Innovating From The Ground Up

正A power line repair engineer works for the wellbeing of residents and colleagues Beitang Ancient Town, a famous tourist attraction in the Binhai New Area in Tianjin, was buzzing with travelers from all over the country during the five-day Labor Day holiday starting on May 1. Among the crowd, Zhang Liming and his colleagues from the State Grid Binhai branch, dressed in their work uniform—a red vest and a blue safety helmet—were busy checking charging piles by parking lots filled with vehicles to ensure power supply.     

MARKET WATCH

China’s manufacturing activities keep slowing down.The"big four"state-owned commercial banks have reaped juicy profits,though capital adequacy remains a concern.In striking contrast,the steelmakers are struggling to make ends meet as costs inflation erodes profit margins.The consumer market booms as usual during the May Day holiday.The search engine Baidu benefits from torrid traffic growth and a diversified market strategy.     

Next-Level Friendship

On a hot September night in 1984, I set foot in China for the very first time. After a long wait at Beijing International Airport, I decided, out of sheer despair, to hail a taxi, even though my Chinese was very limited. On the way to the (then) Beijing Institute of Foreign Languages, I started an alarmingly hesitant conversation, more body language than anything, with the driver.     

Seeing Change,Living Change

Chan Ka-ying, or Nicole, lives with her cat in Shenzhen, a booming tech city in the south of Guangdong Province. Born in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), she is currently working in a stateowned enterprise after graduation from Peking University. "I work as a policy analyst for the business in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA)," Chan told Beijing Review. "I plan to work here for a few years and then return to Hong Kong, where my family lives."     

Love for Love

A Shanghai doctor gives back to herdsmen by serving them in Tibet The drain in Zhou Jian’s bathroom is clogged with hair again. The 48-year-old has a buzz cut and lives alone, but he said the drain blocks twice a month."It never happened when I was in Shanghai. I’m losing my hair much faster on the plateau," Zhou, Vice President of the Xigaze People’s Hospital in Tibet Autonomous Region, southwest China, told Beijing Review.     

BUSINESS BLENDING

New commercial ventures embark on a path of powerful growth During the seven-day Spring Festival holiday this year,which started on January 31,many Beijing residents chose to enjoy themselves in bookstores;but not just to uncover the latest in literature.Page One Bookstore at Beijing Fun,a commercial and cultural complex in the capital city.     

Wuhan,Fighting for Life

On the evening of May 20, 2020, I went down into my residential compound to get the COVID-19 testing authorities had decided to roll out for all residents of Wuhan, capital of Hubei Province. One of the medical workers con-ducting the tests asked me, "Where are you from?" I replied, "Lebanon." She said she didn't know the Chinese Government was also examining and taking care of foreigners. I interrupted her by saying, "Yes, and it's for free, too."     

A Humble Approach to Mandarin

<正>I have always wanted to learn another language. As a kid, my cousin and I would speak in our own made-up language and pretend that we understood each other.In an effort to fulfill my goal, I had my goat Spanish. My high school required a foreign language and Spanish was the only option. I tried to connect with the language, but I could not find the motivation to really focus.     

Lust for Life

In January 2018, when Lyu Xiaoning crossed the threshold of La Casa Azul, Frida Kahlo's family home in Coyoacán, Mexico, she was touched by a particular painting named Viva la Vida. For her last work, completed in 1954 fol-lowing complications from an amputated leg, Kahlo chose to paint vivacious red watermelons for their significance to the Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), a Mexican holiday celebrated on November 1 and 2. This holiday sees fam-ily and friends gather in remembrance of those who have gone before them. The artist inscribed the words "Viva la Vida"on the central melon wedge at the bottom of the canvas, which trans-late as "Long live life," just eight days before she died.     

IN SYNC,NOW AND FOREVER

The Olympic arena serves as a place to share joy and sportsmanship Ailing, 18, became China’s first female gold medalist on snow, performing a previously unseen trick in the freeski big air competition at the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 on February 8.     

Getting Started On Campus

正‘I started participating in the Model United Nations(MUN) activities when I was in middle school. In high school, I competed in the Beijing MUN, the premier national MUN gathering in China organized by China Foreign Affairs University(CFAU). That sowed the seed of my dream to study at the university and take part in the organization of this event," Lu Zhiyuan told Beijing Review. Today, he is a senior student at his dream college and serves as president of the CFAU Model United Nations Association. In doing so, he has realized that teenage dream.     

美国假日制度对中国假日制度改革的启示

中国的“五一”、“十一”长假模式已实施7年。“黄金周”在拉动假日旅游经济的同时,也带来诸如旅游景点不堪重负、交通运力紧张以及节日内涵传统与现代相分离、缺乏农民参与等问题。中国假日制度改革可借鉴美国假日制度的设置思路,把中华民族传统节日纳入公共假日体系之中,整合传统与现代、城市与乡村,实现民间传统节日体系与官方假日体系的对接、中华文化的弘扬与传承。     

One,Two, Three

正The three-child policy comes as a move to deal with demographic challenges in China The policy that supports every married couple to have up to three children in China has been rolled out far earlier than many expected. On May 31, one day before International Children's Day, a meeting of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China(CPC) Central Committee, which took place in Beijing, announced the new decision.Earlier in May, the results of the seventh national census were released to the public, demonstrating the country's multiple demographic challenges, including slower growth, a growing aging population and a shrinking working-age population.     

REDESIGNING THE FUTURE

正Xinjiang sees improvement in basic education with help from faraway regions In a classroom of the Lu Xun Primary School in A wat County, Aksu Prefecture in south Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, a variety of 3 D-printed works take shape as students are crafting their models on computers on April 20.     

My Reverse Culture Shock: England To China and Back

Iarrived in Shanghai in late August 2017 and was greeted with humid, hot and tropical temperatures, the likes of which I had never before experienced in the UK. I was working my first day as an English teacher in a Chinese public school. Feeling dehydrated and tired, I asked a colleague in my office where I could find the water fountain.     

A Leisurely Holiday

正Tourism industry shows new trends during National Day holiday China's tourism industry showed strong momentum during the National Day holiday, which lasted from October 1 to 7. According to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism(MCT), the country's tourism revenue reached 389 billion yuan($60 billion) during the period, 59.9 percent of that over the same period in 2019,     

As-Salamu Alaykum From Beijing!

It's December—that time of year again. No, not Christmas; I'm talking about the UN Arabic Language Day which falls on December 18.UNESCO initially started to observe this day in 2012 to "celebrate multilingualism and cultural diversity." The selfproclaimed linguist I am, I couldn't think of a better way to celebrate this day while in Beijing than by exploring Arabic through the eyes of its Chinese apprentices.     

Competitors or Enemies?

Beijing Review: In your book, you wrote that if both China and the U.S. were to fo-cus on improving their peoples' wellbeing, they would find no contradictions in their long-term strategies. It seems that China has been doing so, but the U.S. seems to be preoccupied with retaining its global domi-nance. What's your take? Kishore Mahbubani: I'm glad you raised a very critical point that I made in my book: the U.S. should not engage in a contest for su-premacy. Yet unfortunately, it would be difficult to change the views of many Americans, because their strategic thinking is still stuck in the 19th and 20th centuries. When you had this zero-sum games between great powers, this was the day when European powers used to fight and go to war with each other. But we no longer live in that world. We now live in a very small, interdependent world where we have many common interests and challenges to deal with.     

A Reminder of Our Roots

This will be my fourth Spring Festival on the Chinese mainland since I arrived in Beijing in 2017.Spring Festivals have always been exciting times and fascinating occasions.This festival connects the modern with the ancient,and teaches so much about the Chinese—their hopes and aspirations,culture and history,and the common bonds that bind them together.     

"非典"心理意义的性别比较

本研究采用联想组合分析法,比较了“非典”一词在“非典”期间对男女大学生的心理意义,受试为京、沪、穗、港、台520名大学生。结果发现,男性的非典视角以“病”为中心,重“硬”信息,重群体控制和治疗;女性的非典视角以“人”为中心,重“软”信息,重个人预防。在主观反应中,男性的负面情绪联想高于女性;女性的负面判断联想高于男性。这些结果与以往应激反应中“脆弱性”的性别差异研究有所不同,可从社会性别视角加以解释。