Huawei launched new products ranging from smart screens, the MatePad and watches to the new Harmony OS NEXT system at a highly anticipated event in Shenzhen, South China's Guangdong Province on Monday, making a high-profile comeback to the market amid reported a chip breakthrough and years-long US sanctions.

While the event did not reveal the details of the closely watched Mate 60 series, consumers are still enthusiastic about the release, viewing it as a symbolic moment for the Chinese tech giant to regain lost ground in the consumer business and move forward to rival industry giants such as Apple.

The company flooded major Chinese social media platforms under hashtags such as #FarAhead, since the surprisingly presale of the Mate 60 series on August 29. The series has since become a big seller across the country.

The Monday launch event intensified the fanfare across the country, attracting live broadcasts and livestreaming by more than 100 media outlets. Audiences are also crying out "Far Ahead Rivals" in each product announcement on-site. 

Yu Chengdong, CEO of the Huawei Consumer Business Group, said at the opening that the company is ramping up efforts and working overtime to produce its devices, fulfilling market demand for the newly released handsets. "Thanks to Chinese consumers' all-out support to Huawei," Yu said.

Previously, some anticipated a formal detailing of the phone's specs - in particular, the chipsets in the Mate 60 series - at the Monday event, which reportedly utilizes the Kirin 9000s chip, featuring either 7-nanometer (nm) or 5-nm process technology. 

Huawei has kept tight-lipped about the capabilities of the chip. But industry analysts believe that the handset shows that the US-sanctioned tech giant has finally found a way through and will welcome its magnificent turnaround after years of hard struggles, especially in the high-end smartphone market.

Demand for the Mate 60 Pro has been strong since its surprising launch on August 29, and the shipment plan for the second half of 2023 has increased by about 20 percent to 5.5-6 million units. Based on this market trend, cumulative shipments of the Mate 60 Pro are expected to reach at least 12 million units within 12 months after the launch, Kuo Ming-Chi, an analyst at TF International Securities, said in a note.

Huawei's "undeniable influence" on industries and stock markets is coming back, Kuo said. He noted that Huawei's comeback is actually a good thing for consumers. It can force Apple to step out of its comfort zone and innovate more aggressively.

At a time when mobile phone consumption is relatively sluggish, the return of Huawei's high-end mobile phones is a landmark event for the bottoming out of the mobile phone consumer market, Adela Guo, a research director at IDC Asia Pacific, told the Global Times on Monday.

In the short term, it is expected to drive an upsurge in the domestic mobile phone consumer market. It will also make competition in the high-end mobile phone market more intense, Guo said.

Monday also marked two years since the return of Meng Wanzhou in 2021. Meng, now a rotating chairperson of Huawei, was arrested by Canadian authorities in December 2018 at the request of the US government.

Some netizens said a stronger Huawei returning to the center stage of global tech innovation may be considered as "a slap in the face" to the US government's ruthless suppression and attack on the leading Chinese tech company, especially as the planned event date marked second anniversary of Meng's safe return from Canada to China.

"Huawei's mobile phone business, which has been unreasonably suppressed for more than three years, has broken through major obstacles and been completely rebuilt. We can see that all the Huawei partners, Huawei fans and the media are quite excited with a festive atmosphere on scene," Jiang Junmu, a Shanghai-based veteran industry expert and close follower of Huawei, told the Global Times on Monday.

Huawei also unveiled the latest progress of its self-developed operating system HarmonyOS at the event, with the new release of Harmony OS NEXT. 

"A coordination of software and hardware will help Huawei construct a more perfect, complete system that will help it return to the international market," Jiang said.

There are now more than 30 operating systems in China that are based on HarmonyOS open source, covering industry terminals, mobile phones, tablets and home terminals. In total, there are approximately 600 million users, ranking third in the world, Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei said in a recent interview with Liu Yadong, Dean of the School of Journalism and Communication at Nankai University.

Ren said that if China establishes its own standard system, it will definitely be better than that of the US.

Ren compared the system to "clothes," saying that the US clothes were mended again and again, and there were patches everywhere. But Huawei has made new "clothes" in recent years. "We will directly make standards better than those in the US. In addition to being used in China, it is used all over the world," Ren said.

Huawei may encounter more difficulties, but at the same time it becomes more prosperous, Ren said.

Esports, or electronic sports, made an historic debut as medaled events at the Hangzhou Asian Games, and behind the games is a thriving billion-dollar industry.

As a newcomer to the Asian Games, esports competitions have become a blockbuster. Most of the esports match tickets were sold out instantly, and some people even took part in a ticket lottery to win a chance to watch the games live.

Teams from more than 30 countries and regions in Asia are participating in seven major esports competitions, including five videogames and two mobile games.

Of all the esports events at the Asian Games, League of Legends, run by China's tech giant Tencent, has the biggest crowd. The esports game has developed a sports league system globally, and in China, internet giants such as JD.com and Weibo.com have formed their own teams.

At the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia, esports first stepped onto the stage as demonstration sports. The heat of the games already surpassed most of the traditional sports, and this year in Hangzhou, we could expect the games to have a World Cup level of attention, especially in the League of Legends event, Liu Dingding, a Beijing-based veteran tech analyst, told the Global Times on Tuesday.

A host of international brands including Mercedes-Benz, Coca-Cola and Puma have realized the commercial value of esports, and they have increased investment in this field and sponsored esports tournaments, including LPL.

China's esports industry is leading the world. In the gaming sector, games such as League of Legends, Genshin Impact and Honor of Kings are growing in both the domestic and overseas markets, bringing billions of profits to fuel the industry, said Liu.

Personal computer manufacturer Lenovo has provided the Asian Games with computers and developed a Lenovo esports operation and maintenance platform to support the event.

As a fledgling sport, esports has surpassed many of its predecessors commercially. In 2022, China's esports industry generated revenues of 144.5 billion yuan ($19.8 billion).

In the first half of 2023, the figure reached 76 billion yuan, with 487 million players and viewers, according to a report by the China Audio-video and Digital Publishing Association.

In the vast desert 45 kilometers east of Cairo, a modern skyscraper is rising from the ground, which is an iconic landmark building in the central business district(CBD) of Egypt's New Administrative Capital (NAC) built with the assistance of China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC) Egypt. A Global Times reporter visited the new CBD and the tower, which is known as the "tallest building in Africa," and discovered how Chinese contractors helped Egypt build its new landmark building.
New landmark in desert

The tower sits at an imposing 385 meters high, 150 meters taller than The Leonardo in South Africa. A reporter from Al Akhbar in Egypt told the Global Times that "the tower is a symbol of the new Egypt… and it's all made possible by our Chinese brothers."

Chang Weicai, general manager of CSCEC Egypt, told the Global Times that the CBD project of Egypt's NAC, signed under the joint witness of the two heads of state on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Egypt, is a model of economic and technological cooperation be-tween the two countries, which successfully synergizes Egypt's Vision 2030 and China Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), and will promote the rapid development of Egypt's economy and society."

According to Egyptian media, the country has set high expectations on the construction of the new capital to ease the population pressure on the capital - Cairo, im-prove transport, create jobs, attract foreign investment and enhance the image of the country.

Data shows that the CBD project of the new administrative capital covers a total area of about 600,000 square meters, with a total construction area of about 1.92 million square meters, including 10 high-grade office towers, five luxury residential towers and four large hotels. The main structure of the CBD project has been completed, and it has entered the stage of interior decoration and mechanical and electrical construction.

Green and advanced

The Global Times learnt that the Egyptian government initially considered cooperating with Arab companies with strong financial backing in view of the project's huge demand for funds. But in September 2015, the Egyptian side cancelled the cooperation, because "the project did not make any progress." At this time, Chinese companies entered the Egyptian government's consideration.

According to local media reports, during the construction of the building, the Chinese company has introduced many advanced concepts, such as the underground gar-age designed with electric vehicle charging piles, to create a truly "green intelligent building." According to the project's chief mechanical engineer, in the CBD project, the Chinese company has integrated the concept of sustainable development from the selection of materials to the use of new technologies, which has benefited the Egyptian side.

Based on the design, the roofs of buildings in the CBD of the new administrative capital will be covered with solar panels in order to gradually increase the propor-tion of clean energy applications. In the future, 60 percent of the energy used in the city will come from renewable sources such as solar energy, with sewage utilization rate expected to reach 100 percent.

At the same time, residents will have access to a certain amount of green space, with a landscaping project in the center of the city, which is expected to be twice the size of New York's Central Park.

The Global Times also learnt that the basalt geology of the new administrative capital area is the biggest challenge in construction. Chinese technicians adopted a com-posite steel construction method, and the "iconic tower" sits on a reinforced concrete raft foundation poured on the rocky surface.

"With a total of 4,600 tons of high-strength steel supporting the full weight of the 78-story building, the foundations of this new tower are rock-solid," Egyptian media glowingly reported.

Win-win cooperation

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi once said that the construction of the new administrative capital will be a new point of economic growth, creating a large number of jobs, and all-round lifting and boosting the development of the Egyptian economy.

According to Chang, CSCEC Egypt has always adhered to the strategy of localized development, pursuing mutual benefits and win-win cooperation with local companies in Egypt, and committed to deepening the traditional friendship between China and Egypt.

In terms of cooperation, CSCEC Egypt and the Egyptian government have jointly built a platform for joint discussion, joint construction and resource sharing. This project is led by CSCEC, with the participation of hundreds of local companies, including material suppliers, equipment suppliers and construction companies, which truly achieved the sharing of opportunities and win-win cooperation, Chang said.

According to Egyptian media, the CBD project constructed by CSCEC has made maximum use of local resources during the construction process, cooperated with more than 300 local enterprises, and directly or indirectly helped nearly 30,000 laborers to be employed. And the CSCEC has actively shared its mature technology, and drove the upgrading of the local industrial structure.

In January 2020, a "Luban Workshop" was established as part of the new CBD project. It is a public educational institution specialized in training Egyptian employees in construction skills.

Chang said that the inauguration of "Luban Workshop" marks a new chapter in the development of localization of CSCEC Egypt. "The workshop will help the development of Egypt's construction industry through the training of local staff and the better use of Chinese technology."

The "Luban Workshop" offers both practical training and theory, which can meet the needs of internship teaching, skills training and pre-employment training. The first training terms offer 12 courses in three major disciplines: civil construction, installation and decoration.

Egyptian media said the Chinese company has cultivated a large number of professional and technical talents for Egypt by not only "giving people fish" but also "teaching people to fish."

An Egyptian engineer told the Global Times that from his Chinese teachers, he learned many professional skills that he had never used in Egypt before, such as ultra-highrise pumped concrete, movable jib tower cranes, and steel structure welding.

The EU's anti-subsidy probe into Chinese new energy vehicles (NEV) is based on subjective assumptions, lacks sufficient evidence and goes against WTO rules, China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) said on Wednesday, responding to an EU decision to conduct the probe.

We express strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition to the EU decision, the MOFCOM said in a statement posted on its website on Wednesday.

China will closely follow Europe's investigative procedure and firmly safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese companies, the MOFCOM said.

The EU requires negotiation with the Chinese side under extremely short notice and failed to provide effective materials for negotiation, which has seriously infringed China's rights, according to the ministry.

The ministry noted that in the 10th China-EU High-level Economic and Trade Dialogue, held in late September, the Chinese side clearly stated that the EU's proposed probe is blatant protectionism and aimed at protecting the EU's industry under the guise of "fair trade," the moves of which will seriously disrupt and distort the global automotive industrial and supply chain, of which the EU has a part, and result in negative impacts on China-EU trade and economic ties.

China urged the EU to exert caution in applying trade remedy measures, considering the big picture of maintaining the stability of global industrial and supply chains and the China-EU comprehensive strategic partnership, the MOFCOM said.

"The EU should encourage deepened cooperation in the new energy industry which has NEVs as one of its spearheads, and create a fair, non-discriminatory and predictable market environment for the common development of the China-EU EV industry," the MOFCOM said.

In recent years, China's EV industry has seen rapid development thanks to its unremitting technological innovation and building up of a complete industrial and supply chain. And Chinese EVs have been favored by consumers including those in the EU.

According to auto consultancy Inovev, 8 percent of new EVs sold in Europe as of September this year were Chinese, up from 6 percent in 2022 and 4 percent in 2021.

In 2022, Chinese automakers exported 545,244 NEVs to Europe, accounting for 48.66 percent of all NEV exports, data from the China Passenger Car Association showed.

On Wednesday, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) expressed its strong opposition to the EU’s decision.

It is a clear fact that the Chinese EV market is a fiercely competitive market and not one supported and protected by subsidies, the industry association said, adding that the EU’s stubbornness in launching the probe regardless of the fact constitutes a blatant protectionist behavior and will definitely impede the global development of the EV industry and pose hazard to the global carbon neutralization process.

The Chinese and European automotive industries are partners, not rivals, and the development of the automotive industry needs fair competition, not protectionism, the CAAM said.

Taikonauts of the Shenzhou-14 manned spaceflight mission crew are conducting their third spacewalk operation on Thursday, which marked the first extravehicular activities (EVA) after the China Space Station completed its T-shape basic structure assembly on November 3.

As of 11:16 am, taikonauts have successfully opened the airlock and the Shenzhou-14 mission commander Chen Dong first came out of the cabin. Chen will be followed by his fellow crewmember Cai Xudong for the Thursday spacewalk. Liu Yang, the only female crewmember, will be supporting them on the inside, according to the China Manned Space Agency.

During the Thursday operation, which is the seventh at the China Space Station executed by taikonauts, spacewalking taikonauts are expected to carry out works including the installation of connecting devices to bridge space station modules to facilitate future spacewalk missions and the elevation of the panorama camera on the Wentian lab module. 

The Global Times learned from mission insiders that the Thursday spacewalk will also mark a first in the use of the combination of the large and small robotic arms to support taikonauts activities all over the mega space station combination.

Having been connected at the ends, the combination of the large and small robotic arms could provide a larger operation range for taikonauts that extends to 15 meters, meaning it will be able to cover almost every corner of the space station combination, according to mission insiders. 

The second space station lab module Mengtian conducted successful transposition in orbit at 9:32 am on November 3, marking the completion of the China Space Station's T-shape basic structure assembly and a key step forward toward the completion of the space station.

Four Yangtze finless porpoises were released into the Yangtze River on Tuesday after being cared for in the National Nature Reserve for Baiji Dolphins in Hubei Province, as part of relocation and protection efforts for the unique species, according to the Xinhua News Agency.

This action is of great significance in promoting the recovery of the natural population of this species and advancing the development of conservation technology, read the report.

The Yangtze finless porpoise is a first-class national protected wild animal in China. According to a scientific survey organized by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs in 2022, the population of the porpoises has achieved a historic turnaround from overall population decline to growth, with a current population of 1,249, up from 1,012 in 2017.

Significant progress has been made in the translocation protection program for the Yangtze finless porpoise. The National Nature Reserve of Tian'e Zhou in Central China's Hubei Province, which is dedicated to the conservation of this species, has successfully bred and translocated over 100 Yangtze finless porpoises. 

The Yangtze finless porpoise is called the "smiling angel" in China because its mouth appears to be fixed in a permanent grin. After its better-known cousin, the Baiji dolphin, was declared "functionally extinct" in the same waters in 2007, experts believe the finless porpoise is the Yangtze's last surviving mammal.

The ongoing improvement of the ecological environment in the Yangtze River Basin and the rapid growth of the population of relocated Yangtze finless porpoises have provided favorable conditions and solid foundations for the release of these porpoises into the wild through relocation conservation efforts.

The four Yangtze finless porpoises released into the wild this time were all from the National Nature Reserve for Baiji Dolphins in Changjiang Swan Island in Hubei Province. Among them, two male Yangtze finless porpoises around five years old were released after undergoing two years of adaptation training, and they have adapted well to the natural water environment of the Yangtze River.

After the four were released into the Yangtze River, scientists will carry out three months of location tracking, continuous monitoring, and evaluation of their adaptation ability and health condition. If they do not adapt well to the wild environment, the relevant departments will take necessary protective measures in a timely manner.

Hao Yujiang, associate researcher at the Institute of Hydrobiology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said that the release of the relocated finless porpoises into the Yangtze River will help to sustainably restore the natural population of the species and improve the genetic diversity of the population. 

Following the reintroduction and safety monitoring of the finless porpoises, technical specifications will be summarized and compiled to further promote the scientific, standardized, and normalized procedures for the finless porpoise reintroduction work, Hao noted.

China has successfully tested a parachute system during a recent launch of a Long March-3B carrier rocket, confirming an ability to narrow the landing area by 80 percent, making the landing more precise, the Global Times learned from the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT) on Friday.

The test was conducted on May 17 when the rocket was successfully launched carrying the 56th satellite for China's BeiDou Navigation Satellite System.

After analysis of experimental data and debris at the site, the academy found that the parachute system can fly in accordance with arranged landing lines and precisely push the detached part of the rocket to the landing area. The system narrowed the landing area range by 80 percent, according to the academy.

The test laid the foundation for large-scale application of the system in future projects, the academy noted.

According to the academy, the parachute system was independently developed by CALT to improve the safety of the landing area of rocket debris at the inland launch site.

Encased atop one of the rocket's four boosters, the high-tech parachute system was activated after the booster separated from the rocket and fell back to a preset altitude in order to control the separated body's altitude and direction and guide it to the arranged landing area, the academy told the Global Times.

The precise controlling of the system was achieved after various rounds of optimization.

The main optimization was carried out in the electrical subsystem. Engineers integrated the design of the parachute system in the boosters with that of the rocket fairings, and also integrated the electrical equipment within the parachute system, achieving a weight reduction of 30 kilograms, according to CALT.

Chinese regulators have required apps and WeChat mini programs by domestic developers to register via the same system as domestic websites. Experts said the move will help optimize registration and management procedures and mechanisms for apps and mini programs while helping to better deal with the issues that have arisen with the expansion of the internet such as online fraud and pornographic content.

According to a notice released by WeChat on Wednesday, starting from September 1 mini programs on the platform have to register with the Internet Content Provider (ICP) system before they can become available on WeChat. The registration has to be completed in accordance with national regulations and rules such as the Law on Combating Telecom and Online Fraud, and Internet Information Service Management Measures, the notice said.

The move came one day after China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) issued a notice requiring all domestic app developers to complete registration procedures.

China started to require ICP registration in 2000. The mechanism has played an active role in promoting the development of the internet in China over the past two decades. Along with the rapid development of the internet, apps have become the main content carrier of internet service and should register with the same requirements as websites, including registering the developers' real name, network resources and services, according to the notice.

Along with the rapid development of the internet in China over the years, apps and mini programs became widely used. So it is necessary to standardize and optimize the registration and management mechanism for these products, Xie Yongjiang, executive director of the Internet Management and Legislation Research Center at Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunication, told the Global Times on Wednesday.

Xie highlighted some issues that have come along with the wide usage of apps and mini programs such as gambling, telecom fraud and pornographic content in education apps for children. Strict registration and review procedures will help to prevent such problems in the future, he said.

This optimized mechanism will also help deal with emerging problems such as private information leakage given the rapid development of big data and artificial intelligence technologies, the expert said.

Mini programs already on the platform also have to finish registration by the end of March 2024 or they will be shut down starting April 1, 2024.

According to the MIIT notice on Tuesday, app developers who started providing apps in the Chinese market before the notice was issued have to register with provincial-level communications administrations where the developer is based between September 2023 and March 2024. MIIT will carry out an inspection in April-June 2024 and developers who have not registered by that time will be dealt with according to the law, the notice said.

The notice stressed that app developers in the fields of journalism, publishing, education, film and television, and religion should also provide approval documentation from provincial-level communication administrations while registering their apps.

Along with EG.5, a sublineage of the Omicron variant, being classified as a "variant of interest" by the World Health Organization (WHO), the topic of a third COVID-19 wave has triggered discussions among Chinese netizens in recent days with many sharing their infection experiences. Experts noted that the COVID-19 situation in China is still stable and that there is no need to panic.

Some netizens on Monday who said on social media that they had been reinfected a third time noted that their symptoms were lighter than previous infections. However, some shared different experiences.

The current COVID-19 infections are more hidden, but generally still at a relatively stable level. There isn't an obvious seasonal pattern for COVID-19 transmission, but usually it will show a small infection peak every five to six months. Generally, "the infection peak is decreasing, with no impact on the country's overall prevention work," Lu Hongzhou, head of the Third People's Hospital of Shenzhen, told the Global Times on Monday.

Generally speaking, fewer people have been infected for a third or more time in Shenzhen, South China's Guangdong Province, according to Lu.

Peng Jie, director of the Difficult Infectious Disease Center at Nanfang Hospital in Guangzhou, also in Guangdong, said since the peak reinfection wave in May, some patients who thought they had ordinary fevers only found out they had COVID-19 after nucleic acid testing. Among them, only a few were infected for the third time, and their symptoms are relatively light, said Peng, according to a report issued on the Guangdong authorities' WeChat account on Saturday.

National fever outpatient treatment and the number of severe COVID-19 cases have shown a fluctuating downward trend, according to the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC).

In July alone, the Chinese mainland reported 455 new serious cases of COVID-19, with 65 deaths. The patients had underlying health issues, and no one died of respiratory failure due to COVID-19, the China CDC said in its latest report issued on August 3. In June, the country reported 1,968 new serious cases, with 239 deaths, said the China CDC.

Based on the July data, the genome sequences of 9,591 local COVID-19 samples were all Omicron variant strains, covering 116 evolutionary branches, and the XBB variant strains were the main circulating ones, said the report released by the China CDC.

Due to the highly infectious nature of COVID-19 and the natural decrease in antibodies in individuals over time, basically most people can expect to be infected one to three times in a year. However, "for people with normal immune function, it will not have a significant impact on them," Lu explained. 

As long as the COVID-19 mutation doesn't completely break away from the Omicron subbranch, an individual will have a cross-immune memory, so when an individual encounters the EG.5 COVID-19 strain, it will respond fast and produce antibodies, according to Lu.

EG.5 was first reported in February, and designated as a variant under monitoring in July, according to a report released by the WHO on August 9. There has been a steady increase in the proportion of EG.5 reported globally. From July 17 to 23, the global prevalence of EG.5 was 17.4 percent, a notable rise from the data reported in the week from June 19 to 25, when the global prevalence of EG.5 was 7.6 percent, according to the WHO.

Lu suggested people with underlying health issues receive COVID-19 vaccinations regularly, including nasal spray vaccines or other multivalent vaccine strategies.

The Culture and Tourism Department of Northwest China's Qinghai Province issued an announcement on Monday, strictly prohibiting tourists from entering unmanned scenic areas for activities such as exploration and tourism, adding that the full cost of rescue operations will be borne entirely by the involved individuals and groups as the rescue work is extremely challenging, in the event of getting stranded.

With the increasing popularity and fervor of self-driving tours and adventure sports in recent years, a growing number of tourists and adventurers are opting to venture into uninhabited areas. Consequently, a series of incidents involving missing people and fatalities have unfolded in tandem.

Located within the heart of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Qinghai Province is situated in a cold and high-altitude region. In certain areas, communication signals can be weak or nonexistent. The region features numerous "dangerous zones" and "uninhabited areas," with complex terrain and environmental conditions.

The announcement issued by local authorities highlighted that individuals venturing into uninhabited, unreleased, and undeveloped scenic areas, whether on foot or by vehicle, will face unpredictable risks. Travelers might encounter life-threatening situations such as dehydration, oxygen deficiency, getting lost, vehicle breakdowns, and communication loss at any time.

The latest case is that one of the vehicles carrying four people on a driving holiday has gone missing while crossing the Xinjiang Lop Nur Wild Camel National Nature Reserve without authorization, resulting in four deaths, according to media reports and local police from Ruoqiang County in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on July 28.

Following extensive search and rescue operations, the missing vehicle was located, with four individuals found dead. The rest of the convoy members have safely returned to Dunhuang in neighboring Gansu Province.

Industry experts said on Saturday that entering the Lop Nur in summer is very risky, as surface temperatures in the area would reach as high as 70 C. Vehicle breakdowns, communication malfunctions, and the lack of adequate logistical support can all lead to adventurers being unable to safely exit unpopulated areas.

The local government emphasized in the statement that tourists should further enhance their self-protection awareness. They should refrain from leaving designated roads and venturing deep into dangerous areas such as uninhabited, unopened, and undeveloped scenic spots for adventure, tourism, and crossings.

Furthermore, the statement particularly underscores that without proper authorization or reporting to relevant authorities, no individual or organization shall organize tourist groups under the pretext of exploration, crossing, or scientific research to venture deep into natural conservation areas. In the event of getting stranded, the full cost of rescue operations will be borne entirely by the involved individuals and groups.

Travelers should carefully assess their routes, and pay attention to weather forecasts, geological hazards, and traffic conditions while also maintaining ample reserves of supplies and ensuring vehicle maintenance, which is essential to ensure the safety of the journey, said the statement.