Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, President of the People's Republic of China, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, inspected a People's Liberation Army (PLA) Rocket Force brigade on the 17th. He emphasized the need to thoroughly implement the Party's thinking on strengthening the military in the new era and the military strategic guidelines for the new era, grasp the characteristics and laws of strategic missile force development and combat application, adhere to political guidance, strengthen mission responsibility, work diligently, promote high-quality development of the force, enhance strategic deterrence and actual combat capabilities, and resolutely complete all tasks entrusted by the Party and the people. In October's golden autumn, the mountains and rivers of Jianghuai were beautiful and picturesque. At around 11:00 AM, Xi Jinping arrived at a PLA Rocket Force brigade and first inspected its military history gallery. This brigade is a strategic missile force with over 50 years of glorious history. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, under the guidance of Xi Jinping's thinking on strengthening the military, the brigade has firmly upheld the Party's leadership, vigorously focused on practical training, and successfully completed a series of major tasks. In front of the exhibition boards reflecting the brigade's development process and comprehensive construction in the new era, Xi Jinping learned in detail about the officers and soldiers' study of the Party's innovative theories, intensified training and preparation for war, and promotion of fine traditions. On the training ground, a certain type of missile was neatly arranged. This is the brigade's newly re-equipped main combat weapon. Xi Jinping came here to listen to the introduction of the weapon's technical and tactical performance and observe the officers and soldiers' operational training. Seeing the officers and soldiers operate skillfully, well-trained, and in high spirits, Xi Jinping was very pleased. He took a group photo with the officers and soldiers, encouraging them to train diligently, scientifically, and safely, master and make good use of the weapons in their hands, and live up to the trust of the Party and the people. Afterwards, Xi Jinping listened to the brigade's work report and delivered an important speech. He stressed the need to promote the implementation of the spirit of the Central Military Commission's political work conference within the military, highlighting the brigade's Party committee and leading cadres, closely linking with the actual conditions of the force, continuously deepening political rectification, and solidly carrying out all tasks of political army building. He emphasized adhering to the absolute leadership of the Party over the military, deepening the armed forces' innovative theoretical guidance, bringing ideological and political work to the launch pad, and ensuring that the troops resolutely obey the command of the Party Central Committee and the Central Military Commission at all times and under all circumstances. He stressed strictly implementing democratic centralism, solemnizing intra-Party political life, and enhancing the leadership, organizational, and executive capabilities of the brigade's Party committee. He also highlighted strengthening the building of grassroots Party organizations, enhancing the ability to manage and lead officers and soldiers in performing tasks according to regulations, and solidifying the foundation of force building and combat effectiveness. He emphasized strengthening discussion and analysis on fundamental ideological issues and strictly investigating and dealing with corruption and malpractices among officers and soldiers. Party committees and organs at all levels must improve their work guidance, ensure overall coordination, continue to resolve the "five excesses" problem to reduce the burden on grassroots units, and enthusiastically solve problems for officers and soldiers to stimulate their motivation and vitality for work and entrepreneurship. Xi Jinping emphasized the need to strengthen awareness of potential dangers, crises, and combat readiness, comprehensively enhance training and preparation for war, solidify the troops' combat capabilities, and effectively safeguard national strategic security and core interests. He stressed adapting to changes in modern warfare forms and combat methods, closely aligning with combat missions, adversaries, and environments, and specifically strengthening training on new equipment, new skills, and new tactics, as well as focused training on typical operations. He also highlighted strengthening配套 construction to form systematic combat capabilities. He emphasized actively taking action based on actual conditions, exploring and innovating strategic force application methods and organizational models, and giving full play to the strategic functions of the weapons at hand. Zhang Youxia and others participated in the event.
General Secretary Xi Jinping recently stressed during his inspection in Anhui that it is necessary to thoroughly implement the spirit of the 20th CPC National Congress and the Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, leverage the叠加 advantages of multiple national development strategies, and strive to write the Anhui chapter of Chinese modernization. The broad masses of cadres and people expressed that they would be guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, work hard, take responsibility, and make new and greater progress in deeply integrating into the new development pattern, promoting high-quality development, and comprehensively building a beautiful Anhui. The first stop of General Secretary Xi Jinping's inspection was Liuchi Lane in Tongcheng City, Anqing. This place is famous for the story of Zhang Ying, a Grand Secretary in the Qing Dynasty, and his neighbor, the Wu family, each retreating three feet of land to resolve a dispute, serving as a model of harmonious neighborly deference in China. Local residents and tourists gathered around the General Secretary when they saw him. The General Secretary cordially told everyone that Liuchi Lane embodies the historical wisdom of the ancestors in resolving conflicts and should be used as an educational venue to promote excellent traditional Chinese culture, give play to the role of the Chinese nation's traditional virtues of courtesy and valuing harmony, and create a harmonious social environment where people live and work in peace and contentment. In recent years, Tongcheng City has deeply explored the cultural connotations contained in the Liuchi Lane anecdote, forging a path of grassroots governance characterized by source management, multi-party co-governance, and harmonious sharing. In November 2023, the "Liuchi Lane Work Method in the New Era" was awarded as a national advanced model of the "Fengqiao Experience" in the New Era. Currently, the city has established over 300 "Liuchi Lane Mediation Studios." During the inspection, General Secretary Xi Jinping listened to introductions on how the locality is inheriting and promoting excellent traditional Chinese culture and strengthening the building of spiritual civilization. He emphasized the need to make concerted efforts in developing advanced socialist culture, promoting revolutionary culture, and inheriting excellent traditional Chinese culture to lay a solid cultural foundation for social governance. The Hefei Binhu Science City, unveiled and established in 2018, bears important missions such as building the Anhui Science and Technology Market and serving and supporting national laboratories. General Secretary Xi Jinping inspected the concentrated display of major scientific and technological innovation achievements in Anhui Province here. He pointed out that scientific researchers are the backbone for promoting Chinese modernization and should demonstrate the spirit of "how many struggles can one have in life," innovate and create freely, and contribute their wisdom and write brilliant chapters for building a strong country in science and technology. To advance Chinese modernization, scientific and technological innovation is the only path. Currently, Anhui has 13 major scientific infrastructure projects built, under construction, or planned, and major original achievements such as the "Mozi" quantum science experimental satellite and the "Jiuzhang" quantum computing prototype have emerged. General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech pointed the direction for Anhui to effectively leverage high-level scientific and technological innovation platforms and continuously enhance its original innovation capabilities. Anhui is located in the hinterland of the Yangtze River Delta, with superior geographical conditions bordering the Yangtze River and Huaihe River. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized the need to promote deep-level reforms and high-level opening up, dare to carry out pioneering and differentiated reforms, and build a new highland for inland reform and opening up. As one of the country's major grain producing areas, Anhui's total grain output has exceeded 80 billion jin for seven consecutive years and is currently striving to build a 100-billion-jin Jianghuai granary. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out the need to shoulder the responsibility of ensuring grain supply and improve policies supporting agriculture and benefiting farmers. Anhui possesses rich tourism resources, with natural and cultural landscapes complementing each other. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized the need to further promote the integrated development of culture and tourism, develop all-for-one tourism, and build the cultural tourism industry into a pillar industry. Anhui is striving to become an influential source of scientific and technological innovation, a hub for emerging industries, a new highland for reform and opening up, and a comprehensive green transformation zone for economic and social development. Implementing the General Secretary's requirements, the broad masses of cadres and people in Anhui are aiming for their goals and working together to vigorously write a new chapter of Chinese modernization on the new journey.
Premier Li Qiang recently signed a State Council order announcing the "Regulations of the People's Republic of China on Export Control of Dual-Use Items" (hereinafter referred to as the "Regulations"), which will come into effect on December 1, 2024. The Regulations consist of 6 chapters and 50 articles, mainly stipulating the following content: 1. General requirements. Export control of dual-use items adheres to the leadership of the Communist Party of China, upholds the holistic view of national security, maintains international peace, and coordinates high-quality development with high-level security. 2. Scope of application. It clarifies that these Regulations apply to the export control of dual-use items and other items related to safeguarding national security and interests and fulfilling international obligations such as non-proliferation. 3. Management system. 4. Trade facilitation measures. 5. Various export control systems and measures. 6. Supervision and inspection.
The International Symposium on the 2575th Anniversary of Confucius' Birth and the 7th General Assembly of the International Confucian Association opened in Beijing on the 19th. Wang Huning, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee, attended the opening ceremony and delivered a speech. Wang Huning stated that President Xi Jinping delivered an important speech at the International Symposium on the 2565th Anniversary of Confucius' Birth and the 5th General Assembly of the International Confucian Association, pointing the way for promoting excellent traditional Chinese culture, including Confucian thought, and facilitating mutual learning among different civilizations. We will be guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, promote the creative transformation and innovative development of excellent traditional Chinese culture, make Chinese civilization more prosperous, and make human civilization more colorful. Wang Huning said that under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, the Chinese people are striding forward on the path of Chinese modernization, and will surely forge a path of modernization that develops itself and benefits the world. To promote the process of world modernization, cultural and civilizational guidance, ideological guidance, value guidance, and strength guidance are even more needed. The theme of this conference, "Confucianism: Civilizational Diversity and Modernization," has strong practical significance. Wang Huning stated that President Xi Jinping's Global Civilization Initiative has received positive responses from the international community. We must practice the Global Civilization Initiative, adhere to respecting diversity and seeking harmony without uniformity, embracing all and learning from each other, carrying on traditions and innovating based on them, understanding principles and applying them, and creating the future together, so as to make new contributions to building a community with a shared future for mankind. Sun Chunlan, President of the International Confucian Association, presided over the meeting. Former Japanese Prime Minister and Chairman of the International Confucian Association Yasuo Fukuda, former Italian Prime Minister Massimo D'Alema, former French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin, and others delivered speeches in person or through other means. Before the opening ceremony, Wang Huning took a group photo with the guest representatives attending the conference. Shao Hong, Wang Dongfeng, and Liu Yandong attended the aforementioned activities.
In the first three quarters of this year, driven by factors such as export support, the growth of new drivers, and policy implementation, the added value of industrial enterprises above designated size nationwide increased by 5.8% year-on-year, with industry playing an important supporting role in the stable growth of the economy. In the first three quarters, China's manufacturing scale continued to expand, and the security and guarantee capabilities of important industrial and supply chains were enhanced. The added value of industrial enterprises above designated size nationwide increased by 5.8% year-on-year, contributing nearly 40% to GDP. Among them, the added value of equipment manufacturing industries above designated size increased by 7.5% year-on-year. Among the major equipment industries, the automotive and electronics industries grew rapidly, with the output of new energy vehicles, integrated circuits, 3D printing equipment, and other products all maintaining double-digit growth, becoming important engines driving industrial growth. In the first three quarters, the trend of industrial transformation and upgrading was obvious. The added value of high-tech manufacturing industries above designated size increased by 9.1%, and new growth drivers in manufacturing accelerated their cultivation and growth. Green products represented by new energy vehicles, lithium batteries, photovoltaics, and other "new three" showed strong performance, with output continuing to maintain double-digit growth. New energy-related industries such as wind power, nuclear power, and photovoltaic power generation, which have competitive advantages, also maintained rapid growth in production. At the same time, the added value of information transmission, software and information technology services, and digital product manufacturing increased rapidly, injecting new vitality into the high-quality development of China's industrial economy.
The reporter learned from China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. that from January to September this year, national railways carried 3.33 billion passengers, a year-on-year increase of 13.5%, setting a new record for the same period in history. Cross-border passenger traffic increased significantly, with the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link carrying nearly 19.9 million cross-border passengers, a year-on-year increase of 43.1%; the China-Laos Railway carried 190,000 cross-border passengers. To meet the strong demand for passenger travel, transport departments made full use of big data from railway 12306 ticketing and standby ticketing systems to promptly increase capacity on popular routes and sections. From January to September, the national railway averaged 10,792 passenger trains per day, a year-on-year increase of 9.8%.
Currently, over 70% of the national autumn harvest has been completed, with autumn harvest work essentially finished in some major producing areas, progressing faster than the same period last year. Autumn planting is also underway in an orderly manner. Autumn grain accounts for the bulk of the year's grain production. Overall, since the autumn grain sowing, weather conditions have been relatively favorable, and the growth of crops such as corn, soybeans, and medium and late rice is generally normal to good. During interviews at the frontline of the autumn harvest, reporters found that this year, various grain-producing areas have made new explorations in infrastructure construction, such as farmland, and agricultural machinery equipment upgrades. Jilin Province has made great efforts this year to comprehensively utilize saline-alkali land, with over 2 million mu of the province's 6.7 million mu of saline-alkali land already rehabilitated and developed. Currently, the harvest of 300,000 mu of saline-alkali rice in Daan is entering its peak. This year, the local area is transforming more saline-alkali land into fertile fields through the biological treatment of new organosilicon materials. Through the solid promotion of a series of measures, the total cultivated land nationwide has increased by 17.58 million mu since 2021, and the quality of existing high-standard farmland is continuously improving. In Lujagou Town, Dingxi, Gansu Province, this 10,000-mu high-yield potato demonstration area has built a water diversion project to bring water from the Tao River to formerly dry land, increasing yields by over 20% on top of the original high-standard farmland. This year, Jiangsu is comprehensively promoting large-scale equipment upgrades in the agricultural machinery sector. Taizhou City has increased the types of scrapped machinery from 6 to 9. In addition to providing subsidies for new purchases, the scrapping amount for combine harvesters, rice transplanters, seeders, and other models has increased by 50%. A large number of new agricultural machines have been put into autumn harvest operations, and they are faster at harvesting the same area of land. Since September this year, over 10 million sets of various agricultural machinery, including grain and oil crop harvesters, tractors, and planters, have been put into autumn harvest and planting operations nationwide. In addition, various regions are also conducting trials and demonstrations of varieties with good regional adaptability. In Wangdu, Hebei, the high-yield demonstration plot for new summer corn varieties achieved a yield of 969.01 kilograms per mu, setting a new record for single-mu yield of summer corn in the northern Huang-Huai-Hai region. While the autumn harvest is accelerating, autumn planting is also underway simultaneously. Currently, nearly 40% of the national winter wheat has been sown.
The first phase of the 136th Canton Fair concluded today (October 19). During this period, global merchants gathered and transactions were active, achieving a "good start" for this Canton Fair. The first phase of this Canton Fair exhibition focused on showcasing more new quality productive forces enterprises and products from China. The number of exhibition booths for "little giant" enterprises specializing in niche sectors, manufacturing single champions, and national high-tech enterprises reached 11,181, an increase of 35.5% compared to the previous session. Various new technologies, new materials, new processes, and new ideas accelerated their emergence, and a large number of high-end, green, and innovative products such as fully automatic logistics robots, CNC machine tools, and brain-computer intelligent bionic hands in the exhibition hall were favored by global merchants. The second phase of the offline exhibition of this Canton Fair will open on October 23, with 10,040 exhibiting enterprises, and the exhibition themes will cover three major sections: household items, gifts and decorations, and building materials and furniture, across 15 exhibition areas.
In September, the whole society's electricity consumption increased by 8.5% year-on-year. The National Energy Administration announced today (October 19) that in September, the whole society's electricity consumption was 847.5 billion kilowatt-hours, a year-on-year increase of 8.5%. Among them, electricity consumption in the primary industry increased by 6.4% year-on-year, in the secondary industry by 3.6% year-on-year, in the tertiary industry by 12.7% year-on-year, and for urban and rural residents' living purposes by 27.8% year-on-year. China's Express Development Index increased by 9% year-on-year in September. The reporter learned from the State Post Bureau that China's Express Development Index was 442.5 in September, a year-on-year increase of 9%. In the first three quarters, China's express delivery market maintained rapid growth, with express delivery volume exceeding 120 billion pieces, and monthly business volume generally maintaining a year-on-year growth rate of around 20%. Measures for Classification and Grading Assessment of Social Emergency Forces to be Implemented Next Year. The Ministry of Emergency Management recently issued the "Measures for the Implementation of Classification and Grading Assessment of Social Emergency Forces (Trial)," which comprehensively evaluates social emergency forces in terms of daily management and professional capabilities. The professional categories for assessment include building collapse search and rescue, water search and rescue, emergency medical rescue, etc. This measure will be implemented from January 1 next year. The 2024 Beijing Chaoyang International Light Festival opened. The 2024 Beijing Chaoyang International Light Festival opened last night (October 18), with light and shadow installations created by domestic and international teams forming clusters from the Olympic Central Area to the Liangma River Cultural and Economic Belt, creating an immersive light and shadow feast through "technology + art + creativity." During this period, nearly 300 commercial, cultural, tourism, sports, and health activities, including food festivals and intangible cultural heritage performances, will help build an international consumption center city. The 2024 Donghu Forum opened in Wuhan today (October 19). At the opening ceremony, outcome reports such as the "Global Digital Economy Development Index 2024" and "China Basic Research Competitiveness Index 2024" were released, and astronauts, scientists, and others were invited to deliver keynote speeches, sharing scientific research achievements and discussing the digital future. Strong cold air will continue to move south and affect China. The Central Meteorological Observatory predicts that from tonight (October 19) to tomorrow, strong cold air will continue to move south and affect China. Temperatures in eastern Northeast China, central and eastern North China, Huanghuai, Jianghuai, Jianghan, Jiangnan, and eastern Southwest China will drop by 6-10℃, with local areas experiencing drops of over 12℃. Some of the aforementioned areas will be accompanied by strong winds of 5-6 levels, with gusts of 7-8 levels.
On the 18th, Russian President Vladimir Putin, when answering questions from BRICS media journalists including China Media Group, stated that Russia and China are cooperating well in many areas. Putin also said that the door of the BRICS cooperation mechanism is open. On the same day, Putin stated in his speech at the plenary session of the BRICS Business Forum that BRICS countries have become the main drivers of world economic growth.
Khalil al-Hayya, a member of the Hamas political bureau, confirmed on the 18th that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar had been killed in battle. Al-Hayya stated that Hamas would continue fighting until the complete liberation of Palestine is achieved. The Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization issued a statement on the 18th mourning Sinwar, calling on all Palestinian factions to unite, and demanding that the international community take practical action to implement relevant United Nations resolutions. On the same day, the Iranian Foreign Ministry issued a statement condemning Israel for killing Sinwar and condemning the United States for providing financial and military support to Israel. In addition, Yemen's Houthi rebels also condemned Israel's actions. According to a statement issued by the Hamas media office early today (October 19), Israeli forces bombed several residential buildings in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza Strip on the evening of the 18th, killing 33 people and injuring 85. Israel claims a drone from Lebanon attacked central Israel; Israeli PM's residence was target. The Israeli military issued a statement today saying that a drone from Lebanon struck a building in the Caesarea area of central Israel earlier today. The Israeli Prime Minister's Office said that the drone attack targeted Prime Minister Netanyahu's residence, but Netanyahu was not there at the time, and there were no casualties. The statement did not confirm whether the building hit by the drone was Netanyahu's residence. On the 18th, the Israeli military continued to attack multiple locations in southern Lebanon. The Israeli military claimed to have killed about 60 Hezbollah militants.
According to information released by the Russian Ministry of Defense on the 18th, Russia transferred 95 detainees to Ukraine on that day, while 95 Russian personnel returned from Ukraine. Ukraine confirmed this news. Russia claims control of several settlements; Ukraine claims to have repelled Russian attacks in many areas. The Russian Ministry of Defense stated on the 18th that in the past week, the Russian army launched 36 strikes against Ukrainian military-industrial enterprises and energy facilities, and gained control of 5 settlements in the Luhansk, Donetsk, and Zaporizhzhia regions. Ukraine stated on the same day that there were hundreds of battles in the frontline areas, with the most intense fighting in the Kurakhove direction, and the Ukrainian army repelled Russian attacks in many areas.
North Korea claims South Korean military led drone infiltration; South Korea refuses to confirm. A spokesperson for North Korea's Ministry of National Defense stated on the 18th that through technical identification and investigation, North Korea confirmed that the drone wreckage discovered in Pyongyang on the 13th was a South Korean military "long-range reconnaissance small drone." Based on this, North Korea confirmed that the drone infiltration incident was led by the South Korean military. South Korea's Ministry of National Defense stated on the 19th that there is no value in confirming or refuting this from the South Korean side. US federal deficit reaches $1.833 trillion in FY2024. Data released by the US Treasury Department on the 18th showed that the US federal government's fiscal deficit reached $1.833 trillion in fiscal year 2024, an increase of approximately 8% compared to the previous fiscal year. The International Monetary Fund previously warned that the huge US fiscal deficit poses increasing risks to the US and global economies.
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