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Here's the news. The user base of Generative Artificial Intelligence products in China had reached 230 million by June this year, highlighting the country's widespread adoption of generative ai driven upgrades across various industries.
That is according to a report on the development of generative AI released by the China Internet Network Information Center.
The report shows that China has built a relatively comprehensive AI industry ecosystem with over 4 ,500 related companies in the sector.
The country's generative AI industry is thriving, with the value of the core sector nearing 600 billion yuan, about US $82 billion.
US dollars. The industry ecosystem spans key areas across both the upstream and downstream, including chips, algorithms, data, platforms, and applications.
As of July this year, more More than 190 generative AI models had been registered and live online, offering users a diverse range of options and tailored experiences.
China issued a set of provisional management rules for Generative AI Services in July last year, A key reform resolution adopted at the third plenary session of the 20th Communist Party of China Central Committee in July this year also noted that the country will improve mechanisms for developing and managing generative AI.
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According to a report issued by the China Low -Altitude Economic Alliance, China could potentially see 100 ,000 electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft serve as family vehicles or air taxis by 2030.
The report predicts that large -scale commercialization of the aircraft is expected to drive down costs, making it more accessible to the public.
The alliance anticipates that within the next two to three years, China's major cities will complete air transportation networks and supporting ground service facilities for low -altitude vehicles.
emerging technologies including artificial intelligence, human computer interaction, and digital road infrastructure service networks are expected to facilitate the application of unmanned air vehicles.
The report also highlights the expanding role of drones in logistics, agriculture, emergency rescue as well as urban management and tourism, saying they will be ubiquitous.
Established in August and initiated by over 100 enterprises, China Low Altitude Economic Alliance focuses on advancing low -altitude airspace applications and planning the future of the industry.
The British Library has expanded its Chinese collection by adding ten online novels by Chinese authors, including Lord of the Mysteries, Soul Land, and The Joy of Life.
These novels, originally published on platforms operated by Yue Wen, a Chinese online literature company were donated to document the cultural significance and rapid development of internet literature in China.
Jazz Rye, chief operating officer of the British Library said that they are excited to collaborate with Chinese publishers to engage audiences in the United Kingdom highlighting the library's dedication to enhancing accessibility and diversifying its offerings.
By the end of last year the number of Chinese online literature readers, reached a record $537 million, with the overseas market for this genre surpassing $4 billion yuan, spanning over 200 countries and regions.
The announcement also marked the launch of a three -year collaboration literature in the Digital Age between the British Library and UA -1.
Rupert Daniels, director of creative, consumer, sports, and education at the UK Department for Business and Trade, expressed hope that the partnership would introduce global readers to captivating stories through innovative technologies.
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Chinese archaeologists in Beijing have discovered the remains of a city gate from the city's Zhongdu era for the first time.
Zhongdu served as Jin's capital for more than six decades in the dynasty's Heidei and was later abandoned around the end of the Yuan dynasty some 600 years ago.
According to Ding Li Na, a research fellow at the Beijing Archaeological Research Institute, this year's excavation efforts unearthed remnants of Duan Li Gate, the southwest gate of the city of Jin's capital.
This is the first city gate excavated from the Jin capital.
Ding noted that it is also a rare, well -preserved large -scale architectural structural structure, providing new reference points for the study of the city's layout.
Guo Jingning, director of the Institute, noted that previously the knowledge of Zhongdu is incomplete, relying on documents and scattered archaeological findings.
In addition to this city -gate, archaeologists have unearthed abundant and related remnants of the outer city of Zhongdu, including city walls, moats, and drainage ditches, as well as pottery, porcelain items, bricks, and tiles.
New gains have also been made in the archaeological research of the Jiang Co.
section of the Great Wall in Beijing.
Notably, archaeologists have further examined its layout, architectural forms, building materials and construction techniques.
According to Xiang -Hung, Associate Research Librarian with the Institute, discoveries include the oldest stele found in the Jian -Kou section to date, offering important insights into the construction and evolution of the great wall.
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Have you ever heard of the saying, As dead as a doornail?
Although we can't say for sure if all doornails are so -called dead, we do know that in China what doornails represent could be interpreted very differently.
How are Chinese doornails different from their Western counterparts?
Door nails are referred to very large nails that have long been used to strengthen doors.
In mid -evil times it was described in poems that European workers would hit long nails through doors with enough sticking out on the other side, locking the nails in place to strengthen the wood.
This process is also called the clenching, where the nail clenches tightly into the door door, and is therefore dead in a sense that cannot be retrieved and used elsewhere.
Similarly, in ancient China, doornails initially served a practical purpose, reinforcing door panels.
Over time however, they evolved to symbolize power, status, and tradition.
Let's delve into the fascinating transformation of doornails in Chinese culture.
The earliest references to doornails in China date back over 2 ,400 years to the Spring and Autumn period.
Back then wooden sticks known as juoyi were used to strengthen city gates.
These sticks, sometimes coated with mud to resist fire attacks, played a critical role in fortifying gates during wartime.
Scholars believe that Zhuoyi is the earliest form of Chinese doornails.
Later on, wooden sticks were replaced by metal nails by the Sui and Tang Dynasties over 1000 years ago.
These nails were called Manding, literally meaning door nails, to fortify city gates against invasions, compressed wooden boards were clad in iron plates and secured with capped door nails.
These caps, initially practical, soon gained aesthetic importance.
craftsmen began shaping them into bubble -like heads made from shining brass transforming their appearance.
By this time the shapes and appearances of doornails were already different from regular nails.
A pivotal moment came during the Ming Dynasty, some four hundred years ago when the government decreed that the gates of the imperial city should be painted red and adorned with gold -painted copper door nails.
This marked the beginning of doornails as decorative symbols of imperial authority.
Later, during the Qing Dynasty, doornails had become synonymous with imperial rights and hierarchy.
Their placement and design held more significance than their practical use.
Visitors to Beijing's Forbidden City today will notice the gleaming golden To count, you'll find 9 rows of doornails with 9 nails per row, 81 in total, on a single gate.
This arrangement is deeply symbolic.
The number 9, regarded as the largest single -digit odd number, symbolizes yang, energy, in Chinese feng shui, reinforcing vitality and prosperity.
This arrangement not only promoted balance, but also served as a visual reminder of imperial supremacy, the rules governing doornail arrangements extended beyond the forbidden city, for mansions of important princes and relatives of the Emperor, there were also nine rows of door nails, but with only seven in each row, and four gates of lords of lower rankings and distant relatives of the Imperial family, there should be seven rows with seven door nails in each row, etc. And for common folks, no door nails were allowed under the regime of the feudal Qing government.
Despite these historical restrictions, ordinary ordinary people found other ways to decorate their doors.
Traditional decorations such as cuplets, door guardian paintings, and symbolic charms remain popular today, preserving the age -old wish for harmony and happiness.
Interestingly, doornails left their mark not just on architecture, but also on cuisine.
The doornail meat pie, a traditional Beijing delicacy, was named after these iconic fixtures.
These meat -stuffed buns, often flavored with green onions, remain a favorite in Beijing's restaurants.
So the next time you encounter a doornail, whether on a palace gate or a restaurant menu, You'll know there's more to its story than meets the eye.
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The British Library has expanded its Chinese collection by adding 10 online novels by Chinese authors including Lord of the Mysteries, Soul Land, and The Joy of Life.
These novels, originally published on platforms operated by Yue Wen, a Chinese online literature company, were donated to document the cultural significance and rapid development of Internet literature in China.
Jia Zrai, chief operating officer of the British Library said that they were excited to collaborate with Chinese publishers to engage audiences in the United Kingdom highlighting the library's dedication to enhancing accessibility and diversifying its offerings.
By the end of last year, the number of Chinese online literature readers reached a record $537 million with the overseas market for this genre surpassing 4 billion yuan, spanning over 200 countries and regions.
The announcement also marked the launch of a three -year collaboration, Literature in the digital age, between the British Library and UA1.
Rupert Daniels, director of creative, consumer, sports and education at the UK Department for Business & Trade, expressed hope that the partnership would introduce global readers to captivating stories through innovative technologies.
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