Chinese Inventory： Top Ten Popular Words Published in China Media in 2021
As an important part of the annual "Chinese Inventory" activity, "Top Ten Popular Words in China Media in 2021" was released by the National Language Resources Monitoring and Research Center on December 13th, 2021. The top ten buzzwords released this time are: centenary of the founding of the Party, 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, China Aerospace, Double Carbon, Vaccination, Double Reduction, Beijing Stock Exchange, Clear Action, Vaccine Assistance and Convention on Biological Diversity.
In 2021, the Communist Party of China (CPC) was founded one hundred years ago, with a magnificent journey and a long-lasting heart. China’s space drama continues, and the goal of "double carbon" leads to high-quality development. The establishment of the North Exchange is conducive to the "common prosperity" of SMEs. The "double reduction" policy helps to build a good education ecology. "Clear" action creates a civilized and healthy network environment for the people. Under the background of global anti-epidemic, China has promoted vaccination in an orderly manner, and at the same time provided vaccine assistance to developing countries, fulfilling the promise of China COVID-19 vaccine as a global public product; The successful hosting of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, which was postponed for one year, has made great contributions to the development of the Olympic Movement. The 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity proposed that we should uphold the concept of ecological civilization and jointly build a community of life on earth.
“2021年度中国媒体十大流行语”是基于国家语言资源监测语料库，利用语言信息处理技术，结合人工后期处理提取、筛选而获得。语料来源于2021年1月1日至2021年11月底国内15家主流报纸（包括国内的政府机关报、地方都市报和发行量较大的晚报），央视、央广及地方12个电视台和7个电台的转写语料，以及2个网络门户网站的全部文本，语料规模达10余亿字次。
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“2021年度中国媒体十大流行语”解读
一、建党百年
2021年，中国共产党迎来建党100周年。2021年7月1日，庆祝中国共产党成立100周年大会在北京天安门广场隆重举行，各界代表7万余人以盛大仪式欢庆中国共产党百年华诞，最高领袖总书记发表重要讲话。2021年11月8日至11日，党的十九届六中全会总结建党一百年来党带领人民进行伟大奋斗所取得的伟大成就和宝贵历史经验，审议通过了《中共中央关于党的百年奋斗重大成就和历史经验的决议》。中国共产党和中国人民以英勇顽强的奋斗向世界庄严宣告，中华民族迎来了从站起来、富起来到强起来的伟大飞跃，中华民族伟大复兴进入了不可逆转的历史进程。
Second, the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games
Refers to the 32nd Summer Olympic Games held in Tokyo, Japan from July 23rd to August 8th, 2021. Affected by the COVID-19 epidemic, this Olympic Games was postponed for one year, which is also the first time in history that the Olympic Games was held in an empty venue. There are 204 countries or regions participating in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, with a total of 11,669 athletes. The Olympic Games fully demonstrated the efforts of athletes all over the world to overcome difficulties and practice "faster, higher, stronger and more United".
Third, China Aerospace
In 2021, China’s space industry won frequent reports. On January 29th, China’s space launch ushered in a good start in 2021 with the launch of Remote Sensing No.31 Group 02 satellite and its scheduled orbit. On April 29th, the "Tianhe" core module of the space station entered the scheduled orbit, and the on-orbit assembly and construction of the China Space Station started in full swing. On May 15th, China’s first Mars exploration mission "Tianwen" No.1 successfully landed on Mars. On June 17th, the Shenzhou-12 manned spacecraft was successfully launched, and three China astronauts lived in the Tianhe core cabin for three months, and for the first time, they carried out a long-term extravehicular activity. On October 14th, China’s first scientific and technological experimental satellite for solar exploration, xi he, was successfully launched. On October 16th, Shenzhou XIII went out, and three crew astronauts started a six-month mission … … From manned space flight to lunar exploration project, from Beidou network to Mars exploration, China’s space industry has repeatedly made breakthroughs and developed rapidly.
Fourth, double carbon
The abbreviation of "peak carbon dioxide emissions" and "Carbon Neutralization". In March, 2021, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader emphasized at the ninth meeting of the Central Committee of Finance and Economics that the realization of peak carbon dioxide emissions and carbon neutrality is a wide-ranging and profound systematic economic and social change. It is necessary to bring peak carbon dioxide emissions and carbon neutrality into the overall layout of ecological civilization construction, show the momentum of grasping iron and trace it, and achieve the goal of carbon neutrality in peak carbon dioxide emissions by 2030 and by 2060 as scheduled. On October 24th, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council issued the Opinions on Completely, Accurately and Comprehensively Implementing the New Development Concept and Doing a Good Job of Carbon Neutralization in peak carbon dioxide emissions, and the peak carbon dioxide emissions Action Plan by 2030, which deployed China’s "Double Carbon" goal. The goal of "double carbon" is a solemn commitment made by China to the world, which shows China’s firm determination to actively respond to climate change, take a green and low-carbon development path and promote the common development of all mankind.
V. Vaccination
Vaccination in COVID-19 is an effective means to control the spread of the epidemic. On December 15, 2020, China officially launched the vaccination of Covid-19, a key population; Beginning in late March 2021, China gradually implemented free vaccination for the whole population; In July 2021, the vaccination work of "one old and one small" Covid-19 was steadily advanced; In September, 2021, the vaccination of Covid-19 vaccine "booster shot" was carried out in many places. At present, China ranks first in the world in the total dose and coverage, and the number of people who have completed the whole vaccination of COVID-19 vaccine exceeds 1.1 billion, and the population coverage rate ranks among the top in the world. This large-scale vaccination work cannot be separated from the joint efforts of the people of the whole country.
Sixth, double reduction
It refers to effectively reducing students’ excessive homework burden and off-campus training burden in compulsory education stage. On July 24th, 2021, the General Offices of the General Office of the Central Committee of the CPC and the State Council issued the Opinions on Further Reducing the Students’ Homework Burden and Off-campus Training Burden in Compulsory Education, demanding that the education level of schools be effectively improved, and off-campus training (including online training and offline training) be continuously standardized, so as to effectively reduce the students’ excessive homework burden and off-campus training burden in Compulsory Education. The policy of "double reduction" is an important measure to strengthen the main position of school education, deepen the governance of off-campus training institutions, build a good education ecology, and promote the all-round development and healthy growth of students.
Seven, the North Exchange
Short for "Beijing Stock Exchange". It is the first company-based stock exchange established in China with the approval of the State Council. It was incorporated on September 3, 2021 and officially opened for trading on November 15. On September 2, 2021, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader announced in his speech at the 2021 China International Fair for Trade in Services Global Service Trade Summit that he would continue to support the innovative development of small and medium-sized enterprises, deepen the reform of the New Third Board, establish the Beijing Stock Exchange, and build the main position of service-oriented small and medium-sized enterprises. The transaction of the North Stock Exchange is in full swing, and the first batch of eight theme funds were sought after by investors on the first day of issuance. The establishment of the North Exchange is a milestone in the capital market, which means that the New Third Board, which is committed to serving small and medium-sized enterprises, stands at a new starting point for reform, and China’s capital market reform and development has taken another key step.
Eight, "clear" action
In February 2021, the National Network Information Office launched the special action of "Clear Spring Festival Network Environment". In May 2021, the video of "Pouring Milk for Stars" was exposed, which aroused public concern. On May 8, 2021, the National Network Information Office launched the "Clear Series" special campaign in 2021. The key tasks include "rectifying online historical nihilism", "rectifying algorithm abuse", "cracking down on online naval forces, traffic fraud, and black public relations", "rectifying the network environment of minors", "rectifying the outstanding news information in the PUSH window", "standardizing the operation of website accounts" and "rectifying online entertainment and hot spot ranking chaos. The purpose of this action is to crack down on network violations and conduct a "clean-up" throughout the network to jointly create a civilized and healthy network environment.
IX. Vaccine Assistance
In 2021, China earnestly implemented the commitment made by the Chairman of the Supreme Leader to make China COVID-19 vaccine a global public product. In February this year, China officially joined the WHO "COVID-19 Vaccine Implementation Plan" and promised to provide 10 million doses of vaccines, mainly for urgent needs of developing countries. On February 1, 2021, China’s first batch of foreign aid vaccines arrived in Pakistan, and since then it has continued to provide vaccine assistance and exports to many countries around the world. So far, China has provided more than 1.5 billion doses of vaccines to 106 countries and 4 international organizations. In the current global shortage of vaccine supply, China’s vaccine assistance has provided developing countries with a "sharp weapon" to fight the epidemic and brought a spring breeze to the global fight against the epidemic.
X Convention on Biological Diversity
On October 12, 2021, the 15th Summit of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity was held in Kunming in an online and offline way. Standing at the height of promoting the sustainable development of mankind and building a community of human destiny, the Chairman of the Supreme Leader clearly put forward a major proposition to start a new journey of high-quality development of mankind, and solemnly announced that China will continue to promote the pragmatic measures of ecological civilization construction. In the face of a series of difficulties such as COVID-19 epidemic, environmental pollution, climate change, biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation, it is of great significance for this conference to set goals and clear paths for global biodiversity protection in the future.