On the afternoon of June 26, President Xi Jinping met with Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, who is in China to attend the Summer Davos Forum, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Xi Jinping asked Pham Minh Chinh to convey his sincere greetings to General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and President To Lam. Xi Jinping noted that during his visit to Vietnam late last year, he and General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong announced the building of a China-Vietnam community with a shared future that carries strategic significance, guiding the relationship between the two countries into a new stage. Over the past six months, high-level exchanges between the two parties and two countries have been frequent, and cooperation in various fields has progressed smoothly, bringing tangible benefits to the people of both nations. Currently, the world is undergoing accelerated changes unseen in a century. China and Vietnam have maintained rapid economic development and long-term social stability, demonstrating the superiority of the socialist system. Building a China-Vietnam community with a shared future that carries strategic significance aligns with the needs of both countries' respective modernization drives, is conducive to maintaining regional peace and stability, and promotes the development of the world socialist cause. China is willing to work with Vietnam to strengthen strategic guidance, focus on the overall goal of "six mores," uphold solidarity and friendship, firmly support each other, deepen mutually beneficial cooperation, and jointly advance towards modernization, making greater contributions to world peace, stability, development, and prosperity. Xi Jinping emphasized that China is committed to comprehensively deepening reform and advancing Chinese modernization, which will bring new opportunities for both sides to expand cooperation in trade, connectivity, digital economy, and other fields. The two sides should maintain high-level exchanges, jointly promote high-quality Belt and Road cooperation, enhance the level of connectivity between the two countries, and promote the high-quality development of practical cooperation between the two countries. China is willing to encourage more Chinese enterprises to increase investment in Vietnam, and hopes that Vietnam will provide a fair, just, and non-discriminatory business environment for Chinese enterprises. The two sides should make good use of the red resources of friendly exchanges between the two parties, support border provinces in strengthening exchanges, implement livelihood projects in agriculture, education, and healthcare, and utilize platforms such as people-to-people and youth exchanges to consolidate the public opinion foundation of China-Vietnam friendship. The two sides should properly handle maritime issues, accelerate joint development in the sea, and jointly safeguard regional peace and stability. Pham Minh Chinh conveyed the cordial greetings of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and President To Lam to General Secretary Xi Jinping, stating that Vietnam and China share traditional neighborly friendship and are both socialist countries led by Communist Parties. Vietnam sincerely congratulates China on the great achievements made in all aspects under the wise leadership of General Secretary Xi Jinping, and positively evaluates China's important role as a key engine and stabilizer for global economic growth. Vietnam supports China's development into a strong and prosperous nation, its realization of the Second Centenary Goal on schedule, and its playing an even more important role in world peace and development. Vietnam highly appreciates the historical vision, global perspective, and immense power demonstrated by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, supports the series of global initiatives proposed by President Xi Jinping, supports China's accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, and opposes the politicization of economic, trade, and technological issues. Vietnam hopes to learn from China's new theories, practices, and achievements in governance, and work with China to adhere to the socialist path and achieve common development. Vietnam thanks the Communist Party of China and the Chinese government for their valuable assistance in Vietnam's national independence and development. Vietnam supports China's position on the Taiwan question, firmly adheres to the One-China principle, and regards deepening Vietnam-China strategic mutual trust and practical cooperation, and building a community with a shared future that carries strategic significance as the top priority and strategic choice of Vietnam's foreign policy, which will not be swayed by external provocations or disruptions. General Secretary and President Xi Jinping's successful state visit to Vietnam last year was a historic milestone in Vietnam-China relations. Vietnam is willing to work with China to conscientiously implement the important outcomes of this visit, continuously enhance political mutual trust, deepen practical cooperation, encourage youth exchanges, strengthen the public opinion foundation, enhance multilateral coordination, properly handle differences, and truly advance the Vietnam-China community with a shared future that carries strategic significance in accordance with the overall goal of "six mores." Wang Yi attended the meeting.
Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the People's Republic of China, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, recently replied to cadres and people of all ethnic groups in Jingning She Autonomous County, Lishui City, Zhejiang Province, extending warm congratulations on the 40th anniversary of Jingning County's establishment and expressing earnest hopes for its development. In his reply, Xi Jinping stated that over the past 40 years, Jingning County has achieved gratifying results in ethnic unity and distinctive development, and the lives of people of all ethnic groups have become increasingly prosperous, which makes him very happy. Xi Jinping emphasized that on the new journey, he hopes that cadres and people of all ethnic groups in the county will earnestly implement the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee, continue to carry forward fine traditions, enhance ethnic unity, leverage unique advantages, actively promote high-quality development and common prosperity in ethnic minority areas, and write a new chapter in the development of Shexiang Jingning in the process of Chinese modernization. Jingning She Autonomous County was established in 1984 and is the only She autonomous county in the country. When General Secretary Xi Jinping worked in Zhejiang, he designated Jingning as a grassroots contact point, and after moving to the central government, he repeatedly made important instructions and批示 on Jingning's development. Recently, the Jingning County Party Committee and County Government, on behalf of cadres and people of all ethnic groups in the county, wrote to General Secretary Xi, reporting the achievements made in various undertakings over the 40 years since the county's establishment, especially since the new era, and expressing their determination to be grateful, forge ahead, and strive to be a pioneer and model in achieving common prosperity in ethnic minority areas.
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that reform and opening up are a crucial tool for the Party and the people to keep pace with the times. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping, with great historical initiative, immense political courage, and a strong sense of responsibility, has made major strategic arrangements for comprehensively deepening reform, leading the entire Party, military, and people of all ethnic groups to embark on a magnificent and extensive new process of reform. Our country has achieved historic transformations, systematic reshaping, and overall reconstruction in many areas, and comprehensive deepening reform has yielded great historical achievements, writing a new chapter of Chinese modernization. Today's China, its GDP has increased from 57 trillion yuan in 2013 to 126 trillion yuan in 2023, and its proportion in the world economy has risen from 12.3% to about 18%; grain output has remained above 1.3 trillion jin for nine consecutive years; its global innovation index ranking has risen from 35th to 12th; the income gap between urban and rural residents has narrowed from 2.81 to 2.39; average life expectancy has increased to 78.2 years in 10 years; the Chinese people are more proactive spiritually, and cultural confidence has significantly strengthened; the ecological environment has undergone a historic turnaround, with bluer skies, greener mountains, and clearer waters, and the trend of ecological degradation has been fundamentally curbed. Over the past decade, comprehensive deepening reform and expanding opening up have driven a series of historic, revolutionary, and pioneering achievements in Chinese society. In December 2012, less than a month after the 18th CPC National Congress, in Guangdong, the vanguard of reform and opening up, General Secretary Xi Jinping declared to the world that reform would not stop and opening up would not cease. This firm declaration of reform stemmed from a profound historical consciousness and a broad global vision. China in the new era has become the world's second-largest economy, achieving remarkable accomplishments. However, development faces a series of prominent contradictions and challenges, and there are still many difficulties and problems on the path ahead. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that the key to solving these problems lies in deepening reform. Facing global changes unseen in a century and deep-seated institutional and mechanistic contradictions encountered in development, General Secretary Xi Jinping profoundly understood the laws of historical development, accurately grasped the general trend of world development, and opened a new historical page of comprehensively deepening reform. The Third Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee adopted the "Decision of the CPC Central Committee on Several Major Issues Concerning Comprehensively Deepening Reform." General Secretary Xi Jinping first proposed the overall goal of comprehensively deepening reform—improving and developing the system of socialism with Chinese characteristics and modernizing the state governance system and governance capacity. Sixty specific tasks and 336 reform measures clarified the direction and key areas of reform in economic, political, cultural, social, ecological civilization, national defense and military reform, and Party building systems. This epoch-making important meeting initiated a historic transformation of reform from localized exploration and breakthrough to systemic coordination and comprehensive deepening, opening up a new situation for China's reform and opening up. Following the right path leads to great achievements. Over the past decade, General Secretary Xi Jinping, through numerous in-depth grassroots inspections and research, has continuously pondered and planned the overall reform and promoted reform practices. In Xiaogang, Anhui, the birthplace of rural reform, he proposed deepening rural reform under new circumstances; in Shanghai Pudong, he called for deeply promoting high-level institutional opening up; in Hainan, a new highland for opening up, he entrusted Hainan with the major mission of comprehensively deepening reform and opening up and building a free trade port with Chinese characteristics; he visited Qianhai, Shenzhen three times, providing guidance for Qianhai's reform and development and proposing to deepen the reform and opening up of the Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone; he inspected Xiong'an New Area three times, from planning and site selection to planning and construction, General Secretary Xi Jinping personally decided, personally deployed, and personally promoted this historic project with a grand historical perspective. Faced with numerous reform tasks and unprecedented reform pressure, General Secretary Xi Jinping personally presided over more than 70 meetings of the Central Leading Group for Comprehensively Deepening Reform and the Central Commission for Comprehensively Deepening Reform, pushing comprehensive deepening reform to advance in depth. He creatively proposed the overall goal of comprehensively deepening reform; creatively proposed the value orientation of comprehensively deepening reform, adhering to "people-centered" reform; creatively proposed giving full play to the decisive role of the market in resource allocation and better playing the role of the government, achieving a major theoretical breakthrough in the socialist market economic system; creatively proposed building a system of fundamental institutions, basic institutions, and important institutions with Chinese characteristics, forming an institutional blueprint for "China's governance." To tackle the most difficult and strive for the most distant. Strengthen the Party's centralized and unified leadership over comprehensively deepening reform. The Party has given full play to its core leading role in setting direction, planning the overall situation, formulating policies, and promoting reform, adhering to leading the great social revolution with great self-revolution. Continuously advance the reform of Party and state institutions, establish the National Supervisory Commission, establish the Central Financial Commission, and establish the Central Science and Technology Commission. A series of major reform measures have straightened out problems such as scattered and fragmented responsibilities, and Party and state institutions have achieved systemic and overall restructuring, further enhancing the Party's leadership and the government's executive power, and significantly improving national governance efficiency; facing the critical juncture of China's economic transformation from high-speed growth to high-quality development, taking supply-side structural reform as the main line, promoting quality transformation, efficiency transformation, and power transformation of economic development, improving total factor productivity, and achieving effective qualitative improvement and reasonable quantitative growth; accelerating the improvement of the socialist market economic system, implementing a national unified negative list system for market access, gradually forming a property rights protection system, and better combining an effective government with an effective market, laying a solid foundation for China's high-quality economic development; implementing a more proactive opening-up strategy. Promulgating and implementing the Foreign Investment Law, fully implementing the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, coordinating and promoting the construction of 22 pilot free trade zones, forming a broader, wider, and deeper opening-up pattern, and accelerating the formation of a higher-level open economic new system; in adhering to the strategic design of comprehensively governing the country by law, deepening judicial system reform, and striving to make the people feel fairness and justice in every judicial case; leading cultural construction with socialist core values, vigorously promoting the improvement of the modern public cultural service system, promoting traditional Chinese culture, and strengthening national spirit with cultural confidence; ecological civilization system reform broke existing interest patterns, from top-level design to comprehensive deployment, from the strictest system to the most stringent rule of law, the institutional system has been continuously improved, and innovative measures such as environmental protection supervision, river and lake chief systems, and national parks have been successively introduced, and the development concept that lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets has become deeply rooted in people's hearts; national defense and military reform takes being able to fight and win as the logical starting point and core direction of reform, and the People's Army has a new system, new structure, new pattern, and new look. Going to the problems and changing them, this is the distinctive feature of comprehensive deepening reform. Over the past decade, reforms have been fully integrated and mutually coupled, continuously forming a "1+1>2" "chemical reaction," and many areas have achieved historic transformations, systematic reshaping, and overall restructuring. It took 8 years to win the battle against poverty, and 832 impoverished counties and nearly 100 million rural poor people across the country were lifted out of poverty, writing a glorious human miracle in history, and more than 1.4 billion Chinese people entered a moderately prosperous society in all respects hand in hand; from deep sea and deep earth to deep space, new Chinese coordinates have been continuously marked on the path of innovation; from China's "Sky Eye" to the spallation neutron source, from quantum information to large aircraft, scientific and technological strength has moved from quantitative accumulation to qualitative leap, and China has entered the ranks of innovative countries. Ties with the world are closer. It has maintained its position as the largest trading nation in goods for seven consecutive years and is a major trading partner of more than 140 countries and regions; it has signed more than 230 Belt and Road cooperation documents with more than 150 countries and more than 30 international organizations, continuously bringing new opportunities to the world with China's new development. All development is for the people. Driven by comprehensive deepening reform, China has built the world's largest education system, the largest social security system, and the largest medical and health care system. The popularization level of education has achieved a historic leap, basic old-age insurance covers 1.07 billion people, and the basic medical insurance participation rate remains stable at over 95%; a total of more than 60 million sets of various types of affordable housing have been built, and housing conditions for urban and rural residents have significantly improved; household registration system reform has allowed 140 million rural migrant populations to settle in towns. China in the new era relies on comprehensively deepening reform and expanding opening up, and the system of socialism with Chinese characteristics has become more mature and finalized, and the modernization level of the state governance system and governance capacity has significantly improved. It has written new chapters of the two great miracles of rapid economic development and long-term social stability, providing a more perfect institutional guarantee, a more solid material foundation, and a more proactive spiritual force for Chinese modernization. The road is long, but we will reach it by walking. All great achievements are the result of continuous struggle, and all great causes need to be advanced by building on past achievements. Through thousands of mountains and rivers, overcoming thorns and thistles, comprehensive deepening reform and expanding opening up have opened up a magnificent new era. On the journey of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, with comprehensive deepening reform as the inexhaustible driving force, a new chapter of Chinese modernization will surely be written! The wind is strong and the sails are high, and the giant ship of China is moving forward towards the grand goal of a strong and prosperous nation!
Today (June 26), People's Daily published a commentator's article titled "Strive Towards the Grand Goal of Building a Strong Nation in Science and Technology - On Studying and Implementing General Secretary Xi Jinping's Important Speech at the National Science and Technology Conference, the National Science and Technology Awards Conference, and the General Assemblies of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering."
Our station broadcast a CCTV quick commentary titled "Accelerate the Realization of High-Level Self-Reliance and Self-Improvement in Science and Technology."
Premier Li Qiang of the State Council presided over an executive meeting of the State Council on June 26, hearing a report on the implementation of the spirit of the National Ecological Environment Protection Conference and the comprehensive promotion of building a Beautiful China, researching work on utilizing foreign investment, deploying work to strengthen the cultivation of skilled personnel and resolve structural employment contradictions, and deliberating and approving the "Guiding Opinions on Strengthening the Construction of the Nurse Team and Optimizing Nursing Services" and the "Regulations for the Implementation of the Law of the People's Republic of China on Guarding State Secrets (Revised Draft)." The meeting pointed out that since the National Ecological Environment Protection Conference, the overall ecological environment quality across the country has continued to improve. It is necessary to deeply grasp the implementation of tasks deployed at the National Ecological Environment Protection Conference, actively promote the construction of pilot zones for a Beautiful China, strengthen the coordinated governance of pollution reduction and carbon reduction, fight the battle for blue skies, clear waters, and clean lands with higher standards, and push ecological environmental protection to a new level. It is necessary to strengthen policy coordination, better integrate green and low-carbon development and ecological environmental protection with expanding investment and consumption and enhancing development momentum, and promote the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development. The meeting pointed out that foreign-invested enterprises play an important role in building a new development pattern, and efforts should be intensified to attract and utilize foreign investment. It is necessary to deepen opening up in key areas, implement the "zeroing out" requirement for foreign investment access restrictions in the manufacturing sector, launch a new round of pilot measures for expanding opening up in the service industry, and equally support domestic and foreign enterprises in participating in large-scale equipment upgrades, government procurement, and investment. It is necessary to continuously improve the level of investment facilitation, optimize foreign investment policies in areas such as pharmaceuticals and medical devices, and further strengthen service guarantee mechanisms. It is necessary to build the "Invest in China" brand, revise and release a new version of the "Catalogue of Industries Encouraged for Foreign Investment," and improve the convenience of work for foreign personnel. The meeting pointed out that strengthening the cultivation of skilled personnel is crucial for resolving structural employment contradictions and promoting high-quality and full employment. It is necessary to adhere to demand-oriented principles, deepen school-enterprise cooperation, and cultivate more skilled personnel who are urgently needed by the market and enterprises. It is necessary to increase policy support, make good use of training subsidies and other funds, strengthen employment services for key groups such as college graduates and migrant workers, and better promote job suitability and supply-demand matching. The meeting pointed out that strengthening the construction of the nurse team and optimizing nursing services are important measures to better meet the diverse medical service needs of the people. It is necessary to improve guarantee measures such as salaries, staffing, and职称 promotion, implement equal pay for equal work for both in-staff and out-of-staff positions, and attract and stabilize more talents to engage in nursing work. The meeting deliberated and approved the "Regulations for the Implementation of the Law of the People's Republic of China on Guarding State Secrets (Revised Draft)," pointing out that confidentiality work should be done in accordance with laws and regulations, and extensive publicity and education activities on confidentiality should be carried out to create a good atmosphere of consciously guarding state secrets. The meeting also discussed other matters.
On June 26, Li Qiang, Member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Premier of the State Council, presented letters of appointment to newly appointed counselors of the State Council, Liu Shi, Chang Jile, Li Zhuobin, Yin Zhongli, Lu Qi, Zhang Ping, Liu Weidong, and researchers of the Central Research Institute of Culture and History, Sun Xiaoyun, Zhang Ping, Zhao Tingyang, Rong Xinjiang, and Wan Jianzhong. After presenting the letters of appointment, Li Qiang delivered an important speech. He pointed out that the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core is deeply concerned about and places high hopes on counselors and researchers. This year marks the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the government counselor system and the 73rd anniversary of the establishment of the cultural and historical researcher system. Over the past 70 years, the vast number of counselors and researchers have played a unique role and made active contributions to the development of the Party and state undertakings. Li Qiang put forward hopes for better playing the role of counselors and researchers. First, to be a "think tank." He hopes that counselors and researchers will closely focus on the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee, conduct in-depth investigations and research, learn more about the actual situation of economic operations, timely reflect the urgent concerns of the people, and actively offer suggestions for good government work. Second, to play the "cultural card." He hopes that counselors and researchers will deeply study and implement Xi Jinping Thought on Culture, undertake new cultural missions, and strive to be inheritors of excellent traditional culture, creators of cultural masterpieces, and promoters of cultural exchange and mutual learning, making greater contributions to continuously enhancing the nation's cultural soft power and the influence of Chinese culture. Third, to build a "bridge of hearts." Counselors and researchers have extensive connections and strong influence, and he hopes that everyone will play a good role as a bridge and bond, make friends with all walks of life, widely build consensus, and encourage more people to think and work together, gathering mighty strength to promote development. Shi Taifeng attended, and Wu Zhenglong read out the list of appointments.
Zhao Leji, Member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, held a symposium with NPC deputies attending the 10th Session of the 14th NPC Standing Committee on the morning of June 26. He emphasized that NPC deputies should thoroughly study and implement Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, enhance their sense of mission and responsibility, continuously improve their political stance through study and practice, enhance their ability to perform their duties, actively assume responsibilities, and contribute wisdom and strength to doing a good job in NPC work in the new era. At the symposium, deputies offered opinions and suggestions on strengthening the NPC's budget and final account review work and amending the Law on the Protection of Cultural Relics. Zhao Leji listened carefully and had in-depth exchanges with the deputies. He said that the NPC deputy is a legal position and a weighty responsibility. Participating in the work of the NPC Standing Committee is an important part of deputies performing their duties according to law and an important manifestation of deputies playing their role. Zhao Leji pointed out that NPC deputies should leverage their advantages of coming from the people and being rooted in the people, give full play to their professional expertise, and respond to the people's calls within the scope of their duties. They should gain an in-depth understanding of the people's thoughts, hopes, and aspirations through inspections, investigations, symposiums, visits, and platforms such as deputies' homes and stations, legally promote the resolution of prominent issues of concern to the people, and especially focus on contemplating solutions and suggestions from institutional and legal perspectives, embodying public opinion and wisdom in their deliberations, speeches, proposals, and suggestions. They should base themselves on their respective positions, actively publicize and explain the Party Central Committee's major policies and guidelines, the Constitution and laws, and national development goals and tasks, and lead the surrounding masses to earnestly implement them in their respective industries and fields. Zhao Leji emphasized that the NPC Standing Committee and its organs should strengthen the capacity building of deputy work, enhance the pertinence, precision, and effectiveness of the work, and provide service guarantees for deputies to perform their duties according to law. They should conscientiously summarize good experiences and practices in deputy work, further improve the deputy work system and mechanism, and continuously improve the quality and level of deputy work. Li Hongzhong presided over the symposium.
The 27th meeting of the Chairperson's Council of the 14th National People's Congress Standing Committee was held in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on the afternoon of June 26. Chairman Zhao Leji presided over the meeting. The meeting heard reports from Xin Chunying, Chairman of the NPC Constitution and Law Committee, on the amendments to the draft Emergency Response Law, the amendments to the draft Rural Collective Economic Organizations Law, the amendments to the draft Frontier Health and Quarantine Law, the amendments to the draft decision on amending the Accounting Law, and the amendments to the draft decision on authorizing the State Council to temporarily adjust the application of relevant provisions of the "Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of China" in the Hainan Free Trade Port, and deliberated on the relevant revised drafts. The meeting heard a report from Lou Qinjian, Chairman of the NPC Foreign Affairs Committee, on the review of "Amendment to Annex A of the Minamata Convention on Mercury, decision 4/3 of the fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury" and the "Extradition Treaty between the People's Republic of China and the Republic of Panama," and deliberated on the draft decision on approval. The meeting heard a report from Xu Hongcai, Deputy Chairman of the NPC Financial and Economic Committee and Director of the NPC Standing Committee Budget Affairs Committee, on the review of the 2023 central final accounts draft and the 2023 central final accounts report and the draft resolution, and deliberated on the draft resolution on approving the 2023 central final accounts. The meeting heard a report from Liu Qi, Secretary-General of the NPC Standing Committee, on the report on the qualifications of individual deputies and the review of appointment and dismissal cases, etc. The Chairperson's Council decided to submit the above revised drafts and other items to the Standing Committee meeting for deliberation.
The 21st Chairperson's Council Meeting of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) was held in Beijing on June 26. Wang Huning, Member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Chairman of the CPPCC National Committee, presided over and delivered a speech. The meeting conveyed and studied the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's recent important speeches and instructions. Wang Huning stated that the CPPCC National Committee should deeply study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speeches at the National Science and Technology Conference, the National Science and Technology Awards Conference, and the General Assemblies of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and organize and guide CPPCC members in relevant fields to conduct more research, offer more suggestions, and build more consensus around implementing the innovation-driven development strategy, building a strong nation in science and technology, and promoting high-level self-reliance and self-improvement in science and technology. It should deeply study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speeches during his inspections in Qinghai and Ningxia, and guide CPPCC members to conduct in-depth investigations and research and actively offer advice and suggestions from their own strengths and professional advantages, focusing on forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation and promoting high-quality development in ethnic minority areas. It should deeply study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's congratulatory letter to the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Whampoa Military Academy and the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the Whampoa Military Academy Alumni Association, offering suggestions for expanding cross-Strait exchanges and cooperation in various fields, deepening cross-Strait integrated development, and doing more to promote the common inheritance of Chinese culture and the spiritual affinity between compatriots on both sides of the Strait. It should deeply study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important instructions on flood control and drought relief work, conducting research on emergency management, disaster monitoring and early warning, equipment and material reserve management, etc., to contribute to flood control and drought relief work. The meeting deliberated and approved the report of the Chairperson's Council of the 14th National Committee of the CPPCC on the work situation in the first half of 2024, which will be reported at the 8th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 14th CPPCC National Committee in late July. The meeting also deliberated and approved the "Provisions of the National Committee of the CPPCC on the Handling of CPPCC Members Who Violate the CPPCC Charter"; deliberated and approved the decision (draft) on dismissing Wu Yingjie from his posts as Member of the Standing Committee of the 14th National Committee of the CPPCC and Director of the Committee for Culture, Culture and History, and Study, and revoking his membership, which will be submitted to the 8th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 14th CPPCC National Committee for deliberation. Wang Dongfeng, Zhu Yongxin, and Yang Zhen, Vice Chairmen of the CPPCC National Committee, made speeches on studying and implementing General Secretary Xi Jinping's recent important speeches and instructions. Wang Dongfeng and others provided explanations on relevant issues.
On June 26, Wang Huning, Member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Chairman of the CPPCC National Committee, met with Pham Minh Chinh, Member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and Prime Minister of Vietnam, in Beijing. Wang Huning stated that in December last year, General Secretary and President Xi Jinping and General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong jointly announced the building of a China-Vietnam community with a shared future that carries strategic significance, establishing a new positioning for the relationship between the two parties and two countries in the new era. China will, as always, firmly support Vietnam in taking the socialist path that conforms to its national conditions. The National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference is willing to work with the Central Committee of the Vietnamese Fatherland Front to contribute to promoting the building of a China-Vietnam community with a shared future. Pham Minh Chinh stated that Vietnam and China are connected by mountains and rivers, and developing the relationship between the two parties and two countries is a strategic choice and top priority of Vietnam's foreign policy. Vietnam firmly adheres to the One-China policy and is willing to further strengthen exchanges of experience in governance between the two parties and two countries with China, deepen mutually beneficial cooperation, and promote greater development of Vietnam-China relations. Wang Yong, Wang Dongfeng, and others attended the meeting.
The State Council Information Office held a press conference today (June 26), where relevant officials from the Ministry of Transport introduced that China's waterway transportation has maintained relatively fast development this year, with waterway freight transportation along the coast and inland rivers, and both domestic and foreign trade, showing a growth trend. From January to May, waterway freight volume reached 3.86 billion tons, a year-on-year increase of 7%; port container throughput exceeded 130 million TEUs, a year-on-year increase of 8.8%. China's port automation technology level and application scale are generally among the international forefront. In the first half of this year, China's ports added 7 large automated terminals, and the number of completed and under-construction automated terminals continues to rank first in the world, with the nationwide coverage of electronic navigation charts exceeding 5,700 kilometers of waterways.
Today (June 26), heavy rainfall continued in central and northern Jiangxi Province, with Yichun, Xinyu, Pingxiang, Shangrao, and other areas experiencing heavy to torrential rain. Local authorities organized personnel to strengthen dike patrols and risk elimination, and made every effort to carry out flood control and disaster relief. Today, the Xiangjiang River formed its third flood of the year. Changsha dispatched over 5,200 person-times for continuous 24-hour patrols and inspections of dikes along the Xiangjiang River, Liuyang River, and other sections. The National Commission for Disaster Reduction, Relief and Aid today activated a national Level IV emergency response for severe rainstorms and floods in Hunan Province and dispatched a working group to the disaster-stricken area to assess the situation on site. Affected by heavy rainfall, multiple monitoring stations on four rivers in Heilongjiang Province exceeded warning levels, and Heilongjiang initiated a Level IV flood control emergency response.
Chang'e-6 Returner Completes Sample Extraction Today (June 26) afternoon, the Chang'e-6 returner from the lunar exploration project opened its capsule in Beijing. Scientific researchers inspected the completion of key technical indicators after the capsule opening, and will subsequently carry out sample storage, analysis, and research work as planned. The 8th China-Eurasia Expo Opens in Xinjiang Today (June 26) morning, the 8th China-Eurasia Expo opened in Urumqi, Xinjiang. The theme of this session is "New Opportunities on the Silk Road, New Vitality in Eurasia," with over 1,900 enterprises and organizations from more than 50 countries, regions, and international organizations participating, and more than 50 trade promotion activities will be held. The 2024 National Cultural, Scientific, and Medical "Three Goes to the Countryside" Centralized Demonstration Activities Held The 2024 National Cultural, Scientific, and Medical "Three Goes to the Countryside" centralized demonstration activities were held today (June 26) in Shangzhi City, Heilongjiang. Experts and volunteers from publicity, culture, science and technology, and health departments carried out theoretical lectures, popular science knowledge, and free medical consultations. Experts will also visit households to bring agricultural technology, legal, and health knowledge to farmers. Various Anti-Drug Publicity and Education Activities Carried Out Across the Country Today (June 26) marks the 37th International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. Anti-drug departments across the country carried out various publicity activities around the theme of "Preventing Youth Drug Abuse." Jiangsu organized 197 anti-drug education bases across the province to collectively carry out the "One Hundred Museums Agreement, Anti-Drug Together" publicity and education campaign. In Tianjin, Chongqing, Wuhan in Hubei, Shangrao in Jiangxi, Xining in Qinghai, and other places, police officers and volunteers used skits, songs, and other forms to popularize anti-drug knowledge. Railway police officers in Beijing, Hangzhou in Zhejiang, and other places taught people how to identify drugs and stay away from drugs based on actual cases.
The Israeli military stated on June 25 that its warplanes carried out an operation in Gaza City, northern Gaza Strip, on that day, killing a commander of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). At the same time, Israeli ground forces continued their operations in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip. According to Palestinian media reports on June 25, Israeli attacks on that day resulted in over 50 deaths in the Gaza Strip. Several Palestinian armed factions stated on June 25 that their members used mortars to attack Israeli personnel and vehicles in various locations in Rafah. UN Report: 96% of Gaza Population Faces Food Insecurity The UN World Food Programme (WFP) released a report on June 25 stating that 96% of the population in the Gaza Strip is currently facing food insecurity.
The Russian Ministry of Defense announced on June 25 that, following negotiations, 90 Russian servicemen held by Ukraine had returned to Russia. Ukraine also announced on the same day that 90 Ukrainian soldiers held by Russia had returned to Ukraine from Russia. On the same day, the Russian Ministry of Defense stated that the Russian military had struck Ukrainian radar stations, ammunition depots, and other targets in various directions and intercepted multiple rockets and drones. The Ukrainian side stated on the same day that the Ukrainian military engaged in combat with Russian forces in areas such as Pokrovsk, repelling multiple Russian attacks.
Yanzhao大地, flourishing. In the new era and on the new journey, the people of Yanzhao are striving to write a new answer sheet on the "examination road." Today (June 26)'s "Comprehensively Deepening Reform: Myriad Splendors of Chinese Modernization" takes us to Hebei.
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