CCTV News: The Spring Festival is approaching and the New Year is in full swing. China's development in many fields has sent positive signals, laying a solid foundation for economic recovery and improvement. Let’s take a look together.

Hubei: Accelerate the construction of an important strategic fulcrum for the rise of the central region

Hubei, a major economic province in my country, can shoulder the responsibility of an important strategic fulcrum for the rise of the central region in the new year and promote high-quality development? On January 22, "Authoritative Interview: Looking for Development and Launching a New Chapter" will take a look at the exclusive interview with Wang Zhonglin, Secretary of the Hubei Provincial Party Committee.

In 2024, Hubei's GDP grew by 5.8%, and the total volume reached 6 trillion yuan. The three major industries of optical core screen terminal network, automobile manufacturing, and big health have entered the trillion-level, and there are 19 industries such as high-end equipment manufacturing, Beidou and application. Wang Zhonglin said that under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, the land of Jingchu has shown a good situation of stable economic growth.

The Central Economic Work Conference proposed to strengthen basic research and key core technologies research and strengthen the construction of national strategic scientific and technological forces. In the new year, Hubei will accelerate the construction of Wuhan's nationally influential science and technology innovation center, build a technology innovation center in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, promote the normalization of cooperation between the Hubei-Hunan-Jiangxi Innovation Alliance, and strive to build four highlands: talent, source, industry and ecology.

Hubei resolutely shoulders the political responsibility of protecting the Yangtze River, coordinates the promotion of carbon reduction, pollution reduction, and green growth, and accelerates the formation of a green and low-carbon production and lifestyle. In the next step, Hubei will continue to implement the "Double Ten Project" and "Double Ten Action" of the Yangtze River Protection, and continue to fight the battle to defend blue sky, clear water and clean land. Accelerate the improvement of the three major systems of green industry, green energy and green system, and unswervingly do a good job in green development.

The Ministry of Water Resources and other departments jointly issued the "Opinions on Comprehensively Promoting the Construction of Happy Rivers and Lakes".

The Ministry of Water Resources and the Ministry of Finance and other six departments recently jointly issued the "Opinions on Comprehensively Promoting the Construction of Happy Rivers and Lakes." It is clear that by 2030, a number of happy rivers and lakes will be built with the focus of "mother rivers" in various places; by 2035, happy rivers and lakes will be basically completed.

The Ministry of Civil Affairs has deployed to increase assistance efforts to ensure that the needy celebrates the festival warmly

The reporter learned from the Ministry of Civil Affairs on January 22 that on the eve of the Spring Festival, the Ministry of Civil Affairs deployed and required local civil affairs departments to timely grasp the changes in the lives of the needy by strengthening dynamic monitoring, conducting visits and condolences, etc., and make full use of temporary assistance, material assistance, service assistance and other measures to strengthen assistance to key groups, and ensure that the needy spend a warm and peaceful Spring Festival.

The Ministry of Education issued the "Guidelines for Science Education in Primary and Secondary Schools"

Recently, the "Guidelines for Science Education in Primary and Secondary Schools" was issued, requiring primary and secondary schools to fully equip teachers in science and related subjects, and each primary and secondary school has at least one vice principal of science, and include students' daily experimental operations and participation in scientific inquiry practice activities in the comprehensive quality evaluation content.

The number of domestic tourists in 2024 was 5.615 billion

The domestic tourism data for 2024 released by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism on January 22 showed that in 2024, the number of domestic tourists was 5.615 billion, an increase of 724 million over the same period last year, a year-on-year increase of 14.8%. The total cost of domestic tourists traveled 5.75 trillion yuan, an increase of 0.84 trillion yuan over the previous year, an increase of 17.1% year-on-year.

The first ship of the Navy 054B frigate, Luohe, the first ship of the Navy 054B frigate, Luohe, was handed over and accepted at a military port in Qingdao, Shandong. Luohe Ship hull number 545 is a new generation frigate independently developed and built by my country. It has a displacement of about 5,000 tons. It has made breakthroughs in ship stealth technology, combat command system, integrated firepower control, etc., and has strong comprehensive combat and the ability to perform diversified military tasks.

Hubei New Year Consumption Season Launched

Hubei New Year Consumption Season Launched on January 21. This consumption season planned more than 600 consumption promotion activities, focusing on eight major areas such as automobile consumption and catering services, and provinces and cities jointly created New Year's consumption scenarios.