Beijing wants to attract more global talents in S&T

According to Beijing’s Mayor CHEN Jining, the number of national high-tech enterprises in Beijing reached 25,000 in 2018. On average, 199 high-tech startups opened in the city every day, and the city has 80 startup firms each worth more than $1 billion. Beijing set up...

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...