The country's first software-based satellite is expected to begin its journey to space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the second half of 2018 and conduct in-orbit experimental verification. [A screen shot from CCTV] With a new-type satellite to be launched this year, China is expected to be able to include satellite data in artificial intelligence, youth.cn reported on Monday. The country's first software-based satellite is expected to begin its journey to space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the second half of 2018 and conduct in-orbit experimental verification, CCTV said. Tianzhi 1, literally translated from Chinese as sky-based intelligence, is focused on software, carrying a small cloud computing platform and four domestically made smartphones. Unlike a single-mission traditional satellite, it develops aviation software for different satellites and has an app store for various aviation applications. In the era of AI, we should put a 'brain' on the earth observing satellites, Li Deren, an academician from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and a professor with Wuhan University, said. He noted once a sky brain is built, data from various satellites could possibly be received and operated on smartphones, making satellite data accessible to the public. Li said the brain could help satellites react quickly. When a satellite takes a picture of our navy soldiers encountering pirates in Africa, it takes hours for the satellite to travel above China, he said. Then, the data is downloaded to a ground station and sent to the navy. At that time, the pirates have gone. Other experts pointed to the efficiency of satellites. Only about 10 minutes of data satellites collect in a day are, on average, needed by the ground. Our telecommunications, navigation and remote sensing satellites are also separate, with one for a single function, said Yang Xiaoniu, an academician at the Chinese Academy of Engineering and a professor with Xidian University. According to Zhao Junsuo, a researcher at the CAS, Tianzhi 1 has several salient features: a high degree of intelligence which allows in-orbit processing of most satellite data, universal software development for in-orbit experiments and universal access to its real-time status through a phone app. Zhao said, Our goal is not launching as many satellites as possible, but to provide an 'all-in-one' solution, similar to the Android operating system. custom bar braceletcustom sports braceletscustom logo wristbandsde securite pour personne ageeembossed wristbandscolorfilled wristbandsembossed printed wristbandsdual layer wristbands
BEIJING - A total of 2,980 deputies to the 13th National People's Congress (NPC), China's national legislature, have been elected and are awaiting final confirmation.A report on the election of new NPC deputies, from 35 electoral units across the country, was submitted to the NPC Standing Committee for confirmation Friday.The deputy name list is scheduled to be published Saturday.The deputies to the 13th NPC make up a broad cross-section with each region, ethnic group and sector of society having proper representatives, said Xin Chunying, deputy secretary-general of the NPC Standing Committee, elaborating on the report at the meeting.The elections were legal and the qualifications of all deputies are valid, according to a commission of the NPC Standing Committee in charge of checking their validity.Zhang Dejiang, chairman of the NPC Standing Committee, presided over the meeting.Members of the NPC Standing Committee deliberated a report on the work of the 12th NPC Standing Committee, the agenda of the first session of the 13th NPC, the presidium and secretary-general name list, and a name list of non-voting delegates.They also reviewed an amendment to a 2015 decision on pledging allegiance to the Constitution, a report on the implementation of the Seed Law, and a State Council proposal to extend the adjustment to certain provisions of the securities law to allow reforms that will change the listing system of the Shanghai and Shenzhen bourses from approval-based to registration-based.The other documents submitted for reading were a report on the qualifications of some NPC deputies and a motion to add new members to the military's election committee, in addition to appointments and dismissals.Lawmakers agreed that the 12th NPC Standing Committee has performed its duties well during its five-year tenure, with new progress made in theoretical and practical innovations to the system of people's congresses, and in the building of socialist democracy and rule of law, according to a statement issued after panel discussions Friday afternoon.The NPC Standing Committee has firmly safeguarded the authority and core status of Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, and the authority and centralized, unified leadership of the CPC Central Committee with Xi at the core, the statement said.The committee has introduced a number of important and much-needed laws and law revisions, stepped up supervision of law enforcement, served NPC deputies well and helped improve the work of local people's congresses, according to the statement.On Friday afternoon, chairman and vice chairpersons of the NPC Standing Committee also met and heard results of deliberations on the above mentioned documents. The meeting was presided over by Zhang.They agreed that these documents would be subject to further deliberation before they are put to vote by the NPC Standing Committee.
