BEIJING, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- The following is a summary of published science and technology news of China:

SPACE MISSIONS

China has revealed logos for four missions of the country's space program in 2024, namely the launches of the cargo craft Tianzhou-7 and Tianzhou-8, and the crewed spaceships Shenzhou-18 and Shenzhou-19.

PALEOLITHIC SITES

More than 200 Paleolithic sites have been found in southwest China's Sichuan Province since 2019, challenging the claim that the area had scarce hominins in the Old Stone Age.

The discovery, a result of a comprehensive archaeological investigation launched in 2019, was briefed on Saturday at a seminar in Sichuan's Meishan City.

ENERGY OUTPUT

China's production of coal, crude oil and natural gas maintained steady expansion in the first 10 months of the year, official data showed.

Miners in the country churned out 390 million tonnes of coal in October, up 3.8 percent year on year. Coal output during the first 10 months of the year reached 3.83 billion tonnes, 3.1 percent higher than the same period last year, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. Enditem

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