Top 10 Sci-tech News in China

1. The open-source AI model DeepSeek-R1 showed top-tier performance even under limited computational power.

2. The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) device set a world record by maintaining a stable, long-pulse and high-confinement plasma at 100 million degrees Celsius for 1,066 seconds.

3. Superconducting quantum computer prototype Zuchongzhi 3.0 has solved the quantum random circuit sampling problem 10 trillion times faster than current supercomputers.

4. A high-precision, scalable analog matrix computing chip has been manufactured that outperforms current digital processors in energy efficiency and throughput by up to 1,000 times.

5. China's first invasive brain-computer interface clinical trial was successfully conducted, making it the second country after the U.S. to reach the clinical trial phase for invasive brain-machine interfaces.

6. Research on the Chang'e-6 mission's lunar samples revealed the history of the moon's far side, significantly advancing our understanding of the moon.

7. The long-standing plant science puzzle of how a single plant cell develops into a complete plant was solved, which offers new possibilities for genetic improvement of crops and agricultural biotechnology.

8. Large-area two-dimensional metal materials were developed for the first time, opening new possibilities in two-dimensional material research and technological innovation.

9. The Recommendations of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China for Formulating the 15th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development has provided a strategic roadmap for China's development from 2026 to 2030, underscoring the pivotal role of sci-tech innovation as a core driver of progress.

10. China's first electromagnetic aircraft carrier "Fujian" was commissioned.

Source: Science and Technology Daily