The4,700-characterarticle,titled鈥淐reateaBetterLife,ComeRainorShine,鈥漵ummarizedChina鈥檚developmentandreformsince1949,aswellasitsattitudestowardsthechallengesfacingthecountry.
ThearticlequotedthewordsofChinesePresidentXiJinpingwhileaddressingtheBRICSBusinessForumonJuly25inJohannesburg,SouthAfrica,assayingthat鈥淪uccessonlycomesthroughhardwork,鈥漚noldChinesesayingheusedtodescribethearduousjourneyChinahastakenandtheremarkableachievementsithasmade.
ItrecalledthesituationofthePeople鈥檚RepublicofChinaafteritwasfoundedin1949whenitsgrossnationalproductwasmerelyUS$10billionandithadalmostnoheavyindustry.
Thankstotheself-reliantandhardworkingChinesepeople,thecountryroseupboth,inthepoliticalandeconomicarenas,saidthearticle.
WhenChinawasseverelydestitutewithitseconomyonthevergeofcollapseinthelate1970s,thecountryresolutelymadethestrategicchoicetomakeeconomicdevelopmentthecentraltaskandadoptedthepolicyofreformandopening-up,bringingabouthistoricleapsfortheChinesenationintermsofeconomy,scienceandtechnology,nationaldefense,andcomprehensivenationalstrength.
Today,astheworld鈥檚secondlargesteconomy,Chinaisforgingaheadtofulfillthegoalofbuildingamoderatelyprosperoussocietyinallrespectsby2020,saidthearticle.
Itwentonandnotedthatthereareproblemsthatneedtobeaddressed,suchastheextensivebutinefficienteconomicdevelopmentmodel,theneedforthetransitiontoastageofhigh-qualitydevelopment,developmentgapsbetweenurbanandruralareas,andbetweeneasternandwesternregions.
鈥淭hebuildingofamoderatelyprosperoussocietyinallrespectsentailstoughmeasurestoforestallanddefusemajorrisks,carryouttargetedpovertyalleviation,andpreventandcontrolpollution,andcallsfordeepenedreforminallareas,鈥漣tsaid.
鈥淪till,somepeopleoutthereareloathtoseealionawakenoradragontakeoff,feelinguncomfortablewithapopulationofmorethan1.3billionlivingabetterlife,鈥漷hearticlesaid.
Theyseekunilateralism,protectionism,andtradebullying,whicharechallengesthatmustbefacedupto,readthearticle.
ThearticlefurtherstressedthatChinaisconfidentasthecountryisinaperiodofhistoricopportunity,whichcouldleadtounlimitedpossibilities.
Citingthepositivedataofthecountry鈥檚grossdomesticproductandothermajoreconomicandsocialindicatorssofarthisyear,itconcludedthatChinaremainsoneofthecountrieswiththestrongestdevelopmentmomentum,thebiggestpotential,andthegreatesttenacity.
鈥淲estandfirm,asthesystemofsocialismwithChinesecharacteristicsprovidesthefundamentalinstitutionalguaranteeforprogressanddevelopmentincontemporaryChina,鈥漣tstated.
Itstressedthatbuildingacommunityofsharedfutureandsharedinterestswithwin-wincooperationhasbecomethecommonaspirationofthepeopleandanirresistibletrend.
Therearesomepeople,however,whochoosetogoagainstthattrendandbetraycommonmoralityjusttomeettheirselfishagendawithtariffbarriersandhegemony,saidthearticle,addingthattheywouldbehoistedbytheirownpetardintheend.
AgrowingChinaisexperiencingsomerainsandstormstoday.However,nothingisgoingtostoptheChinesepeoplefrompursuingabetterlife,thearticlesaid.
(Source:Xinhua)ExperienceofReform
ChinaNewsweek
IssueNo.27,2018
In2018,China鈥檚reformandopeningupenteredits40thyear.Thepolicyhasprofoundlychangedthedestinyofthecountryanditspeople.China鈥檚economicgrowthhascreatedamiracle.
Fortyyearsago,the鈥淎ll-roundContractSystem鈥漷hatoriginatedinXiaogangVillagebecametheharbingerofreformandopening-up.Sincethen,reformswereinitiatedinruralareasandextendedtocities.AfterDengXiaoping鈥檚鈥淪outhTourSpeeches,鈥漚largenumberofenterprisescameintobeing,andtheinnovationandendeavorsofcountlessenterprisesandentrepreneursledtheChineseeconomyonwards.
Lookingbackatthe40yearsofreform,themostimportantexperienceisadherencetothedirectionofmarketorientedreform.Thegoalofreformistoeliminatetheneedforreforms.Thefinalresultofreformshouldbethatallentrepreneurscanfeelthepoignancyofjusticeandmarketfairness,theexistenceofrights,thelong-termdevelopmentsecurityofpropertyandenterprise,andtheinnerspiritualbalance.
From鈥渁dvancecautiously鈥漷o鈥渂uildingamoderneconomicsystem,鈥漟rom鈥渃atchupwiththetimes鈥漷o鈥渓eadingthetimes,鈥漷hereformandopening-uphavegatheredthebroadestconsensusandinspiredtheinnovativesparkamongChinesepeople.Nowadays,withthedeepeningofreform,Chinafacesgreaterchallengesthaneverbefore.WhatexperiencehasChinagainedinthe40yearsofreformandopening-up?Inthefaceoffuturechallenges,whatkindofattitudeisuptothechallenge?
ChinaNewsweeklaunched鈥淎TributetotheEra鈥揈xperienceofReform,鈥漣nterviewedinstitutionaleconomistsandoutstandingentrepreneurs,tracedthestoryofreform,andexploredthegloryofthetimes.
GenerationZDefiesDefinition
SWeeklyIssueNo.7,2018
ThefirstbatchofGenerationZhasreachedadulthood.Thisseeminglysimplestatementcontainsmuchdeepermeaningandmixedemotions.Theyhavestrongself-awarenessandcharacters,andarerealisticandambitious.Thesewordsarealsousedtodescribethegenerationborninthe80sand90s,butwhentheGenerationZreachedmaturity,definingthembecameevenmorechallenging.
Theirstoriesvarywidely,sodotheirpersonalities.Atthesametime,theyclearlyshowsomecharacteristicsofthecommonalityofthetimes,whichisnotsurprisingatall.Butsuchcontradictorytermsandideashavealsobeenusedtodescribeyouthatdifferenttimes,especiallytimesofparadigmshiftsinsocietiesforthousandsofyears.Thisgenerationfindsitselfatthatsamecrossroadsoftimeandeventsintransition,andthustherealsolieswithinit,asareflectionofthetimesitlivesin,acertaincognitivedissonance.
GenerationZdefiessimplecategorization.Itseemstheymeritfurtherattemptsatunderstanding.
AITeacherIsComing
OrientalOutlookIssueNo.27,2018
Asthehottesttechnologynowadays,artificialintelligence(AI)inthefieldofeducationcanbetracedbackto1958.Inthosedays,IBMintroducedapieceofeducationalsoftwarethattaughtstudentstolearnadditionandsubtractiononacomputer.Thisisconsideredtobethestartingpointforsmarteducation.Attheendofthe1980s,thePlatointelligenttutoringsystemdevelopedbytheUniversityofIllinoiscouldteachhundredsofcoursesattheuniversity.Sincethen,researchonintelligenttutoringsystemshasincreased,andnewproductsandapplicationshavebeenintroduced.
Since2014,China鈥檚Interneteducationhasdevelopedrapidly,andAItechnologyhasalsomadebreakthroughs.Theconditionsandmarketopportunitieshavebecomeincreasinglymature.Therefore,NewOriental,TomorrowAdvancingLife,HujiangandothereducationalinstitutionsandInternetgiantssuchasBaiduandTencenthavebeguntofocusonAIeducation.
Statisticsshowthattherearecurrentlyover1,000AIeducationcompaniesinChina,ofwhichAItechnologydevelopersandsuppliersexceeding100.Butthisdoesnotmeanthat鈥渕achinesubstitution鈥漺illbecomethefutureofeducation.Humanteacherswillnotbereplaced;theywillsimplytransitiontonewroles鈥揻romthecenteroftraditionalclassroomteachingtotheorganizerofintelligentclassroomteaching;fromthetransmitterofknowledge,toaguidethroughtheprocessoflearning.
BreakfastinChina
SanlianLifeweekIssueNo.31,2018
Themealthatbeginsthedayshouldbegrand.Breakfastreflectstheproduceofaplace.WheatisproducedinthecentralplainofShaanxi,andcookedwheat-basedfoodisastapleinthearea.Breakfastisalsoanimportantmeansofsocializing,andYangzhou鈥檚breakfastiscarefullyandneatlydone,reflectingthatlocalsconsiderdininginacertainwayanimportantfacetofdailylife.Fromthevariousvarietiesofsnacks,thedistinctivecharacteristicsofacityanditspeople,aswellasaglimpseintotheirlives,canbegarnered.
InWuhan,therearenearly100,000peoplegettingupearlyeveryday,whoarebusypreparingbreakfastfornearly10millionpeople.LookingatXi鈥檃n鈥檚breakfastfromthepointofviewofmodernfood,itseemssimple.Localeateriesthatservebreakfastareoldschool,anddonotshiftlocationnoroperateinchains,relyingonregularstodrumupbusiness.
Chinaluckedoutintermsofthesheervarietyandrichnesswhenitcomestooptionsforbreakfastduetothebroadspectrumofcuisinethatofferssomethingforeverytasteandpreference.