On May 24, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and President of China, sent a message of condolences to To Lam, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee, and Vo Van Thuong, President of Vietnam, over the passing of former Vietnamese President Tran Duc Luong. On behalf of the CPC, the Chinese government, and the Chinese people, Xi Jinping expressed profound condolences and extended sincere sympathies to Tran Duc Luong's family. Xi Jinping noted that Comrade Tran Duc Luong was an outstanding leader of the Vietnamese Party and state, who made significant contributions to Vietnam's national development and reform and opening-up. As an old friend of the Chinese people, Comrade Tran Duc Luong made unremitting efforts for the development of relations between the two parties and two countries. Xi Jinping expressed his belief that under the strong leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee with Comrade To Lam as its head, the Vietnamese Party, government, and people will turn grief into strength and continuously achieve new successes in their socialist construction.
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that in today's world, the most scarce resource is the market. Market resources are a huge advantage for China, and this advantage must be fully utilized and leveraged. We must deepen the market-oriented reform of factors of production, build a high-standard market system, and accelerate the construction of a unified national market. Since the beginning of this year, the construction of a unified national market has been deepening. Various regions have accelerated the breaking of small cycles and unblocked large cycles, laying a solid foundation for unleashing domestic demand potential and consolidating the economic recovery and improvement. What happens in today's large Chinese market every second? More than 5,000 express deliveries enter the postal network. After interconnection, the service efficiency of e-commerce platforms continues to improve; over 1.43 million GB of data is transmitted in the cloud. Currently, 24 data trading institutions have enabled mutual recognition and interconnection, significantly reducing data circulation costs. In one second, design orders from the Yangtze River Delta can be transmitted to manufacturing bases in the west, and the cross-regional collaboration capabilities of industrial chains are continuously improving. Today's China has a population of over 1.4 billion, the world's largest middle-income group, and over 180 million private business entities, making it a super-large market with immense growth potential. How to fully leverage the advantages of this super-large market? The Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core made the important decision to build a unified national market from a comprehensive and strategic perspective. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that building a new development pattern urgently requires accelerating the construction of an efficient, standardized, fair, competitive, and fully open unified national market, establishing unified national market system rules, and promoting the smooth flow of goods, factors, and resources on a larger scale. During his inspections in various regions, General Secretary Xi Jinping repeatedly emphasized the need to actively integrate into the construction of a unified national market; to prevent local protectionism and regional barriers, and truly form a unified national market. At the beginning of this year, the "Guidelines for the Construction of a Unified National Market (Trial)" was officially released, clarifying the top-level construction direction from three dimensions: "what is required," "what is prohibited," and "what is encouraged," and a series of practical measures have been successively implemented. Targeting the pain points of enterprises in market access and cross-regional operations, the national level has just clarified 15 key areas and launched a special action to clear market access barriers; to address bottlenecks at the grassroots level, policies such as "one-stop service," "single-list to the end," and the complete cancellation of household registration restrictions for participation in social insurance at the place of employment are continuously being introduced. Through both dismantling and building, the vitality of the large market is constantly being activated. Today's China has smoother cross-regional trade. Not long ago, the country's first pre-clearance cargo station spanning provinces, cities, and customs zones was officially put into use in Suzhou. Cargo security checks, customs inspections, and reception are all carried out within the enterprise park. Suzhou enterprises can enjoy Shanghai's rich international airline resources "at their doorstep," reducing ground logistics costs by up to nearly 30%. The latest data from the State Taxation Administration shows that in the first four months of this year, the proportion of inter-provincial trade sales in total sales revenue was 40.4%, an increase of 0.6 percentage points compared to the same period last year. Today's China sees an accelerated dismantling of market access barriers for private enterprises. This year, various regions have promoted the open sharing of more large scientific instruments with private enterprises, and major projects have further introduced private capital. Data shows that from January to April, the bidding success rate of private enterprises increased by 5 percentage points year-on-year, and for projects under 100 million yuan, private enterprises accounted for over 80% of successful bids. In the first quarter of this year, the Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Development Index reached 89.5, the highest value since 2020, with continuous emergence of enterprise vitality. Today's China is breaking the low-price, homogeneous competition among industries, and market competition is becoming more orderly. In the recently popular humanoid robot field, some enterprises are focusing on the refinement of dexterous hand joints, with a response time of only twenty milliseconds; others are specializing in the visual perception function of robots, which can not only identify obstacles but also obtain depth information of objects. This year, China will accelerate the in-depth and practical construction of a unified national market, allowing various factors such as logistics, data flow, and capital flow to be efficiently allocated, continuously consolidating and enhancing the advantages of a super-large market, providing strong support for building a new development pattern, and promoting high-quality economic development.
General Secretary Xi Jinping recently issued important instructions on spiritual civilization construction, pointing out that the coordination between material civilization and spiritual civilization is an important feature of Chinese modernization. He emphasized that in the new era and on the new journey, spiritual civilization construction should have a new atmosphere and new achievements, and should provide strong spiritual strength for building a strong nation and achieving national rejuvenation by promoting high-quality development of spiritual civilization. The General Secretary's important instructions have sparked enthusiastic responses from all sectors of society. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee has continuously promoted the construction of socialist spiritual civilization, consolidated and strengthened mainstream social values, significantly improved the spirit of the entire nation, and notably enhanced people's civilized conduct and social civilization. Everyone stated that General Secretary Xi Jinping's important instructions are highly insightful, profound, and possess strong political, ideological, targeted, and guiding significance. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized the need to persistently use the Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era to forge the soul, strengthen ideal and belief education, and widely practice socialist core values. He also stressed the importance of focusing more on nurturing people through culture and education, continuously enriching people's spiritual world, and promoting the all-round development of individuals. Everyone expressed that General Secretary Xi Jinping's important instructions provide important guidance for doing a good job in spiritual civilization construction in the new era.
On May 23, Premier Li Qiang of the State Council sent a congratulatory message to Lawrence Wong on his re-election as Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore. Li Qiang stated that China and Singapore are friendly neighbors and important partners. The relationship between the two countries has developed well, with fruitful cooperation in various fields, effectively promoting their respective modernization processes. Both sides maintain coordination and cooperation in international and regional affairs, making positive contributions to regional peace, stability, and development. I am willing to work with Prime Minister Wong to take the opportunity of the 35th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries to further deepen political mutual trust, expand mutually beneficial cooperation, strengthen cultural and people-toto-people exchanges, jointly uphold multilateralism and the free trade system, and promote more fruitful outcomes in the comprehensive, high-quality, and forward-looking partnership between China and Singapore, contributing to regional prosperity and stability.
Since the in-depth learning and education campaign to implement the spirit of the central eight-point frugality guidelines began, various central and state organs and departments have adhered to a problem-oriented approach, integrating learning, investigation, and rectification, incorporating the learning and education into daily routines and regular practices, and striving to forge an excellent work style. During the learning and education campaign, the Ministry of Public Security insisted on integrating learning, investigation, and rectification, further standardizing supervision, inspection, assessment, and demonstration activities, strictly investigating and dealing with violations related to banquets and drinking, and launching a special action to regulate law enforcement involving enterprises. At the same time, it integrated rectification and the public security organs' deepening of rectification of undesirable practices and corruption issues among the public, addressing urgent and difficult problems faced by the people. The Ministry of Justice, while earnestly organizing learning, insisted on reflecting the results of learning and education in practical actions for the people. Targeting irregular issues in public legal services, it vigorously and earnestly carried out problem rectification. As deployed, it coordinated and launched a special action to standardize administrative law enforcement involving enterprises, correcting prominent problems, strictly investigating illegal and irregular acts, and promoting strict, standardized, fair, and civilized law enforcement. The Ministry of Education insisted on going directly to problems and fixing them, vigorously carrying out concentrated rectification, and integrating the construction of party conduct, government conduct, teacher ethics, and school style, combining learning and education with rectifying formalism to reduce burdens on grassroots, effectively reducing the non-educational burden on primary and secondary school teachers. It solved urgent and difficult problems faced by teachers and students with an excellent work style. The Ministry of Culture and Tourism, in accordance with "two problem lists" and combined with feedback from central inspections, insisted on investigating and addressing whatever problems were found, forming a list of identified problems, carrying out rectification and correction with a firm hand, establishing ledgers, dynamically canceling items, and striving for verifiable and measurable work results. The State Administration for Market Regulation adhered to a problem-oriented approach, formulating specific rectification measures for identified weaknesses in accelerating the construction of a unified national market and inadequate market order supervision, ensuring thorough investigation and rectification. At the same time, it strengthened the construction of professional ethics, concentrically promoting the resolution of issues such as "illegal cross-regional law enforcement and profit-driven law enforcement," and improving market supervision and service levels.
On May 24, the Guanzhong Revolutionary Memorial Hall officially opened. Relatives of revolutionary martyrs and veterans, along with representatives of cadres and the public, jointly visited the memorial hall. The Guanzhong Revolutionary Memorial Hall is located in Fuping County, Shaanxi Province. The exhibition system comprehensively presents the great process of the people in the Guanzhong area bravely engaging in revolution under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, vividly showcasing Comrade Xi Zhongxun's brilliant revolutionary career and noble character, and reflecting the vibrant practice of cadres and the masses across the Qinling Mountains in striving to write a new chapter of Chinese modernization in Shaanxi since the new era. The memorial hall is open from Tuesday to Sunday.
The reporter learned from the China Machinery Industry Federation that from January to April this year, China's machinery industry production maintained stable growth, with the added value of the five major categories of industries all achieving stable year-on-year growth. General equipment manufacturing grew by 9%, special equipment manufacturing by 4%, automobile manufacturing by 11.2%, electrical machinery and apparatus manufacturing by 12.7%, and instrumentation manufacturing by 9.2%. Among representative products in the machinery industry, the cumulative output of metal cutting machine tools, industrial robots, generator sets, and solar cells all increased by more than double digits year-on-year. The China Machinery Industry Federation stated that from the perspective of major data indicators, the combined effect of macro policies continued to be released, and production supply grew rapidly. Driven by the intensified and expanded "two new" policies and industrial upgrading, equipment manufacturing continued to grow rapidly. In addition, China has increased diversified development of foreign trade, and the export of mechanical and electrical products has grown rapidly. From January to April, China's export value of mechanical and electrical products increased by 9.5% year-on-year, demonstrating strong resilience.
National trans-regional wheat harvesting by machinery is gradually commencing from south to north. Currently, over 80% of the wheat in the Southwest region has been harvested, and the Yellow River-Huai River-Hai River Plain wheat region has entered its harvesting period. Sichuan, a core area of the Southwest wheat region, has completed harvesting approximately 6.2 million mu, and it is expected that wheat harvesting across the province will largely conclude by the end of this month, slightly ahead of previous years. This year, Sichuan established 130 wheat high-yield demonstration plots of 1,000 mu each and 55 super-high-yield plots of 100 mu each, driving an increase in large-area single-season yield. In Hubei Province, located in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River wheat region, over 90% of the 15 million mu of wheat has been harvested, and wheat procurement is being carried out simultaneously. Staff told reporters that the 8 grain drying towers at this storage point operate 24 hours a day, capable of drying 360 tons of grain daily. Currently, a small amount of new wheat from Hubei is on the market, and grain purchasing enterprises have acquired over 150 million catties. The Yellow River-Huai River-Hai River Plain is China's largest and highest-yielding wheat region. Data from the "National Precision Agriculture Application Project Data Service Platform" shows that as of today (May 24) at midnight, the hot spots for mechanized wheat harvesting have entered Henan, Anhui, and Jiangsu. Anhui's wheat area is approximately 43.421 million mu, and harvesting has now gradually begun from south to north. At present, Henan's 85 million mu of wheat has entered the suitable harvesting period, with over 20% already harvested. In Fangcheng County, Nanyang, Henan, farmers are seizing the clear weather to harvest against time. Large harvesters, balers, and other supporting agricultural machinery are working together in the wheat fields to accelerate the mechanized harvesting process.
A batch of major engineering projects are progressing in various regions, contributing to high-quality development. National key water conservancy projects are accelerating. The Kaihua Reservoir, with a total storage capacity of 184 million cubic meters, recently successfully began impounding water. As a crucial control project in the upper reaches of the Qiantang River, the Kaihua Reservoir incorporated watershed ecological restoration into its construction, building ecological fishways and fish breeding and release stations according to local conditions to clear pathways for fish migration. All 46 tunnel sections of the Jilin Water Network Backbone Project have commenced construction. Once completed, the project will form a water supply network covering seven cities, 12 counties/cities, and 122 townships in central and western Jilin, with an annual water supply capacity of one billion cubic meters. The Guangxi Water Resources Allocation Project around Beibu Gulf, a guaranteed project for the Western Land-Sea New Channel, is accelerating. Upon completion, the project will improve the multi-source water supply guarantee pattern for cities like Nanning and Beihai, benefiting nearly 14 million people. At the flood diversion gate project site of the Kangshan Flood Diversion and Detention Area Safety Construction Project in Poyang Lake, the filling construction of the retaining walls on both sides has entered the late stage. Once completed, the project will further improve the flood control system in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, significantly enhancing overall flood control capacity. Construction of transportation infrastructure is comprehensively accelerating. The main structure of the third phase expansion project of Xining Caojiabao International Airport in Qinghai has passed acceptance and is scheduled to be put into operation within the year. After operation, Xining Airport will be able to meet the operational demands of 21 million passengers and 120,000 tons of cargo per year. In terms of railways, the pile foundation construction of over 14,000 piles at Nanjing North Station has been largely completed. The project will complete Nanjing's "rice" shaped high-speed rail network and further enhance its regional hub function. Construction of the Chongqing-Kunming High-Speed Railway is in full swing. At Kunming Changshui Airport Station, the top slab concrete pouring of the cut-and-cover section connecting the under-airport tunnel and the construction of the superstructure of the extra-large bridge have all been completed. As the first high-speed railway in Yunnan Province designed for a speed of 350 kilometers per hour, the travel time from Chongqing to Kunming will be significantly reduced once the entire Chongqing-Kunming High-Speed Railway is completed and open to traffic next year. In Heilongjiang, the main structure of Yichun West Station, the largest station building on the Harbin-Yichun High-Speed Railway, has been completed. After the entire line is completed and open to traffic, the travel time for passenger trains from Harbin to Yichun will be shortened from about 7 hours to about 2 hours.
The 2025 National Science and Technology Week Kicks Off. The 2025 National Science and Technology Week officially began today (May 24). The Science and Technology Week is themed "Dedicated to Innovation and Development, Building a Strong Nation in Science and Technology." Various regions and departments have organized over 2,000 distinctive public science and technology activities, allowing the public to experience the charm of science through the opening of national key laboratories, lectures on the spirit of scientists, and various popular science activities. The "2025 Greater Bay Area Consumption Season" and CMG's "Quality Foreign Trade Products Reach Greater Bay Area" Media Action Launched. The "Shopping in China • 2025 Greater Bay Area Consumption Season" and CMG's "Quality Foreign Trade Products Reach Greater Bay Area" media action, jointly organized by the Ministry of Commerce, China Media Group (CMG), and the People's Government of Guangdong Province, were launched today (May 24) in Guangzhou. CMG will fully leverage its strong integrated communication advantages and media resources at home and abroad, focusing on inbound consumption, the dragon boat economy, and the silver economy, gathering high-quality resources from the Greater Bay Area, and stimulating market consumption enthusiasm. The event also released several convenient measures for inbound consumption, injecting new vitality into promoting the deep integration of consumption and industry and the economic development of the Greater Bay Area. New Subsidies for Digital Products Such as Mobile Phones Drive Sales Exceeding 140 Billion Yuan. The reporter learned from the Ministry of Commerce that as of May 22, 48.848 million consumers had purchased 51.483 million digital products such as mobile phones, driving sales of 143.26 billion yuan. Driven by the subsidy policy, the consumption structure of mobile phones has shifted towards mid-to-high-end products. "Guiding Opinions on Promoting Efficient Handling of Enterprise Migration Registration 'One Matter'" Released. The State Administration for Market Regulation and three other departments jointly issued the "Guiding Opinions on Promoting Efficient Handling of Enterprise Migration Registration 'One Matter'," proposing seven key tasks, including establishing a "one matter" service zone for enterprise migration and simplifying registration procedures, to solve the problem of "multiple applications and repeated trips" during migration, further reducing enterprise handling costs.
U.S. President Trump said on May 23 that the European Union was "taking advantage of the U.S." on trade and was "very difficult to deal with." He added that trade negotiations between the U.S. and the EU were "making no progress," and therefore he suggested imposing a 50% tariff on goods imported from the EU starting June 1. Trump also stated on the same day that he would impose a 25% tariff on smartphones produced overseas, such as Apple and Samsung phones, unless they move production to the United States. The EU is one of the largest economic partners of the U.S., with annual bilateral trade exceeding 1.5 trillion euros. Sources familiar with the U.S.-EU negotiation process revealed that the talks are currently at an impasse, with the U.S. demanding unilateral concessions from the EU, while the EU seeks an agreement that takes into account the interests of both sides. EU parties expressed dissatisfaction with U.S. threats of additional tariffs. The EU Commission's Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security, Maroš Šefčovič, stated on May 23 that trade between the EU and the U.S. must be based on mutual respect, not threats. He added that the EU Commission is willing to cooperate but is also prepared to defend its own interests. Irish Prime Minister Martin stated that the U.S. approach would severely damage bilateral trade relations. Officials from Germany, France, the Netherlands, and other countries also expressed opposition to the U.S. threats. Scholars from multiple countries also said that the U.S. move exacerbated uncertainty. New York and major European stock indices fell. On the day the U.S. government issued new tariff threats, all three major New York stock indices fell. European financial markets also experienced volatility on the same day. Germany's Frankfurt Stock Exchange DAX index, France's Paris Stock Exchange CAC40 index, and the Euro Stoxx 600 index all fell by more than 2% at one point during trading.
The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that from May 17 to 23, Russian forces took control of six settlements in Sumy, Kharkiv, and Donetsk, and Russian air defense systems shot down 1,548 drones. The Russian Foreign Ministry issued a statement on the same day, saying that Ukraine's continued attacks on Moscow and other areas would be met with a response from Russia. According to information released by the Ukrainian Air Force and the Kyiv city administration, Kyiv was attacked by Russian missiles and drones in the early hours of today (May 24). The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces stated on May 23 that it repelled multiple Russian attacks in the Kharkiv, Pokrovsk, and other directions. Russia and Ukraine launched a large-scale prisoner exchange operation. On May 23, Russia and Ukraine exchanged 270 military personnel and 120 civilians, respectively. Both Russian and Ukrainian sides stated that the exchange operation would continue in the coming days. On May 16, Russian and Ukrainian delegations held direct talks in Istanbul and agreed to exchange 1,000 captured personnel. Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov stated on May 23 that Russia and Ukraine would hold a second round of talks, but the date and location of the negotiations have not yet been determined. Currently, the Ukrainian side has not responded to this.
Israeli attacks in various parts of the Gaza Strip resulted in over 70 deaths. According to Palestinian media reports, Israeli forces continued their attacks on various areas in northern, central, and southern Gaza Strip on May 23 and 24, resulting in over 70 deaths so far. Data released by the UN Human Rights Office on May 22 showed that 629 Palestinians died in attacks in the Gaza Strip over the past week, more than half of whom died in residential buildings or tents, including at least 148 women and children. The Israeli Defense Forces stated on May 23 that they intercepted a shell fired from the Gaza Strip, causing no casualties. Fifth Round of US-Iran Indirect Talks Concludes with Limited Progress. The fifth round of indirect talks between the United States and Iran was held in Rome, Italy, on May 23. Oman, which hosted the talks, stated that some progress was made, but no decisive results were achieved. Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said after the talks that Iran reiterated its firm stance; both sides would report the outcome of the talks to their respective leaderships in order to organize the next round of negotiations. Prior to these talks, Iran had repeatedly emphasized that its right to uranium enrichment was non-negotiable. US Justice Department's Non-Prosecution Agreement with Boeing Sparks Dissatisfaction. The U.S. Justice Department filed documents in court on May 23 stating that it had reached a non-prosecution agreement in principle with Boeing to relieve the aerospace giant of criminal charges related to two air disasters. Boeing, in turn, would admit to conspiring to defraud and obstruct federal regulators and pay over $1.1 billion in fines and compensation. In 2018 and 2019, two Boeing 737 MAX aircraft crashed, killing 346 people. Some families of the victims accused the agreement of helping Boeing evade responsibility and sending the wrong message.
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