Standing at the end of 2024, the new year is beckoning to us. 2025 is the final year of the 14th Five Year Plan, and a series of major events related to the national economy and people's livelihood are about to occur. Some special time points are also worth remembering. These milestones are very important - the 90th anniversary of the Zunyi Conference. In January 1935, the Zunyi Conference held by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China during the Long March was a crucial turning point in the history of our party. In 2025, we will celebrate the 90th anniversary of the Zunyi Conference. The Zunyi Conference, as an important meeting with great turning point significance in the history of our party, left valuable experience and important inspirations in combining the basic principles of Marxism with China's specific realities, adhering to the path of independence and self-reliance, firmly adhering to the correct political line and policy strategies, and building a strong and mature central leadership collective. ——On August 15, 1945, the 80th anniversary of the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan and the World Anti Fascist War, Japan declared unconditional surrender; On September 2, the Japanese government officially signed the surrender, and the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti Fascist War won. ——The 75th Anniversary of the Chinese People's Volunteers' War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea Going Abroad 2025 is the 75th Anniversary of the Chinese People's Volunteers' War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea Going Abroad. Seventy five years ago, the Chinese People's Volunteer Army, composed of outstanding sons and daughters of China, shouldered the great trust of the people and the expectations of the nation, held high the banner of justice to defend peace and resist aggression, crossed the Yalu River, carried forward the great spirit of patriotism and revolutionary heroism, and won the great victory of the War of Resistance against US Aggression and Aid Korea after two years and nine months of painstaking fighting with the Korean people and army. The great victory of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea is a declaration that the Chinese people stand up in the east of the world after standing up, an important milestone for the Chinese nation to move towards great rejuvenation, and has great and far-reaching significance for China and the world. These major issues need attention - a batch of heavyweight laws will be implemented in 2025, and multiple heavyweight laws will be implemented: the Energy Law of the People's Republic of China will come into effect on January 1, the Degree Law of the People's Republic of China will come into effect on January 1, the newly revised Cultural Relics Protection Law of the People's Republic of China will come into effect on March 1, the Law of the People's Republic of China on Rural Collective Economic Organizations will come into effect on May 1, the newly revised Supervision Law of the People's Republic of China and the Pre school Education Law of the People's Republic of China will come into effect on June 1. These laws are closely related to energy security, standardization of degree granting work, protection of cultural relics, rights and interests of rural collective economic organizations and their members, anti-corruption work, and the rights and interests of preschool children. ——In 2025, China's manned spaceflight program plans to carry out three flight missions, namely Shenzhou 20, Shenzhou 21, and Tianzhou-9, with significant achievements in China's aerospace industry. In terms of planetary exploration, the Tianwen-2 mission is planned to be implemented around 2025, with the main goal of asteroid exploration. It will aim at a near Earth asteroid for companion flight and sample return. According to previously announced information, "lunar soil bricks" made by Chinese scientists simulating the composition of lunar soil will be sent to the space station aboard Tianzhou-8 to conduct space exposure experiments, with the aim of confirming whether the "lunar soil bricks" are capable of building houses on the moon. After completing the space experiment, the first "lunar soil brick" is expected to return to Earth by the end of 2025. ——In order to thoroughly implement the decision and deployment of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on the gradual extension of the statutory retirement age, adapt to the new situation of China's population development, and fully develop and utilize human resources, according to the Constitution, the 11th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress decided that, from January 1, 2025, the legal retirement age of male and female employees should be postponed synchronously, and the legal retirement age of male employees should be gradually postponed from 60 to 63 years old, and the legal retirement age of female employees should be postponed from 50 to 55 and 58 years old, respectively. ——According to the Decision of the State Council on Amending the Measures for National Holidays and Commemorative Days, starting from January 1, 2025, the number of statutory holidays for all citizens will be increased by 2 days, namely Lunar New Year's Eve and May 2, and the total number of holidays will be increased from 11 days to 13 days. After the increase, there will be a 4-day Spring Festival holiday (Lunar New Year's Eve, from the first to the third day of the first lunar month), and an 8-day compensatory holiday. On New Year's Eve, if it falls on a Friday, it can be combined with weekends to achieve a 9-day holiday, such as in 2027. The Spring Festival has been extended and made more fixed, allowing everyone to better arrange their family visits and vacations. ——The 9th Asian Winter Games will be held in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province from February 7th to 14th, 2025, featuring a variety of exciting sports events. The slogan of this year's Asian Winter Games is "Dreams of Ice and Snow, Asia Together". This year's Asian Winter Games is another major comprehensive international ice and snow sports event hosted by China after the Beijing Winter Olympics, and it is also the second time Harbin has hosted the Asian Winter Games since 1996. The 15th National Games will be held from November 9th to 21st, 2025, jointly organized by Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macau. This is the largest, highest level, and most influential comprehensive sports event in China hosted by Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macao. It is of great significance in attracting citizens from both mainland China and Hong Kong and Macao to participate in the event. (New Society)