Recently, the second instance of the "baby robbery case" in Tai'an, Shandong Province was pronounced. The Shandong Provincial Higher People's Court ruled to reject the appeal, uphold the original judgment, and approved the death penalty for the defendant Zeng Xiaotiao for the crime of child trafficking,..._Sina.com
Recently, the news of the death of "Internet celebrity teacher" Zhang Xuefeng has aroused the whole society's attention on topics related to sudden death. The high incidence of sudden death among young and middle-aged people has also attracted more people's attention. Cardiology outpatient clinics in many hospitals have seen a surge in the number of young patients seeking treatment recently. Most of the consultations are related to chest tightness, palpitations and other symptoms; some patients also seek medical advice related to exercise.
Professor Ge Junbo, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and director of the Department of Cardiology at Zhongshan Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, recently talked in an interview about why young people are more likely to suffer from sudden cardiac death. He said: "Why are there more sudden cardiac deaths in young people? Because between the ages of 40 and 55, we call it the vulnerable period of the heart. Unlike chronic angina in the elderly, the body will establish collateral circulation after a long period of 'pre-adaptation'. If there are unstable plaques in young people, and a sudden increase in blood pressure (such as strenuous exercise, trauma, sudden mood swings, etc.), plaque rupture will induce thrombosis, which will lead to the occurrence of malignant arrhythmias."
According to data cited by Ge Junbo, approximately 540,000 people die from sudden cardiac death in China every year. "Sudden cardiac death generally refers to the heart suddenly stopping beating and pumping blood." He explained, "But sudden cardiac death also has a prelude. After a brief precordial discomfort, ventricular tachycardia (ventricular tachycardia) and subsequent ventricular fibrillation (ventricular fibrillation) occur. This is why we call for the installation of an AED (external defibrillator)."
Although AEDs are installed in many public places, the actual usage rate is not high. On the one hand, there are very few people who have received training in the use of AEDs. On the other hand, it is also because the legal and ethical mechanisms are not yet perfect, which makes people who do good deeds have concerns.
In this regard, Ge Junbo said: "At the current stage of our country's economic development, food delivery boys are everywhere, but it is difficult to find AED training community service volunteers established with a lot of money." He suggested that the power of food delivery delivery boys or Didi drivers can be mobilized to establish a broader first aid network.
"I suggest that we can use the power of these people to train them and make AED equipment flow." Ge Junbo said, "The food delivery people, couriers or drivers who receive training can get some subsidies because they contribute the driver's delivery service time, but this has greater value to the entire society and can form an emergency network in the future."
Ge Junbo's call has also received positive response. According to the relevant person in charge of the Medical Emergency Department of the Shanghai Municipal Health Commission, while the government continues to promote basic configuration and secure the bottom line of public safety, it is also guiding more social forces to participate in the construction of the first aid system.
The relevant person in charge of the Shanghai Red Cross also said: "Courier boys, takeaway riders, and online ride-hailing drivers, these figures who shuttle through the city's nerve endings, are being included in the key training scope of the first aid system."
China Business News reporter learned that in December last year, the China Red Cross Foundation, Didi Charity and Shenzhen One Foundation jointly launched the "Didi Vehicle-mounted AED Volunteer Service" project, recruiting a group of online ride-hailing drivers who already hold ambulance certificates and have rescue capabilities as volunteers, and equipped their operating vehicles with vehicle-mounted AED equipment, thereby transforming the online ride-hailing volunteer service team members into mobile urban emergency rescue network nodes.
Liu Qin, a social first aid expert and director of the American Heart Association, believes that if AEDs can be "mobile", they will have great social value. Liu Qin encouraged some private cars to be equipped with AEDs: "On the one hand, vehicle-mounted AEDs will help improve the public's awareness of first aid. In addition to the car owners themselves using the equipment, it will also encourage more people to understand and learn first aid skills; on the other hand, when AEDs are temporarily unavailable in some public places, if nearby vehicles happen to be equipped with the equipment, it is possible to complete defibrillation within the golden time and improve the success rate of treatment."
"Low-interest loan, approved instantly, no mortgage required, monthly interest rate 0.8%"...
Online loan advertisements can be seen everywhere, but the temptation of low-interest online loans may actually be a high-interest trap. Some lending institutions only advertise a monthly interest rate of 0.8%, but fail to mention that borrowers also have to pay numerous channel service fees, guarantee fees, and even mandatory bundled account insurance premiums.
The good news is that regulation is cracking down on high-interest online loans. On March 15, the State Administration of Financial Supervision and the People's Bank of China announced the official release of the "Regulations on Expressed Comprehensive Financing Costs for Personal Loan Business" (hereinafter referred to as the "Regulations"), which will come into effect on August 1, 2026. At the same time, many well-known loan assistance institutions were interviewed by the State Financial Supervision and Administration Bureau.
The online lending industry is ushering in the “strongest supervision”.
The online lending industry is ushering in institutional changes
Online loans, simply put, are borrowing money through mobile apps or websites. Compared with bank loans, online loans have lower thresholds, faster procedures and no mortgage required, but the interest rates are usually higher and the impact on credit inquiry records is more frequent.
At present, the mainstream model of online lending is a loan assistance model led by licensed financial institutions (such as consumer finance companies, online small loans) and Internet platforms - the platform uses traffic and technological advantages to be responsible for customer acquisition and risk control assistance, and licensed institutions such as banks provide funds and bear core credit risks.
However, while providing financing convenience, the online lending industry still faces high pressure from complaints due to continued chaos. The "Notice on Financial Consumption Complaints in 2025" released by the State Administration of Financial Supervision and Administration shows that the number of complaints related to online loans nationwide in 2025 will reach 1.236 million, of which complaints about collection of private numbers accounted for 68.7%, and complaints about high interest rates and cut-off interest accounted for 21.3%, becoming the two most prominent chaos.
Faced with long-standing industry problems, regulatory authorities took action.
The "Regulations" that came into effect on August 1 this year will implement a "comprehensive financing cost explicit system." The key point is that institutions must fully disclose the interest fee structure and charging standards, and uniformly disclose the annualized comprehensive costs; at the same time, it is strictly prohibited to charge any additional loan-related interest fees beyond the express items. This means that supervision has more detailed requirements for the front-end marketing and interest fee disclosure of the online lending industry.
This directly refers to the "split charging" routine of some online loans. China News Weekly searched for "decapitation interest" (interest deducted from the principal in advance) on the Black Cat complaint platform. The number of related complaints was nearly 219,000, and the total number of complaints related to "routine loans" reached 77,000.
After sorting through the complaints, China News Weekly found that the interest rate calculation systems of many online loan-related products are complex, making it difficult for ordinary users to accurately calculate the cost when borrowing, and often only notice abnormalities during the repayment process. For example, some lending institutions only advertise a monthly interest rate of 0.8%, but do not mention that in addition to this interest, borrowers also have to pay so-called channel service fees of 2% to 5%, a guarantee fee of 0.3%, and even mandatory bundled account insurance premiums.
There were complaints on the Black Cat platform that users borrowed 50,000 yuan and 19,800 yuan from a certain platform respectively, and when they repaid the loans in 12 installments, they discovered that the platform had charged an additional high "value-added service fee" without notifying them in advance (a loan of 50,000 yuan was overcharged by 11,250 yuan, a loan of 19,800 yuan was overcharged by 4,455 yuan). If the complaint details are true, the combined annualized cost of the two transactions exceeds 40% when the charges are bundled.
The promulgation of the "Regulations" will effectively curb various illegal activities such as hidden charges, splitting of interest and fees, and disguised hikes in interest rates in the online lending industry at the institutional level.
Wang Pengbo, chief analyst of Broadcom Consulting, explained to China News Weekly that the "Regulations" introduced this time aim to build a full-chain supervision system. The "Regulations" require online loans to use "pop-up windows + mandatory reading + confirmation" and offline "signature confirmation" express forms. This is a very important step. It can force institutions to reduce the problem of consumers handling loans without knowing and being charged extra fees from the processing link, and strengthen financial consumers' right to know and independent decision-making.
This undoubtedly shattered the "calculations" of some online lending companies.
A person in the loan assistance industry told China News Weekly that in the past, credit enhancement service fees and guarantee fees were often collected separately by cooperative institutions and were not included in the public interest rates. They have long been a relatively hidden charging method in the industry, but this supervision has clearly blocked this path.
Profit margins have been significantly compressed
In fact, since 2025, regulatory authorities have continuously strengthened their efforts to rectify high-interest loan assistance businesses. Especially since the implementation of the "Notice on Strengthening the Management of Internet Loan Assistance Business of Commercial Banks to Improve the Quality and Efficiency of Financial Services" (referred to as the "New Loan Assistance Regulations") in October 2025, the industry has undergone fundamental changes.
China News Weekly combed through the business models disclosed in the past financial reports of leading loan assistance platforms and found that loan assistance companies in the past mainly used a business model of loan assistance and self-operated lending in parallel - under the joint loan model, its licensed institutions and banks jointly contribute capital and share risks; the self-operated model obtains interest income through the issuance of on-balance sheet loans with its own and borrowed funds.
However, the "New Loan Assistance Regulations" clearly require banks to conduct independent risk control, prohibit loan assistance institutions from taking full responsibility for repayment, and comprehensively regulate the upper limit of comprehensive financing costs.
Under the new regulations, "whoever lends money is responsible" and banks must conduct independent risk control. At the same time, loan-assisted platforms’ evasive behavior is prohibited, and the upper limit of comprehensive financing costs is fully regulated. This makes the past "low interest, high service fee" online loan routine completely out of order, and the actual burden of the borrower is locked within a reasonable range.
More importantly, according to this requirement, the annual interest rate corresponding to the comprehensive financing cost of the loan assistance business (loan interest + credit enhancement service fee + loan-related service fee) will not exceed 24%. High-interest customers with interest rates higher than 24% are precisely a very important source of profit for the platform.
Ji Shaofeng, an expert in the field of small and micro finance, analyzed China News Weekly. It is estimated that the capital cost of most consumer finance and loan assistance platforms is 3% to 5%, the traffic cost is 4% to 5%, the risk cost is 7% to 9%, and the operating cost is 4% to 6%. At an annualized interest rate of 24%, the profit margin is very limited.
Ji Shaofeng further pointed out that from the perspective of industry structure, among the current online loan balance of about 5 trillion yuan, the 24%-36% high interest rate range is about 800 billion yuan, accounting for 16%, and is mainly concentrated in the middle waist and below platforms. These high-interest businesses now have only two options: adjust to meet compliance standards or withdraw from the market.
"This means that under the new loan assistance regulations, the business model of mid-level loan assistance institutions that rely on underwriting, joint lending, and capital-heavy profit sharing is rapidly collapsing. A large number of them will exit within a year, and financing guarantee companies will be liquidated in batches." Ji Shaofeng pointed out.
Another loan assistance company insider revealed to China News Weekly that since the implementation of the new regulations in August, high-interest loan assistance business with annualized interest rates exceeding 24% has completely disappeared. Previously, the interest rate ceiling generally implemented in the industry was 36%, and profit margins have been significantly compressed. "Not only is profit margins compressed, but some products require compliance transformation, which directly leads to general pressure on industry performance in the fourth quarter of 2025."
Looking at the leading companies in the loan assistance industry listed on the US stock market, the operating pain of the loan assistance industry is very obvious.
Qifu Technology's fourth quarter financial report for 2025 shows that the current revenue was 4.093 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 8.7%, and the net profit was 1.016 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 46.8%. Among them, the core platform service net income was only 661 million yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 58.5%. Both light capital loan matching service fees and referral service fees experienced deep declines.
Lexin's total operating income for 2025 was 13.152 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 7.4%. In the fourth quarter, the amount of loan origination was 50 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 3.8%. Traditional credit facility service income was significantly affected by pricing compliance and model transformation.
Xinye Technology’s transaction volume in the fourth quarter of 2025 was only 42.8 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 24.8%. The loan balance at the end of the reporting period was 70.9 billion yuan, a decrease of 6.2 billion yuan from 77.1 billion yuan at the end of the third quarter. Correspondingly, the company's revenue in the fourth quarter was 3.024 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 12.5%; net profit was only 416 million yuan, a 44% drop from the year's high of 750 million yuan in the second quarter.
In the third quarter of 2025, Xiaoying Technology's revenue and net profit both declined quarter-on-quarter, with single-quarter net profit falling 20.2% quarter-on-quarter. At the same time, the 31-60 day overdue rate increased from 1.02% in the same period last year to 1.85%, and the 91-180 day overdue rate rose to 3.52%. Risk provisions and asset impairment pressures increased simultaneously.
The shuffle continues
This time, the strongest regulatory package for online lending is still continuing.
Since the beginning of 2026, multiple departments have issued a number of policy documents one after another, forming a policy package. The new regulations cover the entire industry including collection behavior, interest rate ceilings, platform qualifications, debt negotiation, etc., delineate rigid red lines, and clarify regulatory standards, aiming to thoroughly rectify industry chaos and promote the compliance transformation of the online lending industry.
On March 13, the State Administration of Financial Supervision issued a notice saying that in response to the issue of Internet loan assistance business, the State Administration of Financial Supervision was conducting interviews with the operating agencies of five platforms, including Fenqile, Qifu IOU, Youwodai, Yixianghua, and Credit Fei. The operating entities behind them are Lexin, Qifu Technology, Jiayin Technology, Yirenzhike, Xinfei Technology, etc.
The Jiahu bone flute, unearthed from the Jiahu site in Wuyang County, Luohe City, Henan Province, is the earliest seven-tone instrument in China discovered so far. Photo courtesy of Luohe Municipal Party Committee Propaganda Department
You may have never been to Henan, but you may have drank Mixue Bingcheng, bought Labubu, and heard about Pangdonglai.
For a long time, Henan has given people the impression of being simple and profound. Four of the eight ancient capitals of China are here. “When you reach out and touch it, you can see the Spring and Autumn Culture; when you step on it, you can see the bricks and tiles of Qin and Han Dynasties.”
How does simplicity create "trendy brands" and lead new consumption? How can the Central Plains, a country where dynasties once competed for power, be called "China" now?
From "sincerity" to "achievement", fireworks hide the original intention
When visiting Pangdonglai, many people feel that "the service is not very good and the prices are not cheap. Why is it so popular?" The story of a pack of bean sprouts may be able to answer the question.
In order to sell bean sprouts for 1.8 yuan, Pang Donglai built a factory. The reason is that procurement found that most sources of goods have small production scales, difficult to unify standards, and even fail to pass the test.
"The central kitchen with an investment of 570 million yuan produces many livelihood foods such as bean sprouts. The profit is meager. What the company wants is that customers can eat with confidence," a staff member said. At Pangdonglai, you taste fruits and vegetables before buying them. Half-eaten watermelons and used electrical appliances can be returned if you are not satisfied. These are not temporary gimmicks, but standards that we adhere to every day.
8,000 years ago, the ancestors of Jiahu lit the fire of farming civilization. The seeds of intensive cultivation and accumulation were planted from then on.
Before Fatonglai became popular, it was well-known in the local area; before Mixue Bingcheng opened across the country, it had been working quietly in Henan for more than 10 years. There is no rush for success, but only down-to-earth "slow growth" through intensive farming. Thousands of years of farming have cultivated the steadiness and stability of Henan people and given them the down-to-earth gene.
From "dynasty" to "tide", cultural context shows new face
The great river flows for thousands of years. The land of the Central Plains is riding on the east wind of the times, breaking out of the industry with cultural renewal, and bursting with vitality and unique charm in the new era.
Wheatfield Square in the scenic area. Only pictures provided by Henan Drama Fantasy City Scenic Area
Tang Palace Night Banquet and Luo Shen Shui Fu became popular all over the Internet once they were launched. It's Henan again, which made Chinese people exclaim: "Traditional culture can still be expressed in this way, so amazing."
Only in Henan Drama City, a big drama is taking place.
"While the wheat seeds are there, people will not leave; if the land is not barren, the family will not be destroyed!"
"Why did Chinese civilization originate here? Because there is food here. Why has the civilization here continued for thousands of years? Because there is food here."
The actor bowed to caress the wheat, knelt down to protect the grain, and his old monologue was choked with sobs. The lights and shadows in the theater suddenly dimmed, and holographic technology restored the sad scene of people hoarding food and guarding their homes in the barren land during the famine years. The audience held their breath in silence. "It's so shocking. The steamed buns in my hands feel even more delicious after watching it. Wasting food is really letting down the ancestors and desecrating the original intention." Ms. Deng, a tourist from Chongqing, said with tears in her eyes.
With 21 theaters and nearly 800 minutes of non-repetitive plays, only Henan Drama Fantasy City has become a must-see for in-depth tours of Henan. In the past five years since its opening, more than 58 million people have watched the show, of which over 80% are from outside the province.
In the Yingtianmen Scenic Area, if you put on VR glasses, the prosperity of Luoyang City in the Sui and Tang Dynasties will unfold before your eyes: the Luoshui River is full of water, the Grand Canal is full of merchant ships, the Nanshi City is bustling with people, the sound of camel bells of Hu merchants interweaves with the shouts of wine shops, and you can travel back to that prosperous era that ranked first in the world in one second.
Connecting the past and present, Henan cultural tourism breaks the old model and revives a culture that has been dormant for thousands of years. The ancient city of Luoyi dances in the sky, the Song Dynasty never sleeps, the Song Dynasty is flying, and tourists in Han costumes shuttle back and forth, as if they have traveled through time and space; the archaeological blind box and XR immersive exhibition of the Henan Museum allow cultural relics to be touched and felt out of the showcase. The heavy history takes off its weight and enters public life with a light attitude.
During the 2026 Spring Festival holiday, Henan received 62.81 million domestic tourists and generated tourism revenue of 37.63 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 9.1% and 9.6% respectively. Innovate cultural tourism formats, revitalize millennium cultural context, and meet ancient civilizations with new trendy experiences. Henan has realized a wonderful transformation from cultural heritage to development flow.
Customs staff inspect the goods. Photo by People.com reporter Huo Yaping
From "middle" to "middle" everything is revitalized
If you have been to Henan, you must have heard Henan people say "中".
Open the map, Henan is just like the "heart" of China. Once upon a time, this was Zhongzhou, the Central Plains, "between heaven and earth". Today, it is a logistics hub that connects domestic and foreign countries and radiates to the east, middle and west.
400 boxes of Norwegian king crabs were loaded into the flight's temperature-controlled cargo hold and flown to China with -2°C sea water chill. 8.5 hours later, the flight landed in Zhengzhou. When the cargo door slowly rose, the king crab was still gently paddling its claws. The speed of "yesterday's Nordic deep sea, today's Chinese dining table" has set a new fresh transportation record.
A king crab's cross-ocean journey outlines a "global-Zhengzhou-national" trade trajectory, reflecting the surging vitality of Henan's global trading. In 2025, the annual cargo and mail throughput of Zhengzhou Airport will exceed 1 million tons. More than 70 all-cargo routes connect 32 countries and 73 cities.
"Zhong" means China Unicom's open mind to connect the world.
The "meter"-shaped high-speed railway has brought the "circle of friends" across the country closer, and the four Silk Roads "air, land and sea" have transformed Henan from an inland hinterland into an open highland. From here, batches of "Made in China" products fly to the world; fresh fruits, maternal and infant products and other global goodies are delivered to the whole country from here.
In the fertile fields of the Central Plains, wheat seedlings stand up and joint, bursting with vitality. Photo by People's Daily reporter Shang Mingzhen
"Medium" is a firm commitment to shoulder the important task of ensuring food security.
In the Central Plains in March, the green fields are thousands of miles away, and the wheat seedlings stand upright and are full of vitality. Not far away, the intelligent noodle production line is operating at full speed, and 10 tons of high-quality noodles per hour are continuously rolling off the production line and being shipped to all parts of the country.
As a major agricultural province, Henan's grain output has remained stable at more than 130 billion kilograms for nine consecutive years. With 1/16 of the country's arable land, it contributes 1/10 of the country's grain and 1/4 of its wheat. Noodles, dumplings, glutinous rice balls, hot and sour noodles, and the central plains granary continue to enrich people's tables. Henan has firmly maintained the "Chinese rice bowl", making the confidence of "having food in hand and not panic in mind" even more solid.
In the final assembly workshop of China Railway Engineering Equipment Group, the shield machine that has been accepted is waiting to go to the front line of the project. Photo by People's Daily reporter Xu Chi
"China" is Henan's responsibility as a great power.
Today, shield boring machines made in Henan are exported to more than 30 countries and regions around the world, using Chinese intelligence to demonstrate the power of "China": the world's largest diameter shaft boring machine "Qiming" leads the industry in intelligence; "Variable No. 1" surprises the industry with the world's first stepless diameter reduction technology.
In 2025, Henan's manufacturing industry will accelerate its transformation and upgrading. The added value of high-tech manufacturing above designated size increased by 16.6% year-on-year, 7.2 percentage points higher than the national rate, driving the province's GDP to grow by 5.6% year-on-year, higher than the national growth rate. Economically large provinces firmly play the leading role.
"Middle" is the surging kinetic energy of digital empowerment.
Not long ago, the core node of the national supercomputing Internet was completed and launched in Zhengzhou, and the full-stack self-developed 400G lossless high-speed network was launched. From a transportation hub to a computing power hub, Henan has taken the initiative to seize the digital development highland, shoulder the important task of dispatching national computing power, and become an important source of domestic AI innovation.
South of the river, the tide rises from the Central Plains. Here, there is a rich heritage of thousands of years of civilization, a vibrant integration of culture and tourism, and a warm texture of people's livelihood fireworks.
In heaven and earth, everything is in it. Here, the intelligent manufacturing power of great powers, the open mind of connecting the world, and the surging potential of digital empowerment are intertwined, painting a moving picture of the new era.
This is Henan.
Many global executives took advantage of their visit to China to visit China's advanced manufacturing companies, including manufacturers of electric vehicles, smart home appliances and humanoid robots.
Recently, hundreds of CEOs from global multinational companies gathered in China to participate in the China Development Forum. China Business News reporters learned that many global executives took advantage of their visit to China to visit China's advanced manufacturing companies, including manufacturers of electric vehicles, smart home appliances and humanoid robots.
Philippe Delorme, President and CEO of Finnish elevator giant Kone Group, visited a number of local companies in many cities in China. He has a deep impression of the digital ecological construction of Chinese companies.
De'Longhi told China Business News at an event held recently to celebrate the 30th anniversary of KONE Elevator's entry into China: "There are three areas of ecology in China that interest us, digital ecology, electric vehicles and robot ecology." He said that KONE Elevator's digital solution in China will be completely based on China's ecosystem and use technology developed in China.
KONE Elevator is increasing its investment in intelligent manufacturing in China. To date, the company has shipped more than 1.8 million devices. KONE Elevator's latest new-generation smart elevator technology platform, which has made its world premiere in China, has increased computing power by 22 times. It integrates into various digital ecosystems through open APIs and can use artificial intelligence to shift maintenance services from "passive maintenance" to "active prevention."
DeLong said that robot ecology is also one of KONE's key development directions in the future. "China has invested heavily in the field of robots and is developing very fast." Delong told China Business News. "We see the broad application potential of robots in the elevator industry, especially in key links such as installation, service and maintenance, where there are opportunities to significantly improve efficiency."
He also said that the development of China's robot industry has brought new capabilities and ideas to the industry. Kone Elevator is actively exploring cooperation with experts in the field of robotics in China to jointly create professional robot solutions suitable for the elevator industry, including the establishment of intelligent and standardized systems for the future industry. "These robots are expected to be produced in China and exported to the global market." Delong said.
China's robots have rapidly iterated from traditional robotic arms to the field of humanoid robots. These robots are expected to alleviate future labor shortages by adding artificial intelligence functions. These robots are expected to gradually enter industrial, medical, home and other fields in the next few years.
A report released by Morgan Stanley in the United States in 2025 pointed out that the global humanoid robot market is expected to reach US$5 trillion in 2050, with more than 1 billion robots in use, and the leading countries are China and the United States.
According to data from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China, as of 2025, there will be more than 140 companies in China engaged in the research, development and production of humanoid robots, including leading companies such as Zhiyuan Robot and Yushu Technology, which have attracted the attention of multinational companies. It is reported that some humanoid robot manufacturers are setting up large-scale factories to collect data in order to obtain the data needed to develop AI for autonomous control of robots and machinery. This also allows multinational industrial giants to see opportunities.
In the past week, Siemens’ global head of data and AI also visited many different types of companies in China, including humanoid robot manufacturers. Xiao Song, chairman, president and CEO of Siemens China, told China Business News that China's innovation potential has begun to be released at an accelerated pace in recent years, and industries such as embodied intelligence are at the forefront of the world. “This brings important opportunities to multinational companies like Siemens,” said Chausson.
To this end, Siemens recently announced an in-depth cooperation with Alibaba Cloud at the first technology conference held in China. The company will integrate Siemens' simulation product portfolio with Alibaba Cloud's computing power and infrastructure, and provide computer-aided engineering (CAE) capabilities delivered in the Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) model to customers in the Chinese market. These services may be of interest to humanoid robotics companies such as Yushu Technology.
Xiao Song told China Business News that as an emerging technology, embodied intelligence is still lacking in data for the entire industry. "For Siemens, our data covers a very wide range of industries, which is of great value to emerging industries such as embodied intelligence." He said, "We are also actively discussing with industry parties to explore how to share this data in compliance with regulations. It is still very difficult to break down data barriers."
Just as the Trump administration is "igniting fire" everywhere and the war in the Middle East continues to linger, according to reports from many Russian media such as RIA Novosti and TASS, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko made it clear that the date of Putin's visit to China will be announced in the near future.
[The date of Putin’s visit to China will be announced soon]
This sentence is translated as: The specific date has been finalized internally and is now entering the final confirmation stage. In other words, the first meeting between the heads of state of China and Russia in 2026 is ready to go.
2026 itself is an important year: the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the China-Russia strategic partnership of coordination, the 25th anniversary of the signing of the China-Russia Treaty of Good Neighborliness, Friendly Cooperation, and the launch of the "China-Russia Year of Education." The combination of these three things made the political and symbolic significance of this meeting heavier than in previous years.
So, what will be on Putin’s agenda for this trip? Judging from past experience, energy cooperation is likely to be the highlight, especially the "Power of Siberia 2" natural gas pipeline, which will affect not only the energy maps of the two countries, but also the supply pattern of the entire Eurasian continent.
Military-technical cooperation and coordination in multilateral platforms such as the BRICS and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization are also fixed projects. The Russian media specifically mentioned in their reports that one of the focuses of this round of communication is the exchange of views on international and regional hotspots. To put it bluntly, it means discussing major matters together and doing a high-standard "table comparison".
[Trump is lighting fires all over the world]
The biggest variable in the current international situation is undoubtedly the Middle East. The Trump administration has been taking constant actions recently, and the war in the Middle East is difficult to extinguish. There are two things that Russia is most concerned about right now: first, whether the situation in the Middle East will suddenly escalate, and second, whether once it escalates, it will involve Russia's own strategic layout.
After all, the Russian-Ukrainian battlefield has not yet concluded. If it is dragged down by the situation in the Middle East again, it will be under pressure on both fronts. Putin came to China at this juncture, largely to "ask for directions" and "examine opinions" - to judge the direction of the situation and confirm the positions of both sides on major issues.
More importantly, Russia does not want to see the situation in the Middle East evolve into a strategic landscape unilaterally shaped by the United States.
In addition, Putin also has a deep economic appeal. Faced with the continued intensification of sanctions by the United States and the West, Russia urgently needs to build new logistics and trade channels. Russia is currently actively promoting the idea of a logistics triangle called the "Eurasian Economic Union-China-ASEAN", hoping to open up the economic cycle blocked by the West.
[China and ASEAN strengthen cooperation]
China's attitude is pragmatic and clear: we can negotiate, but infrastructure interconnection is the key. We must first build roads and smooth logistics, and everything else can be easily discussed.
In addition, there is another unavoidable common concern - Japan. In recent times, Japan has made frequent moves in military expansion.
According to Japan's Kyodo News Agency, the Self-Defense Forces are undergoing a large-scale reorganization, involving the three major sectors of the sea, land and air, focusing on strengthening the deployment of the southwestern islands, while accelerating penetration into the fields of space and information warfare.
These actions have long gone beyond the scope of "defense only." Since the Takaichi Sanae government came to power, the pace of constitutional amendments and military expansion has accelerated significantly, and Japan is breaking through the post-war constitutional framework step by step.
In this regard, Russia's response was more blunt than before. On the eve of Sanae Takaichi's visit to the United States, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zakharova issued a rare "face-to-face warning" to Japan. If it does not want to repeat the mistakes of history, it should seriously learn lessons and abide by the pacifist clauses in the constitution.
[Takaichi Sanae meets Trump]
She specifically used the expression "multiple warnings", revealing that Russia's patience is being exhausted bit by bit. She even made it clear that if Russia feels threatened by Japan, it will take corresponding measures to ensure its defense capabilities. This tone is already quite heavy in diplomatic expressions.
China and Russia have highly consistent positions on this issue. Both countries are well aware that Japan's right-wing forces are trying to use so-called "external threats" to promote remilitarization, and their targets are by no means limited to Russia. It is self-evident to whom the deployment of the Southwest Islands is directed. Faced with this trend, China and Russia have no reason to sit idly by.
In the foreseeable future, if Japan continues to run along this path, what awaits it will only be more severe countermeasures from China and Russia - including but not limited to diplomacy, economic sanctions, and even direct military responses.
[Japan deploys improved "Type 12 anti-ship missile"]
In general, the current international order is in violent turmoil, and the Trump administration is becoming increasingly crazier. It is acting recklessly in international affairs, engaging in trade bullying, withdrawing from groups and breaking treaties, which is likely to drag the world into a pit of fire. In fact, it reveals that the cracks in the American hegemonic system are accelerating. At the same time, Japan's new militarism is also ready to take action, posing a great threat to regional peace and stability.
In this context, the interaction between China and Russia has increasingly taken on the meaning of "strategic ballast."
Of course, China and Russia have always had a clear positioning of their relations - non-alignment, non-confrontation, and non-targeting of third parties. But "not targeting third parties" does not mean turning a blind eye to threats.
When someone tries to change the regional status quo and challenge the post-war order through military expansion, China and Russia, as two responsible powers, have every reason to stand together and jointly maintain regional peace and stability.
Key English vocabulary that must be memorized
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First level key vocabulary
social social, communicative, sociable;
rate rate, ratio, level, price, cost, valuation, expense, valuation, rating, evaluation;
account account (account), narrative, description, explanation, the reason for...;
drive: drive, drive, drive, drive (nail, stake), travel by car, planned effort;
view scene, scenery, point of view, opinion, observation, viewing, vision, look at, observe, consider;
age age, period, era, getting older, aging;
function function, role, position, responsibility, function, close relationship, assembly, function;
create create, create, cause, cause, establish;
culture cultivation, education, culture, civilization;
otherwise, use other methods, in other aspects, otherwise, otherwise;
activity activity, activity, vitality;
depend depends on, depends on, relies on, believes;
project plan, plan, project, project, projection, screening, protruding, stretching out, design, planning;
structure structure, structure, building, construction, construction;
author author, founder;
economic, economical, cost-effective, economically beneficial;
process process, process, process, production method, (legal) procedure, (litigation) procedure, processing, processing, handling;
system system, system, system, system;
growth growth, growth, development, product, tumor;
behavior behavior, behavior, characteristics (of a machine);
economy save, economy;
individual individual, separate, unique, personal, individual;
theory theory, principle, doctrine, opinion, opinion;
concern involves, relates to, relates to, cares about, (very) relationship;
fund funds, fund;
ability ability, intelligence, talent, talent;
tend to tend to, tend to, care for, care for;
advantage advantage, advantage, favorable conditions, benefit, benefit;
benefit, benefit, favor, benefit, benefit;
intelligence intelligence, intelligence, understanding, intelligence, news, reporting;
substance substance, essence, effect, property, property;
essential necessary, indispensable, essential, basic;
infer inference, inference;
product product, result, product, product;
expert expert, expert, skilled, experienced, specialized;
likely, likely, hopeful, probably, most likely;
available available, obtainable, visible, available at any time;
following; following;
Intellectual, intellectual, requires the use of brainpower;
professional professional, specialized, professional, freelancer, professional;
attitude attitude, opinion, posture;
community All residents in the same area, society, community, community;
advertise to advertise;
amount quantity, total amount, total, total up to, equal to;
competition competition, competition;
decade decade;
decline decline, drop, droop, decline, slope, tilt, refuse, decline;
detail details, details, elaboration;
inflation inflation;
paragraph paragraph, section, small news, short review;
involve involve, get involved in, involve, include, contain, involve;
issue flow out, release, issue, publish, promulgate, issue (material) newspaper issue, issue, controversy, dispute;
ambition ambition, ambition;
bore drill (hole), dig (eye), drill, drill, trouble, make trouble, annoying person, trouble;
environment environment, outside world;
influence influence, influence, power, power, influence, influence;
spot spot, stain, place, location, recognize, recognize, discover, stain, stain, mark with a dot;
adult adult, adult, mature;
concept concept, concept, thought;
maintain repair, maintain, maintain, maintain, persist, advocate, support;
principle principle, principle, attention, belief;
advocate advocate, advocate, advocate, advocate, encourage;
evolution evolve, gradually, evolve;
intend wants, intends, attempts;
legal legal, statutory, legal, proper;
means method, means;
opportunity opportunity;
Competitive, competitive, competitive, competitive;
critical: critical, critical, critical, critical;
interpret explain, illustrate, interpret;
least the smallest, the least, the smallest, the least;
moral moral, moral, moral, educational significance;
status status, identity, situation, condition;
universe universe, all things;
railroad, transportation by railroad;
agent agent (business), representative;
capacity capacity, capacity, energy, ability, capacity;
claim claim, advocate, claim, require, claim, assert, claim right, demand right, ownership;
consequence result, consequence, impact, importance;
employment employment, use, work, occupation;
extend extend; extend;
factor factor, element;
highly highly, very much, approvingly;
journal periodical, magazine, daily, diary, diary;
survive survive, survive, outlive;
trend tendency, tendency, direction, tendency;
approach approach, approach, approach, method, approach, discussion;
debate debate, debate;
discipline discipline, subject, training, instruction, discipline;
patent patent, special science, patent, patent right, quasi-patent, obtain patent;
exceptional exceptional; abnormal;
Mainly, mainly;
given takes into account, has a tendency, a tendency, a rule, a privilege;
technology process, technology;
cancer cancer;
dam dam, sluice;
carbon carbon;
arctic Arctic (area), North Pole, Arctic Circle;
industrial industrial, industrial;
invention invention, creation;
writer author, writer;
per every, through;
Secondary key words
affect influence, move;
climate climate, customs, social trends;
action action, behavior, action, activity, role;
balance (with scales and the like) weigh, (make) balance, balance, scale, balance, balance, difference, balance, balance;
communication communication, convey, transfer, exchange, communication, communication system, transportation (tool);
court court, court, palace, imperial court, yard, court;
establish establish, set up, settle, settle down, establish a foothold, determine;
manner manner, method, behavior, demeanor, politeness, rules, customs;
observe observe, pursue, observe, notice, see;
selection, selection, selection, selection;
stock preparation, inventory, spot, stocks, public bonds, storage;
lower lower, inferior, downstream, lower, lower;
shape shape, appearance, situation, state, type, molding, shaping, influence (form of..., etc.), decision (process, etc.);
staff, all staff, staff, staff, staff, employees who serve as staff;
cash cash, cash, cash, pay (receive) cash;
Engage (make) engage in, (make) busy, (make) engage, hire;
organization organization system, group organization;
stress pressure, stress, stress, emphasis, emphasis;
element element, component;
investment investment, investment amount;
management operation, management, management department;
obtain obtain, get;
obvious obvious, obvious;
solve solve, answer;
define defines and limits....
evidence basis, evidence, trace, sign;
experiment experiment, conduct an experiment;
learned, learned;
policy policy, policy;
private private, personal, secret, private;
relate narrate, tell, relate to each other;
resource resources, financial resources, methods, resourcefulness, adaptability;
Responsible, responsible, reliable, trustworthy, responsible, important;
risk is the risk of putting..., adventure, risk;
source source, source, source, source;
specific clear, specific, specific, unique;
alter change, change;
appropriate appropriation, application, appropriate, just right;
avoid avoid, avoid, escape;
corporation company, enterprise, group;
creative creative, inventive;
definite clear, certain, limited;
emphasis emphasize, focus;
federal federal;
focus focus, the center (of activities, interests, etc.), to concentrate the gathering;
poetry poetry; poetry;
predict language, prediction, prediction;
shift replace, convert, move, switch, transform, (shift), (change) shift;
transport transport, transportation, handling, transportation system, vehicle;
adapt (make) adapt, adapt, adapt, rewrite;
civil, citizen, domestic, folk, civilian, polite, civilized, civil service;
crime crime, crime;
criminal criminal, criminal, criminal, criminal;
distinct clear, obvious, distinct, completely separate;
enterprise spend, consume, consume;
gas gas, gas, gasoline, empty talk, small talk;
historic has historical significance, historical;
leisure leisure, leisure, leisurely, comfortable;
limited limited, restricted;
logic logic, logic;
personality personality, personality, famous figure;
potential potential, possible, potential, potential, potential;
profession, freelance;
profit profit, income, benefit, profit, gain, use, benefit;
relevant, corresponding, appropriate, pertinent, substantial, of great significance;
solar solar, sunlight;
specialist expert, specialist doctor;
sufficient enough; sufficient;
tradition tradition, practice;
arise appears, occurs, is caused by..., is produced by...;
career career, experience, profession, occupation;
challenge challenge letter, arduous task, problem, challenge to...;
characteristic unique, unique, characteristic, characteristic;
commercial, business, trade;
commit To entrust... to, submit, make (mistakes) and do bad things;
contract contract, contract, reduction, shortening, contract;
current current, current, airflow, trend, trend, current, now, universal, popular;
deny deny, deny, refuse to give;
humor humor, witty;
despite regardless of; regardless of;
technological process;
directly directly, directly, immediately, immediately;
existence existence, reality, survival, life (way);
imply means, contains... means, implies;
intention intention, intention, purpose;
medium, medium, medium, medium, conductor, medium, moderate;
property property, asset, possession, nature, characteristic;
reject reject, resist, reject, discard, reject, withdraw;
respond answer, reply, agree;
significant meaningful, significant, important;
survey overlook, overlook, survey, comprehensive review, survey, survey map, survey;
productivity productivity;
athlete athlete;
goods goods, goods;
engineering engineering;
unemployment unemployment, number of unemployed people;
shipper consignor, shipper, cargo owner;
intelligence, understanding, intelligent person;
interaction influence each other, interact;
billion billion, trillion;
Disadvantage, unfavorable condition, damage;
robot robot, automatic machinery;
employee employee; employee;
web, spider web;
unable, unable, unable;
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