On January 16th, the top 10 technology terms for 2024 were announced during the '2024 Annual Top Ten Technology Terms Selection Event' held in Beijing. This event was jointly initiated by the National Committee for the Approval of Science and Technology Terms and several other organizations, including the National Language Resource Monitoring and Research Center. The selection criteria were very strict, taking into account the timeliness, innovation, public attention, influence, academic value, discipline affiliation, and future development potential of the candidate terms. Image source note: The image is AI-generated and provided by the image licensing service provider Midjourney.