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NATION: THE CARBON PROMISE P.28 | BUSINESS: CHINA’S ROLE IN GLOBAL GROWTH P.38 VOL.63 NO.46 NOVEMBER 12, 2020 WWW.BJREVIEW.COM CELEBRATING VICTORY Zuoquan County’s rise to prosperity through local culture and resources RMB6.00 USD1.70 AUD3.00 GBP1.20 CAD2.60 CHF2.60 JPY188 邮发代号2-922·国内统一刊号:CN11-1576/G2 http://www.bjreview.com NOVEMBER 12, 2020 BEIJING REVIEW 100 101 BEIJING REVIEW NOVEMBER 12, 2020 http://www.bjreview.com VOL.63 NO.46 NOVEMBER 12, 2020 CONTENTS EDITOR’S DESK BUSINESS 02 Partners in Poverty Reduction 36 The Fourth Growth Pole New strategy to address THIS WEEK imbalances in west China 40 Market Watch COVER STORY 16 On the Same Page CULTURE A media house’s hands-on work to 44 The Art of Reality support villagers Chinese documentaries 18 A Welcome Note win acclaim Tourism becomes a driver of 12 COVER STORY rural vitalization FORUM 20 Moving for Improving Cracking a Tough Nut 46 How Can China Cope With an Relocation for a better life Increasingly Aging Population? 21 Valley of Gold A county’s way out of poverty Afforestation means a new lifeline ESSAY 48 Stop Playing With Fire GOVERNANCE NATION U.S. arms sales to Taiwan 24 The Making of a New Blueprint a blatant provocation Key goals of 14th Five-Year Plan P.28 | Pillars of a Promise How China can meet its carbon WORLD 26 The Thought That Counts neutrality pledge Sheep diplomacy between China, Mongolia BUSINESS NATION P.38 | Restorative for Global Growth 30 A Bigger Playground Chinese economy’s role Efforts to develop sports and fitness in global recovery Cover Photo: Traditional handicraft figurines BUSINESS depict a folk song performance in Zuoquan County, Shanxi Province (CHEN JIAN) P.34 | An Accessible Market Expo brings cheer with new ©2020 Beijing Review, all rights reserved. opening-up measures www.bjreview.com Follow us on MEDIA PARTNER BREAKING NEWS » SCAN ME » Using a QR code reader http://www.bjreview.com NOVEMBER 12, 2020 BEIJING REVIEW 1 EDITOR’S DESK A News Weekly Magazine Published Since 1958 President: Li Yafang Associate Editors in Chief: Li Jianguo, Ding Zhitao Associate President: Yan Ying Executive Editor: Yan Wei Associate Executive Editors: Zan Jifang, Liu Yunyun, Ding Ying Partners in Poverty Reduction Production Director: Yao Bin Editorial Administrators: Zeng Wenhui, Hou Beibei Assistant Executive Editor: Li Fangfang Commentator: Lan Xinzhen China’s model of poverty reduction includes mainly focuses on reducing poverty via Opinion/Culture Editor: Ding Ying a partnership assistance program in which a industrial development, relocating the Nation Editor: Wang Hairong poverty-stricken area is paired with more de- poor from inhospitable locations and train- Web Editor: Li Nan veloped places, government agencies, public ing the local officials and labor force. After Editorial Consultants: Sudeshna Sarkar, Madhusudan Chaubey Staff Reporters: Tang Yuankai, Wang Jun, Pan Xiaoqiao, Yuan Yuan, institutions and state-owned enterprises to 18 years of work, heartening progress has Wang Hairong, Ji Jing, Lu Yan, Wen Qing, Li Qing, Li Xiaoyang, assist it with their skills and resources. been achieved with Zuoquan officially Ma Miaomiao, Zhang Shasha, Tao Xing, Tao Zihui All the 592 key impoverished counties taken off the list of impoverished counties Visual Director: Pamela Tobey Photo Editor: Wang Xiang have designated partners. Altogether 310 in 2019. Photographer: Wei Yao agencies affiliated to the Communist Party The model reflects China’s political Art: Li Shigong of China Central Committee and the State and institutional advantages. Those ap- Design Director: Wang Yajuan Council have participated in such partnership pointed in temporary positions in poverty- Chief Designer: Cui Xiaodong Designer: Zhao Boyu assistance. stricken counties are skilled and promising Proofreading: Ma Xin The China International Publishing people who bring to poor areas new ideas, Distribution Director: Hu Keqiang Group (CIPG) is one of the public institu- mindsets and skills. They also learn from Human Resources: Zhang Yajie tions incorporated in this model. Since the experience. They learn about the condi- Legal Counsel: Yue Cheng 2002, the veteran media house has part- tions in rural China, which provides food North America Bureau nered with Zuoquan, a county in Shanxi for the nation, and become more aware of Chief: Yu Shujun Province, north China, helping it shake off how they can contribute to nation-building. Tel/Fax: 1-201-792-0334 poverty through educational programs, Some of the temporary appointees decided E-mail: [email protected] special livelihood projects and funding in- not to go back to their cities after their Africa Bureau frastructure. tenure was over but to stay on to add their Chief Correspondent: Ni Yanshuo Tel: 27-71-6132053 CIPG sent 27 of its employees to strength to the last-mile battle. E-mail: [email protected] Zuoquan in 11 batches. There, they have The partnership assistance model has General Editorial Office served in various positions according to their taken more officials to the grassroots. Tel: 86-10-68996252 expertise. 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This year, about 7 million workers are going from door to door to document demographic changes in the world’s most populous country. The census has been held every 10 years in China since 1990. The last one found the population had increased to 1.37 billion. http://www.bjreview.com NOVEMBER 12, 2020 BEIJING REVIEW 3 THIS WEEK SOCIETY XINHUA authorities announced on November 1. The Ministry of Water Resources and the National Development and Reform Commission officially announced full completion of the construction, saying it has met all design requirements, has a good overall performance, and fulfills the key roles of flood control, electricity generation, shipping and water- resource utilization. The Three Gorges project, which began construction in 1994, is a multi-functional water-control sys- tem, consisting of a high dam and 34 turbo-generators with a combined power generating capacity of 22.5 million kilowatts. The project has played a key role in flood control along the Yangtze River Basin. Since it first began opera- tion until August this year, the dam held back 180 billion cubic meters of water during flood seasons. It has also reduced flood peaks by about 40 percent, greatly easing Fruit Time flood-control pressure in the middle A villager dries persimmon in Cixian, a county in Hebei Province in north China, on November 3. Dried persimmon, a and lower reaches of the Yangtze. popular treat known as shibing in Chinese, has become a distinctive local industry. This has been particularly important along the Jingjiang River, a section of the Yangtze that saw severe flooding in the past. Thanks to the strong govern- conference will have one main Religious Freedom ment support, the condition of forum, five sub-forums, and other The Islamic Association of Xinjiang mosques has improved. They now activities both online and offline. Great Wall Plan Uygur Autonomous Region in north- have running water, electricity, The World Internet Develop- Gansu Province in northwest China west China on November 3 released a heating and communications facili- ment Report 2020 and the China will initiate a conservation plan for report on freedom of religious belief ties. Roads to mosques have been Internet Development Report the Great Wall, according to the in the region.