Gekko qiannanensis, a new karst-adapted gecko species, has been discovered in southwest China's Guizhou. The discovery has not only enriched the country's gecko biodiversity but also demonstrated the unique ecological value of the karst landform in southwest China.

Drones were deployed Saturday to deliver essential goods to residents on Liuyu Island in Ningde, southeast China's Fujian Province, ahead of Typhoon Bavi’s landfall. Ebb tides had drastically caused water levels to drop, cutting off normal transport to the island.

The core node of China's national supercomputing network has officially come online in Zhengzhou, central China's Henan Province. Capable of providing more than 100,000 AI computing cards, it is the largest single domestic AI computing power resource pool since the launch of the national supercomputing network platform, expected to provide computing power for frontier innovation such as large model development and scientific AI agents. With the node now in official operation, the national supercomputing network has built the country's largest integrated computing network and application service platform, which now aggregates over 3.5 million CPU cores and 250,000 GPU cards, serving more than 1.4 million registered users with over 7,300 connected application services, more than 1,500 adapted large models, and an average monthly access volume exceeding 11.3 million.

China's first river-sea zero-carbon route was launched on Tuesday as the pure-electric vessel Ningyuan Dianpeng fully loaded with containers departed from Jiaxing Port in east China's Zhejiang Province on its maiden voyage to Ningbo Zhoushan Port. The river-sea intermodal zero-carbon route is built around the creation of a full-chain zero-carbon transport system, integrating pure electric inland river vessels and pure electric sea vessels. The route is expected to reduce carbon emissions by about 60 kilograms per container over the full journey, cutting annual emissions by an estimated 4,800 tonnes.

Summer farming operations are now underway across northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. Various types of modern agricultural machinery and equipment have been put into use, providing strong support for improving agricultural production efficiency and boosting grain output. The province has built a "space-air-ground" intelligent monitoring system, enabling round-the-clock, multidimensional tracking of crop growth, soil moisture, and the spread of pests and diseases. The overall mechanization rate for crop plowing, planting and harvesting in Heilongjiang has reached 99.28 percent, and its stock of smart agricultural machinery stands at 676,000 units.

Chinese researchers have discovered a thriving colony of protected green sea turtles in lagoon seagrass beds on China's Huangyan Dao in the South China Sea, confirming the presence of a mature, interconnected coral reef-seagrass ecosystem that provides high-quality habitats for sea turtles and other marine fauna. The preliminary counts put the local turtle population at over 50 in this island lagoon.

China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) completed the installation of six domestically developed steel cables on Monday in Pingtang, southwest China's Guizhou Province, fully replacing the core components of its cable-driven suspension system. The six cables act as the "muscles" of the telescope, supporting its 30-tonne cabin — known as its "eye" — and enabling ultra-precise, real-time positioning and tracking at a height of 140 meters across a range of 206 meters.

A commissioning ceremony for the largest and most advanced sewage treatment facility in Mongolia was held in the country's capital of Ulan Bator on Monday. Constructed by Chinese enterprises using Chinese standards and technology, the central sewage treatment plant is expected to significantly improve local water quality, the environment, and the residents' quality of life.

China's Lijian-1 carrier rocket has successfully sent a total of 105 satellites into orbits with a cumulative payload mass exceeding 15 tonnes, following the launching of 8 satellites on Monday, making it the first commercial rocket model in China to have delivered more than 100 satellites into space, said its developer CAS Space.

More than 25,000 artificially-bred Yangtze sturgeon were released into the Yangtze River recently in Jiang'an County, southwest China's Sichuan Province. The Yangtze sturgeon is a rare fish species endemic to the Yangtze River and is under China's first-class state protection. Expanding restocking efforts is a key measure to restore natural reproduction and rebuild wild populations.

Chinese scientists have made a major breakthrough in the field of stable isotope enrichment, successfully realizing mass production of silicon-28 isotopes with an abundance exceeding 99.99% for the first time. The ultra-high-purity silicon-28 is expected to support frontier fields, including quantum computing, advanced semiconductor manufacturing, high-end navigation and metrology standards.

'Aerial herders' take off on Qinghai's plateau pastures At the foot of snow-capped mountains, on the vast grassland, a drone is on a herding mission. In Domkog township, Maqen county, Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Qinghai Province, herdsman Gongpo Tsering began using a drone to herd livestock this year. With an aerial view, he can quickly track the movements of his yak herd. The buzzing sound of the drone also helps drive the yaks down from the mountains. Once dependent on horseback to patrol the pastures, he now relies on technology to guard his livestock, making his work and daily life more efficient and convenient.

Encountering future tech at the BRICS New Industrial Revolution Exhibition At the BRICS New Industrial Revolution Exhibition running from May 27 to 29 in Xiamen, the future feels less like a concept and more like something already in motion. Humanoid robots make tanghulu and play tic-tac-toe. Driverless electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, unmanned gyroplanes, AI diagnosis tools and smart farming equipment are all on show. Together, they offer a close-up look at how cutting-edge technologies are moving from labs into real-world scenarios: from low-altitude tourism and weather modification to hospitals, farms and factories. The new industrial revolution is not just on display here. It is already taking off.