The Chinese Association of Automation (CAA) announced the winners of its 2024 Science and Technology Awards, with many involving intelligent areas, in a ceremony in Beijing on Sunday.
The award represents China's highest level of automation, information, and intelligent technology. The winner list includes 123 scientific and technological achievements, five innovation teams, two outstanding individuals, and 34 young talents.
The award ceremony was held as part of a conference on new quality productive forces and intelligent industry development.
The conference set up eight parallel sessions for participants to discuss topics in low-altitude economy, embodied intelligence, brain-computer interface, autonomous driving, and other sectors and explore the possibilities of developing the intelligent industry.
Chinese Association of Automation presents prestigious sci-tech awards of 2024
Two major Qatari energy facilities shut down operations after being damaged during Iran's strikes targeting the Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed Al-Ansari said on Tuesday, adding that the situation had been contained.
QatarEnergy announced on Monday that it had suspended liquefied natural gas (LNG) production following attacks on two of its energy facilities, and on Tuesday said it was suspending production of downstream natural gas products such as urea and methanol.
The shutdown sent gas prices skyrocketing on global energy markets, provoking fears of an energy crisis sparked by the conflict in the Middle East.
Speaking during his weekly press conference, Al-Ansari said that the decision to shut down the facilities was taken as a precaution, to ensure the safety of personnel and infrastructure after the strike damaged key production and processing sites.
"The damage was contained and now the operations to assess, technically, the safety of the facilities is underway. And from the defensive posture, as you have seen, we have been ready in monitoring and dealing with all of these attacks," he said.
Al-Ansari said that Qatar is committed to de-escalating the situation, and added that Qatar had not had any contact with Iran since Feb 28.
"Qatar's diplomatic stance has always been firm and clear: committed to peace, actively promoting de-escalation, advocating dialogue and consultation, and striving to resolve the conflict peacefully," he said.
Major Qatari energy facilities damaged in Iranian strikes: foreign ministry
