http://www.bjreview.com AUGUST 29, 2019 BEIJING REVIEW 5
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cation for remote sensing and video
imagery.
Compared to its previous
generations, the processor has been
manufactured with a high-speed and
low-power design and can support
various operating systems such as
Windows and Linux. Its performance
is comparable to that of top interna-
tional competitors, according to the
CETC.
Wang Ziwei, head of the project,
said the processor can detect and
identify objects at the sea surface
and accomplish many more tasks
under extreme external conditions.
Probing Mysteries
Chinese archaeologists will launch a
large-scale excavation at the prehis-
toric Sanxingdui Ruins in southwest
China’s Sichuan Province before the
end of 2019.
The new excavation project aims
to discover more items from the lost
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worshipping sites and aristocratic
tombs, according to Tang Fei, head
of the Sichuan Provincial Cultural
Relics and Archaeology Research
Institute.
Tang said the upcoming excava-
tion would involve more researchers
from home and abroad, although he
did not disclose the exact excavation
area.
The Sanxingdui Ruins are
located in the city of Guanghan,
around 38 km from Chengdu,
capital of Sichuan. They are believed
to be remnants of the Shu Kingdom
tion of the Yellow River monitored
at a hydrometric station in central
China’s Henan Province has plunged
90 percent from 2000 to 2016, he
added.
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commercial logging will be compre-
hensively banned for the forests to
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will be adopted to curb degradation
and boost the quality of the forests.
To supplement the timber short-
age in the wake of natural forest
protection, Li said wood substitutes
will be used in the construction of
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forests and timber imports will alsobe promoted.
China implemented a forest
conservation program in several
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of the program was from 2000 to
2010, and the second phase will run
from 2011 to 2020.
“Our goals are to put all natural
forests under protection and es-
tablish related systems of restoring
natural forests by 2020,” said Jin
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By 2035, the area of China’s
natural forests will remain stable at
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the objective of building a beautiful
China, according to Jin.XINHUAXINHUAwhich can be dated back 2,600 to
4,800 years.
Listed among China’s top 10
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century, the Sanxingdui Ruins, which
sprawl over an area of 12 square
km, show the diverse origins of the
Chinese civilization.
The ruins were accidentally
discovered by a farmer when he
unearthed a bright piece of jade in
1929.
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more than 1,000 national treasures,
including gold masks, bronzeware,
jade tablets, ivory and sacred trees
were discovered in 1986 when work-
ers were excavating clay for bricks.
In 1988, the ruins were given
state-level protection.Forest Rehabilitation
After 20 years of conservation ef-
forts, China’s natural forest area has
increased by about 28.53 million
hectares and the forest stock gained
3.78 billion cubic meters, a forestry
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Natural forests, representing
the lion’s share of the overall forest
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increase in the overall forest cover-
age ratio, which almost doubled
from 12 percent in 1980 to 22.
percent as of the end of last year,
said Li Shuming, Deputy Director of
the National Forestry and Grassland
Administration (NFGA), at a press
conference.
Thanks to natural forests’
enhanced capacity for water and soil
retention, the sediment concentra-Robot Staff
Mechanized receptionists are on display at the 2019 World Robot
Conference in Daxing District of Beijing on August 20, the day the
conference, themed Intelligent Ecosystem for a New Open Era, opened
at the Etrong International Exhibition and Convention Center.A Night at the Museum
Visitors view exhibits at the new site of the Anhui Museum in Hefei, east China’s
Anhui Province, on August 16. The museum stays open late every Friday
between July 24 and August 30 to enrich people’s nightlife.