Taikonauts return home

China's Shenzhou-16 astronauts, known as taikonauts, returned to Earth safely on Tuesday after a 154-day mission to the country's space station.

The re-entry capsule with three taikonauts aboard – Jing Haipeng, Zhu Yangzhu and Gui Haichao – landed on Tuesday at the Dongfeng Landing Site in the Gobi Desert in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

The Shenzhou-16 taikonauts are in good health, according to the China Manned Space Agency.

Icebreaker research vessels begin Antarctic voyage

China's 40th Antarctic scientific expedition team set sail from the home port in east China's Shanghai on Wednesday morning. The team, comprising some 460 staff from more than 80 domestic institutions, will return in April 2024 after five months of expedition.

It will be the first time that China's Antarctic scientific expedition is supported by three vessels, namely the two polar icebreakers Xuelong and Xuelong-2, and a cargo ship named Tianhui.

First floating wind power-fishery integrated platform built

The world's first floating integrated project involving offshore wind power generation and fish farming was completed off the coast of East China's Fujian Province. It's expected to significantly promote China's wind power development in the high seas.

Beijing honors Flying Tigers veterans

China and the United States should adhere to mutual respect, peaceful coexistence and win-win cooperation and make greater contribution to world peace and development, Chinese Vice President Han Zheng said on Monday. Han made the remarks when meeting with a delegation of Flying Tigers veterans in Beijing.

Noting that President Xi Jinping recently replied to a letter from the chairman of the Sino-American Aviation Heritage Foundation and Flying Tigers veterans, Han said the Chinese people would always remember the heroic deeds of the Flying Tigers and never forget the old friends.

Han said more than 80 years ago, China and the United States fought side by side against fascism, and the story of the Flying Tigers bears the profound friendship forged with the lives and blood of the two peoples.

Digitalization of cotton industry helps cut Chinese emissions

Mechanized cotton production and digitalization of the entire industrial chain is saving water and cutting carbon emissions in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

Multiple procedures in cotton production have been optimized, such as planting, management, harvesting and processing.

Cutting edge technologies and facilities, including the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System, are driving the 'informatization' of cotton fields, reducing both costs and pollution.

Wintering migratory birds arrive at Dongting Lake

Thousands of migratory birds from all directions have gathered at Poyang Lake in east China's Jiangxi Province for their six-month winter residence. 

As the temperature has started to fall, more than 30,000 wintering migratory birds from Siberia and northern China have also arrived at the wetlands of Dongting Lake. 

More than 10 species, such as black storks, white cranes, grey cranes, herons, have been spotted so far. The total number of wintering migratory birds is expected to reach 300,000. 

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