jianbang, Ding Zhongli, Hao Mingjin, Cai Dafeng, He Wei, Wu Weihua, Tie Ning, Peng Qinghua, Zhang Qingwei, Losang Jamcan, and Shohrat Zakir, Vice Chairpersons of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, and Liu Qi, Secretary-General, attended the meeting.
Wu Zhenglong, State Councilor; Zhang Jun, President of the Supreme People's Court; Ying Yong, Procurator-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate; responsible comrades of the National Commission of Supervision; members of the various special committees of the National People's Congress; responsible comrades of the standing committees of people's congresses of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the central government; principal responsible comrades of the standing committees of people's congresses of some sub-provincial cities; some deputies to the National People's Congress; and responsible comrades of relevant departments attended the meeting as non-voting participants.
Return to Top(Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, November 2) Wang Huning, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and chairman of the CPPCC National Committee, met separately in Beijing on November 2 with Valentina Matviyenko, chairwoman of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation, and a delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam led by Nguyen Thanh Nghi, a member of the Political Bureau, Secretary of the Central Committee Secretariat, and head of the Central Policy and Strategy Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam.
When meeting with Matviyenko, Wang Huning stated that under the strategic guidance of President Xi Jinping and President Vladimir Putin, China-Russia relations are advancing steadily. China is willing to work with Russia, taking the important consensus of the two heads of state as the fundamental guide, maintaining strategic focus, deepening practical cooperation, and pushing the China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for the new era to a higher level. The CPPCC National Committee of China is willing to strengthen exchanging ideas and learning from one another (交流互鉴, jiaoliu hujian - "exchange, mutually learn from each other") with the Russian side and contribute to the development of bilateral relations.
Matviyenko warmly congratulated the successful convening of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, stating that under the planning and guidance of the two heads of state, Russia-China relations continue to move forward. The Federation Council of the Russian Federation is willing to strengthen exchanges with the CPPCC National Committee of China and promote cooperation between the two countries in multiple fields.
Peng Qinghua, Wang Dongfeng, and others attended the meeting.
When meeting with the delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Wang Huning stated that General Secretary Xi Jinping maintains close communication with General Secretary To Lam, leading the relations between the two parties and two countries of China and Vietnam to advance steadily and reach even higher levels (更上层楼, geng shang ceng lou - "even more, upper floor") amid major changes unseen in a century. China is willing to work with Vietnam to continue implementing the important consensus of the top leaders of the two parties and two countries, deepen the exchange of governance and party-building experience between the two sides, and promote the building of a China-Vietnam community with a shared future that carries strategic significance at a higher level. The CPPCC National Committee of China is willing to make positive contributions to this end. Wang Huning also briefed on the main situation of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee.
Nguyen Thanh Nghi warmly congratulated the successful convening of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, stating that the Vietnamese side has always regarded relations with China as a strategic choice and top priority, and is willing to work with the Chinese side to jointly implement the consensus of the top leaders of the two parties and two countries and strengthen inter-party exchanges.
Wang Yong and others attended the meeting.
Return to Top(People's Daily, Beijing, November 2) (Reporter Zhang Yang) The mobilization meeting for the Central Publicity Group on studying and implementing the spirit of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee was held in Beijing on the 2nd. Cai Qi, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, attended the meeting and delivered a speech. He emphasized that thoroughly studying and implementing the spirit of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee is a major political task for the entire Party at present and for a period to come. It is necessary to deeply understand the great significance of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, do a good job in publicity work with a highly responsible attitude, guide the broad masses of Party members and cadres to unify their thinking and actions with the spirit of the plenary session, gain a deeper understanding of 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 with practical actions the various arrangements for continuously and persistently advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, and do a good job in all aspects of Party management and Party self-governance with higher standards and more concrete measures.
Cai Qi pointed out that the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee was a very important meeting held at a critical period for basically realizing socialist modernization. The "Decision" adopted at the plenary session, guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, thoroughly implements Xi Jinping's thought on Party building, systematically summarizes the great achievements of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party in the new era, summarizes and applies our Party's historical experience in strict Party management and self-governance and the valuable experience of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party in the new era, deeply analyzes the new situation, new tasks, and new challenges facing Party building, and, with a view to realizing the Party's missions and tasks on the new journey of the new era, makes strategic arrangements for managing and governing the Party, revitalizing and strengthening the Party at present and for a period to come. It is a programmatic document for advancing the great new project of Party building in the new era. It is necessary to deeply study and comprehend Xi Jinping's thought on Party building and the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speeches, and, based on the "Decision," comprehensively and accurately publicize the great achievements in full and rigorous self-governance of the Party since the 18th CPC National Congress, comprehensively and accurately publicize the importance and urgency of continuously and persistently advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, comprehensively and accurately publicize the guiding ideology and principles for continuously and persistently advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, comprehensively and accurately publicize the strategic tasks and major measures for continuously and persistently advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, and comprehensively and accurately publicize the basic requirements for implementing the spirit of the plenary session, guiding the entire Party and society to conscientiously implement the various decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and to greet the successful convening of the 21st CPC National Congress with practical actions.
Cai Qi emphasized that it is necessary to conscientiously implement the requirements for publicity work, grasp the tone and orientation well, closely connect with reality, effectively respond to concerns, and explain the spirit of the plenary session clearly, accurately, substantively, and thoroughly. Party committees at all levels and their publicity departments should attach great importance, plan carefully, and meticulously organize publicity and presentations at all levels, rapidly setting off an upsurge of studying, publicizing, and implementing the spirit of the plenary session.
Li Shulei, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, presided over the meeting. State Councilor Shen Yiqin attended the meeting.
Members of the Central Leading Group for Propaganda, Ideological and Cultural Work, members of the Central Publicity Group, and principal responsible comrades of central publicity and cultural units, among others, attended the meeting.
Return to TopAt the invitation of Xi Jinping, President of the People's Republic of China, Haitham bin Tarik, Sultan of the Sultanate of Oman, paid a state visit to the People's Republic of China from November 1 to 2, 2026. During the visit, President Xi Jinping held fruitful talks with Sultan Haitham in a cordial and friendly atmosphere. Li Qiang, Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, met with Sultan Haitham.
I. The two sides agreed that head-of-state diplomacy plays an irreplaceable strategic guiding role in the development of China-Oman relations. The two sides noted that the historic relations between China and Oman have spanned more than 1,200 years. Sultan Haitham's visit to China is the first visit to China by an Omani head of state since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Oman 48 years ago. At this new historical starting point, the two sides expressed readiness to enhance political mutual trust, strengthen friendly exchanges, expand mutually beneficial cooperation, and intensify coordination and collaboration, so as to promote the comprehensive and in-depth development of the China-Oman strategic partnership, in a manner that meets the expectations of the two peoples and delivers the well-being of the two peoples.
II. The two sides recalled the friendly exchanges between the Chinese and Omani peoples in history through the Maritime Silk Road, which laid a solid foundation for bilateral relations and made positive contributions to the mutual exchange and shining in each other's brilliance (交相辉映, jiao xiang hui ying - "exchange, shine, reflect") of Chinese civilization and Arab civilization.
III. The two sides positively assessed the progress achieved in bilateral relations since the establishment of diplomatic ties 48 years ago. Despite the vicissitudes of time (岁月风雨, sui yue feng yu - "years, wind, rain"), the two sides have interacted with mutual trust, treated each other with sincerity, and respected each other, making China-Oman relations a model of long-term friendship and sharing a common destiny (命运与共, ming yun yu gong - "fate, with, together").
IV. The two sides highly commended the significant progress (长足进步, chang zu jin bu - "long, foot, progress") made in bilateral relations since the establishment of the strategic partnership between the two countries in 2018. Cooperation between the two sides in trade, energy, infrastructure construction, investment, finance, and high technology has been fruitful, and exchanges in Chinese-language education, civil aviation, and tourism have been close, bringing solid and substantial (实实在在, shi shi zai zai - "real, real, real, real") benefits to the two peoples.
V. The two sides agreed to continue to support each other on issues involving each other's core interests and major concerns. The Omani side confirmed United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758, reaffirmed its firm commitment to the one-China principle, stated that Taiwan is an inalienable part of China, and firmly supported all efforts made by the Chinese government to achieve national reunification.
VI. The Omani side supports the vision of building a community with a shared future for mankind proposed by President Xi Jinping, as well as major initiatives including high-quality Belt and Road cooperation, the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative, the Global Civilization Initiative, and the Global Governance Initiative, and believes that the above major visions and initiatives will help address global challenges, promote world peace, development, and common prosperity, and help move the international order toward a more just and reasonable direction under the new circumstances.
VII. The Omani side supports a series of initiatives and propositions successively put forward by President Xi Jinping dedicated to peace and stability in the Middle East, and looks forward to China playing a greater role in achieving lasting peace and security in the Middle East.
VIII. The Chinese side firmly supports the Omani side in safeguarding its sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity, supports the Omani people in following a path of modernization suited to their national conditions under the leadership of Sultan Haitham, and supports Oman in accelerating the implementation of its economic diversification strategy. The Chinese side appreciates the Omani side's long-standing active commitment to bridging differences, enhancing mutual trust, and promoting peace among regional countries, appreciates the important and unique role played by the Omani side on hotspot issues in the Middle East and the Gulf, and supports the Omani side in continuing its efforts to restore peace and tranquility in the region at an early date.
IX. The two sides agreed that the development advantages of China and Oman are complementary, and that the two countries should work together side by side (携手同行, xie shou tong xing - "hold, hands, together, walk") and achieve success for each other on the path of national development and national rejuvenation. The two sides agreed to deepen the synergy between the Belt and Road Initiative and Oman's "Vision 2040" strategy, continuously expand the breadth and depth of practical cooperation in various fields between the two countries, and deliver more and better fruits of cooperation to the two peoples.
X. The two sides agreed that energy cooperation plays an important fundamental role in the practical cooperation between the two countries, agreed to promote deeper and more substantive cooperation in the oil and natural gas sectors, actively expand cooperation in new energy fields such as photovoltaics, wind power, power transmission and transformation, and energy storage, and build a more three-dimensional and comprehensive new pattern of China-Oman energy cooperation.
XI. The two sides agreed that the new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation, represented by artificial intelligence, is profoundly changing the production, living, and scientific research methods of countries around the world, and expressed readiness to deepen artificial intelligence cooperation, carry out cooperation in the application of artificial intelligence technology, digital infrastructure needed for artificial intelligence, artificial intelligence investment cooperation and support for startups, and artificial intelligence risk governance, as well as cooperation in the aerospace field, so as to promote high-quality development of the two economies and share the benefits of artificial intelligence development. The Chinese side appreciates Oman's signing of the agreement on the establishment of the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization and its becoming a founding member of the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization, and welcomes the Omani side in playing an active role in the organization.
XII. The two sides agreed that strengthening two-way investment cooperation will help deepen mutual benefit and win-win results (互利共赢, hu li gong ying - "mutual, benefit, together, win") between the two countries, and expressed readiness to actively encourage and support capable and willing enterprises to invest and do business in each other's countries. The two sides welcomed the holding of investment cooperation promotion conferences and welcomed the cooperation documents signed by the sovereign investment funds and institutions of the two countries during Sultan Haitham's visit to China.
XIII. The two sides agreed that strengthening financial cooperation is of positive significance for promoting trade and investment facilitation between the two countries, and expressed readiness to deepen financial cooperation by taking the signing of the local currency swap agreement as an opportunity and continuously optimize the environment for economic, trade, and investment cooperation.
XIV. The two sides agreed that carrying forward the traditional friendship is the common aspiration of the two peoples, and expressed readiness to further strengthen people-to-people and cultural exchanges and cooperation in culture, tourism, education, and other fields, and consolidate the popular foundation for China-Oman friendship.
XV. The two sides reaffirmed their support for the common, comprehensive, cooperative, and sustainable security concept, and expressed readiness to strengthen cooperation in the military, security, and judicial fields and work together to address traditional and non-traditional security challenges.
XVI. The two sides stressed that joint efforts should be made to continuously implement the outcomes of the first China-Arab States Summit and the China-Gulf Cooperation Council Summit, strengthen China-Arab and China-GCC collective cooperation, and promote the early conclusion of a China-GCC free trade agreement. The two sides agreed to maintain communication on holding the second China-Arab States Summit and the China-Gulf Cooperation Council Summit in China at an appropriate time.
XVII. The two sides are firmly committed to upholding the international system with the United Nations at its core, the international order based on international law, and the basic norms of international relations based on the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, practicing true multilateralism, and promoting the common values of all humanity of peace, development, fairness, justice, democracy, and freedom. The two sides are committed to advocating an equal and orderly multipolar world and a universally beneficial and inclusive economic globalization, and promoting the joint march of all countries toward a future of peace, security, prosperity, and progress.
XVIII. The two sides called for adhering to the resolution of disputes through political and diplomatic means, encouraging the United States and Iran to adhere to peaceful choices, achieve a comprehensive ceasefire and cessation of hostilities at an early date, return to the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding at an early date, and resume dialogue and negotiation at an early date to reach a comprehensive agreement including on the nuclear issue. The two sides believe that the Strait of Hormuz should resume normal and safe navigation and agreed to maintain communication on issues related to the strait.
XIX. The two sides called on all parties concerned with the Yemen issue to put the interests of the Yemeni people first, adhere to resolving differences through dialogue and consultation, promote the early resumption of the political settlement process of the Yemen issue, and make joint efforts to restore peace and stability in Yemen. In this process, the independence, unity, and territorial integrity of Yemen should be respected and safeguarded.
XX. Sultan Haitham expressed heartfelt gratitude to President Xi Jinping, the Chinese government, and the Chinese people for the warm and friendly reception, and sincerely invited President Xi Jinping to visit Oman.
After the talks, the two heads of state witnessed the signing of cooperation documents in the fields of BeiDou Navigation Satellite System application, industrial and supply chains, green development, local currency swap, and digital payment and digital currency.
(Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, November 2)
Return to Top(Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, November 2) Zhao Leji, chairman of the NPC Standing Committee, held talks with Valentina Matviyenko, chairwoman of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on November 2.
Zhao Leji stated that in May and August this year, President Xi Jinping and President Vladimir Putin met twice, leading Sino-Russian relations into a new stage of greater achievement and faster development. China is willing to work with Russia, taking the important consensus of the two heads of state as the fundamental guide, to strengthen strategic communication, deepen political mutual trust, expand all-round mutually beneficial cooperation, and make the China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for the new era more substantive and practical (走深走实, zou shen zou shi - "walk deep, walk solid").
Zhao Leji pointed out that this year marks the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the China-Russia strategic partnership of coordination and the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation between China and Russia. The two sides should deepen cooperation in key areas such as economy, trade, investment, energy and resources, and connectivity, cultivate new drivers of development in frontier fields such as artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and the digital economy, and continuously raise the level of coordination in production and supply chains. They should jointly run the "China-Russia Years of Education" well, strengthen exchanges and interactions in culture, tourism, sports, and youth affairs, stimulate the vitality of subnational cooperation, and promote people-to-people bonds. They should consolidate strategic coordination, safeguard the sovereignty, security, and development interests of both countries, strengthen coordination and cooperation within multilateral frameworks such as the United Nations, and advance an equal and orderly multipolar world and a universally beneficial and inclusive economic globalization.
Zhao Leji emphasized that the exchange mechanisms between the Chinese and Russian legislative bodies are well-established, cover a wide range of fields, and have yielded fruitful cooperation. The two sides should better serve the overall development of Sino-Russian relations, deepen multi-level and multi-field exchanges and cooperation between legislative bodies, jointly improve the ability and level of performing duties according to law, strengthen exchanges of legislative experience on artificial intelligence and the digital economy, and provide legal support and guarantees for practical cooperation between the two countries. Zhao Leji also briefed on the relevant situation of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.
Matviyenko stated that under the strategic guidance of President Putin and President Xi Jinping, Russia-China good-neighborly and friendly cooperation has continued to deepen. She warmly congratulated the successful convening of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. The Federation Council of the Russian Federation is willing to strengthen exchanges and cooperation with the National People's Congress of China, fully leverage the role of the Russia-China legislative body exchange mechanism, promote practical cooperation between the two countries in economy, trade, investment, and other fields, enhance cultural and educational exchanges, and strengthen the popular foundation for enduring Russia-China friendship. The two sides should strengthen communication and coordination in international multilateral settings, jointly promote a correct view of history, and advance world peace and development.
On the same day, Zhao Leji and Matviyenko visited the "Display of Classic Works from the Collection" and the "Exhibition of Fine Paintings by Nikolai Fechin" at the National Art Museum of China.
Peng Qinghua participated in the above activities.
Return to Top(People's Daily, Beijing, November 2) (Reporter Li Changyu) On November 2, entrusted by the CPC Central Committee, Li Ganjie, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and head of the United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee, briefed non-Party figures on the spirit of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee.
Li Ganjie stated that the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee was a very important meeting convened at a critical juncture in basically realizing socialist modernization. The "Decision" adopted at the plenary session summarizes the great achievements and valuable experience of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party in the new era, analyzes the situation and tasks facing Party building, and makes strategic arrangements for persevering and unremittingly (持之以恒, chi zhi yi heng - "hold on, continue, with persistence") advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party. It is a programmatic document for advancing the great new project of Party building in the new era, and has major practical significance and long-term guiding significance for further opening up a new situation in governing and managing the Party, strengthening and revitalizing the Party in the new era, and uniting and leading the people of all ethnic groups across the country to comprehensively advance the building of a strong country and the great cause of national rejuvenation through Chinese modernization.
Li Ganjie stated that thoroughly studying and implementing the spirit of the plenary session is a major political task for the united front for the current period and the period ahead. It is necessary to fully understand the new progress and new achievements made in various undertakings of the Party and the state since the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, fully understand the great achievements of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party in the new era and the major significance of persevering and unremittingly advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, accurately grasp the systematic arrangements made by the plenary session, deeply comprehend the decisive significance of the Two Establishments (两个确立), continuously strengthen the Four Consciousnesses (四个意识), firmly establish the Four Confidences (四个自信), and resolutely achieve the Two Upholds (两个维护), and always maintain a high degree of consistency with the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core. It is necessary to effectively enhance the political consciousness, ideological consciousness, and action consciousness in studying and implementing the spirit of the plenary session, transform the decisions and arrangements of the CPC Central Committee into the political consensus and action guide of the united front, and further gather strong strength for uniting and striving to basically realize socialist modernization.
Li Ganjie stated that it is hoped that all democratic parties and non-Party personages will effectively strengthen their own development, strive to build high-quality participating parties of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and truly become good advisors, good assistants, and good colleagues of the Communist Party of China. Efforts should be made to enhance the ability to perform duties, firmly establish and practice a correct view of political achievements, closely focus on major issues of concern to the CPC Central Committee, key areas urgently needed by national strategy, and characteristic directions where one has advantages, conduct in-depth investigation and research, and actively contribute ideas and efforts for realizing the goals and tasks of the 15th Five-Year Plan. It is necessary to strengthen ideological and political guidance, assist the Party and government in doing work such as dispelling doubts and confusion, soothing emotions, resolving contradictions, and building consensus, firmly hold the bottom line of not incurring systemic risks, and jointly create a favorable environment for the convening of the 21st National Congress of the CPC. The Federation of Industry and Commerce should, centering on promoting the "Two Healthies," strengthen leadership and management over Party building work of its affiliated chambers of commerce, educate and guide private economic personnel to enhance their awareness of the rule of law, improve corporate systems, and operate in accordance with laws and regulations, and become participants, promoters, and practitioners in building a cordial and clean relationship between government and business.
Zheng Jianbang, Ding Zhongli, Cai Dafeng, He Wei, Wu Weihua, Su Hui, Shao Hong, Gao Yunlong, Jiang Zuojun, He Baoxiang, Wang Guangqian, Qin Boyong, Zhu Yongxin, Yang Zhen, and others attended the briefing session. Responsible persons of the central committees of various democratic parties, the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, and representatives of non-Party personages, as well as responsible persons of the United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee, participated in the meeting.
Return to Top(Xinhua News Agency, Taiyuan, November 2) He Lifeng, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, conducted a research trip to Shanxi from November 1 to 2. He Lifeng pointed out that it is necessary to earnestly study and implement the spirit of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, deeply implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important instructions on Shanxi's work, coordinate development and security, unswervingly and steadily (坚定不移, jian ding bu yi - "firm, steadfast, not, move") advance industrial transformation and upgrading, and continuously inject new momentum into high-quality development.
He Lifeng successively visited Datong, Shuozhou and other places in Shanxi, conducting on-site research on relevant energy enterprises, technology enterprises, agricultural product processing and foreign trade enterprises, and wind-solar-storage projects, gaining an in-depth understanding of enterprise development and technological upgrading, and convening a symposium for leaders at the city, county and township levels to listen to opinions from grassroots work. He Lifeng pointed out that it is necessary to unswervingly and steadily follow the path of green and low-carbon development, coordinate the advancement of new energy development, ecological protection and governance, and the transformation of the resource-based economy, and promote the accelerated conversion of resource advantages into momentum for high-quality economic development. It is necessary to accelerate the implementation of technological transformation and equipment renewal, effectively and practically promote the transformation of the coal industry toward modernization, intelligence, and greening, and firmly hold the bottom line of production safety and ecological environmental protection. It is necessary to fully leverage the endowment advantages in electricity, water energy, climate, location and other aspects, accelerate the coordinated development of computing and electricity and the construction of computing power networks, and take a multifaceted approach (多措并举, duo cuo bing ju - "many, measures, together, lift") to expand effective investment. It is necessary to strengthen the empowering role of scientific and technological innovation, accelerate the landing, application and benefit conversion of research and development results, and form a virtuous cycle (良性循环, liang xing xun huan - "good, nature, cycle, loop") of mutual integration and mutual promotion between technology and industry.
He Lifeng required that relevant departments and localities earnestly summarize and promote effective experiences and practices, promptly study and resolve the difficulties and problems faced by grassroots units and business entities, forcefully, orderly and effectively dispose of risks in key areas, make every effort to do a good job in grassroots "three guarantees" and stable employment work, and promote the economy to maintain a stable development trend.
Return to Top(Xinhua News Agency, Nanjing, November 2) Zhang Guoqing, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, conducted a survey in Jiangsu from November 1 to 2 on advanced manufacturing and the development of specialized, refined, distinctive, and innovative (SRDI) enterprises. He emphasized the need to thoroughly implement the important instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping and the spirit of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, implement the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, vigorously develop advanced manufacturing, cultivate and strengthen SRDI enterprises, accelerate the construction of a modern industrial system, and continuously shape new momentum and new advantages for development.
In Nanjing and Huai'an, Zhang Guoqing visited enterprises in industries such as smart grids and new materials, entering production workshops and R&D laboratories to learn in detail about production and operations, innovation and development, and digital and intelligent empowerment. He emphasized the need to adhere to the direction of intelligence, green development, and integration, continuously enhancing the innovation capacity, competitiveness, and overall strength of advanced manufacturing. It is necessary to vigorously develop the new generation of intelligent manufacturing, guide and support more enterprises in their digital and intelligent transformation, accelerate the development of industry-specific vertical models and intelligent agents, consolidate the industrial data foundation, and promote the deep application of artificial intelligence in fields such as R&D and design, pilot testing and validation, production and manufacturing, and operations management. It is necessary to promote the expansion and quality improvement of advanced manufacturing, make good use of supportive policies such as the "two major" and "two new" initiatives, advance the improvement of technical processes and optimization of product structures in traditional industries, accelerate the large-scale application of emerging industries, strengthen the forward-looking layout of future industries, and develop new quality productive forces in light of local conditions. It is necessary to adhere to the coordinated advancement of hardware, software, standards, and patent layout, strengthen standard pre-research, optimize standard supply, intensify standard implementation, enhance the systematic nature, advancement, and timeliness of standards, and better leverage the guiding and safeguarding role of standards for advanced manufacturing.
Zhang Guoqing emphasized that greater efforts should be made to promote the high-quality development of SRDI small and medium-sized enterprises. It is necessary to support SRDI enterprises in continuing to work with great care and attention to detail (精耕细作, jing geng xi zuo - "carefully, plow, finely, cultivate"), increase R&D investment, strive to achieve new breakthroughs in strengthening original innovation and tackling key core technologies and frontier technologies, and create more unique and specialized skills and techniques (独门绝技, du men jue ji - "unique, door, absolute, skill"). It is necessary to promote the integrated development of large, medium, and small enterprises, encourage large enterprises to open up application scenarios and share factor resources, and promote more SRDI enterprises to integrate into the supply chains, innovation chains, and value chains of large enterprises. It is necessary to optimize enterprise service guarantees, implement support policies such as tax incentives, financing services, technological innovation, and talent attraction and introduction, and help small and medium-sized enterprises solve practical difficulties such as "slow payment recovery" and "difficult payment recovery." It is necessary to improve the tiered cultivation system, build mechanisms to promote the development and growth of SRDI enterprises, improve the recognition methods, standards, and procedures, implement dynamic management with "entry and exit," continuously polish the highly reputable brand (金字招牌, jin zi zhao pai - "gold, character, sign"), and promote the flourishing and vigorous development (蓬勃发展, peng bo fa zhan - "flourishing, vigorous, develop") of SRDI enterprises.
Return to Top(People's Daily, Beijing, November 2) (Reporter Wang Rong) On the afternoon of November 2, Premier Li Qiang of the State Council met at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing with Sultan Haitham of Oman, who is in China for a state visit.
Li Qiang stated that both China and Oman have long histories, and the friendship between the two countries has a long and continuous history. Over the 48 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations, no matter how the international situation has changed, China and Oman have always respected each other and treated each other as equals, promoting the sustained and sound development of bilateral relations and effectively benefiting the peoples of both countries. This morning, President Xi Jinping held a meeting with His Majesty the Sultan and made new plans for further deepening the China-Oman strategic partnership. China is willing to work with Oman to carry forward traditional friendship, consolidate political mutual trust, firmly support each other, and promote cooperation in various fields to continue deepening and solidifying, better serving the modernization efforts of both countries.
Li Qiang pointed out that China is willing to strengthen development strategy alignment with Oman, deepen cooperation in the entire oil and gas industry chain, carry out more high-quality clean energy projects, expand cooperation in agriculture, fisheries, aerospace satellites, information and communications, artificial intelligence and other fields, and promote the early conclusion of the China-Gulf Cooperation Council free trade agreement negotiations, achieving a higher level of mutual benefit and win-win outcomes. The two sides should expand cultural, educational and other people-to-people exchanges, further facilitate two-way personnel flows, and make the friendship between the two countries more tangible and accessible. The current international situation is complex and multifaceted (纷繁复杂, fen fan fu za - "numerous, many; complicated, complex"), and as both are Global South countries, China and Oman should maintain close communication and coordination in multilateral affairs and jointly safeguard world peace and stability. In recent times, the situation in the Middle East has been repeatedly turbulent. China is willing to uphold the series of major initiatives and propositions put forward by President Xi Jinping and work with Oman to make unremitting efforts to restore peace and tranquility to the Middle East and Gulf region at an early date.
Haitham stated that Oman-China friendly exchanges have a long history. China's development achievements are attracting worldwide attention (举世瞩目, ju shi zhu mu - "entire, world; gaze, eye"), and Oman deeply admires this. China is Oman's most important economic and trade partner, and Oman looks forward to learning from China's development experience, deepening mutually beneficial cooperation in areas such as economy, trade, investment, finance, agriculture and fisheries, manufacturing, advanced technology, clean energy, digital economy, and artificial intelligence, and opening up broader prospects for the Oman-China strategic partnership. Oman is willing to strengthen communication and coordination with China in international and regional affairs and contribute to resolving conflicts and safeguarding peace and stability in the Middle East and Gulf region.
Wu Zhenglong attended the meeting.
Return to Top(People's Daily, Beijing, November 2) (Reporter Peng Bo) The 25th session of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress held its first plenary meeting on the morning of the 2nd at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Zhao Leji, Chairman of the Standing Committee, presided over the meeting.
A total of 154 members of the Standing Committee attended the meeting, and the number of attendees met the legally required quorum.
The meeting heard a report on the review results of the draft Public Interest Litigation Law for Procuratorial Work, delivered by Huang Ming, Deputy Director of the Constitution and Law Committee of the National People's Congress. The third-reviewed draft further improves provisions on the scope of cases and case jurisdiction for procuratorial public interest litigation, optimizes the pre-litigation procedures for civil public interest litigation, and improves provisions on the trial and enforcement procedures for procuratorial public interest litigation.
The meeting heard a report on the review results of the draft Antarctic Activities and Environmental Protection Law, delivered by Zhou Guangquan, Deputy Director of the Constitution and Law Committee. The third-reviewed draft adds content on China upholding the Global Governance Initiative, actively participating in polar global governance and the formulation of relevant international rules, makes clear provisions on the Antarctic expedition system, adds provisions on the state protecting the lawful rights and interests of Chinese citizens, legal persons, and unincorporated organizations in Antarctica in accordance with the law, and further strengthens the state's overall coordination of the direction of Antarctic scientific research.
The meeting heard a report on the review results of the draft revised Water Law, delivered by Cong Bin, Deputy Director of the Constitution and Law Committee. The third-reviewed draft adds the provision of "taking the comprehensive enhancement of water security assurance capability as the goal," improves relevant provisions on the national water network, adds content encouraging public participation in activities such as protecting and conserving water resources and preventing and controlling water disasters, improves requirements for the formulation of water resources planning, further enriches content on water ecological protection, and improves relevant provisions on strengthening work coordination between water administrative departments and river basin management institutions.
The meeting heard a report on the review results of the draft Anti-Cross-Border Corruption Law, delivered by Zhou Guangquan. The second-reviewed draft further enriches and improves the legislative purpose, and enriches the principles of anti-cross-border corruption work; adds relevant provisions on the protection of state secrets, work secrets, commercial secrets, personal privacy, and personal information; and clarifies that domestic enterprises engaged in cross-border business operations shall, based on factors such as enterprise size, business scope, and risk prevention and control, reasonably establish integrity and compliance management departments or personnel.
The meeting heard a report on the revision of the draft State-Owned Assets Law, delivered by Wang Hongxiang, Deputy Director of the Constitution and Law Committee. The second-reviewed draft clarifies that state-owned assets management and supervision work adheres to coordinating development and security, and safeguards the consolidation and development of the state-owned economy; improves relevant provisions on the management of overseas state-owned assets; improves relevant provisions on the performance of the owner's responsibilities for state-owned assets by the central and local governments, and by government and authorized departments; improves relevant provisions on the basic management system for state-owned assets; and further strengthens the management of income from state-owned assets.
The meeting heard a report on the revision of the draft Financial Law, delivered by Xin Chunying, Director of the Constitution and Law Committee. The second-reviewed draft adds content on financial work adhering to the direction of marketization and rule of law, and advancing the construction of an international financial center; enriches content on the protection of financial consumers and investors; adds targeted provisions on regulating and managing activities such as internet marketing; and strengthens the supervision of cross-border financial activities, in order to safeguard the rights and interests of Chinese citizens and organizations and the national financial order.
In order to further improve the criminal procedure system, fully give play to the important role of criminal procedure legal institutions in lawfully punishing crime and safeguarding human rights, regulate the operation of judicial power, and further advance the rule-of-law construction of criminal procedure, the Council of Chairmen of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress put forward a proposal on deliberating the draft amendment to the Criminal Procedure Law. Entrusted by the Council of Chairmen, Shen Chunyao, Director of the Legislative Affairs Commission of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, provided an explanation.
In order to accelerate the promotion of a comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development and promote the high-quality development of renewable energy, the Environment and Resources Protection Committee of the National People's Congress put forward a proposal on deliberating the draft revised Renewable Energy Law. E Jingping, Deputy Director of the Environment and Resources Protection Committee of the National People's Congress, provided an explanation.
In order to improve the tax collection and administration system, regulate tax law enforcement conduct, and strengthen the protection of the lawful rights and interests of taxpayers, withholding agents, and relevant entities and individuals, the State Council put forward a proposal on deliberating the draft revised Tax Collection and Administration Law. Entrusted by the State Council, Hu Jinglin, Director of the State Taxation Administration, provided an explanation.
In order to promote and regulate the relevant legal provisions on the special planning of grassroots staffing, effectively reduce the burden on grassroots units, and promote the alignment of relevant legal provisions with the Ecological Environment Code, the State Council put forward a proposal on deliberating the draft amendment bills for 15 laws including the Emergency Response Law. Entrusted by the State Council, He Rong, Minister of Justice, provided an explanation.
Entrusted by the State Council, Hua Chunying, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, provided an explanation on the proposal to deliberate and approve the Agreement on the Establishment of the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization.
The meeting heard reports on the review results of the proposals submitted for deliberation by the Presidium of the Third Session of the 14th National People's Congress, delivered respectively by Yang Xiaochao, Director of the Supervisory and Judicial Affairs Committee of the National People's Congress; Zhong Shan, Director of the Finance and Economy Committee; Lu Xinshe, Director of the Environment and Resources Protection Committee; Du Jiahao, Director of the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee; and Yang Zhenwu, Director of the Social Development Affairs Committee.
The meeting heard a report on the qualifications of individual deputies, delivered by Yang Xiaochao, Director of the Credentials Committee of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.
The meeting also deliberated relevant appointment and dismissal proposals.
Li Hongzhong, Wang Dongming, Xiao Jie, Zheng Jianbang, Ding Zhongli, Hao Mingjin, Cai Dafeng, He Wei, Wu Weihua, Tie Ning, Peng Qinghua, Zhang Qingwei, Losang Jamcan, and Shohrat Zakir, Vice Chairpersons of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, and Liu Qi, Secretary-General, attended the meeting.
Wu Zhenglong, State Councilor; Zhang Jun, President of the Supreme People's Court; Ying Yong, Procurator-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate; responsible comrades of the National Commission of Supervision; members of the various special committees of the National People's Congress; responsible comrades of the standing committees of people's congresses of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the central government; principal responsible comrades of the standing committees of people's congresses of some sub-provincial cities; some deputies to the National People's Congress; and responsible comrades of relevant departments attended the meeting as non-voting participants.
Return to Top(People's Daily, Beijing, November 2) Chen Wenqing, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission, presided over a plenary meeting of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission on November 2, conveying and studying the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech at the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee and the spirit of the plenary session.
The meeting pointed out that the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee was an important meeting held at a critical period for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech at the plenary session, from the strategic height of consolidating the Party's governing position and fulfilling the Party's mission and tasks, made strategic arrangements for governing and managing the Party and for invigorating and strengthening the Party, scientifically answering a series of major theoretical and practical questions concerning persevering continuously (持之以恒, chi zhi yi heng - "hold on, continue, with perseverance") in advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, and providing fundamental guidance for us to deeply study and implement the spirit of the plenary session. The "Decision of the CPC Central Committee on Several Major Issues Concerning Persevering Continuously in Advancing Full and Rigorous Self-Governance of the Party," reviewed and adopted at the plenary session, is a programmatic document for advancing the great new project of Party building in the new era. The political and legal front must regard the study and implementation of the spirit of the plenary session as a major political task for the current and forthcoming period, consciously unify thoughts and actions with the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech and the arrangements of the plenary session, deeply comprehend the decisive significance of the Two Establishments (两个确立), and resolutely achieve the Two Upholds (两个维护).
The meeting emphasized that the study and implementation of the spirit of the plenary session should be combined with the study and implementation of Xi Jinping's thought on Party building and with advancing the implementation of the feedback opinions from the Central Committee's inspections, adhere to the Party's absolute leadership over political and legal work, adhere to a people-centered approach, unswervingly rectify conduct, enforce discipline, and combat corruption, advance full and rigorous self-governance of the Party with higher standards and more concrete measures, and forge a loyal, clean, and responsible iron force in the political and legal field in the new era.
Wang Xiaohong, Zhang Jun, and Ying Yong attended the meeting.
Return to TopBy: 王沪宁
The "Decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Several Major Issues Concerning Unswervingly Advancing Full and Rigorous Self-Governance of the Party" (hereinafter referred to as the "Decision"), adopted at the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party, adheres to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, fully implements Xi Jinping's thought on Party building, summarizes the great achievements and valuable experience of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party in the new era, analyzes the situation and tasks facing Party management and governance, Party revitalization and strengthening in the current and future periods, and makes systematic arrangements for unswervingly advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party. It is a programmatic document for advancing the great new project of Party building in the new era. To study and implement the spirit of the Decision well, one must, from the strategic height of consolidating the Party's long-term governing position and realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, deeply understand the great significance of unswervingly advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party.
I. Full and rigorous self-governance of the Party is the concentrated summary of the historical experience of the Communist Party of China's own construction
A Marxist political party is an advanced political party armed with scientific theory. Its vanguard nature and its fundamental purpose of serving the people wholeheartedly determine that it must build the Party with strict standards and manage and govern the Party with strict discipline. Comrade Mao Zedong emphasized: "The seriousness and discipline of a party like the Communist Party are not possessed by the political parties of any other class." Only by constantly examining, forging, and perfecting itself with strict requirements, strict standards, and strict measures can a Marxist political party ensure that the whole Party firmly upholds ideals and convictions, unswervingly pursuing a goal (矢志不渝, shi zhi bu yu - "aim, will, not, change") of striving for the historical mission it bears, maintain its advanced nature and purity, truly win the support and endorsement of the people, and ensure unity and solidarity while always possessing strong combat effectiveness.
Since its founding, the Communist Party of China has always attached great importance to strict Party management and governance. In various historical periods of revolution, construction, and reform, it has closely centered on the Party's central tasks to strengthen and improve Party building, scientifically set goals and requirements, continuously improve the content system, and innovate institutional measures in keeping with the times. Since the 18th National Congress of the Party, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, with tremendous political courage and a strong sense of responsibility, has directly confronted the severe reality of a period when the Party's leadership was weakened, diluted, and faded, Party management and governance were not strict, not solid, and not forceful, and some problems within the Party were shocking. It has unswervingly advanced full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, turning the blade inward and applying severe measures to rectify chaos, continuously solving prominent problems, fundamentally reversing the previous lax, soft, and loose state of Party management and governance, and the Party has become stronger and more powerful through revolutionary tempering. Full and rigorous self-governance of the Party in the new era has opened up a new realm of self-revolution for a century-old major party, promoted historic achievements and historic changes in the cause of the Party and the state, and the Party and the people have won the historical initiative of strengthening the Party and the state.
For more than 100 years, our Party has been courageous in upholding truth and correcting errors, growing stronger through relying on its own strength and the support of the people to solve its own problems, accumulating rich experience in Party management and governance, and making many original and pioneering contributions to the theory and practice of Marxist party building. In particular, in the course of revolution, construction, and reform, it successively treated Party building as a great project and a new great project. Since the 18th National Congress of the Party, it has deeply advanced the great new project of Party building in the new era, found the two answers of "letting the people supervise the government" and "self-revolution" to the historical cycle of rise and fall, prosperity and decline — this is the unique creation of the Communist Party of China and will forever be recorded in the annals of Marxist party building history.
II. Unswervingly advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party is an inevitable requirement for maintaining the Party's advanced nature and purity
Maintaining the Party's advanced nature and purity is an eternal subject for a Marxist political party. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that the Party's advanced nature and its governing position are neither solving a problem once and for all (一劳永逸, yi lao yong yi - "one, time, forever, easy") nor immutable; being advanced in the past does not mean being advanced now, and being advanced now does not mean being advanced forever; having possessed in the past does not mean possessing now, and possessing now does not mean possessing forever. If our Party loses its advanced nature and purity, it will change in nature, color, and flavor, will be defeated in the face of various risks and tests, and will be unable to govern long-term.
Our Party is a major party; it is impossible for there to be no problems at all within the Party. When old problems are solved, new problems will still emerge. Our Party advances precisely in the course of continuously resolving contradictions and problems and overcoming various risks and challenges, demonstrating an extremely strong capacity for self-correction and self-improvement. Since the new era began, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has continuously exerted effort in solving prominent problems within the Party, with results visible to all. At present, the overall situation facing Party building is good; Party management and governance, Party revitalization and strengthening have gathered strong positive energy, and full and rigorous self-governance of the Party has many favorable conditions. We must strengthen confidence, maintain strategic resolve, and continue to advance bravely and resolutely.
At the same time, we must clearly see that as the conditions of the world, the country, and the Party undergo profound changes, full and rigorous self-governance of the Party also faces many new situations and new problems. The Decision analyzes from three aspects — international, domestic, and intra-Party — and makes a series of major judgments, providing scientific guidance for us to correctly grasp the situation and tasks facing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party and to enhance the systematic, forward-looking, and creative nature of our work.
We must deeply understand the "three more arduous tasks." First, in response to the profound and complex changes in the international situation, the Decision states that "the task of the Party uniting and leading the people to safeguard national sovereignty, security, and development interests has become more arduous." At present, changes unseen in a century are accelerating, a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation is accelerating breakthroughs, the international balance of power is undergoing profound adjustment, unilateralism and protectionism are intensifying, the threat of hegemonism and power politics is rising, global challenges are arriving one after another, and uncertain and unpredictable factors in the external environment are increasing, placing new and higher demands on our Party in coordinating both domestic and international situations and coordinating development and security. Second, in response to the development and changes in the domestic situation and tasks, the Decision states that "the task of the Party uniting and leading the people to promote reform and development and maintain social harmony and stability has become more arduous." China's development has entered a critical period of consolidating the foundation and making comprehensive efforts to basically realize socialist modernization. The problem of unbalanced and inadequate development remains prominent; population structure, social groups, and the pattern of interests continue to change; digitalization, networking, and intelligence are developing rapidly; social production and lifestyle and organizational forms are becoming more diverse; various thoughts and values are interweaving and colliding; the weight of tasks for reform, development, and stability and the number of contradictions, risks, and challenges are unprecedented — placing new and higher demands on our Party in coordinating high-quality development and high-efficiency governance and solidly advancing Chinese modernization. Third, in response to the state of the Party's ranks and the prominent problems within the Party, the Decision states that "the task of the Party maintaining its advanced nature and purity has become more arduous." The total number of Party members in our Party has exceeded 100 million, and primary-level organizations have reached 5.431 million. The Party's ranks have undergone structural changes. At the same time, the problems of impurity in ideology, impurity in organization, and impurity in work style within the Party have not yet been fundamentally solved; the situation in the fight against corruption remains severe and complex; the task of eradicating the soil and conditions that breed corruption remains arduous and heavy — placing new and higher demands on improving the level of Party management and governance and effectively solving the prominent problems within the Party. The judgment of the "three more arduous tasks" provides a profound insight into the changes and trends in the conditions of the world, the country, and the Party, and provides a basic basis for planning and advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party from an overall and strategic perspective.
We must deeply understand the "four major challenges." The Decision points out that the new situations and new problems faced by full and rigorous self-governance of the Party pose major challenges to the Party's governing capacity, leadership level, quality of its ranks, and ability to resist corruption and prevent change under the new circumstances. The tests of governance, reform and opening up, the market economy, and the external environment facing the Party, as well as the dangers of mental slackening, insufficient capability, detachment from the masses, and passive corruption, are long-term, complex, and severe. Solving the unique problems of a major party requires even more arduous efforts. The "four major challenges," the "four tests," and the "four dangers" are both interrelated and each has its own emphasis; all are major subjects that our Party must solve in unswervingly advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party. The "four major challenges" are a new summary made on the basis of the "four tests" and the "four dangers," more prominently highlighting the practical urgency of the Party's response to major risks and challenges, more closely focusing on the new requirements placed by the development and changes in the situation and tasks on the quality and capability of Party organizations at all levels and Party members and cadres, and more fully demonstrating the Party's historical initiative in daring to engage in self-revolution and solve its own problems.
We must deeply understand the long-term nature and arduousness of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party. The Decision emphasizes that the longer the Party governs, the longer it enjoys peace and stability, and the more complex the environment, the more it must strengthen its sense of urgency and achieve staying vigilant in times of peace (居安思危, ju an si wei - "dwell, peace, think, danger"), building the Party well and building it strong. This serves as a warning to us that full and rigorous self-governance of the Party must be carried out over the long term, with unremitting effort, must be carried out seriously, and must be carried out with great effort. At all times, we should attach great importance to preventing and overcoming the negative influence that reality and the environment may have on Party members' and cadres' ideals and convictions, original aspiration and founding mission, work style and discipline, and integrity and honesty, promptly and forcefully eliminate all factors that weaken the Party's advanced nature and damage the Party's purity, eliminate all viruses that erode the Party's healthy body, and promote full and rigorous self-governance of the Party to continuously reach higher levels in the course of combining governance and construction and promoting construction through governance.
III. Unswervingly advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party is the fundamental guarantee for creating new splendor in the cause of the Party and the state
To govern the country, one must first govern the Party; only when the Party is strong can the country be strong. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: "The more effective Party management and governance are, the stronger the guarantee for economic and social development." By unswervingly advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, ensuring that the Party always remains a vigorous Marxist governing party that stands at the forefront of the times, is sincerely supported by the people, can withstand various storms and tests, and always remains the strong leading core of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics, we can provide a fundamental guarantee for comprehensively building a great modern socialist country and comprehensively advancing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation through Chinese modernization. The overall requirements, major tasks, and countermeasures and measures of the Decision concerning unswervingly advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party must be fully implemented and carried out.
Through unswervingly advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, we must ensure that the Party always maintains the correct direction of advance. The Party's political direction leads the direction of the development of the cause of the Party and the state. In accordance with the arrangements of the Decision, we must adhere to taking the Party's political construction as the guide, uphold and strengthen the centralized, unified leadership of the Party Central Committee, promote all aspects of Party building to grasp the correct political direction and implement political requirements, promote all Party members and cadres to strengthen the Party spirit of Communists, 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), always maintain a high degree of consistency with the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core in political stance, political direction, political principles, and political path, resolutely implement the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee, adhere to using Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era to unify thought, unify will, and unify action, deeply study and implement Xi Jinping's thought on Party building, ensure that the whole Party, in the historical process of upholding and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, does not change its path and does not change its will, anchors on the Party's Second Centenary Goal and strives forward in unity.
Through unswervingly advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, we must further build a strong contingent of Party members and cadres. The quality and capability of the contingent of Party members and cadres, to a large extent, determine the progress and effectiveness of the development of the cause of the Party and the state. The key to full and rigorous self-governance of the Party lies in strict governance of officials. In accordance with the arrangements of the Decision, we must implement the Party's organizational line for the new era, adhere to the correct orientation for selecting and appointing personnel, select and appoint cadres accurately and scientifically, promote cadres to establish and practice a correct view of political achievements, enhance cadres' ability to work and start undertakings, improve the quality of cultivating and selecting outstanding young cadres, strengthen the management and supervision of cadres, cultivate, introduce, and make good use of talent in an all-round way, and build a high-quality cadre contingent with firm politics, strong ability, fine work style, and strict discipline, providing a strong guarantee for the cause of the Party and the state to create new splendor.
Through unswervingly advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, we must further strengthen the political functions and organizational functions of Party organizations at all levels. Party organizations at all levels are the subjects of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party. In accordance with the arrangements of the Decision, we must systematically advance the construction of Party organizations at all levels and in all fields, strengthen the political functions and organizational functions of Party organizations, give play to the exemplary role of Party organizations in central and state organs, strengthen the functions of local Party committees, coordinate and advance the construction of primary-level Party organizations in all fields, highlight and do well the construction of Party building in emerging fields, strengthen the construction of the contingent of Party members, improve the mechanisms for connecting Party organizations at all levels, promote comprehensive progress and comprehensive excellence of Party organizations at all levels, and ensure that the implementation of the Party's line, principles, and policies and the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee is coordinated from top to bottom, precise, and efficient.
Through unswervingly advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, we must further gather the mighty force of all the people striving forward in unity. The rivers and mountains are the people, and the people are the rivers and mountains. The people are the greatest source of confidence for our Party's governance and the fundamental basis for strengthening the Party and the state. In accordance with the arrangements of the Decision, we must adhere to putting the people first, strengthen the awareness of purpose, firmly stand on the people's side, enhance feelings for the masses, follow well the Party's mass line in the new era, persevering with unremitting effort (锲而不舍, qie er bu she - "carve, and, not, give up") in implementing the spirit of the Central Committee's the Eight-Point Regulation (八项规定), promote the normalization and long-term effectiveness of work style construction, improve the mechanisms for regularly discovering and solving work style problems, deepen the rectification of the chronic ills of formalism and bureaucratism, resolutely prevent the rebound and resurgence of hedonism and extravagance, resolutely break down privileged thinking and privileged behavior, advance the rectification of formalism to reduce burdens at the grassroots level, use fine Party conduct and government conduct to close the relationship between the Party and the masses and between cadres and the masses, use a good image to gather hearts and strength, so that the whole Party and the people of all ethnic groups in the country unite under the Party's banner into "a piece of hard steel," and jointly promote the great ship of the Chinese nation to brave the wind and waves and forge ahead (乘风破浪, cheng feng po lang - "ride, wind, break, waves") and set sail on a long voyage.
Through unswervingly advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, we must further create a good political ecosystem and development environment. A good political ecosystem and development environment are crucial to the development of the cause of the Party and the state. In accordance with the arrangements of the Decision, we must strictly implement democratic centralism, improve the implementation mechanisms for the major decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee, improve the quality of intra-Party democracy, strictly implement the rules for deliberation and decision-making of leading bodies, and regulate the duties and powers of "top leaders"; strengthen the regulation and supervision of the allocation and operation of power, focus on establishing clear rules and breaking hidden rules, promptly discover problems and correct deviations, and more scientifically and effectively confine power to the cage of institutions; adhere to the principles that where there are rules they must be followed, where there is discipline enforcement it must be strict, and where there are violations of discipline they must be investigated, investigating and dealing with each violation as it is discovered; advance in an integrated manner the efforts to ensure that officials do not dare to be corrupt, cannot be corrupt, and do not want to be corrupt, maintain a high-pressure posture in punishing corruption, resolutely "hunt tigers," "swat flies," and "hunt foxes," deepen the rectification of corruption problems in fields where power is concentrated, funds are intensive, and resources are abundant, focus on investigating and dealing with problems where political issues and economic issues are intertwined, collusion between government and business, and the penetration of capital into the political sphere, strengthen the construction of a culture of integrity in the new era, and promote the building of a pro-clean and clear relationship between government and business; improve the Party and state supervision systems, promote the deep integration and efficient coordination of intra-Party supervision with other types of supervision, and form a synergy of supervision. If these tasks are done well, we can promote a clean and healthy atmosphere (风清气正, feng qing qi zheng - "wind, clear, air, upright") throughout the Party and ensure the smooth advancement of the cause of the Party and the state.
Return to TopThe Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China deliberated and adopted the "Decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Several Major Issues Concerning Persistently Advancing Full and Rigorous Self-Governance of the Party," which is of major practical significance and long-term guiding significance for further opening up a new situation in governing and managing the Party, revitalizing and strengthening the Party in the new era, and comprehensively advancing the building of a strong country and the great cause of national rejuvenation through Chinese modernization.
In recent days, cadres and the masses in various localities have studied and comprehended the spirit of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in depth. Everyone unanimously expressed that they should study deeply and understand thoroughly, fully implement the spirit of the plenary session, transform the results of their studies into a powerful driving force for earnest and practical action, strive diligently in their respective posts, and make new contributions to the building of a strong country and national rejuvenation.
Comprehending Great Achievements, Consolidating Ideological Consensus
To govern the country well, one must first govern the Party well; to make the country strong, one must first make the Party strong.
In the late autumn season, visitors to the Yan'an Revolutionary Memorial Hall come in an endless stream (络绎不绝, luo yi bu jue - "continuous, not stopping"). The exhibition panel on "The 'Ten Haves Not' of the Yan'an Period" in the hall attracted people to stop and watch, with "no corrupt officials" ranked first among them.
After earnestly studying the spirit of the plenary session, Liu Ni, curator of the Yan'an Revolutionary Memorial Hall, was greatly encouraged: "In revolution, construction, and reform, we successively made Party building a great project and a new great project. Since the 18th National Congress of the Party, we have deeply advanced the new great project of Party building in the new era. Only then could we move from victory to victory. The two answers of 'letting the people supervise the government' and 'self-revolution' are inheriting from the past in an unbroken line (一脉相承, yi mai xiang cheng - "one, vein, connect; inherit") and are mutually interconnected. They are the requirements of the times for ensuring that the Party forever maintains its advanced nature and purity and consolidates its long-term governance foundation."
On the shore of the South China Sea, the wind is strong and the tide surges. After earnestly studying and comprehending the spirit of the plenary session, Chen Jiaxi, member of the Party Committee and Vice President of the Shenzhen Reform and Opening-up Cadre College, was full of confidence: "Shenzhen's changing with each passing day (日新月异, ri xin yue yi - "sun, new; moon, change") development is a vivid epitome of China's reform and opening up in the new era, and also a powerful testimony to how full and rigorous self-governance of the Party leads and guarantees high-quality development. The fundamental reason why full and rigorous self-governance of the Party in the new era could fundamentally reverse the lax, loose, and soft situation in governing and managing the Party lies in General Secretary Xi Jinping's helm-steering and leadership, and in the scientific guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. We will more deeply comprehend the decisive significance of the Two Establishments (两个确立), and more resolutely achieve the Two Upholds (两个维护). The further reform and opening up goes, the more it needs the comprehensive leadership of the Party to escort it."
Lofty Jinggang Mountains, a small spark starting a great fire (星火燎原, xing huo liao yuan - "star, fire; prairie, burn"). Zhong Zhenshan, professor and doctoral supervisor at the China Jinggangshan Cadre College, said that the plenary session summarized the great achievements in full and rigorous self-governance of the Party since the new era, fully demonstrating our Party's confidence and confidence in persistently advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party. "Everyone deeply feels that Xi Jinping's thought on Party building is the fundamental guideline for strengthening Party building in the new era. We will rely on the Jinggangshan red resources and the college's Party spirit education system to run Xi Jinping's thought on Party building through the entire process of Party spirit education."
The "Decision" points out that full and rigorous self-governance of the Party in the new era has opened up a new realm of self-revolution for the century-old major Party, promoted historic achievements and historic changes in the cause of the Party and the state, and enabled the Party and the people to win the historical initiative of strengthening the Party and the country. Li Qingsong, member of the Standing Committee of the Jingmen Municipal Party Committee of Hubei Province and Secretary of the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection, said: "To consolidate the Party's long-term governing position and realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, we must persistently advance full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, and uphold and apply the valuable experience of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party in the new era with higher standards and more concrete measures. We will adhere to grasping Party spirit, Party conduct, and Party discipline together, and connect rectifying conduct, enforcing discipline, and combating corruption, continuously enhancing the comprehensive effectiveness of corruption governance."
At the northernmost tip of the motherland, in the "Arctic Red Station" of Beiji Village, Mohe City, Heilongjiang Province, Gao Wei, Secretary of the Party Branch and Director of the Village Committee of Beiji Village, led the village Party members in studying the spirit of the Fifth Plenary Session.
"The extension of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party to the grassroots has brought tangible changes to Beiji Village. In recent years, Beiji Village has continuously followed the path of rural revitalization through full and rigorous self-governance of the Party. We will earnestly implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's instructions during his inspection of Beiji Village, build a strong grassroots fighting fortress, strengthen the cultural tourism specialty industry with strict and solid work style, and strive to write a new answer sheet for high-quality development at the northern border." Gao Wei said.
Grasping the Questions of the Times, Strengthening Mission and Responsibility
As the world situation, national conditions, and Party conditions undergo profound changes, the tasks of the Party uniting and leading the people to safeguard national sovereignty, security, and development interests have become more arduous; the tasks of the Party uniting and leading the people to promote reform and development and maintain social harmony and stability have become more arduous; and the tasks of the Party maintaining its advanced nature and purity have become more arduous.
"The plenary session deeply analyzed the new situations, new tasks, and new challenges facing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, fully demonstrating the foresight and courageous responsibility of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, and stimulating the sense of responsibility and urgency of the entire Party to persistently advance full and rigorous self-governance of the Party." Gao Jian, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Director of the Chongqing Municipal Development and Reform Commission, said: "During the 15th Five-Year Plan period, the tasks of reform, development, and stability are heavy, which places new and higher requirements on full and rigorous self-governance of the Party. We must tighten the chain of responsibility for governing and managing the Party with a high degree of political vigilance and a strong sense of urgency, run the strict tone through the entire process of development and reform work, and strive to achieve a good start for the 15th Five-Year Plan."
The more complex the situation and the more arduous the tasks, the more guidance from scientific theory is needed. The plenary session put forward the guiding ideology for persistently advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, clearly establishing our Party's theoretical guidance, basic ideas, and target requirements for persistently advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party. Ye Zhongyao, Deputy Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission of the Tibet Autonomous Region, felt more confident about how to proceed next.
Ye Zhongyao said: "The 'Four Tests' and 'Four Dangers' facing the Party are long-term, complex, and severe, and border ethnic regions must not be the slightest bit lax. Discipline inspection and supervision organs must take the in-depth study and implementation of the spirit of the plenary session as a major political task, base themselves on their functions and responsibilities, serve the mission and tasks, and continuously cultivate a clean and upright political atmosphere (风清气正, feng qing qi zheng - "wind, clear; air, upright") with higher standards and more concrete measures, promoting Party organizations at all levels and Party members and cadres in the region to always be clear-minded people politically."
In the Sanjiangyuan region of Qinghai, the long rivers flow eastward with a gurgling sound. After earnestly studying the "Decision," Ma Jun, a fourth-level researcher at the International Cooperation and Science, Technology, and Publicity Division of the Sanjiangyuan National Park Administration, had a deep understanding of "taking the Party's political construction as the guide, comprehensively advancing all aspects of Party building, and fully stimulating the enthusiasm, initiative, and creativity of the entire Party."
"In my view, the political ecology and the natural ecology are interconnected. Behind the continuous improvement of the ecology is the clean and clear, dutiful and responsible dedication of the cadre team. On the new journey, ecological civilization construction must all the more establish rules and clarify orientation through strict Party governance, stimulating the enthusiasm, initiative, and creativity of Party members and cadres in undertaking work and starting businesses." Ma Jun said that the next step will be to fully implement the spirit of the plenary session into the specific work of the national park and safeguard the Chinese water tower.
The "Decision" points out that it is necessary to ensure that the Party always remains a Marxist governing party that is at the forefront of the times, sincerely supported by the people, able to withstand various tests of wind and waves, and full of youthful vigor and vitality (朝气蓬勃, chao qi peng bo - "morning, energy; vigorous, surging"), and always remains the strong leadership core of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics. Zhao Naixiang, Secretary of the Party Committee of Changcheng Huayuan Community, Jinfeng District, Yinchuan City, Ningxia, recognized: "The vigor of grassroots Party organizations is to forever maintain the momentum of serving the people without slackening. The Party members of our community will hold firm to the grassroots front, visit the people's conditions and understand the people's sentiments more meticulously, do practical things for the people, and let the masses feel from the changes around them that the Party always thinks and works together with the people."
"The 'Decision' clarifies the 7 principles followed in persistently advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, prominently demonstrating our Party's scientific attitude and pragmatic work style in persistently advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party. These principles are a complete chain from goals to safeguards, and an organic whole that is mutually interconnected." Shi Pengpeng, professor at the Discipline Inspection and Supervision College of China University of Political Science and Law, said that the 7 principles will guide the entire Party to improve and operate the system of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party well under new historical conditions, providing a strong political guarantee for advancing Chinese modernization.
Anchoring Goals and Directions, Gathering the Strength to Strive Forward
The "Decision" points out that strengthening Party spirit is the fundamental task of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party. Jiang Xiaoqiang, Deputy Director of the Organization Department of the Wenzhou Municipal Party Committee of Zhejiang Province, was deeply impressed by this. He said: "Wenzhou will continue to run Party spirit requirements through the entire chain of cadre selection, education, management, and use, strictly strengthen cadre education and management supervision, build a solid institutional defense line for a pro-clean and clear government-business relationship, guide the broad ranks of cadres to temper their Party spirit, take on responsibilities and act, and better serve the quality improvement and upgrading of the private economy."
Lei Honghong, Secretary of the Party Committee and General Manager of Henan Zhengzhou Fuguang Power Generation Equipment Co., Ltd., was deeply touched by the discussion in the "Decision" on "highlighting the Party building in emerging fields."
"Organizational coverage does not mean staring at 'whether there is a Party branch or whether a sign is hung,' but rather organically integrating the Party's leadership into all aspects of corporate governance." Lei Honghong said that the enterprise will continue to promote the simultaneous planning, deployment, and implementation of Party building work and production and operation, promote the Party's innovative theory to reach the front line of the workshop through the Party committee giving big lectures and Party branches giving small lectures, demonstrate the fighting fortress role of Party branches and the vanguard and exemplary role of Party members in urgent, difficult, dangerous, and heavy tasks, and lead enterprise innovation and development with high-quality Party building.
Implementing democratic centralism is an inherent requirement of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party. In the view of Xu Yanjun, Secretary of the Party Branch of the Sixth Company of the 186th Regiment of the Tenth Division of Beidun City, Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, the implementation of democratic centralism in border companies is by no means a mere formality, but rather that the "top leader" is constrained in exercising power and performing duties, has rules for decision-making and deliberation, and resolutely implements organizational decisions.
"We will resolutely implement the important deployments of the plenary session, resolutely safeguard the authority and centralized, unified leadership of the Party Central Committee, fully promote democracy while resolutely implementing organizational decisions, ensuring that the focus of work always revolves around border companies guarding the border and protecting the border, and that the direction of work always focuses on the urgent difficulties and concerns of the people." Xu Yanjun said.
On the new journey, the fight against corruption is a major struggle that cannot be lost and must not be lost.
Xu Feng, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the Zunyi Conference Memorial Hall, said: "The 'Decision' emphasizes 'consolidating the ideological foundation for advocating integrity and rejecting corruption' and 'enhancing the comprehensive effectiveness of integrated advancement of not daring to corrupt, not being able to corrupt, and not wanting to corrupt.' We will deeply implement the spirit of the plenary session, integrate red integrity stories into explanations and warning education, guide the broad ranks of Party members and cadres to strengthen their ideals and convictions through the infiltration of red culture, and let the deterrence of 'not daring to corrupt' and the constraint of 'not being able to corrupt' ultimately settle into the self-awareness of 'not wanting to corrupt.'"
Full and rigorous self-governance of the Party is a distinctive feature of the Party's governance in the new era.
"'Strengthening the construction of the Party's internal regulations and systems is the long-term and fundamental strategy for full and rigorous self-governance of the Party' — this formulation in the 'Decision' hits the nail on the head." Zhang Shangwu, Deputy Director of the Policy and Regulation Research Office of the Discipline Inspection Commission and Supervision Commission of Anhui Province, said: "The vitality of institutions lies in their implementation. In the next step, we will persistently work hard on the closed loop of responsibility and rigid constraints in institutional implementation, prevent the hollow operation of institutions from leading to 'a paper cage trapping a tiger,' and ensure that the Party's line, principles, and policies are implemented without any discount."
To persistently advance full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, it is necessary to further improve the Party and state supervision system. Li Zehu, Director of the Party Conduct and Government Integrity Supervision Office of the Discipline Inspection Commission and Supervision Commission of Jinchang City, Gansu Province, has become clearer about the future direction of work: "Grassroots Party organizations are the 'last kilometer' for implementing the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee. We will, in accordance with the requirements and deployments of the plenary session, continue to improve the grassroots supervision system, promote grassroots Party organizations to perform their duties in accordance with the list of primary responsibilities for full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, and grassroots supervision institutions to assess effectiveness in accordance with the list of supervision responsibilities, fully stimulate the vitality of the work system of townships (streets) and villages (communities), strive to build a grassroots supervision network that is connected from top to bottom and powerful in implementation, and let the spirit of the plenary session take root and sprout at the grassroots level."
(Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, November 2, Xinhua reporters)
Return to TopThe Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China was recently held in Beijing. The plenary session reviewed and adopted the "Decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Persisting in and Advancing Full and Rigorous Self-Governance of the Party," which has sparked enthusiastic responses among overseas Chinese. Many have expressed that the plenary session demonstrates the Communist Party of China's courage for self-revolution, its determination for sustained, long-term effort, and its sense of responsibility for the country and the people. They sincerely support and endorse the Communist Party of China's persistence in advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, and are willing to play the role of "bridges through overseas Chinese" to contribute to comprehensively building a strong country and advancing the great cause of national rejuvenation through Chinese modernization.
Wu Hao, executive vice president and secretary-general of the Russian Federation Overseas Chinese Association, said that at the important juncture of the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China and the start of the 15th Five-Year Plan, the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee's special study and adoption of the "Decision" is of far-reaching significance. "This is not only a declaration to the world of the firm determination that 'to govern the country, one must first govern the Party, and only when the Party thrives can the country be strong,' but also a strategic move by the Communist Party of China, as a century-old major party, to continuously 'strengthen and improve itself' through the spirit of self-revolution that turns inward, providing a strong political guarantee for promoting high-quality development and advancing Chinese modernization."
"The plenary session reviewed and adopted the 'Decision,' fully demonstrating the Communist Party of China's firm determination to consistently advance self-revolution. As Chinese people living overseas, we sincerely endorse and support this." Zhang Changbao, president of the France-China Association for the Promotion of Peaceful Reunification, said, "Every time I return to China, I can truly feel the changing with each passing day (日新月异, ri xin yue yi - "day, new, month, different") development and transformation of the motherland. The economy and society continue to develop, and new achievements are constantly made in Party conduct and integrity building. The clean and upright atmosphere (风清气正, feng qing qi zheng - "wind, clear, air, upright") of the motherland's development environment and the stable and united social situation fill us overseas Chinese with great excitement and pride, and also give us more confidence and assurance to play the role of bridges and bonds in promoting friendly exchanges between China and foreign countries."
"The plenary session's focused study of the issue of persisting in advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party reflects the Communist Party of China's strategic awareness of strengthening its own construction, enhancing its governance capacity, and focusing on the country's long-term development." Yan Tianlu, vice president of the Malaysia-China Public Relations Association, said that in recent years, while promoting economic and social development, the Communist Party of China has placed Party building in a more prominent position. This plenary session has sent a clear signal: advancing the country's modernization requires not only economic development and scientific and technological progress, but also attention to governance capacity, institutional building, and the work style of cadres.
Lin Chuqin, chairman of the Thai Chinese Chamber of Commerce, said that persisting in advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party is a major deployment by the Communist Party of China in the new era to govern and manage the Party, rejuvenate and strengthen the Party. He believes that with General Secretary Xi Jinping at the helm, the Communist Party of China will continue to advance full and rigorous self-governance of the Party in depth, which will not only safeguard high-quality development but also help continuously optimize the business environment, providing a strong guarantee for accomplishing the goals and tasks of the 15th Five-Year Plan and even longer-term periods.
Tian Fei, president of the Australia-China People's Friendship Association, said that the plenary session has enabled overseas Chinese to further recognize that persisting in advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party is an important deployment by the Communist Party of China to uphold self-revolution and advance the great new project of Party building in the new era, and is also an inevitable requirement for maintaining the Party's advanced nature and purity and promoting the steady progress toward long-term goals (行稳致远, xing wen zhi yuan - "walk, steady, reach, far") of the Party and the country's undertakings. "China's development has always been close to the hearts of overseas Chinese. Studying the 'Decision' of this plenary session, we have not only deepened our understanding of the Communist Party of China's governance philosophy, but also become more expectant about China's future development."
"We firmly endorse and support the Communist Party of China's deployment on persisting in advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party." Wang Peizhong, president of the Egypt Chinese Association, said that since the 18th CPC National Congress, the Communist Party of China has advanced full and rigorous self-governance of the Party with the mission and responsibility of "offending thousands of people rather than failing 1.4 billion," achieving historic and pioneering achievements. The Communist Party of China, which has the courage for self-revolution, has given overseas Chinese greater confidence in the prospects of Chinese modernization.
The most distinctive feature of the "Decision" is its comprehensive implementation of Xi Jinping's thought on Party building, running through it as a main ideological thread. "I deeply feel that Xi Jinping's thought on Party building closely links strengthening the Party with strengthening the country, and advancing the Party's self-revolution with enhancing the people's well-being, providing a fundamental guarantee for China to maintain its development momentum and gather strength for progress in a complex environment." Yu Chengde, president of the Chinese Association in Korea, said, "This also enables overseas Chinese to better understand where China's development confidence comes from and why the confidence in national rejuvenation is so firm."
The plenary session proposed that persisting in advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party should follow seven principles: "adhere to serving the mission and tasks," "adhere to taking the Party's political construction as the guide," "adhere to being comprehensive and strict," "adhere to a problem-oriented approach," "adhere to upholding fundamental principles and breaking new ground," "adhere to leading by example from the top," and "adhere to governing the Party according to regulations." "'The seven adherences' are interconnected, clarifying not only the political direction of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, but also proposing specific methods and requirements." Yao Bin, president of the Laos Chinese Chamber of Commerce, said.
The plenary session made systematic arrangements for persisting in advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, proposing a series of strategic tasks and major measures. Zhang Wenxi, executive president of Indonesia's "International Daily," said: "As an overseas Chinese, I am greatly inspired and deeply moved by this. These measures are a closely interconnected and tightly linked (环环相扣, huan huan xiang kou - "ring, ring, mutually, link") systematic project, covering multiple aspects such as forging the soul, establishing rules, selecting talent, rectifying conduct, and combating corruption. With a sound Party conduct and a stable political situation, China's development foundation will be solid, and overseas Chinese will have more confidence and assurance."
Zhang Xiaochun, president of the Brazil-China Association for the Promotion of Peaceful Reunification, said that the Communist Party of China's continuous improvement of work style and punishment of corruption helps win the people's hearts and consolidate the Party's governance foundation; strict discipline and encouragement of responsibility can promote the implementation of reform measures, providing a strong guarantee for Chinese modernization; and adhering to self-revolution helps enhance the ability to respond to risks and challenges, rallying the immense strength of Chinese people at home and abroad to jointly promote national rejuvenation.
"I am particularly impressed by the plenary session's proposal to 'adhere to governing the Party with institutions and regulations.' Using the Party's 'strictness' to drive the country's 'governance' makes the country's prospects more predictable and the foundation of the motherland's development more solid." Wan Huijie, executive vice president of the South Africa Cape Town China Association for the Promotion of Peaceful Reunification, said, "We are overseas and know well that only when the motherland is stable can overseas wanderers feel at ease; only when the motherland is strong can overseas wanderers stand tall."
"Studying the 'Decision' of the plenary session, I feel greatly inspired. For overseas Chinese, the effective governance of the CPC and the stable development of the country are the most solid backing for us to develop with peace of mind overseas and conduct friendly exchanges between China and foreign countries." Wang Hexing, honorary lifetime president of the Chilean Chinese Business Association, said that the plenary session called on everyone to strive unremittingly to comprehensively build a great modern socialist country and comprehensively advance the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation through Chinese modernization. Overseas Chinese are willing to play a bridging role in this endeavor, tell the story of Chinese modernization well, and do their utmost to help build a strong country and achieve national rejuvenation.
(Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, November 2) (Xinhua reporter)
Return to Top(Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, November 2) (Reporter Ma Zhuoyan) On November 2, Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Director of the Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs, met in Beijing with Bagheri, Deputy Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council.
Wang Yi stated that the current situation in the Middle East is marked by prolonged conflict and spillover effects, and that dialogue and negotiation are the only way to resolve the issues. China is willing to uphold the series of initiatives and propositions put forward by President Xi Jinping on easing the situation in the Middle East, and to work with all parties to continue efforts to restore peace in the region. China supports Iran in safeguarding its sovereignty and security, and is willing to promote the continued development of China-Iran relations.
Bagheri stated that the Iranian side appreciates the initiatives and propositions put forward by President Xi Jinping and China's consistent stance in upholding multilateralism, and looks forward to China playing a more important role in international and regional peace.
Return to Top(Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, November 2) (Reporter Wan Qianyi) On November 2, Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Director of the Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs, held talks in Beijing with Musaad bin Mohammed Al Aiban, Saudi Minister of State, Cabinet Member, and National Security Advisor.
Al Aiban handed over a letter from Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman addressed to President Xi Jinping regarding the development of bilateral relations and issues of mutual concern.
Wang Yi stated that, under the strategic guidance of the two countries' top leaders, China-Saudi relations have maintained a sound momentum of development. China is willing to work with Saudi Arabia to jointly promote continuous new progress in bilateral relations.
Wang Yi said that the current regional situation has once again reached a critical juncture between war and peace, and expressed the hope that all parties will resolve disputes through dialogue and negotiation. China is willing to uphold the series of initiatives and propositions put forward by President Xi Jinping and to communicate and coordinate with all parties, including Saudi Arabia.
Return to TopAt the invitation of President Xi Jinping, President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema of the Gabonese Republic will pay a state visit to China from November 3 to 7.
Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, male, aged 51. He has served as President of the Gabonese Republic since May 2025. This visit is President Nguema's first state visit to China since taking office.
(Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, November 2)
Return to Top(People's Daily, Beijing, November 2) (Reporter Li Anqi) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson announced on November 2 that Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Wang Wentao, Minister of Commerce, will jointly chair the 37th APEC Foreign and Trade Ministers' Video Conference in Beijing on November 3.
Return to Top(People's Daily, Beijing, November 2) (Reporter Li Anqi) A spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on November 2 that Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs, will chair the 11th Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Beijing from November 3 to 4.
Return to Top(Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, November 2) Mu Hong, Vice Chairman of the CPPCC National Committee, attended the China-Oman Investment Cooperation Promotion Conference in Beijing on November 2. During the event, Mu Hong exchanged views with Sultan Haitham of Oman, who was present at the conference, on China-Oman cooperation.
Return to Top(Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, November 2) Wang Huning, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and chairman of the CPPCC National Committee, met separately in Beijing on November 2 with Valentina Matviyenko, chairwoman of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation, and a delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam led by Nguyen Thanh Nghi, a member of the Political Bureau, Secretary of the Central Committee Secretariat, and head of the Central Policy and Strategy Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam.
When meeting with Matviyenko, Wang Huning stated that under the strategic guidance of President Xi Jinping and President Vladimir Putin, China-Russia relations are advancing steadily. China is willing to work with Russia, taking the important consensus of the two heads of state as the fundamental guide, maintaining strategic focus, deepening practical cooperation, and pushing the China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for the new era to a higher level. The CPPCC National Committee of China is willing to strengthen exchanging ideas and learning from one another (交流互鉴, jiaoliu hujian - "exchange, mutually learn from each other") with the Russian side and contribute to the development of bilateral relations.
Matviyenko warmly congratulated the successful convening of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, stating that under the planning and guidance of the two heads of state, Russia-China relations continue to move forward. The Federation Council of the Russian Federation is willing to strengthen exchanges with the CPPCC National Committee of China and promote cooperation between the two countries in multiple fields.
Peng Qinghua, Wang Dongfeng, and others attended the meeting.
When meeting with the delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Wang Huning stated that General Secretary Xi Jinping maintains close communication with General Secretary To Lam, leading the relations between the two parties and two countries of China and Vietnam to advance steadily and reach even higher levels (更上层楼, geng shang ceng lou - "even more, upper floor") amid major changes unseen in a century. China is willing to work with Vietnam to continue implementing the important consensus of the top leaders of the two parties and two countries, deepen the exchange of governance and party-building experience between the two sides, and promote the building of a China-Vietnam community with a shared future that carries strategic significance at a higher level. The CPPCC National Committee of China is willing to make positive contributions to this end. Wang Huning also briefed on the main situation of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee.
Nguyen Thanh Nghi warmly congratulated the successful convening of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, stating that the Vietnamese side has always regarded relations with China as a strategic choice and top priority, and is willing to work with the Chinese side to jointly implement the consensus of the top leaders of the two parties and two countries and strengthen inter-party exchanges.
Wang Yong and others attended the meeting.
Return to Top(People's Daily, Kunming, November 2) (Reporters Wang Tian, Zhang Chi) The 26th session of the Standing Committee of the 14th People's Congress of Yunnan Province decided on November 2 to accept Wang Yubo's request to resign from the post of Governor of the Provincial People's Government, and appointed Liu Qifan as Vice Governor and Acting Governor of the People's Government of Yunnan Province.
Return to Top(People's Daily, Beijing, November 2) (Reporter Zhang Yang) The mobilization meeting for the Central Publicity Group on studying and implementing the spirit of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee was held in Beijing on the 2nd. Cai Qi, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, attended the meeting and delivered a speech. He emphasized that thoroughly studying and implementing the spirit of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee is a major political task for the entire Party at present and for a period to come. It is necessary to deeply understand the great significance of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, do a good job in publicity work with a highly responsible attitude, guide the broad masses of Party members and cadres to unify their thinking and actions with the spirit of the plenary session, gain a deeper understanding of 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 with practical actions the various arrangements for continuously and persistently advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, and do a good job in all aspects of Party management and Party self-governance with higher standards and more concrete measures.
Cai Qi pointed out that the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee was a very important meeting held at a critical period for basically realizing socialist modernization. The "Decision" adopted at the plenary session, guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, thoroughly implements Xi Jinping's thought on Party building, systematically summarizes the great achievements of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party in the new era, summarizes and applies our Party's historical experience in strict Party management and self-governance and the valuable experience of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party in the new era, deeply analyzes the new situation, new tasks, and new challenges facing Party building, and, with a view to realizing the Party's missions and tasks on the new journey of the new era, makes strategic arrangements for managing and governing the Party, revitalizing and strengthening the Party at present and for a period to come. It is a programmatic document for advancing the great new project of Party building in the new era. It is necessary to deeply study and comprehend Xi Jinping's thought on Party building and the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speeches, and, based on the "Decision," comprehensively and accurately publicize the great achievements in full and rigorous self-governance of the Party since the 18th CPC National Congress, comprehensively and accurately publicize the importance and urgency of continuously and persistently advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, comprehensively and accurately publicize the guiding ideology and principles for continuously and persistently advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, comprehensively and accurately publicize the strategic tasks and major measures for continuously and persistently advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, and comprehensively and accurately publicize the basic requirements for implementing the spirit of the plenary session, guiding the entire Party and society to conscientiously implement the various decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and to greet the successful convening of the 21st CPC National Congress with practical actions.
Cai Qi emphasized that it is necessary to conscientiously implement the requirements for publicity work, grasp the tone and orientation well, closely connect with reality, effectively respond to concerns, and explain the spirit of the plenary session clearly, accurately, substantively, and thoroughly. Party committees at all levels and their publicity departments should attach great importance, plan carefully, and meticulously organize publicity and presentations at all levels, rapidly setting off an upsurge of studying, publicizing, and implementing the spirit of the plenary session.
Li Shulei, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, presided over the meeting. State Councilor Shen Yiqin attended the meeting.
Members of the Central Leading Group for Propaganda, Ideological and Cultural Work, members of the Central Publicity Group, and principal responsible comrades of central publicity and cultural units, among others, attended the meeting.
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Adhering to a problem-oriented approach is an important way of thinking and working method of our Party, and it is an important embodiment of the world outlook and methodology of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era.
The Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party conducted an in-depth analysis of the situation and tasks facing Party governance and Party building in the current and coming period, made systematic arrangements for persistently advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, listed "adhering to a problem-oriented approach" as a major principle that must be followed, and stressed "rectifying and properly solving the prominent problems facing Party building."
Full and rigorous self-governance of the Party enjoys many favorable conditions, yet at the same time faces many new situations and new problems. As the conditions of the world, the country, and the Party undergo profound changes, the task of the Party uniting and leading the people in safeguarding national sovereignty, security, and development interests has become more arduous; the task of the Party uniting and leading the people in advancing reform and development and maintaining social harmony and stability has become more arduous; and the task of the Party maintaining its advanced nature and purity has become more arduous. The "four major tests" and "four dangers" facing the Party are long-term, complex, and severe, and solving the unique problems of a major party requires even more arduous efforts.
Full and rigorous self-governance of the Party is carried out in response to prominent problems within the Party, and persistently advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party must, on the basis of consolidating existing achievements, continuously study new situations and solve new problems. The "Decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Several Major Issues Concerning Persistently Advancing Full and Rigorous Self-Governance of the Party" reviewed and adopted at the Plenary Session adheres to a problem-oriented approach, seizes key points and focuses on prominent problems in its overall planning and layout, and in devising ideas and measures adheres to the principle of solving whatever problems exist and focusing on solving whichever problems are most prominent, identifying the crux of the problems, conducting in-depth research and deliberation, and putting forward targeted countermeasures. This fully demonstrates our Party's sobriety and resolve in avoiding facing one's own shortcomings (讳疾忌医, hui ji ji yi - "hide, illness, avoid, doctor") rather than evading contradictions, and its practical character of continuously solving problems and cracking difficult issues.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Party, full and rigorous self-governance of the Party has achieved historic and pioneering accomplishments, and one very important piece of experience among them is adhering to a problem-oriented approach and taking the solution of practical problems as the breakthrough point for opening up the work situation.
In response to the problems of weakened, hollowed-out, and diluted Party leadership that once appeared, strengthening the Party's centralized, unified leadership was made the common political responsibility of the whole Party, and the system of Party leadership institutions was continuously improved;
Focusing on the prominent problems existing in the "Four Malfeasances" (四风), the breakthrough was made by formulating and implementing the Central Committee's Eight-Point Regulation, starting from curbing "waste on the tip of the tongue," "corruption on the wheels," and "unhealthy trends in clubs," breaking through problem by problem, and holding firm at node after node...
It is precisely by engaging in rigorous self-examination and self-correction (刀刃向内, dao ren xiang nei - "blade, edge, towards, inside") and applying severe punishment to restore order, and by continuously solving prominent problems, that the situation of lax, weak, and loose Party governance and management was fundamentally reversed, some unhealthy trends that had long gone unchecked were halted, some deep-seated and long-standing problems (顽瘴痼疾, wan zhang gu ji - "persistent, miasma, deep-seated, disease") that had persisted for many years were corrected, serious hidden dangers within the Party, the state, and the military were eliminated, the Party became stronger and more capable through revolutionary tempering, and the historical initiative of ensuring that the Party never changes its nature, never changes its color, and never changes its flavor was won.
Persistently advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party is the common political responsibility of the whole Party. The Decision makes arrangements around improving the Party and state supervision systems and implementing the political responsibility for full and rigorous self-governance of the Party. From this, we can gain a deeper understanding of the major principle of adhering to a problem-oriented approach and the practical requirement of taking the resolution of prominent problems within the Party as the focal point.
The "Regulations of the Communist Party of China on Intra-Party Supervision" were formulated and promulgated, listing "implementing the responsibility for full and rigorous self-governance of the Party" as a main element of intra-Party supervision; the "four forms" of supervision and discipline enforcement were put to good use, eliminating "viruses" and "pests" in the bud...
Since the 18th National Congress of the Party, we have firmly grasped the "ox nose" of the responsibility system for Party governance and management, firmly established the concept that "doing Party building well is one's duty, not doing Party building is dereliction of duty, and doing Party building poorly is incompetence," transmitted pressure level by level, carried the primary responsibility and supervisory responsibility through to the end, and formed a Party building work pattern in which Party committees grasp it, secretaries grasp it, all relevant departments grasp it, each level grasps it, and implementation is grasped at every level.
For a major party like ours, who governs the Party with full and rigorous self-governance? It is the Party organizations at all levels and all Party members and cadres who work together to do it. Therefore, without clarifying responsibility, without implementing responsibility, and without holding people accountable for responsibility, full and rigorous self-governance of the Party cannot be achieved.
At present, the mainstream of the Party's ranks is good, but there are still quite a few problems and hidden dangers that weaken the Party's advanced nature, damage the Party's purity, and affect the Party's long-term governance. Some Party organizations and leading cadres have inadequate understanding of Party governance and management, fail to implement responsibilities, are ineffective in their work, and are lax in enforcing institutions, and they cannot promptly discover and effectively solve prominent problems, or even allow unhealthy trends and evil practices to grow and spread. We must earnestly study and implement the spirit of the Plenary Session, firmly hold on to the word "responsibility," grasp the key point of "accountability," improve the responsibility pattern for Party governance and management in which each bears its own responsibility and all are unified and coordinated, and truly do Party building work in a solid, meticulous, and thorough manner.
Over the past 105 years, always keeping in mind the original aspiration and founding mission, daring to uphold truth and correct errors, and continuously growing stronger in solving one's own problems by relying on one's own strength and the support of the people — this is precisely an important reason why the Party has advanced from victory to victory.
On the new journey, we must adhere to a problem-oriented approach, maintain strategic resolve, promote the implementation of all arrangements in the Decision, improve our work level in correcting deviations and restoring order (纠偏治乱, jiu pian zhi luan - "correct, deviation, govern, chaos") and eliminating corruption and promoting integrity (激浊扬清, ji zhuo yang qing - "stir, turbid, raise, clear"), drive the overall improvement of Party governance and management through breakthroughs on one concrete problem after another, build our Party better and stronger, and ensure that the Party always remains the strong leading core of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics.
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To govern the country, one must first govern the Party; only when the Party thrives can the country grow strong.
The Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party deliberated and adopted the "Decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Several Major Issues Concerning Unswervingly Advancing Full and Rigorous Self-Governance of the Party," which is a programmatic document for advancing the great new project of Party building in the new era.
The broad masses of Party members, cadres, and the people have earnestly studied and comprehended General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech and the spirit of the Plenary Session. They have expressed that the Plenary Session's strategic deployment on unswervingly advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party is of great significance for consolidating the Party's long-term governing position, fulfilling the Party's mission and tasks, and promoting the steady and long-term development of the Party and state's cause. They said they will unify their thoughts and actions with the spirit of the Plenary Session, firmly uphold the Two Establishments (两个确立) and resolutely achieve the Two Upholds (两个维护), implement tasks unswervingly; without any compromise (不折不扣, bu zhe bu kou - "not, bend, not, deduct"), persist long-term in maintaining a strict tone, strict measures, and a strict atmosphere, build our Party into an even stronger and more powerful force, and provide a strong guarantee for advancing Chinese modernization.
Deeply Grasp the Fundamental Task of Strengthening Party Spirit
The Plenary Session proposed that strengthening Party spirit is the fundamental task of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party. The "Decision" makes a dedicated chapter arrangement for strengthening the Party spirit of Communists and places it as the first item among the strategic tasks and major measures for unswervingly advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, reflecting our Party's profound understanding and grasp of the laws governing the building of a Marxist governing party.
Party spirit is the cornerstone for Party members and cadres to establish themselves, build their careers, articulate their words, and cultivate their virtue. The key to tempering a strong Party spirit is to persistently use the Party's new theoretical innovations in the new era to unite hearts and forge souls.
Meng Qingyuan, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the State Administration for Market Regulation's directly affiliated organs, said: "We must fully implement Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, deeply study and implement Xi Jinping's Thought on Party Building, carry out in-depth activities of 'learning the Party Constitution, strengthening Party spirit, and setting an example' within the market regulation system, continuously temper the political character of loyalty to the Party, regulate market order with greater intensity, safeguard fair competition, promote quality improvement, and strengthen safety supervision, translating the achievements of Party spirit tempering into concrete actions to accelerate the building of the unified national market."
Wu Xiaojie, Secretary of the Chaoyang District Committee of Beijing, said: "We will implement the spirit of the Plenary Session unswervingly; without any compromise, place the tempering of a strong Party spirit in a prominent position in Party management and governance, continue to thoroughly study, understand, and implement Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, promote the integration of Party spirit education, loyalty-to-the-Party education, and ideals-and-beliefs education into daily life and regular practice, continuously enhance Party consciousness, Party member consciousness, and vanguard consciousness, and strive to forge political loyalty and political capability commensurate with the capital's status as the foremost district."
Party spirit and people's nature have always been consistent and unified. The essential requirement of loyalty to the Party is to live up to the people; living up to the people is the greatest loyalty to the Party.
"Tempering a strong Party spirit means being responsible to the people and loyal to the people," said Ying Wei, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Secretary of the Party Organ Discipline Inspection Commission of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security's directly affiliated organs. "We will deeply grasp that people's livelihood is the greatest politics and that bringing benefits to the people is the greatest achievement, integrate loyalty to the Party, putting the people first, and integrity with practical work, use discipline and rules to draw the bottom line, use correct guidance to stimulate drive, and translate the effectiveness of Party management and governance into policy measures that benefit people's livelihood and warm people's hearts."
Party spirit education is a required course for Communists to cultivate their character and also the "study of the mind" for Communists, requiring constant cultivation and refinement, constant reflection and progress.
Wu Hao, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the directly affiliated organs of the Ministry of Education, said: "We must regard the study and implementation of the spirit of the Plenary Session as a major political task for the current and future period, continuously strengthen education on political organ awareness and loyalty to the Party, guide the education system to integrate loyalty, integrity, and responsibility into their blood and manifest them in action, consciously cultivate Party spirit in bringing benefits to the people, test Party spirit in exercising power impartially, and demonstrate Party spirit in taking on responsibilities and making achievements."
Continuously Promote the Improvement of the System for Full and Rigorous Self-Governance of the Party
Unswervingly advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party is a systematic project. The Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party made systematic arrangements for unswervingly advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party. The broad masses of Party members, cadres, and the people have expressed that a series of strategic tasks and major measures fully demonstrate a systematic approach, which will inevitably continue to promote the improvement of the system for full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, enhance the overall effectiveness of Party management and governance, and better leverage the political guidance and political guarantee role of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party.
The key to undertaking work and starting businesses lies in people; the key to full and rigorous self-governance of the Party lies in strictly governing officials.
"Discipline inspection and supervision organs are an important force in advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party; to forge iron, one must be strong oneself," said Wang Haitao, Deputy Director of the Organization Department of the Kunming Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision in Yunnan Province. "We will deeply study and implement the spirit of the Plenary Session, combine ideological tempering with practical training, establish and practice a correct view of political achievements with a strong Party spirit, and temper our ability to struggle on the front lines of rectifying work styles, enforcing discipline, and combating corruption, and coordinating various types of supervision. At the same time, we will continue to deepen the standardization, rule-of-law, and regularization of discipline inspection and supervision work, and strive to build a disciplined inspection and supervision iron army that is politically strong, capable, work-style strong, and clean."
The Party's strength comes from its organizations; the Party's organizations at all levels are the subjects of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party.
Lin Chengfeng, Director of the Party Building Guidance Department of the National Fire and Rescue Administration, said: "We must thoroughly study and deeply comprehend Xi Jinping's Thought on Party Building, uphold and strengthen the Party's overall leadership, improve the dual management system that combines vertical and horizontal lines with vertical lines as the main focus, continuously enhance the political and organizational functions of Party organizations, ensure that the fire and rescue teams can always shoulder the important responsibility of preventing and resolving major safety risks and responding to and handling various disasters and accidents, and effectively safeguard the safety of people's lives and property."
Institutions govern the fundamentals and the long term; strengthening the construction of Party internal regulations and institutions is the long-term and fundamental strategy for full and rigorous self-governance of the Party.
"The Plenary Session made important arrangements for adhering to governing the Party by institutions and by regulations, clarifying key tasks such as improving the system of Party internal regulations and strengthening the implementation of institutions," said Yi Huihua, Member of the Standing Committee of the Qionghai Municipal Committee, Secretary of the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection, and Director of the Municipal Supervision Commission in Hainan Province. He stated that, based on the actual situation of grassroots supervision in the Hainan Free Trade Port, they will closely monitor integrity risk points such as the exercise of power by "top leaders" and leading groups, the management of rural "three assets" (funds, assets, and resources), and project approval, do a good job in the "establishment, amendment, abolition, and interpretation" of institutions, fill the shortcomings in the supervision of grassroots micro-power, break "hidden rules" and establish "open rules," use rigid institutional constraints to regulate the exercise of power, and continuously transform institutional advantages into grassroots governance effectiveness.
Resolutely Shoulder the Common Political Responsibility of the Entire Party
Full and rigorous self-governance of the Party requires firmly grasping the "ox nose" of the responsibility system. The Plenary Session emphasized that unswervingly advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party is the common political responsibility of the entire Party. The "Decision" further clarifies the primary responsibility of Party committees (Party groups), the supervisory responsibility of discipline inspection commissions, the first-responsibility-person responsibility of Party committee (Party group) secretaries, the "dual responsibilities for one post" of other members of leading groups, and the specific responsibilities of Party members and cadres, improving a responsibility system in which each bears their own responsibility and coordinates uniformly.
Xu Qiang, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Service Center of the China Association for Science and Technology, said: "We will take the spirit of the Plenary Session as our guide, include the effectiveness of Party building in the key indicators for building first-class societies, run the requirements of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party through all aspects and the entire process of Party building work, continuously tighten the chain of responsibility for Party management and governance, and ensure that Party organizations in societies play a substantive role in ensuring political direction, coordinating major relationships, promoting the governance of societies, and supervising important members."
"Only when responsibilities are clear, definite, and implemented on the ground can Party management be effective and Party governance be effective," said Gong Huang, Secretary of the Dongxiang District Committee of Fuzhou City, Jiangxi Province. He stated that they will deeply implement the spirit of the Plenary Session, continue to promote the listing and project-based management of Party building responsibilities, firmly press and compact the political responsibilities of Party management and governance for Party committees as subjects, leading groups in charge of respective areas, departments and industries, and townships under territorial jurisdiction, ensuring that all work has a basis and all departments bear their own responsibilities.
Assessment is the "baton"; accurate and truthful assessment can better mobilize the enthusiasm and initiative of all responsible subjects to perform their duties.
Ding Shaozhong, Deputy Director of the Party Building Work Bureau of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, said: "The Plenary Session proposed optimizing the assessment mechanism for responsibility implementation. We have carried out assessments of the Party building work responsibility system of central enterprises for nine consecutive years, promoting the firm pressing and compacting of political responsibilities for Party management and governance at all levels, and effectively improving the quality of Party building work. In the next step, we will focus on the major arrangements of the Plenary Session, continue to leverage the baton role of Party building assessment, promote enterprises to coordinate the implementation of responsibilities for Party management and governance and for managing and revitalizing enterprises, and better fulfill the missions of scientific and technological innovation, industrial control, and safety support with high-quality Party building."
"Wherever the space exploration research goes, there Party organizations are established, and there the strict tone follows," said Wang Chi, Director and Party Secretary of the National Space Science Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He stated that they will closely focus on the effectiveness of Party building, strengthen the assessment of the heads of grassroots Party organizations in the research institute, and promote the implementation of political responsibilities for Party management and governance through the in-place positioning of responsible subjects, in-place responsibility requirements, and in-place assessment and accountability.
The key to full and rigorous self-governance of the Party lies in strictness; the crux lies in governance.
Gong Yisheng, Secretary of the Fengjie County Committee of Chongqing, said: "We must take the spirit of the Plenary Session as our guide, standardize accountability procedures, grasp the scale of accountability, achieve seeking truth from facts and precision with prudence, and promote Party organizations at all levels and Party members and cadres throughout the county to know and clarify their responsibilities, perform their duties, and jointly shoulder the political responsibility of Party management and governance." Li Hua, Member of the Standing Committee of the Jianghan District Committee of Wuhan City, Hubei Province, Secretary of the District Commission for Discipline Inspection, and Acting Director of the District Supervision Commission, said: "We will deeply study and implement the spirit of the Plenary Session, urge Party committees at all levels to implement the primary responsibility, the first-responsibility-person responsibility of secretaries, and the 'dual responsibilities for one post' of leading group members, pursue accountability and question responsibility in accordance with regulations and discipline for those who fail to manage the Party effectively and cause adverse consequences, use rigid accountability to force the implementation of responsibilities, and provide a strong disciplinary guarantee for high-quality development of the economy and society."
(People's Daily reporters He Zhaoyu, Wu Yuehui, Lin Lili, Wang Haonan, Li Xinping, Qi Yukun, Cao Wenxuan, Yu Sinan, Fan Haotian, Yan Yiqiao, Ye Chuanzeng, Wang Xinyue, Yang Yanfei, Li Linwei)
Return to TopImproving the Basic Principles of Criminal Procedure Protecting the Rights of Litigation Participants
People's Daily reporter Wei Zhezhe
The Criminal Procedure Law is the basic law regulating criminal procedure activities. On November 2, the draft amendment to the Criminal Procedure Law was submitted to the 25th session of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress for deliberation.
The draft amendment to the Criminal Procedure Law contains 55 articles in total, with main contents covering 7 aspects: improving the basic principles of criminal procedure, improving personal compulsory measures, improving procedures for sealing, seizing, freezing, and disposing of case-related property, further protecting the rights of litigation participants, improving the implementation mechanism for the constitutional provisions that the people's courts, people's procuratorates, and public security organs divide responsibilities, cooperate with each other, and check each other, improving the procedure for criminal cases involving minors, and improving the system for foreign-related criminal procedure.
In light of the new situation and new requirements, the draft amendment enriches and improves the basic principles of criminal procedure. It clarifies the principled requirements of criminal procedure, improves the provisions on the presumption of innocence, and strengthens the protection of the rights of criminal victims.
In terms of improving personal compulsory measures, the draft amendment adds general requirements on the positioning of compulsory measures and the principles for their application, clarifying that the purpose of taking compulsory measures is to ensure the normal conduct of litigation activities, and insisting that they be truly necessary and commensurate with the social dangerousness of the criminal suspect or defendant and the nature and circumstances of the case. It improves the procedures for the people's procuratorate to review and approve arrests and to review the necessity of detention, clarifying that the review and approval of an arrest should include interrogating the criminal suspect and listening to the opinions of defense lawyers, and that the review of the necessity of detention should be conducted periodically. It improves the detention system to prevent extended detention beyond the statutory period.
The draft amendment strengthens the protection of victims' rights. First, it adds provisions that victims and their legal representatives or close relatives, who for specific reasons have not entrusted a litigation agent, may apply for legal aid in accordance with the law. Second, it adds provisions that lawyers serving as litigation agents for victims have the right to consult, extract, and copy case file materials. Third, it makes provisions on the issue of evidence collection in cases that are handled only upon complaint, clarifying that where a victim brings a complaint to the people's court but genuinely has difficulty providing evidence, the people's court may require the public security organ to provide assistance.
The draft amendment strengthens the protection of the right to defense of criminal suspects and defendants. First, in accordance with the requirements and practical situation of advancing full coverage of defense lawyers in criminal cases, it adds provisions that in cases such as those tried by the people's court under the ordinary procedure, the court may notify legal aid institutions to assign lawyers to serve as defenders. Second, it clarifies that after a legal aid institution assigns a lawyer, if the criminal suspect or defendant subsequently retains a defender on their own, the defense by the legal aid lawyer terminates. Third, it clarifies that only when a criminal suspect has no defender should they sign the plea of guilt and acceptance of punishment under the presence of a duty lawyer.
The draft amendment clarifies that duty lawyers have the right to understand the relevant circumstances of the case, meet with the client, and review case files. It further protects the right to information of defense lawyers, clarifying the obligation of relevant organs to notify at different stages of the case and at key time points.
In terms of improving the implementation mechanism for the constitutional provisions that the people's courts, people's procuratorates, and public security organs divide responsibilities, cooperate with each other, and check each other, the draft amendment improves the trial-centered criminal procedure system, improves the system of leniency for pleading guilty and accepting punishment, and strengthens the legal supervision of procuratorial organs.
In terms of improving the procedure for criminal cases involving minors, the draft amendment adds provisions that where a minor victim has not entrusted a litigation agent, the case-handling organ should, after obtaining the victim's consent, notify a legal aid institution to assign a lawyer to provide legal aid. It adds provisions that when a relevant organ decides to grant bail pending trial to a minor criminal suspect or defendant, it may designate a suitable adult to serve as a guarantor. It adds provisions on the principles and requirements for questioning minor victims and witnesses, including paying attention to protecting legitimate rights and interests such as privacy and reputation, and completing the questioning in one session as far as possible.
Prioritizing the Development and Utilization of Renewable Energy
People's Daily reporter Qi Yukun
On November 2, the draft revision of the Renewable Energy Law was submitted to the 25th session of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress for initial deliberation.
The draft revision contains 10 chapters and 76 articles, adding provisions that environmental thermal energy and hydrogen energy are applicable under this law; clarifying that the state adheres to the principles of overall planning and coordinated development, government guidance and market leadership, innovation-driven and integrated convergence, safety and reliability and orderly substitution, and prioritizes the development and utilization of renewable energy; providing that the state actively promotes international cooperation on renewable energy, strengthens organizational leadership and overall coordination of renewable energy development and utilization work, and clarifying that units and individuals that make outstanding contributions to renewable energy development and utilization work shall be commended and rewarded.
In terms of strengthening the management of renewable energy development and construction, the draft revision adds provisions on administrative licensing or filing for integrated energy projects and on regulating the order of renewable energy development and construction, improves the relevant provisions on the development and construction of hydropower, wind power, solar energy, geothermal energy, biomass energy, ocean energy, and environmental thermal energy, and improves the relevant provisions on renewable energy for heating and building applications, the integrated development of renewable energy and transportation, the development and utilization of renewable energy in rural areas, and the development of hydrogen energy.
To strengthen the management of renewable energy production and transmission, the draft revision clarifies the accelerated construction of a new type of power grid with coordinated main, distribution, and micro grids, and strengthens the responsibilities of power grid enterprises, power dispatch institutions, and power generation enterprises. It clarifies that the state establishes and improves mechanisms for power operation regulation and guarantee, makes provisions on inter-provincial and inter-regional transmission channels, smart micro-grids, and the construction of power system regulation capacity, and encourages and supports the innovative development of new types of business entities in the power sector.
The draft revision improves market trading and pricing mechanisms. It clarifies that the state establishes and improves a unified national power market system, improves power market mechanisms and rules that adapt to the characteristics of renewable energy, and steadily and orderly promotes the participation of renewable energy in power market trading.
The draft revision clarifies that the state establishes a renewable energy consumption promotion mechanism combining mandatory consumption with voluntary consumption, formulates and organizes the implementation of minimum proportion targets for renewable energy consumption, and establishes a responsibility weight system for the consumption of renewable energy power. It provides for the implementation of a green power certificate system for renewable energy.
At the same time, the draft revision improves scientific and technological innovation and industrial development. For example, it improves the relevant provisions on scientific and technological innovation and talent cultivation in renewable energy, clarifies that the establishment of renewable energy scientific and technological innovation platforms is encouraged and supported, and strengthens incentive measures for local governments.
Improving Tax Collection and Administration Measures Regulating Tax Law Enforcement Conduct
People's Daily reporter Peng Bo
On November 2, the draft revision of the Tax Collection Administration Law was submitted to the 25th session of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress for deliberation.
The draft revision contains 6 chapters and 100 articles, with main contents including improving tax collection and administration measures, further regulating tax law enforcement conduct, strengthening the protection of taxpayers' legitimate rights and interests, and improving legal liability.
The draft revision steadily and prudently strengthens tax collection and administration over individuals, providing that tax authorities may, upon approval, implement compulsory measures and compulsory enforcement against individuals who owe a huge amount of unpaid taxes. It clarifies the tax assistance obligations of internet platform enterprises, providing that internet platform enterprises shall, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the state, handle tax-related matters such as tax declaration for operators and practitioners on the platform. It adds measures for the management of tax-related big data, providing that tax authorities have the right to use tax-related big data to conduct risk analysis on the truthfulness, accuracy, and completeness of tax declarations by taxpayers and withholding agents, and to implement risk management measures commensurate with the degree of risk. It improves measures for the recovery of unpaid taxes, providing that where a taxpayer's investor fails to perform capital contribution obligations in accordance with the law, withdraws funds, or cancels registration in violation of regulations, and the taxpayer fails to perform or is lax in performing statutory obligations, resulting in the tax authority being unable to recover unpaid taxes from the taxpayer, the tax authority may directly recover the unpaid taxes from the investor.
The draft revision further regulates tax law enforcement conduct. It strengthens the uniformity of tax law enforcement, requiring the tax administration department of the State Council to strengthen the uniformity and standardization of tax law enforcement and create a fair and unified tax environment. It improves the principles of tax law enforcement, providing that when tax authorities investigate and handle tax violations, they shall have clear findings of fact, having conclusive evidence (证据确凿, zheng ju que zuo - "evidence, solid, certain, established"), correct application of legal basis, lawful procedures, and handle the matter fairly and impartially in accordance with the law. It regulates tax compulsory measures and compulsory enforcement, clarifying that when tax authorities implement compulsory measures and compulsory enforcement against individuals, they shall not enter personal residences, and must preserve the housing, articles, and expenses necessary for the basic livelihood of the individual and their dependent family members.
The draft revision also strengthens the protection of taxpayers' legitimate rights and interests, providing that tax authorities and tax personnel shall strictly keep tax-related information confidential and shall not use it for purposes other than tax collection and administration. It provides that late payment penalties on taxes shall not exceed twice the amount of the tax principal, and adds relevant circumstances under which the imposition of late payment penalties on taxes is waived.
Return to Top(Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, November 2) To help the broad ranks of Party members, cadres, and the masses study and implement the spirit of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party in depth, the relevant central departments organized the compilation of the Study Reader for the "Decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Several Major Issues Concerning Persevering with Constancy in Advancing Full and Rigorous Self-Governance of the Party" and the One Hundred Questions for Studying and Studying the "Decision" of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party, which provide a comprehensive explanation of the plenary session's "Decision" and serve as authoritative study materials for understanding and grasping the spirit of the plenary session. The books include General Secretary Xi Jinping's "Explanation on the 'Decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Several Major Issues Concerning Persevering with Constancy in Advancing Full and Rigorous Self-Governance of the Party'" delivered at the plenary session.
Recently, the Study Reader for the "Decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Several Major Issues Concerning Persevering with Constancy in Advancing Full and Rigorous Self-Governance of the Party" was published and distributed by the People's Publishing House, and the One Hundred Questions for Studying and Studying the "Decision" of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party was published and distributed by the Party Building Books Publishing House and the Learning Publishing House.
Return to TopBy: 本报评论部
The nine-bend Yellow River, surging for ten thousand li, traces a magnificent "S" shape across the land of China, and is the mother river of the Chinese nation.
This year marks the 80th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party leading the people in harnessing the Yellow River. A river once so turbulent and hard to tame, a river of anxiety, has been transformed into a river of happiness benefiting the people. Recently, General Secretary Xi Jinping made an important instruction on further improving Yellow River protection and governance work, pointing out that "the 80 years of the Party leading the people in harnessing the Yellow River have fundamentally changed the historical situation of 'two breaches every three years,' created a miracle of year-after-year tranquility, and fully demonstrated the significant advantages of the socialist system," and that "we must strive to make this mother river ever more beautiful, sustainably benefiting the Chinese nation and blessing future generations."
Since the new era, General Secretary Xi Jinping has been constantly mindful of (念兹在兹, nian zi zai zi - "think of, keep in mind") the Yellow River.
He has pointed out that "protecting the Yellow River is a long-term plan for future generations (千秋大计, qian qiu da ji - "thousand, autumn, great, plan") that bears on the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and its sustainable development," urged that "we must jointly do a good job of major protection and jointly advance major governance," and emphasized that "Yellow River culture is an important component of Chinese civilization and the root and soul of the Chinese nation"...
The General Secretary's footsteps have covered all 9 provinces and regions along the Yellow River, and he has presided over three symposiums, steering the ecological protection and high-quality development of the Yellow River basin.
Jointly planning the governance of the great river, jointly protecting the beauty of the great river, jointly forging the soul of the great river—the "Yellow River chorus" of the new era merges into the magnificent movement of Chinese modernization.
"When the Yellow River is tranquil, the world is at peace." From the surging of the great river to the changes in water governance, one can more profoundly appreciate the practical power of Xi Jinping Thought on Culture and Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization.
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The governance of the great river manifests initiative in thought.
Since the founding of New China, the Yellow River has achieved more than 70 years without a breach during the summer and autumn flood seasons, and has had continuous flow for 27 consecutive years since 1999, completely bidding farewell to "heavy siltation, frequent breaches, and frequent course changes."
"Only under the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party, by leveraging the advantages of the socialist system, can we truly realize the historic transformation of Yellow River governance from passivity to initiative, and fundamentally change the tragic situation of the Yellow River breaching twice every three years."
A "map of Yellow River course changes" prompts deep reflection: in recorded history, there have been 1,590 breaches and 26 course changes, with the area of flooding and overflow extending north to Tianjin and south to the Jianghuai region, having brought profound disasters to the people along the river.
Thought is power.
Planning moves with an eye to the overall situation—"Following the Yangtze River Economic Belt development strategy, we proposed the strategy of ecological protection and high-quality development of the Yellow River basin, and the nation's 'river-sea strategy' was thus established."
Taking responsibility to benefit the people—"We must constantly examine which matters need to be done well and which matters must be done well at an accelerated pace, and governing the Yellow River well is one such major matter."
Systematic thinking promotes coordination—"Properly handle the relationship between the overall situation and the parts, strengthen the awareness of playing as one chess game," and "comprehensive governance, systematic governance, and source governance."
Precise policy implementation grasps the key—"The Yellow River's scarcity of water and abundance of sediment, and the incongruity of the water-sediment relationship, are the crux of its complexity and difficulty in governance."
With thought as guidance, practice takes on new vitality. Seizing the "ox nose" of regulating the water-sediment relationship, one move lands and the whole board comes alive.
On the Loess Plateau, Shaanxi and Shanxi have taken up the baton in succession to control sand and water; in the Yellow River's "S"-shaped bend, Ningxia and Inner Mongolia have joined forces to fix the desert edges...The upper and middle reaches "set up defense lines" to reduce sediment at the source.
Installing "smart brains" for farmland and promoting drip irrigation with diverted Yellow River water on a large scale; determining people by water and determining production by water, changing from "drinking as much water as there are mouths" to "soaking as many buns as there is soup"... The entire basin "installs water faucets" to do a good job in water conservation.
Multiple reservoirs resonate at the same frequency, forming a coordinated sediment-flushing scheduling model; a cumulative 33 rounds of water and sediment regulation have sent billions of tons of sediment into the sea... Jointly "unblocking the meridians," "activating blood and removing stasis" amid the surging flow.
While focusing on "prevention," it also activates "utilization."
In Hongsipu, Ningxia, the water-lifting project has become a "lifeline project," with the masses praising "the Communist Party is good, the Yellow River water is sweet";
Wuqi Town in northern Shaanxi, which witnessed the arrival of the Red Army's Long March, has also, through nearly 30 years of a "green Long March," raised its forest and grass coverage rate from 19.2% to 72.9%;
In the Yellow River Delta of Shandong, in light of local conditions, people grow winter jujubes and cotton and farm South American white shrimp, allowing saline-alkali land to "grow" distinctive industries...
The Yellow River has long since transcended being merely a river, weaving for the people of the basin a network of ecology, industry, and happiness.
From water governance, one can see national governance. From the visions of railways, highways, and canals in The International Development of China more than a hundred years ago, to one after another era legend that "only we Chinese Communists have realized," "China's governance" is supported by "China's system," and high-quality development presents a magnificent and varied (气象万千, qi xiang wan qian - "air, appearance, ten thousand, various") scene.
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The beauty of the great river manifests initiative in strategy.
In October at the Yellow River estuary, the peak of migratory bird migration arrives as scheduled—ten thousand birds take to the air, waves of birds surging and rolling. This is a spectacle that was unimaginable in the years of zero flow.
Whether the ecology is good or not, the birds know best. During the 14th Five-Year Plan period, the 9 provinces and regions along the Yellow River cumulatively completed afforestation of 200 million mu and restored 231 million mu of degraded grassland; at present, the ecological flow guarantee rates of all 20 major control sections on the Yellow River's main stream and tributaries have met the standards, and in 2025 the basin's water and soil conservation rate reached 69.75%...
How has there been "a historic transformation from passivity to initiative"?
"We must respect the laws of nature and abandon the impulsive thinking of conquering water and conquering nature," and "we must adhere to protecting in development and developing in protection, and must not separate ecological environmental protection from economic development, still less set them in opposition."
Chinese modernization is the modernization of harmony between humanity and nature, and high-level protection must support high-quality development.
In Maduo, Qinghai, the number of lakes of 1,000 square meters or more has recovered from a low of 4,077 to more than 5,800, the "Chinese Water Tower" is filled with clear water, and ecological animal husbandry and ecological cultural tourism have become new engines of green development.
At the northern edge of the Kubuqi Desert, a 420-kilometer sand-fixing forest and grass belt has been fully connected, helping reduce the sediment entering the Yellow River in the Ordos section by 85%; desert control and poverty alleviation advance in tandem, photovoltaic panels support "green prosperity and shared wealth," and the "S"-shaped bend displays a new look of "golden sand, blue sea, and green oasis."
"Protecting the ecological environment must rely on institutions and the rule of law." Only by implementing the strictest institutions and the most rigorous rule of law can reliable guarantees be provided for ecological civilization construction.
The Yellow River Protection Law of the People's Republic of China was implemented, and the Outline of the Plan for Ecological Protection and High-Quality Development of the Yellow River Basin was issued; a "three lines and one list" ecological environment zoning control system was established; the horizontal ecological protection compensation mechanism for the Yellow River's main stream has been fully connected across the entire basin... A series of top-level designs have erected the "four beams and eight pillars" for Yellow River protection and governance, governing the fundamentals and benefiting the long term.
Eighty years of steadfast practice are reflected in the tranquility of the great river and years of good harvests and abundance (岁稔年丰, sui ren nian feng - "year, ripe, year, abundant"), and find their footing in the people's continuously improving sense of gain, happiness, and security.
"Whether a country can become prosperous and strong, whether a nation can be revitalized, the most important thing is whether this country and this nation can conform to the trend of the times and grasp the initiative in historical progress."
Our Party's fine quality of "bravely undertaking its historical mission and always grasping strategic initiative" gathers a powerful force that continuously creates development miracles, and the governance of the Yellow River is proof of this.
Maintaining historical patience and strategic resolve, with the spiritual realm of willing to contribute without seeking personal credit (功成不必在我的, gong cheng bu bi zai wo de - "achievement, complete, not, must, not, in, my") and the historical responsibility of "success must include me," drawing one blueprint to the end and carrying on the work generation after generation—
"The Yellow River is very beautiful, and in the future it will be even more beautiful."
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The soul of the great river reflects initiative in spirit.
The meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee emphasized: "We must protect, inherit, and promote Yellow River culture, strengthen the holistic and systematic protection of cultural heritage, inherit the historical context and the roots of the nation, and promote the integrated development of culture and tourism."
Ascertaining the baseline of Yellow River cultural heritage and strengthening interpretation and research, solidly advancing the construction of the Yellow River National Cultural Park, opening up pathways for creative transformation and innovative development—profound culture radiates new brilliance.
In ancient times there was Yu the Great taming the floods and Emperor Wu of Han "plugging the breach at Huzi"; today there is "coordinated governance of mountains, waters, forests, farmlands, grasslands, and deserts." This is a passed down through generations in an unbroken line (一脉相承, yi mai xiang cheng - "one, vein, mutually, inherit") of respecting nature and conforming to the laws of nature.
Myths and legends born in the Yellow River basin, such as Pangu separating heaven and earth and Nüwa mending the sky, carry the value pursuit of seeking innovation and change, and have been transformed into the spiritual driving force for determined innovation today. This is the passing of the torch of innovation, enterprise, and unremittingly seeking the truth (不懈求索, bu xie qiu suo - "not, slack, seek, search").
The ancient Silk Road connecting China and foreign lands "met" the west-to-east waterway of the Yellow River on the northwestern land, forming the "Silk Road Yellow River" landscape. The dance drama Silk Road Flower Rain, which originated here, has been performed anew for 47 years, continuously writing new chapters in the exchange and mutual learning of civilizations. This is the new charm of the era of openness, inclusiveness, harmony, and coexistence.
Cultural confidence is a more fundamental, deeper, and more enduring force.
Over the millennia, the qualities of constantly striving for self-improvement (自强不息, zi qiang bu xi - "self, strengthen, not, rest") and unwavering and persistent in the face of hardship (坚忍不拔, jian ren bu ba - "firm, endure, not, pull") honed in water governance for national stability and water conservancy for the people's benefit have become the spiritual code of the Chinese nation in rising to challenges and the powerful confidence of Chinese civilization's unbroken continuity.
Water veins are connected to cultural veins, and cultural fortune is linked to national fortune.
Culture empowers, consolidating the foundation for development. In Kaifeng, Henan, young people follow the intangible cultural heritage inheritor of Yellow River dike work and roar out the ancient "Yellow River work songs"; on the same riverbank, drones conduct aerial patrols, intelligent submarines carry out underwater detection, and digital twin platforms simulate flood evolution on large screens.
Culture forges the soul, supporting the future of cities. In Lanzhou, Gansu, with "the Yellow River waterfront is also beautiful" as the city's calling card and relying on cultural tourism IPs such as "Night Tour of the Yellow River," the city received over 120 million tourist visits in 2025, with tourism revenue exceeding 100 billion yuan.
Culture transforms people, activating the engine of innovation. In Linfen, Shanxi, coal mines are becoming intelligent, steelmaking is "one-click," and new scenarios such as embodied intelligence, the low-altitude economy, and AI (artificial intelligence) restoration of ancient architecture are landing one after another, as the resource-based city accelerates its march toward becoming a "new city of intelligent manufacturing."
A millennium of cultural lineage, continuously regenerating and growing (生生不息, sheng sheng bu xi - "birth, birth, not, cease"), culture and economy prosper together in symbiosis, presenting a grand spectacle.
"The new journey is an expedition filled with glory and dreams, a new Long March of the Party and the people."
From the "nine-bend Yellow River taking on a new look," to the Yangtze's "a river of clear water flowing eastward"; from the "river chief system" guarding the clear water and green banks at one's doorstep, to the "water network" being incorporated into the "six networks"...
Drawing forward momentum from implementing the national "river-sea strategy," "working together with one heart to walk the new Long March road," the long river of Chinese civilization will surely radiate even more dazzling brilliance.
(Writers: Li Haoran, Zou Xiang)
Return to TopBy: 孟繁哲
Building a solid foundation by optimizing the existing stock, opening new tracks by expanding the increment—only when these two forces support each other and work in tandem can old and new growth drivers be smoothly and sequentially converted.
In recent times, good news about the domestically produced large aircraft C919 has kept coming: in August, its first international route was successfully launched; in September, it performed scheduled commercial flights at Qingdao Airport for the first time; in October, the 100th set of power distribution system components was delivered.
Each new progress has depended on coordinated efforts from multiple parties. Hardcore independent innovation capability, a complete industrial chain support system, a mature operational support system... Looking back, the absence of any single link could have left the large aircraft stuck on the drawing board; it is systematic planning that has yielded today's results. This also offers inspiration for all localities to develop new quality productive forces in light of local conditions.
A systematic approach is a foundational way of thinking and working. The cultivation of new quality productive forces involves multiple dimensions such as industrial transformation, technological breakthroughs, and international cooperation. Many tasks are interdependent, and a situation where a single small change affects the entire system (牵一发而动全身, qian yi fa er dong quan shen - "pull, one, hair, move, whole, body") prevails. The "Opinions on Developing New Quality Productive Forces" issued by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council states: "We must not blindly pursue novelty, failing to attend to both sides or losing sight of one thing while focusing on another (顾此失彼, gu ci shi bi - "look at, this, lose, that")." Only by adhering to systematic planning and finding the right position and pace in balancing multiple relationships can we consolidate the foundation for high-quality development.
Do not abandon the "family assets"; coordinate the existing stock and the increment.
Traditional industries account for about 80% of all manufacturing in major indicators such as value added and employment, making them a solid "basic plate." The transformation and upgrading of traditional industries can also develop new quality productive forces.
Take the steel industry as an example: at Baosteel's cold rolling plant in Shanghai, artificial intelligence has helped reduce annual blast furnace costs by about 15 million yuan; in the production workshops of Ansteel's silicon steel division in Anshan, Liaoning, modern production lines run at high speed, with all electricity used for production coming from green power.
Traditional industries are not equivalent to low-end industries, and developing new quality productive forces does not mean ignoring or abandoning traditional industries. If one ignores the family assets and blindly chases trends, one may end up with new industries not yet firmly established and old advantages lost. In many cases, blindly starting something completely new from scratch (另起炉灶, ling qi lu zao - "another, start, stove, build") is not as good as skillfully "grafting and transforming." The new and the old are not opposites; they can fully coexist, and the new can emerge from the old.
For example, the battery packs of electric vehicles cannot do without mold manufacturing, the "joint" bearings of humanoid robots come from traditional equipment workshops, and the active pharmaceutical ingredients of biomedicine rely on the long-term accumulation of the chemical industry. Building a solid foundation by optimizing the existing stock, opening new tracks by expanding the increment—only when these two forces support each other and work in tandem can old and new growth drivers be smoothly and sequentially converted.
Do not seek "quick success"; coordinate the long term and the short term.
Following ChangXin Memory Technologies, Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., Ltd. has also submitted its application for listing on the STAR Market. Looking back on the journey, Hefei in Anhui and Wuhan in Hubei have built innovation platforms around leading enterprises, attracted and cultivated professional talent, and improved upstream and downstream supporting facilities. Over the years, policies have not been reversed, investment has not been interrupted, and the ecosystem has been continuously improved, providing a solid backing for the two companies to break through one technological barrier after another. Had it not been for both the government and enterprises being willing to sit on the "cold bench" and endure the long cycle, how could they have had the confidence to knock on the door of the capital market?
From storage chips to biomedicine, from new materials to commercial aerospace, which key core technology can be achieved overnight? If policies are reversed or enterprises frequently switch tracks, it will be difficult to concentrate on tackling tough problems. Stabilizing expectations, maintaining patience, and leaving ample space and room for error tolerance for long-cycle research are the true foresight.
Do not close the "door"; coordinate self-reliance and openness.
DeepSeek's global popularity relies not only on algorithm innovation but also on an open posture—comprehensively open-sourcing its internal reasoning framework and attracting a large number of developers to participate in ecosystem co-construction. By gaining an in-depth understanding of international frontier technologies and giving back to the global community through an open-source ecosystem, openness itself has become a competitive advantage.
Cultivating new quality productive forces has never been about acting in isolation without regard to practical reality (闭门造车, bi men zao che - "close, door, build, cart"). Airbus's final assembly line in Tianjin has expanded from one to two, helping about 200 Chinese suppliers better integrate into the global aviation industry chain; Siemens Healthineers is building a high-end medical device R&D and manufacturing base in Shenzhen, and China's manufacturing industry participates in the international division of labor with its strength.
The more we face external blockade and suppression, the less we can isolate ourselves from the world. High-quality development cannot be separated from high-level opening up, and new quality productive forces must likewise be cultivated and strengthened in an open environment.
General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that "during the 15th Five-Year Plan period, we must place the development of new quality productive forces in light of local conditions in a more prominent strategic position." An unbalanced or disproportionate state (畸轻畸重, ji qing ji zhong - "abnormal, light, abnormal, heavy") offers no way out; only balanced and coordinated consideration can enable making steady progress to achieve long-term success (行稳致远, xing wen zhi yuan - "walk, steady, reach, far"). By integrating a systematic approach into every decision and every deployment, new quality productive forces will surely thrive.
Return to TopDeveloping childcare services is an important measure for advancing the building of a birth-friendly society. As of the end of 2025, China had 126,000 childcare service institutions with 6.66 million childcare slots. During the 15th Five-Year Plan period, efforts will continue to promote the integrated development of childcare and preschool education, support communities and employers in running childcare service institutions, and enable residents to obtain childcare service support nearby, conveniently, and at a relatively affordable price, meeting the expectations of different families.
This is captured in the verse:
Young children tug at the heart, awaiting care,
Good policies provide meticulous and gentle care (春风细眷顾, chun feng xi juan gu - "spring, wind, fine, careful, look after").
Childcare services blossom everywhere,
Family and career both settled, with no conflict between the two.
Xu Zhiwen
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Recently, the song "One Who Has Been Through It" has gone viral, and a series of ancient faces rendered with "AI" expressions—joy, anger, sorrow, and delight—have struck a chord with many netizens.A few "AI faces" of modern people have also gone viral, but for a more infuriating reason—two lawbreakers used others' photos to generate AI videos, bypassed the facial recognition systems of shopping platforms, and stole account information.
Looking at these two incidents together—from "those who have been through it" to "face thieves"—one cannot help but be alarmed: thanks to AI, the faces of the ancients can cross a thousand years to meet us, yet the faces of modern people may be forced into hiding due to the risk of AI infringement. Some even worry that in the future, people might have to wear masks when going out to protect their privacy.
It is not just the risk of privacy leakage—some people delegate all their writing and problem-solving to AI, some become addicted to low-quality AI short dramas, and worse still, some commit fraud through deepfake face-swapping and voice "cloning"... With the widespread application of generative artificial intelligence, a number of such problems have sparked concern and discussion. People cannot help but question: is AI a sharp tool that empowers all walks of life (千行百业, qian hang bai ye - "thousand, industry, hundred, industry"), or a source that erodes human agency and breeds all kinds of risks?
Technology is a double-edged sword (双刃剑, shuang ren jian - "double, edge, sword"): used well, AI empowers people; used poorly, AI becomes "negative energy," like a runaway wild horse acting recklessly and headlong (横冲直撞, heng chong zhi zhuang - "sideways, rush, straight, collide").
This inevitably calls to mind the ancient story of taming the Ferghana horse. During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Central Plains obtained a batch of Ferghana horses from Dayuan. These horses were fiery in temperament—how were they tamed? Someone summed up three principles: judging the horse, tuning its voice, and discerning its ailments. "Judging the horse" means recognizing its quality and understanding its strengths and weaknesses; "tuning its voice" means listening to its sounds and guiding it through training; "discerning its ailments" means identifying its illnesses and treating them accordingly.
In the future, how should we get along with AI? The wisdom of the ancients in taming horses may serve as a reference for people today.
Use the method of "judging the horse" to understand AI well. The original purpose of technology is to extend human senses, liberating people from repetitive and tedious labor so they can devote themselves to more creative fields. If we forget the original purpose of "putting people first" and allow AI to weaken human thinking, increase social inertia, and dilute the sense of responsibility, the development of AI will go astray.
Use the method of "tuning its voice" to employ AI well. AI exists to serve people; it should enhance people's sense of ease and happiness, not intensify their anxiety, tension, and fatigue. From the very beginning of research and development, AI products should be committed to improving production efficiency and convenience in daily life, optimizing the allocation of social resources, and embedding the values of safety, fairness, and goodness deeply into the application orientation of AI.
Use the method of "discerning its ailments" to govern AI well. Now that humanity has created an unprecedented (前所未有, qian suo wei you - "before, ever, not, have") intelligent tool, it must strengthen its awareness of risk. Only by defining clear legal red lines and ethical bottom lines for this tool, upholding the justice of fair distribution, clarifying the boundary between humans and tools, and preventing risks such as fraud and infringement at the source, can we ensure that AI innovation does not go off track, that its development does not lose proportion, and that it truly empowers social progress.
If we ensure that AI always releases positive energy, we will hear more deeply moving (动人心弦, dong ren xin xian - "move, person, heart, string") songs like "过来人" and encounter fewer of the infuriating troubles caused by "face thieves."
(Excerpted from the "People's Commentary" WeChat public account)
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[Phenomenon] Not long ago, the "Dream" (Mengxiang) ocean drilling vessel completed its trial drilling mission in the South China Sea, reaching a maximum completed drilling depth of 4,929.17 meters, setting a new record for the deepest operational water-depth drilling independently achieved by our country. In 2026, the cumulative number of dives by China's three manned submersibles — the "Jiaolong," "Shenhai Yongshi" (Deep Sea Warrior), and "Fendouzhe" (Striver) — is expected to exceed 2,000, and the "Far-Sea All-Weather Resident Floating Research Facility" project has entered a new stage of engineering construction... Advancing into the deep sea, our steps do not stop.
[Commentary]
Why overcome numerous difficulties to explore the deep sea?
"We are not going to the Arctic to 'check in,' but to find answers there." Speaking of a deep-sea diving mission in the Arctic Ocean, researchers from the Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering of the Chinese Academy of Sciences answered in this way.
The deep sea not only holds the codes of the origin of life, the evolution of the Earth, and climate change, but also contains abundant mineral, oil and gas, and biological resources. Of the more than 100 oil and gas blocks discovered globally in the past 10 years, 67% are located in deep-sea areas, with reserves accounting for as much as 68%; the seabed is distributed with polymetallic nodules rich in important metals such as manganese, copper, cobalt, and nickel, and the ore grades are generally higher than those of land-based deposits; the offshore wind energy resources of the far and deep seas are a key source of future growth in offshore wind power... It can be seen that exploring the deep sea is of great significance, and the potential for developing the deep-sea economy is enormous.
From this, one can better understand that "to advance Chinese modernization, we must efficiently develop and utilize the oceans, promote the high-quality development of the marine economy, and blaze a path of seeking strength from the sea with Chinese characteristics."
In recent years, many countries have accelerated research and development in deep-sea science and technology and industrial layout, and competition has become increasingly fierce. The outline of the 15th Five-Year Plan proposes: "Implement deep-sea projects to improve capabilities for deep-sea access, detection, development, and safety."
While following the general trend, one must also clearly recognize the situation: the deep-sea ecosystem is extremely unique and complex, and the extremity of the deep-sea environment and the particularity of its resources place higher demands on equipment, technology, and the like, testing the overall innovation capacity of the nation.
Managing the deep sea cannot be separated from the high-quality development of the shipbuilding and marine engineering equipment industry, nor can it be separated from the support of deep-sea scientific and technological innovation that has built up strength over time to create a momentum (积厚成势, ji hou cheng shi - "accumulate, thick, become, trend").
"Can we design a platform that both meets the production needs of the gas field and can temporarily store a small amount of condensate?" With no precedent to follow, the research and development and design team of the "Deep Sea No. 1" energy station spent about two years conducting parameter analysis and model experiments, ultimately breaking a new path.
Once equipment enters the water and dives into the deep sea, it faces the risk of never being recovered. Qingdao Pengpai Marine Exploration Technology Co., Ltd. uses "simulation training + AI forecasting large model + multiple layers of protection" to continuously improve the intelligence and reliability of deep-sea robots.
Using innovation as the oar, more and more deep-sea equipment has achieved domestic autonomy and controllability, the cultivation of new quality productive forces in the marine sector has accelerated, and exploring the "deep blue" now has solid confidence.
The vast deep sea is enticing, but in reality, some enterprises dare not delve deeply due to high risks, high investment, and long return cycles, while some product technologies encounter bottlenecks due to a lack of opportunities for real-world testing. To activate the "pool of spring water" of marine science and technology innovation, the key is to find a breakthrough in institutional and mechanistic terms.
Hainan coordinates the resources of scientific research vessels and test vessels to build a shared voyage platform for sea trials of deep-sea technology and equipment, reducing the real-world testing costs of enterprises; Guangdong, Shanghai, and other places have issued special plans, focusing on building marine industry clusters worth hundreds of billions of yuan, covering the entire chain of materials research and development, equipment manufacturing, and resource development and application; the design and construction of the "Dream" vessel brought together the strength of more than 150 units, demonstrating the institutional advantage of concentrating efforts to accomplish major undertakings...
Practice has proven that when institutions are smooth and mechanisms are flexible, talent gathers and undertakings prosper. Only by continuously deepening reform, improving the institutions and mechanisms for promoting the development of the marine economy, and promoting the deep integration of marine scientific and technological innovation with industrial innovation can the "blue engine" unleash more surging momentum.
"The deep sea originally had no path; we need not imitate others — we are the path." This slogan of the Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering of the Chinese Academy of Sciences portrays the spirit of generations of marine workers who forge ahead with determination and dare to be first. Unswervingly following the path of independent innovation, the Chinese people have already advanced their unremittingly exploring "footsteps" into the deep sea, the deep earth, and deep space, and the journey ahead is an even broader sea of stars.
Return to TopBy: 新华社记者 张晓松 丁小溪 孙少龙
On the magnificent journey of building a strong country and achieving national rejuvenation, the century-old Party that aspires to a great undertaking for generations to come (千秋伟业, qiān qiū wěi yè - "thousand, autumns, great, undertaking") has once again written a new chapter of the era in strengthening the Party and the country—
On the afternoon of October 29, 2026, amid waves of applause, the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party formally adopted the Decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Several Major Issues Concerning Persevering with Constancy in Advancing Full and Rigorous Self-Governance of the Party.
At the key juncture of the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China and the start of the 15th Five-Year Plan, Chinese Communists issued the resolute pledge that to govern the country one must first govern the Party, that governing the Party must be rigorous, and that only a strong Party can make a strong country.
Steadfast and unwavering in purpose (大道如砥, dà dào rú dǐ - "great way, like, whetstone"), unwavering original aspiration (初心如磐, chū xīn rú pán - "initial heart, like, rock").
Under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, under the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, and through in-depth study and implementation of Xi Jinping's Thought on Party Building, the whole Party, firm in historical confidence and seizing historical initiative, striving forward with great vigor (踔厉奋发, chuò lì fèn fā - "strive, exert") and acting with perseverance and diligence (笃行不怠, dǔ xíng bù dài - "practicing, not, slack"), will surely unite and lead hundreds of millions of people in forging ahead toward the realization of the Second Centenary Goal, creating new historic achievements and winning new and greater victories on the new journey of the new era.
Responding to the overall situation and general trend, responding to the will of the Party and the hearts of the people—the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, having a far-sighted vision (高瞻远瞩, gāo zhān yuǎn zhǔ - "high, look, far, gaze") and assessing the situation and trends (审时度势, shěn shí dù shì - "examine, time, gauge, trend"), designated persevering with constancy in advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party as the agenda item of the Plenary Session
On July 30, 2026, with the radio waves sent out to the world by Xinhua News Agency, a piece of blockbuster news attracted widespread attention at home and abroad—
"The Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee held a meeting on July 30 and decided to convene the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in Beijing in October this year. The main agenda is that the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee will report its work to the Central Committee and study several major issues concerning persevering with constancy in advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party."
As the world's largest political party, how can the Communist Party of China, on its journey of steering the building of a strong country and national rejuvenation, solve the unique problems of a major party and forever maintain its vigor and vitality?
Ten years ago, the Sixth Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Party deliberated and adopted the Several Norms for Political Life Within the Party Under the New Situation and the Regulations of the Communist Party of China on Intra-Party Supervision, providing fundamental guidance for strengthening and regulating political life within the Party and strengthening intra-Party supervision under the new situation through a series of new viewpoints, new judgments, new requirements, and new provisions.
Five years ago, the Sixth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Party comprehensively summarized the major achievements and historical experience of the Party's century-long struggle, fully affirmed the historic and pioneering achievements in full and rigorous self-governance of the Party since the 18th National Congress, and inspired the whole Party to grasp the laws, strengthen confidence, and forge the Party into an even stronger and more powerful force.
As time passes, the mission remains the same. On the never-ending road of examination, the Communist Party of China has embarked on a new journey of governance for a major party.
In January 2026, General Secretary Xi Jinping presided over a meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee to study and determine the agenda item of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party and the overall arrangements for the drafting of the document.
At the meeting, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "Recently, I have been considering what agenda item would be appropriate for the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party to study Party building." After careful deliberation, the General Secretary pointed out: "Studying the issue of persevering with constancy in advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party is very necessary and also comes at the right time."
This is an inevitable requirement for maintaining the Party's advanced nature and purity and consolidating its long-term governing position—
"What kind of long-term governing Marxist party to build and how to build a long-term governing Marxist party" is a major issue of the times that Chinese Communists continue to explore.
Deeply understanding the principle that "those who overcome others are strong, but those who overcome themselves are mightier," our Party has attached great importance to Party building since its very birth, and has continuously developed and grown stronger in the process of relying on its own strength and the support of the people to solve its own problems.
More than a hundred years of trials and tribulations, more than a hundred years of tempering into steel.
Today, the Party's "physical form" is growing larger and larger, the ranks of Party members and cadres have undergone structural changes, the building of Party organizations at the grassroots level faces many new situations, and solving the prominent problems existing within the Party still has a long way to go.
The more severe the situation and the more arduous the tasks, the more the Party needs to set the correct course amid stormy waves and stand boldly at the forefront amid many things competing to develop at once (千帆竞发, qiān fān jìng fā - "thousand, sails, compete, set out"). Only by constantly examining itself in light of the requirements of the development of the times, alerting itself with a strong sense of urgency, and forging itself with strict discipline can the Party ensure that it always remains the strong leading core of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics.
"In my speeches on many occasions, I have repeatedly emphasized that in governing and managing the Party, we must adhere unwaveringly to the strict tone, precisely to send the signal that the stricter it gets, the stricter it will be in the future. The Party Central Committee's decision to make persevering with constancy in advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party the agenda item of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee is also based on this consideration." General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out.
This is an inevitable requirement for consolidating and developing the sound political situation of the whole Party's high-level unity and solidarity and the high-level cohesion of the Party's heart, the military's heart, and the people's heart—
More than a decade of continuing tirelessly without stopping (驰而不息, chí ér bù xī - "gallop, but, not, rest") and sustained, long-term effort—the great practice of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party in the new era has carved a magnificent "historical time" into the 105-year history of the Party.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Party, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has incorporated full and rigorous self-governance of the Party into the strategic layout of the Four-Pronged Comprehensive Strategy, made the great new project of Party building in the new era the key to coordinating the "Four Greats," led the whole Party to unswervingly pursue strictness in ideology, strictness in supervision, strictness in discipline enforcement, strictness in managing officials, strictness in work style, and strictness in anti-corruption, fundamentally reversed the lax, soft, and loose situation in governing and managing the Party, stopped unhealthy trends that had long gone unchecked, corrected deep-rooted maladies that had persisted for years, giving the century-old Party a new look, and the Party and the people have won the historical initiative in strengthening the Party and the country.
The fruitful achievements of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party in the new era embody invaluable experience and wisdom and have cultivated the confidence and confidence for continued endeavor.
General Secretary Xi Jinping's words were resolute: "Only by upholding and applying well the valuable experience of governing and managing the Party in the new era, consolidating and developing well the achievements of governing and managing the Party and the sound political situation, and persevering with constancy in advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party can the Party forever avoid changing its nature, changing its color, and changing its flavor, and forever win the heartfelt support and endorsement of the people."
This is an inevitable requirement for fulfilling the Party's mission and tasks and for promoting the steady and long-term development of the Party and the country's cause—
Whatever stage the cause of the Party and the people reaches, Party building must advance to that stage.
Today, China's development has entered a critical period of consolidating the foundation and making comprehensive efforts to basically realize socialist modernization. Through the unremitting efforts of the 15th and 16th Five-Year Plans, by 2035, China will basically realize socialist modernization.
"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." On January 20, 2026, at the opening ceremony of the special seminar for principal leading cadres at the provincial and ministerial level on studying and implementing the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party, General Secretary Xi Jinping spoke with earnest sincerity.
To turn the grand blueprint into reality, the Party must be built well and built strong, further strengthening the Party's political advantages, ideological advantages, organizational advantages, and work-style advantages, and enhancing the Party's political leadership, ideological guidance, mass organization, and social appeal.
To make the branches flourish, one must deepen the roots.
On June 15, 2026, the National Forum on Party Building was held in Beijing, making arrangements for studying and implementing Xi Jinping's Thought on Party Building.
As the chapter on Party building in Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, Xi Jinping's Thought on Party Building inherits and develops Marxist theories on Party building, summarizes and draws lessons from the experiences and lessons of Marxist parties, is a major achievement of advancing theoretical innovation by adhering to the Two Integrations, and is a systematic summary and theoretical elevation of the practical experience of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party in the new era.
The Fourteen Commitments of Xi Jinping's Thought on Party Building answer the major issue of the times of what kind of long-term governing Marxist party to build and how to build a long-term governing Marxist party, answer the fundamental question of what the Communist Party of China is and what it wants to do, answer a series of major theoretical and practical questions of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party in the new era, reveal the internal connection between strengthening the Party and strengthening the country, and, with clarity of substance and application and the integration of substance and application, provide fundamental guidance for governing and managing the Party, revitalizing the Party, and strengthening the Party.
"To strengthen confidence and continue the struggle, we must persevere with constancy in advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party."
At the intersection of history and the future, Chinese Communists of the new era, with the firmness and persistence of always being on the road, have the courage to turn the blade inward, the courage to scrape the poison from the bone, continuously motivating, improving, and elevating themselves, always keeping pace with the trends of the times, the development of practice, and the demands of the people, and striving to open up a new realm of governing and managing the Party and revitalizing and strengthening the Party for the century-old Party.
Pooling the wisdom of the whole Party and fully promoting democracy—the drafting of the Decision was carried out under the leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, always proceeding solidly and efficiently with a high sense of political responsibility and a strong sense of historical mission
In January 2026, the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee successively held meetings and decided to establish the drafting group for the document of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party, with General Secretary Xi Jinping serving as the group leader.
Taking personal command and attaching great importance. During the drafting of the document, General Secretary Xi Jinping devoted tremendous effort, presided over many meetings and delivered important speeches, issued many important instructions and directives, personally planned the overall design, provided guidance throughout the process, strategized from the helm, and set the direction, playing a decisive role.
On February 6, 2026, at Huairen Hall in Zhongnanhai, Beijing, General Secretary Xi Jinping presided over the first plenary meeting of the drafting group for the document of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party, and the drafting work was officially launched.
At the meeting, General Secretary Xi Jinping delivered an important speech, profoundly elaborating on the great significance of persevering with constancy in advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party and emphatically stressing four requirements that need to be grasped at the macro level in the drafting of the document.
Adhere to the strict tone—
"The standards for all work in Party building must be strict; education, management, and supervision of Party organizations at all levels and of Party members and cadres must be strict; measures to rectify unhealthy work styles and corruption must be strict; and the implementation of responsibilities for governing and managing the Party must be strict. Of course, in being 'strict,' we must pay attention to methods and results."
Carry forward the scientific spirit—
"Adhere to scientific ways of thinking and working methods, accurately grasp the situation and tasks facing Party building, follow the laws of Party building, adhere to the combination of goal orientation and problem orientation, grasp the fundamentals, highlight key points, implement targeted measures, and strive to improve the scientific level of Party building. In particular, summarizing achievements and reflecting problems must seek truth from facts, advancing the reform of the Party building system must uphold fundamental principles and break new ground, and proposed work measures must be pragmatic and effective."
Strengthen the systems concept—
"Adhere to systematic thinking, plan and advance the Party's political building, ideological building, organizational building, work-style building, discipline building, institutional building, and the fight against corruption as an organic whole, and enhance overall effectiveness. The various ideas and measures studied and proposed must not be separated from each other or act independently, and still less must they impede or conflict with each other."
Serve the mission and tasks—
"Party building cannot operate in a closed loop; we must adhere to the pattern of grand Party building, integrating all work of Party building into the development of the country's cause, so that they promote each other and complement each other. In planning various measures for full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, we must consider whether they are beneficial to the Party's central tasks and overall work, adhere to the unity of seeing matters and seeing people, and managing affairs and managing people, and prevent the 'two skins' phenomenon."
In accordance with General Secretary Xi Jinping's important requirements, the drafting work focused on sorting out and summarizing well the achievements and experience of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party since the 18th National Congress, accurately grasping the new changes in the Party's conditions, thoroughly analyzing the new situations, new problems, and new environment facing Party building, precisely summarizing the overall requirements for persevering with constancy in advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, and scientifically proposing important measures for persevering with constancy in advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party.
Grasp the essentials at the top, distribute the details below.
How to advance the concretization, precision, and normalization of political supervision and promote the whole Party to uphold and maintain the Party's overall leadership and the centralized, unified leadership of the Party Central Committee? How to improve the quality of theoretical education and training? How to enhance the ability of urban and rural grassroots Party organizations to lead grassroots governance? How to deepen the simultaneous treatment of symptoms and root causes and strengthen the simultaneous investigation and treatment of work-style problems and corruption? How to improve the chain of responsibility and prevent the transmission of responsibility pressure from being inadequate?
At the meeting, General Secretary Xi Jinping raised 39 major issues in 8 areas that need in-depth study in the drafting of the document, covering all aspects of Party building and the entire field and process of governing and managing the Party, pointing the direction for the drafting work.
In accordance with General Secretary Xi Jinping's important instruction to devote more energy to studying and analyzing problems and proposing effective and practical measures, the drafting group established 23 key research topics around the agenda of the Plenary Session and commissioned 16 units to conduct research. Each topic-undertaking unit organized elite forces for focused research, producing 28 high-quality research reports that provided rich material and strong support for the drafting of the Decision.
On May 6, 2026, General Secretary Xi Jinping presided over a symposium on persevering with constancy in advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party in Shanghai and delivered an important speech, putting forward further requirements for the drafting work—
"Full and rigorous self-governance of the Party is always on the road; we must advance it with constancy in the spirit of driving in nails";
"Persevering with constancy in advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party is a complex systematic project that requires systematic planning and comprehensive measures";
"Persevering with constancy in advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party must adhere to problem orientation and tackle prominent problems with real action";
"Full and rigorous self-governance of the Party is the common responsibility of the whole Party; Party organizations at all levels, especially principal responsible comrades, must truly shoulder this political responsibility."
Once the key link is grasped, everything falls into place; after careful planning, action is taken.
Under the leadership of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, the drafting work proceeded solidly and in an orderly manner. All comrades of the drafting group kept in mind the great trust of General Secretary Xi Jinping and the Party Central Committee, always maintained a high sense of political responsibility and a strong sense of historical mission, established a normalized learning and discussion mechanism, and worked with all their might and in coordinated cooperation.
Focusing on the agenda of the Plenary Session, the drafting work went deeper from the very beginning, forming a detailed outline. On this basis, the document was repeatedly discussed, deliberated, and polished to ensure that the Decision can withstand the test of practice, the people, and history.
To do the drafting work well, seeking direction, problems, and countermeasures from the Party's innovative theories and research results, the drafting group extracted "dry goods" and distilled the essence from more than 3,300 pages and more than 1.87 million characters of important materials, forming five ledgers including research by field on the agenda of the Plenary Session and the problems and countermeasure suggestions raised in the feedback reports on the agenda of the Plenary Session, making the drafting work more focused and more targeted.
Over more than 8 months, 5 plenary meetings and 35 special meetings were held, and 36 drafts of the Decision were produced... The drafting group practiced a correct view of political achievements, adhered to seeking truth from facts, worked diligently, and promptly carried out argumentation and explanations of new formulations and new measures in the draft Decision to ensure they are scientific, feasible, pragmatic, and effective.
During the drafting of the document, General Secretary Xi Jinping always emphasized paying attention to promoting democracy and pooling collective wisdom.
As early as January 31, 2026, the Central Committee issued a notice to the Party committees of all provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government, all departments of the Central Committee, the Party groups (Party committees) of all departments of state organs, all units of the People's Liberation Army and the Party committees of the Armed Police Force, and the Party groups of all people's organizations, soliciting opinions on the study of the issue of persevering with constancy in advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party at the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party. On February 28, all 112 feedback opinions from various regions and departments arrived.
On August 3, in accordance with the decision of the meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, the General Office of the Central Committee issued a notice requiring that the draft Decision be organized for discussion and opinion solicitation within a certain scope within the Party. The drafting group received a total of 58 feedback opinions from leading comrades of the Central Committee and veteran comrades of the Party who had retired from leading positions in the Party and the state, and 111 feedback opinions from various regions and departments.
On August 21, General Secretary Xi Jinping presided over a symposium with non-Party personages, soliciting opinions and suggestions from the leaders of the central committees of the democratic parties, the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, and representatives of personages without party affiliation on the draft Decision for solicitation of opinions, and the comrades present submitted 10 written materials.
"No matter how the conditions of the times change, the magic weapon role of the united front and Party building must be brought into play." At the meeting, General Secretary Xi Jinping explicitly required: "Encourage democratic parties and personages without party affiliation to speak the truth, offer sincere admonitions, and contribute good suggestions. For the opinions and suggestions they put forward that are conducive to developing the cause of the Party and the state well and building the Communist Party of China well, we should actively adopt them."
Scientific decision-making, democratic decision-making, openness and sincerity, and free expression of views.
Since the draft Decision was circulated for opinions, various regions, departments, and sectors have put forward a total of 1,173 revision opinions, which after deducting duplicate opinions amounted to 1,076, including 162 principled opinions and 914 specific revision opinions.
After repeated study, the drafting group made a total of 81 additions, revisions, and condensations of text to the draft Decision, covering 208 opinions and suggestions from various regions, departments, and sectors, with an absorption rate of 17.7%.
During the drafting of the document, General Secretary Xi Jinping presided over 3 meetings of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and 2 meetings of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, guiding the drafting group to continuously deepen its research and grasp of the major issues of persevering with constancy in advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, and always leading the drafting work to adhere to the correct direction.
On October 19, only one week before the Plenary Session was to convene, General Secretary Xi Jinping presided over a meeting of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee to review the documents to be submitted for approval for the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party, requiring "continued careful polishing of the texts to ensure quality."
On the morning of October 26, the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party opened. The Decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Several Major Issues Concerning Persevering with Constancy in Advancing Full and Rigorous Self-Governance of the Party (Draft for Discussion), which had pooled the wisdom of the whole Party and absorbed opinions and suggestions from all sides, was placed before the comrades present.
General Secretary Xi Jinping delivered a work report on behalf of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee and made explanations on the draft Decision for discussion to the Plenary Session.
Over two and a half days, the comrades present were divided into 14 groups and conducted in-depth discussions and exchanges around the work report of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee and the draft Decision for discussion. Everyone shared their experiences, talked about their understanding, reflected on their thoughts, offered suggestions, and expressed their views freely, candidly, and pragmatically.
On the evening of October 28, General Secretary Xi Jinping presided over a meeting of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee to hear reports on the discussions of each group and to study and determine issues of document revision. On the morning of the 29th, the revised draft of the Decision was again submitted to the groups for discussion, forming a draft of the Decision.
During the Plenary Session, after full discussion, the comrades present put forward a total of 100 revision opinions, and 13 revisions were made after study.
The comrades present unanimously expressed that the draft of the Decision thoroughly implements Xi Jinping's Thought on Party Building, makes strategic arrangements for persevering with constancy in advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, answers a series of major questions on governing and strengthening the Party, marks that our Party's understanding and grasp of the laws of governing a Marxist party have reached a new height, and has milestone significance in the Party's history.
Grasping the ideological thread and applying scientific methods—the Decision thoroughly implements Xi Jinping's Thought on Party Building, purifying the turbid and promoting the clear, upholding fundamental principles and breaking new ground, and is a programmatic document for advancing the great new project of Party building in the new era
"Passed!"
On the afternoon of October 29, at the Great Hall of the People. As soon as General Secretary Xi Jinping's words fell, the venue erupted in prolonged and warm applause.
Three major sections, 8 parts, and more than 17,000 characters—the Decision is comprehensive in content, clear in thread, grasping key essentials and focusing on prominent problems.
This is an action guide for the century-old Party to persevere with constancy in advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, and it has major practical significance and long-term guiding significance for further opening up a new situation in governing and managing the Party and revitalizing and strengthening the Party in the new era.
Grasping the overall situation and general trend, the Decision makes a series of new major judgments and assertions:
It points out that in revolution, construction, and reform, Party building was successively regarded as a great project and a new great project; since the 18th National Congress, the great new project of Party building in the new era has been deeply advanced; and the two answers of "letting the people supervise the government" and "self-revolution" to the historical cycle of rise and fall, order and chaos have been found—this is the unique creation of the Communist Party of China and will forever be recorded in the annals of Marxist party building;
It analyzes the new situations and new problems facing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party and clearly puts forward the "three more arduous" and the "four major challenges" of "governing ability, leadership level, quality of the ranks, and resistance to corruption and prevention of degeneration";
It scientifically summarizes the experience of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party in the new era and clarifies the 7 principles for persevering with constancy in advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party: "adhering to serving the mission and tasks," "adhering to taking the Party's political building as the guide," "adhering to comprehensive and rigorous governance," "adhering to problem orientation," "adhering to upholding fundamental principles and breaking new ground," "adhering to leading by example from above," and "adhering to governing the Party in accordance with rules";
The Decision runs through Xi Jinping's Thought on Party Building from beginning to end, implementing the principles, work layout, methods, and paths for governing and managing the Party explored and formed by the Party under the new conditions of the times into ideas and measures, fully reflecting the scientific connotation, theoretical character, and practical requirements of Xi Jinping's Thought on Party Building.
Adhering to problem orientation, grasping key essentials, focusing on prominent problems in planning the layout, adhering to the simultaneous advancement of governance and construction, and promoting construction through governance—
"We must dare to face directly all kinds of problems that affect the Party's advanced nature and purity, and resolve them with tenacious fighting will, and must never flinch" "We must firmly grasp the fundamental and key problems among them"...
General Secretary Xi Jinping's important requirements on adhering to problem orientation run through the entire text of the Decision.
Strengthening Party spirit is the fundamental task of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party. Clearly perceiving that "the problems in Party conduct and Party discipline mostly have their root causes in Party spirit," the second part of the Decision makes specific arrangements in 5 aspects, including strengthening education in loyalty to the Party and adhering to using the Party's innovative theories to unite hearts and minds, promoting Party members and cadres to be loyal, clean, and responsible, and building a "strong immune system" for the Party's body.
Cadres are the decisive factor in the success or failure of a cause. Focusing on how to improve the quality of selecting and appointing personnel, the fourth part of the Decision clearly states, "Pay attention to evaluating cadres from their consistent performance, and examining cadres at major junctures and critical moments," "strengthen extended examination," and "promote the normalization of cadres being able to go up and down," so as to truly achieve organizational selection of personnel, fair appointment of personnel, and selection of personnel based on the matter at hand.
Full and rigorous self-governance of the Party focuses on governing power. General Secretary Xi Jinping profoundly pointed out that arbitrary use of power and using power for personal gain are prominent manifestations of current corruption problems. The seventh part of the Decision emphatically stresses "strengthening the restriction and supervision of the exercise of power," using strong supervision to prevent the abuse of power at the source.
"Hidden rules" are an important problem that causes laws and regulations to fail to play their due role and produces the "broken window effect." The eighth part of the Decision emphasizes "vigorously breaking hidden rules," directly targeting such chaos as "building antennas and paying homage to docks," "principles are not as good as relationships," "chops are not as good as notes," not doing things without benefits, and operating behind closed doors, and proposing pragmatic and feasible governance measures.
Adhering to the combination of problem orientation and goal orientation, on the basis of consolidating and expanding existing work achievements and maintaining a good momentum, the Decision focuses on major problems affecting the Party's long-term governance, prominent problems existing within the Party, and new situations and new challenges faced, and studies and proposes effective, practical, and root-and-symptom-treating methods and measures.
Upholding fundamental principles and breaking new ground, highlighting the strict tone, implementing comprehensive and rigorous requirements, both reaffirming effective institutional provisions and making new arrangements and proposing new methods in accordance with changes in the situation and tasks—
"It is necessary to follow the overall layout of Party building in the new era, on the basis of adhering to existing good experiences and good practices, and in response to various prominent problems existing in Party building, study and propose constructive, breakthrough, and feasible measures." This is General Secretary Xi Jinping's clear requirement for the drafting work.
The Decision puts forward a total of more than 200 specific measures. Some of these measures are reaffirmations of the past, some have been adjusted and improved in expression in light of changes in circumstances, and some are innovations in the full sense.
In regulating the exercise of power and performance of duties by "top leaders," in the third part "Strictly Implementing Democratic Centralism," the Decision makes a series of clear, specific, and pragmatic requirements on regulating the exercise of power and performance of duties by "top leaders," covering selection and appointment, improving the mechanism for restricting the exercise of power of leading bodies, and promoting democracy, so as to give play to the political advantages, organizational advantages, institutional advantages, and work advantages of democratic centralism.
In building a rigorous organizational system that is connected from top to bottom and effective in execution, the fifth part of the Decision emphasizes "highlighting the strengthening of Party building in emerging fields," and arranges for "deepening and expanding the coverage of Party organizations and Party work in new economic organizations, new social organizations, and new employment groups," "strengthening Party building work in platform enterprises, science and technology innovation enterprises, etc., and establishing a dynamic adjustment mechanism for the upgraded management of Party organizations in internet enterprises," etc.
In maintaining the high-pressure posture of punishing corruption, the seventh part of the Decision clearly defines the new types of corruption and hidden corruption to be key targets of attack, emphasizing "deeply investigating and ferreting out new types of corruption and hidden corruption such as expected benefits, agreed holding on behalf, 'white gloves,' and the 'revolving door' between politics and business, and resolutely cracking down on corrupt acts committed through the use of the internet, virtual currencies, cross-border funds, blockchain, etc."
Paying attention to systematic planning, coordinating the Party's leadership and Party building, planning and advancing all aspects of Party building as an organic whole, interconnecting and coordinating with each other—
"Our Party has a huge contingent, many organizational levels, and a long management chain. Full and rigorous self-governance of the Party covers a wide range of areas. Only by planning and advancing with systematic thinking can we enhance overall effectiveness." General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized.
In terms of work layout, the Decision pays attention to overall coordination and comprehensive advancement, taking the Party's political building as the guide and coordinating the advancement of all aspects of Party building. At the same time, it adheres to grasping Party spirit, Party conduct, and Party discipline together, and connecting the rectification of work styles, the enforcement of discipline, and the fight against corruption, avoiding mutual separation and attending to one thing while neglecting another.
In terms of the deployment of forces, the Decision pays attention to close coordination and joint efforts in the same direction, promoting Party organizations at all levels and functional institutions such as discipline inspection, organization, and propaganda to perform their respective duties, strengthen cooperation, and form a work pattern of vertical connection from top to bottom, horizontal coordination between blocks and lines, and joint management by all.
In terms of methods and approaches, the Decision pays attention to multiple measures and classified guidance, focusing on new situations and new problems and proposing effective and practical ideas and measures. At the same time, it emphasizes adhering to the combination of points and areas in advancing work, summarizing and applying successful experience, deepening understanding of laws, and continuously improving the quality and effectiveness of Party building work.
In addition to the 8 parts, the Decision also makes arrangements respectively for improving the Party and state supervision system and implementing the political responsibility for full and rigorous self-governance of the Party.
Cultivate one's heart, govern one's person, and only then can one govern the world.
"Looking at the whole world, no political party can treat its own building as seriously and rigorously as the Communist Party of China, or advance self-revolution with such a high degree of consciousness, a scientific attitude, and a systematic approach. This is our Party's notable advantage and also the way to win in leading the times." General Secretary Xi Jinping's words carried great weight.
Forging the original aspiration and founding mission, forever maintaining political integrity—comprehensively implementing the spirit of the Plenary Session, advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party with higher standards and more practical measures, providing fundamental guarantees for the great cause of building a strong country and national rejuvenation
"Historical development has its laws, but people are not completely passive in them. As long as we grasp the general trend of historical development, seize the opportunities of historical change, strive with vigor, and forge ahead with determination, human society can advance better."
On November 1, the Decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Several Major Issues Concerning Persevering with Constancy in Advancing Full and Rigorous Self-Governance of the Party was published in full by Xinhua News Agency.
This is a political declaration that unites hearts and minds; this is a clarion call of the times that inspires fighting spirit.
Acting in response to the times and trends, advancing in accordance with laws, and striving in response to the will of the people, Chinese Communists of the new era will deeply study and comprehensively implement the spirit of the Plenary Session, re-temper their thinking, further elevate their understanding, and re-calibrate their actions, continuously realizing the positive interaction between theoretical innovation and practical innovation, and striving to run the key leg of the historical relay well.
Bending forward, striving and forging ahead, working hard to forge the Party into a piece of hard steel that is invincible and victorious in every battle—
"True Marxists and true Communists temper their courage, wisdom, and strength precisely through experiencing and overcoming various difficulties and risks."
Emancipating the mind, seeking truth from facts, upholding fundamental principles and breaking new ground, General Secretary Xi Jinping leads the whole Party in enhancing the systematic nature, foresight, creativity, and effectiveness of governing and managing the Party while following the laws, and in enhancing the Party's ability to purify itself, improve itself, reform itself, and elevate itself while grasping the laws.
Accumulate small victories into great victories, accumulate steps to reach a thousand miles.
Chinese Communists of the new era closely combine lofty goals and fighting programs with down-to-earth, hard work, have the courage to stand at the forefront of the times, and always maintain vigorous vitality, high-spirited vigor, and upright righteousness.
Establishing the Party for the public good and exercising power for the people, determined to create new achievements worthy of history and the times—
"The wisdom and strength for governing the country and managing the Party are contained in the masses of the people."
Party members and cadres at all levels should humble themselves, approach the masses, take the people as a mirror, learn from the people as teachers, and strive to solve the prominent problems within the Party that the masses strongly reflect, so as to transform the support and endorsement of the masses into a powerful driving force for persevering with constancy in advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party.
Adhering to the historical materialist view of the masses, forever rooted among the people, the century-old Party will surely be invincible.
United as one, confident and self-reliant, striding forward toward the grand goal of strengthening the Party and the country—
In 1956, Comrade Mao Zedong delivered the report On the Ten Major Relationships at an enlarged meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee, emphasizing the need to mobilize all positive factors at home and abroad to strive for the building of a strong socialist country.
Seventy years later, as the curtain rises on the 15th Five-Year Plan, our Party adheres to and strengthens the Party's overall leadership, continuously improves the Party's governing ability and leadership level, takes charge of the overall situation and coordinates all parties, unites all forces that can be united, leads hundreds of millions of people in continuously advancing Chinese modernization, and pools strength and gathers hearts to open up new horizons for the development of the cause.
Mountains become majestic through their towering heights, seas become magnificent through their surging waves. Socialism with Chinese characteristics is an unprecedented pioneering cause that requires the hard work and struggle of generation after generation.
Today, we are closer, more confident, and more capable than at any time in history of realizing the goal of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is unstoppable.
"We have already blazed a bright path, and we must continue to move forward."
Only by not forgetting the original aspiration can we comfort history and comfort our forebears, can we win the hearts of the people and win the times, and can we do good work and achieve success and advance with indomitable spirit.
On the new journey, all comrades of the Party must unite more closely around the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, resolutely implement the spirit of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party, deeply study and implement Xi Jinping's Thought on Party Building, more profoundly understand the decisive significance of the Two Establishments, more resolutely achieve the Two Upholds, persevere with constancy in advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, and strive unremittingly to build a great modern socialist country in all respects and comprehensively advance the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation through Chinese modernization!
(Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, November 2)
Return to TopThe Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China was recently held in Beijing. The plenary session reviewed and adopted the "Decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Persisting in and Advancing Full and Rigorous Self-Governance of the Party," which has sparked enthusiastic responses among overseas Chinese. Many have expressed that the plenary session demonstrates the Communist Party of China's courage for self-revolution, its determination for sustained, long-term effort, and its sense of responsibility for the country and the people. They sincerely support and endorse the Communist Party of China's persistence in advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, and are willing to play the role of "bridges through overseas Chinese" to contribute to comprehensively building a strong country and advancing the great cause of national rejuvenation through Chinese modernization.
Wu Hao, executive vice president and secretary-general of the Russian Federation Overseas Chinese Association, said that at the important juncture of the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China and the start of the 15th Five-Year Plan, the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee's special study and adoption of the "Decision" is of far-reaching significance. "This is not only a declaration to the world of the firm determination that 'to govern the country, one must first govern the Party, and only when the Party thrives can the country be strong,' but also a strategic move by the Communist Party of China, as a century-old major party, to continuously 'strengthen and improve itself' through the spirit of self-revolution that turns inward, providing a strong political guarantee for promoting high-quality development and advancing Chinese modernization."
"The plenary session reviewed and adopted the 'Decision,' fully demonstrating the Communist Party of China's firm determination to consistently advance self-revolution. As Chinese people living overseas, we sincerely endorse and support this." Zhang Changbao, president of the France-China Association for the Promotion of Peaceful Reunification, said, "Every time I return to China, I can truly feel the changing with each passing day (日新月异, ri xin yue yi - "day, new, month, different") development and transformation of the motherland. The economy and society continue to develop, and new achievements are constantly made in Party conduct and integrity building. The clean and upright atmosphere (风清气正, feng qing qi zheng - "wind, clear, air, upright") of the motherland's development environment and the stable and united social situation fill us overseas Chinese with great excitement and pride, and also give us more confidence and assurance to play the role of bridges and bonds in promoting friendly exchanges between China and foreign countries."
"The plenary session's focused study of the issue of persisting in advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party reflects the Communist Party of China's strategic awareness of strengthening its own construction, enhancing its governance capacity, and focusing on the country's long-term development." Yan Tianlu, vice president of the Malaysia-China Public Relations Association, said that in recent years, while promoting economic and social development, the Communist Party of China has placed Party building in a more prominent position. This plenary session has sent a clear signal: advancing the country's modernization requires not only economic development and scientific and technological progress, but also attention to governance capacity, institutional building, and the work style of cadres.
Lin Chuqin, chairman of the Thai Chinese Chamber of Commerce, said that persisting in advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party is a major deployment by the Communist Party of China in the new era to govern and manage the Party, rejuvenate and strengthen the Party. He believes that with General Secretary Xi Jinping at the helm, the Communist Party of China will continue to advance full and rigorous self-governance of the Party in depth, which will not only safeguard high-quality development but also help continuously optimize the business environment, providing a strong guarantee for accomplishing the goals and tasks of the 15th Five-Year Plan and even longer-term periods.
Tian Fei, president of the Australia-China People's Friendship Association, said that the plenary session has enabled overseas Chinese to further recognize that persisting in advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party is an important deployment by the Communist Party of China to uphold self-revolution and advance the great new project of Party building in the new era, and is also an inevitable requirement for maintaining the Party's advanced nature and purity and promoting the steady progress toward long-term goals (行稳致远, xing wen zhi yuan - "walk, steady, reach, far") of the Party and the country's undertakings. "China's development has always been close to the hearts of overseas Chinese. Studying the 'Decision' of this plenary session, we have not only deepened our understanding of the Communist Party of China's governance philosophy, but also become more expectant about China's future development."
"We firmly endorse and support the Communist Party of China's deployment on persisting in advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party." Wang Peizhong, president of the Egypt Chinese Association, said that since the 18th CPC National Congress, the Communist Party of China has advanced full and rigorous self-governance of the Party with the mission and responsibility of "offending thousands of people rather than failing 1.4 billion," achieving historic and pioneering achievements. The Communist Party of China, which has the courage for self-revolution, has given overseas Chinese greater confidence in the prospects of Chinese modernization.
The most distinctive feature of the "Decision" is its comprehensive implementation of Xi Jinping's thought on Party building, running through it as a main ideological thread. "I deeply feel that Xi Jinping's thought on Party building closely links strengthening the Party with strengthening the country, and advancing the Party's self-revolution with enhancing the people's well-being, providing a fundamental guarantee for China to maintain its development momentum and gather strength for progress in a complex environment." Yu Chengde, president of the Chinese Association in Korea, said, "This also enables overseas Chinese to better understand where China's development confidence comes from and why the confidence in national rejuvenation is so firm."
The plenary session proposed that persisting in advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party should follow seven principles: "adhere to serving the mission and tasks," "adhere to taking the Party's political construction as the guide," "adhere to being comprehensive and strict," "adhere to a problem-oriented approach," "adhere to upholding fundamental principles and breaking new ground," "adhere to leading by example from the top," and "adhere to governing the Party according to regulations." "'The seven adherences' are interconnected, clarifying not only the political direction of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, but also proposing specific methods and requirements." Yao Bin, president of the Laos Chinese Chamber of Commerce, said.
The plenary session made systematic arrangements for persisting in advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, proposing a series of strategic tasks and major measures. Zhang Wenxi, executive president of Indonesia's "International Daily," said: "As an overseas Chinese, I am greatly inspired and deeply moved by this. These measures are a closely interconnected and tightly linked (环环相扣, huan huan xiang kou - "ring, ring, mutually, link") systematic project, covering multiple aspects such as forging the soul, establishing rules, selecting talent, rectifying conduct, and combating corruption. With a sound Party conduct and a stable political situation, China's development foundation will be solid, and overseas Chinese will have more confidence and assurance."
Zhang Xiaochun, president of the Brazil-China Association for the Promotion of Peaceful Reunification, said that the Communist Party of China's continuous improvement of work style and punishment of corruption helps win the people's hearts and consolidate the Party's governance foundation; strict discipline and encouragement of responsibility can promote the implementation of reform measures, providing a strong guarantee for Chinese modernization; and adhering to self-revolution helps enhance the ability to respond to risks and challenges, rallying the immense strength of Chinese people at home and abroad to jointly promote national rejuvenation.
"I am particularly impressed by the plenary session's proposal to 'adhere to governing the Party with institutions and regulations.' Using the Party's 'strictness' to drive the country's 'governance' makes the country's prospects more predictable and the foundation of the motherland's development more solid." Wan Huijie, executive vice president of the South Africa Cape Town China Association for the Promotion of Peaceful Reunification, said, "We are overseas and know well that only when the motherland is stable can overseas wanderers feel at ease; only when the motherland is strong can overseas wanderers stand tall."
"Studying the 'Decision' of the plenary session, I feel greatly inspired. For overseas Chinese, the effective governance of the CPC and the stable development of the country are the most solid backing for us to develop with peace of mind overseas and conduct friendly exchanges between China and foreign countries." Wang Hexing, honorary lifetime president of the Chilean Chinese Business Association, said that the plenary session called on everyone to strive unremittingly to comprehensively build a great modern socialist country and comprehensively advance the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation through Chinese modernization. Overseas Chinese are willing to play a bridging role in this endeavor, tell the story of Chinese modernization well, and do their utmost to help build a strong country and achieve national rejuvenation.
(Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, November 2) (Xinhua reporter)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 胡 健 王 洲
Hydrogen energy is an important component of the future national energy system. The outline of the 15th Five-Year Plan lists hydrogen energy as one of the future industries that China will give priority to developing, and the industry's prospects are positive. At the same time, hydrogen energy applications currently also face problems such as few application scenarios, a shortage of green hydrogen, relatively high hydrogen use costs, and difficulties in storage, transport, and refueling. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Finance, and the National Development and Reform Commission recently issued a notice agreeing to allow five city clusters, including the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, to carry out pilot work on comprehensive hydrogen energy application.
A few days ago, Beijing released its implementation plan for the development of the hydrogen energy industry in Beijing, striving to have the city's hydrogen energy industry chain scale exceed 40 billion yuan by 2030, driving the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region to exceed 100 billion yuan. A reporter recently visited the Beijing Daxing International Hydrogen Energy Demonstration Zone to explore the full "production, storage, transport, refueling, and use" scenario built by the demonstration zone and to examine the latest progress in comprehensive hydrogen energy application in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.
Reduction
Relocating low-end industries to make room for high-tech ones (腾笼换鸟, teng long huan niao - "empty the cage, change the bird"), an old factory area becomes a new park
In the demonstration zone's exhibition hall, research teams from various places visit one after another; in the "Hydrogen Dance" conference hall, industrial exchange activities are organized almost every day...
The appeal comes from strength. Since starting in 2020, the demonstration zone has built up the full "production, storage, transport, refueling, and use" scenario for hydrogen energy, with more than 230 hydrogen energy industry chain and related enterprises gathering here, and a series of "bottleneck" technologies in the hydrogen fuel cell field have achieved breakthroughs.
Strolling through the demonstration zone's central green space, the wind passes through the treetops, and light and shadow form a picture. "In the past, there was no such environment," Liu Yang, a person in charge of the operating company Shuimu Xingchuang, told the reporter.
The park was originally a factory area. Previously, this was an auto parts company, mainly engaged in the processing of passenger vehicle interior and exterior trim parts. After years of operation, the factory area faced situations such as outdated production lines, old warehouses, low land use efficiency, and weak industrial agglomeration effects.
"The factory has been rooted in Daxing for a long time, driving employment for more than 3,000 people. Considering all factors, solving the problem was not easy," said a person in charge of the Daxing District Development and Reform Commission.
The turning point came in 2018. Against the background of reduction-oriented development, Beijing launched the special action of "relocating non-capital functions, renovating, and upgrading," and a batch of enterprises that did not conform to the positioning of capital functions were gradually relocated. This factory, which belonged to general manufacturing, was also within the scope of the relocation. That year, Daxing District completed the overall vacation and purchase of the factory area.
The land was freed up — how should it be used?
"The new development space brought by reduction-oriented development was hard-won. The vacated space should face the future and must never be filled with low-level backfill," said Sun Di, deputy director of the Daxing District Bureau of Economy and Information Technology. At that time, the outline of the 14th Five-Year Plan listed hydrogen energy as a future energy source to be planned with foresight. Developing hydrogen energy became a choice for Daxing.
Developing hydrogen energy also builds on its own positioning as the "three zones and one gateway." Relying on Beijing Daxing International Airport and the Jingnan logistics base, Daxing has agglomerated application scenarios for heavy trucks and is a natural demonstration scenario for hydrogen fuel cell heavy trucks. In 2020, Daxing District, together with the Beijing Tsinghua Industrial R&D Institute, clearly designated hydrogen energy as the direction for transformation.
Reduction-oriented development does not mean no development, but rather seeking higher-quality development. Data show that, driven by the demonstration zone, from 2022 to 2025 the output value of Daxing District's above-scale hydrogen energy enterprises totaled 2.067 billion yuan, with per-mu tax revenue and per-mu output value exceeding those of the original traditional business formats.
Agglomeration
Technology integration, an industrial community lowers communication costs
With development space and direction in hand, how should the next step be taken? Daxing's choice is to take the path of deep integration of scientific and technological innovation with industrial innovation. Zhou Chong, member of the Standing Committee of the Daxing District Party Committee and deputy district head, introduced, "The National Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle Quality Inspection and Testing Center and the Beijing Hydrogen Energy Innovation Center, both established in the demonstration zone, one provides the industry's 'gold standard' and the other provides sci-tech innovation's 'golden ideas.'"
Making "golden ideas" land on the ground — policy adaptation is the key. In 2020, Daxing District's interim measures for promoting the development of the hydrogen energy industry were issued, and in 2022 they were iteratively upgraded to the "Hydrogen Ten Measures 2.0," with the demonstration zone providing full life-cycle support for the industry.
Xiong Hui, founder of Beijing Qingwei Membrane Technology Co., Ltd., has deep feelings about this. In 2022, upon learning that the Institute of Chemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences had achieved a research result, he had the idea of industrializing it. But when it came to landing it, problems such as tight working capital and large electricity demand for the production line arrived in rapid succession (接踵而至, jie feng er zhi - "step by step, arrive"). "The demonstration zone reduced our factory rent, helped us apply for special research projects, and also renovated the factory's power supply equipment for us," Xiong Hui said.
Relying on the scientific research results, Xiong Hui led his team to develop a polynorbornene-based anion exchange membrane. "This is a key component of hydrogen fuel cells and anion exchange membrane electrolyzers," Xiong Hui told the reporter. "High-end anion exchange membranes relied on imports, with high costs and poor alkali resistance. This product's conductivity has increased by 25 percent, and its price is only half that of imported ones."
Supporting industrial development cannot be separated from hardware adaptation. "At the beginning of the planning and construction of the demonstration zone's north area, the Shuimu Xingchuang company responsible for construction and renovation formed a special team to proactively connect with the hardware facility needs of incoming enterprises," Liu Yang introduced.
Beijing Sinohytec Co., Ltd. is one of the earlier enterprises to settle in the demonstration zone, and the factory buildings it needed had strict industry standards. "The clean testing laboratory required for fuel cell production needs to adopt an enclosed 'room within a room' independent enclosure structure, equipped with a dedicated pure water system and a constant temperature and humidity purification air conditioning system," said company head Mou Xiaojie. "Before we moved in, the demonstration zone invited us to participate deeply in the discussion of the construction plan, and in the end we were able to move in with everything ready."
Good policies and good hardware bring about enterprise agglomeration and technology integration. In the demonstration zone, "the upstairs and downstairs are the upstream and downstream": a few hundred meters from Qingwei Membrane Technology is Sinosynergy, which does stack integration, while Hyport, which focuses on complete hydrogen heavy truck manufacturing, is a "neighbor" in the same building. This model greatly reduces the cost of technical exchange between enterprises and brings about tangible breakthroughs.
"Key fuel cell components such as proton exchange membranes, catalysts, and carbon paper have overcome 'bottleneck' problems and achieved domestic self-sufficiency, with system costs falling significantly compared with 2020," Sun Di introduced.
Coordination
Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei jointly formulate a hydrogen energy standard system
Liquid-driven hydrogen compressors developed in Beijing, air compressors manufactured in Tianjin, 35-megapascal hydrogen refueling guns produced in Hebei... Walking into the demonstration zone's exhibition hall, the exhibits are dazzling.
In developing hydrogen energy, Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei each have their own advantages: Beijing has a dense concentration of scientific research institutes, with landmark innovation achievements emerging continuously; Tianjin not only gathers a batch of high-end equipment manufacturing enterprises, but Tianjin Port, with an annual cargo throughput of more than 500 million tons, also provides rich application scenarios for hydrogen heavy trucks; Hebei has abundant wind and solar power resources and a relatively strong green hydrogen supply capacity.
How can agglomeration be turned into integration? The demonstration zone starts with standards.
"Based on the positioning of the leading city of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei fuel cell vehicle demonstration city cluster, the hydrogen energy standard system led by the demonstration zone is oriented toward the entire Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, so that the three places use one yardstick in hydrogen energy development," Sun Di introduced. In recent years, the three places have issued 86 policies, building a full-dimensional policy support system.
"Previously, the carbon inclusive accounting rules of the three places were not interconnected. When hydrogen heavy trucks operated across provinces and cities, emission reduction data were not mutually recognized, requiring repeated accounting and multiple verifications, which lengthened the cycle for monetizing carbon assets and made it difficult for enterprises to deploy cross-province hydrogen transport capacity on a large scale," said Sun Ying, head of Hyport. "Now, with a unified accounting system for the entire hydrogen chain, hydrogen vehicles in the three places have universal carbon asset certificates, greatly reducing cross-regional carbon trading costs."
Standards remove barriers to coordination, and practice stimulates the vitality of coordination. Take the "Made in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei" air compressor as an example. Such equipment was mainly imported in the past. In recent years, relying on independently developed core foil-type dynamic pressure air bearing technology, Hebei Jinshidun New Energy Company has achieved high-standard requirements such as oil-free operation and vibration resistance, at a price half that of similar imported products.
"This matter could not have been accomplished by us alone," said company chairman Zhang Xuezhi, speaking at a measured pace.
The first was track selection. "In the past, we were engaged in the manufacture of air floating equipment in the energy conservation and environmental protection field. The path of developing fuel cell air compressors originated from the demand guidance of Sinohytec, an enterprise in the demonstration zone," Zhang Xuezhi recalled. That year, Sinohytec put forward specific technical parameters and performance requirements, opening the door to a new field for the enterprise.
The second was product manufacturing. "For the high-frequency controller, a key component of the air compressor, R&D and production in Hebei were very difficult. We invited a Beijing research team to help with R&D. Then we placed the production line in Tianjin, which has a strong foundation in the electronic components industry, and afterward the product would return to Beijing, where it would be assembled into hydrogen fuel cell systems and enter the market." In Zhang Xuezhi's view, the product's success lay in drawing the "concentric circle" of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.
Space is freed up from the relocation of non-capital functions, direction is anchored in future industries, and synergy is consolidated in regional coordination. "In the future, we will continue to lead the new round of comprehensive hydrogen energy application pilot in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei city cluster, promoting the large-scale application of hydrogen energy in transportation, industry, innovation, and other fields," Zhou Chong said.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 田 泓
In November in Shanghai, on the "Shen"-shaped elevated roads, bougainvillea, roses, golden privet and other plants stretch in continuous belts along the elevated bridges, full of vitality (生机盎然, sheng ji ang ran - "life, spring, overflow"); at the South Square of the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai), colorful flowers and trees are well-arranged and aesthetically pleasing (错落有致, cuo luo you zhi - "scatter, fall, have, order") like a scroll slowly unfurling, as the mascot "Jinbao" opens its arms to welcome visitors from all directions (八方来客, ba fang lai ke - "eight, directions, come, guest").
Benefiting from the customs "CIIE Express Lane" dedicated bonded warehouse facilitation regulatory service policy, a batch of jewelry and watch exhibits from Europe met with buyers ahead of schedule, achieving "arrival at port means entry into warehouse, entry into warehouse means preview exhibition."
"We will continue to guard the first line of shuttle connections and deliver exhibitors and visitors smoothly to the exhibition hall." Tong Jiye, head of the Hongqiao Hub shuttle bus project, said that he and his colleagues shuttle along the 3-kilometer connection route from Hongqiao Airport and Hongqiao Railway Station to the National Exhibition and Convention Center, ensuring the "first stop" of exhibition services runs smoothly.
Benchmarking against "meticulous, refined, and ultimate," Shanghai continuously optimizes and improves its urban service guarantee level, comprehensively showcasing Shanghai's practice of high-level opening up, better amplifying the spillover and driving effects, and ensuring the CIIE gets better with each edition. The city's 32 guarantee teams focus on the new situation, new tasks, and new variables of the ninth CIIE, and make every effort to advance the implementation and tangible results of 257 key urban service guarantee tasks. At present, all urban guarantee preparatory work for the ninth CIIE is in place.
Enhance exhibitors' participation results through full-process guarantees. Eighteen customs clearance facilitation measures and 123 dedicated customs windows and special channels achieve "immediate arrival, immediate inspection, immediate release" of exhibits. The venue is equipped with 1,400 sets of Wi-Fi 7 equipment, achieving full coverage of 5G-A 10-gigabit networks, capable of supporting 200,000 people online simultaneously, meeting the needs of HD livestreaming and online negotiations; the number of negotiation and activity areas has increased to 19, three times the area of the previous edition.
Optimize the visiting experience through meticulous services. Shanghai has newly launched the CIIE smart travel assistant "Xiaojiao," integrating AI smart guidance, providing real-scene pedestrian navigation, and connecting the full chain of travel services including parking reservations, shuttle buses, and rail transit and taxis. The "Dr. CIIE" APP has added a smart agent that can customize navigation from hotels to the exhibition hall and personalized exhibition visiting routes. Personnel holding valid CIIE credentials can enjoy four exclusive cultural and tourism benefits, including free rides on 12 city sightseeing buses and access to more than 60 attractions in the city center. The exhibition has created the "CIIE Gourmet Gathering," bringing together distinctive Chinese and foreign cuisines. Entry-exit facilitation measures have been expanded, with foreign business visitors from the Yangtze River Delta able to apply for port visas online, implementing "one group, one policy." 4,561 "Little Leaves" volunteers are in place, of whom more than 100 are proficient in French, German, Spanish and other languages.
Amplify the comprehensive effects of the CIIE through open exchange and exhibition-city linkage. Build a "1+2+X" conference and event system, holding the Invest in China · 2026 Shanghai Investment Promotion Conference and two sub-forums focused on "Technology Innovation and Intelligence" and "Opening Up and Globalization." The 2026 CIIE Shanghai conference activities, themed "Dialogue · Breakthrough · Symbiosis," set up six major topics and hold more than 90 side events. Concurrently, a consumption carnival welcoming the CIIE is held, launching the "CIIE First-Release New Trends" and ticket-stub linkage activities, creating the "Shanghai Style · Customize Your Splendor" Shanghai Pavilion at the Central Plaza of the National Exhibition and Convention Center, and creating first-release new product scenarios at "second venues" such as the Lu-link Global Premium Products Display Base in Lujiazui and the Zhangyuan Global First-Release and First-Show Platform. The city and districts jointly launch 54 investment inspection routes, supported by more than 100 industry matchmaking events, promoting the transformation of "exhibitors into investors."
Shanghai Vice Mayor Lu Shan stated that the CIIE is the "first-release venue" for global new products, and Shanghai aims to be the "first-release destination" for global new products, striving to better convert the CIIE's heat into "consumption traffic" and "development increment" for all 365 days of the year.
"Buy globally, sell globally, benefit globally" — Shanghai enables quality global products to come in, sell well, and stay, allowing all countries to share in the opportunities of China's vast market.
Return to Top(People's Daily, Beijing, November 2) (Reporter Li Zhuo'er) The list for the 2026 "National Top Ten Journalists" publicity and selection campaign, hosted by the All-China Journalists Association, was announced on the 2nd, and 10 journalists were conferred the title of "National Top Ten Journalists."
Those who received the title of 2026 "National Top Ten Journalists" are respectively: Xu Nuo of the General Editorial Office of People's Daily, Zhu Jichai of the Domestic News Editorial Department of Xinhua News Agency, Li Zheng of the News Center of China Media Group, Xiong Li of the Industry and Economy News Department of Economic Daily, Xu Pan Yiru of the New Media Center of China Daily, Han Futao of the Social News Center of The Beijing News, Zhang Xian of the Current Affairs and Political News Department of the Great Wall New Media Group, Jiang Chaonan of the Lychee News Center of Jiangsu Broadcasting Corporation, Zhou Dong of the City Channel of Jiangxi Radio and Television Station, and Zhao Shubin of the Nagqu Reporter Station of Tibet Daily.
The All-China Journalists Association stated that the journalists who received the title of 2026 "National Top Ten Journalists" are advanced models on the journalism front in strengthening "foot strength, eye strength, brain strength, and pen strength," and are outstanding representatives of the broad ranks of journalists advancing into the main battlefield and serving as the main force. They uphold the correct political direction, public opinion orientation, journalistic aspiration, and work orientation, go deep into the grassroots and front lines, maintain a people-centered sentiment, faithfully fulfill the duties and mission of journalism and public opinion work, and have produced and created a batch of outstanding works unifying "positive energy, high quality, and high traffic," shouldering the responsibility of the times and demonstrating keenness and commitment in deepening the systematic reform of mainstream media.
It is understood that the "National Top Ten Journalists" publicity and selection campaign aims to showcase outstanding contributions on the journalism front, guide the broad ranks of journalists to deeply study, publicize, and implement Xi Jinping's Thought on Culture, consciously shoulder the cultural mission of the new era, deepen the systematic reform of mainstream media, and consolidate and strengthen the mainstream public opinion of striving forward in the new era.
Return to TopRecently, at the construction site of the photovoltaic power station in Qianjin Village, Wanhe Town, Taihe County, Ji'an City, Jiangxi Province, construction workers were carrying out operations on the water. Taihe County is actively developing the photovoltaic power generation industry to achieve green development.
Photo by Deng Heping (Image China)
Return to Top(People's Daily, Jiaxing, November 2) (Reporters Jin Xin, Jiang Nan) On the morning of November 2, the 2026 World Internet Conference "Light of the Internet" Expo, co-hosted by the World Internet Conference and the People's Government of Zhejiang Province, opened in Wuzhen, Zhejiang.
The 2026 "Light of the Internet" Expo, themed "Intelligent Connectivity, Smart Vision of the Future," features 671 enterprises and institutions from 54 countries and regions, showcasing and releasing over 1,000 new technologies and products in areas such as satellite internet, quantum communication, 6G, intelligent agents, large models, embodied intelligence, and cybersecurity governance. Concurrently, 115 digital-intelligence innovation release events and 10 industrial cooperation and matchmaking events are being held.
Responsible comrades from the Cyberspace Administration of China, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the World Internet Conference, and relevant units of Zhejiang Province, along with representatives of exhibiting enterprises and news media, totaling more than 200 people, attended the opening ceremony.
Return to TopThe Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China deliberated and adopted the "Decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Several Major Issues Concerning Persistently Advancing Full and Rigorous Self-Governance of the Party," which is of major practical significance and long-term guiding significance for further opening up a new situation in governing and managing the Party, revitalizing and strengthening the Party in the new era, and comprehensively advancing the building of a strong country and the great cause of national rejuvenation through Chinese modernization.
In recent days, cadres and the masses in various localities have studied and comprehended the spirit of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in depth. Everyone unanimously expressed that they should study deeply and understand thoroughly, fully implement the spirit of the plenary session, transform the results of their studies into a powerful driving force for earnest and practical action, strive diligently in their respective posts, and make new contributions to the building of a strong country and national rejuvenation.
Comprehending Great Achievements, Consolidating Ideological Consensus
To govern the country well, one must first govern the Party well; to make the country strong, one must first make the Party strong.
In the late autumn season, visitors to the Yan'an Revolutionary Memorial Hall come in an endless stream (络绎不绝, luo yi bu jue - "continuous, not stopping"). The exhibition panel on "The 'Ten Haves Not' of the Yan'an Period" in the hall attracted people to stop and watch, with "no corrupt officials" ranked first among them.
After earnestly studying the spirit of the plenary session, Liu Ni, curator of the Yan'an Revolutionary Memorial Hall, was greatly encouraged: "In revolution, construction, and reform, we successively made Party building a great project and a new great project. Since the 18th National Congress of the Party, we have deeply advanced the new great project of Party building in the new era. Only then could we move from victory to victory. The two answers of 'letting the people supervise the government' and 'self-revolution' are inheriting from the past in an unbroken line (一脉相承, yi mai xiang cheng - "one, vein, connect; inherit") and are mutually interconnected. They are the requirements of the times for ensuring that the Party forever maintains its advanced nature and purity and consolidates its long-term governance foundation."
On the shore of the South China Sea, the wind is strong and the tide surges. After earnestly studying and comprehending the spirit of the plenary session, Chen Jiaxi, member of the Party Committee and Vice President of the Shenzhen Reform and Opening-up Cadre College, was full of confidence: "Shenzhen's changing with each passing day (日新月异, ri xin yue yi - "sun, new; moon, change") development is a vivid epitome of China's reform and opening up in the new era, and also a powerful testimony to how full and rigorous self-governance of the Party leads and guarantees high-quality development. The fundamental reason why full and rigorous self-governance of the Party in the new era could fundamentally reverse the lax, loose, and soft situation in governing and managing the Party lies in General Secretary Xi Jinping's helm-steering and leadership, and in the scientific guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. We will more deeply comprehend the decisive significance of the Two Establishments (两个确立), and more resolutely achieve the Two Upholds (两个维护). The further reform and opening up goes, the more it needs the comprehensive leadership of the Party to escort it."
Lofty Jinggang Mountains, a small spark starting a great fire (星火燎原, xing huo liao yuan - "star, fire; prairie, burn"). Zhong Zhenshan, professor and doctoral supervisor at the China Jinggangshan Cadre College, said that the plenary session summarized the great achievements in full and rigorous self-governance of the Party since the new era, fully demonstrating our Party's confidence and confidence in persistently advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party. "Everyone deeply feels that Xi Jinping's thought on Party building is the fundamental guideline for strengthening Party building in the new era. We will rely on the Jinggangshan red resources and the college's Party spirit education system to run Xi Jinping's thought on Party building through the entire process of Party spirit education."
The "Decision" points out that full and rigorous self-governance of the Party in the new era has opened up a new realm of self-revolution for the century-old major Party, promoted historic achievements and historic changes in the cause of the Party and the state, and enabled the Party and the people to win the historical initiative of strengthening the Party and the country. Li Qingsong, member of the Standing Committee of the Jingmen Municipal Party Committee of Hubei Province and Secretary of the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection, said: "To consolidate the Party's long-term governing position and realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, we must persistently advance full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, and uphold and apply the valuable experience of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party in the new era with higher standards and more concrete measures. We will adhere to grasping Party spirit, Party conduct, and Party discipline together, and connect rectifying conduct, enforcing discipline, and combating corruption, continuously enhancing the comprehensive effectiveness of corruption governance."
At the northernmost tip of the motherland, in the "Arctic Red Station" of Beiji Village, Mohe City, Heilongjiang Province, Gao Wei, Secretary of the Party Branch and Director of the Village Committee of Beiji Village, led the village Party members in studying the spirit of the Fifth Plenary Session.
"The extension of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party to the grassroots has brought tangible changes to Beiji Village. In recent years, Beiji Village has continuously followed the path of rural revitalization through full and rigorous self-governance of the Party. We will earnestly implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's instructions during his inspection of Beiji Village, build a strong grassroots fighting fortress, strengthen the cultural tourism specialty industry with strict and solid work style, and strive to write a new answer sheet for high-quality development at the northern border." Gao Wei said.
Grasping the Questions of the Times, Strengthening Mission and Responsibility
As the world situation, national conditions, and Party conditions undergo profound changes, the tasks of the Party uniting and leading the people to safeguard national sovereignty, security, and development interests have become more arduous; the tasks of the Party uniting and leading the people to promote reform and development and maintain social harmony and stability have become more arduous; and the tasks of the Party maintaining its advanced nature and purity have become more arduous.
"The plenary session deeply analyzed the new situations, new tasks, and new challenges facing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, fully demonstrating the foresight and courageous responsibility of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, and stimulating the sense of responsibility and urgency of the entire Party to persistently advance full and rigorous self-governance of the Party." Gao Jian, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Director of the Chongqing Municipal Development and Reform Commission, said: "During the 15th Five-Year Plan period, the tasks of reform, development, and stability are heavy, which places new and higher requirements on full and rigorous self-governance of the Party. We must tighten the chain of responsibility for governing and managing the Party with a high degree of political vigilance and a strong sense of urgency, run the strict tone through the entire process of development and reform work, and strive to achieve a good start for the 15th Five-Year Plan."
The more complex the situation and the more arduous the tasks, the more guidance from scientific theory is needed. The plenary session put forward the guiding ideology for persistently advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, clearly establishing our Party's theoretical guidance, basic ideas, and target requirements for persistently advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party. Ye Zhongyao, Deputy Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission of the Tibet Autonomous Region, felt more confident about how to proceed next.
Ye Zhongyao said: "The 'Four Tests' and 'Four Dangers' facing the Party are long-term, complex, and severe, and border ethnic regions must not be the slightest bit lax. Discipline inspection and supervision organs must take the in-depth study and implementation of the spirit of the plenary session as a major political task, base themselves on their functions and responsibilities, serve the mission and tasks, and continuously cultivate a clean and upright political atmosphere (风清气正, feng qing qi zheng - "wind, clear; air, upright") with higher standards and more concrete measures, promoting Party organizations at all levels and Party members and cadres in the region to always be clear-minded people politically."
In the Sanjiangyuan region of Qinghai, the long rivers flow eastward with a gurgling sound. After earnestly studying the "Decision," Ma Jun, a fourth-level researcher at the International Cooperation and Science, Technology, and Publicity Division of the Sanjiangyuan National Park Administration, had a deep understanding of "taking the Party's political construction as the guide, comprehensively advancing all aspects of Party building, and fully stimulating the enthusiasm, initiative, and creativity of the entire Party."
"In my view, the political ecology and the natural ecology are interconnected. Behind the continuous improvement of the ecology is the clean and clear, dutiful and responsible dedication of the cadre team. On the new journey, ecological civilization construction must all the more establish rules and clarify orientation through strict Party governance, stimulating the enthusiasm, initiative, and creativity of Party members and cadres in undertaking work and starting businesses." Ma Jun said that the next step will be to fully implement the spirit of the plenary session into the specific work of the national park and safeguard the Chinese water tower.
The "Decision" points out that it is necessary to ensure that the Party always remains a Marxist governing party that is at the forefront of the times, sincerely supported by the people, able to withstand various tests of wind and waves, and full of youthful vigor and vitality (朝气蓬勃, chao qi peng bo - "morning, energy; vigorous, surging"), and always remains the strong leadership core of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics. Zhao Naixiang, Secretary of the Party Committee of Changcheng Huayuan Community, Jinfeng District, Yinchuan City, Ningxia, recognized: "The vigor of grassroots Party organizations is to forever maintain the momentum of serving the people without slackening. The Party members of our community will hold firm to the grassroots front, visit the people's conditions and understand the people's sentiments more meticulously, do practical things for the people, and let the masses feel from the changes around them that the Party always thinks and works together with the people."
"The 'Decision' clarifies the 7 principles followed in persistently advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, prominently demonstrating our Party's scientific attitude and pragmatic work style in persistently advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party. These principles are a complete chain from goals to safeguards, and an organic whole that is mutually interconnected." Shi Pengpeng, professor at the Discipline Inspection and Supervision College of China University of Political Science and Law, said that the 7 principles will guide the entire Party to improve and operate the system of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party well under new historical conditions, providing a strong political guarantee for advancing Chinese modernization.
Anchoring Goals and Directions, Gathering the Strength to Strive Forward
The "Decision" points out that strengthening Party spirit is the fundamental task of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party. Jiang Xiaoqiang, Deputy Director of the Organization Department of the Wenzhou Municipal Party Committee of Zhejiang Province, was deeply impressed by this. He said: "Wenzhou will continue to run Party spirit requirements through the entire chain of cadre selection, education, management, and use, strictly strengthen cadre education and management supervision, build a solid institutional defense line for a pro-clean and clear government-business relationship, guide the broad ranks of cadres to temper their Party spirit, take on responsibilities and act, and better serve the quality improvement and upgrading of the private economy."
Lei Honghong, Secretary of the Party Committee and General Manager of Henan Zhengzhou Fuguang Power Generation Equipment Co., Ltd., was deeply touched by the discussion in the "Decision" on "highlighting the Party building in emerging fields."
"Organizational coverage does not mean staring at 'whether there is a Party branch or whether a sign is hung,' but rather organically integrating the Party's leadership into all aspects of corporate governance." Lei Honghong said that the enterprise will continue to promote the simultaneous planning, deployment, and implementation of Party building work and production and operation, promote the Party's innovative theory to reach the front line of the workshop through the Party committee giving big lectures and Party branches giving small lectures, demonstrate the fighting fortress role of Party branches and the vanguard and exemplary role of Party members in urgent, difficult, dangerous, and heavy tasks, and lead enterprise innovation and development with high-quality Party building.
Implementing democratic centralism is an inherent requirement of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party. In the view of Xu Yanjun, Secretary of the Party Branch of the Sixth Company of the 186th Regiment of the Tenth Division of Beidun City, Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, the implementation of democratic centralism in border companies is by no means a mere formality, but rather that the "top leader" is constrained in exercising power and performing duties, has rules for decision-making and deliberation, and resolutely implements organizational decisions.
"We will resolutely implement the important deployments of the plenary session, resolutely safeguard the authority and centralized, unified leadership of the Party Central Committee, fully promote democracy while resolutely implementing organizational decisions, ensuring that the focus of work always revolves around border companies guarding the border and protecting the border, and that the direction of work always focuses on the urgent difficulties and concerns of the people." Xu Yanjun said.
On the new journey, the fight against corruption is a major struggle that cannot be lost and must not be lost.
Xu Feng, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the Zunyi Conference Memorial Hall, said: "The 'Decision' emphasizes 'consolidating the ideological foundation for advocating integrity and rejecting corruption' and 'enhancing the comprehensive effectiveness of integrated advancement of not daring to corrupt, not being able to corrupt, and not wanting to corrupt.' We will deeply implement the spirit of the plenary session, integrate red integrity stories into explanations and warning education, guide the broad ranks of Party members and cadres to strengthen their ideals and convictions through the infiltration of red culture, and let the deterrence of 'not daring to corrupt' and the constraint of 'not being able to corrupt' ultimately settle into the self-awareness of 'not wanting to corrupt.'"
Full and rigorous self-governance of the Party is a distinctive feature of the Party's governance in the new era.
"'Strengthening the construction of the Party's internal regulations and systems is the long-term and fundamental strategy for full and rigorous self-governance of the Party' — this formulation in the 'Decision' hits the nail on the head." Zhang Shangwu, Deputy Director of the Policy and Regulation Research Office of the Discipline Inspection Commission and Supervision Commission of Anhui Province, said: "The vitality of institutions lies in their implementation. In the next step, we will persistently work hard on the closed loop of responsibility and rigid constraints in institutional implementation, prevent the hollow operation of institutions from leading to 'a paper cage trapping a tiger,' and ensure that the Party's line, principles, and policies are implemented without any discount."
To persistently advance full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, it is necessary to further improve the Party and state supervision system. Li Zehu, Director of the Party Conduct and Government Integrity Supervision Office of the Discipline Inspection Commission and Supervision Commission of Jinchang City, Gansu Province, has become clearer about the future direction of work: "Grassroots Party organizations are the 'last kilometer' for implementing the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee. We will, in accordance with the requirements and deployments of the plenary session, continue to improve the grassroots supervision system, promote grassroots Party organizations to perform their duties in accordance with the list of primary responsibilities for full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, and grassroots supervision institutions to assess effectiveness in accordance with the list of supervision responsibilities, fully stimulate the vitality of the work system of townships (streets) and villages (communities), strive to build a grassroots supervision network that is connected from top to bottom and powerful in implementation, and let the spirit of the plenary session take root and sprout at the grassroots level."
(Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, November 2, Xinhua reporters)
Return to Top(People's Daily, Jiaxing, November 2) (Reporters Jin Xin, Dou Hao) On November 2, the 2026 "Building a Community with a Shared Future in Cyberspace" exemplary case release and presentation event was held in Wuzhen, Zhejiang. At the event, guests from all sides around the globe gathered together, jointly exploring new paths for international cooperation in cyberspace.
According to introductions, as an important activity of the World Internet Conference Wuzhen Summit, the World Internet Conference has organized the collection of practical cases on "Building a Community with a Shared Future in Cyberspace" for six consecutive years, receiving broad participation from all sides around the world. Since the case collection began in March this year, a total of more than 360 submitted cases from over 80 countries and regions around the world have been received, with 22 countries and regions participating for the first time. After expert selection, 11 exemplary cases with a high degree of alignment with the concept, great international influence, good inclusiveness and universal benefit, and rich presentation formats were ultimately selected and released at the event.
Return to Top(People's Daily, Jiaxing, November 2) (Reporters Jin Xin, Liu Junguo) On the afternoon of the 2nd, the award ceremony for the 2026 World Internet Conference Leading Science and Technology Award was held in Wuzhen, Zhejiang Province.
Twenty projects received awards, including "Scalability Theory and Methods for the Internet of Things" from Tsinghua University, the University of Science and Technology of China, and Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, and "AI-Empowered Perception: A Key Technology Platform for Multimodal Tactile Perception Toward Physical Intelligence" from Chuluo Technology. Project representatives delivered impressive presentations on site, sharing cutting-edge technological innovations in the internet field.
According to the introduction, as an international science and technology award in the internet field hosted by the World Internet Conference International Organization, the Leading Science and Technology Award has received broad attention and an active response from the global internet community. This year, applicants for the Leading Science and Technology Award came from 43 countries and regions worldwide, with a total of 436 valid application achievements collected, covering multiple frontier fields including artificial intelligence, integrated circuits, quantum information, space information, network communications, and life and health.
Return to TopFrom the thousand-year murals of the Mogao Grottoes to the misty rain and soaring heights of the Maijishan Grottoes, from the humanistic roots of the Fuxi Temple in Tianshui to the sweeping spread of the Great Wall, the Long March, and the Yellow River national cultural parks, from the brush-and-ink chronicles of tiny bamboo and wooden slips to the galloping wind-borne Bronze Galloping Horse... The cultural lineage of the Longyuan region, stretching across millennia, is the spiritual nourishment that sustains Gansu's endless and vigorous (生生不息, sheng sheng bu xi - "life, life, not, stop") vitality, and it is also the enduring force driving Gansu's high-quality development in the new era.
In 2016, the first Silk Road (Dunhuang) International Cultural Expo opened at the foot of Mingsha Mountain. The Dunhuang Cultural Expo has now been held for eight sessions, bringing together nearly 10,000 Chinese and foreign guests from more than one hundred countries and regions in Dunhuang to jointly discuss heritage protection, jointly deliberate on people-to-people and cultural cooperation, and jointly explore the path of coexistence among civilizations. Over the years, Gansu has anchored itself to the goal of building a culturally strong province, using the Dunhuang Cultural Expo as an important platform: inwardly, it deepens the protection of cultural heritage, enriches literary and artistic creation, and cultivates the cultural industry; outwardly, it opens its arms of openness, links the bonds of civilization, and conveys the voice of Longyuan, allowing thousand-year cultural relics to radiate the brilliance of the times, allowing cultural undertakings to enrich the foundations of Longyuan, and allowing the cultural tourism industry to contribute to Gansu's high-quality economic and social development.
From November 2 to 4, 2026, the ninth Dunhuang Cultural Expo will be held in Dunhuang. This is both a vivid practice of Gansu's participation in jointly building the Belt and Road Initiative and promoting mutual learning among civilizations, and a solid step by Gansu in advancing the Longyuan cultural lineage toward the world with broad strides.
Preserving the imprint of civilization through devoted guardianship
The thousand-year-old statues of the Maijishan Grottoes stand quietly in the morning light. Sensing equipment has been installed inside the caves, a monitoring and early-warning platform has been established, supplemented by manual inspections, drone aerial photography, and other means, to guard this treasure around the clock. At the restoration platform of Cave 30, the "Great Craftsman" team adheres to the principle of "restoring the old as it was," devoting themselves to the treatment and restoration of mural deterioration, and promoting the transformation of grotto protection toward preventive and systematic protection. Relying on digital technology, the Fuxi Temple in Tianshui has completed three-dimensional scanning of its building complex and key cultural relics, preserving the imprint of ancient architectural civilization in digital space and achieving the permanent storage and preservation of cultural relics.
The continuity of the cultural lineage depends on deep cultivation. The multi-field coupled environmental simulation laboratory has greatly improved the efficiency of cultural relic protection research; multiple archaeological reports in the Complete Collection of Dunhuang Grottoes have been published; the "Digital Library Cave" platform has cumulatively attracted more than 250,000 online visits from 33 countries and regions... Relying on the platform of the Dunhuang Cultural Expo, the Dunhuang Academy has continuously promoted the "Chinese Characteristics · Dunhuang Experience" to go beyond the Gobi, providing Dunhuang solutions for global cultural heritage protection.
The continuity of the cultural lineage shines in exhibition. The Gansu Provincial Museum brings cultural relics closer to the public through immersive permanent exhibitions, cross-disciplinary themed special exhibitions, interactive study tours, and other diverse display formats; at the exhibitions of successive Dunhuang Cultural Expos, bamboo and wooden slips, painted pottery, bronzes, and statues are displayed in sequence, helping guests from around the world understand the profound lineage of Longyuan civilization.
The continuity of the cultural lineage is confirmed by empirical evidence. The Tang Dynasty Tuyuhun royal family tomb complex in Wuwei, the Sijiaoping site in Lixian County, the Siwa site in Lintao, and the Nanzuo site in Qingyang were respectively selected for the National Top Ten Archaeological Discoveries of 2021, 2023, 2024, and 2025, adding "Gansu strength" to "Archaeological China."
The continuity of the cultural lineage lives on in inheritance. Gansu has continuously deepened the protection and inheritance of intangible cultural heritage, having established a four-tier intangible cultural heritage list system at the national, provincial, municipal, and county levels. There are currently 9,119 representative intangible cultural heritage projects at all levels and 14,227 representative inheritors of intangible cultural heritage. The regular implementation of the inheritor training and research program ensures that traditional skills preserve their origins and keep pace with the times.
From meticulously restoring cultural relic bodies and empowering the preservation of the cultural lineage through digital technology, to exhibiting the imprint of civilization in museums and empirically verifying the origins of Chinese civilization through archaeology, Gansu's cultural heritage protection and inheritance has achieved breakthroughs at multiple points, extending from single-point cultural relic protection to the construction of a region-wide cultural corridor, realizing all-round advancement and three-dimensional inheritance.
The core exhibition park of the Great Wall National Cultural Park (Gansu section) has taken initial shape, red study tours at the Long March National Cultural Park (Gansu section) are carried out on a regular basis, and the cultural tourism integration system at the landmark exhibition nodes of the Yellow River National Cultural Park (Gansu section) is being continuously optimized and improved... The construction and protection of the three major national cultural parks (Gansu sections) — the Great Wall, the Long March, and the Yellow River — are making steady and rapid progress (蹄疾步稳, ti ji bu wen - "hoof, fast, step, steady") and bearing rich and abundant results (硕果累累, shuo guo lei lei - "fruit, large, many, many").
The three major national cultural parks (Gansu sections) are organically linked and deeply integrated into the grand narrative of the Hexi Corridor national heritage route, forming a thousand-li cultural corridor that connects Great Wall beacon towers, red imprints, the lineage of the great river, and Silk Road relics. Through the window of the Dunhuang Cultural Expo, it is accelerating its march toward the world.
Creating fine literary and artistic works rooted in the fertile soil
On the evening of June 30, the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing was completely filled with people (座无虚席, zuo wu xu xi - "seat, no, empty, seat"), as the large-scale original red drama The Lights of Hadapu began its special performance.
The classic dance drama Silk Road, Flower Rain, spanning 47 years, completed its comprehensive upgrade in 2025. To date, Silk Road, Flower Rain has been performed a cumulative total of 4,098 times, with touring footprints covering more than 40 countries and regions and an audience of 5.5447 million. It is both a major performance repertoire at successive Dunhuang Cultural Expos and a classic cultural calling card through which the world perceives the Silk Road and comes to know Gansu.
Gansu has always deeply cultivated its rich local cultural resources, gradually building a matrix of fine stage art works with diverse themes: the original Long opera Daoyuan Daoqing sings a new voice for intangible cultural heritage; the musical Flying Apsaras presents a new interpretation of the Silk Road legend; the drama Green Awanchang presents a panoramic display of Gansu's vivid practice of forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation...
Outstanding works in documentary, film and television, and literature have emerged in succession. The documentary Zuo Zongtang Recovers Xinjiang, co-produced with Gansu's participation, won the Outstanding TV Documentary Award at the 29th National Television "Starlight Award" and was named Best TV Documentary at the 33rd China TV Golden Eagle Awards; the micro-drama Zhuo Wenjun in the Album of Chinese Beauties received the "Annual Micro-Drama" honor at the 16th China Golden Eagle TV Art Festival; the 4K ultra-high-definition documentary Hexi Corridor and the humanities documentary Fuxi attracted widespread attention and enthusiastic response after broadcast; the Qin opera film The Flame Steed was nominated for Best Opera Film at the 39th China Film Golden Rooster Awards; the film Born to Fly and the song She Who Sleeps in the Light won the Outstanding Works Award of the 17th Spiritual Civilization "Five-One Project"; and the prose collection Brothers' Record and the poetry collection Banquet Song have received favorable reviews.
Gansu adheres to the people-centered creative orientation, deeply implements the "Longyuan Literary and Artistic Peak Climbing" project, and through the introduction of special artistic creation plans and the establishment of a provincial-level art fund, has achieved full coverage of state-owned literary and art troupes at the provincial, municipal, and county levels, building a new pattern of literary and artistic development that advances in an all-round manner through planning guidance, fine work creation, regular performance, and professional criticism. Relying on measures such as master-apprentice mentoring, special research and training, and project support, it has built a well-tiered "Longyuan literary and artistic army" talent echelon.
High-quality literary and artistic resources continue to be channeled downward, and grassroots cultural positions are being consolidated. From January to September this year, Gansu Province carried out 24,200 literary and artistic performances, of which 19,000 were offline performances benefiting 23.3089 million people, and 5,200 were online performances reaching 102.01 million viewers. Behind these considerable figures is Gansu's unremitting effort to regularly carry out public welfare performance activities such as "Spring Green Longyuan," extending the literary and artistic stage to the fields, villages, and community squares.
At the 2026 Readers · Leading Readers Conference held on October 24, the Readers National Reading Promotion Center was inaugurated; the Lanzhou Book Fair has been held for three consecutive years and has grown into a cultural brand of considerable influence in the northwest region... Gansu has deeply cultivated its local cultural brands "Readers" and "Bookish Longyuan," carrying out nearly 10,000 national reading activities annually with tens of millions of participants.
The annual screening of 190,000 public welfare films nourishes civilized customs and consolidates grassroots public sentiment. At present, more than 16,000 administrative villages across the province have achieved full coverage of comprehensive cultural service centers, and 890 new public cultural spaces have been built, forming a convenient and inclusive "15-minute cultural circle," which also lays a solid foundation for cultural exchanges under the Belt and Road Initiative.
Writing a new chapter of exchange through cultural tourism integration
Based on its rich cultural resource endowments, Gansu is promoting the continuous improvement of quality and efficiency in the cultural tourism industry, transforming dormant cultural resources into development momentum, and the cultural tourism industry is gradually becoming a new engine for Gansu's economic development.
The leading and driving role of the Dunhuang Cultural Expo continues to manifest. Over the years, the Dunhuang Cultural Expo has continuously converted the "traffic" of the conference into the "retention" of industrial development, injecting an inexhaustible source of momentum into the construction of Gansu as a culturally strong province.
Relying on the open cooperation network built by the Dunhuang Cultural Expo, Gansu has meticulously crafted a system of premium tourism routes covering different durations and adapted to diverse needs, linking together resources such as the Silk Road cultural lineage of the Hexi Corridor, the mountain and water scenery of the upper Yellow River, the ethnic customs of the Gannan Plateau, and the root culture of southeastern Gansu. From one-day short trips and three-day micro-vacations to panoramic in-depth tours of seven days or more, it has formed a full-tier product matrix with distinct themes and smooth connections.
Gansu is innovating cultural tourism formats, enriching consumption scenarios, and creating immersive experiences. Performances in Dunhuang such as See Dunhuang Again, Music of Dunhuang, and Thousand Hands, Thousand Eyes bring mural music and dance onto the stage; the live-action performance The Great Pass of the World in Jiayuguan recreates the appearance of the Great Wall and frontier passes, conveying feelings of family and country; the performance Ming Dynasty Splendor · Long Frontier Song in Lanzhou recreates scenes of commercial prosperity and ethnic integration; the performance Returning to Zhangye in Zhangye traces the thousand-year Silk Road and recreates a scene of great prosperity and splendor (繁华盛景, fan hua sheng jing - "prosperous, flower, flourishing, scene"); and formats such as the Nine-Color Gannan Shambhala Tourism and Art Festival and the Linxia intangible cultural heritage experience workshops allow tourists to experience plateau customs and the charm of intangible cultural heritage up close. In addition, Gansu is actively exploring the "cultural tourism + sports" integration model, relying on cycling events to broaden the boundaries of development.
Deeply cultivating the cultural core and creating distinctive study tour routes is a key lever for Gansu to activate cultural tourism resources. Gansu has focused on building premium themed study tour routes such as "Seeking Antiquity and Tracing Origins · Ancestral Culture," "Frontier Remembrance · Great Wall Culture," "Stars Shining over Longyuan · Red Culture," and "All Things Radiant · Natural Science," linking together museums, memorial halls, grottoes, sites, and national cultural parks, making them an important path for domestic and international tourists to understand Gansu.
Gansu's cultural and creative products continue to break out of their circles: the Bronze Galloping Horse "Green Horse" trendy toy series remains highly popular, and Dunhuang-element handicrafts, Fuxi-themed stationery, ancient-method gold jewelry, handmade hemp-woven products, Qingyang tiger-head sachets, and daily-use goods with painted pottery patterns are widely loved by tourists.
The Dunhuang Cultural Expo has built an international cultural exchange platform, the Grand Ceremony of Public Sacrifice to Fuxi attracts Chinese people from around the world to trace their roots and pay homage to their ancestors, and the Nine-Color Gannan Shambhala Tourism and Art Festival showcases the unique charm of ethnic culture... Gansu is seizing the opportunity of jointly building the Belt and Road Initiative, strengthening signature brand festival activities, continuously expanding the breadth and depth of people-to-people and cultural exchanges, and attracting traffic and building momentum for the cultural tourism industry; at the same time, it is upgrading cultural tourism infrastructure, improving the three-dimensional transportation network of high-speed rail, highways, and airports along with supporting services, building a number of standardized study tour bases, characteristic homestays, and food districts, and perfecting the region-wide cultural tourism service system.
At the foot of Mingsha Mountain, the covenant of civilization of the Dunhuang Cultural Expo continues; across the land of Longyuan, the steps of cultural relic protection, literary and artistic creation, and cultural tourism integration have never ceased. On the journey of building a culturally strong province, Gansu will ride the wind of exchange and mutual learning among civilizations, allowing the thousand-year cultural lineage to surge forward without end and forever bloom with new charm.
Data source: Publicity Department of the CPC Gansu Provincial Committee
Return to TopBy: 彭萍萍
To govern the country, one must first govern the Party; only when the Party thrives can the country be strong. The Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party pointed out: "Implement the general requirements for Party building in the new era." Since the new era, full and rigorous self-governance of the Party has achieved great accomplishments, but it also faces new situations and new problems. The deeper it advances, the more it is necessary to implement the general requirements for Party building in the new era. Without the general requirements for Party building in the new era, "comprehensiveness" may lose its coherence, "rigor" may lose its focus, and "governance" may lose its integration. Only by deeply grasping the significance and role of the general requirements for Party building in the new era within full and rigorous self-governance of the Party can we better implement the spirit of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party.
The Internal Structure and Programmatic Status of the General Requirements for Party Building in the New Era
Shortly after the conclusion of the 18th National Congress of the Party, the Central Eight-Point Regulation was introduced, becoming the entry point and mobilization order for governing and managing the Party in the new era. In December 2014, General Secretary Xi Jinping explicitly proposed "full and rigorous self-governance of the Party." In October 2017, the report of the 19th National Congress of the Party creatively put forward the general requirements for Party building in the new era: "Uphold and strengthen the Party's overall leadership, ensure that the Party exercises self-governance and exercises full and rigorous self-governance, take the enhancement of the Party's long-term governance capacity, advanced nature, and purity as the main line, take the Party's political construction as the guide, take the firming of ideals, convictions, and purposes as the foundation, take mobilizing the entire Party's enthusiasm, initiative, and creativity as the focal point, comprehensively advance the Party's political, ideological, organizational, work-style, and discipline building, integrate institutional building throughout, deepen the fight against corruption, continuously improve the quality of Party building, and build the Party into a Marxist governing party that always stays at the forefront of the times, enjoys the heartfelt support of the people, is courageous in self-revolution, can withstand various trials of wind and waves, and is full of youthful vigor." The general requirements for Party building in the new era are the theoretical distillation of the practical experience of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party since the 18th National Congress, profoundly answering the major questions of the times: what kind of long-term governing Marxist party to build and how to build it.
The general requirements for Party building in the new era clarify the principles, guidelines, main line, layout, and goals of Party building in the new era. All aspects are closely connected, interact, and reinforce each other, jointly forming a complete organic chain: starting from upholding and strengthening the Party's overall leadership, unfolding layer by layer through the guidelines, main line, layout, and goals, it answers both why to build the Party and what kind of Party to build. The "Resolution" of the Sixth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Party listed "clarifying the strategic guideline of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party and putting forward the general requirements for Party building in the new era" as one of the "Ten Clarifications" that systematically summarize the core content of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. Full and rigorous self-governance of the Party is precisely internal to the general requirements for Party building in the new era in the capacity of a strategic guideline, and a strategic guideline means managing the long term, the overall situation, and the fundamentals. The positioning of a strategic guideline contains three layers of meaning. First, advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party must uphold and strengthen the Party's overall leadership and the centralized, unified leadership of the Party Central Committee; second, the tone of rigor runs through the main line, layout, and quality inspection at every link, which stipulates "where rigor lies"; third, full and rigorous self-governance of the Party is a long-term strategy and an eternal subject of the Party, and the mindset of treating it as a stopgap measure or a temporary move must be resolutely abandoned, which stipulates "until when rigor lasts." "Full and rigorous self-governance of the Party is always on the way" is an inherent part of the internal structure of the general requirements for Party building in the new era. From this it can be concluded: full and rigorous self-governance of the Party is the important support for realizing the general requirements for Party building in the new era, while the general requirements for Party building in the new era are the important guide for calibrating the direction of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party.
Both the general requirements for Party building in the new era and full and rigorous self-governance of the Party are important contents of Xi Jinping's thought on Party building. The general requirements for Party building in the new era set up the skeleton of "principles—guidelines—main line—layout—goals." As one of the Fourteen Commitments, upholding full and rigorous self-governance of the Party is the strategic guideline for Party building in the new era. The Fourteen Commitments enrich the skeleton of the general requirements for Party building in the new era into a scientific system that ranges from the highest principles, strategic guidelines, and value pursuits of Party building, to the work arrangements for political, ideological, organizational, work-style, and discipline building, the fight against corruption, and institutional building, and then to the implementation of responsibilities for governing and managing the Party. The guidance of Xi Jinping's thought on Party building for Party building in the new era is precisely carried through to the practice of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party by means of the general requirements for Party building in the new era. Implementing the general requirements is to put Xi Jinping's thought on Party building into practice.
In general, the general requirements for Party building in the new era play the fundamental role of establishing the framework and setting the direction for full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, stipulating its direction, path, yardstick, and driving force.
The Guiding Role of the General Requirements for Party Building in the New Era for Full and Rigorous Self-Governance of the Party
The significance and role of the general requirements for Party building in the new era within full and rigorous self-governance of the Party unfold along the logic of "framework" and "details": the general requirements for Party building in the new era establish the framework and set the direction, while full and rigorous self-governance of the Party transforms the general requirements for Party building in the new era into vivid practice of governing and managing the Party. Specifically, the guiding role of the general requirements for Party building in the new era for full and rigorous self-governance of the Party is concentrated in the following aspects.
Establishing the political direction of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: "Full and rigorous self-governance of the Party must first be viewed from a political perspective." Full and rigorous self-governance of the Party is first and foremost a political issue, not a purely technical one. The general requirements for Party building in the new era emphasize upholding and strengthening the Party's overall leadership and taking the Party's political construction as the guide, fundamentally calibrating the directional coordinates of governing and managing the Party. Political attribute is the primary attribute of a political party, and the Party's political construction is the fundamental construction of the Party, determining the direction and effect of Party building. Political construction occupies the leading position, enabling all Party building efforts to obtain a unified direction. For a party with more than 100 million members, without political construction playing its leading role, the various Party building efforts may each go their own way or even cancel each other out. Full and rigorous self-governance of the Party must first be viewed and grasped from a political perspective, ensuring that the entire Party maintains a high degree of consistency with the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core in political stance, political direction, political principles, and political path. Direction is not merely a matter of understanding but must be implemented in action: resolutely safeguard the authority of the Party Central Committee and its centralized, unified leadership, fully implement the Party's political line, strictly abide by the Party's political discipline and political rules, and make political discipline truly a live high-voltage line. The general requirements for Party building in the new era give full and rigorous self-governance of the Party its soul; it is not directionless tightening of constraints, but self-forging with a distinct political orientation.
Providing a systematic and integrated scientific path. Full and rigorous self-governance of the Party is a complex systematic project that cannot succeed through a single-pronged assault. The general requirements for Party building in the new era organically connect political, ideological, organizational, work-style, and discipline building, integrate institutional building throughout, and deepen the fight against corruption, enabling the governance and management of the Party to achieve "systematic governance." What the general requirements for Party building in the new era provide is not a "checklist" of various constructions, but a "system" with clear functional relationships: political construction clarifies direction, ideological construction strengthens the foundation and fosters vitality, organizational construction strengthens the base and empowers, work-style construction transforms customs into norms, discipline construction delineates boundaries, the fight against corruption forms deterrence, and institutional building runs throughout, managing the fundamentals and the long term. It is precisely this "running throughout" of institutional building that enables the integrated advancement of the deterrence of not daring to be corrupt, the constraint of not being able to be corrupt, and the consciousness of not wanting to be corrupt, shifting the governance and management of the Party from case-by-case governance to a normalized and long-term track. This systematic logic has been continuously deepened in the practice of governing and managing the Party in the new era. In June 2024, at the 15th collective study session of the Political Bureau of the 20th Central Committee, General Secretary Xi Jinping systematically elaborated on improving the system for full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, proposing to improve the organizational system, education system, supervision system, institutional system, and responsibility system, and requiring the use of systematic thinking and scientific methods to advance the full coverage of content, full coverage of objects, full chain of responsibilities, and full integration of institutions in governing and managing the Party. The Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee made systematic arrangements for persistently advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party. What the general requirements for Party building in the new era require is not the simple addition of various constructions, but an organic whole that operates in a connected manner.
Clarifying the fundamental yardstick for testing the effectiveness of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party. To what degree of rigor, and by what measure, are standard questions that full and rigorous self-governance of the Party must answer. The general requirements for Party building in the new era take "continuously improving the quality of Party building" as a testing requirement, with goals such as always staying at the forefront of the times and enjoying the heartfelt support of the people as the destination, establishing a fundamental yardstick for full and rigorous self-governance of the Party. This yardstick means that the effectiveness of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party is not judged by momentum but by quality, not by the moment but by the long term, and ultimately must be measured against the goals: whether the Party has become stronger and more capable, whether its advanced nature and purity are more evident, and whether the people sincerely support it. Whether the people support and approve is the touchstone for testing the effectiveness of Party governance. Whether the Party's flesh-and-blood ties with the masses are close is the most weighty graduation on this yardstick. A 2025 survey by the National Bureau of Statistics showed that 95.5% of surveyed people affirmed the effectiveness of implementing the spirit of the Central Eight-Point Regulation. This is a vivid footnote to the fact that the effectiveness of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party can withstand the test of the people. The measuring yardstick established by the general requirements for Party building in the new era enables full and rigorous self-governance of the Party to break free from the tendency of "being rigorous for the sake of rigor," instead taking goals and actual results as the guide, advancing according to higher standards and with more solid measures.
Stimulating the endogenous driving force of governing and managing the Party and transforming it into the effectiveness of governing the country through continuously realizing the Party's self-purification, self-improvement, self-renewal, and self-enhancement. The general requirements for Party building in the new era take the enhancement of the Party's long-term governance capacity, advanced nature, and purity as the main line, profoundly indicating that full and rigorous self-governance of the Party is not merely a defensive "removal of toxins," but also a constructive "forging of the subject." General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out at the conference celebrating the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China: "On the new journey, we must fully implement the Party building thought of the new era, implement the general requirements for Party building in the new era, and focus on improving the Party's long-term governance capacity, maintaining the Party's advanced nature and purity, and maintaining the Party's flesh-and-blood ties with the masses." Under conditions of long-term governance, there can be no momentary relaxation in governing and managing the Party, and no pause in the Party's revolutionary forging. The general requirements for Party building in the new era transform the Party's revolutionary forging into institutional arrangements, integrate it into daily and regular work, and make the Party's self-purification, self-improvement, self-renewal, and self-enhancement a normalized requirement for the entire Party rather than a temporary move. The effectiveness of Party governance must ultimately be tested in the achievements of governing the country. Full and rigorous self-governance of the Party has strictly enforced discipline throughout the Party and purified the political ecosystem; the Party's political leadership, ideological guidance, mass organization, and social appeal have been continuously strengthened, and the Party Central Committee's major decisions and deployments have been implemented smoothly. The Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee made special arrangements for persistently advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, precisely to forge a strong leadership core for turning the grand blueprint of the 15th Five-Year Plan into a beautiful reality, thereby winning the historical initiative of strengthening the Party and strengthening the country.
Implementing the General Requirements for Party Building in the New Era and Ensuring the Smooth Advancement of Chinese Modernization with New Achievements in Full and Rigorous Self-Governance of the Party
As an understanding of laws, the general requirements for Party building in the new era will not automatically transform into practical results. From "knowing" to "doing," there are links in between such as depth of understanding, institutional arrangements, and transmission of responsibility. It is necessary to deeply grasp the major significance and important role of the general requirements for Party building in the new era, uphold and apply the valuable experience of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party in the new era with higher standards and more solid measures, rectify and solve the prominent problems facing Party building, and consolidate and develop the sound political situation formed by governing and managing the Party.
Leading action consciousness with theoretical consciousness, and upholding and applying valuable experience well. Theoretical sobriety is the prerequisite for political firmness, and what theoretical arming must solve is not just the problem of "knowing," but also the problem of "identifying with" and "believing." Implementing the general requirements for Party building in the new era first requires leaping from grasping experience to grasping laws, not repeating the general requirements for Party building in the new era as slogans and labels, but understanding them as a scientific revelation of the laws of Party building under conditions of long-term governance. Under the guidance of Xi Jinping's thought on Party building, and in studying and comprehending the spirit of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee, we must deeply understand the scientific connotation and practical requirements of the general requirements for Party building in the new era, guard against superficial understanding and taking words out of context, and achieve genuine learning, genuine understanding, genuine belief, and genuine application. The valuable experience of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party in the new era embodies the understanding of laws in governing and managing the Party. Upholding and applying this experience well means transforming the understanding of laws into practical capability. The depth of understanding determines the strength of implementation; the more thoroughly the understanding of laws contained in the general requirements for Party building in the new era is grasped, the further full and rigorous self-governance of the Party can be advanced.
Promoting overall implementation with systematic thinking, and rectifying and solving prominent problems well. Implementing the general requirements for Party building in the new era is not a matter of various fields working separately, but of overall policy implementation centered on principles, main line, and goals. The functional relationships among the various constructions must be coordinated and arranged; otherwise, they will hinder each other and waste effectiveness. The system for full and rigorous self-governance of the Party is precisely the organizational form and institutional carrier for the implementation of the general requirements for Party building in the new era, transforming its principled provisions into operable, assessable, and accountable operational arrangements. We must adhere to taking the Party Constitution as the foundation and political construction as the guide to comprehensively advance all aspects of Party building, integrating institutional building throughout. We must adhere to the tone of rigor without wavering, persistently and unremittingly implement the spirit of the Central Eight-Point Regulation, implement the Party Central Committee's major decisions and deployments more resolutely and forcefully, more scientifically and effectively confine power in the cage of institutions, more soberly and firmly advance the fight against corruption, and resolutely fight the tough, protracted, and overall battle against corruption. We must adhere to full coverage of content, full coverage of objects, full chain of responsibilities, and full integration of institutions, adhere to a problem-oriented approach, keep a close eye on the new situations and new problems facing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, rectify and solve prominent problems well, and enable the various measures for governing and managing the Party to coordinate with, promote, and take effect in conjunction with each other.
Connecting the implementation chain with political responsibility, and consolidating and developing the sound political situation well. The vitality of institutions lies in implementation, and the key to implementation lies in responsibility. For a governing party with many levels and a large scale, the transmission of responsibility naturally faces the risk of attenuation. Elevating the responsibility for governing and managing the Party from ordinary work responsibility to political responsibility is precisely to ensure that requirements penetrate levels and are transmitted without attenuation or distortion. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "Without clarifying responsibility, without implementing responsibility, without pursuing responsibility, strict Party governance cannot be achieved." We must firmly grasp the "ox nose" of the responsibility system, improve a responsibility system in which each bears its own responsibility and coordination is unified, promote the primary responsibility, supervision responsibility, responsibility of the first responsible person, "one post with dual responsibilities," and the specific responsibilities of Party members and cadres to be closely linked and interconnected, urge Party organizations at all levels and the broad masses of Party members and cadres to know, shoulder, and fulfill their responsibilities, and achieve equal rights and responsibilities and accountability for dereliction of duty. Accountability and incentives are dialectically unified. We must adhere to the combination of strict management and care, and the equal emphasis on incentives and constraints, achieve precise accountability, fully stimulate the enthusiasm, initiative, and creativity of the entire Party, and enable the tone of rigor and the orientation of action to reinforce each other. The ultimate goal of consolidating responsibility is to consolidate and develop the sound political situation formed by governing and managing the Party since the 18th National Congress, transmit the pressure of full and rigorous self-governance of the Party to the grassroots level, transform it into practical actions of undertaking work and taking responsibility, and provide strong political guarantees for economic and social development during the 15th Five-Year Plan period with new achievements in governing and managing the Party.
(The author is a specially appointed researcher at the Beijing Research Center for Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era)
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As network information technology accelerates its iteration and the public opinion ecology undergoes profound transformation, the internet has become an important front for ideological guidance, moral cultivation, and cultural inheritance. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "China's excellent traditional culture is the spiritual lifeline of the Chinese nation, an important source for nurturing the core socialist values, and also the solid foundation on which we stand firm amid the surging currents of world cultures." The outline of the 15th Five-Year Plan proposes: "Strengthen the construction and management of online content, and enhance the effectiveness of online dissemination of the Party's innovative theories and China's excellent traditional culture." Seizing the development opportunities presented by digitalization, networking, and intellectualization, and enhancing the penetrative power and appeal of online dissemination of China's excellent traditional culture, is both a practical need to adapt to the evolution of the communication landscape in the all-media era and to expand new pathways for cultural inheritance, and something that is naturally implied or required by the subject matter (题中应有之义, ti zhong ying you zhi yi - "topic, within, should, have, of, meaning") of strengthening cultural confidence and advancing the building of a culturally strong nation.
At present, much content of China's excellent traditional culture is achieving cross-circle dissemination through online platforms. Intangible cultural heritage skills, traditional festivals, and cultural and museum resources are gaining new vitality, and innovative practices such as digital exhibitions, guochao cultural and creative products, and the revitalization of ancient texts continue to emerge. It should also be noted that the effectiveness of online dissemination of China's excellent traditional culture still has shortcomings. On the one hand, some content remains at the level of symbolic display, visual consumption, and entertainment packaging, with insufficient interpretation of the ideological concepts, humanistic spirit, and value ideas contained in China's excellent traditional culture, which can easily lead to the fragmentation and superficialization of cultural meaning. On the other hand, the algorithmic logic of digital platforms may intensify the "echo chamber effect" in cultural dissemination, and the immediacy of online communication also makes it difficult for cultural content to settle into sustained emotional connections. To enhance the penetrative power and appeal of online dissemination of China's excellent traditional culture, it is necessary to build a comprehensive communication system based on value interpretation as its foundation, resource transformation as its support, and public participation as its basis, promoting China's excellent traditional culture from surface-level visibility to deep-level perceptibility, and from broad reach to lasting recognition.
Strengthen value guidance. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: "For any culture to stand firm and go far, and to have leading power, cohesive power, shaping power, and radiating power, it must have its own subjectivity." China's excellent traditional culture is rooted in the deep soil of Chinese civilization, is the root and soul of the Chinese nation, and provides an inexhaustible source of thought and a treasure trove of content for cultural production. To enhance the penetrative power and appeal of online dissemination of China's excellent traditional culture, it is necessary to innovate the discourse and narrative systems of online communication, deeply interpret the spiritual connotation and historical heritage of China's excellent traditional culture, and fully demonstrate its contemporary value and world significance. In recent years, phenomena such as "wild adaptations" of classic works, simplifying classic texts into "golden-quote chicken soup," and sensationalized displays of traditional skills have appeared online, affecting the public's, especially young people's, correct understanding of classic images, cultural common sense, and historical context. China's excellent traditional culture should be interpreted within the historical process of the continuous development of Chinese civilization, clearly explaining the collective memory, ethical concepts, and aesthetic interests embedded in cultural content such as classics, cultural relics, and folk customs, and adhering in online dissemination to the distinctive characteristics and spiritual core of China's excellent traditional culture, avoiding its fragmentation into isolated symbols or fragmented online materials. For example, the cultural program "Exploring China Through Bamboo Slips" (《简牍探中华》), based on excavated bamboo slips, archaeological findings, and historical documents, vividly restores the social landscape and intellectual and cultural context of ancient times through expert interpretation, scene reenactment, and digital technology, allowing viewers to feel as if one is personally present at the scene (身临其境, shen lin qi jing - "body, arrive, that, scene") and perceive history. At the same time, it is also necessary to explore the connection points between China's excellent traditional culture and contemporary economic and social development, and in online dissemination, focus on showing how China's excellent traditional culture responds in real life and practical creation to the spiritual needs, life pursuits, and value concerns of contemporary people, making it an important support for nurturing spiritual character and consolidating social consensus.
Innovate resource transformation. The key to improving the effectiveness of online dissemination of China's excellent traditional culture lies in improving the mechanism for transforming cultural resources oriented toward cyberspace, and through content translation, technology empowerment, scenario embedding, and platform operation, promoting the transformation of China's excellent traditional culture into communicable content that can be experienced, consumed, and interacted with. Systematically sort out high-quality cultural resources such as cultural heritage, traditional skills, and festival folk customs, extract content elements suitable for online communication forms such as short videos, micro-dramas, and digital exhibitions, launch a batch of cultural products that fit the aesthetic orientation and emotional experience of online audiences, create differentiated cultural brands with regional characteristics, and cultivate recognizable and derivable cultural IPs (intellectual property). Comprehensively apply cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence, virtual reality, augmented reality, and holographic imaging, develop new cultural business forms such as AIGC (AI-generated content) animation, immersive exhibitions and performances, and interactive games, and enhance the sense of presence and appeal of online communication. For example, the "Chinese Festivals" series of programs by Henan Satellite TV, represented by "Tang Palace Night Banquet" (《唐宫夜宴》) and "Ode to the Luo River Goddess" (《洛神水赋》), transforms cultural relic allusions and classical literature into online audiovisual products integrating dance, imagery, and stage technology, driving China's excellent traditional culture from single-point "going viral" to systematic operation. On this basis, artificial intelligence and big data analysis can also be used to establish dynamic user profiles, optimize the identification, matching, and distribution pathways of cultural content, and achieve segmented and precise content supply according to the cultural preferences of different groups.
Promote public co-creation. The outline of the 15th Five-Year Plan proposes: "Stimulate the cultural innovation and creation vitality of the whole nation" and "prosper new mass literature and art under internet conditions." The deep involvement of the internet is causing cultural dissemination to undergo a paradigm shift from "writing for the masses" to "writing by the masses." Through the guidance of professional entities, the empowerment of platform mechanisms, broad public participation, and sustained community interaction, China's excellent traditional culture can enhance cultural confidence, stimulate subjective initiative, and gain lasting online appeal through co-creation and sharing. Encourage the public to participate in the reinterpretation of China's excellent traditional culture through short video creation, graphic and textual translation, danmaku interaction, and secondary creation, transforming from passive recipients of cultural meaning into co-producers. Support intangible cultural heritage inheritors, online streamers, knowledge bloggers, young artists, and other communication subjects in carrying out collaborative cooperation, promoting the mutual transformation of professional knowledge, individual experience, and online expression, and forming composite creative teams with cultural understanding, aesthetic creativity, and online communication capability. Explore the innovative combination of China's excellent traditional culture with interest communities. While leveraging the aggregation capacity of platform communities to consolidate stable emotional connections, it is also necessary to prevent cultural content from circulating within fixed circles, and through cross-circle topic setting, platform-linked dissemination, and algorithm recommendation optimization, promote understanding and dialogue among audiences of different generations, regions, and cultural backgrounds. Improve the guidance and governance mechanisms for co-creation, and coordinate relevant departments, professional institutions, and platform enterprises to jointly strengthen content guidance, copyright protection, creative training, and resource support.
(The author is a research fellow at the Research Center for Marxist Views of Journalism and Chinese Discourse System, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies)
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General Secretary Xi Jinping has stressed: "Advocate green consumption, and promote the formation of green, low-carbon production methods and lifestyles." The outline of the 15th Five-Year Plan proposes: "Develop green consumption and actively promote green, low-carbon products" and "Improve incentive mechanisms for green consumption, and expand the scope and scale of green product procurement by the government." The green, low-carbon development chapter of the Ecological Environment Code stipulates: "The state shall establish and improve incentive mechanisms for green consumption, expand the supply of green, low-carbon products, strengthen publicity and education on green consumption, promote green, low-carbon lifestyles, and drive the green transformation of consumption patterns." Green consumption both carries the people's real needs for a high-quality, diversified better life and drives the coordinated development of green manufacturing, green services, and the circular economy system. It is an important link that connects both the supply and demand sides and promotes the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development. Fully leveraging the pulling role of green consumption in the green, low-carbon transformation of the supply system will inject lasting momentum into high-quality development.
From the demand side, green products are favored by consumers, and the huge demand for green consumption is becoming a powerful driver of supply-side transformation. From the supply side, green supply actively shapes demand, and the abundance of green products continuously expands consumption choices, with supply richness and consumption willingness forming a positive and mutually beneficial interaction (良性互动, liang xing hu dong - "good, kind, interaction"). From the perspective of recycling and reuse, in the links of production, circulation, consumption, and recovery, new raw materials and cost space for green supply are created through the recovery of waste materials, the circulation of second-hand goods, and green packaging. The three aspects of demand, supply, and recycling and reuse reinforce one another, driving green consumption to pull green supply toward quality improvement and expansion, and helping to form a virtuous cycle in which demand drives supply and supply creates demand.
Strengthen institutional supply and build a solid legal guarantee. Fully implement the Ecological Environment Code, and establish and improve a green consumption institutional system with clear rules, credible certification, and unified standards. Accelerate the establishment of a unified system of green product standards, certification, and labeling, expand the scope of certification in an orderly manner, and gradually establish a certification result acceptance and evaluation mechanism covering all categories and the entire chain. Accelerate the coordinated development of product carbon footprint labeling and certification with the green product certification system, and improve management mechanisms for the suspension and revocation of certification certificates. At the same time, establish and improve the government green procurement system, and encourage and support the inclusion of recycled materials and products in the scope of government green procurement. Promote the alignment and mutual recognition of international rules and standards in the green, low-carbon field, and enhance the credibility and competitiveness of China's green products in the global market. Regulate fiscal subsidy policies, guide green consumption choices, continuously optimize the implementation of the trade-in policy for consumer goods, and provide differentiated subsidies for green home appliances, green home furnishings, green building materials, and new energy vehicles. Allow local governments to independently implement subsidy policies within the framework of the trade-in policy for consumer goods, giving priority support to efficient, environmentally friendly, and intelligent products. Establish incentive mechanisms for green consumption, encourage the promotion of green consumption points, explore the establishment of a green consumption points system that is universally redeemable and usable online and offline, and guide consumers to earn points by purchasing green products and using low-carbon services, so as to effectively enhance the practical effectiveness of green consumption incentives.
Optimize market supply and reduce acquisition costs. The key to making green consumption a conscious choice of the general public lies in effectively enhancing the comprehensive competitive advantages of green products in terms of price, performance, and convenience. To this end, it is necessary to accelerate green scientific and technological innovation and the promotion and application of advanced green technologies, promote the upgrading of the green manufacturing industry, and provide subsidies and incentives in areas such as environmental protection technological transformation, energy conservation and carbon reduction, and tackling key green technologies, so that enterprises dare to transform, are willing to transform, and transform quickly. Implement the insurance compensation policy for the first (set) of major technical equipment, support the demonstration application of green technology innovation equipment, expand the scope and scale of green product procurement by the government, and increase the effective supply of green products such as energy-saving home appliances, environmentally friendly furniture, and new energy vehicles. Empower green supply chains with digital technology, support the development of lightweight, low-cost carbon footprint accounting tools, build a supply chain carbon footprint management platform, monitor energy consumption and emissions in each link in real time, and provide data support for low-carbon development. At the same time, build a green circulation service system, promote green, low-carbon circular concepts and models throughout the entire circulation process, actively adjust the transportation structure, and vigorously promote green, low-carbon transportation tools. Promote the connection of green consumption with pilot projects for new business forms, new models, and new scenarios, so as to better meet ever-escalating consumer demand with high-quality supply.
Improve service supply and connect the entire chain. Accelerate the construction of a green consumption service support system covering the entire process and connecting the entire chain. In the purchasing link, support the establishment of platforms for the public disclosure of green product certification information and public inquiry, promote the "one-code inquiry" of green product certification information, so that consumers can obtain product full-lifecycle data from raw materials, production, and logistics to recycling by scanning a code. In the usage link, accelerate the construction of an electric vehicle charging infrastructure network featuring urban areal coverage, highway linear coverage, and rural point coverage. In the recycling link, build a standardized waste materials recovery network, and promote the integrated construction of household waste sorting stations and waste materials recovery stations. Improve the catalog of low-value recyclables to help achieve efficient recovery and resource utilization. Develop and regulate the circulation of second-hand goods, promote the development of new models such as "Internet + recycling," improve convenient services such as appointment-based door-to-door pickup, intelligent valuation, and door-to-door dismantling, and connect with community waste sorting stations and property management systems to form a recovery service network covering urban and rural areas. Effectively enhance the service capacity and service satisfaction of the entire green consumption chain, integrate green products and services into daily life, and promote green, low-carbon lifestyles as the conscious pursuit of the whole society.
(Author's affiliation: Xi Jinping Economic Thought Research Center)
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Hematopoietic stem cells are known as the "seeds of life." For patients with blood diseases, this "seed" can sometimes mean rebirth.
From 2004 to the present, at Shanghai Jinyuan Senior High School, 5,603 teachers and students have joined the China Marrow Donor Program (CMDP). Among them, 32 students, after graduation, donated hematopoietic stem cells to strangers who have never met (素未谋面, su wei mou mian - "not, yet, meet, face"), bringing the hope of life to these patients.
"I'm an adult now—shouldn't I do something meaningful?"
The story began in 2004.
"That year, a student unfortunately fell ill with leukemia and kept waiting for a matching 'bone marrow,' but ultimately did not get it in time," said Wang Ying, a teacher at Jinyuan Senior High School. This incident, happening right beside them, made everyone realize that the number of samples in the CMDP was not large, and that very few people knew that joining the CMDP could save lives in the future.
The school magazine of Jinyuan Senior High School records the scene at the time: 28 senior-year students voluntarily joined the CMDP in 2004 as their coming-of-age commemoration. In 2004 there were 28 people, in 2005 there were 120, in 2006 there were 225... More and more students at this school chose to join the CMDP upon graduating and coming of age.
"'Bone marrow' refers to bone marrow hematopoietic stem cells," introduced Zhang Yi, deputy director of the Volunteer Service Department of the Shanghai Red Cross and director of the Shanghai Branch of the CMDP. The CMDP is a database. Adults aged 18 or above with full civil capacity who meet blood donation standards can voluntarily join the CMDP. Registered volunteers form a data system through expressing their willingness and providing personal genetic samples, which is available for blood disease patients nationwide and even worldwide to search. "If there is a volunteer who matches a patient, we then consult their opinion on whether they are willing to donate," Zhang Yi explained.
"Hematopoietic stem cells continuously differentiate and mature in the bone marrow, becoming white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets that enter the bloodstream," Lu Guihua, head nurse of the Hematology Department at Shanghai Changhai Hospital, told reporters. For some blood disease patients, their hematopoietic stem cell function is abnormal, and one important treatment method is to replace these hematopoietic stem cells.
Zheng Qinwen, a 2007 graduate of Jinyuan Senior High School, was the first graduate of the school to successfully donate hematopoietic stem cells. He recalled that in his graduation year, among nearly 700 classmates in the same cohort, many chose to join the CMDP, which was related to the science popularization lectures organized by the school. Everyone knew that joining the CMDP was safe, "and it was also related to the fact that we were all just coming of age—we felt, I'm an adult now, shouldn't I do something meaningful?"
During the summer vacation of 2010, Zheng Qinwen, then a junior in college, received a phone call. Staff from the CMDP told him that a patient had matched with his blood sample information. If he was willing, he could donate hematopoietic stem cells for that patient. He did not need to decide immediately and could first discuss it with his family.
Upon hearing the news, Zheng Qinwen's first reaction was to donate. When he told his family about it, his mother did not object, but his father disagreed. About two weeks later, Zheng Qinwen's younger sister asked their father, "If I got leukemia, would you support my brother donating 'bone marrow' for me?" Hearing this, the father fell silent and no longer objected.
In September of that year, Zheng Qinwen completed the hematopoietic stem cell donation, becoming the 182nd case in Shanghai and the first volunteer among Jinyuan Senior High School graduates to successfully donate hematopoietic stem cells.
Since then, Li Huyu, Tan Weilin, Liu Hui, Tian Ye, Qu Sen... another 31 graduates of Jinyuan Senior High School have donated hematopoietic stem cells for patients in various places.
"Nothing is higher than saving a life"
This spring, reporters met Lu Yuxin, the thirty-second graduate of Jinyuan Senior High School to donate hematopoietic stem cells, at Shanghai Changhai Hospital, where she was undergoing hematopoietic stem cell collection.
Lu Yuxin is a 2019 graduate of Jinyuan Senior High School. She joined the CMDP upon graduation and is now a teacher at Meilong Experimental Middle School in Putuo District, Shanghai.
"I'm in good health, and I had heard about the successful donation experiences of senior schoolmates. After receiving the call about a match, I said no problem, I'm willing to donate," Lu Yuxin said.
Zhang Yi explained that for Shanghai alone, 10 to 20 match-success notifications are received every day. Since the first unrelated hematopoietic stem cell donation in 1996, over the past 30-plus years, Shanghai has had more than 800 successful hematopoietic stem cell donation cases.
"Acute leukemia is very dangerous. Some patients go from onset to passing away in just over 100 days, so doing this donation is essentially racing death for the patient," Zhang Yi explained. From what she understands, although the number of successful matches is considerable, sometimes the donor is ready but the patient cannot wait; more often, after a successful match, donations fail for various reasons, the most common being family disagreement or lack of support from the workplace.
Why did Lu Yuxin's parents and workplace support her in doing this?
"As parents, we know how helpless it feels to watch a child be sick. If it can save a life, we support our daughter in doing this," said Zhang Hongmei, Lu Yuxin's mother.
"Lu Yuxin is a homeroom teacher and is very busy with teaching, but on the other side is a life. We don't think this is a multiple-choice question—nothing is higher than saving a life," said Du Ying, principal of Meilong Experimental Middle School. "There is only one answer to this matter, and that is to support Lu Yuxin's decision."
"We often say, 'The world is so big, only you can save him,'" Zhang Yi said. Many staff members at the organization have joined the CMDP, and she herself has been registered for over 10 years. In Shanghai, when volunteers donate, peripheral blood cell separation technology is used. Donors do not need to change their living or dietary habits, and there is no such thing as many people imagine—"drawing with a needle from the spinal cord." "Before receiving the donation, the patient must have all their innate hematopoietic stem cells eliminated. After the donor's hematopoietic stem cells are infused into the patient's body like a blood transfusion, the patient will grow new red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets, rebuilding hematopoietic and immune function."
Zhang Yi explained that after such a transplant, if the patient goes for a blood draw for kinship testing, the result will be the same as the donor's. "This bond, we call it 'marrow fate'—marrow of the bone marrow, fate of destiny," Zhang Yi said.
"They resolutely and without hesitation (义无反顾, yi wu fan gu - "righteous, not, turn, back") fulfill the promise of their youth"
At Jinyuan Senior High School, many teachers have also registered in the database, leading by example and teaching students a lesson about life.
"Academics are certainly important, but in school education, we hope to use a way that helps students better understand the preciousness of life and extend a helping hand when they are able to help others," said Wang Tingting, a teacher at Jinyuan Senior High School and a registered volunteer of the CMDP.
Chen Jingjun, a homeroom teacher at Jinyuan Senior High School, not only joined the CMDP herself but also encouraged her spouse to become a registered volunteer. She said: "Among students' core competencies, a very important one is correct values. Caring for others and cherishing life are correct values."
Wang Ying is also a registered volunteer of the CMDP. She told reporters, "There was once a student who got chickenpox in his graduation year and could not register. He specifically sent me a message asking whether he could apply to join the CMDP the following year together with the next cohort of students. The next year, he indeed came."
"A promise is a very serious matter, and I need to be responsible for this promise," said He Yishan, a 2026 graduate of Jinyuan Senior High School. The person who needs the "bone marrow" may be a stranger who has never met her, but their lives are now connected. "If I can save a life, that is the best response to the promise."
"If I planned to take the postgraduate entrance exam and the donation delayed it, I think that's fine—I can take it the next year. But if that patient misses this opportunity, there may be no future for them," said Liu Yuhao, a 2026 graduate of Jinyuan Senior High School.
Every graduation season, the Putuo District Red Cross of Shanghai comes to the school in advance to give science popularization lectures on hematopoietic stem cell donation, and on the day of the coming-of-age ceremony, goes to the site to carry out volunteer registration work for teachers and students. "The probability of a successful match is very low, and the waiting time is very long, but when that phone call rings, these graduates of Jinyuan Senior High School choose to fulfill their promise—it is truly moving," said Lu Xiaoyou, Party Secretary and Executive Vice President of the Putuo District Red Cross.
More than 20 years have passed. Why do generation after generation of students still voluntarily join the CMDP upon coming of age?
"They resolutely and without hesitation fulfill the promise of their youth, encouraging each other and jointly passing on the value of respecting life," said Ji Hongxu, principal of Jinyuan Senior High School.
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During this period, the short-drama line "doesn't burn the heart" has gone viral online. Netizens have extended it into daily life to describe all kinds of reliable, down-to-earth things. How can the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries achieve "not burning the heart"? It is worth observing from the three perspectives of high-end, intelligent, and green development.
High-end — not following trends blindly (盲目跟风, mang mu gen feng - "blind, follow, wind"), not engaging in low-quality "involution," directing funds and energy toward technological breakthroughs and product upgrades, mastering core technologies, and winning the initiative through hard strength. The 2026 World Superbike Championship (WSBK) season recently concluded, with "Zhangxue Motorcycles" securing third place among manufacturers for the year. The base version of its competing model, the 820RR-RS, has a domestic localization rate of 97%, with key components such as the engine, electronic control system, and frame achieving 100% independent research and development. Chinese-made motorcycles "breaking through and breaking out" on the international racing circuit stems from the enterprises' unremitting pursuit of technology and the collective support of the industry. Zhangxue Motorcycles invested 69.58 million yuan in R&D in 2025, accounting for 9.33% of total output value; Chongqing, its "place of origin," has deeply cultivated the motorcycle manufacturing industry, forming an industrial cluster of 51 motorcycle complete-vehicle enterprises above designated size and more than 410 parts and components enterprises above designated size, with an annual production capacity of over 20 million complete vehicles and 20 million engines.
Intelligent — from the fields to the factory floor, digital-intelligent technology is transforming production processes, making cost reduction and efficiency gains visible and tangible. In Fuyang, Zhejiang, within the 800,000-square-meter Dahua "Future Factory," more than a thousand pieces of equipment have been equipped with an "AI brain" powered by domestic chips, with 90% of workstations undergoing automation transformation, effectively improving yield rates and first-pass yields... In the future, as China's AI (artificial intelligence) hardware technologies such as computing-memory integration and optoelectronic fusion achieve breakthroughs and applications, software ecosystems continue to open up, and the domestic software and hardware technology ecosystem continues to improve, the threshold for AI integration into small, medium, and micro enterprises is expected to become increasingly lower.
Green — combining energy conservation and carbon reduction with cost reduction and efficiency gains, so that transformation and upgrading is not a one-off transaction without long-term commitment (一锤子买卖, yi chui zi mai mai - "one, hammer, piece, trade"). Aluminum plants are major electricity consumers; producing 1 ton of electrolytic aluminum requires 13,000 to 15,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity. How to make good use of green electricity is both an environmental account and a cost account. Baotou Aluminum in Inner Mongolia has built a smart energy regulation and control system that integrates and analyzes data such as meteorological forecasting and power generation prediction, intelligently optimizing the supply-demand ratio between thermal power and green power; by adopting energy consumption optimization and equipment predictive maintenance models, it has reduced raw material waste and unplanned downtime, with unit product energy consumption continuing to decline.
Traditional industries do not equal backward production capacity. According to statistics, domestic AI has formed more than 1,000 application scenarios across 20 industries including steel, automobiles, and pharmaceuticals, and has selected and promoted more than a hundred industrial intelligent agents embodying the "experience of veteran masters." As of the first half of 2026, the country has cumulatively built more than 56,000 basic-level, more than 9,000 advanced-level, and more than 500 excellence-level intelligent factories, and has cultivated 15 leading-level intelligent factories. In addition, the country has cumulatively cultivated 8,336 national green factories.
Enterprise innovation investment is continuously "increasing." The latest data from the National Bureau of Statistics shows that from January to September, national fixed asset investment (excluding rural households) reached 33,411.5 billion yuan, of which purchases of equipment and tools increased by 9.7% year-on-year, driving overall investment growth by 1.6 percentage points. The "not burning the heart" in the transformation and upgrading process stems both from the solid improvement in development quality and from the continuous cultivation of new quality productive forces. In the next step, the direction of transformation and upgrading of traditional industries will not change: seek confidence from high-end development, seek efficiency from intelligent development, and seek staying power from green development.
Return to Top(People's Daily, Beijing, November 2) (Reporter Pan Junqiang) The signing ceremony for the cooperation memorandum on the joint construction and shared use of the Xiong'an New Area labor capacity appraisal base by Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei was recently held in Xiong'an New Area, Hebei, with labor capacity appraisal expert business training and seminars held concurrently. This signing aims to promote the transformation of work-related injury insurance services from local handling to regional coordination, creating a fair, just, convenient, and people-centered model of coordinated human resources and social security services.
The memorandum signed this time takes the joint construction and shared use of the Xiong'an New Area labor capacity appraisal base as its vehicle, follows the principles of jointly building the vehicle and sharing resources, complementing each other's strengths (优势互补, you shi hu bu - "advantage, mutual, complement"), being efficient and convenient, and having standardized procedures with clear rights and responsibilities, and advances in an integrated manner the determination of work-related injuries, labor capacity appraisal, and joint consultation on difficult cases. The three regions support Xiong'an in hardware construction, informatization, and expert pools, building a standardized, digitalized demonstration base for coordination. Deepening entrusted appraisal, appraisers from the three regions may apply for labor capacity appraisal at the nearest location, reducing the need for appraised individuals to travel across regions and lessening the burden on enterprises and workers.
The cooperation content includes: sharing appraisal medical expert resources among the three regions, recommending experts on a merit-selection basis to strengthen the Xiong'an team, and providing guidance and consultation for difficult and complex cases; relying on the Xiong'an base to conduct centralized joint consultation and research on difficult cases, organizing joint appraisals by experts from the three regions, and forming expert panel appraisal confirmation recommendations; jointly building and sharing an appraisal case database, regularly conducting analysis of typical cases, and unifying standard understanding and implementation criteria; and carrying out multi-dimensional exchange and training, through joint training, training through meetings, practical operations and hands-on training, and other means, to raise the professional level of labor capacity appraisal staff and experts in Xiong'an and the three regions.
Return to TopOn November 1, at the scene of the fourth "Police Hearts Guarding, Joy in Chang'an" police camp open day event held by the Xi'an Municipal Public Security Bureau of Shaanxi Province, citizens were watching a display of police equipment. This event was held at the Danfeng Gate Imperial Road Square of the Daming Palace National Heritage Park, where 20 exhibition booths and six major themed sections were set up, attracting a large number of citizens to visit.
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Return to Top(People's Daily, Jiuquan, November 2) (Reporters Xu Hongmei, Wang Jintao, Zeng Yichen) The 2026 International Copyright Forum, hosted by the National Copyright Administration of China and the World Intellectual Property Organization, and organized by the Copyright Administration of Gansu Province, the People's Government of Dunhuang City, and the Copyright Society of China, opened on November 2 in Dunhuang, Gansu Province, with more than 400 copyright-sector guests from home and abroad in attendance.
Under the theme "Copyright and the Creative Industries in the Age of Digital Intelligence — Protecting Cultural Heritage, Empowering Innovation and Creation," the forum aims to follow the general trend of development in the digital intelligence era, use copyright as a bridge connecting tradition and the future, promote the high-quality development of the creative industries, advance the protection and revitalization of cultural heritage, and contribute wisdom and strength to global cultural prosperity. Participating guests will deliver keynote speeches and hold multiple roundtable dialogues on topics including the opportunities and challenges for copyright under digital intelligence technologies, the protection of digital cultural heritage, and the publishing industry.
Return to Top(People's Daily, Beijing, November 2) (Reporter Shi Yiqi) With the approval of the CPC Central Committee, the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission conducted an investigation into Guo Yonghang, former member of the Party Leadership Group and former Vice Chairman of the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, for serious violations of discipline and law.
The investigation found that Guo Yonghang lost his ideals and convictions, betrayed his original aspiration and founding mission, and resisted organizational review; disregarded the spirit of the Eight-Point Regulation (八项规定), illegally accepted gifts, accepted banquets that might affect the fair execution of official duties, and accepted high-end medical services provided free of charge by private enterprise owners; violated organizational principles by illegally seeking benefits for others in the selection and appointment of cadres; lost the bottom line of integrity, conniving at and acquiescing to relatives receiving remuneration without actually working; illegally intervened in and interfered with judicial activities; becoming greedy and corrupt (贪婪腐化, tanlan fuhua - "greedy, corrupt"), he alienated public power into a tool for seeking personal gain, engaged in large-scale power-for-money deals, and used his official position to seek benefits for others in undertaking engineering projects, enterprises entering industrial parks, land transfers, and other matters, and illegally accepted huge amounts of property.
Guo Yonghang seriously violated the Party's political discipline, organizational discipline, integrity discipline, work discipline, and life discipline, constituting serious duty-related violations and suspected bribery crimes. Moreover, after the 18th CPC National Congress, he did not restrain himself or stop his misconduct. The nature of his violations is serious, and the impact is adverse, warranting severe handling. In accordance with the relevant provisions of the Regulations of the Communist Party of China on Disciplinary Actions, the Supervision Law of the People's Republic of China, the Law of the People's Republic of China on Administrative Discipline for Public Officials, and other regulations, upon study at a meeting of the Standing Committee of the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and with the approval of the CPC Central Committee, it was decided to expel Guo Yonghang from the Party; the National Supervisory Commission was to dismiss him from public office; terminate his qualification as a delegate to the 13th Guangdong Provincial Congress of the CPC; confiscate his disciplinary and illegal gains; and transfer his suspected criminal issues to procuratorial organs for review and prosecution in accordance with the law, with the involved property transferred along with the case.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 韩 鑫
In the Zhuzhou High-tech Zone of Hunan, inside the workshop of Zhuzhou Aimei New Materials Co., Ltd., high-performance copper alloy billets are continuously fed into the production line. Not widely known (鲜为人知, xian wei ren zhi - "not, few, people, know") is that the enterprise encountered funding bottlenecks at different stages—from establishing its plant, to iterative R&D, to capacity expansion.
The turning point came from a site visit. After the service specialist dispatched by the Postal Savings Bank of China (PSBC) Zhuzhou Branch to the industrial park identified the enterprise's development needs, the branch tailored a full-lifecycle financial service package for the company: extending small-enterprise corporate mortgage loans to support the plant's construction, issuing "Gazelle Loans" with matching interest subsidies to ease the burden of R&D, and continuously raising credit limits as capacity expanded—steadily helping the enterprise deepen its domestic substitution of beryllium copper alloys.
In recent years, PSBC has been deepening its work on the "five major articles" of technology finance, green finance, inclusive finance, pension finance, and digital finance, continuously consolidating its own advantages in serving the real economy.
Refining technology finance to help cultivate and strengthen new quality productive forces.
Keeping a close eye on the electronic information industry chain, PSBC's Chongqing Branch has mapped out key technology nodes along the chain, precisely empowering and relieving chain-based technology enterprises, and helping domestic technology achieve self-reliance and controllability; targeting the advantageous wire and cable industry, PSBC's Yunnan Branch has innovatively launched a "one cluster, one strategy" industrial cluster service model to provide comprehensive financial services to industrial clusters; to better serve private enterprises, PSBC's Hebei Branch, together with the Hebei Federation of Industry and Commerce, has carried out a "cluster finance into ten thousand enterprises" campaign, focusing on industrial needs and resolving financing pain points of private enterprises from multiple dimensions…
As of the end of June this year, PSBC's technology loans grew by more than 16% compared with the end of the previous year, higher than the growth rate of overall loans; the balance of loans to private enterprises stood at 2.93 trillion yuan, accounting for more than 28% of total customer loans, ranking among the forefront of the large state-owned banks.
Optimizing inclusive finance so that the living water of finance better benefits all walks of life (千行百业, qian hang bai ye - "thousand, industry, hundred, profession").
"I wanted to renovate the site and expand breeding, but the funding gap kept shelving my expansion plan," said Wu Changmao, a pig farmer in Shihu Village, Chitian Town, Fengxin County, Yichun City, Jiangxi. After learning of this, the PSBC Fengxin County Sub-branch organized a dedicated service team to visit his home, inspect the breeding operations and development plan on site, and then quickly approved and disbursed a 300,000-yuan re-employment loan. "At present, the farm's normal inventory has stabilized at more than 800 head," Wu Changmao said.
PSBC has been deepening its work in key areas such as comprehensive rural revitalization and small and micro enterprises, promoting higher quality and greater efficiency in inclusive financial services. By accelerating product innovation and process reshaping, it has optimized and upgraded the "U Yihui" inclusive financial product service system, and its "Yiqiyin" platform has provided digital-intelligent transformation support to more than 200,000 small and medium-sized enterprises cumulatively. As of the end of June this year, the balance of agriculture-related loans stood at 2.66 trillion yuan, and the balance of inclusive loans to small and micro enterprises stood at 1.91 trillion yuan.
Strengthening green finance and digital finance to support the transformation and upgrading of the real economy.
Actively and orderly promoting the "dual carbon" action among small and medium-sized enterprises, providing carbon accounting services to more than 20,000 enterprise customers cumulatively; green loans grew 14.37% year on year, a growth rate higher than the average growth rate of all loans… From providing funds to customizing services, PSBC continues to use the power of finance to deepen the foundation of green development.
In the payment field, more than 37 million personal wallets have been opened through the digital RMB APP; in the trading field, the money market AI trading robot has cumulatively processed total transactions exceeding 12 trillion yuan; in the intelligent service field, self-service equipment uses digital humans to assist business review, improving manual operational efficiency by 40%… Adhering to the dual-wheel drive of digital technology and data elements, PSBC continues to improve the quality and efficiency of digital financial services and promote the digital transformation of industries to advance in depth.
Warming pension finance and continuously supporting the expansion of elderly care service supply.
Offline, it has built benchmark pension finance demonstration outlets, achieving full coverage across its 36 branches nationwide; online, it has upgraded a pension finance zone on its mobile banking app to provide customers with one-stop solutions… Continuously enriching its product matrix to meet customers' pension investment needs, PSBC's pension finance scale has now exceeded 3.8 trillion yuan, with loans to the elderly care industry maintaining rapid growth.
From factory workshops to farmland, from green transformation to digital-intelligent empowerment, the "five major articles" of finance are continuously being transformed into new growth poles, helping PSBC reshape new momentum and new advantages for development. As of the end of June this year, corporate loans in key regions grew by 15.38% compared with the end of the previous year, and medium- and long-term loans to the manufacturing industry grew by 11.15% compared with the end of the previous year.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 刘 阳
This year marks the 90th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army's Long March. The major revolutionary historical drama The Great Long March, produced by China Media Group and others, is currently airing to enthusiastic response. Unlike the narrative of previous film and television works on the Long March theme, this drama presents, for the first time, a "panoramic" portrayal of the Long March journeys of multiple Red Army routes.
Since its broadcast, the drama has been highly praised. The live viewership rating on the big screen has remained above 3%, with a peak rating of 3.5%, ranking first among revolutionary-themed TV dramas in the past two years and first among all programs in the same time slot.
At the same time, topics such as "Zunyi Conference bullet-screen check-in" and "young people taking notes while watching the drama" have repeatedly made the hot search lists. The drama has engaged in interactive exchanges with young audiences, genuinely conveying the Long March story and the Long March spirit to viewers, triggering an emotional resonance that transcends time and space.
Letting audiences perceive history through vivid individual characters
Today, why do we need to reshoot the Long March? This is the question the The Great Long March creative team confronted at the very beginning of its creation.
Liu Guohua, the drama's chief producer, said that in terms of overall narrative, no previous TV drama work had provided a "panoramic" account of the Long March. To this end, the creative team established a narrative framework set against the historical backdrop of January 1934 to January 1937, with the Central Red Army's Long March as the main thread, panoramically presenting the magnificent and grand (波澜壮阔, bolan zhuangkuo - "wave, surge; magnificent, grand") Long March journey of multiple Red Army routes including the First, Second, and Fourth Front Armies and the 25th Red Army, while also taking into account the struggles of the Northern Anti-Japanese Vanguard, the southern guerrilla forces, and the Red Army in northern Shaanxi.
To complete this "panoramic" creation, the creative team of The Great Long March established a principle: uphold fundamental principles and break new ground, rooted in accurate Party history, military history, and solid historical research, exploring artistic innovation on the premise of respecting historical truth.
The screenwriting team spent more than five years, consulting and collecting over 30 million characters of materials, successively producing six drafts of the script totaling more than 700,000 characters, continuously incorporating the latest Party history research findings, laying a solid foundation for the "panoramic" narrative.
"What we pursue with 'panoramic' is not simply stringing together the major events of the Long March, but rather showing what historical trials, ideological transformations, and path choices the Red Army underwent during these three years," Liu Guohua said. "From the overall creation of this work, it prominently reflects what General Secretary Xi Jinping has pointed out: 'The great victorious road of the Red Army's Long March was walked out by relying on the correct leadership of the Party,' 'was walked out by relying on firm revolutionary will,' 'was walked out by relying on independence and self-reliance and seeking truth from facts,' and 'was walked out by relying on the support of the broad masses of the people,'" said Niu Mengdi, a professor at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences of Beihang University.
Upholding fundamental principles and breaking new ground — where does the "new" come from?
Director Zhang Yongxin introduced that in the second round of creation, the main creative team adhered to the principle proposed by chief screenwriter Chen Jin: "establish the grand pattern in the large, reveal true feeling in the small." To establish the historical "grand" pattern, the entire drama sorts out four main threads, clearly explaining the reasons for the Red Army's strategic shift, systematically presenting key conferences, directly confronting the darkest moment of the grassland division, and completely presenting the bloody breakout and victorious rendezvous of multiple Red Army routes. At the same time, it captures the warm details in the folds of history, pursuing the "small" in creation, restoring flesh-and-blood people, restoring real suffering, and restoring pure and firm faith.
Distilling stories from historical details and the fates of characters, The Great Long March creates a multi-layered, flesh-and-blood group portrait of the Red Army. Dai Qing, a professor at the School of Drama, Film and Television at Communication University of China, believes that the authenticity of historical facts and characters guarantees the credibility of the drama's narrative and artistic processing. "On the basis of properly grasping the relationship between historical truth and artistic truth, the drama vividly interprets the rich spiritual connotation of the Long March."
Achieving the combination of revolutionary realism and revolutionary romanticism
"There are many classic stories in the Long March. We cannot simply repeat them, nor can we avoid them because of the difficulty of creation. Rather, we must rise to the challenge and, on the basis of historical truth, shoot new artistic conceptions, new emotions, and a new spiritual atmosphere," Liu Guohua said.
Filming lasted 457 days. The crew conducted six large-scale cross-regional transfers, artistically restored more than 700 buildings reflecting the different regional features along the Long March route, used more than 300,000 props and more than 30,000 costumes, and involved more than 40,000 extras. To restore the historical environment of the Zunyi Conference, the creative team restored the conference site at a 1:1 scale, embedding life-like scenes such as rice shops, noodle shops, butcher shops, and herbal medicine shops into it.
"We hope that audiences will not only see the locations where historical events took place, but also feel the vivid atmosphere of life in that era through these details of daily life," Liu Guohua said.
The mountains and rivers along the Long March route are not only the real space through which the Red Army trekked, but also carry the magnificent and grand revolutionary atmosphere. Liu Guohua stated: "We tried to draw nourishment from China's excellent traditional culture and aesthetics, employing techniques such as freehand expression and leaving blank space, pursuing the artistic conception of 'great skill appearing as clumsiness (大巧若拙, da qiao ru zhuo - "great, skill; like, clumsy"), great music is hard to hear (大音希声, da yin xi sheng - "great, sound; rare, noise").'"
Dai Qing believes that the rich imagery and clusters of imagery play an important role in rendering the environment and atmosphere for the drama's visual rhetoric, setting off the characters' emotions and psychology, cleverly avoiding direct preaching, and enabling the work to generate artistic poetry and poetic feeling on the basis of documentary beauty. The two merge and unite, jointly achieving the work's distinctive aesthetic character. She believes that The Great Long March has achieved the combination of revolutionary realism and revolutionary romanticism in its creation.
"Looking back on more than five years of creative journey, we measured the Long March road with our footsteps, personally comprehended the struggle of the older generation of revolutionaries and the millions of Red Army soldiers, and strove to explore the spiritual beauty contained in the Long March within truth," Liu Guohua said. "What runs through the creation is the 16-character maxim adhered to by all of us main creators: 'The drama is greater than heaven; act with extreme caution; make every possible effort; achieve perfection in every respect.' These 16 characters condense the hardship and understanding of creation, and are also the sincere respect of our generation of literary and artistic workers for Long March history and the revolutionary forebears."
Continuing the struggle through inheritance and innovation
Returning to the original question of creation: why shoot the Long March again? How to shoot it differently from others?
Chen Jin believes that on the subjective level, the crew's method was "to shoot the Long March with the Long March spirit," while on the objective level, in order to shoot an epic as magnificent and grand as the Long March, it is necessary to create an emotional connection with today's audiences, "and it is also necessary to achieve inheritance and innovation."
"Whose Long March is it? The Long March is your Long March, my Long March, the Long March of us Chinese people," Zhang Yongxin said. "When the main creators gathered together, they were all discussing the script. Everyone said that shooting The Great Long March is also doing a spiritual baptism."
The Great Long March has sparked a binge-watching craze among young audiences. From "waiting for the meeting to start" to bullet-screen "cloud attendance," from actively researching historical details to spontaneously checking in at red landmarks, young audiences have become "participants" in the historical scene, and the drama's influence ripples outward among viewers.
On the night the episodes related to the Xiangjiang River Battle aired, related clips flooded social media platforms. "Cried watching it," "super shocking," and "absolutely dare not fast-forward" became dense comments, with some viewers saying bluntly, "Every scene hits the tear point."
When the episodes related to the Zunyi Conference aired, young audiences became "online meeting participants," with bullet screens flooding with "Comrades, attending the meeting on time," "First time attending a meeting remotely, so nervous," and some even "checking in" and "voting," turning watching into a collective "remote listening-in."
The drama spent nearly three episodes' worth of content meticulously crafting the Zunyi Conference scenes. Many young people said that following the drama gave them the anticipation of "waiting for the meeting to start," "listening in online" alongside the characters, and related topics repeatedly made the hot search lists. At the same time, audiences acted as "microscopes" in the bullet screens, capturing the metaphors in the shots.
Many post-2000s viewers commented: "Post-2000s reporting in, finally jumped out of the textbook and understood it," "Previously only memorized exam points, now I actually understand it." The historical knowledge originally in their memories was integrated into specific character situations and causal logic in the drama.
Many viewers were not satisfied with just watching the drama. They began researching materials, sorting out the threads of the battles, asking "Why did the Red Army go on the Long March?" and "Wherein lies the brilliance of the Four Crossings of the Chishui River," reconnecting scattered historical knowledge. Many viewers also posted photos of their check-ins at places such as Zunyi, Guizhou. When the scenes from the screen appeared before their eyes, the shock that transcended time and space made young people more truly appreciate the extremely difficult and arduous (艰苦卓绝, jian ku zhuo jue - "hard, bitter; extraordinary, cut off") struggle of their forebears.
The Great Long March lets young audiences see their "peers." "The Red Army soldiers during the Long March were about the same age as today's college students and young people just entering society. When young audiences see their choices in desperate situations, they can resonate spiritually all the more," Niu Mengdi said.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 马 晨
Draped in a five-color military costume and holding a red-tasseled spear, in a farmhouse courtyard in Mayang Village, Quyang County, Baoding City, Hebei Province, 55-year-old opera performer Zhen Shusuo livestreams her display of daomadan (sword-and-horse female warrior role) virtuosity beside the kitchen stove. Every move is doing things in an orderly and disciplined manner (有板有眼, you ban you yan - "have pattern, have eye"), drawing a chorus of praise in the comment section.
"When I was a child watching opera, the female warriors and chivalrous heroes had such a heroic and spirited bearing (英姿飒爽, ying zi sa shuang - "heroic posture, brisk and valiant"), and I was captivated at once, dead set on learning to perform opera. My mother couldn't talk me out of it, so she took my hand and walked more than 20 kilometers to enroll me in the opera school," Zhen Shusuo recalled.
At age 13, Zhen Shusuo began her opera career. At the time, the opera school's conditions were crude — a converted factory served as the dormitory, with straw spread on the floor as beds. Zhen Shusuo wore a single pair of sneakers through an entire winter; her feet cracked and bled from the cold, yet she still rose before dawn to practice vocal warm-ups and backbends, drilling her stage movements relentlessly. "I had to train myself into proper shape," Zhen Shusuo said. Though learning opera was hard, she never once thought of giving up.
After systematic study, Zhen Shusuo was admitted to the Hebei Tang County Bangzi Opera Troupe. "I thought I could finally take the stage to sing, but during performances I had no lines, and I couldn't even show my face." Though she was only playing walk-on roles, Zhen Shusuo still treasured every opportunity. "Once the gongs and drums sounded on stage, all hardship was cast aside." And so, over nearly a decade, she traveled between rural stages, honing her craft through day after day in a repetitive manner (日复一日, ri fu yi ri - "day, repeat, one, day") of performing.
In 1994, carrying her passion for opera, Zhen Shusuo and her husband, also an opera performer, headed together to Wenzhou, Zhejiang — the "hometown of southern opera." Newly arrived in a strange place, Zhen Shusuo struggled to adapt. Her debut performance was marred by consecutive mistakes: the spear slipped from her grasp, the saber flew out of her hand, and a somersault landed her hard in the middle of the stage. After the show, she hid backstage and wept bitterly, at one point packing her bags to return home.
A fellow performer stopped her: "Your fundamentals are solid, and you carry the unique spirit of a martial female role. Grit your teeth and persevere — get through this rough patch and you'll hold your own on stage." Encouraged by her peers, Zhen Shusuo trained day and night, and half a month later she took the stage again to a warm response from the audience.
Gradually, Zhen Shusuo built a name for herself locally, standing out with such high-difficulty stunts as lifting a spear with her back flags and spinning a saber on them. At her peak, she performed more than 60 shows a month.
"The audience's applause is my confidence," Zhen Shusuo said.
In 2020, Zhen Shusuo returned to her hometown in Quyang and, at her son's suggestion, began trying to livestream her training. When the gongs and drums sounded, the fields became her stage, and a fire poker and a sheep-herding whip became her training props. "Will anyone actually enjoy watching a daomadan train?" She wasn't sure.
"On the seventh day of livestreaming, suddenly more than 10,000 people were watching online, and I couldn't keep up with the hundreds of comments." Seeing the screen full of encouragement, Zhen Shusuo's eyes glistened with tears. The saber-twirling video she posted also went viral online, with views surpassing ten million. The "Zhenni Daomadan" account broke out. "I was thrilled — I had a second stage."
"As long as fans want to watch, I'll keep performing." During her livestreams, behind Zhen Shusuo sits the precious collection she has accumulated over decades — spears, swords, and staffs. Donning the multi-layered, dozens-of-pounds-heavy stage costume, she can still perform high-difficulty moves with ease.
Open Zhen Shusuo's platform homepage, and more than a thousand short videos record the bits and pieces of her dream-chasing journey: after feeding the cattle and sheep, she plants herself in a horse stance to practice with her spear on the spot; after finishing housework, she changes into her costume to perform "Mu Guiying Takes Command"; during breaks from field labor, she shows off high-difficulty somersaults; dancing with her saber and leaping, flipping through the air... Many of her short videos have garnered hundreds of thousands of likes, and netizens marvel: "When passion lives in your heart, anywhere can be a stage!" "This is real kung fu!"
From rural stages to online livestream rooms, through her love of opera and solid skills, Zhen Shusuo has won more than 3 million followers across the internet, moving countless young viewers and letting more people feel the charm of traditional opera. Today, Zhen Shusuo hones her craft while exploring innovative expressions in opera short videos, occasionally traveling to remote villages for charity performances, teaching basic skills to children who love opera, and letting traditional culture be passed down and radiate its charm on the fertile soil of the countryside.
Return to TopFrom November 2 to 5, the 2026 World Internet Conference Wuzhen Summit, themed "Open Source, Open Sharing — Jointly Building a Community with a Shared Future in Cyberspace," was held in Wuzhen, Zhejiang. At this year's summit, Jiaxing innovatively launched two signature activities, the "Artificial Intelligence 'Jia' Carnival" and the "Digital Yangtze River Delta Development Conference," showcasing the latest achievements in digital civilization development in the Yangtze River Delta, promoting AI-enabled empowerment of all walks of life (千行百业, qian hang bai ye - "thousand, line, hundred, industry"), and accelerating the building of a new highland for artificial intelligence.
At the "Jia" Carnival, Seeing "A Day in the Future"
In Hall B of the Wuzhen Internet International Convention and Exhibition Center, a 1,500-square-meter super experience park, themed "A Day in the Future," links five major scenarios — smart home, intelligent office, future city, Jiaxing smart manufacturing, and digital-intelligent leisure — allowing visitors to immersively experience "24 Hours in Jiaxing."
In the digital-intelligent leisure scenario, the Ai Chef robot demonstrated its culinary skills on site; in the intelligent office scenario, mainstream domestic AI office agents such as Baidu Dazi and Tencent WorkBuddy were showcased side by side; in the future city scenario, "treasures of the hall" from the World Artificial Intelligence Conference, such as the Zhiyuan Expedition A3Ultra, attracted large crowds of visitors. Inside the exhibition hall, 49 local Jiaxing enterprises made a collective appearance, highlighting Jiaxing's strength in the field of embodied intelligence.
Stepping out of the exhibition hall, the streets and alleys of Wuzhen's Xizha Scenic Area were equally full of technological flair. SenseTime's "Shaomai Gou" fully autonomous robot convenience store was highly popular, robots from Yunshenchu raced through the ancient town, and Unitree Robotics' humanoid robots danced alongside Hanfu-clad NPCs (non-player characters). Visitors could not only admire the sights but also engage in interactive experiences, consumption check-ins, and exchange stamped passes for "Jiaxing Smart Manufacturing" souvenirs, making this technology journey full of fun and interest (趣味横生, qu wei heng sheng - "interest, flavor, horizontal, arise").
Wuzhen Dialogue, Unleashing New Momentum for Regional Coordination
The Artificial Intelligence "Jia" Carnival is a technology feast shared by all; the Digital Yangtze River Delta Development Conference is a gathering for the collision of ideas.
As a core supporting activity of the World Internet Conference Wuzhen Summit, the 2026 Digital Yangtze River Delta Development Conference will be held on November 4. The conference closely follows the work requirements for the central and local governments to jointly build the Shanghai (Yangtze River Delta) International Science and Technology Innovation Center, bringing together more than 300 guests from government, industry, academia, and research to conduct in-depth discussions on topics such as AI-empowered industries and mutual learning and joint building of digital-intelligent cities.
The conference will release the Digital Yangtze River Delta Development Report (2026) and showcase 12 pioneering practices of high-value "AI+" application scenarios from Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Anhui. The conference will also pioneer a "1V5 pain-point questioning" dialogue format, inviting representatives from five leading embodied intelligence enterprises to exchange views on the same stage. The cooperative cities of the Yangtze River Delta Joint Building of Digital Civilization "Wuzhen Dialogue" will jointly launch a scenario co-building and sharing initiative, promoting "innovation in one place, reuse in many places." With the conference as a medium, Jiaxing is accelerating the transformation of the Wuzhen Summit's world-class platform momentum into strong momentum for regional digital development.
Intelligence as the Foundation, the Industrial Ecology Accumulates Strength for a Sudden Burst of Success
Behind these high-profile events is Jiaxing's artificial intelligence industrial ecology, which has accumulated strength for a sudden burst of success (厚积薄发, hou ji bo fa - "thick, accumulate, thin, emit"). Seizing opportunities, Jiaxing adheres to the dual-wheel drive of "intelligent industrialization and industrial intelligence," delivering an impressive report card. In the first three quarters of this year, the city's core AI industry revenue reached 71 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 26%, and computing power data service revenue grew by 55% year-on-year.
Computing power is the foundation of artificial intelligence. At present, Jiaxing has put into operation 118 EFLOPS (exaflops, i.e., 10^18 floating-point operations per second) of computing power, accounting for more than 60% of the province's total computing power scale; the total scale of computing power under construction is 197 EFLOPS, and it is expected that upon full completion, its intelligent computing capacity will reach a nationally leading level. Among these, Jiashan County is a component of the national integrated computing power network's Yangtze River Delta national hub node; the "Light of Wuzhen" supercomputing center is the country's fourteenth and Zhejiang Province's only national supercomputing center; and Pinghu City has built the largest single high-performance computing center in the Yangtze River Delta region. Jiaxing City has been selected for the 2026 metropolitan "millisecond computing" special action, and national computing power interconnection regional nodes are accelerating their implementation.
On the industrial side, Jiaxing is accelerating the construction of a "4+6" AI terminal industry system. Nanhu District has built the country's first flexible electronics embodied intelligence training center. The Hangzhou–Tongxiang–Deqing consortium has been selected for the list of pilot cities for the "vehicle-road-cloud integration" application of intelligent connected vehicles. The Jiaxing Economic and Technological Development Zone is focusing on the AIGC (AI-generated content) audiovisual track, relying on Jiaxing Jiuzhou Culture to build the Jiaxing AIGC Industrial Park, and using a "super individual" model to build a closed loop of "creation–transformation," providing a replicable incubation model for the Yangtze River Delta.
From its first edition in 2014 to the present, the Wuzhen Summit has gone through 13 years. Jiaxing will take the Wuzhen Summit as an opportunity to continuously amplify the effect of Wuzhen as the permanent venue of the conference, deepen coordination and linkage with key regions of the Yangtze River Delta, accelerate the building of itself into an important central city of the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration, and inject surging momentum into cultivating new quality productive forces and promoting high-quality development.
Data source: Publicity Department of the CPC Jiaxing Municipal Committee
Return to TopAt present, the great tide of economic globalization surges forward, high-quality Belt and Road cooperation is being deepened and consolidated, and Chinese brands are accelerating their transformation and upgrading from product export to value export, which both deepens economic and trade cooperation and contributes to mutual learning among civilizations (文明互鉴, wenming huji - "civilization, mutual, learn from each other").
After 10 years of growth and accumulation, the domestic skincare brand Guyu has built a full-stack self-developed system covering the entire industry chain. With technological innovation as its foundation and cultural confidence at its core, it tells the world a vivid story of high-quality development of domestic brands through innovative brand narrative approaches.
The Path of Foundation-Building: Full-Stack Self-Development Constructing an Innovation System
Over 10 years, Guyu has built a full-stack self-developed system spanning raw material research, formula application, efficacy testing, and high-level production, laying a solid foundation for the brand's high-quality development.
Hardware is the visible investment. Guyu has completed a Qingwen R&D Center of over 6,000 square meters, equipped with eight functional laboratories; it possesses a high-level cosmetics factory of 45,000 square meters equipped with 14 automated production lines, and has also self-built four high-level raw material factories for synthetic biology, chemical synthesis, food and health products, and plant extraction. In addition, a global research and intelligent manufacturing center of over 220,000 square meters is about to be constructed in Huangpu District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, and will become the "super brain" of Guyu's research in the future. In the Kashgar region of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Guyu has also built a Glycyrrhiza glabra (licorice) scientific research and planting base covering nearly 300 mu, comprehensively releasing the triple benefits of original innovation at the source of research, green environmental protection, and rural industry revitalization.
Software is the invisible accumulation. Targeting the field of basic research, Guyu, on the basis of collecting over 50,000 dynamic samples, accumulating nearly 1.6 million skin condition research indicators and establishing a database, officially inaugurated the "Chinese Skin Type and Constitution Science Research Center" in May 2026, established a dedicated scientific research fund, and, by joining hands with first-class research institutes and experts, promotes the shift of both itself and the industry from "experience-based judgment" to "evidence-based R&D" and "science-based standard-setting." In addition, in September 2025, Guyu jointly established with Xiamen University the "Xiamen University–Guyu Biomedicine Joint Research Center," with an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and professor at Xiamen University's School of Life Sciences serving as director of the joint research center, focusing on the development and application of bioactive active ingredients. At present, the two parties have already conducted joint research on the activating effect of the application of rare ginsenoside CK on the AMPK (adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase) pathway and its application prospects in the field of life and health, and have achieved preliminary results.
The support of internal and external "dual top-tier" scientific research talent and a sound upstream-downstream industry linkage innovation mechanism drive the deep integration of Guyu's industry, academia, research, and application and its efficient transformation. Centered on the development logic of "one scientific research investment, covering three lines of output, achieving structural reuse of R&D resources," Guyu, relying on scientific research achievements represented by rare ginsenoside CK, lays out a broader track in the life and health industry.
The Path of Breakthrough: Self-Developed Raw Materials Forging Competitive Advantages
In order to realize "using Chinese technology to create skincare ingredients and raw materials more suitable for Chinese skin types," Guyu persists in independent R&D, has achieved a series of breakthroughs in the self-development of core raw materials, and has realized industrial transformation and application.
After years of research, relying on its independently developed three major technologies — "melt crystallization purification technology," "28-nanometer encapsulation technology," and "targeted delivery technology" — Guyu has raised the purity of glabridin to 99% and enhanced overall efficacy. This series of technological breakthroughs keeps Guyu at the forefront of the industry in the field of glabridin research and application.
In addition to targeting glabridin, Guyu also employs "intelligent enzyme biomimetic biosynthesis technology" to achieve high-purity mass production of rare ginsenoside CK, and has made key progress in compliance certification and mechanism research. Among these, in May 2025, Guyu completed the industry's first filing of a new cosmetic raw material for ginsenoside CK (filing number: Guozhuang Yuanbei Zi 20250059), marking Guyu's leading compliance breakthrough in this raw material domestically. Subsequently, in April 2026, Guyu's rare ginsenoside CK obtained DMF Type II filing (filing number: 043987) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
In addition, based on the invention patents granted — "Preparation Method and Application of a Synthetic Exosome with Anti-Aging Efficacy" (patent number: ZL 2025 10999791.1), "A siRNA with Anti-Skin-Cell-Aging and Repair Efficacy and Its Application" (patent number: ZL 2025 11596213.X), and "A Penetration-Promoting Synthetic Empty Exosome with Repair Efficacy and Its Preparation Method and Application" (patent number: ZL 2025 1 1010222.6) — Guyu has completed important layouts in related frontier fields and launched the skincare raw material cell secretin HME. In May 2026, Guyu's series of new products based on the corresponding technologies made their debut, completing the leap from laboratory to production line.
In April this year, as a raw material supplier, Guyu made its first appearance at the in-cosmetics Global international cosmetics raw materials exhibition in Paris, France, carrying its three core self-developed raw materials — Aurora Licorice, rare ginsenoside CK, and cell secretin HME — and received numerous intentions for international cooperation. From brand owner to raw material supplier, the transformation of identity has become a powerful confirmation of Guyu's technological innovation capability.
The Path of Long-Term Vision: Cultural Confidence Strengthening Brand Confidence
Technological innovation determines the height of brand development, while cultural confidence endows brand narrative with depth. Guyu persists in inheriting the excellent traditional Chinese culture, integrating Chinese cultural elements into raw material and formula development, product outer packaging design, and brand communication and promotion, allowing Eastern aesthetics to radiate new brilliance in contemporary life.
This cultural expression runs through every detail of Guyu's product and brand outreach. The "Four Seasons Boundless" themed gift box transforms the twenty-four solar terms into perceptible brand language; the "Exquisite Moon Cup" Mid-Autumn Festival gift box, inspired by intangible cultural heritage porcelain artistry, allows traditional craftsmanship to be reborn in modern packaging; the "Light Comes from the East" city concert integrates intangible cultural heritage elements such as shadow puppetry and Qinqiang opera into the brand cultural experience, promoting the combination of traditional culture and contemporary aesthetics and reaching more young consumers. At international exchange occasions, Guyu brand cultural gift boxes convey to the world the cultural heritage and unique charm of Chinese brands.
In ESG (environmental, social, and governance) practice, Guyu likewise organically combines cultural inheritance with business for good. The "Rain and Trees Grow Together" public welfare project has been implemented for 3 years, transforming empty cosmetics bottles through professional recycling and green chains into educational materials for rural schools. From Shaoguan in Guangdong to Longde in Ningxia, and then to Kashgar in Xinjiang, Guyu, in light of local conditions, integrates special courses such as scientific skincare, aesthetic education, and physical exercise into rural campuses, allowing children to better perceive the power of nature and culture. In the field of women's care, Guyu, together with China Women's News and the Beijing Happiness Public Welfare Foundation, launched a public welfare program, opening a dedicated public welfare hotline for women's psychological counseling, serving diverse women's groups and caring for the physical and mental health of women. In addition, in the field of emergency disaster relief, Guyu always activates its response mechanism at the first moment, interpreting its long-term commitment to "business for good."
Standing at the 10th year since the brand's founding, Guyu has delivered a brand answer sheet that combines both scientific depth and humanistic warmth. In the next 10 years, Guyu will continue to persist in rooting downward, growing upward, and connecting outward, truly making its brand mission of "using Chinese technology and Chinese culture to create health and beauty for humanity" take root, deepen, and go far.
Data source: Guyu Biotechnology Group Co., Ltd.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 时元皓
The Inter-American Development Bank's report "Development and Application of Artificial Intelligence in Latin America and the Caribbean," released this year, shows that the rapid application of artificial intelligence is bringing major opportunities for technological upgrading to the Latin American region, with the potential to boost regional GDP growth by 5.6 percent by 2030. At present, multiple Latin American countries have rolled out a series of supportive policies and measures, continuously broadening artificial intelligence application scenarios, expanding investment in digital infrastructure, further strengthening regional and international cooperation, and accelerating the development of the artificial intelligence industry.
Related applications generate multiple benefits
The Inter-American Development Bank report shows that artificial intelligence applications in the Latin American region cover multiple fields including health, education, environmental management, and security, generating multiple benefits in economic, social, and other dimensions.
The medical and health field is one of the earliest areas where artificial intelligence has been put into application, with AI-assisted imaging diagnosis, remote consultation, and medical record analysis already widely used in Latin American countries. Earlier this year, Brazil announced the establishment of a national network of smart hospitals and precision medicine, proposing multiple goals including building a smart emergency system network, smart hospitals, and remote care systems, aiming to combine infrastructure with artificial intelligence technology to improve public medical services. At present, intelligent intensive care units and intelligent medical systems have already been built and put into operation in some Brazilian cities.
Artificial intelligence has become part of daily educational practice. In Uruguay, the "Ceibal Plan," which once focused on providing a laptop computer to every teacher and student, is integrating artificial intelligence into the education system, combining nearly 20 years of digital education experience to promote the formation of a more complete educational ecosystem. The country has also launched AI training programs for teachers, enabling more teachers to use artificial intelligence to assist in generating teaching content and evaluating learning outcomes. Data released by the "Ceibal Plan" in May this year shows that approximately three-quarters of teachers in Uruguay already use artificial intelligence in their teaching practice.
In multiple South American countries covered by the Amazon rainforest, artificial intelligence is being used to assist in detecting environmental changes and protecting biodiversity. For example, the Colombian Air Force, together with the Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies, integrated satellite imagery and artificial intelligence algorithms last year to rapidly identify forest changes and strengthen early warning of deforestation. In Brazil, Peru, and other countries, governments cooperate with enterprises to use similar methods to promptly identify threats facing the relevant ecological environment.
Multiple Latin American countries are also using artificial intelligence to improve administrative management efficiency. In the Central District of Honduras, residents send municipal issues such as potholes in roads, water accumulation, and clogged drainage ditches to the municipal office through chat software, and the municipal AI agent automatically classifies residents' requests and forwards them to the relevant departments for handling and follow-up. Honduras launched its first municipal AI agent in August this year, integrating artificial intelligence, data analysis, and automation technology into municipal management, with plans to incorporate other functions such as tax payment in the future. Juan Zelaya, mayor of the Central District, stated that artificial intelligence is only meaningful if it truly improves people's lives, and expressed hope of leveraging technological power to reshape the government's operating mechanisms.
Multiple countries introduce industrial support measures
According to the "2025 Latin American Artificial Intelligence Index" report jointly released last October by the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean and the Chilean National Center for Artificial Intelligence, Brazil, Chile, and Uruguay are in the first tier of AI ecosystem maturity in the Latin American region, leading in areas such as digital infrastructure, talent cultivation, and scientific research capacity.
Brazil launched the "Brazilian Artificial Intelligence Strategy" in 2021 and proposed the more detailed "Brazilian Artificial Intelligence Plan 2024–2028" in 2024. According to this plan, 23 billion reais (1 yuan is equivalent to approximately 0.8 reais) are planned to be invested over four years, aiming to build Brazil into a leading country in AI innovation and efficient application, including building new supercomputers and developing Portuguese-language models, gradually enhancing technological autonomy in artificial intelligence.
Chile released the first version of its "National Artificial Intelligence Policy" in 2021 and established the Chilean National Center for Artificial Intelligence, focusing on deploying AI research, technology transfer, and talent cultivation. In 2024, Chile released a new version of its "National Artificial Intelligence Policy," proposing 177 specific measures jointly formulated by 14 government departments, including the Ministry of Education being responsible for AI curriculum updates and the Ministry of Finance being responsible for AI ethics training. Earlier this year, Chile also selected the first National Artificial Intelligence Award to recognize innovative solutions in the field of artificial intelligence. Fernando Sánchez, general manager of the Chilean Digital Country Foundation, which hosted the event, stated that the award-winning cases demonstrate that artificial intelligence has become a driver creating practical value in multiple strategic fields in Chile.
Colombia, Costa Rica, Argentina, Peru, Mexico, and other countries also place considerable emphasis on combining artificial intelligence with industrial applications, with active developers of open-source AI software and increasingly widespread practical use of artificial intelligence by individuals and enterprises. For example, Peru formally approved the "National Artificial Intelligence Strategy 2026–2030" in April this year, in which AI talent and capacity building, promotion of innovation and entrepreneurship, establishment of ethical and regulatory frameworks, and citizen participation in technology use are listed as the four pillars of the strategy.
The Inter-American Development Bank report shows that Caribbean island countries, low-income countries, and middle-income countries in the Latin American region lack AI infrastructure such as high-performance computing systems and widespread network connectivity, and recommends that these countries formulate practical and feasible (切实可行, qie shi ke xing - "real, solid, possible, feasible") plans for long-term infrastructure development, and in the short term make up for deficiencies by using infrastructure services from other countries, so as to benefit from artificial intelligence applications.
Multilateral cooperation boosts industrial upgrading
At present, Latin American countries are actively carrying out regional and international cooperation through means such as sharing infrastructure, joint investment, and collaborative research projects, promoting the sustainable and inclusive development of artificial intelligence. In February this year, the Chilean National Center for Artificial Intelligence took the lead in launching Latam-GPT, the region's first open-source large language model created using Latin American data, with the project receiving support from 65 institutions across 15 regional countries including Uruguay, Brazil, and Colombia. Sergio Díaz-Granados, executive president of the Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean, stated that this is a concrete step by Latin America toward greater technological and cultural autonomy, and an opportunity for Latin America to play a more important role in the global artificial intelligence industry in the future.
In recent years, regional multilateral institutions have continued to deepen discussions related to artificial intelligence development. Mercosur established a digital agenda group as early as 2017 to promote digital infrastructure connectivity and enhance digital skills. Topics such as "the impact of artificial intelligence on international trade," "artificial intelligence and the cultural and creative industries," and "exchanges of AI research talent" have gradually been added to the Mercosur agenda. The Third Ministerial and Senior Officials Summit on Artificial Intelligence Ethics in Latin America and the Caribbean, held in June this year, adopted the "2026–2027 Roadmap on Artificial Intelligence Ethics," further establishing priority development matters such as AI governance, talent cultivation, digital literacy, and environmental sustainability, and promoting policy implementation through means such as establishing regional working groups.
China is an important partner in the artificial intelligence development of Latin American countries. In recent years, Huawei, Alibaba Cloud, and others have deeply participated in the construction of data centers and 5G communication networks in Latin American countries such as Chile and Peru, expanding application scenarios such as smart agriculture, smart government affairs, and the internet platform economy, and helping Latin America build digital industry ecosystems such as artificial intelligence. Recently, the Brazilian government announced an investment of 2.5 billion reais to build infrastructure for artificial intelligence model development and training, including computing centers built in cooperation with Chinese companies such as Huawei and iFlytek. Recently, Mexico and China signed a memorandum of understanding on scientific and technological innovation cooperation, in which artificial intelligence, supercomputers, and other areas are listed as important fields of cooperation.
At the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference and High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance, the Chinese side announced that it will build an international AI application cooperation center oriented toward CELAC and others. Latin American countries including Brazil, Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua have also joined the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization as founding member states. "Artificial intelligence marks the frontier of a new era in the development of productive forces," said Javier Vadell, associate professor of international relations at the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais in Brazil. China is playing a leading role, working together with Global South countries including Latin American countries, to promote the healthy development of the artificial intelligence industry on the basis of upholding innovation vitality and a people-centered approach, and is committed to establishing a global artificial intelligence governance system within the framework of the United Nations.
Return to TopBy: 热拉尔·贝克曼
At present, the French economy has almost ground to a halt, with weak growth, unemployment and inflation coexisting, declining household purchasing power, falling productivity, and a widening trade deficit — the situation is hardly optimistic.
Heavy debt has compressed the government's room to respond to society's demands. On interest payments on the debt alone, France must borrow 200 million euros every day, a figure that will reach 250 million euros by 2027. At present, France's ten-year government bond yield is close to 5 percent, public debt as a share of GDP is approaching 120 percent, and by 2027 it will reach nearly 122 percent. What these figures reveal is not merely debt risk, but also a question of intergenerational responsibility in society. Excessive public debt is, in essence, a deferred tax levied on the young.
The deep-seated reason for France's chronic public-finance imbalance lies in a social model that is "a big ship hard to turn around." The beneficiaries of social spending are numerous, and any adjustment carries a high political cost. The ruling party lacks a stable majority in support and finds it hard to overcome resistance and effectively control spending. What is distressing is that, although public spending keeps rising, French people's satisfaction with public services such as health care, education, and public security has not risen accordingly.
When the economy lacks vitality, massive social spending becomes a burden. To solve France's problems, public spending must be brought under control so that the social model matches the economy's capacity. Take pension spending: its scale already accounts for 14 percent of GDP. After World War II, France established a mandatory pay-as-you-go pension system that provided collective security for postwar France. In the 1960s, each retiree corresponded to about four contributors; today that figure has fallen to 1.7. The economic and wage growth underpinning the system is no longer sufficient to sustain the original arrangement. It is therefore necessary to supplement it with a funded system, allowing households to contribute and accumulate assets for their own retirement. France's existing retirement savings plans are the corresponding instrument, and the nearly 2.2 trillion euros in life-insurance funds also show that households have a solid savings base — the key lies in properly linking the systems.
France was once a model of the social-security system. But while safeguarding universal health care and family policy, it should act according to its ability (量力而行, liang li er xing - "measure strength, then act"), streamline administrative layers, reform policies that merely add burdens, and adjust excessively short working hours. France's past experience shows that growth comes more from the actions of enterprises and households. Without confidence, there is no growth. Controlling debt, lowering the tax burden, and keeping rules stable are important preconditions for restoring confidence. France is fully capable of breaking out of the impasse — the key is to create the corresponding conditions.
Nor should France simply blame foreign competition for its economic difficulties. The external environment is indeed more complex: Asian countries are growing ever more competitive, the United States is pursuing being aggressive and overbearing (咄咄逼人, duo duo bi ren - "aggressive, pressing, overbearing") industrial and trade policies, European energy prices are high, and trade tensions are intensifying. But France's difficulties come more from within: three decades of sustained deindustrialization, high production costs, and lagging competitiveness. It is easy to blame the outside; acknowledging one's own weaknesses is a sign of sobriety and honesty. Of course, it should also be noted that France's deficit is mainly in trade in goods. Services, tourism, and the overseas earnings of French enterprises go a long way toward offsetting this gap.
Protectionism will only deepen the predicament. Tariffs may bring in some revenue, but they can seriously damage trade freedom and the prosperity it has created over the long term. Economic confrontation is costly, and France's export sectors such as aviation, cognac, dairy products, and luxury goods will be the first to bear the brunt (首当其冲, shou dang qi chong - "first to be hit, first to face"). Protectionism makes the strong weaker; free trade allows the weak to grow strong.
Seen from France's position, China's economic performance is enviable: in the first three quarters of this year, the inflation rate was 0.9 percent, the economic growth rate was 4.6 percent, and the trade surplus has approached 1 trillion U.S. dollars. It is hoped that France can draw on China's strengths, especially the continuity of its policies and its capacity to take the long view. In areas such as industrial policy, engineer training, and speed of execution, learning more from China's experience would help improve France's situation. France should seek reciprocity, remain open, more actively advance reindustrialization, strengthen its own competitiveness, and develop trade with China. France should encourage industries such as aviation, food, luxury goods, health care, energy, and services to enter the Chinese market more, while welcoming Chinese investment that can create jobs and build factories, and actively learn from production experience.
China and France should continue to view issues through the lens of partnership, so that the two ancient civilizations can better understand and appreciate each other's cultural depth and spiritual character. Let us hone our skills the way China does, transcend competition through cooperation, and create shared prosperity through wise engagement, responding to the concept China advocates of learning from and referencing each other (互学互鉴, hu xue hu jian - "mutually learn, mutually refer") and mutual benefit and win-win outcomes.
(The author is chairman of the French Savings and Retirement Association; compiled from an interview by People's Daily reporter Shang Kaiyuan)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 叶传增
From October 28 to November 1, the 14th Lancang-Mekong River Basin Countries Culture and Arts Festival was held in Jinghong City, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province. Artists from countries along the Lancang-Mekong River Basin came gathering together in one place (齐聚一堂, qi ju yi tang - "gather, together, one hall"), using art as a medium and culture as a means of friendship, showcasing the unique charm of the diverse civilizations of the Lancang-Mekong River Basin intermingling and coexisting.
At the opening ceremony's cultural gala, artistic works from the six Lancang-Mekong countries took the stage in turn, with distinctive music, dance, and other artistic performances winning rounds of applause from the audience. As the gala drew to a close, performers and staff from all countries took the stage together, jointly singing the song "Flying Together," pushing the atmosphere to a climax. The melodious singing conveyed the beautiful vision of the six Lancang-Mekong countries pursuing dreams with one heart and jointly embarking on a new journey.
"The gala presented wonderful artistic performances from all countries, interpreting the friendship of living in harmony with the natural landscape (山水相依, shan shui xiang yi - "mountain, water, mutually, rely") and people-to-people connectivity (民心相通, min xin xiang tong - "people, heart, mutually, connect")." Kong Sirey, Deputy Director General of the ASEAN Affairs Department of Cambodia's Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts, said that the festival is an important bridge for cultural diplomacy and promoting people-to-people connectivity, helping countries enhance mutual understanding.
"The festival closely links the cultures of the river basin countries, and audiences from all countries can feel their own nation's cultural confidence in it." Thai musician Banlue Pattayakorn said he hopes that young artists from all countries will strengthen exchanges and carry forward and pass on the precious culture and arts.
The Lancang-Mekong River Basin Countries Culture and Arts Festival originated from the "Lancang-Mekong River Basin Six-Country Border Region Culture and Arts Festival" founded in 1992. After years of development, it has become an important platform for exchanging and learning from each other's civilizations (文明交流互鉴, wen ming jiao liu hu jian - "civilization, exchange, mutual, learn from") and for multi-party win-win cooperation among the river basin countries. During this year's festival, activities such as the "Lancang-Mekong Good Products Carnival," the "One Great River" Xishuangbanna International Image Exhibition, and a copyright exchange meeting were also held, further expanding the space for cultural exchange and cultural-tourism, economic, and trade cooperation in the Lancang-Mekong River Basin.
At the copyright exchange meeting, the signing of a copyright transfer agreement became a vivid footnote to the transformation of cultural exchange into tangible results. Lao student Zhao Ahang signed a copyright transfer agreement with a cultural-tourism enterprise in Xishuangbanna, and his works will be used in scenarios such as the development of cultural and creative products, realizing the landing and transformation of copyright achievements of foreign-related literary works.
Zhao Ahang studies Chinese language at Xishuangbanna Vocational and Technical College. His calligraphy works, including "Drinking from the Same River," have obtained copyright registration certificates, making him the first author in Yunnan to register foreign-related copyright. "This certificate is not only an affirmation, but also a reassurance, meaning that my brushwork is seen, respected, and protected." Zhao Ahang said he will continue to adhere to original creation, enhance friendship through culture, and use his brush to record the scenery on both banks of the Lancang-Mekong River and the warmth of mutual understanding and friendship between Lao and Chinese youth.
"Every day, international friends from all over the world come to Xishuangbanna to visit and exchange, and every day, good neighbors from Lancang-Mekong River Basin countries come to call and visit." Ma Zhigang, Secretary of the Xishuangbanna Prefecture Party Committee, said that looking to the future, Xishuangbanna is willing to use culture as a bridge and development as a bond, and continue to serve as a bridge for "heart-to-heart connectivity" in the friendly exchanges of the Lancang-Mekong River Basin.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 郑 翔
The three-day 2026 Africa TV Festival recently concluded at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. The "China Joint Exhibition Stand" and related themed activities, guided by the State Council Information Office and the National Radio and Television Administration and led by Jiangsu Broadcasting Corporation, drew widespread attention. Sixteen high-quality Chinese audiovisual institutions set up booths, collectively showcasing and promoting more than 50 quality programs and the latest audiovisual technologies.
A reporter on site observed many foreign business visitors actively discussing cooperation with Chinese exhibitors at the booths. Ndoisile Joja, head of a South African facial modeling and film special effects company, expressed strong appreciation for China's film and television production and social media content creation capabilities. "The having unique characteristics (独具特点, du ju te dian - "alone, possess, special, characteristics") planning and production methods of Chinese teams are worth learning from for African practitioners. I hope to further understand the production and creation process of Chinese film and television works and explore the possibilities of cooperation between creators from different cultural backgrounds," Joja told the reporter.
South African radio and television practitioner and media entrepreneur Kaise Ngula attended the Africa TV Festival for the fourth time. "This time I am participating not only as a content creator, but also hoping, as a business operator and broadcasting professional, to build channels for African content to enter the international market," Ngula said. He noted that both Africa and China do not lack high-quality film and television works, and how to achieve deeper-level docking and integration is a direction both sides can explore in the future.
Awa Keita, from West Coast Audiovisual Company headquartered in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, works in audiovisual content distribution. She believes that Chinese teams' practical achievements in combining artificial intelligence with audiovisual content offer new ideas for content production in the African market. At the festival, Keita noticed the work "Divine Encounter: When Herodotus Meets Sima Qian," produced by Jiangsu Broadcasting using artificial intelligence technology. "Artificial intelligence demonstrates astonishing creative possibilities and will continue to transform the entire audiovisual industry," Keita said. "Chinese historical themes and kung fu elements already have a certain recognition base in the African market. The creative format of staging dialogues between different historical figures is worth further exploration and can also arouse the interest of African audiences."
Zhang Liyan, chief director of Nantong Tiantai Animation Design Co., Ltd., attended the Africa TV Festival for the first time, bringing works including "Loyal Youth Yue Fei." "'Loyal Youth Yue Fei' recently premiered on CCTV's Children's Channel. I hope it can be broadcast in African countries in the future and reach more local audiences. Through exchanges with African distributors and television institutions, I have felt the local industry's recognition of Chinese animation production standards and also seen the potential for original Chinese animation to enter the African market," Zhang Liyan said.
According to Lu Feng, deputy director of Jiangsu Broadcasting Corporation and general manager of the group, the "China Time" project jointly built by Jiangsu Broadcasting and the South African Broadcasting Corporation has achieved year-round regular broadcasting in fixed time slots, and has already pushed more than 100 hours of locally dubbed Chinese programs to South African audiences. "Jiangsu Broadcasting is actively promoting the entry of excellent African audiovisual works into China. We look forward to further deepening cooperation with African media counterparts in the future and jointly promoting exchanges and development of the China-Africa audiovisual industry."
Yang Yong, deputy director of the International Cooperation Department of the National Radio and Television Administration, said that China-Africa cooperation in the audiovisual field covers multiple dimensions, including joint content creation, distribution channel development, technology sharing, and talent cultivation. He expressed hope that China and Africa will work together to create more high-quality co-productions, tell the story of China-Africa friendship well, and let more voices from the Global South be heard on the world stage.
Wang Xiao, acting consul general of China in Cape Town, said that China and Africa are separated by mountains and rivers (山水相隔, shan shui xiang ge - "mountain, water, mutually, separate"), and their cultures each have their own charm, yet they share highly compatible value pursuits and emotional resonance. In recent years, China-Africa people-to-people and cultural exchanges have continued to heat up. Audiovisual works, as important carriers, have entered Africa and are loved by broad African audiences, especially young people. He expressed hope that the China-Africa audiovisual industries will take this Africa TV Festival as an opportunity to deepen cooperation, using images as a bridge and light and shadow to convey emotion, promoting mutual understanding between the peoples of China and Africa.
(People's Daily, Cape Town, South Africa)
Return to Top(Xinhua News Agency, Helsinki, November 2) (Reporter Zhu Haochen) Stockholm news: Fu Bojie, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and researcher at the Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, was awarded the 2026 Volvo Environment Prize in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, on November 2, in recognition of his outstanding contributions in the field of ecological restoration and sustainable development research, particularly for providing important scientific support for ecological governance on China's Loess Plateau.
The Volvo Environment Prize jury stated at the award ceremony held that day that Fu Bojie has made pioneering contributions in the fields of social-ecological systems and sustainability science, combining local ecological restoration with global sustainable development. His long-term research on China's Loess Plateau and other arid regions provides an important reference for regions around the world facing challenges such as land degradation, water scarcity, and food security.
A press release recently issued by the Volvo Environment Prize Foundation noted that ecological restoration on the Loess Plateau is a complex systematic project. Through long-term field surveys and landscape-scale analysis, Fu Bojie and his team conducted in-depth research on the relationships among land use, vegetation, water resources, soil, biodiversity, and the livelihoods of local residents, providing an important basis for scientifically conducting ecological governance.
The Volvo Environment Prize is financially supported by the Volvo Group of Sweden and was first awarded in 1990. It is one of the most influential awards in the field of international environmental science. The prize is awarded annually, primarily recognizing scientists with outstanding research achievements whose research findings have a significant impact on policy-making.
Return to Top(Xinhua News Agency, Tokyo) (Reporters Li Ziyue, Yang Zhixiang) Nearly 10,000 Japanese citizens recently held a rally in front of the main gate of the National Diet Building in Tokyo, protesting the Takaichi administration's military expansion moves such as seeking to adjust nuclear policy.
Recently, the Takaichi administration has been frequently taking action (动作频频, dong zuo pin pin - "action, frequently") on nuclear policy. After Defense Minister Koizumi Shinjiro repeatedly stated publicly that "no option is off the table" when discussing the introduction of nuclear submarines, Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae this month further stated in the Diet that the government would conduct "concrete and realistic discussions" on introducing nuclear submarines to the Self-Defense Forces. In addition, Japanese media have reported that the Takaichi administration may adjust the policy wording concerning the "Three Non-Nuclear Principles" in the "three security documents" when they are revised at the end of the year.
The day's protest activities focused on the above series of moves. Multiple speakers at the scene pointed out that the Takaichi administration's continuous advancement of militarization has intensified tensions with neighboring countries, giving other countries "a strong sense of crisis."
Protester Yoshikawa said in an interview with reporters: "Japan does indeed now have a trend of continuously strengthening military power. These practices have gone too far." He believes that if the development of military power has clearly exceeded the scope needed for self-defense, even reaching a level that provokes other countries, this is "extremely abnormal."
Another protester, Kurebayashi Mitsuru, told reporters that while the burden on people's livelihoods continues to increase, the Japanese government wants to bring nuclear weapons into Japan and is also attempting to revise the Constitution to make Japan once again a country capable of waging war — "these things absolutely must not be permitted."
Return to TopNatural disasters do not respect national borders, and disaster prevention and reduction require the international community to work together in a unified manner (携手同行, xie shou tong xing - "carry, hand, walk, go together"). In recent years, China has continued to deepen international cooperation in the field of natural disaster prevention and reduction. Through practical collaboration in monitoring and early warning, emergency response, scientific and technological research and development, technology sharing, and personnel training, China has worked with various countries to jointly enhance disaster prevention and reduction capabilities and jointly safeguard the safety of people's lives and property.
Helping Djibouti strengthen meteorological capacity building——
"Mazu" Smart Protection
Safeguarding Port Safe Operations
People's Daily reporter Dai Kairan
On the west coast of the Red Sea, at Djibouti's Doraleh Multi-Purpose Port, large vessels come and go, cranes stand in dense array, and container loading and unloading operations proceed in an orderly manner. In late March this year, Djibouti experienced two rounds of notable precipitation. Relying on China's meteorological intelligent early warning solution "Mazu," the local meteorological department promptly assessed the situation and issued early warning information, ensuring the safe operation of the port.
Djibouti is located in the Horn of Africa, with high temperatures, strong winds, and sandstorms, and occasional short-duration heavy precipitation, all of which pose threats to urban operations and port production. In the past, local meteorological observation equipment was outdated and historical data was scarce, making refined early warning difficult to achieve. Improving the timeliness and accuracy of early warnings has long been a key direction for the meteorological department's efforts. "Thanks to 'Mazu,' our capability to monitor and warn of extreme weather has improved significantly," said Ahmed Omar Hamid, a data analyst at the Djibouti National Meteorological Agency.
"Mazu" is a comprehensive early warning capacity building solution launched by the China Meteorological Administration in 2025, aimed at global meteorological disaster prevention and supporting the United Nations Early Warnings for All initiative. It uses artificial intelligence technology, combined with local climate characteristics and actual needs, to provide customized early warning services. In July of the same year, the China Meteorological Administration donated "Mazu" Djibouti Customized Version 1.0 to Djibouti, which was deployed by the Shanghai Meteorological Bureau and officially put into operation on December 18 of that year. The system integrates Fengyun meteorological satellite remote sensing data and internationally exchanged observation data, and relies on an AI meteorological forecasting model to set localized warning thresholds for disasters such as high temperatures and strong winds in Djibouti, capable of issuing graded extreme weather warnings 24 hours in advance.
In July this year, the China Meteorological Administration delivered "Mazu" Djibouti Customized Version 2.0 to Djibouti. If Version 1.0 was a "meteorological brain," Version 2.0 adds the "eyes" of observation and the "hands" of autonomous warning: the new version is equipped with a monitoring and early warning intelligent terminal incorporating packaged meteorological chips and forecasting models, which works in coordination with the original intelligent agent to form an integrated "measurement—forecast—warning" solution; the spatial resolution of forecasts has been improved from 9 kilometers to 3 kilometers, the forecast lead time extended to 3 days, with updates every 6 hours, making marine and land weather warnings more precise.
Feng Lei, Director of the Shanghai Meteorological Bureau, introduced that in response to the situation where operations at the Doraleh Multi-Purpose Port are susceptible to the impact of extreme weather such as Khamsin winds and sandstorms, the Shanghai Meteorological Bureau joined hands with the Djiboutian side to create the world's first "Mazu" Djibouti Customized Version oriented toward African port operations, and built a dedicated "Port Meteorological Service System" and "Urban Warning Intelligent Dashboard," promoting the transformation of local meteorological services toward refinement and scenario-based application.
Alongside the implementation of the technology, the Chinese and Djiboutian sides have continuously strengthened meteorological personnel training and capacity building. From 2025 to 2026, the Shanghai Meteorological Bureau has successively hosted two sessions of the "International Training Course on AI-Empowered Early Warnings for All," teaching meteorological operational personnel from multiple countries and regions about artificial intelligence and early warning, and urban multi-hazard early warning, among other topics. Ahmed was a student in the first session.
"Artificial intelligence technology has been widely applied in China's meteorological early warning field. The training gave me a systematic understanding of China's achievements in meteorological observation, data analysis, and precise forecasting, and also a deep understanding of the operational logic of 'Mazu,'" Ahmed said. He noted that precise early warning can reduce port economic losses and ensure personnel safety, which is of great significance to African countries such as Djibouti. "China not only exports mature technology, but also teaches us how to use the technology well. My colleagues and I look forward to the full implementation of Version 2.0, so that we can predict extreme weather more accurately."
China and Thailand jointly carry out coastal zone surveys——
Data Sharing
Supporting Scientific Decision-Making
People's Daily reporter Zhang Jinruo
Along the coast of Chanthaburi Province in eastern Thailand, the footprints of 11 joint surveys by Chinese and Thai researchers can be found. Over the past 10 years, the two sides have continuously carried out comprehensive coastal zone surveys here, obtaining a large amount of basic observation data and forming a series of research results on coastal zone geological environments, which have been widely applied to local coastal zone spatial planning and ecological protection and utilization.
Thailand has a long coastline, and some coastal areas continue to face threats such as coastal erosion and sea level change. Accurately grasping the dynamic changes in coastal topography, marine hydrology, and geological environments is the foundation for coastal ecological protection and disaster risk assessment. In 2016, the Third Institute of Oceanography of China's Ministry of Natural Resources established a long-term and stable strategic partnership with the Department of Mineral Resources of Thailand's Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, jointly conducting research on coastal zone disaster prevention and reduction and marine ecological environment protection. The research projects are distributed across multiple locations, each in light of local conditions and with different emphases.
In Kanchanaburi Province in western Thailand, the Chinese side supported Mahidol University's Kanchanaburi campus in building a geomagnetic monitoring station, establishing infrastructure for joint geomagnetic and electromagnetic research. In Satun UNESCO Global Geopark in southern Thailand, the two sides have carried out routine environmental geological monitoring closely aligned with tourism safety and community disaster prevention needs, and have explored extending the monitoring network into caves within the park to identify hidden dangers such as water accumulation and harmful gases, providing safeguards for tourist safety. The Thai side has also steadily advanced earthquake science cooperation with the Institute of Geophysics of the China Earthquake Administration and the Gansu Earthquake Agency, covering fault information sharing, earthquake observation data exchange, equipment calibration, and technical personnel training.
For technology to take root, talent is the key. Over the past 10 years, centered on coastal zone geological environment cooperation, China and Thailand have cumulatively held more than 10 academic seminars and 3 professional technical training courses, while simultaneously advancing joint scientific research, young scholar exchanges, and joint postgraduate training, building up a large reserve of young researchers and technical backbone personnel for both sides. Desit Dana Suwanachot, a senior expert in international cooperation at Thailand's Department of Mineral Resources, has long participated in and witnessed the disaster prevention and reduction cooperation between the two countries. He said that the goal of the training is not only to enable researchers to master new technologies, but also to help them develop the ability to independently complete equipment operation and maintenance, data analysis, and results assessment, and to apply what they have learned to the front line of their work.
In August this year, an academic exchange event marking the 10th anniversary of China-Thailand coastal zone geological environment cooperation was held in Rayong Province in eastern Thailand, where researchers from both countries shared results and conducted in-depth discussions on coastal geomorphological evolution, responses to sea level rise, and beach protection and management. "The essence of disaster prevention cooperation is to connect scientific research and technology with actual needs and promote the application of results on the ground," Desit said. He noted that natural disaster risks have distinct regional characteristics, and disaster prevention and reduction depends not only on advanced monitoring technology but also on long-term and continuous observation of the local natural environment. Strengthening the connection between research institutions and local management departments, so that observation data and research conclusions can better serve specific decision-making, helps transform scientific research results into practical prevention capabilities.
At present, the Chinese and Thai sides are also actively expanding new directions for disaster prevention and reduction cooperation. The Thai side has already established contact with the Nanjing Center of the China Geological Survey and other institutions to explore cooperation on urban geological surveys, seeking solutions for Bangkok to address risks such as land subsidence, urban waterlogging, and geological instability. Desit said that in the future, Thailand and China should continue to strengthen data sharing, joint scientific research, and personnel training, promote the integration of research results with local practical needs, and provide support for building safer and more resilient communities.
Joining hands with island countries to address climate change——
Diverse Platforms
Enhancing Safety and Resilience
People's Daily reporter Che Bin
In April this year, during the 2026 China-Pacific Island Countries Cooperation Exchange Week on Climate Change Response held in Fiji, the Pacific Island Countries Applied Technology Innovation Center for Climate Change Response was officially established. Relying on this center, the Chinese side will strengthen the exchange and promotion of applicable technologies with Pacific island countries, deepen cooperation in fields such as disaster prevention and reduction, renewable energy, smart agriculture, and ecological restoration, and help enhance the capacity to respond to climate change.
Due to their special geographical environment and climatic conditions, the island countries widely distributed like stars in the sky (星罗棋布, xing luo qi bu - "star, gather, chess, cloth") across the Pacific are not only frequently struck by sudden disasters such as earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides, and tropical cyclones, but also face long-term threats from climate change such as sea level rise. Strengthening disaster prevention and reduction capacity and enhancing climate resilience are urgent needs for these countries. "Institutionalized cooperation with China in fields such as marine science, disaster prevention and reduction, early warning system construction, and sustainable ocean management can enhance the disaster response capacity of Pacific island countries," said Apana Pratap, Acting Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Development Forum.
The establishment of the innovation center is built upon the foundation of long-term cooperation between China and Pacific island countries in relevant fields. In recent years, the two sides have successively established cooperation platforms such as the China-Pacific Island Countries Emergency Supplies Reserve, the Cooperation Center on Climate Change Response, and the Disaster Prevention and Reduction Cooperation Center, carrying out practical cooperation around disaster monitoring and early warning, earthquake prevention and disaster reduction, post-disaster response, and personnel training. A number of specific projects have also been implemented one after another: in the Solomon Islands, the customized version of China's meteorological intelligent early warning solution "Mazu" has been applied, covering the entire chain of monitoring, forecasting, and warning operations; in Fiji, the Chinese side has promoted the giant pennisetum grass ecological slope protection technology, using its well-developed interwoven mesh root system to stabilize soil and lock slopes, preventing riverbank collapse and slope landslides caused by heavy rain; in Vanuatu, a joint ocean observation station built with Chinese assistance has been put into use, and the local side has also built emergency shelter centers in outer island communities in light of hurricane prevention needs...
Monitoring and early warning are a key link in disaster prevention and reduction. Over the years, China's Fengyun meteorological satellites have continuously provided technical support to Pacific island countries: tracking the diffusion trajectory of the volcanic ash cloud from the Tonga volcano, monitoring the Vanuatu earthquake and the Papua New Guinea landslide, observing tropical cyclones, and supporting the construction of meteorological satellite receiving stations. On this basis, in May 2025, at the Third China-Pacific Island Countries Foreign Ministers' Meeting, the Chinese side released the "China Initiative on Deepening Cooperation with Pacific Island Countries in Addressing Climate Change," proposing to provide high-frequency meteorological disaster monitoring for Pacific island countries through Fengyun meteorological satellites.
In addition to disaster prevention and reduction, promoting the green transformation of energy is also an important measure for Pacific island countries to address climate change. In recent years, from Tonga to Papua New Guinea, from Nauru to Kiribati, wind and solar energy projects constructed with the participation of Chinese enterprises have been implemented one after another, providing clean electricity to local areas and further enhancing the climate resilience of Pacific island countries.
The long-term effectiveness of technological cooperation cannot be separated from personnel training and experience exchange. In July this year, 34 trainees from Fiji, Kiribati, the Federated States of Micronesia, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Tonga, and Vanuatu came to China to participate in the Pacific Island Countries Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management Study Program. Masho Iliki, an official from Fiji's Ministry of Lands and Mineral Resources, said during the exchange that he hopes to systematically learn China's practical approaches to integrating climate risk into land planning and smart disaster prevention and reduction, and to apply them to the construction of resilient communities in his own country.
Return to TopBy: 陈丹红
Against the backdrop of continued global climate warming, extreme weather events and natural disasters occur frequently, and the hidden, sudden, and cascading impacts of geological, marine, and cryosphere-derived disasters are becoming increasingly prominent. Chain-type disaster impacts often cross geographical boundaries, and no country can remain unaffected by such situations (独善其身, du shan qi shen - "alone, enjoy, one's own, body"). Faced with the increasingly severe global natural disaster risk situation, advancing cross-border collaborative governance and deepening international cooperation in disaster prevention and reduction has become an inevitable choice for the international community to safeguard common security.
In recent years, global cooperation in disaster prevention and reduction has continued to upgrade and improve in quality, with governance logic gradually shifting from traditional passive post-disaster rescue to proactive source prevention and control, routine monitoring and early warning, and systematic comprehensive governance. China has continued to advance international cooperation in disaster prevention and reduction in the field of natural resources, deepening practical collaboration with multiple countries in areas such as emergency response, monitoring and early warning, scientific research cooperation, and capacity building.
Building emergency response mechanisms and providing timely disaster relief support. China has carried out satellite remote sensing application cooperation with African and ASEAN countries, established emergency response mechanisms, and provided over a thousand scenes of pre- and post-disaster satellite remote sensing imagery for disasters including forest fires in Laos, floods in Pakistan, volcanic eruptions in Tonga, floods and landslides in Indonesia, and earthquakes in Venezuela. In the mudslide disaster in Nepal that occurred in August this year, China promptly responded to Nepal's needs, providing satellite imagery data of the disaster-affected areas to support search and rescue and post-disaster assessment.
Deepening cooperation in monitoring and early warning to build a solid line of defense against regional disaster risks. China has advanced routine cooperation in cross-border disaster early warning and forecasting, and the South China Sea Regional Tsunami Advisory Center, constructed by China, has achieved operational operation, continuously issuing early warning information for eight years and providing round-the-clock earthquake and tsunami monitoring, early warning, and forecasting services to regional member states. China has continued to provide disaster remote sensing monitoring services to Pacific island countries and surrounding areas. The South Asia Marine Environment Forecasting and Disaster Prevention and Reduction Visualization System, built for South Asian countries including Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, provides early warning services for marine environment forecasting, maritime search and rescue, oil spill drift, and pollutant transport.
Strengthening joint research to enhance the level of risk identification and prevention and control. China has carried out basic research in marine geoscience and comparative research on geological disasters with ASEAN countries, deployed temporary seismic stations, land subsidence monitoring stations, and other facilities, advanced joint observation of earthquakes and geological disasters, and conducted in-depth research on the current status and control mechanisms of disasters such as land subsidence and seawater intrusion. China has also carried out research on glacier change monitoring technology for the Pamir Plateau based on multi-source satellite observation with Central Asian countries, actively sharing technical experience and results, and promoting the strengthening of satellite remote sensing technology application in relevant regions.
Sharing knowledge and technology to enhance the ability to independently respond to disasters. The China-Pacific Island Countries Sub-Center for Marine Disaster Prevention and Reduction Cooperation has continuously released the report "Sea Level Rise Status of Small Island States under Climate Change," sharing sea level rise analysis, prediction, and risk assessment technologies. In cooperation with countries including the Maldives and Madagascar on sea level dynamic observation, coastal erosion assessment, and marine ecological restoration, China has also promoted the extension of disaster prevention and reduction cooperation from "technology blood transfusion" to "talent blood production" through professional training.
Scientific and technological progress is the core driving force for enhancing disaster prevention and control capabilities, and is also an important fulcrum for deepening global disaster reduction cooperation. In response to the characteristics of geological disasters such as strong concealment and high suddenness, and marine disasters such as wide propagation range and long impact chains, China has continuously innovated observation and monitoring technologies and early warning methods, independently developed a series of observation and monitoring equipment, developed an integrated space-air-ground-sea observation and monitoring system, built intelligent early warning models relying on new technologies such as artificial intelligence and digital twins, and promoted dynamic disaster risk assessment and precise early warning, providing scientific decision-making support for joint disaster prevention and control.
Facing the growing demand for cross-border cooperation in disaster prevention and reduction, China has always adhered to open cooperation, helping countries use science and technology to empower disaster prevention and reduction, and actively responding to United Nations initiatives such as the "Ocean Decade," "Cryosphere Science Action Decade," and "Ecosystem Restoration Decade," advancing cross-border joint investigations at the scientific level, and collaboratively conducting research on disaster formation mechanisms, risk assessment, and prevention and control technologies. Major scientific programs and projects under the "Ocean Decade" such as the "Seamless Ocean and Climate Forecasting System," "Marine Natural Disaster Prevention and Environmental Health Enhancement," and "Island Governance Toolbox" have formed a complete research and development chain; public products such as the "Mazu" series of marine numerical forecasting models, the "Jingwei" Beidou multi-parameter intelligent buoy, and the "Kanhai" artificial intelligence marine large model have been promoted to neighboring and island countries, serving marine disaster early warning.
The current international disaster reduction governance system still has structural shortcomings. The North-South technology gap objectively exists, the levels of monitoring equipment, data accumulation, and early warning system construction in various countries are of varying levels (参差不齐, can ci bu qi - "uneven, not, level, together"), barriers to cross-border data sharing have not yet been completely removed, and unified international monitoring standards, risk assessment norms, and coordinated response mechanisms have not yet been fully established. The forward-looking, systematic, and collaborative nature of existing cooperation mechanisms is still difficult to adapt to the new situation of natural disaster risk evolution, and the overall effectiveness of global disaster prevention and reduction needs to be improved.
Looking to the future, all parties should continue to consolidate consensus and improve the cooperation framework. Under the principle of extensive consultation, joint contribution, and shared benefits, we should promote the construction of cross-border coordination mechanisms, strengthen cooperation in science and technology and capacity building, continuously enhance the comprehensive resistance capability against multiple disaster types including global geological, marine, and cryosphere disasters, and work together to build a more resilient and sustainable global security barrier.
(The author is the Director-General of the Department of International Cooperation of the Ministry of Natural Resources, compiled and organized by People's Daily reporter Chang Qin)
Return to TopOn the banks of the Chishui River, the unique natural ecology has nurtured Moutai liquor and also nourished the brewing tradition that continues to this day. From production techniques that follow the natural order of the seasons to a liquor culture imbued with Eastern wisdom, Moutai has formed distinctive quality characteristics and cultural accumulation over the course of its long development. Today, this Chinese baijiu brand is setting its sights on the broader world. While expanding its international market, it is enhancing understanding through culture and promoting cooperation through exchange, exploring new paths for a traditional brand to integrate into the international market.
Quality as the Foundation, Meeting High-Quality Demand
Quality is the foundation of Moutai's journey to the world. The core production area of Moutai liquor is located on the banks of the Chishui River, surrounded by three mountains with a single river flowing through. The unique natural ecology nurtures an unreplicable microbial community, creating possessing unique and exceptional natural advantages (得天独厚, de tian du hou - "obtain, heaven, uniquely, thick") natural conditions for Moutai's starter-culture making. The 15.03-square-kilometer core production area constitutes the protected scope of Moutai liquor as a geographical indication product. The Moutai liquor brewing technique was included in the first batch of the National Intangible Cultural Heritage Representative Project List in 2006. Starter culture is made at the Dragon Boat Festival and grain is put into the pits after the Double Ninth Festival. A bottle of Moutai liquor must pass through five major methods—starter-culture making, liquor making, storage, blending, and packaging—undergo 30 procedures and 165 process links, and require at least five years before it can leave the factory. Respect for the natural environment, adherence to production timing, and steadfast commitment to brewing techniques are not only important conditions for the formation of Moutai's quality but also constitute the distinctive features of its brand culture.
While upholding traditional brewing techniques, Moutai places scientific and technological innovation at the core of corporate development, using modern science and technology to decode the "microbial code" of traditional brewing. Centered on the "time-space method" brewing system, Moutai conducts in-depth research on the multi-species interactions and metabolic flows of brewing microorganisms, focusing on the analysis of the "three systems" of microbial flora, enzyme systems, and material systems. Using methods such as microbiome studies, flavor chemistry, and metabolic analysis, it systematically studies the intrinsic relationships among the ecology of the core production area, brewing raw materials, microbial flora, brewing processes, and the flavor of the liquor body. In 2022, the Moutai Science and Technology Research Institute was established; in 2025, Guizhou Moutai Biotechnology Research and Development Co., Ltd. was inaugurated, building a full-chain innovation system of "basic research—technical breakthroughs—transformation of results." With the aid of machine learning, big data analysis, and other means, Moutai transforms the sensory experience of master liquor makers into quantifiable, predictable data standards, using "manual experience + data control" to safeguard the stability and inheritance of quality.
From traditional brewing to modern governance, excellent quality management provides another layer of assurance for Moutai's quality. Moutai adheres to the principle that "quality is the soul of life," upholds the quality concept of "revering the fundamentals and upholding the Way, steadfastly maintaining the craft, storing sufficient aged liquor, and never selling new liquor," and practices the "four obediences" whereby output, cost, efficiency, and speed all yield to quality, building a full-lifecycle quality control system covering everything from raw materials to finished products. In 2003, 2011, and 2023, Moutai won the National Quality Award three times. In June 2024, Moutai received the 2023 EFQM Global Award Seven Diamonds and the "Inspiring Culture" Outstanding Achievement Award, becoming the first Chinese enterprise to receive Seven Diamonds after the EFQM Global Award adopted new standards for evaluation. Through the systematic introduction of the EFQM Excellence Model, Moutai has transformed its quality management experience into modern governance capability.
Behind its excellent quality lies Moutai's sustained investment in environmental, social, and governance (ESG) matters. Moutai has built a three-tier ESG governance structure, integrating sustainable development indicators covering environment, society, and corporate governance into the entire process of corporate governance, production and operations, and brand building, maintaining an A rating in the MSCI ESG rating. With production-area protection as its root, intangible cultural heritage techniques as its essence, scientific and technological innovation as its wings, and excellent management and ESG governance as safeguards, Moutai continuously forges excellent quality, better meets the demands of both the domestic and international markets, expands its overseas "circle of friends," and lets the world experience the Chinese flavor.
Deepening Overseas Presence, Revitalizing the Vitality of a National Brand
From product export to brand going global, the content of Moutai's internationalization continues to enrich. In 2025, the overseas market operating revenue of Kweichow Moutai Co., Ltd. was approximately 4.85 billion yuan. As of September 2026, Moutai products have covered 67 countries and regions. In 2025, Moutai's sales volume in the Southeast Asian market grew by more than four times year-on-year, sales through duty-free channels doubled, and progress was made in key markets and channel development.
Internationalization requires not only expanding the scope of product sales but also establishing brand communication and service systems adapted to local markets. Centered on the three-step strategy of "product export, brand going global, and internationalization," Moutai is supported by the "six major systems" of expression, product, channel, price, compliance, and policy, promoting the transformation of its international business from "channel-driven" to "consumer-driven." In terms of products, it has built a "pyramid"-style product matrix and developed international editions, regionally limited editions, and low-alcohol products to improve overseas adaptability; in terms of channels, it focuses on the five major channels of wholesale, online retail, offline retail, catering, and private domains, implements tiered and categorized management of channel partners, and, with Asia as the center and North America as support, focuses on the Southeast Asian market, gradually building a systematic and market-oriented international operations system.
During the 2025 World Expo, Moutai held the "Moutai Night" brand culture event, released the "Journey Series" new products for five countries of Kweichow Moutai liquor, combined Moutai's classic brand elements with the cultural characteristics of different countries, and promoted exchange through intangible cultural heritage displays, artistic performances, and tea-and-liquor culture experiences. In the same year, Moutai held commemorative events in the United States for the 110th anniversary of winning the Panama-Pacific International Exposition award and the 10th anniversary of the establishment of "Moutai Day" in San Francisco, staging a special cultural exhibition at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco. Taking 1915 as its starting point, it connected Moutai's internationalization journey with the urban memory of San Francisco, allowing the story of a Chinese brand to blend into the local cultural context.
Brand culture events such as "Moutai Night" and the "Moutai Culture Festival" continue to enter overseas cities. In recent years, Moutai has appeared multiple times on international platforms such as the Davos Forum and the World Chinese Entrepreneurs Convention; its overseas "6+1" new media matrix continues to expand communication coverage, and from 2025 to the present, Moutai's overseas social media platforms have accumulated more than 510 million impressions. By holding hundreds of tasting sessions and marketing events in more than 20 countries and regions, Moutai uses immersive experiences to bring the brand closer to overseas consumers, making its internationalization more warm and more dynamic.
Deepening Exchange, Building Bridges for Dialogue Among Civilizations
For a brand to go global, it must not only showcase its own characteristics but also understand different cultures through exchange. As a calling card of Chinese national brands, Moutai uses liquor as a medium and continues to contribute to cultural exchange between China and the West in the process of going global. In recent years, Moutai has continued to build international brand culture events such as "Moutai Night" and "Moutai Day," carrying out cultural exchange in cities such as San Francisco in the United States, Paris in France, and London in the United Kingdom, enhancing the understanding of Chinese baijiu among consumers from different cultural backgrounds through brand displays, artistic interaction, liquor culture experiences, and other forms. In October this year, the "Moutai Night" event entered Seoul, South Korea for the first time, and Moutai's first product promotional film specifically targeting overseas markets, the "Flying Series" piece Warmth, Connecting the World, was released at the event, further exploring brand expression and cultural communication oriented toward local consumers.
The liquor-making industry is a traditional Chinese specialty industry with profound heritage, and in 2026 it was explicitly designated a "historical classic industry." As an important representative enterprise of the historical classic industries, Moutai upholds fundamental principles and breaks new ground, using science to analyze techniques, using techniques to standardize processes, and using tradition to empower modernity. While safeguarding the essence of traditional brewing, it promotes the industry's transformation toward standardization, intelligence, and green development, allowing the thousand-year-old brewing technique to radiate new vitality in the new era.
Moutai is also using the approach of "inviting in" to let the world experience Chinese brewing culture up close. Moutai has held the Chishui River Forum for two consecutive years, conducting exchanges on topics such as cultural exchange between Chinese and foreign liquors, traditional craftsmanship and modern innovation, and the sustainable development of the global liquor industry, and together with Chinese and foreign liquor industry partners has jointly launched the Global Liquor Industry Sustainable Development Partnership Plan, promoting strengthened cooperation among all parties in areas such as cultural heritage, green development, and scientific and technological innovation. In 2025, Moutai launched the "Walk into Moutai · Super Factory Tour," extending an invitation to the world, and over the course of the year attracted more than 400 guests from 28 countries and regions to visit the Moutai distillery and experience firsthand the craftsmanship of Eastern brewing.
From the banks of the Chishui River to every corner of the world, from product trade to cultural exchange, Moutai, while upholding its traditional quality and cultural characteristics, continuously enriches the content and forms of its international communication. With products as its vehicle and culture as its bond, Moutai enables Chinese baijiu to better integrate into the lives of different countries and regions, while also adding new content to cultural exchange between China and other countries.
Data source: Kweichow Moutai
Return to TopFrom the upturned eaves of ancient architecture in Lijiang Old Town to the coral-stone houses of Jeddah's historic district in Saudi Arabia, from the thousand-year-old rice terraces of the Honghe Hani Rice Terraces to the ancient fortifications of Galle Fort in Sri Lanka, world heritage sites are connecting civilizations separated by vast distances in ways that can be felt, visited, and engaged in dialogue.
In November 2024, the Publicity Department of the Yunnan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Yunnan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, and the Yunnan Provincial People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries jointly launched the "World Heritage Travel Plan," using Yunnan's six world heritage sites as a starting point, joining with other provinces and regions and countries around the world to build a multilateral international cooperation platform, explore new strategies for world heritage protection, and promote the design of cross-border tourism routes and service improvement, thereby facilitating cultural exchange. In July 2025, the plan was included in the Action Plan List of the Global Civilization Dialogue Ministerial Conference, becoming one of 110 specific projects. Starting from Kunming, a network of civilization dialogue anchored by world heritage sites is spreading toward South and Southeast Asia and even broader regions.
Six world heritage sites build a solid foundation for civilization dialogue
Civilization dialogue requires tangible carriers. Yunnan boasts six world heritage sites: Lijiang Old Town, Three Parallel Rivers, South China Karst·Yunnan Stone Forest, Chengjiang Fossil Site, the Cultural Landscape of Honghe Hani Rice Terraces, and the Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, ranking second in the country in number. Among these six world heritage sites, some carry the leisurely passage of time of the Naxi homeland, some record the secrets of the Cambrian explosion of life, some inscribe the survival wisdom of the Hani people amid the mountains, and some fill the gap in the theme of tea culture in world heritage... Together, they constitute the solid foundation of the "World Heritage Travel Plan."
Yunnan has not treated heritage merely as an object for sightseeing. At the launch ceremony of the "World Heritage Travel Plan" in November 2024, representatives from Fujian, Shandong, Yunnan, and countries in the Mekong River basin jointly presented their respective hometown world heritage sites, and two premium "World Heritage Travel" tourism routes were launched simultaneously: the "Starlight Wander · Buddhist Kingdom Hidden Realm" China-Laos fantasy journey, starting from Kunming, entering Laos via the Mohan port, and arriving at Luang Prabang and Vientiane; and the "Tour Yunnan · See Angkor — China-Cambodia Natural and Cultural Dual Heritage Journey," linking Yunnan's natural heritage with Cambodia's Angkor Wat cultural heritage along a single itinerary. The route design logic is clear: to string together the world heritage sites of various countries into a corridor of civilizations that can be walked side by side. The China-Laos Railway, the Kunming-Bangkok highway corridor, and the Lancang-Mekong three-dimensional transportation network are increasingly well-developed, and nine prefectures (cities) including Kunming, Lijiang, Yuxi, and Pu'er are eligible for the 240-hour visa-free transit policy, turning this corridor from a line on the map into a road reachable under tourists' feet.
Innovating activity formats to integrate mutual learning and exchange into everyday scenarios
A distinctive feature of the "World Heritage Travel Plan" is breaking down the theme of mutual learning and exchange among civilizations into everyday scenarios that can be participated in and experienced.
In July 2026, at the 2026 China-Myanmar Media Twin Cities Forum and "Mountains Have Affection · Wind Has Meaning" China-Myanmar Cultural Exchange Week, an unfinished painting drew people to pick up brushes. On the canvas, the upturned eaves of Lijiang Old Town stood opposite the silver peaks of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, while the pagoda clusters of Bagan's ancient city stood amid tropical vegetation — two world heritage cities were "moved" onto the same sheet of paper. Stroke by stroke, the distance between the two ancient cities was shortened to the length of a canvas.
In September 2026, at a café beside Galle Fort in Sri Lanka, a "World Heritage Travel Plan" flash event used imagery, coffee, tea, handicrafts, sound, and spices as threads to bring Yunnan's heritage-site scenery to the shores of the Indian Ocean. Hand-drawn illustrations of the Great Wall of China and Galle Fort in Sri Lanka were laid out side by side, and several Hungarian exchange students picked up brushes to color in the two world heritage sites that are far apart. A French young woman learned at the event that Yunnan has six world heritage sites and decided to add Yunnan to her travel list; a local "tuk-tuk" driver displayed the wacat cultural creative products he had received in his vehicle for tourists from all over to see. A cup of Pu'er tea, a coloring session, a piece of handicraft — turning "faraway places" into "places one wants to go."
In Ninh Binh, Vietnam, the medium of connection became a cup of coffee. In September 2026, the "World Heritage Travel Plan — A Cup of Coffee to Appreciate Famous Sites · Yunnan and Vietnam Sharing a Cup in Ninh Binh" event was held. Yunnan is China's largest coffee-producing region, and Vietnam is an important coffee-producing country in the world. The two sides sat together to discuss the linkage between coffee estates and world heritage sites, the design of cross-border themed routes, and the relay plan of "World Heritage on the Coffee Cup." A cup of coffee brought the distance between the two world heritage sites down to the width of a coffee table.
From activities to mechanisms, making civilization exchange diversified and sustainable
Mutual learning among civilizations is not limited to a lively event. From the very beginning of its launch, the "World Heritage Travel Plan" has promoted resource integration, route design, service improvement, and brand building as a whole, linking world heritage protection, cultural tourism development, and mutual learning and exchange among civilizations.
On September 7, 2025, the "2025–2026 World Heritage Travel Plan" was launched at the Chengjiang Fossil Site World Natural Heritage Museum in Yunnan, and the "World Heritage Photo Exhibition" was unveiled simultaneously. The "2025–2026 World Heritage Travel Plan" focuses on three main lines: launching overseas social media accounts for the "World Heritage Travel Plan," using overseas social media platforms as a base to create a dedicated communication window; launching a large-scale converged media thematic website for the "World Heritage Travel Plan," building a cultural exchange and world heritage promotion platform rooted in Yunnan, radiating to South and Southeast Asia, and facing the world; and, building on the 2026 "China-Africa Year of People-to-People Exchanges," carrying out the "Yunnan-Africa People-to-People Dialogue" themed activity. These three main lines make the plan's institutional framework clearer.
The tentacles of communication are also extending in parallel. The Yunnan International Communication Center for South and Southeast Asia has released "World Heritage Travel Plan" content on different themes in countries including Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Saudi Arabia. In June 2026, the "World Heritage Face to Face · Civilizations Mutual Learning Hand in Hand" themed photography exhibition was held at Kunming Changshui International Airport, with 50 works showcasing world heritage sites such as Three Parallel Rivers, Lijiang Old Town, South China Karst·Yunnan Stone Forest, Cambodia's Angkor Wat, Laos's Luang Prabang Old Town, and Thailand's Sukhothai Historical Park. The exhibition was set up in the international arrivals hall, allowing Chinese and foreign travelers to view it in the interval between landing and departure. An airport is not just a passageway; it is also a stop for civilization dialogue.
From the neighborhood to Africa, extending the bridge of world heritage to more distant places
The starting point of the "World Heritage Travel Plan" is Yunnan, but its vision has never been confined to the neighborhood. Building on the 2026 "China-Africa Year of People-to-People Exchanges," Yunnan is carrying out the "Yunnan-Africa People-to-People Dialogue" themed activity, pushing this dialogue network anchored by world heritage sites to extend from South and Southeast Asia toward the African continent. World heritage is the common wealth of all humanity. Whether it is the story of the evolution of life recorded at the Chengjiang Fossil Site or the ancient cities and natural wonders spanning time on the African continent, world heritage carries the stories of how humanity responded to nature, organized life, and created meaning on different lands. Telling these stories on the same platform allows civilizations to see each other amid their differences and learn to coexist through encounter.
Relying on its world heritage endowments and geographical advantages, Yunnan integrates cross-border tourism routes, converged media communication, youth exchange, the cultural symbols of coffee and tea, and visa-free facilitation policies into the same open platform, making world heritage protection, cultural tourism development, and mutual learning and exchange among civilizations echo one another.
Turning "encounters" into "long-term partnerships," extending "one-time activities" into repeatable, growable habits of cooperation, Yunnan uses world heritage as a bridge to invite the world to a shared rendezvous of civilizations. This rendezvous, starting from a painting, a cup of coffee, a route, and an account, is moving toward a more everyday, more enduring, and broader future.
Data source: Publicity Department of the Yunnan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 史一棋 何昭宇
Looking back at history, the victory of the Long March stemmed not only from the great expedition of the main Red Army forces breaking through encirclement through bloody battles, but also from those units that did not participate in the Long March but held their positions through defense and covered the breakout.
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out at the conference commemorating the 90th anniversary of the victory of the Long March of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army: "After the main Red Army forces set out on the Long March, the Red Army units and guerrilla forces left behind in the revolutionary base areas, the Red Army forces in the Northwest, the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army, Party organizations in Kuomintang-ruled areas, and other forces under Party leadership all persisted in struggle under extremely difficult circumstances, and all made indelible contributions to the victory of the Long March."
Staying behind was also an "expedition." They did not cover the geographic distance of 25,000 li, yet they possessed the same depth of faith; they did not trek across snow mountains and grasslands, yet they displayed the same unswerving and steadfast (至死不渝, zhi si bu yu - "until, death, not, change") resilience of being isolated behind enemy lines. From those officers and soldiers who stayed behind, one can grasp a profound proposition: the Long March is not a single geographic concept of time and space, but a great spirit passed down through one continuous line.
From holding firm in the revolutionary era to forging ahead in the new era, generation after generation has continued the struggle, and the great Long March spirit has remained ever fresh, always surging on the journey of national rejuvenation.
Holding Firm in Desperate Circumstances
Not bowing before difficulties — this is precisely the resilience they relied on
Qingyuan County, Zhejiang, has layered mountain ranges and precipitous terrain. More than 90 years ago, the vanguard detachment entering Zhejiang via this route on its way north to resist Japan etched a red legend into the mountains with its resilience in surmounting difficulties.
"In 1934, the vanguard detachment fought in Qingyuan for 7 days, trekking over mountains and ridges for more than 140 kilometers." Hu Yuping, head of the Party History Compilation Section of the Qingyuan County Party History and Local Chronicles Research Office, pointed at the mountain road and said, "It effectively pinned down the Kuomintang forces 'encircling and suppressing' the Red Army at the border of Fujian and Zhejiang."
Inside the memorial hall of the Baizheyang Party Branch halfway up the mountain, two iron throwing knives are covered with rust and spots (锈迹斑斑, xiu ji ban ban - "rust, trace, mottled, mottled"), from which one can glimpse the vicissitudes of history.
"My father had martial arts skills. When he joined the Red Army, bullets were scarce, and he relied entirely on these two throwing knives." Zhang Yian, son of Zhang Ligui, former deputy battalion commander of the Shoutai Jingqing County Independent Battalion, recalled his father's past as he looked at the objects.
In May 1937, the enemy arrested Zhang Ligui's father, mother, wife, son, and 17 villagers, threatening that if Zhang Ligui did not appear, they would execute all the hostages and burn down every village. Despite his unhealed wounds, Zhang Ligui prepared to launch a rescue of the arrested villagers, but was betrayed by a traitor and immediately captured. Facing torture and interrogation, Zhang Ligui preferred death to surrender, keeping Party secrets strictly to himself, and was ultimately killed by the enemy at just 27 years of age.
"Not bowing before difficulties — back then the Red Army held on precisely through this kind of resilience," Hu Yuping said.
As time and space turn, this resilience has always been present. The people of Qingyuan have again relied on it to overcome the development difficulties of constrained factors and remote location.
The county's Zhenan Pencil Factory is the earliest-established pencil manufacturer in Zhejiang Province. In the 1990s, facing fierce market competition, it could hardly sell a pencil even at 0.1 yuan apiece, and was once on the verge of shutting down.
Zhou Guangjun, the head of the enterprise, went to Shanghai to attend an exhibition and happened to notice: "Pencils were hard to sell, yet the eyebrow pencil next door, priced more than 10 times higher, had people lining up to grab it." He realized that the traditional industry had to transform.
Returning to Qingyuan, Zhou Guangjun immediately organized personnel for research and development. "At that time, there were extremely few enterprises that could make eyebrow pencil leads. We had no way to acquire the technology."
"If we can't acquire it, we'll do it ourselves!" They tested more than a thousand formulas, invested over 5 million yuan in total, and spent nearly two years "just to get this tiny lead right." Even now, Zhou Guangjun finds it incredible when he thinks about it.
Through sustained, long-term effort, the difficulty was finally overcome. In January 2002, using pencil production techniques, Qingyuan's first batch of wooden eyebrow pencils was exported to Africa, selling at 1 yuan apiece. After more than 20 years of development, Qingyuan's wooden eyebrow pencils have achieved a leading position domestically, with annual output exceeding 100 million units; exported overseas, they account for over 50 percent of the European market.
No matter how great the difficulty, think of the predecessors of those years. "The vanguard detachment marching north to resist Japan entered Zhejiang, holding firm in desperate circumstances, leaving us the resilience to surmount difficulties and the firm ideals and convictions of Communists." Zhou Guangjun spoke with deep feeling.
From the era of revolutionary war to the era of reform and development, what has changed is the battlefield; what has not changed is the spirit. Over the years, Wenzhou ventured into the market and created a successful model; Yiwu, relying on "exchanging chicken feathers for candy," created the commercial miracle of the "world's supermarket"; Anji's Yucun Village painfully closed all its mines and cement plants, completed a difficult transformation, and became a model of green development... Not bowing before difficulties, the more dangerous the situation the more one advances — this resilience has been transformed into the confidence and strength for undertaking endeavors.
On the new Long March, facing all kinds of major challenges, major risks, major resistance, and major contradictions, strengthening faith, conviction, and confidence — this is our powerful spiritual force for defeating all strong enemies, overcoming all difficulties, and seizing all victories.
Keeping the Overall Situation in Mind
The spirit of integrating the small self into the greater whole is the most moving foundation
"What is recorded here is a group of people who stayed behind and went deep into the mountains..." At the Memorial Hall of the Southern Red Army's Three-Year Guerrilla War in Dayu County, Ganzhou City, Jiangxi, listening to the narration and looking at the sculpture of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army flag, people's thoughts are drawn back to the deep mountains and dense forests of southern Jiangxi in 1934.
That year, the Central Red Army began the Long March, and the forces left behind in the Soviet areas faced enemies dozens of times their number, grain blockades, blockhouse sieges, repeated "mopping-up" campaigns, and isolation without support after losing contact with the Central Committee.
In a breakout battle, Liu Bojian, director of the Political Department of the Southern Jiangxi Military District, was wounded and captured. After imprisonment, the enemy used both carrot and stick, urging him to go through the formalities of leaving the Party temporarily, and he would gain "freedom" and "important position." Liu Bojian sternly refused: "To make revolution one must face danger; without danger there is no revolution; without sacrifice there is no liberation of the workers and peasants." "To live is for China, to die is for China — let everything take its course." Before his sacrifice, Liu Bojian wrote to his family, expressing the noble sentiment of devoting himself to the revolution.
American writer Harrison Salisbury wrote in The Long March: The Untold Story: "More outstanding Communists were killed among those who stayed behind in Jiangxi during the Long March than in any other period of struggle." He called the Red Army troops left behind "the army of death."
"The most moving foundation of the Southern Red Army's Three-Year Guerrilla War is the concept of the overall situation and the spirit of dedication that integrated the small self into the greater whole." Zhu Chang, deputy principal of the Dayu County Party School, said, "Knowing full well that staying meant a narrow chance of survival, they did not retreat, and at the cost of being besieged and 'mopped up' themselves, they pinned down large numbers of enemy troops, buying strategic space for the main Red Army forces to move."
Staying behind was never a retreat, but a form of responsibility. Xiang Ying, Chen Yi, Qu Qiubai, and many cadres and masses whose names have not been recorded — these people who could not participate in the Long March completed a spiritual Long March with their concept of the overall situation that put the revolution first.
When the smoke of gunpowder dispersed, the spirit continued.
Xunwu County is located at the source area of the Dongjiang River and is also the source of the water for the Dongshen Water Supply Project. Once, due to disorderly rare earth mining that left open pits and caused soil erosion, it put pressure on the safety of water supply for downstream Shenzhen and Hong Kong.
A resolute decision to cut losses! In 2008, Xunwu shut down all mining sites.
Once the mines closed, the pillar industry collapsed overnight, and some could not understand: "How will we make a living from now on?"
Xunwu's answer was firm: the water of the Dongjiang River must be protected.
Located within the source protection zone, 2 villages — Dongjiangyuan Village and Tuling Village in Sanbiao Township — as well as 5 village groups of Chang'an Village, involving 592 households and 2,297 villagers, needed to be relocated in their entirety. Zhang Changquan, then Party branch secretary of Dongjiangyuan Village, took the lead in cutting down his own 30 mu of navel orange trees and mobilized the villagers: "Short-term income will be less, but the safety of drinking water for future generations carries greater weight." Though reluctant, everyone packed their belongings, giving up the small family for the greater good.
At the former village site, an inscription on a large stone highlights the villagers' dedication: "Leave the green mountains to future generations, leave the clear waters to the Greater Bay Area."
After more than 10 years of treatment, vegetation coverage on the abandoned mines has increased from 10.2 percent to 95 percent, soil erosion has dropped by 90 percent, and tailings mountains have been turned into oil tea forests and photovoltaic panels. Green industries are growing ever more prosperous, and development momentum is surging more powerfully.
From staying behind to preserve the flames back then, to integrating into the Greater Bay Area to protect the water source today, spanning more than 90 years of time and space, the spirit of keeping the overall situation in mind and uniting closely has been consistent. On the new journey, countless "difficult hurdles" still need to be crossed. The more so, the more we must integrate the small self into the greater whole, unite and cooperate, and strive unremittingly.
Forever Maintaining the Original Aspiration
Always sharing weal and woe with the people, connected as flesh and blood
In an old house in Wenchang City, Hainan, 106-year-old Chen Yulan leans on a sofa, with a certificate of honor for "veteran soldier of the Qiongya Column" placed on the cabinet beside her.
She rolls up her trouser leg, and a scar more than 4 inches long on her left leg is embedded in the folds of her skin, silently recording a life-and-death experience from more than 90 years ago.
Chen Yulan was then a courier for the Qiongya Column operating in Wenchang. Once, while delivering intelligence, a sharp tree branch severely stabbed her left leg, and blood gushed out.
"I dared not go to the county hospital, and there was no medicine either. The wound just festered and oozed pus, and finally maggots grew in it." Chen Yulan recalled that at the critical moment, a villager named Huang Yunfa secretly placed her in a hidden thatched shed in the mountains to recover.
Many wounded and sick Red Army soldiers survived only because local villagers risked their lives to protect them. "They dodged the Kuomintang to bring me food, used medicine to treat the wound, and helped me pull through from the brink of death." As Chen Yulan recalled this experience, her eyes brimmed with tears.
A history of the Red Army's Long March is a history reflecting the deep bond between the army and the people, from which one can more truly understand our Party's fine quality of "taking deep root among the people."
During the interview, a knock came at the door of Chen Yulan's home. "Is Grandma Chen at home? I've brought you lunch."
In 2024, Wenchang City set up two senior canteens — the Wencheng Town Yanjiang Community Senior Canteen and the meal assistance point at the elderly care service center — and also launched meal delivery services for those with limited mobility or of advanced age.
"Today's meat and vegetable dishes are crispy fried chicken legs and pan-fried sea fish, with few bones and cooked soft and tender." Fu Dunjin, head of the senior canteen, said.
"A lunch costs only 10 yuan, with free delivery. If it's too salty or too bland, I can tell them, and they can adjust it." Chen Yulan said while eating.
Back then, it was the people who nurtured the Red Army soldiers in desperate circumstances; today, our Party always cares about the urgent concerns and difficulties of the people.
Mariculture damaging the environment, land ownership disputes, pension insurance contribution subsidies for land-expropriated farmers, solid waste remediation, red tide prevention and control, daily drinking water safety... Wenchang City has sorted through the practical matters of people's livelihood that the people care about and rectified them one by one, so that the fruits of development better benefit people's livelihoods and the Party and the people become more united.
"The reason the Communist Party of China has been able to grow and develop, and the reason socialism with Chinese characteristics has been able to advance continuously, is precisely because it has relied on the people. The reason the Communist Party of China has been able to win the support of the people, and the reason socialism with Chinese characteristics has been able to win the support of the people, is precisely because it has benefited the people."
"Rely on the people, never forget their support. They are my reborn parents, I am a good son of the struggle. The revolution grows ever stronger." Chen Yi's "Guerrilla Song of Southern Jiangxi" records the bond between the people and the Red Army guerrillas as strong as blood (血浓于水, xue nong yu shui - "blood, thick, than, water"). As he said: "It was precisely this unswerving and unchanging (始终不渝, shi zhong bu yu - "always, middle, not, change") alliance of life and death that ensured our survival and our march to victory."
History and reality show that by "standing firmly with the people, thinking together with the people, and working together with the people," our Party possesses a solid foundation that no storm can shake, and Chinese modernization possesses the most reliable, most profound, and most enduring source of strength.
The Long March of ten thousand li is a monument of history, and sparks of fire everywhere are the long song of the era. Today, remembering the Red Army soldiers who stayed behind and did not participate in the Long March is for the purpose of carrying this spirit forward onto the new journey of the new era. They have told us through their sacrifice and dedication that the true expedition is not only on the road, but also in every act of persistence and every choice made in the face of difficulty.
(People's Daily reporters Liu Junguo, Yang Yanfei, and Sun Haitian participated in the writing)
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The Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party deliberated and adopted the "Decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Several Major Issues Concerning Persistently Advancing the Full and Rigorous Self-Governance of the Party." The phrase "persistently" carries the weight of a thousand jun, demonstrating the sober historical consciousness and strong historical initiative of a century-old major party.
Persistently advancing the full and rigorous self-governance of the Party is what the development of the cause requires. To govern the country, one must first govern the Party; only when the Party thrives can the country grow strong. The Party's leadership is the most essential feature of socialism with Chinese characteristics. The goal of achieving the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation can never be accomplished effortlessly or with little effort (轻轻松松, qing qing song song - "light, easy, relaxed") or with great fanfare or ostentation (敲锣打鼓, qiao luo da gu - "strike gong, beat drum"); we must first build our Party well and build it strong.
Persistently advancing the full and rigorous self-governance of the Party is also what strengthening ourselves requires. Take the improvement of work style as an example: some unhealthy tendencies have taken on new forms and hidden variations, showing stubbornness and recurrence. Only by always maintaining strictness as the top priority, with no reduction in intensity, no loosening of standards, and no lowering of benchmarks, can we achieve the situation where morality or truth always prevails over evil (魔高一尺道高一丈, mo gao yi chi dao gao yi zhang - "demon rises one foot, Dao rises one yard"), and can we continuously consolidate the hard-won or achieved with great difficulty (来之不易, lai zhi bu yi - "come, arrive, not, easy") results. "We Communists are not afraid of any wind or wave, nor do we fear the existence of problems; what we fear is problems going undiscovered, or being discovered but not resolved in a timely manner." This attitude of not evading, not concealing, and not slackening is precisely the most vivid foundation of "persistence."
Only through persistence can one make steady progress to achieve long-term goals (行稳致远, xing wen zhi yuan - "walk, steady, reach, far"). The story of the porters on Mount Tai who dare not linger long at the "Three Li of Comfort" is often told. The "Three Li of Comfort" is a flat stretch of road halfway up Mount Tai where tourists like to rest, yet the porters dare not stop for too long, because they know that if they rest too long, their legs will become "lazy," and climbing the "Eighteen Bends" above will become even more difficult. The difficulty of making steady progress to achieve long-term goals lies precisely in the character "persistence"; once one loses perseverance, even the best-laid plans will be difficult to implement.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Party, from formulating and implementing the Central Committee's the Eight-Point Regulation (八项规定) as the breakthrough to start, to insisting on the simultaneous and coordinated efforts of ideological party-building and institutional party-governance, and then to enhancing the comprehensive effectiveness of the integrated advancement of not daring to be corrupt, not being able to be corrupt, and not wanting to be corrupt... The full and rigorous self-governance of the Party in the new era has achieved great accomplishments, driving historic achievements and historic transformations in the cause of the Party and the state. The last mile of any long journey is the hardest (行百里者半九十, xing bai li zhe ban jiu shi - "walk, hundred, li, person, half, ninety"); the full and rigorous self-governance of the Party is always on the road. To realize the Second Centenary Goal and advance the grand cause of Chinese modernization, we must strengthen confidence, maintain resolve, and persistently advance the full and rigorous self-governance of the Party. It is especially important to recognize that strictness is not about managing people to death, but about drawing the benchmark and clarifying the ecosystem for clean and bold work, comprehensively giving play to the educational, constraining, safeguarding, and incentivizing roles of discipline and rules. Maintaining a strict tone, strict measures, and a strict atmosphere is precisely the most reliable "safety valve" for undertaking work and starting businesses.
The Plenary Session pointed out: "Finding the two answers of 'letting the people supervise the government' and 'self-revolution' to escape the historical cycle of rise and fall, prosperity and decline, is the unique creation of the Communist Party of China and will forever be recorded in the annals of Marxist party-building history." The two answers span time and space and are inherited in one continuous line; what runs through them is precisely "persistence." On the new journey, persistently advancing the full and rigorous self-governance of the Party will surely enable us to continuously eliminate all factors that harm the Party's advanced nature and purity, and eliminate all viruses that erode the Party's healthy body, so that our Party will always remain the backbone of the Chinese nation and the Chinese people.
Return to Top"The tap water has been connected for nearly two years now, so why has there been no word on the installation fees we overpaid back then?" Recently, the Discipline Inspection and Supervision Working Commission of the Xinyu High-tech Development Zone in Jiangxi Province, while carrying out special supervision on a "small-cut" issue in the rural water supply sector, uncovered a clue reported by villagers from a village group under its jurisdiction.
The masses raised concerns, and supervision followed up promptly. The Discipline Inspection and Supervision Working Commission of the High-tech Zone immediately activated the mechanism of "upgraded handling + coordinated efforts across sub-districts," and through "data cross-checking + door-to-door verification + tracing the source of funds," it investigated and handled the case swiftly, cross-validating accounts and facts, and quickly got to the bottom of the matter.
It turned out that earlier, the head of that village group, one He Moumou, had collected tap water installation fees on behalf of 91 households. After the installation was completed in 2024, the surplus of 42,300 yuan should have been refunded in a timely manner, but He Moumou had long kept it for personal use. The villagers asked repeatedly, and he made excuses and was evasive (推托搪塞, tui tuo tang se - "push away, evade and gloss over"), until the discipline inspection and supervision department stepped in to investigate, and only then did he voluntarily return the occupied surplus funds.
He Moumou felt deep and continuous regret (悔恨不已, hui hen bu yi - "regret, remorse, not stop"): "It was because my awareness of discipline and law was weak that I treated people's livelihood funds as my own 'private money.' I have let the villagers down." In the end, He Moumou, for infringing upon the interests of the masses and violating work requirements, received a disciplinary sanction in the form of a government sanction.
"Although the money is not much, it is all our hard-earned money. Now we finally feel at ease." At the refund site, the villagers counted the returned money, and their furrowed brows finally relaxed.
[Commentary from the discipline enforcers] There is no small matter when it comes to people's livelihood funds; every single cent is an account of the people's hearts. Although grassroots micro-power is small, it directly concerns the warmth and cold of the masses. This case reflects that there are still weak links in the supervision of village-level people's livelihood funds, that the exercise of power is not transparent enough, and that some village cadres have a weak concept of discipline and law, harboring improper intentions toward small collective funds.
Grassroots cadres should consciously build a solid line of defense for discipline and law, know reverence, maintain vigilance, and hold the bottom line, managing every people's livelihood fund well and not taking even the smallest amount (一分一毫, yi fen yi hao - "one, cent, one, hair") from the masses. Relevant departments should further regulate the exercise of micro-power, clarify boundaries, standardize procedures, and at the same time promote the routine disclosure of village affairs and finances, so that people's livelihood funds are exposed to the sunlight, curbing "micro-corruption" around the masses at its source.
(Compiled and arranged by He Zhaoyu, reporter of this newspaper)
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"They're bullying me because they think no one's home in my family? I'll call my son back right now!" Old Man Yang was furious, dialing the phone of his son who worked away from home. On the other end of the line, the voice also rose several notches: "Wait for me, I'll take the high-speed rail back tomorrow!"
What happened? Not long ago, in Yangzhuang Village, Shenqiu County, Zhoukou City, Henan Province, a neighbor felled a large tree into the farmland of Old Man Yang's family, and while transporting the timber, repeatedly ran over the cultivated land with vehicles, trampling some of the crops. Old Man Yang went to the neighbor to demand an explanation, but after a few words of conversation went poorly, the two sides got into an argument. Old Man Yang, unable to let it go, called his son — and that produced the scene at the beginning.
Not long after that phone call was made, Chen Dan, a Party member and grid worker who was visiting households in the village, heard about the commotion. She quickly reported it to Yang Bing, the village Party branch secretary. Yang Bing's heart tightened: "The Yang family has right on their side. If his son goes to all the trouble of coming back, the cost of the trip will most likely be counted against the other family, and this is bound to blow up into a big row."
The fact that Chen Dan could spot the signs at the first moment was no coincidence. Under the village's arrangement of Party members linking with households, the 127 households in the village's first grid are her regular visitation targets, and Old Man Yang's family is among them.
In recent years, Zhoukou City has optimized the setup of 27,832 rural, community, and dedicated grids, and has summarized and explored the "3345" grid worker working method, clarifying the 3 tasks of inspection, reporting, and handling, and implementing the requirements that the 3 time periods of morning, noon, and evening must be checked, 4 categories of key matters must be inspected, and 5 types of bottom-line problems must be reported. The dispute between Old Man Yang and his neighbor is precisely the type of conflict matter that Party members and grid workers must promptly report during their routine household visits. As the villagers put it: "Party members are right there in the grid — the moment there's the slightest sign of trouble or change (风吹草动, feng chui cao dong - "wind, blow; grass, move"), they know about it right away."
Yang Bing did not delay. He took Chen Dan and hurried straight to Old Man Yang's home. Once there, he first got the full story straight, on the one hand criticizing and educating the tree feller, and on the other hand doing ideological work with Old Man Yang, while also having village cadres contact Old Man Yang's son to persuade him to give up the idea of returning home. Through mediation, the two sides reached an agreement: the neighbor would restore the trampled cultivated land to its original condition and offer a formal apology to Old Man Yang. Because the neighbor could not find a rotary tiller, the village cadres took the initiative to help coordinate one. The dispute was thus settled.
The fact that the matter could be visited, mediated, and concluded all on the same day relied not only on Yang Bing and Chen Dan moving fast. Zhoukou is a major agricultural city with a large population and many hidden dangers of grassroots conflicts. In recent years, Zhoukou City has focused on consolidating the grassroots foundation. On the one hand, it has deepened the action to strengthen grassroots organizations, rectifying weak and lax village Party organizations with a "one village, one strategy" approach, and a number of Party members with strong ability and the courage to take responsibility have entered the village two committees. At the same time, 968 village-level coordinators for rural revitalization across the city have taken up their posts in villages, carrying out routine household visits and screening for conflicts and disputes on a regular basis. Zhoukou City has also built a "digital grid" on its high-efficiency governance platform, achieving dynamic collection and real-time updating of the six elements of "people, land, affairs, things, circumstances, and organizations."
"Resolving conflicts cannot be put off overnight — whatever can be resolved the same day should be resolved that day." This plain remark by Yang Bing captures the efficiency of this entire mechanism. At present, under the leadership and example of Party members, 32,301 full-time and part-time grid workers across Zhoukou City are active in grassroots grids, and since the beginning of this year they have resolved 34,000 conflicts and disputes of various kinds.
Return to TopCamel bells on ancient roads linked Europe and Asia; rail-and-water intermodal transport connects rivers and seas. As a key municipal state-owned enterprise of Yulin City, Shaanxi Province, Shaanxi Yulin Energy Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Yuneng Group"), since its establishment in 2012, has taken root in the coal sea, upheld fundamental principles and broken new ground, and has steadily grown into one of the "Top 500 Chinese Enterprises." Standing at a new stage of development, Yuneng Group has seized the major opportunity of jointly building the Belt and Road Initiative, using corridor connectivity as a bond, industrial synergy as support, and green transformation as its defining feature, advancing from the loess plateau of northern Shaanxi to the heartland of Central Asia, and from traditional coal mining to the coordinated overseas expansion of energy-chemical products and low-carbon technologies, blazing a path for a resource-based local state-owned enterprise of openness, cooperation, quality improvement, and upgrading.
Infrastructure Connectivity
Weaving a Dense Land-Sea Interlinked International Logistics Network
Infrastructure connectivity is a priority direction of jointly building the Belt and Road Initiative, and it is also the starting point for Yuneng Group's layout of its energy logistics network.
Relying on the three major coal-rich areas of Shenfu, Yushen, and Yuheng, Yuneng Group has laid out large-scale container marshalling stations along dedicated railway lines such as Shenshuo, Baoxi, and Jingshen, and has taken a controlling stake in, constructed, and put into operation the Hunan Central China Rail-Water Intermodal Energy Storage and Distribution Base. The base connects the Haoji Railway with the golden waterway of the Yangtze River, on the one hand undertaking the key supply guarantee task of transporting northern coal southward, and on the other hand opening a new corridor for "Xinjiang coal entering Hunan," promoting chemical products to "enter the river and reach the sea." The "dedicated railway line + storage and distribution base + Yangtze River wharf" rail-water intermodal transport system has formed a network, laying a solid logistics foundation for energy supply guarantees in the "two lakes and one river" region and for enhancing the resilience of the industrial and supply chains, radiating to more than 20 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government).
Leveraging coastal ports such as Qinhuangdao Port and Huanghua Port, Yuneng Group enables Yulin's high-quality thermal coal to be transported by rail to collection points, loaded at ports, shipped to domestic coastal markets, and sold as far afield as South Korea and other places. With the "Yuxiou" China-Europe freight train as the anchor, Yulin products are marshalled and transferred at Xi'an Port, boarding the "Changan" train, which carries specialty energy-chemical products such as polyvinyl chloride, clean-energy semi-coke, and magnesium metal to the Eurasian region. The export pattern of "railway + sea transport" in parallel provides corridor support for Yulin local enterprises, including Yuneng Group, to expand into international markets.
From transporting northern coal southward and rail-water relay, to heading east to the open sea and west to Eurasia, this land-sea intermodal energy logistics network is the solid foundation for Yuneng Group's energy-chemical products to expand into international markets.
Platforms Building Bridges
Expanding the "Circle of Friends" in Energy and Chemical Cooperation
Platforms are bridges for industrial connectivity. Yuneng Group makes good use of open platforms such as the Silk Road International Exposition to showcase the achievements of its full-industry-chain layout to domestic and international audiences. At the 10th Silk Road International Exposition, Yuneng Group presented its "4+N" industrial landscape and latest achievements, comprising the "four main sectors" of coal, electric power, chemicals, and new materials, along with "N auxiliary sectors" including logistics and trade, modern financial services, technological innovation, and comprehensive solid-waste utilization, sharing with merchants along the Silk Road its practical experience in clean energy conversion and low-carbon development. Leveraging international industry exhibitions and business matchmaking events such as the China Mining Conference and Exhibition, the Yulin International Coal and High-End Energy Chemical Industry Expo, and the ALUMINIUM trade fair in Düsseldorf, Germany, Yuneng Group continuously conducts technical exchanges and business matchmaking with energy institutions and industry enterprises in multiple Central Asian and European countries, expanding cooperation space in areas such as clean energy development, coal-based new materials trade, and low-carbon technology transformation.
Positioning in Central Asia
From "Going Out to Take a Look" to "Settling Down and Doing Real Work"
In April 2026, Yuneng Group, as part of a delegation of the China Overseas Development Association, traveled to Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan, to attend the first Turkmenistan-China Business Forum and Exhibition, further accelerating the pace of its open cooperation. During the special energy and industry matchmaking session, Yuneng Group proposed a cooperation framework covering two-way energy trade, green and intelligent coal mining, new chemical materials, ecological governance, and new energy, and exchanged views with representatives of Turkmenistan's Ministry of Finance and Economy and Ministry of Environmental Protection on natural gas chemicals, natural gas extraction, photovoltaics, and other fields.
In May, a delegation from the Republic of Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan, visited Yulin, conducting on-site research at Yuneng Group on the zero-carbon energy model and agreeing to establish a regular exchange platform; in September, Yuneng Group, as part of a Shaanxi delegation, traveled to Nukus to attend interregional economic and trade activities, conducting in-depth matchmaking with the Ministry of Investment, Industry and Trade of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan, among others. Building on the previous rounds of matchmaking, in October, Yuneng Group established a dedicated professional investment task force for Central Asia, seconding professional personnel to concentrate on tackling key issues, turning multiple rounds of talks into market research, investment calculations, and project ledgers.
From Ashgabat to Nukus, Yuneng Group's positioning in Central Asia is shifting from cooperation intentions expressed at meetings to institutionalized matchmaking channels and actionable project reserves.
Magnesium Shining Overseas
Leveraging Overseas Warehouses as Focal Points to Pry Open Global Markets
With one end connected to shelves in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and the other to magnesium ingots in Yulin, Yuneng Group's "magnesium chain" is continuously extending at both ends.
On the trade side, its subsidiary Yumei Group has positioned overseas warehouses in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and other places, linking them with the Tianjin export consolidation warehouse and domestic out-of-town warehouses to form a foreign trade system of "domestic production—cross-border transport—overseas warehousing—nearby distribution," shortening delivery cycles and stabilizing the overseas supply chain. This path to overseas markets can be traced back to April 2021, when the first dedicated railway container train for magnesium metal exports departed from Yulin; more than 900 tons of raw magnesium were transported to Tianjin and then distributed to Canada, the Netherlands, and other places, opening up the rail-sea intermodal corridor and serving as a vivid footnote to Yulin's magnesium metal integrating into the Maritime Silk Road through rail-sea intermodal transport.
On the production capacity side, the Group follows this corridor to cast its gaze deeper into the "magnesium chain." Relying on existing resource coordination and trade networks, Yuneng Group's related businesses are extending from magnesium metal collection, storage, and trade toward alloy research and development and deep processing, using energy trade as a starting point and green low-carbon smelting as support, pushing the business to climb from single-product trade to the full chain of "resources—processing—technology—market." From selling raw magnesium to planning magnesium-based new materials, from product exports to connecting with downstream applications, Yuneng Group is accelerating its pace of serving the joint building of the Belt and Road Initiative, with its business layout advancing step by step from corridors to markets and from trade to manufacturing.
Green Development
Empowering External Exchange and Cooperation with Low-Carbon Solutions
Green is the distinctive feature of jointly building the Belt and Road Initiative. Yuneng Group adheres to ecological priority and green development, forging low-carbon technology and clean production into the core competitiveness of its external exchange and cooperation.
On the coal mining front, the Guo Jiatan Coal Mine adopts "water-preserving coal mining" technology to minimize the loss of water resources from surface aquifers, seeking a balance between coal mining and water conservation. In the electric power sector, the Hengshan Coal-Power Integration Project is equipped with the world's first commercially operating "three-tower-in-one" indirect air-cooling million-kilowatt unit, achieving ultra-low emissions and zero wastewater discharge in one go; the Yanghuopan Coal-Power Integration Plant Project has implemented the world's first natural-draft direct air-cooling system, was selected as a national first (set) major technical equipment, and leads comparable units in consumption reduction and carbon reduction.
In the new chemical materials track, the epoxy resin integration project with a total investment of more than 10 billion yuan strings "coal—methanol—propylene—epoxy resin" into one chain, turning coal from a "fuel" into a "raw material." Among these, the technology of direct oxidation of allyl chloride to epichlorohydrin is the first industrial demonstration and application in China, solving from the source the problems of high chlorine consumption and high-salt wastewater in traditional processes. At the same time, Yuneng Group is accelerating its layout of wind and solar new energy, with an integrated wind-solar-thermal-storage comprehensive energy base gradually taking shape, where fossil energy as a fallback and new energy emission reduction complement and advance each other.
From water-preserving coal mining to air-cooling units, from direct oxidation of allyl chloride to coal-based high-end resins, Yuneng Group has explored a set of technical paths that can be implemented and replicated, empowering mines and installations in the northern frontier while also providing a path reference for joint research on green and low-carbon technologies with partners in countries jointly building the Belt and Road Initiative.
From the whistle of the "Yuxiou" freight train to the project ledgers in the investment task force, Yuneng Group's footprint of openness outlines the clear trajectory of a resource-based local state-owned enterprise actively integrating into the joint building of the Belt and Road Initiative. Looking to the future, Yuneng Group will, based on its primary responsibility and main business of energy supply guarantees, continue to promote the green transformation of industry, steadily expand economic, trade, and technological exchanges with countries jointly building the Belt and Road Initiative, coordinate energy security, industrial upgrading, and opening up to the outside world, and continue to contribute Yuneng's strength to deepening practical energy cooperation.
Data source: Shaanxi Yulin Energy Group Co., Ltd.
Return to TopIn the opening year of the 15th Five-Year Plan, China formulated its first five-year plan in the field of cultural heritage protection. The "15th Five-Year Plan for the Protection and Inheritance of Cultural Heritage" clearly states the principles of "prioritizing protection, rational utilization, and minimal intervention," proposes "building a comprehensive pattern of cultural heritage protection," and promotes "coordinated protection of tangible and intangible cultural heritage." Over the years, Xifeng Liquor has made unswerving and persistent effort (坚持不懈, jian shi bu xie - "persist, not slack") to promote the protection and inheritance of cultural heritage, safeguarding intangible cultural heritage techniques with craftsmanship, and bringing the thousand-year fragrance of Fengxiang to the world.
Coordinated Protection of "Dual Heritage," Safeguarding a Shared Cultural Root
In 2021, the "Xifeng Liquor Brewing Technique" was included in the fifth batch of representative items of national intangible cultural heritage, and in the same year, the "Xifeng Liquor Distillery" was included in the fifth batch of national industrial heritage sites. Xifeng Liquor has earnestly promoted the coordinated protection of the "dual heritage," safeguarding the brewing culture and techniques that have been passed down without interruption for three thousand years, and bringing the thousand-year fragrance of Fengxiang to the world.
Adhering to "Living Inheritance" to Bring New Vitality to Intangible Cultural Heritage
Xifeng Liquor adheres to "living inheritance," keeping intangible cultural heritage techniques alive through continuous brewing, daily use, and public experience. The Xifeng Liquor Culture Museum, which opened in September 2025, showcases the three-thousand-year brewing history through cultural relics, historical materials, realistic restorations, and digital technology. In the ten-thousand-ton wine cellar, ancient wine containers hand-woven from Qinling brambles and lined with hundreds of layers of pasted paper are still in use today, allowing the liquor to naturally mature through aging. Relying on the museum, brewing workshops, and the wine cellar, Xifeng Liquor has extended industrial tourism from "factory visits" to an experiential format of "cultural tourism + industry," bringing cultural heritage into the daily lives of more people through living inheritance.
Advancing "Brand Going Global" and Telling the Story of Chinese Baijiu
Xifeng Liquor actively participates in international exchanges, advancing the Fengxiang brand's voyage overseas to showcase the charm of Chinese baijiu to the world. At present, the Xifeng Liquor trademark has been successfully registered in 20 countries and regions, with products exported to more than 30 countries and regions, and a sales network established in Southeast Asia, Europe, and Africa.
In the future, Xifeng Liquor will use the fragrance of Fengxiang as its letterhead, tell the story of Chinese baijiu well, safeguard the cultural root, continue the thousand-year inheritance, and march toward a broader world.
Data source: Shaanxi Xifeng Liquor Distillery Group Co., Ltd.
Return to TopBy: 孙 璐
The volume of communication rises and falls, but the influence of culture ultimately depends on the hard work of profound influence that develops quietly over time (静水流深, jing shui liu shen - "quiet water, flows deep"). Only when appearances are followed by continuation, encounters by accumulation, and exchanges by inspiration can cultural communication continue endlessly without interruption (绵延不绝, mian yan bu jue - "stretch, extend, not, end").
Drinking hot water, cooking rice porridge, and practicing Baduanjin—these habits that Chinese people take for granted have now become trendy on overseas social media. Young people follow along with videos while joking that they have entered a "very Chinese stage of life," and "Chinamaxxing" (extreme Sinicization) has gone viral as a result.
Such enthusiasm for getting to know China through a screen is heartening. The shift in cultural communication from stories that "we tell you" to experiences that "we take you along" is also something to look forward to. Going a step further, how to catch the world's curiosity about China, and how the world journey of Chinese culture can go deeper and farther, deserves our careful thought.
For culture to go global, there must first be encounters attractive enough to draw people in. Translations of classics, art tours, and museum exhibitions are important windows through which overseas audiences come to know China; today, home-cooked meals in short videos, beautiful scenery in micro-dramas, and fantasy worlds in web novels have further broadened the channels for forming ties with Chinese culture. Black Myth: Wukong takes overseas users on adventures through ancient Chinese architecture and landscapes; the newly released domestic game Phantom Blade Zero presents the Chinese martial-arts world and kung fu moves in a novel way; and the trendy toy Labubu has won the affection of young people worldwide with its having a unique style or character (独树一帜, du shu yi zhi - "alone, plant, one, banner") design. The classic windows remain bright, and these new forms close to everyday life have triggered exponential spread, prompting us to take seriously the greater possibilities for Chinese culture going global.
Being seen is only the beginning; being understood is the more crucial part. Online communication tends to favor cultural fragments that are highly recognizable and easy to imitate—Baduanjin is condensed into a few easy-to-follow movements, and opera is reduced to a few stunning frames of costume and makeup. Vivid cultural images easily capture people's attention and make them stop (引人驻足, yin ren zhu zu - "attract, people, stop, feet"), yet the complex life experiences and spiritual traditions behind them may not travel along. Nearly a century ago, when Mei Lanfang visited the United States, he prepared for seven years before and after; to help local audiences understand the unique expressive methods of Peking opera, the troupe carefully prepared nearly 2,000 illustrated charts with Chinese-English comparisons and printed English-language explanatory booklets. Yang Xianyi and Gladys Yang, in translating Dream of the Red Chamber, polished every word and sentence over several years, paying special attention to the deeper meanings behind the language, all to minimize as much as possible the loss of meaning in cross-cultural understanding. Today, the speed and means of cultural communication are vastly different; the convenience of intelligent translation can even bring a work to readers' screens in various countries within an extremely short time. However, removing language barriers does not automatically bridge the distances of historical context, cultural logic, and customs and beliefs. The former allows culture to "go out"; the latter is what allows culture to "go in."
In recent years, a number of Chinese literary and artistic works that have appeared overseas have not only given foreign audiences a striking first impression of surprise and awe but have also allowed people to appreciate the culture and wisdom within their having a long-lasting and lingering charm (余韵悠长, yu yun you chang - "remaining, charm, long, lasting"). The dance-drama poem Poetic Dance: The Journey of a Legendary Landscape Painting has taken to stages in Singapore, North America, and elsewhere; the flowing blue-green hues and dance movements like a painting are intoxicating, while scenes of silk weaving, brush making, and ink making offer a glimpse into the aesthetic spirit and craftsmanship heritage behind a celebrated painting. The TV drama To the Wonder has become the first full-length Chinese-language series to be shortlisted for the main competition at the Cannes International Series Festival; the grassland scenery is enchanting, and the tension between traditional nomadic life and the life choices of the younger generation gives this encounter a depth worth further exploration.
This depth also comes from the mutual achievement of tradition and the present. Whether it is the fusion of a thousand-year-old painting's artistry with contemporary stage design, or the interweaving of old and new life on the grassland, the distant past and the vitality of today have always coexisted in the same China. When tradition enters today's creation, it becomes living aesthetics and wisdom; when today's creation continues the roots of tradition, it gains a more moving weight. Inheritance and innovation accompany and merge with each other, providing lasting momentum for Chinese culture to go global.
For culture to go global, it does not rely on one or two works breaking out, but on a steady and uninterrupted supply and closely linked and interconnected (环环相扣, huan huan xiang kou - "ring, ring, mutually, interlock") investment. This requires the dedicated cultivation of generation after generation of creators, the continuous emergence of new stories and new expressions, and also the coordinated effort of the entire chain from creation to production, and then to translation and promotion. Readers who approach Chinese science fiction through The Three-Body Problem can also encounter vastly different visions of the future in the works of other writers; audiences moved by the dance drama Wing Chun have the opportunity to explore more new interpretations of China's intangible cultural heritage. Only in this way can every arrival become a new starting point.
Sustainable cultural exchange also inspires and completes each other. As the "new three items" of culture gain popularity worldwide, Chinese online literature has cultivated hundreds of thousands of overseas creators. Among them, some draw on narrative methods from Chinese web novels such as "cultivation" and "system flow," while others weave Chinese mythology into their own stories, where diverse life experiences and aesthetic tastes converge. These rewritings from foreign lands can in turn nourish Chinese creators, enabling them to discover the novelty of their own culture seen through another lens, and thereby expand the space of themes and expression. From reading to creating, from appreciation to participation, the world's curiosity about China grows new branches and leaves in the back-and-forth.
The volume of communication rises and falls, but the influence of culture ultimately depends on the hard work of profound influence that develops quietly over time. Only when appearances are followed by continuation, encounters by accumulation, and exchanges by inspiration can cultural communication continue endlessly without interruption, and can Chinese culture, bearing its long heritage, stride toward the world and stir new sounds where a hundred rivers converge.
(The author is a professor at Shanghai International Studies University)
Return to TopBy: 黎识山
Recently, after Mr. Wang Meng's article "Running a Supplement Full of Charm and Vitality" was published in People's Daily, it sparked heated discussion across major media outlets. On why a supplement should be full of charm and vitality, not only do writers and editors have opinions, but readers also have something to say.
Scrolling through the comment sections of related articles, some people said it had been a long time since they had seen a supplement so collectively "seen," others shared their own stories with supplements, and still others talked freely about what an ideal supplement should look like. These fragments of precious things or memories (吉光片羽, ji guang pian yu - "auspicious, light, piece, feather") converge into a lively picture of reader-editor exchanges, making one cannot help but sigh: the "root" of the supplement lies in its readers, and today's readers still need supplements.
Among netizens' comments, what flowed out most was affection for supplements: "As soon as I get the newspaper, I look for the supplement first," "It was only after I came to like the supplement that I began to like reading the newspaper." When it comes to well-known supplements, readers can recite them like counting family treasures: "Dadi" (The Earth), "Zhaohua" (Morning Flowers), "Yeguangbei" (Night Luminous Cup), "Wuse Tu" (Five-Colored Soil)... Many people treasure scrapbooks, on which they have accumulated good articles cut from newspaper supplements over the years.
The uniqueness of supplements is something veteran readers all feel in their hearts: "If a newspaper had no supplement, it would be like stir-frying vegetables without adding salt," "The supplement is like the refrain of a song; after reading the supplement, the aftertaste lingers, and after hearing the refrain, one hums it without stopping." Good supplement works hug close to life, hug close to the human heart; reading them feels intimate and inspiring, and that sweet aftertaste lingers in the heart for a long time.
Of course, warmth is only one side of the supplement. Supplement content is rich and diverse, and some works that are pungent and vivid, satirical and humorous, are also very popular with readers. The so-called "supplement" is also, with a spirit of inclusiveness, preserving the original ecology of life, preserving the many possibilities of everyone expressing their own views (各抒己见, ge shu ji jian - "each, express, own, opinion") and each having their own preferences, just like the world itself. Just as a netizen put it, "The news tells readers what has happened in the world; the supplement tells readers what the world means." In that meaning, there is profound truth, goodness, and beauty.
In the spontaneous "My Story with the Supplement" sharing in the comment sections, there are many literary and artistic enthusiasts, and also many grassroots writers. For them, the supplement is a realm of literary enlightenment, and also a cultivating garden where they gather courage to begin sowing and watering on their own, trying to create and submit their works. A long-distance phone call from an editor who is a complete stranger to one another (素不相识, su bu xiang shi - "plainly, not, know, recognize"), or a short reply letter, is extremely precious and valuable (弥足珍贵, mi zu zhen gui - "extremely, worthy, precious, valuable"), and is the warm beginning of their long writing journey.
"A history of supplements is half the history of modern Chinese literature and art"; supplements have a glorious past. From "Huadi" (Flower Land) to "Jusong" (Ode to the Orange), from "Wuse Tu" to "Yeguangbei," supplements have also long nourished the temperament and cultural lineage of a place. Now, in an era of change, facing the rapid evolution of digital-intelligent media, how supplements should respond and how they should transform also draws the attention of readers.
Netizens both express reluctance over some supplements that have ceased publication due to operational pressure, and frankly state their dissatisfaction with the content and quality of certain supplements. "The writing style of articles is monotonous and unoriginal (千篇一律, qian pian yi lv - "thousand, pieces, one, pattern"), and the subject matter is also limited, often just seasonal produce and the like," "The authors are just the same few, going back and forth, and submissions circulate within a circle of acquaintances, so the quality inevitably suffers." These voices are sharp, yet also precious; only with deep love can criticism be severe.
"I hope you will publish more of different types, especially those pungent, satirical, and incisive and penetrating analysis (鞭辟入里, bian pi ru li - "whip, penetrate, enter, inside") commentary articles," "I suggest starting serializations; serialized works in supplements are the most gripping," "You could select the best supplement works and compile them into collections for preservation, amplifying the vitality of the written word"... These suggestions carry expectations, reflecting people's current spiritual and cultural needs, and encouraging supplements to continue forging deeper into the era and higher toward excellence.
Looking back, why is Mr. Wang Meng's article so touching? He talked the supplement back to "people": editors are vivid, authors are vivid, and readers are also vivid. Being full of charm and vitality means that editors, authors, and readers, in the garden of the supplement, are in complete harmony or mutual understanding (声息相通, sheng xi xiang tong - "sound, breath, mutually, connect"), their hearts reflecting one another.
Reading through the comments makes one deeply realize: readers' trust is the most precious resource for running a good supplement. Today, the user interface of newspapers is changing, and the reading entry point of supplements also needs to change. In the digital-intelligent era, readers not only want to read good articles, but also want an entry point for expression and participation. By leveraging the internet, absorbing readers' opinions, drawing on readers' wisdom, and achieving "reader-editor co-creation," supplements can truly become a home that the public yearns for.
I recall what a netizen wrote: for people busy in life and work, the supplement is a "illumination from the starry sky." The starry sky is vast, the starlight is brilliant; may the supplement, in upholding fundamental principles and breaking new ground, maintain this light, illuminate the road beneath more people's feet, and bring spiritual comfort to more people.
Return to TopBy: 陈迎宪
For a thousand years, the palm has commanded heaven and earth, performing every aspect of the human world. This year, a performance showcase of puppet and shadow-play arts named "Auspicious Couplets of a Hundred Realms · Arts Uniting Ten Thousand Directions" brought together five major categories of puppet and shadow figures from across the country. While exchanging and learning from one another, it also raised a concern of the industry: how can the ancient arts of puppetry and shadow play keep pace with the pulse of the times and win the affection of a broader audience?
Breaking through the rigidification of subject matter and the rigidification of audiences is the first step for puppet theater to break out of its circle. For a long time, the general public has equated puppetry and shadow play with entertainment for young children. Traditional puppet theater has mostly relied on fantasy and childlike themes, with a relatively narrow field of vision, making it difficult to carry weighty humanistic reflection and limiting its appeal to young people and the general public.
The repertoire of this showcase reflects an ambition to expand subject matter. The play The Adventures of the Young Zhang Daqian by the Zizhong County Puppet Troupe of Sichuan focuses on the protagonist's experience of being trapped in a bandit lair, presenting a panorama of society in eastern Sichuan during the Republican era. It infuses the puppet stage with feelings of family and country and adherence to righteousness, touching the hearts of the audience.
In creating works for audiences of all ages, the Classic of Mountains and Seas: The Dream of the Giant by the Yangzhou Puppet Research Institute also offers an answer. The work draws on ancient classics and integrates modern science-fiction narrative, giving new life to a traditional cultural IP. The play both nourishes young people with the spirit of courage and cooperation and explores themes of coexistence between humanity and nature and the assumption of individual mission. With its complete dramatic structure and stage presentation with a strong sense of the times, the work breaks free of the label of being for young children and achieves aesthetic compatibility across generations.
The work Nezha Punishes Evil and Promotes Good produced by the Huazhou shadow play, a national-level intangible cultural heritage, wins through the application of technology. It breaks the limits of the traditional small shadow screen, using a large screen combined with multimedia to create an immersive viewing experience. At the same time, it adheres to the ancient methods of hollow-carving and color application, preserving performance characteristics such as Huazhou's wanwanqiang vocal style, and does not allow technology to let the secondary element overshadow the main one (喧宾夺主, xuan bin duo zhu - "noise, guest, take, master"). This work, produced by a private institution, was selected for the National Arts Fund project with the assistance of a provincial-level troupe, achieving the leap of shadow play from a small folk theater form to an urban stage art.
The Quanzhou string puppetry, which won a grand prize at the Avignon Theater Festival in France, presented classic excerpt plays such as Zhong Kui Drunk and Training the Monkey at this showcase. Dozens of silk strings are precisely manipulated, and the exquisite skill stunned the audience. Once, this ancient art also faced the predicament of audience attrition and operational difficulties. To break through and develop, the troupe went deep into streets and alleys for public-welfare performances, organized and restaged traditional plays (and excerpts), and added subtitles to remove dialect barriers, revitalizing the market and achieving a performance heat of more than 800 shows per year, creating the cultural phenomenon of "for one play, travel to one city." This fully demonstrates that if traditional puppet theater can both polish stage masterpieces and bend down to get close to the public, it can fully open up greater space in public-welfare popularization and market-oriented development.
On the stage of this showcase, there were also rare puppet categories that drew particular attention. In The Legend of the Dragon Gate by the Sichuan Grand Puppet Theater, a 1.8-meter giant puppet is magnificent and imposing in scale or manner (气势恢宏, qi shi hui hong - "air, force, grand, magnificent"), with flexible brows, eyes, fingers, and knuckles, capable of delicate movements such as putting on and taking off clothes, lighting a cigarette, and spitting fire. The scene of soaring into the sky and leaping over the dragon gate has strong visual impact. This northern Sichuan grand puppetry, an art with 300 years of history, once appeared in the "Beijing 8 Minutes" at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics and is an important calling card for external exchange, but today it faces difficulties such as high production costs and long-cycle talent cultivation, reflecting from one angle the survival situation of rare puppet types at present.
The concentrated showcase presented the diverse vitality of the puppet theater industry, but also exposed problems such as the aging of inheritors, a scarcity of composite talents, uneven regional development, and the insufficient self-generating capacity of some troupes. To revitalize the vitality of ancient puppet theater, one must both preserve the root of skills accumulated over a thousand years, manifesting the unique puppet charm, puppet artistry, and puppet technique, and dare to innovate, upholding the orthodox without being bound by the past and innovating without departing from the ancestral tradition. Only by leveraging the new conditions of the times, continuously expanding subject matter, elevating the artistic realm, and broadly attracting audiences can the art of puppet theater radiate new brilliance.
Return to TopBy: 龚金平
In the 1958 film The Eternal Wave (Yong Bu Xiao Shi De Dian Bo), what is placed in the foreground is always the protagonist Li Xia's unwavering faith, optimistic spirit, and willingness to face death with determination (视死如归, shi si ru gui - "look at death, as returning home") in combat. Only in a few shots do viewers see his kindness and magnanimity as a father, and rarely do they see his tenderness and thoughtfulness as a husband. This may stem from a certain concern on the part of the creators: that warm moments of family life would weaken the revolutionary will of the "undercover operative."
At a rough glance, domestic spy films often highlight the composure, alertness, and decisiveness of our side's personnel amid a state of extreme tension or hostility (剑拔弩张, jian ba nu zhang - "sword drawn, bow stretched"), and spare no ink in rendering those tension-filled moments, such as difficult choices, painful partings, and the steadfastness of ideals and faith. With this as a reference, the creative direction of the film Secret Files (Mi Dang) is a pleasant surprise.
Secret Files devotes most of its brushwork to the daily lives of several families in Shanghai's shikumen lane houses. Viewers may feel as if they are watching The Story of Seventy-Two Tenants (Qi Shi Er Jia Fang Ke), and faintly catch a glimpse of the shadow of Crows and Sparrows (Wu Ya Yu Ma Que). Its core dramatic conflict is not a soul-stirring or breathtaking (惊心动魄, jing xin dong po - "startle heart, shake soul") confrontation between good and evil, but rather how Xu Shuting and his wife Shen Yulin strive to conceal their true identities before their neighbors in the marketplace and alleys, while completing the tasks assigned by the organization. At first glance, such a conflict setup lacks the tension of a hair's breadth or a critical moment (千钧一发, qian jun yi fa - "thousand jun weight, one hair") and the oppressive sense of hanging by a thread (命悬一线, ming xuan yi xian - "life, hang, one thread"). But the film repeatedly uses montage to reveal what comes later in advance: in black-and-white shots, the tenants are interrogated by the enemy about their relationship with Xu Shuting. Because viewers know in advance the tragic trajectory of the plot, this instead sets off how precious—and how fragile—those trivial, ordinary quarrels, those greetings and amusements of peaceful days, truly are.
The film excels at offering subtle clues or foreshadowing (草蛇灰线, cao she hui xian - "grass, snake, ash, line") into the characters' personalities and values through details of daily life. When everyone is forced to join the Japanese-puppet "Self-Defense Corps," Mr. Lu shrewdly asserts privilege by virtue of his status as a doctor; several young people declare themselves irreconcilable or mutually exclusive (势不两立, shi bu liang li - "power, not, two, stand") with the traitors; Gu Shaotang slickly stays out of it; and in the end only Xu Shuting reluctantly takes on this thankless task. When paying rent, people of different strata react differently: Xu Shuting, having very little money (囊中羞涩, nang zhong xiu se - "bag, inside, shy, bashful"), nonetheless strives to maintain dignity; some stall and delay again and again by making unreasonable fusses; and Liang Yaoting arrogantly or superciliously (趾高气扬, zhi gao qi yang - "toe, high, breath, raised") declares he will cover the electricity bills after the curfew. The film does not treat the interactions among neighbors as idle brushwork, but rather weaves into them an understanding of the current situation and a deeper observation of the characters.
This spectrum of characters may seem merely to reflect the complexity of social strata at the time, but in fact it represents several kinds of political attitudes. Gu Shaotang was originally a national capitalist, wanting only to live a carefree life amid war raging everywhere (战火纷飞, zhan huo fen fei - "war, fire, fly, fly"); Mr. Lu believes he can rely on his skills to live a solid and secure life; Xiao Jin is Korean and deeply feels the rootlessness of a shattered homeland, and thus harbors a radical determination to resist; Linglong wants to rely on her beauty to live a parasitic existence in the mixed and motley world of the Shanghai bund... No matter who they are, none can escape unscathed; all must bear, in direct or indirect ways, the pain of living as slaves to a conquered nation.
Among the many characters, the film's portrayal of the revolutionaries is quite innovative. Although Xu Shuting and Shen Yulin are steadfast and resourceful revolutionaries, they too must worry about making a living. The film uses a more down-to-earth approach to let viewers see the real survival picture of an ordinary couple. In particular, their revolutionary cause places their child in danger, leaving an inner wound that is hard to heal. In a restrained yet deeply felt manner, the film lays out the guilt and longing, the anxiety and self-reproach of this revolutionary couple after losing their child, reinforcing their three-dimensionality as "human beings."
Although Secret Files is a spy film, it deliberately places revolutionary will and revolutionary consciousness into daily life, rather than only testing them under extreme circumstances. The film makes a point of portraying secondary characters, even at the cost of diminishing the protagonist's presence and weakening the intensity of the main conflict. All of this is aimed at broadening the scope of social life and completing a depiction of the survival conditions and mentalities of different strata in Shanghai during the War of Resistance. Therefore, Secret Files embodies a strong consciousness of seeking innovation and change: expanding the boundaries of the spy genre through everyday life, and sketching the currents of the era through the flow of life-like imagery. Both its breakthroughs and its regrets offer inspiration for similar creative works.
Return to TopThe red-themed short drama The Iron-Blooded Messenger opens with suspense, telling the story of Xiang Younian, a courier for the Central Special Branch, who carries intelligence on the "Iron Bucket Plan" through a series of checkpoints and blockades, ultimately arriving in Ruijin and completing his mission as a messenger. Three scenes, three acts, each with its own highlights. Along the way, constantly changing scenery along the way (移步换景, yi bu huan jing - "move step, change scene"), unexpected changes in circumstances or scenery (峰回路转, feng hui lu zhuan - "mountain peak, road turn"). On the surface, it is a tale of an intelligence operative's adventures and legends, but in reality it reveals the historical truth that the key to revolutionary victory lies in the hearts of the people.
Limited by their length, short dramas often rely on details to succeed. Only with exquisite details can there be dramatic tension. Every scene in The Iron-Blooded Messenger revolves around how to turn a dangerous situation into a safe one (转危为安, zhuan wei wei an - "turn danger, become safety") and escape from a difficult situation through cleverness (金蝉脱壳, jin chan tuo ke - "golden cicada, shed shell"), with the drama arising from unexpected reversals. The conflicts in the play are highly designed, and the difficulty lies in how to make this design fit the circumstances of the time. Otherwise, some of the twists would seem absurd.
Watching this drama indeed brings a sense of full of ups and downs or dramatic twists (跌宕起伏, die dang qi fu - "rise and fall, undulate"), of thrilling tension and satisfaction, but what leaves a deep impression is still the characters—the play has created a set of vivid figures. When it comes to honing the craft of character portrayal, short dramas have no excuse to say no.
(Chaoyang District, Beijing Zhang Dexiang)
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Recently, my remarks about the difficulty of finding a suitable actor for the role of "Fatty Huang" in the stage play Teahouse sparked considerable discussion. It is not just "Fatty Huang" — we often worry about the selection of actors. Graduates of art academies nowadays are generally very tall. In Thunderstorm, Sifeng is a petite young girl; if the actress is 1.7 meters tall, then Zhou Chong, who plays opposite her, would need to be over 1.8 meters. But Zhou Chong should be a seventeen- or eighteen-year-old youth with a baby face. Forcing a tall young man to play the role would make the texture of the character belonging to that era wrong.
Students of art academies should naturally come in all shapes and sizes, having a great variety of forms or appearances (千姿百态, qian zi bai tai - "thousand, postures, hundred, forms"); seedlings for all the role types — sheng, dan, jing, chou — should be taken in, so that a play can be forged together. If looks are put first and all graduates are handsome men and beautiful women, it will deepen the entrenched impression that "actors must be good-looking," and may even lead to aesthetic homogenization and sameness.
Character personalities are ever-changing, so they also require ever-changing physical appearances to shape them. Liang Guanhua is on the heavier side. When director Lin Zhaohua had him play Wang Lifa back then, many people raised questions, because the Wang Lifa created by the late Yu Shizhi was a lean teahouse manager — how could someone on the heavier side play this role? But director Lin Zhaohua said that Liang Guanhua possessed some humorous qualities that other actors did not have. It was precisely this uniqueness that made Liang Guanhua's version of Wang Lifa a classic of the stage as well.
AI short dramas are extremely popular right now — how perfect the looks of the characters in them are! But they are forgotten right after watching, because the characters have no breath. Recently, Li Xuejian's performance in the televised theatrical gala Ode to the Long March was deeply moving even though he did not speak a single line. The wrinkles on Li Xuejian's face, that sense of having weathered the vicissitudes of life — and then he smiles, and walks with a faltering gait, letting people see the power of time. This is a performance with vitality, with breath. Add to that his years of struggle against illness, which is no less than a war — these experiences and emotions cannot be fed by data.
Coming back to the point, this is the importance of sincerity. Why do people like watching The Odyssey? Director Nolan uses film, that primitive medium, to make movies; the actors do not wear heavy or gaudy makeup (浓妆艳抹, nong zhuang yan mo - "thick, makeup, bright, smear"), but perform in their natural state, and the audience can feel that complete sincerity and earnestness (诚心诚意, cheng xin cheng yi - "sincere, heart, sincere, intention") and reverence for cinema. What we lack nowadays is often a sense of reverence.
People often say that cultural workers must have culture. The culture I understand is by no means just test scores; cultural learning is a lifelong endeavor. When I lead actors in rehearsing Du Fu, I must settle my mind to study Du Fu; when rehearsing Zhang Juzheng, I must understand the era of Zhang Juzheng; when rehearsing Antiques, I go to the antique market and invite experts from the Palace Museum to explain the appraisal of calligraphy, painting, and porcelain; when staging period dramas, I specially invite opera teachers to teach carpet acrobatics, stage walks, and cloud hands, and invite etiquette teachers to explain the ritual codes of successive dynasties — all of this is cultural accumulation.
I have always told young actors: do not keep your nose in your phone browsing in fragments; spend thirty to forty minutes a day reading printed text, and you will gain far more. Since 2017, I have been promoting script-reading activities at the People's Art Theatre, pushing young people to settle down and read texts, to read through scripts repeatedly over more than ten days, to dissect characters, and to train their ability to understand lines. When Guo Qihong wrote Du Fu, he listed a bibliography of 187 books at the end of the script; he read 187 books to write only 30,000 characters — these are all essences that need to be savored with care.
In Du Fu there is a line, "an official career beset by setbacks" (shitu cengdeng). "Cengdeng" means rough and bumpy. Young actors were puzzled: why not directly use "rough and bumpy," which everyone is more familiar with? Over 12 days, we read the script 24 times, and then a young actor blurted out "an official career beset by setbacks." I said, so do you now think it should be changed to "rough and bumpy"? He savored it carefully and said that "beset by setbacks" seemed more accurate. This is a matter of tacit understanding; once you put in enough effort, you gradually come to appreciate it. When I play Du Fu, after the line "If only I could have a vast mansion of ten thousand rooms, sheltering all the poor scholars of the world with joyful faces," there are the two characters "wuhu" (alas). If delivered at a normal recitation pace, it might seem somewhat affected. I imagined it was in a torrential downpour, defying heaven, so I handled it with a hoarse shout. A friend said to me: "That shout of yours gave me goosebumps." I think that is Du Fu's state of mind.
We do not deny the market's demand for actors with outstanding looks, but the garden of literature and art cannot bloom with only one kind of flower. Literature and art are, after all, about writing people and performing people; the core quality of an actor is still the ability to shape characters. I have always been confident in the future of good actors.
(The author is the president of the Beijing People's Art Theatre; compiled from an interview by People's Daily reporter Ren Feifan)
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