BEIJING - The Global Top 10 Engineering Achievements 2024 were announced Wednesday in Beijing by the Chinese Academy of Engineering's journal, Engineering.
The list includes CAR-T cell therapy, Chang'e-6 lunar mission, low-Earth-orbit communication satellite constellation, flexible displays, high-temperature gas-cooled-reactor nuclear power station, smart factories, autonomous vehicles, surgical robots, the Sora video-generation artificial intelligence model, and ultra-large wind power equipment.
These were selected through a global nomination process, expert review, public surveys, and deliberation by a selection committee.
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The top 10 achievements highlight significant innovations in engineering and technology that have been completed and proven effective within the past five years. They encompass major engineering projects, key technological equipment, and breakthroughs in original innovation within engineering and technology.
This year's achievements represent the most advanced technological levels or significant original breakthroughs in one or more fields of engineering and technology, guiding the direction of future technological progress.
The journal Engineering has been organizing the selection annually since 2021.
Engineering frontiers
The CAE also released a report on the global frontiers of engineering science and technology, which includes analyses of development trends and characteristics.
The annual report, Engineering Fronts in 2024, identified 92 frontiers of engineering research and 92 frontiers of engineering development and provided in-depth interpretations of the 27 most important research and 27 development frontiers.
The global engineering frontiers in 2024 show development trends towards extremely microscopic, extreme conditions, extreme precision, and interdisciplinary integration, according to the report.
Continuous advancement in extremely microscopic technological frontiers such as chips, biomedicine, and quantum physics is triggering disruptive innovations in global science, technology and industry, the report said.
Technological advancements in manufacturing, energy and materials are accelerating, with material properties such as disaster resistance, extreme temperature endurance and corrosion resistance providing more reliable guarantees for the development of manufacturing and operations in extreme environments.
The development of global satellite navigation precise positioning technology and robotic precision control technology has opened up new possibilities for human production and daily life.
Interdisciplinary integration has also been continuously promoted, paving the way for new paths in the deep integration of global technological and industrial innovation, according to CAE academician Yang Baofeng.
