Panda Face Recognition, Massive Earthquake: This Week’s China Stories

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Plans for large airports in China

China aims to have more than 270 civil airports by 2025, as part of the country’s next five-year development plan for the aviation sector, an aviation regulator official said in an online press conference.

China plans to build more than 270 civil airports by 2025. / CFP

China plans to build more than 270 civil airports by 2025. / CFP

6G Milestone

The Purple Mountain Laboratory announced that China achieved the fastest real-time transmission of terahertz (THz) wireless communications, which is 10 to 20 times more than 5G networks.

Facial recognition technology helps save pandas

While facial recognition technology continues to impact many aspects of human life, it is now also being applied to help protect giant pandas.

A nature reserve in northwest China’s Gansu Province has built an artificial intelligence-enabled video surveillance system to better protect wild giant pandas.

Giant panda’s AI facial recognition technology helps. / CFP

Giant panda’s AI facial recognition technology helps. / CFP

The first privately owned high-speed railway

January 8th marked an important day in China’s railway history when the Hangzhou-Taizhou Railway began official operation in east China’s Zhejiang Province, as the country’s first high-speed railway established and set up by a public-private partnership.

The railway connects three major cities – the provincial capital Hangzhou, Shaoxing and Taizhou.

The line is in operation and joint testing in Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, last September. / CFP

The line is in operation and joint testing in Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, last September. / CFP

Fatal canteen collapse prompts safety review

Authorities in southwest China’s Chongqing municipality said a building collapse that killed 16 people prompted a comprehensive review of the city’s safety standards.

The city said it is in the process of overhauling its safety protocols to eliminate potential safety risks and prevent similar tragedies from happening again.

COVID-19 hits essential supplies in Tianjin

North China’s Tianjin Municipality, which has seen the resurgence of COVID-19, has launched an emergency response mechanism to ensure daily necessities are provided.

According to the Tianjin Municipal Bureau of Commerce, local authorities have mobilized major wholesale suppliers, supermarkets and vegetable markets to add stock to meet the demand for meat, eggs and vegetables.

A market in Tianjin, where an emergency response mechanism has been activated to ensure the supply of essential goods. / CGTN

A market in Tianjin, where an emergency response mechanism has been activated to ensure the supply of essential goods. / CGTN

The earthquake leaves a huge crack

A 6.9-magnitude earthquake triggered a 22-kilometer-long fault in the ground in Minoyan Hui Autonomous Prefecture in northwest China’s Qinghai Province on Saturday, according to measurements from the local seismological bureau.

The surface rupture is located in the Lenglong Ridge Fracture Zone, which has been hit by three moderate to strong earthquakes above 6.0 on the Richter scale since 1986, according to Li Zhimin, chief engineer with the provincial seismological bureau.

The first 8K chip released!

Hisense on Tuesday released in Beijing the first artificial intelligence (AI) image processing chip for 8K TV, which government officials view as a milestone in the development of the country’s major TV technologies.

The chip, named Hi-View HV8107, uses AI-assisted technology to process 8K TV output, making it clearer, more colorful and more fluent in showing motion.

Hisense Hi-View HV8107 chip shown at the press release in Beijing, China. / Gong Zhe / CGTN

Hisense Hi-View HV8107 chip shown at the press release in Beijing, China. / Gong Zhe / CGTN

More than half of Tesla sales are in China

The US electric car maker said Tuesday that Tesla’s Shanghai plant delivered more than 480,000 vehicles in 2021, accounting for more than half of the company’s total sales.

Tesla’s global delivery volume in 2021 reached 936,000, and Shanghai Gigafactory delivered 48,130 vehicles and accounted for 51.7 percent of the total, an increase of 235 percent over 2020.

The Tesla logo appears next to a bridge in China. / CFP

The Tesla logo appears next to a bridge in China. / CFP

The rising rate of the product price is slowing down

China’s official Producer Price Index (PPI), which reflects the cost of goods at the factory gate, rose 10.3 percent year on year in December, reversing from a 12.9 percent rise in November, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed on Wednesday.

This figure was lower than Bloomberg’s growth forecast of 11.3 percent and Reuters’ forecast of 11.1 percent.

The National Bureau of Statistics said that the decline in the producer price index is due to measures to contain the high prices of raw materials and the decline in commodity prices, including oil.

A supermarket in Zhengzhou, central China’s Henan Province, January 6, 2022. / CFP

A supermarket in Zhengzhou, central China’s Henan Province, January 6, 2022. / CFP

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