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China is soliciting public opinion regarding a mandatory national standard concerning safety requirements for level 2 driver assistance systems in intelligent connected vehicles.
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said that the Ministry has completed the drafting of the standards, which is open for feedback from April 16 to 22.
It underscores that drivers must remain actively engaged in the driving task and introduces measures to prevent misuse.
The proposed effective date of this standard is January 1, 2027.
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The HH200, a commercial unmanned aerial transport system, has successfully completed its maiden flight in Puchang in northwest china's shangxi province, marking new progress for china in the development of large-scale unmanned cargo aircraft.
All aircraft systems functioned normally, flight attitudes remained stable and it completed all scheduled test maneuvers with good performance.
Independently developed by the Aviation Industry Corporation of China.
The HH200 features a square, straight-through fuselage, twin-engine high-wing configuration and twin-boom layout.
Its cargo hold offers a standard volume of 12 cubic meters, expandable to 18 cubic meters, with a maximum payload of 15 tons, a cruising speed of 310 kilometers per hour and a range of 2360 kilometers.
The HH200 demonstrates strong environmental adaptability.
It can take off and land on runways as short as 500 meters and at high-altitude airports above 4200 meters.
It operates in extreme temperatures ranging from minus 40 degrees Celsius to 50 degrees Celsius, and under complex weather conditions, effectively bridging transportation gaps in mountainous areas islands, snowy regions and plateaus, thereby enabling an efficient low-altitude logistics network.
The HH-200 will primarily serve China's border and coastal regions, cross-border freight routes, inland point-to-point cargo logistics, cross-Island freight in Southeast Asia and air cargo networks in Belt and Road partner countries.
In the future.
The aircraft can be quickly adapted for multiple missions, including emergency rescue, forest firefighting, weather modification, as well as aerial remote sensing and agricultural and forestry plant protection.
The population of spotted seals in Liaodong Bay in northeast China has recovered to more than 2000, up from less than 1000 in the 1980s, thanks to effective habitat improvement.
The spotted seal is the only pinniped species that breeds in Chinese waters and is classified as a first-class protected wild animal in China.
In recent years, a series of protective measures have been implemented, including a dedicated conservation action plan and regular law enforcement operations, to strengthen the protection of this species.
Recently, five spotted seals, including one rescued off the coast of South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, were released into the sea in Dalian in northeast China's Liaoning province.
Each released seal is fitted with an identification code and a satellite tracking device to enable continuous monitoring and enhanced protection.
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Two sites in China have been officially designated as UNESCO Global Geoparks, bringing the country's total to 51.
That is according to the National Forestry and Grassland Administration.
The decision was adopted at the 224th session of the Executive Board of UNESCO in Paris.
The newly inscribed geoparks are Changshan Geopark in east China's Zhejiang Province and Mount Sigunyang Geopark in southwest China's Sichuan Province.
Changshan Geopark, covering 1043 square kilometers, is characterized by its well-preserved Cambrian-Ordovician stratigraphic profiles and rich paleontological fossils.
Mount Sigunyang Geopark, spanning 2764 square kilometers, sits in a critical transition zone where the Qinghai-Shizhong Plateau drops steeply into the Sichuan Basin.
It features complex folds, fleisch deposits, extremely high mountains and granite horn peaks.
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