China’s ten major scientific breakthroughs in 2025

2025年中国十大科技突破

World Today

2026-03-25

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① China has released a list of its ten major scientific breakthroughs in 2025. What do they tell us about the focus of the country’s scientific research? (00:56) ② A conversation with Jonathan Choi Koon-shum, Chairman of the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong, on cooperation between Hong Kong and Hainan. (14:18) ③ China has lodged a protest with Japan after a Japanese Self-Defense Force officer broke into the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo. To what extent is the intrusion related to the current trajectory of China-Japan relations? (24:57) ④ Ghana’s president has criticized the US government for normalizing the erasure of Black history, warning such policies could have ripple effects elsewhere. Does he have a point? (33:56) ⑤ Humanoid robot maker Unitree has filed for an IPO application on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, looking to raise over $610 million. How could capital markets help China’s humanoid robotics industry to develop? (42:36)
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  • daily news and analysis we keep you informed and inspired this is world today hello and welcome to world today i'm dinghen

  • in beijing coming up china has named the country's 10 major science breakthroughs in 2025 China protests Japan

  • over a break-in at the Chinese embassy in Tokyo.

  • Ghana's president says the United States is normalizing erasure of black history.

  • Unitry Robotics is riding on this humanoid tide as the Hangzhou-based Chinese company targets

  • $610 million initial public offering.

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  • First up, China's National Natural Science Foundation has released a list of the country's 10

  • major scientific breakthroughs in 2025.

  • The list includes samples collected by China's Chang'e 6 mission shedding light on the evolution history of the far

  • side of the moon, Chinese surgeons performing the world's first picked human liver transplantation,

  • nuclear fusion and the discovery of vibrant communities of marine creatures beneath the deep sea.

  • Other scientific breakthroughs took place in fields such as the diamond film,

  • biotechnology, semiconductors, and solar cells.

  • The National Natural Science Foundation is responsible for the country's primary funding mechanism for basic research.

  • So for more, joining us now on the line is Dr. Zhang Fan from Beijing Normal University.

  • So thank you very much for joining us today, Professor Zhang Fan.

  • Let's begin with the samples collected by the Chang'e 6 mission.

  • What's the significance of learning about the evolution history of the far side of the moon?