China’s Chang’e moon probe will carry out biosphere experiments

Professor XIE Gengxin of Chongqing University said a canister installed on the probe contained the seeds of cotton, rapeseed, potato, and arabidopsis, as well as eggs of fruit fly and some yeast, to form a simple mini biosphere. After Chang’e-4 landed on Jan. 3,...

China launches maritime silk road satellite data service

A satellite data service center has opened in Fuzhou, Fujian Province. Apart from standard data products, it will provide remote sensing date on land, forestry, environmental protection, water resources, agriculture, disaster alleviation, weather and oceans. By the...

China held 16 million patents in 2018

According to an interview with the Director General of the National Intellectual Property Office SIPA, the number of invention patents owned by Mainland China (excluding Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan) at the end of 2018 increased by 18.1% to 16.2 million. The number of...

China and Russia will explore how to drill for water on the moon

According to Vladimir Khmelyov of the Altai State Technical University, an ultrasonic drilling project has won financing from Russia’s Fundamental Research Fund and China’s National Natural Science Fund. In this project, it will be explored how to use...