On December 24, China Media Group announced its selection of the top 10 domestic and international science and technology news stories for the year 2025.

The domestic top 10 highlights include: the establishment of three world-class scientific and technological innovation hubs; the issuance by the State Council of the "Opinions on Further Advancing the 'AI Plus' Initiative"; the successful launch of Tianwen-2, marking the start of an asteroid exploration and sample-return mission; the 'artificial sun' nuclear fusion device achieving a record-breaking "100 million degrees Celsius for 1,000 seconds"; China's AI large model, DeepSeek, garnering global attention; the 'Zuchongzhi-3' quantum computing prototype setting a new world benchmark; the commissioning of Fujian, China's first electromagnetic catapult-equipped aircraft carrier; the emergency launch of the Shenzhou-22 spacecraft, which achieved fully autonomous operations throughout its mission; the official commencement of operations at the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory, a large-scale scientific facility; and the consecutive hosting of multiple robot competitions, signaling a thriving embodied AI industry.

The international top 10 news stories encompass: China's leadership in driving the rapid global expansion of renewable energy; the creation of the most detailed connectivity map of the mammalian brain to date; the first-ever demonstration of anti-matter qubits; AI virtual cells ushering in a new era for biological research; China launching an international scientific initiative in the field of fusion; gravitational wave signals confirming Hawking's black hole area theorem; the unveiling of the world's first scalable optical quantum computer prototype; artificial 'form vision' research restoring sight to blind patients; scientists observing a colossal black hole merger event; and the release of the 2025 Shanghai Declaration at the 2025 General Assembly of the World Federation of Engineering Organizations.