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成都設計師打造《尋繡記》 喜獲中國“最美的書”China’s ’Most Beautiful Book’ named

《尋繡記》，字面意思是尋找刺繡，這本書與全國各地20家出版社的24本圖書一道，榮膺本年度“最美的書”稱號。這25本書將代表中國參加明年在德國萊比錫舉辦的一年一度的“世界最美的書”評選。2003年，上海新聞出版局開始評選中國“最美的書”。十多年來，先后有321種來自中國的“最美的書”亮相德國萊比錫，有19種榮獲“世界最美的書”獎項。《尋繡記》由四川成都時代出版社出版，講述的是中國中部湖北武漢女作家張書林花了近20年時間在云南、貴州、四川等省份收集的近20萬件明清時期(1368至1911年)和20世紀初的刺繡作品。這本書的獨特之處在于里面有真實的刺繡作品。

Xun Xiu Ji, a book which literally means “Looking for Embroidery”, has been named China’s “Most Beautiful Book” together with 24 other books from 20 publishing houses from across the country.The 25 books will represent China to compete in the annual “Most Beautiful Book in the World” competition to be held in Leipzig, Germany, next year.Annual selection of China’s“Most Beautiful Book” started in 2003 by the Shanghai News and Press Bureau. Since then, 321 books named China’s “Most Beautiful Book” have competed in Leipzig and 19 have won the “Most Beautiful Book in the World.”Published by the Chengdu Times Press in Sichuan province, Xun Xiu Ji tells the story of Zhang Shulin, a woman writer from Central China’s Hubei province, spending nearly 20 years traveling in Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Hunan, Shanxi, Shaanxi and Hebei provinces to collect nearly 200,000 pieces of embroidery in the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368-1911) and the early 20th century.The book is unique partly as it has real embroidery works inside.

劉慈欣獲得2018年亞瑟·C.克拉克獎Chinese sci-fiwriter Liu Cixin wins Arthur C. Clarke award

近日，中國科幻小說作家劉慈欣獲得2018年克拉克想象力服務社會獎，頒獎典禮于華盛頓西德尼劇院舉辦。劉慈欣是著名科幻小說《三體》的作者，同時是雨果獎和五次中國銀河大獎的得主，此次被授予了該獎項，他深表感激。亞瑟·C. 克拉克的想象力服務社會獎，成立于2012年，每年頒發一次。在克拉克獎項的官網上有這樣一段表述：“克拉克獎授予那些世界上最卓越并最富創造力的思想家、科學家、作家、技術專家、商業領袖以及創新者。”

Chinese science fiction writer Liu Cixin won 2018 Arthur C. Clarke Award for Imagination in Service to Society from the Clarke Foundation at the Sidney Harman Hall Recently. Introduced as “acclaimed author of The Three Body Problem and other science fiction works, winner of the Hugo and five Chinese Galaxy Awards”, Liu received the award. Arthur C. Clarke Award for Imagination in Service to Society was started in 2012 and is presented annually. The Clarke Awards recognize and celebrate the world’s most illustrious and creative thinkers, scientists, writers, technologists, business leaders and innovators, a statement on its official website said.

新華社首次推出全球首個人工智能主播China’s Xinhua news agency debuts world’s first AI anchors

中國官方媒體新華社在浙江省烏鎮舉行的第五屆世界互聯網大會上首次啟用人工智能新聞主播。開創性的人工智能新聞主播，一個說中文，另一個說英語，是世界上第一個基于最新人工智能技術的新聞主持人。由新華社和中國搜索引擎搜狗聯合開發的人工智能主播可以24小時向全世界的觀眾播報突發新聞。據新華社報道，人工智能主播已經加入每日新聞報道團隊，在新華社的社交媒體平臺上每天24小時工作，這些平臺包括，新華社手機APP、其官方微信和微博以及電視網頁端，給觀眾帶來“全新的新聞體驗”。

China’s state-run news agency Xinhua debuted its first artificial intelligence news anchors at the ongoing fifth World Internet Conference that kicked off in Wuzhen, Zhejiang Province. The groundbreaking AI news anchors, one speaking Chinese and the other English, are the world’s first news anchors based on the latest AI technology.Jointly developed by Xinhua and Chinese search engine Sogou, the AI anchors can work 24 hours a day reporting breaking news to audiences around the world. According to Xinhua, the AI anchors have already joined the daily news reporting team and worked 24 hours a day reporting news on the agency’s social media platforms, including the news app, official We Chat and Weibo accounts as well as the TV webpage,bringing audiences “a brand new news experience.” Xinhua said that the AI anchors have immeasurable prospects for the future news reporting as they could reduce production costs and improve efficiency and accuracy.