Land of Abundance

<正>Sichuan taps Belt and Road for overseas partnerships It has the sixth highest GDP in China,the largest potential for hydropower generation and is the gateway not only to China’s west,but also to Southeast Asia’s developing markets.It’s also home to pandas.But it’s not enough,and Sichuan,a southwestern province of China,is on a mission to climb the GDP and development indicator rankings in the country,using the Belt and Road Initiative.     

On the System of Regional Ethnic Autonomy and Tibet’s Political Modernization

In eras of revolution and development, the Communist Party of China (CPC) has scored notable achievements, including in ethnic affairs, one aspect of the Party’s work. as one of China’s three fundamental political systems and an important part of the Party’s ethnic affairs policy, the system of regional ethnic autonomy is the Party’s great creation that integrates Marxist-Leninist theory with China’s national conditions. it has been conducive to promoting the development of different ethnic groups and fostering harmony among them, which displays its superiority and vitality. This     

Fostering Innovation

正In the past 35 years,China has made tremendous achievements in innovation.Now the country’s innovation-oriented development is heading for a"deep-water"phase,with both opportunities and challenges ahead.China must make innovations more scientific and effective in the future.The establishment of market economy in China has laid the foundation for promoting innovation.Competition based on market rules has forced state-owned enterprises(SOEs)     

Build a Capital Economic Circle for Coordinated Development

正THE Beijing-centered economic circle has been on the table for several years.The Overall Plan for Beijing Urban Construction in 1982 proposed a capital economic circle.In November of 2004,the National Development and Reform Commission(NDRC)formally proposed the regional development plan for the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei bloc.It was reiterated in the nation’s 12th Five-year Plan(2011-2015)for social and economic development.Thereafter the capital economic circle has been upgraded to a national priority.China’s new leadership attaches great     

NUCLEAR SHOWDOWN

正Denuclearization has become the most critical issue for the Korean PeninsulaThe UN Security Council’s(UNSC)adoption of Resolution 2270 which imposes the strictest sanctions against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea(DPRK)to date for its development of nuclear weapons,fueled speculation about the future of the relationship between China and North Korea.     

Is It OK to Defer Women’s Retirement Age?

<正>As has become the norm lately,annual sessions of China’s National People’s Congress (NPC)and the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference(CPPCC)coincided with the International Women’s Day.The retirement age for women,which has long been a     

Eye on Improvement

Issues concerning agriculture,rural areas and rural people have always been the centerpiece of the Chinese Governments work.In line with this,the Central Rural Work Conference was held on December20-21,2019,in Beijing to outline the roadmap for the country’s work in this area for2020.In 2019,agricultural production maintained a sound momentum,satisfying the country’s demands for food,with grain output reaching a historical high.Rural society maintained harmony and stability,and the rural vitalization strategy brought policy and financial dividends to rural development. The per-capita disposable income of rural residents has continued to increase,while their material and spiritual life has improved and their sense of happiness grown.     

Japan at the Crossroads

<正>Editor’s note:This year marks the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II and the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.China stands together with the international community in calling for all countries to safeguard international law and justice,protect the postwar order and promote the peaceful development of the world.Three commentaries under the theme of"Remembering History and Cherishing Peace,"first published in the People’s Daily,reiterated neither China nor the rest of the international community will allow the history of the past conflict to be rewritten.It has been 70 years since the ending of World War II(WWII)and the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against     

Fostering a New Breed of Officials

ALMOST as old as the Communist Party of China (CPC) itself, the Party School of the CPC Central Committee has been the center of learning for China’s top leaders for some eight decades, equipping the country’s highest officials and up-and-coming young leaders with the academic tools and knowledge needed to fulfil their potential. Since the 1930s, the school has served as a venue where the ideals central to the CPC are explored and where solidarity within government is cultivated. All of     

China Opens Innumerable Doors

Accurately analyzing and predicting China’s economic development has earned me a living and opened innumerable doors,for more than 20 years.It also brought the satisfaction of seeing individual interest and skills linked to the world’s biggest story-the growth of China’s economy and its"national revival."My relationship with China started unusually as I analyzed its economy for more than 20 years before I could make a visit The interest started in the 1980s when,for theoretical economic reasons,I concluded its economic     

China's Development Concepts,Thoughts and Strategies for the New Era

正The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China(CPC)has laid out a blueprint for China’s development in the years to come.Xia Yipu,an associate researcher with the Academy of Marxism,Chinese Academy of Social Sciences,has made a comprehensive     

Capacity of Water Resources and Concept of Green Development——Sidelights on the Sixth Minjiang Forum—Water and Green Development of Future Cities

The Sixth Minjiang Forum-Water and Green Development of Future Cities,an annual cooperative project between the Sichuan Provincial People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries(SIFA) and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation(FEF) of Germany,was held in Chengdu from October 13 to 14,2012.About 90 leading officials of relevant departments     

An Opportunity

正A development plan for cooperation between Beijing,Tianjin and Hebei Province(Jing-Jin-Ji)has recently been submitted for approval by the State Council,indicating that a solid step is being made toward the unified development of the three locations.This will be a milestone for China’s regional economic development as well as representing one of the effective measures to control smoggy weather.     

HELLO,SPRING

正A bullet train passes through fields of rapeseed while running on the Xi’an-Chengdu high-speed railway near Jiangyou City,southwest China’s Sichuan Province,on March 14.The high-speed train,which was put into operation last December,has cut the travel time between Xi’an,capital of northwest China’s Shaanxi Province,and Chengdu,capital of Sichuan Province,by around 11hours with the journey now taking just four,greatly facilitating tourism and transportation between the two cities.     

Website’s Role in Human Rights Communication China Human Rights as an Example

China’s human rights undertaking has ushered in a brand-new era with planned,sustainable and comprehensive development since the State Council Information Office issued the National Human Rights Action Plan of China(2012-2015).Like the National Human Rights Action Plan of China(2009-2010),the revised edition specifies the requirements for the popularization of human rights.     

For More Blue Skies

China’s subsidizing scheme aimed at increasing business use of renewable energy and reducing pollution has high hopesStarting from September 25,the energy surcharge will be raised from 0.008yuan per kilowatt-hour(kwh)to 0.015yuan per kwh for businesses,said the National Development and Reform Commission(NDRC),the country’s top economic planner.The surcharge is to make up for a shortfall in China’s renewable energy development fund.To encourage power plants to install equipment to remove nitrogen oxide,a major air pollutant,the government also increased the subsidy for power plants with denitration facilities from 0.008 yuan per     

ECONOMY

正Forestry Loans China’s rural policy bank has issued loans of 40.5 billion yuan ($6 billion) to help the country’s forestry sector.Since the start of such loan services in 2016, the Agricultural Development Bank of China (ADBC)has launched 184 loan projects to protect and develop forestry resources.In 2018, the bank lent 14.4billion yuan ($2.1 billion) to boost forestry ecosystem development.While upgrading the term structure of loans for the sector, the ADBC     

A DOUBLE BLESSING

正(Inset) Giant panda Fuwa’s newborn twins at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, southwest China, on March 17.(Top) Fuwa with one of her cubs at the center.     

Theoretical Innovations in the Marxist Theory of Human Rights in China Since Reform and Opening-up

<正>Since the reform and openingup period began in China in late 1978,the Communist Party of China(CPC)has led the Chinese people to combine the Marxist theory of human rights with real conditions,the characteristics of the times,the historical traditions and the culture of human rights in China,in a bid to solve the"special"issues of China’s human rights development,continue to achieve theoretical innovation,and promote the healthy development of China’s human rights cause.The major theoretical     

Voices

正"Tibet has been visibly transformed by uninterrupted double-digit GDP growth over two decades and has entered a new stage of development…As a result of this development,Tibet’s interaction and integration with the rest of China has deepened and its isolation from the rest of the world has been decisively ended,"