Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, Chinese President, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, delivered an important speech on the morning of January 6 at the fourth plenary session of the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) of the CPC. He stressed that since the new era, the intensity of promoting comprehensive and strict Party self-governance and the anti-corruption struggle has been unprecedented, with tangible results. He emphasized the need to always maintain the tenacious determination that the anti-corruption campaign is always on the road, maintain strategic focus and high pressure, never stop for a moment, never give up half a step, promote the integrated development of not daring to be corrupt, not being able to be corrupt, and not wanting to be corrupt, and resolutely fight this tough, protracted, and comprehensive battle. Li Qiang, Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Cai Qi, and Ding Xuexiang, members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, attended the meeting. Li Xi, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, presided over the meeting. Xi Jinping pointed out that in 2024, the Party Central Committee, by adhering to the Party's self-revolution to lead social revolution, consistently promoted comprehensive and strict Party self-governance, achieving new progress and results. The entire Party has a clearer understanding and firmer actions on the major issue of self-revolution; solid progress was made in Party discipline education, significantly enhancing the consciousness of all Party members to abide by rules and disciplines; anti-corruption efforts continued to intensify, eradicating the soil and conditions for corruption; concentrated rectification of undesirable practices and corruption issues affecting the people was deeply carried out, resolving a large number of prominent issues strongly reported by the masses; institutional governance of the Party and governance by rules were deepened, further improving the Party's ability to lead the anti-corruption struggle and promote comprehensive and strict Party self-governance. Xi Jinping emphasized that corruption is the greatest threat facing our Party, and anti-corruption is the most thorough self-revolution. Entering the new era, facing the prominent problems in Party conduct, clean governance, and anti-corruption within the Party, we have insisted on punishing all corruption and eliminating all greed, continuously purifying the cadre队伍, safeguarding the Party's image, consolidating the red nation, winning the historical initiative to ensure that the Party does not degenerate, change color, or change its nature, and winning the historical initiative for the Party to unite and lead all people in striving for the great cause of building a strong country and national rejuvenation. Xi Jinping pointed out that the current anti-corruption struggle remains grim and complex. The existing stock of corruption has not yet been cleared, and new corruption continues to emerge, making the task of eradicating the soil and conditions for corruption still arduous. Understanding the anti-corruption struggle must involve historical foresight and strategic height, focusing on achieving the Party's mission and tasks. The anti-corruption struggle must be unswerving; any hesitation, wavering, laxity, or abandonment midway will lead to subversive errors. It is imperative to resolutely clarify all misconceptions, dispel ideological confusion, and further strengthen the determination and confidence in the anti-corruption struggle. Xi Jinping emphasized that in the new era and on the new journey, we must adhere to Party self-governance with a reform spirit and strict standards, strive to achieve greater results, ensure the implementation of the deployments of the 20th CPC National Congress and the Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, ensure that the Party always remains the strong leadership core of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and promote the steady and long-term development of Chinese modernization. Xi Jinping pointed out the need to make political supervision concrete, precise, and routine. Maintaining high alignment with the Party Central Committee must be practiced as well as preached. Ideologically, it is necessary to persistently strengthen the Party's innovative theoretical armament, accurately grasp the Party Central Committee's objectives, positioning, and deployment requirements for reform and development in one's region, department, and field, ensuring ideological unity and consistent direction. Politically, it is necessary to uphold the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee, strictly enforce political discipline and political rules, and never allow "seven kinds of problems," ensuring consistency in words and actions and strict obedience to orders. In action, it is necessary to make the implementation of various decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee a key focus of political supervision, jointly promoting reform and tackling tough issues, and facilitating high-quality development. Xi Jinping emphasized that strengthening the Party's disciplinary construction is a regular task, and it is necessary to guide Party members and cadres to transform external discipline into self-discipline, internalizing it as a daily, unconscious code of conduct. Establish a normalized and long-term disciplinary education mechanism, making disciplinary education run through the entire growth cycle of cadres and integrate into the entire process of organizational management. Strictly enforce Party discipline, accurately apply the "four forms," seek truth from facts, ensure no one is wronged or let off lightly, address issues early and prevent problems from escalating, unify strict management and supervision with encouraging responsibility, enabling cadres to reform and innovate, and perform their duties while abiding by rules and disciplines. Xi Jinping pointed out the need to deeply advance the integrated investigation and rectification of corruption and undesirable practices. Always adhere to a zero-tolerance policy, treating the "eight-point regulations" of the Central Committee as iron rules and strict standards, severely investigating and punishing "four forms" of problems that defy regulations or are hidden and disguised, urging Party members and cadres to resolutely oppose privileged thinking and phenomena, and firmly establish a correct view of power, performance, and career. Always maintain a high-pressure stance against corruption, focusing on key problems, key areas, and key targets for investigation, deepening the simultaneous investigation of bribery and bribe-taking, and resolutely eliminating systemic corruption risks and hidden dangers. Enhance the effectiveness of promoting rectification and governance through cases, push for the improvement of mechanisms for restricting and supervising the operation of power distribution, and enrich effective methods for preventing new and hidden forms of corruption. Insist on the integration of rectifying undesirable practices, enforcing discipline, and combating corruption, strictly punishing problems involving intertwined undesirable practices and corruption through "simultaneous investigation," and eradicating common roots of undesirable practices and corruption through "simultaneous governance." Xi Jinping emphasized the need to strengthen the primary responsibility and supervisory responsibility for comprehensive and strict Party self-governance. Party committees must actively grasp and manage, discipline inspection commissions must fulfill their specialized supervisory duties, focusing on their main responsibilities and core business, and all responsible entities must know their responsibilities, bear their responsibilities, and fulfill their responsibilities. It is necessary to optimize the evaluation mechanism for responsibility implementation, holding those who neglect their duties accountable precisely and scientifically. Xi Jinping pointed out the need to continuously extend comprehensive and strict Party self-governance to the grassroots. Party committees at all levels, especially city and county Party committees, must regularly treat the rectification of undesirable practices and corruption problems affecting the people as an important task, making it tangible and accessible to the common people. It is necessary to deepen the reform of grassroots supervision systems and mechanisms, combining disciplinary inspection and supervision with grassroots inspections and coordinating various aspects of supervision. Implement a long-term mechanism for rectifying formalism to reduce burdens on the grassroots, allowing more energy for grassroots cadres to focus on implementation. Xi Jinping emphasized that discipline inspection and supervision organs are an important force in advancing the Party's self-revolution, and the Party and the people have full trust and great expectations for this team. It is necessary to deepen the reform of the discipline inspection and supervision system, adhere to the combination of authorization and control, and cage power within institutional rules. It is necessary to vigorously strengthen the standardization, legalization, and regularization of discipline inspection and supervision work, continuously improving the ability to rectify undesirable practices, enforce discipline, and combat corruption. It is necessary to consolidate and expand the achievements of thematic education and rectification, insist that to be strong, one must first be hard, strengthen strict management and supervision, and build a loyal, clean, and responsible iron army of discipline inspection and supervision that dares to and is good at fighting. Li Xi, when presiding over the meeting, pointed out that General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech fully affirmed the new progress and achievements in comprehensive and strict Party self-governance in the past year, profoundly grasped the basic laws of the anti-corruption struggle with a high historical perspective, deeply analyzed the current situation of the anti-corruption struggle, put forward clear requirements for resolutely fighting the tough, protracted, and comprehensive battle against corruption, and made strategic deployments for deeply promoting comprehensive and strict Party self-governance. The speech was far-sighted, profound in thought, direct to problems, and thought-provoking, providing important guidance for deeply promoting comprehensive and strict Party self-governance and the anti-corruption struggle. It is necessary to deeply study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech, deeply understand the decisive significance of the "Two Establishes," strengthen the "Four Consciousnesses," firm up the "Four Confidences," achieve the "Two Maintains," strengthen confidence, dare to struggle, conscientiously fulfill the political responsibility of comprehensive and strict Party self-governance, integrate the promotion of not daring to be corrupt, not being able to be corrupt, and not wanting to be corrupt, and unswervingly advance the anti-corruption struggle in depth. Members of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, members of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, relevant leading comrades of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, State Councilors, the President of the Supreme People's Court, the Procurator-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, relevant leading comrades of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and members of the Central Military Commission attended the meeting. Members of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, principal responsible comrades of various departments of the Central and State Organs, various people's organizations, and relevant units of the military participated in the meeting. The meeting was held in the form of a teleconference, with sub-venues in various provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government, the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, and relevant military units. The fourth plenary session of the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China opened in Beijing on January 6. The Standing Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection presided over the meeting. On the afternoon of January 6, Li Xi delivered a work report on behalf of the Standing Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection titled "Deeply Promoting the Construction of Party Conduct and Clean Government and the Anti-Corruption Struggle, and Providing Strong Guarantee for Promoting Chinese Modernization with New Achievements in Comprehensive and Strict Party Self-Governance."
Our station broadcast CCTV's quick commentary "Resolutely Fight the Tough, Protracted, and Comprehensive Battle Against Corruption."
On January 6, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi exchanged congratulatory messages to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries. Xi Jinping pointed out that over the past 50 years since the establishment of diplomatic ties, regardless of changes in the international landscape, China-Botswana relations have consistently maintained good momentum, becoming good friends who treat each other as equals and good partners who work together for development. I firmly believe that as long as the two countries adhere to sincere friendship and solidarity, the path of China-Botswana relations will become broader, and the prospects for bilateral cooperation will be brighter. This year marks the beginning of the implementation of the outcomes of the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation. Standing at a new starting point, I am willing to work with President Masisi to further enhance bilateral political mutual trust, firmly support each other's major concerns, and jointly advance our respective modernization endeavors, opening a new chapter in the China-Botswana strategic partnership. Masisi stated that the 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties is an important milestone in Botswana-China relations. I express my most sincere gratitude to China for its profound friendship and solidarity with Botswana over the past 50 years. Botswana is greatly inspired by China's extraordinary development achievements and believes that the strategic partnership between the two countries will bring opportunities for Botswana's inclusive development. We firmly support the One-China principle and look forward to further strengthening Botswana-China relations based on mutual trust and respect, and jointly implementing the outcomes of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation Beijing Summit to achieve common development and prosperity.
Zhao Leji, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, held talks with Peruvian Congress President Alejandro Soto Palacios at the Great Hall of the People on the afternoon of January 6. Zhao Leji stated that not long ago, President Xi Jinping attended the 31st APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in Peru and paid a state visit to Peru. The two heads of state had in-depth communication and reached important consensus on strategic and overarching issues concerning China-Peru relations. China is willing to work with Peru to implement the important outcomes of head-of-state diplomacy and continuously promote the development of the China-Peru comprehensive strategic partnership. Zhao Leji pointed out that deepening China-Peru friendly cooperation is a common expectation of the two peoples, and legislative bodies should contribute to the steady and long-term development of bilateral relations. Peru has long adhered to the One-China principle, and China expresses its appreciation for this. The National People's Congress of China is willing to strengthen exchanges and interactions with the Peruvian Congress to enhance mutual understanding and friendship. It is hoped that the Peruvian Congress will continue to care for and support the construction of the Chancay Port. China and Peru have carried out fruitful cooperation in areas such as energy, mining, and infrastructure construction, and are actively exploring expanding cooperation in areas such as the digital economy and green development. It is hoped that the legislative bodies of the two countries will jointly create a good legal environment for China-Peru practical cooperation. Zhao Leji introduced China's reform and opening up and the legislation of special economic zones, stating that China is willing to strengthen exchanges of legislative experience with Peru in relevant fields. Soto Palacios stated that Peru firmly adheres to the One-China principle and highly appreciates and supports the series of global initiatives proposed by President Xi Jinping. The Belt and Road Initiative has brought benefits to the people of relevant countries. The Chancay Port has strategic significance for promoting Peru's development. Peru is willing to work with China to further advance mutually beneficial cooperation in various fields such as economy, trade, investment, electricity, and culture. The Peruvian Congress and its various parties unanimously support deepening Peru-China relations and are willing to strengthen friendly exchanges with the National People's Congress of China to make contributions as legislative bodies to the development of bilateral relations. Wu Weihua participated in the talks.
Wang Huning, Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, met with Peruvian Congress President Alejandro Soto Palacios in Beijing on January 6. Wang Huning stated that not long ago, President Xi Jinping attended the 31st APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in Peru and paid a successful state visit to Peru, opening a new historical chapter in the comprehensive strategic partnership between China and Peru. China is willing to work with Peru to promote more fruitful outcomes in China-Peru relations, better benefiting the two peoples. The National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference is willing to strengthen exchanges and cooperation with Peru to contribute to the two countries' joint progress on the path of national modernization. Soto Palacios stated that both Peru and China are ancient civilizations. Peru is willing to work with China to further advance cooperation in various fields such as economy, trade, investment, energy, and culture, jointly promote the development of the Chancay Port, and continuously deepen cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative. The Peruvian Congress is willing to strengthen exchanges and mutual learning with China to promote mutual understanding and friendship among all sectors of society in both countries. Zhou Qiang, Wang Dongfeng, and others participated in the meeting.
Political supervision is an important guarantee for ensuring the entire Party acts in strict accordance with orders and achieving the Party's political line, and it is a powerful measure to urge the entire Party to uphold the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee. In 2024, discipline inspection and supervision organs and inspection and patrol agencies at all levels adhered to making the implementation of major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee and important instructions and approvals of General Secretary Xi Jinping the top priority of political supervision, continuously advancing the concretization, precision, and normalization of political supervision, ensuring the implementation and effectiveness of the Party Central Committee's major policies. The construction of high-standard farmland concerns national food security and the vital interests of farmers. In 2024, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission strictly investigated violations of laws and regulations related to cultivated land, urging and handing over 110 clues regarding violations of laws and regulations related to cultivated land in two batches to discipline inspection commissions and supervisory commissions in 29 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government. Currently, 60 cases have been concluded, 115 units have been held accountable, and 820 people have been criticized, educated, or dealt with. Regarding the issue of fraudulent high-standard farmland construction projects in Chengcheng County, Shaanxi Province, which was strongly reported by the public, the Shaanxi Provincial Discipline Inspection Commission and Supervisory Commission were urged and guided to conduct a swift and severe investigation and punishment, holding 3 responsible units and 11 responsible individuals accountable, and thoroughly investigating corruption issues such as power-for-money transactions behind them. Wherever major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee go, political supervision must follow. In 2024, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission focused on special rectification of rural "three assets" management issues such as interception and embezzlement of collective funds, irregular disposal of collective assets, and illegal occupation of collective resources, severely punishing "petty corruption" and safeguarding agricultural and rural development. A total of 88,800 related cases were investigated nationwide, 500 million yuan in collective funds were recovered, and 6.261 billion yuan in village-level debts were resolved, and a batch of low-price contracts, overdue contracts, and "favor contracts" were rectified. Supervision promoted the implementation of the national "River Strategy." The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission urged discipline inspection commissions and supervisory commissions in 19 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government to strengthen supervision and promotion of the rectification and implementation of key issues, and severely dealt with problems such as serious dereliction of duty and repeated failures to rectify in accordance with rules, disciplines, and laws. At the same time, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission also worked with housing and urban-rural development departments to rectify urban gas safety issues; worked with human resources and social security departments to address problems of defrauding and misappropriating social security funds, cumulatively recovering 480 million yuan; and worked with natural resources departments to address difficulties in property registration, resolving 2.072 million historical issues that led to "difficult registration" of houses. Recently, the fourth round of inspections by the 20th CPC Central Committee concluded its on-site inspections. After forming the inspection report, it will be reported to the Central Inspection Work Leading Group. In 2024, under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, the 20th Central Committee carried out two rounds of inspections, inspecting 34 economic departments and financial units, and 34 central and state organs, discovering and promoting the resolution of a number of prominent problems. At the same time, the Central Inspection Work Leading Group strengthened guidance for provincial, autonomous regional, and municipal inspection work and central unit inspection work, promoting overall coverage through top-down linkage. A symposium on village-level inspection work was held to promote city and county inspections to extend to the grassroots, reaching all corners, continuously consolidating and expanding the achievements of poverty alleviation, promoting comprehensive rural revitalization, and continuously improving grassroots governance capabilities and levels.
The second episode of the TV special "Anti-Corruption for the People," titled "Simultaneous Investigation and Rectification of Undesirable Practices and Corruption," will be broadcast tonight (January 6) at 8 PM on CCTV-1. It tells how discipline inspection and supervision organs adhere to the integration of rectifying undesirable practices, enforcing discipline, and combating corruption, strictly punishing intertwined problems of undesirable practices and corruption through "simultaneous investigation," eradicating common roots of undesirable practices and corruption through "simultaneous rectification," and blocking the evolution of undesirable practices and corruption through integrated "investigation" and "rectification," striving to promote the integrated deepening of rectifying undesirable practices and combating corruption.
The latest data released by the State Taxation Administration shows that in the first 11 months of 2024, China's main policy tax cuts, fee reductions, and refunds supporting scientific and technological innovation and manufacturing development amounted to 2,297.9 billion yuan. A series of preferential tax "combo punches" continued to stimulate corporate innovation vitality. This smart home appliance enterprise in Cixi, Zhejiang, enjoyed policies such as R&D expense additional deduction and enterprise income tax preferential treatment in 2024. The enterprise used the saved funds to upgrade production lines and develop new products, and its sales revenue continued to increase. By policy type, in the first 11 months of 2024, tax cuts, fee reductions, and refunds supporting increased scientific and technological investment and achievement transfer amounted to 803.6 billion yuan; tax cuts supporting equipment renewal and technological transformation amounted to 80 billion yuan; and tax cuts, fee reductions, and refunds supporting high-quality development of manufacturing amounted to 968.3 billion yuan.
China's Retail Business Prosperity Index Rises Significantly in January. The China General Chamber of Commerce announced today (January 6) that influenced by Spring Festival goods consumption and the implementation of trade-in policies for household appliances, China's Retail Business Prosperity Index for January was 51.1%, an increase of 0.7 percentage points month-on-month and 0.2 percentage points year-on-year, indicating a continued recovery in the consumer market. China Accelerates Layout of National Data Infrastructure. Reporters learned today (January 6) from the National Data Bureau that China is accelerating the layout of national data infrastructure and has for the first time issued the "National Data Infrastructure Construction Guidelines" to promote large-scale data sharing and utilization. It is estimated that data infrastructure will attract approximately 400 billion yuan in direct investment annually. By 2028, China will achieve basic coverage of national data infrastructure in major and medium-sized cities nationwide. 2025 Winter Vacation Children's Care Service Activities Launched. Today (January 6), 16 departments including the All-China Women's Federation jointly deployed and launched the 2025 Winter Vacation Children's Care Service Activities, offering activities such as traditional cultural experiences, parent-child reading, safety education, and popular science practices to a wide range of children. Love moms and other volunteers at all levels and types are mobilized to provide companionship and托管 care services, helping children have a meaningful holiday. Daqing Oilfield's Natural Gas Output Exceeds 6 Billion Cubic Meters in 2024. Reporters learned from China National Petroleum Corporation that Daqing Oilfield, as China's largest gas production area in the east, had a natural gas output exceeding 6 billion cubic meters in 2024, an increase of 155 million cubic meters year-on-year, achieving 14 consecutive years of growth and a new historical high. Cold Air to Bring Strong Winds and Temperature Drops to Central and Eastern China. Due to less frequent and weaker cold air activity recently, temperatures in most parts of China are slightly higher than usual for the same period. However, starting today (January 6), a large area of cooling and precipitation is expected in central, eastern, and southwestern China. Xinjiang, Gansu, Hebei, and northeastern regions will see temperature drops of 4-8℃, and Hubei, Yunnan, Guizhou, and other places will experience rain and snow. The public should take measures to keep warm and pay attention to traffic safety when going out.
The Russian Ministry of Defense stated today (January 6) that the Russian army has completely taken control of the city of Kurakhovo in the Donetsk region. Kurakhovo is about 30 kilometers from the Ukrainian logistics hub Pokrovsk and holds significant strategic importance. The Russian Ministry of Defense stated on January 5 that on that morning, to prevent the Russian army from advancing in Kursk, the Ukrainian army attempted a counterattack, but the Russian army repelled the Ukrainian offensive. The Ukrainian side claimed today that the Ukrainian army repelled 27 Russian attacks in the Kurakhovo direction. The Ukrainian side also stated that the Ukrainian army engaged in 42 battles with the Russian army in Kursk on January 5, and military operations in the area are still ongoing. According to information released by American podcaster Lex Fridman on January 5, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated in an interview with him that he is willing to hold talks even if Ukraine does not control all relevant territories, provided that guarantees such as NATO membership are obtained. Russia has not yet responded officially. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov recently stated that Russia's position on resolving the Ukrainian issue is that there should be no NATO countries near Russia's "doorstep."
According to Palestinian media reports on January 5, the Israeli military continued to attack multiple locations in the northern, central, and southern Gaza Strip that day. The Gaza health department stated on the same day that Israeli military operations in the past 24 hours resulted in 88 deaths and 208 injuries. The Israel Defense Forces stated that in recent operations in the northern Gaza Strip, they killed a military commander of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). Israel and Hezbollah Demand Mutual Withdrawal from Southern Lebanon. Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant stated on January 5 that if Hezbollah does not withdraw from southern Lebanon, the ceasefire agreement between Lebanon and Israel will cease to exist. The day before, Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem urged the Israeli military to abide by the agreement and withdraw from southern Lebanon. The ceasefire agreement between Lebanon and Israel took effect on November 27 last year. According to the agreement, the Israeli army will gradually withdraw from southern Lebanon within 60 days, while Hezbollah's military forces will withdraw north of the Litani River, approximately 30 kilometers from the Lebanese-Israeli interim border.
Japanese Prime Minister States Japanese Industry's Concerns Over Japan-US Investment Relations. Regarding the US government's request to halt Nippon Steel's acquisition of U.S. Steel, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba stated today (January 6) that this matter has caused concern among Japanese industries about future Japan-US investment relations, and the US should take measures to alleviate these concerns. Ishiba said that the US should explain why there are security concerns. Severe Weather Affects Multiple European and American Countries, Causing Transport Disruptions and Power Outages. Multiple European countries experienced severe weather, including heavy snowfall and freezing rain, on January 5. Runways at airports in Manchester, Liverpool, and other places in the UK were temporarily closed, leading to numerous flight delays and the suspension of several railway lines. Parts of England and Wales experienced power outages. Large-scale traffic paralysis also occurred in southwestern Germany, with 120 flights canceled at Frankfurt Airport and severe delays on some railway services. On January 5, snowstorms affected multiple areas in the central and southern United States, causing power outages and traffic disruptions, with over 60 million people under severe weather alerts.
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