On August 3, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, sent a congratulatory message to To Lam on his election as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee. In his message, Xi Jinping stated, "I am delighted to learn of your election as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee, and on behalf of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and in my own name, I extend my warm congratulations to you. In recent years, the Communist Party of Vietnam has implemented the spirit of the 13th National Congress resolution, deeply advanced Party building, and made new achievements in socialist construction and the Doi Moi (renewal and opening-up) cause. We believe that under the strong leadership of the CPV Central Committee, the entire Party and people of Vietnam will successfully complete the goals and tasks set by the 13th National Congress, steadily advance preparations for the 14th National Congress, and continuously move towards the 'two centenary goals' of founding the Party and establishing the nation. China and Vietnam are friendly socialist neighbors connected by mountains and rivers. In December last year, I paid a state visit to Vietnam, and both sides jointly announced the building of a China-Vietnam community with a shared future that carries strategic significance, opening a new journey and chapter in the relations between the two Parties and two countries. I am willing to work with General Secretary To Lam to guide the deep and practical development of the China-Vietnam community with a shared future, jointly carry forward traditional friendship, consolidate political mutual trust, deepen strategic communication, and promote practical cooperation, bringing more benefits to the people of both countries and making active contributions to the cause of human peace and progress. I wish you new achievements in your noble post!"
High-quality development is the primary task in comprehensively building a modern socialist country, and developing new productive forces is an inherent requirement and an important focus for promoting high-quality development. Since the beginning of this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping has made systematic elaborations and important deployments on developing new productive forces, leading "innovative development" to become a powerful engine for high-quality development, and injecting surging momentum into advancing Chinese modernization. The series of reports, "Striving to Write a New Chapter in Chinese Modernization – A Record of General Secretary Xi Jinping's Governance Since the Beginning of This Year," today (August 3) broadcast "Accelerating the Development of New Productive Forces and Solidly Promoting High-Quality Development." On January 31 this year, the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee held its 11th collective study session on solidly promoting high-quality development. General Secretary Xi Jinping, when presiding over the study, said, "What are new productive forces and how to develop them? I have been contemplating this." The General Secretary's contemplation on "What are new productive forces and how to develop them?" stems from profound insight and keen perception. High-quality development requires new theories of productive forces for guidance, and new productive forces have already formed in practice and demonstrated a strong driving force and support for high-quality development. In the second half of last year, during his inspections and research in Sichuan, Heilongjiang, Zhejiang, Guangxi, and other places, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out the need to integrate scientific and technological innovation resources, lead the development of strategic emerging industries and future industries, and accelerate the formation of new productive forces. Understanding is sublimated through contemplation. In January this year, when presiding over the collective study of the Political Bureau, General Secretary Xi Jinping systematically elaborated on and made important deployments for the development of new productive forces. He clearly summarized: The characteristics of new productive forces are innovation, the key is high quality, and the essence is advanced productive forces. During this year's "Two Sessions," General Secretary Xi Jinping, when participating in the deliberation of the Jiangsu delegation, creatively proposed the major theoretical and practical innovation of "developing new productive forces according to local conditions." The General Secretary discussed "new productive forces" three times in the group discussions, emphasizing the need to adhere to reality, establish before breaking, adapt to local conditions, and provide categorized guidance. Since the beginning of this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping has visited localities five times for inspection, each time emphasizing accelerating the development of new productive forces, especially developing new productive forces according to local conditions. In February, in Tianjin, the General Secretary pointed out that as a national advanced manufacturing research and development base, Tianjin should leverage its rich scientific and educational resources to strive and excel in developing new productive forces. In March, during his inspection in Hunan, the General Secretary visited BASF Shanshan Battery Materials Co., Ltd. He emphasized that scientific and technological innovation and high-quality development are the keys for enterprises to continuously grow and strengthen and remain invincible. In April, when visiting an exhibition of local scientific and technological innovation and industrial development achievements in Chongqing, the General Secretary emphasized that pillar industries are the main battlefield for developing new productive forces. In June, during his inspections in Qinghai and Ningxia, the General Secretary encouraged these two western provinces to take a specialized and differentiated path of industrial development, strengthen the integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation, and develop new productive forces according to local conditions. Scientific and technological innovation is the core element for developing new productive forces. In June this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping attended 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, emphasizing the strategic goal of building a scientific and technological powerhouse by 2035 and accelerating the achievement of high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-improvement. Developing new productive forces must promote industrial innovation through scientific and technological innovation. Since the beginning of this year, the General Secretary has repeatedly emphasized the need to lay out industrial chains around the development of new productive forces and promote the transformation of scientific and technological achievements into real productive forces. New productive forces are themselves green productive forces. In February this year, at the fourth meeting of the Central Commission for Comprehensively Deepening Reform, the General Secretary emphasized promoting a comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development, "integrating the concept of green development throughout the entire process and all aspects of economic and social development." Developing new productive forces requires further comprehensive deepening of reform. In March this year, when participating in the deliberation of the Jiangsu delegation, the General Secretary emphasized deepening reforms in the scientific and technological system, educational system, and talent system, and removing obstacles that hinder the development of new productive forces. At the Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, "improving the institutional mechanisms for developing new productive forces according to local conditions" was listed as a key reform measure. This year is a crucial year for achieving the goals and tasks of the 14th Five-Year Plan. Since the beginning of this year, under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as its core, all regions and departments have faced difficulties and acted proactively, deepened reform and opening up, strengthened macroeconomic regulation, effectively responded to risks and challenges, with economic operations generally stable and steadily progressing, maintaining a recovering and improving trend, accelerating the cultivation of new drivers and advantages, solidly promoting high-quality development, and maintaining overall social stability. In the first half of this year, China's GDP grew by 5.0% year-on-year. Investment in high-tech industries increased by 10.6% year-on-year, 6.7 percentage points faster than total investment; the added value of high-tech manufacturing above designated size increased by 8.7% year-on-year; the output of intelligent and green new products such as integrated circuits, service robots, new energy vehicles, and solar cells all maintained double-digit growth. Focusing on "new" and winning with "quality," adapting to local conditions, under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as its core, China is gathering a powerful historical current to accelerate the development of new productive forces, injecting new impetus into high-quality development and opening up broad prospects for Chinese modernization.
Entrusted by General Secretary Xi Jinping, Cai Qi, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Secretary of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, visited experts on summer vacation in Beidaihe on the 3rd, extending sincere greetings to experts and talents from all fronts and fields across the country on behalf of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council. Cai Qi pointed out that General Secretary Xi Jinping has always cared for experts and talents, made a series of important instructions on talent work, paid attention to listening to the opinions and suggestions of experts and scholars, and replied to letters from representatives of experts and scientific and technological workers, inspiring experts and talents to innovate and scale new heights. The Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee has drawn a panoramic blueprint for further comprehensive deepening of reform, and Chinese modernization provides a broad stage, ushering in the best period for experts and talents to work hard and start businesses. It is hoped that experts and talents will deeply study and implement Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, study and implement the spirit of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, profoundly grasp the decisive significance of the "Two Establishments," enhance the "Four Consciousnesses," strengthen the "Four Confidences," achieve the "Two Safeguards," carry forward the spirit of scientists, bravely assume historical responsibilities, and make new contributions to building a strong country in education, science and technology, and talent, and to comprehensively advancing the building of a strong country and the great cause of national rejuvenation through Chinese modernization. Inviting representatives of experts and talents to take summer vacation in Beidaihe in the name of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council is an important institutional arrangement for the Party and the state's talent work. This year's vacation is themed "Patriotic Struggle," and the participating experts mainly come from natural sciences, engineering technology, philosophy and social sciences, culture, and arts. Li Ganjie, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee, State Councilor Shen Yiqin, and Jiang Xinping, Vice Chairman of the CPPCC National Committee, participated in the visit.
The State Council recently issued the "Opinions on Promoting the High-Quality Development of Service Consumption." The "Opinions" put forward 20 key tasks in 6 aspects. First, tapping the potential of basic consumption such as catering and accommodation, domestic services, and elderly care and childcare. Second, stimulating the vitality of improved consumption such as cultural entertainment, tourism, sports, education and training, and residential services. Third, cultivating and expanding new types of consumption such as digital, green, and health. Fourth, enhancing the momentum of service consumption, innovating service consumption scenarios, strengthening service consumption brand cultivation, and expanding opening up in the service industry. Fifth, optimizing the service consumption environment, strengthening service consumption regulation, guiding honest and compliant operations, and improving service consumption standards. Sixth, strengthening policy guarantees, strengthening fiscal and financial support, consolidating talent support, and improving statistical monitoring levels.
Members of the Central Lecturing Group for the Study and Implementation of the Spirit of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee recently delivered lectures in Anhui, Jiangxi, Jilin, and other places, and engaged in interactive exchanges with grassroots cadres and the public, promoting the deep understanding of the plenum's spirit. Wu Hansheng, a member of the Central Lecturing Group and Minister of the Central Social Work Department, delivered a lecture report in Hefei. Wu Hansheng systematically expounded and deeply interpreted the spirit of the plenum from various aspects, including the great significance of the plenum, thoroughly studying and grasping the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speeches, comprehensively and accurately understanding the major measures for further comprehensive deepening reform proposed in the "Decision," and going all out to implement the spirit of the plenum. Wu Hansheng also went deep into communities to promote the spirit of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee and engaged in interactive exchanges with community workers, residents, and volunteers. Shen Chunyao, a member of the Central Lecturing Group and Director of the Legislative Affairs Commission of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, delivered a lecture report in Nanchang. Shen Chunyao systematically lectured on and deeply expounded the spirit of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee from aspects such as profoundly understanding the theme of the plenum and comprehensively and accurately understanding the major measures and task requirements proposed in the "Decision." Shen Chunyao also visited Nanchang Aviation City and interacted with enterprise cadres and employees on the production line. Huang Qiang, a member of the Central Lecturing Group and Secretary of the Jilin Provincial Party Committee, delivered a lecture report in Changchun. The report systematically expounded and deeply explained the spirit of the plenum from five aspects, including "profoundly understanding the background of the times, historical position, and mission of further comprehensively deepening reform and promoting Chinese modernization" and "unwaveringly implementing General Secretary Xi Jinping's series of important instructions on Jilin's work." Huang Qiang also visited enterprises and communities to interact and exchange with industrial workers and community residents, promoting the spirit of the plenum.
The Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee made comprehensive deployments for further deepening reform, emphasizing the leading role of economic system reform. On the new journey in the new era, how can we accelerate the construction of a high-level socialist market economic system and promote development through reform? Let's watch an exclusive interview with Zheng Shanjie, Director of the National Development and Reform Commission, by a CCTV reporter. The plenum proposed to build a high-level socialist market economic system with economic system reform as the leading force. Zheng Shanjie stated that the key is to properly handle the relationship between the government and the market, give full play to the decisive role of the market in resource allocation, better leverage the role of the government, and achieve both "flexibility" and "control." High-quality development is the primary task in comprehensively building a modern socialist country. The plenum clarified the need to improve the institutional mechanisms for promoting high-quality economic development and facilitate the convergence of various advanced factors of production towards the development of new productive forces. Zheng Shanjie stated that it is essential to give full play to the leading role of innovation, develop new productive forces according to local conditions, accelerate the transformation of old and new growth drivers, focusing on "one focus and three accelerations." The plenum pointed out that improving the macroeconomic governance system, scientific macroeconomic regulation, and effective government governance are inherent requirements for leveraging the advantages of the socialist market economic system. Zheng Shanjie stated that they will further improve the macroeconomic regulation system, build a national strategy formulation and implementation mechanism, improve the national economic and social development planning system, and give full play to the strategic guiding role of national development planning. Next, the National Development and Reform Commission will continue to promote coordinated regional development, improve institutional mechanisms for integrated urban-rural development and high-level opening-up, continue to maintain a macroeconomic perspective and micro-level approach, and effectively translate the plenum's major reform deployments into tangible results for promoting high-quality development.
In the mixed doubles badminton final at the Paris Olympics, the Chinese pair Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong defeated the South Korean pair 2-0 in 39 minutes, securing China's first badminton gold medal at these Olympic Games. In the women's singles table tennis semifinals, Chinese player Sun Yingsha swept her opponent 4-0 and will meet her teammate Chen Meng in the final, guaranteeing both gold and silver medals for China in this event. The Chinese pair Zhang Zhizhen/Wang Xinyu made history by winning China's first Olympic mixed doubles silver medal in tennis in the mixed doubles tennis final. In the men's trampoline final, Chinese athletes Wang Zisai and Yan Langyu won silver and bronze medals, respectively. In swimming, Chinese swimmer Wang Shun won a bronze medal in the men's 200m individual medley. In athletics, in the women's discus throw qualification, Chinese athlete Feng Bin advanced directly to the final with a throw of 65.40 meters.
Starting from the evening of July 28, three sections of the Juan River embankment in Xiangtan County, Hunan, were damaged, and some power equipment was also affected. Local authorities evacuated and resettled thousands of affected residents overnight. Numerous Communist Party members rushed to the front lines, fighting continuously against time to ensure proper resettlement of the affected people. On the night of July 28, the water level of the Juan River rose sharply. Emergency repairs were underway on the damaged embankment, and temporary power supply was urgently needed. Xiao Junwen, a post-90s Party member from State Grid Xiangtan Power Supply Company who had been working through the previous night, immediately led several Party members to the scene to set up emergency lighting circuits. They worked continuously for several hours, and the affected area finally had power. Worried that transformers in nearby villages might be submerged and leak electricity due to the high water level, Xiao Junwen, without resting, led his team to inspect the villages. From the next day, the water level of the Juan River began to drop significantly, and by July 30, the accumulated water in most villages had basically drained. In Xintang Village, residents gradually began to return home to tidy up and dry clothes and furniture. The village, which had been without electricity for two days, needed to be re-powered. Under the scorching sun, Xiao Junwen led 11 Party members of the Party service team to check circuits and troubleshoot problems house by house, working for another full day. That evening, dozens of households in Xintang Village finally had electricity restored. In the face of the disaster, the resettlement of affected residents was also an urgent matter. After the crisis at Sixin Embankment, Tan Jianning, Party General Branch Secretary of Hexiang Town Central School in Xiangtan County, immediately set about preparing the school to receive and resettle affected residents. Running back and forth to arrange beds for the affected residents and quickly mobilize food, thanks to the efforts of Tan Jianning and his colleagues, more than 160 affected residents at the resettlement site were able to eat fresh vegetables and fruits.
Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Releases Implementation Rules to Ensure Smooth Implementation of National Key Projects. Recently, the "Implementation Rules for the Management of National Key Research and Development Programs with Primary Responsibility of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology" were released. The rules clarify that the key projects for which the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology is primarily responsible focus on high-tech fields that foster future industries and emerging industries and accelerate the formation of new productive forces. Project undertaking units will be selected nationwide through competitive selection, targeted委托, and other methods. In-depth integration of industry, academia, research, and application will be promoted through third-party testing, real application scenario assessments, and other means. First Batch of Units Commissioned at China's Highest Altitude Wind Farm in Northwest China. Today (August 3), the first batch of 20 units at Wuqia Wind Farm, China's highest altitude wind farm in Northwest China, were officially commissioned in Xinjiang. The project will construct a total of 38 wind turbine units, with installation heights ranging from 2,800 to 3,300 meters above sea level, and a total installed capacity of 200,000 kilowatts. After all units are put into operation by the end of the year, it is expected to generate approximately 540 million kilowatt-hours of electricity annually. Shanghai's North Cross Passage Main Line Completed. At 10 PM last night (August 2), the main line of the eastern section of Shanghai's North Cross Passage new construction project began trial operation, marking the complete贯通 of Shanghai's east-west transportation artery, the North Cross Passage. The North Cross Passage is over 19 kilometers long and allows for a half-hour traverse across six administrative districts of Shanghai: Changning, Putuo, Jing'an, Huangpu, Hongkou, and Yangpu. 2024 National Film Benefit Consumption Season Launched. The 2024 National Film Benefit Consumption Season was launched last night (August 2) in Chengdu, Sichuan. The event will run through major film seasons such as summer and National Day, during which over 300 million yuan in movie ticket subsidies will be invested, and activities such as instant ticket discounts and points redemption will be carried out, benefiting moviegoers nationwide.
Iranian Intelligence Minister Esmaeil Khatib said on August 2 that the assassination of Hamas political bureau leader Haniyeh was carried out by Israel with permission from the United States. The U.S. side has not yet responded. Khalid Qadoumi, Hamas's representative in Iran, said on August 2 that on the night Haniyeh was assassinated, their residence shook and smoke billowed, indicating that the attack came from "an aerial object," and the Iranian side is conducting further investigations. Regarding reports from some U.S. media claiming that a bomb was planted in Haniyeh's residence beforehand, Qadoumi refuted them, calling them "distortions of facts." The U.S. Department of Defense announced on August 2 that it would send more naval cruisers and destroyers to the Middle East and Europe, and would also deploy an additional fighter squadron to the Middle East. The U.S. side stated that this move was in response to escalating regional tensions following Haniyeh's assassination. In addition, the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group will head to the Middle East to replace the USS Theodore Roosevelt carrier strike group. Italian airline ITA Airways, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, and Aegean Airlines of Greece announced on August 2 that they would suspend flights to Israel.
Russia claims to have intercepted multiple Ukrainian drones; Ukraine claims to have attacked Russian oil depots. The Russian Ministry of Defense stated today (August 3) that from the night of August 2 to the early morning of August 3, Russian air defense systems intercepted and destroyed a total of 75 Ukrainian drones over various regions of Russia. Rostov Oblast and Belgorod Oblast both reported that oil tanks caught fire due to Ukrainian drone attacks, with no casualties. The Ukrainian military stated that it attacked an airport in Russia's Rostov Oblast early this morning, and Ukrainian forces also attacked several Russian oil depots in Belgorod Oblast, Kursk Oblast, and other regions. Two Eastern European countries reject EU's crude oil import alternative plan. Hungary and Slovakia's foreign ministers formally rejected the EU's proposal on August 2 to import non-Russian crude oil via the Croatian pipeline to replace Russian crude oil imported through Ukraine. The two countries stated that the plan is unreliable and would significantly increase transportation costs. In June this year, Ukraine imposed sanctions on a Russian oil company, cutting off crude oil supplies to Hungary and Slovakia. New York stock market's three major indexes fall. Due to several recent U.S. economic data falling below expectations, triggering market concerns about economic weakness, the three major indexes of the New York stock market fell at the close of trading on August 2. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 1.51%, the S&P 500 index fell by 1.84%, and the Nasdaq Composite Index fell by 2.43%.
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