Popular science: five viruses carried by animals and the global disasters caused by them

Carl Zimmer reads books on Phoenix.com.

In this paper, the discovery history of five kinds of germs that have been raging and spreading wildly in human beings is discussed, including HIV virus, West Nile virus, Ebola virus, SARS virus and MERS virus. What needs to be known is that although the greatest scientists in the world are still engaged in medical research intensively and have put forward many effective measures to suppress it, even if human beings are expected to completely eliminate these diseases, it is not yet. What we can do is to take the initiative to understand it.

01

HIV virus

From October 1980 to May 1981, five men in Los Angeles, USA, were admitted to hospital for the same rare pneumocystis carinii pneumonia.

This kind of pneumonia is caused by Pneumocystis carinii fungus, its spores are everywhere, and most people have inhaled it into the respiratory tract at some point in their childhood. But people’s immune system will quickly kill these fungi and produce antibodies to protect their owners for life. However, if this person’s immune system is weak, Pneumocystis carinii will get out of control, and the patient’s lungs will be filled with fluid and scarred. Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia patients have difficulty in inhaling enough oxygen, so it is difficult to survive. However, the symptoms of these five patients are not typical-they are all young men who were in good health before suffering from pneumonia.

At that time, no one knew that these cases would quickly evolve into the most horrible epidemic in contemporary history. In fact, all patients have immune dysfunction at the cellular level, and the initiator is human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which is HIV. Later researchers discovered that this virus has been quietly infecting humans for 50 years. Since their discovery in the 1980s, they have continued to infect 60 million people and killed half of them.

HIV virus

HIV is well-known, but it is not contagious, and people are not easily infected with AIDS. Even if the patient sneezes next to you or even shakes your hand, you won’t be infected. HIV can only be transmitted through certain kinds of body fluids, such as blood and semen. Therefore, unprotected sex will spread the virus, and people will be infected if they lose blood contaminated by the virus; If expectant mothers are HIV carriers, they may also transmit it to unborn children; Some heroin addicts share needles with others. If others are AIDS patients, the virus is likely to enter his body through contaminated needles.

Once HIV enters the human body, it will attack the human immune system. Its target is an immune cell named CD4. When the virus gene and protein manipulate and gradually take over the whole host cell, these cells can be used to replicate more HIV viruses and infect more cells. At first, the number of HIV virus in the human body will increase rapidly, but once the immune system recognizes the infected cells, it will start a desperate blow, and the infected cells will be destroyed by the autoimmune system, and the number of viruses will decrease. At this time, the patient will feel that he has only a slight flu. The immune system can successfully wipe out most HIV viruses, but a small number of viruses will survive quietly and hide in CD4 cells to continue to grow and divide. They are calm as usual most of the time, and occasionally wake up again, releasing a wave of viruses and infecting more cells. Although at this time, the immune system will rush to suppress the sudden small attack, but repeated many times, the immune system will eventually be exhausted and completely collapsed.

The time of immune system failure varies from person to person, which may take only one year or as long as 20 years. But no matter how long this process takes, the day will come: the patient’s immune system can no longer do its job, and those diseases that could not harm healthy people will become fatal. In the early 1980s, a large number of patients with suspected pneumocystis carinii pneumonia flooded into hospitals, in fact, they were all infected with HIV.

In this way, before finding the virus, the doctor first saw the power of HIV. They named the disease Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) for short. In 1983, two years after people first observed AIDS patients, a group of French scientists really isolated HIV from patients, and more studies also confirmed that the source of AIDS was HIV. But at the same time, in the United States and other countries, AIDS cases have emerged one after another, and in just a few years, it has become a global killer, and it has also become a mystery in the field of epidemiology.

It took scientists 30 years to figure out the root cause of AIDS-

In 1985, scientists tried to add HIV antibody to the serum of monkeys with similar symptoms, and as a result, they actually "fished" a new virus, which was named monkey immunodeficiency virus, or SIV for short. Scientists concluded that HIV may have evolved from one of the SIV viruses, but which one was unknown at that time.

In 1991, a scientist found a virus very similar to HIV in mangabey, West Africa. Later, new research showed that HIV was not of a single origin, and scientists divided it into two types, named HIV-1 and HIV-2 respectively. Among them, HIV-2 evolved independently from SIV virus carried by mangabey, and the source of HIV-1 is still confusing.

But HIV-1 is the main culprit of AIDS, and it took longer to find out the source of HIV-1. Relevant researchers have divided all the HIV-1 viruses in the world into four groups, among which 90% of AIDS is caused by M group virus, and other virus strains belong to N, O and P groups respectively, with a small number. After long-term research, it was not until 2015 that the life experiences of all four groups of HIV-1 viruses were settled. They came from Cameroonian gorillas mainly living in African forests.

Obviously, when scientists discovered HIV in 1983, the virus had become a potential global disaster; When scientists finally started to fight back, the virus had already occupied the first-Mover advantage. In the 1980s and 1990s, the number of people who died of AIDS kept rising. Some scientists are optimistic that a vaccine against the virus can be developed quickly, but a series of failed experiments have dashed their hopes.

It took many years of human efforts to control the epidemic of AIDS. Public health workers have tried a series of public health policies, such as controlling the use of needles and distributing condoms, and achieved corresponding results. Since then, the advent of anti-AIDS drugs has played a great role in the human struggle against the virus.

December 1, World AIDS Day

Today, millions of AIDS patients are receiving cocktail therapy, which uses a series of drugs to interfere with HIV infection of immune cells in order to prevent the virus from replicating with immune cells. In countries with strong economic strength, such as the United States, these drugs have indeed enabled many patients to regain relatively healthy bodies. Government organizations and some non-governmental organizations have sent these drugs to poorer countries, and AIDS victims in these areas have been able to prolong their lives. In 2005, the death rate of AIDS reached the highest in history, and 2.5 million people lost their lives that year, but the power of the virus has been weakened year by year since then. By 2013, the number of people who died of AIDS had dropped to 1.5 million.

Theoretically, we can make this number zero. Aids vaccine is still the best hope to achieve this goal, and recent research has rekindled people’s hope that an effective vaccine may be just around the corner. The widespread use of anti-HIV drugs can also effectively control the number of viruses in infected AIDS patients. At the same time, researchers are actively exploring, hoping to find the fatal weakness of these viruses.

Now human beings have a very deep understanding of HIV, and we even know the molecular changes that the virus has made to adapt to human beings in the past 100 years. It is entirely possible for us to destroy these adaptive traits one by one on this basis. In other words, the future of AIDS prevention and treatment, the answer may be hidden in its past.

02

West Nile virus

In the summer of 1999, some crows died strangely in the Bronx Zoo Park in new york, USA. Then, three flamingos in the zoo died suddenly, followed by a pheasant, a vulture and a cormorant.

At the same time, doctors in Queens, new york discovered a number of cases of encephalitis, the number of which is worrying. Usually, there are only 9 cases of this disease in the whole city of new york a year, but in August 1999, there were 8 cases in Queens just over a weekend. As summer passed, more cases appeared. Some patients were paralyzed by severe fever. By the beginning of September, 9 deaths had been reported.

On the one hand, doctors in Queens, new york are still worried about the strange diseases that broke out in the crowd. On the other hand, Tracy McNamara, chief pathologist of Bronx Zoo, got the answer to the question first. She suspects that it may be the same pathogen that causes the bizarre death of people and birds. Under her persuasion, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) began to analyze the genetic material of the virus. On September 22nd, researchers were surprised to find that birds didn’t die of St Louis encephalitis, but the real culprit was a pathogen called West Nile virus. This virus not only infects birds, but also affects people in parts of Asia, Europe and Africa.

At the same time, public health workers are still deeply puzzled by the inexplicable cases of human encephalitis and decide to search deeply. Two research teams have successfully isolated the genetic material from the virus that infects humans, and confirmed the type of virus-the West Nile virus that infects zoo birds actually killed people. This result also surprised researchers. In North and South America, no one has ever been infected with this virus.

Yellow virus, West Nile virus is one of them.

The United States is the birthplace of many kinds of human pathogenic viruses, some of which are ancient and some are new types of viruses. About 15 thousand years ago, human footprints reached the western hemisphere, and they brought a lot of viruses with them. When Europeans came to the New World, they brought a second wave of viruses. New diseases, including influenza and smallpox, swept across the American continent, killing millions of Native Americans. Since then, more new viruses have poured in. In the 1970s, HIV was introduced into the United States, and at the end of the 20th century, West Nile virus became a new "immigrant" in the United States.

It is only 60 years since the West Nile virus was first discovered by humans. In 1937, a woman in the West Nile region of Uganda began to have a strange fever. She came to the hospital, and the doctor isolated a new virus from her blood and named it after the discovery area. In the following decades, scientists found the same virus in many patients along the eastern Mediterranean coast, Asia and Australia. However, they also found that this West Nile virus does not mainly rely on human survival, but infects many kinds of birds and uses them to multiply and multiply.

At first, people didn’t know how the West Nile virus spread between people, birds and birds, or birds and people. It was not until scientists found the virus in a completely different species that the truth came out. This mysterious creature is the mosquito, which almost gives the virus a "wing"-when a mosquito carrying the virus bites a bird and sucks blood, it will inject its saliva into the wound of the bird’s skin, and at the same time inject the West Nile virus, which will multiply rapidly in the bird in a short time.

Studies on the genes of West Nile virus show that it originally evolved from Africa. Birds migrate from Africa to other parts of the Eastern Hemisphere, spreading the virus to new bird species and infecting humans. From birds to mosquitoes to birds, West Nile virus spread throughout the United States in just four years. At the same time, the virus also "landed" on millions of people, and only about 25% of those infected will have fever symptoms. Scientists estimate that from 1999 to 2013, more than 780,000 people were infected with West Nile virus, of which 16,196 developed encephalitis and 1,549 died.

After the West Nile virus arrived in the United States, it entered a stable life cycle, and the rhythm of this cycle was controlled by the life history of birds and mosquitoes. When chicks are born in spring, mosquitoes carrying viruses bite them. As a result, the number of birds infected with the virus continued to rise throughout the summer; New mosquitoes infect the virus by sucking the blood of these birds, and then bite people; People often spend more time outdoors in these relatively warm months of the year, and are more vulnerable to mosquito bites, thus being infected with West Nile virus.

Now that the West Nile virus has been integrated into the ecological environment of the United States, it may be difficult to kill them all. Even if doctors can develop vaccines to prevent humans from becoming the host of viruses, they can still thrive with the help of birds. Unfortunately, no West Nile virus vaccine has been approved at present, and probably never will be. Because although the virus infects many people, only a small part of them will develop encephalitis, and even fewer people will die from encephalitis. The cost of widely vaccinating Americans is extremely expensive, far exceeding the cost of treating those infected.

After arriving in America, the development prospect of West Nile virus is "optimistic". This is a warm and humid continent, and when the rainfall is heavy, the humidity and temperature are high, the epidemic situation is more likely to break out. Warm, rainy and sultry weather makes mosquitoes breed faster and lengthen their breeding season. At the same time, this weather can also accelerate the growth of viruses in mosquitoes. It seems that the West Nile virus has settled in this new continent, and our "efforts" are also making this home more comfortable.

03

Ebola virus

On December 2, 2013, a 2-year-old boy fell ill in the village of Meriando in southeastern Guinea. The child, Emil Wamuno, first had a fever, and then he began to vomit violently, accompanied by jet diarrhea and blood in his stool. No one in Meriando has seen similar symptoms. His family tried their best to take care of him, but by December 6, the child was still dead. It was a virus that killed the boy. When he died, the descendants of the virus had spread to other family members. Soon, Emil’s 4-year-old sister developed the same symptoms and died. Then the boy’s mother and grandmother. They probably got infected through the cruelest way we can think of-taking care of the dying boy.

If the virus stops here, this family tragedy is likely to be unknown outside the village of Meriando. Many people in Guinea die from viruses and other pathogens every day, but this virus is completely different. It is extremely deadly, and 70% of infected people will eventually die. The boy’s family has transmitted the virus to a nurse and the village midwife. After they got sick, the midwife was taken back to her hometown, and the virus continued to spread further by taking care of her family. At the same time, some people came from other villages to attend the funeral of Emil’s grandmother, and when they returned to their respective villages, they also fell ill.

Soon, the epidemic began to spread around the world. Meriando village is located on the border of Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia, and people often cross the border to do business or visit their families. The virus broke out in Sierra Leone and Liberia in a short time. However, because the disease is still concentrated in remote villages located in the tropical rain forest, the outside world is too lightly. It was not until March 2014 that the Guinean medical department finally announced that they had confirmed the culprit of the epidemic: Ebola virus.

Ebola virus under microscope

Some viruses are the old enemies of mankind. Rhinovirus began to make ancient Egyptians catch cold thousands of years ago, and endogenous retrovirus invaded the genome of our primate ancestors as early as tens of millions of years ago. There are also young people, and HIV only became a virus that can infect humans about 100 years ago. A large number of viruses have just begun to spread from person to person, triggering waves of new epidemics and arousing human concerns about new global epidemics. But of all these newly discovered viruses, none is more frightening than Ebola.

In 1976, Ebola virus entered the historical stage, and its first appearance showed its terrible lethality. In a remote area in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo), people began to have fever and vomit, and some patients were bleeding from all the openings such as nose and mouth, even from their eyes. A doctor collected a blood sample from a dying nun and put it in a thermos. Later, he sent the sample to Kinshasa, the capital of Zaire, and took it all the way back to Belgium by plane and gave it to the young virologist Peter Piot. Through the electron microscope, Pio observed a large group of snake-shaped viruses.

On high alert, scientists rushed to Zaire and finally arrived in Yambuku village to investigate the initial outbreak of the epidemic. There is a hotel here. Some nuns and priests are hiding in it. Visitors are blocked by ropes at the door. There is also a sign hanging on the rope, which reads: "Do not enter, entering may lead to death."

Soon, the Pio team found out how the unnamed virus spread. It turned out that the virus would spread from person to person. There is no evidence that this virus can float in the air like influenza or measles virus. In fact, it is spread by the body fluids of the victims. A local hospital used syringes repeatedly, and as a result, the virus spread to many patients. The staff who take care of the patients and wash the bodies of the dead are also sick.

Although Ebola virus is extremely deadly, its spread is relatively easy to cut off. Pio and his colleagues closed the hospital and isolated people with symptoms. After three months, the epidemic was controlled. 318 people died in this plague.

In the same year, Ebola virus appeared in Sudan, killing 284 people. Three years later, it made a comeback in Sudan, killing 34 people. Then it disappeared for 15 years, and in 1994 it launched an attack in Gabon, killing 52 people. Every outbreak has made Pio’s successors know more about Ebola virus. People gradually realize that as long as the patient’s whereabouts are tracked and properly isolated, new infections can be prevented. But they haven’t found a suitable vaccine, and they haven’t developed corresponding antiviral drugs.

Many viruses can suddenly break out when the conditions are right. But a virus like measles or chickenpox, once it breaks out, will not completely disappear from our bodies. It just hides in a low profile and spreads tepidly. The Ebola virus is different. When a plague subsides, it seems that the Ebola virus will disappear, but it will suddenly appear a few years later and launch a crazy attack again.

Some virologists are curious, where did the Ebola virus disappear in these years? Scientists have found that gorillas and chimpanzees are also infected with Ebola virus, and the mortality rate is very high, while bats have antibodies to Ebola virus, which seems to help bats coexist peacefully with the virus. Perhaps, under normal circumstances, Ebola virus will spread among bat individuals, but it will not cause any harm to them. Sometimes the virus will suddenly penetrate into human beings.

One thing is clear about Ebola virus: although we are completely unfamiliar with them, they are really an ancient virus. For millions of years, Ebola virus has been spreading in various mammalian hosts. They are harmless in some species, but sometimes they jump to other species and show a fatal side in these species. Humans are the latest target of Ebola virus attack. Meat or fruit contaminated by bat saliva may carry the virus, and people may be infected if they eat these contaminated foods. No matter by what route, once Ebola virus enters our body, it can quickly invade immune cells, leading to a serious inflammatory reaction. Patients will have violent diarrhea, vomiting, and sometimes massive bleeding until they die.

After Ebola virus enters a person’s body from an animal, its fate depends on the behavior of people around the victim. If people come into contact with infected people, they will be infected with Ebola and continue to spread to more people. In the first 37 years of human history, Ebola virus always disappeared by itself within a few months after a new outbreak, with the death or recovery of the host.

But in these 37 years, the living environment of human beings has changed. In the past, the sphere of influence of Ebola virus was generally confined to several neighboring villages, and it was difficult to spread to a larger scope. But now, more and more roads are cutting the rain forest, making people move to more towns, so that Ebola virus can find more hosts. However, in countries such as Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, the development of public health is far behind the rapid urbanization. Years of civil war and extreme poverty have left few hospitals and doctors in these countries. When Ebola patients are taken to the hospital, medical staff will be infected and die first. The expertise needed to fight the epidemic in these countries is even more scarce.

No one knows how Emil, a 2-year-old boy, contracted Ebola, but the virus that spread from him to his family continued to make waves on a larger scale, triggering the largest Ebola epidemic in history. More people died in this plague than all those who died in the previous Ebola outbreak.

The virus then spread to Conakry, Freetown and Monrovia, the capitals of Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia. After a few months, there were no more Ebola patients in the hospital, and the patients were turned away or sent home to die. International health agencies are busy dealing with other epidemics such as influenza and polio, underestimating the extent of Ebola epidemic, and failing to provide help to West Africa that may slow down the epidemic. The governments of West African countries tried to isolate the affected cities and rural areas from their surroundings, but it didn’t play much role. The death toll soared, first 1000, then 2000, and then the number continued to increase.

Outside Africa, people know very little about Ebola, and their information mainly comes from literary works, such as the book Blood Epidemic: The Story of Ebola, which records a terrible virus attack, and movies such as Extreme Panic also make up many plots about the virus. Fear swept across the United States. A poll conducted in October 2014 showed that two-thirds of Americans were worried that the Ebola epidemic would spread to the United States, and 43% were worried that they were personally at risk of contracting Ebola. Rumors even say that Ebola virus can spread in the air. On October 23rd, it was reported that a doctor from new york who treated Ebola patients in Guinea returned to the United States and tested positive for Ebola virus. Before he developed symptoms, he had been to a bowling alley. Worried readers asked The New York Times if bowling could spread the virus. Reporter Donald McNeil Jr. quickly responded: "If someone leaves blood, vomit or feces on the bowling ball, the next person who touches the bowling ball will not even find these, and then touch his eyes, nose or mouth with his hand, which may be contagious." This is actually a euphemism, bowling can’t spread the virus.

Stills of Extreme Panic

Despite the public’s panic, the Ebola virus did not break out on a large scale in the United States. There are no other places. Nigeria used the public health measures used by Pio and others in other epidemics. As a result, the virus only caused 20 infections and 8 deaths before it died down. Senegal recorded a case without any death. Mali has also successfully controlled its epidemic. The reason why these countries have the upper hand in the confrontation with Ebola is that they have all been warned. On the contrary, the epidemics in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone had spread silently before the outbreak, so they continued to be hit by the virus for a long time. In these three countries, the epidemic has expanded to an extent that cannot be easily controlled.

Epidemiologists watched anxiously as the number of infections soared, and they tried to predict how far the epidemic might develop. In September 2014, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention warned that there would be as many as 1.4 million Ebola cases by January 2015 without additional intervention.

Fortunately, some countries, including the United States, China and Cuba, began to send doctors and materials to African countries, and hospitals specifically for Ebola were built one after another. Public health workers also encourage people to bury Ebola patients in a safer way, so as to avoid being infected and dying themselves. Although the defense operation was carried out late and the measures were mild, by the end of November 2014, there was finally a turning point: the number of new cases in Liberia and Guinea began to decline. The following year, the epidemic quickly eased.

Although the Ebola epidemic has temporarily ended, it will not disappear forever. In September, 2014, ecologists and epidemiologists from Oxford University jointly published a research result, and made a detailed prediction on the location of Ebola outbreak in the future. They considered many kinds of animals that can carry the virus, as well as human settlements that overlap with the activities of these animals (such settlements are increasing). In their prediction, a total of 22 million people live in the Ebola risk zone. Although the probability that some of these 22 million people are actually infected with Ebola virus by animals is very low, once infected, the danger will be enormous.

04

SARS, MERS virus

Since the first discovery of Ebola virus, other viruses have also appeared. They have emerged from completely different places, which may be thousands of miles away from each other.

For example, in November 2002, a farmer from China came to the hospital with a high fever and died soon. Then, people in the same area appeared the same disease one after another, but at this time, the epidemic did not get worldwide attention until the disease infected an American. This man went to China to do business. On the plane flying back to Singapore from China, he suddenly started to have a fever. The plane stopped in Hanoi, and the businessman never left there alive. Although most cases are still concentrated in mainland China and Hongkong, people all over the world are getting sick. The death rate of this disease is as high as 10%, and it usually takes only a few days to kill people. This epidemic is brand-new in medical history, and it needs a new name. Doctors call it severe acute respiratory syndrome or SARS.

Structural diagram of SARS coronavirus

Based on the accumulated experience of HIV and Ebola virus, scientists suspect that SARS virus evolved from viruses that originally infected other animals. So they set out to analyze the viruses in animals that Chinese often came into contact with. Whenever a new virus was discovered, they added corresponding branches to the evolutionary tree of SARS. After a few months, scientists finally reconstructed the history of SARS.

The virus may have originated from bats in China, and one of them spread to civet cats, a mammal that looks like cats. Civet cats are common in the animal market in China. Humans may have become hosts in the process of buying and selling civets. It turns out that the biological characteristics of this virus just make them suitable for human-to-human transmission, and unlike Ebola virus, SARS virus can attach to tiny aerosol particles and spread in the air.

Although the SARS epidemic has spread beyond Asia, fortunately, public health measures to prevent the early epidemic of Ebola have also successfully subdued SARS. This epidemic has ravaged more than 8,000 people worldwide and killed more than 700 people. In comparison, the flu kills about 250,000 people every year-it can be said that we have successfully escaped a bullet fired by SARS at humans.

Ten years later, another coronavirus appeared in Saudi Arabia. In 2012, doctors in Saudi Arabia noticed that some patients suffered from respiratory diseases with unknown causes, and nearly one third of them died of illness. This disease is called MERS, which is short for "Middle East Respiratory Syndrome". Virologists isolated pathogenic viruses from patients and studied the genes of MERS virus. They used these genes to look for similar fragments in other species, and soon people’s eyes were fixed on bats in Africa.

However, how African bats became the fuse of the Middle East respiratory syndrome epidemic is still incredible. It was not until scientists studied the camel, a mammal on which people in the Middle East depend, that important new clues began to appear. They found that camels generally carry MERS virus. The virus is continuously released through camel nose secretions. A reasonable explanation for the origin of MERS is that bats may transmit the virus to camels in North Africa. Camel trade from North Africa to the Middle East is frequent, and a sick camel may have brought the virus to its new home.

Scientists have reconstructed the transmission history of MERS, and have every reason to worry that once MERS breaks out, the epidemic may be even more terrible than SARS. Every year, more than 2 million Muslims go to Saudi Arabia for the annual pilgrimage to mecca. It is not difficult to imagine that MERS virus will spread rapidly among dense people and then go to their homes around the world with pilgrims. Fortunately, so far, scientists’ fears have not come true. As of February 2015, 1,026 people were diagnosed with MERS, of which 376 died. Almost all cases occurred in Saudi Arabia, especially in hospitals. Perhaps MERS is best at attacking people whose immune system is weakened by illness. Unless MERS undergoes drastic evolution again, it may always be a dangerous but rare threat within hospitals in the Middle East.

If the epidemic doesn’t always come so unexpectedly (if we can make early warning of these emergencies), we can be better prepared and not caught off guard. However, the next time a virus is transferred from wild animals to human bodies, it is likely to trigger a large-scale epidemic, and we may know nothing about the pathogenic virus.

In order to make up for these cognitive loopholes, scientists are conducting more animal research to find the genetic material of the virus from their bodies. But we live on a veritable "virus planet", and the workload of scientists is huge. Among the new viruses they continue to discover, we don’t know which ones will cause plague, and it is even possible that these viruses will not pose a threat to human society. But that doesn’t mean we can just ignore them. On the contrary, we just need to be vigilant, so that we can take measures to stop them before they have a chance to enter our species.

This article is excerpted from

Virus planet

By Carl Zimmer

Translator: Liu Yang

Press: Guangxi Normal University Press

Publication date: April, 2019

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Notice of Jiangsu Provincial Water Resources Department on Publicity of Projects to be Nominated for Jiangsu Science and Technology Award in 2021

According to the Notice of the Provincial Department of Science and Technology on the Nomination of the 2021 Jiangsu Science and Technology Award (Su Ke Cheng Fa [2021] No.73), the project to be nominated by our department for the 2021 Jiangsu Science and Technology Award is now publicized. The contents of publicity include the project name, the person who completed it, the unit who completed it, the project introduction, the catalogue of major intellectual property rights, and the catalogue of representative papers and works. The publicity time is from May 17, 2021 to May 23, 2021.

During the publicity period, if any unit or individual has any objection to the authenticity and content of the publicity project, it can put forward and provide the necessary supporting documents and contact information in writing.

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The Provincial Water Resources Department plans to nominate the 2021 Jiangsu Science and Technology Award Project.

1. Key technologies and applications of Xingou River diversion project in the core area of Yangtze River Delta.

Project name

Key technology and application of Xingou River diversion project in the core area of Yangtze River Delta

Completed by

Chen Baohua, Zhu Haisheng, Lu Yan, He Yong, Wu Zhong, Shao Yong, Wu Xiaojing, Zhu Qinghua, Kan, john young and Meng Fan.

Completion unit

Jiangsu Taihu Water Conservancy Planning, Design and Research Institute Co., Ltd., Jiangsu Taihu Lake Governance Engineering Construction Administration, nanjing hydraulic research institute of National Energy Administration of Ministry of Transport of Ministry of Water Resources, Jiangsu Water Conservancy Engineering Construction Bureau, Hohai University, Jiangsu Water Conservancy Survey, Design and Research Institute Co., Ltd., Yangzhou University and Jiangsu University.

Project introduction

Taihu Lake Basin is located in the core area of the Yangtze River Delta, and water environment management and water security guarantee are the keys to the high-quality development of the Yangtze River Delta region. The main diversion and drainage project of Xingou River is one of the key projects to improve the water environment capacity of Taihu Lake and implement the drainage of basin flood to the Yangtze River in the north. In order to realize the green concepts of land saving, energy saving and environmental protection in engineering construction, the research and application of key technologies in engineering construction are carried out in the aspects of scientific route selection of backbone water diversion and drainage projects, crossing of complex land and water transportation network trunk lines, ecological environment protection of rivers and lakes along the line, node hub pumping station system, and impact analysis countermeasures of urbanization process in engineering areas, and the following innovative achievements have been achieved:

1. In order to effectively deal with the problems of flood control in river basins and regional drainage water safety, improve the water quality of rivers and lakes, reduce pollution into lakes, and inhibit the outbreak of cyanobacteria, a construction scheme of Tongjiangda Lake backbone drainage channel is put forward, which integrates multi-functional requirements such as flood control, water diversion, drainage, navigation and fish crossing. In view of the characteristics of dense plain water network, shortage of land resources and rapid economic growth, the overall river layout with two lines of flood discharge and one line of water diversion is innovatively put forward, as well as the three-dimensional connection mode of control hubs along the line, which is coordinated with flood discharge, water diversion and navigation, to solve the functional requirements of sewage separation and high and low discharge;

2. The Xingou River trunk line water interchange (Xizhihu Port North Hub) adopted six reinforced concrete pipe jacking groups with the largest internal diameter of 4m in China to cross the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal and beijing-shanghai railway, developed the precise control technology and construction technology of large-diameter pipe jacking groups, and developed a new T-shaped diaphragm wall and high cantilever composite revetment structure, which solved the construction problem of Xingou River crossing the soft soil foundation of river network and the three-dimensional land-water transportation network.

3. In view of the shortage of land resources, complex river network and water system in the core area of the Yangtze River Delta and the requirements of the Yangtze River Protection for the water quality of the incoming river, the "one area, two ends, one line" ecological environment system management model adapted to the river network waters with strong human activities, and the river network ecological environment restoration technology of estuary+backbone river+capillary branch river+lake "point-line-surface" collection are innovatively put forward, which ensures the water quality of the Yangtze River discharged from Xingou River north and the ecological health of the basin;

4. A new type of bidirectional tubular pump with S-shaped blades and bidirectional inlet and outlet channels were developed, which solved the problem of improving the hydraulic efficiency of the ultra-low-lift bidirectional pump device, and a high-power two-speed motor was developed by using pole-changing technology, which improved the efficiency of the pump unit under the condition of wide variable lift and effectively reduced the energy consumption of the pump unit.

The research results of this project have been applied to the whole process of construction planning, design, construction and management of Xingou River diversion and drainage project, effectively serving the management of water conservancy, transportation, environmental protection and other industries and relevant government decisions, and achieved remarkable results.

This project has been granted 7 invention patents, 4 utility model patents, 3 software copyrights, and published 18 academic papers and 2 monographs. This technological achievement has innovated the key technology of the construction of regional drainage engineering in plain river network, which is of great significance to promoting the scientific and technological progress of water conservancy industry and the economic and social development of Jiangsu Province.

Catalogue of major intellectual property rights

1. Invention patent: a low-lift and large-flow reversible tubular pump with asymmetric SX blades.

2. Invention patent: a method for predicting the necessary cavitation allowance of axial flow pump based on pump device.

3. Invention patent: A composite ecological floating island device for efficiently purifying polluted water.

4. Invention patent: Method for improving flow pattern of diversion hub at tributary mouth of tidal reach.

5. Invention patent: a pier structure at the mouth of the branch of tidal reach.

6. Invention patent: Test method for overall flow pattern model of diversion and drainage hub at tributary entrance of tidal reach.

7. Utility model: large-diameter socket-type reinforced concrete pipe jacking joint.

8. Software copyright: V1.0, a software for calculating surface deformation during pipe jacking construction.

On representative papers

1. Study on Ecological Restoration Scheme of Typical Branches of Xingou River/People’s Pearl River/Zhu Haisheng, He Yong, Wang Yongping, etc.

2. Response of the photosynthetic activity and biomass of the phytoplankton community to increasing nutrients during cyanobacterial blooms in Meiliang Bay, Lake Taihu/ Water Environment Research/ Wu P, Lu Y, Lu Y, et al.

3. Hydraulic performance analysis of bidirectional vertical axial flow pump device based on CFX/journal of basic science and engineering/john young, Liu Chao, Tang Fangping.

4. Theoretical and experimental study on resistance characteristics of shrub vegetation distribution area/advances in water science/Lu Yan, Wang Weixu, Lu Yongjun, etc.

5. Dynamic deformation and stress of large diameter pipe jacking group and subgrade under the action of moving train/journal of yangtze river scientific research institute/Zhu Qinghua, Zhang Feng, Shao Yong, etc.

Second, the key technology and application of improving the effect of bank slope protection project and construction guarantee in Jiangsu section of the Yangtze River

Project name

Key technology and application of improving the effect of bank slope protection project and construction guarantee in Jiangsu section of the Yangtze River

Completed by

Zhao Gang, Wang Maomei, Dong Azhong, Xu Yi, Chen Gang, Zhu Dadong, Zhu Hao, Shi Yintao, Tan Huiming, Cai Jun, Chen Nan

Completion unit

Jiangsu Institute of Hydraulic Research, Nanjing University of Technology, Hohai University, Shanghai Hydraulic Engineering Group Co., Ltd., Changshu Intercontinental Construction Engineering Co., Ltd.

Project introduction

In recent 20 years, there have been bank collapses in many sections of Jiangsu section of the Yangtze River, and the water level has repeatedly exceeded the warning water level, setting a new record for the highest water level in history, which seriously threatens the flood control safety, shipping safety and river regime stability in our province. River regulation projects such as bank protection and slope protection are the main ways to maintain stability in the rapidly changing area of the Yangtze River regime. Under the background of the great protection of the Yangtze River and the construction of ecological civilization, how to improve the implementation effect of the bank slope protection project and ensure the construction quality of the project is of great significance for maintaining the stability of the coastline and ensuring the safety of flood control.

Based on the research achievements of the joint application unit of this project in the past 10 years, the construction and scientific research units in the industry have carried out multidisciplinary joint technical research, aiming at systematically improving the effect of bank slope protection project and studying the key technologies of construction guarantee in Jiangsu section of the Yangtze River from the aspects of river regime influence mechanism, riprap protection type effect evaluation, riprap construction technology innovation, dike stability safety evaluation and ecological slope protection technology, etc., and achieved the following innovative results:

1. Using high-precision multi-beam scanning system and spatial data superposition analysis method, the evaluation of riprap effect is put forward for the first time.bestThe density of point cloud realizes the accurate evaluation of underwater riprap effect; The model is constructed to predict the anti-scour effect of riprap revetment, and the influence mechanism of riprap revetment protection effect is expounded.

2. The research on the influence of sand mining project on the river regime of the bifurcated reach is extended from a single project to the superposition influence of multiple projects; The superposition influence index of multiple sand mining projects on the diversion ratio of braided river is put forward, and the influence law of multiple sand mining projects on the evolution of braided river is proved. This paper reveals the response mechanism of erosion and deposition changes in a single sand pit to other projects, and puts forward a simulation method to accurately predict the riverbed to reach a stable state.

3. The panoramic view of the dike is obtained by using the sounding technology combining ground penetrating radar and multi-beam, and the complete shape of the dike is constructed by registration; The multi-temporal point cloud of dike is used to analyze the deformation of dike, and the feasibility of using point cloud for dike monitoring is clear. Based on fuzzy system and neural network theory, a deformation-based safety evaluation model of dike engineering is constructed. The deformation analysis software of point cloud is developed, and the three-dimensional change analysis of point cloud and the visual view of the results are realized.

4. The failure mechanism and process of geo-reinforced turf are proved, and the influence law of geo-materials and reinforcement technology on impact resistance is obtained; Through numerical simulation and field test, the erosion variation laws of two kinds of geo-reinforced turf at different flow rates are explained. A water erosion test system was designed to reveal the hydraulic erosion resistance characteristics of mixed turf. The in-situ sampling method of three-dimensional geo-reinforced turf was established, and the combined reinforcement effect of geo-mat, plant root system and soil was expounded.

5. A box-type accurate deep-water positioning and throwing construction ship is designed, which integrates positioning, boxing and throwing, and a circulating throwing process of deep-water riprap anti-scour body is developed. The fixed-point accurate throwing construction of the bed is realized by the linkage control of electric winch, hoist, limit device, sprocket and other structures and power systems.

Catalogue of major intellectual property rights

1. Invention patent: The method of combining ground penetrating radar (GPR) and static sounding instrument (CPT) to survey the amount of dredged fill sand.

2. Invention patent: a method for preparing undisturbed samples of mechanical properties of reinforced plant soil in laboratory test.

3. utility model: single-beam shipboard rapid installation combined device

4. utility model: an omni-directional detection device for underwater sediment scouring depth under piers.

5. Utility model: a tidal value monitoring device.

6. Utility model: a undisturbed layered sediment sampler.

7. Software copyright: GNSS dike deformation monitoring post-processing system V1.0

8. Software copyright: floating mud monitoring system V1.0

9. Software copyright: Leveling adjustment system V1.0

10. Software copyright: point cloud deformation analysis system V1.0

On representative papers

1. Underwater detection technology of water conservancy projects/China Water Conservancy and Hydropower Press/Zhao Gang, Wang Maomei, Xu Yi, etc.

2. Theory and Technology of 3D Simulation of Real Trees Based on Point Clouds/Tongji University Press/Shi Yintao

3. Research on spatial index structure of massive point clouds based on hybrid tree/2017 IEEE 2nd International Conference on Big Data Analysis (ICBDA)/ Zhao G, Wang M, Xu Y, et al

4. Underwater Topography Simulation based on Point Cloud from Multi-Beam Sonar/2018 IEEE 4th Information Technology and Mechatronics Engineering Conference (ITOEC)/ Zhao G, Shi Y, Wang M, et al.

5. Application of multi-beam sounding combined with sonar technology in underwater appearance disease detection of river embankments/Water conservancy and hydropower technology/Zhao Gang, Wang Maomei, Xu Yi, etc.

Night economy, the more exciting the night.

  As night falls, the lights are on, and the colorful nightlife is gorgeous. Midnight Food Store’s delicious rice, dazzling fireworks show, the song and dance theater was packed … … Food, travel, shopping, entertainment, sports and exhibitions, with the continuous enrichment of consumption patterns, the "night economy" has become a new bright spot in many countries to enhance the vitality of cities and stimulate consumption growth.

  Japan: Night consumption is very rich.

  In downtown Tokyo, it’s not easy to have dinner, because you always have to wait. In Japan, the city after work is quite lively. "Night economy" has become an important engine to stimulate consumption and stimulate Japan’s economic development.

  When Midnight Food Store is mentioned, most people think of Japanese directly. Catering industry is called the second largest main industry in Japan after automobile manufacturing. According to the survey and research center of Japan Catering Service Association, the market size of Japanese catering industry reached 33.9 trillion yen in 2018. Among them, catering and accommodation business reached 20.8 trillion yen, and night consumption accounted for more than 60%.

  There are many kinds of night restaurants in Japan, including high-grade kiosks and popular small restaurants. Among them, the pub (izakaya) is the most common storefront in Japanese streets. Colleagues, classmates and teams can form "classmates’ meetings" and often get together for a drink. Japanese often say that wine is the lubricant of society. In many restaurants, you need to look at the menu to order food, but the drinks are all-inclusive and unlimited in one to two hours. The Japanese also love to "change places", and it is the best proof of the close relationship between friends that they turn around several pubs in one night.

  Recently, new tricks have appeared in Japanese restaurants. Kikkoman, a famous soy sauce manufacturer, has set up a "LIVE Live Restaurant" near Ginza, Tokyo — — In Kikkoman Tokyo Live Restaurant, the cooking masters demonstrated the cooking skills to the diners in the form of live broadcast. While cooking, they humorously explained the characteristics of the dishes, the origin of ingredients, nutritional value, cooking precautions, etc., and there was a TV presenter next to them to ask various questions. Similar new things are very popular, and many seats have been booked during the Olympic Games next year.

  In addition to catering, night cultural and recreational activities are also colorful. Theaters, cinemas and concert halls are the places where literary and art fans stay the most, and traditional Japanese plays and popular European and American plays complement each other. The late-night movie theater is a good place for people who are busy with work during the day and don’t want to miss the latest movies. A reporter friend of the author claimed that the newly released movies in recent years had hardly fallen, and asked him the trick. It turned out that after the newspaper cut off at 1 o’clock midnight, he was so excited that he couldn’t sleep, and he just went to the late-night cinema to refresh the film. Some cinemas will also offer discounts for ladies and multi-night packages to attract customers. In summer, zoos, aquariums, amusement parks, etc. will also open special night tours and have full-time commentators to attract primary and secondary school students to participate in night activities.

  In order to welcome the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, the Japanese government is making every effort to expand comprehensive services such as transportation, hotels, shopping and catering. Local governments regard nightlife as an important means to improve the competitiveness of cities. Mu Zengchong, director of Japan International Entertainment Industry Research Institute, said that local governments pay more attention to economic growth and have made great efforts to activate night consumption. Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka and other cities have made brilliant efforts to develop local service industries.

  Shibuya, Tokyo is the birthplace of popular culture and a paradise for young people. There are many theaters and video game halls, and various cultural activities such as Japanese festivals and Western festivals continue. Yokohama gives full play to the advantages of a port city, and holds fireworks parties, masked parades and other activities. The go-kart race at night in Muzhang City, Chiba Prefecture is also very distinctive, attracting many young people from Tokyo to show their fists.

  In recent years, with the widening income gap of Japanese people, people’s entertainment and consumption situation also tends to be diversified. People of different classes and hobbies can find their own consumption places at night. Mr. Mu Zeng, a critic, said: "From the perspective of consumer psychology, most people have a higher desire to spend at night than during the day. At this time, people’s management of money bags is relatively loose."

  In Tokyo, trams, subways and other public transportation basically ended at around 1 am. Therefore, around midnight is called the third peak period after the morning peak and the evening peak. A few years ago, the governor of Tokyo once put forward the idea of 24-hour non-stop public transportation, but it has not been realized so far because of the cost of train and track maintenance and operation. Some passengers who can’t catch the last bus can only take a taxi home or find a hotel nearby to stay. In the future, with the popularization of autonomous driving technology, traffic obstacles that restrict night consumption are expected to be alleviated. It seems that there is still much room for development in Japan’s midnight consumption.

  Indonesia: "Midnight Shopping" is an addiction

  In Indonesia, as long as you bring enough money, "midnight shopping" will definitely make you addicted. "Midnight shopping" is a highlight of Indonesia, the fourth most populous country in the world, the largest economy in ASEAN and the third largest consumer market in Asia.

  During major festivals, the Indonesian Federation of Shopping Centers will organize shopping centers in Indonesia, especially in Jakarta, Surabaya, Yogyakarta, Bali and other cities to extend their business hours, usually until midnight or two or three in the morning, and some even until the next morning. In the days of "midnight shopping", there is often a "big traffic jam" when you leave the main road of the city in the middle of the night.

  The author, a friend who lives in the business circle of "Indonesia Square" in the city center, once got caught in the rolling traffic of "midnight shopping" when driving home from the New Year party, and was unable to move into the gate of his own community for more than an hour. Because it was New Year’s Eve, more than 250 businesses, large and small, in Indonesia Square were all open until after midnight.

  Just extending the business hours may not attract so many "night owl consumers". The "magic weapon" for Indonesian businessmen is to let consumers "chop their hands and feet" at a big price reduction. At the "Saturday Night Carnival" in BSD City, which just ended not long ago, merchants put out attractive advertisements of "Sincerity, limited time and 20% discount", and on the basis of discount, they also launched a "return when full" activity, with a maximum coupon of about 250 yuan RMB. Consumers can also participate in the lucky draw with the invoice, and the prizes are luxury business class trips in Paris, London and new york. So tempting, how can we not let consumers move? On the day of the event, this new shopping mall located at the entrance of the airport expressway actually triggered the wonder of the main road from the city center to the airport from the evening peak to midnight.

  In addition to discounts and lucky draws, Indonesian businesses also have "trump cards" — — Entertainment shopping. Amelia, senior manager of BSD City, said that in order to attract consumers, merchants would invite many famous singers and movie stars to hold "Bazaar the Artist" on the day of the event. Take the activities in BSD City as an example, consumers can watch the performances on the spot, chat with idols, take selfies and share their shopping mood. The mall also selected some local brand goods for on-site auction, and all the proceeds were donated to the orphanage.

  If you are not interested in stars, Indonesian businesses still have a bunch of "tricks" — — Parent-child brand, respect for the elderly brand, beauty brand, national style brand and so on. In the shopping mall, the children playing wildly in the children’s paradise were overjoyed; Uncle, aunt and even grandparents are out at midnight, singing loudly on the stage of "Good Voice of Indonesia"; In front of the counters of cosmetics and skin care products, well-known beauty artists design shapes and take care of makeup for "small owners" free of charge; There are also national fashion shows from hundreds of tribes across the country, which are novel and "spicy".

  In fact, "midnight shopping" or "night economy" is a microcosm of Indonesia’s national economy. According to the latest data from Indonesia’s Central Bureau of Statistics, Indonesia’s economic growth rate was 5.05% in the second quarter of this year, which has remained in the range of 4.9% to 5.3% for 14 consecutive quarters, with the global economic turmoil intensifying and emerging economies facing downward pressure. Among them, the contribution rate of household consumption to Indonesia’s economic growth has been close to 60% for a long time. In the second quarter, the growth rate of total consumption rose to 5.17%, slightly higher than the 5.02% in the first quarter, and the business confidence index also improved. The Bank of Indonesia issued a statement saying that Indonesia’s consumer confidence index is generally at its best level since 2000, and the inflation level is running at a low level for a long time.

  Some Indonesian economists predict that Indonesia’s per capita GDP is expected to exceed 4,500 US dollars in 2019, and it can reach 12,000 US dollars at purchasing power parity, which is second only to Brazil and China in the "National Club of 200 million people". Stimulating domestic demand and encouraging consumption is a major driving force for Indonesia’s economic growth.

  "This year ‘ Midnight shopping ’ I want to buy it! Buy! Buy! " Dai Wei, a 24-year-old Indonesian girl, told me that she had just found a job in a well-known mobile phone brand manufacturer in China, and she was more confident to participate in the midnight shopping spree.

  France: The Literary Style of "Night Paris"

  Say, a French economist, once said: "It is not good for business to encourage consumption only, because the difficulty lies not in the desire to stimulate consumption, but in the means to supply consumption." The characteristics of night economy in France, which is famous for its "Paris at night" model, fully verify this theory and bring diversified highlights to French economic development.

  At present, the mode of "Paris at night" in France is not only confined to the traditional fields represented by bars, restaurants and other single entertainment consumption, but also increasingly extended to more fields such as art, culture, deduction, retail and so on, making the charm of French culture and art more brilliant and eye-catching with the help of the mode of "Paris at night". Some French media commented that "Night Paris" lit up France.

  Light show, light up the city context with regional culture. Almost every French city regularly holds light shows with regional characteristics, and all kinds of creative lighting decorations are spread all over the corner, telling the historical classic stories of the city emotionally. This perfect combination of modern technology and traditional culture has become an important way for French people to enjoy leisure and tourists from all over the world to understand French customs.

  Among them, the light show in Lyon, the second largest city in France, is the most famous. In addition to the annual Lantern Festival in early December, Lyon also has colorful lighting in series with Notre Dame de Fourier, the old city, the river Thorne and other scenic spots, which makes Lyon glow with different brilliance under the night. As one of the "three major lighting festivals" in the world, the Lyon Lighting Festival began in 1852, originally to celebrate the completion of the gilded bronze statue of the Virgin Mary. In 1980, the municipal government of Lyon implemented the Urban Lighting Planning, which made lighting an important part of the urban landscape and connected it with history and culture, forming an international lighting festival with a more humanistic atmosphere. The four-day lighting energy-saving in Lyon attracts more than 4 million tourists every year, which effectively promotes the development of the tertiary industry such as local accommodation, catering and entertainment.

  Visit the museum at night and light the spark of thought with the light of culture. In Paris with the Louvre, cultural gluttony never disappoints people. After a busy day, cultural attractions at night are more attractive. Without the noise during the day, it is a pleasure to wander around the historic sites in quiet nights and enjoy the beauty of Paris gracefully at night.

  The French government has always attached great importance to the layout and management of cultural attractions and the innovation of cultural industries, and Paris has promoted the night economy with cultural industries as the core by extending business hours, increasing night performances in theaters, night tours in museums and extending subway operation hours. Every year, France organizes about 1,200 museums to participate in the "Night of European Museums", which is open for free until the early hours of the morning, and receives an average of more than 2 million visitors every year, including "big-name" museums such as Pompidou Cultural Center, Louvre and Orsay Museum. In addition to opening at night in a specific period, Paris’s theaters, museums and other cultural attractions have also extended their opening hours to varying degrees with the support of the government, making cultural consumption a characteristic label of Paris’s "night economy".

  Fireworks show, lighting up the sky with gorgeous fireworks. In addition to New Year’s Day, National Day and other important festivals, many scenic spots in France have also launched gorgeous fireworks shows, which make tourists feel different audio-visual feasts through the ingenious integration of lights, fountains, music and fireworks. As one of the five largest palaces in the world, Versailles has launched large fountains, classical music and fireworks displays in the summer.

  When night falls, the back garden of Versailles Palace is decorated as a gorgeous stage for the fire tree and silver flowers. Accompanied by the elegant melody of baroque music, the mirror pool, the water and the moon are dancing and dancing, and the light and shadow of the colonnade jungle are chasing each other, so that tourists can taste the Versailles where light turns to sound against the bright fireworks. The launch of the fireworks show also promoted the development of tourism in surrounding towns.

Make the market play a decisive role in resource allocation and better play the role of the government.

Editor’s Note: Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core has made a major judgment that economic development has entered a new normal, formed a policy framework with the new development concept as the guide and the supply-side structural reform as the main line, implemented the general tone of striving for progress in stability, and led the sustained and healthy development of China’s economy. A series of important expositions published by the Supreme Leader comrades around the socialist economic construction have lofty ideas, rich connotations and profound thoughts, and comprehensively answered the major questions of how to look at and do China’s economic development. They have firmly established and implemented the new development concept, adapted to the new normal of economic development, promoted structural reforms on the supply side, promoted stable and healthy economic development and social harmony and stability, and achieved the goal of "two hundred years" and the Chinese nation.

In order to help the broad masses of cadres and masses to learn, understand and master the important expositions of the Supreme Leader on socialist economic construction, the the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China Literature Research Office edited the Excerpts of the Supreme Leader’s Expositions on Socialist Economic Construction. shouldThe contents of the book are extracted from more than 120 important documents such as speeches, reports and instructions of the Supreme Leader from November 15, 2012 to March 12, 2017. It is divided into 10 topics, with a total of 494 paragraphs. Many of them are published for the first time. The bookAuthorize People’s Daily Online to serialize exclusively. Please contact the publishing unit if necessary.

All walks of life at home and abroad are highly concerned about our reform. We must strengthen our confidence, build consensus, make overall plans and make concerted efforts, adhere to the reform direction of the socialist market economy, enhance the systematicness, integrity and synergy of the reform, and promote the next step of reform with greater political courage and wisdom.

-Speech at the Central Economic Work Conference (December 15, 2012)

On making the market play a decisive role in resource allocation and giving full play to the role of the government. This is a major theoretical point decided by this plenary session. This is because the economic system reform is still the focus of comprehensive deepening reform, and the core issue of economic system reform is still to properly handle the relationship between the government and the market.

-Explanation on the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China’s Decision on Comprehensively Deepening Reform (November 9, 2013), Selected Important Documents Since the 18th National Congress (I), Central Literature Publishing House, 2014, p. 498.

After more than 20 years of practice, China’s socialist market economic system has been initially established, but there are still many problems, mainly the irregular market order and the widespread phenomenon of seeking economic benefits by improper means; Factor markets’s development lags behind, with idle factors and a large number of effective demands not being met; Market rules are not unified, and departmental protectionism and local protectionism exist in large numbers; Insufficient market competition hinders the survival of the fittest and structural adjustment, and so on. If these problems are not solved well, it is difficult to form a perfect socialist market economic system.

-Explanation on the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China’s Decision on Comprehensively Deepening Reform (November 9, 2013), Selected Important Documents Since the 18th National Congress (I), Central Literature Publishing House, 2014, p. 498.

To further handle the relationship between the government and the market is actually to handle the question of whether the market plays a decisive role or the government plays a decisive role in resource allocation. Economic development is to improve the allocation efficiency of resources, especially scarce resources, to produce as many products as possible with as few resources as possible, and to obtain as great benefits as possible. Both theory and practice have proved that market allocation of resources is the most efficient form. The market determines the allocation of resources, which is the general law of market economy, and the market economy is essentially an economy in which the market determines the allocation of resources. To improve the socialist market economic system, we must follow this law and focus on solving the problems of imperfect market system, excessive government intervention and inadequate supervision. The orientation of "making the market play a decisive role in resource allocation" is conducive to establishing a correct concept about the relationship between the government and the market in the whole party and society, to transforming the mode of economic development, to transforming government functions, and to curbing negative corruption.

-Explanation on the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China’s Decision on Comprehensively Deepening Reform (November 9, 2013), Selected Important Documents Since the 18th National Congress (I), Central Literature Publishing House, 2014, p. 499.

China is implementing a socialist market economic system, and we still have to give full play to the superiority of our socialist system and the positive role of the Party and the government. The market plays a decisive role in the allocation of resources, not all.

-Explanation on the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China’s Decision on Comprehensively Deepening Reform (November 9, 2013), Selected Important Documents Since the 18th National Congress (I), Central Literature Publishing House, 2014, p. 500.

To develop the socialist market economy, we should play the role of both the market and the government, but the functions of the market and the government are different. The decision of the plenary session puts forward clear requirements for giving full play to the role of the government, emphasizing scientific macro-control and effective government governance, which are the inherent requirements for giving full play to the advantages of the socialist market economic system. The plenary session decided to make arrangements for improving the macro-control system, fully and correctly performing government functions, and optimizing the government organizational structure, stressing that the government’s responsibilities and functions are mainly to maintain macroeconomic stability, strengthen and optimize public services, ensure fair competition, strengthen market supervision, maintain market order, promote sustainable development, promote common prosperity, and make up for market failures.

-Explanation on the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China’s Decision on Comprehensively Deepening Reform (November 9, 2013), Selected Important Documents Since the 18th National Congress (I), Central Literature Publishing House, 2014, p. 500.

The plenary session decided to adhere to and develop the relevant expositions since the 15th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, proposed to actively develop the mixed-ownership economy, and emphasized that the mixed-ownership economy with cross-shareholding and mutual integration of state-owned capital, collective capital and non-public capital is an important realization form of the basic economic system, which is conducive to amplifying the function of state-owned capital, maintaining and increasing its value, and improving its competitiveness. This is an effective way and an inevitable choice to adhere to the dominant position of public ownership and enhance the vitality, control and influence of the state-owned economy under the new situation.

-Explanation on the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China’s Decision on Comprehensively Deepening Reform (November 9, 2013), Selected Important Documents since the 18th National Congress (I), Central Literature Publishing House, 2014, pp. 500-501.

State-owned enterprises are an important force to promote national modernization and safeguard the common interests of the people. After years of reform, state-owned enterprises have generally integrated with the market economy. At the same time, state-owned enterprises have also accumulated some problems and disadvantages, and need to further promote reform. The plenary session decided to put forward a series of targeted reform measures, including increasing state-owned capital investment in public welfare enterprises; In the natural monopoly industries where state-owned capital continues to hold shares, the reform with separation of government and enterprise, separation of government and capital, franchising and government supervision as the main contents will be implemented, and the network transportation will be separated and competitive business will be liberalized according to the characteristics of different industries; Improve the corporate governance structure with coordinated operation and effective checks and balances; Establish a professional manager system to give full play to the role of entrepreneurs; Establish a long-term incentive and restraint mechanism to strengthen the accountability of state-owned enterprises’ investment; Explore and promote the disclosure of major information such as the financial budget of state-owned enterprises; State-owned enterprises should reasonably increase the proportion of market-oriented hiring, reasonably determine and strictly regulate the salary level, job treatment, job consumption and business consumption of managers of state-owned enterprises. These measures will promote state-owned enterprises to improve the modern enterprise system, improve operational efficiency, assume social responsibilities reasonably and play a better role.

-Explanation on the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China’s Decision on Comprehensively Deepening Reform (November 9, 2013), Selected Important Documents Since the 18th National Congress (I), Central Literature Publishing House, 2014, p. 501.

To adhere to and improve the basic economic system, we must adhere to the "two unwavering". The plenary session decided to propose reform measures to encourage, support and guide the development of the non-public economy and stimulate the vitality and creativity of the non-public economy from multiple levels. In terms of functional orientation, it is clear that both public ownership economy and non-public ownership economy are important components of the socialist market economy and are important foundations for China’s economic and social development; In the protection of property rights, it is clearly stated that the property rights of public ownership economy are inviolable, and the property rights of non-public ownership economy are equally inviolable; In terms of policy treatment, it emphasizes the equality of rights, opportunities and rules and implements a unified market access system; Encourage non-public enterprises to participate in the reform of state-owned enterprises, encourage the development of mixed-ownership enterprises controlled by non-public capital, and encourage qualified private enterprises to establish a modern enterprise system. This will promote the healthy development of the non-public economy.

-Explanation on the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China’s Decision on Comprehensively Deepening Reform (November 9, 2013), Selected Important Documents Since the 18th National Congress (I), Central Literature Publishing House, 2014, pp. 501-502.

To adhere to the direction of socialist market economy reform, the core issue is to properly handle the relationship between the government and the market, so that the market can play a decisive role in resource allocation and better play the role of the government. This is another major advance of our party in theory and practice.

-"Practically Unify Thought with the Spirit of the Third Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee" (November 12, 2013), Selected Important Documents Since the 18th CPC Central Committee (I), Central Literature Publishing House, 2014, p. 551.

Adhering to the direction of socialist market economy reform is not only the basic follow-up of economic system reform, but also an important support for comprehensively deepening reform. Making the market play a decisive role in resource allocation mainly involves economic system reform, but it will inevitably affect politics, culture, society, ecological civilization and party building and other fields. It is necessary to make all aspects of system reform advance in the direction of establishing a perfect socialist market economic system, and at the same time make all aspects of their own related links better adapt to the new requirements put forward by the development of socialist market economy.

-"Practically Unify Thought with the Spirit of the Third Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee" (November 12, 2013), Selected Important Documents Since the 18th CPC Central Committee (I), Central Literature Publishing House, 2014, p. 552.

The socialist market economic system established after 35 years of reform has been able to play the role of economic stabilizer to a considerable extent. Some things don’t need the government to do, and the market mechanism will automatically adjust. Some things don’t need to be done by the central government, and local governments will take the initiative to do the work. We insist on stable macro policies, flexible micro policies, simple administration and decentralization, give better play to the role of the market, and better reflect the division of labor between the central and local governments. We have stepped up efforts to transform the government’s job capacity, shifted the focus of our work to creating a fair competitive market environment, protecting the ecological environment, supporting innovation, etc., and enhanced the momentum and vitality of economic development.

-Speech at the Central Economic Work Conference (December 10, 2013)

Generally speaking, the market plays a decisive role. We should not blindly and absolutely say that the market plays a decisive role, but make the market play a decisive role in the allocation of resources and give full play to the role of the government. In some areas, such as national defense construction, the government plays a decisive role. Some strategic energy resources should be firmly controlled by the government, but they can be done through market mechanisms.

-Speech at the Fifth Meeting of the Central Financial and Economic Leading Group (March 14, 2014)

It is not only a major theoretical proposition, but also a major practical proposition to make the market play a decisive role in resource allocation and better play the role of the government. It is of great significance to scientifically understand this proposition and accurately grasp its connotation for comprehensively deepening the reform and promoting the healthy and orderly development of the socialist market economy. On the issue of market role and government role, we should talk about dialectics and two-point theory, make good use of both "invisible hand" and "visible hand", and strive to form a pattern in which market role and government role are organically unified, complementary, coordinated and promoted, so as to promote sustained and healthy economic and social development.

-Speech at the 15th collective study in the 18th the Political Bureau of the Central Committee (May 26th, 2014), People’s Daily, May 28th, 2014.

At the Third Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee, it was pointed out that the reform of the economic system is the key to comprehensively deepen the reform, and the core issue is to properly handle the relationship between the government and the market, so that the market can play a decisive role in the allocation of resources and better play the role of the government. Putting forward that the market plays a decisive role in the allocation of resources is a new breakthrough in our Party’s understanding of the law of Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s construction, a new achievement of Marxism in China, and a sign that the development of socialist market economy has entered a new stage.

-Speech at the 15th collective study in the 18th the Political Bureau of the Central Committee (May 26th, 2014), People’s Daily, May 28th, 2014.

Accurate positioning and grasping make the market play a decisive role in resource allocation and better play the role of the government, and we must correctly understand the relationship between the role of the market and the role of the government. The relationship between government and market is the core issue of China’s economic system reform. At the Third Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee, the market played a fundamental role in the allocation of resources and changed it to play a decisive role. Although there is only a difference of two words, it is a brand-new orientation for the role of the market. The two orientations of "decisive role" and "fundamental role" are connected, inherited and developed. Making the market play a decisive role in resource allocation and giving better play to the role of the government are organically unified, not mutually negative, and they cannot be separated and opposed. The decisive role of the market in resource allocation can neither be used to replace or even deny the government’s role, nor can it be used to replace or even deny the market’s decisive role in resource allocation.

-Speech at the 15th collective study in the 18th the Political Bureau of the Central Committee (May 26th, 2014), People’s Daily, May 28th, 2014.

Putting forward that the market plays a decisive role in resource allocation is actually implementing the problem orientation. After more than 20 years of practice, China’s socialist market economic system has been developing continuously, but there are still many problems, and there are still many drawbacks that constrain the vitality of market players and hinder the full play of the market and the law of value. If these problems are not solved well, it is difficult to form a perfect socialist market economic system, and it is also difficult to change the development mode and adjust the economic structure. We must adhere to the direction of socialist market economy reform, promote market-oriented reform in breadth and depth, reduce the direct allocation of resources by the government, reduce the direct intervention of the government in micro-economic activities, accelerate the construction of a unified, open and orderly market system, establish fair, open and transparent market rules, hand over economic activities that can be effectively regulated by the market mechanism to the market, and hand over things that the government should not be in charge of, so that the market can fully play its role in all areas that can play its role, and promote the allocation of resources to maximize benefits and optimize efficiency.

-Speech at the 15th collective study in the 18th the Political Bureau of the Central Committee (May 26th, 2014), People’s Daily, May 28th, 2014.

Scientific macro-control and effective government governance are the inherent requirements for giving full play to the advantages of the socialist market economic system. To give full play to the role of government, it is necessary to effectively transform government functions, deepen the reform of administrative system, innovate administrative management methods, improve the macro-control system, strengthen the supervision of market activities, strengthen and optimize public services, promote social fairness, justice and social stability, and promote common prosperity. Governments at all levels must strictly administer according to law, earnestly perform their duties, properly manage the affairs under their control, fully release the power, and resolutely overcome the dislocation, offside and absence of government functions.

-Speech at the 15th collective study in the 18th the Political Bureau of the Central Committee (May 26th, 2014), People’s Daily, May 28th, 2014.

It is an important feature of China’s socialist market economic system to uphold the leadership of the Party and give full play to the leading core role of the Party in commanding the overall situation and coordinating all parties. Over the past 30 years of reform and opening up, China’s economic and social development has achieved great achievements rarely seen in the world, and the living standards of our people have been greatly improved, which are inseparable from our firm adherence to the party’s leadership and giving full play to the role of party organizations at all levels and all party member. In our country, the strong leadership of the party is the fundamental guarantee for the government to play its role. In the process of comprehensively deepening the reform, we should uphold and develop our political advantages, lead and promote the reform with our political advantages, mobilize the enthusiasm of all parties, and promote the continuous improvement of the socialist market economic system and the better development of the socialist market economy.

-Speech at the 15th collective study in the 18th the Political Bureau of the Central Committee (May 26th, 2014), People’s Daily, May 28th, 2014.

When we deepen reform in an all-round way, we must stimulate the vitality contained in the market. Market vitality comes from people, especially entrepreneurs, and from entrepreneurship. To stimulate the vitality of the market, it is necessary to put the right to release in place, create a good environment, and formulate rules to make entrepreneurs useful. We emphasize the need to give full play to the role of the government, shift more from managers to service providers, serve enterprises and promote economic and social development.

-"Seeking Sustainable Development and Building Asia-Pacific Dreams Together" (November 9, 2014), People’s Daily, November 10, 2014.

The organic combination of the basic socialist system and the market economy, and the common development of the public-owned economy and the non-public-owned economy are great initiatives of our party to promote the liberation and development of social productive forces. At present, the number of non-public economic organizations has accounted for about 90% of the market players, and the GDP created has exceeded 60%. Facts have shown that as long as the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s leadership is adhered to, as long as public ownership is the mainstay and diversified ownership economies develop together, the superiority of the socialist system will not be weakened, but will continue to increase, and the foundation of our party’s governance will not be shaken, but will be more stable.

-"Deeply Understanding the Great Significance of Doing a Good Job in United Front Work under the New Situation" (May 18, 2015), Selected Important Documents since the 18th National Congress (middle), Central Literature Publishing House, 2016, p. 559.

It is necessary to deepen the reform of the economic system around making the market play a decisive role in resource allocation and giving full play to the role of the government, accelerate the formation of institutional mechanisms and development methods that lead the new normal of economic development, accelerate the reform that is conducive to innovative development, coordinated development, green development, open development and shared development, accelerate the reform that is conducive to improving the efficiency of resource allocation and improving the quality and efficiency of development, accelerate the reform that is conducive to fully mobilizing the enthusiasm of all parties, and accelerate the reform that is conducive to the modernization of the national governance system and governance capacity.

—— "Leading development with new development concepts and winning great victory in the decisive stage of building a well-off society in an all-round way" (October 29, 2015), Selected Important Documents since the 18th National Congress (middle), Central Literature Publishing House, 2016, pp. 835-836.

China’s basic economic system is an important pillar of the Socialism with Chinese characteristics system and the foundation of the socialist market economic system. The dominant position of public ownership cannot be shaken, and the leading role of the state-owned economy cannot be shaken. This is an institutional guarantee to ensure that the people of all ethnic groups in China share the fruits of development, and it is also an important guarantee to consolidate the party’s ruling position and adhere to China’s socialist system.

-"Speech at the 28th Collective Study in the 18th the Political Bureau of the Central Committee" (November 23, 2015)

Developing market economy under socialist conditions is a great pioneering work of our party. A key factor for the great success of China’s economic development is that we have brought into play the advantages of both the market economy and the socialist system. We are developing the market economy on the premise of the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s leadership and the socialist system, and we must never forget the attribute "socialism". The reason why it is a socialist market economy is to uphold the superiority of our system and effectively guard against the disadvantages of the capitalist market economy. We must adhere to dialectics and two-point theory, continue to work hard on the combination of the basic socialist system and the market economy, give full play to the advantages of both aspects, and strive to solve this worldwide economic problem in practice.

-"Speech at the 28th Collective Study in the 18th the Political Bureau of the Central Committee" (November 23, 2015)

Accelerate the reform of the fiscal and taxation system. It is necessary to grasp key issues such as dividing the central and local powers and expenditure responsibilities, improving the local tax system, enhancing local development capabilities, and reducing the burden on enterprises, and accelerate the reform of the fiscal and taxation system. It is necessary to promptly formulate a plan for dividing the central and local powers and expenditure responsibilities, moderately strengthen the central powers and expenditure responsibilities, hand over some affairs that are suitable for local governments to local governments, and reduce matters that the central and local responsibilities overlap and jointly manage. According to the principle of tax sharing, the taxes suitable for local income should be allocated to local governments, and the tax rate can be appropriately decentralized to local governments. It is necessary to speed up the introduction of environmental protection tax and promote the reform of resource tax.

-"Doing a Good Job in Current Economic Work around Implementing the Spirit of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee" (December 18, 2015)

It is necessary to form a stock market with complete financing function, solid basic system, effective market supervision and full protection of investors’ legitimate rights and interests as soon as possible. It is necessary to study and put forward the reform plan of the financial supervision system, focus on coordinating the supervision system of important financial institutions, financial holding companies and important financial infrastructure, and strengthen comprehensive supervision and functional supervision. There are different approaches to what kind of financial supervision system to implement in the world. We should proceed from China’s national conditions, especially adhere to the problem orientation, determine our thinking quickly, and don’t argue and delay for a long time. It is necessary to accelerate the reform of the banking system, deepen the reform of state-owned commercial banks, optimize the shareholding structure and improve corporate governance. It is necessary to expand private capital into the banking industry, develop a number of commercial banks controlled by private capital, lower the entry threshold, and realize the normalization of the establishment of private banks. It is necessary to accelerate the development of green finance and set up a green development fund. It is necessary to take advantage of the opportunity of RMB entering the basket, accelerate the reform and opening up of the financial industry, and steadily promote RMB to become an international reserve currency.

-"Doing a Good Job in Current Economic Work around Implementing the Spirit of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee" (December 18, 2015)

Making the market play a decisive role in resource allocation is the main line of deepening economic system reform. The Third Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee put forward that the market should play a decisive role in the allocation of resources and give full play to the role of the government. I talked about both aspects, but I made it clear in the explanation of the plenary session that the focus of the reform is to solve the problems of imperfect market system, excessive government intervention and inadequate supervision. To give full play to the role of the government is not to give full play to the role of the government, but to manage those things that the market can’t or can’t manage well on the premise of ensuring that the market plays a decisive role.

-"Doing a Good Job in Current Economic Work around Implementing the Spirit of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee" (December 18, 2015)

Our party’s view on adhering to the basic economic system is clear and consistent, and it is constantly deepening and has never wavered. The Communist Party of China (CPC) and party constitution have stated this point, which will not change and cannot be changed.

I reiterate here that the position and role of the non-public sector of the economy in China’s economic and social development have not changed. Our principles and policies of unswervingly encouraging, supporting and guiding the development of the non-public sector of the economy have not changed. Our principles and policies of creating a good environment and providing more opportunities for the development of the non-public sector of the economy have not changed.

-"Unswervingly adhere to China’s basic economic system and promote the healthy development of various ownership economies" (March 4, 2016), People’s Daily, March 9, 2016.

Our emphasis on consolidating and developing the public sector of the economy is not antagonistic to encouraging, supporting and guiding the development of the non-public sector of the economy, but organically unified. Our country is so big and has such a large population, and it is in the primary stage of socialism and will be in it for a long time. To promote economic and social development, it is necessary for all parties in Qi Xin to work together, and everyone will gather firewood. Public-owned economy and non-public-owned economy should complement each other, rather than mutually exclusive and offset each other.

-"Unswervingly adhere to China’s basic economic system and promote the healthy development of various ownership economies" (March 4, 2016), People’s Daily, March 9, 2016.

All localities and departments should proceed from reality, refine and quantify policies and measures, formulate relevant supporting measures, and promote the implementation of various policies, so that private enterprises can truly enhance their sense of gain from policies.

At present, we should focus on solving the following problems. First, efforts should be made to solve the financing difficulties of small and medium-sized enterprises, improve the financial system, and provide reliable, efficient and convenient services for financing of small and medium-sized enterprises. Second, efforts should be made to liberalize market access. All industries and fields that are not explicitly prohibited by laws and regulations should be encouraged to enter, and all fields that the Chinese government has opened to foreign investment or promised to open should be opened to domestic private capital. Third, efforts should be made to speed up the construction of the public service system, support the establishment of a common technical service platform for private enterprises, actively develop the technology market, and provide technical support and professional services for independent innovation of private enterprises. Fourth, efforts should be made to guide private enterprises to make use of market portfolio private capital, carry out cross-regional and cross-industry mergers and acquisitions, and cultivate a number of large enterprise groups with outstanding characteristics and strong market competitiveness. Fifth, it is necessary to further clean up and streamline the administrative examination and approval items and enterprise-related fees involving private investment management, standardize the behavior of intermediate links and intermediary organizations, reduce the burden on enterprises and reduce their costs.

-"Unswervingly adhere to China’s basic economic system and promote the healthy development of various ownership economies" (March 4, 2016), People’s Daily, March 9, 2016.

To deepen the reform of economic system, the core is to properly handle the relationship between the government and the market, so that the market can play a decisive role in the allocation of resources and better play the role of the government. This requires dialectics and two-point theory, and both "invisible hand" and "visible hand" should be used well. The key is to speed up the transformation of government functions. The power given to the market and society must be fully put in place, and the affairs managed by the government must be well managed and properly managed, and the phenomenon of dislocation, offside and absence of government functions must be resolutely reversed. It is necessary to deepen the reform of the administrative examination and approval system, promote decentralization, deepen the management of power list and responsibility list, and at the same time strengthen supervision after the event.

-"Speech at the Deliberation of the Shanghai Delegation to the Fourth Session of the 12th National People’s Congress" (March 5, 2016)

State-owned enterprises must not only do well, but also do well. Relevant departments in all regions and the vast number of state-owned enterprises should follow the decision-making arrangements of the CPC Central Committee on promoting the reform and development of state-owned enterprises, adapt to the development and changes of the domestic and international economic situation, adhere to the policy of maintaining and increasing the value of state-owned assets, improving the competitiveness of the state-owned economy and amplifying the functions of state-owned capital, promote the deepening reform of state-owned enterprises, improve their management level, strengthen the supervision of state-owned assets, and unswervingly make state-owned enterprises stronger, better and bigger.

-Speech at the National Conference on Party Building in State-owned Enterprises (October 10, 2016)

The role of the market and the role of the government are complementary, mutually reinforcing and complementary. We must persist in making the market play a decisive role in resource allocation, improve the market mechanism, break down industry monopoly, entry barriers and local protection, enhance enterprises’ ability to respond and adjust to changes in market demand, and improve the efficiency and competitiveness of enterprise resource allocation. Giving full play to the role of the government is not simply issuing administrative orders. On the basis of respecting the laws of the market, we should stimulate market vitality with reform, guide market expectations with policies, clarify investment direction with planning, and regulate market behavior with the rule of law.

-Speech at the 38th collective study in the 18th the Political Bureau of the Central Committee (January 22, 2017), People’s Daily, January 23, 2017. 

Learn from the past and learn from the past, follow the general secretary to learn history, walk into a museum, and seek the roots of Chinese civilization for 5 thousand years

Learn from the past and learn from the past, follow the general secretary to learn history, walk into a museum, and seek the roots of Chinese civilization for 5 thousand years

  Yuncheng, located at the southernmost tip of Shanxi, has a long history and a thick context. On the afternoon of May 16th, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader visited Yuncheng Museum to learn more about the origin of human beings and the early historical development of Chinese civilization. He emphasized that there are many precious cultural relics and even "national treasures" in the museum, which have proved the history of human beings for one million years, the history of culture for 10,000 years and the history of civilization for more than 5,000 years in China. It is necessary to carry out the project of tracing the source of Chinese civilization in depth and lead the research on the history of China civilization in depth.

  Learn from the past and learn history with the general secretary. Today, I walked into Yuncheng Museum to see that Chinese civilization has a long history of 5,000 years.

  Click to listen to the audio version of Learn from the Past.

  The birthplace of Chinese civilization

  The surging Yellow River, flowing through the ages, forms a zigzag "several" bend on the Chinese territory. Yuncheng, Shanxi Province, is a fertile land that has been brought into the arms of the Yellow River. Surrounded by mountains and rivers, the climate is mild and the rainfall is abundant. In ancient times, it was a treasure house favored by our ancestors.

  Yuncheng, called Hedong in ancient times, is one of the cradles of Chinese civilization.

  Here, about 45 million years ago, the "century apes" fossils were discovered, which pushed forward the origin of higher primates for 10 million years.

  Here, the earliest evidence that humans used fire 2.43 million years ago was found. The burnt bones and the antlers with cuts shone with the light of ancient human wisdom and civilization.

  Here, Yao Shunyu and China’s first slave society — — The Xia Dynasty established the capital successively, which gave birth to the earliest farming civilization in China.

  Thousands of years of civilization have left rich cultural relics in Yuncheng. In Yuncheng Museum, one exhibit tells the historical vicissitudes of Chinese ancestral culture for future generations.

Learn from the past and learn from the past, follow the general secretary to learn history, walk into a museum, and seek the roots of Chinese civilization for 5 thousand years

  △ Yuncheng Museum, the architectural shape is like a tree root rooted on the Loess Plateau. (Photographed by General Desk reporter Kang Xiaoyu)

  Culture has roots and civilization is active.

  General Secretary of the Supreme Leader stressed that "it is necessary to deeply understand the development history of Chinese civilization for more than 5,000 years, deepen the research on the history of China civilization, and promote the whole party and society to enhance historical consciousness and strengthen cultural self-confidence."

  For the world to understand China, China must first understand itself.

  The spring and autumn of dabao salt in the country

  "Guo, Hedong Yanchi also."

  Hedong Salt Pond, located in the hinterland of the inland, is a precious gift from nature. Since ancient times, people have lived around the salt pond and lived on it.

  Yuncheng is famous for its salt pond and salt transportation.

  Hedong salt pond is the earliest salt pond in the world, with a mining history of more than 4600 years. Salt Lake, as an important strategic resource, is the common goal of all tribes in the ancient Central Plains of China. From the battle of the Yellow Emperor Chiyou in ancient legends to the historical records of emperors such as Zhou Muwang, Emperor Hancheng, Emperor Hanzhang, Emperor Taizong and Kangxi, Hedong Salt Pond was regarded as "the treasure of the country" by successive dynasties.

Learn from the past and learn from the past, follow the general secretary to learn history, walk into a museum, and seek the roots of Chinese civilization for 5 thousand years

  △ Yuncheng Salt Lake. Summer is the prosperous period of microbial reproduction in salt lakes. Different microorganisms make different pools of salt lakes show different colors, creating the wonders of colorful salt lakes. (Photographed by General Station reporter Yan Dawei)

  Hedong Salt Lake has been related to the national economic lifeline and the source of finance and taxation since ancient times. Especially during the Tang Daizong calendar year, the annual tax revenue of Hedong Salt Lake accounted for about a quarter of the national salt revenue and an eighth of the national fiscal revenue.

  Pool salt culture plays an important role in the development history of Chinese civilization, which nourishes the Millennium civilization and makes historic contributions to the prosperity, economic development and social progress of the Chinese nation.

  The genetic code of China Road.

  "When I visit a place, I will take time to go to the museum and have a look. The purpose is to better understand the historical and cultural evolution of a place." General Secretary of the Supreme Leader once explained why he walked into the museum again and again.

  A museum is a big school.

  Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Museum, Hebei Chengde Museum, Guangxi National Museum, Jiangsu Nantong Museum, Shaanxi Xi ‘an Museum … … Follow the footsteps of the general secretary, and see the Millennium from square inch to square inch.

  Museum is an important place to protect and inherit human civilization, and a bridge connecting the past, the present and the future.

Learn from the past and learn from the past, follow the general secretary to learn history, walk into a museum, and seek the roots of Chinese civilization for 5 thousand years

  △ Huaxia Rooting Exhibition Hall in Yuncheng Museum. (Photographed by CCTV reporter Xing Bin)

  Chinese culture, which has been uninterrupted for more than 5,000 years, is the root and soul of the Chinese nation.

  General Secretary of the Supreme Leader once said, if there is no Chinese civilization for 5,000 years, where can there be any China characteristics? If it weren’t for the characteristics of China, how could we have such a successful Socialism with Chinese characteristics road today?

  In October, 2022, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader profoundly pointed out when he participated in the discussion of the 20th Guangxi delegation of the Party: "China embarked on this road, which is inseparable from China culture. The Socialism with Chinese characteristics road we are taking, its inherent genetic code is here, and there is the gene of Chinese excellent traditional culture. "

  At the beginning of this year, the general secretary emphasized that "Chinese modernization is deeply rooted in Chinese excellent traditional culture" and "it is a brand-new form of human civilization".

  With the protection and inheritance, innovation and development, Chinese excellent traditional culture is constantly blooming with new glory of the times, providing correct spiritual guidance and strong spiritual motivation for the progress of human civilization.

  Producer: Shen Yong Zhao Xuehua Gong Xuehui

  The main author is yan hou.

  Reporter Pan Yi Jia Lin

  Broadcast Li Chun

  Audio production Liu Yifei

  Visual sense

Jiangxi cracked down on online rumors, and many people were investigated for criminal responsibility for making rumors in the Hu Mouyu incident.

  In order to effectively purify the network environment and severely crack down on online rumors according to law, in mid-April, the Network Security Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security deployed a 100-day special campaign to crack down on online rumors. On July 14, Jiangxi public security organs informed the outside world that since the launch of the special campaign, Jiangxi Province has investigated 92 cases of online rumors, handled 691 people who spread rumors, and cleared up more than 120,000 pieces of online rumor information, effectively maintaining a clear cyberspace environment. At the same time, Jiangxi public security organs announced 10 typical cases of cracking down on Internet rumors, many of whom were investigated for criminal responsibility for making rumors in the Hu Mouyu incident.

  Case 1: Shangrao public security organs investigated and dealt with the case that Jie Mouwei frequently fabricated online rumors about "Hu Mouyu’s disappearance" according to law.

  Since December 2022, Shangrao Jiemouwei has frequently posted 167 rumor messages such as "Hu Mouyu’s disappearance has something to do with the principal" and "Hu Mouyu was killed by a bald head" in order to gain traffic, with a total of 3.496 million likes and more than 5,000 comments. After being interrogated by Shangrao public security organs according to law, Jie Mouwei confessed to the facts of illegal crimes. At present, Shangrao public security organs have taken criminal compulsory measures against Jie Mouwei according to law and taken measures to shut down his rumored online account.

  Case 2: Yichun public security organs investigated and dealt with Cao Moulai’s frequent fabrication of online rumors related to "Hu Mouyu’s disappearance".

  Since November, 2022, Cao Mou from Yichun has frequently posted rumors such as "Hu Mouyu’s body is fake" and "Hu Mouyu’s family was arrested by the public security organs" on the online platform, with a total of 60,000 praises and more than 10,000 comments. After the Jiangxi Joint Work Class reported the investigation, Cao Moulai still ignored the facts and continued to fabricate and spread relevant rumors. In order to gain attention, he took fans to Zhiyuan Middle School in Lead Mountain County to start the live broadcast, disrupting social public order. After being interrogated by Yichun public security organs according to law, Cao Moulai confessed to the facts of illegal crimes. At present, Yichun public security organs have taken criminal compulsory measures against Cao Moulai according to law and taken measures to shut down his rumored online account.

  Case 3: Shangrao public security organs investigated and dealt with Wen Mouxian’s frequent fabrication of online rumors about "Hu Mouyu’s disappearance" according to law.

  Since January, 2023, Shangrao Wenmou first published a large number of rumors on the online platform, such as "17 people died in Zhiyuan Middle School in Lead Mountain County", "2.6 million in the bank card of the chemical bald teacher" and "The recording of Hu Mouyu and the bald teacher flowed out", with a total of 40,000 likes and nearly 4,000 comments. After being interrogated by Shangrao public security organs according to law, Wenmou first confessed to the illegal and criminal facts that his fictional events disrupted social order. At present, Shangrao public security organs have transferred Cao’s first case to the people’s procuratorate for review and prosecution, and taken measures to shut down his rumored online account.

  Case 4: Fuzhou public security organs investigated and dealt with Chen Mou’s online rumor case of "the dam body of the upper reaches of Fuzhou collapsed and took the opportunity to raise money".

  In May, 2023, Chen Mou, Fuzhou, published a rumor article on the online platform that "the dam body of the reservoir in the upper reaches of Fuzhou collapsed, which is like purgatory on earth", and took the opportunity to fabricate the "lixi town Disaster Donation Proposal" to appeal to the society to donate to it. Relevant information fabricates facts, misleads netizens and disturbs public order. After being inquired by Fuzhou public security organs according to law, Chen Mou confessed to the illegal act. At present, the public security organs in Fuzhou have imposed administrative punishment on Chen Mou according to law, and taken measures to shut down his rumored online account.

  Case 5: Ganzhou public security organs investigated and dealt with the network rumor case of "forest fire in Tankou Town" fabricated by Lai Mouzhen according to law.

  In May, 2023, in order to gain traffic, Lai Mou of Ganzhou changed the video of forest fire in March, 2023 in Guangxi to the rumor information of "forest fire in Tankou Town". This information has been forwarded many times, causing panic among local residents and disturbing public order. After being asked by the public security organs in Ganzhou according to law, Lai Mouzhen confessed to the illegal act. At present, the public security organs in Ganzhou have imposed administrative penalties on Lai Mouzhen according to law and taken measures to shut down his rumored online account.

  Case 6: Nanchang public security organs investigated and dealt with the online rumor case of "someone abducted children at the gate of Min and Qi Xiaomen in Jinxian County" fabricated by Wan.

  In May 2023, in order to gain traffic, Nanchang Wanmou concocted a video clip of police officers performing official duties normally around the school into a rumor message that "children were abducted at Min and Qi Xiaomen in Jinxian County". This information was widely forwarded, causing panic among local residents and disturbing public order. After being inquired by the Nanchang public security organ according to law, Wan confessed to the illegal act. At present, Nanchang public security organs have imposed administrative penalties on Wan according to law and taken measures to shut down his rumored online account.

  Case 7: Pingxiang public security organs investigated and dealt with the online rumor case of "the second closure of Pingxiang epidemic" fabricated by Zhang according to law.

  In May 2023, in order to gain attention, Pingxiang Zhang posted a video of urban road congestion on the online platform and fabricated the rumor that "it is blocked like this, this is the second time that the epidemic will close the city". Relevant rumor information was forwarded and spread, causing panic among local residents and disturbing public order. Inquired by Pingxiang public security organs according to law, Zhang confessed to the illegal act. At present, Pingxiang public security organs have imposed administrative penalties on Zhang according to law and taken measures to shut down his rumored online account.

  Case 8: Ji’ an public security organs investigated and dealt with the online rumor case of "Several college entrance examination candidates jumped into the river under pressure" fabricated by Liu Mochun according to law.

  In June, 2023, in order to gain traffic, Liu Mouchun of Ji ‘an fabricated and published the rumor information of "Tomorrow’s college entrance examination, several jumps into the river, and now the children are under great pressure" on the online platform. This information has been forwarded many times, causing heated discussion among the local public and disturbing public order. After being inquired by the public security organ in Ji ‘an according to law, Liu Mouchun confessed to the illegal act. At present, the public security organs in Ji ‘an have imposed administrative penalties on Liu Mouchun according to law and taken measures to shut down his rumored online account.

  Case 9: Yichun public security organs investigated and dealt with Nie Moujian’s online rumor that "many people chased and cut one person on the street of Zhangshu and were interrupted by seven or eight ribs".

  In May 2023, Nie Moujian of Yichun made up and published the rumor information that "seven or eight people on the street of Zhangshu chased and cut one person and broke seven or eight bones" in order to gain traffic. This information has been forwarded many times, causing heated discussion among the local public and disturbing public order. Asked by Yichun public security organs according to law, Nie Moujian confessed to the illegal act. At present, Yichun public security organs have imposed administrative penalties on Nie Moujian according to law and taken measures to shut down his rumored online account.

  Case 10: Fuzhou public security organs dealt with Wang Moulong’s use of AI to fabricate and spread the rumor that "four major criminal cases occurred in Fuzhou" according to law.

  In June 2023, in order to satisfy vanity, Wang Moulong of Fuzhou published an article on "Exposing Four Major Criminal Cases in Fuzhou City" generated by AI on the online platform, which caused panic among local residents and disrupted public order. After investigation by Fuzhou public security organs according to law, Wang Moulong confessed to his illegal behavior of publishing online rumors. In view of the fact that Wang Moulong is a minor, Fuzhou public security organs criticized and educated him, ordered his guardian to strictly discipline him, and took measures to shut down his rumored online account.

Expert interview: Old viruses frequently change their faces. Traditional antivirus is in a hurry.

  New anti-virus technology for active defense


  The opening and closing ceremonies of the Beijing Olympic Games and Paralympics are the focus of the world’s attention. Assuming that the computer information of the general director Zhang Yimou is stolen and attacked by hackers, not only will the Olympic plan be leaked, but even the opening and closing ceremonies will not be able to proceed normally …


  In the US presidential election, Obama was most worried about the theft of his core computer and the attack on the network. He summed up his victory and the victory of the network.


  Network security has a bearing on the people’s livelihood. Faced with more than 1,000 new viruses appearing every hour in the world, traditional anti-virus software is increasingly lagging behind, and active anti-virus technology emerges as the times require.


  According to the 2008 National Survey Report on Information Network Security and Computer Virus Epidemic released by the Ministry of Public Security recently, among the types of network security incidents, computer viruses, worms and Trojan horses are still very prominent, accounting for 72%. Another new security risk "passive leak" is eroding the computer network.



  Liu Xu, a famous anti-virus expert and leader of the research group of "Real-time protection technology based on independent analysis and judgment of program behavior" of the National 863 Program.


  What causes the increase of "passive disclosure", and how can users avoid being victims of Trojan virus or targets of "spy" programs? The reporter interviewed Liu Xu, a famous anti-virus expert and the leader of the research group of "Real-time protection technology based on autonomous analysis and judgment of program behavior" of the National 863 Program.


  Hackers wholesale a "broiler" in 0.1 yuan.


  Zombies attack other people’s computers in groups


  Users unconsciously passively leak secrets.


  Liu Xu said that in the industry, computers controlled by hackers are called "broilers", and any computer may become a "broiler". For hackers, "broiler" has no secrets, and all information files can be easily adjusted. Such a "broiler" is now sold online only in 0.1 yuan. Because of its low price, "broiler" is generally sold in tens of thousands of wholesale units. Recently, the use of "Microsoft black screen genuine verification" to spread the variant gray pigeon new virus is to make the user’s computer a remotely controlled "broiler".


  There are even more terrible "zombies", that is, computers controlled by "zombie" viruses. These computers are aggressive, and the "zombie" computers controlled by hackers form a network, which will attack other people’s computers and important websites. "Zombies" are mostly overseas hacker networks, mainly stealing trade secrets and threatening the security of national information networks.


  Liu Xu said that the purpose of writing and making viruses has changed from "harming others without benefiting themselves" to profit-seeking attacks, such as stealing information; The computer poisoning rate also rose from 73% in 2001 to 91.47% last year. At present, viruses have the latest features such as instrumentalization and automatic generation, and at the same time, they have the characteristics of concealment, anti-killing and pertinence. Unknown viruses and new viruses make users hard to prevent. In the past two years, "online thieves", "panda burning incense", "dove", "QQ Trojan" and "zombie Trojan" have invaded users’ computers and stolen password accounts, personal privacy, business secrets, network property and even state secrets, which are typical examples. If we don’t take precautions against these Trojans and spy viruses, it will easily cause users to passively disclose information unconsciously.


  Traditional antivirus only looks for a piece of program code.


  There is nothing I can do about makeup makeovers.


  Almost all computers are equipped with anti-virus software, but why are users repeatedly attacked and even passively leaked information? Liu Xu said that the traditional anti-virus software was an effective tool in the past when the number of viruses was small and the spread speed was not fast. However, today, with the wide application of the Internet and the subversive changes in the global virus characteristics, it is obviously inadequate.


  Liu Xu analyzed the principle of traditional antivirus software. For example, traditional anti-virus software kills viruses, just like low-level security guards catch thieves, relying entirely on local characteristics. If you catch a thief in red today, you think that everyone in red is a thief, and if you catch a thief in yellow tomorrow, you think that the thief in yellow is also a thief. When a virus is found, one or several program codes are found, which is the virus feature code. Once similar or identical codes are found, it is considered as a virus. Traditional anti-virus software adopts the eigenvalue scanning technology: the idea of "virus appearance ―― user submission ―― manual analysis by manufacturers ―― software upgrade". The prevention of virus always lags behind the emergence of virus, and generally it can only kill the virus found by manufacturers, but it is helpless for new viruses or those that have undergone "cosmetic" transformation.


  At present, viruses have been automated and industrialized, and anti-virus manufacturers are still adopting backward ideas of manual analysis, which is bound to fail to prevent unknown viruses and new viruses. Realizing the transformation of anti-virus technology from passive anti-virus after the event to active defense is not only the common topic and new competition focus of the global anti-virus industry, but also the urgent demand of computer users.


  Micro-point active defense software of 863 project


  Ensure the network security of the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games


  Liu Xu said that at present, most anti-virus software claims to have active defense function, but active defense is a real-time protection technology based on independent analysis and judgment of program behavior, which must have three basic characteristics: independent identification of unknown viruses and new viruses, clear reporting and automatic removal. This is the touchstone to distinguish between true and false active defense, especially "clear reporting" of unknown viruses and new viruses, which most anti-virus software can’t do.


  In addition, some traditional anti-virus software does not explicitly report whether there is a virus, but uses some languages that ordinary users can’t read, such as: "A program is setting a global hook for your computer, is it allowed?" and "A program is loading a driver, please choose", so that users can judge for themselves, and it is difficult for non-computer professionals to choose.


  The national 863 project-micro-point active defense software is the first active defense software in the world. By using the simulated anti-virus expert and its virus determination mechanism, it has achieved the breakthrough of five core technologies, such as "dynamic simulation of anti-virus expert system, automatic and accurate determination of new viruses, simultaneous monitoring of program behavior, automatic extraction of feature values to achieve multiple protections, and visual display of monitoring information". After nearly a million kinds of viruses have been tested, the effective rate of preventing and killing unknown viruses and new viruses is over 99%.


  Since the opening and closing ceremonies of the Beijing Olympic Games, the operation center adopted the national 863 project-micro-point active defense software, which successfully prevented the attacks and intrusions of hackers and various new and old viruses, and the network information system of the operation center never leaked information, which indicates that China’s anti-virus technology has successfully withstood the major test of the Beijing Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.


  Don’t go to unhealthy websites to avoid being poisoned.


  Rejecting unknown mail is best for special plane.


  Copying files between computers without USB flash drive


  Liu Xu pointed out that users should have a conscious awareness of information security. First of all, we should develop good online habits. Some unhealthy websites are often an important reason for users’ virus infection.


  Secondly, it is not only a way to infect and spread the virus, but also an important reason for the passive disclosure of information caused by virus attacks and hacker intrusions. In practical work, especially for users with high requirements for information security, we should try our best to put an end to copying files back and forth between different users with USB flash drives, and we should also strengthen the protection of users’ own mail security and refuse unknown mail. At the same time, the conditions should be dedicated to the special plane.


  Third, adopt safe and reliable anti-virus tools. More and more examples have proved that anti-virus software itself is vulnerable to attack. Therefore, we should not only use non-genuine software with caution, but also carefully choose anti-virus tools. It is a reliable choice to adopt anti-virus tools with real active defense technology. (Reporter Li Dongmei)

Editor: Wang Jiaolong

Can the seven "scenario clouds" of Unicom Cloud enable users to realize the freedom of cloud computing?

Not long ago, Unicom Cloud "went out of the circle" and deeply cultivated the legal profession, and "Tianfu Central Legal Cloud" was officially released. Tianfu Central Legal Cloud relies on Unicom’s cloud capabilities, and integrates new generation information technologies such as 5G, big data, Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, blockchain and security capabilities to create a secure, credible, cloud-integrated, self-controllable, cloudy, collaborative and customized digital China legal service intelligent cloud.

In fact, government and enterprise organizations from government, medical care, manufacturing, education, finance and other industries have chosen Unicom Cloud "going to the cloud" one after another, and used different "scenario clouds" of Unicom Cloud to meet the needs in various business scenarios such as municipal services, epidemic prevention and control, medical image storage, smart city security, smart travel, building supervision and so on.

The competition in the cloud computing market has always been fierce. Why can Unicom Cloud stand out from the crowd of cloudy manufacturers and become the first choice for government and enterprises? What is the "scene cloud" of Unicom Cloud and what are its advantages?

The development of cloud computing enters the deep water period, and the acceleration of Unicom cloud runs out.

In recent years, the development of cloud computing market in China has entered a deep-water period. The whole industry has gradually shifted from choosing Internet and IT enterprises to traditional government and enterprise organizations, and the market structure has begun to change. The cloud computing brand of operators represented by Unicom Cloud is growing like a bamboo, and gradually gained a place in the cloud computing market.

Why did this market change happen? The main reasons come from two aspects:

First, Unicom Cloud has continuously cultivated its internal strength and given the market full confidence with its excellent strength. From "Wo Yun" to "Unicom Cloud" with brand rejuvenation, China Unicom has forged an integrated cloud computing product integrating network, hardware, IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, terminals and services after 13 years of tempering.

Nowadays, Unicom Cloud has not only grown into a unified computing base to undertake China Unicom’s big computing business, but also a full-stack capability cloud that can support the digital transformation of all walks of life, so Unicom Cloud has become an important pole in the cloud computing service market in China.

Second, the needs of traditional government and enterprise users to access the cloud are different. They no longer aim at low cost, but pay more attention to how the overall solution of the cloud empowers traditional applications and enhances the degree of intelligence and digitalization.

Based on this, the competition of cloud vendors has also moved from the simple IaaS infrastructure level to the comprehensive comprehensive cloud platform service capability of IaaS+PaaS+SaaS, and the competition behind it is the ability to solve practical problems in diversified business scenarios. On the one hand, it tests whether cloud vendors have complete PaaS functions such as cloud native, big data, artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, etc. On the other hand, it also requires cloud vendors to have fast and perfect solution service capabilities and implementation delivery ecology.

Today, Unicom Cloud can provide more than 280 IaaS and PaaS products, support billions of IoT connections, provide more than 40 artificial intelligence atomic capabilities, 8 blockchain universal service components, and aPaaS components support more than 160 self-developed applications to meet the general needs of various customers.

Not only that, Unicom Cloud also took the lead in proposing a "scenario cloud" in the industry, which encapsulates and uniformly outputs cloud components and cloud capabilities that combine innovative technologies such as 5G, artificial intelligence, big data, Internet of Things, blockchain, trusted security, etc., and forms a number of digitally competitive and integrated cloud solutions, aiming to provide a landing solution for the segmentation scenario needs of traditional government and enterprise users in digital transformation. For this reason, the "scene cloud" has also become the starting point for China Unicom’s rapid development and landing industry.

Seven scenario clouds, allowing users to realize the freedom of cloud computing.

According to Pang Yufeng, director of the product technology department of the operation platform of Unicom’s Digital Cloud Computing Division, the release of the "scenario cloud" product not only integrates China Unicom’s professional capabilities in cloud infrastructure, big data, Internet of Things, AI, blockchain, etc., but also combines the needs of customers in various industries to extract various general scenario capabilities. It is not only suitable for a certain industry, but also from a more subdivided business scenario, which is more grounded in meeting customer needs.

Intelligent video cloud can fully empower multi-scene video applications from three levels: "cloud network intelligence technology integration, product platformization and application scenario", and provide a unified and open interface to meet the needs of multi-scene video surveillance applications. First of all, intelligent video cloud can support public cloud, central cloud and hybrid cloud deployment, and quickly integrate AI atomic capabilities; It can also be deployed flexibly in a modular and modular manner according to the video surveillance requirements of smart city construction. Secondly, support security mechanisms such as HTTPs security protocol and AES video encryption to ensure data security; It also supports the flexible expansion of resources and meets the requirements of massive surveillance video access and high concurrent processing. At the same time, it can provide intelligent detection, analysis and early warning services by adapting to intelligent AI applications such as personnel intrusion, crowd statistics and mask compliance.

Therefore, the intelligent video cloud can well meet the requirements of "seeing, storing, managing, controlling and maintaining" of video surveillance, so as to promote the construction and networking application of public safety video surveillance, and explore the implementation of off-site supervision characterized by remote monitoring supervision and early warning prevention and control; Coordinate road video monitoring, community monitoring and other systems, perceive urban elements such as traffic trips, ecological environment and urban scenes in real time, promote the construction of "Zhi ‘an Community" and "Zhi ‘an Unit", and innovate the intelligent social security prevention and control system.

As Pang Yufeng said, "scene cloud" is like a cloud computing "supermarket". Customers can freely buy and mix whatever they want. The technology behind the scene cloud solution can be "loose and coupled", which can not only meet the individual business needs of industry customers, but also provide a package of overall solutions, so that users can fully enjoy the freedom of cloud computing.

Thick accumulation and thin hair, the scene cloud empowers thousands of industries.

With the deepening of industrial digitalization and the continuous enrichment of application scenarios, the launch of Unicom cloud "scenario cloud" is just the right time, and a large number of customer cases have fully verified its market value. At present, Unicom Cloud has served more than 20 ministries and more than 300 large enterprises, including network services, cloud, big data applications and security services.

According to the latest report of IDC, in the third quarter of 2021, the market share and revenue growth rate of Unicom Cloud Public Cloud ranked first among all manufacturers, providing strong support for the digital construction of eight vertical industries, including government affairs, medical care, industry and education.

Behind the recognition of "Scene Cloud" by industry customers, it reflects the unique advantages of Unicom Cloud. First of all, it has inherent network advantages in computing power and cloud network, and can provide unified services based on cloud network convergence; Secondly, Unicom Cloud’s powerful system integration capability can drive industry eco-partners to jointly build "Scene Cloud" into a highly integrated product solution, with rich application functions and consistent use experience, so that government and enterprise customers can use it with more peace of mind and meet the actual needs of current government and enterprise customers. Thirdly, Unicom Cloud’s stable and reliable operation and service capabilities are unmatched by other manufacturers. The granular after-sales service teams all over the country and even at the county level have also brought peace of mind cloud operation services to government and enterprise users; Finally, China Unicom has long been deployed in government and enterprise markets all over the country. No matter cloud services or applications, it was the first to participate in the innovation industry. In terms of technology, it realized the independent control of the core components of cloud computing and the adaptation of mainstream domestic software and hardware. Under the guidance of domestic substitution and independent controllable policies, Unicom Cloud, as the national team, brings security and credibility, which is favored by government and enterprise users.

All in all, Unicom Cloud has both top-level planning and technical capabilities, as well as experience in delivery operation and personal service. As a tool to finely serve the digital transformation of government and enterprise customers, "Scene Cloud" is becoming the "killer" for Unicom Cloud to build its own core competitiveness.

Beijing Unicom and Huawei open a new era of 10 Gigabit ultra-wide business.

On May 6th, China Unicom Beijing Branch (hereinafter referred to as "Beijing Unicom") held a press conference on Beijing Unicom’s all-optical life with the theme of "Thirty years of sincerity is only better". It is reported that this conference is a renewal and upgrade of Beijing Unicom in many aspects, such as network, products and services. It focuses on building a network power and digital China, expanding the main business of networking communication and computing network intelligence, vigorously implementing the "Thirty-way New Unicom Jingcai" Gigabit all-optical popularization action plan, and launching explorations in many aspects, such as ingenious network, quality upgrade and intimate service. Beijing Unicom leads home communication with high-quality network, high-quality products and high-quality services, and leads the business development of national operators.

Chen Haibo, Party Secretary and General Manager of Beijing Unicom, said in his speech that Beijing Unicom, as the leading communication operator in the capital region, has been rooted in the network information business in the capital for many years under the correct leadership of the municipal party committee and municipal government and the municipal communications administration, and fully implemented the mission of becoming a network power and a digital China. It is not only a personal witness to the vigorous development of the network information business in the capital, but also an important participant and a leading promoter. Beijing Unicom bravely shoulders the responsibility and mission of becoming a network power. From large-scale broadband fiber-optic transformation, to the construction of 5G high-speed mobile network, and then to ten times of network speed-up, Beijing Unicom led the network upgrade in the capital area again and again, taking the lead in realizing the unconditional acceptance of gigabit broadband in the city, and taking the lead in completing the demonstration of 5G-A scale networking in the country, which fully helped the network speed in the capital area to enter the national leading level. Beijing Unicom accelerates the construction of digital China. From the continuous innovation of new technologies and applications such as cloud computing, big data and Internet of Things, to the comprehensive service support of government cloud, 12345 citizen hotline and Jingtong health service platform, and then to the Jingxi artificial intelligence computing center to open a new chapter in the development of intelligent computing in the capital, Beijing Unicom has fully integrated into the main battlefield of digital economy and continuously injected strong momentum into the high-quality development of the capital economy. Beijing Unicom adheres to the fine tradition of "People’s Posts and Telecommunications for the People". From the Broadband Olympics in 2008 to the Smart Winter Olympics in 2022, from the sureness of more than 700 re-insurance tasks every year to the fulfillment of the promise of each home delivery, as Beijing Unicom, which has won the honor of "model of central enterprises", it inherits the red blood of a hundred years and carries forward the ingenuity of Shuangao.For a long time, it has provided important communication guarantee for major events of the CPC Central Committee and Beijing, and has become the "preferred broadband service provider" for 5 million Beijing household users, providing high-quality and convenient information and communication services for more than 20 million users in the city.

Speech by Chen Haibo, General Manager of Beijing Unicom

Facing the intelligent era, the connotation of F5G-A has been further updated, including all-optical 10 Gigabit and high-quality transportation capacity. During the press conference, Beijing Unicom also further demonstrated its leading position in network innovation through the practical achievements and landing products of F5G-A. Facing users, based on a solid all-optical transport base and sound end-network service capabilities, Beijing Unicom released all-optical Wi-Fi 3.0 products based on Huawei’s iFTTR Starlight F50 products, providing all-optical scene new quality of life services for broadband users in Beijing, and helping Beijing Wi-Fi7 to upgrade.

At the press conference, Wang Jinhui, vice president of Huawei’s optical product line, elaborated in detail the intelligent era facing the next 10 years in the keynote speech of "F5G-A all-optical network, opening the ultra-wide intelligent era". A F5G-A all-optical quality transportation network will bring great-leap-forward changes in business scenarios such as 10 Gigabit home, 10 Gigabit intelligent access and quality all-optical dedicated line for the people and enterprises in the capital. Wang Jinhui said at the scene: "Towards the intelligent era in the next 10 years, it is necessary to build a F5G-A all-optical quality transportation network, which will make the computing power always online with the ultra-high reliability of six 9s, and make the computing power instantly available with the ultra-low delay of 1 millisecond, connecting the ubiquitous intelligence." Among them, the 10 Gigabit intelligent access network, which is characterized by 10 Gigabit access and intelligent service diversion, is helping Beijing Unicom to open up a new space for smart home services and industry digitalization.

Wang Jinhui, Vice President of Huawei Optical Product Line, delivered a keynote speech.

F5G-A all-optical quality transport network, as the best choice in the era of 10 Gigabit intelligence, mainly includes the following four parts:

1) All-optical smart home: Huawei iFTTR Starlight F50 looks exquisite and atmospheric, and through the integration of computing power and storage, it builds a smart home optical hub, supporting Beijing Unicom to release a new end-cloud integrated storage scheme integrating mobile phone, all-optical home storage and Unicom cloud disk; Users enjoy the simple operation of mobile phone-like photo albums, and realize high-speed transmission, instant shooting and instant sharing with exclusive AI Core; Double backup of local+cloud disk to strengthen privacy protection; The industry’s first new Wi-Fi 7 FTTR product has excellent performance, and the whole house optical Wi-Fi exceeds 2,000 m, realizing the popularization of optical WiFi, and adopting the latest Wi-Fi technology architecture to realize 10-millisecond fast switching and inductive roaming, ensuring that the video switching between different rooms is not dropped, and ensuring the stable concurrency of 256 smart home devices.

2) 10 Gigabit intelligent access: As the key to build all-optical quality ubiquitous access to the last mile, 50 Gigabit PON to the home and 10 Gigabit FTTR to the room not only create a 10 Gigabit ultra-wide pipeline, but also connect with the uplink OTN hard pipeline through intelligent identification of access services and intelligent hard slice diversion, providing a local experience for services with high computational requirements such as cloud computers and cloud rendering; At the press conference, Beijing Unicom announced that Huawei and China have jointly completed the "F5G-A 50G PON 10Gigabit Experience Evaluation Report".

3) Jump into the metro area: sink to the edge through OTN to realize all-optical switching and one-hop direct service, and use pooled wavelength division to boost 100G to the edge of the network and the park, fully meeting the requirements of all-optical one-stop access for thousands of businesses and services and 1 millisecond into the cloud; OTN quality dedicated line covers ubiquitous access according to the depth of service hotspots, providing 2M to 100G broadband multi-particle flexible access capability.

4) Three-dimensional joint calculation backbone: All-optical transport capacity base is built through 3D Mesh three-dimensional architecture, 99.9999% ultra-high reliability, and 400G/800G+OXC of metro core, so as to realize non-blocking connection and lossless collaboration between intelligent calculation data centers, cover all districts and counties in Beijing, and provide high-quality joint calculation services.

2024 is the 30th anniversary of Beijing Unicom’s broadband service and the first year of commercial use of F5G-A. Beijing Unicom will continue to innovate and cooperate with Huawei, and make breakthroughs in commercial solutions such as 400G/800G, 50G PON, iFTTR Starlight F50, so as to build the cornerstone of an intelligent society and help thousands of businesses to be intelligent. At the same time, relying on high-quality communication network, leading technical strength and first-class service team, we will continue to help the development of smart Beijing to a new level, and continue to contribute to China Unicom’s efforts to build a "Beijing model" for digital economic development and enhance the core functions of the capital.

(Editor: Shen Ye)

Andy and Li Xian Reuters sell for 20,000! Fans are not suckers, but there is a higher purpose to be generous.

Andy and Li Xian are in full swing to shoot the legendary female commercial war drama "National Color and Elegance". A proxy on the Internet sold 20,000 sets of photos of Andy, setting a record for taking photos in Reuters.

It is said that since it was turned on, only the photos of the male owner have been auctioned, so this may be the reason for pushing the price of Andy photos to such a high level. But after this group of photos circulated on the Internet was sold to 20,000, many fans in Andy ran around shouting that they would boycott the sky-high price! Fans should be rational, just look forward to their own works that love beans, and don’t encourage bad style.

However, to be fair, it is not necessarily because all the stars can be sold at such a high price, and the money is pushed to such a high level, or because fans have demand. The idea of conspiracy theory can be said that fans want their love beans to be sold at such a high price, because only their love beans are worth the money. Not to mention this 20,000-yuan replacement, on weekdays, Andy fans are also very generous, and such generosity can help them achieve higher goals.

The stable output of explosive drama pushes up the expectation of new drama

Andy basically keeps the speed of meeting people with a costume idol drama every year, and every year, the drama that meets people can become a blockbuster drama.

There is no doubt that in 2023, in the aspect of costume idol drama, it is generally recognized that the explosion drama is "Sauvignon Blanc" starring Andy. Andy pulled three male leading actors out of the circle by himself, no matter how old the story is, whether it is the kind of drama that people will never watch the second time after watching it once, but the effect so far is satisfactory.

In the past five years, I have produced three explosive dramas, and every summer vacation is the ruling area of Andy. These can be used as a good result of taking stock and making PPT reports, so that people other than fans are also pushing up their expectations for Andy’s new drama.

In Andy’s body, there is indeed a legendary audience affinity. We often laugh at her unsatisfactory performance on the red carpet, but we never miss any of her plays. This new drama has undoubtedly given Andy fans another capital to brag about. Because she is not only the heroine in the idol drama, but also involves complicated business. Her role is strange girl who cultivates peony, helps the people and helps the world. Such a role will naturally be expected by fans and audiences.

Pay attention to business value in exchange for fashion resources

In the past few years, when I have been a small drama flower for so many years, what makes people feel very strange is that before 2023, she actually had a high-luxury resource and had no five covers.

The less there is, the more fans value what, what endorsements the officials have announced, and what kind of business resources they have. Fans always beat drums and drums to tell the world.

If you value your own business value so much, you need to reflect your own business value. If a star speaks for a brand, he must be responsible for the brand he speaks for. What kind of bonus they have for this brand is the reason why these businesses want to sign this artist.

Then, obviously, when Andy has these business endorsements, she should encourage her fans to do their best to buy the products she endorsed.

At the end of 2023, after Yang Ziguan announced a luxury product of a certain Chinese family, the same bag that she made an advertisement in the afternoon was bought out, and relying on this luxury endorsement, she was helped to board the cover of five major magazines, and finally achieved a zero breakthrough in the five major magazines. Cosmo》51 Fashion broke through 100,000+in 51 minutes and finally sold 190,000+,breaking the sales record of actresses. It is precisely because of such brilliant commercial value that Andy can gain a higher advantage among her weak fashion resources, all of which depend on the generosity of fans.

The battle for the top actress dare not slack off for a moment.

To a great extent, it is not only the fans’ competitive spirit, but also the fact that Yang Zi really brainwashed the fans. More often, it comes from external pressure, that is, Dilraba who has been fighting with her for so many years.

Many people make fun of them, and the two of them really deserve to choose the right home. The most commendable thing about Dilraba is her performance on the red carpet and fashion resources, her natural starlight and eye-catching beauty, and her easy possession of what Andy has worked hard for a long time. For example, after attending several major fashion weeks in 2023, Andy changed various styles, sharpened his head and became fashionable, and looked very hard. As a result, he finally went home without any particularly big gains, and it was not until the end of the year that several luxury endorsements were announced one after another.

On Dilraba’s side, one drama after another, but still able to get the highest entertainment in D’s family. In 2023, she wore 22 sets of high-definition scores and became the actress with the most high-definition upper body so far this year. Seeing that there are no works on the opposite side, but they can still get these things, fans are of course angry and vomiting blood, so they have to quickly increase their chips and catch up.