The landing of large models has accelerated, and "industrial practicality" has become a development consensus.

On May 17, 2024, Tencent Cloud Generative AI Industry Application Summit was held in Beijing, and a series of progress in large-scale model research and development and application products was announced.

Tencent’s mixed-element model capability has been continuously upgraded, and several versions of models, hunyuan-pro, hunyuan-standard and hunyuan-lite, have been opened to the outside world through Tencent Cloud, meeting the model needs of enterprise customers and developers in different scenarios and landing the best cost-effective model scheme.

Tencent Cloud’s big model knowledge engine, image creation engine and video creation engine are released, creating a native tool chain in the big model era, simplifying data access, model fine-tuning and application development processes through PaaS services, helping enterprises to develop AI native applications with big models more efficiently and simply, and quickly access production scenarios.

Taking "industrial practicality" as the core strategy of developing a large model, Tang Daosheng, senior executive vice president of Tencent Group and CEO of Cloud and Smart Industry Group, said that by building a high-performance model, an efficient tool platform, a highly agile scene application, a highly available computing infrastructure, and a strong and secure model environment, the AI closest to the industry will be built.

Tang Daosheng, Senior Executive Vice President of Tencent Group and CEO of Cloud and Smart Industry Group

Tencent Hybrid Open 256k Long Text Model on Cloud, Opening Agent Ecology

Powerful general-purpose large models and low-threshold development tools can improve the productivity of developers and promote the ecological development of large models.

At this industry summit, Tencent Hunyuan introduced its multi-dimensional LLM model matrix, in which the largest model has been expanded to the scale of trillions of parameters, and has layouts under different parameters such as 1B, 3B, 7B and 13B.

After the upgrade, Tencent Mixed Element takes the lead in adopting the mixed expert model (MoE) structure in China. Compared with the previous generation, the overall performance of the model has been improved by 50%, and some Chinese abilities have been tied with GPT-4. In the performance of answering "up-to-date" questions, the abilities of mathematics and reasoning have been greatly improved.

On Tencent Cloud, the mixed-element model also provides model services in various sizes, such as trillion parameter hunyuan-pro, billion parameter hunyuan-standard, and billion parameter hunyuan-lite. At present, it has been fully open to enterprises and individual developers.

Tencent’s mixed model service is open to the outside world through Tencent Cloud.

Among them, hunyuan-standard has recently launched a long text model supporting a 256k long context window, which has the ability to process a long text with more than 380,000 characters at a time, and has shown strong performance in reading and understanding long documents and analyzing large-scale data. It can provide strong work support for professionals in finance, medical care, education, travel and other industries, and significantly improve work efficiency.

In terms of multi-modal capability, the mixed-element large model also continues to be iteratively upgraded. In the field of raw graphics, the infrastructure of Tencent’s mixed-element raw graphics has been fully upgraded to the DiT architecture of Sora, which supports bilingual input and understanding in both Chinese and English, and has the ability of multi-round drawing, and the evaluation results are leading in China; In the field of raw video, Tencent Hybrid supports various video generation capabilities such as Wensheng video, Graphic video, Graphic video and Video video, and has already supported the generation of 16s video. On the 3D level, Tencent Hybrid has laid out a text/image 3D, and a single image can generate a 3D model in 30 seconds.

According to Sullivan’s evaluation results, Tencent’s general basic ability and professional application ability are in the leading echelon of domestic large models, higher than the average of international large models. The report of the authoritative evaluation agency SuperCLUE also shows that Tencent’s mixed-element big model ranks in the first echelon of domestic big models, and is in a leading position in basic and scene applications, and is located in the quadrant of outstanding leaders.

At the meeting, Jiang Jie, vice president of Tencent Group, announced that Tencent’s mixed model will embrace open source. Previously, the mixed-meta-graph model has been fully open source, and it has attracted the attention of more than 1,000 developers on Github in just 3 days. Tencent’s mixed-element MoE models of various sizes will soon be open to the outside world, which can support diverse deployment scenarios such as mobile phone, PC and cloud/data center respectively.

Jiang Jie, Vice President of Tencent Group

As a practical big model, the mixed-element big model has been tested in more than 600 internal businesses and scenarios of Tencent, and it continues to iterate in Tencent’s rich ecology. Based on the mixed-meta model, WeChat Reading has launched new functions such as AI book inquiry and AI outline, which greatly improves the reading efficiency and experience of users. Tencent’s customer service team upgraded the intelligent customer service system based on the mixed model, and created a fine-tuning model of the vertical field of intelligent customer service, which greatly improved the accuracy of understanding the intention of intelligent dialogue and the fluency of multiple rounds of questions and answers. Compared with the traditional small model, the accuracy of the following text was improved by 38%. Its artificial customer service assistant was applied in multiple game customer service scenarios, and the daily average user request reached 1.5 million times. Tencent conference is based on the AI assistant launched by Hunyuan, which can immediately answer questions inside and outside the conference and greatly improve the efficiency of the conference. In the past four months, the daily call volume of Tencent Conference AI Assistant has increased by 20 times. Collaborative SaaS products such as enterprise WeChat and Tencent Document are also fully connected to Tencent Hybrid. Tencent Advertising has launched a one-stop AI advertising creative platform based on Tencent Hunyuan, which helps to improve the efficiency of advertising production and delivery.

Jiang Jie said that externally, Tencent Hybrid will also open the agent ecology and launch the one-stop AI agent creation and distribution platform "Tencent Meta Device". In the future, users can not only create exclusive AI agents on the platform, use Tencent’s official plug-ins and knowledge base, but also distribute these agents to QQ, WeChat customer service, Tencent Cloud and other channels with one click.

Tencent yuan organ network is open for trial application

Tencent Cloud released three AI big model engines to build a knowledge service application in 5 minutes.

With the big model technology as the core, artificial intelligence has become the key driving force for the digital development of enterprises. Research shows that more than 60% of China enterprises plan to deploy generative AI in the next 12 to 24 months.

But how to find the right scene, deploy it quickly, and shorten the distance from basic model to industrial application?

In the past year, in the process of serving industrial customers, Tencent found that the demand for models in the industry is constantly changing. On the one hand, with the diversification of industrial information carriers, the demand of the model is not only to deal with simple words, but also to deal with pictures, videos and other information. The ability competition of large-scale model has expanded from a single literary creation to multi-modal ability such as literary creation diagram, literary creation video, graphic creation diagram and graphic creation video. On the other hand, in the environment of reducing costs and increasing efficiency, enterprises have higher requirements for "cost performance", and expect to use simpler large-scale model tools to accelerate application development, realize rapid production and meet the sustainable input-output ratio.

In order to better meet these needs, Tencent Cloud has launched a new native tool chain for large models, with three PaaS products —— large model knowledge engine, large model image creation engine and large model video creation engine to help enterprises improve quality and efficiency in knowledge services, image and video creation.

Tencent Cloud released three AI engine tools to lower the threshold of model application.

Among them, the big model knowledge engine focuses on the enterprise knowledge service scenario, and integrates OCR document analysis, vector retrieval, large language model, multi-modal big model and other technologies based on the RAG (Search Enhanced Generation) technical architecture, creating a "low threshold" and "high efficiency" model application development platform for enterprises. Through the "modular" application template, enterprises can develop a knowledge service application in natural language in 5 minutes.

At present, the knowledge engine of Tencent Cloud Big Model has been applied in many industries such as government affairs, finance, education, travel and retail. In the financial industry, Center Huibao has developed an efficient Huimin think tank for insurance agents, and with the assistance of large-scale model technology, it automatically generates product knowledge questions and answers and soothing words, achieving a per capita efficiency increase of 50%. In the education industry, Henan Digital Education Development Co., Ltd. used the knowledge engine to import millions of primary and secondary school textbooks in Henan Province, and arranged the knowledge to create a 7×24-hour all-weather model knowledge assistant.

Within Tencent, a number of SaaS applications are upgraded by relying on the knowledge engine. In the customer service scenario, enterprises point to a large model text robot for customer service, and access the large model multi-round task engine to perform tasks such as bill inquiry and return, and the configuration cost is reduced by 50% compared with the traditional text robot. In the service scenario of digital people, after accessing the knowledge engine of the big model, digital homo sapiens can better understand and identify users’ intentions, and use the big model to generate more professional and personalized answers. In the enterprise knowledge service scenario, Tencent enjoys the combination of knowledge engine, providing "intelligent writing and generation" capability on the knowledge production side and "intelligent question and answer" capability on the knowledge consumption side, so as to make enterprise employees’ knowledge production and learning more efficient and enhance organizational ability.

In addition to the big model knowledge engine, the image and video creation engine will comprehensively improve the efficiency of material generation through the big model. The "Image Creation Engine" is based on Tencent’s self-developed image creation model, which outputs high-quality AI image generation and editing capabilities, and provides corporate customers with AI photo, line drawing, image stylization and other capabilities. For example, in the design scene, enterprise customers use the function of "line drawing generation" to upload product line draft design drawings, and then quickly generate physical design drawings through prompt words and parameter settings, greatly shortening the creation and production cycle.

Based on multi-modal algorithm technology, Video Creation Engine outputs high-quality video generation and processing capabilities, and provides video translation, video stylization, canvas expansion and other functions. Facing the demand of enterprises going to sea, "video translation" helps enterprise customers to translate the original video into multi-language video output with one click, quickly put it into overseas markets and seize the sales opportunity.

Wu Yunsheng, Vice President of Tencent Cloud, Head of Tencent Cloud Intelligence, Head of Youtu Lab and Head of Tencent Enterprise.

Wu Yunsheng, vice president of Tencent Cloud and head of Tencent Cloud Intelligence, said that Tencent Cloud started from the actual needs of the industry, built a native tool chain in the era of big models, and relied on three AI big model engine tools to realize data engineering, model fine-tuning and application development. Streamlined processes help enterprises use big models more efficiently and conveniently.

Computing power and safety double base upgrade, escort production AI development

Generative AI drives "intelligent emergence", which brings growth opportunities for enterprises and new security challenges. In the process of industrial practice, Tencent found that there are two major obstacles for enterprises to embrace generative AI, namely, the shortage of computing resources and security concerns.

Safety compliance is the bottom line for enterprises to apply artificial intelligence technology. Based on the accumulation of security technology for more than 20 years, Tencent Security upgraded and launched a systematic security solution for AIGC scenarios.

In terms of data security, Tencent Security has launched a full-link data security solution. Through tools such as key management system, fortress machine and data security governance center (API security monitoring), it escorts the data security of enterprise model training, fine adjustment, release and operation throughout the life cycle, helping enterprises to protect sensitive data and ensure the safety and compliance of data collection.

In terms of content security, the content generated by the big model often encounters some unknown risks, such as false information, content infringement, induced risk and personal privacy. Tencent Cloud Tianyu AIGC content compliance solution, through the five service systems of expert service, data service, copyright service, computer audit service and CEM (customer experience management) service, solves the content security challenges such as model training, content generation and post-event operation of AIGC applications in the whole process.

At present, Tencent Cloud Tianyu has escorted a number of AIGC formats, covering scenes such as AI Q&A, digital people, creative assistants, literary drawings, code generation, entertainment and social interaction, and AI customer service.

At the computing power level, Tencent Cloud provides a one-stop AI infrastructure for the industry training model. Tencent Cloud has built a computing cluster that can support more than 100,000 cards for parallel computing and is compatible with various GPU ecosystems through its self-developed 3.2T communication bandwidth and unified access layer capability. Tencent Cloud also launched the first AI native vector database in China, which can support up to 100 billion-level vector scale. It is the first product in China to pass the capability evaluation of ICT vector database.

Generative AI ecological plan is released to build a prosperous ecological drive for industrial intellectual change.

The landing of large-scale model industry is a vast market, but also a complex process, which requires the whole industrial chain of large-scale model manufacturers, physical industries and ecological partners to attack. Since 2023, Tencent Cloud has worked closely with 1,500 partners, relying on leading and rich generative AI products, serving more than 20,000 corporate customers, and initially building an ecosystem around generative AI products.

At the summit, Tencent Cloud officially launched a generative AI ecological plan. Yang Chen, vice president of Tencent Cloud and head of industrial ecological cooperation, said that Tencent Cloud will focus on strengthening the generative AI technology and platform base, unite thousands of solution providers in the future by opening platform capabilities and services and providing technical and market support, cultivate thousands of service providers and tens of thousands of agents, and jointly promote the generative AI technology to penetrate into the whole industry chain and accelerate the intelligent upgrading of the industry.

Tencent Cloud and 17 partners released a generative AI ecological plan.

In terms of open capabilities, Tencent Cloud will open up full-generated AI products for solution providers, as well as platforms and atomic capabilities such as PaaS, aPaaS and iPaaS to help partners form differentiated and competitive solutions on the application side. In terms of service opening, Tencent Cloud will focus on cultivating thousands of professional service partners of generative AI products, and through systematic capability certification, partners will form a capability matrix of full-process services to improve quality delivery for the industry. In terms of technology and market support, Tencent Cloud provides partners with special testing funds for seven major generative AI core products, such as knowledge engine, vector database and digital homo sapiens, and arranges 100 large model architects, product experts, algorithm experts and data experts to accompany them, helping partners to accelerate the landing and replication of customer scenarios. At the same time, the establishment of generative AI marketing plus multiplication funds will effectively help partners explore the market.

At the meeting, Tencent Cloud and Gartner also released the Research Report on the Landing Path of Generative AI Industry (hereinafter referred to as "Report"), providing enterprises with a scenario matrix and a roadmap for the landing of generative AI applications to help enterprises solve challenges such as scenario value and landing feasibility.

Tang Daosheng said that facing the smart future, Tencent will always adhere to the strategic direction of "industrial practicality", persist in using technology to solve practical problems, and will also adhere to ecological opening up and work with industries and partners to help the industry meet the smart future. "

　　On the occasion of the upcoming 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the fourth volume of The Supreme Leader’s Talks on Governing the Country was published. The fourth volume of "The Supreme Leader’s Talks on Governing the Country" vividly records the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core. In the face of the complicated situation in which the century-old changes and the century-old epidemic situation overlap and the world enters a new period of turmoil and change, it faces risks and challenges that are rare in the world and rare in history, coordinating the two overall situations at home and abroad, coordinating epidemic prevention and control, economic and social development, and coordinating development and security. The great practice of uniting and leading the whole Party and the people of all nationalities in China to build a well-off society in an all-round way and start a new journey of building a socialist modern country in an all-round way has concentrated on the latest achievements of Marxism in China, fully embodied the latest contribution made by our Party to promoting the building of a community of human destiny and building a better world, and is an authoritative work that comprehensively and systematically reflects the Supreme Leader’s Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era. To understand the fourth volume of The Supreme Leader’s Talks on Governing the Country, we need to focus on its spiritual essence and core essence.

　　Keep in mind a theme: realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

　　Realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is the greatest dream of the Chinese nation in modern times. Over the past 100 years, all the struggles, sacrifices and creations that the Communist Party of China (CPC) has led the people of China in unity have come down to one theme: realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. This important conclusion is rich in connotation and far-reaching, which is not only a scientific summary of the main theme of the party’s struggle for a hundred years, but also shows the new mission of continuing to struggle on the road to the exam.

　　Around this theme, the Communist Party of China (CPC) United and led the people of China to fight bloody battles and persevere, creating great achievements in the new-democratic revolution and creating fundamental social conditions for realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation; Self-reliance and striving for strength have created great achievements in socialist revolution and construction, laying a fundamental political premise and institutional foundation for realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation; Emancipating the mind and forging ahead have created great achievements in reform, opening up and socialist modernization, providing a new and energetic institutional guarantee and material conditions for rapid development for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation; Self-confidence, self-improvement, integrity and innovation have created the great achievements of Socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, provided a more perfect system guarantee, a more solid material foundation and a more active spiritual strength for the realization of national rejuvenation, and then pushed the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation into an irreversible historical process.

　　To understand the fourth volume of the Supreme Leader’s Talks on Governing the Country, the first thing is to grasp the main tone. The author believes that, first, we should profoundly grasp that the Communist Party of China (CPC) is the fundamental guarantee for realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, that the leadership of the Party is the choice of history and the people, that it is the foundation and lifeline of the Party and the country, and that it is the interest and destiny of the people of all ethnic groups throughout the country; Second, we should profoundly grasp that Socialism with Chinese characteristics is the only way to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. The Socialism with Chinese characteristics Road is not a master that simply continues our history and culture, a template that simply applies the ideas of classic Marxist writers, a reprint of socialist practice in other countries, or a replica of foreign modernization, but a broad road that is rooted in China, reflects the wishes of the people in China, and meets the requirements of China and the development and progress of the times. It must be unswervingly and unswervingly adhered to.

　　Mindful of two overall situations: the overall situation of the great rejuvenation strategy of the Chinese nation and the unprecedented changes in the world in the past century.

　　Today, the world is experiencing a great change that has never happened in a hundred years, and China is in a critical period to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, which are the two overall domestic and foreign situations that China is facing at present and in the future. The great changes in the world in the past century are manifested in the fact that peace and development are still the theme of the times, at the same time, a new round of scientific and technological and industrial revolution has accelerated changes, the process of economic globalization has evolved in a complex way, the international pattern and international system have been profoundly adjusted, and the instability and uncertainty facing the world have been significantly enhanced; The overall performance of the great rejuvenation strategy of the Chinese nation is that the party leads the people to win the battle against poverty and build a well-off society in an all-round way as scheduled. We are closer, more confident and capable of realizing the goal of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation than at any time in history. The former provides opportunities and challenges for the latter and constitutes the external conditions of the former; The latter is developed under the macro background of the former, and it is an important part and driving force of the former. The "two overall situations" are intertwined, agitated and influenced by each other, which is a scientific judgment on the development trend and pattern of China and the world from the perspective of a great historical view, and marks the basic starting point for the current party and people to plan various tasks.

　　He who does not seek the overall situation is not enough to seek a domain. To understand the fourth volume of the Supreme Leader’s Talks on Governing the Country is to put it in the space-time coordinates and overall framework of the "two overall situations" to understand and grasp it. The author believes that, first, we should recognize the historical position of "two overall situations" in the process of deep understanding. The Communist Party of China (CPC) is a political party that is good at and dares to correctly understand and accurately define the historical position, which is the prerequisite for the Party to gain insight into the historical development trend, make clear the direction of progress and bravely stand at the forefront of the times at key historical nodes. The "two overall situations" adhere to the unity of basing on domestic and looking at the international, which is the basic background of the fourth volume and has a basic and overall important position; The second is to firmly grasp the historical initiative of "two overall situations" in the process of deep understanding. Compared with the first three volumes, the fourth volume takes "Mastering the historical initiative, better upholding and developing Socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era" as the first topic, which highlights the historical consciousness of the Communist Party of China (CPC) people in the new era to coordinate the two overall domestic and international situations, firmly grasp the initiative of development, cultivate new opportunities in the crisis, open new opportunities in the changing situation, and promote the cause of the party and the state to continuously glow with new vitality.

　　Grasp three logics: theoretical logic, historical logic and practical logic.

　　Adhering to theoretical logic, historical logic, practical logic and their dialectical unity is the key to creatively using Marxist methodology to observe China, understand China and understand China. Among them, theoretical logic reflects the inevitable connection and inherent stipulation between the internal elements of the problem research itself, and determines the nature and direction of the research problem. Historical logic and practical logic respectively summarize the inevitability and regularity of past and ongoing practical activities. Theoretical logic is rooted in historical logic, which proves its scientificity and rationality, not only guides the development of historical logic, but also promotes its own development. At the same time, theoretical logic and historical logic are unified in practical logic, which is a scientific reflection, induction and sublimation of practical logic The three logics are interrelated and influenced each other, and dialectical unity is in all aspects of the party leading the people to promote theoretical research and practical work.

　　From the perspective of "the unity of the three logics", we should systematically grasp the fourth volume of "The Supreme Leader’s Talks on Governing the Country and Politics", not only to see its inheritance and development of scientific socialism on the basis of conforming to China’s national conditions and historical traditions; It is also necessary to understand the new development of the Party’s governance of the country based on the new era, which is the action guide and fundamental guideline for continuing to advance the cause of Socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new journey. Specifically, we should pay attention to grasping the three logics and achieving two "unification" when we deeply understand the fourth volume. First, we should study the first three volumes and the fourth volume as a unified whole, and the fourth volume is in the same strain as the first three volumes, and keeps pace with the times, which is intrinsically related. Only by promoting the integrated study of the four volumes and combining them with the "Four History" can we scientifically and comprehensively grasp the development context, complete system and original contribution of the Supreme Leader’s Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era and lay a solid foundation for understanding the specific exposition and policy orientation; Second, we must persist in learning, understanding, and doing the unity of reality, and answer the three fundamental questions of "what, why, and how". We should not only learn the basic contents and key points of Volume IV, but also systematically grasp the Marxist positions, viewpoints and methods running through it, understand its spiritual quality and ideological power, and even more, we should take action to effectively turn the learning results into a powerful driving force for performing our duties.

　　Answer four questions: China, the world, the people and the times.

　　Problems are the voice of the times and the starting point of practice. Failure to answer China’s question, the question of the world, the question of the people and the question of the times will not only make the cause of the party and the state unable to move forward, but also make Marxism lose its vitality and persuasiveness. "China’s Question" emphasizes the requirement of localization, and Marxism must be combined with China’s specific national conditions and Chinese excellent traditional culture; "The Question of the World" emphasizes the world dimension and global vision, and Marxism must share the fate with human society. "People’s question" emphasizes people’s nature, and Marxism must breathe with the people. The question of the times emphasizes openness, and Marxism must keep pace with the development of the times. The "four questions" are essentially "practical questions", which respectively correspond to the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s mission and responsibility of seeking a way out for China, seeking great harmony for the world, seeking happiness for the people and seeking development for the times. They have different specific directions and present specific connotations in different historical stages, and are concise summaries of major theoretical and practical issues faced by the Party in the process of governing the country.

　　The key to writing the answer sheet of the "Four Questions" in the new era lies in continuously strengthening theoretical study. It is necessary to take the fourth volume of The Supreme Leader’s Talks on Governing the Country as the latest authoritative textbook for theoretical study. First, we should strengthen the problem consciousness in the process of deep understanding. The problem is the forerunner of action, and the process of human understanding and transforming the world is a process of finding and solving problems. Strong problem consciousness and clear problem orientation are the fundamental requirements of Marxism, which runs through the governance of the country in the new era and must be consistently adhered to; The second is to stand firm in the people’s position in the process of deep understanding. The times are the authors, we are the respondents and the people are the reviewers. People’s nature is the fundamental attribute and theoretical character of Marxist historical materialism, and it is a remarkable sign that the Communist Party of China (CPC) is different from other political parties. China’s question, the question of the world, the question of the people, and the question of the times, in the final analysis, need to take the "people" as the ultimate test and value destination.

　　Strive for a new journey and build a new era. The fourth volume of The Supreme Leader’s Talks on Governing the Country and Politics closely revolves around the theme of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Under the background of the "two overall situations", it constantly deepens the understanding of the theoretical logic, historical logic and practical logic of the Supreme Leader’s Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era, and constantly answers questions from China, the world, the people and the times. On the new journey, we should take the fourth volume as the top priority of theoretical research and practical work, persist in working hard on learning and understanding, make a fuss about research and interpretation, and make practical moves in work planning, and greet the victory of the 20 th CPC National Congress with an enterprising attitude!

　　(The author is the vice president, professor and doctoral supervisor of the School of Marxism, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, and a special researcher at the Theoretical System Research Center in Socialism with Chinese characteristics, Sichuan; Fund Project: This paper is a project of Sichuan characteristic philosophy and social science planning (SC22ZX001).

　　This morning, the the State Council Information Office held a press conference. A spokesman for the National Bureau of Statistics said that the relevant data of the seventh national census have attracted great attention from all walks of life. The difference between the published census data and the data published in previous years is mainly due to the different calibers of the two data.

　　Census data is more comprehensive and accurate.

　　A spokesman for the National Bureau of Statistics said that the population data in non-census years were calculated by sampling survey, so there were survey and sampling errors. The census data in the census year is obtained from a comprehensive survey, and the data is more comprehensive and accurate, which is also the reason why countries all over the world have to carry out census in order to find out the population situation. According to international practice, after the census, the sampling data between the two censuses will be revised, which will eliminate the difference between the current sampling data and the new data obtained by the census.

　　Fu Linghui, spokesperson of the National Bureau of Statistics:At present, the National Bureau of Statistics is doing this work, and we will revise the relevant data such as the total population, birth population and urbanization rate between the two censuses. I can share some data with you: in 2016, the original published birth population was 17.86 million, and after revision according to the age-specific population data of the census, the birth population was 18.83 million, an increase of 970,000. In 2017, the original published estimated birth population data was 17.23 million, and it was revised to 17.65 million, an increase of 420,000. The average number of people born in the relevant years between the two censuses will be revised and increased by about 1 million every year. The detailed data will be published in Statistical Abstract of China in 2021. I hope you will pay attention to it in time.

　　China is still in the stage of mild aging.

　　On the issue of aging, Fu Linghui said that there are some misunderstandings in the society. Many people think that China has entered a deeply aging society. According to international practice, if the population aged 60 and above accounts for more than 10% of the total population, a country will enter an aging society. If the proportion of people aged 60 and over is between 10-20%, it belongs to the stage of mild aging; The proportion between 20-30% is in the stage of moderate aging; More than 30% is in the stage of severe aging. According to the data of this census, the population aged 60 and above accounts for 18.7% of the total population, indicating that China is still in the stage of mild aging.

　　Fu Linghui, spokesperson of the National Bureau of Statistics:About the total male population of all ages in China is more than 30 million than the female population, which is actually distributed in different ages. Among them, there are 17.52 million more men of marriageable age between 20 and 40 than women, and the sex ratio is 108.9. Among young people, the problem of more boys than girls is a realistic problem. We should also see that with the implementation of the comprehensive "two-child" birth policy and the change of birth concept brought about by economic and social development, the sex ratio of the birth population in China is gradually decreasing.

"Taoism is natural", especially in early childhood education. As a naive child, the best education method is to respect nature and let nature take its course. Clever and effective use of natural resources to develop preschool education curriculum plays a unique role in children’s feeling and integration with nature, developing personal perception and mental ability, and cultivating the natural concept of harmonious coexistence between man and nature and harmony between man and nature.

Gongyi city, located at the foot of Mangshan Mountain and the bank of Heluo River, has developed a series of characteristic preschool education courses such as clay sculpture, sand sculpture, sand painting, weaving, music, perception, games, etc. by using the common natural resources that can be found everywhere and easily available locally, so as to promote the natural and healthy development of preschool education.

Be creative and natural, and use natural gifts skillfully.

Gongyi is located in the Central Plains, where the Yellow River and Luohe River meet to form Luoling, which nurtured the ancient civilization of the Chinese nation. It is not only the birthplace of Hutuluo, the hometown of poet Du Fu, but also the birthplace of Tang Sancai and the Northern Wei grottoes "The Ritual of the Empress". Teachers of early childhood education in Gongyi started from excavating local unique culture, and combined ordinary and spiritual materials such as water, soil, sand and stone with classroom teaching, thus creating a new chapter in early childhood education in Gongyi.

Taking advantage of the delicate and sticky local soil, local kindergartens have developed and created clay sculpture courses for children. From selecting soil, rolling, filtering, injecting water, mixing mud and shaping, groups of ordinary loess and red soil have become various animals, figures, toys and even jars and teacups in the hands of children to learn tea ceremony and entertain guests. In addition, some traditional clay games also bring new experiences to children in the classroom. Children can never get tired of playing games such as mud, throwing tile houses, sticking, scraping walls with mud, and climbing in pits.

Among them, throwing tile houses is an ancient traditional game that remains in the hearts of Gongyi people. The game requires children to knead mud into a small bowl shape and then throw it hard into the ground. It’s better to see who is more powerful, and the area that falls to the ground will win greatly. The key is to let the tile house bloom. It seems simple, but it is extremely difficult to do it perfectly. The choice of soil, the amount of water added, the size of the mud block, the shape of the kneading, the weight of the force, the inertia of the force, etc., are all key factors to determine whether to win or lose. During the activity, the children are familiar with their own small tile houses and concentrate on making them, only to hear a bang, and one by one, the small tile houses are blooming on the ground. The children scattered around, looking for small sticks, small ropes, etc., and couldn’t wait to measure whose area was large and whose flowers were good … In close contact with the soil, the children eliminated the anxiety of entering the park, gained happiness and growth, and fully exercised their arm strength, estimation ability, cooperation ability and flexibility of their fingers, thus effectively inheriting the culture that the farming civilization in the Central Plains valued soil and attached importance to it and moved safely.

The Yellow River rushes down from the upper reaches to the intersection of Luohe River, which becomes open and calm. Fine yellow sand is deposited on both sides, forming a deep and vast sandy land, and beach games have become another natural place for preschool education. The kindergarten teacher in Gongyi took the children to the Yellow River and moved the kindergarten into nature. Children have changed from "plastic children" to "wild children" who are free-range, running around, tumbling and wrestling at will on the vast land; On the beach, the children are full of creativity … They build sand piles, construct sculptures and play at will. At this time, the sand is as rough as their father, giving the children a chance to experience; Children make it into a sand table, and the game projects the inner real world. At this time, the sand is as gentle as a mother, giving children spiritual security and conversion; Children make it into a sand sculpture. At this time, the sand is as smart as a teacher, teaching children to create and cultivating their innovative ability of thinking. Children use it to make sand paintings, or draw directly. At this time, sand is more intimate like friends, communicating with children cordially and expressing boldly. A world in a grain of sand, children are playing the eternal charm in an instant.

All kinds of nature, discover the beauty of nature

In Xiaolihe Kindergarten, Mihe Town, gongyi city, a large number of common or even abandoned straws in rural areas are used in doorroom signs such as home contact column and class house number. The same idea has been applied in different ways in the Eastern Experimental Kindergarten and Xiangyu Kindergarten. All the theme recycling in the Eastern Experimental Kindergarten is made of plant straws, while Xiangyu Kindergarten uses seeds for large corridor recycling.

These common plant materials, through the ingenuity of teachers and children, have become works of art and living space with strong local flavor and modern customs. Decorative wall paintings made of tung tree shells, bark, stones, corn stalks, wood chips and reeds, 24 solar terms pictures made of plant materials, grenades made of corn and gourd, mice made of sweet potatoes, and various stickers made of shells, seeds, leaves, shells and walnuts can be seen everywhere and are very beautiful. In particular, the knitting courses offered with various natural materials perfectly combine traditional handicraft art with modern handicraft education. Corridor railings have become children’s weaving columns, and there are children’s homemade curtain weaving artifacts, weaving walls that can be woven at any time, and weaving angles of each classroom …

In the kindergarten, knitting activities that integrate handwork, color and composition can be carried out anytime and anywhere. The materials used for weaving are all taken from nature without exception: wicker, reed, straw, rattan, and the skins of various plants have all become the raw materials for children to be confident and skillful. In the living area, cushions, water coasters and various storage baskets woven with corn husks; In the puzzle area, various wisdom chessboards woven with corn husks and sorghum stalks. All kinds of materials are stretched and entangled between children’s fingers, and their hands, brains and eyes are fully exercised and coordinated. The children collected wild weeds and wild flowers from the mountains, created flowers and started a small florist.

Bookmarks made of wild flowers in nature have become the most eye-catching gifts for Teachers’ Day. Tie-dyed with pitaya, impatiens and pomegranate peel, and tied with discarded corncobs and sorghum stalks, all kinds of figures and animals are vivid and lively. There are also children and teachers who use thatched sheds built with millet stalks to shelter from the wind and rain and enjoy the fun of returning to the countryside and nature.

Music is natural, listen to the sound of nature.

In the field of music, teachers invited musicians from nature. Nature is a tune, and every material has a note. Willow branches, willow leaves, acorn shells, snail shells, bamboo joints, bamboo poles, wooden sticks and so on can make all kinds of wonderful notes simply. Although these materials are not exquisite enough and the music is not crisp enough, the children’s cheerful laughter is enough to make nature proud of its musicians.

Nature is also the best place to cultivate children’s sensory ability. Covering the children with leaves, they can lie still for 20 minutes. Let the children listen to the sound of falling leaves quietly, and they can actually perceive the difference between broad leaves and needles. Teachers will also take children to listen to Songtao, listen to frogs by the pond and listen to cicadas in the Woods. Children’s study is accompanied by ants, earthworms and snails. Nature is really the best place to experience and feel. This kind of play has feelings and temperature, which is the joy that plastic toys can’t give children.

Bacon, a western philosopher, said, "Only by understanding nature", and the concept of "harmony between man and nature" in Chinese culture shows us the essence and essence of education. Only by letting children fully integrate into nature, enjoy nature and return to nature can we better cultivate the ecological concept of harmonious coexistence between man and nature. Based on the exploration of local culture, we not only let the children gain healthy bodies, free souls and unruly wildness in the close relationship with nature, but also gain many qualities such as enthusiasm, self-confidence, concentration, cooperation and frugality, and gain a genetic link that is in perfect harmony with their local local local culture. Moreover, we gain a new pre-school education characteristic course that inherits local culture and attaches importance to ecological civilization.

　　Guangming Daily, Beijing, December 8th (Reporter chenchen)Under the influence of moderate intensity El Nino event and the background of global warming, it is predicted that cold air will be active in most parts of China this winter and next spring, extreme weather may occur frequently, and the situation of agricultural disaster prevention and mitigation is complicated and severe. In order to do a good job in agricultural disaster prevention, mitigation and relief in winter and spring, win the initiative of grain and oil harvest in summer, and ensure the stable supply of vegetables and other "vegetable basket" products, the general office of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs recently issued the "Pre-plan for scientifically coping with El Niñ o disaster prevention and mitigation this winter and next spring to ensure safe and stable supply" (hereinafter referred to as the "Pre-plan"), requiring all localities to firmly establish the concepts of "disaster prevention is to increase production, and loss is to increase grain" and "prevention is more important than rescue", and actively respond,

　　The "Pre-plan" puts forward the main measures for agricultural disaster prevention, mitigation and relief by region and disaster species. The first is to prevent the possible low temperature freezing injury in the northern winter wheat area. Carry out pre-winter suppression and classify winter irrigation; Strengthen field management in early spring, pay close attention to weather changes, and timely irrigate before cooling to improve soil moisture and prevent freezing injury; For wheat fields suffering from freezing injury, classified fertilization is used to remedy and promote the recovery of growth. The second is to prevent the possible spring drought in the northern winter wheat area. Overhaul irrigation facilities in advance, and once drought occurs, concentrate limited water sources to water seedlings; In early spring, vigorously promote measures such as harrowing, hoeing, weeding and suppression to promote green growth; Spraying drought-resistant water-retaining agent on leaves can enhance the drought resistance of plants. The third is to prevent possible rain, snow and freezing disasters in open fields and protected vegetables. Overhaul the shed in advance and clear the snow in time; Heat preservation quilts and grass mats should be added to the protected vegetables in time to prevent the cold, and the open vegetables should be strengthened with intertillage and soil cultivation, and covered with sunshade after the cold wave to prevent freezing injury; Scientifically manage fertilizer and water, and do a good job in the prevention and control of aphids, soft rot, downy mildew and other diseases and pests; Pay close attention to market dynamics, timely release supply and demand information, promote the convergence of production and marketing, and arrange emergency supply and production in large and medium-sized cities in advance. The fourth is to prevent possible waterlogging and freezing disasters of rape in Jiangnan. Clear ditches in advance to reduce stains and keep the "three ditches" unblocked; Timely intertillage and weeding to control prosperity and promote strength; Before the cold wave comes, spray growth regulators in advance to prevent cold and freeze; For frozen rape, clear the frozen leaves in time and topdressing to promote growth; In spring, according to the seedling situation, timely and appropriate topdressing fertilizer should be applied. The fifth is to prevent the possible freezing injury of rain and snow in livestock and poultry aquaculture. Check and maintain livestock sheds and ponds and ridges, and do a good job in keeping warm and preventing freezing of breeding facilities and equipment such as pens and ponds.Strengthen feeding management and scientific feeding, strengthen the storage of forage and other materials and the sale of livestock and poultry, strengthen the monitoring and prevention of major animal diseases, and prevent seasonal rebound. The sixth is to prevent possible spring floods in the central and eastern parts of Northeast China. Early stubble preparation to disperse soil moisture, determine suitable mature varieties and prepare seeds; Strengthen the scheduling of machines and tools, organize the mechanical ploughing and sowing operations, and improve the sowing quality. The seventh is to guard against the possible spring drought in the northeast and west. Reasonably adjust the structure to avoid disasters; Popularize no-tillage sowing, drought-resistant "sowing with water", plastic film mulching, drip irrigation under plastic film and other drought-resistant technologies; Scientifically determine the main varieties and do a good job in seed adjustment and transportation as soon as possible. Eight is to prevent possible drought in winter and spring in southwest China. Do everything possible to broaden water sources and repair and build farmland rainwater collection and storage facilities; The winter fallow field stores water in advance for ploughing; Popularize techniques such as centralized rice seedling raising and dry rice seedling raising; Water the seedlings in time in areas with water sources; Spray drought-resistant water-retaining agent on plots without water source in time, and replant plots due to drought according to local conditions.

　　Guangming Daily (December 9, 2023, 03 edition)

On October 25th, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate of official website reported that Yin Jiaxu, the former party secretary and chairman of China Ordnance Industry Group Co., Ltd., was suspected of taking bribes and making illegal profits for relatives and friends. The case was investigated by the National Supervisory Commission (NSC) and transferred to the procuratorate for review and prosecution. A few days ago, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate made a decision to arrest Yin Jiaxu on suspicion of accepting bribes and illegally profiting for relatives and friends. The case is being further processed.

In August 2018, Yin Jiaxu, then Party Secretary and Chairman of China Ordnance Industry Corporation, retired early. Yin Jiaxu, 62, said, "I took the initiative to write to the leaders to ask for early retirement." Today, it is only three years before Yin Jiaxu retires.

Before becoming Party Secretary and Chairman of China Ordnance Industry Corporation, Yin Jiaxu was the helm of Changan Automobile. In 1998, Yin Jiaxu was appointed as the executive director, president and deputy secretary of the Party Committee of Changan Automobile Company for 12 years. Yin Jiaxu was regarded as the founder of Changan Automobile, but Changan Automobile also missed Volvo at that time, and the listing of Southern Automobile he had been promoting was never successful.

Being the "Fire Fighting Captain": Creating Changan Automobile with One Hand

The relationship between Yin Jiaxu and Changan Automobile dates back to 1996 at the earliest. In August of that year, Yin Jiaxu, then deputy director of Southwest Ordnance Bureau, was transferred to Changan Automobile to assist in the work, and was appointed as the executive deputy general manager in Changan Automobile; At that time, Changan Automobile was already in a quagmire.

In 1994, Changan Machinery Factory, which produces automobiles, and Jiangling Machinery Factory, which produces engines, were integrated into Changan Automobile. However, at the beginning of its establishment, due to the differences in corporate culture and management mechanism, the two companies failed to form a joint force after integration and suffered losses year after year. In July 1998, Yin Jiaxu officially became the fourth general manager of Changan Automobile.

Yin Jiaxu has publicly stated that when he went to Changan Automobile to take up his post, Changan Automobile was already in great difficulty, and the sales volume of mini-cars dropped from the first in the country to the fourth, with an annual output of only 60,000 to 70,000 vehicles, making it difficult for enterprises to operate. After taking over Changan Automobile for many years, Yin Jiaxu once said in an interview with the media that in the first month of taking over Changan Automobile, the company’s account was only 2 million yuan; In less than two months, other enterprises came to collect debts, with debts as high as $30 million. When clearing the accounts, they found that there were more than 60 million false VAT invoices. According to public information, the cumulative loss of Changan Automobile at that time exceeded 1.4 billion yuan, and the loss in 1998 alone exceeded 300 million yuan.

After taking office, Yin Jiaxu put forward the "three three seven" development plan of Changan Automobile, and at the same time implemented five major projects such as "new products, fine products, cost, marketing and talents". The implementation of a series of measures made the product structure of Changan Automobile change obviously; In the late 1990s, Changan Automobile launched Changan Star, Changan Snow Tiger SC6370 multi-function bus and other models.

The industry believes that Yin Jiaxu’s iron-and-blood rectification and iron-fisted measures really helped Changan Automobile get out of the crisis. In July, 1999, Yin Jiaxu smashed cars and bodies with quality problems in public.

According to public information, one year after Yin Jiaxu took office, Changan Automobile returned to the position of the first mini-car sales, and turned losses into profits in one and a half years; In 2005, the 3 millionth Changan Star of Changan Automobile rolled off the assembly line, and Changan Automobile set a domestic bicycle production record; In 2006, Changan Automobile’s annual sales volume exceeded 530,000 vehicles, and its sales revenue exceeded 25 billion yuan, ranking among the four major automobile groups in China. So far, Changan Automobile has completely got rid of the survival crisis. Since then, Yin Jiaxu has also made every effort to promote the development of Changan Automobile’s own brand and strive for self-development.

Changan Ford joint venture company was established, but the difference between Changan and Suzuki was buried.

After Changan Automobile resumed its normal operation, Yin Jiaxu began to seek joint venture and cooperation, and planned to set up a joint venture with Ford Motor Company, which wanted to build a factory in China at that time.

At that time, Changan Automobile and Suzuki Automobile had already cooperated to form Changan Suzuki Joint Venture Company, but Suzuki Automobile did not expand the scale of cooperation with Changan Automobile to provide advanced models because it was not optimistic about the China market. However, the joint venture between Changan Automobile and Ford Motor Company attracted the opposition of Suzuki Motor Company. It is worth noting that when Changan Automobile went public, it signed an agreement with Suzuki Motor as a strategic investor, and Suzuki Motor required that any major decision of Changan Automobile should be approved by Suzuki Motor.

Although there are clear agreement requirements, it is difficult to promote the joint venture and cooperation between Changan Automobile and Ford Motor Company. However, Yin Jiaxu once said, "If Changan Automobile wants to develop, it must have a joint venture with Ford Motor." In the end, the joint venture project of Changan Ford took shape. Changan Ford was formally established in 2001, and the factory was completed and put into operation 14 months later. However, due to the conflict between Yin Jiaxu and Suzuki, Changan Automobile and Suzuki lost their mutual trust, which also laid a "lightning spot" for their subsequent contradictions.

On the one hand, due to the upgrading of consumption in the domestic automobile market and the intensification of competition, the advantages of Changan Suzuki cars are lost; On the other hand, Changan Suzuki’s new car was introduced slowly. In 2017, Changan Suzuki’s annual sales volume was 86,000 units, down nearly 30% year-on-year, and the loss exceeded 80 million yuan. In 2018, Changan Automobile acquired 40% equity and 10% equity of Changan Suzuki held by Japanese Suzuki and Suzuki China respectively in 1 yuan RMB cash, and Changan Automobile realized 100% shareholding in Changan Suzuki, and Suzuki Automobile officially withdrew from the China market.

Voting against the acquisition of Volvo and promoting the listing of Southern Auto failed.

In 2006, Changan Automobile and Volvo reached a cooperation, and Volvo cars were localized in Changan Ford. The production models mainly included S80L and S40 models. At that time, Ford Motor, Volvo’s parent company, formed a good cooperative relationship with Changan Automobile, so when Ford Motor wanted to sell Volvo, Changan Automobile and its parent company, Bingzhuang Group, were the first consideration.

But at that time, Yin Jiaxu voted against Changan Automobile’s acquisition of Volvo; He once said in an interview with the media, "Ford cars are not doing well, and where are we better than Ford cars?" We don’t have a better solution to transform Volvo. " Finally, Geely Automobile successfully acquired Volvo. Although the OEM cooperation between Changan Ford and Volvo lasted until 2018, the S40 model was discontinued in advance in 2012.

In the early years, Yin Jiaxu had another identity. In 2005, China Ordnance Equipment Group Corporation (China Nanfang Industrial Group) reorganized and set up a joint-stock company and went public overseas. The parent company of Changan Group, Nanfang Industrial Group, bundled 14 enterprises including Changan Group and Hebei Changan to form Nanfang Automobile Holding Co., Ltd., and planned to go public overseas.

With the formation of South Auto, Yin Jiaxu became the president of South Auto. In 2006, Yin Jiaxu said many times that China Southern Automobile is preparing to go public overseas as a whole, targeting Hong Kong and the United States. However, the promotion was unsuccessful. In 2009, Changan Department made it clear that Southern Automobile would not be listed. In fact, during the period of promoting the listing of Southern Automobile, Yin Jiaxu stepped down as the chairman of Changan Automobile, and his position was taken over by Xu Liuping, and Changan Automobile gradually entered the "post-Yin Jiaxu" era.

In 2010, Yin Jiaxu was transferred to China Ordnance Industry Group Co., Ltd. as Party Secretary and Deputy General Manager; In 2013, he became the party secretary and chairman of China Ordnance Industry Group Co., Ltd. until he retired in 2018. When he retired, Yin Jiaxu said, "I mainly asked for early retirement, and said that I don’t pay much attention to cars now, especially enterprises that have worked in the past. I think people should constantly learn to say goodbye to yesterday."

On April 4 this year, the website of the State Supervision Commission of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection showed that Yin Jiaxu, the former party secretary and chairman of China Ordnance Industry Group Co., Ltd., was suspected of serious violation of the law and was currently undergoing disciplinary review and supervision investigation by the State Supervision Commission of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection; On September 30th, the website of the State Supervision Commission of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection reported that Yin Jiaxu, former Party Secretary and Chairman of China Ordnance Industry Group Co., Ltd., was expelled from the Party for "serious violation of discipline and law".

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　　Parents and children are reading in spring in Binhai New Village Kindergarten, West Coast New District, Qingdao, Shandong Province. Xinhua news agency

　　Children read in a multifunctional reading room in Lanzhou, Gansu province. Xinhua news agency

　　Citizens read in Qinghe Bookstore, Yueqing City, Zhejiang Province. Xinhua news agency

　　Readers read books in the Hongen Temple of Jiangbei District Library in Chongqing. Xinhua news agency

　　 　Is it time to say goodbye to e-books? This trendy thing, which had high hopes more than a decade ago, is now facing some new challenges — —

　　 　In the early spring, the Beijing Book Fair, known as the "wind vane of publishing industry", blew a new wind direction: the e-book booth disappeared, and the center of the exhibition hall was a live broadcast room;

　　 　On June 30 this year, Amazon will stop the operation of China Kindle e-books;

　　 　Recently, an article entitled "Farewell to e-books" attracted attention. The article said that "the domestic e-book business has been very difficult in the past two or three years" and "the development of e-books for more than ten years has proved that they can’t subvert the publishing industry at all".

　　 　Many experts and insiders believe that the current development of e-books has entered a bottleneck period. In just over a decade, the wave of digitalization has been wave after wave, and the emergence of AIGC (Artificial Intelligence Generated Content) technology this year has aroused widespread concern. Great changes have taken place in knowledge dissemination and content production, from electronic batch writing to artificial intelligence generating content.

　　 　Report to the 20th CPC National Congress, the Communist Party of China, put forward the strategy of "implementing the digitalization of national culture", and the "Overall Layout Plan of Digital China Construction" recently issued put forward the idea of "building a confident and prosperous digital culture". Taking the pulse of e-books as an "early" cultural digitalization phenomenon will bring enlightenment to the future digital culture and digital publishing construction.

　　Catch the express train: the "spring" of e-books is very short.

　　 　"When I was in high school, our class had a Kindle (e-book reader). Everyone was holding a Kindle to study, but now I haven’t seen anyone use it for a long time." Zhang Chuan, a junior at a university in Wuhan, said that the Kindle he hung on the second-hand trading website has not been successfully sold.

　　 　The e-book platform represented by Amazon Kindle cut its business and withdrew from the market in China, which triggered a great shock to the e-book industry. The article "Farewell to E-books" pointed out that several major e-book platforms "had a hard time", and related businesses and personnel were cut in 2022.

　　 　E-books were once regarded as "substitutes for paper books" and had a golden period of development.

　　 　With the advent of the mobile Internet era, 2009 is called "the first year of e-books". At that time, e-readers and mobile reading were in the ascendant, and enterprises such as Hanwang Technology and Founder Group joined the e-reader industry, and the market became increasingly hot. The three major telecom operators, led by China Mobile, began to lay out mobile reading bases one after another, thus opening the era of mobile reading. Under the expectation or worry of the public, e-books are striding forward towards the goal of "replacing paper books".

　　 　By around 2012, the smart phone has gradually become the first terminal on the Internet, and the "spring" of the rapid development of e-books has officially started — — Business broke out and revenue soared. The data shows that in 2012, the business income of China Mobile’s mobile phone reading base reached 2.5 billion yuan, the number of customers exceeded 100 million, and the average daily webpage visits reached 580 million. Mobile reading has become the main source of digital publishing income of some traditional publishing units, "2014— China Digital Publishing Industry Annual Report 2015 shows that since 2012, the average annual growth rate of e-book revenue has reached 20.5%, showing a rapid growth trend.

　　 　However, the "spring" of e-books is short-lived.

　　 　After 2014, the development of e-books showed a weak trend, and the growth rate of industrial income slowed down. Not long ago, "2021— The Annual Report of China Digital Publishing Industry in 2022 shows that the overall scale of China’s digital publishing industry reached 1,276.264 billion yuan in 2021, of which online games accounted for 296.5 billion yuan, and e-books only accounted for 6.6 billion yuan, and the latter was only a fraction of the former.

　　 　The reporter learned from CITIC Publishing Group that CITIC began its digital transformation in 2013, and e-books are only a small part of its digital reading business. At present, the digital products laid out by CITIC involve multimedia forms such as text, audio and video, including audio books, podcasts and online classes.

　　 　Is there really not much time left for e-books

　　Harvest the Fruits: How Big Is the Digital Field of E-books?

　　 　"I am an ordinary migrant worker. I will open an e-book to read after work, and I can read it when I take out my mobile phone in my spare time, which reduces the anxiety of inconvenient carrying of some paper books."

　　 　No matter how you read, the experience and function of reading are the most important.

　　 　— — These are two readers’ messages that the reporter picked up in Guangming Daily’s client. Undoubtedly, after more than ten years of development in technology, media and industry, e-book reading has penetrated into more people’s lives.

　　 　Wang Biao, director of the Digital Publishing Institute of China Press and Publication Research Institute, believes that from the reading level, China’s e-books have gradually entered the stage of in-depth reading. By the end of 2021, there were about 34,468,600 digital reading works in China, including about 1,805,400 e-books. In addition, in 2021, the per capita reading of e-books reached 12.

　　 　The reporter learned from "WeChat Reading" that "WeChat Reading" was launched in August 2015. At present, it has the largest library of published e-books in China. As of December 2022, it has cooperated with more than 600 publishing institutions in China and published 250,000 e-books on the shelf. The total number of registered users in history has also exceeded 300 million, and the monthly active users have exceeded 30 million.

　　 　"At present, the development of China’s e-book industry chain has gradually matured." Wang Biao said that traditional publishing units, as copyright providers of e-books, grant the copyright of e-books to third parties for production and distribution on third-party reading platforms. Some publishers have also built their own e-book platforms. In addition, companies such as Palm Reading and Migu have made full efforts in content, platform and terminal to carry out the full chain layout of e-books.

　　 　There are always many ways to interpret data. The e-book industry mentioned above is only 6.6 billion yuan in 2021, which is a fraction of the online game industry, but in 2012, the revenue of the e-book industry was only 3.1 billion yuan. In the context of development, the scale of e-book industry has been growing continuously in the past decade, but the growth rate is far behind that of online games, animation, digital music and other industries.

　　 　Many fruits have been cultivated in the "digital field" of e-books. The crux of the matter is, how big is this "field" and how many opportunities are there?

　　 　Zhao Yushan, deputy dean of the Publishing Science Research Institute of Beijing Normal University, analyzed that the bottleneck in the development of e-books is caused by many reasons. First of all, e-books are just "electronic versions of paper books", which often lags behind the listing of paper versions, and copyright protection issues such as e-book piracy and infringement have not been effectively solved. Secondly, although e-books have the advantages of portability, mass storage and convenient access, they are not enough to subvert paper books. With the maturity of communication technology, their own advantages will be gradually replaced by other reading methods. In addition, in the Internet age, the public has become accustomed to enjoying free information at hand, and guiding readers to spend money to buy an "electronic version" may indeed be a laborious and thankless thing. "Traditionally, it is considered that it is something to be proud of for a reader to sit in a bookstore, and one screen in his hand is only the representative of fast food culture." Zhao Yushan said that it is not possible to change this inherent cultural cognition in a short time.

　　 　Lack of attraction to creators is also an important factor. One author said, "The benefits of e-books to authors are very small. A paper book royalty may get several hundred thousand yuan, while the benefits of e-books on several platforms add up to only several thousand yuan."

　　Jump out of confusion: return to the essence of content and embrace technological innovation

　　 　E-books, audio books, podcasts, short videos, live broadcasts … … In just over ten years, the forms of media and content communication have become more and more diverse, but people’s time is limited.

　　 　"Now people around me are basically brushing short videos, and there are relatively few people reading e-books." Zhangchuan said with emotion. Authoritative reports show that as of June 2022, the number of netizens in China was 1.051 billion, and the number of users of short videos increased most obviously, reaching 962 million.

　　 　"This is an inevitable trend in the development of knowledge dissemination to a new stage." Zhao Yushan believes that technological changes and the development of social media have made the ways of knowledge consumption more and more diversified. In the past, people mainly relied on reading books and newspapers to learn knowledge and understand information. Now they can obtain information through short videos, online courses, audio programs, WeChat WeChat official account and other ways and means, which greatly diverted the time and energy of reading books (including e-books).

　　 　Where is the e-book going? In fact, with the rapid development of technology, some current puzzles will eventually become "no problem".

　　 　At the beginning of 2023, an artificial intelligence robot caused a heated discussion. It can not only realize man-machine dialogue, but also help people to do problems, write articles and write codes. AIGC technology has also become a "window" for Internet companies at home and abroad to get involved in.

　　 　"The content industry can put more energy into creative innovation." Wang Biao believes that in the future, AIGC technology may gradually replace some work that focuses on procedures, repetitiveness, information and simple induction in the content field, which can effectively improve production efficiency, service level and user experience. At the same time, the content industry should improve its ability to distinguish intelligently generated content, and judge and avoid risks in ideology and copyright.

　　 　Back to the original question, do we still need to worry about the future of e-books (even long and short videos, audio books, etc.)? Perhaps, the answer has already been written in the constant reading and knowledge demand of human beings, and the answer will also be written in the technological innovation again and again.

　　 　(Reporter Chen Xue correspondent Deng Bailu)

At 12: 19 on December 25th, "Doctor Clove" published an article entitled "Quan Jian, a Billion Health Care Empire, and China Family in Its Shadow". According to the article, Quanjian, a company that started with sky-high health insoles and negative ion sanitary napkins, spent 14 years building a health care empire with annual sales of nearly 20 billion in China under the cover of more than 7,000 franchised fire therapy shops. In the food chain of the empire, participants not only get paid, but also get burned, disabled and even lose their lives. For example, the article said that three years ago, the family of Zhou Yang, a girl with cancer in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, told her daughter to give up chemotherapy and take Quanjian’s anti-cancer products instead. Eventually, the little girl’s condition deteriorated and she died. After the publication of the article, it caused widespread concern.

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Dr. Lilac responded to Quan Jian: I am responsible for every word without deleting the manuscript. Welcome to tell me.

Quanjian Group issued a claim in the early morning that "Dr. Lilac" slandered the author: We have evidence.

At 1: 30 am on December 26th, the WeChat WeChat official account of Quanjian Natural Medicine Technology Development Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Quanjian Group, issued the official solemn statement of Quanjian (hereinafter referred to as the statement). According to the statement, on December 25th, Dr. Lilac, a WeChat WeChat official account registered by Hangzhou Lianke Meixun Biomedical Technology Co., Ltd., published false articles and used false information collected from the Internet to slander Quan Jian.

According to the statement, Hangzhou Lianke Meixun Biomedical Technology Co., Ltd. used the superimposed information of the Internet many years ago for speculation. Regarding the girl Zhou Yang mentioned in its false report, Quan Jian never officially publicized the information about her cure. At the same time, the People’s Court of Songshan District, Chifeng City investigated and collected evidence about the incident, and in April 2015, it decided to lose the case on Tuesday.

The author of the article said: there is evidence left.

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The 4-year-old girl died after taking medicine, saying that the healing net post revealed the "10 billion health care empire" and caused heated discussion.

On December 25th, an article entitled "Quan Jian, a Billion Health Empire, and China Family in Its Shadow" attracted attention. According to the article, a farmer’s father interrupted his daughter’s treatment in the hospital in order to save her daughter Zhou Yang, who suffered from sacrococcygeal malignant germ cell tumor, and let her eat Quanjian’s anti-cancer products for two months, which led to the recurrence and deterioration of her condition, and finally died unfortunately. The article believes that this is a "tragedy of Wei’s Western style".

"The girl’s death has no harm to the rapid growth of Quan Jian. His founder even said that Quan Jian’s turnover should reach 500 billion yuan within five years. " The article said.

According to the article, Shu Yuhui, the founder of Quanjian Company, made a fortune with the invention patent of fire therapy. The range of fire therapy is from head to toe, claiming to have the effect of "losing weight, beauty and health care". "They wrapped their customers in plastic films and towels, lit the blazing flame of alcohol, and advised them to say,’ The humidity is heavy, so do more fire treatment’." The article said.

In addition to fire therapy, Quanjian’s hair products also include massage insoles and negative ion magnetic sanitary napkins. Quanjian dealers declared to the media that massage insoles can be "bone-setting" and have a miraculous effect on O-legs, poor sleep and heart disease; Negative ion magnetic sanitary napkins can treat prostate diseases.

After the article was published, it caused a heated discussion among netizens. Some netizens commented that Quanjian products were "drug scams".

Negative exposure > >

Quanjian’s most famous products are dragon liquid, orthopedic insole and negative ion magnetic sanitary towel.

In December 2014, these products were widely circulated with CCTV exposure. Quanjian Company is very hard-driving. Back to CCTV, it said: "The content of the report is by no means a fact, completely contrary to the company’s propaganda content."

CCTV Exposes Quanjian Insole: Dealers claim to be able to correct skeletal heart disease and immediately save lives.

According to CCTV reports, Guzhengji insole can treat diseases such as lumbar disc herniation, cervical spondylosis and scapulohumeral periarthritis. This insole costs 1100 yuan. A senior dealer said: "Headache on the head, lumbago on the waist, prostatitis in the crotch, sudden heart disease can be taken out from the soles of the feet and put in the armpits, and the heart disease will be cured immediately."

Quanjian health care products direct selling chaos claims that negative ion magnetic sanitary napkins can cure prostate.

As for sanitary napkins, they contain chips that can treat men’s prostatitis. The Quanjian dealer told CCTV’s unannounced interview reporter, "In Quanjian Natural Medicine, there is no disease that can’t be cured.’ You can cure any disease, and you dare to take it, which is a doctor.’"

Fire dragon liquid is Quanjian’s signature product for use with fire therapy.

Shu Yuhui’s biography "The Cost of Life" said, "In a small workshop in Tianjin, Shu Yuhui and two old men stirred the liquid with wooden sticks. Soon, the world’s first bucket of dragon liquid for fire therapy was born. " Fire dragon liquid can regulate human blood, breathing, nerve and other systems. With the help of dragon liquid, Shu Yuhui paid off its huge debts in one and a half years.

There are 10 cases involving fire treatment technology, and the boss holds 22 companies.

A number of media have previously reported cases in which Quanjian Company’s fire treatment business caused personal injury to customers. On the China Judgment Document Online, the reporter found at least 10 judgments related to the fire treatment accident of Quanjian Company.

In March 2016, Ms. Xiao, a customer in Shenzhen, was cupped in the "Yali Studio of Quanjian Natural Medicine Beauty Salon" (hereinafter referred to as Quanjian Beauty Salon), which caused her right upper limb, chest, abdomen and back to be burned by alcohol flame due to improper operation of the staff, and later received plastic surgery. Ms. Xiao then brought the staff of Quanjian Company and Quanjian Beauty Room to court. In May 2018, the Shenzhen Intermediate People’s Court made a final ruling, and decided that Quanjian Company and the staff involved in Quanjian Beauty Room should bear the responsibility together.

Regarding this dangerous "fire therapy" therapy, the reporter learned in official website, China National Intellectual Property Administration that the patent "an implementation process for fire therapy" applied by Quanjian Company has expired.

The brand online shop involved sells food as a health care product.

The reporter of Beiqing Daily searched for "Quanjian Group" on the national enterprise credit information publicity system, and found that Quanjian Group Co., Ltd. was Shu Yuhui with a registered capital of 400.8 million RMB. In terms of business scope, Quanjian Group has a wide range of activities, including health food industry, cosmetics industry, health products industry, food and beverage industry, health products industry and medical service industry.

Beiqing Daily saw on a large-scale e-commerce platform that there are dozens of businesses selling Quanjian products, among which 7 stores are labeled as "Quanjian Head Office", and the sales categories include food, health care products, skin care products, kitchen utensils, physiotherapy instruments and feminine hygiene products.

In the customer service communication with one of its stores, which claimed to be "Tianjin Quanjian Headquarters", the reporter found that the store sold food as a health care product in its sales. When the reporter asked whether a product named "Quanjian Blackberry, Cordyceps and Sea Cucumber Slices" was a health care product or a food, the customer service of the store indicated that it was a health care product. However, when the reporter further explained why there was no batch number of health care products, the customer service said that "not all products have to wear blue hats (health food signs) to be called health care products, but food and health care products."

"MLM" > >

Quanjian natural medicine has been punished by the regulatory authorities many times.

CCTV’s "News Live Room" report directly refers to Quan Jian’s sales model of "attracting people to join the club and making rebates step by step". The dealer said: "It’s amazing to raise one floor and raise two or five floors, (a month) hundreds of thousands." Subsequently, CCTV quoted the Regulations on the Prohibition of MLM, saying that Quan Jian had been suspected of pyramid schemes.

On China Judgment Document Network, AI Finance and Economics found 7 pyramid schemes involving Quan Jian. In a judgment in jiaohe city, Jilin Province in 2016, four people, including Meng Moumou, were convicted of "organizing and leading pyramid schemes".

In the judgment, Meng Moumou joined Quanjian Natural Medicine Development Co., Ltd. in Tianjin in April 2008, and in the name of selling Quanjian brand health care products, he asked participants to purchase products to qualify for joining and conduct pyramid schemes. Quanjian company is divided into three systems, and Meng Moumou is responsible for the "everyone system", which means that everyone is United.

The judgment also introduces the pyramid scheme system of Quanjian Company in detail: it is divided into seven levels: representative (1 star to 5 stars), junior manager, intermediate manager, senior manager, diamond manager, crown manager and crown ambassador. Each level has a corresponding payment commission. "Quanjian Company pays and rebates according to the number of products sold by members and the number of offline members."

According to the historical judgment, Quan Jian has various reward methods such as promotion award, cultivation award, welfare award and cooperation award. Among the cooperation awards, promoters can enjoy 10% of the promotion awards on the second, fifth and eighth floors of their subordinates. This is the source of "one layer up and two five eight layers down" in CCTV exposure.

Commercial map > >

There are more than 20 subsidiaries spanning multiple industries.

In fact, the concept of "Quanjian" mentioned by Dr. Lilac is a general concept. Combined with the public introduction and industrial and commercial information of Quanjian Group, Quanjian Group Co., Ltd. was founded in 2004. "It is a group-type national enterprise based on the health industry, spanning the medical industry, Chinese herbal medicine industry, health care industry, Chinese medicine and cosmetics industry, financial industry, machinery industry, sports industry and many other fields." There are more than 20 subordinate companies, which constitute a huge one.

According to the industrial and commercial information inquiry, at present, the main subsidiaries of Quanjian Group in the medical sector include Quanjian Natural Medicine Technology Development Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Quanjian Natural Medicine), Tianjin Shu Yuhui Hospital Construction Investment Co., Ltd., Quanjian (Tianjin) Life Science and Technology Co., Ltd. and anguo city Quanjian Chinese Herbal Medicine Co., Ltd.

However, Quanjian Group was not the earliest established company, which was only established in 2014. Quanjian’s earliest established company should be Quanjian Natural Medicine, which was established in 2004. According to official website’s introduction, Quanjian Natural Science "takes the promotion of Chinese medicine culture and the promotion of the health of the whole people as its mission, and then natural medicine health service centers spread all over the country". Also in 2014, Hong Kong Quanjian Co., Ltd was established.

Tianjin Quanjian Cancer Hospital has also received widespread attention. According to public information, Tianjin Quanjian Cancer Hospital is a second-class cancer hospital in Tianjin, and Shu Yuhui, chairman of Quanjian Group, is a member of the hospital leadership team.

According to the estimation of the direct selling industry magazine "Knowledge Economy Direct Selling in China", the sales performance of Quanjian Company from 2013 to 2017 was 5 billion yuan, 13.5 billion yuan, 19 billion yuan, 19.2 billion yuan and 17.6 billion yuan respectively. The company also signed a contract with Angie Chiu, a famous movie star, as a spokesperson.

Small town guizi > >

Family history of chairman quan Jian

In September 2014, a white helicopter circled over Yancheng several times and landed slowly in the empty parking lot of Peace Hotel. Three men in black slowly got off the plane, boarded the car and left in people’s attention. The next day, it was reported in the Metropolis Daily. It is said that the helicopter cost 70 million yuan. People are searching their brains, and they don’t remember that there is such a "precious son" in Yancheng. The words "Shu Yuhui Hospital Investment" and "Quan Jian" on the helicopter didn’t help either.

Later, people knew that Shu Yuhui was the chairman of Quanjian Group. The helicopter almost became his business card: going back to the headquarters, going to Tianjin Tuanbo Football Stadium, signing Italian international Cannavaro, inspecting his Tianjin Quanjian team, and even laying a red carpet on the pitch. Even Xu Jiayin, who also bought the club, is not so luxurious.

Shu Yuhui’s family history has always been a mystery. He has three faces, which are in Quan Jian’s official announcement, media reports and fellow villagers’ narration.

In official website, Shu Yuhui was born in Yancheng, Jiangsu Province in 1968. He holds a master’s degree from Tsinghua University Institute of Business Administration. In 2004, he established Quanjian Natural Medicine Science and Technology Development Co., Ltd., and after ten years of development, he became "Quanjian Group".

According to the industrial and commercial information, Quanjian Group Co., Ltd. has a registered capital of 400.8 million yuan, of which Shu Yuhui holds 51.1% and his son Shu Changjing holds 48.9%. It controls 21 subordinate enterprises involving football clubs, cancer hospitals, maternal and child supplies and advertising media. In addition, there is Jiangsu Quanjian Technology Development Co., Ltd., which controls the remaining industries of Quanjian and is also held by father and son.

In the early days, Quan Jian specialized in "terminal diseases", that is, incurable diseases in which western medicine was powerless and patients fell into despair. Cancer and cardiovascular diseases are all in this category. According to Netease Finance, in the official speech of Quanjian Group, Shu Yuhui visited the whole country and found more than 600 kinds of folk secret recipes, and industrialized hundreds of them. The most famous is a secret recipe for cancer treatment, which cost 80 million yuan.

Quanjian Group deliberately maintains a sense of mystery about "natural medicine". Some visitors said that Quan Jian’s company corridor was covered with Chinese herbal medicines, and at the end was a glass showcase with a very shabby medical book locked inside.

Shu Yuhui also has a personal biography, The Cost of Life, detailing his early experiences. This book calls him a "contemporary imperial doctor" and a "Xinglin master". In his early years, Shu Yuhui had seen herbs to cure dying people. In 1992, his mother suffered from nasopharyngeal carcinoma metastasis, and he even cured her through folk prescriptions. After some vague narration, the annual output value of Quanjian enterprise has reached 100 million yuan.

There are two main lines in the book: Quan Jian’s accomplishments in e-commerce and natural medicine. Biography says:

He worshipped Mongolian medicine as a teacher and Tibetan medicine as a teacher. After going into the sea, he accumulated technical capital: secret recipe of fire dragon liquid, secret recipe of cancer, secret recipe of diabetic complications, secret recipe of rhinitis and secret recipe of liver ascites. Typhoid fever entering the table, fire therapy combined with fire dragon liquid … In the past, his interest in traditional Chinese medicine and folk natural medicine was once again aroused, and a brand-new idea flashed his mind.

Quanjian Group has not been listed yet, and its financial situation is unknown. However, according to the Performance Report of Direct Selling Enterprises in China in 2015, Quanjian is the fourth direct selling enterprise in China, with sales of 13.5 billion yuan in 2015. In 2016, Quanjian Group also spent 430 million yuan to participate in the restructuring of listed company Fengdong. At that time, the shareholding of Shu Yuhui and concerted action person Zhu Wenming reached 33.38%. Later, Fengdong was renamed Jincai Internet, and Jiangsu Quanjian Dong Run Investment Management Co., Ltd. held 19.75% of the shares.

At this point, the official context has outlined a route for Shu Yuhui’s prosperity: meeting an imperial doctor, getting to know the secret recipe for the first time, searching all over the country, industrializing the secret recipe, and getting rich in Tianjin.

But in 2016, many media visited Shu Yuhui’s hometown. The villagers in Yubei Village told the Beijing News that they had never heard of Shu Yuhui, but only knew his previous name "Shu Bihe". I have never heard that he went to Tsinghua, and his highest education is Yancheng Institute of Technology. Tsinghua University also confirmed to the Beijing News and Netease Finance that there are no names of Shu Bihe and Shu Yuhui in the alumni list. His son was born in 1991, and college students were still married and had children.

Villagers said that after graduating from junior high school, Shu Yuhui had done stationery business around the school and made some money. Others said that he worked as an electrician in a machinery factory as a teenager, but soon left his hometown. A businessman named Tong Tinghai once worked with Shu Yuhui. He told Netease Finance that "Shu Yuhui is a high school graduate who is addicted to gambling and signed a large sum of money to escape from his hometown". He said that Shu Yuhui’s mantra is, "To do things, build momentum first."

Tong Tinghai also said that the contract signed by Shu Yuhui and him included the seal of "Tianjin Shengpeng Technology Co., Ltd." in addition to the seal of "National Natural Medicine Industry Professional Committee of High-tech Health Working Committee". The former was banned because of "defrauding social trust", while the latter was "moving out" in the state of industrial and commercial information, and the legal representative was in harmony.

Media evaluation > >

Quan Jian, the 10 billion health care empire, can’t "get away with it" this time.

To a certain extent, the rise of such an enterprise, which is full of injuries from the point of public opinion, is not only a secondary injury to countless victims, but also a mockery of law and fairness. Its social harmfulness is not only tangible "murder for money", but more like a social black hole, which erodes the property and life of many families, intensifies the mutual deception and harm of society, and corrodes the social body from law to supervision to common sense.

How big is Quan Jian’s problem? Of course, it needs a serious start and investigation by the regulatory authorities. But in any case, we can no longer pretend that it doesn’t exist, or only see the sales of its scenery, regardless of the huge shadow it has cast on society. According to the latest news, the staff of the brand propaganda department of Youjian Company responded to the media saying, "This (article) doesn’t conform to the real information at all, and it is slander." Is there any problem with the authenticity of the article, is Quan Jian really "wronged", and it is actually a good thing to openly confront. At the same time, relevant departments should intervene in the investigation in time. In short, this time, Quan Jian should no longer "retreat".

　　Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, August 20th Comprehensive Xinhua News Agency reporters abroad reported that the 6th BRICS Media High-end Forum was held in Johannesburg, South Africa on the 19th. About 200 representatives from about 100 media, think tanks and international organizations from nearly 30 BRICS and African countries held discussions on the theme of "BRICS and Africa: Strengthening Media Dialogue and Sharing a Fair Future", and gathered strong synergy for building high-quality BRICS partnerships and developing and strengthening the BRICS mechanism.

　　In an interview with Xinhua News Agency, a number of media people attending the forum said that in the face of the profound changes in the current international situation, the media in developing countries, including BRICS countries, should deepen cooperation and jointly shoulder the heavy responsibility of giving voice to emerging market countries and developing countries and promoting the construction of a just and reasonable international order.

　　Brian Sokutu, a senior reporter of South Africa’s Citizen, said that the forum was held at the right time. Sokutu said that in the fields of global governance, economy and finance, the voices of developing countries need to be respected and listened to. "Through this forum, we want to show the world the broad vision and unique views of media practitioners in developing countries, including BRICS countries."

　　Mahasha Lampedi, editor-in-chief of South Africa’s Africa Times, pointed out that there is an increasingly obvious tendency for western media to be driven by ideology rather than objective analysis. In this context, the media in developing countries, including the BRICS countries, should shoulder greater responsibilities, voice emerging market countries and developing countries, and make contributions to the construction of a just and rational international order.

　　According to Cavens Adehill, a Kenyan expert on international issues, the media in developing countries have played an important role in making a variety of voices and cracking the hegemonic discourse that the United States and other western countries have been pushing for decades. The media in developing countries should tell their own development stories well and resist the false narrative in the reports of western media. He believes that the media can contribute to the establishment of a positive understanding of cooperation among developing countries, and become an advocate, public opinion guide and policy discussion influencer of relevant cooperation, so as to better share the experiences and cases of cooperation among relevant countries. In addition, the media also plays an important role in promoting cultural exchanges and mutual understanding between BRICS countries and other developing countries.

　　Elio Doyle, president of Brazil Telecom, gave a positive evaluation of the forum. He said that the media in developing countries can play an active role by showing the world the pluralistic ideas that are difficult for western media to present. "If our media can continue to deepen understanding and cooperation, then the media from developing countries will make greater voices, and we will make more contributions to promoting the construction of a more open and inclusive international order."

　　Ranna Tolstokova, director of the Russian BRICS TV station, pointed out that the media in BRICS countries can build a bridge of cultural exchanges and promote mutual understanding among people of all countries by reporting on the culture and history of various countries. "I look forward to more professional forums for media people like the BRICS Media High-end Forum in the future."

　　Beijing, 13 Sept (Li Longyi, Lee Hung Ying) On 13 September, Wu Qian, spokesman of the Ministry of National Defense, made a speech on the 2020 Report on China’s Military and Security Development issued by the US Department of Defense. He said that this is another example of the US smearing and slandering the armies of China and China, and China expresses its strong dissatisfaction and resolute opposition. Facts have proved that the United States is the initiator of regional turmoil, the violator of international order and the destroyer of world peace.

　　Wu Qian said that on September 2nd, Beijing time, the U.S. Department of Defense released the 2020 Report on China’s Military and Security Development, which distorted the military relations between the Communist Party of China (CPC) and China, misinterpreted China’s national defense policy and military strategy, played up the so-called "China’s military threat", talked about China’s national defense and military modernization, and made unwarranted accusations on defense expenditure, nuclear policy, Taiwan Province and other issues. This is another example of the US smearing and slandering the armies of China and China. The publication of such reports by the US for 20 years in a row is a naked hegemonic act and a provocative act, which has seriously damaged the relations between the two countries and their armed forces. China expressed strong dissatisfaction and resolute opposition to this and made solemn representations to the US.

　　Wu Qian said that the China People’s Liberation Army is a people’s army under the leadership of the Communist Party of China. The Constitution of People’s Republic of China (PRC) clearly stipulates that the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s leadership is the most essential feature of Socialism with Chinese characteristics. People’s Republic of China (PRC)’s armed forces belong to the people. Upholding the party’s absolute leadership over the army is the eternal soul of the people’s army. As an armed force founded and led by the Communist Party of China (CPC), the purpose of the China People’s Liberation Army has always been to serve the people wholeheartedly, make great sacrifices for national independence and people’s liberation, and make outstanding contributions to economic construction, coping with major natural disasters and safeguarding people’s lives and property.

　　Wu Qian said that China adheres to the path of peaceful development and firmly pursues a defensive national defense policy and a military strategy of active defense. China’s military development is entirely out of the need to safeguard national sovereignty, security and development interests, and it is not aimed at any country, nor will it pose a threat to any country. The development and construction of weapons and equipment in China always adheres to the principles of independence, self-reliance and independent innovation, and mainly relies on its own strength for research and production. When China’s army went to the world, it brought security, not threats, but opportunities, not challenges. China’s army has always been a staunch force for maintaining world peace. In recent years, it has increasingly carried out overseas military tasks such as peacekeeping, escort and disaster relief. Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic, China’s armed forces have actively promoted international military cooperation by exchanging letters, exchanging telephone calls, carrying out video exchange of anti-epidemic experience, and providing medical aid, so as to assume the responsibility of a big country and fulfill international obligations with practical actions.

　　Wu Qian said that there is only one China in the world and Taiwan Province is an inalienable part of China. The root cause of the current tension in the Taiwan Strait is that the Democratic Progressive Party authorities are trying to rely on foreign countries’ self-respect and refuse reunification by force, and that external anti-China forces are trying to "control China with Taiwan" and split China. We must solemnly point out that "Taiwan independence" is a dead end. If anyone dares to try to split Taiwan Province from China, the PLA will take all necessary measures to resolutely thwart any attempt or act to interfere in China’s internal affairs and undermine peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, and resolutely defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity.

　　Wu Qian said that in the past 20 years, the United States has illegally launched wars and military actions against Iraq, Syria, Libya and other countries, resulting in more than 800,000 deaths and tens of millions of people being displaced. The international community has long had a public opinion on this. Instead of reflecting on itself, the United States published a so-called report, which made irresponsible comments on China’s normal national defense and army building, and made irresponsible remarks on China’s legitimate actions to safeguard its sovereignty and security interests. We demand that the US take an objective and rational view of China’s national defense and army building, stop publishing false statements and relevant reports, and take practical actions to safeguard the healthy development of relations between the two countries and their armed forces.

　　Wu Qian said that China’s army will faithfully implement the concept of a community of human destiny, firmly uphold the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, actively carry out regional security cooperation, provide international public safety products in a timely manner, and always be a builder of world peace, a contributor to global development and a defender of the international order.