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By using this article, a series of important events that have occurred in various countries on Earth are recorded on the blockchain, on a monthly basis, focusing on recording important events, only recording, not evaluating.

January

1. General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, Xi Jinping, signed the Central Military Commission's Order No. 1 for 2021 in his capacity as Chairman of the Central Military Commission, issuing a "training mobilization order" to the People's Liberation Army, requiring the entire army to focus on "preparing for war" and ensuring "readiness for war at all times".

2. Supporters of former US President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol, disrupting the certification of Democratic President-elect Joe Biden's victory. The police have evacuated these supporters, and a curfew has been imposed in Washington, D.C.

3. Tesla CEO Elon Musk's net worth reached a record-breaking $185 billion, making him the new richest person in the world.

4. The Butantan Institute in Brazil announced the Phase III trial results of the COVID-19 inactivated vaccine developed by Sinovac Biotech, with an efficacy of 50.38%.

5. The US House of Representatives voted on the impeachment of President Trump in the afternoon, with 232 votes in favor and 197 votes against. Ten Republican members of Congress supported the impeachment. The impeachment charge only includes the offense of "incitement of insurrection". Trump may become the first and only US president to be impeached twice while in office.

6. According to the Daily Mail, the National Science Foundation of the United States announced in a press release that the most distant, oldest, and largest black hole and quasar known to date have been discovered. The black hole is equivalent to 1.6 billion times the mass of the sun, and the quasar is 1,000 times brighter than the entire Milky Way galaxy. Researchers used a telescope located in Atacama, Chile to discover the supermassive black hole and quasar formed 670 million years after the Big Bang, which was named "J0313-1806".

7. Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th President of the United States.

8. The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons of the United Nations officially entered into force.

9. The UK announced the provision of the Hong Kong BNO visa from this day onwards, with no quota restrictions. Family members of British National (Overseas) (BNO) who do not have British nationality can also immigrate. The Chinese government and the Hong Kong SAR government also announced that they will no longer recognize BNO as a valid travel document from this day onwards.

10. The 13th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam held its first plenary session to elect Nguyen Phu Trong as the General Secretary of the Central Committee.

February

1. Coup d'état in Myanmar and protests in Myanmar. Since the coup on February 1, approximately 1,000 anti-coup protesters, including children and pregnant women, have been killed in the crackdown in Myanmar. More than 5,000 people have been arrested, but the protesters have ignored warnings and continue to take to the streets.

2. The Canadian House of Commons unanimously passed a motion recognizing China's actions against the Uighur ethnic group in Xinjiang as genocide, except for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his cabinet.

March

1. The 4th session of the 13th National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China announced the "Decision on Improving the Electoral System of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region," marking the fourth reform of the political system in Hong Kong since its return.

2. The European Union, together with the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada, announced sanctions against four Chinese officials, including Zhu Hailun, former Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Committee of the Communist Party of China Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region Committee, Wang Mingshan, member of the Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region Committee and Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Committee, Wang Junzheng, Political Commissar of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps and Chairman of China Construction Group, and Chen Mingguo, Director of the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region Public Security Department, and one entity, the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps Public Security Bureau. This is the first time the EU has imposed sanctions on China since the 1989 Tiananmen Square incident.

3. The Chinese Super League champion Jiangsu team withdrew from Chinese football.

April

1. A train derailment accident occurred in Xiulin Township, Hualien County, Taiwan, resulting in at least 49 deaths and multiple injuries.

2. NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity successfully flew on Mars for the first time.

3. The UK House of Commons voted in favor of a motion proposed by Conservative Party member Nusrat Ghani, confirming that the treatment of Uighur people in Xinjiang constitutes crimes against humanity and genocide. It is another Western country's parliament to recognize the "genocide" committed by the Chinese government against the Uighurs, following the United States, Canada, and the Netherlands.

May

1. The Hong Kong Legislative Council officially passed the "2021 Public Offices (Candidacy and Taking Up Offices) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill," which requires district councilors in Hong Kong to take an oath of allegiance to the Basic Law and the Hong Kong SAR government. The bill also defines acts that are not loyal to the Basic Law and the SAR government, such as violating Article 23 of the Basic Law and the Hong Kong National Security Law. Before the bill was passed, at least 32 district councilors had voluntarily resigned or had their qualifications revoked.

2. China's Tianzhou-1 cargo spacecraft successfully docked with the Tianhe core module of the country's space station, marking a major milestone in China's space exploration.

3. Yuan Longping, a hybrid rice expert, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and recipient of the "Medal of the Republic," passed away at the age of 91 due to multiple organ failure at Hunan Xiangya Hospital.

4. A major accident occurred during the Huanghe Stone Forest 100-kilometer Cross-Country Race in Jingtai County, Baiyin City, Gansu Province, China, resulting in 21 deaths and 8 injuries.

5. The People's Republic of China announced further relaxation of family planning restrictions and the implementation of a three-child policy and supporting measures, as well as a gradual increase in the statutory retirement age.

June

1. The Hong Kong government announced the latest arrangements for the real-name registration system for prepaid SIM cards. Individual users can register up to 10 stored-value cards with each telecommunications operator, and corporate users can register up to 25 cards. The system is expected to be fully implemented from February 23, 2023.

2. The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China passed several important laws, including the "Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law," "Data Security Law," and "Hainan Free Trade Port Law," among others.

3. China's Shenzhou-12 manned spacecraft was successfully launched. The three astronauts, Nie Haisheng and others, successfully docked with the Tianhe core module of the space station. This marked the first time Chinese astronauts entered their own space station, Tiangong.

4. Microsoft officially announced Windows 11.

5. Apple Daily, a pro-democracy newspaper in Hong Kong, announced its closure after being accused of violating the national security law in Hong Kong and having its assets frozen.

July

1. A C-130 transport plane of the Philippine Air Force crashed in Sulu Province, Philippines, resulting in at least 45 deaths.

2. Haitian President Jovenel Moïse and his wife Martine Moïse were assassinated by a group of 28 people at their residence. Jovenel was killed on the spot, while Martine was sent to the United States for treatment. The acting prime minister, Claude Joseph, took over the state affairs, and a state of emergency was declared in Haiti.

3. Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, and others boarded the "New Shepard" rocket for the first official launch. This marked a new milestone in human history, flying directly to the Kármán line of space. It was also the inaugural commercial manned space travel of Blue Origin, a space exploration technology company owned by Elon Musk.

August

1. The first aircraft carrier designed by the Indian Navy, INS Vikrant IC-1, designed by the Indian Naval Design Bureau (DND), completed its construction after 12 years and officially set sail for its first sea trial.

2. A 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck approximately 120 kilometers west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, resulting in approximately 1,419 deaths and 6,000 injuries.

3. As the Taliban entered Kabul, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani reportedly fled to Tajikistan. He said he left to avoid bloodshed, but this allowed the Taliban, a militia organization that regained power in Afghanistan after the collapse of its regime nearly 20 years ago, to regain control of the country.

4. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) fully approved the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.

September

1. Beijing Universal Studios began trial operations and officially opened on the 20th.

2. CFS, a startup funded by Bill Gates, and the Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC) at MIT used an instrument called the tokamak SPARC (also known as the magnetic ring) to store and confine magnetically burning plasma for the first time, enabling nuclear fusion reactions. In this experimental test, the magnetic reaction data reached 20 Tesla, surpassing the magnetic field of traditional MRI and magnetic resonance imaging by 12 times, making it the most powerful magnet on Earth. The research technology of the new magnet is expected to achieve "fusion energy gain," which means that a fusion reactor can produce more energy.

3. The Republic of El Salvador officially adopted Bitcoin as legal tender, becoming the world's first country to do so.

4. The People's Bank of China announced that "all" transactions involving cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, are illegal and will be strictly prohibited.

October

1. Fumio Kishida won the election for the president of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan and succeeded Yoshihide Suga as the Prime Minister of Japan, becoming the 100th Prime Minister of Japan.

2. Microsoft began retailing Windows 11 and opened free upgrades to Windows 10 devices that meet the hardware requirements.

3. The Republic of China celebrated its 110th anniversary and the 110th anniversary of the Xinhai Revolution.

4. A fire broke out in the City Council Building in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, resulting in 46 deaths, making it the second deadliest fire in a single building in Taiwan.

5. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg officially announced that the company will be renamed Meta to incorporate its future vision of the metaverse, which he refers to as the "next generation of the internet."

November

1. The World Health Organization (WHO) approved the emergency use listing of Covaxin, a COVID-19 vaccine developed by Bharat Biotech, stating that it has a 78% efficacy in preventing severe cases of COVID-19. Covaxin is the seventh vaccine to receive emergency authorization and the first vaccine to be distributed under the World Health Organization's global vaccine distribution program (COVAX).

2. China's Shenzhou-13 spacecraft's three astronauts conducted their first spacewalk. Wang Yaping successfully exited the Tianhe core module, becoming the first female astronaut from mainland China to perform a spacewalk.

3. Rotterdam, the Netherlands, experienced large-scale anti-lockdown protests, which escalated into violent clashes at night. During the protests, the police fired warning shots and used force. The city entered a state of emergency on November 20.

4. The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) detected neutrinos in experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), marking a new milestone in particle physics research. The research was published in the journal "Physical Review D."

December

1. Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa embarked on a 12-day space journey to the International Space Station (ISS). He will also be one of the first private passengers to participate in SpaceX's "Starship" lunar mission in 2023, led by Elon Musk.

2. The 7th Legislative Council election was held in Hong Kong, with a voter turnout of 32.22% for functional constituency elections, the lowest since the Hong Kong Legislative Council election in 1985. The voter turnout for geographical constituency elections was 30.2%, the lowest since the Hong Kong Legislative Council election in 1991.

3. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), a collaboration between NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA), was launched into space from the Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana.