State Council publishes National Plan to Contain AIDS

On 13 October, the State Council published a national plan for the control and containment of AIDS for the years 2019-2022 (《遏制艾滋病传播实施方案(2019-2022年)》). The responsible ministry is the National Health Commission (NHC 卫健委), and nine other ministries or departments...

Chloroplast DNA barcoding tell Chinese drug from adulterants

Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences have successfully employed genetic barcoding to tell original drugs of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) from adulterants. Extracts of Drynaria roosii Nakaike are traditionally used in China for the treatment...

Beijing’s R&D spending is at 6.17% of GDP

Beijing, the center of science and technology innovation nationwide, makes science and technology innovation the most important activity. Beijing has a particularily strong R&D system in terms of scientific research management, performance evaluation, rights and...

Sanjiang Group and Vipioneers launch unmanned truck for opencast mines

The truck measures 10.2 meters long, 5.4 meters wide and five meters tall, and has a carrying capacity of 110 tonnes. It can plan its mission and route for itself, load and unload automatically, and drive by itself. The new unmanned mining truck features integrated...