China aims to become innovation powerhouse by 2020

According to a new national plan on science and technology innovation during the new 5-years program („135“), the country will establish dozens of innovation zones across the country, with Beijing and Shanghai in the lead. The plan also emphasizes industrial upgrading...

Use of biofuel ethanol in China is advancing

The 2014 annual sales of E10 ethanol gasoline were 23 million tons, accounting for about a quarter of gasoline vehicles. At present there are two experimental plants for cellulosic bioethanol, with COFCO’s 50.000 t Zhaodong plant in the lead. It is foreseen that soon...

China develops „artificial sun“ for Mars mission

The Beijing Institute of Environmental Features, under the Second Academy of China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation, has developed a device with a diameter of 5 meters, capable of providing illumination stronger than natural sunlight. It will be used to test...

Chinese bullet trains achieve crossing at 420 km/h each

In their efforts to establish a high-speed train system in China, two bullet trains achieved to pass each other with a speed of over 420 km/h each. China so far has built over 16.000 km of high-speed tracks. CAS news release, July 18, 2016