As the seasons turn, spring's warmth returns, and all things begin anew. The wonderful year of 2024 has passed, and the brand new year of 2025 has arrived. Here, let us take you on a "time train" to review the moments of "Working Together to Gather Strength and Draw a United Front 'Concentric Circle'" in Changbai New Village Street over the past year. This special report focuses on the construction of the "United Front brand." The street's United Front actively practices the People's City concept, builds platforms to gather United Front forces, and continuously creates United Front work brands with Changbai characteristics.

I. Building an "Education Assistance Brand" to Practice the Original Intention of Democratic Parties

On August 23, 2024, the Yangpu District Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang (RCCK) and Changbai New Village Street jointly held the "Caring for Growth, One Family" education assistance activity. Thirty students from families in need in the Changbai community received scholarships. Over the past 27 years, RCCK Yangpu District Committee members have cumulatively helped 128 students from families in need complete their studies. The paired assistance project has achieved good social effects and has been highly recognized by the RCCK Shanghai Municipal Committee. Many media outlets such as The Solidarity and Shin Min Daily News have reported on this. This work has also become a highlight in the Subdistrict Office's Party-Party joint construction features and the "Knowledge Revitalizing Families Project," adding a strong and colorful stroke to the construction of a civilized community.

II. Building an "Elderly Assistance Brand" to Warm the Hearts of Community Elders

Respecting, caring for, and honoring the elderly are the excellent traditions of the Chinese nation. In 2024, Changbai New Village Street connected the Maria National Unity Education Studio of Shanghai University of Science and Technology (USST) with the Changbai New Village Street Comprehensive Elderly Service Sub-center for pairing up. They regularly carry out volunteer services focusing on environmental cleaning and assisting the elderly in rehabilitation exercises, promoting the value concept of "national unity as one family" and demonstrating the youthful spirit and social responsibility of minority college student volunteers. To practice the spirit of the "Home in Shanghai" theme activity, the Subdistrict Office's United Front joined hands with the Pomegranate Seed Society of Fudan University. Through activities such as "Neighborhood Warmth Welcoming Mid-Autumn Festival, Public Welfare Services Entering the Community" and "Thumb Classroom, Intelligent Living," they invited minority teachers and students from Fudan University to come to Changbai and enter the community to carry out elderly care and assistance activities, creating a strong sense of "home."

III. Building a "Talent Cultivation Brand" to Care for USST Students

On November 7, 2024, the "Dongxin Talent Scholarship" subdistrict-enterprise-university joint construction activity was held in the Second Conference Room of the Library and Information Center of Shanghai University of Science and Technology. Ten outstanding USST minority students were awarded the "Dongxin Talent Scholarship." The "Dongxin Talent Scholarship" was established in 2006. Over the past 19 years, a total of 380,000 yuan in scholarships has been distributed, helping 190 minority students from Shanghai University of Science and Technology complete their studies. In 2025, the Subdistrict Office will continue to deepen the "subdistrict, university, and enterprise" tripartite cooperation, continuously enhance the joint construction brand, inherit the "Pomegranate Seed" spirit, focus on the actual needs of minority groups in the community and universities, tell the story of national unity and progress, and let the "pomegranate flower" bloom in Changbai, radiating brilliant splendor!

In 2025, the Changbai New Village Subdistrict United Front will deeply carry out joint construction and co-building, and work with co-building units to continue the fine traditions, enhance distinctive brands, and create a "gold standard" for Changbai United Front work. At the same time, it will actively practice the working concept of "going out and inviting in," introduce more excellent United Front resources, do good things and practical things for the United Front groups in the community, and jointly draw the most beautiful "concentric circle."