Chinese President Xi Jinping and Myanmar Leader Min Aung Hlaing Exchange Congratulatory Messages on 75th Anniversary of Diplomatic Ties; Premier Li Qiang and Min Aung Hlaing Also Exchange Messages CCTV News (Xinwen Lianbo): On June 8, President Xi Jinping of China and leader Min Aung Hlaing of Myanmar exchanged congratulatory messages to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries. Xi Jinping noted that over the past 75 years since diplomatic ties were established, the "Pauk-Phaw" (fraternal) friendship between China and Myanmar has withstood trials and grown stronger. Both sides have upheld the jointly advocated Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence and the Bandung Spirit, adhered to good-neighborly friendship, deepened mutually beneficial cooperation, and firmly supported each other on issues concerning their respective core interests and major concerns, setting an example for friendly exchanges between nations. Xi Jinping emphasized that in May this year, he met with Min Aung Hlaing in Russia and reached important consensus on advancing the building of a China-Myanmar community with a shared future. China highly values the development of China-Myanmar relations and is willing to work with Myanmar to take the 75th anniversary of diplomatic ties as an opportunity to accelerate high-quality Belt and Road cooperation, jointly implement the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative, and the Global Civilization Initiative, and continuously advance the building of a China-Myanmar community with a shared future to bring more benefits to the people of both countries. Min Aung Hlaing stated that President Xi's historic visit to Myanmar in 2020 opened a new chapter in building a Myanmar-China community with a shared future. When Myanmar recently suffered a strong earthquake, the timely humanitarian aid provided by the Chinese government and people fully demonstrated the profound friendship of mutual assistance and shared difficulties between the two peoples. He had a fruitful meeting with President Xi in Moscow and reached important consensus on deepening Myanmar-China strategic cooperation. He expressed gratitude for China's firm support for Myanmar's peace, stability, national reconciliation, and economic development, and looked forward to accelerating cooperation in various fields to forge a stronger, more resilient, and mutually beneficial partnership. On the same day, Premier Li Qiang of the State Council and Min Aung Hlaing also exchanged congratulatory messages. Li Qiang said that over the past 75 years since diplomatic relations were established, with the joint efforts of both sides, friendly exchanges and pragmatic cooperation in various fields between the two countries have made significant progress. He is willing to work with Min Aung Hlaing to deepen the comprehensive strategic cooperation between the two countries, promote the in-depth development of the China-Myanmar community with a shared future, and inject new impetus into the development of their respective countries. Min Aung Hlaing stated that guided by the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, Myanmar-China relations have steadily moved forward. Myanmar is willing to work hand in hand with China to advance the building of a Myanmar-China community with a shared future to better benefit the people of both countries.
The remains of Comrade Xu Qiliang, an excellent member of the Communist Party of China, a loyal and tested communist fighter, a proletarian military strategist, an outstanding leader of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, a member of the 18th and 19th Political Bureaus of the CPC Central Committee, and former Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission, were cremated at Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery in Beijing on June 8. Comrade Xu Qiliang passed away due to illness at 12:12 PM on June 2, 2025, in Beijing, at the age of 75. During Comrade Xu Qiliang's illness and after his passing, Comrades Xi Jinping, Li Qiang, Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Cai Qi, Ding Xuexiang, Li Xi, Han Zheng, Hu Jintao, and others visited him in the hospital or expressed their profound condolences over his passing through various means and extended deep sympathies to his relatives. On the morning of June 8, the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery auditorium was solemn and reverent, with mournful music playing softly. Above the main hall hung a black banner with white characters that read "Deeply Mourning Comrade Xu Qiliang," and below the banner was a portrait of Comrade Xu Qiliang. Comrade Xu Qiliang's remains lay amidst fresh flowers and cypress branches, covered with the bright red flag of the Communist Party of China. At around 9:30 AM, Xi Jinping, Li Qiang, Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Cai Qi, Ding Xuexiang, Li Xi, and others slowly walked to Comrade Xu Qiliang's remains, stood in silent tribute amidst the mournful music, bowed three times to his remains, and shook hands one by one with Comrade Xu Qiliang's relatives, expressing their condolences. Relevant leading comrades from the Party, the state, and the military came to pay their last respects or expressed their condolences in various ways. Responsible comrades from relevant departments of the central and state organs, friends of Comrade Xu Qiliang during his lifetime, and representatives from his hometown also came to bid farewell.
Xiamen, Fujian, and Jingzhou, Hubei, are diligently carrying out in-depth learning and education on implementing the spirit of the central eight-point frugality guidelines. They integrate learning and education into daily routines and make it a regular practice, promoting learning, investigation, and rectification in an integrated manner, striving to transform the effectiveness of learning and education into a strong driving force for work progress. Xiamen, Fujian, has comprehensively conducted investigations through forms such as soliciting opinions at symposiums and using the 12345 hotline. It has focused on issues of public concern, launched concentrated research on six public-related matters including elderly care, campus meals, property management, and medical insurance, and systematically sorted out the root causes of problems. In the medical field, at the end of last month, Xiamen launched a "face-scan and one-code payment" smart medical settlement service, allowing for medical insurance identity verification, medical insurance settlement, and out-of-pocket payments to be completed in a few seconds. To address the relatively weak grassroots medical services, the locality has also launched the "Thousands of Physicians to Grassroots" activity to continuously optimize convenient medical services. Since the learning and education began, Xiamen has identified over 330 issues related to people's livelihoods. Currently, it is rectifying them one by one according to the checklist. Jingzhou, Hubei, deeply integrates learning and education with its official duties, identifying problems in work and improving work through rectification. In the central urban area, residents reported that many construction hoardings affected the city's appearance and caused environmental problems. The locality immediately launched investigations and organized multi-departmental coordination involving urban management, transportation, and culture and tourism, and has promoted cross-regional and cross-level rectification and demolition of 115 hoardings. Combining with the needs of surrounding residents, the hoarding sites have been transformed into convenient markets, shared parking lots, and urban micro-green spaces. Currently, Jingzhou is accelerating the rectification of identified livelihood-related issues within specified time limits.
Since the implementation of the "Two New" policies (trade-in and equipment renewal), various regions have expanded subsidy categories and optimized services to bring benefits and convenience to rural areas, stimulating consumption vitality in rural markets. Xi'an, Shaanxi, has expanded the categories of "trade-in" subsidies in rural areas this year, increasing the range of home appliance subsidies from 8 to 12 categories, including microwaves, water purifiers, and an additional 32 types of small household appliances. Beichuan, Sichuan, has specified that home improvement subsidies should be tilted towards "aging-appropriate renovations," providing up to a 30% subsidy for elderly households. In the home appliance market of Shinan Town, Xingye County, Guangxi, villagers have been flocking to buy air conditioners recently. As of now, Guangxi has carried out over 480 "trade-in for new" activities in rural areas, covering more than 3,000 administrative villages across the region. Through preferential measures such as "national subsidies + merchant concessions + service upgrades," it has attracted over a million rural consumers and merchants to participate. Services are being optimized to accelerate the implementation of the "Two New" policies in rural areas. Heze, Shandong, has set up "trade-in" convenience service stations in rural areas and provides thoughtful services such as doorstep installation and old appliance collection. Various regions are also focusing on agricultural production, deeply implementing large-scale equipment renewal actions. Anhui has launched a new round of agricultural machinery scrap and renewal subsidies, expanding the range of subsidized agricultural machinery models from 15 to 28 categories, and increasing the scrap subsidy standards for some agricultural machinery by 50%.
Reporters learned today (June 8) from the National Development and Reform Commission that with the release of a new list of 19 national key cold chain logistics bases, China has established a brand new "four horizontal and four vertical" national cold chain logistics backbone channel network. The new batch of 19 national key cold chain logistics bases are distributed across 17 provinces, including Guizhou and Jilin. In Zunyi, the nation's largest chili wholesale market, the national key cold chain logistics base enables efficient distribution of southwestern specialty agricultural products to markets across the country. In Changchun's national key cold chain logistics base, the stored fruits, vegetables, and cold drinks are equivalent to the storage capacity of 500,000 300-liter refrigerators. As of now, the number of national key cold chain logistics bases included in the construction list has reached 105, of which the total number of bases in the central and western regions has reached 64, improving the problem of unbalanced distribution of cold chain logistics infrastructure. With the increasingly完善 layout of China's cold chain logistics bases, a "four horizontal" (northern, Shanxi-Shaanxi-Tibet, Yangtze River, southern) and "four vertical" (western, Erguang, Beijing-Hubei-Fujian, eastern coastal) cold chain logistics major channels have been formed. Next, relevant national departments will promote the coordinated and integrated development of cold chain logistics bases with modern agriculture and cold chain product processing industries, accelerating the establishment of a smooth, efficient, safe, green, smart, convenient, and well-supported modern cold chain logistics system.
Building beautiful bays is an important initiative for marine ecological environmental protection. Since the beginning of this year, coastal areas have adhered to ecological priority and green development, promoting the expansion, quality improvement, and efficiency enhancement of beautiful bay construction. During this period, the restoration of the Chuandong Port Bay in Dafeng, Yancheng, Jiangsu, located on the Yellow Sea, has seen new progress. Researchers have successfully trialed planting local salt-tolerant species such as tamarix and suaeda. What was once saline-alkali barren land has been restored to lush coastal wetlands. Bays are the most representative geographical units in nearshore waters. There are 283 bays distributed along China's long coastline. Building beautiful bays promotes ecological co-governance. In the Long Island area of Tangshan Bay, Hebei, the local government is improving water quality and regulating circulation by restoring seagrass beds. In Xiamen's Xinglin Bay, Fujian, cutter suction dredgers are carrying out dredging operations. Part of the cleared silt is disposed of locally, part is used to construct bird habitats, and another part can be repurposed as building materials. To promote integrated land-sea planning, Zhongshan, Guangdong, located at the Pearl River Estuary, is focusing on improving the water quality of rivers flowing into the sea and continuously constructing sewage末梢管网 extending into villages, with a cumulative new pipeline length of 6,450 kilometers. As of the end of March this year, over 63,000 outfalls into the sea have been identified nationwide, and 92.5% of outfall remediation in key bays has been completed. According to the plan, by 2035, the 283 bays across the country will be basically built into "clear waters and clean beaches, birds and gulls soaring, and harmony between humans and the sea" beautiful bays.
Jiangxi is actively transforming and upgrading traditional industries, fostering and expanding emerging industries, and accelerating the construction of a modern industrial system supported by advanced manufacturing, injecting new impetus into high-quality development. Stepping into a copper smelting plant in Yingtan, Jiangxi, the large screen in the dispatch and command center displays real-time data from more than a dozen production workshops and hundreds of smelting processes. After digital transformation, the enterprise's production efficiency has increased by 30%, and comprehensive energy consumption has decreased by 10%. Traditional industries account for nearly 70% of Jiangxi's industrial output. The local government has deeply implemented special projects such as manufacturing foundation re-creation and collaborative technological transformation of industrial chain enterprises. Focusing on the digital transformation of manufacturing, over 140 promotion systems led by Party and government leaders have been established in various localities, and more than 260 special support policies for digital transformation have been formulated. Over 10,000 enterprises have started digital transformation. While traditional industries are consolidating and expanding, Jiangxi is also accelerating the clustered development of electronic information, new energy, and new materials industries, continuously improving the quality and efficiency of strategic emerging industries. In Nanchang, an optoelectronic enterprise has collaborated with a virtual reality research institute to jointly overcome key micro-display imaging technologies. This scientific and technological achievement can be applied in various fields such as wearable devices, smart car lights, and micro-projection. Production line preparations for industrialization are currently underway, and the annual output value is expected to reach 1 billion yuan in the future. In the first four months of this year, Jiangxi Province's value added of industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 8.5% year-on-year, and the value added of equipment manufacturing and high-tech manufacturing increased by 14.8% and 14.6% year-on-year, respectively, with industry contributing over 40% to the province's GDP.
How did a small and micro enterprise, through persistent innovation, transform from obscurity into a single champion in a niche industry segment within five years? Let's look at a frontline investigation by our reporter. Chen Zou is over 50 years old, and for many years, he has been the first to arrive at the workshop every morning at 7 AM. Chen Zou's company now primarily produces raw materials for sealants. Among its 22 employees, 16 are frontline workers. Despite being such a small and micro enterprise, it has independently developed a world-leading raw material for sealants. At the Shanghai International Photovoltaic Exhibition in June 2024, this new product caused quite a stir upon its debut. When Chen Zou started his business, he was producing sealant products, but the core raw materials were entirely dependent on imports. The price soared from 20,000 to 80,000 yuan per ton, and they were often unavailable. Many small and micro sealant enterprises like his were forced to cease production. Chen Zou realized that the long-term development of his enterprise had to rely on itself. He took out his years of savings, purchased experimental materials, and hired two doctors in materials science to form an R&D team, investing over 1 million yuan in R&D. The local government also provided a 1 million yuan subsidy to encourage their technological innovation, offering crucial support to the enterprise. After five years of silent perseverance, they finally succeeded in developing the product. It surpasses imported materials in terms of airtightness, high-temperature resistance, and service life, yet its price is only half that of imported materials. This product fills a crucial gap in the domestic sealant industry chain, not only achieving success for their own enterprise but also freeing many small and micro sealant enterprises from being constrained by others. In March this year, this small factory even attracted a purchasing manager from a global leading sealant company in the United States. Today, the laboratory of this small and micro enterprise is developing adhesives for cutting-edge fields such as drones and robots. Last year, the enterprise also purchased an experimental building in a science and technology innovation park, specifically for future R&D and innovation.
First Batch of National Retail Industry Innovation and Upgrading Pilot Cities Announced Recently, the Ministry of Commerce and four other departments have designated 38 cities, including Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou, as the first batch of national retail industry innovation and upgrading pilot cities. These cities will adapt to local conditions, promote "one store, one policy" renovation, optimize commodity and service supply, and improve supply chains, aiming to build a modern retail system that is richly supplied, service-oriented, smart and convenient, and green and low-carbon. --- Localities Accelerate Revision of Residential Project Local Standards Reporters recently learned from the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development that, focusing on the "Residential Project Standard" implemented on May 1, efforts are being accelerated to revise and formulate supporting recommended national and industry standards, and to promote localities to revise and formulate local standards based on local conditions. The "Residential Project Standard" takes the residential project as a whole, making systematic provisions for the construction, use, and maintenance of residential projects, and sets the baseline requirements for building "good houses." --- "2025 China Marine Economy Development Index" Released Today Today (June 8), the Ministry of Natural Resources released the "2025 China Marine Economy Development Index," which is a comprehensive quantitative assessment of China's marine economic development in 2024. The index shows that in 2024, China's marine economic development index was 125.2, an increase of 2.3% from the previous year. In 2024, China's gross marine product exceeded 10 trillion yuan for the first time, an increase of 5.9% from the previous year. --- China EximBank Issues 460 Billion Yuan in Foreign Trade Loans in First Five Months In the first five months of this year, the Export-Import Bank of China issued 460 billion yuan in loans to the foreign trade sector, increasing support for private foreign trade enterprises and small and medium-sized foreign trade enterprises. At the same time, it issued foreign trade-themed financial bonds totaling 37 billion yuan, specifically for credit投放 in the foreign trade sector. --- Bohai Sea's Largest Oil and Gas Platform Completes Offshore Float-over Installation Today (June 8), the central processing platform for the Kenli 10-2 oilfield cluster development project, a billion-ton oilfield group in the Bohai Sea, completed its offshore float-over installation. The platform is 22.8 meters high and has a design weight of over 20,000 tons, making it the largest in terms of weight and size in the Bohai Sea region. The oilfield where the platform is located is the largest lithological oilfield discovered offshore in China to date and is expected to start production within the year. --- Xinjiang Qitai Radio Telescope Project Central Tower Concrete Pouring Completed Today (June 8), the concrete pouring for the central tower of the Xinjiang Qitai Radio Telescope project was completed, officially transitioning to the equipment installation and system joint debugging phase. The main reflector of the telescope has a diameter of 110 meters, making it China's largest and most accurate omnidirectional steerable radio telescope. Upon completion, it will provide a world-class observation platform for cutting-edge fields such as gravitational waves, fast radio bursts, and the origin of life.
Russia's Ministry of Defense reported today (June 8) that Russian forces have reached the western border of the Donetsk region and continue to advance westward within the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. Russian forces also gained control of a new settlement in Donetsk. From the night of June 7 to June 8, Russian air defense systems shot down over 60 Ukrainian drones in several Russian regions, including Bryansk, Moscow, and Belgorod. According to previous reports from the Russian Ministry of Defense, Russian forces struck 144 temporary deployment areas of the Ukrainian military in the directions of Kharkiv, Sumy, and other areas, destroying Ukrainian personnel, armored vehicles, electronic warfare stations, and ammunition depots. Russian forces also destroyed four Ukrainian unmanned boats in the Black Sea. Ukraine stated today that its forces repelled multiple Russian attacks in the directions of Pokrovsk and other areas, destroying Russian tanks, artillery systems, air defense systems, and shooting down approximately 300 Russian drones. --- Russia-Ukraine Prisoner Exchange Plan Changes, Both Sides Disagree The head of the Russian negotiating delegation and Russian presidential aide, Vladimir Medinsky, stated on June 7 that, according to the previously reached agreement, the Russian side had transported some bodies of fallen Ukrainian personnel to the agreed location on the border between the two countries, but the Ukrainian personnel did not arrive and indefinitely postponed receiving the bodies of fallen personnel and exchanging prisoners of war. Ukraine denied Russia's claims on June 7, stating that the two sides had not reached an agreement on the date for exchanging the bodies of fallen soldiers, and that the list of personnel for exchange submitted by the Russian side did not match the agreed plan. Ukraine has raised its concerns and is awaiting a response from Russia.
According to a report by the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) on June 7, Iranian intelligence agencies have obtained a large amount of strategically sensitive information and documents from Israel, including thousands of documents related to Israel's nuclear program and facilities. The report stated that this was one of Iran's largest intelligence operations against Israel, which was carried out some time ago. It took time to ensure the intelligence was safely delivered and to review and analyze the vast amount of information, which is why Iran did not disclose the news immediately. The Israeli government has not yet responded to this. The Israeli side issued a statement on May 20 saying that in late April, two Israeli men were arrested on suspicion of carrying out intelligence missions for Iran. It is not yet clear whether the arrests of these two individuals are related to Iran's intelligence operation.
AFP reported on June 7 that according to a letter obtained by the news agency, which was submitted by the U.S. Aerospace Industries Association to U.S. Commerce Secretary Lutnick, the association warned that U.S. tariff policies would not only fail to protect the U.S. civil aviation industry but would also harm U.S. civil aviation manufacturers and the entire industry. The report stated that imposing tariffs would disrupt the balance of the U.S. civil aviation industry supply chain and undermine the industry system. Another U.S. media report on June 7 stated that due to U.S. tariff policies, cargo volume at the Port of Los Angeles, the largest U.S. port, decreased by 25% in May compared to expectations, and the number of jobs provided at the terminals was about half of normal levels. --- Federal Reserve System Executive Says U.S. Tariff Policy May Lead to Sustained High Inflation James Bullard, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, recently stated that the U.S. government's tariff policy will push up U.S. inflation and has a 50% chance of leading to sustained high inflation in the U.S. --- Mexican Industry Association Says U.S. Tariff Policy Undermines Stability of North American Automotive Supply Chain The Mexican National Auto Parts Industry Association issued a statement on June 6 saying that the U.S. decision to raise tariffs on imported steel and aluminum products to 50% will impact Mexican auto parts manufacturers. Increased costs will directly affect product delivery cycles, undermine the stability of the North American supply chain, and affect automotive production across the entire region.
Large numbers of law enforcement officers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other federal agencies conducted operations targeting undocumented immigrants in various parts of Los Angeles County, California, on June 6 and 7, sparking protests. Law enforcement personnel and protesters clashed fiercely. Currently, the tense situation continues. U.S. media reported that dozens of people were arrested. According to a White House statement released on June 7, U.S. President Trump has signed a memorandum to deploy 2,000 National Guard personnel to Los Angeles. U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said today (June 8) that some Marine Corps personnel have been placed on high alert. California Governor Gavin Newsom stated that the federal government's actions would only escalate tensions.
Palestinian Civil Defense Says Israeli Attacks in Gaza Kill 75 Al Jazeera reported on June 7, citing Palestinian Civil Defense sources, that Israeli forces launched attacks on Gaza City and other areas in the northern Gaza Strip that day, killing at least 75 Palestinians. The World Health Organization issued a statement saying that the healthcare system in the Gaza Strip is collapsing, and all hospitals in the north are currently unable to provide normal services. --- Canada Wildfire Burn Area Expands to 28,000 Square Kilometers Latest data from the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre shows that the total area burned by wildfires in Canada this year has reached 28,000 square kilometers. There are currently 219 active wildfires. British Columbia and Alberta are the most severely affected provinces. Due to an out-of-control wildfire spreading at the border between the two provinces, the evacuation zone in British Columbia has been further expanded. According to Environment Canada, British Columbia faces hot weather from June 8 to 9, which is unfavorable for firefighting. --- Salmonella Contaminated Eggs, Nearly 80 People Sick in Multiple U.S. States U.S. media reported on June 7 that multiple U.S. states have reported Salmonella infections linked to eggs. A U.S. company is recalling approximately 1.7 million dozen eggs it sold. The recalled eggs were sold in nine states, including California, Nevada, and Illinois. As of now, at least 79 cases of Salmonella infection have been reported in various parts of the U.S., with 21 people hospitalized. Salmonella is a foodborne pathogen, and symptoms of infection include fever and diarrhea.
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