BEIJING, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- The following is a summary of published science and technology news of China.
CARBON EMISSION
China will incorporate carbon emission targets into its national economic and social development agenda, according to a working plan issued by the General Office of the State Council.
It demanded efforts to improve carbon emission planning mechanisms, establish local emission assessment systems, explore early warning and control mechanisms for key industries and sectors, and enhance the carbon reduction management mechanisms of enterprises.
BIPOLAR ICE SHEET MELTING
A study has revealed the important role that Antarctic ice sheet growth and Southern Ocean sea ice expansion played in triggering the Mid-Pleistocene Transition (MPT), which was a period marked by the extensive formation of ice sheets and a drop in sea surface temperatures.
The study was conducted by researchers at the Institute of Earth Environment of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with researchers at other domestic and international institutes, and was published on Thursday in the international academic journal Science.
AI VIDEO GENERATION TECH
Several artificial intelligence (AI) video generation large models developed by Chinese tech companies have been made available to global users, providing Chinese equivalents of OpenAI's Sora.
The latest one, named Vidu, developed by Chinese AI company ShengShu Technology and Tsinghua University, became accessible worldwide on Tuesday, providing text-to-video and image-to-video generation functions.
This large AI model, unveiled in April at the 2024 Zhongguancun Forum in Beijing, now gives users access to creating a high-definition video of four seconds or eight seconds in 1080p resolution with a single click. ■
