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The fourth meeting of the Standing Committee of the 16th Municipal People's Congress reviewed the "Shanghai Seed Regulations. In order to further promote legislative democracy, the draft bill and related explanations are now published in full on Jiefang Daily, Shanghai Rule of Law News, Dongfang Net, Xinmin Net, Shanghai People's Congress Net, and the WeChat public account of the "Shanghai People's Congress" to solicit opinions from the public for further Research and revision, and then submit it to future Standing Committee meetings for deliberation. The relevant matters are hereby informed as follows: the time for public consultation of the 1. is from July 25 to August 8, 2023. the way to 2. the way to reflect the opinions letter address: 200 Renmin avenue, Shanghai, legislative office 2 of the legislative affairs Committee of the standing Committee of the municipal people's congress; Postal Code: 200003 E-mail: fgwlfec@126.com Fax: 63

Narrator: Han Decai, male, 90 years old, former deputy commander of the Air Force of the Nanjing Military Region and a second-class combat hero of the Air Force to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, entered North Korea in January 1952. On April 7, 1953, after shooting down Fisher, the US "double ace pilot", I landed in a MiG -15. The plane skidded to the south end of the runway and stopped automatically because it had run out of fuel. At the time, I was under 20. If I chase the enemy for another 15 seconds, I'll never get back to the airport. Later, I wrote a poem: loyalty to the country is a soldier, killing the enemy on the battlefield. In the face of a rain of bullets like a tiger, how do you ask the value of life? It was said that we were "less steel and more gas", but in the end "gas" still defeated "steel"! From cattle herding baby to pilot "said Fengyang, Dao Fengyang, ten years have nine years of shortage, large families sell mules and horses

The Fourth Session of the 16th Standing Committee of the Shanghai Municipal People's Congress reviewed the Several Provisions on Promoting Data Circulation and Trading in Pudong New Area. In order to further promote legislative democracy, the draft regulations and related instructions are now published in full on Jiefang Daily, Shanghai Legal Daily, Dongfang.com, Xinmin.com, Shanghai People's Congress website, and the "Shanghai People's Congress" WeChat official account, to solicit opinions from the community, so as to further study and revise them, and then submit them to the future session of the Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress for deliberation. The relevant matters are hereby notified as follows: 1. The time for public solicitation of opinions is from July 26, 2023 to August 9, 2023. 2. The method of expressing opinions is to send a letter to the Legislative Affairs Office of the Legislative Affairs Committee of the Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress, No. 200 People's Avenue, Shanghai; Postal Code: 200003 Email: fg

Narrator: Zhao Jiyu, 90 years old, is a radio and telephone operator at the Chinese Embassy in North Korea. I entered North Korea in April 1953 as a native of Taiyuan, Shanxi. In April 1948, I signed up to join the People's Liberation Army and was not yet 15 years old at the time. When I was a child, my family faced difficulties because we couldn't afford to have two children. My sister was sent to an orphanage. After the arrival of the People's Liberation Army, they were very kind to us ordinary people. Coincidentally, the radio school in the army recruited students, so I signed up. After studying newspaper publishing for a year, I followed the troops south to Guangzhou and Hainan, and then transferred to Beijing to study mechanical engineering. In March 1953, ceasefire negotiations in North Korea were ongoing. One day, my superiors suddenly notified me and another comrade in arms to go to the North Korean Embassy in China. A representative from the embassy received us and conveyed a new directive from our superiors, urging us to set off immediately

Shanghai Mayor Gong Zheng met with Guyana President Ilfan Ali and his delegation today. Gong Zheng, on behalf of the Shanghai Municipal People's Government, warmly welcomes the visit of the President and the delegation.Although China and Guyana are far apart, their friendship has a long and lasting history. As a window of China's reform and opening up, Shanghai hopes to further strengthen exchanges and cooperation with Guyana by taking the opportunity of jointly building high-quality development along the the Belt and Road. In terms of economic, trade and investment cooperation, we warmly welcome Guyana enterprises to appear at the CIIE and focus on agriculture, energy, infrastructure and other fields for development

More than 70 years ago, many young people in Shanghai signed up to join the military and embarked on the journey of resisting the United States, aiding Korea, and defending their country. Many of them sacrificed themselves in North Korea, but for various reasons, they were unable to leave any photos or portraits. I can no longer see the appearance of my loved ones in my memory, which has become a concern for the families of the martyrs. According to statistics, there are a total of 172 martyr tombstones in the Songjiang Martyrs Cemetery, with 80 martyrs who fought against the United States and aid Korea sleeping there. Only less than half of the tombstones have photos and portraits. Since 2020, the School of Art and Design at Shanghai University of Engineering and Technology has collaborated with the Songjiang Martyrs Cemetery to launch the "Red Inheritance under the Paintbrush" project. College students utilize their professional expertise to recreate the image of martyrs through various methods such as on-site visits, listening to oral statements, copying old photos, and computer simulation synthesis. The first restored portrait belongs to Cai Caigen

The Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China held a symposium today to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Comrade Qian Zhengying. Chen Jining, Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, pointed out at the meeting that the firm beliefs and noble spirit of revolutionary predecessors are a powerful force that inspires us to move forward courageously. The best commemoration is to strive to inherit the red gene well and build Shanghai into a better city.Hu Wenrong, Chairman of the Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, presided over the symposium, and Wu Qing, Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, attended. Comrade Qian Zhengying is an outstanding member of the CPC, a long tested and loyal communist fighter, a proletarian revolutionary, and China's water conservancy and electric power

Shanghai is accelerating its march towards a technology innovation center with global influence. How to tackle core technologies? How to accelerate the transformation of technological achievements? How to loosen the delegation of power for the use of scientific research funds? Yesterday, the fourth meeting of the 16th Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress conducted a special inquiry on the report on the comprehensive law enforcement inspection of the city's implementation of the strategy of revitalizing the country through science and education, and enhancing the ability of scientific and technological self-reliance and self-improvement. Seven members of the Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress and members of the Special Committee respectively inquired about key core technology research, deepening the reform of financial research funding, improving the efficiency of scientific and technological achievement transformation, and integrating the development of innovation and industrial chains. 14 department heads, including the Municipal Science and Technology Commission, Municipal Development and Reform Commission, Municipal Economic and Information Technology Commission, Municipal Education Commission, Municipal Finance Bureau, Municipal Local Financial Supervision Bureau, Municipal State owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, and Shanghai Science and Technology Foundation, attended the meeting to answer inquiries. Core technologies such as

Since the implementation of the Shanghai Municipal Regulations on the Management of Domestic Waste, the concept of waste classification has gradually taken root in people's hearts. From May to July this year, the Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress conducted a comprehensive inspection of the implementation of the regulations based on four consecutive years of supervision and inspection of household waste management. Yesterday afternoon, the fourth meeting of the 16th Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress reviewed the report on the implementation of the Shanghai Municipal Regulations on the Management of Domestic Waste in the city. What is the effectiveness of garbage classification in the four years since the implementation of the "Three Increase and One Reduction" policy? This law enforcement inspection extensively carried out open and secret investigations, directly visiting multiple units and places such as garbage terminal disposal facilities, recycling enterprises, transfer terminals, residential areas, universities, and rural areas for on-site inspections, and conducting secret investigations on shopping malls, middle schools, restaurants, and hotels. Law enforcement inspection found that household waste

Narrator: Cao Sheng, male, 90 years old, a soldier of the Independent 17th Battalion of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army Anti Aircraft Artillery. He entered the Korean War in October 1950. My military career began on May 1, 1949, when I was 16 years old. In my second year of military service, I accompanied the troops to the Korean battlefield. Before crossing the Yalu River, we comrades all left our family addresses to each other and reminded each other, "If I sacrifice myself, you must go tell my family.". In the past three years, I did not communicate with my family, and they thought I was long gone. After the victory of the Korean War, we finally returned to the embrace of our motherland. Stepping off the train and seeing the lights at the train station, my comrades and I couldn't help but cry and kneel on the ground. We have returned victorious, but many of our comrades who went on the expedition together will always stay in North Korea. Running to the battlefield, the artillery fire is not even raging

Yesterday, the 10th Chairman's Meeting of the 14th Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference was held to hear a report on the statistical analysis of the performance of committee members in the first half of 2023. Since the beginning of this year, more than 800 members of the Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference have closely focused on the work in the city center and the "1+4" work plan of the Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, implemented the requirements of theme education deployment, and conducted in-depth research and investigation on key topics such as "ideas and measures to unleash domestic demand potential", "accelerating the modernization of agriculture and rural areas in our city", "the construction of beautiful Shanghai", "leveraging the advantages of Pudong as a pioneer and deepening research on institutional openness in the business field". They have actively participated in politics and actively played the role of committee members, demonstrating the style of CPPCC members in the new era. According to statistics, a total of 441 committee members submitted 875 proposals as the first proposer in the first half of the year, of which 63 were

Yesterday, the 14th Standing Committee of the Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference held its fourth meeting, focusing on "improving the grassroots social governance system and enhancing the scientific, refined, and intelligent level of grassroots governance in mega cities" to carry out special consultations and discussions on politics. At the meeting, Sun Ganlin, a member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, delivered a keynote speech on behalf of the Social and Legal Affairs Committee, analyzing in depth the main challenges and problems faced by grassroots social governance in the new era, and proposing suggestions from further strengthening party building leadership, overall coordination, team building, digital empowerment, and legal protection. Wang Dezhong, Mao Dali, Zhang Junping, Wu Ruijun, Ding Guanghong, Chen Zhiqi, Lu Jingbo, Ding Bo, Jiang Hao, Jin Jiangbo, Zhang Qi, Jin Keke, Shi Heping, and other standing committee members and members respectively proposed to shape the scientific, refined, intelligent, and rule of law areas of grassroots social governance, focusing on "Party building leading governance," and "

On July 25th, the fourth meeting of the 16th Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress voted to pass the "Several Provisions on Promoting the Development of Financial Leasing in Pudong New Area in Shanghai". According to regulations, Pudong will support enterprises in developing offshore financing leasing business, encourage enterprises to prioritize the use of RMB settlement in foreign-related business activities, expand the scope of medical device financing leasing business, and optimize relevant licensing and filing procedures. Financial leasing has become the third largest debt financing tool after bank loans and public market bond issuance. It is the industry with the closest integration between the financial sector and the real economy, and also an important financial means to promote "Made in China" to go global and actively participate in international market competition. As of the first quarter of this year, the asset scale of the financing leasing industry in this city accounts for about one-third of the total national total. Among them, over 90% of the asset size and top enterprises are concentrated

The 2023 Major Functional Issues Introduction New City Release Event was held today at the Songjiang Guangfulin International Cultural Exchange Center. Gong Zheng, Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, Mayor, and Leader of the Coordination Leading Group for the Promotion of New City Planning and Construction, has released a list of 30 major functional issues. According to the positioning of independent comprehensive node cities, the construction of the five new cities has entered a critical stage of comprehensive efforts and functional improvement. Based on the first batch of 25 major functional items introduced to the new cities last year, this year we will closely adhere to the overall requirements of "increasing quantity, expanding types, and improving levels", and introduce 30 major functional items to the new cities, which will further enhance the comprehensive development level of the new cities. At the launch event, Shanghai Automotive Chip Engineering Center, Hercules Asia Pacific Headquarters, Shanghai Science and Technology Network Data Center, Alibaba Cloud Capability Center, and Ning

Shanghai Mayor Gong Zheng met with Shen Hu and his delegation, the incoming chairman of the World Federation of Engineering Organizations, today. Gong Zheng said that as one of the preferred locations for multinational corporations to layout their global industrial chains, Shanghai's economy is showing a good trend of continuous stabilization and improvement. Currently, it is accelerating the construction of a socialist modern international metropolis with global influence. The World Federation of Engineering Organizations has gathered academic elites and practical masters in the global engineering field, looking forward to strengthening comprehensive exchanges and cooperation, guiding more high-quality global engineering enterprises to layout in Shanghai, supporting Shanghai in carrying out engineering capacity building in green and low-carbon development, digital transformation, and other aspects, and promoting high-quality development in Shanghai. At the same time, we hope to focus on practical cooperation in areas such as the construction of technological innovation platforms, professional talent cultivation, and academic exchanges, in order to enhance the overall development level of engineering and technology. Shanghai as

Shanghai Mayor Gong Zheng met with the President and CEO of NVIDIA Corporation, led by Siqi, today.The manufacturing industry is the mainstay of the real economy and an important support for urban energy levels and core competitiveness. Shanghai is focusing on the development of the real economy, accelerating the construction of a modern industrial system, and striving to create a high-end manufacturing growth pole and a global excellent manufacturing base that links the Yangtze River Delta and serves the whole country. We look forward to Invidia continuously improving its business level in Shanghai, amplifying its R&D center effect, practicing green and low-carbon development, promoting more and better advanced manufacturing project layouts, and promoting high-quality development of the high-end chemical industry. We will play a role in "serving Shanghai, China, and the world"

The fourth meeting of the 16th Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress heard and reviewed the report on the promotion of affordable housing in this city on July 25th. It is reported that in 2023, our city plans to create another batch of "New Era Urban Builders and Managers' Homes" benchmark projects in the affordable rental housing project. Currently, about 11000 beds have been raised, of which about 7000 have been supplied. The monthly rent is mainly 500-1000 yuan, allowing frontline workers in the city to perceive the temperature of the city. Hu Guangjie, Director of the Municipal Commission of Housing and Urban Rural Development, stated that the housing and housing management departments in this city have always adhered to the development concept of putting the people at the center, and continue to explore housing security systems and related policy systems that are suitable for the actual situation of Shanghai's super large cities. Since 2000, the city has focused on urban registered residence income, housing "double poverty" families and housing

The fourth meeting of the Standing Committee of the 16th Municipal People's Congress continued today, and the report on the comprehensive law enforcement inspection of implementing the strategy of revitalizing the country through science and education and enhancing the ability of scientific and technological self-reliance was reviewed in groups and special inquiries were conducted. Seven members of the Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress and members of the Special Committee respectively inquired about improving the organizational and mobilization capabilities for key core technology research, improving the management of the use of funds for financial research projects in the city, improving the efficiency of scientific and technological achievement transformation, strengthening scientific and technological innovation to support industrial development, strengthening the construction and operation guarantee of major scientific and technological infrastructure, and financial support for scientific and technological innovation. 14 department heads including the Municipal Development and Reform Commission, Municipal Economic and Information Technology Commission, Municipal Education Commission, Municipal Science and Technology Commission, Municipal Finance Bureau, Municipal Local Financial Supervision Bureau, Municipal State owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, and Shanghai Science and Technology Foundation who attended the meeting to answer relevant questions one by one

At present, the whole society is trying to practice the "Clean Your Plate Campaign" and put an end to the "tip of the tongue waste". All kinds of organ canteens are the key places to take the lead. How about their implementation? Is there any waste? With such questions in mind, the reporter walked into the People's Building located at 200 People's Avenue, one of the largest centralized office points of the Party and government organs in Shanghai, and explored the cafeteria here. Have party members and cadres set an example and take the lead in frugality? Three years ago, reporters came specifically to conduct interviews. At that time, the vast majority of diners were already able to consciously practice it, and there were also a small number of people who had varying degrees of waste and needed guidance. Three years later, the reporter came to interview again with the same question. This time, the reporter found that not only was the frugality awareness of diners further enhanced, but the cafeteria management was also continuously optimizing the supply chain

Narrator: Wei Derui, male, 87 years old, a literary and artistic soldier from the 70th Division of the 24th Army of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army. In the autumn of 1952, he went to Korea to participate in the war. At the age of 16, I worked as a literary and artistic soldier in the 70th Division of the 24th Army. In the autumn of that year, our troops boarded the train in Jiaxing and galloped northward from the North China Plain to the Northeast Plain. After three days and two nights, the train arrived at the Ji'an area by the Yalu River. We rested for a day in Ji'an, then crossed the Yalu River Bridge and set foot on the Korean territory, embarking on a half month long "Thousand Mile Night March" amidst the sound of the war song "Valiant and Vigorous". At that time, our army was going to Yuanshan Port in eastern Korea for defense. Due to the enemy's control of air superiority, the large number of troops marching during the day have too many targets and may be attacked by enemy planes, so we all rest during the day and rush on at night. Although I have already joined the military for three years

On July 24th, the Shanghai Federation of Industry and Commerce, the Municipal Agriculture and Rural Committee, the Municipal Bureau of Rural Revitalization, the Municipal Government Cooperation and Exchange Office, the Municipal Glory Society, the Agricultural Development Bank of China Shanghai Branch, and the Agricultural Bank of China Shanghai Branch jointly held a meeting to promote the participation of Shanghai private enterprises in the "Ten Thousand Enterprises Revitalizing Ten Thousand Villages" action and the "One Hundred Enterprises Settling One Hundred Villages" action. The meeting pointed out that the "Ten Thousand Enterprises Revitalizing Ten Thousand Villages" and "One Hundred Enterprises Forming One Hundred Villages" actions are a systematic project that needs to strengthen resource coordination and leverage their respective advantages, gather and promote the hard core forces of "Ten Thousand Enterprises Revitalizing Ten Thousand Villages" and "One Hundred Enterprises Forming One Hundred Villages", and form a good situation of joint promotion. Private enterprises should leverage their talents to become a strong force, combine their own characteristics and advantages, and explore diversified paths for private enterprises to assist in rural revitalization. Financial institutions should shoulder their responsibilities and act as "helpers", increase financing services, and continuously innovate financial products

In order to celebrate the 102nd anniversary of the founding of the CPC, deeply study and implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, carry forward the great spirit of party building, deeply grasp the scientific connotation of Chinese path to modernization, constantly guide and deepen the study of party history with the innovative theory of the party, and continue to serve the great practice of the new era with the study of party history, on July 23, the academic seminar "Great Spirit of Party building and Chinese path to modernization" was held in Shanghai. This academic seminar has received active support from a large number of party history workers, and has received over 380 academic papers from party history research institutions, universities, and red venues in 27 provincial-level administrative regions, including Shanghai, Beijing, Jiangsu, Chongqing, and Hunan. Among them, more than 60 papers were selected. More than a hundred guests and paper authors attended the conference to exchange academic research and collide ideas, with the aim of enhancing Shanghai's research on the great spirit of building the Party

The Regulations on China's Pilot Free Trade Zones are the first local regulation on pilot free trade zones in China. The Regulations of the China Pilot Free Trade Zone Lingang New Area are the first comprehensive regulation of the Lingang New Area. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone. In order to deepen integrated reform and institutional opening up, and promote the construction of the pilot free trade zone and the Lingang New Area to a new level, the Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress organized a law enforcement inspection of the two regulations. Yesterday, the fourth meeting of the 16th Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress reviewed the report on inspecting the implementation of these two regulations in the city. The report points out that under the guidance of regulations, the Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone and the Lingang New Area have basically formed an investment management model that is in line with international prevailing rules, established a trade supervision system that complies with high standard trade facilitation rules, and maintained

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On July 24th, the fourth meeting of the 16th Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress continued to be held, listening to the report of the Municipal Government on the implementation of the Shanghai National Economic and Social Development Plan for the first half of 2023, and conducting group review of the report.In the first half of the year, the city's economy maintained a recovery growth trend. In the first quarter, the economy achieved a stable start, while in the second quarter, the main indicators grew rapidly year-on-year. High quality development was steadily advancing, market expectations gradually improved, and people's livelihood security continued to strengthen. The report also refers to

On July 24th, at the fourth meeting of the 16th Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress, Liu Xiangmin, Director of the Municipal Audit Bureau, was commissioned by the Municipal People's Government to present an audit report on the implementation of the municipal budget and other financial revenues and expenditures for the year 2022. The report points out that the main target tasks for the whole year of 2022 have been well achieved. Over the past year, the Municipal Audit Bureau has further increased its efforts to supervise audit rectification, effectively strengthened the tracking and inspection of rectification, promoted the establishment and improvement of 141 systems by relevant departments and units, and promoted an increase in revenue and expenditure of 1.356 billion yuan. From the audit results, it can be seen that the overall execution of the municipal budget for 2022 is good, but there are still some noteworthy situations. In terms of financial management, relevant departments have deepened the reform of budget management, and the overall execution of the budget is stable and orderly. The submission of final accounts draft is generally standardized. But there is still a budget

Today, the fourth meeting of the 16th Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress reviewed the report by Gu Junzuo, Director of the Municipal Development and Reform Commission, on the implementation of the Shanghai National Economic and Social Development Plan for the first half of 2023. The report points out that in the first half of the year, the city's economy maintained a recovery growth trend, with a stable start in the first quarter of economic operation, rapid year-on-year growth in major indicators in the second quarter, steady progress in high-quality development, gradual improvement in market expectations, and continuous strengthening of people's livelihood guarantees. In the first half of the year, the city's GDP was 2139.02 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 9.7%, laying a solid foundation for achieving the expected annual economic growth target of over 5.5%. "The economy continues to recover, with both total output and benefits increasing simultaneously." Gu Jun said that in the first half of the year, the growth of major indicators was better than that of the whole country, and major industries achieved rapid growth. Significant recovery in financial and tax revenue

In November 1950, 19-year-old Shen Zheng followed the Ninth Corps of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army into Korea for combat. In the Battle of Changjin Lake, he, who was originally a missionary, also picked up his weapons and went to the front line to fight with the enemy with bayonets. Also, due to the bacterial warfare launched by the US military, he was unconscious in a field hospital for 38 days. When the news of the victory in the Korean War came, Shen Zheng and his comrades, who had already returned to China for rest, not only felt the joy of victory, but also felt very unwilling. As one of the earliest troops to join the war in North Korea, the Ninth Corps suffered a lot due to logistical difficulties. "Later on, our weapons and logistics have greatly improved. If we continue to fight, we will definitely completely drive out the US military from North Korea!" Even at the age of 92, Shen Zheng still spoke passionately.

This year, the implementation of the Party's united front policy in Shanghai proposed the "Land Project" and the "New Era Shanghai United Front Research Project", one of which is to study and interpret the spirit of great unity.

Narrator: Shen Zheng, male, 92 years old, a soldier of the 175th Regiment of the 59th Division of the 20th Army of the Chinese People's Volunteers. He went to North Korea in November 1950 to participate in the war. My ancestral home was Shaoxing, Zhejiang. At the age of 12, he was forced to leave his hometown to make a living, and at the age of 15, he arrived in Shanghai. Before the liberation, I worked as a worker in a sock ironing workshop. While working, I participated in the "Workers' Night School" and received the baptism of advanced ideas. I also joined the New Democratic Youth League. After the liberation of Shanghai, I witnessed firsthand how the Communist Party treated us ordinary workers and ordinary people as relatives, which further strengthened my determination to follow the Party. On May 13, 1950, I officially joined the military and belonged to the 175th Regiment of the 59th Division of the 20th Army of the Ninth Corps. I was assigned to the Propaganda and Education Department of the Regiment, and my initial task was to use steel plates to engrave wax paper to print the daily publication of the "Workers, Peasants, and Soldiers Newspaper" that was distributed to various classes. Have you enlisted yet