Mega Sci-tech and Infrastructure Projects Explore the Future

China’s lunar probeChang’e-6 completedsample collection onthe far side of themoon， and returned to Earth，bringing the country closer to amanned lunar landing. Nestledamong the mountains of PingtangCounty in Guizhou Province， theFive-hundred-meter ApertureSpherical Radio Telescope （FAST），also known as the “China SkyEye，” is expected to find answersto some of the biggest unknownsin modern astrophysics andcosmology. At the Tarim oilfieldin northwestern China’s XinjiangUygur Autonomous Region， the“Shenditake 1” borehole reacheda depth of 10，000 meters， settinga new Asian record. China’sdeep-sea manned submersiblessuch as Jiaolong and ShenhaiYongshi （Deep Sea Warrior）continue to explore the mysteriesof the oceans， with Fendouzhe， orStriver， setting a national divingrecord of 10，909 meters in theChallenger Deep， a 11，000-meterchasm located at the bottom ofthe Mariana Trench in the westernPacific Ocean.

From the vastness of outerspace to the 10，000-meter-deepborehole， from the frozen polarregions to the deep ocean， Chinahas made many new achievementsin the fields of aerospace， deepsea， deep earth， cyberspace，information technology， andartificial intelligence in recentyears. A series of sci-tech andinfrastructure projects havelaid the foundation for futuredevelopment. New discoveries arebeing transformed into new driversfor the high-quality development ofChina’s economy.