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

January

1. The RCEP agreement officially takes effect, with a total of 15 member countries signing the agreement.

2. Apple's market value exceeds $3 trillion, becoming the first company in the world to surpass this milestone.

3. The global number of COVID-19 cases exceeds 300 million.

4. A submarine volcano eruption occurs near the South Pacific island nation of Tonga, causing almost complete disruption of external communication for the country.

5. The James Webb Space Telescope arrives at its position in space where it will observe the universe, known as the Lagrange L2 point.

February

1. The 2022 Winter Olympics are held in Beijing, China.

2. Russia invades Ukraine, causing a general decline of 2 to 3% in global stock markets, and Ukraine announces the severance of diplomatic relations with Russia.

3. The world's largest transport aircraft, the Antonov An-225, is destroyed in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

March

1. The "Administrative Measures for Internet Religious Information Services" is officially implemented in mainland China, with the main content including the prohibition of spreading religious information on the Internet.

2. The Hong Kong SIM card registration system is officially launched. Under the new regulations, registration is required, and existing mobile phone card holders must register by February 23, 2023, at the latest.

3. The global number of COVID-19 deaths exceeds 6 million.

4. South Korea holds a presidential election, and the candidate from the People Power Party, Yoon Suk-yeol, defeats the candidate from the ruling Democratic Party, Lee Jae-myung, with 48.56% of the votes, successfully becoming the 20th President of South Korea, and is inaugurated on May 10.

5. A Boeing 737 aircraft belonging to China Eastern Airlines crashes in Wuzhou, Guangxi Autonomous Region, with all 132 people on board killed.

6. Shanghai, China implements a phased lockdown and conducts nucleic acid screening. It is later expanded to a city-wide lockdown on March 30 and is not fully lifted until June.

April

1. The global number of COVID-19 cases exceeds 500 million, on par with the Spanish flu pandemic about 100 years ago.

2. Emmanuel Macron is re-elected as the President of France in the 2022 French presidential election.

3. The Twitter board of directors accepts a $44 billion acquisition offer from Elon Musk, the world's richest person.

4. The first confirmed case of monkeypox in the UK is reported in 2022.

May

1. The sixth Chief Executive election in Hong Kong is postponed. Carrie Lam is elected with 1,416 votes from the Election Committee and becomes the Chief Executive.

2. Apple officially announces the discontinuation of the iPod touch. The last batch of the 7th generation iPod touch will continue to be sold until the stock runs out. Thus, the legendary iPod, which has been around for 21 years, will become history. Its music playback function has been integrated into other product lines such as the iPhone and iPad.

June

1. The European Union and members of the European Parliament agree to require all mobile phones, tablets, e-readers, and digital cameras to comply with new regulations by autumn 2024, which means adopting the USB-C charging specification.

2. A violent incident occurs at a barbecue restaurant in Tangshan, China in 2022.

3. The Jumbo Floating Restaurant and landmark Treasure Floating Seafood Restaurant in Hong Kong are officially moved and sunk in the South China Sea on the 19th.

4. The Fuzhou, a conventionally powered aircraft carrier with an electromagnetic catapult designed and built by China, is launched. Its hull number is 18.

5. A magnitude 5.9 earthquake occurs on the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan, resulting in at least a thousand deaths.

July

1. Former Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe, is assassinated during a speech in Nara City at the Yamato-Saidaiji Station.

2. NASA releases the first full-color photo taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. The photo shows a galaxy cluster in the constellation Volans, named "SMACS 0723". The cluster is actually not as far away as it seems, with a distance of "only" about 4.6 billion light-years.

3. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) updates the Red List of Threatened Species, officially declaring the extinction of the Chinese paddlefish, also known as the "King of Chinese Freshwater Fish".

4. Monkeypox has a total of 17,000 cases worldwide in 2022, affecting 75 countries, and is declared an "internationally significant public health emergency" by the World Health Organization.

August

1. Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, visits Asia and attracts attention for her visit to Taiwan.

2. Kazuo Inamori, a famous Japanese industrialist and entrepreneur, passes away at his home in Kyoto at the age of 90 due to natural causes.

3. Former Soviet leader and General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, passes away.

September

1. Liz Truss is elected leader of the UK Conservative Party and becomes the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

2. The iPhone 14 series introduces the "SOS Emergency Service" that utilizes satellites. Users can send messages to emergency services outside of mobile network or Wi-Fi coverage.

3. Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom passes away at Balmoral Castle at the age of 96. Prince Charles ascends to the throne, becoming the new King of the United Kingdom.

October

1. The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China is held in Beijing.

2. Liz Truss, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, resigns after only 45 days in office, becoming the shortest-serving Prime Minister in British history.

3. Rishi Sunak is elected leader of the UK Conservative Party in the 2022 Conservative Party leadership election, becoming the first Prime Minister of Indian descent in British history.

4. A stampede occurs in Itaewon, Seoul in 2022.

November

1. The world's population surpasses 8 billion.

2. The Webb Telescope recently discovered a galaxy called GLASS-z12. This galaxy formed 350 million years after the birth of the universe and is the earliest galaxy discovered by humans so far. Astronomers have accurately determined that it was born only 367 million years after the Big Bang, when the first light in the universe began to freely propagate in space.

3. The 2022 FIFA World Cup is held in Qatar.

4. A high-rise residential building in the Jixiangyuan community in Tianshan District, Urumqi, Xinjiang, catches fire, resulting in 10 deaths and 9 people missing.

5. The movement against China's "Zero COVID" policy spreads throughout the country.

6. Jiang Zemin, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, passes away in Shanghai at the age of 96.

7. OpenAI's AI chatbot, ChatGPT, is officially launched. Two months after its launch, the number of users reaches 100 million.

December

1. The US B-21 Raider strategic bomber is officially unveiled.

2. The Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council of China issues "New Ten Measures," determining to abandon the "Zero COVID" policy and move towards coexistence with the virus.

3. A landslide occurs at the Balingkaripapa Fertilizer Farm in Malaysia, resulting in 24 deaths and 7 people missing.

4. Argentina wins the World Cup for the first time in 36 years, and Lionel Messi fulfills his dream in Qatar.

5. The first subway line in Bangladesh, the Dhaka Metro, is officially opened.

6. Brazilian football legend Pelé passes away from cancer.

7. Former Pope Benedict XVI passes away at the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery in Vatican City.