Joe Alvin: From "A Blank Paper" to Billy Lynn in Ang Lee’s Lens.

Interview with the leading actor joe alwyn.


Special feature of 1905 film network  From the moment the filming of Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk was announced, the personal influence of director Ang Lee and the novelty brought by the 120-frame technology completely enveloped the work. In contrast, who will play the protagonist "Billy Lynn" has become less noticeable.

 

Like four years ago, Ang Lee chose a leading actor who was a newcomer to the film circle like a blank sheet of paper. Of course, it is not accurate to say that joe alwyn is completely blank. The British boy, born in 1991, graduated from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, majoring in acting. However, before meeting the role of Billy Lynn, his performance experience was limited to the London stage.

 

Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk was finally finished, and Ang Lee praised joe alwyn for his top talent and being his "baby", and his temperament and performance also influenced the direction of the whole film to some extent. This makes us curious about the unfamiliar joe alwyn, wondering how the new face recorded in 120 frames for the first time in the world changed from "a blank sheet of paper" to "Billy Lynn" under the delicate lens of Ang Lee.

 

Ang Lee likes the uncertainty of new people. Billy and I have differences and resonance.

 

For the promotion of Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk in Asia, joe alwyn followed Ang Lee to Taibei, Peking, Shanghai and Hongkong. The moment you saw him in person, you felt more intuitively how different this boy was from Billy Lynn.

 

"Billy is a 19-year-old American boy who grew up in Texas, and later went to Iraq to join the army. I am older than him. I was about 23 or 24 when I was filming. Obviously, I am a very thin Englishman. I have never been a soldier, and I have long blond hair and a British accent. I have too many things to change to become Billy Lynn." Joe alwyn himself is well aware of these differences.

 

However, under the seemingly opposite appearance, he is also quite sure that he has enough similarities and emotional resonance with the role. In joe alwyn’s eyes, the core of the story of Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk is a boy’s confusion and thinking about himself and his surroundings, which is a universal concept that ordinary people can fully understand.

 

Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk is joe alwyn’s first big-screen work and the world’s first film with 120 frames as the medium. However, he doesn’t think that Ang Lee made such a choice intentionally: "No matter whether a new film technology is used or not, director Ang Lee likes to choose young actors to cooperate. In his original words, he likes the differences and possibilities that young actors can bring. "

 

I give myself pressure and responsibility because I don’t want to disappoint the director.

 

The audition image that joe alwyn sent to the crew was a mobile phone video shot in his own room, and his appearance completely broke the director’s original imagination of Billy Lynn. In the face of the media, Ang Lee once revealed that he had let joe alwyn try the play many times and worried and thought for a long time before he finally made this choice: "I relied on him to carry the play or follow him, and his temperament would affect the temperament of the film."

 

So the pressure on joe alwyn can be imagined. As a newcomer who came to the set for the first time and faced the camera, many things became difficult tests. In the interview, he admitted that he was in a state of high tension when shooting every scene every day. "Some action scenes that confront the enemy at close range consume a lot of energy and body, and some still and more emotional long shots also make people feel very tired."

 

"It’s tiring, but it’s also the most enjoyable." Joe alwyn said.

 

On the day he learned that the role was confirmed, he knew that he had an extra responsibility to shoulder: "I put pressure on myself or add a sense of responsibility, because I don’t want to disappoint Director Ang Lee. He is excellent, I know what an excellent person he is, and the role I play has a great weight and plays a great role in his films, so I hope I can meet his standards. "

 

Looking forward to working with the great director again, I am more eager to do what I love.

 

Before collaborating in Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, joe alwyn also knew a lot about Ang Lee’s works, among which Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger were his favorites. He thinks that one of the important reasons for Ang Lee’s outstanding performance is "dare to act for many directors", which makes every work break through and be different from the past. Joe alwyn knows how lucky he is to be able to cooperate with such an excellent director at the initial stage of his career.

 

On November 11th, "Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk" will be opened in the mainland, and then audiences in other regions will enjoy this work one after another and see joe alwyn’s performance in the film. He told us frankly that as a completely inexperienced newcomer, he didn’t even know what it was like to be discussed or questioned by critics.

 

"But I think you need to have a strong heart to do this kind of work, and accept the fact that someone likes it and someone hates it, just like many other things at this time. You just need to focus on yourself, focus on what you want to do, and then put aside all the distractions around it. "

 

Just like the grand halftime show that Billy Lynn experienced, after the prosperity, joe alwyn also needs to bid farewell to the "120-frame world" and return to reality. "People who don’t know me very well may think that this event (acting in a movie) will bring earth-shaking changes to my life, but I don’t think so." He once responded in an interview. In addition to continuing to cooperate with excellent filmmakers, joe alwyn also yearns to pursue any other career that can make him feel passionate: "Whether it is a movie, a TV series or a drama. I believe that I will still choose a very different and breakthrough work, just like this Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk. "

 

Next page: Interview with joe alwyn

The United States and South Korea said that North Korea expanded its hacker forces and repeatedly invaded the military-related networks of the two countries.

Topic: North Korea’s withdrawal from the Six-Party Talks


It is said that Kim Jong Il (middle), the top leader of North Korea, is very interested in computers and networks.


  Special correspondent of this newspaper/Zhang Zhuo


  Claiming that the DPRK expanded its hacker forces and repeatedly invaded the US-South Korea military network.


  According to a report by Yonhap News Agency and the Associated Press on the 5th, North Korea has expanded its professional hacker unit to launch cyber attacks, which is responsible for collecting information about the United States and South Korea. The United States and South Korea decided to join forces to crack down on cyber attacks against their armies.


  US and South Korea hype North Korean hacker threat


  According to Yonhap News Agency, the professional cyber warfare unit of North Korea is called "Technical Reconnaissance Team", which belongs to the Reconnaissance Bureau of the General Staff of the Korean People’s Army. At present, it has more than 100 members, mainly graduates from Pyongyang Command Automation University. South Korea’s intelligence department said on the 4th that the task of this unit is to invade the computer network of military institutions, steal top secret information, spread computer viruses if necessary, and paralyze the computer network. In the past, North Korea’s hacker forces mainly collected information about the reinforcement plan implemented by the United States in times of crisis, and at the same time collected information to disrupt the US military network and C4I (Command and Communication) system. However, with the enhancement of hacker forces’ capabilities, their goal has turned to launching cyber wars. South Korean intelligence agencies also revealed that in recent years, the Pentagon has conducted long-term tracking and tracing of hackers who invaded the US military network, and found that North Korean hackers invaded the most.


  In an interview with the Associated Press, a spokesman for the South Korean Ministry of National Defense stressed that the North Korean hacker forces have upgraded their equipment level and their cyber warfare capabilities have been significantly enhanced. In recent years, the websites of the Korean government and important military enterprises have been repeatedly harassed by hackers, and the Korean intelligence department suspects that it is a North Korean hacker. South Korea’s Chosun Ilbo reported that in September last year, a report submitted by the Korea Institute of Information and Communication showed that large military enterprises such as Lignex1 and Hyundai Heavy Industry found malicious code hidden after hacking in the company’s main computers. Lignex1 is developing and producing Xuanwu surface-to-surface missile, Starfish ship-to-ship missile and Shengong portable air defense missile. Hyundai Heavy Industry Group built the first Aegis destroyer "King Sejong" and various destroyers and submarines for the South Korean Navy. The research and development of these weapons projects are highly confidential. The Korea Information and Communication Research Institute suspects that North Korean hackers invaded the computer networks of these large military enterprises. Unfortunately, I don’t know what information the hackers stole.


  Korean hackers are very aggressive?


  In fact, the hype about North Korea’s hacking ability began as early as the 1990s. In 1997, the Pentagon organized a cyber attack and defense exercise, in which the US National Security Agency acted as a North Korean hacker to attack the US military network. As a result, the North Korean hacker could disrupt the command and control system of the US Pacific headquarters.


  It is said that the development of cyber attack capability by the Korean People’s Army originated from the initiative of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. Kim Jong Il himself is very interested in computers and networks. In 2000, when he held talks with visiting US Secretary of State Albright, Albright was very surprised when he asked her about the email address.


  There are also many theories about how many hackers there are in North Korea. In addition to the more than 100 people claimed by Yonhap News Agency recently, the US Defense News claimed that North Korea established a hacking force code-named 121 in 1998, with a number of 10,000 people, who could use a series of cyber warfare weapons.


  In fact, because North Korea is extremely closed to the outside world, the analysis of North Korea’s cyber warfare capability is mostly speculation and imagination. Even American and South Korean experts who specialize in North Korea’s cyber warfare have great differences on the ability of North Korean hackers.


  One school of thought holds that North Korea’s computer infrastructure is weak and its technical level is backward, and it simply does not have the ability to launch attacks on computer networks used by the United States and South Korea. Alexander Mansurov, an expert at the Asia-Pacific Security Research Center of the Pentagon, claimed that "the Korean People’s Army is a force with strong external strength and hollow internal strength. We always like to exaggerate the threat of cyber warfare in North Korea, especially in South Korea."


  Peter Hynes, an IT technology expert, believes that computer networks are not popular in Korean society, and few people have access to computers, let alone the Internet. North Korea’s computer network infrastructure and talent construction are far behind, and it is difficult to provide the basis for the survival of hackers. In addition, due to perennial trade sanctions and blockades, it is difficult for advanced computer network technology to flow into North Korea. In today’s era of rapid development of network technology, closed doors can only make North Korea fall behind in technology. Therefore, Hynes believes that even if there are hackers in North Korea, its technical level is greatly reduced and it is difficult to pose a threat. Some experts pointed out that the US-South Korea military network is physically isolated from the Internet, and North Korean hackers can’t log in to these military networks no matter how capable they are. For North Korea, computer networks are scarce resources, which are usually built, placed and deployed centrally. Once a war breaks out on the Korean Peninsula, these facilities are usually the first targets, and North Korean hackers can’t use computer networks to launch virtual attacks anyway.


  However, the other school holds the opposite view that North Korea’s hacking ability is good enough to pose a fatal threat to the computer networks of the United States and South Korea. Bian Zaiting, an expert from Korea National Defense Science Research Institute, once claimed that after conducting a simulation test of North Korea’s information warfare capability, it was found that North Korea’s hacking capability reached the level of the CIA. North Korea’s hacking ability has reached a level that can cause losses to the command center of the US Pacific headquarters and the power grid in the United States.


  John Aguilar, a researcher at the RAND Corporation in the United States, stressed that although the computer network infrastructure in North Korea is not strong, North Korean hackers do not launch attacks from within the country, but launch cyber warfare through network servers in the United States and other countries, and collect intelligence throughout South Korea with about 39 network bases distributed around the world. He pointed out that in the event of a crisis on the Korean peninsula, North Korean hackers can tamper with many working procedures of the US military, such as the air strike mission sequencing system and the logistics equipment dispatching system, which will have a fatal impact on the US military’s combat operations.


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  United States and South Korea join hands to prevent hackers


  Although how North Korea’s cyber warfare capability is still a mystery, hacking has become an excuse for the United States and South Korea to jointly strengthen cyber warfare attack and defense. On April 30, the defense ministries of South Korea and the United States signed an agreement, and the two countries will strengthen intelligence sharing and jointly crack down on cyber attacks against the armed forces of the two countries.


  A spokesman for the South Korean Defense Ministry also revealed that South Korea will also expand its participation in multinational cyber defense exercises organized by the United States. The Pentagon holds an international cyber defense exercise every year, and 15 countries send personnel to participate. The South Korean military participated in this exercise for the first time in 2008 and is preparing to participate in the upcoming exercises in June and October this year. (Zhang Zhuo)


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Two small yellow croakers were charged 4628 yuan, and the restaurant involved was fined 5000 yuan.

  Recently, a consumer in Shenzhen encountered "high-priced small yellow croaker" while dining in a local restaurant, and two small yellow croaker were charged 4628 yuan. On the evening of March 2, the Shenzhen Municipal Market and Quality Supervision and Management Committee issued the latest notice on this matter, saying that the behavior of the restaurant involved constituted a price violation without clearly marking the price, and it was planned to impose an administrative penalty of 5,000 yuan.

  Consumer Mr. Li told the local media in Shenzhen that on the evening of February 16th, he invited some friends to eat at the "1949 Huajiajia" restaurant in the Happy Coast Shopping Center in Nanshan District. When ordering, the waiter said that there was no menu, and the restaurant provided side dishes. During this period, he ordered the "East China Sea Wild Yellow Croaker" recommended by the waiter. At the time of payment, Mr. Li discovered that these two small yellow croaker were almost "sky-high". According to the consumption list provided by the restaurant, Mr. Li spent a total of 8254 yuan that night, including two wild small yellow croaker in the East China Sea weighing 1.03 kg and 1 kg, and the price of the two fish was 4628 yuan. After the incident was exposed, it immediately triggered a heated discussion.

  On the evening of March 2, Shenzhen Municipal Market and Quality Supervision and Management Committee issued the latest bulletin on this matter. According to the circular, on February 28th, according to relevant clues, law enforcement officers of Shenzhen Price Supervision and Inspection Bureau (hereinafter referred to as "Market Price Supervision Bureau") conducted an on-site inspection of the "1949 Huajiajia" restaurant under Shenzhen Big Dish Small Bowl Catering Culture Communication (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. for the first time. On March 1, the market price supervision bureau officially filed an investigation on it.

  After investigation, it was found that the restaurant could not provide recipes or other ways of clearly marking prices, which violated the relevant provisions of the Price Law of People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the Provisions on the Implementation of Clearly Marking Prices for Goods and Services, and constituted a price violation of not implementing clearly marking prices. According to Article 42 of the Price Law of People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Item (1) of Article 13 of the Provisions on Administrative Penalties for Price Violations, the Market Price Supervision Bureau has issued the Notice of Administrative Punishment in advance to the parties on March 2, 2017, and intends to impose an administrative penalty of 5,000 yuan on the parties.

  Text/reporter Zhang Ya

The role image of "Spider-Man" is hotly debated, and "Dutch brother" is praised by fans.


1905 movie network news Marvel superhero giant system has been concerned by many fans since the day of publicity. Besides the film itself, Spider-Man’s image is also loved by countless fans. It has been nearly 50 years since he made his debut as a comic book in 1962 and made it into a movie and landed on the big screen. Spider-Man has accompanied generations of fans to grow up.

With the approaching of the film’s release in North America, the discussion of this image by many fans has become more and more enthusiastic, and everyone has shared their reasons for liking Spider-Man. The Dutch brother, who plays Spider-Man in Spider-Man: A Hero Without Return and is also a fan of Spider-Man, was also praised by netizens for his recent interview.


Emotional powder discussed the image of Spider-Man enthusiastically, calling it "the superhero who is most like ordinary people."


Recently, fans shared their reasons for loving Spider-Man.Spider-Man’s people-friendly people who have no sense of distance have captured a large number of fans. Some netizens said: "He is a neighbor enough, we grew up together, and he experienced the same happiness, entanglement, love and even pain as you"; Spider-Man’s various good qualities attract netizens: "Spider-Man may not be the strongest hero, but he must be the most kind and fearless"; There are also fans who like his cool super power: "He can go to heaven and go to the ground, flying over the eaves and walking over the walls;" With flexible spider web launcher and spider-sensing super power, every move looks cool! Which child doesn’t want to turn into Spider-Man? "



Some netizens said with deep affection: "Spider-Man is a belief! He is not affected by rumors, has a strong heart, and still chooses to be a hero. " All kinds of discussions are enough to show everyone’s love for Spider-Man.


The Dutch brother talked about his acting experience, which was very moving. Both inside and outside the play were "Spider-Man".


As the third-generation Spider-Man, the Dutch brother, who liked Spider-Man since he was a child, also has great affection for this role. He once said in an interview: "If I continue to play Spider-Man, I will shoot ten more films.". At the previous fan sharing meeting, I once choked up when talking about the experience of playing Spider-Man, saying that "playing Spider-Man is a great experience, and I am glad to see everyone so enthusiastic, which means the world to me".


Dutch brother’s "Spider-Man spirit" has also extended from in-play to out-of-play. In an interview recently, he said: I feel that I won’t always be an actor, and I want to buy several apartments in the future and rent them out at below-market prices. The netizen praised: "Spider-Man, your good neighbor and superhero, is in the play, and Spider-Man, who really protects justice and helps others, is outside the play.".

 

"Spider-Man: No Return of Heroes" was directed by Jon Watts again, and the original crew, such as,, and, all returned and joined heavily. As the preface to the fourth stage of Marvel Comics’s big screen, "Spider-Man: No Return of Heroes" is called "a must-see movie of the year" by netizens for its grand and exciting battle scenes and infinite possibilities of the multiverse. This film will be officially released in North America on December 17th. I look forward to its early introduction into China!


Eating, sleeping, breathing, all-round attention, healthy ecology, and intensive care.

Young people are troubled by practical problems such as lack of sleep, irregular diet and lack of exercise, and begin to pay more attention to health problems. The healthy ecology of six health scenes, such as table health, health care, home health, health care, emotional healing and deep sleep, has entered a new stage of development.

Six scenarios of healthy ecology evolving into a new order are the most typical.

The "14th Five-Year Plan" clearly points out that we will continue to promote the transformation from disease treatment to health management, and put "prevention" in a more prominent position. This coincides with the current health concept of Chinese people. The public is not only concerned about treatment and drugs, but also expects prevention and maintenance to become a sustainable daily life.

In recent years, medical enterprises, financial and insurance companies, and Internet companies have continued to lay out the big health market by virtue of their own track advantages. Some have integrated the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain to build a full-cycle big health management platform, and some have created a comprehensive service system for refined health management through technologies such as artificial intelligence and cloud services. The demand side and the supply side jointly promoted the whole healthy ecology to evolve into a new order.

According to the Report on Nutrition and Chronic Diseases of China Residents, there are nearly 300 million patients with chronic diseases in China, and the number is increasing year by year, showing a trend of youthfulness.

On the one hand, young people suffer from practical problems such as staying up late (56%), irregular diet (35%) and lack of exercise (35%), on the other hand, they also give play to their subjective initiative to "save themselves". For example, insomnia, search on the e-commerce platform found that the monthly sales of melatonin products in the head are more than 10,000; On the bilibili, more than 20 million sleep-aid videos such as rain, white noise and 432 Hz panoramic sound were played.

Sleep is only one aspect. Diet health, sleep health, exercise health and even respiratory health and scalp health are infiltrating into all aspects of Chinese life, and are developing in the direction of refinement and daily life. The whole healthy ecology has also entered the "intensive cultivation era".

According to the Insight Report on Healthy Living Trends in China in 2023 released by CBNData, the intensive care mode of six health scenes, namely, table health, health care, home health, health care, emotional healing and deep sleep, is the most typical.

Food is healthy, grab snacks, and care for the scalp.

Providing healthy vegetables with rich nutrition with fewer calories-With people’s increasing concern about food health, "super food" has entered the public’s field of vision. In the past year, the number of discussion posts related to "super food" on the platform of Little Red Book has doubled. Kale, brown rice, chia seeds, raw cocoa powder … a series of once slightly unpopular foods now have many fans who pursue a healthy and slim figure.

We should not only satisfy our cravings, but also make our bodies lightly burdened-besides three meals, people’s health of food is also refined to snacks. According to the report, more than 60% of consumers are concerned about whether the products meet the health needs such as no addition and little addition. With the increasing demand of users for health, leisure snack brands also smell the breakthrough point of differentiation. Taking the dried mango introduced by a domestic brand as an example, Xiaotainong No.1 mango was selected, and the ingredients were simplified in the production process, and the original flavor of mango was restored by zero flavor pigment, which stood out among many pickled dried mangoes with heavy taste.

At the same time, healthy snacks also expand a variety of consumption scenarios. For example, in the New Year gift-giving scene, the nut gift box becomes the preferred category.

In the field of washing and care, people have never returned on the road of refinement, and started the intensive care from scalp, teeth to skin. For example, in the field of body care, people’s demands have been upgraded from basic cleaning to functions such as mite removal, bacteriostasis and acne removal.

The upgrading of people’s demand for nursing experience makes the brand innovate products based on its own characteristics to provide a better experience. For example, a national care brand used to focus on medicated soap, but now it has also introduced liquid soap, which changes the traditional rubbing method, makes care more convenient by pressing and foaming, and is more friendly to the skin barrier by the combination of colloidal sulfur and amino acids.

Home health runs through drinking water and breathing. Intelligent technology cuts into sleep scenes.

In terms of home health, China families pay more and more attention to drinking water health and respiratory health, and home water purifiers and air purifiers have become popular products.

According to the Report, 53% of the respondents are concerned about drinking water health, which is reflected in the consumption data. From January to September 2023, the scale growth rate of the TOP brand of home water purifier on e-commerce platform is considerable.

In the new field of respiratory health, people are most concerned about the "circulation problem", which has also led to the rise of household air purifiers and oxygen generators.

At the same time, technological innovation is helping to solve the sleep problem, and intelligent technology products are popular.

Insomnia is a scourge for contemporary people. According to the survey, nearly 300 million people in China have sleep problems. Retaliatory staying up late and mental stress make it difficult to sleep peacefully.

At present, intelligent technology has cut into the "sleep" scene, and many "sleepy households" have begun to seek a safe night’s sleep with the help of smart wearable devices such as smart sleep devices and sleep ventilators. The report shows that the "sleepy households" in the post-00, post-95 and post-90 age groups have a strong preference for related technology products.

Young people’s ancient health care "blood awakening" light outdoor light healing to find dopamine

Health care products are no longer exclusive to silver-haired people, and many young people have entered the ranks of "fourth meal" consumption in advance. People of different ages have different needs for health care products, but daily nutrition balance, relieving visual fatigue and bone and joint health have become consensus issues of many ages.

Intergenerational differences are also reflected in the way of health care, and the blood of young people’s ancient health care has been "awakened". In bilibili, the video of Ba Duan Jin’s tutorial has been played more than 10 million times, the topic of "holding trees" in Little Red Book has been viewed more than 10 million times, and there are more than 50,000 notes on "basking in the back". The new generation has begun to give their bodies to nature and experience the true energy of heaven and earth.

Another representative of embracing nature is the outdoor lifestyle. From camping to upstream, from hiking to citywalk, lightweight outdoor sports with "low threshold and strong socialization" have become a popular way to decompress. According to the Report, emotional relaxation and healing (55%), releasing the pressure of life and work (53%) and being close to nature (52%) are the main factors for people to participate in outdoor sports every day.

In addition to natural outdoor, directional sensory therapy provides people with a new way of emotional experience. According to the odor market survey of MoodMedia, 75% of the emotions generated by human beings every day are caused by odor, and the emotional value of olfactory economy is constantly being amplified. Different kinds of products, such as scented candles, aromatherapy essential oils and scented body lotions, continue to emerge, providing various functions such as relaxation and healing, helping sleep and calming the nerves.

The sound healing represented by ode bowl and ASMR (also known as "ear sound") is also quietly "breaking the circle" by the minority. According to the report, during the period from September last year to August this year, the number of posts related to "ode to healing and meditation" in Xiaohongshu reached 120,000, an increase of 124% year-on-year, and the amount of interaction increased by 87% year-on-year.

Text/reporter Chen Si

Source: Beijing Youth Daily

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The Indian statement did not mention the one-China principle. My Ambassador to India: I hope that India can publicly reaffirm its adherence to the one-China principle like many countries.

[Text/Observer Network Qi Qian] After Pelosi’s flight to Taiwan caused tension in the Taiwan Strait, as a member of the "Quad(Quadrilateral Security Dialogue)" of the United States, Japan, Australia and India, Indian officials have remained silent. While the outside world was speculating about India’s attitude, the Indian Foreign Ministry suddenly voiced on August 12th that "India’s relevant policies are consistent and need not be repeated", but it did not directly mention "adhering to the one-China principle".
This statement has attracted the attention of Indian and American media. Bloomberg mentioned that the Indian government adheres to the one-China principle, but in recent years, due to border conflicts and other reasons, India has not reiterated this position in bilateral documents and public statements.
On August 13th, local time, Sun Weidong, Chinese Ambassador to India, held a media forum on Pelosi’s flight to Taiwan. Sun Weidong said that the one-China principle is the political basis of China-India relations and the fundamental prerequisite for China to develop relations with other countries, including India. "We hope that India can publicly reaffirm its adherence to the one-China principle like many countries."
Photo from the Embassy in India
According to the news from the Embassy in India, on August 13th, Ambassador Sun Weidong held a media forum on US House Speaker Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, China. A number of mainstream Indian media, as well as Xinhua News Agency, China Central Radio and Television Station and other media stationed in India and China participated.
Sun Weidong said, as we all know, the cause of the current tension in the Taiwan Strait is that the US insists on arranging Speaker Pelosi to visit Taiwan, China despite China’s resolute opposition and repeated representations. It is only natural that China should respond resolutely and defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity, which is reasonable, legal and justified. The cause and effect of the incident are clear at a glance, and the responsibility lies entirely with the US.
Sun Weidong emphasized to the Indian media that Pelosi’s channeling to Taiwan was an out-and-out political farce, and the initiator was the United States. Taiwan Province has belonged to China since ancient times and has never been a country. Both sides of the strait belong to the same China. This is the status quo of Taiwan Province since ancient times. Faced with the perverse actions of the US and the Democratic Progressive Party authorities in Taiwan Province, China has no choice but to fight back.
He further pointed out that China hopes that India will adhere to an independent foreign policy, understand and support China’s just stand and its efforts to safeguard national sovereignty, security and development interests, and abide by the one-China principle. I also hope that our friends in the Indian media will be alert to the instigation of the "Taiwan independence" separatist forces, adhere to the principles of objectivity, rationality, independence and justice in their reports on Taiwan, abide by the one-China political commitment made by the Indian government, and will not be led by the anti-China forces and the "Taiwan independence" separatist forces.
Sun Weidong also claimed that,The One-China principle is the political basis of Sino-Indian relations and the fundamental premise for China to develop relations with other countries including India. "We hope that India can publicly reaffirm its adherence to the one-China principle like many countries."
According to The Hindu, Sun Weidong’s remarks were in response to questions from Indian media. At the symposium, a reporter asked, what do you think of the Indian Foreign Ministry spokesman’s statement on the situation in the Taiwan Strait the day before, but he did not reiterate the one-China principle?
Screenshot of Indian media report
On August 12th, a spokesman for the Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs suddenly made a statement on the Taiwan Province issue, saying that "India’s relevant policies are well known and consistent, and there is no need to repeat them". He added that India urged all parties to exercise restraint and oppose any unilateral change in the status quo in the Taiwan Strait.
It is worth noting that after Pelosi’s flight to Taiwan caused tension in the Taiwan Strait, Indian officials have remained silent, neither reaffirming the one-China principle like most countries in the world, nor making irresponsible remarks on Chinese military exercises on the side of the United States. Bloomberg previously quoted an analysis as saying that "no response is also a response", which shows that the degree to which India is prepared to turn to the "American track" when seeking to manage its relations with China is limited.
The Indian side suddenly voiced but did not directly mention "one China", which attracted the attention of Indian and American media. Among them, Bloomberg mentioned that although the Indian government pursues the one-China principle, due to border conflicts and other reasons, in recent years, the Indian side has not reiterated this position in bilateral documents and public statements.
Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Allan Bagchi, video screenshot.
In addition, Ambassador Sun Weidong also had frank and in-depth exchanges with reporters on China-India relations, the border situation and bilateral economic and trade cooperation.
Sun Weidong told Indian media that Indian students would return to China "soon".
In July this year, Wang Wenbin, spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, responded that the work of returning Indian students to China has made positive progress recently, and the competent authorities of both sides will continue to maintain close communication and strive for the first batch of Indian students to return to classes as soon as possible.
When talking about Sino-Indian relations, Sun Weidong pointed out that China attaches great importance to bilateral relations and is "trying to get Sino-Indian relations back on track". He stressed: "We hope that this kind of effort can get a response from India. We believe that when we achieve this goal, it will certainly benefit not only our two sides, but also the region and the world. "
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A new round of deposit interest rate cuts opens today! The biggest drop is 25 basis points, and the interest of 200,000 yuan saved for three years is 1,500 yuan less.

On May 20th, the market had expected a new round of deposit interest rate cuts to open. Six big state-owned banks and China Merchants Bank all announced the latest listing interest rates of RMB deposits in official website, which will be implemented from today. Every time the reporter noticed that this adjustment, the medium and long-term deposit interest rate dropped even more. Specifically, demand deposits are lowered by 5BP, and the interest rates for lump-sum deposit and withdrawal for three months, six months, one year and two years are all lowered by 15BP, and the interest rates for three years and five years are all lowered by 25BP.

"In fact, customers have expectations. I thought that the deposit interest rate would drop before, but I just don’t know when it will be implemented." The person in charge of a big bank outlet told reporters. Based on the current latest interest rate, if 200,000 yuan is deposited, the total interest for three years will be reduced by 1,500 yuan compared with before.

This is the seventh round of deposit listing interest rate reduction led by big banks since the establishment of the market-oriented adjustment mechanism of deposit interest rate in April 2022, and it is also the first time this year. Judging from the pace of downward adjustment of deposit interest rates in previous rounds, all of them are led by big banks, followed by stock banks, city commercial banks and rural commercial banks.

The reporter noticed that after the deposit interest rate of big banks was lowered today, some wealth management managers of stock banks actively opened their business, and informed customers through WeChat friends circle, etc., that some deposits above 2% still have quotas, and they can pay close attention to them if necessary. A wealth management manager said: "Today, our bank temporarily does not adjust, and it is estimated that it will be adjusted tomorrow, and it will be saved and cherished."

In addition, some wealth management managers recommend wealth management products to customers by lowering the deposit interest rate today. The reporter noted that the deposit interest rate has been declining in recent years, and the one-year deposit interest rate has fallen below 1% after this adjustment. In this context, will the phenomenon of "deposit moving" be further highlighted?

Some interviewees believe that lowering the deposit interest rate will objectively reduce the attractiveness of deposit products and bring incremental funds to the wealth management market. However, considering the low-risk preference of most depositors, it is not expected that there will be a large-scale "deposit move". In addition, because cash and bank deposits account for more than 20% of the wealth management asset allocation structure, the reduction of deposit interest rate will also bring income pressure to some wealth management products.

On May 20th, the six major banks collectively announced the adjustment of the deposit listing interest rate, and the current demand was lowered from 0.1% to 0.05%, a decrease of 5 BP. In the lump-sum deposit and lump-sum withdrawal time deposit, the three-month, six-month, one-year and two-year term declines are all 15BP, and the three-year and five-year declines are all 25BP. China Merchants Bank, a joint-stock bank, also lowered the deposit listing interest rate at the same time today, and the adjustment range of each term was consistent with that of the big bank.

Specifically, after this adjustment, the five major banks, namely Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, China Construction Bank, Agricultural Bank, Bank of China, Bank of Communications and China Merchants Bank, have lump-sum deposit and withdrawal rates of 0.65%, 0.85%, 0.95%, 1.25% and 1.5% respectively for three months, one year, two years, three years and five years.

The six-month and one-year lump-sum interest rates of the Postal Savings Bank are 0.86% and 0.98% respectively, which are slightly 1BP and 3BP higher than those of the above-mentioned banks for the same term, and the lump-sum interest rates for other terms are consistent with those of the above-mentioned banks.

For this round of deposit interest rate reduction, the market generally expected. On May 7, Pan Gongsheng, the governor of the central bank, announced a package of monetary policy measures such as interest rate reduction and RRR reduction at the press conference held by the the State Council Press Office, and mentioned that commercial banks would be guided to lower the deposit interest rate accordingly through the interest rate self-discipline mechanism.

"In order to implement the macro-control policy, after the central bank introduced a package of monetary policy measures such as interest rate cuts and RRR cuts, the interest rate of bank assets will be further reduced. In order to alleviate the pressure of net interest margin, the six major banks and China Merchants Bank took the lead in a new round of deposit interest rate adjustment. Subsequent small and medium-sized banks will follow up, and the subsequent adjustment space of large banks needs to look at the implementation effect of this round of regulation and control policies. " Yang Haiping, a special researcher of Beijing Wealth Management Industry Association, said in an interview with reporter WeChat.

"Under normal circumstances, large state-owned banks tend to take the lead in adjusting deposit interest rates because of their stable liabilities and strong customer base, thus establishing an’ anchor’ for the market; Subsequently, small and medium-sized banks followed up the downward adjustment in order to maintain the interest margin and refer to the market competition. " Ceng Gang, chief expert and director of the Shanghai Finance and Development Laboratory, said in an interview with reporter WeChat that, on the whole, the reduction of deposit interest rate by state-owned banks is an important part of the interest rate reduction policy on May 7.

Ceng Gang further explained that the transmission path of monetary policy interest rate cuts affecting the real economy is usually as follows: First, the central bank’s policy interest rate is lowered, which promotes the decline of the capital cost of the financial system; Second, state-owned banks first lowered the deposit interest rate and led the industry adjustment; Third, small and medium-sized banks have followed suit and successively lowered their prices, forming an industry linkage; Fourth, the downward trend of deposit interest rate has further reduced the loan interest rate and reduced the cost of entity financing.

The reporter noted that since the establishment of the market-oriented adjustment mechanism of deposit interest rate in April 2022, the deposit listing interest rate, led by big banks, has been lowered for seven rounds. Behind the continuous downward adjustment of deposit interest rates is the increasingly prominent spread pressure of the banking industry. According to the disclosure of the General Administration of Financial Supervision, in the first quarter of 2025, the net interest margin of commercial banks was 1.43%, down 0.09 percentage points from the previous quarter, hitting a record low, and deviating from the regulatory consensus level of 1.80%.

At the same time as the deposit interest rate was lowered, the latest LPR quotation was also released today. The one-year LPR was 3.0%, and the five-year LPR was 3.5%, both of which were 10BP lower than the previous period, which was also the first decline of LPR in a year.

Wang Qing, chief macro analyst of Oriental Jincheng, said: "Based on the current proportion of various types of deposits, we judge that after the six major banks cut the deposit interest rate and drive other commercial banks to follow up the adjustment, the overall deposit interest rate will be lowered by 0.11 to 0.13 percentage points, which can basically cover the impact of the lower LPR quotation on the bank’s asset-side income and stabilize the bank’s net interest margin."

Wen Bin, chief economist of China Minsheng Bank, believes that lowering the RRR and lowering the deposit listing interest rate will continue to improve the debt cost of banks. He said that last year, two reductions in the deposit listing interest rate, the suspension of "manual interest payment" and interbank deposit interest rate control made the bank’s debt cost control continue to be effective, which partially offset the downward pressure on the asset-side rate of return.

On May 15th, the RRR cut of 0.5 percentage point officially landed, providing the market with long-term liquidity of about 1 trillion yuan, optimizing the bank’s debt structure and saving the debt cost; At the same time, the structural policy tools cut interest rates by 25BP, which is expected to save the bank’s capital cost by about 15 billion to 20 billion yuan each year, and to some extent alleviate the pressure of narrowing the net interest margin.

"The reduction of deposit interest rate is greater than the decline of LPR, which also helps to reduce the cost of bank debt and create space for the downward adjustment of LPR quotation." Wen Bin said.

According to the calculation of the Bank Group of Zhongtai Securities Research Institute, this round of interest rate cuts, deposit interest rate cuts and RRR cuts are expected to increase the comprehensive level of bank interest margin by 2.9BP in 2025, and the reduction of deposit interest rate exceeds the decline of LPR, thus effectively supporting the interest margin.

Ceng Gang told reporters that for banks, lowering the deposit interest rate can effectively reduce the cost of capital and increase the net interest margin, thus enhancing their profitability and capital accumulation capacity, and at the same time improving their own business stability, providing space for subsequent expansion of credit supply. In addition, lowering the deposit interest rate can also guide more funds to flow to non-deposit financial products such as wealth management and funds, which will help banks adjust their asset-liability structure and expand their income sources.

In recent years, with the continuous decline of deposit interest rates, some depositors have turned their attention to bank wealth management products. After this adjustment, the one-year deposit rate has fallen below 1%. In this context, will the phenomenon of "deposit moving" be further highlighted?

Ming Ming, chief economist of CITIC Securities, mentioned in the research report that the new round of deposit interest rate cuts will help banks control interest costs, but at the same time it will also increase the difficulty of saving, and low-risk asset management products such as bank wealth management will usher in incremental funds. For the bond market, the reduction of deposit interest rate may push the broad-spectrum interest rate, including the national debt interest rate, down further. At the same time, it will also promote the "deposit moving" to continue, and the scale of financial management may exceed the historical high of 33 trillion yuan during the year.

"The downward adjustment of deposit interest rate objectively reduces the attractiveness of deposit products. It is expected that a certain proportion of deposits will look for alternative products, which is conducive to the scale of bank wealth management to a certain extent. However, it is difficult for the current public risk appetite to change greatly. Most ordinary people pay more attention to the safety of funds, so we judge that there will be no large-scale deposit move. " Yang Haiping told reporters.

In an interview with national business daily reporter WeChat, Wang Qing said that lowering the deposit interest rate, especially the medium and long-term deposit interest rate, will reduce the attractiveness of bank deposits, and depositors may readjust their asset allocation and transfer some deposits to wealth management products, bringing incremental funds to the wealth management market. However, it should be noted that in the asset allocation structure of wealth management, cash and bank deposits account for more than 20% (23% in the first quarter of 2025). Therefore, lowering the deposit interest rate will also bring income pressure to some wealth management products.

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Calligraphy and painting | 40-year nine-character formula for special economic zones

  In 1980, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Shantou and Xiamen were formally established! As the "testing ground" and "window" of reform and opening up, special economic zones have opened a brand-new page for China’s economic and social development. After 40 years of hard exploration, countless builders, entrepreneurs and strugglers bravely stood on the forefront and braved the wind and waves.

  "Only innovators are strong, but those who reform and innovate win." There is too much pride and hardship behind the 40 years of glory. If you use nine words to sort out these 40 years, would you choose these words? ↓ ↓ ↓

  Forty years have passed in a flash, and the witnesses must want to say "special love to special you" to the SAR. Yes, the SAR is "special", so are countless people’s love and dedication to her. The harvest and growth are also "special" for individuals and countries. The 40 years of the SAR are worthy of this word!

  Without reform and opening up, there would be no special economic zones! And special economic zones are also a banner of reform and opening up. As the ancients said, running water does not rot, and a family member does not bite. The world has changed, and the word "change" is in the chest, so that it will not be complacent and will not set limits on itself.

  Crossing the river by feeling the stones is easier said than done, so the word "brave" is more needed. Without "courage", what can we talk about? Without "courage", what can we talk about? The brave win when they meet in the narrow road. The special economic zone has today’s situation. We need to pay tribute to a group of brave people!

  Only "courage" is not enough, and both wisdom and courage can make the special economic zone walk on two legs! Over the past 40 years, every step of the special economic zones has concentrated the wisdom of countless people, and the amazing achievements have proved to the world that the ancient peoples in the East have never lacked intelligence.

  "Dare to be the first in the world" is the first sentence that many people think of when they mention special economic zones. It is "safe" to keep pace with others, but without the courage to be a pioneer, where can there be the glory and achievements of special economic zones?

  How many difficulties have the special economic zones overcome in the past 40 years? How many stones have been kicked away? It depends on Chinese’s belief that "if you don’t fight at this time, when will you fight?" It depends on the enthusiasm of "if you love to fight, you will win".

  "The martial arts in the world are fast and unbreakable", and the construction and development of special economic zones also highlight the word "fast". In just forty years, how many miracles have been created that others may not be able to accomplish in a hundred years? Time is money, and efficiency is life. People in the SAR have the deepest understanding of this saying, and the concept of seizing the day has already been integrated into their blood and bone marrow of more and more Chinese. "China speed" is not built!

  How much pride does an ordinary word "Chuang" contain in belonging to a special economic zone? Establish one enterprise after another, create one brand after another, innovate one product after another, create a batch of talents, and more importantly, create an era that will benefit and make all Chinese proud!

  New era, new ideas, new goals, new actions and new achievements! It’s only forty, and the special economic zone has a long way to go! People in the SAR, Chinese, never sleeps on the credit book. If you ask them about their most brilliant achievements and most satisfactory results, they will always be next!

Two common misunderstandings about probiotics

  ◎ He Guoqing (Professor, School of biosystems engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University)

  What is the hottest thing in nutrition now? "Probiotics" is definitely an existence that can’t be ignored, and it has become a hot topic on the Internet, giving birth to online celebrity products with all kinds of probiotics as elements.

  While the topic of "probiotics" is hot, consumers can’t help but have many questions. What kind of bacteria is probiotics? Is there any substantial benefit to ordinary people? The following experts will come out to explain the misunderstandings about probiotics that have appeared in recent years.

  Myth 1: Probiotic health foods can replace drugs to treat diseases.

  Tell you for sure: no.

  First, probiotic health foods are not medicines.

  So what is a drug? There is a strict definition of drugs. Let’s talk about the purpose of using drugs first. Drugs are used to prevent, treat and diagnose human diseases and adjust human physiological functions purposefully. It is stipulated that there are clear indications or functional indications, in short, what diseases and their symptoms are targeted at, such as colds, fever, cough, pneumonia, enteritis and so on; It must also be clear about the usage: oral (fasting, after meals), intramuscular injection, intravenous injection, and which drugs can not be used at the same time, and the dosage (excessive dosage may have serious consequences, such as sleeping pills can improve sleep, and excessive dosage can kill); It is also necessary to explain what side effects there are. As the saying goes, "drugs are toxic in three ways", that is to say, drugs are allowed to have side effects, because if you want to treat a disease, you can only take the lesser of the two evils, and you should stop taking drugs when you recover, or you should stop taking drugs and change to other drugs after using them for a certain period of time (course of treatment).

  Second, probiotic health food is food, not for the purpose of treating diseases.

  The word health food contains two meanings: health care and food, that is to say, it has health care function, but it retains the basic requirement of food: safety. Health food is suitable for a specific group of people, generally a group (s) with poor physiological function, or a sub-healthy group. Moreover, different health foods have different health functions, which are suitable for different groups of people, such as constipation or diarrhea due to disorder of intestinal flora, frequent colds due to low immune function, fatigue and other different conditions, so the corresponding health foods are used. The state stipulates that health foods have 27 functions, and there are 27 different health foods; The purpose of eating health food is also to regulate the body function, prevent and reduce the occurrence of diseases, but not to treat diseases.

  Health food belongs to food, and the most basic requirement of food must be maintained, that is, it is safe and does not cause any acute, subacute or chronic harm to human body. Any health food must complete acute, subacute and chronic toxicology tests before it is declared. Probiotic health food must also ensure that it will not produce antibiotic resistance tests. Only when it is determined that it will not produce any acute, subacute or chronic harm can it be approved as a health food.

  Third, the law forbids health food to replace medicine.

  The Food Safety Law has clear provisions on health food, formula food for special medical purposes, health food and other special foods. It is clearly stipulated in the health food clause that health food cannot replace medicine. At the same time, the law also requires that the label of health food must be marked: "This product is irreplaceable."

  Fourth, health food can be used for patients, but it still cannot replace medicines.

  As mentioned earlier, health food is suitable for a certain (some) people with poor physiological function or sub-health. These people can choose health food with corresponding functions, such as probiotic health food, according to their feelings in daily life, such as frequent constipation, frequent diarrhea, fatigue and frequent colds, and some indicators found in routine physical examination reports and medical examinations deviate from normal values, but have not yet reached the disease state, such as high blood pressure, blood lipid, blood sugar and uric acid.

  As far as patients are concerned, they have serious physiological dysfunction, and when they are in a state of disease, they should seek medical treatment and medication. However, the disordered function in many diseases is consistent with the function that health food can regulate, and health food can be used under the guidance of a doctor. If antibiotics are used, it is often easy to cause intestinal flora disorder and even antibiotic-associated diarrhea. Probiotics can be used to adjust or rebuild the balance of intestinal flora. Nowadays, many doctors will recommend the use of probiotic health foods for intestinal diseases or antibiotics. Of course, when taking antibiotics, probiotics should be eaten after 2 hours to prevent being killed by antibiotics. I would like to remind you once again that patients need to consult a doctor or related professionals when eating probiotic health foods.

  Myth 2: Long-term consumption of probiotic health foods will lead to dependence.

  Tell you for sure: no.

  First, probiotics are not common bacteria in the whole life cycle of human body, "they will not stick to you and depend on you".

  As we all know, during the fetal period, that is, when the fetus is still in the mother’s stomach, the intestinal tract of the fetus is sterile. After birth, the baby obtains all kinds of bacteria from the outside, including the mother’s birth canal, nipple, milk, and the surrounding environment of the body, and quickly stays in the intestinal tract and grows and reproduces, which constitutes the intestinal flora, which is very important for life activities. Apart from helping digestion, it is also conducive to enhancing immunity, preventing infection, promoting development, and so on. The composition of infant intestinal flora is related to many factors, including the mode of production (natural delivery, cesarean section), the mode of breastfeeding (breast milk, formula milk), the time and type of complementary food addition, etc. With the increase of age, changes in diet, environment and other factors, the intestinal flora has also changed.

  In infancy, the proportion of beneficial bacteria in the intestine is high, such as Bifidobacterium. With the increase of age and non-dairy food, the types of intestinal flora are increasing, reaching hundreds, including beneficial bacteria, harmful bacteria and neutral bacteria (conditional pathogens).

  Usually used as probiotics, some strains exist in the intestine at some time, and some are not intestinal bacteria, such as Lactobacillus plantarum.

  Second, the role of probiotics is to promote the balance of intestinal flora. After stopping eating probiotics, symptoms reappear, which does not mean that probiotics are dependent.

  On the one hand, probiotics can produce beneficial metabolites, vitamins, etc., regulate the physiological function of the body, enhance immunity, etc., at the same time, it can inhibit the growth of harmful bacteria (pH, bacteriocin, etc.) and adjust or rebuild the balance of intestinal flora; Another important aspect is to promote the growth of beneficial bacteria, such as the production of butyric acid by probiotics, which can promote the growth of bifidobacteria in the intestine, repair digestive tract ulcers and become dominant bacteria in the intestine. These dominant bacteria, like probiotics, produce beneficial metabolites and inhibit harmful bacteria. This is the purpose of using probiotics, which I call "intestinal righting".

  Some people found that the symptoms reappeared after stopping taking probiotics, which was thought to be due to the dependence on probiotics after long-term use. Actually, it’s not. It’s that your intestinal microecology has not been restored to balance, or the unfavorable factors to your intestines have not been eliminated.

  There are many factors that are unfavorable to the intestinal tract, such as unrestrained entertainment (staying up late, playing cards, surfing the Internet), unreasonable diet (overeating, high-fat and high-sugar diet, excessive alcohol and tobacco, etc.), excessive stress (mental stress, irregular diet and rest), lack of exercise (sedentary), abrupt climate change (too fast alternating hot and cold), use of antibiotics, etc., all of which will destroy the intestinal microecological balance. As long as these factors are not eliminated, it is difficult to balance the intestinal flora. Therefore, it is also very important for the balance and health of intestinal flora to develop good living habits and laws, balance diet and combine work and rest.

  Third, there has been no research report on correlation dependence in the past hundred years.

  Intestine and its flora constitute an open microecosystem, and probiotics are a powerful assistant to maintain the stability of this system. Probiotics have been studied and applied for more than 100 years, but there is no report on the dependence caused by the loss of the reproductive ability of beneficial bacteria in the intestine due to long-term consumption of probiotic health foods.

What are the obvious advantages of the Socialism with Chinese characteristics system? Experts talk in detail

      CCTV News:After more than 90 years’ struggle in the Communist Party of China (CPC), especially 70 years’ exploration, practice and reform in New China, the Socialism with Chinese characteristics system has not only established "four pillars and eight pillars" such as fundamental system, basic system and important system, but also woven a strict "system network" through a series of specific systems, and has formed a scientific system with complete systems, scientific norms and effective operation, providing a strong institutional guarantee for promoting the modernization of the national governance system and governance capacity.

      The Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee defined the Socialism with Chinese characteristics system as a scientific system. What are the obvious advantages of this scientific system? Many experts expressed their views in the column "On Tao".

      Moderator: We saw that this communique also summed up the remarkable advantages of the China system, which is called thirteen "persistences". Some people regard it as a manifestation of China’s confidence in the system. What do you think is the root cause of Professor Xin Ming’s confidence, and where did it come from?

      Xin Ming: Why do you feel confident? Two o’clock. First, Socialism with Chinese characteristics system is rooted in China, belongs to China’s own system, grows in China’s own historical and cultural soil, and comes out in China’s own social and historical practice.

      Second, this system has created remarkable practical and institutional effects. Attention, everyone, in the decision of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee, we used a sentence called "creating a miracle of rapid economic development and long-term social stability that is rare in the world". The history of western development shows that when a country’s economy develops rapidly, its society tends to be more active, it is in a period of transition, it is more turbulent, and even prone to chaos. But when a society can maintain long-term stability, it will inevitably appear a stagnant pool or stagnate, so these are two opposing goals. However, China society has achieved both with the development of our system for 70 years, which is remarkable.

      What is the greatest advantage of Socialism with Chinese characteristics system? The leader of the Communist Party of China (CPC). Everyone knows that we want to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and build a socialist modern power in an all-round way, which has never been done before. How can we ensure that we always move forward in the right direction without deviating from the direction and looking back? There must be a helmsman, and this helmsman is the Communist Party of China (CPC). China society is such a big country, how can we really unify everyone, let everyone think in one place and work hard in one place, and rely on what? There must be a handsome man who is in the middle of the army. What is this handsome man? That is, the Communist Party of China (CPC) is our Party Central Committee. The great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation in China society will not be achieved easily by beating gongs and drums, but will encounter many contradictions, difficulties, challenges and risks. In fact, the simplest thing is to feel that the international community is actually putting a lot of pressure on us. What should we do if we don’t flinch, hesitate or hesitate in the face of pressure? To have a backbone, the Communist Party of China (CPC) is our backbone, so the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC) is the biggest advantage of the system.

      Pay attention to these 13 advantages and tell them in different categories, because it makes it clear that when we talk about the Socialism with Chinese characteristics system, I hope that we can regard the 13 advantages as a whole, which is not a simple whole from 1+1+1+1+to 13. I hope that we can understand them as 1, 1, 1 and 1, and think about what these 13 1s are together, one, ten, hundred and thousand. The advantage of our Socialism with Chinese characteristics system is a trillion-dollar overall advantage. Only in this way can we achieve the two miracles that others can’t, and we can accomplish the tasks that others can’t. This is the advantage of Socialism with Chinese characteristics, and it is precisely because of this advantage that we are confident and qualified.

      Long Yongtu: We usually talk a lot about these advantages, but the Fourth Plenary Session highlighted the most important advantage of the Party’s leadership. The other advantages were finally concentrated because of the advantage of the Party’s leadership. I think this is the greatest contribution of the Fourth Plenary Session, which makes us more clear about this article. If we recognize this article, I think we have found the most important point about the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session.

      Xin Ming: There are fundamental systems, basic systems and important systems in Socialism with Chinese characteristics. In the past, the fundamental system was a fundamental political system, but the Fourth Plenary Session made it clear that the party’s leadership system is the fundamental leadership system of the country, that is, the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s leadership runs through the other 12 systems, and it is also the fundamental system of China’s social state leadership.