Qiushi Journal Publishes General Secretary Xi Jinping's Important Article: "Developing New Quality Productive Forces is an Intrinsic Requirement and Important Focus for Promoting High-Quality Development"
The 11th issue of "Qiushi" magazine, published on June 1, features an important article by Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the People's Republic of China, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, titled "Developing New Productive Forces is an Intrinsic Requirement and Important Focus for Promoting High-Quality Development." The article emphasizes that since the new era, the CPC Central Committee has made a series of major decisions and deployments, promoting high-quality development to become a consensus and conscious action across the Party and society, making high-quality development the mainstream. At the same time, numerous factors restricting high-quality development still exist and must be given high importance and effectively resolved. We must bear in mind that high-quality development is the hard truth of the new era, fully, accurately, and comprehensively implement the new development philosophy, and ensure the strategic tasks of accelerating the construction of a modernized economic system, promoting high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-improvement, accelerating the construction of a new development paradigm, coordinating deep-seated reforms and high-level opening-up, and coordinating high-quality development and high-level security are put into practice. We must also improve the assessment and evaluation system for promoting high-quality development to lay a solid foundation. The article points out that developing new productive forces is an intrinsic requirement and important focus for promoting high-quality development. My proposal of the concept of new productive forces and the major task of developing them is primarily based on the consideration that productivity is the fundamental driving force for human social development and the ultimate cause of all social changes and political reforms. High-quality development requires a new theory of productive forces to guide it, and new productive forces have already formed in practice and demonstrated strong driving and supporting forces for high-quality development, which need to be summarized and generalized from a theoretical perspective to guide new development practices. In short, new productive forces are advanced productive forces where innovation plays a leading role, free from traditional economic growth methods and productive force development paths, characterized by high technology, high efficiency, and high quality, and aligning with the new development philosophy. They are spurred by revolutionary technological breakthroughs, innovative allocation of production factors, and deep industrial transformation and upgrading, with the core meaning being the leap in laborers, means of labor, objects of labor, and their optimized combinations, and the core标志 is a significant increase in total factor productivity. Their characteristic is innovation, their key is high quality, and their essence is advanced productive forces. The article states that a significant characteristic of new productive forces is innovation, including innovation at the technological and business model levels, as well as management and institutional levels. We must continue to do an excellent job in innovation and accelerate the development of new productive forces. First, vigorously promote scientific and technological innovation. New productive forces are mainly spurred by revolutionary technological breakthroughs. Scientific and technological innovation can give rise to new industries, new models, and new growth drivers, making it a core element for developing new productive forces. This requires us to strengthen scientific and technological innovation, especially original and disruptive scientific and technological innovation, and accelerate the realization of high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-improvement. Second, promote industrial innovation through scientific and technological innovation. The transformation of scientific and technological achievements into real productive forces manifests as the birth of new industries and the deep transformation and upgrading of industries. We must promptly apply scientific and technological innovation achievements to specific industries and industrial chains, transform and upgrade traditional industries, cultivate and expand emerging industries, strategically plan future industries, and improve the modern industrial system. Third, focus on promoting innovation in development methods. Green development is the foundation of high-quality development, and new productive forces themselves are green productive forces. We must accelerate the green transformation of development methods to contribute to carbon peaking and carbon neutrality. Fourth, solidly promote institutional and mechanism innovation. Production relations must adapt to the requirements of productive force development. To develop new productive forces, we must further deepen comprehensive reforms and form new production relations that are compatible with them. Fifth, deepen innovation in talent work mechanisms. In accordance with the requirements for developing new productive forces, we must smooth the virtuous cycle of education, science and technology, and talent, and improve the working mechanisms for talent cultivation, introduction, utilization, and rational flow.
New Ideas Guide New Journey: Striving to Be Good Youngsters of the New Era
Children are the future of the motherland. On the occasion of International Children's Day on June 1, General Secretary Xi Jinping wrote a reply letter to the students of Zhijiang Primary School in Jialing District, Nanchong City, Sichuan Province, encouraging them to develop comprehensively in terms of morality, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics, and labor, and to strive to be good children of the new era who love the Party and the country, are self-reliant, and are striving for progress. He also wished all children across the country a happy International Children's Day. The General Secretary's cordial greetings and earnest expectations have inspired the vast number of young people to grow and strive to become pillars capable of shouldering the important tasks of building a strong nation and national rejuvenation. In his reply letter, General Secretary Xi Jinping said that he was very pleased to learn that the school has been improving over the years and that the students are diligently studying, loving labor, and growing up healthy and happy. This greatly excited the teachers and students of Zhijiang Primary School. "Adhere to the comprehensive development of morality, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics, and labor, and strive to be good children of the new era who love the Party and the country, are self-reliant, and are striving for progress" is General Secretary Xi Jinping's earnest expectation for the healthy growth of children. Bathed in the sunshine of the new era, the vast number of young people are striving and growing towards the sun. The healthy growth of children concerns the future of the nation, and General Secretary Xi Jinping has always been deeply concerned about the growth and development of young people. At the Beijing Children's Palace, the General Secretary encouraged children to learn knowledge like sponges absorbing water; at Beijing YuYing School, he encouraged students to be little scientists now and strive to be great scientists in the future; in Hunan's Wenming Yao Township First Primary School, he reminded children to protect their eyesight; at the Capital Voluntary Tree Planting Day, he hoped that children would develop an awareness of caring for nature and protecting the environment from an early age, and build a more beautiful motherland with their own hands. Under the profound care of General Secretary Xi Jinping, various localities are implementing the fundamental task of "cultivating virtue through education" and providing careful guidance and cultivation during the children's "budding and blossoming period." This year, before June 1, more than 500 first-grade students from Beijing Haidian District Minzu Primary School put on red scarves and attended a Young Pioneers' class with Young Pioneers from all over the country, sowing the seeds of socialist core values. Students from Xin'an Primary School in Huai'an City, Jiangsu Province, visited historical memorial halls, carried out red study tours, and rehearsed campus skits, aspiring from a young age to be good patriotic and striving young people in the new era. The healthy growth and comprehensive development of children are always in General Secretary Xi Jinping's heart. Various localities have fully implemented and optimized science education courses, with thousands of science and technology museums, popular science caravans, and nearly ten thousand rural children's palaces nationwide fully open to primary and secondary school students. Comprehensive measures are being taken to prevent and control myopia in children and adolescents, specialized action plans for mental health work are being carried out, and dedicated labor education courses are being offered, creating an increasingly better environment for the growth and development of children. Bearing in mind the General Secretary's expectations and entrustments, children of the new era are continuously strengthening their ideals and beliefs, striving upwards, and growing vigorously like saplings, endeavoring to become towering trees capable of shouldering the great cause of building a strong nation and national rejuvenation.
Li Xi Conducts Research in Sichuan
Li Xi, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, conducted a survey in Sichuan from May 29 to June 1. He emphasized that discipline inspection and supervision organs must thoroughly study and implement Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, especially General Secretary Xi Jinping's important thought on the Party's self-revolution, firmly uphold the "Two Establishments" and resolutely achieve the "Two Maintains," carry out Party discipline education with higher standards and stricter requirements, deepen the implementation of various deployments of the third plenary session of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, and promote new progress and achievements in high-quality development of discipline inspection and supervision work. Li Xi visited Xiaoguxi Village in Mianning Yi Autonomous County, Leshan City, where he engaged in in-depth exchanges with ethnic minority residents and listened to their opinions and suggestions on Party conduct, clean governance, and the fight against corruption. He pointed out that concentrated rectification of malpractices and corruption issues among the masses is an important measure to practice the Party's mass line and strengthen the Party's ruling foundation. He stressed the need to take Party discipline education as an opportunity to promote comprehensive strict governance of the Party in depth, further strengthen the Party's mass discipline, uphold discipline enforcement and law enforcement for the people, rectify malpractices and chaos for the people, carry through the strict tone to the end, resolutely punish "petty corruption," continuously strengthen clean governance, and strive to create a clean and upright political ecosystem. At Aviation Industry Corporation of China Chengdu Aircraft Industrial (Group) Co., Ltd. and Chengdu Sun and Moon Avenue Underground Comprehensive Utility Tunnel, Li Xi demanded that discipline inspection and supervision organs focus on "major national affairs" to strengthen political supervision, rectify Party conduct, strictly enforce discipline, and combat corruption, so as to better assist in the high-quality development of economy and society. Li Xi also visited the Chengdu Public Security Bureau Intelligence Command Center and Huangwajie Police Station, emphasizing the need to uphold and develop the "Fengqiao Experience" in the new era, improve grassroots governance efficiency, effectively prevent and defuse risks and hidden dangers, and ensure overall social harmony and stability. During the survey, Li Xi presided over a symposium to learn about the progress of Party discipline education and listen to opinions and suggestions. He pointed out that carrying out Party discipline education is a major deployment made by the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as its core. As the Party's "disciplinary force," discipline inspection and supervision organs must set benchmarks and promote in-depth and solid progress in Party discipline education. They must strengthen warning education, emphasize learning through cases and explaining discipline through cases, so that awe and self-discipline truly become daily habits. They must thoroughly study and master the provisions and requirements of the "Regulations" to continuously improve their ability and level of performing duties in accordance with regulations, discipline, and law, and accurately and standardly enforce Party discipline. They must organically combine Party discipline education with the continuous deepening of the rectification of formalism, and ensure that grassroots burden reduction work is truly implemented through strict discipline. Li Xi also visited cadres from the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission who are on secondment for training and assistance in Sichuan, and held discussions with grassroots cadres, emphasizing the need to grasp the historical opportunity of comprehensively promoting rural revitalization, genuinely enhance a sense of responsibility and mission, work diligently, and ensure that assistance results are more stable and sustainable, living up to the trust of the organization and the expectations of the masses.
Party Discipline Education: Various Regions Solidly Advance Party Discipline Education
In Xinjiang, Chongqing, Sichuan, Anhui, and other places, careful planning, meticulous organization, and high-standard, high-quality efforts have been made to solidly carry out Party discipline education. Xinjiang has guided Party members and cadres to study the "Regulations" thoroughly, chapter by chapter and article by article, through specialized study sessions, Party discipline education reading classes, and Party member meetings, ensuring that Party members and cadres are alerted, understand the bottom line, and know what to revere. Chongqing has focused on key learning points, enriched learning formats, and strengthened warning education, effectively implementing Party discipline education through a combination of collective study and self-study, and combining guided reports with exchange discussions. Since the Party discipline education began, Party organizations at all levels in Sichuan have conducted thematic study and discussions, studying the "Regulations" chapter by chapter and article by article in conjunction with practical situations, guiding Party members and cadres to strengthen their sense of discipline, improve their Party spirit, and promote high-quality work. Anhui has formulated an implementation plan for Party discipline education across the province, proposing 19 work measures from five aspects: adhering to original study, closely linking to practical study, strengthening warning education, doing a good job in training assistance, and insisting on parallel progress in both aspects.
Various Regions Hold Events to Celebrate "June 1" International Children's Day
Today (June 1) marks International Children's Day, and various regions have organized rich and colorful activities to ensure that children have a happy and meaningful holiday. Today, thousands of teachers and students from across the country gathered in Tiananmen Square, where the Five-Star Red Flag rose slowly, and everyone sang the national anthem in unison, saluting the national flag. Happy Children's Day. In Dongsheng District, Ordos, Inner Mongolia, parents and children participated in fun parent-child sports projects together. In Wenchang Park, Gao'an, Jiangxi, children played games like "drum passing the melon" and "jumping rubber band," full of childlike innocence. In Sansha, Hainan, local authorities prepared gifts such as school bags and toys for the children, who happily celebrated the festival with teachers and parents. In Xide County, Liangshan Prefecture, Sichuan, the Zhuoyue Primary School basketball team and the Ningbo Sports School basketball team played an exciting friendly match. Around Children's Day, various localities also carried out various study and practice activities. In the core water source area of Shiyan, Hubei, students from Beijing and local students together visited the Danjiangkou Reservoir Dam and the ecological and environmental exhibition hall, learning about the Middle Route Project of the South-to-North Water Diversion and water protection efforts. Shandong organized the "Excellent Traditional Chinese Culture into Campus" initiative, where children read lively and interesting picture books, learning about traditional virtues and stories of famous figures. In Tongchuan, Shaanxi, children watched crested ibises and listened to popular science explanations, enhancing their awareness of protecting wild animals. In recent days, the "Young Pioneers Love the Motherland" theme practice activity has been carried out nationwide. The Central Committee of the Communist Youth League, the National Young Pioneers Work Committee, and China Central Television today launched a "June 1" themed cloud class for Young Pioneers, guiding the vast number of Young Pioneers to strive to become socialist builders and successors who develop comprehensively in terms of morality, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics, and labor.
China Has 114.807 Million Young Pioneers
Today (June 1), the National Work Committee of Chinese Young Pioneers released key statistical data for the Chinese Young Pioneers. As of December 31, 2023, there were 114.807 million Young Pioneers nationwide, 276,000 grassroots Young Pioneers Work Committees, 190,000 Young Pioneer brigades in primary and secondary schools across the country, and 2.856 million Young Pioneer companies. There were a total of 7.542 million Young Pioneer counselors nationwide, including 3,000 chief counselors at the provincial, municipal, and county levels, 211,000 brigade counselors in primary and secondary schools, 2.876 million company counselors, and 4.452 million off-campus Young Pioneer counselors.
Cultural China Tour: Tunxi Old Street - Traveling Through Time, Savoring Huizhou Charm
Tunxi Old Street, located in Huangshan City, Anhui Province, was built in the Ming Dynasty. With half river and half street, it has long been known as the "flowing Along the River During the Qingming Festival." The series "Cultural China Tour" takes you into China's historical and cultural streets in Anhui, traveling through time to savor the charm of Huizhou. Surrounded by mountains and flowing rivers, the ancient and charming Tunxi Old Street resembles a flowing historical scroll, narrating stories of a thousand years. The entire Tunxi Old Street, over 1200 meters long, is composed of more than 300 Huizhou-style buildings built in different eras. White walls and black tiles reflect the setting sun, and long years pass under the horse-head walls; every brick and tile here showcases the charm of Huizhou. On the buildings of the old street, whether it's the gate towers or the eaves and roofs, one can see beautiful and picturesque Huizhou carvings. As a national intangible cultural heritage, the "Three Huizhou Carvings," represented by wood carving, brick carving, and stone carving, not only feature delicate knife work and profound meanings but also represent cultural inheritance and expression. Ancient streets and old alleys, years flowing. The old street gathers the Four Treasures of the Study, represented by She inkstones, Huizhou inksticks, Xuan paper, and writing brushes. The set of brushes before us embodies Yang Wen's five years of meticulous craftsmanship, also demonstrating the exquisite skills of Chinese artisans. To understand the present, it is appropriate to learn from the past; without the past, there is no present. Today's Tunxi Old Street carries more than ten precious intangible cultural heritage techniques and gathers over 80 inheritors of intangible cultural heritage, where the pulse of intangible cultural heritage inheritance beats ceaselessly. Spanning thousands of years of time, in Tunxi Old Street, living cultural heritage is integrated with beautiful natural scenery and rustic streetscapes. Chinese people from different times and different eras jointly weave and play the symphony of inheriting excellent traditional Chinese culture.
On the Fields of Hope - Summer Harvest Season: National Wheat Harvest Reaches 120 Million Mu, Entering Peak Harvest
According to the latest data from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the national wheat harvest has reached 120 million mu, completing over 35% and entering the peak harvest period. This year's "three-summer" period (summer planting, summer harvesting, and summer field management) is expected to see over 16.5 million sets of agricultural machinery put into use across the country. Currently, Hubei has finished its wheat harvest, Sichuan is in its final stages, and the harvest hotspots have shifted to Anhui, Henan, and Jiangsu, all located in the Huang-Huai-Hai wheat-producing region. Anhui Province has over 43 million mu of wheat, and the entire province plans to deploy 170,000 high-performance combine harvesters to complete the urgent wheat harvest within 10 days. During the summer harvest, Anhui Province focuses on guiding northern and southern cities to form partnerships based on the actual maturity time of wheat, launching "northern machines going south, southern machines assisting north" actions to effectively enhance wheat harvesting capacity. Henan's over 85 million mu of wheat is entering its peak harvest. During an interview in Zhengyang County, reporters found that new types of harvesters were put into use this year, which can reduce machine harvesting loss rates to 0.6%. Meanwhile, a series of intelligent new agricultural machinery has also been deployed in "teams" for this year's wheat harvest. Weather conditions significantly impact the progress of wheat harvesting. Jiangsu has formulated emergency plans for urgent harvesting in response to the relatively high rainfall in some areas during this year's wheat harvest. Currently, the eight provinces in the Huang-Huai-Hai wheat-producing region have established over 1,090 regional agricultural emergency disaster relief centers and stockpiled a batch of emergency operation machinery such as mobile dryers and tracked harvesters, making all-out efforts to secure a bumper summer grain harvest.
Domestic News Briefs
China's Food Security Guarantee Law takes effect today. Today (June 1), the "Food Security Guarantee Law of the People's Republic of China" officially came into force. Based on China's national conditions and grain situation, the Food Security Guarantee Law focuses on cultivated land protection and grain production, reserves, circulation, processing, and other aspects, as well as grain emergency and conservation. It specifically establishes and improves relevant working systems, serving as a foundational and overarching law in the food sector. "Three-North" Shelterbelt Program Subsidy Fund Management Measures Issued. The Ministry of Finance and the National Forestry and Grassland Administration recently issued the "Three-North" Shelterbelt Program Subsidy Fund Management Measures to regulate the management of "Three-North" Shelterbelt Program subsidy funds. In 2024, a new "Three-North" Shelterbelt Program subsidy fund was established with a budget of 12 billion yuan. The funds will primarily be used for integrated protection and restoration of forests, grasslands, wetlands, and barren lands, consolidation of desertification control achievements, and compensation for desertified land closure and protection. San'ao Nuclear Power Plant Grid Connection Phase One Project Put into Operation. Today (June 1), the first phase of the grid connection project of the San'ao Nuclear Power Plant, China's first civilian nuclear power project with private capital participation, located in Wenzhou, Zhejiang, was completed and put into operation. This project is the Ruian to Nanyan 500 kV line modification project. Its operation will establish a transmission channel for the San'ao Nuclear Power Plant to connect to the grid, increasing the proportion of clean energy use in Zhejiang. Huatanzi Reservoir Project in Tongren City, Guizhou Province, Commences Construction. Yesterday (May 31), the Huatanzi Reservoir Project in Tongren City, Guizhou Province, one of the 150 major national water conservancy projects, commenced construction. The project has a total investment of 3.217 billion yuan. Upon completion, it is expected to generate an average of 18.16 million kilowatt-hours of electricity annually and benefit the production and lives of 337,300 people. Boao Forum for Asia Global Urban Green Development and Rural Revitalization Forum Held. The Boao Forum for Asia Global Urban Green Development and Rural Revitalization Forum was held yesterday (May 31) in Chengdu, Sichuan. The forum focused on the theme "Green Development: Lighting Up the Future of Cities and Rural Areas," and participating guests discussed various topics including smart cities, rural revitalization, zero-carbon cities, and intellectual property rights. Strong Rainfall in Guangdong, Fujian, Zhejiang, and Other Regions Due to "Maliksi." Typhoon "Maliksi" made landfall in Yangxi County, Yangjiang City, Guangdong Province, China, as a tropical storm around 0:55 today (June 1), becoming the first typhoon to make landfall in China this year. After landfall, "Maliksi" weakened from a tropical storm to a tropical depression. Affected by it, Guangdong, Fujian, Zhejiang, and other regions experienced heavy rainfall. Precautions need to be strengthened against localized heavy rainfall that may trigger flash floods, geological disasters, and urban waterlogging. CCTV 2024 "June 1" Gala Broadcast Tonight. China Central Television's 2024 "June 1" Gala will be broadcast tonight (June 1) at 8 PM on CCTV-1 and CCTV-Children channels simultaneously. The gala, themed "To the Future," includes diverse programs such as song and dance performances, martial arts and traditional opera, and intangible cultural heritage collections, bringing a Children's Day filled with laughter and surprises to children.
Arab Dignitaries Highly Praise President Xi Jinping's Keynote Speech at the Opening Ceremony of the 10th Ministerial Meeting of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum
Arab officials stated that President Xi Jinping's keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the 10th Ministerial Conference of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum injected new impetus into building a China-Arab community with a shared future and brought more certainty and positive energy to a turbulent world. Arab officials said that President Xi Jinping's vision of building "five major cooperation frameworks" aligns with the common aspirations and needs of both Arab and Chinese sides, and will help China-Arab cooperation achieve new breakthroughs.
Israeli Military Says Operations Underway Around Rafah City Center, Palestinian Armed Groups Claim Shelling Israeli Camps
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) stated on May 31 that Israeli troops struck Hamas targets around the center of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. The IDF also announced that day that it had concluded its operations in northern Jabalia and withdrawn from the area. The Gaza Civil Defense Department stated that most of the infrastructure in the Jabalia refugee camp was destroyed by the Israeli military, and rescue workers found dozens of bodies in the camp that day. Palestinian armed groups claimed their militants struck Israeli military camps, personnel, and vehicles in various locations using mortars. UNICEF Calls for Immediate Ceasefire in Gaza. UNICEF stated on May 31 that there is no safety in the Gaza Strip, and children and their families there desperately need an immediate ceasefire.
International News Briefs
Russia and Ukraine Exchange Detainees. Russian and Ukrainian militaries confirmed on May 31 that each side handed over 75 detainees to the other. The German government issued a statement on May 31, saying it agreed to allow Ukraine to use German-supplied weapons to attack military targets inside Russia. Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov recently stated that countries escalating tensions would suffer significant losses to their own interests. Intense Heat Continues in Multiple Regions of India, At Least 85 Dead. In recent days, India's capital New Delhi, Bihar, Odisha, and other regions have experienced continuous high temperatures. According to Indian media reports today (June 1), at least 85 people have died due to the hot weather in the past 24 hours. In Bihar, the maximum temperature recently reached 48.2 degrees Celsius, and all local schools were closed due to the heat.