2024.04.28 为增强全民国防观念，国防教育法修订草案4月23日提请十四届全国人大常委会初次审议。 Chinese lawmakers on April 23 started deliberating a draft revision to the Law on National Defense Education that is expected to enhance the national defense awareness of citizens. The draft was submitted to an ongoing session of the 14th...

2024.04.28 西太平洋海军论坛第19届年会4月22日在山东青岛开幕，主题为“命运与共的海洋”，共有29个国家海军代表团180余名外方代表参加。 The 19th biennial meeting of the Western Pacific Naval Symposium (WPNS) opened on April 22 in the port city of Qingdao in east China's Shandong Province. Themed "Seas of Shared Future", the meeting has had over 180...

2024.04.28 4月21日，全球首套高精度月球地质图集正式发布。图集包括《1:250万月球全月地质图集》和《1:250万月球分幅地质图集》（中英文版，含说明书）。 On April 21st, China released a geologic atlas set of the global moon with a scale of 1:2.5 million, which is the first complete high-definition lunar geologic atlas in the world. This geologic atlas set,...

2024.04.28 联合国教科文组织4月23日在埃塞俄比亚首都亚的斯亚贝巴举行颁奖仪式，授予中国科学家乔杰、埃及科学家法拉杰和希腊科学家斯蒂利亚诺普洛斯三人“联合国教科文组织—赤道几内亚国际生命科学研究奖”，该奖项旨在奖励为提升人类生活质量作出重要贡献的杰出生命科学研究。 The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) announced on April 23 that three scientists from China, Egypt, and Greece...

2024.04.28 国家航天局表示，我国商业航天产业进入了新的发展阶段。目前，已经有9型商业航天火箭可提供发射服务，由多家商业企业发起百颗量级的遥感星座正在稳步建设。 China's commercial space industry has entered a new stage, according to the China National Space Administration. At present, nine types of commercial launch vehicles are available for launch services, and...

2024.04.28 Reader question: Please explain “change their tune” in this: To improve business, downtown districts need to change their tune on prioritizing cars and be more accommodating to bikes and pedestrians. My comments: You can’t do your shopping without leaving your cars, so...