Xi the Storyteller of the Spirit of the War of Resistance
Here are the key reports and articles that I found noteworthy from the People’s Daily’s edition on Friday, August 29, 2025.
Page 1: The main article on the page today is about the “great spirit of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression”, which is “a precious spiritual treasure of the Chinese people”. But the key point that the article’s title mentions is that this piece is about how General Secretary Xi Jinping personally practices the adherence to this spirit. This is a very long article. But I am going to share the first part in detail because it explains what the Party means by the “spirit” of the war.
It says that:
“The great victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression marked a historic turning point for the Chinese nation, allowing it to transition from the deep crisis it had fallen into since modern times toward great rejuvenation. The great spirit of the War of Resistance, standing tall at this turning point, guides us in tempering our national character, safeguarding our national dignity, and writing a chapter of national glory.” 中国人民抗日战争的伟大胜利，为中华民族由近代以来陷入深重危机走向伟大复兴确立了历史转折点。矗立在这一历史转折点上的伟大抗战精神，指引着我们淬砺民族血性、捍卫民族尊严、书写民族荣光.
“Since the 18th Party Congress, General Secretary Xi Jinping has profoundly summarised the great spirit of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression as ‘the patriotic sentiment that every citizen bears responsibility for the fate of the nation; the national integrity of facing death unflinchingly and preferring death to submission; the heroic spirit of not fearing tyranny and fighting bloody battles to the bitter end; and the unyielding, indomitable belief in certain victory’. Time and again, he has delivered important speeches with resounding impact; repeatedly, he has paid moving tributes at War of Resistance memorials; and repeatedly, he has recounted the stories of War heroes with heartfelt emotion, inspiring deep thought…In promoting the great spirit of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the General Secretary has always kept it in mind and led by personal example.” 党的十八大以来，习近平总书记以深邃洞见将伟大抗战精神高度概括为“天下兴亡、匹夫有责的爱国情怀，视死如归、宁死不屈的民族气节，不畏强暴、血战到底的英雄气概，百折不挠、坚忍不拔的必胜信念”。一次次发表重要讲话，掷地有声；一次次到抗战纪念场所寄托缅怀，令人动容；一次次深情讲述抗战英雄的故事，发人深思……弘扬伟大抗战精神，总书记始终念兹在兹、身体力行.
After this, we get into the territory of Xi Jinping as China’s story-teller-in-chief. This is a position that he has occupied for a while. But the collection in this article attributed to him frames the domestic discourse around WWII. So let me tell you below the stories that Xi Jinping has talked about when it comes to war history and why, in his view, it matters to recount and restate these in the context of today’s politics. The paper has been carrying several wartime stories over the past few weeks. Even today, if you are interested, stories are available on Page 6.
Anyway, here’s the article’s first section.
“Guiding the comprehension of the spirit. It is both an outburst of the great spirit of the Chinese nation and a condensation of the great spirit of the Communist Party of China. How should we comprehend the great spirit of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression today? ‘The Chinese people nurtured the great spirit of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in the magnificent course of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.’ Following General Secretary Xi Jinping’s account, we can revisit those turbulent years of blood and fire and understand the profound history and deep emotions borne by patriotism, national integrity, heroism, and the unwavering belief in victory. 引领认识精神既是中华民族伟大精神的迸发，也是中国共产党伟大精神的凝萃今天，该怎样认识伟大抗战精神？“中国人民在抗日战争的壮阔进程中孕育出伟大抗战精神”，循着习近平总书记的讲述，回溯那段血与火的峥嵘岁月，读懂爱国情怀、民族气节、英雄气概、必胜信念所承载的厚重历史与深沉情感.
The ‘patriotic sentiment that every citizen bears responsibility for the fate of the nation’ made the sons and daughters of China unite as one, and together face national calamity ‘to fight for the nation, to fight for the motherland, to fight for dignity.’ “天下兴亡、匹夫有责的爱国情怀”，让中华儿女众志成城、共赴国难，“为民族而战，为祖国而战，为尊严而战”. The General Secretary once mentioned such a mother: ‘In Beijing’s Miyun County, a mother named Deng Yufen sent her husband and five children to the front lines; they all died heroically in battle.’ In 1940, the Eighth Route Army came to the Miyun mountain region. Deng Yufen said to her husband: ‘We may not have money or guns, but we have family. When it comes to fighting the Japanese devils, there must be no ambiguity!’ Her husband and five children all went to the front lines. Deng Yufen exhorted her children: ‘Remember, we are Chinese; even in death you must not forget your ancestors.’ Her husband and children died one after another. After learning the tragic news, Deng Yufen silently picked up a pickaxe to dig and plant grain, held needle and thread to make military shoes, used her griddle to cook for the wounded; whatever was beneficial to resisting Japan, she did it all, from dawn till dusk without rest. Before dying, she said to the villagers: ‘Bury me by the roadside, I want to watch for my children to return.’ 总书记提到过这样一位母亲。“北京密云县一位名叫邓玉芬的母亲，把丈夫和5个孩子送上前线，他们全部战死沙场。”1940年，八路军来到密云山区。邓玉芬对丈夫说：“咱没钱没枪，可咱家有人，在打鬼子这件事上，绝对不能含糊！”丈夫和5个孩子都上了前线。邓玉芬叮嘱孩子：“记住，咱们是中国人，到死也不能忘了祖宗。”丈夫和孩子们陆续牺牲，得知噩耗后，邓玉芬默默拿起镐头刨地种粮，举着针线做军鞋，使着鏊子给伤员做饭，凡是对抗日有益的事样样干，从早到晚不停。临终前，她对乡亲们说：“把我埋在大路边，我要看着孩子们回来.”
The ‘national integrity of facing death unflinchingly and preferring death to submission’ sustained the Chinese people in ‘advancing courageously under the invaders’ artillery fire, dying heroically under the invaders’ butcher knives, displaying the Chinese nation’s righteous spirit that cannot be bent by force.’ The General Secretary once mentioned such a family letter: ‘My dearest child! Your mother will not use a thousand words to educate you, but will use action to educate you. After you grow up, I hope you will not forget that your mother sacrificed herself for the country!’ This letter was written by Zhao Yiman on the occasion of her heroic death. Despite eight or nine months of torture by the Japanese invaders, her skin ripped by whips and her bones broken on the tiger bench, she guarded the secrets with an iron will. During a collective study session of the Politburo of the Central Committee, the General Secretary mentioned this final letter, saying, ‘Recently, I re-read some of the family letters from the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. They are truly deeply moving.’ He added, ‘Everyone should read and reflect on them often.’ “视死如归、宁死不屈的民族气节”，支撑着中国人民“在侵略者的炮火中奋勇前进，在侵略者的屠刀下英勇就义，彰显出中华民族威武不能屈的浩然正气”。总书记提到过这样一封家书。“我最亲爱的孩子啊！母亲不用千言万语来教育你，就用实行来教育你。在你长大成人之后，希望不要忘记你的母亲是为国而牺牲的！”赵一曼的这封信写在英勇就义之际。遭受日寇酷刑长达八九个月，被鞭子抽烂了皮肉，老虎凳压断了骨头，她却以钢铁般的意志保守了秘密。一次中央政治局集体学习时，总书记提到了这封绝笔信，“前一段，我再次看了一些抗战家书，的确感人至深”“大家都经常读一读、想一想”.
The ‘heroic spirit of not fearing tyranny and fighting bloody battles to the bitter end’ inspired soldiers on the battlefield to ‘advance one after another, resist tenaciously, vowing to fight the invaders to the end’. The General Secretary once mentioned such a soldier: ‘During the War of Resistance, under extremely harsh conditions, General Yang Jingyu led anti-Japanese armed forces, braving the severe cold of -40 degrees, fighting bloody battles against enemies several times their number. When he sacrificed himself, in his stomach were only withered grass, tree bark, cotton wool, not a single grain of food. His deeds are profoundly moving.’ A few years later, Ryuichiro Kishitani, who had witnessed the death of General Yang Jingyu, committed suicide. In his will he wrote: ‘With iron-blooded soldiers like Yang Jingyu, China will certainly not perish’. “不畏强暴、血战到底的英雄气概”，激励着战场上的将士们“前仆后继，顽强抗争，誓与侵略者血战到底”。总书记提到过这样一位军人。“抗日战争时期，在极其恶劣的条件下，杨靖宇将军领导抗日武装冒着零下四十摄氏度的严寒，同数倍于己的敌人浴血奋战，牺牲时胃里全是枯草、树皮、棉絮，没有一粒粮食，其事迹震撼人心。”目睹杨靖宇将军牺牲的岸谷隆一郎几年后自杀，他在遗书中写道：“中国有杨靖宇这样的铁血军人，一定不会亡国.”
The ‘unyielding, indomitable belief in certain victory’ enabled the anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians, even in desperate and dangerous situations, to maintain ‘faith as bright as a torch, never regretting even it meant facing death many times over’. The General Secretary once mentioned such a couplet: ‘In the North China plain, a peasant household wrote such a couplet: “Ten thousand hearts as one safeguard national independence, through a hundred setbacks strive for national liberation.’ The horizontal inscription read: “Resist to the End”.’ In the World Anti-Fascist War, the Chinese people’s War of Resistance Against Japan began earliest, lasted longest, fought the most Japanese troops, and paid the greatest price. However, ‘the Chinese people never wavered in their determination to recover the rivers and mountains,’ and in the end created ‘a miracle in the history of human warfare’. “百折不挠、坚忍不拔的必胜信念”，使抗日军民即使身处绝境险境，也依然“信念如炬，九死未悔”。总书记提到过这样一副对联。“华北平原上的一个庄户人家写下这样一副对联：‘万众一心保障国家独立，百折不挠争取民族解放’；横批是：‘抗战到底’。”在世界反法西斯战争中，中国人民抗日战争开始时间最早，持续时间最长，抗击日军最多，付出代价最大。然而，“中国人民从来都没有动摇光复河山的决心”，最终创造了“人类战争史上的一个奇迹”.
With the smoke of war cleared and now bathing in the sunshine of peace, how should we understand the deep meaning of the great spirit of resistance against aggression? One dimension is to explore from the depths of national spirit.
Since ancient times, a great national spirit has flowed in the blood of the Chinese nation. However, for a long time, feudal enslaving education and the constraints of the clan system had shackled the radiance of this spirit. When the War of Resistance Against Japan broke out, facing the crisis of national destruction and the extinction of the people/race, when pain reached its extreme, when the pain reached its utmost, the dream of numbness shattered, blooded mettle returned, and spirit awoke. The spirit of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression was a great revival and outbreak of the great national spirit of the Chinese nation at a critical moment. At the same time, it sublimated the great national spirit through the special tempering of extreme suffering. As General Secretary Xi Jinping incisively pointed out: ‘Since modern times, the series of struggles the Chinese people waged for national independence and liberation constitute the historical process of the awakening of the Chinese nation, and the historical process of the sublimation of the national spirit of the Chinese nation. This awakening and this sublimation of the national spirit reached a new height during the War of Resistance Against Japan. 当战争的硝烟散去，沐浴着和平阳光的我们，该怎样理解伟大抗战精神的深层含义？一个维度，是从民族精神深处探寻——自古以来，中华民族的血液中就流淌着伟大的民族精神，然而，长期封建奴化教育和宗法制度桎梏禁锢了精神的光芒。当抗日战争爆发，面对亡国灭种的危机，疼痛到了极点，沉梦就会碎去，血性就会回归，精神就会醒来。抗战精神，是中华民族的伟大民族精神在紧要关头的大复苏、大爆发，同时又以极尽苦难的特殊磨砺升华了伟大民族精神。正如习近平总书记精辟指出的：“近代以来，中国人民为争取民族独立和解放进行的一系列抗争，就是中华民族觉醒的历史进程，就是中华民族精神升华的历史进程。这种民族觉醒和民族精神升华，在抗日战争时期达到了全新的高度.”
Another dimension is to consider this from the perspective of the great spirit of the Communist Party of China. ‘China was defeated in the First Sino-Japanese War. China was victorious in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.’ General Secretary Xi Jinping has compared these two wars. One resulted in defeat, one ended with victory. What was the reason?
During the First Sino-Japanese War, Japanese media reported on Qing troops this way: ‘Some generals brought prostitutes, some carried parasols, some brought birdcages…’ In cities, towns, and villages occupied by Japanese forces, merchants learned to hawk their wares in Japanese. Near camps where Japanese troops were stationed, Chinese people with mule carts and carrying poles waited to find work. During the War of Resistance Against Japan, the sight of the entire nation participating in the war shocked the Japanese invaders: ‘Residents in Communist areas all mobilised to support the Eighth Route Army, even women and children used bamboo baskets to help transport hand grenades.’ American journalist Edgar Snow once watched a performance by the People’s Anti-Japanese Drama Society in Yan’an. At the end, a young man stood up and excitedly shouted: ‘Kill the Japanese bandits! Overthrow the murderers of the Chinese people! Drive them back to their homeland!’ The entire audience repeated his slogans in unison. Snow later reflected: ‘I felt intensely the vigorous hope, passion, and unconquerable power of humanity.’ A stark contrast of spirit, different outcomes of war.
Since modern times, a major reason for the Chinese people’s failure in their wars against aggression has been the corruption and incompetence of the political ruling class and the internal weakness and disunity of the nation. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, it was precisely because of the leadership of the Communist Party of China that the Chinese nation transformed from ‘scattered sand’ into gathering sand into a tower, united as one, releasing boundless creativity and fighting power. Turning the tide when it was about to collapse, supporting the great edifice as it was about to fall. General Secretary Xi Jinping hit the nail on the head: ‘The Communist Party of China’s role as the mainstay was the key to the Chinese people’s victory in the War of Resistance Against Japan’.” 另一个维度，是从中国共产党伟大精神中考量——“甲午战争，中国战败。抗日战争，中国胜利。”习近平总书记比较过这两次战争。一败一胜，原因何在？甲午战争时，日本媒体这样报道清军：“有将军携带妓女的，有打着蝙蝠伞的，有带着鸟笼的……”日军占领的城镇村落，商贩学会了用日语叫卖。日军驻扎的营地附近，有赶着骡马大车、拿着扁担的中国人等着揽活。抗日战争时，全民参战的景象震撼了日本侵略者：“共产党地区的居民，一齐动手支援八路军，连妇女、儿童也用竹篓帮助运送手榴弹。”美国记者埃德加·斯诺曾在延安看了一场人民抗日剧社的演出，一位年轻人在结束时站起来，激动地高喊：“打死日本强盗！打倒杀害中国人民的凶手！打回老家去！”全场观众齐声重复他的口号。斯诺后来感慨：“我强烈地感受到了充满活力的希望、热情和人类不可战胜的力量”。鲜明的精神对比，不同的战争结局。近代以后，中国人民历次反侵略战争失败的一个重要原因，是政治统治集团的腐朽无能和民族内部软弱涣散。抗日战争时期，正是因为有了中国共产党的领导，中华民族才从“一盘散沙”转变为聚沙成塔、万众一心，激发出无穷的创造力和战斗力。挽狂澜于既倒、扶大厦之将倾。习近平总书记一语中的：“中国共产党的中流砥柱作用是中国人民抗日战争胜利的关键”。
The other piece at the top of the page is the Opinions of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council on Promoting High-Quality Urban Development. The document says:
“This work requires the following: Transform the concept of urban development, with greater emphasis on being people-oriented; transform the mode of urban development, with greater emphasis on intensive and efficient use; transform the driving force of urban development, with greater emphasis on characteristic development; transform the focus of urban work, with greater emphasis on input into governance; transform the methods of urban work, with greater emphasis on overall planning and coordination. The main goals are: By 2030, important progress will be achieved in the construction of a modernised people’s city, the policy and institutional systems to adapt to high-quality urban development will be continuously improved, the conversion between old and new driving forces will accelerate, the quality of people’s lives will be markedly improved, the green transformation will be advanced in depth, the foundations of safety will be firmly consolidated, cultural charm will be fully displayed, and the level of governance will be greatly raised; by 2035, a modernised people’s city will be basically built.” 工作中要做到：转变城市发展理念，更加注重以人为本；转变城市发展方式，更加注重集约高效；转变城市发展动力，更加注重特色发展；转变城市工作重心，更加注重治理投入；转变城市工作方法，更加注重统筹协调。主要目标是：到2030年，现代化人民城市建设取得重要进展，适应城市高质量发展的政策制度不断完善，新旧动能加快转换，人居品质明显提升，绿色转型深入推进，安全基础有力夯实，文化魅力充分彰显，治理水平大幅提高；到2035年，现代化人民城市基本建成.
I am not doing a detailed breakdown, but some bits are important to highlight.
Activate the potential of existing urban resources. Comprehensively assess the inventory of urban assets and resources, including housing, facilities, and land. Renovate and utilise existing stock, such as old factories, low-efficiency buildings, and idle traditional commercial facilities, establishing planning adjustment mechanisms that adapt to building function conversion and mixed-use needs. Strengthen and standardise management of stock urban infrastructure assets, improving operational efficiency. Optimise policies for property rights collection, integration, replacement, and registration to revitalise and utilise existing inefficient land. 激活城市存量资源潜力。全面摸清城市房屋、设施、土地等资产资源底数。改造利用老旧厂房、低效楼宇、闲置传统商业设施等存量房屋，建立与建筑功能转换和混合利用需求相适应的规划调整机制。加强和规范存量城市基础设施资产管理，提高运行效能。优化产权归集、整合、置换和登记政策，盘活利用存量低效用地.
Establish a sustainable investment and financing system for urban construction and operations. Ensure that local governments fulfill their primary responsibilities and coordinate funding channels, including fiscal funds, social capital, and finance. For projects involving major security and basic livelihood security, the central government will increase special transfer payment support and provide appropriate subsidies for central budget investment. Innovate fiscal and financial policy tools to attract and regulate social capital participation and steadily and prudently advance utility pricing reform. Strengthen the supply of medium- and long-term credit, leverage the financing functions of the bond and stock markets, and encourage insurance and trust institutions to provide financial services. Accelerate the reform and transformation of financing platforms and resolutely curb the increase in local government hidden debt. 建立可持续的城市建设运营投融资体系。落实地方政府主体责任，统筹财政资金、社会资本和金融等资金渠道。对涉及重大安全和基本民生保障的，中央财政加大专项转移支付支持力度，中央预算内投资予以适当补助。创新财政金融政策工具，吸引和规范社会资金参与，稳慎推进公用事业价格改革。强化中长期信贷供给，发挥债券市场、股票市场融资功能，鼓励保险、信托等机构提供金融服务。加快融资平台改革转型，坚决遏制新增地方政府隐性债务.
At one point of time, the guideline also calls to strictly restrict the construction of super-high-rise buildings and enhance high-altitude firefighting capabilities.
Two other reports to note on the front page. First, Zhao Leji will lead a party and government delegation to visit Vietnam from Aug. 31 to Sept. 2 to attend events marking the 80th anniversary of the August Revolution and the National Day of Vietnam, and co-chair the first session of the joint committee between the legislative bodies.
Second, Ding Xuexiang met with a visiting delegation of executive directors for the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Beijing. Xinhua says:
Ding “noted that the ADB, as an important multilateral development institution in the Asia-Pacific region, has made positive contributions to supporting China’s development. China hopes the ADB will continue to be an active participant in the country’s modernization process, Ding said, adding that China is willing to strengthen communication and coordination with the ADB and expand cooperation areas, in order to better promote China's high-quality development and benefit the entire Asia-Pacific region. Since the beginning of this year, China’s economy has made progress while ensuring stability and demonstrated strong vitality and resilience, Ding said, stressing that China will fully, accurately and comprehensively implement the new development philosophy, consolidate and build on the momentum of economic recovery, and inject more certainty into global development.”
Page 2: There’s a report (English report) informing that 26 foreign heads of state and government will attend the WWII anniversary parade in Beijing.
Foreign leaders invited to attend the commemorations include Putin, Kim, Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni, Vietnamese President Luong Cuong, General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee and Lao President Thongloun Sisoulith, Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, Mongolian President Ukhnaa Khurelsukh, Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon, Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov, Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedov, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, President of the Republic of the Congo Denis Sassou Nguesso, Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, Miguel Diaz-Canel, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and Cuban president, and Min Aung Hlaing, acting president of Myanmar, according to Xinhua.
Another report (English report) informs that in the first half of this year, more than 19 million foreigners entered China through various ports, a year-on-year increase of 30%. The tax-refund sales volume surged by 95 percent year-on-year in the first half of the year, data from the ministry showed. During this period, the number of such shops has more than doubled, exceeding 7,200, according to data from the State Administration of Taxation.
Finally, there’s a report on the announcement of the new Action Plan for Adjustment and Optimization of Setting of Disciplines and Majors in Higher Education (2025-2027). This was issued by the Central Leading Group for Education Work. The plan proposes to:
implement extraordinary layout action for urgently needed disciplines and majors, targeting strategic emerging industries and future industries, rapidly laying out a batch of discipline and majors programs;
implement basic discipline leap-up action, increasing support for basic disciplines within the first-class discipline cultivation and excellence action;
implement emerging discipline and interdisciplinary incubation action, laying out and constructing a batch of exemplary discipline intersection centers;
implement existing discipline and majors optimization action, issuing early warnings for discipline and specialty programs with clearly insufficient social demand, declining training quality, or inadequate running conditions, and putting forward rectification requirements;
implement updating action related to the connotation of disciplines and majors, accelerating teaching content iteration, strengthening AI empowerment of education and teaching;
build new talent development platforms such as the National Academy of Outstanding Engineers
方案提出，实施急需学科专业超常布局行动，瞄准战略性新兴产业和未来产业等，快速布局一批学科专业点；实施基础学科跃升行动，在一流学科培优行动中加大对基础学科支持力度；实施新兴学科和交叉学科孵化行动，布局建设一批示范性学科交叉中心；实施存量学科专业优化行动，对社会需求明显不足、培养质量下滑、办学条件不足的学科专业点进行预警并提出整改要求；实施学科专业内涵更新行动，加快教学内容迭代，强化人工智能赋能教育教学；建好国家卓越工程师学院等新型人才培养平台.
Page 3: There’s a report on Wang Yi’s call with Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira. Xinhua says:
Wang said that China stands ready to enhance strategic mutual trust with Brazil, firmly support each other and deepen practical cooperation in various fields between the two countries. The China-Brazil relationship is at its best in history. Chinese President Xi Jinping and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva have forged solid mutual trust and friendship, and jointly provided important strategic guidance for the building of a China-Brazil community with a shared future, Wang said. China is ready to work with Brazil to accelerate the implementation of the important consensus reached by the two heads of state, and deepen practical cooperation in various fields between the two countries, he added.”
“Vieira said that President Xi had a phone call with President Lula two weeks ago, for which the Brazilian side is grateful. At present, international trade is facing great uncertainties and multilateralism is encountering serious challenges, he said, noting that it is of great significance for BRICS countries to carry out close coordination. Brazil looks forward to strengthening communication and coordination with China and relevant parties, exploring means to support the multilateral trading system and promote the reform of the World Trade Organization, Vieira said.”
“Wang said that Brazil has fully fulfilled its duties as the rotating chair of BRICS and made the Rio de Janeiro Summit a success, which promoted the solidarity and cooperation among the Global South countries. China highly appreciates Brazil's efforts, he added. Noting that the current international situation is undergoing complex changes, Wang said that China is willing to strengthen coordination with Brazil, join hands with BRICS countries to resist unilateralism and bullying acts, safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of developing countries, and promote the reform and improvement of the global governance system.”
Page 10: There’s a report (English report) informing that trade between China and members of the Arab League reached 1.72 trillion yuan ($241.61 billion) during the first seven months of 2025, setting a record for this period and rising 3.2 percent year on year. In July alone, two-way trade reached 245.31 billion yuan, up 6.9 percent year on year. China exported 135.54 billion yuan worth of goods to the bloc last month, while imports totaled 109.77 billion yuan. From January to July, more than 40 percent of China’s crude oil imports were sourced from this bloc. During the same period, China shipped 557.66 billion yuan of machinery and electronic products to the bloc, accounting for nearly 60 percent of its total exports to the bloc.
Page 11: There’s a report informing that in July, 25,420 violations of the Central Committee's 8-point regulations were investigated and punished. This included 12,826 cases of formalism and bureaucratism, and 12,594 cases of hedonism and extravagance. A total of 32,905 individuals (including three provincial and ministerial-level officials and 104 prefectural and bureau-level officials) were criticised and educated, and 22,621 individuals were given Party discipline and administrative sanctions.