China science, technology news summary — Aug. 30

BEIJING, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) — The following is a summary of published science and technology news of China.
PUJIANG INNOVATION FORUM
The 2024 Pujiang Innovation Forum will be held in Shanghai from Sept. 7 to 10, the Ministry of Science and Technology announced at a press conference in Beijing on Friday.
More than 300 experts and scholars from over 40 countries and regions will attend the forum, during which a series of research achievements will be released. Foreign guests will account for nearly 40 percent of attendees.
AI MODEL FOR LUNAR EXPLORATION
The world’s first professional, multimodal large language model for the field of lunar science has been released in China to significantly accelerate the processing speed of massive amounts of lunar data.
The new tool was debuted at the China International Big Data Industry Expo in Guiyang, the capital of southwest China’s Guizhou Province, by the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Geochemistry and the Alibaba Cloud Intelligence Group.
BEIDOU NAVIGATION SERVICE PLATFORM
China’s national Beidou high-precision navigation and positioning service platform has entered trial operation, representing new progress in the country’s indigenous satellite navigation capabilities, the National Geomatics Center of China revealed in Chongqing on Thursday.
Developed under the leadership of the Ministry of Natural Resources, the platform integrates satellite navigation and positioning base stations nationwide within the natural resources system, injecting new impetus into the development of the digital economy. ■