China’s national carbon market has become the world’s largest carbon market and is expected to be a crucial policy instrument for achieving the country’s “dual carbon” goals. The design of China’s national carbon market integrates economic theory and international experiences, and more importantly, it fully considers China’s actual situation. This is reflected in key areas such as sectoral coverage, allowance allocation, cap setting, and the MRV (Monitoring, Reporting and Verification) system. Currently, China’s national carbon market has made effective progress in several aspects, but it also faces challenges.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) impacts many industries and professions in different ways. A recent study looking at taxi drivers in Yokohama, Japan, shows that AI demand forecasting, which is unrelated to autonomous driving, can improve productivity in less-experienced drivers, helping close the skill gaps. This finding challenges the assumption that AI only favors high-skilled workers in technology-dependent industries.

The stem cell-based embryo model (SCBEM) takes advantage of the flexibility of pluripotent stem cells (non-reproductive cells that can give rise to many different types of cells) to resemble that of embryos. While this model has helped to advance research in diseases and develop therapies or treatments, it has also sparked international debate on what regulations should be placed on this type of experimentation. Researchers reviewed what countries are doing to regulate SCBEM and proposed what regulation should look like for this field of stem cell research to move forward in a manner that everyone can agree is ethically sound.