News of the month
2024/02 China establishes AI education bases in 184 primary and secondary schools
http://en.people.cn/n3/2024/0223/c90000-20136631.html China’s Ministry of Education (MOE) has announced a list of 184 primary and secondary schools selected as artificial intelligence…
2024/01 Self-driving police patrol cars tested in Beijing demonstration zone
https://news.cgtn.com/news/2024-01-17/Self-driving-police-patrol-cars-tested-on-Beijing-roads-1qqLdb7A8lq/p.html Fifteen self-driving patrol cars, complete with flashing lights, hit the public roads in the autonomous driving demonstration area Daxing…
2023/12 The YAO genome: a more accurate genome sequence for the Han population
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1672022923001006 http://en.people.cn/n3/2023/1212/c90000-20109305.html A team of geneticists has assembled a complete human genome reference for Han Chinese, the first of its…
2023/11 Oxygen on Mars: “Machine chemist”develops suitable catalyst without human intervention
https://www.cas.cn/cm/202311/t20231114_4985649.shtml https://www.nature.com/articles/s44160-023-00424-1 While preparing for a future Mars mission, researchers from CAS University of Science of China (USTC) and Technology…
2023/10 First Belt and Road Science and Technology Conference BRST with attendants from 80 countries in Chongqing
http://en.people.cn/n3/2023/1107/c90000-20093902.html http://j.people.com.cn/n3/2023/1031/c95952-20091311.html The Press Office of the State Council held a press conference on the afternoon of October 30 to…
2023/09 Big Data Center publishes satellite data on BRI urban nighttime light emissions
https://english.news.cn/20230906/80d41d7d0ced4bdea2f6a0bdd2fed8fe/c.html The International Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals (CBAS) has released the world’s first atlas of…
2023/08 China leads use of geothermal energy with 38% of global
China’s direct geothermal energy use will reach 40.6 gigawatts (GW) by the end of 2020, accounting for 38% of the…
2023/07: ‘Gene bank’ of ancient ceramics in China’s porcelain capital Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province
http://en.people.cn/n3/2023/0802/c90000-20053180.html Cross-section specimens of ceramic fragments produced in Jingdezhen, east China’s Jiangxi Province during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) and unearthed…
2023/06: China in Africa: “Egypt-2” satellite prototype inaugurated, and paintings by African teenagers exhibited in China’s space station
http://j.people.com.cn/n3/2023/0628/c95952-20036937-3.html On June 25 at the Space City Satellite Assembly, Integration, and Test (AIT) Center in Egypt, a prototype of…
2023/05 China reports progress on brain-computer-interface technology (BCI)
http://en.people.cn/n3/2023/0531/c90000-20026195.html https://www.stcn.com/article/detail/868884.html https://redian.news/wxnews/409499 China has become a major innovation hub and target market for brain-computer interface (BCI) technology, according to…
2023/04: China releases global color images of Mars
https://english.news.cn/20230424/748f978ce4d94214bd941ba024eb493c/c.html This photo released on April 24, 2023 shows the Robinson projection of Mars. The China National Space Administration (CNSA)…
2023/03 BGI introduces GenBase sequencing database
https://www.cas.cn/syky/202303/t20230327_4881794.shtml https://ngdc.cncb.ac.cn/genbase/?lang=en GenBase, the latest gene sequence database developed by the National Genome Sciences Data Center (NGDC) of the Beijing…
2023/02 Three-photon microscope captures deep-brain images
https://news.cgtn.com/news/2023-02-26/China-develops-three-photon-microscope-capturing-deep-brain-images-1hJt6EHMn60/index.html BEIJING, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) — A research team at Peking University has made a new breakthrough in multiphoton microscopy…
2023/01 Efficient biosynthesis of starch and protein from corn stalks by yeast displaying cellulolytic enzymes
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095927323000221 Researchers at the CAS Institute of Industrial Biotechnology have developed a highly efficient biosynthesis of artificial starch and microbial…
2022/12 Flood Control Center in Yunnan uses AI-based digital twin for eco protection
http://j.people.com.cn/n3/2022/1205/c95952-10179907.html An “AI-based Model R&D Zone for Smart Sensing Technology for Critical Populations in Plateau Lakes and Marshes” was launched…
2022/11 A 1:1 model of China’s space station showcased at Airshow China
http://en.people.cn/n3/2022/1110/c90000-10169473.html Visitors view the 1:1 model of China’s space station combination showcased at the 14th China International Aviation and Aerospace…
2022/10 Beidou Satellite Positioning System is now applied in over 120 countries and regions
http://j.people.com.cn/n3/2022/1024/c95952-10162830.html According to a presentation at the UN, Beidou has already been applied in more than 120 countries and regions…
2022/09 Chinese consortium releases “Carbon planet beta” digital earth
http://m.stdaily.com/index/kejixinwen/202209/90adabf19bee493abf8d77cc74cf9fab.shtml At the 2022 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFT), StellarView and a team from Tsinghua University have presented…
2022/08 Yanchang Petroleum will start up 500,000 t coal to fuel ethanol plant in September 2022
https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202207/26/WS62df3ea0a310fd2b29e6e57b.html The technology used at the plant, which is located in Yulin, Shaanxi province, has been developed by the CAS…
2022/07 Genome sequence of a 14000 year-old woman (“Mengzi Ren”) shows deep genetic ties to the first Native Americans
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.06.016 https://www.cas.cn/syky/202207/t20220718_4841915.shtml Genome sequencing of the 14,000-year-old human remains of the “Mengzi Ren (MZR)” by Zhang Xiaoming and colleagues from…
2022/06 World’s first desert ring railroad circles the Taklimakan desert along 2700 km
An impressive 45 sec video on the construction can be found under http://j.people.com.cn/n3/2022/0616/c95952-10110621.htmlundefined
2022/05 China’s Jimu Airship reaches 9000 m altitude in Himalaya region
China’s self-developed floating airship, designed for atmosphere observation, reached a record altitude of 9,032 meters in Tibet Autonomous Region. Developed…
2022/04 China’s “Earth 2.0” satellite, to be launched in 2026, is hoped to find a dozen of earth-like planets
China is planning an “Earth 2.0” mission to detect exoplanets similar to Kepler-186f. Scientists have discovered more than 5,000 exoplanets…
2022/03 Chinese antarctic teams are envied by their neighbours for fresh vegetables and fruits grown in antarctic plant factories
Until 2014, the supply of fresh vegetables was a major problem plaguing China’s Antarctic scientific expeditions. As Antarctica entered its…
2022/02 China reports progress in the South-to-North Water Diversion Project
China has established a water control infrastructure system that is currently the largest in scale, widest in scope, and has…
2022/01 Irrigation goes solar for shelterbelt in Taklimakan desert
Rroadside shelter forests along a road crossing in Taklimakan, China’s largest desert in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, will…
2021/12 China launches „Earth satellite“ to support sustainable development of developing countries
The SDGSAT-1 satellite is equipped with three payloads: . a thermal infrared imager, . a micro-optical imager, and . a…
2021/11 Chinese team produces Clostridium single-cell protein from CO at 10,000 t scale
In a cooperation of the CAAS Feed Research Institute and Beijing Shougang Longze New Energy Technology Co., Ltd., a gas…
2021/10 Haiyang city will receive „zero-carbon heating“ by Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant
Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant Unit 1 in Shandong Province is said to become the world’s largest combined heat and power…
2021/09 Team at CAS Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology synthesises starch from CO2 in a cell-free system
The group used computational design to draft an artificial anabolic pathway from CO2 to starch. First, CO2 is reduced to…
2021/08 Team at CAS Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology prepares rose fragrance using synthetic biology
The team of ZHANG Xueli has applied metabolic engineering to introduce the rose essential oil pathway into bakers’ yeast, Saccharomyces…
2021/07 Chinese researchers achieve brain map of macaque monkey in micron resolution
The brain of higher primates comprises nearly 1014 nerve cells with delicate and complex connections among them. To fully understand…
2021/06 Xinjiang’s first heliostat thermal power plant in test operation
14,500 heliostats were installed and tested in Naomaohuzhen, Hami, Xinjiang Autonomous Region, Xinjiang’s first solar thermal power plant. The heliostats…
2021/05 China’s “father of hybrid rice”, YUAN Longping, passes away at age 91
Chinese scientist YUAN Longping, renowned for developing the first hybrid rice strain that relieved countless people of hunger, died of…
2021/03 Rail freight from China to Europe raises as Europe become China’s main trading partner
The number of China-Europe freight trains was 1,165 in January 2021, up 66 percent year on year, and a record…
2021/02 China explores straw net machine for desert control
According to the Desert Control Research Institute of Gansu Province, which developed the machine, the machine places checkerboard-type large straw nets…
2021/01 China presents driving platform of 620 km/h MAGLEV train
At an opening ceremony at the State Key Laboratory of Traction Power at Southwest Jiaotong University in Chengdo, it was…
2020/12 China helps construction of Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention in Addis Ababa
The China-aided future headquarters of the Africa CDC will cover an area of 90,000 m2, equipped with office buildings and…
2020/11 History of China’s deep sea submersibles
Over the past 30 years, China has explored further into the deep sea. Here is a brief overview of the…
2020/09 CAS Northwest Research Institute models navigability of Northeast Passage for merchant ships
The team around KANG Shichang has modelled decreasing thickness and density of sea ice and multi-year ice along a future…
