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Heihe's Cultural and Tourism Boom: A New Chapter in the Chronicle of Cooperation on Both Sides of the Heilongjiang Border River

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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News

BEIJING, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) — It's September 2025 in Heihe, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. The waters of the Heilongjiang (Amur) River along the border sparkle in the sun, and Russian tourists with suitcases line up for passport control at the Heihe border checkpoint. The mix of Chinese and Russian speech has become a common "soundtrack" for this Chinese border city.

According to the Internet portal sohu.com, from January to August this year, Heihe received a total of 386,000 cross-border tourists, of which more than 70 percent were Russian tourists. These figures reflect the real lively picture of Heihe's cross-border cultural and tourism activities as a key city on the Sino-Russian border.

Early Monday mornings are especially busy at Heihe International Bus Station. At 7:30 a.m., the first hovercraft carrying 87 Chinese tourists departed for the opposite bank, while the same number of Russian tourists arrived in Heihe. This synchronous two-way flow has become the norm for the two cities separated by the river. In August alone, 68,000 people underwent customs inspection and passport checks at the border checkpoint, which is 23.5 percent more than in the same period in 2024. Russian tourists mainly arrive from the Amur Region, Khabarovsk Krai and other regions of the Russian Far East, and Chinese tourists from three northeastern provinces, but their geography is gradually expanding to other regions of China.

Heihe constantly holds various cultural and sports events, greatly enriching the content of cultural tourism and maintaining the “degree” of the market. The national music concert “Six Cities of Two Countries”, the Sino-Russian art exhibition on the theme of winter painting, the fifth exhibition of art works by teenagers from three provinces and regions of China and Russia – all these cultural events have opened an artistic dialogue that goes beyond national borders.

Cross-border sports events such as the Heilongjiang River Crossing Race and the 2025 Heihe International Badminton Tournament also enhance Heihe's appeal to tourists from other regions.

As of the end of August, the city had held 102 different cross-border cultural and tourism events, an average of nearly 13 per month. The data confirms the intensity of cultural activity: from January to August, the Heihe Museum received 42,000 Russian visitors, 31 percent more than in the same period last year; the China-Russia National Culture Park held 27 events on cross-border wedding customs, attended by 362 Russian families; and the Russian-language tour guide service at the Aigun History Memorial Hall was used more than 5,800 times.

According to the Heihe Municipal Bureau of Commerce, by the end of August, 27 cross-border O2O stores in Heihe had served a total of 153,000 overseas consumers, resulting in domestic tourism product sales of over 280 million yuan.

The night economy is also booming. Every evening at 8 o'clock, the lights come on in the Chinese-Russian Color Street on the bank of the Heilongjiang River, Russian vendors advertise nesting dolls and chocolate in Chinese, and Chinese vendors call out customers in Russian for "tanghulu" (candied fruits and berries on a stick) and tea. According to statistics, the night market is visited by an average of 6,000 people daily, of which about 40 percent are Russian customers.

Convenient transportation is the basis for the prosperity of cross-border cultural tourism. From January to August 2025, water transport, represented in particular by hovercraft and paddle steamers, carried 364 thousand passengers, 121 thousand passengers rode on the winter pontoon bridge, and the new Heihe-Blagoveshchensk helicopter line carried 3,200 VIP tourists. Construction work on the cross-border cable car between Blagoveshchensk and Heihe has not yet been completed, but the observation deck has already become a new point of attraction. After completion, the capacity of the cable car in one direction will be 1,800 people per hour, which will completely solve the problem of seasonal restrictions on the operation of river transport.

Faced with the growing cross-border flow of people, Heihe has established a complete management and service system. The Heihe Immigration Bureau has set up a 24-hour bilingual hotline and developed a cross-border tourism app that provides up-to-date information on both sides' policies.

When night falls, lights are lit on both sides of the Heilongjiang River. Peking opera arias from Heihe and Russian folk songs from the opposite bank magically merge on the surface of the river. Tourists from both banks travel back and forth on boats, and this border river becomes a cultural hub connecting China and Russia.

Heihe also has many advantages such as free trade zone, comprehensive pilot zone for cross-border e-commerce, key pilot zone for developing and expanding border opening, which creates favorable policy conditions for the development of cross-border tourism. The city has buildings in various European architectural styles, and the cuisine combines authentic Northeast China cuisine and Russian dishes, which in turn provides tourists with a unique experience and unforgettable impressions. -0-

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"Golden Names of the Higher School": honoring polytechnics

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"Golden Names of Higher Education" is an all-Russian competition held annually by the all-Russian public organization "League of Higher Education Teachers" with the support of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Russia. The project annually selects the best representatives of the country's teaching staff based on recommendations from universities and research institutions. Those teachers who have achieved personal success and implement innovative methods and practices to improve the quality of the educational process are selected.

The goal of the project is to enhance the status of teachers of higher education in the Russian Federation who have made a significant contribution to the development of modern science and education through public recognition and popularization of their achievements.

SPbPU teachers and scientists who won this year.

Young scientific and pedagogical talents

Alexey Gintsyak, IMM&T Anton Shaban, IPME&T

For dedication to the profession and continuation of the traditions of Russian higher education

Yulia Bazarnova, IBSiB

For the implementation of innovative teaching methods, development of an open information environment for higher education

Svetlana Evseeva, IPMEiT Elena Kiseleva, IPMEiT

For the development of international cooperation in the field of higher education

Olga Ergunova, IPMEiT

For contribution to social work and educational activities, professional orientation of children and youth

Ilona Pankina, IBSiB

I am happy and grateful for the high assessment of my work at the all-Russian level. To be recognized by the “Golden Names of the Higher School” competition in the nomination for innovative methods is both honorable and exciting. This award is recognition of the importance of work on integrating digital technologies and creating a flexible, understandable and effective educational environment for our students. Thanks to my colleagues at the Polytechnic University for their support and sharing of experience, and to the students for their involvement and feedback. Together we are creating a future where science inspires and education provides new opportunities,” shared her emotions Associate Professor of the IPMEiT Elena Kiseleva.

"I was recognized as the winner of the competition in the nomination "For Contribution to Social Work and Educational Activities, Career Guidance of Children and Youth". This recognition became possible thanks to the joint work and support of my colleagues and social partners," said Associate Professor of the Institute of Social and Biological Sciences Ilona Pankina. "I would especially like to thank the young and talented specialists from the SPbPU Center for Work with Applicants for many years of fruitful cooperation. I would like to express special gratitude for the support and faith in victory to the Director of the CRA Artem Egupov. Of course, I would like to especially emphasize that the high involvement of our talented students turned out to be a key factor in winning the competition, or rather, our common success and a significant achievement in the development of the system of career guidance for children and youth. This victory inspires us to continue developing educational initiatives, introducing innovative approaches in teaching students, and opens up new horizons for professional growth."

For IMMiT Associate Professor Alexey Gintsyak, winning the competition was a great celebration: I understand that winning in the youth nomination is in many ways an advance payment for the achievements that should happen in the future, and for these achievements we still have to work long and hard. And now I would like to thank all those without whom this success would not have been possible – my relatives, colleagues, managers. And of course, those who motivate me – my students and postgraduates.

The award ceremony for the winners will take place in November 2025 in Moscow.

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Four NSU students received an offer for an internship at Russia's largest IT holding following an educational intensive course

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The final of the educational intensive course has ended in Novosibirsk, during which 18 students from Siberia received offers for internships at the country's largest IT holding company, T1, with four NSU students among the winners. The competitive selection for the internship was held among more than 7,000 applications from all over Russia. The final defense of the projects, which the students had been working on for two months, took place on August 28 at the Novosibirsk State University, with 38 students from different parts of Siberia participating.

As part of the intensive course, participants developed and presented their own solutions for real business cases, including the creation of a tool for booking meeting rooms and a service for verifying digital signatures.

In Novosibirsk, following the final defense of cases from real business customers of T1, the first place was taken by a team of six students, including Natalia Bedareva from NSU. While working on the projects, Natalia's team developed the corporate discussion service "MUZA". With its help, employees of the client company will be able to quickly resolve work issues, save the best cases, and also get access to a verified knowledge base, which will reduce the time it takes to find information. The holding will use the ideas and solutions of the camp participants in the further implementation of its own IT projects. Three more students from Novosibirsk State University became winners of the IT camp: Andrey Dutkin (2nd place), Dmitry Lutsev (2nd place) and Alina Brysina (3rd place).

IT holding T1 has been holding a summer educational bootcamp for the second year in a row, so that students from all over the country could try themselves in large projects, gain practical experience and take their first steps in their careers. This year, interest in the camp has grown significantly: the organizers received more than 7,000 applications – two and a half times more than in 2024. Almost 3,000 people passed the entrance test, and the best of them – over 1,500 students from 459 universities in the country – were enrolled in the intensive course. 73% of them are students of technical specialties from regional universities. The T1 IT camp was held in a hybrid format: the first remote stage was replaced by in-person team work on projects. The final defenses, in addition to Novosibirsk, also took place in Yekaterinburg and Moscow.

— The practice of the T1 IT camp once again confirms that regional training centers are becoming no less important than the capital. Novosibirsk is one of the main scientific and educational hubs of the country, and here we see very motivated and talented students ready for serious challenges in the IT sphere. I am glad that many of those whom I was lucky enough to meet during the defense of the final projects joined the T1 team in order to implement large-scale projects with us in the future, — noted Mikhail Knigin, Executive Director of T1 Integration (part of the T1 IT holding).

At the beginning of the training, the participants were given the opportunity to choose a specialization of training. The most popular was system analytics – every fourth student from Novosibirsk chose it. No less in demand were backend and frontend development, as well as manual testing and application administration.

Alina Brysina said that the process of working on the project became a real challenge for her.

— We received a very complex and detailed technical task, which turned out to be practically impossible to implement in such a short time frame with the number of people we had on the team. It was very difficult to understand which solution to choose. We had several types of administrators for the technical task in the project, and we decided to leave one, but because we did not record this requirement, the decision was ultimately difficult. It was as if everyone was speaking different languages, — shared Alina.

Alina was a systems analyst on the team and learned to be much more punctual, attentive to details and ask precise questions.

"I learned a lot from my colleagues and realized that large IT companies need reporting that is actually used. All the documents that a system analyst prepares are not just put into a drawer," she added.

Alina also emphasized that the team’s support helped her not to give up and continue working on the project, which allowed her to show excellent results and achieve victory.

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SPbPU scientists have created the first analytical platform in Russia for designing optical systems

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Scientists from Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University have created a unified database of chalcogenide glasses, which contains more than 20,000 records of their compositions and properties. The database is based on information published in scientific studies over the past 50 years, and includes most of the existing experimental results of studying the characteristics of chalcogenide glassy materials. Database chalcogenide glasses is patented and registered by the Federal Service for Intellectual Property (Rospatent). To work with the database, the Polytechnics developed a web interface that allows sorting, exporting and analyzing data by composition and properties. Thanks to this, new opportunities are opening up for the accelerated design of promising chalcogenide glasses – key materials for modern infrared optics, thermal imagers and night vision systems.

Chalcogenide glasses are amorphous inorganic materials in which oxygen atoms are replaced by sulfur, selenium or tellurium atoms. Chalcogenide glasses have attracted attention since their discovery due to their unique properties: due to the absence of oxygen in the structure, they have wide transparency in the infrared range, a high refractive index and a low softening point. The growth of practical interest in these materials in the last five years is associated with the development of thermal imaging systems and a more than threefold increase in the price of single-crystal germanium, the main material for the infrared spectral region up to 14 μm. Due to the great fragmentation and lack of systematization of published data, as well as the lack of a system for displaying the characteristics of glass compositions, the process of developing new compositions with the required set of properties has become more complex. Traditionally, it is based on the analysis of phase diagrams and the construction of local regression models.

To solve this problem, an interdisciplinary group of scientists from the Scientific and Educational Center "Nanotechnology and Coatings" of the Institute of Mechanical Engineering, Materials and Transport and the Higher School of Software Engineering of SPbPU carried out large-scale work to create a unified database. Using large language models (LLM – Large Language Model), scientists aggregated and structured information from more than 1000 scientific publications. In addition to the database itself, using artificial intelligence methods, models were developed to predict the properties of previously unknown glass compositions.

The main result of the work was not just a database, but an entire analytical platform. For the convenience of researchers, a specialized web interface has been developed that allows for prompt data analysis, comparison of results, and export of search results. To simulate the characteristics of glass before the stage of expensive laboratory synthesis, a model for predicting key glass parameters (density, softening temperature, refractive index) was developed based on machine learning models and neural networks. The proposed approach significantly reduces the time spent on developing promising compositions at the initial stage of research. In the future, it is planned to expand the scope of application of the predicted glass parameters, – said the project manager, PhD in Physics and Mathematics Victor Klinkov.

The software package can serve as a basis for the emergence of a new approach to the design of optical systems. The platform lays the foundation for a fundamentally different methodology: now it is possible to design "from the opposite" – from the characteristics required by the system to the targeted synthesis of material with the necessary parameter values. An important aspect of the project is its general availability. The platform creates a single field for scientific work, allowing both novice scientists and experienced specialists to quickly analyze their results in the context of global research practice and plan new projects.

The practical significance of the work lies in expanding the boundaries of understanding the nature of the glassy state using AI tools and in creating prerequisites for implementing these results in industrial optics design systems. Today, there are no direct analogues of the developed platform in Russia.

The work was carried out within the framework of the Blue Sky Research Digital Labs Campus project with the support of the St. Petersburg Foundation for the Support of Innovations and Youth Initiatives. Now scientists are improving the algorithmic support and expanding the functionality of the platform for the international scientific community.

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Sustainable Tourism Development in Yunnan Province Sets Example for Global South

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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News

KUNMING, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) — Participants at the recently held 2025 Global South Media and Think Tank Forum in southwest China's Yunnan Province praised the province's comprehensive approach to tourism development that combines environmental friendliness, cultural heritage preservation and economic growth.

After the Forum program, foreign guests visited various cities in Yunnan Province to learn about successful tourism development practices first-hand.

After visiting the museum in the Taipinghu Lake Forest Park and learning about the history of the fight against desertification in the city of Mile, the executive director of the Applikata Center for Strategic Solutions of the Kyrgyz Republic, Kubatbek Rakhimov, said that what happened here was not just a process of reclamation, but a real cultural and economic shift.

“China amazes me by constantly finding interesting, non-standard solutions,” said K. Rakhimov. He also added that the experience of developing tourism in Yunnan Province should be extrapolated and applied in other countries of the Global South.

"We all never cease to be amazed. Our Chinese colleagues have managed to develop and transform wild nature, to make every meter green. This is very surprising and wonderful," said Atay Osmonbaev, an employee of the Information Policy Department of the Kyrgyz Republic.

Deputy Director of RT Information Broadcasting Directorate Andrey Kiyashko said that Yunnan Province impressed him with its diversity and beauty, harmoniously combined with the progressive development of technology. He drew parallels with Moscow, noting common features in the greening of cities.

A. Kiyashko paid special attention to the preservation of cultural traditions in the city of Lijiang. “We were shown careful preservation of the traditions of all nations in the city of Lijiang. It was a very useful experience that revealed China to me from a new side,” he said. He is confident that the visa-free regime between Russia and China will contribute to the growth of the tourist flow.

“We saw natural attractions, a stunning ethnic show and the historical part of the city, and thus got acquainted with everything that the region is proud of,” said Daria Pankina, editor-in-chief of special projects for the KP.RU website of the Komsomolskaya Pravda media group, calling the excursion to Lijiang “excellent.”

"This province has found a balance between environmental conservation, industrial development and moving forward," she said.

According to D. Pankina, there are many projects in Russia aimed at strengthening interaction between representatives of different peoples of the country, and in China, the traditions of different ethnic groups of the population are also honored. “We saw this in the example of preserving the culture of the Naxi people in Yunnan Province.”

"The conference topic was very relevant, and the tours that were organized were also very interesting. I would like to advise and implement something in my country," said Marat Tazabekov, founder of the Kyrgyz news agency AKIpress.

A visit by media and think tanks from the Global South to Yunnan Province has clearly demonstrated that the province offers a comprehensive and sustainable development model that can serve as an inspiring example for many developing countries seeking to achieve harmonious coexistence between man and nature, and the traditional and the modern. -0-

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Sports club "Black Bears – Polytech" opens doors for new champions

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The sports club "Black Bears – Polytech" invites all sports fans to join a friendly team of like-minded people. You have a unique opportunity to become part of a large sports community and realize your potential in your favorite sport.

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Don't miss your chance to become part of a successful sports community! Maybe you will be the next champion. Join the Black Bears right now!

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The 25th China International Investment and Trade Fair is being held in Xiamen

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XIAMEN, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) — The 25th China International Investment and Trade Fair (CIFIT) opened Monday in Xiamen, east China's Fujian Province, with delegations from more than 120 countries and regions attending.

The four-day event, which focuses on three main areas – Investment in China, Chinese Investment and International Investment – features over 100 investment-related events, with the UK being the honoured guest country at CIFIT this year.

The 400 sq m UK National Pavilion includes key sectors including financial and professional services, advanced manufacturing, life sciences, clean energy and creative industries.

The head of the British trade mission to China, Lewis Neil, told Xinhua that Britain had sent its largest ever business delegation to the fair, comprising more than 100 companies from across the country.

He added that they see CIFIT as an important opportunity for the UK to promote growth-driving sectors, as set out in the country's modern industrial strategy.

Expressing confidence in China's economic prospects, he said: "China is the world's second-largest economy and China is expected to grow rapidly. We are optimistic about the ability of British companies to grow in China."

In 2025, CIFIT will feature a symposium featuring multinational corporations, dialogues between leading non-state-owned enterprises and Fortune 500 companies, and more than 30 special investment promotion events that will present the viability and opportunities of “investing in China” in a comprehensive and multi-faceted manner.

Morten Wierød, CEO of ABB Industrial Group, attended the opening ceremony of the fair and took part in key meetings with government officials and representatives of multinational companies.

“I am delighted to be back in Xiamen and attending CIFIT for the first time. The event provides an open platform for global collaboration, bringing together governments, businesses and investors to promote economic growth,” said Morten Wierød.

He noted that China is an important market for ABB and a key research and manufacturing base. “We will continue to invest in this important market, strengthening our R&D capabilities and delivering innovative products that help our customers become more productive, efficient and sustainable.”

Statistics released by China's Ministry of Commerce showed that more than 30,000 new foreign-invested enterprises were established in China from January to June 2025, up 11.7 percent year on year.

First organized in 1997 by the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China, CIFIT has become an important platform for promoting investment and promoting global development. -0-

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From 'Internet Plus' to 'AI Plus', China Takes Full Advantage of Digital Economy Dividends

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SHENYANG, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) — Robots impressed visitors with a variety of skills, from high-precision welding to deftly pouring tea with two "arms," at the Global Industrial Internet Conference held from Sept. 5 to 8 in Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province.

This is a testament to China's progress in artificial intelligence (AI), demonstrating how the country is making significant strides in integrating AI into industrial production after years of moving towards intelligent decision-making.

The event focused on “large industrial models of intelligent agents,” which have evolved from simple means of everyday interaction into powerful “industrial brains” capable of optimizing processes, diagnosing faults, and generating code.

For example, one of China's largest steelmakers, Angang, in Anshan City, Liaoning Province, used intelligent models to optimize molten steel processing, reducing production costs by 15 percent and cutting wastewater emissions by 21 percent. By applying "AI Plus" to production and decision-making, Angang Corporation improves product quality and energy efficiency.

Artificial intelligence is also making significant advances in livestock farming. At a pig farm run by COFCO in Jilin Province, an AI system works 24 hours a day as a “smart vet,” using sound and image recognition combined with a disease knowledge base to identify illnesses in the herd.

“When a pig coughs, the system can automatically detect its location and alert staff,” said a farm technician, noting that veterinarians can identify specific diseases through sound analysis.

As early as July 2015, China issued guidelines for promoting the “Internet Plus” format, which aims to promote the integration of Internet innovation achievements into economic and social spheres. Over the past decade, “Internet Plus” has become an important driving force for industrial upgrading, transforming consumption patterns, and improving people’s daily lives.

By the end of June 2025, China's internet penetration rate reached 79.7 percent, and the number of internet users in China reached more than 1.12 billion. The country has built the world's largest 5G network, covering more than 17,000 5G-enabled industrial internet projects in 41 industries.

“Internet Plus” not only transforms the production environment, but also gives new impetus to expanding the potential of the entire production chain – from R&D and supply to marketing and service.

According to Ni Qi, general manager of Shenyang Haier Refrigerator Co., Ltd., at Haier's Shenyang refrigerator factory, a refrigerator comes off the intelligent production line every 10 seconds, which reduces manual labor by 50 percent and achieves real-time connectivity between products, machines and production lines.

This intellectual transformation also benefits the people's daily life sector.

“AI automatically summarizes the knowledge framework and uses the question and answer system to check the learning results,” said Li Yanfei, general manager of Liaoning-based Sunflower Digital Technology. As an enterprise in the digital economy industry, Sunflower plans to further increase R&D investment and develop innovative products, focusing on the implementation of personalized learning and the development of “AI teaching assistant”.

At this year's Global Industrial Internet Conference, enterprises, universities and research institutes signed cooperation agreements. Key technologies are also advancing rapidly in emerging industries such as super-large intelligent computing centers, humanoid robots and new biological technologies. -0-

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Cross-border car tourism between China and Central Asian countries is gaining popularity

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URUMQI, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) — Nowadays, many Chinese prefer to visit Central Asian countries for tourism or business purposes through independent car travel.

At the Horgos checkpoint in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, tourists ready to travel by car to Central Asia, Russia and northern Europe lined up to consult with staff about relevant procedures.

Among them are Lin Shuangnan, a student from Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, southern China, and his friends. The young people plan to travel to Moscow in their own car to continue their postgraduate studies at Lomonosov Moscow State University. They set off from Shenzhen, plan to cross the Chinese border through the Khorgos checkpoint, travel through Kazakhstan for about 14 days, and arrive in Russia.

Although this was their first experience of cross-border car tourism, they said “the procedures were convenient and the customs officers were very helpful.”

According to statistics, as of September 1, 2025, the number of cars entering and leaving the border as part of cross-border auto tourism through the Khorgos automobile checkpoint amounted to more than 4,500 units, which is 370 percent more than a year earlier.

"In order to ensure efficient customs clearance for cross-border car tourism tourists, we have opened a special channel to ensure highly efficient customs clearance of vehicles," said Zhang Yongpeng, an official from Horgos Border Service.

The Horgos Cross-Border Tourism Comprehensive Service Center officially opened in August this year. According to Ren Yanbin, the center's director, while it used to take 2-3 days to process individual passengers, the service center now allows tourists to complete all border procedures in just 8 hours.

"Cross-border tourism is currently gaining momentum at all checkpoints in Xinjiang, and its market potential is very large. Statistics show that cross-border tourism between China and Central Asian countries is developing dynamically," Ren Yanbin said. -0-

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The first System Bootcamp from YADRO laboratory has ended at NSU

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From August 14 to 28, the first System Bootcamp from the YADRO laboratory was held at NSU. Junior students took part in the Bootcamp Faculty of Information Technology And Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics of NSU, as well as graduating students who chose a topic for their future diploma work. Over the course of two weeks, 11 students worked on projects in three areas. The guys who successfully completed the Bootcamp will have the opportunity to continue working in the laboratory, participate in the implementation of projects on system development within the framework of cooperation with the YADRO company.

To participate in the event, it was necessary to fill out a questionnaire, write a motivation letter and provide information about your academic performance in key courses, such as operating systems, network technologies and the basic C course.

— Most of the Summer Schools held at NSU together with industrial partners are aimed at senior students, which is logical from the point of view of further employment. Quite often, graduates of such schools receive an offer to do an internship and then work in a company. We are focused on junior students in order to interest them in the tasks of system programming and give them the opportunity to specialize in this area. That is, our main task is to popularize system programming among students studying in IT specialties, — said Alexander Vlasov, head of the YADRO laboratory at Novosibirsk State University, deputy dean of the Faculty of Information Technology of NSU for Master's degree programs.

Bootcamp participants spent two weeks working on projects in three areas: development of CDM-16, a learning processor for the Digital Platforms course; UPX, an executable packer; and “Implementation of Thompson’s attack on the TinyCC compiler.” The first half of the day was spent interacting with mentors in the lab, and the second half was spent working independently. However, students continued working on projects in the classroom after lunch.

— These are new projects, there are no ready-made solutions for them. Students could not use search engines to find ready-made solutions or artificial intelligence to generate the “correct” answer. They had to apply their skills and knowledge that they received during their studies at our University to solve the task, — explained Alexander Vlasov.

A team of three people worked on the implementation of the project "Implementation of Thompson's attack on the TinyCC compiler": Matvey Sorokin, Vladimir Sharapov and Andrey Zverev. This is exactly one of the areas that the YADRO laboratory at NSU is engaged in – the topic of compiler verification, that is, checking for non-infection. The idea of the project at the Bootcamp was to first create such an infected compiler, and then verify this compiler.

— I had a very interesting project — compiler verification. The project is large, the task is huge — to "infect" the compiler so that it turns an ordinary program into a malicious one. We tested many different options for how this can be done. In the end, we can say that we coped with the task, — shared Vladimir Sharapov, a student of the NSU FIT.

The topics of the Bootcamp projects are highly specialized, however, there are many people at the FIT and other faculties who are passionate about system programming. And the experience gained can be applied in solving a wide range of current industrial problems.

— Bootcamp is a very good way to come and join the research topic within the framework of system programming. To touch, to see what it is. Bootcamp is people, a team of like-minded people with whom you will work on the project. It is networking, as well as an opportunity to get acquainted with the laboratory, — emphasized Alexander Volk, a student of the NSU FIT.

Students who complete the Bootcamp with high results have the opportunity to continue working in the YADRO laboratory and work on projects in the field of systems programming together with YADRO curators.

— I hope that we have interested the students who have successfully completed the Bootcamp in the field they have become familiar with. Even if the students do not specialize in the field of system development in the future, the skills they have acquired here will certainly help them in the future in other areas of IT, — concluded Alexander Vlasov.

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