MIT Moral Machine Experiment: When accidents are inevitable, how to choose self-driving cars?

With the rapid development of artificial intelligence, people begin to pay attention to how machines make moral decisions and how to quantify the expectations of society for ethical principles that guide machine behavior. Self-driving cars have started cruise testing on some roads, which requires human society to reach an agreement on the principles that should be applied when life-threatening traffic accidents inevitably occur. Any attempt to design artificial intelligence ethics must understand the public’s moral cognition. Therefore, reaching a consensus on this matter requires not only the discussion of engineers and ethicists, but also the opinions of future consumers.

In 2016, MIT deployed the online experimental platform "Moral Machine" to explore the moral dilemma faced by self-driving cars. Moral Machine is designed as a multilingual online "serious game", which is used to collect data around the world as much as possible, and to evaluate moral preferences by understanding how citizens want to solve moral problems in the case of inevitable accidents. The experimental results were published on the website of Nature in October 2018.

On the main interface of the moral machine, users can see the inevitable accident scene, which leads to two different results according to whether the self-driving car suddenly turns or continues to drive. Accident scenes are generated by moral machines, and the exploration strategies followed focus on nine factors: keeping human beings (or pets), keeping straight (or turning), protecting pedestrians (or passengers), protecting more lives (or fewer lives), protecting men (or women), protecting young people (or elderly people), protecting pedestrians (or jaywalkers) who cross the road legally, and protecting healthy people (people).

Moral machine dilemma. The self-driving car suddenly failed to brake. If you continue driving, one female athlete and one male athlete will die (left). Turning will lead to the death of a female athlete and an overweight man (right).

Based on the 40 million decisions made by millions of people from 233 countries and regions in 10 languages, the researchers described the experimental results from four aspects: first, summarizing the global moral preferences; Secondly, record the changes of personal preferences according to the demographic data of the respondents; Thirdly, the cross-cultural ethical differences are reported and three main national clusters are found. Fourthly, the analysis found the correlation between ethical differences and modern system and profound cultural characteristics.

The map of the world highlights the location of visitors to the moral machine. Each point represents the position where at least one visitor makes at least one decision (n = 3960 million). The number of visitors or decisions at each location are not shown.

Global preference

The survey results show that in the moral machine experiment, there are three very strong preferences, namely, protecting human beings instead of animals, protecting more lives and protecting young lives. In the researcher’s view, these three preferences should be considered by policy makers.

In 2017, the German Ethics Commission on Automated and Connected Driving put forward a set of ethical rules, which is the only attempt to provide official guidance for the ethical choice of autonomous vehicles. In Article 7 of this rule, it is clearly pointed out that in the case of dilemma, the protection of human life should take precedence over the protection of other animal lives. This rule is consistent with the social expectations shown in the survey results. Article 9 of this rule stipulates that any distinction based on personal characteristics (such as age) should be prohibited, which obviously conflicts with the tendency of protecting young lives in the investigation, showing the tension between public opinions and professional opinions.

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individual difference

Through further analysis, the researcher completed the answers about age, education, gender, income, political and religious views to evaluate individual differences, so as to evaluate whether preferences are affected by these six characteristics.

It is found that individual variables have no significant influence on any of the nine factors. Among them, the most significant influence is determined by the gender and religious beliefs of the respondents. For example, male respondents have a low tendency to forgive women, and there is a weak correlation between religious beliefs and people’s tolerance tendency. On the whole, none of these six variables split their subgroups into opposite effect directions. Although there are some individual differences (for example, both male and female respondents expressed a preference for retaining women, but the latter showed a stronger preference), this is not the key information for policy makers.

Cultural cluster

Through geographical positioning, researchers can identify the country where the moral machine responders live, and look for national clusters with homogeneous moral tendencies. Through analysis, they divided these countries into three categories:

The first cluster (which researchers call the western cluster) includes Protestant, Catholic and Orthodox Christian cultural groups in the northern United States and many European countries. The internal structure of the cluster also shows a remarkable face validity, with a sub-cluster containing Scandinavian countries and a sub-cluster containing Commonwealth countries.

The second cluster (called Oriental Cluster by researchers) includes many countries and regions in the Far East, such as Japanese and Taiwan, China Confucian cultural groups, Indonesian Islamic countries, Pakistani and Saudi Arabia, and so on.

The third cluster (which researchers call a broad southern cluster) includes Latin American countries in Central America and South America, except some countries partially influenced by France.

This cluster model shows that geographical and cultural proximity may make people in some different countries and regions focus on the common preference for machine ethics. However, the differences between clusters may bring bigger problems: for example, for the eastern cluster, the preference to keep younger roles instead of older ones is much lower, while for the southern cluster, it is much higher, and the same is true for the preference to keep higher status roles; Compared with the other two clusters, the protection of human beings in the southern cluster countries is much weaker than that of pets. Only (weakly) tend not to let pedestrians pass passengers, and (moderately) tend not to let legal people pass illegal people, which seems to have the same degree of tendency in all groups.

Researchers believe that manufacturers and policy makers need to pay attention to the moral preferences of people in countries and regions where they design artificial intelligence systems and policies. Although the public’s moral preference is not necessarily the decisive factor in making moral policies, people’s willingness to buy self-driving cars and tolerate them on the road will depend on the adaptability of the moral rules adopted.

Forecast at the national level

Through further analysis, the researchers also found that the preferences revealed by the moral machine are highly related to the cultural and economic differences between countries and regions. The more culturally similar two countries or regions are, the more similar their choices in the moral machine are.

By observing the systematic differences between individualism culture and collectivism culture, we can find that the respondents from individualism culture emphasize the unique value of each person and show a strong tendency to protect more lives; Respondents from collectivist culture emphasize respect for older members, showing that they don’t like to protect young lives. Because policy makers need to consider the preference for protecting the majority and the preference for protecting the young, this split of individualism and collectivism culture may become an important obstacle to the general machine ethics.

Do policy makers need to consider whether those who cross the road illegally should receive the same protection as those who cross the road legally? Compared with other ethical priorities, should their protection priority be reduced? Through observation, it is found that participants from poorer and weaker countries and regions are more tolerant of pedestrians crossing the road illegally, probably because they have a lower degree of compliance with the rules and have a lighter punishment for violations.

In addition, people from economically unequal countries and regions treat the rich and the poor unequally in the moral machine, which can be explained by inequality infiltrating into people’s moral preferences; In almost all countries and regions, participants show a preference for women, but this preference is stronger in countries with better women’s health and survival prospects.

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Although so far, human beings have never allowed a machine to decide who should live and who should die in an instant without real-time monitoring, it will happen in the most ordinary aspects of our lives in the near future. Before we allow cars to make ethical decisions, we need to have a global dialogue to express our preferences to the companies that design ethical algorithms and the policy makers who will supervise them.

The experiment of moral machine shows us three kinds of strong preferences of human beings in the face of extreme situations, which can be used as the cornerstone of discussing general machine ethics. The ambition and goal of this experiment are atypical. Researchers have reached a large number of participants by deploying a viral online platform. No previous study has tried to measure moral preferences by using a nine-dimensional experimental design in more than 200 countries. Although this method bypasses the difficulties of conventional research methods, it also leads to the defects that the sample cannot be fully matched with the social population of each country and region. However, from another perspective, the range of sample collection is those people who are close to the network and interested in technology. They are also more likely to participate in the early use of driverless cars, and the data is not meaningless.

The researchers point out that although we can make machines accurately follow moral preferences, we can’t reach a general consensus because even the strongest preferences expressed through moral machines show huge cultural differences. However, this does not mean that mankind’s journey to consensus machine ethics is doomed to failure from the beginning, because although we can’t deny that human beings will experience substantive difficulties such as internal conflicts, interpersonal differences and cultural differences in the moral field, these difficulties are not fatal. From the data, we find that many areas in the world still show some relatively consistent tendencies.

Although researchers have repeatedly stressed that the moral machine experiment aims to explore the moral dilemma faced by self-driving cars, it gives suggestions to future policy makers by studying the public’s moral preferences. However, many netizens said that the focus of this experiment does not seem to be on self-driving cars, but mainly on the exploration of the value system, decision-making priorities and processes of people participating in the test. On the one hand, this research result shows that it is difficult for human beings to reach an agreement on the correct answers to these questions, and it is very difficult to formulate laws and standards on these issues; On the other hand, it doesn’t reflect how people actually drive, and the stress response when they really face an accident can’t be well thought out like in the test. This is like a simple thought experiment, only a more complicated version of the tram problem. Some netizens also said that the most urgent task to deal with a series of problems that may be brought about by driverless cars on the road should be to reduce the accident rate; In addition, unmanned driving needs to be combined with the road traffic system to realize the complete separation of people and vehicles, and the problems faced in the experiment are no longer problems. These doubts also reflect from the side that many people are not ready to let machines decide the fate of mankind. At present, it seems that giving machines morality is beyond the range of human mind.

Overseas media attention! The tariff stick hurts the United States itself.

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  For the US government, the tariff increase is not only to curb the development of China and maintain "America first", but also has another consideration. According to The New York Times, since May this year, the U.S. Department of Commerce has received 20,000 applications from enterprises to reduce or increase tariffs on steel products, and at present, none of them have been approved. On the other hand, the two largest steel companies in the United States have successfully helped the government reject the requests of hundreds of American companies for tariff reduction and exemption on the grounds that tariffs are protecting national security and stimulating more domestic steel production.

  The report pointed out that several senior officials of the US government have deep ties with the steel industry. For example, US Secretary of Commerce Ross bought and operated several steel companies and later sold them for profit. When Wright Heze, the American Trade Representative, was a private lawyer, his clients included American steel companies and other steel manufacturers. As for Navarro, director of the White House Trade Committee, he got a $1 million sponsorship from Newco, the second largest steel company in the United States, when he filmed the documentary Fatal China.

  Can increasing tariffs really protect American national security? American government officials may not be sure yet, but they are at least convinced that increasing tariffs will benefit them. Based on this consideration, they turn a blind eye to the sufferings of American enterprises and consumers.

  Just these days, bad news has been coming from the United States:

  The American Basic Electronics Company announced on the 6th that it would close its TV factory in South Carolina in two months, and cut 126 jobs from 134 in the factory before, because the US government "imposed tariffs on many goods from China, including the main parts of TV sets", which led to increased costs. According to the data of Peterson Institute for International Economics, if the United States imposes a 25% tariff on cars around the world, about 195,000 American workers will lose their jobs within one to three years. If other countries take countermeasures, the United States will lose about 624,000 jobs.

  A survey released by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta on the 7th showed that tariff concerns forced about one-fifth of American enterprises to re-evaluate, postpone or abandon their investment plans. The agency pointed out that at present, the negative impact of trade friction on American enterprise investment is mainly concentrated in manufacturing industry, and if the situation escalates further, the negative impact of American enterprise investment may continue to expand.

  The price of American milk, which is highly dependent on overseas export markets, also fell to $15/100 pounds due to the trade war. Sarah Lloyd, a dairy farmer in the midwest of Wisconsin, told the media that her family had a dairy farm for nearly a hundred years, and now it loses about $30,000 a month. If it doesn’t last, "there will be no cows milking here next year."

  From Coca-Cola to RV, from toys to clothing, the domestic consumer goods market in the United States is blowing up the price surge under the shadow of "American national security". Just after the US announced its decision to impose a 25% tariff on $16 billion of goods imported from China, some American netizens pointed out that this means that the cost of American consumers will rise by 25%, and this burden falls unevenly on low-income groups because they consume a higher proportion of China products. In a recent report, Bank of America Merrill Lynch pointed out that the US government’s trade policy is a repeat of the bad policies of the United States in the 1980s, and American consumers will be the biggest losers in the trade war as they were 30 years ago.

  Obviously, the US government’s tariff stick is hurting the United States itself and the people who claim to create welfare for it. In the growing opposition to tariff increases, can the U.S. government do something that conforms to the people’s hearts? 

  A number of overseas media forwarded "International Sharp Review" articles:

Russian Siberian News Network forwarded on August 9, 2018

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"European Times" German website forwarded on August 8, 2018

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Italian Radio We website (facebook, Twitter) forwarded on August 8, 2018. 

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Radio Spain International website forwarded on August 9, 2018

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India’s "Daily Morning News" website was forwarded on August 9, 2018

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Kazakhstan's "Industry News" website was forwarded on August 9, 2018

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Portuguese news APP(facebook, Twitter) forwarded on August 9, 2018.

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Hong Kong Ta Kung Pao was published on August 10, 2018

Hong Kong Ta Kung Pao was published on August 10, 2018 

Hong Kong Wen Wei Po was published on August 10, 2018.

Hong Kong Wen Wei Po was published on August 10, 2018.

This big play is being replayed! It’s time for some foreign politicians to make up their history lessons.

  On April 29th, the Central Radio and Television General Station announced that the TV series "Crossing the Yalu River" will be replayed on CCTV’s national defense military channel at 22 o’clock every night from April 30th.

  Why is CCTV’s opening drama, which was popular on the screen as soon as it was broadcast at the end of 2020, replayed at this time? Many netizens combine current events and find that things are not simple.

  Singapore’s Lianhe Zaobao even published the article "TV Series Crossing the Yalu River will be replayed on CCTV in China" at 10: 00 pm on April 30th. The opening point was clear: After the South Korean President praised the performance of the 1st Division of the US Marine Corps in the battle of Changjin Lake, CCTV in China said that it would replay the TV series "Crossing the Yalu River" from Sunday (April 30th).

  According to foreign media reports, the South Korean President delivered a speech in the US Congress on April 27, saying that the First Division of the US Marine Corps had achieved so-called "miraculous results" in the battle of Changjin Lake.

  You don’t learn history well, but you still tell me what to do? Irrefutable evidence, history can not be distorted!

  Call "the longest defeat in American history" a "miraculous achievement" of the US military? Some foreign politicians, it is time to make up the history class. Since we have to make up a missed lesson, we not only put facts and reason, but Crossing the Yalu River can be called a "quality courseware" for them to learn.

  On the basis of a large number of historical materials, this exquisite drama of Headquarters truly restored many shocking battle scenes, including the battle of Changjin Lake, and awakened the common memory of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea with eloquent facts: the invaders with "more steel but less gas" will surely lose!

  "The War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea is definitely a miracle worth remembering and eulogizing! This TV series is a living textbook for patriotic education! " This is the evaluation of this drama by netizens.

  There are all the facts that foreign politicians can’t figure out and say.

  Is the armed intervention of the US military the so-called "leading and defending freedom"?

  At the beginning of the TV series "Crossing the Yalu River", the ins and outs of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea were clearly explained through plot deduction and real historical images.

  On June 25th, 1950, the Korean Civil War broke out. Based on its global strategy and Cold War mentality, the US government decided to intervene in the Korean Civil War by armed force and sent the Seventh Fleet to invade the Taiwan Province Strait.

  In early October, 1950, despite repeated warnings from the China government, the US military brazenly crossed the 38th parallel and burned the war to the border between China and North Korea. U.S. planes invading the DPRK bombed China’s northeast border area many times, causing serious losses to people’s lives and property, and China’s security is facing a serious threat.

  At this critical juncture, at the request of the North Korean Party and government, the China Party and government made a historic decision to resist US aggression and aid Korea and defend the country with extraordinary boldness and courage. On October 19th, 1950, Chinese people’s Volunteer Army entered the Korean battlefield under the leadership of Peng Dehuai, commander and political commissar. This is an act of justice by a teacher of justice.

  The so-called "miraculous achievements" achieved by the US military in the battle of Changjin Lake, It is precisely the eternal pain that the US military is the last to mention!

  In late November 1950, the temperature in the Changjin Lake area dropped to MINUS 30-40 degrees Celsius. More than 100,000 soldiers of the 9 th Corps of the Volunteers fought hard with the US military for several days, bringing the US-led "United Nations Army" back to the 38th parallel from the Yalu River, which fundamentally reversed the Korean war.

  "The volunteers wiped out the 31 ST regiment-level combat team of the 7 th Division of the United States, creating a model battle case in which the volunteers annihilated a strengthening regiment of the US military in one battle."

  This is the US "Polar Bear Tuan Tuan Flag" displayed in Junbo. "Crossing the Yalu River" truly restored the whole process in which the volunteers wiped out the American polar bear regiment and seized its flag in the battle of Changjin Lake.

  “美陆战第一师作为美军王牌部队,在二战中历次担任登陆作战的开路任务,但在长津湖之战中,经历了该师历史上最惨痛的一次失败,减员达七千三百二十一人。”

  “雄赳赳,气昂昂,跨过鸭绿江!”英雄的中国人民志愿军将士,同朝鲜人民和军队一道,历经两年零9个月艰苦卓绝的浴血奋战,赢得了抗美援朝战争伟大胜利。

  我们为什么能打赢?毛泽东同志用精辟而诗意的语言总结胜利之道:敌人是“钢多气少”,我们是“钢少气多”。

  电视剧《跨过鸭绿江》引入多元视角,在中国与世界、个人与家国的双重维度中展开全景式叙事,在历史的宏阔纵深里讲述中华民族的坚韧不屈与英雄气概。“打得一拳开,免得百拳来。”

  这部剧既写家国,也写个人。“钢铁一般的意志,是志愿军之魂。”

  在朝鲜战场上,志愿军将士面对强大而凶狠的作战对手,身处恶劣而残酷的战场环境,抛头颅、洒热血,谱写了惊天地、泣鬼神的雄壮史诗。“我好想喝一口热水”“我爱我的亲人和祖国”……忍饥受冻绝不退缩,《跨过鸭绿江》中的每一位英雄,都令敌人胆寒,让天地动容!

  The real and tragic details of the war in the play highlight the hard-won and precious victory of this battle. The details of the scenes "told even more in silence than they had told in sound" are the most restrained and moving.

  "Crossing the Yalu River" not only restores historical facts, but also successfully shapes many heroes, and interprets the heroic spirit of the volunteers in the bloody battle with exquisite artistic creation, realizing the arrival of the spiritual force to resist US aggression and aid Korea.

  Under the network topic of some foreign politicians making up history and talking about the battle of Changjin Lake, another general station documentary "Resisting US Aggression and Aid Korea and Defending the Country" was also highlighted. This documentary also reviews the real situation of the battle of Changjin Lake with a large number of precious historical images, cultural relics, archives, oral accounts of witnesses and interpretation and analysis by authoritative experts at home and abroad.

  A good literary and artistic work condenses the common memory of one generation and then extends it to the next generation with deep affection. Sometimes, although we are not the witnesses of history, we can relive a period of history, experience a kind of life and entrust a kind of feelings with a masterpiece.

  Chinese and foreign netizens posted on social media, expecting the replay of the drama.

  Some foreign politicians really need to make up their history lessons!

  Chief Producer Yang Hua Dou Xiaowen

  Supervision system ▏ Xu Chaoqing Yan Shuang

  Editor-in-Chief ▏ Jiang Bi Tong Hu Shu Zhang Yadong

  Edit ▏ Cui Yahua

[China Spirit of Endeavour] 300 million Qingshan presented the country and praised the secretary of straw sandals.

  [Editor’s Note] This year marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of New China. Over the past 70 years, the construction of beautiful China has made continuous progress. Especially since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core has attached great importance to the construction of ecological civilization, and environmental protection and ecological civilization construction have entered a new period of development. This time, Guangming. com launched a series of special programs called "China Spirit of Endeavour", which profoundly narrated the struggle deeds in the process of ecological civilization construction and poverty alleviation in the form of micro-video, conveyed the struggle responsibility shown in the construction of ecological civilization in the new era, and perceived the enterprising spirit of China.

  In this issue, we came to Baoshan, Yunnan, and went deep into Shanzhou Forest Farm to tell the story of Yang Shanzhou’s example of greening barren hills and benefiting the people after retirement.

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  In Baoshan, Yunnan, there was such a prefectural party committee secretary, whom the masses affectionately called secretary of sandals. He was Yang Shanzhou.

  "When going to the countryside, including going to the provincial capital for a meeting, he basically didn’t modify it. He wore sandals on his feet and a bamboo hat on his head, and then he carried a hoe. When he saw the people busy farming and planting crops, he shook the hoe and immediately took us down to manage the soil and dig the fields." Su Jiaxiang recalled.

  In March 1988, after retirement, Yang Shanzhou gave up the opportunity to enjoy his old age in Kunming, the provincial capital, packed up his bedding and returned to his hometown of Daliangshan. In the 1980s, due to decades of excessive logging, the once beautiful Daliang Mountain became a barren hill. In order to create an oasis for the people, Yang Shanzhou returned to the depths of the mountains, lived in huts, built mountain roads and led everyone to plant trees on barren hills.

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  Self-study Hong said: "When we first entered the market, our funds were also difficult. (Yang Shanzhou) The old secretary took us to the nearby street to pick up the fruit stones, and all the workers and comrades went to various streets to pick up the fruit stones. If we can increase some, we will increase some."

  After 22 years of hard work, my hair turned white and the barren hills turned green. Yang Shanzhou, with the cadres and the masses, planted 56,000 mu of trees and put green clothes on Daliang Mountain.

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  "By 2009, there was a total of 0.6 million mu, and the entire coverage rate has risen to over 90%. The entire Daliangshan area was originally a barren hill." Su Jiaxiang said.

  Li Chaorong said: "Afforestation is for the benefit of the next generation. After the arrival of Yang Shanzhou’s old secretary, the roads (here) were repaired, the electricity racks were connected, the forests were built, the water sources were improved, and all aspects of income were improved. "

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  "The old secretary (Yang Shanzhou) often told us that the Communist party member had to do the revolution until his feet were closed (to the end), so he handed over 56,000 mu of Linhai to the country and handed it over to the people." Zhou Bo said.

  "I am now lecturing at Yang Shanzhou Cadre College. I want to publicize my father’s spirit to the whole country, publicize it to all the students who come here to study, and do my best." Yang Huilan said.

  Zhou Bo said: "The old secretary of Xue (Yang Shanzhou) has been dedicated all his life, incorruptible all his life, pragmatic all his life and loyal all his life."

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  This is Yang Shanzhou, the heart of a lifetime, who turned the last glow of his life into an eternal spring on Daliang Mountain in his hometown.

  Producer: Chen Jiandong and Wu Congcong

  Coordinator: Zhang Liyan, Wang Ying, Shi Mo

  Director: Lu Tianyue, Wan Jixuan, Wang Xinyi

  Written by Zhang Chunlei.

Two go on road trip peaks are approaching, and there are a series of reminders from the traffic control department.

  The 3-day Mid-Autumn Festival holiday is coming soon, and the next National Day holiday expressway will be free. Therefore, many friends will take advantage of the long vacation to drive home to visit relatives, or come to go on road trip with family and friends. With the comfort and relaxation of go on road trip, especially when driving on highways or scenic highways in other places, if you are not careful, you may be photographed by the electronic police for illegal driving or punished by the local police on the spot. Being punished for illegal driving in different places not only affects the good mood of traveling, but also is relatively troublesome to handle. On September 20th, shenyang evening news and Shenbao reporters interviewed the traffic control department and asked them to introduce the handling methods of illegal activities in different places.

  The traffic control department has repeatedly reminded car owners preparing for go on road trip: Before going out, check whether the driver’s license has expired or not! Whether the insurance expires! Whether the vehicle has completed the annual inspection!

  What are the common illegal driving in go on road trip?

  1. speeding

  According to reports, the most common problem that many drivers make on the expressway is speeding. Overspeed driving forces the driver’s line of sight to move to the front of the car, and the near objects are blurred. Over time, it is easy to mistake the vehicles traveling in the same direction for stationary, and it is easy to mistake the stationary vehicles for driving. With the increase of vehicle speed, the driving field of vision becomes narrower, and drivers have no time to see the situation on both sides of the road clearly, which feels like driving in a tunnel, which is very unfavorable to driving safety. Speeding is a very dangerous illegal act. Once speeding is more than 50% on the expressway, it is possible to be punished by deducting 12 points at one time.

  2. Occupy the emergency lane

  The emergency lane is a life passage, and its main function is to be used in case of emergency or special vehicles. When a motor vehicle encounters traffic jams on urban expressways and expressways, and stops in emergency lanes and shoulders in non-emergency situations, it will be fined 200 yuan, and 6 points will be recorded.

  When you have a special need to occupy the emergency lane, you must put a triangle warning sign 200 meters behind the car and turn on the double flashing of the car to remind the surrounding vehicles. If you don’t do this, you will be fined 200 yuan and deducted 3 points.

  Some readers have asked whether it is illegal to temporarily park in the emergency lane if children suddenly have a stomachache and want to go to the toilet on the expressway during their stay in go on road trip, or if the vehicle makes abnormal noise and the driver wants to get off the bus for inspection. A highway traffic police introduced that when the owner encounters such an emergency, he should also turn on the double flashing of the vehicle according to the regulations, and at the same time place a triangle warning sign behind the vehicle, so that he can explain the situation to the traffic police when he meets the traffic police on duty.

  3. Free parking at the toll booth

  Because of driving for a long time, some drivers will choose to stop at the square near the toll booth, while some car owners even regard the toll booth as the place to set off. The traffic control department said that if parking is needed, it is best not to affect normal traffic and pull over in a safe zone. In addition, some drivers like to pull over and wait for people to gather after passing the toll booth. According to reports, if there is an obvious no-parking sign on the roadside and they park illegally, the traffic control department will punish the driver for "violating the no-parking sign", and will be sentenced to 200 yuan, and 3 points will be recorded.

  What should I do if I am punished on the spot for illegal driving in different places?

  After driving illegally in different places, there are mainly two situations: on-site punishment and off-site punishment. Among them, on-site disposal refers to the traffic police issuing tickets at the scene, while off-site punishment generally refers to being photographed by electronic police, and the treatment measures are different in different situations.

  On-site punishment of traffic police: On-site punishment of traffic police can be divided into general violations and serious violations. Driving is generally illegal, and the traffic police will issue a Summary Procedure Punishment Decision. This is the most common ticket issued by traffic police. Generally, it gives a warning or a small fine for minor illegal driving behaviors, and the process is relatively simple. If you receive the Summary Procedure Penalty Decision, it will tell you to pay the fine through local XX bank, online bank or Alipay, just enter the penalty decision number according to the prompt.

  For serious violations, the traffic police will issue a Certificate of Compulsory Measures or a Notice of Handling Illegal Acts. The receipt of these two penalty notices indicates that the circumstances are serious and you need to bring your ID card, driver’s license and driving license, and go to the designated illegal handling center or traffic police brigade for handling within 15 days (it will be indicated on the ticket). After investigation and evidence collection, the traffic police make the Decision on Administrative Punishment, and pay the fine on the basis of the decision to the local bank or online banking.

  It should be noted that a fine will be paid within 15 days after the issuance of the Decision on Administrative Punishment, and a late payment fee will be incurred after 15 days, and the late payment fee will not exceed the amount of the fine at most.

  How to pay a fine if driving illegally in other places is photographed?

  Being photographed by the electronic police because of driving violations in the field is also divided into two situations: non-deduction and deduction.

  Because the illegal information has been networked all over the country, if the illegal behavior is photographed by the electronic police in different places, most vehicles can find the illegal information in the local traffic law enforcement agencies and handle it after returning to their original places. Therefore, the owner who has not deducted points can contact the local traffic control department to pay the fine.

  If an illegal act is photographed by the electronic police in a different place, it is confirmed that it is a serious illegal act involving deduction of points after the illegal record is found on the website of the traffic control department, and it can be handled by the traffic control department where the vehicle is located or where it is illegal. There are two ways to handle it. One way is to handle it in person: if it is convenient, you can bring your driver’s license, driving license and other relevant documents to the traffic control department where the vehicle is located and follow the instructions.

  In addition, you can also do online processing. After logging in to the local online vehicle management office interface, you can find "online processing items" and "traffic violations". Click in to see traffic violations, confirmation and fines. However, in some cities, online vehicle management offices have not yet opened related services, so other handling methods need to be selected. In addition, the APP "Traffic Management 12123" of the Traffic Management Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security is very convenient to handle such illegal activities in different places. You can download it on your mobile phone and then follow the prompts step by step.

  Shenyang evening news, Shen Bao Rong Media reporter Shuo Yang

The Supreme Leader sent a congratulatory letter to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization National Green Development Forum.

  On July 8, the Supreme Leader of president sent a congratulatory letter to the SCO National Green Development Forum.

  The supreme leader pointed out that protecting the ecological environment and promoting green development are the consensus of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization countries. In recent years, China has adhered to Lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets’s philosophy, unswervingly followed the road of civilized development of production development, affluent life and good ecology, and made great achievements in the construction of beautiful China. China hopes that through this forum, it will strengthen exchanges and cooperation with all parties in the field of green development, help countries achieve sustainable economic and social development, and promote harmonious coexistence between man and nature.

  The Supreme Leader emphasized that the Shanghai Cooperation Organization is a model of new international relations and regional cooperation. Recently, China took over the rotating presidency of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. China is willing to work with all parties to carry forward the "Shanghai spirit", strengthen unity and cooperation, promote green development, write a new chapter in common development, and work together to build a closer community of destiny of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.

  On the same day, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization National Green Development Forum opened in Qingdao, Shandong Province, with the theme of "Joining hands in green development and promoting harmonious coexistence between man and nature", which was co-sponsored by the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Good-Neighborly Friendship and Cooperation Committee, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, the Shandong Provincial People’s Government and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Secretariat.

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"Tonight, I am honored to announce that the city that was awarded the right to host the 31st Olympic Games is Rio de Janeiro!" Jacques Rogge, former president of the International Olympic Committee, announced the city that won the right to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games on October 2, 2009. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, became the most eye-catching "lucky" that night. With the approaching of this Olympic Games, Rio has attracted the attention of the whole world. Rio will be the first South American city to host the Olympic Games in Olympic history, and also the first Portuguese-speaking city to host the Olympic Games.

Top leaders talk about 10 golden sentences of ecological civilization.

  From May 18th to 19th, the National Ecological Environmental Protection Conference was held, and General Secretary of the Supreme Leader attended the conference and delivered an important speech.

  This conference has a high standard and a large amount of information. At the meeting, the supreme leader pointed out that the construction of ecological civilization is a fundamental plan for the sustainable development of the Chinese nation. In view of the present situation of China’s ecological environment, the Supreme Leader pointed out: "On the whole, the quality of China’s ecological environment has continued to improve, and there has been a steady and positive trend, but the results are not stable. The construction of ecological civilization is in a critical period of pressure superposition and weight bearing. It has entered a critical period of providing more high-quality ecological products to meet the growing needs of the people’s beautiful ecological environment, and it has also reached a window period when it has the conditions and ability to solve outstanding problems in the ecological environment. "

  Regarding the construction of ecological civilization, since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the General Secretary of the Supreme Leader has put forward many "golden sentences", and we have selected 10 of them for sorting out.

  "Lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets"

  We want green mountains and green hills, as well as Jinshan Yinshan. I’d rather have green mountains and green hills than Jinshan Yinshan, and Lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets.

  — — On September 7, 2013, when answering students’ questions at Nazarbayev University in Kazakhstan, he pointed out

  Green mountains and green hills and Jinshan Yinshan are by no means antagonistic. The key lies in people and ideas. Protecting the ecological environment means protecting productive forces, and improving the ecological environment means developing productive forces. Let the green mountains and green mountains give full play to their economic and social benefits, not to destroy them, but to protect them better.

  — — On March 7, 2014, when attending the deliberation of the Guizhou delegation of the Second Session of the Twelfth National People’s Congress, it was pointed out that

  At a new starting point, we will unswervingly promote green development and seek better quality and efficiency. I have said many times that in Lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets, protecting the environment means protecting the productive forces, and improving the environment means developing the productive forces. This simple truth is being recognized by more and more people.

  — — Keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the G20 Business Summit on September 3, 2016.

  Lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets, carrying out the development concept of innovation, coordination, green, openness and sharing, has accelerated the formation of a spatial pattern, industrial structure, mode of production and lifestyle that saves resources and protects the environment, leaving time and space for natural ecology to recuperate.

  — — In May 2018, a speech at the National Ecological Environmental Protection Conference.

  "Protect the ecological environment as you protect your eyes"

  We should give more prominence to ecological environmental protection, protect the ecological environment like protecting our eyes, and treat the ecological environment like life. In ecological environmental protection, we must calculate big accounts, long-term accounts, overall accounts and comprehensive accounts, and we must not lose big because of small things, take care of one thing and lose another, live on food, and get quick success.

  — — In January 2015, I made a speech during my inspection work in Yunnan.

  Promoting the formation of green development mode and lifestyle is a profound revolution in the concept of development. This requires adhering to and implementing the new development concept, correctly handling the relationship between economic development and ecological environment protection, protecting the ecological environment like eyes, treating the ecological environment like life, resolutely abandoning the development model that damages or even destroys the ecological environment, and resolutely abandoning the practice of sacrificing the ecological environment in exchange for economic growth in one place at a time, so that a good ecological environment can become the growth point of people’s lives, the support point of sustained and healthy economic and social development, and the power point to show China’s good image, making China’s land bluer, greener and more watery.

  — — On May 26, 2017, at the 41st collective study in the 18th the Political Bureau of the Central Committee.

  Adhere to the harmonious coexistence between man and nature, adhere to the principle of giving priority to conservation, giving priority to protection and giving priority to natural restoration, protect the ecological environment like eyes, treat the ecological environment like life, let the natural ecological beauty stay in the world forever, and naturally be quiet, harmonious and beautiful.

  — — In May 2018, a speech at the National Ecological Environmental Protection Conference.

  "Good ecological environment is the most inclusive welfare of people’s livelihood"

  Protecting the ecological environment means protecting productive forces, and improving the ecological environment means developing productive forces. A good ecological environment is the fairest public product and the most inclusive people’s livelihood.

  — — Speech at the end of the inspection work in Hainan on April 10, 2013

  Building ecological civilization is related to people’s well-being and the future of the nation. The 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China incorporated the construction of ecological civilization into the overall layout of the five-in-one cause in Socialism with Chinese characteristics, and clearly put forward to vigorously promote the construction of ecological civilization, strive to build a beautiful China, and realize the sustainable development of the Chinese nation.

  — — On May 24, 2013, he gave a speech at the sixth collective study in the 18th the Political Bureau of the Central Committee.

  A good ecological environment is the most beneficial to people’s livelihood. We should adhere to the principle of benefiting the people, benefiting the people and serving the people, focus on solving outstanding environmental problems that harm people’s health, and constantly meet people’s growing needs for a beautiful ecological environment.

  — — In May 2018, a speech at the National Ecological Environmental Protection Conference.

  "Ecological environmental protection is a cause that benefits the present and the future."

  Eco-environmental protection is a cause that benefits the present and the future. We have no other choice on this issue. All comrades in the Party should clearly understand the urgency and arduousness of protecting the ecological environment and controlling environmental pollution, the importance and necessity of strengthening the construction of ecological civilization, and truly make up their minds to control environmental pollution, build the ecological environment and create a good production and living environment for the people.

  — — On May 24, 2013, he gave a speech at the sixth collective study in the 18th the Political Bureau of the Central Committee.

  Eco-environmental problems, in the final analysis, are caused by over-exploitation, extensive utilization and extravagant consumption of resources. The development and utilization of resources should not only support contemporary people to live a happy life, but also leave a foundation for future generations.

  — — On May 26, 2017, during the forty-first collective study of the 18 th the Political Bureau of the Central Committee, it was emphasized that

  "Ecological environment is a major political issue related to the mission and purpose of the Party"

  If it is still extensive development, even if the goal of doubling GDP is achieved, what kind of pollution will it be? I am afraid that the resources and environment will not be able to bear it at all. Think about it, what kind of ecological environment will it be if we don’t change the mode of economic development on the existing basis, double the total economic output and continue to have excess capacity? The economy has gone up, the happiness of ordinary people has been greatly reduced, and even strong dissatisfaction has come up. What is the situation? Therefore, we can’t just regard strengthening the construction of ecological civilization, strengthening the protection of ecological environment and advocating a green and low-carbon lifestyle as economic issues. There is a lot of politics in it.

  — — On April 25, 2013, speech on the economic situation in the first quarter at the 18th The Politburo Standing Committee (PSC) Conference.

  Ecological environment is a major political issue related to the mission and purpose of the Party, and also a major social issue related to people’s livelihood. The broad masses of the people are eagerly looking forward to accelerating the improvement of the quality of the ecological environment. We should actively respond to the people’s thoughts, expectations and urgency, vigorously promote the construction of ecological civilization, provide more high-quality ecological products, and constantly meet the people’s growing needs for a beautiful ecological environment.

  — — In May 2018, a speech at the National Ecological Environmental Protection Conference.

  "Landscape, forest, field, lake and grass are the community of life"

  We should realize that landscape, forest, field and lake are a community of life. The lifeblood of people lies in fields, the lifeblood of fields lies in water, the lifeblood of water lies in mountains, the lifeblood of mountains lies in soil, and the lifeblood of soil lies in trees. Use control and ecological restoration must follow the laws of nature. If those who plant trees only plant trees, control water, and protect fields simply, it is easy to lose sight of one thing and lose sight of another, which will eventually lead to systematic destruction of ecology. It is very necessary for a department to be responsible for the control of all land use within the territory, and to carry out unified protection and restoration of landscapes, forests and lakes.

  — — In November 2013, when explaining the Decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Comprehensively Deepening Reform, it was pointed out that

  Mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes and grasses are a community of life, so it is necessary to make overall plans, make overall policies and take multiple measures to carry out ecological civilization construction in all directions, regions and the whole process.

  — — In May 2018, a speech at the National Ecological Environmental Protection Conference.

  "Protect the ecological environment with the strictest system and the strictest rule of law"

  Only by implementing the strictest system and the strictest rule of law can we provide a reliable guarantee for the construction of ecological civilization. The most important thing is to improve the evaluation system of economic and social development, and incorporate the indicators that reflect the status of ecological civilization construction, such as resource consumption, environmental damage, and ecological benefits, into the evaluation system of economic and social development, making it an important guide and constraint for promoting ecological civilization construction. To establish a system of accountability, those who make blind decisions regardless of the ecological environment and cause serious consequences must be held accountable, and they should be held accountable for life. It is necessary to strengthen the publicity and education of ecological civilization, enhance the awareness of saving, environmental protection and ecology of the whole people, and create a good atmosphere of caring for the ecological environment.

  — — On May 24, 2013, he gave a speech at the sixth collective study in the 18th the Political Bureau of the Central Committee.

  Protect the ecological environment with the strictest system and the strictest rule of law, accelerate institutional innovation, strengthen institutional implementation, and make the system a rigid constraint and an untouchable high-voltage line.

  — — In May 2018, a speech at the National Ecological Environmental Protection Conference.

  "Leading cadres who are responsible for causing damage to the ecological environment must be held accountable seriously."

  Whether the ecological environment protection can be implemented depends on leading cadres. It is necessary to implement the responsibility system for the construction of ecological civilization during the term of office of leading cadres, implement the outgoing audit of natural resources assets, conscientiously implement the principles of compliance with laws and regulations, objectivity and fairness, scientific identification, consistency of powers and responsibilities, and lifelong accountability, and clarify the accountability of leading cadres at all levels. Leading cadres who are responsible for causing damage to the ecological environment must be held accountable seriously. Party committees and governments at all levels should earnestly attach importance to and strengthen leadership, and discipline inspection and supervision organs, organizational departments and relevant government regulatory departments should do their respective duties and form joint efforts.

  — — On May 26, 2017, at the 41st collective study in the 18th the Political Bureau of the Central Committee.

  The main leaders of local party committees and governments at all levels are the first responsible persons for ecological environmental protection in their respective administrative areas, and all relevant departments should fulfill their responsibilities for ecological environmental protection, so that all departments have the responsibility to defend the soil, do their duty, work together and make joint efforts. It is necessary to establish a scientific and reasonable evaluation system, and the evaluation results are an important basis for the rewards and punishments of leading bodies and leading cadres at all levels and their promotion and use. For those leading cadres who damage the ecological environment, we must really pursue responsibility, dare to pursue responsibility, and strictly pursue responsibility, so as to achieve lifelong accountability. To build an iron army for eco-environmental protection, it should be strong in politics, high in skills, hard in work style, bold in taking responsibility, especially able to bear hardships, fight and contribute. Party committees and governments at all levels should care about and support the construction of ecological environmental protection teams, and take the initiative to support and cheer up cadres who dare to be officers.

  — — In May 2018, a speech at the National Ecological Environmental Protection Conference.

  "Ecological prosperity leads to civilized prosperity, while ecological decline leads to civilized decline"

  Ecological civilization is an important achievement of human social progress. Human beings have experienced primitive civilization, agricultural civilization and industrial civilization. Ecological civilization is the product of the development of industrial civilization to a certain stage, and it is a new requirement to realize the harmonious development between man and nature. Historically, ecological prosperity leads to civilized prosperity, while ecological decline leads to civilized decline. There are many examples in this regard at all times and in all countries.

  — — On May 24, 2013, he gave a speech at the sixth collective study in the 18th the Political Bureau of the Central Committee.

  The construction of ecological civilization is a fundamental plan for the sustainable development of the Chinese nation. The Chinese nation has always respected and loved nature, and the Chinese civilization, which has lasted for more than 5,000 years, is pregnant with rich ecological culture. Ecological prosperity leads to civilized prosperity, while ecological decline leads to civilized decline.

  — — In May 2018, a speech at the National Ecological Environmental Protection Conference.

  "Conspire for global ecological civilization construction and deeply participate in global environmental governance"

  Protecting the ecological environment, coping with climate change and maintaining the security of energy resources are common challenges facing the world. China will continue to undertake its due international obligations, carry out in-depth exchanges and cooperation with other countries in the field of ecological civilization, promote the sharing of achievements, and work together to build a beautiful home on earth with good ecology.

  — — On July 18, 2013, a congratulatory letter to the 2013 annual meeting of Guiyang International Forum on Ecological Civilization.

  Guide international cooperation in tackling climate change and become an important participant, contributor and leader in the construction of global ecological civilization.

  — — On October 18, 2017, the report was published in The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.

  Collaborate with global ecological civilization construction, deeply participate in global environmental governance, form solutions for world environmental protection and sustainable development, and guide international cooperation in dealing with climate change.

  It is necessary to implement the national strategy of actively responding to climate change, promote and guide the establishment of a fair and reasonable global climate governance system with win-win cooperation, highlight China’s image as a responsible big country, and promote the building of a community of human destiny.

  — — In May 2018, a speech at the National Ecological Environmental Protection Conference.

  Source: People’s Daily Overseas Edition Li Zhen finishing

The liberal arts ushered in a wave of adjustment and cancellation! Is there any way out for liberal arts?

In recent years, the field of liberal arts seems to be experiencing an unprecedented wave of adjustment and cancellation. Zhang Xuefeng’s point of view seems to fall into one sentence. Not only the liberal arts students in China are facing the employment problem, but also the situation of the liberal arts students all over the world is getting more and more difficult.

The news that Harvard University canceled many liberal arts majors is like throwing a stone into a lake, causing ripples. The term "liberal arts is dead" quickly made its way to Twitter, and this "liberal arts escape" is sweeping the world and even turning into a kind of black humor. According to American media data, every time a liberal arts major is closed, the share price of relevant education groups will rise by 2.3%, which reflects the severe challenges faced by liberal arts majors.

In the fall of 2024, Harvard University cancelled nearly 30 courses belonging to more than 20 departments, most of which were liberal arts majors. This is not an isolated case. As early as a year ago, Harvard began to plan to merge minority language courses. In September 2023, the University of West Virginia in the United States closed 28 majors, accounting for 8% of its total majors, and dismissed 143 faculty members. Earlier in the same year, the school also cancelled 10 majors, most of which were liberal arts majors, and cancelled master’s degrees in English and humanities.

In March 2024, the University of Kent in the United Kingdom also announced the phasing out of courses in six subject areas, including arts majors such as art history, anthropology and journalism. In China, major universities also made the largest professional adjustment in history in 2024. Northwest University and China University of Science and Technology cancelled some liberal arts majors, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics cancelled the entire Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, and Sichuan University cancelled 31 majors in one breath. According to statistics, in 2024, the total number of professional distribution points revoked in major universities in China was as high as 1670, 25 times that of 10 years ago.

The adjustment and cancellation of liberal arts majors is not achieved overnight, but has a profound social and economic background. On the one hand, liberal arts majors are often at a disadvantage in running schools because they do not have direct economic benefits; On the other hand, the enrollment expansion strategy adopted many years ago to alleviate the employment pressure has led to a sharp increase in the number of liberal arts majors, but the quality is uneven. In addition, enterprises are more inclined to science and engineering graduates in recruitment, and the employment competition of liberal arts students is becoming more and more fierce.

However, the current situation of science majors is good. In China, the number of science majors in the direction of artificial intelligence alone has exceeded 100, which has increased 15 times in the past six years. The widening of this gap has undoubtedly aggravated the anxiety of liberal arts students.

In the face of the global wave of liberal arts closures, it seems to be an indisputable fact that the value of liberal arts students has decreased. However, human society is inseparable from the demand for humanistic literacy, and the power of liberal arts knowledge cannot be underestimated. For students and graduates who have stepped into liberal arts majors, it has become a top priority to change their employment concept and improve their professional quality and business ability.

Liberal arts students need to strive to build their core competitiveness and cultivate interdisciplinary thinking and ability. The knowledge and skills of a single subject can no longer meet the needs of the market and enterprises, and talents with compound abilities are more popular. Many colleges and universities have begun to plan and construct brand-new liberal arts majors, such as the "new liberal arts" major of Nankai University and the interdisciplinary integration field of Shandong University, aiming at cultivating more compound talents to meet the market demand.

In reality, there are also many precedents for liberal arts students to realize value through cross-border. For example, a graduate majoring in advertising successfully transformed into a data analyst through self-taught courses such as statistics and SQL language, and finally entered the field of game design, with an annual salary of 600,000. This fully proves that liberal arts students can also shine in the workplace if they can give full play to their liberal arts literacy and thinking advantages and combine them with practical skills of other disciplines.

When the news came that Harvard University had closed the Department of Classics, we couldn’t help asking: Where is the way out for liberal arts? In the era when ChatGPT wrote sonnets, the value scale of humanities has been recalibrated by the digital wave. However, the flame of humanity has never been extinguished. It is a compass for business leaders to cross the cycle and an operating system engraved in human genes.

Perhaps those abolished liberal arts courses are teaching us how to meet this uncertain world with dignity in an unexpected way. Liberal arts still has its irreplaceable value and outlet, and the key lies in how we explore and utilize it.

The story of General Secretary of the Supreme Leader and Zhejiang during the study.

  Xinhuanet reporter Pan Ziwei Zhang Ruiqi

  [When learning is going on] When Jingui is fragrant, the General Secretary of the Supreme Leader came to Zhejiang for investigation and investigation. From October 2002 to March 2007, Comrade Supreme Leader worked in Zhejiang. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader has visited Zhejiang many times and left many touching stories. The original brand column "Workshop" of Xinhua News Agency’s "Learning in Progress" will sort out the story for you.

  On the morning of September 20th, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader visited Lizu Village, Houzhai Street, Yiwu City, and Yiwu International Trade City successively in Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province, to learn about the development of characteristic industries, the promotion of rural revitalization and foreign trade, and the promotion of high-quality development.

  General Secretary of the Supreme Leader and Zhejiang have many touching stories. As he deeply recalled at the G 20 Business Summit in 2016, he was "familiar with the landscape, vegetation, customs and customs here" and "participated in and witnessed the development here".

  A special column: Zhijiang Xinyu

  In May 2015, when General Secretary of the Supreme Leader visited Zhejiang, an elderly citizen said to him, I like reading your Zhijiang New Language. The general secretary said that it was a feeling written in a few words every day, which was published in the newspaper and later compiled into a book.

  During his tenure as secretary of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee, the Supreme Leader once published an article in the column "Zhijiang Xinyu" of Zhejiang Daily under the pseudonym "Zhexin". Most of these articles are 200-300 words, but the longest is more than 500 words. Their views are distinct, their forms are lively, their words are concise and lively, and their exposition is incisive and powerful. The theme of the article is also rich and varied, or praise and praise, promote righteousness; Or criticize and lash out at unhealthy practices; Or analyze the truth and reveal the law. These essays clearly put forward the correct proposition of promoting the development of Zhejiang’s economic and social sciences, and answered some questions that people are most concerned about in real life in time. Between the lines, the supreme leader’s thoughts on Zhejiang governance are condensed.

  In August 2007, articles in the column "Zhijiang Xinyu" were assembled and published, and reprinted in November 2013. This book not only continues to sell well in China, but also has been translated into English, German and Western languages, which has become a window for foreign friends to know about China’s leaders.

  An important idea: Lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets.

  "Lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets", an important concept of the supreme leader’s ecological civilization thought, has now become the consensus and practice of the people all over the country.

  This important concept was put forward by the supreme leader when he was working in Zhejiang.

  On August 15th, 2005, the Supreme Leader, then Secretary of Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee, put forward "Lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets" for the first time during his inspection tour in Yucun, Anji County, Zhejiang Province. Soon after, the Supreme Leader commented in the column of "Zhijiang New Language": "If these ecological environment advantages can be transformed into ecological economic advantages such as ecological agriculture, ecological industry and ecological tourism, then green mountains and green hills will become Jinshan Yinshan."

  In March, 2020, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader visited Yucun again, and along the roads in the village, he was very happy to see green hills, flowing water and clean roads, and every household living in beautiful buildings. He said that the achievements made by Yucun now prove that the path of green development is correct, and we must stick to it if we choose the right path.

  In May 2015, in the home of Yuan Qizhong, a villager in Xinjian Community, Gan (Shilan) Town, Dinghai District, Zhoushan City, the General Secretary of the Supreme Leader sat around and had a heart-to-heart conversation with the villagers’ representatives. He said that this place is a natural oxygen bar and a "beautiful economy", which confirmed the truth of Lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets.

  In March, 2020, in Hangzhou Xixi National Wetland Park, the Supreme Leader General Secretary emphasized that water is the soul of the wetland, and the beauty of natural ecology is the most intrinsic and important beauty of Xixi Wetland. We must unswervingly put protection first and do our best to maintain wetland ecology and water environment.

  For Zhejiang, the General Secretary of the Supreme Leader put forward a clear request to practice the development concept of "Lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets", push Zhejiang’s ecological civilization construction to a new level, make green mountains and green hills more beautiful, make Jinshan Yinshan bigger, and make green the most touching color of Zhejiang’s development.

  A development strategy: the eighth five-year plan

  Today’s Zhejiang, Ningbo Zhoushan Port’s annual cargo throughput ranks first in the world for 14 consecutive years; "Yixin Europe" China-Europe train spans Wan Li and builds a bridge of economic and trade friendship between China and the West; After world internet conference and G20 Hangzhou Summit, Hangzhou Asian Games is about to open to attract global attention … … When talking about the butterfly change in Zhijiang, Zhejiang people will blurt out a term: "the eight-eighth strategy."

  In July 2003, on the basis of comprehensive and in-depth investigation, the supreme leader, then secretary of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee, proposed to further develop Zhejiang’s advantages in eight aspects, promote eight measures, that is, the "eight-eighth strategy", and guide Zhejiang out of the road of reform, innovation and opening up.

  The "Eighth-Eight Strategy" is a concentrated expression of the germination and practice of Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought of the Supreme Leader in the new era in Zhejiang, which has opened the door to high-quality development in Zhejiang.

  In 2020, when General Secretary of the Supreme Leader visited Zhejiang, he stressed that it is necessary to "insist on ‘ August 8th Strategy ’ In order to lead, do it in practice, walk in the forefront, and bravely stand in the forefront. " He pointed out that Zhejiang should adhere to the principle of "changing cages for birds and phoenix nirvana", accelerate the conversion of old and new kinetic energy, and run out of the acceleration of high-quality development.

  A warm-hearted word: the golden cup and the silver cup are not as good as the reputation of ordinary people.

  In 2015, when General Secretary of the Supreme Leader visited Zhejiang, he had a discussion with villagers in Xinjian Community in Dinghai District of Zhoushan. The masses have praised the village cadres for leading everyone to get rich. The supreme leader said that the people’s pursuit of a better life is the goal of our party. Gold and silver cups are not as good as the reputation of ordinary people. Whether cadres are good or not is not up to us, but to the people.

  "Gold cups and silver cups are not as good as the reputation of ordinary people", which is often recited by the supreme leader when he works in Zhejiang. He once mentioned in the article "Potential Achievements" and "Outstanding Achievements" in Zhijiang Xinyu: The golden cup and silver cup we often talk about are not as good as the reputation of the people, and the gold medal and silver award are not as good as the praise of the people. This is the reason … … We must establish a correct view of political achievements, do more hard work, do not seek quick success, and create "potential achievements" for future generations.

  General Secretary of the Supreme Leader often said that communist party was in charge of the affairs of the people, and he wanted to do things well for them.

  In 2003, when the supreme leader, then secretary of Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee and acting governor, made a government work report at the provincial people’s congress, he put forward ten practical things that should be done for the people in that year. Since then, Zhejiang’s provincial government work report at the beginning of each year has put forward ten practical tasks for the people this year, and publicized the handling situation to the public at the end of the year. "Ten practical things" have become "high-frequency words" that warm people’s hearts.

  During the inspection tour in Zhejiang in 2015, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader exhorted local cadres: We should start from safeguarding and improving people’s livelihood, adhere to what the masses think, do what we can, do our best and do what we can, give more help in the snow, and make all the work achieve the unity of wishes and effects.

  In 2020, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader came to Zhejiang again. He stressed that it is necessary to pay close attention to the production of agriculture and animal husbandry, ensure that the citizens’ "rice bags" and "vegetable baskets" are fully priced and stable, and ensure that farmers’ "money bags" are rich and solid.

  "I will read the worries of the people; I will do what the people expect. " Being close to the people and loving the people is the constant feeling of the general secretary.