Heihe Port handled record number of cross-border e-commerce parcels in first half of 2025

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BEIJING, July 9 (Xinhua) — A total of 29.596 million pieces of cross-border e-commerce mail were exported through Heihe Port in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province in the first half of 2025, up 4,824.3 percent year on year, the Heihe Daily reported.

During the reporting period, the total weight of these parcels was 4,302 tons, and their value was 2.38 billion yuan (approximately 332.68 million US dollars), an increase of 482 percent and 1,552.8 percent year-on-year, respectively. Notably, all of these figures reached record highs.

According to Heihe Customs, the maximum daily number of processed cross-border e-commerce parcels at the border crossing reached 829,000 units.

The cities of Heihe and Blagoveshchensk are separated by the border river Heilongjiang /Amur/. Due to the geographical advantage and the efficient operation of local customs, it takes only 7-8 days to export postal items through the Heihe automobile checkpoint and undergo customs clearance, which ensures the timeliness of land transportation of goods sold within the framework of cross-border e-commerce.

Convenient logistics channel allows Heihe to attract many enterprises engaged in cross-border e-commerce. To date, the city has built border warehouses for CET /cross-border e-commerce/ with an area of almost 20 thousand square meters, and 38 e-business entities have been registered. -0-

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Xi Jinping, Bolivian President Luis Arce exchange congratulations on 40th anniversary of diplomatic relations

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BEIJING, July 9 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping and Bolivian President Luis Arce on Wednesday exchanged congratulations on the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two countries.

Noting that China and Bolivia are good friends and brothers, Xi said that in the 40 years since the establishment of diplomatic ties, China-Bolivia relations have withstood the test of changing international circumstances and always maintained a steady momentum of growth.

The two sides firmly supported each other on issues concerning their core interests and major concerns, he said, adding that high-quality cooperation under the Belt and Road has produced fruitful results and friendship has taken deeper roots in the hearts of the two peoples.

Xi Jinping recalled that he had a fruitful meeting with L. Arce last November during the G20 leaders' summit in Rio de Janeiro, which set the course for the further development of Chinese-Bolivian relations.

He said he attaches great importance to the development of China-Bolivia relations and is willing to work with the Bolivian President to strengthen the traditional friendship, take the China-Bolivia strategic partnership to a new height, and bring more benefits to the peoples of the two countries.

In turn, L. Arce noted that over the past 40 years, Bolivia and China have established strong bilateral relations based on mutual respect and friendly cooperation.

The Bolivian side highly appreciates China's support and assistance in areas such as infrastructure, technology, energy and health, and welcomes China's leadership in uniting countries in the Global South, advancing China-Latin America cooperation and working to build a more equitable and inclusive international order, he said.

Bolivia is ready to continue to deepen the fraternal friendship between the two peoples, he added. –0–

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Systems Analysis, AI and Big Data: Results of the Scientific Conference at SPbPU

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The XXIX International Scientific and Practical Conference “System Analysis in Design and Management” (SAEC-2025) was held at the Polytechnic University.

The event was organized by the scientific and pedagogical school "System Analysis in Design and Management" based on the Higher School of Computer Technologies and Information Systems of the Institute of Computer Science and Cybersecurity of SPbPU with the support of the Southern Federal University and the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation.

The conference was attended by about 300 representatives of universities and research organizations from Russia and 19 foreign countries. 114 reports were presented, in addition to plenary sessions, there were seven scientific sections, two round tables, a discussion track and a visiting session in Taganrog (Southern Federal University).

The plenary sessions were chaired by Violetta Volkova, professor at the Higher School of Computer Science and Information Technologies, Vladimir Kozlov, professor at the Higher School of Computer Science and Information Technologies, and Svetlana Shchepetova, professor at the Department of Modeling and Systems Analysis at the Financial University.

On the first day of the conference, its scientific secretary, Associate Professor Svetlana Shirokova read out the opening remarks of the Chairman of the Program Committee, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Igor Kalyaev. Professor Peres Krichtin Fabio Luis, Special Coordinator for International Relations with the Russian Federation, delivered a welcoming speech via video link on behalf of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.

The following people gave reports on global problems of developing the methodology of systems analysis, data dimensionality, spatial planning and design of the environment of the future, system principles of model integration, systems analysis and development of weapons systems, as well as the peculiarities of the development of Russian higher education in modern conditions: President of the Southern Federal University, Academician of the Russian Academy of Education Marina Borovskaya; Head of the Scientific Direction "Mesoeconomics, Microeconomics, Corporate Economics" of the Central Economics and Mathematics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Scientific Director of the Department of Modeling and Systems Analysis of the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, Head of the Department of Institutional Economics of the State University of Management, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences Georgy Kleiner; Head of the Department of Mathematical Modeling of Nonlinear Processes of the Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Full Member of the Academy of Military Sciences; Professor of St. Petersburg State University Vladimir Khalin. The rationale for the need to open the specialty “System Analysis, Management and Information Processing” was presented in the report by Vladimir Kozlov, Violetta Volkova and Associate Professor Artem Efremov.

At the end of the plenary session, the director of the Center for Technological Support of Education at Moscow Polytechnic University, Ilya Volnov, gave a report entitled “The Method of Analogies and Synthesis of the Sphere Approach.”

Lively discussions arose in the section "Philosophical, methodological and general theoretical problems of systems theory and systems analysis". The reports characterizing the current state of the sciences on systems and methods of systems analysis were discussed, including the report of the head of the department of philosophy of information and cognitive processes of the Institute of Philosophy of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Andrei Kolesnikov on arithmotronics; a joint report of professor of the University "Narxoz" (Almaty, Kazakhstan) Mafura Uandykova and professor of the Financial University Svetlana Shchepetova on the problem of interaction between the system and the individual in the era of digitalization; a joint report of professor of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Fabio Luis Peres Krichtin and his colleagues from the Polytechnic School, research laboratories of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and the Federal University Fluminense (Niteroi, Brazil).

On the second day, the following scientific sections were held: “Mathematical Methods and Models of Systems Analysis in Technical and Socio-Economic Systems”, “Information and Cyber-Physical Systems”, “Measuring Information Technologies”, “System Analysis in the Management of Enterprises, Territorial Complexes, Research and Other Organizations”, “Transport Systems”, “System Analysis in the Educational Process and Management of Higher Education”.

Employees of the SPbPU Digital Engineering School organized two round tables. Under the leadership of Marina Bolsunovskaya, Associate Professor of the Higher School of Computer Science and Information Systems, Head of the Laboratory of Industrial Systems of Stream Data Processing at the SPbPU School, a round table was held on Data Analysis in Complex Technical and Production Systems. Under the leadership of Alexey Gintsyak, Head of the Laboratory of Digital Modeling of Industrial Systems at the SPbPU School of Project Activity and Innovations in Industry, a round table was held on Integration of Methods of Systems Analysis and Artificial Intelligence in Economics and Construction.

The discussion track on the problem of "Ideology of engineering complex systems in the conditions of increasing chaos of pre-singularity" (the moderator is the methodological director of the National Association of Enterprise Architects, a full member of the RMA Evgeny Zinder) attracted great interest. For example, a student of MIREA – Russian Technological University and junior specialist of the company "Uveon – Cloud Technologies" Nikolay Leonov presented evidence of the usefulness of using the XGBoost method for predicting security incidents in information systems.

Also giving presentations and participating in discussions were Sergey Vasiliev, a lecturer at the TOP Computer Academy, Roman Khursin, an analyst at Ravelin LLC, Yuri Lyamin, an associate professor at the Department of Applied Informatics and Security at the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Elena Romanova, a senior lecturer at the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Kirill Skripkin, an associate professor at the Lomonosov Moscow State University, and Maxim Smirnov, a member of the NAAP Council.

At the final plenary session, Boris Sokolov, Chief Researcher at the St. Petersburg Federal Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, presented a report on the development and use of digital twins of complex objects based on the qualimetry of models and polymodel complexes. Professor Igor Arefyev and Associate Professor Olga Afanasyeva of the St. Petersburg Mining University spoke about the use of artificial intelligence to build cognitive models of weakly structured problems of system analysis. Professor Violetta Volkova, in collaboration with Yuri Cherny, Head of the Center for the Study of Informatics Problems at the Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences, prepared a report entitled "A Look at the Problem of Big Data from the Point of View of A. A. Denisov's Philosophy and Theory of the Information Field."

The meeting in Taganrog was devoted to the topic "Cognitive Modeling of Complex Systems and Artificial Intelligence". There, Zinaida Avdeeva, a senior research fellow at the V. A. Trapeznikov Institute of Control Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences, expressed an important idea for complex open systems that forecasts should begin with an analysis of the current state of the system, reflected in regulatory documents, and presented a cognitive analysis of the main ones.

At the end of the conference, its participants proposed organizing a permanent seminar and information portal, where they could continue discussing the development directions of systems sciences, and primarily the problems of target setting, big data and artificial intelligence.

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Representatives of SPbGASU took part in the congress of young scientists

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Chairperson of the Council of Young Scientists of SPbGASU Alexandra Glukhova, head of the student scientific society of the construction faculty Ksenia Ivanyuzhenko and student of the faculty of forensic examinations and law in construction and transport Kirill Besedin took part in the XIII Congress of councils of young scientists and student scientific societies "From the depths of traditions – to the heights of technology", which was held from July 2 to 5 in Ufa.

This year, the congress was the largest in its history. Its main objective was to involve young people in the development of science to ensure Russia's technological leadership. Numerous sessions, divided into blocks, provided an opportunity to adopt experience and directly ask questions of interest to leading representatives of the business community, science and the state. The sessions were held in various formats: reports, master classes, panel discussions, round tables.

"I especially remember the panel discussion "How to become a rector?" and the round table of the industry community "Construction and architecture". There were many opportunities to prove yourself at the congress: to participate in sessions, in special stations from partners, in the evening program, which helped to establish useful connections. I received a powerful boost of motivation: when you get into an environment of like-minded people, where everyone's eyes light up from what they do, it is impossible to remain indifferent," noted Ksenia Ivanyuzhenko.

"During the congress, we managed to attend many lectures, round tables, scientific discussions and other events dedicated to issues of scientific career, interaction between science and business, grant support for young scientists, advanced information technologies. In addition, a great program of informal events was organized, as a result of which we were able to meet and communicate with outstanding figures of modern science, establish friendly relations with representatives of student scientific societies of Moscow State University, the Academy under the President of the Russian Federation, the Customs Academy, which, I hope, will become the necessary foundation for organizing inter-university scientific events," said Kirill Besedin.

"An important milestone of the congress was the creation of the industry community "Construction and Architecture", which included representatives of such specialized universities as the Nizhny Novgorod State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Moscow State University of Civil Engineering, Tomsk State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Penza State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Moscow Architectural Institute and others. In the round table format, we discussed the problems of organizing scientific activity within our areas and outlined ways to combine efforts in promoting research by young scientists, holding joint events and exchanging experience.

I managed to talk with the Chairman of the Coordinating Council for Youth Affairs in the Scientific and Educational Spheres of the Council under the President of the Russian Federation for Science and Education, Nikita Marchenkov, and discuss issues of participation of representatives of the Construction and Architecture community in the sessions of the Congress of Young Scientists,” said Alexandra Glukhova.

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Five people missing after heavy rains trigger landslide in Sichuan province

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CHENGDU, July 9 (Xinhua) — A rain-triggered landslide buried a house in Shizhuang Village, Xuyong County, southwest China's Sichuan Province early Wednesday, leaving five people missing, local authorities said.

Heavy rains hit Zhengdong Township, Xuyong County, from Tuesday evening to Wednesday morning. According to the county government, 24 people from 11 households living near the landslide zone were evacuated.

Intensive search efforts are currently underway to find the missing persons.

Local emergency management and health departments, as well as geological experts, fire and rescue teams and local disaster response forces were mobilized to the scene. -0-

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China's marine economy to exceed 10 trillion yuan in 2024: official

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BEIJING, July 9 (Xinhua) — China's total marine economy will exceed 10 trillion yuan (about 1.4 trillion U.S. dollars) in 2024 for the first time in the country's history, Zheng Shanjie, head of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), said Wednesday.

Zheng Shanjie made the announcement at a press conference where he introduced China's achievements in socio-economic development during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025) and answered questions from media representatives.

Last year, China's shipping and container volume accounted for about a third of the world's total, and China's share of the global market for ships and marine engineering equipment exceeded 50 percent, the official said.

In addition, China has ranked first in the world in terms of production of marine products for several years in a row, Zheng Shanjie added. -0-

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New habitat for crested ibis discovered in northwest China

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XI'AN, July 9 (Xinhua) — More than a dozen rare crested ibises have found a new habitat in Qianyang County, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, local authorities confirmed Tuesday.

The newly discovered habitat of these rare birds is located in the reservoir area of Zhangjiayuan Township.

Since releasing 30 crested ibises into the wild near the nearby Qianhu Lake wetland in 2014, Qianyang County authorities have created suitable habitat for the ibises by improving habitat protection, increasing patrols and monitoring, and carrying out ecological restoration, which has helped the birds' population grow.

In 2016, the first chicks to hatch in the wild were recorded here. In 2020, a pair of adults had four chicks that survived in the difficult conditions of the wild, which was a new historical maximum. Seven more birds were released into the wild in April 2023.

After more than a decade of conservation efforts, the crested ibis population in Qianhu Lake Wetland has grown to 61 individuals in three generations, demonstrating their ability to fully adapt to the local climate and ecological environment.

The crested ibis, known as the "bird of happiness and harmony" and the "jewel of the East," is an endangered species. -0-

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Qingdao Institute of Technology hosts Chinese-Russian youth cultural event

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BEIJING, July 9 (Xinhua) — The Qingdao Institute of Technology recently held a cultural forum titled "Unity in the Hot Summer: China-Russia Cultural Dialogue Day." The event brought together Chinese and Russian students from the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Institute of Trade and Economics and Baikal National University (Russia).

As reported on the official website of the institute, the program included five interactive blocks for in-depth understanding of cultures. Students immersed themselves in traditional Chinese holidays: they studied symbols of prosperity – paired New Year inscriptions, scarlet lanterns and red envelopes, tasted traditional Chinese products – yuanxiao, zongzi and mooncakes, discovering the gastronomic culture of China.

At the calligraphy exhibition, guests appreciated the charm of hieroglyphs written in the free style of cursive writing “caoshu”, and during the master class they enjoyed mastering the technique of writing with a brush, comprehending the magic of Chinese writing.

There was also a master class on making dumplings in the institute canteen.

The forum has become a bright practice for developing intercultural communications and expanding the global outlook of students. It is not only a bright cultural presentation, but also a deep “dialogue of hearts” that has strengthened the friendship between the youth of China and Russia. -0-

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From 2021 to May 2025, China's FDI totaled 4.7 trillion yuan

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BEIJING, July 9 (Xinhua) — Foreign direct investment in China will reach 4.7 trillion yuan (about 657 billion U.S. dollars) from 2021 to May 2025, Zhou Haibing, vice-chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), said at a press conference on Wednesday.

He noted that this figure exceeded the total amount recorded for the period of the 13th five-year plan /2016-2020/. -0-

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China retains status as world's largest producer for 15 years running – official

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BEIJING, July 9 (Xinhua) — China has remained the world's largest manufacturer for 15 consecutive years, said Zheng Shanjie, head of China's National Development and Reform Commission, who introduced China's achievements in economic and social development during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025) and answered questions from media representatives at a press conference on Wednesday.

According to Zheng Shanjie, since 2021, the added value of China's manufacturing industry has increased by more than 30 trillion yuan (about 4.2 trillion US dollars) per year, and China ranks first in the world in terms of output of more than 220 major industrial products. -0-

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