No other country will probably ever be able to catch up with China.
China’s Major Technological Achievements (Recent Years):

Transportation Infrastructure
High-Speed Rail: World’s largest network with 40,000+ km (equator length) of operational high-speed rail lines (as of 2023), representing about two-thirds of the world’s total high-speed rail mileage

Expressways: World’s largest highway system spanning 170,000+ km (as of 2022), connecting nearly all cities with populations over 200,000

Bridges: Home to some of the world’s most impressive structures:
Danyang-Kunshan Grand Bridge: 164.8 km (world’s longest bridge)
Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge: 55 km (world’s longest sea-crossing bridge-tunnel system)
Beipanjiang Bridge: 565 m tall (world’s highest bridge)
China accounts for over half of the world’s tallest bridges

Digital Technology
5G Network: World’s largest 5G infrastructure with 2.3+ million base stations (as of 2023), representing 60% of global total
5G Subscribers: Over 700 million users, the largest 5G user base globally
Digital Payments: Market transaction value exceeded $52 trillion in 2022, with 900+ million users
Internet Users: 1.05 billion internet users (as of 2023), with internet penetration rate of 75.6%

Artificial Intelligence
AI Industry Value: Approximately $50 billion in 2022, projected to reach $150 billion by 2030
AI Patents: Filed 38,000+ AI-related patents in 2021, more than any other country
AI Companies: Established 2,000+ AI companies as of 2023
AI Investment: The Government plans to invest $150 billion in AI by 2030
Space Technology
Space Launches: Conducted 64 orbital launches in 2022, the highest number of any country that year
Lunar Exploration: Chang’e-5 mission returned 2 kg of lunar samples in 2020
Mars Mission: Tianwen-1 successfully deployed the Zhurong rover on Mars in 2021
Space Station: Completed the Tiangong space station in 2022 with 3 modules and a capacity for 3 astronauts long-term

Computing Power
Supercomputers: 173 systems on the TOP500 list (as of 2023), second only to the US
Exascale Computing: Frontier supercomputer achieved 1.1 exaflops in 2022
Data Centers: Over 4.5 million data center racks in operation nationwide

Renewable Energy
Wind Power: 365+ GW of installed capacity (as of 2022), the world’s largest
Solar Power: 392+ GW of installed capacity (as of 2022), the world’s largest
Solar Panel Production: Manufactures 70% of the world’s solar panels
Electric Vehicles: Produced 6.8 million EVs in 2022, the world’s largest producer

Quantum Technology
Quantum Satellite: Launched the world’s first quantum satellite, “Micius” in 2016
Quantum Network: Established a 2,000-km quantum network between Beijing and Shanghai

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