2026-07-17
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The China Association for Science and Technology has recently released 30 major science and technology questions
and challenges for 2026 at the main forum of its 28th annual meeting in Beijing.
The list comprises 10 frontier scientific questions, 10 engineering challenges,
and 10 industrial technology bottlenecks, covering fields including artificial intelligence,
life sciences, advanced manufacturing, and deep sea and deep space exploration.
Among them are the Hodge conjecture, burning plasma in magnetically confined nuclear fusion,
intelligent sensing in deep sea environments, as well as technologies for autonomous exploration
and operations by large model driven embodied intelligent robots in space.
And intelligent manufacturing of commercial satellites for mega constellations.
This year's selection was made from 84 proposals, recommended by 70 scientists, and reviewed by 23 academicians
and experts since launching the initiative in 2018. The China Association for Science and Technology has solicited
and released a total of 279 major science and technology questions and challenges who are listening to Special English.
China has unveiled its first artificial intelligence-powered smart operation
model for a 10 million kilowatt class integrated hydropower, wind and solar energy base,
marking a new step in applying AI to large-scale clean energy base operation.