In Fujian’s Fuzhou City Beilai Kindergarten, two secure entry/exit devices equipped with face recognition technology are installed at the entrance to the school and automatically verify the identity of the parents. This ensures safe and well-timed pick-up and drop-off of children. As strict demands on infection control are imposed on kindergartens, two artificial intelligence (AI) […]
Unmanned agricultural work high on China’s agenda for a higher income countryside
Until now, 12 provinces, autonomous regions and cities in China have built 18 test areas with a total of more than 5333 hectares of test fields growing 14 representative crops, including wheat, rice and corn, cotton, oil, sugar, fruits, vegetables and tea, covering most of China’s geology and terrain, with various self-driving agricultural machines and […]
Beijing starts trial with self-driving taxis
The test area opened to the public by Beijing City has a total distance of about 700 km and covers dozens of locations, including living and working. The rides are for free, and a screen in the back seat displays the car’s speed, estimated duration, distance, destination, and other information. The screen also allows to […]
During “135”, China’s sci-tech personnel became younger, better educated and more female
According to a report from the China Association for Science and Technology (CAST), China had a total of 101 million sci-tech individuals by the end of 2018. Participation in higher education rose from 40 percent in 2015 to 51.6 percent in 2019, and nearly half of high school students chose science, engineering, agronomy, or medicine […]
CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles Co. develops high-speed train which runs on different rail systems
The train, with a standard speed of 400 km per hour, can cope with different rail systems on international routes, making international rail travel more convenient. It can operate at temperatures between minus 50 and plus 50 degrees Celsius, under different traction power supply systems and railway transportation standards of different countries. There are currently […]
China explores long-term ownership of results by scientific researchers
In a pilot program initiated by the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), researchers from a total of 40 research institutions in nine provinces and municipalities will be granted ownership or long-term use rights to search profits from their science and technology results. The trial period is 3 years, and results will be used to […]
China expects to have 610 million doses of Corona vaccine by year-end
According to a speaker of the State Council, China will set the price in a company-centric manner, but also adhere to the following principles: (1) the price will be based on the attributes and principles of public good, based on cost, not supply and demand, (2) The price will be set on the basis of […]
Sinopec reports well-drilling at nearly 9000 m depth
Sinopec reported on October 23, 2020, that they had reached a depth of 8,874.4 m in onshore directional well drilling at the Shunbei oil and gas field in Northwest Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region. The oil and gas field there has an average depth of over 8,000 m, and current annual production capacities of 1 million t […]
Thai-Chinese high-speed railway contracted in Bangkok
The 253 km rail will run from Bangkok to Nakhon Ratchasima, the gateway to the northeast of Thailand. The contract involves the State Railway of Thailand, China Railway International Co and China Railway Design Corporation. Xinhua news release, October 29, 2020
CAS Nanjing Institute of Soil Sciences develops method for farmland soil remediation using biomass-derived charcoal
The group around JIANG Xin has developed a method based on straw-derived charcoal which is plowed into PAH polluted farmland. As shown by soil metabonomics, this triggers organisms in the plant rhizosphere to digest PAH and other organic pollutants by an inexpensive method. CAS news release, October 29, 2020