CULTURE

• · Early interpretations of ‘society’ from Lu Xun’s novels

• · New archaeological discoveries probe mystery of Sanxingdui

• · The world’s oldest, tallest extant wooden pagoda

ECOLOGY

• · China's lakes become clearer: study

• · Local ecology gets boost with natural reserve integrations

• · White paper lauds farmland conversion

URBANIZATION

• · Experts explore integrated urban-rural development

• · Scholars propose ways to promote high-quality urbanization

• · China’s urbanization rate exceeds 60% for first time

SCIENCE & HUMANITY

• · Computational linguistics boosts natural language processing

• · 5G fuels deeper media convergence

• · Facial recognition necessitates privacy protection in public

THE THIRD PLENARY SESSION

• · Multiple reform plans to tackle government debt

• · Political advisors discuss reform plan

• · China's new reforms could bring positive change for local gov'ts: Fitch