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24 Shen Guojun: Economic Recovery through Society Strengthening Employment and Consumption 44 Heartwarming Wuhan Lattes 26 For a Better Tomorrow in Hong Kong 48 A National Brand for the New Era 28 Silver Lining of Hong Kong Restoring Order and 52 Next-Gen Village Tiger Painters Prosperity 30 Hong Kong Youth Need to Enhance National Identity Culture 56 Faces of Heroism and Resilience People 60 Kung Fu Life 32 Crafting Poverty Alleviation with Traditional Skills Cover caption Ecology May 27, 2020: The third “passage interview” during 36 Last Stand of the Green Peafowl the third session of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference 40 Fiery Liangshan Spring (CPPCC) is held, with CPPCC members invited to receive media interviews via video link. VCG EXPRESS | NEWS

by Li Xueren/Xinhua Concrete Measures Announced

May 18, Beijing: Chinese President Xi inping deelopment in China. CVI-19 accine deelop- deliers a speech at the opening o the 73rd World ment and deployment in China, when aailable, will Health ssembly ia ideo link. In the speech, be made a global public good, declared the presi- President Xi outlined speciic measures to boost the dent. This will be Chinas contribution to ensuring global ight against CVI-19, including proision accine accessibility and aordability in deeloping o international aid and sharing any accines under countries.

Ticket to Poverty Relief May 15, Huaheng, Hunan Proince: town mayor (let) and a college student sell local products ia liestream rom a local illage. The CVI-19 pandemic hit the global economy hard by orcing many businesses to suspend operations, causing huge economic losses. Many actories and armers in China turned to online sales to reliee some inancial pressure. Liestreaming has become the golden ticket or people in rural areas to increase their incomes, as China leerages its digital prowess to deise innoatie approaches to poerty eradication. by Chen Sihan/Xinhua

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West as Mount erest, to conduct a series o sureys Top Summit at the highest point on the planet. May 27, Xigaze, Tibet utonomous egion: The eent marked a crucial step o Chinas mission Members o a Chinese sureying team reach the to remeasure the height o the worlds highest peak, summit o Mount omolangma, also known in the which scientists beliee will enhance human knowl- edge o nature and help boost scientiic deelopment. The core o the mission is to precisely determine the height o Mount omolangma to produce aluable data or research in ields such as geodynamics. ccurate data on snow depth, meteorology and wind speed at the summit will proide reerence or studies related to glacier monitoring and ecological enironment protection. Since the ounding o the Peoples epublic o China in 1949, Chinese sureyors hae conducted six missions o scaled measurement and scientiic research on Mount omolangma and determined the height o the peak twice in 1975 and 2005, publishing igures o by Penpa/Xinhua 8,848.13 meters and 8,844.43 meters respectiely.

Cautious Reopening Maiden Flight May 19, ome, Italy: Visitors wearing ace masks May 5, Wenchang, Hainan Proince: Chinas new tour the Capitoline Museum. s International Museum large carrier rocket Long March-5B blasts o rom ay 2020 was marked worldwide on May 18, Italy Wenchang Space Launch Center. The rocket made its started to gradually reopen some o its cultural sites maiden light that day, loaded with a trial ersion o ater oer two months o lockdown due to the corona- Chinas next-generation manned spaceship and return irus pandemic. To reduce the impact o the pandemic capsule. The successul light marked the beginning and reinent the museum experience or the CVI-19 o the third step o Chinas manned space program, era, dozens o Italian museums and many other major which is to construct a space station, according to the museums around the world, including the Pinacoteca China Manned Space gency. di Brera in Milan, the British Museum in London and the Palace Museum in Beijing, hae launched arious irtual tours, which hae opened a new channel or the public to access culture and art.

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Driving China’s Post- China’s New Epidemic Economic Macro-Control Development Measures Text by Lin Chen Text by Yan Kun

he CVI-19 outbreak let a or numerous new technologies and onsidering the challenges short-term impact on Chinas business models. posed by CVI-19, economy. In the recoery Third, Chinas measures to Chinas macro-control period, Chinas economic actiely expand domestic demand has been uite eectie. Tdeelopment is being drien heaily inole aorable policies. China CThree policy instruments stand by our key actors: has introduced many policies out or their innoation, necessity First, a rebound o supply and and measures to expand domes- and oresight, namely, consumer demand ater the epidemic is a tic demand, especially policies to coupons, special goernment general law o economics. ccording promote resumption o work and bonds and new inrastruc- to analysis o historical data, ater production in the consumption ture projects. the end o each epidemic since sector and create an atmosphere World War II, supply and demand in which consumers can consume Coupons Instead of Cash in each aected country rebounded, without worries. China has also Facing the pressure o insu- which hedged the impact o the introduced a series o long-term icient consumer demand, China epidemic. ter the resumption o policies and measures including tax has adopted the method o issuing production, enterprises are organiz- cuts to urther promote consumption consumption ouchers to stimulate ing their operations to catch up on and inestment by expanding domes- consumption and sere residents an accumulated backlog o orders, tic demand. according to its speciic national leading to recoery and rebound o Fourth, Chinas urther opening conditions such as a high saings supply. This undamental economic up will become a new driing orce rate and a high ownership rate tendency will be the biggest driing or economic growth. China has or housing. orce or economic deelopment in reised a series o institutional Issuing consumption ouchers the post-outbreak era. arrangements to urther expand its brings three natural adantages that Second, the epidemic has opening up. In particular, access direct cash distribution lacks: First, triggered the deelopment o reuirements or oreign ines- it neither exacerbates the goern- new industries. In the process o tors hae been adjusted, and more ments current debt nor needs to disruptie innoation, some exoge- areas hae been opened to oreign be paid by the goernment in the nous shocks are oten needed to inestment. eision o the new current period while leeraging break through the barriers o the negatie list or oreign inest- the goernments credit to reduce old model. s ar as telecommut- ment has started, and regulations on iscal pressure. Second, it aoids ing technology is concerned, the oreign inestment will continue to the leakage o direct cash distribu- CVI-19 epidemic triggered new loosen. Chinas urther opening up tion. Third, it eliminates worries demand or it. Traditional oice to the outside world will eectiely about inlation and redistribu- culture and business models in China adance global diision o labor, tion o income. are highly reliant on ace-to-ace improe the global industrial chain, communication, and a lack o trust in and promote economic growth or Special Government Bonds ideo communication among many China and the world. t an pril 17 meeting o the stakeholders has curbed the applica- Political Bureau o the Communist tion o new technologies. Behaioral Party o China (CPC) Central habits present the greatest thresh- Committee, the special national debt The author is an associate professor old or a new model to replace an old with the School of Applied Economics program was named anti-epidemic one. This epidemic will be a catalyst at Renmin University of China. bonds, and its attributes, purpose

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and standards were clariied. on the construction and application ccording to the goernment work of new infrastructure. The ministry 新型基础设施建设 suggested that more support report deliered on May 22, one New Infrastructure be provided to the research and trillion yuan (about S$140 billion) Edited by Li Zhuoxi development of 5G enhancement o goernment bonds or CVI- technology and 6G technology 19 control would be issued. while promoting accurate matching China’s Ministry of Industry and In addition to support or inra- of technological innovation with Information Technology announced industrial, capital and policy chains. structure, euipment, and medical that the country will step up efforts During the war against COVID-19, serices in the ield o public health, to expedite technological research cloud services flourished with spikes the bonds do not directly interere in online transactions, remote work, with or aect the market in other and online education. Big data ields. They support the resumption has been effectively supporting o production, transormation and mobile health monitoring and epidemic situation analysis, and upgrading, and innoatie growth artificial intelligence is coming into o the target industries and market its own with wide usage of robot entities by leeraging the role o the distribution, contactless mobile CT, market, increasing market eiciency and infrared thermometers. As digital and enlarging market mechanisms. technology becomes popularized, new infrastructure becomes more important. December 12, 2019: A teacher New Infrastructure Projects As an emerging industry, new from Renhejie Primary School in ew inrastructure is mostly Chongqing interacts with students infrastructure connects massive industrial inrastructure with a more from Zhongyi Township Primary investment to an upgrading consumer mature market operation mode as School in the municipality’s Shizhu market. It will contribute to the future Tujia Autonomous County through a prosperity and development of well as mature inestors and opera- 5G twoteacher class. Xinhua China’s economy and society. tors. The goernments inolement in new inrastructure is mainly rom two perspecties: building a oundation as public inrastructure that seres industrial inrastructure and inesting in diicult and blind paid the previous year to enterprises spots in the market, namely, sectors 失业保险返还 that avoid laying off employees. The that are diicult to enter, manage State Council issued guidelines on Unemployment measures to stabilize employment in or be satisied by the market. The Insurance Premium the face of the COVID-19 epidemic that goernments participation in new called for increasing unemployment inrastructure is mostly as a cooper- Refunding insurance premium refunds in both atie partner, and inestment comes Edited by Li Zhuoxi amount and coverage. For micro, small rom special debt, which makes new and medium-sized enterprises that inrastructure spending a capital Unemployment insurance avoid laying off employees, a maximum premium refunding refers to rate of 100 percent of unemployment expenditure rather than an operat- returning a certain proportion of insurance premiums paid the previous ing expenditure managed with unemployment insurance premiums year would be refunded. In Hubei subsidies. eleant market ines- Province, all enterprises qualify for the tors can obtain direct support rom exemption. goernment policies, thus obtain- A total of 42.3 billion yuan (US$5.9 billion) in unemployment insurance ing greater and cheaper unding or premium refunds has been distributed the launch and construction o new to 3.2 million enterprises across China inrastructure projects. with 85.13 million employees, according to the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security. Three times as many companies received refunds this year compared to last year, with The author is a researcher at the April 18, 2020: A job fair themed National Academy of Economic “Promoting Employment to Combat a growing number of micro, small and Strategy under the Chinese Academy the Epidemic” is held in Haikou City, medium-sized enterprises among of Social Sciences. Hainan Province. Xinhua them.

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Two Sessions

inText by Zhou Xin a Crucial Year Shorter length didn’t stop the “two sessions” from fulfilling major tasks on the agenda.

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May 22, 2020: The third session of the 13th National People’s Congress opens at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Xinhua

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May 22, 2020: The opening meeting of the third session of the 13th National People’s Congress is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, Wang Yang, Wang Huning, Zhao Leji, Han Zheng and Wang Qishan attend the meeting. Xinhua

he third session o the 13th there being only a handul o new week and strict measures on social ational Peoples Congress cases in a couple o cities in May, the distancing and isolation imposed or (PC) and the third picture around the world still looks participants, the two sessions were session o the 13th ational grim. Total global ictory is not in held at the original scale, attended TCommittee o the Chinese Peoples sight, and China still aces mounting by 2,897 PC deputies and 2,057 Political Consultatie Conerence pressure rom imported cases. CPPCC members, all wearing masks. (CPPCC), usually dubbed the two Trael restrictions hae been Participants paid silent tribute sessions, inally kicked o on lited in most parts o the country, beore the sessions to the martyrs May 22 and May 21, respectiely, in but preention and control measures and compatriots who ell to the Beijing ater being postponed oer are still in place. China has been epidemic. two months due to the CVI-19 cautiously working to aoid a possi- Media eents related to the two epidemic. ble second wae o inection that the sessions such as press conerences World Health rganization (WH) and interiews o PC deputies, Socially Distanced Sessions has warned about. CPPCC members, and ministers lthough China has made In this context, the two sessions were moed online. Giant screens remarkable progress in its battle were held with special arrangements. separated journalists and speakers, against the epidemic to the point o With the duration o both cut to one and the journalists asked uestions

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rom one room while meeting participants responded rom another. eporters who preiously ranti- cally sought interiews in conerence rooms could access participants through online ideo instead. Plenary meetings o delegations normally open to the media were also suspended. Though shorter, the sessions ulilled the major tasks on the agenda. The report on the work o the goernment was deliber- ated and approed by the PC and commented by the CPPCC. The Ciil Code was discussed and adopted. drat decision on establishing and improing the legal system and enorcement mechanisms or the Hong Kong Special dministratie egion (HKS) to saeguard national security was also submitted, debated and adopted. May 22, 2020: Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Review of Anti-Epidemic Military Commission, takes part in a deliberation with deputies from the delegation Battle of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region at the third session of the 13th National uring the two sessions, the People’s Congress in Beijing. Xinhua battle against the epidemic was reiewed by Chinas leadership, lawmakers and political adisors. In a meeting with deputies rom the Inner Mongolia utonomous egion, Chinese President Xi inping, also general secretary o the In the face of the spread of COVID-19, the Communist Party o China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman o CPC has, from the very beginning, clearly the Central Military Commission, insisted that the Party would protect stated that people’s lives and health should peoples lies and health at all costs. be considered as the top priority. In the ace o the spread o CVI-19, the CPC has, rom the ery beginning, clearly stated that boosting epidemic monitoring, build- epidemics and strengthening uali- peoples lies and health should be ing early warning and emergency ied public health teams. considered as the top priority, response capacity, perecting the Luo ie, an PC deputy and presi- said Xi. treatment system or major epidem- dent o Taihe Hospital in Shiyan City, Xi also stressed ortiying the ics, and improing public health Hubei Proince, shared a story about public health protection network emergency laws and regulations. treating an 87-year-old patient in his while joining discussions with ational lawmakers and political hospital. The patient, with under- lawmakers rom Hubei Proince, adisors suggested the establishment lying health conditions, was treated where the irus hit hardest. He o a uniied and eicient leadership by a special group o nine medical stressed reorming the disease and command system while enhanc- workers and recoered ater 47 days preention and control system, ing the treatment system or major o inection.

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May 28, 2020: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang meets the press after the closing of the third session of the 13th National People’s Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Li took questions from Chinese and foreign reporters via video link. by Xu Xun

Statistics show that oer 3,600 CVI-19 patients aged 80 or aboe in Hubei hae recoered, seen o whom were oer 100 years old. Without mentioning a GDP growth target, Luo noted that the goernment will continue upholding the people the government work report stated irst concept while comprehensiely improing eery link o the system that China would prioritize stabilizing to respond to emergent public health employment and ensuring people’s issues rom early warning to medical supply resere. livelihood this year, aiming to create more China currently has oer 30 laws than nine million new urban jobs. inoling public health, which hae generally withstood the test o the CVI-19 epidemic and played shortcomings in the legal ramework brought some milestones. a positie role, declared hang and pledged that the PC Standing GP growth target was not Yesui, spokesperson or the third Committee would strengthen Chinas mentioned in the goernment work session o the 13th PC, at a press public health legislation. report released by Chinese Premier conerence. Li Keiang on May 22. It was Howeer, he also noted Highlights of the Sessions only the ourth time that the some persisting weak links and The special two sessions also target was not mentioned since

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year, aiming to create more than nine million new urban jobs. It said that China will also ensure the elimination o poerty among all rural residents below the current poerty line and in all poor counties this year. The 1,260-article Ciil Code was adopted. s Chinas irst ciil code, it consists o the General Proisions and six sections on Property, Contracts, Personal ights, Marriage and Family, Inheritance, and Torts. The legislatie task o compiling a ciil code was introduced at the Fourth Plenary Session o the 18th CPC Central Committee in ctober 2014. The General Proisions came into orce on ctober 1, 2017. May 26, 2020: Ministers are interviewed through video link during the third session Li an, an PC deputy and of the 13th National People’s Congress. by Zhao Fei proessor at the Law School o Sichuan niersity, remarked that this ciil code is based on Chinas ciil law practice and proides solutions or major issues concerning market behaiors and social goer- nance in China. Liu Shoumin, an PC deputy and ice chairman o the Sichuan iision o China Law Society, called the ciil code a milestone o Chinas political progress. He beliees it will sere as a pillar o society and work to protect the personal and property rights it enumerates. drat decision on establishing and improing the legal system and enorcement mechanisms or the HKS to saeguard national security was submitted to Chinas May 26, 2020: Fang Yan, a deputy to the National People’s Congress (NPC), gives an online interview in the press center of the delegation of Shaanxi Province national legislature or deliberation, during the third session of the 13th NPC. Xinhua which was then adopted. Wang Chen, ice chairman o the PC Standing Committee, China introduced the reorm and to the great uncertainty caused by remarked that considering Hong opening-up policy in the late 1970s the global spread o the coronai- Kongs present situation, eorts must and the irst time since 2002. rus and its impact on global trade and be made at the state leel to estab- ing izhe, deputy head o economics. lish and improe the legal system Chinas ational eelopment Without mentioning a GP and enorcement mechanisms or and eorm Commission, reealed growth target, the goernment work the HKS to saeguard national at a news conerence that Chinas report stated that China would prior- security and change its long-term decision not to set a target or itize stabilizing employment and deenseless status in national economic growth or 2020 was due ensuring peoples lielihood this security.

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Understanding China at a Special Time Text by Swaran Singh

The COVID-19 pandemic has put a brake on economic activities worldwide, and China’s early recovery and return to normal life makes this year’s government work report all the more instructive for much of the world.

his annual presentation o a detailed goernment work report by Chinese Premier Li Keiang marked the Tmasterul start o Chinas two sessions, which represented the largest political gathering inoling about 5,000 national lawmakers and political adisors. Inariably, this triggered a buzz in the media oering China watchers a window to Chinas uture directions. This years report marked an occasion not only to reiew Chinas major achieements, but also to uneil its ision, guidelines, targets and inancial allocations or the ensuing year. This year, o course, is special or more than one reason. The goernment work report was awaited rather anxiously, not just in China, but April 21, 2020: A job seeker communicates with a staff member from a company around the world. China remains at a job fair in Wuhan, central China’s Hubei Province. Over 7,000 job seekers the growth engine or the world attended the job fair, which was the city’s first onsite recruitment activity since economy that has been acing a the outbreak of COVID19. by Xiao Yijiu/Xinhua deceleration since 2009. It has come to be the largest trading partner or most nations, which makes Chinas and Chinas early recoery and return makes Premier Lis assertion o economic health critical or the to normal lie makes this years China achieing an impressie economic well-being o the world. goernment work report all the more growth rate o 6.1 percent last year This is especially true as more and instructie or much o the world. seem more inspiring. Impacted by more partners are joining the Belt look at the disheartening the CVI-19 pandemic, howeer, and oad Initiatie. The CVI-19 projections o the recently released China also witnessed a 6.8-percent pandemic, howeer, has put a brake World conomic utlook 2020 o negatie growth or the irst on economic actiities worldwide, the International Monetary Fund uarter o this year, which calls or

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May 24, 2020: A bartender performs at a night fair of Sinan Mansions in Shanghai, eastern China. The night fair with food stalls and openair art exhibitions opened to boost Shanghai’s nighttime economy. by Chen Fei/Xinhua eectie and innoatie response. economic and trade enironment. Meanwhile, the report sheds nticipating a certain decelera- Howeer, the report promises to light on Chinas economic engage- tion in global demand or Chinas soon ormulate the countrys 14th ment with the rest o the world. exports, this years report not just Fie-Year Plan or 2021 to 2025. It promises to work towards joint alludes to the countrys strategy to The media hae also picked up on implementation o the phase one improe the consumption willing- the plan to establish sound legal China-.S. economic and trade ness and capabilities o domestic systems and enorcement mecha- agreement and also to urther residents, but also reiterates commit- nisms or saeguarding national shorten the negatie list or oreign ment to eliminating extreme poerty security in the two special admin- inestment. s or Chinas contin- within its stipulated period, namely, istratie regions o Hong Kong and ued connectiity and inrastructure by the end o 2020 a ull decade Macao. building with arious deelop- beore the target year o 2030 set mployment generation is ing nations, it promises to ocus on by the nited ations Sustainable highlighted in this years goern- uality in the joint pursuit o the eelopment Goals. ment work report. Indeed, the Belt and oad Initiatie. Chinas goernment work report word employment is mentioned used to catch news headlines or about 30 times in the report that announcing its ambitious economic promises to create oer nine million targets such as its annual GP new urban jobs this year. Instead o growth rate, but this year a speciic announcing any large-scale inan- target is missing or China will cial stimulus to achiee this eat, The author is a professor and ace some actors that are diicult Premier Li has urged goernments chairman of the Centre for to predict in its deelopment due to at all leels to tighten their belts International Politics, Organization and Disarmament (CIPOD), School the great uncertainty regarding the and adopt all possible measures to of International Studies, Jawaharlal CVI-19 pandemic and the world bolster employment. Nehru University in New Delhi, India.

CHINA PICTORIAL 15 FEATURES Resuming Production with Pandemic Prevention Text by Zhou Hanmin

While continuing regular COVID-19 control measures, China will accelerate the revival of the economy and society by stabilizing economic activity, confidence, and development trends.

countiespressing and challeng- and accelerating deelopment. ing tasks considering domestic The pandemic has unaoidably and global situations. So, deis- impacted the economy and society. ing macro plans that take all actors eports show that most companies into consideration is tremendously hae been aected by the epidemic, important. While continuing regular and operations continue to ace CVI-19 control measures, China many diiculties including capital will accelerate the reial o the pressure, slow restarts, and cancel- economy and society by stabilizing lation o orders, which hae led to economic actiity, conidence, and a signiicant reduction in corpo- deelopment trends. rate employment as well as income Since the outbreak o the and proits expectations. ter the epidemic, Chinese President Political Bureau o the Communist Xi inping has deliered many Party o China (CPC) Central important instructions and empha- Committee conened a meeting sized continuance o unremitting on February 2 to arrange or the eorts on the preention and resumption o production and work, control work while promoting work a series o policies were launched Zhou Hanmin, a member of the and production resumption in an to promote the return to produc- Standing Committee of the Chinese orderly manner. He called or eorts tion and work. People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National to transorm pressure into progress In response to the high cost o Committee. courtesy of Zhou Hanmin and crisis into opportunity while labor reported by enterprises, the restoring normal work and lie step goernment introduced tax and ee by step. Xis instructions proided reduction policies such as periodic hanks to tireless nation- undamental guidelines or restor- reduction and exemption o corpo- wide eorts, China has ing normal production and lie with rate social insurance premiums. achieed major progress in acute ocus on long-term preention For inancing diiculties that hae CVI-19 preention and and control o CVI-19. shackled some enterprises, the Tcontrol, paing a solid oundation s the irus swirls around the goernment reduced the general and or steering social and economic globe and a ew cluster inections targeted deposit resere ratio three deelopment back to the normal persist in some regions o China, times, which has eectiely eased track. This year is decisie or China epidemic preention and control pressure on corporate capital chains. reaching the goal o building a measures cannot be relaxed. nly To address weak links in industrial moderately prosperous society in a preentie system eaturing an chains as well as supply-demand all respects and eliminating poerty entire chain, multiple dimensions, imbalance, the goernment has among all rural residents below the and a closed loop can create a sound accelerated coordinated production current poerty line and in all poor oundation or restoring social order resumption o the entire industrial

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April 1, 2020: A worker prepares ingredients in a hotpot restaurant in Yubei District, southwestern China’s Chongqing Municipality. Since the outbreak of the COVID19 epidemic, the district government has taken many measures to improve the business environment and solve the problems of private enterprises, helping them resume business as soon as possible. So far, 95 percent of private businesses in the district have returned to operation. by Wang Quanchao/Xinhua

chain. The goernment has also proided dierentiated subsidies or micro, small and medium-sized enterprises that are a major orce to create jobs and proide lielihoods. series o comprehensie and concrete measures hae jumpstarted enterprises resumption o production. Since March, major economic indicators hae been positie. In pril, industrial production shited rom decline to increase and the The headquarters of Hangzhou City Brain, a system using artificial intelligence technology to facilitate urban management. In the years to come, the Chinese drops o indicators in the serice government will give priority to the construction of new infrastructure including industry, consumption and inest- developing nextgeneration information networks and expanding 5G applications. ment narrowed. by Huang Zongzhi/Xinhua Many enterprises across China hae already returned to normal operations. s o pril 10, more resumption ratio, ensuring the continue to streamline administra- than 80 percent o small and reachability o designed capacity. tion and delegate powers to unleash medium-sized enterprises had For the short term, the authorities the maximum itality o market resumed production. But some need to understand the needs and players. problems persist and demand diiculties o enterprises during solutions such as how to enhance work and production resump- The author is a member of the enterprises sense o gain and tion in a timely manner, seek more Standing Committee of the Chinese cultiate new driers or deelop- lexible support methods, and People’s Political Consultative ment. In-depth inestigation and improe related support policies. Conference (CPPCC) National wide-eyed consideration are neces- For the long term, the goern- Committee and vice chairman of the Central Committee of China National sary to plug the gap between work ment needs to constantly optimize Democratic National Construction resumption ratio and production the business enironment and Association.

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Fang Lan Employment of Migrant Workers Is Essential for Poverty Alleviation Text by Zhou Xin

“Governments at all levels, communities and even organizations offering ‘pairing-up assistance’ are all working hard to help migrant workers get back to work in an orderly manner.”

the potential to aect the oerall workers and directly cuts o their economic situation. Fang Lan, a sources o income. deputy to the ational Peoples mployment has a direct bearing Congress (PC), Chinas top legis- on peoples lielihoods. t a sympo- lature, and ice president o the sium on securing a decisie ictory orthwest Institute o Historical in poerty alleiation, Chinese nironment and Socio-conomic President Xi inping, also general eelopment o Shaanxi ormal secretary o the Communist Party niersity, pays close attention to o China (CPC) Central Committee, the impact o the outbreak on rural stressed that Chinas battle against areas in China. poerty is in the inal push, and that This year is the inal year or the country must consolidate and China to accomplish the goal o adance the results on the basis o building a moderately prosperous poerty reduction eorts, stabilize society in all respects. Fang beliees employment o migrant workers, that the re-employment o migrant and eectiely preent migrant workers is extremely important workers rom losing their jobs and Fang Lan, a deputy to the 13th National or the battle against poerty. alling back into poerty due to the People’s Congress and vice president The resumption o production, negatie eects o the epidemic. of Northwest Institute of Historical Environment and SocialEconomic especially or downstream enter- Goernments at all leels, Development of Shaanxi Normal prises, directly determines whether communities and een organiza- University. courtesy of Fang Lan migrant workers will obtain jobs tions oering pairing-up assistance and incomes. are all working hard to help migrant The total number o migrant workers get back to work in an he CVI-19 epidemic that workers in China has reached orderly manner, said Fang. broke out in early 2020 has 290 million, 170 million o whom Chinas State Council has rolled greatly impacted the Chinese work in places other than home, out concrete measures to acili- economy. griculture is the and about 75 million o whom tate non-local employment, local or Toundation o economic deelop- are trans-proincial laborers. The nearby employment, and employment ment, disturbance o which has epidemic breaks the low o migrant o impoerished laborers amid the

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March 5, 2020: Workers at a stuffed toy factory in Liwan Community of Hanbin District, Ankang City, in northwestern China’s Shaanxi Province. The government of Hanbin District has taken multiple measures helping migrant workers go back to their positions in factories in the district. Xinhua epidemic. The goernment proided a breadwinner, no matter whether production, as well as arious negatie point-to-point transportation he or she is working outside or in a actors triggered by the epidemic, it serices or migrant workers to help local township enterprise. nly by is diicult or specialized arms to them return to work in an orderly doing so can rural households hae make a uick turnaround. She added manner. s o May 18, this practice more stable incomes despite the low that it is imperatie to improe the had helped 6.02 million migrant earnings rom crop cultiation. risk tolerance capacity and oerall workers rom rural areas get back Fang is an expert in the competitieness o specialized arms. to their posts, 1.52 million o whom research o agricultural produc- Farmers can work on specialized were impoerished people, account- tion in northwestern China and has arms i they cannot manage to return ing or 25.2 percent o the total. been dedicated to the studies o to work in cities. The deelopment o The ational eelopment and Chinese agriculture or many years. specialized arms can absorb nearby eorm Commission announced on She ormerly worked or Shaanxi laborers and proide them with job May 24 that 3.54 million new urban Proincial eelopment and opportunities without the need to jobs were created and 90 percent eorm Commission. leae their hometowns. o migrant workers had already Fang called or attention to In addition, Fang said that the returned to their workplaces rom specialized arms apart rom indiid- epidemic didnt hae too much anuary to pril. ual armers because large-scale arms impact on spring plowing in most Fang noted that in the process were more aected by the epidemic. parts o the country. It will proba- o poerty alleiation it will be Gien the long cycle, low proit- bly not be a problem to achiee a better i eery rural household has ablity, and high risk o agricultural high grain yield this summer.

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garment actory and worked his way up rom the assembly line to become Yuan Haibo a workshop manager. Yuan knows that many people who work ar rom home encounter arious diiculties. uring breaks, he The Voice of would reuently chat with coworkers, listen to their thoughts, and help them sole problems. Gradually, many Yunnan migrant workers in Yiwu Migrant Workers became amiliar with Yuan. Text by Zhang Xue In 2018, Yuan was elected deputy to the PC, Chinas top legislature. “I hope more preferential loan policies are launched to support migrant ccording to statistics released by workers seeking to start their own businesses at home.” the State Council Leading Group ice o Poerty lleiation and eelopment, China is home to 290 million migrant workers. s a representatie o migrant workers, Yuan ujing City in southwestern Chinas realized that he shouldered huge Yunnan Proince. responsibilities. This year was Yuans third trip Work experience in a big city to Beijing to participate in the two broadened his ision and taught him sessions, the annual meetings o many useul techniues and skills. Chinas top legislature and political When he realized that many young adisory body. people rom his hometown wanted Last year, he was sering as chair- to enture out or work but struggled man o the labor union o Bonny to ind a suitable job, Yuan ound International Holding Limited in his calling. hejiang Proince, but he recently In une 2019, Yuan returned home returned to his hometown o ujing and ounded a labor export serice and ounded a labor export company. company. s a ormer migrant I grew up in the illage, and my worker, I understand the needs o parents and neighbors back home both the rural labor orce and enter- gae me a lot o help and support, prises in big cities, he explained. I Yuan posted on social media beore established the labor export serice Yuan Haibo, a deputy to the 13th departing or Beijing. I will neer company to pae a smoother road or National People’s Congress (NPC), orget their support and my past as a illagers to ind work outside. speaks during a panel discussion with other NPC deputies from Yunnan migrant worker, and will continue to Howeer, six months ater the Province during the third session of the pay attention to, care or, and help my company was established, Yuan 13th NPC in Beijing. by Lei Tongsu brother and sister migrant workers. encountered a big problem. ter the outbreak o CVI-19, many illag- Smoother Trails ers who planned to go back to work To reduce the inancial burden o ater the Spring Festial holiday were chose to return home his amily, in 2010, Yuan entured stranded in their hometowns due to and start a business, to the eastern Chinese city o Yiwu trael restrictions. but I continue to speak in hejiang Proince, home to the Coastal enterprises urgently or migrant workers, worlds leading small commodities needed employees to resume produc- “Ideclared Yuan Haibo, a millen- market, where he worked arious jobs tion while migrant workers had to nial deputy to the 13th ational including selling hardware and small stay at home because o the epidemic. Peoples Congress (PC) rom commodities on the streets. Many people dared not go out Tuanjie Village, Ciying Town o entually, he was hired by a to work, partly because they were

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13th PC in Beijing on May 22, oer 11 million rural people were lited out o poerty in China last year, and the poerty headcount ratio ell to 0.6 percentdecisie achieements in poerty alleiation. The report also announced that China would continue working to maintain social stability, accomplish the targets and tasks or winning the battle against poerty, and bring to completion the building o a moderately prosperous society in all respects this year. The country May 1, 2020: Dong Yuan (2nd right), a millennial college graduate, sorts out newly harvested roses with his employees. After graduating from college, he went back remains committed to ensuring the home at a village in Zibo, Shandong Province, and started a flower company there elimination o poerty in all rural in 2016. With the implementation of the national targeted poverty alleviation residents below the current poerty strategy, the living conditions of many rural areas in China have increasingly been improved. As a result, many migrant workers have looked at returning to start a line and in all poor counties this year. business, thus contributing to the development of their hometowns. How to win the ight against by Zhao Dongshan/Xinhua poerty with high-uality deelopment and targeted poerty alleiation measures in the context o the worried about the epidemic situation, employment opportunities. s epidemic to make sure no one is let but more due to concerns that no one a result, many migrant workers behind on the road to a moderately would help them during this special started to look at returning to start prosperous society in all respects time, Yuan explained. a business as he did, to contribute to became a hot topic o the two ter assessing the situation, Yuan the deelopment o their hometowns. sessions this year. communicated with releant local When they return, they use skills s a representatie o migrant goernment departments and enter- they learned outside to sere their workers, Yuan shared his concerns prises in Yiwu to igure out what hometowns, Yuan beamed. I they in a proposal submitted to the positions needed to be illed. They successully establish an enterprise, PC. He suggested the state intro- then arranged buses to transport they create jobs or locals and enable duce more preerential policies to migrant workers directly rom home more people to stay and work in their support migrant workers seeking to to their workplaces or ree. hometowns, which will contribute to start businesses at home. He oered n February 20, 2020, Yuan rural reitalization eorts. the example o subsidies and loans escorted the irst wae o 101 migrant Yuan realized that the biggest with discounted interest rates or workers on our buses as they diiculty or many migrant workers those starting businesses. Businesses departed ujing. ter a 36-hour trying to return to start a business that meet conditions or poerty journey, they arried in Yiwu. was a lack o unding. Some return- alleiation and agricultural industri- ter a ew successul trips, more ing illagers wanted to open a shop, alization should get priority status people were conident about board- some wanted to buy a truck to launch or loan discounts. ing buses to resume work. uring a transportation business, and others He also suggested that the state the outbreak, Yuan coordinated and wanted to start animal husbandry expand the scope o aailable guaran- escorted 800 migrant workers in businesses, but they all aced the tee property or migrant workers to seen groups to return to work. common problem o haing little secure a start-up loan more easily. collateral to secure a loan, he said. I hope more preerential loan Easier Return When deining a moderately policies are launched to support ter ounding the company, prosperous society, the key is analyz- migrant workers seeking to start Yuan discoered that the national ing the liing conditions o armers. their own businesses at home, so targeted poerty alleiation strat- ccording to the goernment work they will ind more channels to egy was improing conditions report deliered by Premier Li sole problems and secure start-up in his hometown, creating many Keiang to the third session o the unding, said Yuan.

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Hu Yu The Duty to Save Lives Text by Zhou Xin Photographs courtesy of Hu Yu

“As a CPPCC member, I do my best to devise feasible proposals, and as a doctor, I do my best to save lives.”

patients, and its three branches conrontation with the irus, Hu discharged 3,091 recoered patients. is both moed and concerned. The The hospital also proided medical outbreak o CVI-19 exposed serices to 2,129 patients in two some weaknesses in public health temporary treatment centers and emergency management. Public oered online medical consul- suggestions and adice should tation serices to 60,000 Wuhan be gien greater importance. residents. s president o the hospi- espite some decent achiee- tal, Hu had continuously been ments in the preention and working on the ront lines to sae control o the disease, Chinese lies, which he considers his duty as President Xi inping has stressed a CPPCC member. the need to leerage experience When Wuhan aced the toughest and reinorce eectie measures time during the epidemic, 90 percent to close loopholes and eliminate o patients in his hospital were criti- weaknesses. cally ill, with daily outpatient isits t this years annual session o exceeding 800. In the ace o the the CPPCC ational Committee, Hu Yu, a CPPCC member and challenges, Hu slept only a ew Hu brought a proposal to optimize president of Wuhan Union Hospital of China. hours each night, and all his waking preention, control, and treat- hours were consumed with the ight ment systems or public health against the epidemic. espite the emergencies. He beliees its time great challenges, doctors across to improe diagnosis and treatment ter working around the Wuhan and rom around the in high-leel hospitals, promote clock on the ront lines o country united together to win bigger roles or amily doctors, set the ight against CVI-19 the battle against the epidemic up a central emergency management or more than 100 days, under the uniied command o the committee to coordinate health AHu Yu, president o Wuhan nion Communist Party o China (CPC) departments during major public Hospital o China, arried in Central Committee. health emergencies, and proide Beijing to attend the postponed two ter more than two months o regular public health training or sessions on May 20, 2020, to ulill lockdown, Wuhan inally saw the communities. Hospitals should be his responsibility as a member o the rainbow ater the storm on pril 8. ready or both normal operations ational Committee o the Chinese Hus hospital was restored to normal and emergencies and upgrade their Peoples Political Consultatie operation with medical resources capacities or emergency rescue and Conerence (CPPCC), Chinas top shiting to patients with non-coro- treatment, remarked Hu. nd it political adisory body. nairus issues in addition to is imperatie to improe communi- Since the outbreak o CVI-19, comprehensie measures to preent ty-leel medical inrastructure and the eer clinic o Wuhan nion a rebound o CVI-19. implement graded diagnosis and Hospital o China has treated 23,000 electing on the tough treatment strategies.

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January 28, 2020: Hu Yu (2nd left) talks with infected medical workers who have recovered from COVID19 in Wuhan Union Hospital of China.

s a CPPCC member, I do my best to deise easible proposals, and as a doctor, I do my best to sae lies. Hu noted that during the epidemic, he and his colleagues soled many urgent problems using their own methods which proed eectie and resulted in useul experience. ur response to the CVI-19 outbreak shined light on the adantages o socialism with Chinese characteristics and the solidarity o Chinese people, declared Hu. The epidemic has eased in China while other parts o the world are still grappling with the irus. So, with the concept o building a community with a shared uture or humanity in mind, we still need to actiely learn and contribute across February 10, 2020: Hu Yu discusses about treatment of patients in a special ward the board. with medical workers.

CHINA PICTORIAL 23 FEATURES Shen Guojun Economic Recovery through Strengthening Employment and Consumption Text by Zhang Xue

“The more difficult and complicated the situation becomes, the harder we should work to find a way out and identify new growth drivers.”

stated Shen Guojun, member o the which eidences the graity o the ational Committee o the Chinese employment situation amid the Peoples Political Consultatie CVI-19 impact. Conerence and ounder and Micro, small and medium-sized chairman o Intime Group, in businesses are the main sources an interiew. or absorbing the working popula- The CVI-19 pandemic tion, he explained. The tertiary has greatly impacted the Chinese industry, including retail, hospital- economy. Chinas GP ell by 6.8 ity, housekeeping serices, culture, percent year-on-year in the irst sports, entertainment, education, uarter o 2020, o which the hospi- deliery, warehousing, and inor- tality and catering sector and the mation sotware, reuires the lions wholesale and retail sector, two share o employees in all sectors. main employment proiders in Priate enterprises such as large- the tertiary industry, dropped by scale wholesale markets, commercial 35.3 percent and 17.2 percent, complexes, commercial pedes- Shen Guojun, member of the National respectiely. trian streets and logistics companies Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and People only spend money when are signiicant job creators and founder and chairman of Intime Group. they hae it. The Chinese goern- hae been seerely aected by courtesy of Shen Guojun ment has introduced a series o the pandemic. s global execu- measures to boost consumption. tie chairman o hejiang General Shen seeks out-o-the-box thinking Chamber o Commerce, Shen is riate enterprises are and beliees that only by securing acutely amiliar with the huge the main proiders employment and income can China pressure aced by priate enterprises. o jobs, so we must boost consumption. This years two sessions are solidiy the deel- The word employment special, Shen added. lthough “Popment o priate enterprises to was mentioned 39 times in this the orm is dierent rom prei- stabilize and protect employment, years goernment work report, ous years, the responsibility o

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May 2, 2020: The “Cloud National Treasure Concert” is held in Xi’an Beilin Museum in Shaanxi Province. Affected by the COVID19 epidemic, people are not allowed to enter theaters to enjoy offline concerts. In this context, many theaters and musicians have launched online concerts to provide people with a new choice of leisure and entertainment. by Li Yibo/Xinhua each deputy and member has not tax-related policies support- cultural tourism should seize the changed. The smooth deeloping epidemic preention and deelopment opportunities brought ment o priate businesses and the control, urther cut and reliee by new liestyles and new consump- stable employment o residents hae micro, small, and medium-sized tion habits, said Shen. In the retail a direct inluence on the uality and businesses burden in terms o sector, Intimes shopping malls hae progress o economic recoery. pension insurance, unemploy- improed sales through community This year, Shen put orward a ment insurance, and work injury marketing, lie streaming, targeted proposal to support the urther compensation insurance, and adertising, enhanced serice deelopment o priate enterprises expand beneits accessible to guarantees, and enriched shopping and consolidate the employ- businesses that dont lay o experience. In terms o cultural ment-consumption chain to workers during the epidemic. It tourism, Intime launched Lie promote economic recoery. was gratiying to see his sugges- Streaming Cloud Tour, through ccording to Shen, priate tions included in the goernment which online scenic spots were enterprises, especially micro, small work report. inused with cultural eatures to gie and medium-sized businesses, are The enterprises need to take the tourists an experience with a speciic large in number and coer a wide initiatie to improe and seek trans- scenario ull o stories. range o sectors. Their strong ormation, Shen stressed. The I we actiely reorm and make ability to proide employment more diicult and complicated innoations, we will ind more and makes them the major driing the situation becomes, the harder better deelopment opportunities orce in stabilizing consumption, we need to work to ind a way out rom the crisis, Shen proclaimed. I but they are also highly suscep- and identiy new growth driers. beliee conidence is more aluable tible to market risk. Thereore, He admitted that the CVI-19 than gold. CVI-19 will eentu- the goernment should continue outbreak greatly impacted Intime ally go away. High-uality resources implementing reductions and Group. etail and cultural tourism are always scarce, and consumer exemption o alue added tax or businesses hae suered huge losses. demand will persist oreer. These micro, small, and medium-sized Howeer, eery shock is accompa- business constants represent deel- businesses, postpone payment nied by an opportunity. opment potential or companies to o business income tax, extend Businesses like retail and seize.

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For a Better Tomorrow in Hong Kong Text by Ru Yuan

It is imperative, timely and important for the NPC and its standing committee to formulate relevant laws on establishing and improving at the state level the legal system and enforcement mechanisms for the HKSAR to safeguard national security.

n the morning o May 22, preent, stop and punish actii- and to prohibit political organiza- 2020, a drat decision on ties endangering national security tions or bodies o the HKS rom establishing and impro- in accordance with the law. rticle establishing ties with oreign polit- ing the legal system and 23 o the Basic Law o the HKS ical organizations or bodies. This Oenorcement mechanisms or the stipulates that the HKS shall article relects the trust o Chinas Hong Kong Special dministratie enact laws on its own to prohibit any central goernment on the HKS egion (HKS) to saeguard act o treason, secession, sedition and its respect or Hong Kongs national security was submitted or subersion against the central legal system. to Chinas national legislature or goernment, or thet o state secrets, Howeer, more than two decades deliberation at the third session o to prohibit oreign political organi- ater Hong Kongs return, releant the 13th ational Peoples Congress zations or bodies rom conducting laws, which had been stigmatized and (PC) in Beijing. This means that political actiities in the HKS, demonized, are yet to materialize. the national security loophole in the HKS since its return to the motherland will be ixed by establishing institutional mechanisms to saeguard national security under the ramework o law. Since the return o Hong Kong to the motherland in 1997, the practice o ne Country, Two Systems has achieed unprecedented success in the HKS. t the same time, the implementation o the ne Country, Two Systems principle in the HKS has also met new problems and aced new challenges and risks, including the rise in prominence o national security risks. The HKS is an inseparable part o China. It is the HKSs May 24, 2020: Political heavyweights as well as social and business leaders pose for a group photo during a ceremony to launch a signature campaign to support constitutional responsibility to the national security legislation in Hong Kong. They call on local residents to saeguard national soereignty, support the legislation which will ensure Hong Kong people’s wellbeing and the unity and territorial integrity, and stability of Hong Kong in the long term. China News Service

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May 23, 2020: The Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions and the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong set up more than 100 street booths citywide to collect signatures supporting the national security legislation, with the number of participators amounting quickly. China News Service

Because o this unwarranted delay, Hong Kong. entually, the city country and suberting state power, the HKS goernment lost some witnessed a small group o separat- which has greatly threatened Hong o its unctions in national security in ists relentlessly adance with the Kongs public saety and the security terms o institution setting, resource ultimate objectie o turning the o national soereignty. allocation and power disposition, HKS into an independent entity. Facts hae shown that the whole resulting in Hong Kongs long-term Behind the rioting and andalism society will pay a heay price or deenseless status in the ield o since the second hal o 2019 was the national security loophole. The national security which is rarely essentially a so-called color reolu- HKS must not become a weak seen in the world today. Considering tion in Hong Kong. esorting to link in national security. ow, it Hong Kongs situation at present, iolent actions, the extremists ratch- is imperatie, timely and import- eorts must be made to estab- eted up the tension rom hurling ant or the PC and its standing lish and improe the legal system water bottles and bricks at police committee to ormulate releant and enorcement mechanisms or to making bomb threats, spreading laws on establishing and impro- the HKS to saeguard national the so-called guide to kill police ing at the state leel the legal system security. The whole o Hong Kong oicers and assaulting innocent and enorcement mechanisms or society should carry out national people. Their behaiors hae gone the HKS to saeguard national security education to enhance public ar beyond o the purportedly security. This moe will better awareness. noniolent approaches. Through saeguard national security, lay a ll these aboe-mentioned maneuers to paralyze the HKSs solid institutional oundation or problems hae led to the increas- legislature, disrupt the goernmen- the steady and enduring growth ingly serious situation plaguing the tal operations and sabotage the o the cause o ne Country, HKS in saeguarding national local economy, the opposition camp Two Systems, and promote the security. In recent years, arious dreams o seizing the goerning long-term prosperity and stability o separatist thoughts were spread in power o Hong Kong, splitting the Hong Kong.

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Silver Lining of Hong Kong Restoring Order and Prosperity Text by Lin Yu

It will function as a stabilizer that assures business owners of steady operations, builds investor confidence, enables citizens to live and work with no fear, and ensures smooth traveling for tourists.

e hae been elements and help the residents egion (HKS) to saeguard looking resume normal lie and work. national security. He noted that orward to Fung is glad to hear that the many o his neighbors and clients this national third session o the 13th ational hae been worried about their own “Wsecurity legislation or a long time, Peoples Congress (PC), Chinas saety due to rampant iolence since said Fung Kuen-kwok, a doctor top legislature, would deliberate a the social unrest emerged in une liing in Yau Ma Tei area in Hong drat decision on establishing and last year. They are irritated, but Kong. I beliee that ater the improing the legal system and hesitant to raise their oices. completion o the legislation, it will enorcement mechanisms or the Since the rioting and andalism hae a deterrent eect on iolent Hong Kong Special dministratie broke out last une, political groups adocating so-called Hong Kong independence and local radical separatists hae become increasingly rampant with escalating iolence. The rioters hae been caught attack- ing police oicers in an organized manner and assaulting and beating up innocent citizens who hold dierent political iews, causing tremendous chaos. uring their demonstra- tions and iolent protests, radical protesters besieged and attacked the Liaison ice o the Central Peoples Goernment, deaced the national emblem and national lag, openly challenged the authority and soereignty o the central goernment, blatantly oended the national dignity, and challenged the bottom October 2, 2019: Few tourists are seen at the West Kowloon railway station in Hong Kong. Since the rioting and vandalism broke out last June, Hong Kong’s line o the ne Country, Two tourism, retail sales, catering business and many other sectors have been hard hit. Systems principle. by Lu Ye/Xinhua The social unrest is deastating

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May 22, 2020: Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Carrie Lam (center, front), other government officials and members of the Executive Council attend a press conference in Hong Kong on introducing the national security legislation for the HKSAR. by Li Gang/Xinhua

intererence continues growing in Hong Kong, anning iolation o laws among young people and The establishment of a sound legal seeding local terrorism, the political atmosphere impedes the progress o system and enforcement mechanism for implementing the legislation work. safeguarding national security in Hong This acuum in Hong Kongs legal system has exposed huge loopholes Kong means that the loopholes can finally in saeguarding national security. be plugged and the risks will be brought The establishment o a sound legal system and enorce- under control. ment mechanism or saeguarding national security in Hong Kong means that the loopholes can Hong Kongs economy and the worst uarter in history. Meanwhile, inally be plugged and the risks residents lielihoods. Hong the latest report on the unemploy- will be brought under control, Kong has slipped in seeral rating ment rate in Hong Kong shows said Cheng Cheung Ling, chair o agencies rankings with inest- a rise to 5.2 percentmore than HKCPPCC (Proincial) Members ment, catering business, retail sales 200,000 people are jobless, setting a ssociation and ice chair o and more other sectors being hard new high oer the past decade. the board o directors o Sino hit and big-name shops closing. nder rticle 23 o the Basic Biopharmaceutical Limited. She ccording to the HKS goern- Law, the HKSs constitu- added that the legislation will ment, Hong Kongs GP in 2019 tional document, Hong Kong shall unction as a stabilizer that assures went down 1.2 percent year-on-year, enact laws on its own to prohibit business owners o steady opera- marking its irst negatie growth any act o treason, secession, tions, builds inestor conidence, since 2009. s or the irst uarter sedition, or subersion against the enables citizens to lie and work o 2020, the GP shrank by 8.9 central goernment, and thet o with no ear, and ensures smooth percent year-on-year, recording the state secrets. Howeer, as oreign traeling or tourists.

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Hong Kong Youth Need to Enhance National Identity Text by Ru Yuan

Young people in Hong Kong are not only the hope and future of the city, but also the new blood for promoting the development of the country.

n May 22, 2020, Wang a handul o anti-China disrup- separatist thoughts in arious Chen, ice chairman o the tors in Hong Kong, taking a drastic orms were rampant, and deluded Standing Committee o the measure to deal with the terror- a small number o unsophisticated ational Peoples Congress ist actiities and separatism seeking local young people with extrem- O(PC), explained the drat decision to transorm Hong Kong rom a ism. Some een went so ar as to on establishing and improing special administratie region o iolate laws and participate into the legal system and enorcement China into an independent politi- actiities with the aim to paralyze mechanisms or the Hong Kong cal entity. the HKSs legislature, disrupt Special dministratie egion The oerwhelming majority the social order and endanger (HKS) to saeguard national o Hong Kong people agree that public saety. security to the third session o the so-called Hong Kong indepen- The reason why the Hong 13th PC in Beijing. Introduction dence has no uture. Howeer, Kong independence thought o the decision is timely and imper- during months o iolent protests can take up the minds o a small atie. It has hit the weaknesses o and riots since une 2019, number o Hong Kong youngsters

June 28, 2018: A delegation of about 150 Hong Kong youngsters from all walks of life visit June 24, 2019: A mentor introduces the ruins of Yuanmingyuan, or the Old Summer Palace, which was looted and burned by the brain science to visiting Hong the AngloFrench Allied Forces in 1860, in Beijing. by Zhang Chenlin/Xinhua Kong students in Beijing. Xinhua

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lies in the long-term indoctrination or iolent protests and recei- Violent actiities o Hong Kongs o the extreme and narrow-minded ing abundant interests rom otes. separatists iolate the Constitution ideas o the opposition camp as well They took adantage o the younger o China, the Basic Law o the as radical media outlets and educa- generations aspirations to control HKS and the releant laws in tors in Hong Kong. They imposed their own destiny and participate Hong Kong, undermine the citys arious wrong iews o history on in the decision-making process o long-term prosperity and stability local young people, which hae Hong Kong, and told local young- and harm the undamental interests preented the youngsters rom sters that their goals could only o local residents rom all walks o establishing a correct conception be achieed through Hong Kong lie, becoming the biggest threat o the state, a sense o national independence. They deamed and acing Hong Kong today. identity, and a sense o national discredited the lawul acts o the nation will prosper only when pride. They spared no eort to HKS goernment and the central its young people thrie. Young attack the Chinese mainland, goernment in accordance with people in Hong Kong are not only sow discord between Hong Kong the Constitution o China and the the hope and uture o the city, but residents and their mainland Basic Law o the HKS to goern also the new blood or promoting compatriots, and make the long- Hong Kong. the deelopment o the country. existing structural imbalance in nortunately, a number o In the historic process o the great Hong Kong the root or Hong Hong Kong youngsters still ail rejuenation o the Chinese nation, Kong independence through to see through their tricks. Hong Hong Kongs role is irreplace- maneuers and manipulations. Kongs separatists are merely able. Some Hong Kong youngsters The separatists seeking to turn puppets in the hands o Western should put down their prejudices, the HKS into an independent anti-China orces. What the big open their minds, isit the Chinese entity hae a clear purpose: to make boss behind them really wants mainland to get a deeper under- Hong Kong youngsters blame the to see is the HKS plunging standing o their own country, Chinese mainland and the country into chaos and turbulence, and and ind their roles and opportu- or all their current problems, the deelopment o China being nities in the deelopment o the and ill the minds o local young deterred, and een the intro- Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao people with resentment and hatred, duction o the so-called color Greater Bay rea and in the thereby sueezing massie energy reolution into Chinas mainland. progress o the country.

August 17, 2015: Students from the City University of Hong Kong take a selfie when visiting a local enterprise in Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province. Xinhua

CHINA PICTORIAL 31 PEOPLE Crafting Poverty Alleviation with Traditional Skills Text by Zhang Jinwen Photographs by Qin Bin

After years of efforts, Chahar Right Rear Banner has developed a mature model for promoting poverty alleviation and improving living standards through inheriting and developing ethnic culture.

Heads of matouqin with different styles. Thon Ruge shared that observing the dynamic moments of real horses can bring inspiration to the creation of matouqin.

hahar ight ear Banner obao thnic rts and Crats and other handicrat commodi- (euialent to a county) is Production Company were right ties were displayed on the ront desk. a uniue administratie there with them. Technicians trimmed timber and diision o lanab City in Some workers set up yurts in ront polished urniture in the workshop. Cnorthern Chinas Inner Mongolia o the company. Seeral matouins The company was ounded out utonomous egion. This May, (a kind o bowed stringed instru- o nowhere at what happened to be many o its people were busy with ment with a scroll cared like a horses the perect time, beamed Thon spring arming and agricultural head) with dierent styles, some uge, ounder and technical consul- production. mployees o Chagan Mongolian traditional urniture, tant or the company, which was

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Thon Ruge displays a prize winning matouqin in the exhibition hall of Chagan Aobao Ethnic Arts and Crafts Production Company.

established two years ago. ter graduating rom the Fine rts deelopment o Chahar culture by epartment o lanab Teachers building a series o cultural inheri- Rise from Poverty College in 2001, he embarked on tance platorms such as the Chahar Thon uge is a natie o Chahar a completely dierent path rom Cultural Museum, the Chahar ight ear Banner, where most his ancestors. Cultural Inheritance Center, and the locals were engaged in liestock Chahar ight ear Banner is a thnic Cultural Industry Park. husbandry and corn planting. cradle o Chahar culture. In recent In 2013, the banner inested in Howeer, he has been enthusias- years, the banner has continu- an ethnic cultural industry street tic about painting since childhood. ously promoted the protection and coering more than 4,000 suare

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This year, we want to establish an ethnic craft training base and a cultural research base in Ulanqab, which will better integrate traditional culture with modern industry.

The production of handmade matouqin requires superb crafting skills. Each step of carving needs full concentration and care. That year, he oicially established Chagan obao thnic rts and Crats Production Company. The local goernment has gien us a lot o support, Thon uge explained. In the irst two years, the illage inested 1.3 million yuan (about S$182,000) in our company. We used this unding to purchase euipment and expand the plant, which increased our compa- nys turnoer to more than 300,000 yuan (about S$42,000). We plan to pay o the goernment unding in installments oer three years. We hae already begun dispersing a diidend o 150,000 yuan (about S$21,000) to help poerty-stricken Various traditional Mongolian handicrafts are displayed in the exhibition hall of households in the illage. Chagan Aobao Ethnic Arts and Crafts Production Company, including wooden wheels and furniture with ethnic flavor. To urther help eliminate poerty, the company recruits poerty-stricken illagers directly. meters. The same year, Thon uge noted. Because o his excellent crats- In the irst year, we hired seen was granted a ree space in the street manship, Thon uge gradually poor illagers and paid them an by the local goernment to produce gained some ame oer the years. aerage annual wage o 6,500 yuan matouin. Then, he started his In 2018, the banner began to (about S$912), which realized own business. igorously deelop a collectie the goal o liting a whole amily Making a good matouin economy to promote poerty allei- out o poerty by employing one reuires speciic materials and ation. The ethnic arts and crats person, he added. high-leel caring skills to complete collectie project launched by ter years o eorts, Chahar the horse head so it captures the Thon uge receied strong support ight ear Banner has deeloped uniue igor and strength o rom the local Gacha (meaning a mature model or promoting Mongolian horses, Thon uge illage committee in Mongolian). poerty alleiation and improing

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Creative products integrating Mongolian culture with modern technology. liing standards through inherit- Mongolian yurt production skills by with modern industry. ing and deeloping ethnic culture. Chahar ight ear Banner, as noted His plan earned support rom In recent years, the local goern- on the sixth batch o banner-leel the local goernment. When the ment has actiely promoted arious intangible cultural heritage protec- two projects were proposed, the poerty alleiation projects inol- tion projects and inheritors list. goernment was ery supporting many outstanding intangible ur company has good ie and proided 200,000 yuan cultural heritage items including sales numbers on matouin, (about S$28,063) as a subsidy, ethnic costumes, ethnic handicrats, yurts and ethnic urniture, he he said. ter the bases are olk songs and dances to inject new noted, with eyes on the uture. completed, poerty-stricken illag- impetus into the deelopment o the This year, we want to estab- ers, unemployed people, and young local economy. lish an ethnic crat training base herders can learn a skill here to help and a cultural research base in them earn more income. Protecting Traditional Culture lanab, which will be completed This is also a platorm or the Thanks to their ame and exper- by une. nd we plan to do train- inheritance and deelopment o ience ater years o hard entrepreneur- ing and proide accommodations intangible cultural heritage, he ial work, in early 2019, Thon uge and in yurts. In this way, students can beamed. I hope it will bring more two o his colleagues were respectiely get a more intimate experience with income to illagers, and improe named the inheritors o Mongolian Mongolian culture, and we will the liing enironment and cultural ethnic urniture, matouin, and better integrate traditional culture atmosphere o the whole illage.

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Dubbed by some as the “king of birds,” the green peafowl is among the largest pheasants and a national firstclass protected wild bird in China. It is listed as a global endangered (EN) species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The present population of the bird species in the country is estimated at less than 500, and they are only found in Yunnan Province. by Zhuang Xiaosong

Last Stand of the Green Peafowl Text by Zhou Qunfeng Recently, a Kunming court issued a first-instance judgment ordering the halt of a hydroelectric project to protect the last major habitat of the endangered green peafowl.

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n uly 2017, Friends o ature, an halt on a large hydroelectric project national irst-class protected wild enironmental non-goernmen- deemed to be threatening the last bird in China. It is listed as a global tal organization, iled a lawsuit major habitat o the endangered endangered () species by the to enorce green peaowl habitat green peaowl. International nion or Conseration Iprotection to the Intermediate It was the irst preentie public o ature (IC). The present Peoples Court o Chuxiong Yi interest lawsuit or wildlie protection population o the bird species in utonomous Preecture in south- iled in China. the country is estimated at less than western Chinas Yunnan Proince. 500, and they are only ound in n March 20, 2020, the Endangered Birds Yunnan Proince. Kunming Municipal Intermediate ubbed by some as the king Millennial Gu Bojian is seeking a Peoples Court sided with the plain- o birds, the green peaowl is doctoral degree in Shanghai. In 2013, ti in the irst hearing and ordered a among the largest pheasants and a Gu studied at the Xishuangbanna

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inestment o about 3.9 billion yuan (about S$555 million). The alley area is an important habitat or the green peaowl. I the dam was completed and began storing water, the green peaowl and Cycas chenii (a species o cycad endemic to the Honghe ier alley) would be choked out o the area when the local monsoon orests looded, leading to their extinction in the region. Hoping to protect the last habitat o the animal, Gu got in touch with Xi hinong, a eteran wildlie photographer and ounder o Wild Members of a scientific research team pose for a group photo during a field survey. China Film, a nonproit organization The scientific research team, composed of more than 30 members including staff that promotes wildlie photography of environmental protection organizations, biological experts, and photographers, and protection. conducted scientific surveys deep into unmanned zones in the Honghe River valley. courtesy of Friends of Nature n March 15, 2017, Xi hinong and some riends rushed to Xinping County, and they saw construction Tropical Botanical Garden, a Science and Technology o Kunming already commencing on the hydro- research institute under the Chinese niersity, reported witnessing electric station. uring the trip, Xi cademy o Sciences in Yunnan. 183 to 240 green peaowl in total photographed seen or eight green There, he conducted ield research as through ield inestigations. Gien peaowl in the soon-to-be submerged part o his masters degree program. the elusieness o some unknown area near the hydropower station, and In oember 2013, he entured habitats, the population o the birds his colleagues also captured ideos to the Luzhi ier alley at the in China is estimated at less than 500. o green peaowl drinking water junction o Xinping County in Meanwhile, the size o each lock o near the rier. Yuxi City and Shuangbai County in the birds has shrunk rom as many as The same day, an article titled Chuxiong Yi utonomous Preecture 20 to only three to ie. Who Is Killing the Green Peaowl o Yunnan Proince, seeking to The study also ound that threats The Last Habitat or Green Peaowl inestigate the ecological conditions to the species include poaching, in China Will isappear was o local tropical monsoon orests. poisoning, habitat destruction and published on the website o Wild He stayed in an inn built by local hydroelectric construction. China Film and attracted wide atten- illagers. By chatting with illagers, tion rom the media and public. he learned that a green peacock had Under Threat n une 29, 2018, the proin- been spotted nearby. They showed In 2013, Gu conducted a 20-day cial goernment o Yunnan issued him seeral green eathers, which ield inestigation in the alley a document showing the habitats eoked his curiosity. without inding any trace o the o 26 rare species in the proince, ter reading up on the animal, green peaowl. Howeer, he disco- including the green peaowl, with Gu realized that green peaowl were ered that a large hydropower plant protection red lines. The hydro- once widely distributed through- was planned to be built on the iasa electric project on the iasa ier out Guangdong Proince, Sichuan ier, the main tributary o the inringed on numerous species in the Proince and other places in China. Honghe ier in the lower reaches o nearby area. Howeer, continuous destruc- the alley. terwards, Friends o ature tion o their habitats pushed them The iasa ier hydropower organized many rounds o discus- into an obscure nook in Yunnan station would be the largest hydro- sions with the local goernment and Proince now. electric project in Yuxi City. the construction operator. The local Kong ejun, an associate proes- Construction was scheduled to begin goernment and the construction sor at the epartment o Lie in March 2016 with a total dynamic operator both promised to research

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the impact o the hydropower project could still control pollution problems on the green peaowl, but neer later in the production process suggested shutting down the project. through superision and ines, He noted. But i assessment o the Fowl Lawsuit ecological impact on animals and In uly 2017, Friends o ature plants is not made scientiically and launched a public interest lawsuit objectiely, a construction project against the hydroelectric project could cause irreersible ecologi- operator, seeking an injunction to cal damage. terminate the project based on its n March 20, 2020, the impact on the habitat o the green Kunming Municipal Intermediate peaowl. In ugust o the same year, Peoples Court issued a irst-instance the Intermediate Peoples Court o judgment demanding that Xinping Chuxiong Yi utonomous Preecture eelopment Co., Ltd. under China oicially accepted the iling. Hydropower ngineering Consulting Cycas chenii is a stateprotected He Yini, project director o the endangered species endemic to the Group Corporation halt construction law and policy adocacy depart- Honghe River valley. If the dam was on the dam and orbade them rom ment o Friends o ature and the completed and began storing water, storing water or cutting down plants the green peafowl and Cycas chenii plaintis representatie, stated would be choked out of the area when in the stations submerging area. that the case was diided into two the local monsoon forests flooded, ccording to hang Boju, direc- parts during the process o eidence leading to their extinction in the region. tor-general o Friends o ature, the collection. The irst part inoled courtesy of Friends of Nature ruling eectiely paused construc- appealing to releant goernment tion, but without continued eorts, departments to obtain administra- the door was still open or the project tie approal materials related to the to resume work in the uture. project, and the other was to collect ur ultimate goal is to shut eidence on site. The ormer was down the project permanently to relatiely easy, while the latter was Our ultimate goal eliminate catastrophic threats to the much more diicult, said He. is to shut down the habitats o the green peaowl, Cycas He Yini explained that about 80 chenii and other rare species, he percent o the planned submerged project permanently declared. But we still hae a long area o the reseroir was uninhab- way to go. ited, so most o the area was hardly to eliminate Li Chunguang, executie director accessible due to a lack o roads. Soon catastrophic threats o Yunnan Lingyun Law Firm, noted ater the court case was iled, He that in theory, releant departments Yini and her colleagues decided to to the habitats of could approe ollow-up construc- get into the area by driting along the the green peafowl, tion enabling the hydropower station Honghe ier. to begin operation anyway. With the help o proessionals, a Cycas chenii and But I think that the outbreak o scientiic research team composed the CVI-19 pandemic has helped o more than 30 members includ- other rare species. public awareness o enironmental ing sta o enironmental protection But we still have a protection surge to an unprecedented organizations, biological experts, leel, which is surely catching the and photographers inally reached long way to go. attention o legislatie and admin- the area. We stayed in the unpop- istratie organs, he continued. I ulated area or seeral days straight, with ixed inrared cameras and think that releant enironmental sleeping in the mountains at night, portable cameras. protection departments will careully she reealed. For projects that might cause consider experts suggestions and uring the ield inestigation, enironmental pollution through make any decisions cautiously. en the team discoered extensie green emissions, een without a solid i construction resumes in the uture, peaowl ootprints and eathers and enironmental impact assessment the process will be ery long and slow. recorded the actiities o the birds made, releant administratie organs But I doubt it will eer happen.

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Fiery Liangshan Spring Text and photographs by Cheng Xueli

Wang Shunhua’s one wish for Liangshan is that the next spring will be nicer. He hopes for only flowers and trees instead of smoke and fire.

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natie o Yunnan Proince, March 30, 2020: Firefighters battle with the blaze on the southern line of the fire site in Muli, Sichuan Province. That day, the forest fire in Muli was 26-year-old Wang Shunhua spreading in all directions, with the northern line inching towards a primitive has been working or forest and the southern line threatening nearby villages. the Liangshan diision Ao the Sichuan orest ire serices in Liangshan Yi utonomous Preecture, southwestern Chinas Sichuan Proince or nearly eight years. s head o the o. 3 team o the o. 4 suadron o Xichang detachment under the Liangshan diision, he has climbed thousands o mountains and crossed ast stretches o irgin orest. He and his coworkers risk their lies to protect green mountains.

“Muli Again” n the aternoon o March 28, 2020, a wildire broke out at the junction o Xichang Citys Youjun Town and Yanyuan Countys inhe Township. The Xichang detachment o the Sichuan orest ire serices was ordered to get to the site by the morning o March 29. Long ian, a rookie in Wang Shunhuas team, was a bit excited. He ollowed Wang around with uestions about putting out ires. Long is a natie o Liangshan in Sichuan. In his childhood, on the irst day o eery ew Year, his ather went to the illage committee to attend training on orest ire preention and control and brought home a signed and ingerprinted ire saety certiication. He ondly recalls his ather posting it on the most conspicuous place on the door o their home. You should neer bring ire when you go out, his ather warned Long and his younger brother. I you start a orest ire, you will go to jail. The wildire was extinguished on March 29. When the ireighters headed down the hill with their ire extinguishing euipment, they expected a good rest at the base camp. With no cell phone signal on the mountain, no one knew that

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March 30, 2020: After putting out a fire on the southern line of the fire site in Muli, firefighters retreat to the foot of the mountains. another orest ire had broken out in 2019 ire in Muli, 29-year-old Victory over the Fire Muli, a Tibetan autonomous county hang had ought ires with The road was coered with in Liangshan. Soon, Wangs detach- Wang or more than three years. burning wood and red-hot stones. ment was heading directly to Muli I not or the deastating ire this The ire was burning only ie or as reinorcements. Muli again, year, Wang would hae joined his six meters aboe the highway. ll Wang sighed. ellow ireighters to isit hangs the ireighters could hear was Located on the southwestern tomb at the martyrs cemetery the sharp cracks o burning trees. edge o Sichuan Proince, Muli on March 30. When the wind is strong, the ire Tibetan utonomous County is n the aternoon o March 30, shoots all oer the place. Wang administered by Liangshan. n when the ireighters arried at watched a gust o wind carry a March 30, 2019, a orest ire started the site o the Muli ire, the situa- burning pine branch into a pinon by lightning broke out in an area tion was een worse than they pine groe, igniting it. While pulling 3,800 meters aboe sea leel in Muli had thought. The orest ire was the hose, Wang slipped when climb- that eatures complicated topogra- spreading in all directions, with ing oer a protectie railing. He phy, steep slopes and deep alleys the northern line inching towards ell right on his ace, and his right and lacks transport and commu- a primitie orest and the south- knee struck the ground and started nication inrastructure. ll these ern line threatening nearby illages. gushing blood. made it diicult to put out the ire. pon arrial, ireighters rom the The wind soon changed direc- Wang has neer orgotten that battle Sichuan orest ire serices and tions, and the dense smoke and inoling ie helicopters dropping oicers rom the Fire and escue sparks shrouded eerything. Wang water and proiding sureillance epartment o Sichuan Proince reuently heard the oice o hang and around 700 ireighters on uickly doe into rescue eorts. un, head o the Xichang detach- the ground. He lost 27 colleagues Xichang and Muli detachments, a ment, through his walkie talkie. as close as brothers ighting suadron o Liangshan orest ire hang commanded the detachment alongside him. diision, and a team o special ire to immediately retreat rom the While at the diision station, serice rom Chengdu were all highway because the ire had already Wang sometimes isits the dispatched to a mountain drie- crossed it and was moing towards Xichang martyrs cemetery to way on the southern line to stop the ireighters. mourn or late suadron leader the ast-moing ire rom crossing The busy ireighting schedule hang Hao. Beore the March the highway. and the absence o mobile phone

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signals cut o ireighters rom the outside world. By noon on March 31, Wangs cell phone receied a weak signal during a break in the ire-barrier belt at the oot o the mountain. Bro, hello Hows eery- April 5, 2020: Firefighters take thing re you K Voice a rest. When working on the front line, due to the weak cell messages streamed in. Guys, call phone signals in mountains, your amilies, suggested hang, forest firefighters often cannot checking the count o missed calls. be reached. The amilies and riends o the ireighters knew that Liangshan was on ire. hang was all too aware o the anxieties and worries o parents, wies, and riends o rontline orest ireighters. They worry tremendously when their loed ones enture out on a mission and cannot be reached. call inally came through, and April 6, 2020: Wang Shunhua sits Wang was greeted by the hoarse in a forest which has been burned oice o his mother. So glad you out. The 26yearold firefighter are ine, she uttered beore handing has been working with the Liangshan division of the Sichuan the phone oer to Wangs ather. forest fire services for almost You didnt answer our phone calls eight years. or the past two days. Your mother was so worried that she made me call you oer and oer, Wangs ather explained as i he made something wrong. I know you dont hae signal in the mountains, but your mother insisted I call you. She couldnt eat or sleep or days. The battle continued because the ire was still ierce. n the night o March 31, as the blaze on the south- April 2, 2020: Huang Shuai, a ern line was basically contained, forest firefighting commander, the situation on the northern line takes a nap by a tree stump. This is his fifth day in Muli to fight became the prime concern as the against the fire. ire was creeping towards a primitie orest. ter days deep in the mountains, Wang gradually adapted to the new way o lie. His sense o thought. ow it will be much easier had only one thought: I dont time simpliied to only day and night, to extinguish the ire. want to eer see a ire break out and the only thing on his mind was n Wangs 10th day in Muli, again. Thanks to Wang and his putting out the ire. ne night, while the orest ire was inally elimi- ellow ireighters, most o the sitting in the camp with the wind nated thanks to joint eorts o wild lowers in the mountains roaring, Wang suddenly elt wetness the Sichuan orest ire serices, suried the blaze. Wangs one on his ace. Its snowing Someone the Fire and escue epartment wish or Liangshan is that the next shouted, electriying the whole camp. o Sichuan Proince, and the local spring will be nicer. I hope spring eryone stood up and cheered ireighting orce. pon learning brings only lowers and trees, to the sky. This is great Wang that his team could leae, Wang instead o smoke and ire.

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Wakanda employees are busy preparing fresh coffee for medical workers in Wuhan. Seven baristas work in two rotating shifts to prepare 500 cups of free coffee delivered to the hospitals twice a day�that’s been the daily routine Heartwarming for the team of Wakanda Youth Coffee since the coronavirus outbreak caused the lockdown of Wuhan. Wuhan Lattes by Chen Jian/China Pictorial Text by Zhou Chenliang

“The ability to meet for a cup of coffee indicates that Wuhan is returning to regular life, which is absolutely the best thing right now. I have confidence in the city’s future.”

n pril 8, 2020, ater 76 operating in the city. days o lockdown due to More than two years ago, Li the coronairus outbreak, and six partners launched Wakanda Wuhan reopened. It as a coee chain in Wuhan. In Olited outbound trael restrictions, anuary 2020, the coronairus dismantled traic control check- spread throughout the city, causing points, and gradually resumed ewer and ewer people and cars normal operation o railways, to enture out on the streets, and airports, waterways, highways, and ewer customers to isit Wakanda. urban buses. The same day, the n anuary 23, the day the city o Guanggu branch o Wakanda Youth Wuhan was oicially cut o rom Coee also reopened. the outside world, two medical It is no easy task to prepare 500 cups of workers rom a nearby hospi- coffee every day, considering the staff shortage. A flowline production method has Free Coffee to the Last Drop tal came to Wakanda to grab some thus been introduced by Wakanda to make en i we went out o business coee. Seeing their exhaustion and pack the coffee as quickly as possible. due to deliering so many cups ater long hours o high-intensity by Duan Wei/China Pictorial o ree coee to rontline health- work and hearing about the serious care workers, we would hae been situation plaguing healthcare happy that we did the right thing, workers, the whole team immedi- declares Li Fei, one o the ounders ately realized that they should o Wakanda. ather than wither- stay open to supply ree coee to ing away powerlessly, we were healthcare workers. making the right choicethats n anuary 24, the irst what we thought when we decided shipment o ree coee was deli- to send coee to nearby hospi- ered. s o March 8, at least 20,000 tals. lthough Wakanda oicially cups o ree coee had been oered reopened its door on pril 8, the to medical workers. long with the coee shop neer ully shut down coee, small gits such as lip balms during the Wuhan lockdown. t and toners were also sent. s the one point during Wuhans ierce epidemic situation worsened, the ight against the coronairus, team temporarily shut down seeral Wakanda was the only coee shop Wakanda stores in Wuhan or saety

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March 8, 2020: Sina Karami is about to deliver roses together with coffee to medical workers on International Women’s Day. He hopes that the roses will bring extra happiness to women doctors and nurses. by Chen Jian/China Pictorial

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The team hoped the 500 cups of coffee would help exhausted medical workers on the front lines find a moment of relief and remember that they are not alone.

We elt hundreds o thousands o people standing behind and supporting us. Media outlets were attracted to Wakandas story, and the resulting articles resonated with people across China. The publicity inspired From time to time, small gifts like chocolates, lip balms, and toners are sent together netizens to spontaneously launch with coffee by Wakanda to healthcare workers. by Duan Wei/China Pictorial an online campaign to use existing methods to buy coee or rontline reasons and only kept the Guanggu kept coming in, so I issued more doctors and nurses. ter the cost store open. ll aailable staers reunds. Li soon ound that the o raw materials was deducted, the were transerred to the Guanggu coee chains account on ianping, rest o the unds were used to make branch. eryone agreed to do one o Chinas most popular cater- coee until the day we got the irus whateer they could to sere the ing serices listings apps, was also under complete control. medics. We lost money, that much receiing money. Later, he disco- The seen partners o the ca is sure, admits Li. But eery time ered that the money was coming range rom 20 to 40 in age. While I saw the smiling aces o health- rom netizens paying or online most are Wuhan locals, one is rom care workers when we dropped orders as a creatie way to donate hengzhou City, Henan Proince, o coee at hospitals, it all elt to business in need. and another is rom Iran. ue to worthwhile. The amounts o payments an acute attraction to China, two ranged rom seeral .S. dollars years ago, then 27-year-old Sina Brighter Future to more than a hundred. The Karami entured to Wuhan to work n the morning o February donations came rom all oer as a barista and teach coee art at 11, Li discoered money trans- China, including rom Wakandas the newly-opened Wakanda. n ers continuously popping up on peers in Taiwan. Seeing the February 2, 2020, he was notiied his WeChat and lipay apps. t online orders piling up and a by the Iranian mbassy in China irst, I thought someone made wealth o encouraging messages, that the Iranian goernment was a mistake, he recalls. I sent the team was moed prooundly. arranging charter lights to eacu- back the irst ew, but transers ur pulses raced, Li recounts. ate their nationals rom Wuhan.

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Healthcare workers of the Qingdao medical team dispatched to Hubei to aid the fight against the coronavirus are quite moved by Wakanda’s drinks and small gifts for International Women’s Day. “Thank you. And our thanks also go to Wuhan,” said the medical workers. by Chen Jian/China Pictorial

But Karami opted to stay. When the Wuhan Latte. and thanks. the coronairus arried, oreigners Its the coee or Wuhan Seeral uniersities are located could leae Wuhan and China. But people, states Li. We wanted near the Guanggu branch o do Chinese people hae a choice on to commemorate these diicult Wakanda. Howeer, due to epidemic leaing Wuhan and China They days with the best thing Wakanda control and preention measures, dont because it is their home. nd does. Sta scribbled handwrit- they remain closed, which has let Wuhan is my second home. ten messages o encouragement and the coee shop almost empty. t ery morning, our baris- thanks on each cup such as Stay present, the shop sells about 80 cups tas worked to make 300 cups o Strong, Wuhan, espect to You a day, less than a ith o its sales coee to be deliered beore noon. or Thank You. en when the olume beore the outbreak in late nother 200 cups were deliered baristas became exhausted, no one anuary. But Li is conident about by 5 p.m. by another three baris- abandoned this routine. Li recalled his city and business. The ability tas in the aternoon shit. The team that one time when they deli- to meet or a cup o coee indicates hoped the 500 cups o coee would ered coee according to an agreed that Wuhan is returning to regular help exhausted medical workers on contactless process, the health- lie. nder intense stress, people the ront lines ind a moment o care workers picking up the drinks would hae no mood or things like relie and remember that they are bowed to him and his colleagues in this. It is absolutely the best thing not alone. To this end, the name o gratitude. The eye contact at that right now. I hae conidence in the its signature drink was changed to moment alone coneyed respect uture o the city.

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A National Brand for the New Era Text by Zhi Mo Photographs courtesy of Shenzhen Lantern Science

“With a down-to-earth attitude, we hope to optimize the core technology and improve the user experience as part of the long-term sound development of our brand,” says Zhang Xuchang, chairman of Shenzhen Lantern Science Co., Ltd.

Shenzhen Lantern Science now boasts seven branches around the world and three large domestic production bases, and possesses multiple established cosmetic brands.

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ter seeral years working in the cosmetics industry, in 1993, 29-year-old hang Xuchang entured Asouth to Shenzhen, a coastal city in Guangdong Proince known as the window o Chinas reorm and opening up. There, he ounded Shenzhen Lantern Science Co., Ltd. (hereinater Shenzhen Lantern Science) and embarked on a mission to establish a national brand. ter more than 20 years, Shenzhen Lantern Science has eoled into a amous enterprise with seen branches around the world. The enterprise now boasts three large domestic production bases making multiple established cosmetic brands. hang continues to sere as the chairman o the cosmetics company.

esearching, deeloping and Zhang Xuchang, chairman of Shenzhen Lantern Science, works with a researcher producing cosmetics under our in one of his company’s labs. Zhang has dedicated himself to the cosmetic industry own brands is our core mission, since he graduated from university. declares hang.

Manufacturing Safe Products Product saety is tremendously important or cosmetics manuacturers. Because o the high production standards adopted by Shenzhen Lantern Science, its products are highly sought by consumers. hang beliees that his company has deeloped a solid tracing mechanism or its cosmetic products. We keep samples o each batch o products, he reeals. uring the three-year shel lie o a product, we keep monitoring the samples to make sure theyre still good. We immediately actiate our recall procedure i we detect deec- Shenzhen Lantern Science attaches great importance to technological innovation. By now, it holds three invention patents, six utility patents, 26 software copyrights, tie products. and nine design patents. Today, Shenzhen Lantern Science holds three inention patents, six utility patents, 26 sotware has been designated as a national ingredients. In 2019, the enterprise copyrights, and nine design patents. high-tech project. This technol- inited two proessors rom Fudan Its project to make nanocapsules ogy is expected to maximize the niersity and Shanghai niersity with extract rom natural spirulina richness and eicacy o skincare o Traditional Chinese Medicine

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began to transorm its sales mode. It carried out online promotion o its brands and inested in online product sales and serices. That year, the Lantern Skincare Center was established with an aim to proide high-uality and person- alized skincare serices. Such innoations enabled inormation about the company including descriptions o its new products and promotions to spread uickly and widely. Through eedback rom clients, the enterprise can constantly improe its products and meet consumer demand in a timely manner. Meanwhile, Shenzhen Lantern Science is exploring oerseas markets. It has established cooperation with many retail chains in the nited States and Canada and cultiated a solid base o loyal customers in the orth merican market. hang considers export- The Shenzhen Lantern Science booth at ASD Market Week. In 2018, the Chinese cosmetic company was invited to attend ASD Market Week, one of the most ing a channel or learning adanced comprehensive B2B trade shows that brings together the world’s widest variety of operational concepts rom interna- retail merchandise, in Las Vegas. tional markets and staying abreast o the latest trends in interna- respectiely to sere as chie Better Growth tional uality products as much as consultants. The same year, it also The year 2011 was considered a an aenue or sales expansion. We launched technical cooperation with turning point in the deelopment need to work hard to maintain a Wuxi-based iangnan niersity o Shenzhen Lantern Science. That position in the iercely competitie to jointly build a skincare research year, the enterprise transormed domestic market, hang illustrates. center. The institution is expected rom a priately-held irm to a joint- But we hae to be brae enough to to proide a solid oundation or the stock company which led to rapid explore oreign markets and sharpen enterprises urther technological deelopment and a strident march our competitie edge. innoation. toward large-scale and system- Shenzhen Lantern Science has atic operation. hang beliees that Social Responsibility also constructed three actories that Shenzhen Lantern Science becom- uring Chinas ight against meet GMPC (Guidelines or Good ing a joint-stock company resulted the coronairus early this year, Manuacturing Practice o Cosmetic in a more standardized rame- Shenzhen Lantern Science donated Products) standards. GMPC work, aster deelopment speed, and antibacterial sanitizers to goern- reuires strict production processes enhanced capability to withstand ment departments, hospitals, or cosmetic products to ensure risk. He eels that the enterprise police stations, schools, banks, and consumer health. the three has achieed a better growth in news agencies. It also produced actories, the 68,000-suare-meter recent years and that he has become 10,000 bottles o anti-ogging and standard plant in Shenzhen employs more objectie and mature as antibacterial spray or goggles solar energy technology and places its chairman. deeloped by Shenzhen-based eual importance on product lso in 2011, the enterprise Southern niersity o Science production, energy conseration, seized the opportunity to launch and Technology that was urgently and enironmental protection. e-commerce deelopment and needed to support the ight against

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A staff member of Shenzhen Lantern Science checks the antibacterial hand sanitizers which are about to be donated.

reopen to produce anti-epidemic supplies. With only a ew employees coming back, the enterprise still produced an aerage o 100,000 bottles o hand sanitizers per day. s a responsible enterprise, we wanted to do something to help our country and society in this diicult time, declares hang. onating antibacterial hand sanitizers and guaranteeing deliery was absolutely within our abilities. The persisting shortage o anti-epidemic materials in many During the coronavirus outbreak in China, Shenzhen Lantern Science has donated countries around the world has antibacterial hand sanitizers worth over US$840,000 to various organizations prompted international clients to around the country. contact Shenzhen Lantern Science to ask i they hae antibacterial hand sanitizers aailable or export. The the epidemic. coronairus were in dire need o enterprise uickly contacted admin- ntibacterial sanitizer is one o alcohol-based hand sanitizers, istrators in releant countries. ter the enterprises high-tech products. hang directed his company to shit obtaining recommendations rom Its ethanol concentration can kill all its production to anti-epidemic third-party certiication authorities in more than 99.9 percent o iruses and disinection supplies. While related countries, it exported alcohol- and bacteria on users hands. most enterprises in China were still based hand sanitizers by air to dozens ter learning that goern- shut down, goernment regulators o countries hit hard by the corona- ments at arious leels and major gae special permission to a team irus including the nited States, hospitals in areas hit hard by the rom Shenzhen Lantern Science to South rica, Canada, and Italy.

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According to statistics from the local government, an average of about 90,000 tiger paintings are produced in Wanggongzhuang each year, with more than 40 percent exported to countries honoring the tiger, including Japan and South Korea. Xinhua

he gentle wind across the green land stretching into the horizon signals that the cold winter has come to an Next-Gen Tend at the illage where paintings o tigers hang in the rows o court- yards. The tranuil illage, where Village Tiger most locals are surnamed Wang, is Wanggongzhuang in Beiguan Town, Minuan County, central Chinas Henan Proince. Painters Wanggongzhuang is dubbed Text by Lin Hongxian and Yang Yifan Chinas number one tiger painting illage because 800 out o the In the mobile internet era, a new generation of farmer painters 1,300 illagers there are skilled in armed with cutting-edge technology and innovative ideas is poised painting tigers. mong them, two to bring tiger paintings to a wider and untapped market. are members o the China rtists

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Two Wanggongzhuangbased tiger painters prepare to shoot tigerthemed covers for their video near a pond a few kilometers away from the village. Some of their paintings are sold online through live streaming. by Yang Yifan

ssociation, and more than 50 tiger, such as apan, Bangladesh, and local armers to commit to brushes members o the Henan rtists South Korea. and begin learning to paint tigers. ssociation. nother 100 painters The illage gradually deeloped rom other places hae also settled Rise of the Tiger-Painting ame or its paintings o the animal. in the illage. Industry Why tigers Wang ianmin, one ccording to statistics rom In the 1950s and 1960s, only a o the irst tiger painters in the the local goernment, an aerage ew illagers in Wanggongzhuang illage who is now 54 years old, o around 90,000 tiger paintings painted during the slack arming beliees the subject relates to the produced in the illage are sold each season. In those days, a handul olk customs o eastern Henan. year to oreign markets. lthough o local people painted ew Year Many regard the tiger as the king most o the sold paintings were pictures with traditional Chinese o all the beasts with the magic about six eet in length, huge paint- themes such as the Kitchen God power to drie out eil spirits. The ings depicting hundreds o tigers and the oor God to be sold during custom o hanging tiger paintings each are not uncommon. bout Spring Festial to earn extra money. has persisted since ancient times in 40 percent o the works created In the 1980s and 1990s, ater the the region. by Wanggongzhuang illagers are beginning o Chinas historic reorm Wang ianmin is regarded by exported to countries that honor the and opening up, seeral illagers led ellow illagers as a pioneer o the

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In addition to tigers, most painters in Wanggongzhuang are capable of producing many other species of animals. by Lin Hongxian

local tiger-painting industry. He placed them in enironments with the older-generation paint- was the irst person in the illage amiliar to Chinese armers such ers, young artists tend towards to realize that painting tigers as lying beside a reed pond or using bright colors to highlight the could create business opportuni- surrounded by lotus lowers. The erociousness o tigers, rather than ties. Thirty years ago, Wang and juxtaposition o images proed relatiely warm colors to make the his partners became dissatisied uite popular in the market. tiger look milder. with selling their paintings only in In Wang ianmins words, he Wang ianeng became the irst nearby towns. They started ocus- combined the tiger paintings with person in Wanggongzhuang to ing on bigger cities. Later, one o aesthetic elements o rural China. harness lie streaming to sell his his six-oot tiger paintings sold or works as he saw business opportu- 100 yuan (around S$14) in a city at Tiger Painting Sales in the nities emerge with the deelopment a time when the aerage income o Mobile Internet Era o the mobile internet and the illagers in Wanggongzhuang was t 36, Wang ianeng is the popularization o short ideos and less than 30 yuan (around S$4) per current illage Party secretary o lie streaming. He began to explore month. The big sale caused a huge Wanggongzhuang. He started to new channels or painting sales. sensation. For a while, many illag- learn traditional Chinese realis- xcept or lie streaming, his wie ers came to him to learn painting. tic painting at the age o 13 rom a also ilmed his painting process Tigers rom Wang ianmins amous local tiger-painting artist. and posted ideos on the internet. brush are calm and gentle. He He explained that in contrast Today, Wang ianeng has more than

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Howeer, Wang ianeng beliees that the growth o online sales does not hurt oline sales. Most o what we sell online are mediocre works, he reealed. Big spenders preer to see the paintings in person beore purchasing. Today, about 70 people are employed as agents and distrib- utors or the illage. They earn commissions selling the tiger paintings throughout China. Such people keep close eyes on the domestic art market.

Combining Art and Industry Since 2006, the local goern- Wang Jianfeng, current village Party secretary of Wanggongzhuang, is producing a tiger painting. He has been engaged in the trade for more than two decades, and ment o Minuan County has the price of his tiger paintings has risen from several dozen U.S. dollars to more oered art courses to local than 700 for one piece. by Yang Yifan residents, with an aim to promote urther deelopment o the tiger-painting industry. I hope more and more illagers take tiger painting to heart rather than just looking to it or income, declared n esheng, director o the Cultural Industry ice o Beiguan Town in Minuan County. Fortunately, a younger generation armed with internet expertise is poised to take tiger paintings to a wider and untapped market. In his 20s, Wang ingheng is a local illager who once studied painting at an academy o ine arts. The older generation lacks a theoretical basis o painting, Wang ingheng said while sitting in his athers art studio. I young people just stayed home and learned rom their athers, their ision would be narrow, and it would be more diicult to adapt to the market. With the help of his wife, Wang Jianfeng live streams his painting process in his lthough his tiger paintings studio. Wang is the first person in the village to harness live streaming to sell his still sell or less than his athers, works. by Yang Yifan Wang ingheng is conident about his uture. He anticipates boosting his selling price through innoa- 110,000 ollowers on social media sing the internet to sell tiger tion. tiger with wings in blazing platorms. When the market is good, paintings has become a trend in colors would not ly with my his maximum monthly income rom Wanggongzhuang. Statistics show athers generation, but it could be online sales can reach as much as that about a third o paintings precisely what the uture market 500,000 yuan (S$72,084). produced there are sold online. and buyers need.

CHINA PICTORIAL 55 CULTURE | BOOKS Faces of Heroism and Resilience

Many photographers focused on people across Hubei Province and elsewhere in China during the past few extraordinary months of heroism and resilience. 100 Photographers Focus on COVID19, compiled by Wang Hao and jointly published by China Daily and China Pictorial Press, May 2020.

February 1, 2020: Two female medical workers snatch a nap back to back in the Disease Control and Prevention Center in Xinhui District, Jiangmen City, southern China’s Guangdong Province. by Chen Liwu

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acing the outbreak o thorough and strict preention and CVI-19, China, under the control measures, China successully leadership o the Communist contained the spread o the irus in Party o China (CPC) Central a relatiely short period with great FCommittee with Xi inping at the courage and strength. core, launched a peoples war to The photo album 100 Photo- control and preent the epidemic graphers Focus on CVI-19 in anuary 2020. ter imple- is diided into ie parts: Lie menting the most comprehensie, and eath, Help rom ll Sides,

March 3, 2020: Nurse Xu Jian from a hospital in Fujian Province shows on her mobile phone how she takes care of her patient. By then, she had been helping save lives in Wuhan Union Hospital of China for more than a month. by Li Ge

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February 25, 2020: Without missing the plowing season in spite of the COVID19 epidemic, a villager plants cabbages in Yinque Village, Jiuchi Township, Pengzhou City, Sichuan Province. by Zhang Hong

ationawide Preention and Control, xceptional Lie, and esumption o Production. collection o 356 photographs by 268 Chinese photographers, the album preseres many indelible moments o Chinas battle against CVI-19 thanks to the dedication o press photographers working on the ront lines. The coer image eatures a medical worker with marks on her ace ater wearing a mask or long hours. It was a portrait taken by Li Ge, chairman o the Chinese Photographers ssociation and senior reporter or Peoples aily, who managed a team that captured 42,000 portraits o medical workers aiding Hubei Proince. They are not just 42,000 portraits they are 42,000 stories and 42,000 touching scenes, he declared. Xie Hailong, a amous documen- tary photographer, stressed that eery important moment should be engraed in our records and minds. Facing CVI-19, Chinese photog- March 2, 2020: A community worker sends vegetables for elderly raphers braely jumped in harms way residents in Yiyuanlu Street, Jiang’an District, Wuhan City, Hubei to shine light on the strength and Province. by Chen Liming warmth o Chinas brae heroes.

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February 9, 2020: Medical workers from Ruijin Hospital affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine in Shanghai wave goodbye to their families and colleagues as they leave for Wuhan to support the fight against COVID19. This is the fourth medical team from the hospital sent to aid Hubei Province. by Sun Zhongqin

February 14, 2020: A banner carrying words reading “China’s difficulty is ours” and “Stay strong, China” is hung outside the Republic of Korea (ROK) Embassy in Beijing. by Zhao Juan

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Kung fu can gradually build up a practitioner’s flexibility, internal and external strength, speed, and stamina, and it also teaches balance and coordination. by Liang Yu Kung Fu Life Text by Abdallah Affes Kung fu is more than a martial art, but a sophisticated philosophy that guides the mind, soul, emotion, and body to reach harmony, clarity, and tranquility.

come rom a culture a world away years o my lie in China. I use the kung u styles like Taichi are (Tunisia in northern rica), term coded because eerything low impact. thers are intense so isiting China was a dream in Chinese culture and liestyle is such as Baguazhang (ight- or me since I was a kid. I grew rooted in a story or old meaningul iagram Palm) and Xingyiuan Iup practicing kung u and reading practice. (Form-Intent Boxing). books about Chinese philosophy ten, when people hear the The palm and the ist compose and Conucius, and I hae been phrase kung u, they think the general greeting o kung u. The discoering a new interesting eature acrobatic eats or high kicks. ist is a symbol o strength while o this ancient and coded culture Howeer, that is only a subset o the open palm is a symbol o peace. eery single day o the past 14 eerything that kung u is. Many When combined, they summarize

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the objectie o this mysterious martial art. Kung u gradually builds up a practitioners lexibility, internal and external strength, speed, and stamina, and it teaches balance and coordination. Many styles inole weapons o arious lengths and types, using one or two hands. Some styles ocus on a certain type o weapon. Forms are meant to be practical, usable, and applicable as well as to promote luid motion, meditation, lexibility, balance, and coordination. World-amous kung u master Bruce Lee once said, mpty your mind, be ormless, shapeless like water. When you put water in a cup, it becomes the cup When you put water into a bottle, it becomes The author tries the kung fu tea pouring technique under the instruction of a waiter in a traditional teahouse hidden in an alley in Chengdu, southwestern the bottle When you put it in a China’s Sichuan Province. courtesy of Abdallah Affes teapot, it becomes the teapot. Water can low or it can crash. Be water, my riend. people dont realize it. Many analogies rom martial In other words, kung u is more The lion dance oten staged arts are oten applied to table than a type o martial art, but a during the Chinese ew Year is also tennis in Chinese communities. sophisticated philosophy that guides perormed or important occasions mong the most uoted related the mind, soul, emotion, and body to such as business openings, special phrases is 30 percent handwork, 70 reach harmony, clarity, and tranuil- celebrations and weddings, and to percent ootwork. ity. It enables the body to delier the honor special guests o Chinese Kung u is so integrated in highest uality perormance, not communities. The lion dance is a Chinese liestyles and sports such as only in physical actiity, but also in subject with which eery student o ping pong and badminton because other aspects o daily lie. southern kung u systems should the art shares common eatures with be amiliar. It is one o Chinese sports: lexibility, speed, and a high Kung Fu Influence on martial arts most alued train- leel o coordination between mind Chinese Life ing methods, as well as an excellent and body, which were the original I once sat or tea in a ery old source o historical inormation basics o kung u. The eatures o and traditional teahouse in an alley regarding kung u. kung u draw Chinese hearts closer in Chengdu, capital o Sichuan to such sports than other globally Proince, where I was sered by a Kung Fu Soul in Chinese popular sports. Kung u lies ery athletic waiter who poured tea Sports in eerything we do, says ackie with a ery lexible kung u moe Kung u also inluences many Chans character in The Karate Kid without spilling a drop. I was really o the most popular sports in remake. It lies in how we put on a impressed at how kung u penetrates China like ping pong (table tennis) jacket and how we take o a jacket. so much o Chinese liestyles and and badminton. It lies in how we treat people. entertainment. en when Chinese In ping pong, or example, hitting erything is kung u. people share ew Year wishes, they a ball with a paddle repetitiely with coer the ist with the hand to say ery accurate moes and a high leel Gong Xi Fa Cai (literally, wish o hand-eye coordination in lowing you prosperity in the coming year). moes characterized by speed and Kung us presence is obious in lexibility is reminiscent o Wing The author is an overseas develop Chinese eeryday lie een i most Chun, a kung u style. ment manager at Sinolingua.

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Meditations in an Emergency

May 21 – August 30 UCCA Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing

This exhibition displays works by more than 20 domestic and oreign artists oer the past 15 years that relect on the role o art during a time o crisis. The exhibition is diided into ie sections: The Fragile eryday, Vital Signs, Beyond nimality, thered Moements and ut o Focus. The works on display ocus on daily lie, illness and aging, connectiity, the thin line between human and animal, global low o people and commodities, and the inormation landscape to predict the impact o the current experience on the uture. The exhibition was named ater an anthology o poetry by Frank Hara (1926-1966), better known during his short lie as a curator at ew Yorks Museum o Modern rt. Whispering Pines by Shana Moulton (with Nick Hallett), 6channel video installation, 2018.

Unconventional: Emerging Media Artist Exhibition

May 16 – August 16 OCT Contemporary Art Terminal, Shanghai

This exhibition uses ree space connection to present arious social characters cosplayed by artists. By portraying arious social characters such as geological sureyors, social moement practitioners, ideo bloggers, and news editors, the artists highlight the common- alities o characters rom the same era as well as distinct personalities Poster for “Unconventional: Poster for the exhibition “The Fair Ladies of orged by dierent lie experiences Emerging Media Artist Jiangnan: Traditional Chinese Paintings of Beauty and creatie perspecties. Exhibition.” from the Collection of Suzhou Museum.”

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Revive in Art

May 1 – June 21 Times Art Museum, Beijing

This exhibition brings together 57 artists to construct an energetic art stage inspired by our spring themes. The Green Pines and Blue Cypress section uses pines as the carrier to present nine dierse and ascinating art projects. The xotic Scenes and are Plants section eatures seen street artists with uniue styles tasked to create a theater with the protagonist symbolizing the energy o springs recoery. Poster for the exhibition “Revive in Art.” The Grass Sprouts and riole Flies section presents cutting-edge art experiment projects with positiity and action. The Spring Breeze Brings Warm Weather section eatures images o the most moing moments and stories o medical Just Like in the Mirror 1 by Zhang Hui, oil workers in the ight against the CVI-19 epidemic. on canvas, 2018.

The Fair Ladies of Jiangnan: Traditional Chinese Paintings of Beauty from the Collection of Suzhou Museum

May 18 – August 16 Suzhou Museum, Suzhou

special theme o ancient Chinese igure paintings, the air lady painting eoled into an independent genre by the middle o the Tang ynasty (618-907) and peaked between the Ming (1368-1644) and ing (1644-1911) dynasties. The show exhibits dozens o high-uality air lady paintings rom the mid-ing ynasty to modern times collected by Suzhou Museum. The paintings on aried media including hanging scrolls, ans and album leaes iidly capture the beauty o women o the iangnan (meaning south o the Yangtze ier) area during the Ming and ing dynasties with a delicate and elegant painting style.

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