China Meteorological Administration releases “One Belt, One Road” urban weather service network
Through the public website http://ydyl.cma.gov.cn/ , 137 cities and regions along the belt and road can be accessed for a five-day weather forecast. Temperature, wind direction, wind speed, precipitation, etc. are updated every 12 hours. The information is based on photos of the Fengyun series of meteorological satellites and other climate-related materials for each city and region.
Science Daily news release, January 2, 2020
CAS QIBEBT: Raman-based single-cell analysis for carbon storage
Using algae such as Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, Nannochloropsis and others, the group of Jian XU at CAS Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioproess Technology (QIBEBT) has succeeded to quantify, label-free, the amount of starch, protein and triacylglycerol in single...
China reports first transpacific passenger flight using biofuel
Hainan Airlines flight HU497 departed from Beijing Capital Airport on Nov. 21 and landed 11 hrs later at Chicago O’Hare in the USA. It carried 186 passengers and 15 crew members. The biofuel used (Sinopec No. 1 jet fuel) was processed from coconut, palm, Jatropha,...
AI-based robot provides accurate data on general health status
The robot developed by Regenerative Medicine Technology Co. consists of a compact body and a flat panel display. The user first scans the QR code at the top of the display to connect to the enterprise public number, then affixes the right hand to the body, and the...
CAS Kunming Institute of Biology launches China-Uzbekistan Global Allium Garden””
The genus Allium (Liliaceae) contains hundreds of species, including onion, garlic, scallion, shallot, leek, and chives, many of them have the smell of garlic and are economically important as crops, medicinal or ornamental plants. The majority of over 500 Allium...
China launches world’s first 30 m resolution global land map
The map is based on recordings in 2015 and has a resolution of 30 m by 30 m per pixel, 100 times clearer than the 300 m by 300 m per pixel resolution of landsat. The map documents that forests, grasslands and desert cover more than 82 % of the area earmarked for the...
Major changes in China’s pharmaceutical market 2018
A review on imminent changes includes: 1. A „two vote“ system for instruments and consumables, 2. Policy support for home-made instruments, 3. Outpatient services will be improved, 4. County-level hospitals will be upgraded, 5. Genetic screening will be reformed 14...
CAS QIBEBT promotes duckweed as a bioremediation plant
The group of ZHOU Gongke at QIBEBT has used molecular biology, cell biology and bioinformatics and other research methods to elucidate the molecular biology of cadmium ion absorption, transport and detoxification in duckweed. The advantage of duckweed bioremediation...
BGI’s share value exceeds 100 billion Yuan
As a leading enterprise in China’s genetic testing industry, BGI combines strong R & D self-developed instruments and reagents to effectively control costs. The rapid growth of the reproductive and health businesses has formed a scale effect and BGI is active in such...
China’s main cause of liver cancer is viral hepatitis
According to a national liver cancer clinical registration survey, 83 % of patients were male, and infection (58 %) and/or alcohol consumption was the main cause of disease. China Bio news release, November 14, 2017
China dominates list of world’s top supercomputers in Top500 ranking
According to a biannual ranking of the world's 500 fastest supercomputers, called the Top500, Sunway’s TaihuLight maintains the lead as the No. 1 system for the fourth time, with a performance of 93.01 petaflops. Tianhe-2, or Milky Way-2, is still the No. 2 system at...
5 Chinese companies among the global top 25 in market capitalization
According to a survey by Genetic Engineering News (GEN), the following 5 companies have entered the top 15 ranks: Sinopharm Holdings (24), Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceutical (13), Yunnan Baiyao Group (18), Kangmei Pharmaceutical (19) and Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical...
China has launched the „Pig Model Project“
Following an International Forum on Animal Biotechnology, the Chinese Academy of Engineering has announced that the country will launch the international pig model project (PMP, http://www.pigmodel.org). Organized by the Ministry of Science and Technology and...