Danas, the fourth typhoon of the year, is about to make its second landfall in east China's coastal areas beginning Tuesday evening, according to China's meteorological authorities on Tuesday.
Previously the typhoon made the first landfall in China's Taiwan region late Sunday night and exited to sea early Monday morning, leaving two people dead and hundreds injured, according to media.
The National Meteorological Center (NMC) issued a blue alert for the second landfall of Danas on Tuesday, noting that that landfall intensity reaching tropical storm or severe tropical storm level.
China has a four-tier, color-coded weather warning system, with red representing the most severe warning, followed by orange, yellow, and blue.
The NMC also said that the landfall will be taking place along the coastal areas from Taizhou of Zhejiang Province to Ningde, Fujian Province.
Heavy rainfall has been reported in Taizhou since Monday. According to the city's meteorological authorities, coastal winds are expected to strengthen Tuesday afternoon, accompanied by heavy to torrential downpours.
Rescue departments are assisting local residents in reinforcing houses with wooden planks and are conducting continuous and detailed patrols in coastal areas to make sure safety measures are in place.
Fujian's Ningde City has also activated a top-level emergency response for typhoon prevention on Monday.
All 19 coastal passenger ferry routes and 45 passenger vessels in Ningde have suspended operations, and 11 offshore engineering projects have been brought to a halt. Vessels have returned to port to take shelter from the typhoon.
Typhoon Danas to make 2nd landfall Tuesday evening: weather authorities
China aims to achieve secure and reliable supply of key core artificial intelligence (AI) technologies by 2027, with its industrial scale and empowerment level remaining among the world's forefront, according to a recent government action plan.
The plan, jointly issued by eight departments including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Cyberspace Administration of China, and the National Development and Reform Commission, outlines an ambitious push to deeply integrate AI with the manufacturing sector, foster new quality productive forces and comprehensively empower new industrialization. By 2027, the plan targets the deep application of three to five general-purpose large AI models in manufacturing, the development of specialized, full-coverage industry-specific large models, the creation of 100 high-quality industrial datasets, and the promotion of 500 typical application scenarios.
It also aims to cultivate two to three globally influential ecosystem-leading enterprises, a batch of specialized and sophisticated small and medium-sized enterprises, and a group of enabling service providers proficient in both AI technology and industry know-how.
Furthermore, China plans to build a world-leading open-source ecosystem, enhance security governance capabilities, and contribute Chinese solutions to global AI development.
The document outlines measures including promoting the coordinated development of AI chips' hardware and software, supporting innovations in model training and inference methods, fostering key industry-specific large models, and deeply embedding large model technology into core production processes.
The plan also emphasizes making breakthroughs in key technologies such as security protection for industrial model algorithms and training data protection.
China aims for secure, reliable supply of AI core tech by 2027
