2025 Shanghai Science Festival kicks off with focus on innovation, technology

The 2025 Shanghai Science Festival, a two-week celebration of scientific innovation and technological advancement, opened on Saturday with multiple events targeting especially youngsters across the city.

The annual Festival will host nearly 2,000 events on basic and frontier topics, with shows, workshops, and forums. Fifty key laboratories and major scientific facilities will welcome public visitors.

At the opening ceremony on Saturday, some humanoid robots debuted on the red carpet alongside people, symbolizing the harmonious integration of human innovation and artificial intelligence.

The Shanghai Science Festival started in 1991 as China's first government-led and the world's second city-named science festival. It has become a crucial platform for public engagement with science and innovation activities.

Forty-eight science education bases will offer special admission rates in this year's festival.

2025 Shanghai Science Festival kicks off with focus on innovation, technology

The U.S. Senate on Wednesday rejected a resolution aimed at restricting President Donald Trump's war powers, marking the fifth time the Senate has voted down similar resolutions since the U.S. launched military operations against Iran in late February.

The resolution, sponsored by Democrats, demanded that Trump end military operations in Iran and that any further military action against the country must receive congressional approval.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Democrats will continue to push for votes on the war powers resolution every week. 　　 Under the U.S. Constitution, only Congress has the power to authorize war. The War Powers Resolution of 1973 stipulates that the president may take limited military action without prior congressional approval only in cases of a national emergency caused by an attack on the United States or an imminent threat.

US Senate rejects bid to curb Trump's war powers for 5th time