The team of YU Shuhong, Academician of the CAS, has utilized natural cellulose nanofibers from wood chips and other biomass to construct a high-performance artificial wood with an isotropic flexural strength of up to 170 MPa and a bending modulus of about 10 GPa, far exceeding the mechanical strength of natural solid wood. To this […]
By the end of 2020, China’s 5G stations exceed 700,000
According to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology MIIT, by the end of 2020 China had installed more than 718,000 5G base stations and 330,000 more under construction. Within the 512 projects of “5G + Industrial Internet”, there are presently over 1,100 related projects under development. Japan JST China news, December 17, 2020
China Oil discoves large gas field in the Junggar Basin of Xinjiang
According to China Oil Xinjiang Oil Field Co., the “Hutui 1 well” located in the Hutubi River prefecture, southern edge of the Junggar Basin of Xinjiang, holds proved reserves of natural gas of more than 100 billion m3. Japan JST China news, December 21, 2020
China Southwest Oil reports > 30 billion m3 of gas production in Sichuan in 2020
China Oil Southwest Oil and Gas Field Co. since 1958 has developed 114 gas fields with more than 2,300 gas wells in the Sichuan Basin. Cumulative natural gas production was over 500 billion cubic meters. As a leading developer of natural gas in the Sichuan Basin, the company has recently built three 10 billion m3-class […]
92.5% of China’s primary and middle schools have multimedia classrooms
The network connection of primary and secondary schools nationwide rose to 99.7% from 69.3% in 2015. All schools even in the 52 poorest counties have now been networked, and 99.7% of schools have reached 100Mbs communication speed. Multimedia classrooms have been installed in 95.2% of primary and secondary schools. The number of terminals uniformly deployed […]
Chinese Covid-19 vaccines delivered to several foreign countries
A report in China Daily on the export of Covid-19 vaccines provides the following status. Turkey: Sinovac vaccine, 3 million doses delivered, 50 million doses by end of February 2021 Bahrain: Sinovac vaccine, vaccination of adult population started United Arab Republic: CNBG vaccine, late-stage clinical trials Brazil: Sinovac vaccine, late-stage clinical trials with 13,000 volunteers, […]
CAS establishes research center for carbon neutrality research
The center will be installed at the CAS Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Beijing. Its task will be to assess possible ecological engineering options and scientific approaches to transform the energy structure. China has announced that it will strive to bring carbon dioxide emissions to a peak before 2030 and become carbon neutral before 2060. Xinhua […]
Wharf in Zhuhai starts building unmanned smart mothership for remote controls
The remote-controlled and self-navigating scientific research vessel, to be launched by CSSC Huangpu Wenchong Ship Co., Ltd. in 2022, will be able to cooperate with unmanned submersible systems. Its mission will be in marine disaster prevention and mitigation, submarine surveying, marine environment monitoring, offshore wind farm maintenance, etc. Furthermore, it will provide accurate marine information […]
China’s top political advisory body discusses AI ethical rules
The Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), China’s top political advisory body, recently held a seminar on the ethical and legal issues related to AI development. Topics were the potential ethical and legal risks that arise with AI technology, formulation of relevant laws in areas such as face recognition, speech synthesis and autonomous driving, and […]
Ethiopia launches second satellite from China’s Wenchang launch pad
The 8.9 kg satellite abbreviated as ET-Smart-RSS was co-designed by the Ethiopian Space Science and Technology Institute (ESSTI) in collaboration with Chinese experts and is capable to take high-resolution pictures. In December 2019, Ethiopia, in cooperation with China, launched its first satellite. The 72 kg multi-spectral remote sensing satellite, stationed in a 700 km orbit, […]