CAS DICP designs nanoreactor for hydrogenation of phenylacetylene

The team of LIU Jian at Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics has designed a submicron reactor of eggshell structure, loaded with metal nanoparticles into a zinc oxide-microporous carbon core shell (Pd&ZnO@carbon) which showed high selectivity (> 99%) in the...

China expands along the silk road via hybrid wheat

China Seed Group Co. and others are promoting the spread of hybrid wheat into countries such as Pakistan, Bangladesh and Uzbekistan and have gained support from local farmers, an excellent example of China’s expansion through modern agricultural high-tech...

China targets 73,000 km2 for afforestation per year

According to the National Forestry and Grassland Bureau, China will complete afforestation of 73,000 km2 each year, and set the forest ratio nationwide to 26% by 2035. By 2020, 200 national „forest cities“ will be built, including six forest city clusters and 20,000...

Chinese team develops simple chip for visible light communication

A team at Tianjin and Chongqing supported by CAE Academician QI Jiangxing presented a chip set consisting of a visible light optoelectronic front-end chip and a digital baseband chip. It can support high-speed transmission of Gbits per second, and is fully compatible...

China to build State-level industrial innovation centers

The National Development and Reform Commission decided to build several industrial innovation centers around Beijing, Shanghai and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area to support development of these areas into world-class science and technology innovation...