The 15th Plenary Session of the 12th CPC Liaoning Provincial Committee and the Economic Work Conference of the Provincial Committee were held in Shenyang.

　　The Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee presided over the meeting. Entrusted by the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, Zhang Guoqing made a work report and made a speech on implementing the spirit of the meeting. Liu Ning made arrangements for the province’s economic work in 2021.

　　The picture shows the 15th Plenary Session of the 12th CPC Liaoning Provincial Committee and the Economic Work Conference of the Provincial Committee. Reporter Xu Danwei Wan Zhongshe

　　Communiqué of the 15th Plenary Session of the 12th Committee of Liaoning Province, the Communist Party of China (CPC)

　　(Adopted at the 15th Plenary Session of the 12th Committee of Liaoning Province, the Communist Party of China (CPC) on January 1, 2021)

　　The 15th plenary session of the 12th Committee of Liaoning Province, the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the Economic Work Conference of the Provincial Party Committee were held in Shenyang on January 1st, 2021.

　　Present at the plenary session were 69 members of the provincial party committee and 5 alternate members of the provincial party committee. Responsible comrades of relevant parties attended the meeting as nonvoting delegates. Some grassroots representatives from the 12th Party Congress of the province also attended the meeting.

　　The meeting was presided over by the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee. The meeting heard and discussed the work report made by Zhang Guoqing, secretary of the provincial party Committee, entrusted by the Standing Committee of the provincial party Committee. Zhang Guoqing made a speech on implementing the spirit of the conference, and Liu Ning, deputy secretary of the provincial party committee and governor, made arrangements for the province’s economic work in 2021.

　　The meeting held high the great banner of Supreme Leader Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era, fully implemented the spirit of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Plenary Sessions of the 19th Central Committee and the spirit of the Central Economic Work Conference, thoroughly implemented the spirit of the 14th Plenary Session of the 12th Provincial Party Committee, summed up the work in 2020, analyzed and judged the situation, deployed the work in 2021, mobilized the whole province to further unify their thoughts and actions, and ensured that the 14th Five-Year Plan got off to a good start. Qi Xin made concerted efforts to promote Liaoning in the new era.

　　During the meeting, the participating comrades had an in-depth discussion. Everyone agrees that 2020 will be an extraordinary year. Facing the profound and complicated changes at home and abroad, especially the sudden impact of the COVID-19 epidemic, the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core, has made solid progress in coordinating the prevention and control of the epidemic and economic and social development, and comprehensively revitalizing it in all directions. The economic operation has stabilized and rebounded, the progress of structural adjustment has accelerated, scientific and technological innovations have made outstanding achievements, reform and opening up have been solidly promoted, the business environment has been continuously optimized, and the rural revitalization strategy has been implemented in depth. The three major battles have achieved remarkable results, the construction of democracy and the rule of law has been continuously strengthened, the people’s living standards have been continuously improved, and the overall social situation has been harmonious and stable. Victory in building a well-off society in an all-round way is in sight, and the party has been strictly managed in an all-round way.

　　The meeting pointed out that at present, Liaoning’s revitalization has entered a new stage of development, ushered in new opportunities and faced new challenges. Opportunities and challenges coexist, and opportunities outweigh challenges. The overall situation is beneficial to me. After years of accumulation, Liaoning has a good foundation and conditions to support high-quality development. The CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core attaches great importance to Liaoning, shows cordial care and strong support, and points out the way forward and injects strong impetus to accelerate the revitalization and development. Resources, industries, science and education, talents, infrastructure and other strengths, equipment manufacturing, petrochemical, metallurgy and other industries have outstanding advantages, and the advantages of scene resources in industrial digitalization and data resources in digital industrialization are obvious. The good expectation of comprehensive optimization of ecological development is accelerating, the construction of digital Liaoning and intelligent province is in full swing, the transformation of old and new kinetic energy is accelerated, and the development vitality is getting stronger and stronger. The whole province should maintain strategic strength, firmly develop confidence, accurately recognize changes, respond scientifically, take the initiative to seek changes, seize new opportunities and open up new opportunities.

　　The meeting emphasized that 2021 is a year of special importance in the process of China’s modernization, and it is of great significance to do all the work well. We must adhere to the guidance of the Supreme Leader’s Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era, fully implement the spirit of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Plenary Sessions of the 19th Central Committee, thoroughly implement the important speech and guiding spirit of the Supreme Leader’s General Secretary on the revitalization and development of Northeast China and Liaoning, implement the deployment of the Central Economic Work Conference, adhere to the general tone of striving for progress while maintaining stability, and build a new development pattern based on the new development stage. Coordinate and promote the overall layout of the "five in one", coordinate and promote the "four comprehensive" strategic layout, take promoting high-quality development as the theme, deepen supply-side structural reform as the main line, take reform and innovation as the fundamental driving force, and meet the people’s growing needs for a better life as the fundamental purpose, adhere to the system concept, coordinate development and security, implement the spirit of the 14th Plenary Session of the 12th Provincial Party Committee, and fulfill the political mission of safeguarding the country’s "five major security". Focus on filling the "four shortcomings", do a solid job in "six key tasks", continue to do a good job in "six stability" and implement the "six guarantees" task, keep the economy running in a reasonable range, the overall social situation is harmonious and stable, and party building is comprehensively strengthened, forming a vivid picture and grand scene of solidly practicing the new development concept.To ensure a good start in the 14th Five-Year Plan and celebrate the centenary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC) with outstanding achievements.

　　The meeting stressed that we should persist in arming our minds, guiding practice and promoting work with Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought of the Supreme Leader in the new era, further strengthen the "four consciousnesses", strengthen the "four self-confidences" and achieve the "two maintenance". Promote high-quality economic development, comprehensively promote the construction of a digital Liaoning and a strong province with intelligence, create a strong atmosphere of knowing, loving and respecting talents, pay close attention to scientific and technological innovation, serve to build a new development pattern, accelerate the construction of "one belt and two districts", and plant new advantages for revitalization and development. Deepen reform and opening up, pay close attention to the reform of key areas such as optimizing the business environment, state-owned enterprise reform, factor marketization reform, and institution reform, support the development of the non-public economy, promote a higher level of opening up, and activate the endogenous motivation for revitalization and development. Strengthen the construction of democratic politics, support the National People’s Congress, the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, the United front and the party’s mass organizations to play a better role, and build consensus, wisdom and strength to form a strong synergy for revitalization and development. Strengthen propaganda and ideological and cultural work, and earnestly shoulder the mission of raising flags, gathering people’s hearts, cultivating new people, promoting culture and displaying image. Accelerate the construction of Liaoning ruled by law, build a higher level of peaceful Liaoning, strengthen and innovate social governance, and promote social harmony and stability. Efforts will be made to improve people’s quality of life, do a good job in employment, education, medical care, old-age care, housing and other livelihood undertakings, and constantly enhance people’s sense of gain, happiness and security. Focus on preventing and resolving major risks,Ensure political security, social stability and people’s peace in the province. Unswervingly and comprehensively manage the party strictly, adhere to the correct orientation of selecting and employing people, do a good job in the re-election of party committees in cities, counties and townships, strengthen the construction of grassroots party organizations, integrally promote the political ecology that does not dare to rot, cannot rot, and does not want to rot, and continue to purify the political ecology, and lead the formation of a natural ecology in which man and nature coexist harmoniously with a clean and upright political ecology, a social ecology full of humanistic atmosphere and a fresh sense of the times, and an innovative and entrepreneurial ecology full of vitality.

　　The meeting stressed that this year’s economic work should focus on building a new development pattern, take the first step and see a new atmosphere. Strengthen the Party’s overall leadership over economic work. Adhere to the strategic basis of expanding domestic demand, deepen structural reform on the supply side, pay attention to demand side management, tap market potential, improve supply quality, and maintain stable and healthy economic development. Implement the innovation-driven development strategy and contribute Liaoning wisdom to the national science and technology self-reliance and self-improvement. Build a digital Liaoning and build a strong province with wisdom, and do our best to transform and upgrade the "old brand", deeply develop the "original brand name" and cultivate and expand the "new brand name". We will make greater efforts to promote reform and opening up, and strive to create a business environment that is "convenient to handle affairs, good in the rule of law, competitive in cost and ecologically livable". We will vigorously do a good job in rural revitalization, promote the effective connection between poverty alleviation and rural revitalization, accelerate the modernization of agriculture and rural areas, and promote high-quality and efficient agriculture, livable and suitable for rural areas, and rich farmers. Scientifically coordinate regional coordinated development and optimize regional economic layout. Adhere to ecological priority and green development, and build an ecological security barrier. Strengthen the guarantee of various undertakings, ensure the basics and the bottom line, fill the shortcomings of people’s livelihood, and continuously benefit the people. Coordinate development and safety, and do a good job in risk prevention and resolution. Always tighten the string of epidemic prevention and control, strengthen the awareness of risk boundary, strengthen the management of risk boundary, build a strict defense line against the rebound of epidemic situation with the highest standards and strictest requirements, and resolutely win the tough battle of epidemic prevention and control.

　　The meeting demanded that the key to doing a good job in revitalizing and developing this year is to pay close attention to implementation. We should grasp the implementation with a high degree of political consciousness, ideological consciousness and action consciousness, promote the implementation with scientific methods, effective measures and solid work style, and ensure the implementation with a clear orientation, a sound mechanism and a strong atmosphere, so that it is a common practice to work hard and pay close attention to the implementation in Liaoning. Focus on the decision-making arrangements of the CPC Central Committee and the work requirements of the provincial party committee, improve the implementation mechanism, establish a "responsibility chain" that runs through to the end, refine practical work measures, improve the entrepreneurial ability of leading cadres and officers, strengthen work supervision and assessment, and ensure that all tasks are implemented and effective.

　　The meeting called on the whole province to unite more closely around the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core, take the Supreme Leader’s Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era as the guide, strengthen confidence, face difficulties, strive for progress, strive to complete various objectives and tasks, strive to create a new situation for Liaoning’s revitalization and development, and greet the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Party with excellent results!

　　At the invitation of Foreign Minister Qin Gang of China, Korosi, President of the 77th UN General Assembly, visited China from February 1 to 4.

　　Kohler Heezen commented on China’s contribution to the cause of the United Nations: China has always been the strong backing of the cause of the United Nations and played an important role in the fields of climate change and peacekeeping.

　　As a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council and the first country to sign the Charter of the United Nations, China has always defended the purposes and principles of the Charter, always safeguarded the central role of the United Nations in international affairs, and unswervingly worked as a builder of world peace, a contributor to global development and a defender of the international order. By combing the relevant facts and data, people can see China’s clear and remarkable "report card" for supporting the United Nations cause.

　　The United Nations Headquarters Building in new york.

　　The key force of global peacekeeping

　　The United Nations, founded at the end of World War II, bears the expectations of people of all countries for permanent peace. However, Chinese civilization has always advocated "building a harmonious country", "harmony is different" and "harmony is the most important thing" to maintain peace and stability. China and the United Nations share the same ideas.

　　In today’s world, conflicts continue and various security challenges emerge one after another. In April 2022, the Chairman of the Supreme Leader put forward the Global Security Initiative at the Boao Forum for Asia, stressing that mankind is an inseparable security community, contributing China wisdom to make up the peace deficit of mankind, and providing China’s solution to international security challenges, which won wide recognition from the international community, including the United Nations.

　　Actively participate in the political settlement of hot issues in major regions such as the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue, the Iranian nuclear issue, Afghanistan, Myanmar, Palestine and Israel; Efforts should be made to safeguard the authority and unity of the Security Council and support the United Nations in providing good offices in accordance with its mandate; Actively participate in the international arms control and disarmament process and join dozens of international arms control treaties and mechanisms such as the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons; On the Ukrainian crisis, China has always decided its position and policy according to the merits of the matter itself, upheld an objective and fair position, and actively persuaded and promoted talks … … China shares security with the world and injects positive energy into world and regional peace and stability.

　　Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that China is committed to being a builder of world peace, a contributor to global development and a defender of international order, which is consistent with the ideals enshrined in the UN Charter.

　　Power source of global development

　　"In the face of the severe impact of the epidemic, we should jointly push global development towards a new stage of balance, coordination and tolerance. Here, I would like to propose a global development initiative. " In September 2021, the Chairman of the Supreme Leader put forward the global development initiative for the first time at the general debate of the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly.

　　Adhere to development priority, people-centeredness, inclusiveness, innovation drive, harmonious coexistence between man and nature, and action orientation — — China’s proposition aroused warm response from the world, and China’s action promoted world development and progress.

　　Today, the global development initiative has achieved a series of early gains: the establishment of the global development promotion center, and the invitation of the "Group of Friends of the Global Development Initiative" countries, regional organizations and relevant departments of the United Nations to designate corresponding institutions to establish the "Global Development Promotion Center Network", which has been joined by counterparts from 31 countries and regional organizations; A global development project library has been established. The first batch of 50 projects have been started, and now more than 100 projects have been expanded, and 1000 human resources training sessions have been carried out, covering more than 50 "friends group" countries.

　　In the past ten years, the "One Belt, One Road" initiative has also become a popular platform for international public goods and international cooperation, covering two-thirds of countries and one-third of international organizations.

　　Natalia Kanem, Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund, said that with the global population exceeding 8 billion, China’s development and contribution will benefit many countries in the world.

　　The biggest contributor to global poverty reduction

　　"China has solved the problem of food and clothing for more than 1.3 billion people and lifted more than 700 million people out of poverty, which is a major contribution to the cause of human rights in the world." In January 2017, when the Chairman of the Supreme Leader delivered a keynote speech at the UN headquarters, he pointed out the world significance of poverty reduction in China.

　　In December, 2020, China officially announced that after eight years of continuous struggle, China had completed the goal and task of tackling poverty in the new era as scheduled. Under the current standards, all the poor people in rural areas were lifted out of poverty, and all the poverty-stricken counties were stripped of their hats, thus eliminating absolute poverty and regional overall poverty and achieving a major victory that made the world sit up and take notice.

　　Poverty is a chronic disease in human society, and anti-poverty has always been a major event in governing the country and safeguarding the country at all times and in all countries. Facing the global governance problem of poverty eradication, China has never hesitated to share its experience and contribute to international poverty reduction while achieving its own poverty reduction.

　　In recent years, China has made great efforts to provide "six 100" projects to developing countries, including 100 poverty alleviation projects, 100 agricultural cooperation projects, 100 trade promotion assistance projects, 100 ecological protection and climate change response projects, 100 hospitals and clinics, 100 schools and vocational training centers, to help the countries concerned reduce poverty.

　　In the Asian region, China has implemented the demonstration cooperation technical assistance project for poverty reduction in East Asia in rural communities in Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar; In Africa, China has built water conservancy infrastructure for African countries, built a demonstration zone for agricultural cooperation, and promoted the implementation of projects such as technical cooperation between China and Africa; In the South Pacific region, carry out technical cooperation and assistance projects such as infrastructure construction and agricultural medical care; In Latin America, build agricultural technology demonstration centers to help local people in recipient countries get rid of poverty … …

　　UN Secretary-General Guterres said that China is "the country that has made the greatest contribution to global poverty reduction".

　　Unite the practitioners who fight the epidemic.

　　"People from all countries watch and help each other, showing the courage, determination and care of mankind in the face of major disasters, and illuminating the darkest moment. The epidemic will eventually be defeated by mankind, and victory will surely belong to the people of the world! " In September, 2020, when the COVID-19 epidemic was raging repeatedly around the world, the speech made by the Chairman of the Supreme Leader in the general debate of the 75th United Nations General Assembly was inspiring.

　　Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic, China has been helping each other with the rest of the world, sharing anti-epidemic experience in time, rushing to help other countries with anti-epidemic materials, and actively carrying out international anti-epidemic cooperation. China has provided anti-epidemic materials to 153 countries and 15 international organizations, and co-organized more than 300 technical exchange activities such as epidemic prevention and control and medical treatment with more than 180 countries and regions and more than 10 international organizations around the world.

　　China was the first country to promise the new crown vaccine as a global public product, to support the exemption of intellectual property rights in vaccine research and development, and to cooperate with developing countries in vaccine production, which injected a strong impetus into bridging the global "immunization gap". China actively played the role of traditional Chinese medicine, held more than 100 video exchanges and live broadcasts of anti-epidemic experts, introduced the diagnosis and treatment schemes of traditional Chinese medicine to more than 150 countries and regions, and provided traditional Chinese medicine products to some countries and regions in need.

　　Romina Sudak, a member of the Argentina Research Group in China, Rosario University, Argentina, said that China has helped developing countries to fight the epidemic, and China has implemented its consistent concept of "community of human destiny" with practical actions.

　　The doer of green development

　　"The sky goes at four o’clock without words, and everything is alive without words." China is an active advocate and a down-to-earth doer in tackling climate change and strengthening global environmental governance.

　　Chairman of the Supreme Leader has repeatedly expounded China’s proposition of building a clean and beautiful world and protecting the beautiful home of the earth on United Nations occasions. "Lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets. We should follow the concept of harmony between man and nature and seek the road of sustainable development. "

　　Make a historic contribution to the conclusion and rapid entry into force of the Paris Agreement, take the lead in issuing the National Plan for China to Implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, fully implement the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, announce the timetable and road map for achieving peak carbon dioxide emissions and carbon neutrality, and introduce the "1+N" policy system for implementing the dual-carbon goal, leading the world in the field of renewable energy development, becoming the country with the greatest contribution to the global ozone layer protection, and making green practical. … As the largest developing country, China promotes the construction of a community of human and natural life with consistent determination and strong measures, and contributes to the protection of human common home and the realization of human sustainable development.

　　Simon Steele, Executive Secretary of the Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, said that at present, the international community is facing an energy crisis, and China has made substantial progress in the field of climate change and played an important role in promoting the global response to climate change.

　　At present, the world is standing at the crossroads of history. The changes of the world, times and history are unfolding in an unprecedented way, and human society is facing unprecedented challenges. People pray for the sunshine of peace, development and progress to penetrate the haze of war, poverty and backwardness.

　　The road is not alone, and the world is a family. China is willing to work with other countries in the world to push the United Nations to play a more active role in the lofty cause of promoting human peace and development, to promote the common values of peace, development, fairness, justice, democracy and freedom, to safeguard world peace, promote world development and promote the building of a community of human destiny.

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　　　　　　 CCTV News:With the game between the United States and North Korea in the past few days, the situation on the peninsula has been escalating. The South Korean government, which has always emphasized its independent national defense forces, has been exposed to be independently developing two secret weapons that can attack North Korea’s air power.

　　　　　　 According to the Korean media, the South Korean government, which has always emphasized its independent national defense power, is independently developing secret weapons that can attack North Moon Jae in’s air power. In the movie "Star Wars", there are weapons that can emit lasers and can destroy spacecraft. At present, the Korean army is developing this new weapon for independent national defense — — Rail guns and laser guns.

US military laser cannons (image source network)

　　　　　　 According to reports, the railgun developed by the US Navy uses electromagnetic energy as thrust to launch shells at a speed several times higher than the speed of sound, mainly performing the tasks of destroying enemy ships and intercepting missiles. As a new weapon in the future, it only needs one shot to penetrate enemy missiles, ships and planes, and it is planned to assemble troops in actual combat in 2028.

US Army rail gun(Image source network)

　　　　　　 Korean media said that compared with American railguns, the railguns being developed by Korea National Defense Research Institute are also supersonic electromagnetic projectiles, but their flames and shells are smaller. It is expected that the "Korean version" railgun will complete technical research and development in the mid-1920s.

　　　　　　 In addition, the nuclear-free EMP bomb developed by the Korean army in 1999 to destroy enemy electronic equipment has successfully completed the test of destroying drones at a distance of 100 meters, and it is expected to have combat capability by the 1920s.

　　　　　　 Park Chang-kyu, former director of the Korea National Defense Science Research Institute, said that if the Korean army requires the assembly of EMP bombs, it should be able to meet the assembly requirements.

Schematic diagram of explosion of electromagnetic pulse bomb(Image source network)

　　　　　　 The increasing tension has made the voice of South Korea’s ruling and opposition parties on the introduction of nuclear submarines gradually rise. In fact, as early as during the general election, Moon Jae in proposed to introduce nuclear submarines. When talking to US President Trump on the phone in early August this year, Moon Jae in also mentioned the issue of nuclear submarines, which shows the importance attached to this matter.

　　　　　　 However, some Korean experts believe that the introduction of nuclear submarines is not practical because of its huge consumption and high noise, which is easy to be discovered by the enemy. In addition, due to the constraints of the Korea-US Atomic Energy Agreement, from the perspective of prohibiting nuclear proliferation, the United States will not easily make an exception for South Korea. Even if the United States allows it, the cost of sharing defense fees and purchasing weapons may be beyond imagination.

　　　　　　 [Reminiscent] South Korea and the United States held short-range air defense exercises for the first time.

　　　　　　 In addition, according to Yonhap News Agency, the US Pacific Command announced on September 30th that the United States and South Korea held joint short-range air defense exercises on the Korean peninsula for the first time. "Short-range air defense" refers to the defense activities of shooting down enemy fighters invading South Korea’s airspace at low altitude with the Avenger short-range air defense missile as the main weapon.

　　　　　　 According to the report, in this short-range air defense exercise, the Korean and American armed forces connected the communication networks of the two sides and shared information, which enhanced the understanding of the Korean and American officers and men on the systems and weapons of the two sides, so as to establish close cooperation between the two armed forces. The South Korean and American military plans to continue to hold short-range air defense exercises to cultivate air defense capabilities suitable for the Korean Peninsula environment.

　　　　　　 The US military did not mention the specific time of the exercise and the number of participants. However, according to South Korea’s SBS TV station, in fact, the exercise was held on September 6 -8, after North Korea’s sixth nuclear test. Why did the US military choose to announce it at this time is intriguing.

Shijiazhuang is the land of revolution, the land of heroes, and the place where New China came from. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader knows Hebei deeply and loves it deeply, and attaches great importance to the development of Shijiazhuang.

Autumn in September, National Day is approaching. On September 28th, four additional port toll stations were officially opened in Shijiazhuang Ring Expressway, and nine ramp toll stations in the Ring Expressway stopped charging and opened. After four newly-built toll stations were put into use, nine existing toll stations, namely Xizhaotong, Beiwunv, Gaocheng West, Shijiazhuang, Luancheng, Xigucheng, Shiqing Road, Nanxincheng and Zhengding, were opened simultaneously, marking that eight sections of the 96.6-kilometer expressway within Shijiazhuang Ring Expressway were free to drive. Greatly improved urban space, more perfect transportation network … A 1,200-square-kilometer development framework with 9 toll stations as the gateway is slowly spread out over the provincial capital.

Time goes back to summer. On June 28th, 2021, the provincial party committee and the provincial government issued the Opinions on Vigorously Supporting the Construction of Provincial Capital and High-quality Development, requiring all expressways in the Third Ring Road of Shijiazhuang to cancel their charges before September 30th. Time waits for no man. The Provincial Department of Transportation resolutely implements the decision of the provincial party committee and government, adheres to the political stance, stands firm on the people’s position, strengthens the overall concept, plays a leading role, closely builds a modern comprehensive transportation system of the provincial capital, and regards the cancellation of charges within the expressway around Shijiazhuang as a major livelihood project. After two months of hard work and coordinated operations, four new port toll stations were built and equipped with charging conditions on September 20, which set the fastest record for the construction of expressway toll stations in our province, in order to help promote modernization and internationalization.

First, plan from a high starting point and draw a new framework for urban development with wisdom and strength.

Since the beginning of the project construction, the provincial offices have adhered to the positioning of Shijiazhuang as the provincial capital and the regional central city of world-class urban agglomeration with the capital as the core. At the same time, considering the present situation and future development of peripheral traffic, they have focused on improving the road capacity in the urban area. After hiring a high-level design team and soliciting opinions and suggestions from all sides, they finally decided to cancel the toll collection section from "within the third ring road" to "within the expressway around the city". A 137.9-kilometer ring road around the city consisting of Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao Expressway in the east, Qingyin Expressway in the south, Beijing-Kunming Expressway in the west, North Ring Expressway and Jinshi Expressway has been formed, further opening up the spatial pattern of the development of provincial capitals.

The locations of the four new toll stations are: about 3 kilometers west of Pengjiazhuang Hub Interchange of Huangshi Expressway, Shijiazhuang East Toll Station is newly built, and 21 toll lanes with 9 entrances and 12 exits are set; About 2 kilometers north of Yong ‘an Hub Interchange of Xinyuan Expressway, Shijiazhuang South Toll Station will be newly built, with 18 toll lanes with 8 entrances and 10 exits. About 1 km east of the interchange of Gaozhuang Hub in Shitai section of Huangshi Expressway, Shijiazhuang West Toll Station was newly built, with 16 toll lanes with 8 entrances and 8 exits. About 1.5 kilometers south of the intersection of Xinyuan Expressway Corner Shop Hub, Shijiazhuang North Toll Station was newly built, with 21 toll lanes with 10 entrances and 11 exits.

After four newly-built toll stations were put into use, nine existing toll stations, namely Xizhaotong, Beiwunv, Gaocheng West, Shijiazhuang, Luancheng, Xigucheng, Shiqing Road, Nanxincheng and Zhengding, were opened simultaneously, marking that eight sections of the 96.6-kilometer expressway within Shijiazhuang Ring Expressway were free to drive. The four newly-added toll stations and the five operating toll stations in Shijiazhuang North, Huozhai, Nanjiangbi, Chemical Industry Park and Sijiazhuang have opened the development framework of the provincial capital with 9 toll stations as the gateway, which further optimized the urban spatial layout, improved the surrounding road network system, eased the traffic pressure in the urban area and effectively promoted the function improvement of the provincial capital city.

Second, high-efficiency promotion, decisive battle and decisive battle to spell out the construction acceleration

It took only two months to create the fastest record of expressway toll station construction in our province, which is the unremitting efforts of Hebei traffic people day and night.

After receiving the task, the provincial office and Shijiazhuang City set up a work leading group, set up a special work class step by step, and implemented inventory and node management. The office presided over the work leaders to hold six special meetings to study and solve problems in the first line. High-speed Group and Jiaotou Group carry out the responsibility of guarantee, mainly responsible for comrades’ marking and dispatching, and in charge of leaders’ casing guarantee. Party committees and governments at all levels in Shijiazhuang City warmly serve, implement the main responsibility of local work, and complete the task of expropriation and demolition within a time limit.

Starting is a decisive battle, entering is a craze, and starting is a sprint. Provincial offices are equipped with strong manpower and material resources, sufficient raw and auxiliary materials and efficient machinery. Optimize the construction organization, coordinate the connection of working procedures, increase the working face, and adopt the methods of "5+2", "white plus black" and "people stop working without rest" to cross construction, continuous operation and parallel operation.

It takes 15 days to complete the installation of the steel grid structure of the toll shed, 25 days to complete the construction of subgrade and pavement, 20 days to complete the installation of traffic safety facilities and electromechanical equipment, and 45 days to complete the construction of housing construction facilities, thus realizing the completion of the main body of the project. Carry out the "30-day decisive battle" labor competition, set up the party member vanguard and youth commando, and launch a full-scale general battle and a decisive battle. During the peak hours, more than 80 operation teams and more than 3,000 contractors joined in the construction … Groups of figures formed a brightly lit and full-fledged construction scene.

Third, high standard positioning, continue to inherit and dress up the provincial capital transportation portal

Let the toll booth "say" the provincial capital and "show" the provincial capital, and the concept of "toll station reflects the city" is reflected in the design of four toll stations everywhere.

Shijiazhuang South Toll Station takes Zhao Zhouqiao, the first stone arch bridge in China, as the prototype, extracts the characteristics of arch elements, constructs eight arch decorations, and shows the profound heritage of the provincial capital. Shijiazhuang North Toll Station is a combination of traditional wooden roof and modern arc curve, which is like spreading its wings from a distance, implying the vigorous development of Zhengding Free Trade Zone. Shijiazhuang East Toll Station adopts modern modeling and blends into Chinese eaves lattice structure, which shows the enterprising spirit of the provincial capital connecting China and the West and keeping pace with the times. Shijiazhuang west toll station uses the method of combining traditional Chinese style with modern style to outline the charm of the provincial capital, which integrates ancient and modern times and moves towards the future.

Evergreen in four seasons, with flowers in three seasons and bright lights, the four toll stations have been carefully designed for greening, beautification and lighting, showing the brand-new features of the new era and creating a beautiful traffic gateway for the provincial capital.

Fourth, high-quality construction, carefully crafted to create a quality model project

In the construction of the project, the provincial office has always firmly established the concept of high-quality development, comprehensively evaluated the quality of the benchmark, and focused on the creation of quality projects and model projects to improve the construction quality and internal taste.

The first is to improve the quality of construction. Strictly implement the lifelong quality responsibility system, and formulate 9 rules and regulations and 12 work instructions, such as Engineering Quality Management Measures, Highway Engineering Construction Quality Common Failures and Prevention Measures, to realize the whole process of quality control. Give full play to the role of expert consultation and on-site supervision, strengthen the quality control of raw materials, strictly control the technology and process, and meet the requirements of home improvement. The second is to improve the quality of operations. The smoothness of asphalt pavement and cement concrete pavement shall be controlled within 0.6 mm and 1.3 mm respectively, so as to improve the driving comfort. Formulate the "Quality Improvement Plan", rely on the toll plaza, greenhouse, station area to arrange shrubs, trees and other plant communities, improve supporting service facilities, set up police kiosks, convenience service desks, simple car repair tools, 24-hour hot water, conventional medical supplies, etc., to extend and improve the quality of public travel services. The third is to raise standards for safety. Formulate the Implementation Guide for Risk Identification, Evaluation and Control, define 4 risk identification ranges and 24 evaluation units, and establish a systematic and complete security system. Strengthen the safety control of the construction site, strengthen the construction organization and coordination, traffic organization and control, and strengthen the full coverage of safety management, with no dead ends and blind spots, so that the safety situation is stable and orderly.

Fifth, high-level innovation, focusing on the long-term to create a new highland of model, ecology and technology.

In the project construction, the provincial offices insist on putting innovation in a prominent position. Innovate the construction management mode, adopt the design and construction general contracting construction mode and the whole process agent management mode to realize the overall control and efficient connection of design, procurement and construction, reduce the project cost, shorten the construction period and ensure the project quality.

Not only that, the technology of "passive ultra-low energy consumption building" was first applied to the accommodation building of toll station. By using this technology, the effects of constant temperature, constant humidity, constant oxygen, constant cleanliness and constant static can be achieved, and the demand for heating and cooling in buildings can be reduced to the utmost extent, and the energy consumption is reduced by about 50% compared with that in conventional buildings. In addition, asphalt rubber is adopted on the pavement, which improves the long-life durability of the pavement and purifies the atmospheric environment. A total of 480 tons of waste tires are consumed and 350 tons of carbon dioxide emissions are reduced.

The intelligent innovation achievements of Hebei Transportation in recent years have also been fully applied: introducing intelligent toll robots, and using big data, intelligent vehicle identification, intelligent cloud platform and other technical means to realize unmanned self-service toll collection and automatic handling of special situations in some lanes, improve traffic efficiency and service quality, and reduce labor intensity. Introduce a special disinfector for CPC card, and complete card disinfection and transaction processing at the same time by selecting a non-contact reader module, effectively blocking the spread of virus in the process of recycling.

The most beautiful scenery is in the next journey. Standing at the historical intersection of the goal of "two hundred years", at the glorious moment of the centenary of the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s founding, and at the critical period when the "14th Five-Year Plan" is launched in an all-round way, the provincial offices will continue to vigorously uphold the service-oriented concept, create a smooth, clean, green, beautiful and safe traffic environment, speed up the construction of a modern comprehensive transportation system for the provincial capital, and strive to make new and greater contributions to building a strong economic province and beautiful Hebei in an all-round way in the new era.

Original title: "Shijiazhuang cancels 9 toll stations, and the whole process is announced for the first time! 》

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　　In his congratulatory letter to the 2023 International Conference on "Understanding China" (Guangzhou), General Secretary of the Supreme Leader stressed: "The key to understanding China is to understand Chinese modernization." Today, China is comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great cause of national rejuvenation with Chinese modernization, and promoting the building of a community of human destiny. The future and destiny of China are closely linked with the future and destiny of mankind. Strengthening the international spread of Chinese-style modernization and making the world better understand Chinese-style modernization is of great significance to the smooth advancement of Chinese-style modernization and the modernization process of human society. How to speed up the construction of Chinese modern narrative system? How to better build a Chinese-style modern discourse system for external communication? How to enhance the creativity, appeal and credibility of foreign discourse? This observation edition focuses on these issues.

　　— — Editor

　　Understand, listen, resonate and empathize.

　　Enhance the creativity, appeal and credibility of foreign discourse

　　Zhang Zheng

　　General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out: "It is necessary to strengthen the capacity building of international communication, carefully construct a foreign discourse system, give full play to the role of emerging media, enhance the creativity, appeal and credibility of foreign discourse, tell the story of China well, spread the voice of China well and explain the characteristics of China well." In order for the international community to better understand Chinese modernization, it is necessary to carefully construct a foreign discourse system and continuously enhance the creativity, appeal and credibility of Chinese modernization’s foreign communication discourse.

　　Enhance creativity, update the theme and make the carrier more alive. At present, the competition in the field of international communication is becoming more and more fierce, and the general themes and backward carriers lack strong communication ability, and the ideas and voices that they want to convey are often drowned out. To make the Chinese-style modern discourse of foreign communication be heard by more people, and to enhance the accessibility of China’s voice and China’s image, we need to constantly enhance our creativity. Organizationally, it is necessary to further strengthen the top-level design, mobilize the extensive participation of multiple communication subjects, and narrate the same event from different levels and perspectives to form a joint force of communication. Give full play to the role of foreigners who are good at China, overseas Chinese and overseas Chinese organizations, encourage content creation platforms to launch creative incentive systems for overseas users, and inspire them to observe and interpret the practical achievements and deep value concepts of Chinese modernization from the perspective of foreigners. In terms of communication content, it not only shows the profound connotation of Chinese modernization, but also refines the spiritual identity of Chinese excellent traditional culture and establishes the corresponding strategic communication interpretation system; It also focuses on the new look of China today, and tells the story of innovation, creation and entrepreneurship of Chinese modernization.

　　An important aspect of building a foreign discourse carrier is to be good at letting China products and China brands speak. Commodity trade and service trade are cultural exchanges in a broad sense and cultural communication with affinity and effectiveness. The ancient Silk Road and today’s "Belt and Road" all promote the exchange and mutual learning of civilizations through business contacts. It is necessary to give full play to the advantages of China’s manufacturing industry, the role of export enterprises and Internet platform enterprises in shaping the national image, and use the organizational advantages and brand competitiveness of enterprises to promote the international spread of Chinese modernization, so that China products and China brands with China cultural genes can become carriers to show the profound connotation and vitality of Chinese modernization. Creative understanding of the global "concept market", IP operation of China’s discourse and its derivatives, and "going out to sea culture" to carry China’s discourse, make China’s discourse derivatives form an industrial chain and expand their influence. For example, China style, China spirit and China style are displayed in the multi-modal content such as online literature, games, short videos and TV plays, which are widely welcomed by foreign audiences, so that the creative content rich in China discourse is both visual and interactive, and the audience’s immersive experience is enhanced.

　　Enhance charisma, make communication easier and empathize more. Inspiring is a process of moving from emotion to heart. Enhancing the appeal is not only to let more people hear the Chinese-style modern discourse of foreign communication, but also to make people understand, listen, resonate and empathize, so that China’s voice can win the understanding and recognition of the international community. The fireworks in the world touch the hearts of ordinary people the most. Among the common feelings of human beings, such as affection, friendship and love, the communication "contact" of empathy, resonance and resonance can be found best in the encounters and daily life of ordinary people. The external communication of Chinese modernization needs to combine macro narrative with micro narrative from a lighter perspective, firmly grasp the "people", the main force of Chinese modernization, and reflect the real changes that Chinese modernization has brought to people’s lives in China with the stories of ordinary individuals. Combining poverty alleviation, overall well-off, rural revitalization and common prosperity with individual destiny, family life, urban and rural changes and enterprise development will make China’s discourse more approachable. For example, Chinese cuisine and festivals in China are welcomed by foreign people, and people’s struggles and family reunions can be integrated into such audio-visual works, which will arouse the audience’s deep empathy.

　　To achieve the goal of easier communication and more empathy, we must also grasp the audience’s acceptance and communication preferences. Reception aesthetics and reception theory believe that the social effect of literary and artistic works is determined by the reader’s participation and reception attitude. In the field of international communication, on the basis of firm cultural self-confidence, we should grasp the acceptance degree and communication preference of foreign audiences, adapt to the trend of differentiated and differentiated communication, and consider the different needs and reception characteristics of audiences. For example, various means can be used to find "common elements". At the opening and closing ceremonies of the Beijing Winter Olympics, a series of pictures of Chinese aesthetic composition, such as welcoming fireworks and Chinese knot patterns, interpreted Chinese romance. This kind of "blank space" in telling stories with picture aesthetics reduces the possible understanding differences brought by language and writing, so that foreign audiences can not only feel the charm of Chinese aesthetics, but also have their own broad interpretation space.

　　Enhance credibility, make recognition stronger and respond faster. Credible words make people willing to listen and listen to the letter. To enhance the credibility of Chinese-style modern discourse in foreign communication, we should adhere to precise policies, formulate communication plans according to the geographical connection between different countries and regions and China, the closeness of cultural genes, the smoothness of cultural trade and the closeness of cultural exchanges, and clarify the focus of attention on China discourse in public opinion fields of different countries and regions, so as to carry out targeted communication. Respond to the concerns of the international community in a differentiated and proactive manner, actively communicate and talk with international organizations, media, academic institutions, etc., adhere to the principle of objectivity and rationality, not only show achievements, but also grasp the degree, tell our own stories honestly and reasonably, pay attention to convincing people with reason and moving people with emotion, and enhance credibility in effective dialogue.

　　With the continuous development and evolution of new media technology and digital platform, global communication has accelerated into the platform era. To enhance the credibility of foreign discourse, it is necessary to deeply study the law of international communication on the digital platform, explore the establishment of an international public opinion simulation system, regularly evaluate the effect of foreign communication, and continuously improve the foreign communication strategy. At the same time, in the era of great development of artificial intelligence, we should realize that the dispute of artificial intelligence is not only a technical competition, but also a dispute of the right to speak. We should focus on optimizing the information allocation of artificial intelligence model, training artificial intelligence model with China discourse data, preventing and resolving the risk of China discourse being excluded and obscured in the global public opinion field, and striving to grasp the initiative of discourse information dissemination.

　　(Author: Tsinghua University School of Journalism and Communication)

　　Self-confidence, self-reliance and integration of dialectical unity between China and foreign countries

　　Better build a Chinese-style modern discourse system for external communication.

　　Li Zhi Lei Yuejie

　　Chinese-style modernization is a socialist modernization led by the Communist Party of China (CPC), which has rich theoretical connotation and scientific practice path. Promoting the spread of Chinese-style modernization will help the world understand Chinese-style modernization, and then understand and identify with this road of modernization independently chosen by the people of China. The key to promoting the spread of Chinese modernization lies in the construction of discourse system. The discourse system of Chinese-style modern external communication is an organic system composed of many factors and levels. We should adhere to the overall situation, integrity and long-term vision, and examine and construct discourse innovation under the overall framework of global communication pattern, international communication strategy, external communication situation and Chinese and foreign historical and cultural traditions.

　　Insist on self-confidence and self-reliance to promote discourse innovation. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out: "Behind words is thought, yes ‘ Dao ’ 。” From the logic of the formation of the discourse system, the discourse system of Chinese modernization is the product of discourse construction of the practice and experience of Chinese modernization. For a long time, in the process of promoting modernization, how to build its own modernization discourse system and break the monopoly of western modernization discourse has become an urgent problem for developing countries to promote modernization. Discourse is the external expression of ideas, and the Chinese-style modern discourse system for external communication carries China Thought, China Theory and China’s ideas, which must be independently constructed by China. We should persist in self-confidence and self-reliance, firmly grasp the initiative of discourse, and make the Chinese-style modernization discourse system reflect China’s national interests and stand, show the cultural subjectivity of the Chinese nation, and show the distinctive characteristics of Chinese-style modernization. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out: "Without the 5,000-year civilization of China, where would there be any China characteristics? If it is not the characteristics of China, how can we have such a successful Socialism with Chinese characteristics road today? " Chinese-style modernization endows Chinese civilization with modern strength, and Chinese civilization endows Chinese-style modernization with profound foundation. As a new form of human civilization, Chinese-style modernization is a modernization that grows from China, a product of Chinese civilization’s renewal rather than fracture, and the most grand and unique practical innovation in human history.To build a Chinese-style modern discourse system for external communication, we should consciously seek discourse resources from Chinese excellent traditional culture, profoundly grasp and expound the outstanding characteristics of Chinese civilization, such as continuity, innovation, unity, inclusiveness and peace, and fully explain the significance of Chinese civilization genes in the times; We should also base ourselves on the practical innovation of contemporary China, explain China’s practice with China’s theory, sublimate China’s theory with China’s practice, and build a discourse system that adheres to cultural subjectivity and demonstrates cultural self-confidence in self-confidence.

　　Insist on integrating Chinese and foreign countries and promote discourse innovation. Modernization is the only way for all countries to seek development and progress, and it is the basic direction of the evolution of human social civilization. Chinese-style modernization not only follows the general law of modernization development, but also has its own distinctive characteristics. The Chinese-style modernization discourse system we build should be both national and cosmopolitan, and realize the organic unity of generality and individuality, so as to better communicate with the world and let the world understand Chinese-style modernization. To this end, we should adopt new concepts, new categories and new expressions that integrate China and foreign countries, and combine what we want to say with what foreign audiences want to hear by showing a credible, lovely and respectable image of China, so as to fully and vividly show the panorama of Chinese modernization. Not only based on China’s standpoint and perspective, but also connected with the world’s cognition and emotion; It not only embodies China’s characteristics, China’s style and China’s style, but also follows the principle of closeness and closeness, so as to find out the common ground of China’s discourse with the outside world, so as to establish a historical and cultural connection between Chinese-style modern discourse and foreign audiences and be closer to their cultural customs, ways of thinking and language habits.

　　Adhere to dialectical unity and promote discourse innovation. To better build a Chinese-style modern discourse system for external communication, we should adhere to dialectical unity, balance and coordinate the relationship between discourse content and discourse form, grand narrative and micro narrative, academic discourse and mass discourse, and do a good job in discourse coordination, discourse allocation and discourse integration. Insist that content is king, attach importance to the innovation of discourse content, take concepts, propositions and terms as the foundation and core of discourse content, and strive to carry out the production and construction of relevant discourse content; We should also pay attention to the innovation and diversified choice of discourse forms, and fully express the value concept, cultural connotation and world significance of Chinese modernization with appropriate discourse methods. It is necessary to adopt effective narrative methods to comprehensively, systematically, coherently and uniformly expound the China characteristics, essential requirements and major principles of Chinese modernization, so as to make Chinese modernization clearer, more scientific and more feasible, and then form a powerful international public opinion guiding force; We should also tell the daily life of contemporary ordinary Chinese through individual narration, and tell the most infectious and resonant story of China in the process of Chinese modernization. We should not only focus on creating academic discourses such as new concepts, new categories and new expressions, but also provide academic support for building a Chinese-style modern discourse system for external communication. We should also turn policy discourse and academic discourse into popular discourse, especially on the social media platform, and pay attention to making foreign audiences better feel and experience the Chinese modernization road, China’s modern image and Chinese’s modern life with relevant scenes.Attract foreign audiences with emotional feelings and emotional infection factors such as life sense, human touch and aesthetic taste, and let them recognize and agree with Chinese modernization in a subtle way.

　　(The author is a professor at Communication Research Institute of Communication University of China)

　　Tell the story of China and spread the voice of China.

　　Accelerate the construction of Chinese-style modern narrative system

　　Sun Ming

　　General Secretary of the Supreme Leader emphasized in the party’s Report to the 20th CPC National Congress: "Accelerate the construction of China discourse and China narrative system, tell the story of China well, spread the voice of China well, and show a credible, lovely and respectable image of China." At present, we are comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great cause of national rejuvenation with Chinese modernization. The theoretical innovation and successful practice of Chinese-style modernization have continuously enhanced China’s soft power and influence on the international stage, bringing valuable opportunities for strengthening the image "self-shaping" of China and the Communist Party of China (CPC). Under the background of profound changes in the international situation, challenges in global governance and developing countries actively exploring the road of independent development, we should take the initiative to strengthen the international communication of Chinese modernization, fully display China’s great achievements in the fields of economy, politics, culture, society and ecological civilization, further transform the "otherness" of international understanding and understanding of Chinese modernization into "self-shaping" relying on China’s discourse and narrative, continuously enhance the influence of China’s discourse, and create a favorable international public opinion environment for Chinese modernization.

　　Optimize and expand the content of discourse and build a modern narrative system. It is the core content of telling a good story about Chinese modernization to the outside world to explain clearly the China characteristics, essential requirements, major principles, scientific connotations, practical requirements and world significance of Chinese modernization, and to explain the ideological concepts and value pursuits contained therein. Discourse and narrative system are important tools for cultural communication. Discourse is the basis of narration, and the narrative system is supported by discourse system. We should act positively, innovate discourse and improve narrative, make great efforts to promote the innovation of Chinese modernization discourse and narrative, and build a discourse and narrative system that matches China’s comprehensive national strength and international status. First, adhere to the "two combinations". Chinese-style modernization is the way that the Communist Party of China (CPC) walked out in the process of combining the basic principles of Marxism with the concrete reality of China and the excellent traditional Chinese culture. To promote the international spread of Chinese-style modernization, we should stick to the soul pulse of Marxism and the root pulse of Chinese excellent traditional culture, take the essence of Chinese excellent traditional culture and the achievements of Chinese modern civilization as the powerful support for the construction of discourse and narrative system, and take the theoretical consciousness of "two combinations" as the internal driving force of innovation, so as to continuously enhance the influence and appeal of Chinese-style modernization discourse and narrative. Second, grasp the historical logic. No matter from the history of the Communist Party of China (CPC) for more than a hundred years or from the history of world modernization, the promotion and expansion of Chinese modernization is of great historical significance.It is very important to clarify the exploration course, historical context and evolution law of Chinese-style modernization for the international communication of Chinese-style modernization. Historical narratives with a sense of depth often contain strong international communication potential. Grasping and introducing Chinese modernization from a macro-historical perspective will help foreign audiences to deeply understand the inevitability and scientificity of Chinese modernization. Third, closely follow the common values of all mankind. Chinese modernization pursues common development, which is highly consistent with the common values of all mankind and the development trend of human civilization. To build a narrative system of Chinese-style modernization, we should closely follow the common values of all mankind in narrative logic, and introduce the world contribution of Chinese-style modernization in the context of global poverty reduction, world economic development, ecological environment protection and coping with climate change, so as to promote the development concept and values contained in Chinese-style modernization to spread widely in the international community and arouse the resonance of foreign audiences. Adhere to openness, tolerance, exchange and mutual learning in expression logic, actively create new concepts, new concepts and new paradigms that integrate Chinese and foreign countries, and create conditions for Chinese-style modern narrative to go global.

　　Reveal the connotation of value and solve the myth of modernization. Modernization is a worldwide historical process and the inevitable trend of the development of all countries. Due to the differences in social systems, national conditions and public opinions, development and social conditions, there are significant differences in the path choice of modernization. Historically, western countries took the lead in opening the process of modernization. Within the framework of western discourse system and logic, the western modernization model was shaped as the only choice leading to modernization, and the myth of "modernization = westernization" appeared. Chinese modernization transcends the logic of capital supremacy in western modernization, highlights the value concept of people-oriented and all-inclusive, and breaks this myth. To spread Chinese-style modernization well internationally, we should show the deep value of Chinese-style modernization through various concrete practices and achievements, so as to achieve the effect of introducing China’s wisdom and China’s ideas. On the one hand, it is clear that Chinese-style modernization is an important part of the modernization of human society, follows the general law of modernization development, has the common characteristics of modernization in all countries, and fully draws on and absorbs all outstanding achievements of human civilization. On the other hand, it profoundly explains the differences in values between Chinese and western modernization. It is clear that the starting point and the end result of Chinese-style modernization are to make the people of China live a better life. The practical subject, service object, fundamental purpose and endogenous motivation of Chinese-style modernization are all the people, and the essence of Chinese-style modernization is human modernization. Emphasize that Chinese modernization not only benefits the people of China, but also promotes the common development of the world.It will bring opportunities to the world and show the common values of peace, development, fairness, justice, democracy and freedom contained in it. By telling the great achievements of Chinese modernization, we will show all countries new choices, new paths and new models for modernization. Let the world, especially the developing countries, realize the diversity of modernization development paths, and only by taking their own modernization path independently can we succeed. In addition, it should be made clear that Chinese modernization absorbs the essence of different civilizations with an open and inclusive mind, promotes exchanges and mutual learning between eastern and western civilizations, and promotes the development and progress of human civilization together with other countries in the world. This inclusive value concept is an important foundation of the international communication of Chinese modernization, which is conducive to fundamentally dispelling the wrong arguments such as "China threat theory".

　　Respond to concerns and show the modern image of the world. Where will Chinese modernization go and what will it bring to the world? This is what the international community especially wants to understand. Promoting the construction of a community of human destiny is one of the essential requirements of Chinese modernization and a plan for Chinese modernization to promote the construction of a better world. The promotion of building a community of human destiny on a global scale has laid the foundation for the international spread of Chinese modernization and built consensus. We should take promoting the construction of a community of human destiny as an important part of constructing a Chinese-style modern narrative system, actively respond to the concerns and focuses of the international community, fully demonstrate China’s feelings of the world in discourse expression, and demonstrate the responsibility of Chinese-style modernization in stressing the common destiny of all countries and promoting the common development of mankind. Facing the changes of the world, times and history, China put forward the global development initiative, global security initiative and global civilization initiative in order to better promote the building of a community of human destiny. We can integrate the three global initiatives into the construction of the discourse and narrative system of Chinese modernization, so that the outside world can clearly understand China’s concept of development, security and civilization from the perspective of concrete global public goods, show the image of modernization with the future and destiny of all mankind, and create a good international public opinion environment for Chinese modernization.

　　(The author is a researcher at the Institute of Contemporary China and World Studies of the Chinese Foreign Languages Bureau.)

　

　　Su Zhengban made [2012] No.188

　　General Office of the Provincial Government on Printing and Distributing Jiangsu Province

　　Notice of Provincial Highway Network Planning (2011-2020)

Municipalities, counties (cities, districts) people’s governments, provincial committees and offices, and provincial directly affiliated units:

　　"Jiangsu Provincial Highway Network Planning (2011-2020)" has been approved by the provincial people’s government and is hereby issued to you, please earnestly organize its implementation.

General Office of Jiangsu Provincial People’s Government

November 5, 2012

　　

　

　　　 Planning of Provincial Highway Network in Jiangsu Province

　　(2011-2020)

　　As an important part of the comprehensive transportation system, provincial highway network is an important infrastructure guarantee for the economic and social development of our province. Since 2003, under the guidance of the Notice of the General Office of the Provincial Government on Forwarding the Adjustment Plan of Provincial Highway Network in Jiangsu Province of the Provincial Communications Department (Su Zhengban [2003] No.5, hereinafter referred to as the Adjustment Plan), after nearly 10 years of efforts, the provincial highway network in our province has made great progress in terms of total scale and service capacity. By the end of 2010, the total mileage of national and provincial highways in the province reached 12,989 kilometers, including 4,825 kilometers of national highways (2,783 kilometers of national highways and 2,042 kilometers of ordinary highways) and 8,164 kilometers of provincial highways (1,263 kilometers of expressway and 6,901 kilometers of ordinary highways), and the planned route of the Adjustment Plan was basically completed. At present, the national highway and provincial highway network in our province has undertaken more than half of the total road traffic in the province. The implementation of "Adjustment Plan" has greatly eased the pressure of highway transportation in our province, effectively improved the level of road network service and security, strengthened regional ties, improved the investment environment, and effectively promoted the sustained and healthy economic and social development of our province.

　　In the coming period, our province will take promoting scientific development and building a beautiful Jiangsu as the theme, accelerating the transformation of economic development mode as the main line, highlighting the drive of innovation, fully implementing the "six stresses", fully implementing the "eight projects", promoting the "two firsts" well and quickly, and constantly creating a new situation of scientific development. Therefore, it has become an urgent task to build a modern comprehensive transportation system with reasonable layout, perfect functions, smooth connection, safety and high efficiency to guide and support economic and social transformation and development. Under the background of the continuous improvement of urbanization level, continuous adjustment and optimization of industrial structure, accelerated construction of comprehensive transportation system and Jiangsu coastal development becoming a national strategy, it is necessary to proceed from the needs of long-term economic and social development, scientifically plan the rational layout of provincial highway network, guide the scientific development of trunk highway network, and fully meet the needs of building a well-off society at a higher level in an all-round way and taking the lead in basically realizing modernization.

　　First, the necessity and urgency of planning

　　(A) is to meet the needs of economic and social modernization in Jiangsu Province.

　　The 12th Party Congress of the whole province clearly stated that in 2015, Jiangsu will build a well-off society at a higher level in an all-round way, and places with conditions such as southern Jiangsu will take the lead in basically realizing modernization. After five years of hard work, by 2020, the whole province will basically realize modernization, reaching the level of moderately developed countries as a whole. Such a development mode and speed will inevitably lead to the upgrading of the total flow of personnel and materials in the whole society. As the backbone of supporting economic development and undertaking social transportation demand, the trunk highway network composed of national highways and provincial highways must adhere to the principle of "overall development, local conditions and classified guidance" to further improve its network capacity and service level.

　　With the comprehensive promotion of the integration strategy of the Yangtze River Delta, the economic and industrial ties between our province and neighboring provinces and cities will be closer, and it is necessary to further strengthen inter-provincial transportation services and support and guarantee capabilities. With the comprehensive promotion of the "four-edge" strategy of industrial development in our province, especially in the context of Jiangsu coastal development becoming a national strategy, the "four-edge" pattern of industrial layout in the province will be further strengthened in the future, and the industrial division of labor along the transportation corridor will be more refined and the industrial cooperation will be closer, which will induce a large number of channel traffic demand. At present, some highway transport corridors have shown obvious traffic tension, and it will be difficult to meet the traffic demand induced by industrial upgrading in the future.

　　At present, there are 139 national and provincial development zones in our province. In the coming period, the innovation-driven strategy implemented by our province will further guide the transformation of economic development mode. As the main position of innovation implementation, new economic gathering points with various economic development zones, high-tech industrial bases and logistics parks as the main body will emerge continuously. Highway transportation is the most convenient, flexible, fast and efficient among various modes of transportation. However, the national highways and provincial highways in our province have not been able to fully connect or cover the above-mentioned economic agglomeration points, especially some newly established national or provincial development zones in recent years. Therefore, it is urgent to change the status quo in order to further enhance the service guarantee role of transportation in economic transformation and upgrading.

　　(2) It is the need to effectively protect and improve people’s livelihood.

　　At present, China is in a period of social transformation, and the rapid improvement of urbanization level is one of its main characteristics. According to the forecast, the proportion of urban population in Jiangsu will exceed 65% by 2020. The spatial pattern of urban and rural areas in the province will undergo profound changes, the development speed of large and medium-sized cities will gradually accelerate, the scale and grade of cities will steadily increase, the number of small and medium-sized cities will increase significantly, and the urbanization process will enter a period of comprehensive accelerated development.

　　With the development of urbanization, the characteristics of highway transportation will change obviously. On the one hand, the frequency of short-distance travel within the city and between cities is increasing, and the demand for flexible travel such as tourism, leisure and visiting relatives and friends is increasing rapidly. On the other hand, the phenomenon of highway "market town" will become more and more serious, and transit traffic and internal traffic in cities and towns will interfere with each other, which will affect highway traffic efficiency and urban and rural residents’ travel.

　　According to the requirements of the Ministry of Transport, the construction of toll road system with expressway as the main body and non-toll road system with ordinary road as the main body will become the future development direction of highway traffic in China. Ordinary highway is a non-toll highway that provides basic universal services for public travel. It is the transportation infrastructure with the widest coverage, the largest population, the most common service and the strongest public welfare in China, and it is an important basic condition for ensuring economic and social development and people’s production and life. In the important period of social transformation in our province, we should guide the rapid development trend of urbanization with the concept of moderate advancement, constantly optimize the national and provincial highway networks, especially the highway networks serving the rapidly urbanized areas, improve the overall coverage and service level of the highway networks, realize public welfare basic services, and further improve people’s livelihood.

　　(3) It is the need to improve and upgrade the comprehensive transportation system.

　　The coming period will be an important period for our province to accelerate the construction of modern comprehensive transportation system. During the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" period, we will focus on optimizing the transportation structure, strengthening the coordination between various modes of transportation, between urban and rural transportation and between intercity transportation, highlighting the construction of comprehensive transportation corridors and hubs and the construction of Jiangbei railway network, taking the lead in basically realizing the modernization of transportation infrastructure, and basically forming a comprehensive transportation system with reasonable layout, perfect functions, smooth connection, safety and efficiency.

　　The construction of modern comprehensive transportation system will bring about changes in the overall transportation structure of the whole province. Long-distance highway and bulk passenger and cargo transportation will be transferred to a certain extent, and the demand for short-distance distribution between highways and various comprehensive transportation hubs will continue to increase. Therefore, it is necessary to re-examine the function and role of highway transportation from the perspective of comprehensive transportation. As the backbone of the highway network, the national highway and provincial highway network should highlight the advantages of network coverage, focus on filling the gaps and weak areas served by other modes of transportation, connect all kinds of important comprehensive transportation nodes, strengthen the connection and cooperation of multiple modes of transportation, realize complementary advantages, and accelerate the construction of comprehensive transportation system.

　　According to the plan, the expressway network in our province will be basically completed during the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" period, which can meet the transportation needs of important passages together with other modes of transportation such as railways. However, at present, the connection between expressway and ordinary highway is not smooth enough, and nearly 50% of interchanges lack high-grade highway connection or poor maintenance and management of connecting roads, which need to be improved and give full play to the overall transportation efficiency of highway network. In addition, compared with developed countries (regions), the scale of national highways and provincial highways in our province is still insufficient. At present, national highways and provincial highways in our province account for 3.2% and 5.4% of the total highway mileage respectively, while those in Japan are 5.2% and 10.7%, those in the United States are 5.4% and 5.9%, and those in Taiwan Province are 2.3% and 11.7%. The mileage of national highways and provincial highways in our province is relatively low, especially the mileage of ordinary provincial highways is relatively small. In 2010, the total mileage of national highway and provincial highway network in our province was 12,989 kilometers, which took up 50.9% of the total highway traffic with 8.6% of the highway mileage, and the contradiction between travel supply and demand remained outstanding. Therefore, the highway network structure in our province still needs to be continuously improved, and the proportion of provincial highway network needs to be improved urgently.

　　In 2010, the number of civilian cars in our province was 5.677 million, with an average annual growth rate of 19.7% during the Eleventh Five-Year Plan period. In the next 10 years, the number of cars will continue to grow steadily, and it is expected to reach 14.725 million in 2020, 2.6 times that of 2010. With the acceleration of the automobile era, the carrying capacity of the future highway network is facing great challenges. Planning provincial highway network and considering the long-term layout, reasonable structure and construction of trunk highways in our province are effective ways to solve the shortage of highway network capacity.

　　(4) It is necessary to strengthen the management and maintenance of trunk highways.

　　The implementation of the reform of refined oil taxes and fees has fundamentally changed the sources of funds for highway traffic development. This reform requires the overall arrangement of highway construction and maintenance funds to realize the optimal allocation and rational utilization of resources, which has a far-reaching impact on highway infrastructure construction, maintenance and industry management.

　　In order to support the development of ordinary highways, the Notice of the General Office of the State Council on Forwarding Several Opinions of the Ministry of Transport of the Ministry of Finance of the Development and Reform Commission on Further Improving Investment and Financing Policies to Promote the Sustainable and Healthy Development of Ordinary Highways (Guo Ban Fa [2011] No.22) clearly points out that it is necessary to study and establish a long-term investment and financing mechanism based on public finance, with clear responsibilities of governments at all levels and matching financial resources and powers.

　　After years of practice, our province has accumulated rich experience in the maintenance and management of national and provincial highways, with a relatively high level of maintenance and a relatively good road condition and service level. However, due to the small scale, the overall service capacity of the entire highway network is limited. In recent years, a number of local highways with higher grades and longer mileage have been built in various parts of the province, which have actually assumed the function of provincial roads and played a greater role in the economic and social development of various places. However, this part of the road has a low administrative level and a low level of management and maintenance. Therefore, from the perspective of improving the overall efficiency of the road network and maintaining the stock resources, by compiling the overall and long-term provincial road network planning, the future development scale and scientific layout of the provincial road network in our province can be planned as a whole, and the local roads that undertake the provincial road function can be included in the provincial road network, which is the basis for ensuring the high-standard management and maintenance of the provincial road network in our province, and also the basis for establishing and improving the long-term investment and financing mechanism that matches financial resources and powers, and strengthening the sustained and healthy development of Jiangsu’s highway traffic security economy and society.

　　To sum up, doing a good job in the planning of provincial highway network in our province is an important measure to adapt to the new changes in economic and social development, the development of transportation in the new period, and the need to strengthen the maintenance and management of trunk highways. It is of great significance to promote the comprehensive, coordinated and sustainable development of highway traffic in Jiangsu and further safeguard and improve people’s livelihood.

　　Second, the traffic demand forecast

　　(1) Distribution characteristics of passenger and cargo flows.

　　Generally speaking, the steady development of the province’s economy and society will bring about the rapid growth of road traffic in the province, and the acceleration of the integration process of the Yangtze River Delta will further promote the exchanges between Jiangsu and neighboring provinces and cities, while the improvement of the comprehensive transportation system will gradually reduce the proportion of long-distance road transit traffic. By 2020, the proportion of internal flow, entry-exit flow and transit flow of highway traffic will change from 59:36:5 in 2010 to 63:34:3.

　　In the future, the links between central Jiangsu, northern Jiangsu and southern Jiangsu will be closer, the passenger and cargo traffic volume in the vertical passages in the province will continue to grow steadily, and the traffic pressure across the river will further increase. Shanghai-Nanjing, coastal areas, along the Yangtze River and East Longhai are the main channels of passenger and cargo flow in the province, among which Shanghai-Nanjing channel will remain the busiest road transport channel in the province, mainly undertaking high-frequency, fast intercity passenger transport and high value-added and high-timeliness cargo transport; The growth rate of passenger and cargo flow along the coastal and riverside passages will be the fastest; The East Longhai Passage will become the main road transport passage radiating from Jiangsu coastal areas to the central and western regions of the country.

　　(2) The growth trend of traffic volume.

　　In the future, the traffic volume of national highway and provincial highway network will show a rapid growth trend. In 2020, the total traffic volume of national highway and provincial highway network in the province will increase to 595.28 million vehicles. Km/day, the average traffic volume will increase to 18,128 vehicles/day, 2.2 times and 1.3 times that of 2010, respectively, which puts forward higher requirements for the overall scale and technical level of national and provincial highway networks.

　　In the future, the traffic volume of the road network in southern Jiangsu, central Jiangsu and northern Jiangsu will still increase gradually from north to south, but the gap will gradually decrease. Among them, the average traffic volume of national highway and provincial highway network in southern Jiangsu will increase from 19,425 vehicles/day in 2010 to 23,205 vehicles/day in 2020, reaching the technical standard of 4-6 lane first-class highway; The number of vehicles/day in central Jiangsu increased from 10920 to 16905, reaching the technical standard of four-lane first-class highway; Northern Jiangsu increased from 9773 vehicles/day to 13901 vehicles/day, which is close to the technical standard of four-lane first-class highway. The difference of regional traffic trips requires the formulation of differentiated development policies to realize the coordinated development of highway traffic infrastructure in various regions.

　　(3) Characteristics of traffic volume generation and change.

　　Highway transportation will enter the stage of rapid growth of passenger transportation characterized by "personalized transportation" and freight transportation characterized by "more batches and less batches".

　　With the sustained and rapid economic growth and the sustained and rapid development of the automobile industry, the income and consumption level of residents have improved significantly. During the "Eleventh Five-Year Plan" period, the number of civilian cars in our province increased by 19.7% annually. In the next 10 years, the number of cars will continue to grow steadily, the proportion of car trips will continue to increase, and passenger trips will be diversified, high-level and unevenly distributed in time and space. Residents’ travel frequency and travel distance will greatly exceed the existing level, and intercity traffic, business travel and commuting traffic will be more frequent, which will also put forward higher requirements for comfort, convenience and safety of travel.

　　The average value of road transport goods will be significantly increased, while the average volume and tonnage will gradually decrease, and the growth rate of total transport demand will be slowed down, but the demand for transport service quality will be higher. The demand for freight with many batches, small batches, high value, strong timeliness and high dispersion will be greatly increased, and the demand for short-and medium-distance distributed transportation will be obviously accelerated, and it will gradually become the main demand for road transport. According to the forecast, in 2020, the passenger traffic, passenger turnover, freight volume and cargo turnover of the whole society will reach 4.7 billion passengers, 263.3 billion person-kilometers, 2.8 billion tons and 264.3 billion ton-kilometers, respectively, which are 2.2 times, 2.2 times, 2.3 times and 2.3 times that of 2010.

　　III. Guiding ideology and planning principles

　　(1) Guiding ideology.

　　Guided by the implementation of Scientific Outlook on Development, with the aim of serving the overall strategy of "two firsts", with the starting point of ensuring and improving people’s livelihood, with the main line of accelerating the transformation and development of the highway industry, we will make overall planning and rational layout, promote the construction of an integrated transportation system, effectively reduce logistics costs, better meet the people’s increasing travel needs, fully support the two national strategies of Yangtze River Delta integration and coastal development, and continuously promote the sound and rapid economic and social development of the province.

　　(2) Planning principles.

　　1. Overall planning. Resolutely implement the strategic guidelines established by the state and the province, obey the overall goal of economic and social development, obey the province’s industrial layout and urban system planning, and obey the national highway network planning.

　　2. Moderately ahead. Adhere to the development concept of "planning leading and moderately ahead", adapt to the needs of building a well-off society in an all-round way and basic modernization, fully consider the long-term development needs of highway transportation, and give full play to the supporting and guiding role of highway transportation infrastructure in economic and social development.

　　3. Coordinated development. Ensure regional coordinated development, promote the integration of highway transportation networks between southern Jiangsu and central Jiangsu and northern Jiangsu, adhere to local conditions, and form a provincial highway network that is suitable for the economic and social development level of each region. Pay attention to the connection with other modes of transportation and the road networks of neighboring provinces and cities, and give full play to the overall benefits of the comprehensive transportation system.

　　4. Green development. Adhere to the development of highway network, pay equal attention to intensive use of resources and protection of ecological environment, and realize the low-carbon development and green development of highway network in the whole province under the condition of affordable resources and environment.

　　5. Pay attention to efficiency. Adhere to the adaptation of supply and demand, comprehensively analyze the regional differences, formulate differentiated development goals, reasonably determine the road network layout, construction level and construction sequence, and improve the road network operation efficiency.

　　(3) Planning objectives.

　　The planning goal of provincial highway network is to adapt to economic and social development and transportation needs, cover all cities, counties (cities, districts), key central towns, development zones above the provincial level and scenic spots above 4A level, connect major port areas, airports and large railway freight yards, and realize coordinated development with other modes of transportation. By 2020, Jiangsu provincial highway network with clear functions, reasonable structure, appropriate scale, smooth connection and efficient management will be formed, basically reaching the level of moderately developed countries.

　　Fourth, functional level and scale demonstration

　　(1) Functional level.

　　According to the theory of highway function classification, combined with the actual situation of highway development in our province, the national highway and provincial highway are divided into three levels: expressway trunk, expressway trunk and general trunk. Expressway trunk lines include national expressways and expressway provincial roads. Expressway trunk lines are ordinary national roads and main provincial roads connecting neighboring cities and counties (cities, districts), and the rest are ordinary trunk lines.

　　1. High-speed trunk line. Expressway is the main skeleton of the highway network in the province, which mainly serves the medium and long-distance expressway traffic between provinces, among the three metropolitan areas in the province and in the main transportation channels in the province, connecting provincial capitals, cities under the jurisdiction of the province, counties (county-level cities) and important coastal ports along the Yangtze River, airports and other nodes, providing large-capacity and efficient transportation services, and providing rapid traffic guarantee for dealing with emergencies such as wars and natural disasters.

　　2. Expressway. Expressway and expressway jointly form the trunk system of highway network in the whole province, which mainly serves the short-distance highway traffic between provincial cities, between provincial cities and neighboring counties (cities) and between neighboring counties (cities), connects provincial cities, counties (cities), major coastal ports along the Yangtze River, airports, national and provincial development zones and other nodes, and is convenient to connect with expressway, providing high-level rapid transportation services, and forming a reasonable transportation channel with expressway.

　　3. General trunk lines. General trunk line is an important supplement to expressway and expressway, which mainly connects important towns, expressway interchanges, scenic spots above 4A level, comprehensive transportation hubs, logistics parks and industrial and agricultural production bases, and is well connected with expressway, mainly providing short-distance distributed transportation services, and further optimizing the layout of trunk road network.

　　(2) Scale demonstration.

　　Combined with the characteristics of economic, social and highway network development in our province, according to the requirements of sustainable development, and considering the limited resources, the existing restrictions on highway construction funds and the demand of economic and social development for national and provincial highways, five commonly used methods, such as connectivity method, land coefficient method, growth curve method, analogy method and regression analysis method, are selected to predict the reasonable scale of future national and provincial highway networks in Jiangsu Province. By 2020, the reasonable scale of the national highway and provincial highway network in Jiangsu Province will be 20,000-22,000 kilometers.

　　V. Layout plan

　　(1) Layout principle.

　　1. Focus on improving the provincial highway network in the "four-edge" strategic area, with no less than two trunk highways arranged in the passage, strengthening the lateral traffic links in coastal areas, and constructing longitudinal highway passages in coastal areas to effectively support and guide coastal development.

　　2. Strengthen the rapid connection between cities in the Yangtze River Delta, strengthen the connection with trunk highway networks of neighboring provinces (cities), focus on improving inter-provincial highway passages, and effectively serve the implementation of the integration strategy of the Yangtze River Delta.

　　3. According to the differences between regions, formulate differentiated development goals, build a high-density and high-grade highway network in southern Jiangsu, properly encrypt and steadily upgrade the grade in central Jiangsu, and improve the access roads and properly encrypt the road network in northern Jiangsu.

　　4. Covering cities, counties (cities, districts), key central towns, important towns with a population of more than 100,000, development zones above the provincial level and scenic spots above 4A level together with the national highway network, ensuring the rapid and smooth flow of cities and counties, convenient connectivity of counties and towns, and promoting local economic development.

　　5. Incorporate highways connecting important expressways into the provincial highway network, strengthen management, improve service level, and give full play to the overall benefits of the highway network.

　　6. Strengthen the connection with other modes of transportation such as major port areas, airports and large railway freight yards in the province, and accelerate the construction of a modern comprehensive transportation system.

　　7. Coordinate the relationship between provincial highways and urban roads, and incorporate important urban highway around the city into the provincial highway network. In principle, roads within the highway around the city are not regarded as provincial highways.

　　8. Make full use of existing roads, incorporate the roads that have been built and actually assume the function of provincial roads into the provincial highway network, and adjust some existing provincial roads that no longer have the function of trunk roads to county, township or city roads. Improve the transportation capacity of important traffic corridors and the overall operation reliability of road network, and promote the intensive development of provincial highways.

　　9. Fully consider the needs of national defense combat readiness, strengthen the traffic construction of national defense strategic passages, campaign passages, coastal defense highways and automobile ferry connecting highways, ensure smooth traffic and rapid military operations in wartime, and ensure national defense security.

　　(2) Layout process.

　　The main ideas and methods of this planning are: taking planning objectives as the direction, layout principles as the basis, layer-by-layer development as the main line, supplemented by single factor analysis, optimizing the route by combining economic and urban layout, traffic location, terrain conditions, environmental conditions, road section importance analysis, traffic demand analysis, urban development analysis, etc., and comprehensively determining the route plan.

　　According to the above ideas, this plan is based on the highway network planning and the existing ordinary trunk highway network, and the layout is carried out layer by layer. The specific process is as follows:

　　1. Select the planning node. According to the layout principle, this plan selects three kinds of nodes as service objects.

　　(1) Urban nodes: guided by the administrative divisions of Jiangsu Province, the coverage includes cities, counties (cities, districts), key central towns and towns with a population of over 100,000, totaling 216.

　　(2) Comprehensive traffic nodes: including major airports, port areas, railway stations and expressway interchanges in the whole province, totaling 568.

　　(3) Economic nodes: including provincial and national development zones and 4A and 5A tourist attractions, totaling 240.

　　Excluding some nodes located in the city and duplicate nodes, the total number of nodes considered in the layout planning is 920.

　　2. Expand the route layout layer by layer.

　　(1) Current basic road network.

　　Based on "Jiangsu Expressway Network Planning" approved in 2006 and "Jiangsu Provincial Highway Network Adjustment Scheme" approved in 2003, combined with the latest urban development planning, local roads are optimized, adjusted or deleted to form a basic road network. The current basic road network totals 9238 kilometers, including 2614 kilometers of expressways and 6624 kilometers of ordinary highways.

　　(2) Channel type line.

　　On the basis of planning the expressway network and the current national highway and provincial highway network, we will focus on the channel along the Yangtze River, the coastal channel, the Shanghai-Nanjing channel, the East Longhai channel, the Xusu-Huaiyan channel, the Beijing-Shanghai (Yihuaijiang) channel, the Ning Hang channel, the Yancheng-Taizhou-Wuxi (Changzhou) channel and the Ninglian channel, and carry out the layout of channel-type provincial highways. At the same time, we will further optimize and The total length of channel lines is 2574 kilometers.

　　(3) Sub-regional routes.

　　Taking the city as a unit, according to the layout principle, according to the specific economic development, industrial layout, urban development and construction conditions of each city, and comprehensively considering the connection and coordination between neighboring cities and counties, and taking 91 key central towns in the province as important coverage nodes, the trunk roads within the sub-regional scope are encrypted and laid, with a total mileage of 2557 kilometers.

　　(4) Node contact line.

　　Taking important comprehensive traffic nodes, important development zones, tourist areas, special areas and large cities as the key coverage nodes at the third level, single factor analysis is carried out respectively to improve the layout of provincial highway network, and together with the channel-type provincial highway and sub-regional provincial highway basic road network, the preliminary road network scheme of this planning is formed.

　　Integrated traffic node. Focus on trunk roads connected with coastal ports along the Yangtze River, inland ports, airports and major railway freight yards, and form a highway collection and distribution system with high grade and smooth connection to realize comprehensive transportation integration. The connecting lines of comprehensive traffic nodes total 177 kilometers.

　　Expressway interchange. Combing all the completed and under-construction expressways, and considering the interconnection of trunk highways with important functions and large traffic volume into the provincial highway network, so as to improve the function of expressways serving the local economy. The expressway connecting lines are 706 kilometers in total.

　　Development zones and tourist attractions. It is considered to incorporate the important highways connected with national development zones, provincial development zones and tourist attractions above 4A level into the provincial highway network, so as to realize the basic functions of highway service economy. The connecting lines of development zones and scenic spots total 438 kilometers.

　　Lake area. Jiangsu has a dense water network and many lakes. In order to solve the problem of traveling in lake areas and accelerate the optimal utilization of lake resources, this plan has planned a highway around lakes with development conditions, with a total mileage of 198 kilometers.

　　Large city nodes. In order to meet the development needs of rapid urbanization, the connection between provincial highway network and large-scale city nodes is optimized, and the ring road is planned, with a total mileage of 210 kilometers.

　　3. Optimize the road network scheme. Based on the preliminary road network of provincial highway, considering the importance of road section and traffic demand, geological and topographic conditions, distribution of environmentally sensitive areas, road network connection, urban planning and other conditions, the preliminary scheme is optimized by local route selection, and the final layout scheme of provincial highway network is formed.

　　(3) Layout plan.

　　This provincial highway network planning scheme is divided into two parts: expressway and ordinary highway.

　　1. Highway and provincial highway. The expressway in the provincial highway network consists of 36 routes, and the layout types are mainly divided into the following three categories:

　　The first category: there are 13 north-south lines, such as Changshu-Jiashan Expressway and Yancheng-Jingjiang Expressway, with a total mileage of 1192 kilometers;

　　Category II: East-west routes, such as Siyang-Suzhou Expressway and Yancheng-Huai ‘an Expressway, with a total mileage of 1,115 kilometers;

　　Category III: There are 14 expressway branches, such as Lianyungang Port North Shugang Expressway and Shanghai-Chengdu Expressway Zhenjiang Branch, with a total mileage of 307 kilometers.

　　2. Ordinary provincial highway. Ordinary highways in the provincial highway network are composed of 185 routes, and the layout types are mainly divided into the following six categories:

　　Category I: There are four radiation lines, such as Nanjing-Xuzhou and Nanjing-Zhangjiagang, with a planned total mileage of 395 kilometers;

　　Category II: North-South lines, such as Lianyungang-Yancheng-Nantong, Huai ‘an-Jiangdu and Yancheng-Wuxi, with a total planned mileage of 5,305 kilometers. Among them, 6 planned national highway lines are reserved, with a mileage of 1399 kilometers;

　　Category III: There are 44 east-west routes, such as Yancheng-Huai ‘an-Suqian, Nantong-Taizhou-Yangzhou-Nanjing, with a planned total mileage of 5,589 kilometers. Among them, 8 planned national highway lines are reserved, with a mileage of 1518 kilometers;

　　The fourth category: there are 5 loop lines, such as Nanjing Third Ring Road and Taihu Highway, with a planned total mileage of 680 kilometers;

　　Category V: 62 expressway interconnection lines with a planned mileage of 782 kilometers;

　　Category VI: There are 22 important connecting lines, such as airports and important scenic spots, with a planned mileage of 733 kilometers.

　　Through this plan, our province will form a "5 vertical, 9 horizontal, 5-link" expressway skeleton trunk network and a "4-shot, 52 vertical, 48 horizontal, 5-ring, 86-link" ordinary national and provincial trunk highway network.

　　(4) Summary of scale.

　　1. Scale of provincial highway network. By 2020, the total scale of provincial highway network in our province will be 16,098 kilometers, including 2,614 kilometers of expressway and 13,484 kilometers of ordinary provincial highway. Among the ordinary provincial roads, 6624 kilometers of ordinary provincial roads are planned by the Adjustment Plan of Provincial Road Network in Jiangsu Province in 2003, and 6860 kilometers of ordinary provincial roads are added.

　　2. Overall scale of national provincial highway network. After this planning, there are 245 national highways and provincial highways in our province with a total mileage of 21,000 kilometers, including 24 national highways with a total mileage of 4,902 kilometers; There are 221 provincial highways with a total mileage of 16,098 kilometers.

　　National highways and provincial highways: 50 in total, with a total mileage of 5,474 kilometers, including 14 national highways, with a total length of 2,860 kilometers; There are 36 provincial highways, totaling 2614 kilometers.

　　General national highways and general provincial highways: 195 in total, with a total mileage of 15,526 kilometers, including 10 general national highways, with a total mileage of 2,042 kilometers; There are 185 provincial highways, totaling 13,484 kilometers.

　　(5) numbering scheme.

　　The number of expressway provincial roads is determined according to the Rules for Naming and Numbering Expressway Networks in Jiangsu Province.

　　The numbering of ordinary provincial roads is based on the existing numbering system, and the number type of connecting lines is added. The number of existing ordinary provincial roads remains basically unchanged, and the number of new lines is arranged in sequence after the number of existing ordinary provincial roads according to their direction or type, that is, "old road number, new road number". The numbering rules for ordinary darts are as follows:

　　1. The number consists of four digits, including letters and numbers, such as "S123", where "S" reflects the nature of the dart; "123" reflects the direction, type and sequence of lines.

　　2 "123": the first digit "1" indicates the direction or type, and the last two digits "23" are the sequence code.

　　The beginning of "1" indicates the radial ordinary provincial road from Nanjing, and the existing number has been coded to S124. Therefore, the new line is coded from S125, and the sequence code increases clockwise from the true north direction;

　　The beginning of "2" indicates the north-south general provincial highway, and the existing number has been coded to S254. Therefore, the new lines are coded from S255, and the sequence code increases from east to west, where 201-206 are the planned national highway numbers;

　　The beginning of "3" indicates the east-west general provincial highway, and the existing number has been coded to S343. Therefore, the new lines are coded from S344, and the sequence codes increase from north to south in turn, among which 301-308 are the planned national highway numbers;

　　The beginning of "4" indicates the expressway interconnection line, which is a new numbering type. From S401, the sequence code of the north-south expressway interconnection line increases from north to south, and the sequence code of the east-west expressway interconnection line increases from east to west.

　　The beginning of "5" indicates the port and airport connection line, which is a new numbering type, and is compiled from S501, and the sequence code increases from north to south in turn;

　　The beginning of "6" indicates the economic nodes and scenic spots connecting lines, which is a new numbering type. It is compiled from S601, and the sequence code starts with the north-south connecting line and ends with the east-west connecting line, increasing from north to south and from east to west in turn;

　　The beginning of "0" indicates the loop line, 001-050 indicates the urban loop line, which is numbered one by one according to the urban administrative division code, and 051-099 indicates other loop lines, and the sequence code increases from north to south.

　　In view of the fact that the national highway network planning scheme is basically stable at present, in order to facilitate the implementation of the planned provincial highway network in our province in the future, the connection with the planned national highway is fully considered in this plan, and the top 20 sequential codes in the numbers starting with "2" and "3" are used as the transition numbers of the planned national highway.

　　(6) Planning effect.

　　The provincial highway network and national highway network formed in this plan cover all cities (13) and counties (including county-level cities, districts, 66), provincial and national development zones (139), 5A and 4A tourist attractions (101), airports (9), 89% of townships in the province (including all key central towns, townships with a population of over 100,000 and 699 other townships), 315 expressways, 96 important port areas along the Yangtze River and about 100 important railway stations, serving the province. Provide leading and basic services for Jiangsu’s future economic and social development, support coordinated economic development and industrial transformation, promote the development of key areas such as Jiangsu’s coastal areas, and provide good basic support for building and improving Jiangsu’s modern comprehensive transportation system.

　　1. Access to service effect. In terms of network access services, we will achieve "double trunk lines, wide connectivity and full coverage".

　　"Double trunk lines": in coordination with the national trunk line network, no less than two national trunk lines and provincial trunk lines will be laid in the important traffic corridors along the Yangtze River, the coast, Shanghai-Nanjing and East Longhai to meet the needs of the "four-edge" development strategy of our province;

　　"Wide connectivity": Coastal ports along the Yangtze River, major inland ports, airports, major railway freight yards and expressways are all connected by national highways and provincial highways, so that the comprehensive transportation system can play a better role;

　　"Full coverage": the nodes covered by the provincial highway network are extended from the nodes of cities and counties (cities, districts) to all key central towns in the province, so as to better serve local economic development, industrial layout and urban development.

　　2. Running time effect. In terms of network running time, Jiangsu provincial highway network will eventually achieve "10 minutes to enter the network, 30 minutes to access, the same day round trip", which can also be expressed as "10-30-1".

　　"Access to the network in 10 minutes": All planning nodes will enter the provincial highway network within 10 minutes.

　　"30-minute access": access between adjacent planning nodes is within 30 minutes.

　　"Same-day round trip": round trip between any two planning nodes in the province within one day.

　　VI. Implementation Plan

　　(1) General idea.

　　According to the overall goal and phased goal of the provincial highway network development, overall planning and phased implementation, based on the development needs of key areas, comprehensive transportation, regional coordination and transportation itself, with capital and land supply as constraints, taking into account the integrity and continuity of the whole social highway network in each planning period, and at the same time, taking into account factors such as traffic construction and development in neighboring areas, the phased implementation plan of provincial highway construction is arranged.

　　(2) implementation principles.

　　1. Ensure key areas and routes. The arrangement of provincial highway implementation sequence should give priority to ensuring key areas and key routes, and the trunk highways involving key areas and important trunk highways undertaking the skeleton function of regional road network should give priority to construction, giving full play to the supporting and leading role of traffic in economic and social development.

　　2. Coordinate regional development. The formulation of provincial highway implementation sequence should fully consider the needs of regional integration development, and the construction timing should be considered as a whole in terms of the main channel in the metropolitan area and the road network connection between neighboring cities and counties to avoid the situation that the construction timing of the same trunk highway between neighboring cities and counties is quite different.

　　3. Serving the construction of comprehensive transportation system. The arrangement of provincial and highway implementation sequence should be based on the principle of accelerating the formation of comprehensive transportation system, enhancing the distribution capacity of main passages and the collection and distribution level of large-scale comprehensive transportation hubs, and giving priority to the construction of expressway interconnection lines and trunk roads for collection and distribution of port and station hubs.

　　4. Optimize the allocation of capital, land and other resources. Give full consideration to the constraints of capital, land and other resources, reasonably arrange the time sequence and construction plan of highway construction, encourage the use of old roads to broaden and transform, optimize the allocation of resources, and realize the intensive and green development of highway traffic.

　　(3) implementation plan.

　　By the end of 2010, 1,263 kilometers of the planned 2,614-kilometer expressway have been built and 1,351 kilometers are to be built. The planned mileage of 13,484 kilometers of ordinary provincial roads is 9,897 kilometers, and the mileage of 3,587 kilometers and below is 3,587 kilometers. Expressway provincial roads will be implemented according to the "Jiangsu Expressway Network Planning", and ordinary provincial roads will basically be built into second-class and above highways in 2020.

　　The overall construction scale of ordinary provincial roads planned this time is about 6,000 kilometers, including the new construction or reconstruction and expansion of roads with grade III and below and the reconstruction and expansion of roads with grade II and above. According to the static investment, during the period from 2011 to 2020, the planned new reconstruction of ordinary provincial roads will cost about 140 billion yuan, with an average annual investment of about 14 billion yuan. A total of about 160,000 mu of land will be requisitioned for the new reconstruction project.

　　Guided by industrial development, regional coordination and comprehensive transportation development strategy, and based on the ranking results of project importance, the comprehensive ranking of planning and construction projects is obtained. The construction period is divided into two stages: 2011-2015 and 2016-2020. Among them, in 2011-2015, we will focus on the development strategy of "Four Sides" and the construction of comprehensive transportation system, mainly focusing on solving the provincial highway construction with the status quo of Grade III and below, and setting up the provincial highway framework; From 2016 to 2020, we will mainly focus on upgrading provincial highways to improve the grade level and traffic capacity of provincial highways in the province.

　　(4) the implementation effect.

　　By 2020, the province will form a provincial highway network with a total scale of 16,098 kilometers. The provincial highway network and the national highway network together form a trunk highway network of about 21,000 kilometers in Jiangsu. The connectivity of the road network is about 1.96, the area density is about 20.45 kilometers/100 square kilometers, the population density is about 2.68 kilometers/10,000 people, and the economic density is about 16 kilometers/100 million yuan, which will provide a good support for the basic modernization of the province’s economy and society.

　　VII. Policies and Measures

　　(a) to maintain the seriousness of planning, overall planning and construction.

　　The approved provincial highway network planning in Jiangsu Province is an important basis for the road network construction in our province, which should be strictly followed and related planning should be coordinated with it. At the same time, according to this plan, we should study the route scheme of newly built and rebuilt sections as soon as possible, control the route corridor on the spot, implement the land supply, and arrange the implementation plan reasonably to ensure the smooth implementation of the plan.

　　(2) Optimize construction standards to achieve green development.

　　Overall consideration of provincial highway construction, operation, maintenance and management, adhere to the optimal total cost. Determine a reasonable alignment scheme, scientifically determine the construction scale, do not unilaterally pursue high indicators that do not meet the actual needs and economic capacity, and reasonably establish construction schemes. Do not build new ones that can be rebuilt and expanded by using the old roads, and try to avoid occupying less cultivated land and fertile land for those that really need to be built. Strengthen innovative design and accelerate the development and application of new materials, new processes and new technologies. Firmly establish the concept of green development of highway traffic, adjust measures to local conditions, improve the efficiency of resource use and protect the ecological environment.

　　(3) Improve the investment and financing policies and guarantee the funds for construction, management and maintenance.

　　Provincial highway network is a public welfare infrastructure, which should be mainly invested by financial funds. City, county (city, district) people’s government as the main body of construction responsibility, specifically responsible for organizing the implementation, the provincial transportation departments to implement industry management, and carry out fixed subsidies. Provincial highway has a high technical level and a large scale of investment in construction, management and maintenance. In order to ensure the sustainable development of provincial highway network, people’s governments at all levels should conscientiously implement the provisions of document No.22 [2011] issued by the State Council, increase the supply of financial funds, stabilize the channels of funds, and ensure the sources of funds for construction, management and maintenance.

　　(4) Strengthen industry management and innovate management mechanism.

　　Implement People’s Republic of China (PRC) Highway Law, Regulations on Highway Safety Protection and Regulations on Jiangsu Highway, make full use of legal, administrative and economic means, strengthen industry management, improve service level, promote highway information construction, and improve road network safety and operational efficiency. Actively explore new modes of construction, operation, management and maintenance of provincial highway network, and give full play to the benefits of provincial highway network.

　

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　　Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, March 26thQuestion: How to strengthen the international cooperation against the epidemic?

　　Xinhua News Agency reporters Xiong Feng, Tian Xiaohang, Shen Cheng and Zheng Mingda

　　At present, the international COVID-19 epidemic is accelerating. How to deal with this severe challenge is related to the safety of people of all countries and tests the common wisdom of human society.

　　At the press conference held by the State Council Information Office on 26th, relevant authorities responded to the hot issues related to international cooperation in fighting the epidemic.

　　How is the progress of foreign aid? Four batches have been implemented to assist 89 countries and 4 international organizations.

　　Under the situation that the COVID-19 epidemic broke out and spread in many places around the world, it is urgent and crucial to effectively carry out foreign anti-epidemic assistance.

　　Deng Boqing, deputy director of China International Development Cooperation Agency, said that at present, China has organized and implemented anti-epidemic assistance to 89 countries and 4 international organizations in four batches, and is now formulating the implementation plan for the fifth batch of assistance.

　　From the perspective of aid recipients, it includes countries with serious epidemic situation, countries with weak public health system and epidemic prevention capacity, and some international organizations. From the way of assistance, it includes both medical material assistance and medical technical assistance.

　　Deng Boqing said that when China decided to provide anti-epidemic assistance programs, it mainly considered the following factors: first, the severity of the local epidemic, the local medical and health conditions and the lack of medical materials; Second, the specific assistance needs put forward by the countries concerned to China; Third, the China government’s own capabilities.

　　"Under the premise of fully ensuring the needs of domestic anti-epidemic work, we have properly formulated the aid work plan based on the principle of doing our best and doing our best." Deng Boqing said.

　　"This foreign anti-epidemic assistance is an emergency humanitarian operation with the most concentrated aid time and the widest scope since the founding of New China." Deng Boqing said that leaders of many countries and international organizations thanked China for its help in various forms, and people in many countries praised China on the Internet and shouted "Thanks to China" in the streets.

　　At present, the global epidemic is still developing, and China is still at the critical moment of "importing foreign defense and rebounding internal defense".

　　"China will continue to provide assistance to relevant countries within its capacity on the basis of its own epidemic prevention and control." Deng Boqing said, "When people gather firewood, the flames are high." As long as the international community is United and forms a joint force, it will certainly be able to overcome the epidemic and safeguard the health and well-being of the people of the world.

　　How to participate in international cooperation against epidemic? Share the "China Experience" without reservation

　　Since the outbreak of the epidemic, China has actively organized experts to carry out in-depth technical exchanges, provided assistance and technical support to other countries affected by the epidemic, and shared "China experience" without reservation.

　　Ceng Yixin, deputy director of the National Health and Wellness Committee, said that National Health Commission compiled a set of technical documents such as the latest diagnosis and treatment plan and prevention and control plan, and shared them with 180 countries and more than 10 international and regional organizations in time; Co-organized with the World Health Organization the "International Briefing on Sharing Experiences in Prevention and Treatment of China in COVID-19"; Nearly 30 technical exchange meetings were held with more than 100 countries and regions through remote video.

　　"During the treatment of some patients, whether hormones should be used, when to use them, how much to use, and how long to use them are all very urgent and instructive experiences in clinic." Ceng Yixin said that China also sent anti-epidemic medical experts to Italy, Serbia, Cambodia and other countries to introduce China’s anti-epidemic experience and strategies, and provide guidance and consultation on disease prevention and control, clinical diagnosis and treatment, community management and other aspects in light of local conditions.

　　Only by sharing scientific research data, information and achievements can we defeat the global common enemy "novel coronavirus" in the shortest time.

　　Xu Nanping, Vice Minister of Science and Technology, said that China shared viruses and virus genome sequences with the world for the first time, and also set up the Global Coronaviomics Data Sharing and Analysis System, the 2019 novel coronavirus Resource Database and the Sharing and Exchange Platform for Scientific Research Achievements in COVID-19. Among them, in 2019, the database of novel coronavirus Resource Library has provided data services for more than 76,000 visitors from 152 countries and regions, and downloaded more than 4 million files.

　　Vaccine is the "atomic bomb" to defeat the virus. Xu Nanping said that the five technical routes of vaccine research and development in COVID-19, China have been promoted simultaneously, all of which have international cooperation and are open to the outside world.

　　Next, China will continue to promote the sharing of scientific research achievements. Xu Nanping introduced that China should "publish the results of early clinical trials as soon as possible, and communicate with international counterparts, so that everyone can avoid detours".

　　How to care for and help China citizens abroad? Do your best to protect consular affairs.

　　The safety of overseas compatriots affects the hearts of Chinese people. It is an important task at present to do a good job in consular protection and help overseas Chinese to strengthen the response and protection of the epidemic.

　　Luo Zhaohui, Vice Foreign Minister, said that China’s embassies and consulates abroad urged the host governments to take measures to solve the practical difficulties faced by China citizens in diagnosis and treatment, visa extension and study abroad.

　　"The party and the government are always concerned about the safety of overseas compatriots." Luo Zhaohui said, "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and embassies and consulates abroad receive a large number of calls for help every day. In order to provide better services, many embassies and consulates have responded to citizens’ concerns in a timely manner by adding consultation calls and opening WeChat groups. In less than two months recently, the 12308 hotline of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs manually answered nearly 70,000 calls, almost three times that of the same period last year. "

　　Most overseas students are alone, young and have relatively weak self-protection ability. Luo Zhaohui introduced that embassies and consulates abroad generally attach great importance to solving the difficulties of overseas students in local studies, accommodation, visa extension, etc., and coordinate local Chinese and enterprises to provide assistance for their dining and shopping. The embassies and consulates in Britain, France, Italy, the United States and other countries mobilized resources from all sides to distribute "health kits" containing necessary epidemic prevention materials and epidemic prevention guidelines to local China students.

　　At present, among the confirmed cases imported into China, 90% hold China passports, and 40% of them are international students.

　　"We understand that some international students are eager to return to China, but we hope that overseas students and parents will carefully weigh the pros and cons and make the right choice." Luo Zhaohui said that under the current situation, staying in the local area can avoid cross-infection caused by rushing back to China, or being blocked halfway due to border control measures in transit countries, and can also avoid possible subsequent impact on studies and visas, which is also in line with WHO professional advice.

　　"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Education will continue to care for overseas students, serve international students well and solve practical difficulties in accordance with the relevant requirements and work arrangements of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council." Luo Zhaohui said.

[Editor’s note】

Speech! Speech! Speech!

Hillary Clinton, the US presidential candidate who lost in the general election in 2016 and former US Secretary of State, came back to work, that is, she kept giving speeches.

At the beginning of March, at the age of 70, she declared her return in full spirit in red, calling on women to chase after their dreams.

After that, she gave another 26-minute speech at the California Professional Women’s Conference. "I am very happy to get out of the predicament. Now I don’t want to go anywhere except the White House." Of course, her spearhead is still aimed at Trump, criticizing Trump’s health care reform bill and calling on everyone to continue fighting for the cause they believe in.

Recently, she appeared in Georgetown University in the United States in red, and mercilessly criticized President Trump’s budget proposal. Recently, several of Trump’s policy proposals have been constrained by Congress and courts everywhere, which has made former competitors full of firepower and angry. Hillary commented on Trump’s budget, "The blow to women and children is a serious mistake in our country."

Public opinion suspected that Hillary Clinton was likely to make a comeback, but in an interview with the new york Times reporter in early April, she made it clear that she would not participate in the US election again.

Good morning! (Applause)

Thank you!

I am grateful for your enthusiasm, and I am very happy to come to the campus and this great school. I am very glad to have the opportunity to talk with you today.

I am very grateful to President De Gioia for his visionary leadership and to Georgetown University. Numerous diplomats, peace defenders and leaders have been trained here. I share the same view with many people. We need more defenders of peace, diplomats and leaders, because they are committed to seeking common ground while reserving differences, eliminating differences and connecting people all over the world. And this is not an easy thing.

In the 1990s, we deeply felt the need to improve women’s rights and give them more opportunities, especially in education, health and economy. At the same time, we should also devote ourselves to resolving conflicts, creating a safe environment for everyone in the world and helping them prosper and grow. So on that day in 2011, we came to Georgetown University to announce that women’s full participation in peace and security affairs is no longer just a marginal issue in international affairs. (Applause)

At that time, I was full of confidence. Today, I am even more hopeful. The greatest unfinished business in the 21st century is to improve women’s rights and ensure their full participation. (Applause)

This seems to be self-evident, and improving women’s rights and interests is both a right and an obligation. Women account for half of the total population, so we have the right to participate in the discussion of decisions that will affect our lives. But what I really want to tell you is that this move is more about peace, security and prosperity. This is not a partisan dispute, but a problem that concerns everyone. A rising tide lifts all boats, and the tide of women’s rights can drive the development of the whole country. Therefore, every year, whenever I have the opportunity, I will come back here to attend the award ceremony. As President De Gioia has just read, women and men from different backgrounds and countries are United by the same belief, that is, women are not only victims of war, but also executors of change, creators of peace and promoters of progress.

This is the principle behind all the State Council’s efforts in the first term. We want to set a standard, and I am deeply proud of the importance of this standard. It is not just a "window dressing" on the edge of the State Council affairs, but the focus of our work. Speaking for women’s rights and opportunities is the cornerstone of America’s global leadership. Therefore, our foreign policy must take this as a benchmark, provide it with the necessary resources, personnel and attention, and at the same time be responsible for it. (Applause)

The US military has also recognized the role of women in peace and security affairs, which makes me full of joy. Over the years, I have been fortunate to fight alongside some military leaders on the stage. General Sandy Winnipeg, former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Michèle Flournoy, former deputy minister in charge of policy of the Ministry of National Defense, stressed in their work that rape and gender violence should be eliminated in conflict areas and post-war areas, so that women can participate in peacemaking and peace-keeping.

Nowadays, this is particularly important. On a global scale, more than 60 million refugees are trying to escape not only war, but also famine, drought and disease. We can’t look on coldly, because the turmoil in countries and regions will in turn breed more problems, whether it is regional conflicts, terrorism, diseases or criminal activities, which may affect our own country. Global progress depends on the progress of women. Since the United Nations Conference on Women was held in Beijing in 1995, we have seen a lot of progress. However, it must be emphasized that we should be alert to the retrogressive signals that have already appeared. Today’s government has drastically cut its budget in international health, development and diplomacy, which is a heavy blow to women and children and a wrong move taken by the country. As you may know, more than 120 retired Admiral Lu recently signed a letter to Congress and the government, demanding that Congress and the White House stop the current practice. This is also our aspiration. These outstanding men and women who have been in the military have realized that the government’s practice will not make the country safer, on the contrary, it will only increase the danger and endanger China’s position in the world.

Defense Minister Matisse said, "If you don’t provide the State Council with sufficient funds, they will have to buy more ammunition". So at Georgetown University, you spoke with facts and proved the importance of women in peace and security affairs. Today, its importance is increasing instead of decreasing. With the expansion of the institute, there is more evidence that the country is becoming safer as women gradually participate in the process of creating and maintaining peace. Research shows-I talked about research, evidence and facts again (laughs).

But in fact, when women participate in peace negotiations, the agreement is easier to reach and more likely to continue. We know that women’s rights and personal safety are often the first targets attacked by fundamentalists, and we also know that women are often the first to discover conflicts. When their insight and the information they provide are ignored, it will have serious consequences, but such consequences can be completely avoided. When sexual violence is still used as a strategy by terrorist organizations, and when women are still recruited by ISIS and Boko Haram, leaders who want to eliminate terrorism and violence should redouble their efforts to ensure women’s right to participate. Before others draw any conclusions, I want to state in advance that women are not born more peaceful than men. This is a stereotype, which does not exist in reality. (Laughter)

But history does show that when women sit at the table and talk about peace, they can form alliances and try their best to reach a consensus. On the issues of human rights, transitional justice, national reconciliation and economic recovery, they can often shine brilliantly. I have witnessed this scene with my own eyes. Over the years, I have worked with women in Northern Ireland, and I have witnessed their great efforts to transcend religious differences and conclude a lasting peace.

When this work began in the 1990s, who would have thought that martin mcguinness, who had just passed away, would shake hands with Queen Elizabeth one day? We have also witnessed women in Liberia ending the bloody civil war. If you haven’t seen the movie "Pray for the Devil to Return to Hell", I strongly recommend it. Because this film conveys the same point of view as I want to convey when I stand on the podium today from a personal point of view. Women in Liberia came to the place where men held peace talks, which was a hotel in Ghana, and they had been discussing it for weeks. They surrounded the hotel and refused to leave. Until an agreement is reached, they are not allowed to go out, not even sticking their heads out of the window. Of course, in the end, they chose ellen johnson sirleaf as the new president. She is also the first female president on the African continent. (Applause)

I have witnessed that women in the Democratic Republic of Congo survived unimaginable cruelty, but they were able to rejuvenate and help others. I have been following the development of Colombia for many years, and I will focus on it in a few minutes. We saw women’s organizations protest and participate in negotiations, which finally ended the bloodshed that lasted for more than 50 years. When the conflict broke out and all attempts to stop the violence failed, women went out of their homes and started the whole peace negotiation process in Colombia on their own, and prevented all parties from staying out until an agreement was reached.

If we want a fairer, freer and more peaceful country, or even the whole world, it is not enough to talk about women’s rights. We must seriously consider their needs and provide them with tools so that they can participate in the process of transforming the world. The leaders who stand here today to be commended have witnessed these progress.

Like many peace agreements, the peace situation ushered in after 50 years of war is only the beginning. Peace is not a temporary achievement, but a long-term undertaking. Although it is inconceivable to give up this hard-won peace, as long as the interests are harmed in any way, there will be various forces within the country trying to undermine the existing situation. We must do everything possible to prevent the current peace situation in Colombia from being destroyed. This work is indeed full of difficult decisions and considerations about transitional justice and economic feasibility, but peace is indeed within reach.

Therefore, from the peace process we celebrate today to the measures taken by the state and various institutions to improve the status of women, people gradually realize what role women have played in coping with climate change and fighting violent extremism, terrorism and various conflicts. We must continue this work. I implore the government to continue its leadership work on behalf of world peace, because with or without the participation of the United States, the world will only move forward, not backward. (Applause)

The decision is in our hands. The world we live in is complicated, and everything is interrelated and interdependent. You can’t just choose one or two things and say, "OK, now we have to solve this problem". Things are ever-changing, the border will disappear before the pressure, and the Internet is spreading despair while providing opportunities. We can’t help but ask, will the United States be left behind by the world tide or will it continue to maintain its leading position? I hope the answer is that we will do everything possible to make the country and the world stronger and safer.

We must fight for our values, human rights, opportunities and security for all, and at the same time continue to ensure that women have the same rights as men. Only by striving for and guaranteeing these rights can we release human potential and achieve unprecedented development.

Students of Georgetown University, this is my hope for your generation, and I hope you can make it a reality.

Thank you all. (Applause)

Adam Curtis’s career feels like a series of glitches at the heart of the BBC. His films are completely separated from the output of this channel. The first episode of his series "The Trap" (2007) covers the rise of game theory under the paranoia during the Cold War. It starts with a chilling title card ("Humans will always betray you") and is broadcast directly on BBC 2 after Crufts—, an extension of an international dog beauty contest.

Adam Curtis

Now, however, Curtis’s films can be obtained democratically on the Internet and are wildly welcomed by young people. They are documentaries on the surface, but his method is closer to poetry or video art than traditional narrative TV programs. Curtis also carefully avoided the stipulation of political labels, sometimes criticized the instability of capitalism with revolutionary Marxism, and sometimes he was a liberal technical utopian. However, in his infectious soundtrack and baroque visual style, Curtis is consistent with unwavering romanticism. He wants the audience to have a feeling-not simply explain the world.

I can’t get you out of my mind poster

Curtis’s new series "Can’t Get You Out of My Head" is a real epic. This six-part eight-hour series depicts the ups and downs of society from collectivism to individualism. His unrestricted access to BBC archives gave each episode an all-powerful eye, which Curtis used to locate and explain power, and the change of hands of power uprooted the world.

It all started with a sentence by David Gray Bo, using Curtis’s trademark all-capital Helvetica bold font-"The most secret truth in the world is that it is made by us and can be easily made into different shapes". With the development of the plot, the series tries to understand why this ultimate truth is really hidden, not dazzling. Through each episode (the last episode weighs 120 minutes), Curtis explores this issue emotionally through personal stories that try to change the modern world (from Russian dissident Edward Limonov to Tupac’s mother and former Panther member Afeni Shakur).

In the interview, Curtis told jacobin magazine about his new drama series, populist left wing, conspiracy theory and his love for music.

You subtitled this new series: "Emotional History of the Modern World". Why "emotion"?

AC：I want to explain why we are so anxious about the future. We know that we are dissatisfied with what we have today. But no one is willing to propose an alternative. I want to explain this paralysis through the rise of individualism, which makes people feel anxious and lonely, and individualism was supposed to liberate them.

In our personal time, our feelings are placed at the center, and we are taught that our inner feelings are the most important. In fact, consumerism also responds to this. Therefore, I want to describe a history of "emotion", because I am interested in the idea that your feelings are related to your system-this is really a forgotten idea.

Your previous series of works followed the narrative convention to some extent, but this series feels more like a collage, and the stories are intertwined in a nonlinear way. Why did you choose to do this?

AC：Part of the reason is that I am restless and I want to try something different. But mainly because I want to do something that feels more like a novel, a multi-part novel, just like what they wrote in the 19th century.

One of the people you pay attention to is Abu Zubaydah, whose brain was reduced to a random image by the torture of the CIA. This series feels a bit like being told through Abu Zubeda’s brain.

In fact, at the end of the film, I had a narrator who said, "We have all become like Abu Zubaida’s brain". But I deleted it because I thought it was too hard and I should let people see it for themselves. And I was right-you did see it. However, the problem about Zubaida is not torture, but that he was stuck in his brain by a shell fragment in 1991 and had such an effect that his experience is no longer meaningful. I think we have all become like this.

This series seems to be deliberately chaotic and disorderly, but history is also chaotic and disorderly. Is there a conflict between making a coherent narrative film and keeping a chaotic description of history?

AC：I want to do both. I want to describe the feeling of living in history in the era of individualism, where you have to rely on yourself and try to make all this meaningful.

You described this personal era, which flourished after World War II and is said to have liberated society, but now you say it is declining and it is no longer interesting as an individual. Can the genie be put back in the bottle?

AC：No-you can’t put it back. People are quite afraid of large-scale and twentieth-century collective efforts to change the world, which often leads to terror. The personal era comes from mass democracy as a response to mass democracy. But it actually leads to individuals who are deprived of power. They all want something different, but they don’t know how to get it. But I think another thing will appear soon, a new kind of politics, which allows you to be an expressive individual, but it is also part of something bigger than yourself. If we can regain control of the Internet from venture capital funds, then this is a good start.

You often talk about the shift from politics to culture, where radicalism just sits there and makes a lot of noise. Well, I am deeply suspicious of radicalism in art. With the rise of Thatcher and Reagan in the 1980s, leftists and liberals retreated to culture, thinking that they could change things from there. But things have not changed. I believe that the function of art is to express its times beautifully. Interestingly, it now beautifully expresses the paralysis of our time. Culture is a comfort blanket for radicals to cling to, so that they can avoid the terrible fact that they have no answer.

Has Covid-19 uprooted power?

AC：Covid-19 showed quite cruelly that the closer you are to power, the less likely you are to die. This understanding is shocking, and it will be as profound as the financial crisis in 2008.

Bernie sanders-and Britain’s jeremy corbyn-led the populist left-wing movement, trying to awaken the traditional collectivism, but they all failed. Why do you think that is?

AC：You must distinguish between the two. Sanders is likely to win the election in 2016. I remember what he said was almost exactly the same as Trump-talking to the white working class and how they were betrayed by the think tank in Washington. Although, in the primary election in 2020, his language has changed. He gave up talking to people that liberals are very afraid of.

I really don’t know Corbin well enough, but I remember talking to Labour activists during the 2019 election. What shocked me was their contempt for Brexit voters. I didn’t vote for Brexit, but I understand why people do it-not just because of anger, but because it is a tactical way to declare your alienation from the mainstream politics managed by technocrats. I know that many gin-drinking colonels in Surrey also voted for Brexit, but the elephant in the room is that all these former Labour voters have suddenly become stupid in the eyes of liberal metropolises.

You can’t deny these people, you must take them seriously. You don’t have to agree with them or believe that their racism is correct, but you must take them seriously and understand their feelings. The same is true in the United States, where Trump supporters are dismissed as being fooled by Putin, leaving them in a crumbling infrastructure and a booming opioid epidemic.

It’s interesting that you mentioned Putin. In this series, you compare the story of "TongRumen" with anonymous Q as a different way to react to the deadlock of Trump’s failed promise.

AC：When you run out of stories-that’s when you get conspiracy theories. There are many people who can’t face up to what is happening. People will not tell how Trump was chosen by Americans instead of Russia, or that he was actually very useless and was not blocked by pedophiles Satan in deep countries. I think these conspiracy theories are suitable for The New York Times, because they increase their reading, and also for intelligence agencies, because they are suddenly known as part of the resistance against Trump.

Back to collectivism, what about the society envisioned by radical Islamism?

AC：What we westerners don’t understand is that modern Islamic radicalism, which began in the late 1950s, was completely unable to bring the masses into it by the mid-1990s-maybe not in Iran, but it has completely failed in the Sunni world. The attack on the World Trade Center was not the result of a powerful movement, but the lashing out of a failed movement. The Sunni masses had not stood up at that time-not in Egypt, nor in Algeria.

But these tendencies are collectivist in thought?

AC：The question of our time is this-how do you manage a world of millions of individuals, millions of screaming pigs-how do you get them together? There is a saying that it is not the politicians’ fault that we got this withered managerialism-it is just a way to deal with millions of pigs desperately. We are little monsters. Seriously, we are.

I want to ask you a question about ghosts. M.R. James has a story called "Oh, whistle, I will come to you, my boy", and you are influenced.

AC：The inscription on the whistle that the hero of that story found on the beach-"What’s coming?" (What is this that is coming)-almost became the title of this series. But this is not a stupid thing. M.R. James wrote these stories in the 1890s, which I think is a similar era to the present. The British Empire is collapsing. With this feeling of fear and guilt, something will come back to haunt you. I think the United States has felt this way since the Vietnam War.

It’s a bit like what Mark Fisher wrote-the ghost of the past came back to cover the future.

AC：I know Mark. We used to meet in a cafe next to Liverpool Street Station and have a long talk about all this. We appeared on the stage together in Berlin, I think. But back to this idea about ghosts, I use certain characters, because they have the idea that you can force ghosts out of people’s minds and create a new society. But they forget that the most important thing is the ghost in their own heads.

The same is true of Brexit, who are troubled by a fictional and idealized vision of British history. Dominic Cummings (Boris Johnson’s former adviser, who is considered to be the mastermind of the Brexit movement) entered Britain through nationalism, which is something that liberals are very afraid of.

This is why Edward Limonov’s National Bolshevik Party is so symbolic in Russia.

AC：Exactly. Limonov is not a very nice person, but he did put forward an interesting point, that is, unless the left wing either uses nationalism or creates a stronger new myth, they will not have enough people on their side.

The last message in the series is likely to be quite promising. It says that if we can become more confident, then we can create a new vision for the future. This makes me feel strange, because it sounds like self-help, and you seem to despise this kind of thing?

AC：No, it’s the opposite of self-help. It is "stop imagining what you can do to yourself and start imagining what we can do to change the world". The starting point of self-help is that you can transform society by transforming yourself, but what we end up with is a society full of anxiety. I hope people can get out of this matter of self-help. That’s why I quoted David Gray Bo.

Your film has a very wide audience and many disgruntled young people are watching it. What do you want to say to a confused and depressed 16-year-old boy?

AC：Nothing. The last thing they want is for me to tell them what to do. I know I have such an audience, but I don’t know why. When I was filming All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace, I heard that children broke into the house occupied by Croydon (a town in South London) and held an all-night party to watch my movie. It was strange, and then I realized that I had broken through.

Poster "Everything is guarded by the grace machine of love"

Your movies can also be silly.

AC：Yes, I can be silly. But you must keep a straight face. You can’t let people know that you are trying to be funny, because it’s not funny. But back to the original question, there are also old people who like my work. The people who never seem to like it are political journalists. They are not interested at all. They can’t understand why I put music in it.

It’s time for us to talk about music. Why do you choose tracks instead of using original soundtracks?

AC：Basically, I want to create an emotion. But this is not cynicism. It’s always my favorite music. For a while, I decided to end the series with Zombie by the cranberry band, because it seemed appropriate. But the terrible fact is that I don’t like that song. Just before this series was about to air, I was lying in bed thinking about this song and couldn’t sleep. Finally, I replaced it with Til I Gain Control Again by This Mortal Coil.

Why did you choose this?

AC: Because it makes me cry.

Is music the first? Have you ever changed what you want to write because you want to use a song?

AC: Not in general. I tend to use images. I will use a piece of music to oppose it, and then sometimes I will adjust something to suit this song. This is an organic process, but sometimes they just work. In "Lake of Bitterness" (a film about America and Islam made by Curtis in 2015), there is a david bowie song called "The Bewlay Brothers". I put it in and it was a success. I’m never literal. You see, I’m emotional. Another example is that in the first movie of the new series, I used the German version of Marlene Dietrich’s Where Have All the Flowers Gone, and at first I used the version sung by Donovan.

Bitter Lake

You also used Burial’s Forgive, who is a frequent visitor to your soundtrack.

AC：Yes, that song is very cute. But "Come Down to Us" is the best one. It is one of the great works of our time. But there are many Burial songs that I don’t like, because they are too dubstep.

I like that you use The Specials’ Do Nothing. That song is cheerful, but it is also quite nihilistic. The same is true of Sex Pistols’s Who Killed Bambi from The Great Rock ‘n’ Roll Swindle.

AC：I want to put skinheads in. Look. I always thought skinheads were said badly. I used to be a skinhead when I was young, because I like reggae and ragga (reggae branch, combined with rap) music. Skinheads are ambiguous figures, and I am attracted by ambiguous figures.

To tell the truth, a lot of this music, it sounds like "Adam Curtis Music".

AC：[Laughter] Well, I think we all have certainty and uncertainty about our personality. I’m really not sure about my writing style. I’m really not good at writing, and I’m troubled by it. But I’m very sure about my taste in music.

Can you tell me something about your editing process? The image in my mind is that you-a person-are sitting in front of a huge control panel and gradually accumulating copyright invoices. Is this real life?

AC：Corresponding to what?

Well, as long as you snap your fingers, you will have a team of student volunteers to browse the BBC files for you. But you won’t do it.

AC：What’s the point? If you draw my career, it is completely connected with the digitalization of everything. When you start digitizing images, it’s easy to rotate them quickly. That’s what I’ve been doing all my life. I have thousands of hours of videos on many hard drives.

How do you arrange your hard disk? Are they marked with things like "dark train shots" or "city view at night"?

AC：[Laughs] No. I read one day that Amazon’s execution center randomly stores items because it is more efficient. My stuff is also very random. I have a coding system, but I also have a memory of visual patterns, so I always know where everything is. My main rule is that if it makes me cry or want to dance, then it works.

Back to your use of language, what I like is how you speak in these grand ways-you put the world in epic historical terms.

AC：Do you still remember Marianne Williamson (American writer) in the primary election of American Democratic Party? I like her because she speaks in epic historical terms. Because of this, I have a lot of trouble with my American liberal friends. Back to M.R. James and "What’s coming?" This is coming. Some people put this uncertainty and confusion on a big and historic level. Britain needs the same thing. I mean, now Labour’s argument makes me want to cry.

Why is this?

AC：Because it is speaking in utilitarian terms set by the think tank. Political needs are exciting. It can be exciting because it can tell a powerful story. We are eager for this kind of story and this kind of excitement.

Yes, there are indeed many revolutionary attempts based on grand ideas that have led to terrible results. This is an indisputable fact, and it has penetrated into people’s consciousness. But it is also true that many other things based on grand ideas and revolutions have led to amazing things: for example, the United States, or mass democracy, or the welfare state. These are all born out of grand ideas. So, we are in this pessimistic world, and we seize those failed examples and say that this means that you can never change the world. But what I want to say by quoting David Gray Bo is: Yes, we all created bad things, but we also created great things.

Original link: https://jacobinmag.com/2021/03/Adam-Curtis-BBC-cant-get-you-out-of-my-head-interview.　

On November 8, 2019, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Geng Shuang held a regular press conference

At the invitation of France, Wang Qishan, Vice President of the People’s Republic of China will go to France to attend the second Paris Peace Forum from November 11th to 13th.

France is a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council and a core power of the European Union. In recent years, Sino-French relations have developed in a sustained, healthy and stable manner, with close high-level exchanges between the two countries, increasing political mutual trust and continuous achievements in pragmatic cooperation in various fields. This year marks the 55th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and France. The Chairman of the Supreme Leader and President Macron successfully exchanged visits during the year and reached a series of new strategic consensus. Vice President Wang Qishan attended the second Paris Peace Forum on behalf of China shortly after President Macron’s visit to China, which reflected the high quality and level of current Sino-French relations. China is willing to work with France to continue to strengthen strategic communication, deepen pragmatic cooperation, thoroughly implement the consensus of the two heads of state, and push China-France comprehensive strategic partnership to a new level.

Q: About the South China Sea in China. This week, a senior Vietnamese official said that he hoped to resolve the South China Sea dispute with China through legal channels. Has Vietnam discussed this matter with China? If so, how did China respond?

A:The core of the South China Sea issue is the territorial issue arising from Vietnamese and other countries’ occupation of relevant islands and reefs in Nansha Islands of China. It is hoped that Vietnam will face up to historical facts, abide by the high-level consensus between the two countries, persist in resolving differences through dialogue and consultation, and avoid taking actions that may complicate relevant issues and interfere with peace and stability in the South China Sea and the overall situation of bilateral relations.

Q: On the 7th, during her visit to Germany, US Secretary of State Pompeo said that considering the challenges brought by the Communist Party of China (CPC), the construction of telecommunication network in Germany has become very complicated. Earlier, Pompeo said in an interview with the media that we should ensure that all countries in the world understand the risks related to the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the consequences of our long-term tolerance. What’s your comment on this?

A:Pompeo’s attacks discredit China’s political system, exaggerate the so-called China threat, and are full of ideological prejudice and cold war zero-sum game thinking. China expresses strong dissatisfaction and resolute opposition.

Pompeo separated the people of China from the Communist Party of China (CPC) in an attempt to sow discord between the people of China and the Communist Party of China (CPC). I can tell him clearly that the Communist Party of China (CPC), the ruling party in China, has always represented and firmly safeguarded the interests of the people of China in the struggle for nearly a hundred years, and has won the deep trust and heartfelt support of the people of China. The words and deeds of trying to separate the people of China and the Communist Party of China (CPC) are a provocation to all the people of China and are doomed to fail.

It must be pointed out that Pompeo’s remarks are very dangerous, which is seriously inconsistent with his status as US Secretary of State, and fully exposes his sinister intention of trying to gain personal political capital through anti-China.

We advise him to stop nagging at China for no reason, lest he shoot himself in the foot.

Q: First, the United States has not made a public response to the statement made by China’s Ministry of Commerce yesterday on the cancellation of tariffs between China and the United States. Have the two sides really reached an agreement on this? It seems that the United States still hesitates on this issue. Some American officials accused China of trying to renegotiate the first-stage agreement for its own benefit, while the United States had only agreed to cancel those tariffs that had not yet been imposed. Second, what is China’s concern about the time and place of signing the agreement on the first stage of economic and trade consultation? U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo hinted that the U.S. side will hold an informal APEC leaders’ meeting in January next year, when an agreement will be signed with China. Even so, the signing of the agreement between the two countries during the APEC meeting in Chile was postponed. What’s your comment on this?

A:Regarding your questions, especially the cancellation of tariffs between China and the United States, at the press conference of the Ministry of Commerce yesterday, the spokesman of the Ministry of Commerce gave a comprehensive and full response. I have nothing to add here.

Q: As usual, during the BRICS leaders’ meeting, all parties will hold BRICS+related activities. However, there seems to be no relevant arrangement during the upcoming BRICS leaders’ meeting in Brazil this year. Does the Ministry of Foreign Affairs know the specific reasons? Does this mean that the BRICS countries have lost an opportunity to enhance relations with Latin America?

A:Since its inception, the BRICS mechanism has been closely linked with the fate of emerging markets and developing countries. Strengthening cooperation with other developing countries is the responsibility of BRICS countries as emerging powers, and it is also a fine tradition that we have always adhered to. In 2017, China initiated the "BRIC+"model and held the "Dialogue between Emerging Market Countries and Developing Countries" during the meeting of BRICS leaders in Xiamen. For the first time, it invited guest countries from all over the world to attend the meeting, which was highly praised by all parties. Last year, South Africa continued this practice and continued to hold the BRICS+Leaders’ Dialogue during the Johannesburg meeting, which achieved positive results. This year, we continued the "BRIC+"model in many activities and invited some representatives from emerging markets and developing countries to participate, further expanding the "circle of friends" of BRICS countries and promoting the common development of all countries.

China respects the decision of the BRICS Chairman not to hold the BRICS+Leaders’ Dialogue during the meeting in Brasilia this year.

Q: Ask a question about APEC. It is reported that the United States is considering holding an APEC meeting in January next year after Chile canceled the APEC meeting. What is China’s attitude towards this?

A:Regarding what you asked, we have been keeping in touch with all parties concerned to understand the situation. As a matter of principle, we believe that when it comes to APEC matters, we should respect the opinions of the host and follow the principle of consensus.

Q: Today, Japanese local councillor Sakuragi was sentenced to life imprisonment by the China court. What is China’s comment on this?

A:Today, the Intermediate People’s Court of Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province issued a public verdict on the drug smuggling case according to law, among which a Japanese citizen Sakuragi pondered. On October 31, 2013, when he was preparing to take a flight back to Japan via Shanghai at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, the security personnel seized methamphetamine, commonly known as ice, in the interlayer of the suitcase tie rod and the women’s muffin sandals in the box, with 3289 grams. According to the laws of China, the Guangzhou Intermediate People’s Court sentenced Sakuragi to life imprisonment and confiscated all personal property. The court has released news on this.

I should add that China has informed the Japanese Consulate General in Guangzhou about this case.

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Not long ago, we solemnly celebrated the 70th birthday of People’s Republic of China (PRC). Today, we celebrate the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of People’s Republic of China (PRC). Seventy years ago today, on November 8, 1949, the inaugural meeting of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was held in Beijing. Premier Zhou Enlai, who was also Foreign Minister at that time, attended the meeting and made an important speech.

Looking back on the past 70 years, under the strong leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC), China’s diplomacy has gone through a magnificent course, written magnificent chapters, achieved fruitful results that have attracted worldwide attention, and won support and respect at home and abroad.

Over the past 70 years, China’s diplomacy has firmly defended national sovereignty, security and development interests, actively served the process of reform and opening up, fully practiced the concept of "diplomacy for the people", continuously promoted the great cause of world peace and development, profoundly changed the relationship between China and the world, significantly enhanced China’s international status and created a favorable external environment for national development.

Standing at a new historical starting point, China’s diplomacy as a big country with characteristics will be guided by the diplomatic thought of the supreme leader, continue to hold high the banner of peace, development, cooperation and win-win, persist in building a global partnership, actively participate in global governance, and make new contributions to realizing the Chinese nation’s great rejuvenation of the Chinese dream and promoting the building of a community of human destiny.

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Today is China Journalists’ Day. Here, I would like to wish all China journalists and foreign journalists who work and live in China a happy holiday!

I would also like to take this opportunity to express my heartfelt thanks to all of you for your long-term attention and reports on the diplomacy of China and China, and for your participation and support in the regular press conference of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

We look forward to continuing to maintain close communication and cooperation with you!

I wish you all a happy holiday!