Urban War Behind Marathon

The following article comes from Reading the City Studio, written by Li Hang.

Reading the City Studio.

Give me three minutes to show you the city.

Marathon became a part of the city symbol.

如果说,今年夏天人们问得最多的问题是:你抢到演唱会门票了吗?那么到了秋天,这个问题变成了:你报名马拉松了吗?

12月10日,2023广州马拉松赛即将鸣枪起跑。在报名阶段,24小时内报名人数就突破了10万。报名截止时,共有140846名跑者报名了今年的广马,刷新了历届广马报名人数纪录。

今年以来,全国各地马拉松赛事不断涌现。

10月29日,有“国马”之称的北京马拉松开赛,3万名选手从天安门广场出发,奔向42公里之外的奥林匹克公园中心区景观大道。

全国范围内,那一天还有成都、西安等超过20场马拉松赛事举行,至少有30多万人挑战自己的体能极限。

当跑者挤在一二线城市的赛道奔跑,更多的三四线甚至不知名的小县城也开始热衷举办马拉松赛事。

据不完全统计,11月全国共有98场马拉松赛事,其中既有上海、深圳、南昌等一二线城市,也有信阳、济宁、衢州等三四线城市。

密集的马拉松赛事不只彰显了群众参与健身运动的热情,42公里赛道背后,还隐藏着一笔经济账。

马拉松回归之年

公元前490年,菲迪皮茨从马拉松平原出发,将希腊联军击败入侵波斯军队的获胜消息带到42公里之外的雅典城。

After reaching the finish line, Fidi Pitz died of exhaustion.

There are many historical records about his being good at running, but no one knows how long it took him to run for the last time in his life. But later generations began to commemorate the great messenger with a marathon-in the form of constantly refreshing records.

This project was established in the first modern Olympic Games in 1896.

In 1987, the first urban marathon was held in Boston, a famous historical and cultural city in the United States. Today, "Poma" has become a dream place for runners all over the world.

△ Boston Marathon End Source: Respondents provided

China’s running fire originated in 1981, marked by the first China International Marathon held in Beijing, in which 85 athletes from 12 countries participated. Although the number and scale were small, it quietly lit a prairie fire.

From 2010 to 2014, the number of marathon events in China increased from 13 to 53. In addition to big cities such as Beishangguang, third-and fourth-tier cities such as Liupanshui in Guizhou and Xichang in Sichuan also started to hold marathons in those years.

In 2014, the State Sports General Administration cancelled the approval of mass and commercial sports events, and marathon events began to blow out. By 2019, 1,828 large-scale events will be held nationwide, 247 more than 1,581 in 2018, which is equivalent to holding five marathons every day on average.

After that, three years after the epidemic, many races were stopped or postponed. Perhaps the secret training of runners in these three years has led to the explosion of marathon events this year.

△ Runners being trained at Guangzhou Tianhe Stadium Times Weekly Li Hang/photo

This autumn, the heat of marathon events is inversely proportional to the falling temperature.

According to incomplete statistics, on October 15th alone, 32 marathons started at the same time.

In November, there were more than 100 national marathons, most of which were held in third-and fourth-tier cities, counties and streets. There is even an article ridiculing: "There are too many marathons, and middle-aged people are not enough."

The intensive marathon events made many runners feel complicated: "I won the Shenzhen Marathon on December 3 and the Guangzhou Marathon on December 10, but the interval between the two races was too short, so I’m afraid I can’t recover." Runner Ding Ming (a pseudonym) told the Times Weekly reporter.

But what he is really anxious about is that the horse racing atmosphere in Shenzhen is not strong and he can’t enjoy the fun of horse racing in the national carnival.

This anxiety implies that the marathon competition between cities has quietly started.

City in the eyes of racers

For the 39-year-old Guangzhou runner Wang Jiali, this year is a hot year for the marathon to return, and it is also a year for him to gradually find his state.

His horse racing experience began in Guangzhou Half Horse 11 years ago. "In 2011, I participated in a 10-kilometer running activity held in Guangzhou. A year later, it coincided with the first Guangzhou Half Horse. I thought that I could finish running 10 kilometers, so I signed up for Guangzhou Half Horse with an early adopter attitude."

Since then, Wang Jiali has started a nationwide horse racing career. "Marathon, cross-country and vertical marathon are all available, and 151 races have been completed so far." Wang Jiali said.

△ Wang Jiali’s medal is filled with a wall. Source: Respondents provide

If calculated according to the length of 42 kilometers per game, Wang Jiali has now run 6342 kilometers, which is nearly 1000 kilometers longer than the two farthest cities in China, Fuyuan County in the northeast of Heilongjiang Province and Ruili City in the southwest of Yunnan Province.

In 2019, the number of events in China reached its peak, and Wang Jiali also ushered in the busiest year in his horse racing career. "In the second half of 2019, I participated in a game almost every week, and even tried a back-to-back game on Saturday and Sunday."

The 11-year horse racing career has allowed him to witness the continuous expansion of the domestic running enthusiasts.

Wang Jiali said that when the marathon was just emerging in China, the number of applicants could not reach the quota set by the project, so long as they signed up, they could participate. Nowadays, with the popularity of marathon in China, the number of participants is increasing, and most marathon registrations are converted into lottery forms.

This year, there were 30,000 places in the Beijing Marathon, which attracted 130,000 people to sign up, and the final winning rate was 23%. The winning rate of the upcoming Shanghai Marathon is only 13.7%. The success rate of the Xiamen Marathon scheduled for January next year is only 5%, which is even lower than the admission rate of graduate students.

In contrast, marathons held in non-first-tier cities often have insufficient applicants.

Ding Ming said that he successfully signed up for two marathons in Shenzhen and Guangzhou, but many runners around him didn’t sign up for a large marathon this year, so they had to participate in the marathon events at the surrounding counties, cities, districts and towns.

"But they also face a problem. If there is no proof of the completion of large-scale events, they may lose their qualification to participate in some platinum and gold medals in China next year." Ding Luo said that horse racing has evolved into a competition between cities.

△ Hong Kong Marathon Source: Provided by respondents

Take the gold medal events of Beishangguangshen and Xiamen as examples. These cities have held events for a long time, and they can also invite overseas elite players to participate at a lower price in the early days. Once these players break through a certain standard, the specifications of the events can jump.

China Association of Athletics divides domestic marathon events into three categories: A, B and C, which are roughly divided from the perspectives of track, timing, referee, replenishment and full video recording. If the competition results and bonus amount reach the standard, you can apply to IAAF for the competition level of bronze, silver, gold, platinum and diamond.

The competition behind this is the economic strength of a city and the recognition of this event.

"Although Shenzhen is a gold standard event, in the eyes of many runners, it is not very attractive. The reason why I signed up is that I am afraid that I will not sign in other events."

Cultural tourism consumption behind marathon

Since the beginning of this year, the consumption of culture and sports has shown vigorous vitality.

From September 7th to 10th, "Jay Chou Carnival World Tour Concert tianjin railway station" was held in Tianjin Olympic Center. According to official reports, the four-day concert attracted 185,000 people, and the cumulative comprehensive consumption drove more than 3 billion yuan.

For the city, the concert is not only a music feast, but also an important force to stimulate economic development. Yu Mei, the research director of the cultural tourism industry of Co-Found think tank, once said in an interview that in order to watch the concert, the audience will also carry out a series of tourism, shopping and consumption activities before and after the performance, thus promoting the development of local tourism.

At this level, the marathon has the same function as the concert.

In the short term, holding a marathon can first directly bring in a large number of migrants such as competitors, spectators and escorts, and promote a series of consumption activities such as transportation, catering and accommodation, thus forming a fixed tourism peak period and promoting the development of urban tourism industry.

Take Xiamen as an example. From 2009 to 2013, due to the holding of the international marathon, the average annual growth rate of the total number of foreign tourists in Xiamen reached 18.43%, and the tourism revenue increased from 125 million yuan to 226 million yuan.

After the Wuxi Marathon ended this year, the official data showed that the Wuxi Marathon held on March 19th generated 69.6 million yuan in catering economic benefits, 116.61 million yuan in accommodation economic benefits, 6 million yuan in transportation economic benefits, 2.09 million yuan in tourism economic benefits and 500,000 yuan in sales of event booths, totaling nearly 200 million yuan.

Many runners have also calculated a consumption account with the Times Weekly reporter.

"Take me as an example. Now I’m signing up for the marathon, except for the big events, basically to travel to a new city. Before I go, I will know the culture, history and diet of the city in advance. After the game, I will play for a few more days. On average, each race costs about 2,000 yuan. If a marathon can attract 30,000 people, an event can at least make a city earn about 60 million. " Wang Jiali said.

△ There are more and more runners. Source: Respondents provide

In addition, the sponsors’ investment and registration fees generated by the event itself are also an important part of the marathon economy. According to the staff of a sports brand, the sponsorship fee for marathon in first-tier cities can reach 10 million.

In the long run, marathon events can play a very good role in promoting the tourism brand of the host city, as well as shaping the city image and culture.

"When a city runs a marathon, it will choose a very representative road as the track, which is a kind of publicity for the city’s culture and characteristics. For the players, it is also a very happy thing that the roads that are usually busy are now closed for the players to compete. " Wang Jiali said.

Ding Ming, a running friend, also believes that the marathon is a good opportunity to promote the city. Through the line facilities, not only can more athletes fall in love with a city, but also the city tourism brand can be gradually started through word-of-mouth effect.

△ Macau Marathon Source: Provided by respondents

For small cities that can’t compete for the level of events, it is extremely important to use marathons to enhance the image of the city. For example, the "Yellow River Estuary International Marathon" held in Dongying, a fourth-tier town, has become the highlight of the city. Zhaoqing, Guangdong, also named the marathon as a local specialty of Deqing Gonggan, and there is no doubt that the characteristic of Shunde Marathon is food.

However, due to the large scale of marathon events, compared with music festivals, there are special requirements for venues and road conditions, and many places are actually not particularly suitable for hosting marathon events.

"For example, the reception capacity of some cities is not enough, and thousands of people are pouring in at once, and the basic facilities such as accommodation and transportation can’t keep up. The contestants have a poor sense of experience, or local residents don’t understand the marathon, and feel that the road closure of the event has affected their daily lives. It is not friendly enough for marathon runners, but it will be counterproductive." Ding Wei said.

For the city, this is not a simple competition, but an important opportunity to speak for the city and stimulate local industries and economy. The marathon in each city may become a part of the city symbol after development.

Author | Li Hang

Editor | Li Guang

Layout | Li Hang

Original title: "Urban War Behind Marathon"

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African gold digger in China Marathon: Wear 4-yuan sandals to win 3 championships.

  African gold diggers in China Marathon

  It’s always a dark shadow that crosses the finish line first.

  On November 18th, in Suzhou International Half Marathon, Kenyan Josphat was the first to reach the finish line.

  On October 29th, amoni, an Ethiopian athlete, won the first prize in the Shaolin Temple Marathon in Songshan.

  The list can be very long, and the champions are all black faces. This is because China marathon enthusiasts focus on the races they participate in. For African runners, bonuses are their rice bowls and the only source of income.

  This bonus is a great fortune in their hometown. The most common marathon in China, with a bonus of 10,000 yuan, is equivalent to three to four times the monthly salary of the working class in Kenya, which can tie the income of a few high-paying occupations such as doctors and lawyers.

  They are a group of runners from Kenya and Ethiopia. Like a flock of migratory birds, they flew to China from the African continent before the starting gun of the marathon.

  Running is an innate talent. They use this talent to improve their lives and even change their destiny.

  African "black" intermediary of China Marathon, the only black broker — — Ou Chen is currently serving his 300 African brothers, all of whom are high-level long-distance runners. Ou Chen hopes that through its own platform, more athletes will go out of Africa and come to China to participate in the competition.

  Fly 10 thousand kilometers to "gold rush"

  When waiting for the starting gun to sound, Josphat in a blue T-shirt was not at the front of the team, but behind the player in the fluorescent green vest. After 1 hour and 7 minutes, the blue coat appeared at the finish line first.

  This is Josphat’s first visit to China. He is 36 years old this year.

  He is a typical marathon global gold digger. Before coming to China, he had traveled all over Europe. He bowed his head and broke his hands and pointed out: Germany, Czech Republic, Spain, Poland … …

  Josphat remembers that his first game was in Kenya, and he won the fourth place with a prize of about 10,000 yuan. He is very happy. In Kenya, where experts gather, this is a commendable good ranking.

  Since 2002, Josphat has been an out-and-out veteran. He has always maintained a high level, and almost all the marathons he participated in have won.

  Because of his outstanding strength, he was invited by the organizers to be the front runner in many marathon events in Europe. A lead will bring him 3000 euros in income.

  Josphat, who has been playing in Europe for many years, found Ou Chen through a European agent last year and expressed his willingness to come to China to participate in the competition.

  The east coast of the African continent is about 10,000 kilometers away from Shanghai, China, and it takes a long flight of 15 hours. Josphat feels very comfortable when he comes to China for the first time.

  "There are many competitions in China, and there are too few competitions in Europe." Josphat talked about the reason why he came to China to compete. "If you want, you can run almost once a week.".

  The China Marathon shows an explosive growth trend. It is estimated that there will be more than 500 marathons in 2017, and in 2015, this number will only stay at 134.

  On November 18th, he won the Suzhou International Half Marathon and won a prize of 10,000 yuan. Six days ago, in the Taizhou International Marathon on November 12th, Josphat finished second in the first race in China, and the prize money was also 10,000 yuan.

  Comparatively speaking, Dairus’s marathon qualification is still relatively shallow, only five years, but its strength is equally good.

  In Hongze Lake International Marathon and Bayannaoer International Marathon, Dairus won the second place in the whole group, with prizes of 15,000 yuan and 12,000 yuan respectively.

  Dairus is very tall, with two long legs and a thick beard covering his cheeks. Wearing a black hat and red slacks, he looks much more fashionable than other athletes.

  "Although many people in China can’t speak English, they really want to communicate with me. I am very happy." Dairus said that he likes China very much, and he thinks China people are kind and friendly.

  Wear 4-dollar sandals and win 3 championships.

  The day before returning to China, Dairus was lying in bed. After the game, he was so tired that he almost fell asleep, and his running shoes were messy on the bedside.

  Dairus is now wearing professional running shoes of Nike brand. Five years ago, this was something he dared not expect. At that time, I just ran and had no income. Shoes were a luxury, "too expensive".

  In Kenya, many athletes can’t afford to buy equipment, so they can only help each other. Dairus is also funded by friends. If a friend has several pairs of shoes, he will give you a pair.

  Financial distress once shattered his dream. Before running, he was a college student, majoring in computer science, which was his interest, but he dropped out of school without graduation.

  Giving up his studies and picking up his talents, Dairus started running training. Like other marathon runners, Dairus believes that running is their innate talent.

  Dairus comes from Eldoret in the northwest of Kenya, a plateau city with an altitude of 2,400 meters. It is the most famous hometown of long-distance running in Kenya and even the world, where more than 40 world-class long-distance running champions have been born.

  Being good at running and making a living by running, the talent under their feet carries their glory and dreams and becomes the only opportunity for many people to change poverty.

  Amoni was so angry that he was honored as "Brother Sandals" by netizens in China.

  This athlete from Ethiopia won the first prize in the Jingyuan Half Marathon on October 22nd, the Songshan Shaolin Temple Marathon on October 29th and the Yuyang Dongsha New District Marathon on November 5th.

  To people’s consternation, he finished the race wearing a pair of blue sandals. The soles of these foam sandals have turned white, and the metal buckles are covered with yellow rust and have been damaged. In the competition, amoni’s big feet were tightly wrapped in sandals, and there was no need to fasten them firmly.

  The first time he set foot on the track in China, amoni took part in competitions in five cities in China in one month, winning three championships, a third place and a fifth place, and winning a total prize of 48,000 yuan.

  Back in Shanghai, amoni put the "blue combat boots" on the bedside table. This pair of sandals bought in my hometown is actually "Made in China", and the price is converted into RMB about 4 yuan money.

  Disappearing brokers and bonuses

  This newly opened road of gold rush is not easy for African athletes to run at first, and often hides fraud.

  Jackson walked with a limp. He won the third place in the marathon that started in Fangchenggang on November 19th. In the coming week, he will also participate in two competitions.

  After careful consideration, Jackson decided to come to China for gold for the second time. But apart from Ou Chen, he never trusted other brokers.

  Nine months later, Jackson still can’t get over his first visit to China. He carried with him the gold medal and ranking certificate issued by Hainan Marathon, which proved that the A3315 number plate he wore during the race had been deeply imprinted.

  Through a China agent named "Andy", he signed up for the Hainan (Sanya) International Marathon on February 26th.

  It was a terrible experience. The agent took him from Nanjing, took the ordinary train, and spent four days and four nights on the road before arriving in Sanya. Jackson recalled the hardships he suffered when he went to Hainan, and he was very excited.

  In 2 hours and 15 minutes, Jackson ranked fourth with a prize of $3,500.

  However, then the agent "Andy" disappeared and Jackson’s bonus disappeared. The mobile phone number left on a white note was never answered.

  "This is a lot of money", and he hopes that someone can help him find the disappeared broker and get his bonus back.

  With the increase of China Marathon, more African athletes are willing to try their luck. China people with connections found business opportunities, helped bridge the gap, and started as brokers.

  This is a contractual relationship. The organizer of the competition will hand over the bonus to the broker, who will hand it over to the athletes. The broker’s return is the bonus commission of the athletes. In addition, some competitions need foreign excellent athletes to "support the scene", and agents earn invitation fees from them.

  But trust is sometimes fragile. In a foreign land, the agent holds the wallet of an African athlete. Due to the lack of restraint, athletes are just tools for them to make money. Some greedy brokers take all the bonuses and disappear.

  In March 2016, Kenyan athlete Robert (pseudonym) called Ou Chen and said, "I am at the gate of your school now."

  Ou Chen was puzzled because he didn’t know the person on the other end of the phone. "I don’t know how he found our school and how he got my phone number.".

  After the meeting, Robert said that he had come to participate in the competition, but after flying to Shanghai, the former China agent changed his mind and asked him to solve the transportation and accommodation himself. Robert, who had no friends, had to turn to his African fellow villagers in Shanghai for help.

  The "black" intermediary trusted by 300 brothers

  "There are many excellent athletes who run very well, but some people have been training all their lives because they have no chance to participate in the competition, and no one has a crush on them."

  On the campus of Shanghai University, Ou Chen is an African student. His popularity is very good, and he is the president of the African Students’ Association. Many international students warmly greet him.

  Outside the campus, Ou Chen is a marathon broker, the only black broker in China at present, calling himself a "black" intermediary. He explained that it is an intermediary for black athletes. "They are not only my athletes, but also my brothers."

  After three years of development, this "black" intermediary has 300 African athletes. Josphat, Dairus and Brother Sandals are all his athletes, waiting for his notice every year to come to China to participate in the competition.

  Ou Chen’s hometown is also in Eldoret, and he knows the difficulties of his compatriots. "In Kenya, the competition for running is very fierce. There are only a dozen marathons a year, and few people can get bonuses, so some people will choose to go abroad to participate in the competition. "

  "Because I am now in China, I hope to use this platform to help them change their lives." In Ou Chen’s view, it is the mission and goal to open a channel for talented athletes to earn wealth.

  As an agent, Ou Chen’s job is to contact the China Marathon Organizing Committee, introduce African athletes to the competition, help them fill in the registration form, buy air tickets and arrange accommodation. After the athlete wins the prize, he can get a 15% bonus share.

  Longyang Business Hotel near the west gate of Shanghai University is a transit point for this group of African gold diggers. Most of the year, there are black athletes living here, ranging from five or six to more than twenty.

  One standard room, two athletes. The room is not big, and the luggage is scattered in the aisle. Backpacks usually contain competition clothes and running shoes, and some athletes also carry home specialties, such as Kenyan tea.

  African brothers got good grades, which is the most fulfilling moment in Ou Chen. In the Fangchenggang Marathon on November 19th, the athletes from Ou Chen swept the top three, and the athletes from other events also got a good ranking.

  On the bedside cupboard or the table in front of it, the golden trophies of different shapes have not been put away, which is particularly conspicuous in the messy room.

   Bonuses, big houses and mental stress

  Many people’s lives are completely changed when their talents are converted into bonuses.

  Ou Chen remembers an athlete who didn’t even have the money to get a visa at first. After running two marathons in China, he went back to downtown Kenya to buy land and build a house.

  Different from the marathon believers in China, although they all go to various places to participate in competitions, their goals are completely different. Just like an exam, believers in China are mostly looking for passing the competition, while African athletes such as Dairus are aiming for ranking and bonuses.

  Running is all sources of income for Dairus. Dairus will also go to Europe to participate in competitions. In the past four competitions, he earned nearly 10,000 euros.

  When running on the track, Dairus was full of thoughts about how to run better and win the championship. Champion means high prize money. Take the Shanghai Marathon, which has the highest prize money in China, for example, the prize money of the champion is as high as 45,000 US dollars.

  In Kenya, the per capita monthly income is about 4,000 yuan. Engineers, doctors and lawyers are a few high-income groups, and the monthly income of the working class is less than 3,000 yuan. In an ordinary marathon in China, the prize money is about 10,000 RMB, which is equivalent to three to four times the monthly salary of Kenyan working class.

  "Excellent players earn almost $100,000 a year, which is a very high income." Ou Chen compared that it costs about $100,000 to buy a 250-square-meter piece of land in downtown Kenya. Many people can afford to borrow for decades, and these athletes only need to run for one year.

  "Running is to support the family and live a better life at home." Josphat, 36, understands that there is not much time left for himself to earn money by running.

  By running, Josphat earns a lot more than his brothers and sisters. In the past year, Josphat earned 15,000 euros, almost 120,000 RMB.

  Josphat has four sisters and three brothers. Except one brother who is an athlete, all the other brothers and sisters are engaged in agriculture, with an annual per capita income of about 70,000 RMB. "This is income without removing costs".

  Robert’s good life will have to wait for a while. Since his illness, Robert has kept in touch with Ou Chen, and he hopes to return to the field again.

  The accident happened in August this year. Robert went to participate in a marathon in Inner Mongolia. On the train, he suddenly went insane and stayed up all night. He always felt that someone was trying to kill him.

  Under the control of illusory fear, when the train arrived at Jinan Station, Robert took advantage of China’s agent’s inattention and suddenly ran out of the car and ran along the direction of the railway track.

  He threw away his passport, and the panic cry of the agent behind him seemed to be no longer audible, as if only running could make him escape his fear. The police found him at Jinan South Railway Station more than 10 kilometers away, and his feet were red and swollen.

  Ou Chen took Robert to the hospital to see a psychiatrist. He told Ou Chen that the family relied on him to run a marathon to earn money, and the pressure was very great.

   The biggest motivation comes from children.

  On the afternoon of November 20th, Josphat’s room was surrounded by a group of people, and Chinese movies were playing on the TV on the wall. They are used to turning on the TV, but because no one understands Chinese lines, they seldom look up.

  Dairus put the trophy in his bag and prepared to leave for home. Josphat packed his bags and will go to Wuyuan, Jiangxi Province. His next game is on November 26th.

  Mutai came to the room, holding a beautifully packaged bottle of China white wine in his hands. This is one of the prizes he won in Yuyang International Marathon. He was the runner-up in the half-race.

  The aroma wafted out from the crack of the door, and the athletes shared the taste of China liquor to celebrate their good achievements.

  Life will get better and better. For the future, Dairus has already made a preliminary plan. He and his wife are saving money, and when they stop running, they will use this money to invest in some business.

  The biggest motivation comes from children. When it comes to children, Dairus’s usual seriousness disappeared and he smiled. The husband and wife agreed to have three children. They attach great importance to children’s education and firmly believe that "the best investment in children’s education will definitely have the best return."

  Through running primitive accumulation of capital, Mutai’s dream of wealth is slowly coming true. After returning to China, Mutai will continue to build houses. He is going to use the bonus he earned in China to build a big house of more than 300 square meters. "It’s very big, with 20 rooms." He simply calculated that the monthly rent of each room is about 1000 yuan RMB.

  November 27th is the day when Mutai returned to China. Two days before he left, he walked around the street near Longyang Hotel to buy some clothes for his son. He hopes that his son will grow up to be a policeman and no longer need to run for a living. The police were Mutai’s dream.

  "Sandals Brother" amoni put on his newly bought running shoes during training. His blue sandals and combat boots were honorably retired and given to friends in China as souvenirs. (Text/Reporter Zheng Lin)

The 2024 "Meet in Spring and Enjoy Cherry Blossoms" Economic and Trade Negotiation and the World Top 500 Dialogue in Hubei was held in Wuhan.

  With sakura as the medium, talk and cooperate together. On the morning of March 21st, the 2024 "Meet Cherry Blossoms in Spring" economic and trade negotiation and the dialogue among the world’s top 500 enterprises in Hubei opened in Wuhan.

  The event was hosted by the Hubei Provincial People’s Government, hosted by the Hubei Provincial Department of Commerce, the Foreign Affairs Office of the Hubei Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Hubei Provincial Council for the Promotion of International Trade. With the theme of "Meet in Spring and Win-win’ Jingcai’", the event showed the new face of Hubei’s economic and social development in an all-round way, introduced Hubei’s investment environment, attracted more coastal high-quality enterprises and projects to land in Hubei, promoted the construction of a modern industrial system, accelerated the cultivation of new quality productivity, and provided strong support for vigorously promoting the practice of Chinese modernization in Hubei.

  More than 600 guests were invited to attend, including relevant leaders of national ministries and commissions, foreign diplomatic envoys in China, representatives of domestic and foreign government agencies and international economic organizations, executives of world top 500 and well-known multinational companies and central enterprises, heads of well-known enterprises in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, heads of domestic foreign-funded associations and financial institutions, well-known Chu businessmen, outstanding alumni and representatives of well-known enterprises in the province.

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  At the opening ceremony, 24 key projects were signed with a total amount of 121.391 billion yuan, involving new energy and intelligent networked vehicles, energy conservation and environmental protection, high-end equipment, new materials and other fields.

  Before the opening ceremony, the guests also visited the exhibition area of Hubei’s industries and achievements of foreign trade and economic cooperation, and felt the vigorous development trend of Hubei’s key industries and the fruitful economic and trade cooperation with "top 500 enterprises in three categories" and well-known multinational companies in recent years.

  (Correspondent Dai Siyu Guangming Daily, all-media reporter Aring Zhang)

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US Secretary of Commerce Raymond arrived in Beijing.

Ministry of Finance and State Administration of Taxation: From August 28th, stamp duty on securities transactions will be levied by half.

National Bureau of Statistics: 1— The profits of industrial enterprises continued to improve in July.

The National Development and Reform Commission and the State Grain Reserve Bureau helped 388 poverty-stricken counties to connect the production and marketing of agricultural and sideline products.

Black-box operation and trading of power and money … … The discipline inspection and supervision organs notified a number of typical cases of illegal activities in the field of rural revitalization.

In 2023, the summer box office has exceeded 20 billion yuan.

Congratulations! China women’s volleyball team won the U21 World Championship.

Badminton World Championships: Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan, the top seed of women’s doubles, won the championship, and Fanchen became the combination that won the women’s doubles championship the most times in the history of the World Championships.

The underwater archaeological investigation of the Ruins of Laiyuan Ship in the Sino-Japanese War started.

Qiu Shijie, vice president of Hubei Branch of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, was investigated, and Li Xiukun, former president of Hebei Branch of China Construction Bank, was expelled from the Party.

Heavy rainfall moves eastward, and there are heavy rains in Henan, Shandong and other places. The typhoon may affect the southeast coast at the end of the month.

After surrendering, Trump snapped up $7.1 million in campaign funds.

Turkey killed a senior member of the PKK.

The United States is now a hate crime! Florida man committed suicide after shooting three African-Americans.

US military: A US military plane carrying 23 people crashed in Australia, killing at least 3 people and seriously injuring 5 others.

Three people were killed when Ukrainian trainers collided in the air, including an ace fighter pilot.

Japan’s latest poll: Kishida’s cabinet support rate dropped to 26%.

Greece has arrested 146 people responsible for wildfires in the past four months.

The president of the Spanish Football Association forcibly kissed the female player and refused to admit his mistake. The women’s football coaching staff offered to resign.

·In four days, a total of 24 suspects of electric fraud were escorted back to China from Myanmar.

Feeding bamboo shoots and peanuts to giant pandas privately, and two tourists were banned from Chengdu Giant Panda Base for life.

Network transmission "More than 70,000 Lagerstroemia indica seedlings were destroyed by force", Shaanxi Ankang reported: it belongs to the scope of rectification.

Two men in Yanting, Sichuan were sentenced to fishing with live loach. Judge: It seems that fishing is illegal.

The shop assistant was in the mop trough, and the tap water was mixed with orange juice. A restaurant in Yueqing, Zhejiang Province was closed and the manager was dismissed.

Some tourists urged the monkeys in Emei Mountain to "go to work", and the scenic spot responded that it was impossible to force the monkeys to appear in a certain place.

A mudslide occurred in Sichuan Siguniang Mountain Scenic Area, and the tourist complaint center: all tourists were evacuated safely.

After the woman returned to China, the "self-organized team" laundered money for electric fraudsters and was seized by Wuhan police.

Can potassium iodide tablets protect against radiation? Expert: basically useless, taking it without authorization affects thyroid function.

It is immoral and illegal to take the opportunity to sell anxiety, spread rumors and cause trouble, bias public opinion and amplify social panic.

— — The client of Beijing Daily commented that "ten live broadcast rooms, nine are selling salt"

"Very pedunculate" critically endangered plants! Ten thousand plants of Dryopteris crassipes community appeared in Jiujiang, Jiangxi.

Qiandongnan, Guizhou: Yaozhai Bullfighting Celebrates Harvest.

A boy who lost his legs in Yichang, Hubei Province participated in the video screening network of military training. This year, Fang Yuxiang was admitted to Yuan ‘an No.1 High School with excellent results. Before entering the school, he volunteered to take part in military training without legs. In order to keep up with the pace of his classmates, Fang Yuxiang, who was used to the small bench, deliberately took out a balance car that had not been used for a long time. In the scorching sun, he stood in a military posture with his classmates, participated in subject training and teaching, and his expression was devoted and his posture was tall and straight!

  See you at 8 o’clock tomorrow!

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"Artificial Intelligence+"Helps High-quality Development of Foreign Trade, Empowers Science and Technology and Activates New Kinetic Energy of Industrial Development.

CCTV News:This year’s "Government Work Report" proposes to "vigorously promote the construction of a modern industrial system and accelerate the development of new quality productive forces", which was written into the "Government Work Report" for the first time and was listed as the first of the top ten tasks in 2024. Artificial intelligence is an important engine for developing new quality productivity. How is the development of artificial intelligence technology and industry in China? On April 13th, Foreign Trade Watch will take you to learn how China’s artificial intelligence technology can help the high-quality development of foreign trade.

Recently, merchants in Yiwu, Zhejiang Province have been "out of the circle". They have become language experts in the video and skillfully switched languages to introduce their own businesses. In Yiwu International Trade City, more and more merchants have become multilingual masters through artificial intelligence technology to communicate with foreign businessmen without barriers.

Many foreign merchants saw Zhang Jiying’s AI short video and took the initiative to find her to talk about business.

With the help of artificial intelligence technology, merchants only need to record a Chinese video and upload it to the platform, which will soon be automatically converted into 36 foreign language versions, and the mouth shape in the picture will be adjusted according to the pronunciation when outputting. The popularization and application of digital technology not only enhanced the international popularity of Yiwu merchants, but also profoundly changed their business model.

With the help of artificial intelligence technology, Fu Jiangyan’s trading partners have expanded from South America and Africa to the Middle East, Southeast Asia and Europe. At present, busyness has become the norm, and orders have been placed in July.

Fu Jiangyan, a business owner of Yiwu International Trade City, said: "There will be many such unexpected orders. After the video is sent out, I often sell out all the goods directly because of a video."

According to statistics, since the artificial intelligence platform was officially launched in March last year, more than 10,000 merchants have tried to use artificial intelligence tools to assist their operations, accounting for 20% of the merchants in the entire Yiwu market.

Technology going to sea China program serves the whole world

In recent years, the technological innovation achievements in the field of artificial intelligence in China have gradually moved from laboratory to industrial practice, and the industrialization process of artificial intelligence has been accelerating. In Qianhai, Shenzhen, artificial intelligence enterprises have formed demonstration application scenarios in the fields of finance, manufacturing, logistics and cultural creation. While helping to accelerate the formation of new quality productivity, the domestic artificial intelligence technology service is also affecting the lives of foreign people.

This space picture of the Earth and the Milky Way in the same frame was completed by this domestic panorama camera in the hands of the reporter. This camera has two fisheye lenses, and through a special algorithm, multiple videos can be seamlessly spliced together to finally form a complete and continuous full-motion video.

This specialized and new "Little Giant" enterprise in Qianhai, Shenzhen, innovatively realized the immersive experience of "the first view of the satellite" through the self-developed artificial intelligence image processing technology and satellite carrying. Panorama camera produced by this enterprise has been sold to more than 200 countries and regions around the world, with a global market share of over 50%, which is deeply loved by domestic and foreign consumers.

While improving the quality of human life, artificial intelligence is increasingly applied to our daily life. 

In January of this year, this artificial intelligence enterprise opened the first commercial charging operation service for driverless taxis in the central city; Up to now, the company has accumulated more than 31 million kilometers of self-driving road test mileage, of which unmanned self-driving test mileage exceeds 3 million kilometers. At present, the company’s autonomous driving technology has been applied in Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Luxemburg and other countries and regions, making China’s artificial intelligence scheme better serve the world.

On the first working day of this year, in view of the key points and difficulties in the development of artificial intelligence, Shenzhen Qianhai issued the "No.1 Document" and "Several Measures to Support the High-quality Development and High-level Application of Artificial Intelligence" to create a pioneer area of artificial intelligence.

By the end of last year, the number of artificial intelligence enterprises in Shenzhen Qianhai Cooperation Zone had reached 289. It took less than 14 years for Qianhai to develop from a beach to a new center of modern city development, and the endogenous driving force supporting the high-quality development and rapid development of this area is institutional innovation and scientific and technological innovation.

Science and technology empowerment activates new kinetic energy of industrial development

According to the data released by the General Administration of Customs on April 12, in the first quarter of this year, China’s electric manned vehicles, lithium batteries and solar cells, commonly known as the "new three kinds", exported a total of 264.69 billion yuan, up 66.9% year-on-year, accounting for the proportion of China’s exports increased by 1.7 percentage points year-on-year to 4.7%. Today’s artificial intelligence technology has helped China’s new energy products open up a broader market.

There are many kinds of electronic consumer products in China, but due to the complex structure of multi-surface, multi-point and small volume, quality inspection is difficult. An artificial intelligence enterprise in Shenzhen has specially designed and developed an all-in-one inspection machine. Through a special artificial intelligence algorithm, it can carry out 360-degree appearance defect inspection of complex electronic consumer goods without dead ends. One device is equivalent to 20 professional quality inspectors.

In addition to being used in the consumer electronics industry, the artificial intelligence equipment developed by this company is also widely used in the field of new energy. Blue film coating is an important process in power battery manufacturing. However, in the aspect of appearance inspection, the degree of automation is low, and problems such as missed inspection and false inspection are prone to occur, which will lead to many complaints from users. In response to this industry problem, in June last year, the artificial intelligence team specially developed an intelligent device for six-sided appearance inspection of battery blue film. At present, this smart device has been applied to many new energy battery manufacturing workshops in different cities in China.

This intelligent manufacturing enterprise, which was established less than five years ago, also released the world’s first industrial multi-modal large model in November last year, continuously transforming rich data energy into technical assistance for new industrialization and into new kinetic energy for high-quality development of the real economy.

The artificial intelligence technology of this intelligent manufacturing enterprise has served more than 200 head enterprises around the world. According to the data released by China Information and Communication Research Institute and CCID Research Institute of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the scale of China’s artificial intelligence core industry reached 578.4 billion yuan in 2023, with a growth rate of 13.9%. The enterprise adoption rate of generative artificial intelligence in China has reached 15%, and the market scale is about 14.4 trillion yuan.

Zhang Shenghao, head of the Business Reform Section of the Comprehensive Business Department of Shenzhen Customs, said that in the first quarter, the import and export of national enterprises through the ports in Qianhai Cooperation Zone was 503.24 billion yuan, a record high in the same period, with a year-on-year increase of 13.2%. Among them, exports amounted to 425.24 billion yuan, up 15.9% year-on-year, which continuously injected new momentum into Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area’s high-quality economic development and high-level opening up.

"Two Worlds of Happiness" is about to close, and it is hotly discussed that "porcelain bowl couples" step on the snow in Xun Mei.


1905 movie network news The sweet love drama in ancient costume, starring Yukee Chen’, has been broadcasted exclusively in iQiyi for four weeks. Since its launch on February 21st, it has not only shown the colorful love story of the couple in porcelain bowls, but also brought unique enjoyment to the audience with its ingenious case plot and wonderful suspense line, which has aroused unanimous praise from netizens.

 

Since the broadcast of "Two Worlds of Happiness", the sweet love of porcelain bowl couples across the "two worlds" has attracted much attention. Who would have expected that the extreme abuse would come? From the third week, the porcelain bowl couple continued to abuse, and the unbearable audience left messages: "The abused liver hurts and I want to see the sweet love of the porcelain bowl couple." To this end, the pet powder drama party worked overtime overnight to edit the drama powder.Porcelain bowl couples are sweet and sweet."Small theater, let everyone see the high sweet content that can’t be seen in the feature film. Which netizen was abused and cried by the feature film again? Come to a small theater outside Fan ‘ai to see how gentle Jing Gongzi dotes on his wife, so as to ensure sugar off the charts.

 

Porcelain bowl couples are sweet and sweet.The first episode of the small theater was launched, and the porcelain bowl couple showed us the daily bickering. The poem "Iceberg Face" looks like a boy who can’t grow up. He always "bullies" the wind sleeping late, sometimes because she eats too much, and sometimes because she is stupid and can’t divide tea. Every time he teases, he can receive the shy coquetry of the wind sleeping late, and the poem seems to enjoy it. The first episode of Fanwai was just launched, and it was smashed by netizens: "Jingci is too fond of his wife", "The porcelain bowl is really a double-walled person" and "This is a three-life celebration, and it is too sweet to sprinkle dog food". On March 18th,Porcelain bowl couples are sweet and sweet.The second episode of Little Theater continued to add pounds sweetly. After the last issue of tea time, the porcelain bowl couple came to "abuse dogs" with their dinner. Jingci’s cooking skills are exquisite, and he often cooks for Xiao Ye, preparing a big table of rich dishes. Who doesn’t want to "eat only the dishes cooked by childe all his life" like Xiao Ye? In addition, Jing Ci also proudly suggested that Xiao Ye embroidered a purse for him. The appearance of Xiao Ye’s sudden realization and the expression of Jing Ci’s smile made the audience crazy and left a message on the barrage: "Jing said goodbye to his wife, come and spoil me."

Besides,Porcelain bowl couples are sweet and sweet.Alan Yu and Yukee Chen”s filming tidbits were also specially presented. The two men played cute at the scene. When shooting a martial arts play, they also joked with each other. The atmosphere was harmonious and happy, and the sweetness and tacit understanding of the porcelain bowl couple could be felt inside and outside the play.

 

exceptPorcelain bowl couples are sweet and sweet.The theatrical troupe also specially exposed a group of stills of the porcelain bowl couple’s "Walking through the Snow in Xun Mei". In the vertical stills, Jingci seems to explain the previous misunderstandings with Feng Mian, who has always been good at hiding his inner Jingci and can’t help crying, while Feng Mian was moved by Jingci and couldn’t help crying. Contrary to the sad atmosphere of the vertical stills, in the horizontal stills, the scenery and the wind sleep are placed in the snowy merlin one after the other. On the night of the wind sleep, a white plum blossom is held in hand, and the eyebrows are lightly drooping, which seems to be weak and pitiful, but its eyes are precipitated with the toughness after being honed, just like "the sword front comes from sharpening, and the plum blossom fragrance comes from bitter cold." Jing Ci gazed affectionately behind her, and in her doting eyes, she showed firmness, as if she were secretly making up her mind: in this life, from children to teenagers, from teenagers to bald heads, she must sleep with the wind and sing with the harp. " However, the exposure of the unexpected and stills seems to connect the bumpy love of the porcelain bowl couple’s "two lives" in series. The two soul mates finally put aside their differences, resolve misunderstandings and usher in a happy and sweet ending.

 

It is worth mentioning that, as a weekly drama, the topic of "Two Worlds of Happiness" has been soaring for four weeks, ranking at the forefront of the list of iQiyi’s hit lists, and its outstanding achievements are inseparable from the unique marketing means of the drama side: the intensive new materials that are not updated every day constantly bring the audience a fresh experience of watching the drama. Whether it is creative materials such as "Two Worlds Happy Weekly", "This Week’s Fresh Newspaper" and "Two Worlds Happy Clothing Picture Book", orPorcelain bowl couples are sweet and sweet.The exposure of drama-related materials, such as "Walking in the Snow Xun Mei" stills, is constantly increasing the audience’s stickiness and driving the audience’s enthusiasm for pursuing the drama. In addition, other roles in this play — — Zuo Yanxi, Princess Changle, Aunt Zhixia, Ye Wang and other characters have also been widely concerned by netizens, which not only reflects the degree of netizens’ pursuit of the drama, but also proves from the side that every character in Two Worlds of Happiness has a distinctive character image and unique personality charm, which makes people more and more "fragrant".

 

"Two Worlds of Happiness" is adapted from the novel of the same name "Lonely Moon and Bright Moon", which is produced by iQiyi and produced by iQiyi Artist Studio. 2 episodes are updated every Friday to Sunday at 8: 00 pm, and members watch them for a week first (6 episodes)。


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Haixi Morning News 22: 23: 40 on October 6, 2025

The National Day Mid-Autumn Festival has passed more than half.

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Open the "Railway 12306”App, click the" Alternate "button on the ticket inquiry page and add it to the" Alternate Order "in the lower right corner.

The waiting list shows the selected waiting trains and seats. Click "Next" to enter the page of confirming the waiting order.

After adding more standby trains, you can view all the information of standby trains, including date, trains, seats and intervals, at the top of the confirmation standby order page.

Turn on the "Accept new trains" option to set the redemption conditions for new trains.

After submitting the order, you can view the estimated success rate of the current standby order (the estimated success rate is calculated according to the historical standby order redemption for reference), and you can also view the standby details and modify the deadline redemption time.

Notes on alternate ticket purchase:

Each user can keep six waiting orders to be cashed at the same time.

You can select up to 3 boarding dates for each standby order, and add no more than 60 combinations of "date+train number" in total.

Up to 9 passengers can be added.

The deadline for cashing standby orders is no later than 20 minutes before driving.

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Jiangsu’s Scientific Action on the Track of High-quality Development

  Wuxi National Supercomputing Center makes the climate measurable; Nanjing Zijinshan Laboratory, creating a world record for real-time transmission of terahertz wireless communication; ZTE’s 5G intelligent manufacturing base has a 17-meter-high three-dimensional warehouse with more than 100,000 containers and suspended conveyor belts, which automatically transport the sorted material containers to various workshops according to production instructions … … These scenes are being staged in Jiangsu.

  In line with the general trend of industrial and technological changes, Jiangsu has strengthened frontier exploration and forward-looking layout, and new technologies, new materials, new products and new industries have emerged. Today, more than 20% of high-tech products in China are made in Jiangsu. The surging vitality everywhere allows Jiangsu to make scientific progress and forge ahead courageously on the track of high-quality development.

  During the two sessions of the National People’s Congress this year, when attending the deliberation of the Jiangsu delegation, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader stressed that he hoped that Jiangsu would continue to work hard and forge ahead, continue to be at the forefront in high-quality development, achieve a good start in writing a new chapter in Jiangsu’s modernization drive, and make new and greater contributions to the overall situation of the country.

  He who does not seek the overall situation does not seek a domain. As an important wing of the integration of the Yangtze River Delta, the broad masses of cadres and people in Jiangsu keep in mind the entrustment of the General Secretary, promote industrial scientific and technological innovation, and strive to continue to be at the forefront in high-quality development.

  Create an industrial science and technology innovation center with global influence

  Sitting in the office, you can accurately control the shearer at a depth of 240 meters underground with your fingers, and realize remote "one-click coal mining"; Being 300 kilometers away, you can remotely control the surgical robot to complete difficult operations with a delay of less than 6 milliseconds … … Entering Zijinshan Lab, the typical application scenarios of network technology in the future are amazing.

  "The future network will come for manufacturing." According to the person in charge of Zijinshan Laboratory, the laboratory was established in August 2018 and is a major scientific and technological innovation platform built by Jiangsu. "The most striking thing at the moment is the innovation of 6G technology, which is equivalent to downloading 5 high-definition movies in one second, which is dozens of times faster than 5 G."

  In the overall situation of China’s modernization, innovation is at the core. To open up new fields, new tracks, new kinetic energy and new advantages, we still have to rely on scientific and technological innovation.

  Jiangsu has seized innovation, which affects the overall economic and social development, accelerated the implementation of the innovation-driven development strategy, made great efforts to build an industrial science and technology innovation center with global influence, and promoted quality change with efficiency change and power change.

  Formulate a three-year action plan for basic research; Layout and construction of a number of major innovation platforms such as Suzhou Laboratory and Taihu Laboratory; Since 2022, he has taken the lead in implementing two national key science and technology projects and 15 major basic research projects, and organized the implementation of 115 key core technology research and development projects … … In 2022, the R&D investment intensity of Jiangsu society reached 3%, reaching the middle level of innovative countries and regions, and contributing more than 12% to the whole country; The number of invention patents per 10,000 people is 50.4, which keeps in the forefront of the country.

  Enterprises are the main body of innovation, and only by constantly stimulating the vitality of business entities can innovation be inexhaustible.

  Established in 1966, Yangli Group is a metal forming machine tool manufacturer. Walking into the workshop, a 3250-ton large-scale intelligent multi-station closed press with eccentric load is being assembled and will be delivered to customers soon.

  According to reports, this press is the first set of products in China, which can realize one-time stamping forming of large automobile panels, which not only improves production efficiency, but also improves manufacturing accuracy, and is a high-end product in the field of automobile manufacturing.

  "The key core technologies can’t be bought or not. The market forces enterprises to innovate constantly. If they are a little slower, they will fall behind." Zhang Jun, vice president of Yangli Group, said that with the support of relevant policies of the state and Jiangsu Province, the company has built eight research institutes and an intelligent manufacturing center, with an annual R&D investment of 100 million yuan.

  At present, more than 85% of R&D investment in Jiangsu is completed by enterprises, 80% of science and technology platforms and high-level innovative and entrepreneurial talents are gathered in enterprises, and 70% of effective invention patents are created by enterprises.

  We will speed up the establishment of an enterprise-oriented and market-oriented technological innovation system. Jiangsu will focus on building an ecological system such as science, technology, finance and open innovation, and strengthen the whole chain innovation such as basic research, technical research and achievement transformation, so as to promote the integration of innovation chain’s industrial chain capital chain talent chain in Industry-University-Research’s in-depth cooperation. There are 44,000 high-tech enterprises and more than 80,000 small and medium-sized science and technology enterprises.

  Promote the industrial structure and accelerate to the middle and high end.

  During this period, Jingjiang shipbuilding industry frequently heard good news: the first 24,000 TEU super-large container ship built by Jiangsu Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Group was named and delivered; Jiangsu New Times Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. invested 1.75 billion yuan to build a high-end ship intelligent segmented manufacturing project. The first phase of the project was completed and entered full-scale trial production, and the shipbuilding efficiency of the enterprise was continuously improved … …

  In recent years, Jingjiang City, Taizhou has actively guided shipbuilding enterprises to learn from world-class enterprises, and taken "changing from intelligence to number" as the main direction to promote industrial transformation and upgrading, increased automation and intelligent transformation, and made every effort to build a modern shipbuilding base and transform it into a world-class shipbuilding industry base.

  Shipbuilding industry is a traditional advantage industry in Jiangsu. Only the shipbuilding enterprises in Jingjiang account for 10.7% of the world’s hand-held orders in 2022, and the order production plan is scheduled for 2026.

  In order to further enhance the industrial concentration, the modernization level of the whole industrial chain and the competitiveness of advantageous enterprises, in July 2022, Jiangsu issued the Notice on Several Policies and Measures to Further Enhance the Competitiveness of the Shipbuilding and Offshore Equipment Industry in Jiangsu Province, which contained 18 policies and measures in six parts, the first part of which was "accelerating the construction of world-class advanced manufacturing clusters".

  Jiangsu is good at the real economy, and the manufacturing scale has remained the first in the country for many years. Jiangsu’s manufacturing industry covers all 31 categories, of which 18 are among the top three in the country.

  In recent years, Jiangsu has constantly stimulated the advantages of complete industrial system and strong supporting capacity, improved the toughness and safety level of industrial chain supply chain, accelerated the industrial structure to the middle and high end, and strived to build a modern industrial system with integrity, advancement and safety around building an advanced manufacturing base with international competitiveness.

  The industry moves towards the middle and high end, and the development achieves high quality. Make up the shortcomings in one hand, promote traditional industries such as machinery and petrochemical, and accelerate the upgrading of industrial base and the modernization of industrial chain; Forging a long board with one hand, focusing on cultivating a number of strategic emerging industrial clusters with international competitiveness, such as artificial intelligence, biomedicine and new materials, and accelerating the optimization and upgrading of the industrial chain supply chain.

  In Suzhou, Suzhou Biomedical Industrial Park, located in Suzhou Industrial Park, has gathered more than 620 biomedical innovation enterprises and laid out three key industrial clusters: innovative drug research and development, high-end medical devices and biotechnology.

  In Changzhou, around the new energy industrial chain, innovative industrial clusters are gathering. The industrial chain is long and covers all fields, and the output value has exceeded 500 billion yuan, bringing together more than 3,400 midstream enterprises in the new energy automobile industrial chain.

  … … … …

  Gather chains in groups and build a "plateau" for high-quality development in Jiangsu. At present, there are 10 national advanced manufacturing clusters and 16 provincial advanced manufacturing clusters in Jiangsu. Driven by cluster construction, the added value of Jiangsu’s manufacturing industry accounts for 37.3% of the regional GDP in 2022, ranking first in the country.

  Strive to realize the benign interaction between high-quality development and high-level protection

  Pukou District, Nanjing, the first stop after the Yangtze River entered Jiangsu. Standing on the Donglong Mountain not far from the north bank of the Yangtze River, there are endless streams of ships on the wide river. On the banks of the winding river, tall and straight trees sway with the wind.

  "In the past, factories and sheds stood on the banks of the Yangtze River, machines roared, and shipyards cut, rolled steel, painted and rusted, which not only polluted the air, but also seriously polluted the Yangtze River." Zhang Fang, a villager from Zhouying Village, Qiaolin Street, recalled.

  Since 2018, Pukou District has made every effort to rectify the coastline of the Yangtze River and restore the ecological coastline for about 11 kilometers. In the past, the "Shili Shipbuilding Belt" with factories and sheds has now become a butterfly-shaped riverside ecological scenery belt.

  The change of the coastline of the Yangtze River in Pukou District is a microcosm of Jiangsu’s resolute implementation of the requirements of "jointly protecting and not developing".

  In recent years, Jiangsu has vigorously rectified the ecology along the Yangtze River, shutting down 3,876 chemical enterprises, vacating the production coastline of the Yangtze River by 81 kilometers, and the proportion of ecological coastline has increased to 64.1%. The water quality of Jiangsu section of the main stream of the Yangtze River has remained Grade II for five consecutive years.

  The change of ecological environment reflects the change of Jiangsu’s concept of promoting high-quality development.

  How to jointly promote high-quality economic development in the high-level protection of ecological environment has become a necessary question for Jiangsu.

  In April this year, an auto parts project with a total investment of more than 1 billion yuan was intended to settle in Jiangning High-tech Zone. Because the production process involved electroplating process, it had a great impact on the environment, so it was refused to enter the park. Since 2023, "Ten Measures for High-quality Development of Eco-environmental System Services in the Province" and "Several Measures for Supporting High-level Protection of Eco-environment and Promoting High-quality Development of Economy" have been released one after another, and a series of targeted measures have been launched to serve the green development of local and enterprises, support policy measures for high-level protection of eco-environment, and jointly promote high-level protection of eco-environment and high-quality development of economy.

  "Only by paving the background color of green development will there be sustainable development in the future." Yin Rongyao, deputy director of the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment, said that in the face of special provincial conditions, Jiangsu is committed to seeking the "greatest common denominator" of environmental, economic and social benefits, insisting on the coordinated promotion of carbon reduction, pollution reduction, greening and growth, and striving to achieve a benign interaction between high-quality development and high-level protection.

  In 2022, Jiangsu’s GDP exceeded 12 trillion yuan, spanning 4 trillion yuan in five years. At the same time, the energy consumption and carbon emission intensity per unit of GDP decreased by 48.3% and 43.4% respectively compared with 10 years ago, thus achieving effective "decoupling" between economic growth and pollution emissions.

  Jiangsu’s eco-environmental quality index has been the best since the monitoring record was recorded. The finless porpoise reappears in the Jiangsu section of the Yangtze River, the peach jellyfish reappears in Taihu Lake, the blue sky and white clouds become the norm, and the green mountains and green mountains are within reach … … Green has become the bright background of Jiangsu’s high-quality development, and a good ecological environment has become the most happy public product for Jiangsu people. The wonderful picture of high-quality development is slowly spreading in Jiangsu.

  (Our reporter Bai Guangdi participated in the writing)

Want to become a high-end Internet cafe, but the road to transformation of Internet cafes is hard to find (Figure)

    As of April, 2014, Internet China has been 20 years, and Internet cafes have witnessed the development of the Internet in China. More than 10 years ago, when the popularity of computers was low, every computer in Internet cafes was a cash cow. Recently, a reporter’s visit found that due to the rising operating costs, vicious price competition and other factors, the profit of Internet cafes has almost dropped to the lowest value, and the once fragrant cake has become a hot potato. On the way of difficult transformation, a few owners have explored the high-end Internet cafe model, but it is also difficult to replicate the glory of the Internet cafe industry. The insiders believe that under the current supply and demand conditions, integrating and reducing the number of Internet cafes, taking the route of chain operation, and developing more value-added services as profit growth points may find vitality for Internet cafes.

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    At most, only 30% of Internet cafes in Qingdao are making money, and the gross profit can hardly exceed 20%. Of the remaining 70%, 40% are guaranteed and 30% are at a loss. This is the data disclosed by Mr. Zhang, a person in charge of Shandong Zhonglu Space-time Digital Technology Communication Co., Ltd. in an interview with reporters. Zhonglu Space-Time Company once had nearly 80 Internet cafes in downtown Qingdao, and now there are only more than 20.

    Since 2013, the operating profit of Internet cafes in Island City has been close to freezing point. Recently, the reporter visited more than 10 Internet cafes in the city and the suburbs represented by jimo city. The attendance rate in Internet cafes can reach about 70% on weekends and holidays, but few Internet cafes can reach 40% on weekdays. Among more than a dozen bosses, only one boss who opened an Internet cafe near the village in the city on the streets of China and South Korea said that he could rely on young people working nearby to get meager income. Other bosses said that it was difficult to guarantee even making money. Since Qingdao cracked down on Internet cafes to accept minors in 2013, young people who work have become the mainstream customers of Internet cafes.

    More than a decade ago, surfing the Internet in Internet cafes was once a "tall" experience. Internet cafes flourished for at least ten years, and then they declined. "Although there are more than 600 million netizens in China, there are 500 million mobile Internet users." A senior webmaster surnamed Li has revealed one reason for the rapid decline of the Internet cafe industry since last year.

    In the past two or three years, more and more Internet cafe operators have tried to get rid of this industry and want to change hands in a short time, but few people have "taken over" and the transfer fee has dropped again and again. The owner of an Internet cafe near Wenzhou Road in Shibei District complained like this: "I haven’t recovered the cost after working for 4 years. I want to quickly turn this mess out and go to other industries."

    In 2010, Mr. Wang, who lives in jimo city, transferred the Network Culture Business License of his own Internet cafe to his friend Mr. Sun at a price of 90,000 yuan. Four years later, Mr. Sun found that the transfer fee of this set of documents has now dropped to about 30,000 yuan, which is still difficult to sell.

once

    Ms. Yang, who started to open an Internet cafe near Guangzhou Road in Shinan District in 1997, admitted that the most glorious period of the Internet cafe industry should be before 2005. Compared with other industries, the Internet cafe industry at that time had obvious advantages. One-time investment has been profitable for many years, and there is little need to invest any more cost after the machine is installed. Ms. Yang recalled: "The attendance rate is almost 100% 24 hours a day. All we have to do is sit and collect money. When you open a medium-sized Internet cafe, you can earn three or four thousand yuan a day, and it is very easy to earn one million yuan a year. "

    Huge profits have prompted more and more people to invest in the Internet cafe industry, and large and small Internet cafes have mushroomed in the streets of Qingdao. In 2004, after relying on the original capital accumulated by opening an Internet cafe in Guangzhou Road, Ms. Yang was going to open another branch, but at that time, self-employed individuals could not get the Network Culture Business License, and joining a chain store required a lot of expenses, and it was not completely controlled by herself, so Ms. Yang simply bought a certificate from someone else. "It cost 100,000 yuan, and it was the most expensive time for me to buy a certificate."

    The Regulations on the Administration of Internet Service Sites stipulates that business units of Internet Service Sites shall not alter, lease, lend or otherwise transfer the Network Culture Business License; If the internet cafe operator doesn’t want to run the internet cafe, he can only go through the cancellation procedures. In fact, Ms. Yang knows very well that such black market transactions are not protected by law at all, but she still decides to take risks after looking at such a good deal.

    The reporter learned that the total number of Internet cafes determined by the Shandong Provincial Department of Culture for Qingdao at that time was 800, and as of August 2003, there were more than 1,000 Internet cafes in Qingdao alone. The cultural department of Qingdao issued a notice, requesting the cultural bureaus of all districts and cities to stop approving new Internet cafes from August 22, 2003. Therefore, the "Network Culture Business License" necessary for opening an Internet cafe has entered a private transaction.

operate

    Internet fee of two yuan per hour, which was the price in the 1990s. After more than 10 years, the internet fee of more than 1,500 Internet cafes in the island city is still about two yuan on average. After joining the membership card to participate in the promotion activities of Internet cafes, the internet fee is even lower.

    "Zhonglu Time and Space" was the first to develop an Internet cafe chain in Qingdao. Mr. Zhang, a person in charge of the company, said that the cost and price of operating Internet cafes have already doubled. He took a direct store with an area of more than 300 square meters on Minjiang Road as an example. In recent years, the rent of the store has risen from 300,000 yuan to more than 700,000 yuan, and the salary of network management and staff has at least doubled.

    After interviewing a number of Internet cafes of different sizes in the urban and suburban areas, the reporter found that an Internet cafe with 100 computers, for example, will take at least three years to recover its cost if it invests about 1 million yuan. If it quits halfway, used computers will not be able to sell at all, and it will lose all its money, which is also the reason why many Internet cafes are barely supporting.

    In addition to internet fees, another major source of profit for Internet cafes is the sales of beverages and foods. The retail price of a bottle of 600 ml Pepsi in major supermarkets in the island city is mostly between 2.3 yuan and 2.8 yuan. However, the reporter visited more than a dozen Internet cafes in the island city. Whether it is the urban-rural junction where the rent is cheaper or several business districts in the city where the land is precious, the retail price of the same cola is rarely lower than that in 5 yuan.

compete

    At the beginning of 2013, Qingdao Network Culture Association issued a price increase proposal to all member units, proposing to increase the internet fee to 3 yuan per hour. However, this behavior was suspected of colluding with price increases in the eyes of the price department, so it was stopped.

    However, this price increase was unsuccessful. In the view of Mr. Zhang, the head of China-Shandong Time and Space, there are other reasons. "Everyone began to discuss how to rise to 3 yuan together, but in a few days, an Internet cafe on Ningxia Road suddenly launched a membership card to recharge 100 yuan to send 50 yuan, which is equal to a penny." Mr. Zhang said.

    Low-price competition once led to low-level competition, and Internet cafes even became hiding places for criminals. Under the background that the cultural law enforcement departments strictly enforce the law and strengthen the law enforcement, Internet cafe practitioners who used to earn profits by playing the legal edge ball have repeatedly complained.

    Take "all-night business", the most typical behavior of exploiting legal loopholes, as an example. Article 22 of the Regulations on the Administration of Internet Service Sites stipulates that the daily business hours of Internet Service Sites are limited to 8: 00 to 24: 00. Wang Shuhong, director of the Network Management Department of Qingdao Cultural Market Administrative Law Enforcement Bureau, said that since the law enforcement was intensified in 2013, more than 1,600 Internet cafes in the city have rarely been open all night, because the punishment for such illegal business practices is very heavy, and if the circumstances are serious, the Network Culture Business License can be revoked.

    In the view of Mr. Wang, the post-1985 boss who runs an Internet cafe on Nanjing Road, this kind of strict management makes sense: "In the past, when we closed the door, we expected some people who stayed up all night to earn more money. Those people still had certain spending power, and I also knew that some of them were afraid to stay in hotels, which was a mixed bag of fish and dragons, and they were also doing scary business. I dare not check it strictly now, but my heart is also practical. " Mr. Li, president of Qingdao Internet Association, said in an interview with reporters a few days ago: "The vicious competition among peers is very serious now. Instead of fighting for decoration, renovation and price, it is better to optimize restructuring. If the number of Internet cafes in Qingdao is reduced by half, leaving seven or eight hundred, I believe the industry ecology will be much better."

transform

    How to transform the Internet cafe industry is a topic that Internet cafe owners often discuss. The emergence of high-end Internet cafes in Beijing, Guangzhou and Shenzhen seems to give some inspiration to the Internet cafe owners in the island city. At the beginning of 2014, an Internet cafe, known as the most expensive in Qingdao, was born in HongKong Middle Road, Qingdao. The one-hour 10 yuan fee surprised many peers and Internet surfers. On April 23, the reporter visited this Internet cafe and found that the interior decoration and computer hardware configuration of the Internet cafe really belong to the high-end level in the island city, with freshly ground coffee, brand desserts and soothing background music. The staff told the reporter that this is a national chain of Internet cafes, all of which use iMac all-in-one, with more than 100 in total. At the same time, it can also provide professional e-sports mechanical keyboards and mice for Internet surfers.

    According to the situation of opening for several months, the average attendance rate of Internet cafes is about 70%. For non-members, the hourly internet fee requires 10 yuan, so the profit is relatively high, but the staff also expressed their concerns. He said: "At first, there may be many people who want to be fresh, but after this period of time, they are worried that the attendance rate will decline, because the attendance rate has obviously not been as good as the new opening stage in recent days."

    As a matter of fact, as early as 2008, there were Internet cafes in the island city trying to increase the internet fee through high-end quality. The "E Tribe" changchun road store located at the intersection of Weihai Road and changchun road in Taitung was called the most luxurious large-scale Internet cafe in Qingdao at that time by the vast majority of Internet surfers in the island city. However, when the reporter passed the door of the Internet cafe on April 22, he found that the entire door had been removed. A man who did not want to be named said that the Internet cafe was due to the high initial investment cost. When the reporter asked about the business situation, the man smiled bitterly, indicating that it was hard to say.

    People in the industry are not optimistic about this model: "The specific situation of each city is different. Internet cafes in Shanghai can still be full for 30 yuan an hour. People are mainly targeting high-income groups. Few people in Internet cafes play games. They are all used for business office. The newly opened Internet cafes in Qingdao are specifically aimed at gamers. How can this last?"

situation

    According to the statistics in 2013, there are more than 1,700 officially registered Internet cafes in Qingdao, ranking third in the country after Chongqing and Chengdu, and this figure became more than 1,500 in the latest statistics in April 2014, which has been reduced by more than 200.

    "Qingdao Internet cafes must be chained and managed in a unified way." This is the consensus that members of Qingdao Internet Association have already reached. According to the specific steps formulated in the "Implementation Opinions on Promoting Internet Cafe Chain Integration in Shandong Province" jointly issued by the Shandong Provincial Department of Culture and the Public Security Department, June 2012 to December 2014 belongs to the stage of comprehensive promotion of Internet Cafe integration, and the opinions call for speeding up the progress of "changing from single to even", and the chain rate of Internet cafes in all cities should reach 90% by the end of 2014.

    "To say that it is a chain is actually to sign a symbolic contract with a chain company. The company has no binding force on people’s previous single Internet cafes. The legal representative of the single company does not change, the management mode does not change, and even the door is too lazy to change to a unified format. How can this be called a chain?" Mr. Zhang, the head of Sino-Shandong Time and Space, is not optimistic about the current integration.

    Efforts to revive Internet cafes have never stopped. Under the situation that the Internet cafe industry has gradually declined in the industry and management departments, Xiao Wang, an entrepreneur born after the 1980s in Nanjing Road, is still going against the wind. In addition to setting down the store at a cheaper price, he said with confidence that the value-added services of Internet cafes are always there besides surfing the Internet. Besides selling drinks and charging cards to earn a little money, the core value-added services of Internet cafes should be advertising, "such as starting advertising.

    Text/photo reporter Cao Kaijie

(Source: Peninsula Network-peninsula metropolis daily)

Persist in promoting the building of a community of human destiny and strive to build a better world.

  Insisting on promoting the building of a community of human destiny is the core and essence of Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s diplomatic thought in the new era of the Supreme Leader. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, guided by promoting the building of a community of human destiny, China’s theoretical and practical innovations in foreign work have achieved a series of major achievements, and its international influence, appeal and shaping power have been further improved, making new and significant contributions to world peace and development. The 85 important speeches and articles of the Supreme Leader in the book "On Persistence in Promoting the Building of a Community of Human Destiny" profoundly expounded the background, great significance, rich connotation and realization path of building a community of human destiny. Facing the changing international situation, studying these important expositions seriously is of great significance for us to better coordinate the two overall situations at home and abroad, firmly grasp the main line of serving national rejuvenation and promoting human progress, promote the building of a community of human destiny, strive to create a new diplomatic situation for a big country with China characteristics, and create favorable conditions for building a well-off society in an all-round way and then building a socialist modern power in an all-round way.

  First, deeply understand the background and great significance of promoting the construction of a community of human destiny.

  The community of human destiny, as its name implies, means that the future and destiny of every nation and every country are closely linked. We should share weal and woe, and strive to build our planet, where we were born and raised, into a harmonious family, and turn the yearning for a better life of people all over the world into reality. This simple idea, which comes from profound answers to a series of questions about the world and the times, embodies the profound thinking of the Supreme Leader on the future and destiny of China and mankind, and has profound historical background and far-reaching historical significance.

  Building a community of human destiny profoundly reveals the relationship between contemporary China and the world, and reflects the urgent need to realize the Chinese nation’s great rejuvenation of the Chinese dream. The trend of the world is vast. If you follow it, you will prosper, and if you go against it, you will die. China’s 40-year reform and opening up has provided people with many precious inspirations, the most important of which is that a country and a nation must advance in the logic of historical progress and develop in the trend of the times if they want to revitalize. In today’s world, countries are more interconnected and interdependent than ever before. Humans live in the same global village, in the same time and space where history and reality meet, and increasingly become a community of destiny in which you have me and I have you. Facing this trend, every country and every nation must rethink and answer the question of the relationship with the world. The integrated world is there, and whoever rejects it will be rejected by the world.

  Realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is the greatest dream of China people in modern times. Now, China has entered a critical stage to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. It is particularly important for us to understand the general trend of world development and keep up with the trend of the times. How to position our relationship with the world and how to keep up with the times is a question that we must think deeply and answer. Comrade Supreme Leader’s idea of building a community of human destiny has greatly deepened our understanding of this issue.

  In the opening chapter of this book, the Supreme Leader clearly pointed out that world prosperity and stability are opportunities for China, and the development of China is also an opportunity for the world. We should take a world view, better unify domestic development with opening up, link China’s development with world development, combine the interests of the people of China with the common interests of people of all countries, continuously expand mutually beneficial cooperation with other countries, participate in international affairs with a more positive attitude, jointly meet global challenges and strive to contribute to global development. In the volume of this book, the supreme leader comrade still emphasizes grasping the general trend of historical progress, putting himself in, looking at problems in China’s relationship with the world, figuring out China’s position and role in the evolution of the world pattern, and scientifically formulating China’s foreign policies. Throughout the book, the supreme leader comrades face the new changes in the relationship between China and the world in the new era, plan the overall situation at home and abroad, and comprehensively plan the strategic thinking and strategic layout of all-round opening up.

  Comrade Supreme Leader’s important exposition clearly shows that promoting the building of a community of human destiny is not a diplomatic rhetoric, but an inherent requirement for realizing the Chinese dream, which is the proper meaning of Socialism with Chinese characteristics, and clearly reflects the global vision of contemporary the Communist Party of China (CPC) people and China’s world mind of unifying its own development with that of the world.

  Building a community of human destiny has profoundly clarified China’s consciousness and self-confidence in taking the road of peaceful development, responded to the concerns and expectations of the international community, and embodied China’s responsibility and responsibility as a great power. With the rapid development of China, some people in the world are worried that China will take the road of "national power will dominate", and some people put forward the so-called "China threat theory", thinking that the development of China is bound to be a "threat", and even portrayed China as a terrible "mephistopheles", as if China would absorb the soul of the world one day. Although this argument is like a fable, unfortunately, some people enjoy it. Some of these public opinions are due to ignorance or misunderstanding of China, some are due to anxiety, and some are due to deep-rooted prejudice. How does China develop? What kind of country will China be when it develops? This has become a question that we must answer on the road to national rejuvenation. In order to establish China’s image in the world, and let the world know and understand China, China must have its own characteristics of great power diplomacy, and must put forward a convincing concept of foreign work on the basis of summing up practical experience.

  Many speeches by the supreme leader comrades included in "On Persistence in Promoting the Building of a Community of Human Destiny" are all responding to this question in different ways. It is in the process of constantly answering this question that the supreme leader comrades put forward and deepened their understanding of building a community of human destiny, enriching and developing this important concept of foreign work. The idea of building a community of human destiny, with the new idea of win-win cooperation instead of the zero-sum game and the old idea of winner takes all, you lose and I win, has more closely linked the dreams of the people of China with those of other countries. China’s foreign policy objective of safeguarding world peace and promoting common development has become clearer and more deeply rooted in people’s hearts, which has made the world better understand China and brought China closer to the center of the world stage.

  Building a community of human destiny has profoundly answered the question of "What kind of world to build and how to build it", contributed China’s wisdom to the better development of the world and pointed out the way forward. Mankind is in a period of great development, great change and great adjustment. World multipolarization and economic globalization have developed in depth, social informationization and cultural diversity have continued to advance, countries are interconnected and interdependent, and the global destiny is closely related to each other. The trend of the times of peace, development, cooperation and win-win is even stronger. At the same time, mankind is also in an era of endless challenges and increasing risks. The world economic growth is weak, the financial crisis is lingering, the development gap is becoming increasingly prominent, and fighting against each other occurs from time to time. The cold war mentality and power politics are lingering, and non-traditional security threats such as terrorism, refugee crisis, major infectious diseases and climate change continue to spread. No country can stay out of it and no country can deal with it alone. "This is the best time and the worst time". The world is full of uncertainty, and people are both looking forward to and confused about the future. What’s wrong with the world? What shall we do? This is a question that the whole world is thinking about. "What kind of world to build? How to build this world? " Become the question of the times. It is in the face of such questioning that the supreme leader comrades stand at the height of the development process of human history and take responsibility as leaders of great powers to correctly grasp the profound changes in the international situation.The concept of building a community of human destiny is expounded in depth. This concept concentrates the wisdom of Chinese excellent traditional culture, such as national unity, self-mastery, harmony among all nations, and great harmony in the world. It embodies the common value pursuit of all mankind, such as peace, development, fairness, justice, democracy and freedom, and brings together the greatest common denominator that people all over the world yearn for peace, development and prosperity, which points out the direction for the development and progress of human civilization.

  Second, accurately grasp the rich connotation of building a community of human destiny

  The connotation of building a community of human destiny is very rich. To sum up, it is "building a world of lasting peace, universal security, common prosperity, openness, tolerance, cleanliness and beauty" proposed in the report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. The speeches made by the Supreme Leader at the United Nations Headquarters and at the high-level dialogue meeting between the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the world’s political parties focused on the comprehensive and systematic explanation of these five aspects.

  To build a world of lasting peace, we must respect each other and negotiate on an equal footing, resolutely abandon the cold war mentality and power politics, and take a new path of state-to-state exchanges of dialogue without confrontation and partnership without alliance. Peace is the common aspiration and lofty goal of mankind. Under the background of the cold war confrontation between East and West, the so-called "big family", "group politics" and "sphere of influence" failed to handle the relations between countries, but brought contradictions and intensified the situation. Comrade Supreme Leader pointed out that the future and destiny of the world must be shared by all countries. Mutual respect, equality, peaceful development and common prosperity are the right ways in the world. All countries in the world should jointly safeguard the international order and system centered on the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, actively build a new type of international relations centered on win-win cooperation, and jointly advance the lofty cause of world peace and development. Great powers should respect each other’s core interests and major concerns, control contradictions and differences, and strive to build a new relationship of non-conflict, non-confrontation, mutual respect and win-win cooperation; Big countries should treat small countries equally, and don’t be overbearing and buy and sell; No country can wage war at will or undermine the international rule of law.

  To build a world of universal security, we must persist in resolving disputes through dialogue, resolve differences through consultation, make overall plans to deal with traditional and non-traditional security threats, and oppose all forms of terrorism. In the era of economic globalization, the security of all countries is interrelated and affects each other. No country can seek its own absolute security on its own, and no country can reap stability from the turmoil of other countries. The Supreme Leader first proposed and comprehensively expounded the common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable security concept at the AsiaInfo Shanghai Summit in 2014. Comrade Supreme Leader stressed: In the face of increasingly complex and comprehensive security threats, it is impossible to fight alone, let alone blindly believe in force. We should abandon the cold war mentality and group confrontation, oppose the practice of sacrificing the security of other countries for our own absolute security, create a fair and just security pattern of joint construction and sharing, and achieve universal security.

  To build a world of common prosperity, we must help each other in the same boat, promote the liberalization and facilitation of trade and investment, and push economic globalization towards a more open, inclusive, inclusive, balanced and win-win direction. Development is the top priority, which is applicable to all countries. The common development and prosperity of all countries are the pursuit of building a community of human destiny. On Persistence in Promoting the Construction of a Community of Human Destiny, the most discussed manuscript is development. Comrade Supreme Leader pointed out that development is the key to solve all problems. We should adhere to the concept of hello, I am good for everyone, promote open, inclusive, inclusive, balanced and win-win economic globalization, and create good conditions for the common development of all mankind. Countries should help each other in the same boat, not beggar-thy-neighbor. We should respect the social system and development path independently chosen by all countries and respect each other’s core interests and major concerns. It is necessary to uphold the rules of the World Trade Organization, support an open, transparent, inclusive and non-discriminatory multilateral trading system and build an open world economy.

  To build an open and inclusive world, we must respect the diversity of world civilizations, transcend the barriers between civilizations, learn from each other, and coexist with each other. The diversity of civilizations is the basic feature of human society, and the exchange and mutual learning of civilizations is the driving force to promote the progress of human society and the link of world peace. Comrade Supreme Leader’s speech at UNESCO headquarters focused on the exchange and mutual learning of civilizations, emphasizing that civilization is like water, moistening things silently. We should promote mutual respect and harmonious coexistence among different civilizations, seek wisdom and nutrition from different civilizations, provide spiritual support and spiritual comfort for people, and work together to solve various challenges faced by mankind.

  To build a clean and beautiful world, we must adhere to environmental friendliness, cooperate to deal with climate change, and protect the earth’s homeland on which human beings depend. The earth is the common home of mankind and the only home of mankind so far. In the foreseeable future, all human beings will live on the earth. Comrade Supreme Leader’s speech at the Paris Conference on Climate Change clearly shows the image of China as a responsible big country. Comrade Supreme Leader stressed: We should take good care of the earth’s homeland together, for ourselves and for future generations. We should adhere to the concept of coexistence between man and nature, treat the ecological environment like life, be awed by nature, respect nature, conform to nature and protect it, jointly protect the irreplaceable earth home, jointly heal the scars of the ecological environment, jointly create a harmonious and livable human home, let the natural ecology recuperate, and let everyone enjoy green water and green mountains.

  Third, actively promote the diplomacy of a big country with China characteristics and promote the building of a community of human destiny

  Building a community of human destiny is a historical process, which can’t be accomplished overnight, nor can it be smooth sailing, and it needs long-term and arduous efforts. Comrade Supreme Leader pointed out that the key to building a community of human destiny lies in action. China will always be a builder of world peace, a contributor to global development and a defender of the international order. The people of China are willing to work with people of other countries to actively develop global partnership, promote the building of a community of human destiny and jointly create a better future for mankind.

  Adhere to the path of peaceful development and resolutely safeguard national sovereignty, security and development interests. If a country wants to develop and prosper, it must grasp and conform to the general trend of world development. In today’s world, the old road of colonialism and hegemonism is not only impassable, but also bound to hit the wall. Represented by his speech at the Kohlberg Foundation in 2014, the Supreme Leader repeatedly expounded the issue of China’s unswerving path of peaceful development, pointing out that taking the path of peaceful development is China’s response to the international community’s concern about China’s development trend, and it is also the confidence and consciousness of Chinese people to realize their own development goals. What China needs most is a harmonious and stable domestic environment and a peaceful and peaceful international environment. Any turmoil and war are not in the fundamental interests of the people of China. The people of China don’t accept the logic that "a strong country will dominate", and China’s development from a poor and weak country to the second largest economy in the world depends not on foreign military expansion and colonial plunder, but on the people’s hard work and peace maintenance. China will unswervingly follow the path of peaceful development. No matter how far China develops, China will never seek hegemony, expansion or sphere of influence.

  Comrade Supreme Leader emphasized that we should stick to the path of peaceful development, but we must never give up our legitimate rights and interests or sacrifice the core interests of the country. Any foreign country should not expect us to trade our core interests, nor should we expect us to swallow the bitter fruit that harms China’s sovereignty, security and development interests. China follows the path of peaceful development, so do other countries. Only when all countries follow the path of peaceful development can countries develop together and live in peace.

  Adhere to the basic national policy of opening to the outside world and promote the construction of an open world economy. A strong country can be full of confidence and openness, and openness promotes a strong country. The achievements of China’s reform and opening up since the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China have fully proved that opening up is an important driving force for China’s economic and social development. Faced with the twists and turns in economic globalization in the post-international financial crisis era, protectionism and inward-looking tendencies are on the rise, and the multilateral trading system is challenged by shocks, the speeches made by the top leaders on safeguarding free trade and advocating the development of an open world economy have left a deep impression on the world at the annual G20 leaders’ summit, the APEC business leaders’ summit, the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos in 2017 and other important occasions. Comrade Supreme Leader pointed out that opening up is the fundamental way to achieve national prosperity. It is China’s strategic choice to pursue a win-win opening-up strategy and constantly create a more comprehensive, in-depth and diversified opening-up pattern. If we want to maintain sustained and healthy economic development, we must establish a global vision, more consciously coordinate the two overall domestic and international situations, comprehensively plan an all-round opening-up strategy, and go to the world with a more proactive attitude. We must unswervingly develop global free trade and investment, promote the liberalization and facilitation of trade and investment in the process of opening up, and take a clear-cut stand against protectionism. We will increase our assistance to developing countries, especially the least developed countries, and help narrow the development gap between North and South.

  Adhere to the concept of global governance, and actively participate in the reform and construction of the global governance system. With the development of the times, profound changes have taken place in the balance of international power, global challenges are increasing day by day, and the existing global governance system is becoming more and more unsuitable. The voice of the international community for reforming the global governance system is getting louder and louder, and it has become the consensus of most countries to establish international mechanisms, abide by international rules and pursue international justice. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Political Bureau of the Central Committee has conducted collective study on global governance twice. The Supreme Leader delivered an important speech, pointing out that it is everyone’s business in the international community to promote the reform of global governance system, and we should adhere to the principle of mutual consultation, joint construction and sharing, so that the ideas on the reform of global governance system can be transformed into consensus and concerted action. Comrade Supreme Leader stressed: we should advocate the democratization of international relations, adhere to the equality of all countries, big or small, strong or weak, rich or poor, support the United Nations to play an active role and expand the representation and voice of developing countries in international affairs. China will continue to play the role of a responsible big country, actively participate in the reform and construction of the global governance system, and constantly contribute to the wisdom and strength of China.

  Manage the relations among major powers well and build a framework of relations among major powers with overall stability and balanced development. Great powers have greater responsibility for regional and world peace and development. In the manuscripts such as Building a New-type Great Power Relationship between China and the United States, Speech at the European Institute in Bruges, and Creating a Better Tomorrow for Sino-Russian Relations, the Supreme Leader expounded the proposition of actively developing a new-type great power relationship with the United States, developing a comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership with Russia, and developing a partnership of peace, growth, reform and civilization with Europe. Comrade Supreme Leader pointed out: China attaches great importance to the status and role of major powers, devotes itself to developing all-round cooperative relations with major powers, strives to build a framework of relations among major powers with overall stability and balanced development, and takes the road of peaceful development together.

  Adhere to the concept of sincerity and tolerance, and deepen mutually beneficial cooperation with neighboring countries. A good neighbour is better than a brother in the next village. China has the largest number of neighboring countries in the world. No matter from the geographical position, natural environment or mutual relationship, the surrounding area is of great strategic significance to our country. After the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Central Committee specially convened a symposium on peripheral diplomatic work, and the Supreme Leader delivered an important speech, highlighting the important role of the periphery in China’s overall development and diplomacy, and giving a comprehensive and systematic explanation on the significance, strategic objectives, basic principles and policy concepts of doing a good job in peripheral diplomatic work. Comrade Supreme Leader stressed: China places its periphery at the top of the overall diplomatic situation, regards its periphery as a place to settle down and the foundation of development and prosperity, and regards it as its own responsibility to promote peace, stability and development in its periphery. It adheres to the concept of being sincere and accommodating, adheres to the policy of being a good neighbor and partner, and adheres to the policy of being good-neighborly, secure and rich. It welcomes neighboring countries to take the "express train" and "free ride" in China.

  Adhere to the correct concept of justice and benefit and the true concept of sincerity, and strengthen unity and cooperation with developing countries. The vast number of developing countries are our natural allies in international affairs. Being a reliable friend and sincere partner of developing countries forever is the foundation of China’s foreign policy, and it will never change in the past, present and future. Speech at Nyerere International Convention Center, China — Speaking at the meeting of leaders of Latin American and Caribbean countries, speaking at the Asian-African leaders’ meeting and other manuscripts, Comrade Supreme Leader pointed out: China is the largest developing country in the world and will continue to stand with the vast number of developing countries. At present, the vast number of developing countries are faced with the common mission of accelerating development and improving people’s livelihood. They should warm up and help each other, actively carry out cooperation in various fields and realize our respective development blueprints. In carrying out cooperation with developing countries, China will adhere to the correct concept of justice and interests, find out the common ground and intersection of interests, give consideration to justice and interests, be generous and integrate interests, be principled, stress faithfulness, attach importance to affection, promote justice and cultivate morality, and do not engage in winning and losing, and I will take care of each other’s interests in some specific projects and deepen pragmatic cooperation with developing countries.

  Fourth, actively promote the "Belt and Road" international cooperation and build a practical platform for building a community of human destiny.

  The road to simplicity is the most important thing. To promote the building of a community of human destiny, we can’t just stay in ideas. China is an advocate and an active practitioner of building a community of human destiny. In 2013, while proposing to build a community of human destiny, the Supreme Leader proposed to jointly build the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road in his speeches in Kazakhstan and Indonesia, that is, the "Belt and Road Initiative". The Supreme Leader has made profound exposition on many occasions on building the "Belt and Road" into an important practical platform to promote the building of a community of human destiny.

  Moving towards a community of human destiny is the original intention and the highest goal of the "Belt and Road" construction. The "Belt and Road" construction is an important measure for China to implement all-round opening up under the new historical conditions, which meets the endogenous requirements of China’s economic development. The Belt and Road Initiative originated in China, but belongs to the world. Comrade Supreme Leader pointed out in his opening speech at the Roundtable Summit of the Belt and Road International Cooperation Summit Forum and in his speech at the 31st collective study in the 18th the Political Bureau of the Central Committee: We put forward the Belt and Road Initiative to inherit and carry forward the spirit of the Silk Road, combine China’s development with the development of countries along the route, and combine the Chinese dream with the dreams of people of all countries along the route. Within the framework of international cooperation in building the Belt and Road Initiative, All parties adhere to the principle of cooperation, joint construction and sharing, work together to meet the challenges facing the world economy, create new opportunities for development, seek new impetus for development, expand new space for development, achieve complementary advantages, achieve mutual benefit and win-win, and constantly move toward the community of human destiny. This is my original intention of proposing this initiative and the highest goal I hope to achieve through this initiative.

  Insist on discussing, building and sharing, and build the "Belt and Road" into the most extensive international cooperation platform that conforms to the trend of economic globalization. The "Belt and Road" construction meets the development needs of China, countries along the route and the region, conforms to the common interests of all parties concerned and conforms to the trend of regional and global cooperation. Therefore, once put forward, the outside world has a great response, and all parties are responding. But some people have doubts about this. Comrade Supreme Leader profoundly expounded the principle of cooperation, co-construction and sharing at the joint welcoming banquet of the local government of Washington State and American friendship groups, Boao Forum for Asia and other occasions, pointing out that the purpose of our promotion of the Belt and Road Initiative, the establishment of the Silk Road Fund and the propose to create Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is to support the common development of all countries, not to seek political spheres of influence. The construction of the "Belt and Road" adheres to the principle of mutual cooperation, joint construction and sharing, not closed, but open and inclusive; It’s not a solo by the China family, but a chorus of countries along the route. The construction of the "Belt and Road" is not to replace the existing regional cooperation mechanisms and initiatives, but to promote the development strategies of countries along the route to achieve mutual docking and complementary advantages on the existing basis. China doesn’t play the small abacus of geo-game, close the exclusive circle, and do not buy and sell beyond others. The "Belt and Road" construction is rooted in the historical soil of the Silk Road, focusing on Asia, Europe and Africa.Open to all friends at the same time. Whether from Asia, Europe, Africa or America, they are all partners in international cooperation in the construction of the "Belt and Road". The construction of the "Belt and Road" will be discussed by everyone, and the achievements of the "Belt and Road" construction will be shared by everyone. These important expositions have pointed out the direction for the construction of the "Belt and Road" and further enriched the connotation of building a community of human destiny.

  Promote the construction of the "Belt and Road" to go deep, steady and far-reaching, and inject strong impetus into building a community of human destiny. Comrade Supreme Leader emphasized that the "Belt and Road" construction is not an empty slogan, but a tangible and tangible practical measure that will bring tangible benefits to regional countries. The core connotation of the "One Belt, One Road" initiative is to promote infrastructure construction and interconnection, strengthen economic policy coordination and development strategy docking, promote coordinated development and achieve common prosperity. Under the impetus of the Supreme Leader, in the past five years, the "Belt and Road" construction has gradually changed from concept to action, from vision to reality, and the construction has achieved fruitful results. Policy communication has been deepened, facilities connectivity has been strengthened, trade flow has been improved, capital financing has been expanded, and people’s hearts have been promoted. China has formulated a vision and action document to promote the joint construction of the Belt and Road Initiative, the Silk Road Fund has been established, and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank has officially opened. More than 100 countries and international organizations around the world actively support and participate in the "Belt and Road" construction, and important resolutions such as the UN General Assembly and the UN Security Council have also been included in the "Belt and Road" construction. In May 2017, China successfully hosted the "Belt and Road" international cooperation summit forum.It marks that the "One Belt, One Road" initiative has entered a new stage from concept to action, from planning to implementation. At this meeting, the Supreme Leader further pointed out that it is necessary to take advantage of the situation and follow the trend to build the Belt and Road into a road of peace, prosperity, openness, innovation and civilization.

  Comrade Supreme Leader’s important exposition on persisting in promoting the building of a community of human destiny has lofty ideas, rich connotations and profound thoughts. It is a concentrated expression of the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s China wisdom and China’s plan for seeking peace and development for mankind and solving human problems, and has far-reaching world significance and extensive world influence. At present, China is in the best period of development since modern times, and the world is in a great change that has never happened in a hundred years. The two are intertwined and agitated. The world we live in is full of hope and challenges. We should study these important expositions of the Supreme Leader, comprehensively implement Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought of the Supreme Leader in the new era and the spirit of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, strengthen the "four consciousnesses", strengthen the "four self-confidences", resolutely safeguard the core position of the CPC Central Committee and the whole party, resolutely safeguard the authority and centralized and unified leadership of the CPC Central Committee, improve the ability to coordinate the two overall situations at home and abroad, ensure the implementation of the CPC Central Committee’s foreign policy and strategic deployment, and constantly promote the construction of human destiny for realizing the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. (Smell)