Qiushi Journal Issue Preview: No. 3, 2025

General Secretary Xi Jinping’s article on the importance of family ties, family education and family values and traditions was published on Issue No. 3, 2025, Qiushi Journal.

The Chinese nation has always attached great importance to the family. Regardless of how times change or how the economic and social conditions evolve, the family always plays an irreplaceable role in society.

The article stresses the importance of family civility and virtues, highlighting the role of Chinese families as a crucial cornerstone for the nation’s development, national progress, and social harmony, as well as the birthplace of individuals’ dreams.

The family is the basic unit of society. A stable, harmonious, and civilized society is built upon numerous amicable, happy, and civilized families. The article highlights the importance of family ties, saying that the future of families is closely tied to the future of the country and the nation. It calls on Chinese households to integrate their love for the family with their love for the country, thereby pooling vast strength for concerted endeavors to realize national rejuvenation.

The article stresses that great importance should also be attached to family education, noting that such education should guide children to develop the trait of integrity, help them cultivate beautiful minds and ensure their healthy growth, so that they can be useful to the nation and the people when they grow up.

It also calls on all Chinese families to promote fine family values and traditions and sustain the good social ethos, and emphasizes the role of leading officials at all levels in taking the lead in this regard.

Readers will find in this issue an editorial piece inspired by Xi’s vision.

Hu Kaihong’s article explains how to cultivate and promote new socialist customs and practices among Chinese families. Hu is Deputy Director of General Office of Central Commission for Guiding Cultural and Ethical Progress.

Huang Xiaowei, Secretary of the CPC Leadership Group, Vice Chairperson and First Member of the Secretariat of the All-China Women’s Federation, expounds on laying a solid foundation for the Chinese modern families.

Wu Qing, President and Party Committee Secretary of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, introduces the Commission’s efforts to open up new frontiers for high-quality development of the capital market.

The article by the CPC Leadership Group of the National Bureau of Statistics proves that China has steadily forged ahead to accomplish rapid economic growth despite considerable challenges, based on an analysis of the economic data of 2024.

Zhang Laiming, Deputy Director and a member of the CPC Leadership Group of the Development Research Center of the State Council, discusses about the ways to handle major relationships involved in high-quality development.

Yang Wanming, President and Secretary of the CPC Leadership Group of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, elucidates on strengthening people-to-people diplomacy in the new era.

Zhang Yan, a member of the Standing Committee and Director of the Publicity Department of the CPC Fujian Provincial Committee, illustrates Fujian’s efforts to establish itself as a province with a thriving culture of higher standards.

An article by Wang Wei interprets the remarkable continuity of Chinese civilization from an archaeological perspective. Wang Wei is Member of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), President of Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Heritage and Archaeology as well as Distinguished Professor at Henan University.

The article by the Party Committee of China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGN) introduces CGN’s practices in promoting innovative, integrated, and efficient development of clean energy.

Reporters with Xinhua News Agency narrate the achievements and changes in the high-quality development of the Yangtze Economic Belt in the new era.

This issue also includes a diagram released by the National Bureau of Statistics which shows major indicators of China’s national economy in 2024.

Editor: Yi Xiaowei