Xiaogang Village, Fengyang, Anhui Province, the birthplace of China's rural reform, looks no different from many ordinary villages. Rice fields and breeding ponds shine in the scorching summer. Nine of the 18 leaders of the "big contract" in the past are still alive. Yan Jinchang, who is over eighty years old, is particularly busy. In addition to taking care of his 300-seat farmhouse, he also gave reform lectures to guests from all over the country who came to visit the village.

On July 25, 2024, Yan Jinchang, the leader of Xiaogang Village, Fengyang Village, Anhui Province, displayed the Fengyang Flower Drum, a tourist souvenir of Xiaogang Village, in his farmhouse. Photo by Xinhua Agency reporter Li Xin

The land contracted by Yan Jinchang back then has now been transferred out, and he has also become a shareholder of the village collective economic cooperative. "After the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Xiaogang Village has undergone great changes, and villagers 'income has grown rapidly. The Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China gave everyone further reassurance. Now people think in one place and work in one place." he said.

The Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China stood at a new historical starting point, clarified the overall goal of further comprehensively deepening reforms, and drew up a reform roadmap and timetable to promote the implementation of the "comprehensive construction of socialist modernization" established by the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. The central task of strengthening the country, achieving the second centenary goal, and comprehensively promoting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization has been implemented.

Not only Xiaogang Village and its Anhui Province, but in recent days, Xinhua Agency reporters have also seen in Jiangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Henan, Shanxi and other central provinces that cadres and the masses from all walks of life are working hard with the spirit of reform, innovation, and daring to be the first. We are full of confidence to achieve Chinese-style modernization.

Vitality emerges in a more open and fairer market

Financing difficulties once plagued Nanchang City Chengya Trading Co., Ltd. in Jiangxi Province. Yi Yiwen, the person in charge of this company that sells glasses, told reporters that lack of funds limited the company's development.

But Nanchang City's government reform helped him solve the problem. Staff from the Nanzhan Sub-district Office in West Lake District, where the company is located, visited him and obtained more than 3 million yuan in government-guaranteed loans with low interest rates. "This has injected living water into the company's development, and now the business is getting better and better." Yi Xuwen said.

This is a reflection of the local area's optimization of the business environment and support for private enterprises. The government services in West Lake District cover the entire life cycle of enterprises, including providing integrated services such as site selection, enterprise start-up, and project approval; fully implement "enjoy without application", with policy loans of 65.2 million yuan in the first half of 2024; Focusing on the difficulties and worries of enterprises, as of July this year, a total of more than 7670 business entities have been visited, and the settlement rate of corporate claims has reached 97.6%..

"What is important is to properly handle the core issue of the relationship between the government and the market, strengthen the government's service functions through institutional reform, create a fairer and more dynamic market environment, and solve urgent difficulties and worries for enterprises." Hu Hai, executive deputy mayor of West Lake District, said.

The Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China placed the construction of a high-level socialist market economic system in a prominent position and clearly proposed to adhere to and implement the "two unwavering principles" to stimulate the vitality of various business entities.

A reform promoted by Zhuzhou City, Hunan Province is to solve the issue of fairness in bidding. Mayor Chen Huiqing said: "In the past, during the bidding process, relationship projects, human relations projects, and corruption projects were prone to appear. Many companies cannot obtain engineering projects through normal bidding channels, which seriously affects fair competition and undermines market order. We have reformed the bidding mechanism to focus on price, allowing the bid to win at reasonable low prices, and preventive and control unreasonable price reductions. Coupled with other combination reform measures, we have effectively solved the problem of unfair competition, and the effect of 'excellent environment' is obvious."

Zhuzhou has shown stronger development vitality. The number of college students who choose to come to the city for employment every year has increased from 6000 four years ago to 12,000 now. The state-owned enterprise CRRC Zhuzhou Machinery Company has established a modern enterprise system and fully participated in market competition. It has exported rail transit products, including new energy locomotives and dual-energy subway project maintenance vehicles, to 52 countries and regions, and has obtained EU authorization.

On July 26, 2024, staff of CRRC Zhuzhou Machinery Co., Ltd. assembled high-power electric locomotives in the assembly workshop. Photo by Xinhua Agency reporter Li Xin

The integrated development of Changsha, Zhuzhou and Xiangtan is also accelerating. The reporter noticed that the fastest time for urban rail trains departing from Xianfeng Station in Tianxin District in Changsha's Main City to arrive at Tianxin East Station located in the Zhuzhou Rail Transit Industry Concentration Area is less than 20 minutes. The three cities are connected in clusters, further breaking down barriers to the flow of land, capital, talents and resources. With 1/7 of Hunan Province's land area and 22% of its population, the Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan urban agglomeration has created 40% of Hunan's total economic output and formed a new economic growth pole in the central region.

At Xiangtang International Dry Port in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, the customs has implemented the reform measure of "one declaration, one inspection, and one release" and promoted "zero waiting" at the level of customs clearance timeliness to further open up the cycle of domestic and international markets. The reporter saw that the cold chain warehouses here are filled with Inner Mongolia mutton legs, Liaoning roast ducks, Argentine prawns, Thai durian, etc.; while fruits, food, bags, electronic products, medical equipment and new energy vehicles produced in Jiangxi and neighboring provinces are also ready to be shipped to Europe, the Middle East and South America; 56 logistics companies from all over the country, including Jingdong, Cainiao, and Sinotrans, have settled in Xiangtang International Land Port.

"The most important thing is to strengthen the party's leadership over reform, continuously promote institutional innovation, and fill institutional gaps." Wan Yaohua, Secretary of the Party Working Committee of Xiangtang Development Zone, said that the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China proposed to "build a unified national market" and "improve the factor market system and rules, promote the smooth flow of production factors, efficient allocation of various resources, and market potential" Full release "will surely promote the expansion of new local fields and new practices.

The new reform measures have responded to the demands and wishes of the majority of business entities. Zhang Peng, chairman of Henan Jindan Lactic Acid Technology Co., Ltd., said: "With the vigorous development of the market economy, we have broken through difficulties and grown rapidly and continue to explore in the new materials industry. The Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China proposed to thoroughly break down market access barriers, improve the long-term mechanism for private enterprises to participate in the construction of major national projects, and promote entrepreneurship, which strengthened our confidence in developing to a higher level."

Development, along the path of high-quality towards in-depth breakthroughs

In Hefei, Anhui, on the side of Dongpu Reservoir and Shushan Mountain, on a peninsula with an area of less than 3 square kilometers, is located the Hefei Institute of Material Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Large scientific devices full of "science fiction" such as fully superconducting tokamak nuclear fusion and steady-state strong magnetic fields have been developed for areas urgently needed by the country and have developed a large number of applications such as special power supplies, superconducting magnets, cryogenic refrigeration, proton therapy, and innovative drugs.

Deng Guoqing, director of the Science and Development Division of the Hefei Institute of Materials, Chinese Academy of Sciences, said that by gathering superior resources and promoting large scientific devices to "lay eggs along the way", the transformation of scientific and technological achievements will be more efficient.

This is a steady-state strong magnetic field experimental device taken at the Hefei Institute of Material Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, on Hefei Science Island (photo taken on July 24, 2024). Photo by Xinhua Agency reporter Li Xin

More than ten kilometers away, Hefei High-tech Zone houses more than 20 quantum technology companies, covering emerging industries such as quantum communications, quantum computing, and quantum measurement.

"In January this year, China's third-generation autonomous superconducting quantum computer,'Origin Wukong', was launched. It has been visited more than 12 million times by users in 125 countries and successfully completed 250,000 global quantum computing tasks." Kong Weicheng, rotating chairman of Yuanyuan Quantum, said that the current urgent task is to industrialize quantum computers in order to effectively release new productivity.

High-quality development is the primary task of comprehensively building a modern socialist country. Developing new quality productivity is an inherent requirement and important focus for promoting high-quality development. The Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China proposed to "improve the system and mechanism for developing new productive forces according to local conditions."

When interviewing in the central region, reporters often hear this saying: "If you don't become an innovation highland, you will become a development depression." All localities are actively launching new reform measures to accelerate the formation of production relations that are more compatible with new quality productivity: Hubei plans to build a provincial-level "disruptive technological innovation center", and the Henan Province Science and Technology Department has issued measures to vigorously cultivate innovative leading enterprises and improve industrial chain integration capabilities...

Integrated urban and rural development is an important part of high-quality development. In Sunjiawan Town, Liling City, Hunan Province, there are more than 20 ceramic wine bottle companies distributed on an area of less than 8 square kilometers. Villager Xiao Junyan partnered with three companions to invest 150,000 yuan to build a ceramic wine bottle factory more than 20 years ago. Now its annual marketing volume exceeds 200 million yuan and is exported overseas. His company has employed 800 villagers from several nearby villages. By continuously expanding industries such as ceramics to enrich the people in the county, the income ratio of urban and rural residents in Liling City has gradually narrowed. Xiao Junyan has also begun to move into a new field: developing high-end ceramics for energy-saving and environmentally friendly electric rice cookers.

On July 27, 2024, employees of Hunan Liling Yinhe Porcelain Co., Ltd. worked on the washing line for wine bottle production. Photo by Xinhua Agency reporter Li Xin

Green and low-carbon development mechanisms bring new vitality. In Datong City, Shanxi Province, China's "coal capital", the reporter saw that a coal mining subsidence area of about 50,000 acres was covered with green forests, and rows of photovoltaic panels were set up on undulating mountain beams. The "sea of coal" has become a "sea of light", and the abandoned land has been "reborn". The photovoltaic industry is continuously sending "clean electricity" to corporate workshops and people's homes.

The reform of science, education and talent mechanisms provides support for high-quality development. Hunan Railway Vocational and Technical College has paired up with companies such as CRRC Zhuzhou Machinery to open laboratories and factories to allow students to get into touch with reality. Hunan Automotive Engineering Vocational University has carried out school-enterprise integration with BMW, Volkswagen, BYD, etc. Physical cars are placed next to the nano blackboard in the classroom, and students operate while taking classes. With industrial upgrading, schools have strengthened the teaching of new energy vehicles, driverless cars and even flying cars. "The technical experts we cultivate are in short supply at every job fair." Principal Yin Wanjian said.

On July 26, 2024, students from Hunan Railway Vocational and Technical College learned to drive bullet trains in the intelligent driving training room of the "Fuxing" EMU integrating industry and education. Photo by Xinhua Agency reporter Li Xin

Democracy, building broad consensus to carry out reform to the end

As soon as the reporter walked into Tianhua Village, Liling City, Hunan Province, Peng Xinhua, deputy to the People's Congress of Liling City and secretary of the Tianhua Village Party Committee, recommended "house viewing"-the second-story buildings in the village are neatly arranged, beautiful in appearance, and high in "face value", which enhances living comfort and the appeal of rural tourism.

Peng Xinhua said that in the past, the standards for villagers 'self-built houses varied, and there were cases where there were "new houses" but not "new villages". According to the opinions of the masses, the Standing Committee of the People's Congress of Liling City has thoroughly implemented the whole process of people's democracy, and supervised and promoted the government at the same level to revise and improve relevant management methods and reward policies on the basis of implementing relevant laws and regulations. On the basis of repeated consultations with the villagers, everyone reached a consensus on building houses in accordance with the law, so that the color tones of adjacent newly built houses were gradually relatively unified, and a satisfactory building plan was agreed upon.

Developing whole-process people's democracy is an essential requirement of Chinese-style modernization. The Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China emphasized "improving the entire process of people's democratic system" to effectively ensure that the people are the masters of the country.

Over the past year, a research team led by the CPPCC of Henan Province has conducted research in Guangdong, Zhejiang, Jiangsu and other places, forming a number of "down-to-earth" special research reports, giving suggestions on the reforms needed to build a strong agricultural province in Henan. For example, in response to the problem of traditional agricultural operations encountering development bottlenecks, it was proposed to focus on promoting moderate-scale operations and accelerate the transformation of agricultural production methods, which received positive response from the government.

In Hetu Town, Yuexi County, Anqing City, Anhui Province,"Pastoral Night Talk" has become a local reserved project. This is a discussion platform for grassroots consultations. From infrastructure construction and industrial development to improvement of the living environment and creation of safety, the people all have the right to know, participate and speak.

Once, villagers in Lanchuan Village, Hetu Town reported to the "two committees" of the village that the road from Ma 'anshan to Zhou' ao was too narrow and it was difficult for vehicles to meet. The village-based team of Lanchuan Village and cadres of the village's "two committees" made on-site visits and sought project funds from superior departments. At present, the road's new meeting lane and 500-meter drainage canal project has been approved by Lanchuan Village on a "one-on-one basis" basis and will be implemented in the second half of this year.

"In accordance with the spirit of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, we will further improve the mechanism of in-depth consultation and interaction, full expression of opinions, and extensive consensus building, so as to truly ensure that reform is for the people, reform relies on the people, and reform results are shared by the people." Han Hanfeng, secretary of the Party Committee of Hetu Town, said.

The Civic Center of West Lake District in Nanchang City has made a reform-adding a lawyer service window. Wang Weijing, a lawyer from Jiangxi Yinhongren Law Firm, is providing free legal consulting services to visiting people. "I will understand the case in detail, inform the public what materials need to be prepared, and provide corresponding legal analysis and litigation suggestions." He told reporters.

This is the SME Service (Science and Technology Innovation) Zone in the "Enterprise Home" of the Citizen Center of West Lake District, Nanchang City (photo taken on July 23, 2024). Photo by Xinhua Agency reporter Li Xin

"According to relevant regulations, there are about 400 cases a year that meet legal aid requirements and conditions." Wang Yi, the person in charge of the window of the West Lake District Public Legal Service Center, said that in response to situations such as women suffering from domestic violence and people with disabilities having difficulty obtaining wages, lawyers will be assigned to provide further legal aid if the parties have complete materials.

Although the Xiaogang Village People's Court has only 6 police officers, its services cover 260,000 people in 86 village communities in 6 surrounding towns. "In recent years, we have carried out the creation of a 'Maple Bridge People's Court', focusing on resolving disputes at the front end, actively carrying out litigation and mediation docking, effectively terminating litigation and stopping disputes before litigation, and greatly reducing the litigation rate of disputes." President Wang Shili said.

The Xiaogang Village People's Court hired Miao Yongxian, a local retired primary school teacher, as the people's mediator. Of the 27 pre-litigation mediation cases since July, she has successfully mediated in 7 cases, including saving a marriage that was on the verge of breaking down. "The key to success is that I am familiar with the grassroots situation and know what people think." she said.

On July 25, 2024, Miao Yongxian, mediator of the Family Mediation Center of Xiaogang Village People's Court in Fengyang, Anhui Province, conducted marriage mediation through an online connection. Photo by Xinhua Agency reporter Li Xin

"What the people care about and expect, what reform must grasp and promote. We conscientiously implement the spirit of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, continue to push reforms forward, and allow the people to live a better life!" Li Jinzhu, first secretary of the Xiaogang Village Party Committee, told reporters.

Written reporters: Han Song, Yan Fujing, Zhang Xu, Peng Yang, Qu Chen, Li Xin, Han Yige, Wang Chutian, Yan Hai, Huang Haoran, Chen Shangying, Guo Chen, Liu Fangzhou, Yang Lin, Zhai Zhuo, Wang Jinyu

Editors: Liu Zitong, Bai Chun, Wu Jianlu, Xiao Leitao

Poster design: Yin Zhelun

Coordinator: Cao Jiangtao, Wang Jie