Innovative technologies and high quality products made by Chinese manufacturers will spice up the upcoming Paris 2024 Olympics, said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning at a press briefing in Beijing on Friday.
Mao made the remarks in response to media queries concerning China's participation in the Paris 2024.
"The 33rd Olympic Games is about to open, and the world's attention is focused on Paris. When President Xi Jinping visited France in this May, he presented President Macron with the Olympic torches of the Beijing 2008 Games and the Beijing 2022 Winter Games as gifts, expressed his best wishes for the success of the 2024 Paris Olympics and said that China would send a high-level delegation to France to participate in the Games. At present, the Chinese sports delegation has arrived in Paris, and Chinese athletes will compete with athletes from other countries in Paris. On Thursday, Han Zheng, Chinese vice president and President Xi Jinping's Special Representative, met with Chinese sports representatives in the Olympic Village. He expressed the hope that they will convey the positive energy of sports, deepen mutual understanding and friendship with athletes from other countries, present a positive image of new-era China, and serve as ambassadors of cultural exchange," said Mao.
She added offering mass-produced goods from Chinese companies, like cutting-edge sports equipment, is another way for China to participate in the Olympic Games.
"High quality products from China will provide technical support and service guarantee for the Paris Olympics and give a more sense of technology and appreciation to the Games. We hope that athletes from all countries will achieve the goals of 'Faster, Higher, Stronger--Together', deliver an outstanding performance and fulfill their dreams in Paris," said Mao.
The Paris Olympic Games are set to take place from July 26 to August 11, followed by the Paralympics from August 28 to September 8.
Chinese smart manufacturing spices up Paris 2024 Olympics: spokeswoman
Chinese smart manufacturing spices up Paris 2024 Olympics: spokeswoman
China’s first intelligent field plant phenotype precision identification platform went into operation recently in Sanya City, south China’s Hainan Province, which is a milestone in the country’s development of intelligent breeding.
The phenotype of a plant is a term used to describe observable characteristics of the plant, such as its appearance, and some inherent physiological characteristics, such as resistance to drought and diseases.
In an experimental field of the National Nanfan Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, a large piece of equipment is moving across the field. The equipment, called the field plant phenotype precision identification platform, can move according to the preset track and can be remotely controlled. While moving, the equipment can scan the plants with its six sensors, just like a CT machine for plants.
"The ultimate goal is to achieve high-throughput, large-scale, efficient and precise collection of germplasm resources, which can be four to five times higher than the efficiency of the traditional manual collection," said Jin Xiuliang, a researcher at the institute.
Although the equipment looks simple from the outside, it contains six high-precision image acquisition devices such as multi-spectral, thermal infrared, and chlorophyll fluorescence devices. Data can be collected at fixed times and points according to experimental needs, and the collection of a germplasm material can be completed within 30 seconds.
After the data collected through this platform is transmitted to the data analysis center, researchers can more quickly and accurately screen out germplasm resources with excellent traits, laying the foundation for subsequent crop breeding.
"The plant phenotype identification facility at the National Nanfan Research Institute is a milestone in the field of crop science in China. It can greatly enhance the independent innovation capabilities of germplasm innovation, gene mining, and variety breeding, and enhance the international competitiveness of China's seed industry," said Li Huihui, vice president of the institute.
China makes major progress in smart crop breeding
