China in Africa

The regional Beidou network in Inner Mongolia provides positioning, navigation, timing and short message services, allowing, e. g., herdsmen to control water pumps across hundreds of hectars to provide fresh water for their cattle, using remote palm computers.

CAS news release, June 7, 2016

In spite of significant progress, S&T leaders in China feel deficits in fields such as material and pharmaceutical research and development. According to statements at current conferences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Chinese Academy of Engineering and the National Congress of the China Association for Science and Technology, there is a general understanding that the nation should be among the most innovative countries by 2020, a leading innovator by 2030, and a leading global scientific and technological power by the centenary anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 2049.

CAS news release, June 7, 2016

In this program, the National Remote Sensing Center has covered a land area of more than 56 million sq kilometers and more than 22 million sq kilometers in sea area. The report concludes that the China-Central Asia-West Asia economic corridor, in particular the arid environment corridor in China’s Xinjiang, Kazakhstan and Iran, is extremely fragile and water resource must be a top consideration when formulating economic and urbanization policies.

CAS news release, June 7, 2016

China develops a next-generation bullet train that can run at 400 kilometers an hour and is suitable for cross-border services. The train will have wheels that can be adjusted to fit various gauges on other countries’ tracks. The train will operate on China’s rail network as well as on the 770-km Moscow-Kazan high-speed line in Russia, designed for 400 km/h trains. The rail line is a joint venture between China and Russia. With the aim of exploring new concepts, China has begun to test an ultrafast bullet train that is potentially able to travel at 600 km/h. The train is made by CRRC Qingdao Sifang Co.

CAS news release, June 6, 2016

The group of FU Chunxiang at QIBEBT has succeeded to apply molecular breeding to these two energy plants resulting in higher biomass, less lignin and shorter flowering time. Currently, the cost of cellulosic ethanol compared to commercial starch ethanol is 1.6 fold in China. It is expected that such breeding programs help to establish economic bioethanol production from biomass.

CAS news release, June 2, 2016

Using Chlorella zofingiensis, the group of Junchao HUANG has found at the institute that this organism has all genes for required for the production of astaxanthin through the MEP pathway and that, under stress conditions, these genes are upregulated, leading to the synthesis of considerable quantities of astaxanthin in this organism.

CAS news release, June 2, 2016

The group of Pavel Neuzil at NPU in Xi’an has developed a palm-size 80 g device based on RT-PCR which detects viral loads of Ebola virus in blood within 37 min. It can be used in remote locations.

CAS news release, June 2, 2016

The largest share was for manure (43 %), followed by feed and fuel production (19 and 11 %).

China Bio news release, May 20, 2016

The train achieves speeds of up to 70 kmh. 95 % of all parts are said to be „made in China“. China’s minister of transport has stated that the total length of China’s light rail transit system will be increased from the current 3,300 kilometers to about 6,000 km by 2020.

CAS news release, May 30, 2016

China will send lunar probe Chang’e 5 to land on the moon and return with lunar samples in the second half of 2017, according to State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (SASTIND) on Friday. It will be the first time a Chinese probe to land on the moon, collect samples and return to Earth. China plans to orbit Mars, land and deploy a rover around 2020. A new generation of carrier rockets including Long March 5 and 7 will also be put in operation in 2016,

CAS news release, May 27, 2016

The group of LIN Bingcheng at Dalian University of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology has developed a microfluidic system which measures simultaneously drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, elimination and other pharmacokinetic parameters, as a substitute for animal experiments.

China Bio news release, May 25, 2016

Under the „135“ program, WuXi and Huawei will comply with the relevant provisions of the State Food and Drug Administration (CFDA), through cooperation with third-party security life sciences cloud platform vendors, joint development for Chinese Medicine Program and precise data exchange standards and frameworks.

China Bio news release, May 25, 2016

In the China Household Energy Consumption Research Report (2015)“ it was found that rural biogas, manure, firewood and straw accounted for up to 61% of energy resources of Chinese farmers. Urbanization will lead to shrinking consumption of biomass as an energy source.”

China Bio news release, May 25, 2016

Among the key organisms is Lactobacillus paracasei (LP) N1115 whose use in yoghurts is promoted by the Chinese Institute of Food Science and Technology.

China Bio news release, May 23, 2016

China started research on 5G technology in 2013, and will probably complete a first version of its 5G standards by 2018, adding standards which will become more mature
5G technology will raise network speeds by 1,000 times and bring virtual reality, holographic images and other new experiences to people’s lives.

CAS news release, May 23, 2016