"Outline of the General History of China" is published, and major achievements in research and interpretation of the modern civilization of the Chinese nation are released

In 2023, the crisis in Ukraine continues to ferment, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict escalates, global geopolitical risks intensify, and the restructuring of the energy industry and supply chains accelerates. The China Center for International Economic Exchanges and the State Power Investment Corporation jointly released the "China Carbon Peak Carbon Neutrality Progress Report" today, pointing out that the global carbon neutrality process is accelerating amid challenges and energy security risks still exist. From an international perspective, global clean energy development is gaining momentum and competition is intensifying. Affected by multiple factors such as the Ukraine crisis and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the global energy situation has undergone profound changes. Countries have increased efforts to ensure energy security and energy transformation, promote localization and low-carbon energy supply, and the competition between major powers around the new energy industry has become more intense. The United States and Europe have introduced bills to actively attract overseas clean energy industries to return and strive to control the industrial chain.

On December 20, the Guo Moruo Chinese History Award Award Ceremony and the 2023 Annual Meeting of the National Joint Conference of Major Historical Research and Teaching Institutions were held in Beijing. Gao Xiang, President and Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, President and Secretary of the Party Committee of the Chinese Academy of History, and Director of the Guo Moruo Chinese History Award Evaluation Committee, announced the winners and delivered a speech. The "Guo Moruo Chinese History Award" is known as "the authoritative honorary award in the field of Chinese history." The award evaluation process has been launched in 2021. A total of 41 books and 20 publications have won awards this time, including 3 first prizes, 6 second prizes, 10 third prizes, and 19 nomination awards for outstanding academic achievements; excellent popular reading books 3 awards; 10 outstanding historical publication awards and 10 nomination awards. Gao Xiang pointed out in his speech that Comrade Guo Moruo is an outstanding Marxist historian.

As a supporting event of the 2023 Beijing Cultural Forum, the 8th Beijing October Literature Month recently kicked off. This is the first time that October Literature Month has been included in the Beijing Cultural Forum. The theme of this Beijing October Literature Month is "literature moistens the soul, reading enriches life", striving to promote literature to the public. During this period, more than 70 writers and critics, including Wang Meng, Li Jingze, Mo Yan, Alai, Qiu Huadong, Meng Fanhua, Bai Ye, Liu Liangcheng, Li Zishu, Qiao Ye, Xu Zechen, etc., will read good books and discuss literature with citizens through a combination of online and offline methods. At the same time, the organizer will also collaborate with various physical bookstores, museums, and communities to organize mass literary exchanges, sharing, interactive activities for the benefit of the people, as well as writer style activities. Wu Wenwen, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, Director, and General Manager of Beijing Publishing Group, introduced that this literary month will be held in October

On the evening of August 8th, it was learned from the Beijing Railway Bureau of China that after 71 hours of emergency repair, at around 18:30 on August 8th, as the track rolling locomotive slowly passed through the Zhuwo Station of the Fengsha Railway, the Fengsha Railway finally resumed traffic. The Fengsha Railway was completed and opened to traffic on June 30, 1955. It is a mountainous railway and the first mainline railway in the Beijing Tianjin Hebei region. It is also an important channel for transporting coal from Shanxi to other regions. On July 30, affected by rainstorm for several days, some sections of Fengsha Railway located in Mentougou District of Beijing were seriously damaged. Train K1178, K396 and Z180 were stranded in the mountains, and nearly 3000 passengers and attendants were stranded. After the joint cooperation of the railway department, armed police soldiers, and firefighters, all passengers and crew members were able to escape from the trap for 5 days and arrived at Beijing West Station and Beijing Fengtai Station respectively

Technological innovation is the key for cities to win the future. Whether it is Shanghai's promotion of the construction of a globally influential science and technology innovation center, or the Hong Kong SAR government's proposal of "no science and technology innovation, no future", both have made science and technology innovation an important area of current dual city cooperation. While injecting new impetus into the economic and social development of the two regions, it is also effectively enhancing the depth and breadth of Shanghai Hong Kong cooperation, truly promoting the "common development and prosperity" of the two cities. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Shanghai Hong Kong cooperation mechanism. Suggestions have been put forward by various sectors on how Shanghai and Hong Kong can better collaborate and complement each other's advantages in the field of science and technology innovation, and further promote the accelerated aggregation of innovative elements such as talent, finance, and technology. Talent circulation: Building a high "tower" and solidifying the "tower foundation" for technological innovation, talent is the key. Data shows that Hong Kong currently has over 3000 innovative technology companies, including