China’s Foreign Trade

China’s Foreign Trade
(December 2011)
People’s Republic of China (PRC) the State Council press office

Catalogue

  Foreword
  I. Historical progress of China’s foreign trade
  Second, the reform and improvement of China’s foreign trade system
  Third, the contribution of China’s foreign trade development to the world
  Fourth, promote the basic balanced growth of foreign trade
  V. Building all-round mutually beneficial cooperative economic and trade relations
  VI. Realizing the Sustainable Development of Foreign Trade
  Concluding remarks

  Foreword
  Peace, development and cooperation are the trends of the world today. Since the reform and opening-up, China has followed the trend of economic globalization, continuously opened wider to the outside world, and actively carried out economic and trade cooperation with other countries on the basis of equality and mutual benefit. After years of development, foreign trade has become one of the most active and fastest growing parts of China’s economy, and China has also become one of the top trading countries in the world. The development of China’s foreign trade has closely linked China with the world, which has strongly promoted the modernization of China and the prosperity and progress of the world.
  China joined the World Trade Organization in 2001. In the past 10 years, the integration of China’s economy into the global economy has been accelerated, and the vitality of China’s foreign trade has been further enhanced. On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of China’s accession to the World Trade Organization, the China government issued a white paper, giving a systematic introduction to China’s foreign trade.
  I. Historical progress of China’s foreign trade
  After the founding of People’s Republic of China (PRC) in 1949, it insisted on independence and self-reliance and gradually carried out foreign economic and trade exchanges. However, due to factors such as the international political environment and the domestic planned economic system at that time, the development of foreign trade was relatively slow.
  In 1978, China entered a new period of reform and opening up. Vigorously developing foreign trade has become an important way for China to speed up modernization, change its backward appearance, promote economic development and improve its comprehensive national strength. Over the past 30 years, China has taken advantage of the long-term prosperity of the world economy and the in-depth development of economic globalization to open wider to the outside world, attract foreign investment, introduce advanced technology, transform and upgrade domestic industries, and realize the leap-forward development of foreign trade in full participation in international division of labor and competition.
  -The total volume of trade in goods ranks among the top in the world. In 1978, the total import and export volume of goods in China was only US$ 20.6 billion, ranking 32nd in the world trade in goods, accounting for less than 1%. In 2010, the total import and export volume of goods in China reached US$ 2,974 billion, 143 times higher than that in 1978, with an average annual growth rate of 16.8%. Among them, the total export value was US$ 1,577.8 billion, with an average annual growth rate of 17.2%; The total import volume was US$ 1,396.2 billion, with an average annual increase of 16.4%. China’s total exports and imports accounted for 10.4% and 9.1% of the world’s goods exports and imports, respectively, and became the world’s largest exporter and second importer of goods for two consecutive years.

  -The trade structure of goods has undergone fundamental changes. China’s export commodity structure changed from primary products to manufactured goods in 1980s, and from textile products to electromechanical products in 1990s. Since the beginning of the new century, the export proportion of high-tech products represented by electronics and information technology has been expanding. In addition to state-owned enterprises, foreign trade business entities also include foreign-invested enterprises and private enterprises, whose total import and export volume has now exceeded that of state-owned enterprises. From 1980s to the beginning of this century, China’s processing trade developed vigorously, accounting for half of its foreign trade. In the development of China’s foreign trade, foreign-invested enterprises and processing trade have played a very important role.

  -forming an all-round and diversified import and export market pattern. After the reform and opening up, China has developed its foreign trade in all directions and established trade relations with most countries and regions in the world. Trading partners have grown from dozens of countries and regions in 1978 to 231 countries and regions at present. The European Union, the United States, ASEAN, Japan and BRICS countries have become China’s main trading partners. Since the new century, China’s trade with emerging markets and developing countries has been growing rapidly. From 2005 to 2010, the proportion of goods trade between China and ASEAN increased from 9.2% to 9.8% in China, from 4.9% to 6.9% in other BRICS countries, and from 3.5% and 2.8% to 6.2% and 4.3% in Latin America and Africa respectively.

  -The international competitiveness of service trade has been continuously enhanced. After joining the World Trade Organization, China’s service trade has entered a new stage of development, with rapid expansion of scale, gradual optimization of structure and ranking among the top in the world. The service trade in tourism, transportation and other fields is growing steadily, and the cross-border services and service outsourcing in the fields of construction, communication, insurance, finance, computer and information services, exclusive rights use fees and franchise fees, consulting and so on are growing rapidly. From 2001 to 2010, China’s total service trade (excluding government services) increased from $71.9 billion to $362.4 billion, an increase of more than four times. The proportion of China’s service trade exports in the world’s service trade exports increased from 2.4% to 4.6%, reaching $170.2 billion in 2010, rising from 12th to 4th in the world. The proportion of service trade imports increased from 2.6% to 5.5%, reaching $192.2 billion in 2010, rising from the 10th place in the world to the 3rd place.

  The development of foreign trade has strongly promoted the modernization of China, and China has grown into an open economy. Participating in international division of labor and competition, introducing advanced technology, equipment and management, and utilizing foreign direct investment have greatly promoted China’s technological progress and industrial upgrading, and improved its management level and market competitiveness. The rapid development of processing trade has brought into play the comparative advantage of abundant labor force in China and accelerated the process of industrialization and urbanization in China. Foreign trade directly drives more than 80 million employed people, of which more than 60% are from rural areas, and the income and life of employed people have been significantly improved. Together with domestic investment and consumption, foreign trade has become the three engines of China’s economic growth.

  The historical progress of China’s foreign trade is closely related to the development and changes of the international and domestic situation. Around 1980s, peace and development became the theme of the times. With the continuous advancement of economic globalization, the flow and allocation of capital, technology, products, markets, resources, labor and other factors in the world are more active. Scientific and technological progress led by information and communication has greatly improved production efficiency, and international industrial transfer has been deepened and developed. Economic globalization, scientific and technological progress, international industrial transfer and strengthening cooperation among countries have provided historic opportunities for China to integrate into the world economy. Following the trend of the times, focusing on economic construction, the government of China carried out reform and opening up, developed economic and technological cooperation with other countries, actively utilized foreign capital reasonably and effectively, and gave full play to its comparative advantages, which promoted the deepening of the division of labor in the international industrial chain and created favorable conditions for the development of foreign trade. In this process, foreign enterprises, especially multinational companies from developed countries, have gained a lot of investment opportunities in China, and their capital, technology, management experience and sales channels have increased in value, sharing the fruits of China’s rapid economic growth. The development of China’s foreign trade benefits from the reform and opening-up, from economic globalization, and from adhering to the road of mutual benefit, cooperation and win-win. The development of China cannot be separated from the world, and the prosperity and stability of the world cannot be separated from China.
  China is still a developing country. Compared with the world’s trade powers, China’s export industry is still at the low end of the global industrial chain, and the input of resources, energy and other factors and environmental costs are still relatively high, and the international competitiveness of enterprises and the anti-risk ability of some industries are relatively weak. It will be a long-term process to realize the transformation from a big trading country to a powerful trading country, and hard work is still needed.
  Second, the reform and improvement of China’s foreign trade system
  Before the reform and opening-up, China implemented mandatory planned management of foreign trade and the state was solely responsible for profits and losses. Since the reform and opening-up, China’s foreign trade system has undergone a transformation from mandatory planned management to giving full play to the basic role of market mechanism, from highly monopolized management rights to full liberalization, and from enterprises to independent management and self-financing. In the process of China’s negotiations to regain its status as a contracting party to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and join the World Trade Organization, after China’s accession to the World Trade Organization, China’s foreign trade system gradually integrated with international trade rules and established a unified, open and multilateral foreign trade system.
  In the early days of reform and opening up, the reform of China’s foreign trade system was mainly to reform the single planned management system, decentralize foreign trade management and operation rights, implement the foreign exchange retention system and establish a foreign exchange swap market. The absorption of foreign direct investment has enabled foreign-invested enterprises to enter the foreign trade field as new business entities, breaking the monopoly of state-owned foreign trade enterprises. Since then, China has implemented the contract system for foreign trade operations, and gradually replaced mandatory plans with guiding plans. According to the general rules of international trade, the export tax rebate system has been established. In October 1992, China clearly put forward the reform goal of establishing a socialist market economic system. According to this goal, the financial, taxation, finance, foreign trade and foreign exchange systems have been comprehensively reformed. In January, 1994, China government cancelled all financial subsidies for export, and the import and export enterprises became completely self-financing. The official exchange rate of RMB is merged with the market swap rate, and a single and managed floating exchange rate system based on market supply and demand is implemented. In the field of foreign trade management, enterprises have been privatized and the import and export agency system has been piloted. In the same year, the Foreign Trade Law of People’s Republic of China (PRC) was officially promulgated and implemented, which established the principles of maintaining a fair and free foreign trade order and laid the basic legal system for foreign trade. In December 1996, China realized the convertibility of RMB under current account. At the same time, China has on many occasions significantly reduced tariffs and reduced non-tariff measures such as quotas and licenses. These reforms have enabled China to initially establish a market-based economy,Foreign trade management system and regulation system that give full play to economic leverage such as exchange rate, tax, tariff and finance.
  On December 11th, 2001, after 16 years of negotiations, China became the 143rd member of the World Trade Organization. According to the commitment of joining the World Trade Organization, China has opened wider to the outside world in the fields of industry, agriculture and service industry, and accelerated trade liberalization and trade and investment facilitation. In the process of fulfilling its commitments, China has deepened the reform of foreign trade system, improved the system of foreign trade laws and regulations, reduced trade barriers and administrative intervention, straightened out the government’s responsibilities in foreign trade management, promoted government behavior to be more open, fair and transparent, and pushed the open economy into a new stage of development.
  -accelerating the legalization of foreign economic relations and trade. After joining the World Trade Organization, China concentrated on cleaning up more than 2,300 laws, regulations and departmental rules. Those that do not conform to the rules of the World Trade Organization and China’s commitment to join the World Trade Organization shall be abolished or revised respectively. The newly revised laws and regulations have reduced and standardized the administrative licensing procedures, and established and improved the legal system of trade promotion and trade remedy. According to the Agreement on Trade-related Intellectual Property Rights of the World Trade Organization, China has revised the laws, regulations and judicial interpretations related to intellectual property rights, and basically formed a complete system of laws and regulations for the protection of intellectual property rights, which conforms to China’s national conditions and international practices.
  -further reducing tariffs and cutting non-tariff measures. During the transition period of China’s accession to the World Trade Organization, the general tariff level of China’s imported goods gradually decreased from 15.3% in 2001 to 9.9% in 2005. By January 2005, most of China’s tariff reduction commitments had been implemented. According to the commitment, since January, 2005, China has completely abolished the import quotas, import licenses, special tenders and other non-tariff measures for 424 tariff lines, and only retained the license management of products subject to import control according to international conventions and the rules of the World Trade Organization to ensure life safety and protect the environment. In 2010, the general tariff level in China has dropped to 9.8%, of which the average tax rate of agricultural products has dropped to 15.2% and the average tax rate of industrial products has dropped to 8.9%. The tariff binding rate has been maintained at 100% since 2005.
  -Fully liberalize the right to operate foreign trade. According to the newly revised Foreign Trade Law of People’s Republic of China (PRC) in 2004, since July, 2004, the China government has changed the foreign trade management right of enterprises from the examination and approval system to the filing and registration system, and all foreign trade operators can engage in foreign trade according to law. The cancellation of the examination and approval of foreign trade management rights has promoted the formation of diversified foreign trade management patterns of state-owned enterprises, foreign-invested enterprises and private enterprises. While the import and export of state-owned enterprises and foreign-invested enterprises continue to grow, the foreign trade of private enterprises has developed rapidly, and the market share of import and export has continued to expand, becoming an important business entity of foreign trade. In 2010, the import and export of state-owned enterprises, foreign-invested enterprises and private enterprises accounted for 20.9%, 53.8% and 25.3% of China’s total import and export respectively.
  -Further opening up the service market. China has earnestly fulfilled its commitment to join the World Trade Organization, providing overseas service providers with a wide range of market access opportunities, including finance, telecommunications, construction, distribution, logistics, tourism and education. Among the 160 branches of the World Trade Organization’s service trade classification, China has opened 100 branches, and the scope of opening is close to the average level of developed countries. In 2010, 13,905 foreign-invested enterprises were newly established in China’s service industry, and the actual utilization of foreign capital was US$ 48.7 billion, accounting for 50.7% of newly established foreign-invested enterprises and 46.1% of the actual utilization of foreign capital in the non-financial sector.
  -Create a fairer market competition environment. By establishing and perfecting the legal system of fair trade and the law enforcement and supervision mechanisms, China has curbed and cracked down on unfair trade practices such as infringement, dumping, smuggling and disrupting market order in foreign trade operations, and strived to provide a relaxed, fair and stable market environment for domestic and foreign enterprises. In accordance with domestic laws and international trade rules, China government has strengthened early warning and monitoring, and at the same time, it has taken measures such as trade remedy and anti-monopoly investigation to correct unfair trade behaviors of trading partners and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of domestic industries and enterprises. In response to the international financial crisis, China, together with the international community, resolutely opposes any form of trade protectionism, strictly abides by the relevant provisions of the World Trade Organization, treats domestic and foreign products equally when implementing the economic stimulus plan, and promotes fair competition between domestic and foreign enterprises.
  By 2010, China had fulfilled all its commitments to join the World Trade Organization. China’s practical actions of earnestly fulfilling its commitments have been affirmed by most members of the World Trade Organization. In 2006, 2008 and 2010, the government of China accepted three trade policy reviews of the World Trade Organization. The basic principles of non-discrimination, transparency and fair competition advocated by the World Trade Organization have been integrated into the laws, regulations and relevant systems of China. Market awareness, openness awareness, fair competition awareness, the spirit of the rule of law and the concept of intellectual property rights are more deeply rooted in China, which has promoted the further opening of China’s economy and the further improvement of the market economic system.
  Third, the contribution of China’s foreign trade development to the world
  The development of China’s foreign trade not only promoted the modernization of China’s economy and the promotion of its comprehensive national strength, but also improved the living standards of more than 1.3 billion China people, and made China’s economy a part of the world economy, which promoted the development of economic globalization in a direction conducive to the common prosperity of all countries and regions in the world.
  Reform and opening up and active participation in economic globalization have made China one of the fastest growing economies in the world. In recent 10 years, China, together with other emerging economies, has become an increasingly important force to promote world economic growth. According to the data of the World Bank, China’s GDP in 2010 increased by 4.6 trillion US dollars compared with that in 2001, accounting for 14.7% of the increase of the world economy in the same period. China’s GDP accounted for 9.3% of the world economy. According to the data of the World Trade Organization, from 2000 to 2009, the average annual growth rate of China’s export volume and import volume was 17% and 15% respectively, which was much higher than the average annual growth rate of 3% of the world trade volume in the same period.
  China’s foreign trade took the lead in stabilizing during the international financial crisis, which promoted the global economic recovery. After the outbreak of the international financial crisis in 2008, the China government adopted a series of policies and measures to stimulate the economy, expand domestic demand and stabilize the scale of import and export. In 2009, the world’s imports of goods decreased by 12.8%, while China’s imports increased by 2.9%, making it the only country among the world’s major economies to maintain growth. The China factor has supported the exports of many crisis-hit countries, stimulated the demand of global commodity markets, boosted people’s confidence, and played a huge role in promoting the recovery and growth of the world economy. During the third trade policy review of China, the World Trade Organization pointed out that during the financial crisis, China played a constructive role in stimulating global demand and made important contributions to world economic stability.
  The development of China’s foreign trade has improved the national welfare of China and its trading partners. With the accelerated integration into the world division of labor system, China has gradually developed into a major producer and exporter of industrial products in the world, relying on its labor cost advantage, strong industrial support and processing and manufacturing capabilities, and constantly improving labor productivity, providing inexpensive goods for countries and regions around the world and meeting various demands in the international market. China’s advantages of scale economy and processing cost in the global manufacturing sector partially digested the price increase of upstream production factors, and played a role in curbing global inflation and improving the actual purchasing power of consumers in trading partners.
  The development of China’s foreign trade provides a broad market for its trading partners. Since 2001, China’s total import of goods has increased by about five times, with an average annual growth rate of about 20%. China’s rapidly expanding imports have become an important driving force for world economic growth, creating a huge market space for its trading partners to expand their exports. At present, China is the largest export market of Japan, South Korea, Australia, ASEAN, Brazil, South Africa and other countries, the second largest export market of the European Union, and the third largest export market of the United States and India. China’s industrialization and urbanization are advancing rapidly, and domestic demand continues to grow. The expanding and opening market will provide more and more development opportunities for trading partners.
  China is one of the developing countries that have opened their markets to the least developed countries to the greatest extent. As of July 2010, China has implemented zero import tariff on more than 4,700 items of goods originating from 36 least developed countries with diplomatic relations, accounting for about 60% of all tariff items. China has promised to continue to expand the scope of preferential treatment to the least developed countries that have established diplomatic relations, so that the goods subject to zero tariff will reach 97% of all tariff items. Zero tariff measures have promoted the exports of the least developed countries to China. Since 2008, China has been the largest export market for the least developed countries. In 2010, China’s total imports of goods from the least developed countries increased by 58% over the previous year, accounting for about a quarter of the total exports of these countries.
  China has fully participated in and promoted the reform of global economic governance mechanism. China government actively advocates "balance, mutual benefit and win-win" as the goal of multilateral trading system reform, and strives to promote the establishment of a fair and just new international economic and trade order. As a rapidly growing developing country, China has actively participated in international dialogue and cooperation mechanisms such as the G20 summit, the BRICS leaders’ meeting, and the Doha Round negotiations, and strived to assume international responsibilities commensurate with its own development level and national strength. China has continuously strengthened cooperation with emerging countries in the fields of economy, finance, trade and investment, and promoted the development of the international economic order in a just, rational and win-win direction.
  China strictly fulfills its international obligations on export control. China has always advocated the complete prohibition and thorough destruction of all weapons of mass destruction and resolutely opposed the proliferation of such weapons and their means of delivery. The relevant laws of China clearly stipulate that necessary restrictions shall be taken on the import and export of fission and fusion substances or goods and technologies derived from such substances, as well as the import and export related to weapons, ammunition or other military materials. China has earnestly abided by international conventions on export control, fulfilled its non-proliferation commitments and made active efforts for international peace and regional stability. In recent years, the government of China has widely adopted internationally accepted norms and practices, and formed a complete export control system covering sensitive items and technologies such as nuclear, biological, chemical and missiles, which has provided a legal basis and institutional guarantee for better realizing the non-proliferation goal.
  Fourth, promote the basic balanced growth of foreign trade
  Whether a country’s foreign trade is surplus or deficit is mainly determined by its economic structure and the international competitiveness of its products or services. China does not deliberately pursue a surplus in foreign trade. China’s service trade has been in a certain deficit for a long time. China’s trade in goods was in deficit for most years before 1990. After 1990, with the large-scale undertaking of international industrial transfer, the competitiveness of manufactured goods increased, and the growth rate of exports exceeded that of imports, and China’s trade in goods changed from an overall deficit to an overall surplus. In 2005, China’s trade surplus of goods exceeded 100 billion dollars for the first time, and rose sharply for four years. In 2008, China’s trade surplus in goods reached an all-time high of $298.1 billion, and then gradually narrowed. In 2009 and 2010, the trade surplus of goods in China was US$ 195.7 billion and US$ 181.6 billion, respectively, down by 34.4% and 7.2% compared with the previous year. In 2010, the trade surplus of goods in China accounted for 6.1% of the total import and export volume and 3.1% of the GDP. Among the nine countries with the largest global trade balance (surplus or deficit), these two ratios of China are not on the high side.

  China’s trade surplus in goods reflects China’s position in international division of labor at the present stage. At present, China has great advantages in the processing and assembly of manufactured goods, and is the largest producer and exporter of industrial products. The United States and the European Union are the most important end consumer markets. As a large number of labor-intensive processing and assembly links have been transferred from Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, China and Hong Kong, China to China, the original surplus of these countries and regions to the United States and Europe has also been transferred to China. As a result, at present, China’s trade surplus of goods mainly exists between China-US trade and China-EU trade, while China has a long-term trade deficit with major producers of industrial intermediate products such as Japan, South Korea and ASEAN. In 2010, China’s trade surplus with the United States and the European Union was US$ 181.3 billion and US$ 142.8 billion respectively, while its trade deficit with Japan, South Korea and ASEAN totaled US$ 141.6 billion. Chinese mainland’s trade deficit with Taiwan Province was $86 billion. China needs to import a large number of primary products to produce and export manufactured goods, so its trade with some primary product exporting countries is in deficit. It is precisely at this stage that China’s manufacturing industry and service industry have different levels and positions in international division of labor, so China’s trade in goods has a large surplus, while the trade in services has a long-term deficit.

  China’s trade surplus in goods mainly comes from foreign-invested enterprises and processing trade. In the process of deepening economic globalization, due to the refinement of division of labor and the requirements of economies of scale, more and more international trade is dominated by multinational companies, which is intra-industry trade or processing trade based on the division of labor in the value chain. Since the reform and opening up, China’s absorption of foreign direct investment has increased rapidly. For a long time, the proportion of import and export of foreign-invested enterprises and processing trade mainly operated by foreign-invested enterprises in China’s goods trade has remained at about 50%. Import and export and processing trade of foreign-invested enterprises are the main sources of China’s trade surplus in goods. In 2009 and 2010, the trade surplus of goods of foreign-invested enterprises was US$ 127 billion and US$ 124.3 billion respectively, accounting for 64.8% and 68.4% of the total trade surplus of goods in China in the same period, and the processing trade surplus was as high as US$ 264.6 billion and US$ 322.9 billion respectively, which was much higher than that of China in the same period. While foreign-invested enterprises have a large surplus in import and export and processing trade, state-owned enterprises have a deficit in import and export, general trade and other trade methods.
  The restrictions imposed by developed countries on some high-tech trade also affect the trade balance between China and some trading partners. China is in the period of accelerated industrialization, and it has great import demand for advanced equipment and high technology from developed countries. However, some developed countries still adhere to the old thinking and set many restrictions on the export of high-end equipment and high-tech products to China, resulting in a slow growth in the export of their related products to China. This has hindered China’s imports from these countries to some extent, which is not conducive to the balance of bilateral trade.
  China’s trade in goods changed from deficit to surplus, which improved China’s balance of payments and strengthened China’s ability to resist external risks. However, the sharp expansion of the surplus has also brought troubles to China’s economy. A large amount of RMB for export settlement has increased the difficulty and complexity of macroeconomic regulation and control. The sharp expansion of the trade surplus of goods has also increased the friction between China and some trading partners, which has exerted a sustained and greater appreciation pressure on the RMB.
  China government attaches great importance to the imbalance in the development of foreign trade and has adopted a series of policies and measures to curb the excessive growth of surplus. First, actively adjust the economic structure, strive to expand domestic demand, especially increase investment in improving people’s livelihood and stimulate residents’ consumption growth. Second, introduce a series of import expansion policies, simplify import management and import payment procedures, reduce the provisional import tax rate of some commodities, improve the import promotion system, and improve the degree of import facilitation. Third, adjust the export tax rebate policy, and successively reduce or cancel the export tax rebate for some commodities with high energy consumption, high pollution and resource. Fourth, modify the catalogue of prohibited and restricted categories of processing trade, expand the scope of prohibited categories, and promote the transformation and upgrading of processing trade. Fifth, to change the situation that the fluctuation range of RMB against the US dollar has narrowed since the Asian financial crisis, a managed floating exchange rate system based on market supply and demand with reference to a basket of currencies will be implemented from July 21, 2005. From the reform of exchange rate mechanism in July 2005 to the end of August 2011, the nominal exchange rate of RMB against the US dollar appreciated by about 30%.
  China’s measures to promote the balanced growth of foreign trade have achieved remarkable results. The trade surplus of goods has been decreasing continuously since 2009, and the ratio of the surplus to the total value of imports and exports and the gross domestic product has gradually decreased since 2008, and foreign trade is tending to balance. China’s efforts are not only the needs of China’s own economic development, but also the concrete actions to promote the structural adjustment and rebalancing of the world economy.
  V. Building all-round mutually beneficial cooperative economic and trade relations
  China’s foreign trade is all-round development. China insists on developing pragmatic cooperation and mutually beneficial and win-win economic and trade relations with all trading partners, regardless of size, wealth.
  The trade between China and developed countries has been growing steadily, achieving complementary advantages and mutual benefit. Trade between China and EU has developed steadily in recent years. EU exports to China are mainly manufactured goods, among which machinery, electronic products, transport vehicles, complete sets of equipment, core components and precision components with advanced technology are quite competitive in China market. The trade between China and the United States has a solid foundation for development. China exported a variety of consumer goods to meet the needs of American consumers, and at the same time, it continuously expanded its imports of electronics, aviation, biology, medicine, agricultural products and services from the United States, which also met the needs of China’s own development. The trade between China and Japan has the advantage of geographical proximity. Sino-Japanese trade has promoted the continuous cooperation and progress of the industries of the two countries, and also promoted the in-depth development of regional economic division and cooperation in East Asia. China’s trade and investment cooperation with developed countries such as Canada, Australia, Switzerland and New Zealand have maintained a good momentum of development.
  China’s trade with emerging markets and developing countries is growing strongly, with great development potential. In 2010, the China-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement was fully implemented, and 90% of the goods achieved zero tariffs, which effectively promoted the rapid growth of bilateral trade between China and ASEAN. China and ASEAN’s own unique and competitive goods freely enter each other’s markets, which meets the needs of both sides. The trade between China and South Korea has maintained sustained and steady growth, and the fields of mutual investment and economic cooperation between the two countries are very broad. The rapid growth of trade between China and other BRICS countries in recent years has promoted the strong development of their respective advantageous industries, showing that emerging economic markets have broad development prospects. In recent years, China’s trade with other developing countries has also increased at a relatively fast speed. The long-standing trade with Arab countries has been further developed, and the fields of economic and trade cooperation with Latin American countries have been continuously expanded. The trade with African countries has given full play to the complementary advantages of their resource conditions and economic structure, and promoted their respective development.
  China attaches great importance to the institutionalization of bilateral and regional economic and trade cooperation. At present, more than 150 countries and regions have signed bilateral trade agreements or economic cooperation agreements with China. China has established and maintained high-level economic dialogue mechanisms with major economies such as the United States, Europe, Japan, Britain and Russia. China actively participates in regional and sub-regional economic cooperation mechanisms such as the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, the ASEAN-China-Japan-ROK (10+3) Leaders’ Meeting, the East Asia Summit, the China-Africa Cooperation Forum, the Greater Mekong Subregion Economic Cooperation, the Central Asian Regional Economic Cooperation and the Great Tumen Initiative. China adheres to the policy of "being a good neighbor and partner" and establishes and develops various forms of border economic and trade cooperation with neighboring countries and regions.
  China actively participates in and promotes the process of regional economic integration. By the end of 2010, China had negotiated 15 FTAs or CEPAs with 28 countries and regions on five continents, and signed and implemented 10 FTAs or CEPAs. There are five ongoing negotiations on free trade agreements. China proposes to establish East Asia Free Trade Area. In 2010, China’s bilateral trade in goods with 10 partners of free trade agreements or close economic partnership arrangements (ASEAN, Pakistan, Chile, Singapore, New Zealand, Peru, Costa Rica, Hong Kong, China, Macao, China, Taiwan, China) reached 782.6 billion US dollars, more than a quarter of China’s total import and export.
  China has deeply participated in and promoted the Doha Round negotiations of the World Trade Organization, and strived to safeguard the authority of the multilateral trading system. China stressed that the negotiations should be conducive to the implementation of the principles of fairness and justice in the multilateral trading system, and reflect the Doha Round as the goal of the development round. China fully participated in the Doha Round negotiations on agriculture, non-agricultural products, services and rules, and submitted more than 40 negotiating texts independently, and more than 100 jointly with other members. In order to push forward the Doha Round negotiations, China has repeatedly expressed its willingness to make constructive contributions to the negotiations, which are commensurate with its own level of development.
  When resolving disputes with trading partners, China takes into account the interests of all parties and seeks common ground while reserving differences. Since joining the World Trade Organization, with the continuous growth of import and export, disputes and frictions between China and its trading partners have increased. The products involved are mainly textiles, shoes, tires, auto parts, steel and chemical products, and the controversial issues mainly involve intellectual property rights, trade balance, fair trade, food safety, environmental protection and other fields. China has always believed that dialogue is better than confrontation and cooperation is better than pressure, and efforts should be made to resolve disputes among trading partners through consultation and negotiation. China insists on giving consideration to and balancing the interests of all parties. Within the rules and system of the World Trade Organization, it uses multilateral and bilateral channels to resolve disputes through dialogue, consultation and negotiation. In recent years, China has taken many measures in expanding market opening, protecting intellectual property rights, promoting trade balance, reforming the RMB exchange rate formation mechanism, and regulating the import and export operation order, fully taking care of the concerns of trading partners. In the case that negotiation fails to resolve disputes, China has properly handled trade disputes with its trading partners through the dispute settlement mechanism of the World Trade Organization, thus maintaining the stability of the multilateral trading system.
  VI. Realizing the Sustainable Development of Foreign Trade
  At present, there are still unbalanced, uncoordinated and unsustainable problems in China’s foreign trade development, which are highlighted as follows: export growth mainly depends on the input and consumption of resources, energy, land, labor and environment, and the input of science and technology, management and innovation is insufficient, and the contradiction between foreign trade development and resource and energy supply and environmental carrying capacity is increasingly prominent; The competitiveness of enterprises in R&D, design, marketing and service is not strong, and the proportion of self-owned intellectual property rights and self-owned brand export products is not large; The contribution of foreign trade development to the three industries is not balanced enough; The scale and level of foreign trade in the central and western regions are still relatively backward; The quality and efficiency of foreign trade growth need to be further improved. China government is clearly aware of these problems and takes active measures to accelerate the transformation of foreign trade development mode and realize the sustainable development of foreign trade.
  Strive to cultivate the comprehensive competitive advantage of foreign trade development. Faced with the rising labor costs, the sharp rise in the prices of production factors such as resources and energy, and the weakening of the traditional low-cost advantages of export industries in recent years, the China government has put forward the strategic goal of transforming foreign trade from extensive development to intensive development. During the 11th Five-Year Plan period (2006-2010), the China Municipal Government adjusted the import and export tax policy, implemented the strategy of rejuvenating trade through science and technology, market diversification and winning by quality, carried out the pilot project of transformation and upgrading of processing trade, improved the financing and insurance services for import and export enterprises, promoted enterprises to accelerate technological progress and product structure optimization, and enhanced the comprehensive competitive advantage of foreign trade. Most import and export enterprises have withstood the impact of the international financial crisis, and import and export trade has achieved rapid recovery after the crisis. During the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" period (2011-2015), China will strive to maintain its existing export competitive advantage, accelerate the cultivation of new advantages centered on technology, brand, quality and service, promote industrial transformation and upgrading, extend the value-added chain of processing trade, and improve the competitiveness and added value of enterprises and products. Vigorously develop trade in services and promote the coordinated development of trade in goods and services. Continue to open the service industry to the outside world, promote the development of service outsourcing, and strive to expand the export of emerging services. Finance and taxation, financial insurance, foreign exchange management, customs clearance, inspection and quarantine, logistics and transportation will further improve and implement relevant national policies, speed up trade and investment facilitation, and strive to promote the stable and healthy development of foreign trade.
  Accelerate energy conservation and emission reduction in the development of foreign trade. As early as 1994, the government of China formulated and published China’s Agenda for the 21st Century-China’s White Paper on Population, Environment and Development in the 21st Century, which incorporated energy conservation and emission reduction into national economic and social development goals. Both the Eleventh Five-Year Plan and the Twelfth Five-Year Plan regard reducing energy consumption and carbon dioxide emission intensity as binding indicators. Since 2004, China has repeatedly lowered or even cancelled export tax rebates for some high energy consumption, high pollution and resource commodities, banned and restricted the processing trade of some such products, and encouraged import and export enterprises to keep up with international advanced environmental protection standards. In recent years, the proportion of "two high-tech and one capital" commodities in China’s export commodities has dropped sharply, and the export of new energy and energy-saving and environmental protection products has increased substantially. Most import and export production enterprises that have reached a certain scale have obtained ISO14000 and other standards related to environmental protection. China will strive to adjust the economic structure and industrial structure, accelerate the application of advanced energy-saving and environmental protection technologies, and promote the more coordinated development of foreign trade, resource conservation and environmental protection.
  Strengthen trade-related intellectual property protection. Strengthening the protection of intellectual property rights is not only the need for China to fulfill its international obligations, but also the inherent requirement for transforming the mode of economic development and building an innovative country. Over the years, the government of China has done a lot of work in intellectual property protection, and achieved remarkable results in legislation, law enforcement, publicity, training and raising the awareness of intellectual property protection in the whole society. In 2008, China formulated the Outline of National Intellectual Property Strategy, which promoted the protection of intellectual property to the height of national strategy. From 2006 to 2011, China promulgated the China Action Plan for the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights for six consecutive years, and implemented more than 1,000 specific measures in many fields, including legislation, law enforcement, education and training, cultural propaganda and foreign exchange. In 2010, the number of international patent applications filed by China through the Patent Cooperation Treaty reached 12,295, an increase of 55.6% over 2009, ranking first among countries in terms of growth rate, and ranking fourth in the world from fifth. At present, strengthening the protection of trade-related intellectual property rights is a common challenge for all countries in the world, and strengthening dialogue and cooperation has become the trend of intellectual property protection in the world. Under the relevant international conventions and respective legal frameworks, the Government of China will strengthen intellectual property exchange and cooperation with countries and regions around the world, and jointly promote the healthy development of intellectual property.
  Improve the quality and safety requirements of export commodities. On the whole, the quality of China’s export commodities is constantly improving, which is welcomed and recognized by consumers all over the world. In 2009 and 2010, there were 11.032 million batches and 13.054 million batches of China’s export goods inspected and quarantined by entry-exit inspection and quarantine institutions, and the unqualified rates were 0.15% and 0.14% respectively. The export value was US$ 429.27 billion and US$ 552.18 billion respectively, and the unqualified rate was 0.12% and 0.13% respectively. In 2010, China exported 127,000 batches of food to the United States, with a qualified rate of 99.53%; 138,000 batches of food were exported to the EU, with a qualified rate of 99.78%. According to the statistical report on the monitoring of imported food in the Ministry of Health and Welfare of Japan, in 2010, food imported from China was sampled at a high rate of 20%, and the qualified rate of sampling inspection was 99.74%, which was higher than that of food imported from the United States and the European Union in the same period. However, there are still a few enterprises in China that ignore the quality and safety of goods in order to reduce costs, and some foreign importers do not pay attention to quality and integrity, depress commodity prices and even directly instruct China producers to use unqualified raw materials. These actions have damaged the reputation of "Made in China". In view of these problems, the China Municipal Government has continuously improved the laws and regulations on commodity quality and safety in recent years, strengthened supervision in all aspects, and severely punished a few enterprises that violate laws and regulations and cause quality problems. In March 2011, China launched the "Year of Improving the Quality of Foreign Trade Commodities".We will further improve the licensing, certification and supervision mechanism for the quality and safety of foreign trade commodities, and improve the efficiency of ensuring the quality and safety of export commodities.
  Enhance the sense of social responsibility of import and export enterprises. With the continuous expansion of opening to the outside world, more and more enterprises in China realize that they need to bear corresponding social responsibilities while growing. This is not only conducive to social harmony and progress, but also conducive to improving the competitiveness and sustainable development capacity of enterprises. Governments at all levels in China are promoting enterprises to improve their sense of social responsibility, respect labor rights, safeguard consumers’ rights and protect the ecological environment by advocating the concept of Scientific Outlook on Development and harmonious society. At the same time, China government encourages enterprises to accept relevant social responsibility standards in import and export trade, and strive to obtain necessary social responsibility certification. Since the implementation of the new Labor Contract Law and its implementing regulations in 2008, import and export enterprises have generally established a system of "five insurances and one fund" (pension insurance, medical insurance, unemployment insurance, work injury insurance, maternity insurance and housing provident fund). China government regards enhancing corporate social responsibility as an important task to promote the transformation and upgrading of foreign trade. In the future, it will strengthen the publicity and training of corporate social responsibility, establish and improve the integrity management system of import and export enterprises, improve the supervision of corporate social responsibility by the whole society, carry out international cooperation in the cultivation and management of corporate social responsibility, and promote the import and export enterprises to continuously improve their level of social responsibility.
  Promote international cooperation in strategic emerging industries. Developing strategic emerging industries is of great significance to the transformation and upgrading of foreign trade and sustainable development. After more than 30 years of reform and opening up, China’s comprehensive national strength has been significantly enhanced, the level of science and technology has been continuously improved, the industrial system has been gradually improved, and the development of strategic emerging industries has laid a solid foundation. However, compared with developed countries, emerging industries in China are still in the initial stage of development. After the international financial crisis in 2008, all major economies in the world are accelerating the development of emerging industries. China regards the development of strategic emerging industries as an important task of industrial revitalization. In order to promote the development of key areas, while giving play to the basic role of the market in allocating resources, the China Municipal Government has strengthened policy guidance, standardized the market order, improved the investment environment and encouraged enterprises to improve their technological innovation capabilities. China’s basic policy of supporting the development of strategic emerging industries conforms to international trade rules, and it is willing to strengthen exchanges with other countries in scientific research, technological development and capacity building, and make joint efforts to create a new situation of international cooperation and development of emerging industries.
  Concluding remarks
  At present, the deep-seated impact of the international financial crisis is still emerging, and the long-term, arduous and complex nature of the world economic recovery is more prominent, and the global economic structure and trade pattern are facing profound adjustments. China’s foreign trade will also undergo new adjustments, and strive to realize the transformation from scale expansion to quality and efficiency improvement, from relying mainly on low-cost advantages to enhancing comprehensive competitive advantages, and from a big trading country to a powerful trading country.
  The development of China’s foreign trade is still restricted by many uncertain factors and will encounter new difficulties and pressures. During the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" period, China will further expand its opening-up, promote reform, development and innovation through opening-up, strive to give full play to its own advantages, strengthen all-round international cooperation, and integrate into the world economy on a larger scale, in a wider field and at a higher level. China is willing to work with its trading partners to cope with the challenges facing the world economy and trade development, promote a more balanced, coordinated and sustainable development of foreign trade, and share prosperity with its trading partners to achieve a win-win situation.

Historical changes and contemporary innovations of mainstream religious views in China

  The present situation of religion in China

  The change of the mainstream Confucian religious view in China’s history during the Republic of China from the founding of New China to the establishment and practice of the contemporary new religious view in 1956. The progress and mistakes of the national religious theory from 1957 to 1976, the innovation of the religious theory with China characteristics since the reform and opening up, and several cognitive problems in implementing the basic principles of the party’s religious work

  General Secretary of the Supreme Leader emphasized at the Central United Front Work Conference that ethnic work and religious work are all overall work. Religious work is essentially mass work. We should fully implement the party’s policy of freedom of religious belief, manage religious affairs according to law, adhere to the principle of independence and self-management, and actively guide religion to adapt to socialist society. To actively guide religion to adapt to the socialist society, we must adhere to the direction of China, improve the level of legalization of religious work, treat the social role of religion dialectically, pay attention to the role of religious figures, and guide religious efforts to serve the promotion of economic development, social harmony, cultural prosperity, national unity and the reunification of the motherland. The speech highly summarized the importance of religious work and the connotation of the Party’s principles and policies on religious work, especially expounded the four "musts" of actively guiding religion to adapt to the socialist society, and first emphasized that "we must adhere to the direction of China", which was very meaningful. This is not only the latest incisive summary of the religious work experience since the founding of New China, but also contains the historical wisdom of Chinese civilization in dealing with religious issues.

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  The mainstream Confucian religious view in China’s history

  Historically, the mainstream society and politicians in China have been mainly guided by Confucian views on religion. Confucius famously said, "Stay away from ghosts and gods". He is not keen on the way of ghosts and gods, but he takes a "respect" attitude towards the religious beliefs of ordinary people. Ceng Zi, a student of Confucius, said, "Be cautious in pursuing the future, and people’s morality will return to thick.". Pursuing the distance carefully is ancestor worship, whose function is to make the moral fashion of ordinary people simple and honest, which is the moral function of religion today. Later, Yi Zhuan summarized this function as "teaching by Shinto", which means that the way of ghosts and gods is regarded as a means of moral education. This is the attitude of Confucianism towards religion. Under the influence of Confucius, the mainstream society in China is "moderate" towards religion. Although China’s dynasties were autocratic politically, they were pluralistic and inclusive in cultural and religious policies. After Buddhism and Islam were introduced into China, their contents and forms changed. For example, Zen Buddhism appeared in China, advocating human Buddhism; Chinese Islam does not pursue the unity of politics and religion, and its exclusiveness is greatly weakened. Is Confucius’ thought a religion? My point of view is that Confucianism is basically not a religion, but an ethical anthropology in the East, because Confucius does not talk about the problem of afterlife and ghosts and gods, and the view without gods and the other side cannot be called religion. Confucius spent his whole life talking about how to be a man and how to govern the country."University" summed up these views as: self-cultivation, keeping the family in order, governing the country and leveling the world. Confucius was a thinker and educator, not a religious teacher. Of course, Confucius’ thoughts are also religious, for example, "fearing fate" and attaching great importance to religious sacrifices.

  In addition, Confucianism says that "harmony is precious", "harmony is different" and "Tao is parallel but not contradictory", and the concept of harmony is the most abundant in Confucianism. This has enabled China to accommodate many religions. After Wei and Jin Dynasties, Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism came into being in parallel and multi-religious coexistence. Buddhism spread to China, there are objections, but the mainstream of society is accepted; After Taoism flourished, there was room for its existence. Later, Christianity and Islam also spread to China and became a part of China’s multi-religions. As long as the relevant religions are patriotic, law-abiding and good-advised, there is a reasonable and legal space for their existence in China. Because the mainstream Confucianism in China is tolerant and moderate, there are many religious categories in China, which is rare in the world. The world’s three major religions and their main sects have spread in China, as well as ethnic religions such as Taoism, as well as a large number of folk religions and various primitive worship, so some people say that China is the "United Nations of religions". Today, there are five religions in China, namely Taoism, Buddhism, Islam, Christianity and Catholicism. Except Taoism, the other four religions are foreign religions, which shows the inclusiveness of China’s religious culture. Harmony is the main theme among religions. You have me and I have you. The doctrines of various religions are moderate, and extremism is difficult to develop. In the long-term historical development, religions in China have formed a profound and fine tradition.There are mainly: patriotism and love of teaching are highly unified, with doing good deeds as the first meaning, advancing with the times, being brave in innovation, symbiosis and mutual prosperity, mutual respect and learning, politics leading and teaching assisting, teaching not doing politics, culture promoting and civilized exchanges, national subject, and internal and external integration. For more than 2,000 years, Chinese has had a universal basic belief, that is, to respect the ancestors of heaven and law, but it does not exclude other religions. The core of China’s belief culture is Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism. Confucianism is not a religion, but it plays the role of western Christianity. When Buddhism entered China, it successfully connected with Confucianism and Taoism, and there was Zen Buddhism in China. China’s Islam has also made great achievements in the direction of China. The China process of Christianity in China (in a broad sense) is facing various difficulties, but it is also advancing steadily. In the history of China, religions have basically maintained peace and harmony. There is no religious war or inquisition, and they can become good neighbors. Although there were frictions, there were also "three martial arts and one incident" to destroy the Buddha, but the duration was short, and religious confrontation could not become a tradition. In history, religion has never created a huge obstacle to social reform and progress, but it is a kind of help.

  Changes of mainstream religious views in the Republic of China

  Since modern times, the religious view of mainstream society in China has changed, and the treatment of religion is no longer moderate and inclusive, but radical and negative, especially after the Revolution of 1911, religion has been constantly impacted. This is because China’s modern society is relatively backward and has suffered too much humiliation from the West. In order to liberate and revitalize the country independently, people think that China’s culture lacks democracy and science, so they should learn from the West and save the country with science and democracy. China needed democracy and science, but scholars in the Republic of China didn’t see that when the West developed democracy and science, Christianity was not replaced, but reformed it to serve modernization. At that time, the theory of "religious substitution" was popular in academic circles, arguing that there was no religious position in China’s future cultural construction. Cai Yuanpei proposed aesthetic education to replace religion, Chen Duxiu and Hu Shi proposed science to replace religion, Liang Shuming proposed ethics to replace religion, and Feng Youlan proposed philosophy to replace religion. So at that time, people ignored the study of religion. During the period of the Republic of China, Buddhism and Taoism were also proposed to "develop learning through temple property", and the National Government confiscated many temple properties. In fact, it looked down on Buddhism and Taoism and wanted to restrict it. At the same time, a "non-Christian movement" took place, totally denying Christianity, with a fierce attitude. At that time, the mainstream of academic circles was dominated by scientism and belittled religion on the grounds of "unscientific". In fact, the major religious subjects performed well in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the democratic revolution, which is commendable.

  从新中国成立到1956年当代新宗教观的建立和实践

  这一时期的宗教观体现了唯物史观与中国实际的结合,理论上有所创新,政策健康,实践成果辉煌,是新中国宗教工作的黄金时期。中国共产党在革命年代确立的民族平等和尊重保护宗教信仰自由的政策,新中国成立之后不仅继承下来,而且加以发扬。尤其在和平解放西藏、进军新疆、实现全国统一的过程中,解放军和党的干部忠实执行民族宗教政策,起了关键作用。1951年5月,毛泽东对主持西藏工作的张国华说:“你们在西藏考虑问题,首先要想到民族和宗教这两样事,一切工作必须慎重稳进。”从而“慎重稳进”成为党处理民族宗教问题的基本方针。十七条协议明确规定:实行宗教信仰自由政策,保护喇嘛寺庙,尊重西藏人民的宗教信仰自由和风俗习惯。1952年10月毛泽东接见西藏代表团时说:“共产党对宗教采取保护政策”,“今天对宗教采取保护政策,将来也仍然采取保护政策。”由于民族宗教政策符合马克思主义和中国国情,特别是能够对藏传佛教和伊斯兰教加以正确对待,在短时间内,中国顺利实现了统一大业(台湾除外),It ended the unstable and turbulent state in Xinjiang, Tibet and other ethnic areas that existed for a long time because of imperialist intervention and the corruption and incompetence of the old China government. The national feelings were unprecedentedly harmonious and the construction industry developed rapidly.

  In terms of Christianity and Catholicism, it is mainly to carry out anti-imperialist patriotic movements, eliminate imperialist forces and influences, and establish patriotic church groups run by China Christians, such as the Christian "Three Self" Patriotic Association and the Catholic Patriotic Association. Buddhism and Taoism in Han Dynasty mainly get rid of the influence of feudal system, advocate self-reliance and participate in social construction.

  From the perspective of how to treat and deal with religious issues, the mainstream religious theory and practice at that time can be summarized into two theories, namely, the theory of five natures and the theory of United front. On behalf of the Central Committee, Comrade Li Weihan, then head of the United Front Work Department of the Central Committee, put forward the theory of five religions: mass, long-term, complexity, nationality and internationality. Religion is not only regarded as a world outlook and spiritual culture, but also fully seen the social attributes of religion, which is a living social force and social culture with great influence and stability. Therefore, religious work must not be simplified, but should be taken seriously. The mass nature of religion makes us understand that the attitude towards religion is the attitude towards believers, which must be respected and cannot be forced to order. The long-term nature of religion makes us consciously overcome impatience and not regard religion as the remnants of old culture and rush to destroy it, because the roots of religion will exist for a long time and religious work must make long-term plans. The complexity of religion requires us to understand the multiple structures and diverse forms of religion itself, its multi-faceted relationship with social politics, economy and culture, and the duality of its social functions. Only by fully studying and understanding it can we do a good job in religious work. The nationality of religion tells us that religious issues are intertwined with ethnic issues. In China, religious issues are an important part of ethnic issues, and religious work is related to national unity and national unity. The internationality of religions makes us pay attention to the transnational influence of the three major religions in the world and the international communication of religions.由此宗教工作与中国的外交事业联系起来。统战论是中国共产党处理与宗教界爱国人士关系的方针。鉴于中国宗教界大多数在革命与建设中有良好表现,故中国共产党把宗教界作为团结对象,是朋友不是敌人。

  1957年至1976年民族宗教理论的进展与失误

  这一时期,民族宗教工作在理论与实践上既有开拓,也有失误和倒退。毛泽东在1957年发表的《关于正确处理人民内部矛盾的问题》中指出:“我们不能用行政命令去消灭宗教,不能强制人们不信教。不能强制人们放弃唯心主义,也不能强制人民相信马克思主义。”他肯定了宗教信仰是思想问题和人民内部问题,不能用强制方法解决。这一时期强调宗教信仰自由政策并明确反对用行政命令消灭宗教,坚持了马克思主义宗教观。

  从1957年反右派斗争起,经过1958年大跃进,到1962年反右倾斗争,强调千万不能忘记阶级斗争,再到1963年起开展的“四清”运动,“左”倾思潮逐渐抬头,民族宗教领域不断受到冲击。一是强调“民族问题实质是阶级问题”,把民族宗教领域阶级斗争扩大化。二是大量关闭拆除宗教寺庙,有些地方粗暴限制宗教正常活动。三是坚持正确路线的李维汉同志遭到批判,造成思想混乱,民族宗教工作开始走偏。

  1966年至1976年“文化大革命”时期,领导人错误地贯彻“以阶级斗争为纲”的路线,各项工作包括民族宗教工作遭到全面破坏,宗教活动停止,宗教场所和文物被大量毁坏,宗教界人士被当作“牛鬼蛇神”遭到横扫和迫害。这是中华民族的一场大浩劫,也是民族宗教领域的一场大灾难。

  改革开放以来中国特色宗教理论的创新

  改革开放后,我们进行了反思,认为“文革”的做法完全违背了马克思主义。恩格斯说:“一切宗教都不过是支配着人们日常生活的外部力量在人们头脑中的幻想的反映,在这种反映中,人间的力量采取了超人间的力量的形式。”他指出了宗教存在的深刻根源,因此反对向宗教宣战。这种唯物史观是马克思主义宗教观的理论基石。

  By bringing order out of chaos, religious work has returned to the Marxist track. There are the following signs:

  One is the 19th Document in 1982, which summarized the experience and lessons of the Party and the government on religious issues and pointed out that religion will exist for a long time in socialist society. After religion entered the socialist society, its functions have undergone fundamental changes, mainly contradictions among the people; The fundamental task of religious work is to unite religious people with non-religious people and devote themselves to socialist modernization. This is our party’s new understanding of religion.

  Secondly, in 1993, the Central Committee proposed "actively guiding religions to adapt to socialist society". I think the theory of religious adaptation is of great significance. It is the first positive affirmation that religion and socialist society have something in common and can adapt to each other, which is a new development of Marxist religious view.

  Thirdly, since the 21st century, the central government has proposed to give full play to the positive role of religion in building a harmonious society, emphasizing the theory of building religious harmony, and giving full play to the positive role of religious figures and believers in promoting cultural prosperity and economic and social development. As a result, religious culture theory, religious harmony theory and religious promotion theory rose.

  宗教文化论阐述宗教的文化属性和功能,揭示了宗教满足人们心灵情感需求的深层本质,展示了宗教在精神文化领域影响社会的特殊作用,为引导宗教健康发展和更好地适应当代社会开辟了广阔的空间。

  宗教和谐论是对前苏联式宗教斗争论的反思与超越,也是对中华宗教文化多元和谐传统的继承和发展,同时体现科学发展观以人为本、全面协调、统筹兼顾的要求,推动宗教多元平等、和谐共生、政教协调、文明对话,促进民族团结、社会稳定、和平发展,成为引导宗教关系走向的主要理论。

  而宗教促进论则表现出主流社会对宗教界的尊重和信任,突出信教群体的主体地位,从而有益于发挥宗教界人士的积极性主动性。从中我们可以看出,党的宗教理论和宗教政策发展有阶段性,随着改革开放的进展,向着更开放、更现代、更文明的方向发展。

  宗教的社会作用有其两重性,但是完全可以通过引导,尽量缩小消极作用,充分发挥积极作用,这正是习总书记所強调的“必须辩证看待宗教的社会作用”。今天,主流社会的宗教观是社会主义与中华文明的有机结合,因此才有民族宗教关系的和谐。

  贯彻党的宗教工作基本方针的几个认识问题

  第一,贯彻宗教信仰自由政策与温和无神论。保护宗教信仰自由是宗教工作基本方针中最重要、最根本的一条,现在我们已经把它提到了尊重和维护人权的高度。外国有人说中国共产党是无神论政党,中国社会主义意识形态是无神的,共产党不可能贯彻宗教信仰自由政策。我认为这里面有很多误解和偏见。无神论有多种。十八世纪法国战斗无神论影响很大,有其历史功绩,但其哲学是旧唯物论,不了解宗教存在的根源和发展规律,简单否定和激烈反对宗教,认为宗教是“傻瓜遇到骗子的产物”。而马克思主义者应该是温和的无神论者,不会人为地去消灭宗教;同时,维护群众的权益,其中就包含选择信仰的权益。我们真心实意维护宗教信仰自由,它是社会主义思想体系所决定的,是社会主义宗教观、民主观、平等观所决定的。我们是唯物史观支持下的无神论,它不信神,但能尊重别人的宗教信仰,这是它高于战斗无神论的地方。因此社会主义者应该是宗教信仰自由政策最坚定的维护者。“信仰上互相尊重,政治上团结合作”,体现了温和无神论的平等、包容精神。

  Second, manage religious affairs and normalization of religious affairs according to law. This is what is needed to establish a modern democratic and legal country. In the past, we used to manage religious affairs by administrative means or by relying solely on policies. In the future, we will change to manage religious affairs according to law. First, religious legislation should be improved, second, the concept of legal system should be strengthened, and third, the law enforcement system should be complete. Our legal system is still not perfect. At present, the Regulations on Religious Affairs promulgated in the State Council is a comprehensive national administrative regulation, which needs to be improved. Managing religious affairs is not interfering in the internal affairs of religious circles, but managing affairs related to public interests and national interests. The purpose of management is to protect normal and legal activities, stop illegal activities and crack down on criminal activities. At present, management is undergoing two changes: from direct administrative management to indirect management according to law, and from preventive abnormal management to service-oriented normal management. "Protection, management, guidance and service" advocated by the State Bureau of Religious Affairs is the essence of management.

  Third, adhere to the principle of independence and self-management and the localization of religion. This mainly deals with Catholicism and Christianity. Historically, after the Opium War, Catholicism and Christianity were indeed under the control of imperialism, and they once became tools for western powers to invade China. Today, western hostile forces are still using religion to try to evolve China’s regime. Therefore, it is very important to emphasize independence and self-management. We should make Catholicism and Christianity a cause run by patriots in China. This is not only conducive to safeguarding our national dignity and national sovereignty, but also conducive to the healthy development of Catholicism and Christianity. On the premise of independence and self-management, on the basis of mutual respect, equality and mutual benefit, we will carry out international friendly exchanges in religion, actively participate in world religious dialogues and civilized dialogues, and promote world peace and development. We should not only be independent in educational affairs, but also absorb Chinese culture and thoughts, build theology with China characteristics, make Catholicism and Christianity China, and make our own way in doctrine.

  Fourth, actively guide religion to adapt to socialist society and multi-dimensional guidance. Adaptation is multi-level and multi-faceted, and it can’t just be satisfied with patriotism and law-abiding. It is adaptation at the legal and political levels. At the same time, it should be carried out in an all-round way economically, culturally and socially. Adaptation is a two-way street — — Religious circles should adapt to our socialist society in the process of modernization; Our cadres and scholars also have a problem of re-learning, re-understanding the function of religion and actively guiding religion to adapt to socialist society. Now is the most relaxed historical period for the normal existence and activities of religions in China. The teaching community should establish a healthy teaching style, strictly observe the religious rules, build a good teaching staff, inherit and carry forward the Chinese spirit of benevolence, tolerance and harmony, stay away from and resist extremism, provide better services to the society in its own way, and live up to this great era and the ardent expectations of the party, the government and all walks of life for the religious community. Academic circles should continue to participate in the construction of Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s religious theory, which is our responsibility and responsibility.

International observation: Biden’s primary election is "going through the motions" and seeking re-election is "uneven"

    Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, February 3 rd: Biden’s primary election is "going through the motions" and his re-election is "uneven"

    Xinhua News Agency reporter Sun Ding Xiong Maoling

    On February 3rd, South Carolina will hold the first official Democratic Party primary election in the 2024 presidential election. American media and experts believe that Biden, the current president seeking re-election, is currently in a solid position in the Democratic Party, and the primary election is basically just a "going through the motions" for him. Judging from the current Republican party elections, Biden may once again confront former US President and Republican Trump in the November general election to reproduce the situation of the 2020 general election. Public opinion is worried that this may further deepen the political polarization and social tear in the United States and increase the risk of political turmoil in the United States.

   competeThere are many challenges in re-election

    Biden officially announced his re-election in April last year. He currently has two challengers in the party, namely Congressman Dean Phillips and writer Marianne Williamson. Biden’s support rate in the polls is significantly ahead of these two people. Public opinion generally believes that Biden will once again become the Democratic presidential candidate, but he will face multiple challenges on the road to re-election.

    First, Biden’s approval rating is not high. After the United States hastily withdrew its troops from Afghanistan in August 2021, the public’s negative evaluation of Biden’s ruling performance rose. In addition, since Biden took office, the United States has experienced the highest inflation in decades, the number of illegal immigrants has soared, and the recent "border crisis" has been violently fermented, and its support rate has now fallen below 40%. David axelrod, an American political scholar, believes that the low support rate has cast a shadow over Biden’s re-election campaign.

    Secondly, Biden is being impeached by Republicans in the House of Representatives. American public opinion believes that although the impeachment case is unlikely to make Biden step down, it will even help him consolidate inner-party support and absorb more political donations to a certain extent, but it will inevitably involve his energy and may affect his personal image. As the CNN article said, this dispute will "bring great pressure" to Biden’s re-election campaign.

    Biden’s opponent also made a fuss about his age. Biden, 81, is the oldest incumbent president in American history. Phillips commented that Biden "can’t perform the duties of the president in the way that the United States needs." Biden’s campaign team argued that age is not a burden but an advantage, representing experience and qualifications.

   Focus on reappearing "South Carolina recovery"

    Four years ago, Biden did not perform well at the beginning of the Democratic primary in the 2020 presidential election, but rebounded in South Carolina. After that, he successfully won the party nomination and was finally elected president. The state was then called Biden’s "political recovery" by the American media. Biden bluntly said in the election campaign a few days ago that he would not become the president of the United States without the voters of the Democratic Party of South Carolina. At his appeal, the Democratic National Committee decided to hold the party’s first official primary election in 2024 in the state.

    However, South Carolina has traditionally been a "red state" dominated by Republicans. During the presidential election in 2020, then-President Trump won the state by nearly 12 percentage points. It is not easy for Biden to win the state in this year’s general election. However, Biden’s campaign team still invests a lot of money and manpower here. An important reason is that there are a large number of African-American Democratic voters in the state, which is very important for Biden’s re-election campaign.

    The White House says Biden is committed to promoting racial equality and creating economic opportunities for African-American families and communities. The New York Times argues that the Democratic Party is trying to test whether its policy proposition can effectively attract African-American voters in South Carolina, so as to observe whether this campaign strategy can be used in other areas where African-American voters are concentrated.

    What worries Democratic campaign strategists is that Biden’s support rate among African-American voters has declined recently, and his support rate among Hispanic and young voters has even been overtaken by Trump. According to American media reports, Biden plans to increase his support rate among African-American and Hispanic groups through more visits to ethnic minority communities. In terms of winning young people’s votes, Biden’s team is considering pulling American singer Taylor Swift as its platform.

   Battered again is not welcome.

    On the Republican side, although Trump has not got rid of the controversy over his eligibility for election and many criminal cases involving him are still in progress, he has made great strides in the party’s primary election. Public opinion generally believes that it may be only a matter of time before he is nominated as the Republican presidential candidate again. This means that the 2024 presidential election in the United States may once again become a confrontation between Trump and Biden, just like in 2020.

    According to a recent joint poll conducted by the US "Decision Desk Headquarters" website and the "News Country" TV channel, nearly 60% of registered voters in the United States are "not very enthusiastic" or "not enthusiastic at all" about the possible second showdown between Trump and Biden. Randy Johnson, a 64-year-old Republican voter in Missouri, said that he hoped to have a third choice, but it didn’t work in the current political system in the United States. He felt sad for his country. "We can only choose the lesser of two evils.".

    After Biden won the presidential election in 2020, Trump refused to admit defeat and repeatedly claimed that there was massive fraud in the election, which laid the foundation for the subsequent "Capitol Hill riots". In the past few years, a series of political and legal disputes triggered by the riots have continuously fueled the partisan opposition and political tears in the United States.

    Recently, Biden and Trump’s teams have intensified their attacks on each other, accusing each other of being "a threat to American democracy". The Associated Press published an article saying that the two men fought again or "shaken American politics", posing a far-reaching challenge to the "democratic future of the United States."

    Peter baker, The New York Times’s chief White House correspondent, commented: "Voters may have some idea of how the next four-year-old White House will behave, but it is completely unclear how a divided country will react to the winner. It seems possible to refuse to accept, disrupt damage, further tear or even violence. "

Deng Chenghao of Deep Blue Automobile: Building a world-class electric vehicle brand and helping the high-quality development of new energy vehicles.

    On September 1-3, 2023, the 19th China International Forum on Automobile Industry Development (TEDA) with the theme of "High Quality and New Future" was held in Tianjin Binhai New Area. On September 3rd, Deng Chenghao, CEO of Deep Blue Automotive Technology Co., Ltd., gave a speech entitled "Building a world-class electric vehicle brand and helping the high-quality development of new energy vehicles" during the electrification sub-forum with the theme of "Prospects for the penetration rate of new energy vehicles in 2030".

   Deng Chenghao, CEO of Shenlan Automobile Technology Co., Ltd.

    In his speech, Deng Chenghao first analyzed the development of the industry. He said that the new energy automobile industry is developing rapidly, and the process from policy-driven to market-driven reflects the strong endogenous driving force of the whole new energy market:

    First, demand is driven. It is driven by the demand from the user. According to a data of Deep Blue Auto, 70% of new car buyers in the market segment where Deep Blue is located will pay attention to electric vehicles. This shows to some extent that trams have become an important choice for most mainstream consumers, so the rise of consumer demand is the core key to the development of new energy.

    Second, competition-driven. In the past two years, the automobile market has been fiercely competitive, which is reflected in three aspects. The first is the dispute between oil and electricity. Oil trucks and trams have formed two competitive forces. The second is the dispute between independence and joint venture. The proportion of independent and joint ventures is around 50%: 50%, and there is also a very fierce competition behind the sawing. The third is the competition between traditional cars and the new forces of making cars. The scale competition and elimination competition are intertwined, and the product competitiveness will be significantly improved behind the interweaving.

    Third, technology-driven. From the perspective of the automobile industry, this round of technological progress is very remarkable, industrial technology is deeply integrated, and the boundary of innovation is actually vague. Innovation in the process of integration finally leads to many new user experiences in the intelligent electrification track.

    Based on the above analysis, Deng Chenghao believes that the rapid growth in the new energy track faces several major opportunities and challenges.

    In terms of opportunities, the first is the long-term coexistence of new technology routes. In the past two years, the growth rate of the whole PHEV and REEV is very fast, which actually drives the rapid growth of this round of new energy and is the main force. In the long run, PHEV and REV as a whole will obviously promote the development of new energy industry. The second is the mainstream market in the mid-range. In the past, everyone said that the middle is small and the two ends are big, but it has actually been reversed. It is predicted that the growth rate of the entire mid-range market will be even larger by 2023. The third is overseas market. It is predicted that the number of new energy vehicles going to sea in China will increase rapidly in the next few years, so overseas is a big blue ocean market. These are the new engines for the next round of rapid growth of the new energy industry.

    In terms of challenges, the first one is the challenge of electrification transformation. In battery technology, everyone is very concerned about what the next generation of batteries will look like. In fact, on the consumer side, everyone’s concern about battery technology is related to battery efficiency, safety and cost. Whether solid-state batteries and semi-solid-state batteries are the long-term technical routes in the future is still unclear, so there is a strong uncertainty about whether batteries can quickly usher in a new round of technological breakthroughs. The second is that the deep integration of intelligent driving and electrification has become a trend, but there are still some constraints in intelligent driving, and its large-scale popularization still faces many challenges, which may reduce the momentum of a new round of growth.

    Later, Deng Chenghao shared the practice of Deep Blue Automobile. He said that since the establishment of Deep Blue Automobile in 2022, it has been based on solving the pain points of electrification and intelligence, and promoting smart travel in the whole scene with electric equal rights and smart equal rights. At present, there are two kinds of products, SL03 and S7, but next year will usher in a product year, and then four products will be launched quickly, making up six product lines. The future goal is to exceed 1 million vehicles in five years, including the global layout. The long-term goal is to achieve the scale of 1.5 million vehicles, which can support the electrification transformation of Changan Automobile.

    In terms of electric equal rights, Deep Blue Automobile will focus on "super extended range" and "super fast charging", and create a super extended range technology in terms of extended range, and realize the user’s full-scene travel experience through super fast charging technology in the field of pure electricity.

    Super range extension is based on the two technical supports of "Force Electric" and "non-ignition battery" to ensure the rapid development of range extension technology. At present, the range extension occupies a major share in the sales of deep blue products.

    Ultra-fast charging is a technical tip to build ultra-fast charging around pure electricity. Now 2.2C has been fully popularized, 4C is being developed, and 6C is being explored. The challenge here mainly comes from the construction of infrastructure, for which Deep Blue Automobile has done a lot of research. In fact, 2.2C is still the most adaptable in the whole infrastructure. Now, talking about 4C, 5C and 6C is that the enterprise is building its own fast charging network, but the development of the industry has a division of labor, so it is unrealistic for the main engine factory to build charging piles from the long-term development of the industry. "So in the long run, we hope to quickly spread from 2.2C to 4C in the whole infrastructure. I predict that there will be many 4C products in China in 2025." Deng Chenghao said.

    In terms of intelligent equality, Deep Blue Automobile will focus on intelligent driving and promote the popularization of intelligent driving. The so-called popularity of intelligent driving is to make significant breakthroughs in many aspects, which can enable ordinary consumers to enjoy a safer driving experience brought by high-level intelligent driving. It is expected that this year, a strategic plan related to Deep Blue Intelligence will be released, and a deep blue digital evolution body will be built in the smart cockpit.

    In marketing, Deep Blue Auto has made many innovations and changes. Through the planning of thousands of points, the commitment of "service+"and the recruitment plan of global creators, Deep Blue Auto has built a user-centered service ecological network and become a brand that grows together with users and coexists with users.

    In his speech, Deng Chenghao put forward the development goals and prospects. "At present, we hope that the Deep Blue Automobile Stability Station will sell 15,000 to 20,000 units last month through two products, Deep Blue S7 and Deep Blue SL03, and then we will launch a series of products on the station next year with a product scale of 30,000, 40,000 or even 50,000, so as to realize the rapid development of deep blue automobiles with high quality step by step."

Smart World R7 makes a stunning appearance: technology leadership and space innovation reshape the new benchmark of pure electric SUV

In the context of the continuous heating up of the new energy vehicle market, Huawei Hongmeng Zhixing continues to bring surprising smart electric products to consumers with its strong technical heritage and keen market insight. Recently, at the much-anticipated Huawei new product launch conference, it made a stunning appearance. At the 268,000 price, it once again demonstrated Hongmeng Zhixing’s extraordinary strength and market leadership in the field of pure electric SUVs.

As another ingenious work of Hongmeng Zhixing "R" series, the name of Zhijie R7 symbolizes the crossing of wisdom and boundaries, representing a new interpretation of future travel methods. This model is specially designed for young consumers who pursue fashion and focus on quality of life, aiming to bring them an unprecedented driving experience through advanced technology configuration and excellent space design.

In terms of technology configuration, Zhijie R7 is undoubtedly at the forefront of the times. It is equipped with Huawei’s latest intelligent driving system, which realizes the comprehensive improvement of intelligent driving, intelligent parking and active safety capabilities, so that drivers can enjoy a safer and more convenient travel experience. At the same time, the integration of Hongmeng Cockpit 4.0 has pushed the experience of intelligent cockpit to a new height. Innovative features such as super desktop and intelligent voice assistant have turned the interior space into a mobile living space full of wisdom and fun, making every trip a pleasant journey.

In terms of space design, the Smart R7 also shows extraordinary creativity. It adopts a unique design concept with a wheelbase of 2950mm, providing passengers with a spacious and comfortable ride space. At the same time, through ingenious design techniques, the Smart R7 maintains a streamlined appearance while ensuring abundant space in the second row.

No matter whether it is headroom or legroom, the Smart R7 has shown outstanding performance beyond its class, allowing drivers to enjoy a spacious and comfortable travel experience.

In addition, the Smart R7 is also eye-catching in terms of battery life. It is fully equipped with Huawei’s high-performance battery system, with a maximum range of 802km, and the CLTC comprehensive battery life has also reached the same level. This outstanding battery life performance not only meets consumers’ needs for long-distance travel, but also allows them to enjoy the convenience and fun brought by technology without worrying about power issues.

The stunning appearance of the Smart R7 is not only an important breakthrough for Hongmeng Zhixing in the field of pure electric SUVs, but also a deep feedback to young consumer groups. At present, the pre-sale of the Smart R7 is hot, and it has been enthusiastically sought after and widely praised by consumers. We have reason to believe that in the days to come, the Smart R7 will become a shining star in the pure electric SUV market with its excellent technological configuration, excellent space design and excellent battery life, reshaping the new benchmark of pure electric SUVs and leading the new trend of intelligent electric travel.

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Many first-line filmmakers concentrate on helping the poor with their words and people’s livelihood.

Fighting poverty, filmmakers are in action.

Recently, Jackie Chan, who has always been a positive energy benchmark in the entertainment industry, proposed to organize film and television artists to fulfill their social public welfare responsibilities and participate in poverty alleviation at this year’s National People’s Congress. He believes that entertainers should become the vanguard of poverty alleviation forces, give full play to their social influence, and call for serious investigation to achieve accurate poverty alleviation in the true sense.

Jackie Chan proposed that artists should help the poor.It is duty-bound to attack hard

Poverty alleviation is a major livelihood project and the common responsibility of the whole society, and film and television artists are duty-bound! Jackie Chan’s initiative has won wide recognition and positive response from the industry. On the occasion of the two sessions, the Media Center of the Film Channel specially planned a large-scale special topic of "Fighting Poverty and Fighting Filmmakers in Action", and carried out an echo report of "On-site suggestions and positive responses".


During the two sessions, frontline reporters interviewed Jackie Chan, Feng Yuanzheng, Gong Hanlin, Jianqi Huo, Jia Zhangke, Zhang Kaili and others on topics such as "Precise Poverty Alleviation", "Actor’s Social Responsibility" and "Star Public Welfare", and they all received positive responses.


Off-site, we invite literary and art workers who are keen on public welfare and have a strong sense of social responsibility to respond to Jackie Chan’s appeal and participate in discussions on topics such as "precise poverty alleviation". Since March 8th, the film channel China Film Report has successively launched a series of interviews on "Filmmakers Fighting Poverty in Action", inviting powerful filmmakers Jackie Chan, Huang Xiaoming, Li Bingbing, Wang Xueyin and WU GANG, as well as young actor representatives Cheney Chen, Jing Tian, Vivi, Wang Baoqiang, Wu Yifan, Yang Mi, Yang Yang, Yang Zi, Zhai Tianlin, Zhang Yishan and Zhou Dongyu to be interviewed. The interview will integrate the superior resources of the media center, and expose the content on all media platforms such as CCTV6 "China Film Report", 1905 Film Network, film channel client, official microblog matrix and WeChat WeChat official account.

Jackie Chan is at the scene of the two sessions.

Jackie Chan will take the lead in the first program, which will be launched on March 8, in the interview series of "Fighting Poverty and Fighting Filmmakers in Action". Over the years, Jackie Chan has been doing his best in public welfare undertakings, and he has done Wan Li Road for charity. He has a deep understanding: the road to public welfare is long and difficult, but many people make great efforts. Therefore, he hopes to call on all walks of life to jointly fight the tough battle against poverty, and at the same time, he expresses his gratitude for everyone’s support and response. "Over the years, I have been supported by the performing arts, and I have called for everything. They all believe me and I thank them. It is much more convenient to do charity now. "


As a senior in the entertainment industry, Wang Xueyin is also one who fully supports the fight against poverty. Facing our camera, he said: Accurate poverty alleviation is a very great commitment of the country, which can make the lives of farmers in our country better and better, which reflects the strength of our country. And let the whole society understand the good intentions of the country, what is precision poverty alleviation, and what role it can play after precision poverty alleviation.

Shooting in Zhou DongyuLove of hawthorn tree

In response to Jackie Chan’s call, young people in the entertainment industry are also taking action. Zhou Dongyu, a young actress, will bring her story in the interview. Having filmed in Bailihuang, she has a deeper understanding of poverty. Combining her own experience, she expressed her support for poverty alleviation and her love for beautiful rural areas: "To tell the truth, I like some beautiful rural areas, but now some places in our hometown are also quite poor and have not paved the way. Therefore, we must work hard to make every rural area and every mountainous area more beautiful. This is also my great wish. "

Yang Yang established Sunshine Special Fund.

Yang Yang, who is also the representative of Zheng Energy, a young actor, has always been on the road of public welfare. He was awarded the Beijing Development Action Ambassador by the China Development Research Foundation, and he also has his own understanding of precision poverty alleviation. In the interview, he said: "Accurate poverty alleviation is a more efficient and scientific way to help the poor, that is, who should use the money, how to use it, and how to use it, which is more targeted." Yang Yang, which set up the Sunshine Special Fund, is doing its bit to help more children, hoping that the children will not lose at the starting line.


2018 is the first year to implement the spirit of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the 40th anniversary of reform and opening-up, and a crucial year to build a well-off society in an all-round way and get rid of poverty. "Let the poor people and poor areas join the whole country to enter a well-off society in an all-round way" is not only a slogan, but also a cohesive force. Accurate poverty alleviation requires the participation of the whole society. As a public figure, we should stand at the forefront of poverty alleviation. On the road to poverty alleviation, only when everyone does their duty and contributes can the trickle converge into a powerful and majestic force.


The Film Channel Media Center will gather together, give full play to the influence of its own media platform, draw attention from the society with the help of the influence of public figures, unite the forces from all walks of life, participate in precision poverty alleviation together, and jointly launch the historic decisive battle against poverty! In the future, the movie channel will invite more filmmakers to join the action of "getting rid of poverty". (Names are sorted by surname pinyin)

From AI perfume to AI beauty algorithm, can we find the optimal aesthetic solution?

  The information that artificial intelligence system needs to perceive mainly comes from its vision, hearing and touch, and smell is also a valuable direction. At present, researchers have been studying odor sensors and their applications in environmental protection and other fields.

  During my stay in China International Import Expo(CIIE), in addition to "hard-core" intelligent technologies such as bionic robots and automated production lines, AI beauty consultants, virtual makeup artists and customized skin care products driven by artificial intelligence also attracted many people’s attention. In recent years, artificial intelligence, which shines brilliantly in the fields of image, video and speech recognition, has gradually penetrated into the beauty industry. The market shows that the perfume prepared by artificial intelligence has received good feedback from consumers.

  "Perfume preparation is a complex system engineering, involving raw materials, processes, users, markets and many other factors. Searching for the right solution in the vast parameter space is a huge workload. It is difficult to exhaust all feasible solutions only by relying on manual experience, and it is likely to miss the best solution that is most popular with the market and users." Sun Zhenan, a researcher at the Institute of Automation, China Academy of Sciences, said in an interview with a reporter from Science and Technology Daily.

  AI flavoring does not depend on fragrance to judge the order of putting spices.

  "The information that the artificial intelligence system needs to perceive mainly comes from its vision, hearing and touch, and the sense of smell is also a valuable direction. At present, researchers have been studying odor sensors and their applications in environmental protection and other fields." Sun Zhenan said.

  Previously, IBM made an artificial intelligence perfume apprentice — — Philyra。 Philyra is a creative artificial intelligence, which can study the existing perfume formulas and compare and analyze their components to develop new perfume formulas. Philyra can also obtain the popularity of perfume in different genders, ages and best-selling places. Combined with big data algorithm, Philyra will output a new perfume formula, which can achieve good results in the predetermined target population.

  Sun Zhenan explained that unlike perfumers who need decades to train their sense of smell, artificial intelligence does not rely on the sense of smell to make perfume. AI Blending uses advanced machine learning algorithms to analyze and learn information such as perfume formula, raw materials, historical sales data and industry trends to predict human preferences, thus creating a new perfume formula for the target population.

  David Appel, a master perfumer, did an experiment with Philyra: a perfume made entirely by Philyra was model A; The b model is mainly made by Philyra, and the perfumer is used as an auxiliary modification; The C model is led by the perfumer and assisted by Philyra. After the completion of the three perfumes, they were put into test. The test results showed that most people chose the A perfume created by artificial intelligence.

  "Compared with artificial perfuming, AI perfuming does not rely on fragrance to judge the order of perfuming, but uses deep learning algorithm to analyze and customize the blending method, which is a method different from traditional perfuming thinking; AI perfume will not be influenced by personal preference, experience and cultural prejudice, but digitally quantify the sense of smell and explore more creative composition combinations and formula; With its powerful computing power, AI perfume can quickly calculate the most popular perfume formula for target customers, shortening the perfume development cycle. " Sun Zhenan pointed out.

  It is also used in intelligent medical beauty, hairstyle design and other scenes.

  According to Euromonitor Consulting’s forecast, 2019— In 2023, China’s cosmetics industry will maintain a compound growth rate of 8.3%. Faced with the growing cosmetics consumer market and the popularization of concepts such as scientific skin care and functional skin care, major beauty and skin care businesses are also actively using cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence to launch customized products that better meet consumers’ individual needs and bring more comprehensive product experience.

  Sun Zhenan said that in addition to preparing perfume, artificial intelligence is also used in many scenarios such as intelligent medical beauty, hair design, virtual makeup, customized skin care products, skin diagnosis and so on.

  Sun Zhenan, a researcher from the Institute of Automation, China Academy of Sciences, and his team of researchers have explored the editing of face images and the application of beauty, medical beauty and entertainment.

  For example, at the IEEE International Conference on Computer and Pattern Recognition in 2019, they proposed a face age transformation technology based on wavelet domain, which can predict the change of face with age, and this technology can also be applied to personalized recommendation of skin care products; In 2020, they proposed a face attribute editing technology based on sample importance sampling, which can edit the skin color, hair color, adding or removing glasses and other attributes of the face, and can be applied to the makeup design of the beauty salon industry to provide users with diverse choices and references; In 2020, a face composition editing technology based on reference images was proposed, which can manipulate the shape of facial features and assist medical cosmetology, give more guidance to doctors and patients through the preoperative prediction of plastic surgery and trauma repair surgery, and make a more scientific cosmetic plan.

  "The application technology of artificial intelligence in the beauty industry has saved labor costs for enterprises, improved customer service efficiency and brought convenient and comprehensive user experience for consumers to purchase products." Sun Zhenan said.

  Sun Zhenan pointed out that from the current application, the personalized customized skin care system allows each user to have a dedicated skin care beautician, analyze the photos provided by the user by using face recognition and face analysis technology, and evaluate their skin condition, and then use the recommendation algorithm to select the most suitable product from the existing products for recommendation; The facial beauty evaluation system provides valuable methods and tools for medical cosmetology, which can assist the hospital in cosmetic surgery. By comparing the detected data with the standard beauty model, it provides the cosmetic surgeon with the best scheme for improving each part. AR intelligent makeup trial uses face recognition and virtual makeup rendering algorithm to realize the makeup effect of products with different brands and colors on the face, which reduces the cost of makeup trial, expands the beauty retail terminal and meets the demand of fast fashion.

  For aesthetic standards, people and machines will influence each other.

  Different people have different opinions about beauty, and it is difficult to quantify and form a standard. However, "everyone has a love for beauty", and the aesthetic concept of the public still has rules to follow. For example, a beauty who is truly beautiful can still be recognized by almost everyone.

  "Artificial intelligence’s understanding of beauty requires the training of big data. At present, the definition of beautiful faces and the face value of artificial intelligence cannot be separated from the supervised data marks of human beings, because artificial intelligence has no understanding of beauty itself, and its grasp of beauty depends on the face data it has learned and the label data set that artificially defines and quantifies beauty." Sun Zhenan said.

  David Appel thinks that artificial intelligence is not a threat but an object that needs cooperation. Machines have no unnecessary feelings and prejudices, which can significantly enhance human creativity and provide the most novel algorithms.

  Previously, the CARTO artificial intelligence fragrance blending system was produced in the well-known perfume company Givaudan. The system used the odor atlas collected by IBM, hoping that the fragrance could maximize its olfactory performance in the formula.

  For another example, Shiseido Optune personalized customized skin care system consists of a smartphone application Optune App and a dedicated machine Optune zero. Optune App displays the user’s skin condition (skin texture, pores, moisture content, etc.) by analyzing the photos taken by users with machine learning technology, and sends the data to Optune Zero through the cloud, which selects the most suitable combination of essence and moisturizing products from existing products according to the algorithm and produces them directly from the machine.

  "In order to eliminate the preference of artificial intelligence for human aesthetics, the data used in the training algorithm should be as comprehensive and diverse as possible, and multi-dimensional and multi-angle standards should be integrated for learning. However, it does not rule out that autonomous evolutionary intelligence has the ability to discover beautiful people and things unsupervised. For example, machines may automatically search for star photos that attract public attention to learn aesthetic standards independently. " Sun Zhenan said.

  In Sun Zhenan’s view, with the application of artificial intelligence in the beauty industry, people and machines will influence each other on aesthetic standards. "On the one hand, human beings have a personal preference for the standard of beauty in a broad sense. When algorithm experts use a certain definition of beauty as a standard for machines to learn, machines tend to be aesthetic standards of this definition. On the other hand, when the machine recommends the medical beauty scheme it thinks for a long time, the user aesthetic system of the artificial intelligence system will also be affected. "

Integrate the two sides of the strait to create a better future.

On the evening of November 16th, the final "Players’ Night" of the 4th Cross-Strait Student Baseball League was held in Guangdong Campus of Shenzhen University. (Photo by Yin Sainan, reporter from China Taiwan Province Network)

Shenzhen, Taiwan Province, China, November 17th (Reporter Yin Sainan, Zhuona and Li Zhuyi) Integrate the two sides to create a better future. On the evening of November 16th, the performance center of Guangdong Campus of Shenzhen University was full of brilliance, and the "Players’ Night" in the finals of the 4th Cross-Strait Student Baseball League was held here. In the name of baseball, 32 teams from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and nearly 1,000 young representatives from all walks of life in Shenzhen gathered together to form friendship with songs and dispel the chill with enthusiasm.

The party scene. (Photo by Yin Sainan, reporter from China Taiwan Province Network)

Since 2017, the finals of the student baseball league across the Taiwan Strait have been successfully held for four times, which is the largest and most abundant single sports event across the Taiwan Strait. As a traditional link in the competition, "Players’ Night" has built a bridge for the players on both sides of the strait to enhance understanding, blend and communicate.

The party scene. (Photo by Yin Sainan, reporter from China Taiwan Province Network)

This year, the "Players’ Night" party was organized around three chapters: Yanhuang, Reunion and Going Together. Players and actors performed on the same stage, sports and art merged across borders, and tradition and modernity merged and innovated.

The party scene. (Photo by Yin Sainan, reporter from China Taiwan Province Network)

The "Flash" in armor, the majestic Book of Songs of Elegance, Wing Chun, which is deeply rooted in Lingnan culture, and Taiwan Province Mountain Dance "We are All Family" full of treasure island customs … The audience was deeply moved by the enthusiasm and smile of the actors. Compatriots love, brotherhood, regardless of you and me, we are all family.

Taiwan Province players interact closely with local fans. (Photo by Yin Sainan, reporter from China Taiwan Province Network)

"Walking into the’ Players’ Night’ scene, many small details’ hit’ me, which made me feel more and more lucky to come to Shenzhen to participate in the baseball game." Tang Chengzong, a member of the Taitung Sports Baseball Team, said that he is a senior three and is about to enter higher education. "After returning to school, I will talk more about Shenzhen with my younger brothers and sisters and encourage everyone to come and see it."

The atmosphere at the party was warm. (Photo by Yin Sainan, reporter from China Taiwan Province Network)

This night, full of lights, players on both sides of the strait swayed together in laughter. (End)

[A little information] Every day, Manchester City VS Chelsea: Premier League champion Manchester City may be upset tonight, 1

First, yesterday’s in-depth article about the main victory of Tottenham Hotspur in the north was wrong. Things that don’t live up to expectations are directly defeated at home. (Today’s article needs hard work! )

Secondly, on May 20th, yesterday afternoon, Yang Jilong’s private chef shared the Manchester United win and Liverpool draw, both of which were satisfactory. As expected, Liverpool’s score was 1-1 or 2-2 Villa’s draw was very accurate.

Third, in the Premier League match at eleven o’clock tonight on May 21st, the general direction is Manchester City Jean Fu, and we support Chelsea’s direction.

Fourth, tonight’s score may be 1-1 or 2-1 or 2-2.

Fifth, Manchester City has won the championship ahead of schedule, and there will be an award ceremony for the Premier League champion at home tonight. If Manchester City falls at home tonight, many people may be harvested. Isn’t this what businesses want to see most?

As Arsenal lost 1-0 to Nottingham Forest in the 37th round of the League, Manchester City won the championship three times ahead of schedule, which also made their home game against Chelsea become a formality tonight. Premier League officials said that after the game, the awarding ceremony of the league championship will be held at Etihad Stadium.

Recall that when Guatou first went to Manchester City, because of a goalkeeper position, he first sent Joe Hart away, and then denied himself to Regent Bravo! I remember that at that time, some Manchester City fans were aggrieved by Hart and complained! Now it seems that although grades are a hard condition for people to shut up! However, I have to admit that Gua Tou is really professional, making Manchester City a flawless team step by step, and all the players he bought can inspire their respective potentials, which is very powerful! All the managers of Manchester City Club are more professional, not the kind of pure local tyrants who are stupid and rich! Eighty-three percent won the championship this year. I really envy Manchester City fans!

Needless to say, Manchester City’s performance this season, due to Arsenal’s defeat to Nottingham Forest yesterday, Blue Moon Manchester City has decided to win the championship ahead of schedule. Blue Moon Third Line said that Wang Wei’s performance has been partially completed ahead of schedule. With the victory over Real Madrid in the semi-final round of the Champions League this week, it is getting closer and closer to achieving the great cause of triple crown. In the second leg of the Champions League semi-final in midweek, Bernardo Silva scored twice to help Manchester City win 4-0. After the game, he was officially selected as the best player in this game by UEFA.

Manchester City will continue to attack the home games in the double match in a week, and the team has the ability to replicate the wonderful performance of beating Real Madrid in the middle of the week. The team has also confirmed that it will hold the championship award ceremony after the home game. I believe the team won’t want to lose before the championship ceremony. Let’s enjoy Harland’s record-setting!

The heat at Manchester City’s home tonight is naturally very hot. At this time, if there is a draw, or Manchester City just narrowly won one, this is in line with the expectations of many parties and is the best operation and trading.

Sixth, Chelsea has many injuries, but it has a deep lineup. It is not energetic to play the weak team, but it is very hard to play the strong team, eager to play its own worth and value, and it will not be defeated tonight!

Judging from Lampard’s speech at the pre-match press conference, there are still many players injured in Chelsea this round, including Mount (3 goals in 24 games), reece james (1 goal in 16 games), Cucurella (0 goals in 24 games) and Chilwell (2 goals in 23 games). At present, the team is also in a state of no desire and no desire. In the face of Manchester City, where strength and vigor are completely dominant, the visiting team Chelsea is afraid to run out of luck. Before the game, it was also the home of Manchester City’s champion.

Why do Manchester City fans want Sterling to line up? Guardiola gave him so many opportunities when this cargo was a war criminal for many times. After two months of transfer, he said that he was unhappy in Manchester City and had no reasonable playing time. Is he qualified for this skill? After leaving Manchester City’s system, the data plummeted directly, and a few cakes were fed by De Braune. I really thought I was the first winger in the world today!

Chelsea’s problem is very simple, that is, they can’t shoot. In fact, Chelsea’s game scenes are all dominant. In recent games, they are ahead of their opponents in terms of xG value.

At present, Chelsea’s ability to push for a high position is still very powerful. From the picture, we can see that the frequency of Chelsea’s oppression of opponents ranks first in the Premier League.Under tuchel, Chelsea often used high-ranking oppression to compete with opponents for the ball. Now Chelsea’s team composition is basically the same as Brighton’s, but the quality of players is obviously one level higher than Brighton’s. Porter and Chelsea can be seamlessly connected. Chelsea rested for eight days tonight, full of energy and more oppression, hoping to smash Manchester City’s venue! !

Give Chelsea a compliment and encourage them to resist.