According to the National Defense Science and Industry Bureau, China has now 140 satellites stable in orbit, second only to the USA. Chinese satellites cover > 10 million remote sensing data distributions and 30 million satellite TV broadcast users. China’s Beidou is expected to cover most countries along the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road by 2018, and offer global coverage by 2020.

China Bio news release, November 16, 2015

The UK government project has signed a contrdact with Shanghai Biotechnology Co. to join in models and tumor control paired analysis reporting tools, helping to more efficiently resolve genomic data and rapid identification causative mutation rare diseases and cancer driven mutation. This is expected to enhance the quality of genomic data interpretation, the researchers deepen understanding of the disease and to develop more targeted treatment programs.

CAS news release, November 16, 2015

The procedure is based on micro-extraction in ceramic metal oxide hollow fibers combined with GC-MS and allows to analyze illegal food additives such as melamine, pesticides and organic pollutants.

CAS news release, November 11, 2015

The algae which is extensively used in food preparations and for alginate production is an important sales product in China, with an annual 50 – 80 million t of fresh weight production.

CAS news release, November 9, 2015

In a nanographene-based charge trapping memory, electrons and other charge carriers are trapped in tiny defects in graphene (“nanographene islands”). These can be produced by plasma etching. By this method, a 9 V memory window was developed which was maintained even after 1000 program/erase cycles.

CAS news release, November 6, 2011

Instead of pricking a finger, the detector of this instrument just touches the skin on meridian points of traditional Chinese medicine for 5 seconds. The instrument, which does not need to be sterilized, is claimed to lead to correct results as shown by extensive practical tests

China Bio news release, November 6, 2015

According to a forum held in Beijing on October 25, the Chinese vaccine market was 20 billion Yuan by the end of 2014 and showed an annual increase of 15 %. There are 38 Chinese vaccine producers.

China Bio news release, October 28, 2015

As disclosed during a Health Industry Innovation Forum on Oct. 28, the Chinese government will install a personalized medicine R&D program in the next 5-years plan. The plans for „precision medicine“, as the Chinese term goes, will include the construction of medical centers of excellence including demonstration centers, and overall expenditures in the range of 60 billion Yuan before 2030 are said to be planned for this field.

China Bio news release, October 29, 2015

The upcoming 13th Five-Years Plan is expected to boost investment in biomass, photovoltaics and wind energy. China’s installed photovoltaic capacity reached 30 Gwatt of photovoltaic power plants + 5,71 GW of distributed PV power generation. It is expected that installed photovoltaic capacity in China could reach 100 Gwatt by 2020. Wind power installed capacity was 9,16 GWatt by mid-2015 and shows double-digit growth.

China Bio news release, October 29, 2015

According to China’s Social Security Institute, „healthy China“ could become a major national policy during the next 5 years plan. China’s markets for health, healthcare institutions and hygiene could exceed 10 trillion Yuan (1,3 trillion €) not including the creation of healthy environments, diet, physiotherapy, and fitness.

China Bio news release, October 23, 2015

During the visit of chairman XI Jinping to Boeing on Sept. 23, an MOU was signed that China will order 300 airplanes from Boeing and Boeing will support long-term growth of China’s aviation industry by co-developping aviation biofuel in China.

Nikkei Biotech news release, October 20, 2015

The 180.000 m3 He-based airship Yuanmeng („realized dreams“) is powered by solar energy and took a 24 hrs flight at 20 km height. Its 5- to 7-ton payload of data relays, datalinks, cameras and other sensors are powered by solar energy, as are its rotors.

CAS news release, October 19, 2015

The program will contain 54 major targets in 13 categories, including the cultivation of new varieties of genetically modified plants and animals. Details are not yet disclosed.

China Bio news release, October 15, 2015

The nanothermometer is composed by CdSeS quantum dots and polymer materials (poly(methyl methacrylate-co-methacrylic acid, PMMA-co-MAA), detecting pH and ionic strength within a live cell through monitoring how emitting materials change their optical properties depending on their environment.

CAS news release, October 15, 2015

The discovery of 47 human teeth in a cave in Hunan province provides evidence that the earliest modern humans lived in East Asia. After geological dating and analysis, it was found that the teeth belonged to Homo sapiens living between 80,000 and 120,000 years ago, 30,000 to 70,000 years earlier than in the eastern Mediterranean and Europe.

CAS news release, October 15, 2015

Adzuki bean (Vigna angularis), an important legume crop, is grown in more than 30 countries, as an important source of starch, digestible protein, mineral elements, and vitamins. By whole-genome shotgun sequencing through a consortium including BGI, 450 Mb (83% of the genome) was assigned to the 11 chromosomes of adzuki bean by using a single nucleotide polymorphism genetic map. A total of 34,183 protein-coding genes were predicted.

CAS news release, October 15, 2015

At present, China provides most of the Artemisin anna raw material from which artemisinin, the active ingredient for Malaria treatment, is being extracted and purified. This constitutes about 70 % of the 180 tons world market. The remainder is produced by a chemo-fermentative process including metabolically engineered yeast (Sanofi, around 40 tons). The CAS Institute of Organic Chemistry in Shanghai has made some progress on a fully synthetic pathway to artemisinin but its complex structure with a rare type of peroxide fixed within two quaternary carbon bridges provides severe synthetic challenges. The first Nobel prize to China is expected to stimulate activities in China to step up R&D for becoming a prime supplier of pure artemisinin in the future.

China Bio news release, October 14, 2015

China counts presently nearly 300 million patients with cardiovascular diseases, with upward trends. In a review by authors from the National Cardiovascular Diseases Clinical Research Center and sponsored by the Ministry of Science in the British „Lancet“ journal, a comprehensive evaluation of present medical practices and clinical research is provided, which shows much room for improvement and contains policy recommendations which might enter into „135“.

China Bio news release, October 14, 2015

According to the Ministry of Agriculture, the utilization of straw for conversion to energy and chemicals shall be developed to a national level of 85 % during the period of the 13th 5-Years Plan.

China Bio news release, October 13, 2015

Based on studies of the CAS Institute of Acoustics, the „design“ of the coupled ears of a nocturnal fly (Ormia ochracea) has helped to develop a miniaturized circuit which detects the source of sounds even though the interaural distance is extremely small. In the fly, the ears are coupled by a flexible cuticular lever which makes both interaural phase difference and intensity difference available for localization.

CAS news release, October 12, 2015