China Youth Daily·China Youth Network reporter Hu Wenli
How to use scientific business tools to improve the business model? How to revitalize the rural economy through artificial intelligence ? How to create a new world of "brain-computer interaction" for people with disabilities and disabled elderly people? How can young people find their own place in the grand cause of achieving sustainable development? From September 28 to 30, the China- Laos Youth Development "Cloud Lecture Hall" hosted by All-China Youth Federation and hosted by Guangxi Youth Federation, China Youth Daily, China (Guangxi) International Youth Exchange Academy, and KAB National Promotion Office , launched an brainstorm between the youth of the two countries, opening up more paths for pragmatic cooperation between Chinese and Lao youth.
China-Laos Youth Development "Cloud Lecture Hall" participants took a photo online. (Photo provided by National Youth Federation )
Laos population is about 7.4 million, of which more than 60% are young people aged 15-35. Helping young people find employment and start businesses, allowing them to obtain a stable source of income, and promoting the improvement of their youth skills has become a priority issue in promoting the development of youth in Laos.
As Dong Xia, deputy secretary-general of the All-China Youth Federation, said, Chinese and old young people are witnesses and inheritors of the friendship between the two countries, and are also participants and beneficiaries of the cooperation and development of the two countries. The Communist Party of China is about to hold its 20th National Congress. The conference will uphold the will of all Chinese people, scientifically plan the goals and tasks of national development in the next five years and even longer periods, and comprehensively draw a grand blueprint for China's future development. Laos is also implementing the ninth national five-year plan for social and economic development. Standing at a new historical starting point, the development space for middle-aged and elderly people is very broad.
Under scientific and technological means to achieve rural revitalization
China's experience in achieving rural revitalization is particularly worth learning from for Laos, which has priority development direction of agriculture and forestry. Suide County, Shaanxi Province is located in the hilly and gully area of the Loess Plateau in northern Shaanxi. It has a high altitude and low rainfall, and the poverty rate was as high as 13%. In 2019, with the support of Northwest A&F University , Eucommia ulmoide was planted on this arid northern Shaanxi land for the first time - a precious Chinese medicinal material usually grows in places with abundant rainfall.
"Eucommia ulmoides leaves can be used to develop health products, or added to feed as natural antibiotics; the bark can be directly used as medicine or extracted Eucommia ulmoides rubber." Zhu Mingqiang, a researcher at Northwest A&F University, said that since the planting of Eucommia ulmoides began in 2019, the village where the horticulture station has increased its income by more than 3 million yuan in three years, and the average income of villagers has increased by more than 2,300 yuan, achieving collective poverty alleviation. Behind the success of
is the rapid development and rational application of technology. According to Kang Mengzhen, associate researcher at the Institute of Automation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in recent years, artificial intelligence technology has played an increasingly important role in pest monitoring, disinfection, intelligent irrigation, etc. In the future, agriculture will be deeply integrated with intelligent technology to achieve healthy and sustainable agricultural cultivation.
"Just press a key to irrigate and water. This is the scene I have dreamed of many times." Laotian youth Mr Aliyasone is engaged in the mung bean sprouts planting, which is the favorite food of Lao people , but the current planting scale is still at the stage of a home workshop. He hopes to come to China in the future to learn automated cultivation technology and expand production scale.
Digging gold and silver mountains among the green waters and green mountains is another imaginative and creative way for Chinese youth to help rural revitalization. Hu Zhen, founder of Wuhan Huzhenyu Environmental Technology Co., Ltd., found that black and odorous water bodies and river and lake sludge have high economic value, but at present, sludge treatment is mainly based on incineration and landfill, which will not only consume more natural resources, but also produce secondary pollution. Hu Zhen’s team transported the sludge to the bottom sludge treatment plant through a fully enclosed pipeline. After harmless treatment such as decomposition, slag removal, dehydration, etc., the sludge has transformed into a home green plant, ceramic and ecological and environmental protection brick, and its value has soared. "This 'rural domestic sewage centralized collection and treatment project' not only improves the living environment in the countryside, promotes the development of local tourism, but also brings great economic benefits to the local area and drives employment for rural populations." Hu Zhen said.
Use digital technology to open the door to a new world
"With the advent of the digital economy era, some industries and positions will definitely be eliminated, but they will also give birth to new business forms and new occupations. Therefore, (digitalization) is both a challenge and an opportunity for young people." Xue Shouzhi, co-founder of Chongqing Dongye Sunrise Cultural Creative Co., Ltd., said that in addition to enjoying the dividends of urban transformation, contemporary youth must also assume social responsibilities and use digitalization to stimulate the vitality of every cell in the city.
Digitalization can change the governance model of a city. Guangdong Guodi Technology is a science and technology team mainly composed of young people. They use new technologies to survey and map mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes and grasslands data, build a three-dimensional three-dimensional map of natural resources, provide data support for government affairs such as planning and design, arable land protection, and ecological restoration, and provide solutions to complex urban space and social governance problems.
Digitalization can also change a person's way of survival. According to statistics from United Nations , 1 billion people worldwide suffer from some form of disability, such as hearing or vision damage, limb loss, etc., and hundreds of millions of people suffer from neurological diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease , ALS3, ALS3, etc., which bring high care costs to families and society.
"For people with disabilities, technology is biased and hindered, because the convenience brought by technology is often unenjoyable." Liu Siyu, founder and CEO of Shenzhen Ruinao Technology Co., Ltd., gave an example, saying that the Internet of Things solution captures the user's images or sounds through technological devices to achieve control of the Internet of Things system, such as controlling electrical appliances through voice assistants, but this is not necessarily applicable to people with disabilities, because some people cannot make sounds, some people cannot see the outside world, and some people cannot move.
In order to help people with disabilities achieve their own life, Liu Siyu led a scientific research team composed of educated youth to read brain intentions by capturing magnetic resonance, brain waves, and other signals, and transmit data to smart prosthetics, wheelchairs and other equipment to complete the activities the patients want to complete. Liu Siyu said that the combination of brain-computer interface , artificial intelligence and meta-universe technology provides new solutions to welcome the arrival of the era of global aging.
Digitalization can also change the development direction of a generation. Nikhom from Shawannaji Province believes that the booming development of China's digital economy and e-commerce sales is worth learning from. Although many places in Laos do not have the conditions to carry out e-commerce business, more and more young people have begun to start businesses online and have taken an important step.
Use the concept of sustainability to help Laos start their own businesses
Like Chinese youth, Laos youth also have ideals and plans for the future. During the roadshow session, they showed off the projects they are working on or will be working on.
Chanthaxay Mahay brought beautiful silk headdresses, "Silk is a specialty of Laos. Our headdresses must not only inherit Laos' traditional culture, but also take into account the needs of modern people." Ninapha's family grows mushrooms because they are easy to grow and grow fast, and are also loved by Lao people. Phetsavanh promotes the cultivation of organic vegetables in local rural areas to help villagers get rid of poverty in a sustainable way. He particularly emphasized that the project funds come from China.
In the view of Ke Roma, the entrepreneurial tutor at Tsinghua University, after training, all young Lao entrepreneurs have a sense of cost management and the projects are down-to-earth, which is a necessary quality for entrepreneurs. More importantly, many young people also consider social values. Their entrepreneurial process reflects the pursuit of sustainable development and the friendship between China and Laos. "Making money is of course important, but the new generation of entrepreneurs must have a strategic vision for the future, so that entrepreneurship will be more conducive to the overall prospects and development of mankind," he said.
Laos youth hope to come to China to "seek the scriptures"
Three days pass by. As they parted, Laotian youth expressed their unfulfilled satisfaction.
"The three-day training allowed me to learn a lot of knowledge and left me unforgettable memories. I hope I will have the opportunity to continue my studies in China in the future, because there are indeed so many places worth learning in China."Mr Aliyasone said that China and Laos are connected by mountains and rivers, with long cultural exchanges and historical origins. The opening of China-Laos Railway is an important node in the relationship between the two countries. Laos has since changed from " land-locked country " to "land united countries", and is expected to become a hub for transit trade and transportation.
"I hope the next training will last longer, at least for more than a week. Although I learned knowledge in three days, it was not enough. "Monto (sound), a staff member of the Central Media Department of the Communist Youth League of Laos, hopes that China can hold a Chinese training class so that Lao youth can have simple exchanges with China.
" This time, the cloud lecture hall exchanged a lot of content. Thank you all Chinese teachers for imparting knowledge and introducing experience to us. "Phetsavanh once visited China and witnessed China's "leapfrog development". He said: "The difference between Laos and China is too big. We want to learn from China and hope that Laos can also achieve leapfrog development. "
Many Laotian youth seized the opportunity to "business dock" with China. Some people expressed their interest in the Eucommia ulmoide industry and wanted to introduce Eucommia ulmoide into Laos to plant, hoping to find a buyer in China; some people wanted to introduce Chinese medicine into Laos to treat long-term diseases of the elderly; some people wanted to sell Chinese goods at low prices and quality to Laos, hoping that both sides would open up special logistics channels to reduce the cost of transportation and exchange rate ...
"For a long time, China has given Laos strong support and help in the fields of infrastructure construction, Laos and China Railway, government scholarships and youth exchanges. The content of this training is in line with the national development plan goals formulated by the Lao government. "Puon Manion, deputy director of the International Cooperation Department of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Youth League, hopes that the trainees who participated in this training can apply what they have learned in their work and achieve practical results.
China Youth Daily Client Beijing October 1
Source: China Youth Daily Client
