Content-rich films can revive film industry

Editor's Note: Box office collections fell 2.3 percent year-on-year to 31.2 billion yuan ($4.53 billion) in the first half of this year. What measures should the film industry take to revive its fortunes? Two experts share their views on the issue with China Daily's Yao Yuxin. Excerpts follow:

Helping communities to end AIDS epidemic

All countries have committed to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, which includes the commitment to end the AIDS epidemic as a public health threat. Yet with just 11 years to go, the results have been mixed.

An integral part of Chinese culture

Xinjiang has been an important hub of economic and cultural exchanges between the East and West, and a place where many civilizations and religions have intermingled since ancient times. The ethnic cultures of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, nurtured in the lap of Chinese civilization, have strengthened exchanges with the culture of the Central Plains over thousands of years. As a result, a unique culture has developed in Xinjiang.

All people in the region have worked for unity

In ancient times, Xinjiang was known as the Western Regions, a Han Dynasty (202 BC-AD 220) term for the area west of Yumenguan in Gansu province. After the incorporation of the Western Regions into China by the Han rulers, Xinjiang began its integration process with the rest of China. That Xinjiang had close economic and cultural links with the rest of China since the Neolithic Age helped this integration.

Many ethnic groups, one nationality

The Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region has been home to many ethnic groups since ancient times. Exchanges, contacts and integration among these ethnic groups and between them and other peoples have continued since time immemorial.

West's ranting over Xinjiang goes against historical facts

That some in the West are confused about the history of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region and the Uygur ethnic group may be understandable. But do these Westerners appear confused because they deliberately misread the facts?

Separatists can never split region

The history of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region is an integral and important part of China's history, which shows that stability is a prerequisite for the region's development and prosperity and in the interest of all ethnic groups.

The voice of Hong Kong's silent majority must be heard

It should not come as a surprise that more than 300,000 Hong Kong residents, from all walks of life and from different nationalities, participated in a rally convened by over 70 civic leaders on Saturday.

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Growth likely to recover by end of this year

The 6.3 percent GDP growth in the first half of the year is in line with expectations, and although the growth slowed to 6.2 percent in the second quarter, the slowdown is likely to bottom out in the fourth quarter.

Iran deal can still be saved despite setbacks

On May 8, 2019, one year after the United States pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani set a 60-day limit for negotiations with the other signatories to the multilateral agreement. Early this month, Iran announced its stockpile of uranium has surpassed the 300-kilogram limit and its enrichment level is above 3.67 percent, suggesting it is set to go back on the other commitments it had made while signing the deal.

The importance of compulsory education

Among the remarkable achievements of the People's Republic of China in the 70 years since its founding is the nine-year compulsory education system. Thanks to the nine-year compulsory education, China has one of the highest literacy rates in the world, which is a great achievement considering that in 1949, the country's primary-school enrollment rate was only about 25 percent.