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BEIJING, March 12 (Xinhua) — With economic growth and technological innovation remaining China's focus, cultural development is an important part of the country's development plan for the next five years.

According to the draft outline of the 15th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development (2026-2030), one of the key goals is to achieve significant progress in culture and ethics. Among other priorities, this document advocates the need to strengthen confidence in Chinese culture, enrich the people's cultural experience, and develop the cultural industry.

The document's emphasis on culture reflects an important distinguishing feature of Chinese modernization: the coordinated development of material and spiritual culture.

Some analysts note that in some Western countries, growing inequality, lack of faith, and increasing cultural fragmentation are increasingly associated with a weakening of shared values and social cohesion.

In contrast, China emphasizes cultural and ethical development as the basis for strengthening social harmony and shared values in the context of a rapidly growing economy.

China actively promotes the core values of socialism, including prosperity, equality, justice, freedom, fairness and social responsibility, encourages innovation and creativity in the cultural field, strengthens public cultural infrastructure, promotes the preservation and continuity of the rich heritage of Chinese culture and civilization, and promotes the rapid development of cultural industries.

China has achieved remarkable success in developing its cultural sector. By the end of 2024, China had 3,248 public libraries and nearly 44,000 popular cultural institutions, and the number of library visits in 2024 reached 1.34 billion, more than double the 2014 figure.

In 2024, museums and other cultural heritage and relics preservation institutions held 30,000 exhibitions and displays, attracting 1.55 billion visitor visits, significantly exceeding the 2014 figure of 840 million. Across the country, 12,900 intangible cultural heritage workshops were established, providing employment and income to over 1.2 million people in related fields.

These figures highlight the steady expansion of China's cultural resources, the public's growing interest in heritage, and the economic dividends of a thriving cultural scene.

Over the past two years, the domestic fantasy animated film "Ne Zha 2" has become one of the highest-grossing animated films worldwide, and the Chinese video game "Black Myth: Wukong," inspired by classical Chinese mythology, has won international acclaim. Chinese web novels, microdramas, online games, and popular collectibles like Labubu continue to attract international audiences.

The above-mentioned document outlines specific steps for further cultural development within the framework of China's broader modernization program.

According to the document, the country intends to continue strengthening common values, creating high-quality cultural works, and improving public cultural services to ensure wider access to quality cultural goods.

Notably, the document places particular emphasis on the digital sphere. China strives to develop new forms of literature and art for the public in the internet age.

"In the age of social media, works by art lovers can now be displayed to a wider audience. Many of these lovers have left the auditorium and taken to the stage, transforming themselves from spectators into performers, from admirers into creators," said renowned sculptor Wu Weishan.

Today, a delivery driver can share poetry online, a farmer in the countryside can upload songs from the fields, and a migrant factory worker can write stories directly from the factory floor, reaching a vast audience that once seemed unattainable.

The document emphasizes the importance of cultural exchanges and global interactions, encouraging more Chinese cultural industry enterprises and the country's outstanding cultural products to enter the global market, while strengthening cross-border people-to-people exchanges.

In recent years, interest in Chinese culture has been growing worldwide, with hashtags such as “becoming Chinese” and “traveling in China” becoming popular on social media.

The next five years will reveal whether China's development model, based on both cultural and economic development, can ensure sustainability and confidence within the country and international recognition.

"China's modernization requires not only material prosperity but also a rich spiritual and cultural life," said Ouyang Qiansen, a member of the National People's Congress and chairman of the Guizhou Provincial Federation of Writers and Artists. -0-

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Lanzhou, March 12 (Xinhua) — In the context of the just-concluded annual sessions of the National People's Congress (NPC) and the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), Olga Pronkina, a professor at Lanzhou University (Lanzhou, capital of Gansu Province, Northwest China), was most interested in the topic of China's specific path and practical measures for transmitting and preserving traditional culture among a wide range of issues discussed during the "two sessions."

Olga, a Russian, has long been engaged in research in the field of Dunhuang studies. Her connection with Dunhuang culture began in 2007, when a Chinese troupe came to Penza, Russia, where Olga was studying at university, to perform a program. Among their performances was the dance "Thousand-Armed and Thousand-Eyed Goddess of Mercy," based on murals from the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, Gansu Province.

"This dance left a deep impression on me. I was very interested in learning about Chinese culture," Olga said.

In 2009, the Russian woman moved to Lanzhou and began working as a teacher at a local university. While studying Chinese, she simultaneously read numerous books on traditional Chinese culture.

In 2015, Olga made her first trip to the Mogao Grottoes. "The most amazing thing for me was the huge number of preserved murals, statues, and manuscripts," the Russian woman vividly recalls how deeply this UNESCO World Heritage site struck her. Inspired by what she saw, she decided to dedicate herself to more serious research in the field of Dunhuang studies.

In 2019, Olga's dream came true. She enrolled in the Institute of Dunhuang Studies at Lanzhou University, becoming a graduate student under the renowned scholar in this field, Professor Zheng Binglin. Since then, her life has become even more closely connected to Dunhuang culture.

After enrolling in graduate school, Olga specialized in Central Asian archaeology as part of the Dunhuang Studies program. She visited Dunhuang many times and read and translated a large volume of literature on Dunhuang studies.

According to Olga, Dunhuang was historically an important place on the Silk Road, a meeting place for various civilizations, which experienced a long-term exchange and fusion of cultures. Therefore, Dunhuang's culture embodies these diverse civilizations.

"Dunhuang culture has given me so much. It was through Dunhuang studies that I learned about China's rich culture and understood the roots of the Chinese nation's confidence in its culture," Olga said, expressing her hope to serve as an ambassador for the dissemination of Dunhuang culture globally.

In recent years, Olga has focused on the international dissemination of Dunhuang culture. She teaches in Chinese and Russian to train specialists in intercultural exchanges, organizes academic forums and reciprocal visits between experts and scholars from China and Central Asian countries, and translates books on Dunhuang culture and art. Using new media and other communication methods, she promotes the spread of Dunhuang culture globally and strengthens its international influence.

Thanks to Olga's tireless efforts, tangible results have been achieved in disseminating Dunhuang culture. Specifically, she, along with relevant experts, organized a series of online and offline lectures on Dunhuang culture in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and other countries, reaching a wide audience. Her efforts also led to collaboration between Lanzhou University and Central Asian universities, which jointly conduct academic exchanges, carry out research projects, train specialists, and conduct other activities.

During her more than 10 years in China, Olga has witnessed many new achievements in China's dissemination of traditional Chinese culture. She is particularly pleased that China is giving new and powerful impetus to the transmission and preservation of cultural heritage through the implementation of digital technologies, smart technologies, and other scientific and technological tools.

"Taking Dunhuang as an example, high-precision digital scanning technology allows the ancient murals of the Mogao Grottoes to be preserved forever, while virtual reality technology allows the entire world to experience the art of mural painting online. This innovative 'science technology culture' model has brought new life to traditional culture," Olga noted.

According to the government work report submitted to the 4th session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC), China intends to comprehensively implement the program for transmitting and developing the best achievements of traditional Chinese culture, complete the fourth national cultural relics inventory, strengthen the systemic approach to the protection, supervision and management of cultural heritage sites, and promote their rational use.

According to Olga, China's meticulous approach and innovative potential in the transmission and protection of culture not only reflect the country's responsibility as a major power but also help it offer its own perspective on dialogue among global civilizations. As a researcher, she hopes to continue to educate the world about the modern history of Chinese cultural transmission and preservation from a cross-cultural perspective.

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BEIJING, March 12 (Xinhua) — A total of 3,501 China-Europe rail freight trains were operated in the first two months of this year, carrying 352,000 TEU (twin unit containers), up 32 percent and 25 percent year-on-year, according to data released Thursday by China State Railway Corporation (CSRC).

Since the beginning of 2026, the country's railway authorities have strengthened the coordination and organization of China-Europe freight train traffic, optimizing schedules to better meet market demand, the KGZhK reported.

In close cooperation with customs authorities, they also optimized the “digital ports” system, continuously improving the efficiency of customs clearance at railway border crossings.

KGZhK stated that in the future, the company will accelerate the creation of a highly efficient transportation system, a safety management system, a diversified corridor network, and an innovative development mechanism for China-Europe rail freight transportation.

Efforts to improve the quality and efficiency of China-Europe train services will be continued to provide safe, high-quality and efficient international logistics services to domestic and overseas customers, the KGZhK said in a statement. -0-

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BEIJING, March 12 (Xinhua) — China's annual "two sessions" in 2026 have attracted intense global attention as lawmakers set not only the current year's agenda but also a blueprint for the country's development path through the end of the decade.

The sessions of China's top legislative body and top political advisory body took place against a backdrop of increasing global turbulence. With geopolitical rivalries increasingly spilling over the established rules and conflicts in the Middle East escalating, the international order is facing unprecedented strain.

The policy choices of China—the world's second-largest economy with a population of over 1.4 billion—have far-reaching impacts beyond its borders. Therefore, the direction set at this year's "two sessions" will be closely monitored, especially given that many expect China to signal stability in an increasingly uncertain world.

The draft outline of the 15th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development (2026-2030), submitted to the National People's Congress (NPC) for consideration, explains that over the next five years, China will move toward the goal of achieving basic modernization by 2035, one of the distinguishing features of which is an emphasis on peaceful development.

According to the project, in the next five years, China is expected to promote integrated development with neighboring countries and maintain overall stability in relations with major powers.

At a press conference on China's foreign policy and foreign relations during the 4th session of the 14th National People's Congress, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi stated that China will absolutely not follow the path of hegemony paved by other powers and does not accept the logic of "great power joint governance."

Analysts believe China's desire for peace is partly driven by deep-rooted cultural and historical instincts.

Throughout its millennia-long history, China has long been among the world's leading countries. Its influence has typically spread through trade, ideological, and cultural exchanges, rather than through conquest or colonization.

Trade caravans plied the ancient Silk Road across continents, and the Chinese explorer Zheng He reached Africa on his 15th-century voyages, leaving behind silk, tea, and porcelain rather than fortresses, colonies, or cannon shots.

Such restraint was a conscious choice, an integral part of classical Chinese statecraft. The ancient Chinese treatise "The Art of War" elevates defeating the enemy without engaging in battle to the highest strategic ideal, and ancient thinkers warned that powers that prefer military action ultimately perish.

China's modern history has entrenched this national mentality even more brutally. Following the Opium War of 1840, China endured invasions, abuse, and humiliation at the hands of Western powers. The Japanese invasion, which began in the early 1930s and continued through World War II, left deep and lasting scars.

These experiences strengthened the Chinese aversion to war and reinforced the belief that the country's recovery and revival should come through internal efforts rather than external expansion.

The decades since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949 have confirmed the correctness of this path. China has never started a war or seized a single centimeter of foreign land, yet it has become the world's second-largest economy, a position it has held for over a decade.

This position not only embodies the cultural continuity of the Chinese nation, but also reflects the fundamental philosophy of the ruling CPC.

For China, peaceful development is not just banal diplomatic rhetoric; it is embedded in the country's institutional structure and is clearly enshrined in both the Constitution of the PRC and the Charter of the CPC.

In 2013, China put forward the initiative to build a community with a shared future for humanity and made it clear that in this era full of challenges, humanity's enemies are not people among themselves, but war, poverty, hunger, and injustice.

No one can face these challenges alone, and no one can hope to navigate the path by pursuing only their own interests. Instead, the world must unite to build a shared future.

At a deeper structural level, China's global confidence is based on the fact that the country maintains connections with the rest of the world through trade and production networks.

China covers all industrial categories listed in the UN Industrial Classification. As the world's largest trader of goods and one of the leading consumer markets in terms of purchasing power parity, China maintains extensive trade relations with more than 160 countries and regions worldwide.

Such interdependence can be said to be one of the most effective guarantees of global security, since mutual economic interests can help mitigate geopolitical rivalry.

The upcoming 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030) is expected to take this model of global interaction to the next stage: the country will further expand its openness policy, promote balanced trade, and improve the overseas structure of its production and supply chains.

Despite such extensive economic ties, China maintains a defensive military posture. For example, China's defense spending as a share of GDP has remained around 1.5 percent for many years. Meanwhile, NATO members have pledged to further increase defense spending to 5 percent of GDP by 2035.

To the east, China's neighbor Japan spent three times as much on defense as China per capita in fiscal year 2025, and its per-serviceman spending was more than double China's.

China adheres to a no-first-use policy for nuclear weapons. It is the second-largest contributor to UN peacekeeping operations and the leading contributor of troops to such operations among the permanent members of the UN Security Council.

China strives for peace, but also recognizes that maintaining it requires vigilance.

There are many ways to protect peace, ensure security, and prevent war, but military capability remains the most fundamental guarantee. China is unequivocally committed to protecting its sovereignty, security, and development interests. This determination cannot be underestimated. -0-

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