New Satellites Launched in Two Days

　　China on December 10 sent a new remote sensing satellite, Yaogan-39, into space. And three satellites, Honghu, Honghu-2 and TY-33, were launched by the Zhuque-2 Y-3 carrier rocket on December 9.

　　CAS, CAE Get 133 New Academicians

　　The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) both held conferment ceremonies on December 8 for their newly elected academicians after electing 59 and 74 academicians respectively this November. CAS now has 873 academicians and CAE 978.

　　Over 10,000 Digital Workshops and Smart Factories Built

　　China has built over 10,000 digital workshops and smart factories and become the world's largest intelligent manufacturing application market, Xin Guobin, vice minister of industry and information technology, said at the 2023 World Intelligent Manufacturing Conference in Nanjing. The conference was held from December 6 to December 8.

　　2023 Luban Prize Announced

　　The China Construction Industry Association held the 2023 China Construction Engineering Luban Prize(national prime-quality project) awarding conference on December 10, publicizing excellent construction projects from 2022 to 2023 such as the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge main project island tunnel project, and honoring 246 projects with the Luban Prize.