China's computing power ranks second in the world, said a vice minister of industry and information technology at the opening ceremony of the 2024 World AI Conference in Shanghai on Thursday.
The latest statistics showed that by the end of May, the number of nationally planned intelligent computing centers with high-performance computer clusters had exceeded 10. The intelligent computing power accounts for more than 30 percent in China's total scale of computing power. China's computing power structure continues to optimize.
"There are 421 national-level intelligent manufacturing demonstration factories in China, and the number of AI enterprises has exceeded 4,500. Our country's computing power scale ranks second in the world. China has promoted the development of 48 international standards related to intelligent manufacturing, and advanced the improvement of the ecosystem of global artificial intelligence industry development," said Shan Zhongde, vice minister of industry and information technology.
Shan said the ministry will carry out cooperation in four aspects -- strengthening openness and cooperation, promoting industrial innovation, consolidating the industrial base, and accelerating the actual applications.
China's computing power ranks second in world: vice minister
A new batch of China Media Group's (CMG) 8K ultra-high-definition (UHD) live broadcast vehicles for the Paris Olympics was unloaded in the Netherlands on Sunday local time, before heading to France.
In addition to the broadcast van in red, an auxiliary vehicle was also disembarked at the Port of Rotterdam, the largest port in Europe.
With a length of 17 meters, a width of 2.5 meters and a weight of 40 tons, the live broadcast vehicle, carrying state-of-the-art broadcast equipment, has very high requirements on the port's lifting capacity.
To ensure smooth unloading, the Port of Rotterdam convened a pre-ship meeting and specifically designed a customized lifting plan. Prior to the actual lift, over two hours were spent testing and adjusting the lifting equipment.
As planned, the broadcast vehicles will run all the way from Rotterdam to Belgium, and sail to Paris. As a leading broadcaster and the international media organization with the most broadcasting rights for the Paris Olympic Games, CMG is set to orchestrate its largest-scale Olympic Games coverage to date.
A production and technical service team of over 2,000 technicians will be responsible for producing pool signals for the four major events: gymnastics, table tennis, badminton, and rock climbing.
Meanwhile, the live broadcast will last over 400 hours, with more than 11,000 hours of high-quality signals for the competitions broadcast and distributed through television channels and new media terminals.
For the first time abroad, CMG's Olympic broadcast production will be delivered entirely in 4K ultra-high-definition.
CMG broadcast vehicles for Paris Olympics unloaded at Port of Rotterdam
