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Commercial Carrier Rocket Lijian-1 Y3 Launched

China launched the Lijian-1 Y3 carrier rocket with five satellites from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in its northwest on January 23. The satellites, successfully sent into their planned orbits, are meant for disaster and environment monitoring, land and sea mapping and other functions.

New-generation Large Language Model Released

A new-generation large language model, InternLM2, capable of accepting and processing about 300,000 Chinese characters at a time, was released in Shanghai on January 17. The Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory said it will license InternLM2 for free commercial use.

5,000-year-old Stone Processing Art Discovered

Two archaeological sites have been unearthed in Hangzhou city in Zhejiang province, which display stone processing dating back to around 5,000 years ago, according to a meeting on Zhejiang's archaeological work that concluded on January 21.

Xuelong-2 Icebreaker Completes Oceanic Survey

Research icebreaker Xuelong-2 concluded a comprehensive cross-section ocean survey tasks in the Amundsen Sea and surrounding areas on January 23. This is China's 40th Antarctic expedition that started on December 28, 2023. Since then, the expedition team has conducted comprehensive multidisciplinary investigations.