State Power Investment and CCRC introduce China’s first hydrogen bus
Total length of the bus is 12 meters, hydrogen loading time is 15 minutes, and cruising range is over 600 km. Energy conversion efficiency is 53-55%, three times that of an internal combustion engine. The engine comprises a fuel cell system with an engine rated output of 60 kW and a mixed power supply system with 67 kW. The bus is produced in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, and by 2025, Ningbo is planning to build from 20 to 25 hydrogen refueling stations for a target of 1,500 vehicles using them.
Yicai Global news release, January 3, 2020
Team at Sun Yat-sen University develops AI-based model to screen children on congenital eye cataracts
Congenital cataracts is a disease of the eye most present after birth or during childhood. It causes blindness and visual impairment. The incidence in China is 0.05 %. LIN Hau-Tien at Sun Yat-sen University’s Eye Center and colleagues have used an AI-based system...
Major grain producers form “National Straw Industry Alliance”
In 2017, the members of this alliance conducted more than 100 large-scale exhibitions, forums and technical seminars focused on industry difficulties and hot issues, and launched a series of environmental and social issues such as straw harvesting, storage and...
Chinese and French universities form AI alliance
Eight education institutions, including Tsinghua, Zhejiang and Sorbonne University, established a „France-China AI Consortium“. CAS news release, January 11, 2018
China and France establish Sino-French Fusion Energy Center
The center will have 4 members: ITER China, Institute of Plasma Physics at Hefei Institute of Physical Science, Southwestern Institute of Physics (all CAS) and France’s CEA. The center will conduct research on fusion science and experimental physics, safety standards...
China will use biomass for both heat and power generation
According to a series of official documents, a future of clean heating" will be supported by the use of biomass. By 2020, the installed capacity of biomass electricity generation will exceed 12 million kilowatts, the annual utilization of biomass molding fuels will be...
In 2017, China had 153 pharmaceutical companies listed on stock markets
As of December 31, 2017, 40 pharmaceutical companies were listed on the A-share market, 6 were from the US on the Hong Kong stock market, and 107 were new. Geographically, 29 of these companies were listed in Guangdong, 17 in Jiangsu, 12 in Zhejiang and 10 in Hubei....
The top 10″ among the Chinese Life Science Parks in 2017″
According to a vote by WeChat, the winners were 1. Chengdu Tianfu International Bio-City 2. Beijing Yizhuang Bio-Medicine Park 3. Jiangsu Wuxi (Huishan) Life Science and Technology Industrial Park 4. Shandong International Biotechnology Park 5. Suzhou BioBay 6....
China’s Top Ten most influental life scientists in 2017
According to a rating on Biology Discovery Journal and WeChat in which 10.000ds of scientists participated, the selection was for 1. HE Lin, Shanghai Jiaotong University Bio-X Research Institute 2. SHI Yigong, Tsinghua University, founder of Zhejiang West Lake...
Government sees straw gasification as main energy source of rural life in 2020
According to a guidance report issued by the NDRC and other institutions, by 2020, gasified straw will be the main energy resource for rural life and will be supplied to households, township schools, hospitals, nursing homes, etc. for heating. The comprehensive...
China’s 10 most innovative life science companies in 2017
Biology Discovery Publisher, a lead journal in the field, made the following rating based on a survey among readers, and has very specific arguments laid out in the article: 传奇生物. Nr. 1 Legend Biotech (affiliation of Genescript Biotech Co. Ltd (HK01548)), Nanjing....
Barcoded paper-based chips can be mass-produced and used for real-time testing
ZHANG Wei and YANG Mingzhu at the CAS National Center for Nanoscience in Beijing have developed a large-scale manufacturing method of barcoded paper chips and a barcode reader that can be used for bar-coding by means of paper stacking and cutting technology. The...
China launches „100,000 Genomes Project“
The project will cover major areas of China, focussing on the dominant Han ethnic group but also including nine ethnic minorities with a population of 5 million or more. A major goal is to study transformation from health to disease, environmental impacts, and the...