The inaugural ceremony of the journal Accelerator: Science, Technology & Applications (ACCEL), a new peer-reviewed English journal focusing on particle accelerator science, was held on June 18 at the Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility of the Shanghai Advanced Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (SARI-CAS). Representatives from top research institutions and universities attended the event.

The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST), known as China's "Sky Eye," has completed a key maintenance milestone in southwest China's Guizhou Province. On June 15, engineers finished installing six massive, domestically developed steel cables, fully replacing the core components of its cable-driven suspension system.

The Hong Kong Observatory (HKO) and the National Time Service Center (NTSC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences held a plaque-unveiling ceremony for the Hong Kong Station of the National Standard Time and Joint Atomic Time at the HKO Headquarters. Through the first Hong Kong Station, the HKO provides the NTSC with raw measurement data for the generation and maintenance of the Joint Atomic Time and collaborates in promoting the development of the Joint Atomic Time.

More than 60 kilometers from the urban area of Beijing, surrounded by mountains beside the Yanqi Lake, the Synergetic Extreme Condition User Facility (SECUF) operates quietly in the Huairou Science City.

The fourth meeting of High Energy Photon Source (HEPS) International Advisory Committee (IAC) was held at the HEPS campus, Huairou District, Beijing, on March 25-27, 2026. Chaired by Harald Reichert from DESY and co-chaired by ZHAO Zhentang from SARI, the three-day meeting brought together 21 leading international experts to review the project's progress and future plans.

China's Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST) on Tuesday issued its latest dataset, including more than 30 million spectra, to domestic astronomers and international collaborators, cementing its position as the survey project with the highest number of released spectra worldwide.

The Institute of Modern Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences recently hosted a symposium focusing on frontier nuclear physics related to the High Intensity Heavy-Ion Accelerator Facility (HIAF). The event also incorporated the Annual Conference of the State Key Laboratory of Heavy Ion Science and Technology.

During the ongoing "two sessions," the annual meetings of China's top legislature and top political advisory body, several scientists have shared exciting updates about the country's major science and technology infrastructure projects. These facilities, which include massive telescopes and deep underground laboratories, are entering a new phase of development during the country's 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030).

As millions of families in China come together to celebrate the Lunar New Year, countless scientists and engineers are still hard at work in their laboratories, the Gobi Desert, freezing observation stations, and on engineering sites. They're pushing forward with crucial projects that will shape the future of energy, materials, and space missions.

On October 28, 2025, the "Global Environment Outlook" course of the International College, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS), organized a visit for 19 international students to the National Major Science and Technology Infrastructure — the Earth System Numerical Simulation Facility (also known as “Huan”), located in Huairou Science City, Beijing.