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A |     　　海南文昌8月25日电 (记者 符宇群王晓斌)25日开幕的2026文昌国际航空航天论坛上，海南省文昌市市长、文昌国际航天城管理局常务副局长曹树育透露，文昌锚定2030年形成航班化商业发射能力这一目标，将全力推进发射工位二期、测控系统、可重复使用火箭海上回收系统等关键设施加速建设，确保年底前形成能力；同时同步启动三期工位、转运道路、运输码头等谋划，为“百箭千星”任务提供高效支撑。    

    Yin Yuzhen (left), Ronald Sakolsky (right) and Yin’s husband pose for a photo in Ordos, North China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, on August 24. Photo: Lin Xiaoyi/GT
At the Ordos Ejin Horo International Airport in Ordos, North China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Yin Yuzhen, a nationally recognized hero in desertification prevention and control and her US friend “Sai Kaosi” (whose real name is Ronald Sakolsky) embraced each other in tears. 
This reunion after 26 years, spanning the Pacific Ocean, took place as scheduled under the witness of the lush greenery of the Maowusu Desert, touching the hearts of countless people around the world. 
This reunion across mountains and seas was not only a long-awaited gathering of two old friends, but also a vivid testament to how goodwill can take root, how people can work together in desertification control, and how people to people friendship can endure.
This reunion was a beautiful echo of goodwill transcending time. 
Twenty-seven years ago, Sakolsky, who was teaching in China, was deeply moved by the story of rural woman Yin’s efforts to combat desertification and curb the spread of sand. He selflessly donated $5,000 to support her efforts and traveled specially to the Maowusu Desert in Wushen Banner the following spring to visit and encourage her. 
Yin kept this assistance firmly in her heart and repaid it by planting trees. As seasons came and went, 50,000 saplings, together with precious goodwill and trust, took root in the Maowusu Desert and grew into towering trees. 
Yin’s repayment was not a return of material wealth, but the transformation of a profound goodwill that crossed national borders into patches of greenery deep in the desert through her day-after-day sweat and perseverance.
This reunion highlighted the tremendous power of people planting trees together until forests grow. 
Yin’s life is a history of struggle against wind and sand. At the age of 19, she married into the Maowusu Desert, where wind and sand blocked her door overnight. The rural woman made the solemn vow, “I would rather die from exhaustion planting trees than let the sand overwhelm me.” She fought scorching heat and drought, battled strong winds and raging sand, and worked tirelessly for decades, eventually turning more than 70,000 mu (4 666.67 hectares) of desert into an oasis. 
Sakolsky extended a helping hand and provided strong support because he was deeply moved by Yin’s desertification control efforts. Two ordinary people joined hands in tree planting and desert control because of their shared aspiration for greenery. 
Countless ordinary people like them, carrying enthusiasm, keeping their feet on the ground and devoting themselves wholeheartedly, have gathered the great strength of many people planting trees until forests emerge, transforming landscapes and creating miracles in the world.
This reunion demonstrated the enduring contemporary value of people-to-people exchanges. A faded group photo, more than 20 years of never forgetting, a nationwide effort to search for someone, and a journey across the ocean to meet again – the friendship between Yin and Sakolsky is rooted in the recognition and respect between ordinary people, simple yet deeply moving. Friendship, which derives from close contact between the people, holds the key to sound state-to-state relations. 
People from different countries have different cultural backgrounds, but they share the same love for the planet we call home, the same aspiration for lucid waters and lush mountains, the same pursuit of a better life, the same appreciation for every bit of goodwill, and the same cherishing of sincere friendship. Just as Yin carefully tended the saplings planted in the desert, nurturing this bond of affinity and understanding among people with sincerity will enable it to grow ever stronger and more resilient despite winds and sands.
This reunion provided a vivid example of “jointly building a community of life for man and nature.” For humanity to achieve better survival and development, it must carry out desertification prevention and control. Through a lifetime of arduous efforts, Yin brought about a green transformation in a corner of the Maowusu Desert, serving as a microcosm of China’s desertification prevention and control efforts.
As one of the countries most severely affected by desertification in the world, China has continued its efforts in desertification control for more than half a century, achieving a historic transformation from “sand advances, people retreat” to “green advances, sand retreats” with both desertified land and sandy land areas continuously decreasing. 
As a foreign friend, Sakolsky, driven by the simple belief that “humanity has only one Earth, which is our common home, and we should all cherish it,” resolutely supported Yin’s desertification control efforts. Through his actions, he has shown us that protecting the ecological environment is a common cause of all humanity – by working together and supporting each other, humanity will surely be able to leave a clean and beautiful world for future generations. 
Deep in the Maowusu Desert, plants and trees remain silent, yet they represent the most touching language through which humanity and nature, and humanity and the world, communicate with each other. This place is not only a shining answer sheet for China’s ecological civilization development, but also a warm example for global desertification control through extensive international exchanges and cooperation in jointly creating more greenery.
From $5,000 to 50,000 towering trees, from a landscape once covered by wind and sand to vast stretches of lush green, from the other side of the Pacific Ocean to the depths of the Maowusu Desert, the reunion between Yin and Sakolsky inspires us that goodwill can transcend mountains and seas, perseverance can transform deserts, and mutual understanding between hearts can eliminate prejudice and barriers. 
Living together in the global village, if people from all countries show more sincere empathy, work together with one heart, stay grounded and move toward each other, they will surely be able to jointly protect the common home on which we depend for survival and cultivate more green shade of friendship and hope.
This was compiled and translated by the Global Times English edition based on an article published in the quick comment on economic hotspots column of the People's Daily on August 24, 2026.
。8月25日，海南省文昌市市长、文昌国际航天城管理局常务副局长曹树育在2026文昌国际航空航天论坛作主旨报告。

B | 记者 骆云飞 摄　　近期，中国长十乙火箭、朱雀三号遥二火箭分别实现海上网系回收、陆地回收，中国成为全球唯一同时掌握两种火箭回收技术的国家。曹树育认为，可重复使用运载火箭技术取得重大突破，将推动商业航天加速迈向规模化、产业化发展新阶段，文昌正迎来前所未有的发展机遇。　　今年以来，海南商业航天发射场已圆满完成11次发射任务，具备多型火箭常态化发射能力，商业发射能力显著增强。当前，文昌依托文昌航天发射场以及国内首个商业航天发射场，当地具备发射效率高、海上运输便捷、火箭落区安全等突出优势，已是中国大推力运载火箭发射、深空探测任务实施的重要基地。　　未来五年，“百箭千星”“梦舟揽月”“长九问天”三大国家工程布局文昌，文昌服务国家航天战略的支撑作用将进一步凸显。　　曹树育说，在功能层面，文昌早已跳出单一发射保障基地的定位，向着火箭总装、卫星制造、数据交易、文旅观礼多元业态并行的产业新城转型。伴随可重复使用火箭技术走向成熟，文昌在火箭回收、检测、复用等环节的区位红利将加速释放，航天产业集聚效应将持续放大。

C | 　　在开放合作上，海南自贸港的政策红利，为文昌开展国际商业发射服务、卫星数据跨境流动等提供独特优势。文昌将在深化国际合作中发挥更加重要作用，成为面向全球的商业航天开放合作枢纽。　　曹树育表示，文昌航天产业综合实力正加速成势，聚焦火箭链、卫星链、数据链等产业，文昌靶向招引企业落地。中国运载火箭技术研究院海南新区开工建设，卫星超级工厂完成一期产线建设，即将开展首轨星装配任务，海南航天数据跨境加工贸易区揭牌，省级航天旅游平台加快搭建，文昌航天科普中心营收实现翻番，全产业链高质量发展格局加快形成。　　依托海南省航天技术创新中心、海南卫星数据与应用研究中心等，文昌实现多项首次：首颗超低轨SAR卫星成功研制并发射，首单国际卫星发射服务，首个遥感卫星数据出境。文昌正以打造商业航天领域创新高地为牵引，争创国家及省级重点实验室、技术创新中心，前瞻布局关键技术攻关，推动更多“首单”“首例”落地，创新开放活力不断激发。　　“商业航天是高度协同的事业，文昌愿做航天产业的‘铺路人’和‘合伙人’，与各方携手共谋发展。

D | ”曹树育向海内外市场发出诚挚邀约。　　曹树育表示，欢迎星箭企业把“家”安在文昌，依托“出厂即发射、返回即复用”的产业模式，压缩火箭卫星发射周期、降低运营成本；欢迎数据企业把“平台”搭在文昌，依托海南自贸港数据安全有序流动政策和商业航天卫星数据加工贸易区，企业数据产品可从这里走向全国、走向东盟、走向世界；欢迎文旅企业把“梦”种在文昌，这里集发射场、滨海椰林、南洋文化和红色资源于一体，航天科普研学、主题旅游、文创开发等业态蓬勃发展，文旅企业在此机遇无限。　　同时，文昌欢迎金融机构和产业资本把“活水”引到文昌，海南自贸港政策为境内外资本参与商业航天产业创造有利条件，航天保险、融资租赁、供应链金融等特色业态加快培育，金融与商业航天产业融合发展空间广阔。　　“文昌将持续优化营商环境，让每一位来文昌干事创业的人都能安心工作、舒心生活，让每一家扎根文昌的企业都能放心投资、专心发展。”曹树育说。