In their efforts to establish a high-speed train system in China, two bullet trains achieved to pass each other with a speed of over 420 km/h each. China so far has built over 16.000 km of high-speed tracks.

CAS news release, July 18, 2016

The team of WANG Weichao at Nankai University and YAO Yan at Houston University succeeded to use mullite, a type of porcelain raw material, as an inexpensive cathode for a Magnesium-powered air battery. Key point is the low prize and abundance of the material.

CAS news release, July 14, 2016

According to the China Robot Industry Alliance, the total number of robots sold in 2015 exceeded 68.000, a 30 % rise from 2014. About 37 % of these robots were deployed in the automobile industry. There are over 40 robot industrial parks across China and more than 800 large-scale robot manufacturing companies.

CAS news release, July 8, 2016

According to a survey by China Bio’s Services for the period of 2016 – 2024, the global industrial enzyme market has reached 4,62 billion USD by 2015. Carbohydrases account for over 46%, mainly in the field of food and beverage processing and production of syrup prebiotics. Proteases will add at an average annual rate of 8% growth in 2016 to 2024, mainly in the detergent segment. About 1/3 of the total enzyme market is in North America, but the Asian markets grow fastest, with China, Japan, Korea, Thailand and India in the lead. Global manufacturers will continue to keep local oligopols, major players are BASF, Associated British Foods, DSM, Novozymes, DuPont, Adisseo France SAS, Codexis, Hansen and Amano Enzyme.

China Bioindustry News Release, July 5, 2016

The company listed in Shenzhen produces 5,000 t of PHA and 25,000 t of PHA composites. Sales grow continuously because the use of PHA mulch has been found to enhance the growth of peanuts through stimulation of plant-growth promoting rhizobacteria. The barrier properties of PHA films are not as good as with cheaper polyethylene films, so more water accumulates under PHA film, but this is better for crops because the crops will breatheand allow the farmland ground to keep cool.

China Bio news release, July 5, 2016

Tianyuan-1, built by the National University of Defense Technology, was launched on July 2 by a Long March-7 carrier rocket. Similar to air refueling for planes, the system refuels a satellite in orbit in a microgravity environment in order to extend a satellite’s functional life and boost its maneuver capabilities.

CAS news release, July 4, 2016

The device is the world’s largest radio telescope, well equipped with data mining capacities. Its mission is to reproduce the images of the early universe. It is also prepared to participate in the search for extraterrestrial civilization.

CAS news release, June 30, 2016

According to an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Chiny by 2020 plans to have set up the world’s largest health data pool, covering over 1,4 billion people. Big data in health services will involve people’s basic medical conditions, medical service, disease control and prevention, food safety and healthcare, covering an individual’s life cycle. He pointed out that data safety and privacy of individuals must be ensured, but on the other hand big data will help people enjoy more targeted and effective medical treatment.

CAS news release, June 28, 2016

The group of Weihong JIANG at the Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, CAS SIBS in Shanghai, has developed a highly efficient CRISPR/Cas9 system for rapid genome editing of Clostridium ljungdahlii, an organism which is studied for the commercial production of ethanol from synthesis gas.

CAS news release, June 24, 2016

The Long March-7 is a medium-sized rocket using liquid propellant that can carry up to 13.5 tonnes to low-Earth orbit. It will transport cargo for China’s planned space station and is expected to become the main carrier for space launches. The launch will take place from Wenchang, south China’s Hainan Province

CAS news release, June 23, 2016

The focus is on in-depth study of skin and oral microorganisms, leading to skin and oral care products and the promotion of human micro-ecological health concepts, including nursing care.

CAS news release, June 23, 2016

The fully China-built supercomputer is twice as fast as Tianhe-2 with a peak performance of 125 Petaflops per second, regular performance of 93 PFlops per second, and an energy efficiency rate of 6.05 GFlops per Watt. Three Sunway-TaihuLight applications — earth system modeling, ocean surface wave modeling and the microstructure of titanium alloy modeling — have been included on the shortlist for the German Innovation Award (Gottfried Wagener Prize) which acknowledges the world’s top supercomputing applications. Operator of the Sunway TaihuLight system is the National Supercomputing Center in Wuxi

CAS news release June 22, 2016

The initiative, called Inno Pioneer, was launched in mid-June and aims to attract students and other young professionals from overseas universities and research organizations to start businesses, work for startups or take training at the park.

CAS news release, June 21, 2016

As announced by the China National Space Administration, the robot family will include Mars rovers, asteroid explorers, robotic arms and service robots that can help maintain and repair an in-orbit space station, space laboratories and satellites. China plans to send an unmanned probe to orbit and land on Mars around 2020. Since the 1960s, more than 40 probes have journeyed to Mars, but only 19 have accomplished their missions.

CAS news release, June 21, 2016

In the process, low hydrocarbons generated in the oil refinery are subjected to cross alkane metathesis catalysis with high density polyethylene (HDPE), low density polyethylene (LDPE), linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) including plastic bottles, waste plastic film and plastic bags etc., at 150 – 200 °C, selectivity can be directed towards diesel C9-C22 alkanes or narrow molecular weight distribution polyethylene wax.

CAS news release, June 20, 2016

The Xiang Yang Hong 01, a 100 m 5000 BRT ship has a range of 15.000 nautical miles and remote sensing to explore depths up to 10.000 m. It is based in Qingdao.

CAS news release, June 20, 2016

According to a white paper released by the State Council, the Beidou Satellite system will rely on 18 more satellites by 2018 and a total of 35 satellites by 2020, serving the land and maritime Silk Roads. The sytem will have short-message communication service useful in places with insufficient ground and mobile communication capabilities, such as deserts, seas and disaster areas where communication facilities have been destroyed. More than 40,000 fishing vessels along China’s coastline have been equipped with the BDS application terminals. China is developing chips, modules and other basic products based on the the Beidou system fostering an independent industrial chain. It is expected that by the end of this year, up to 50 million mobile phones will have been installed with domestic chips that will be compatible with three satellite navigation systems, namely Beidou, GPS and Russia’s GLONASS

CAS news release, June 18, 2016

The alliance, led by Siasun Robot & Automation Co, the country’s largest robot maker by market value, plans to triple its annual output of industrial robots to 100,000 in five years. The International Federation of Robotics estimates that as rising labor costs push more enterprises to embrace automation, China will account for more than one-third of the industrial robots installed worldwide in 2018.

CAS news release, June 17, 2016

The park will focus on the construction of corporate headquarters, a German biotechnology transfer center, Sino-German joint innovation centers and incubators. It will also introduce German quality industrial and innovative projects. Thyssen-Krupp, Metro and some other 20 German enterprises are already active in Zhongshan, and STADA is negotiating to set up its China sales center there. Germany has already established in Shenyang a high-end equipment manufacturing industrial park, and in Taicang a park of German enterprises, known as the village of German companies” in Taicang. “

China Bio news release, June 16, 2016

As announced by the National University of Defense Technology, the computer named Tianhe-3 and capable of at least a billion billion calculations per second will be developed during the present 5-years plan by Tianjin Binhai New Area and the National Supercomputing Center in Tianjin.

CAS news release, June 16, 2016