China filed 1,1 million invention patents in 2015

According to the State IP Office, it received 1,1 million patent applications in 2015 (+18,7 %) and authorized 359.000 invention patents, of which 263.000 were of domestic origin. China Bio news release, January 18, 2016

China sends Belarusian telecom satellite into orbit

The satellite built by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. was carried by a Long March-3B rocket and successfully launched from China’s Xichang Satellite Launch Center. CAS news release, January 18, 2016

China will land Chang’e-4 probe on the far side of the moon in 2018

Chang’e-3 achieved the first Chinese soft-landing on the moon in December 2013 and is still sending messages back to Earth. China also plans to launch its Chang’e-5 lunar probe to finish the last chapter in China’s three-step (orbiting, landing and return)...