MIL-OSI China: Chinese satellite could link world to Moon’s dark side
Source: China State Council Information Office 2 A satellite with a huge golden umbrella-shaped antenna is in an orbit more than 400,000 km from Earth, waiting for Chang’e-4, which is set to be the first ever probe to land softly on the Moon’s far side. The relay satellite for Chang’e-4 will establish a communication link […]
Read More →MIL-OSI China: Tree planting projects improving environment in Tibet
Source: China State Council Information Office 2 Ali Prefecture in southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region will invest over 70 million yuan (around 11 million U.S. dollars) on a tree planting project this year, local authorities said Monday. The project aims to plant trees on 2,267 hectares in the prefecture, according to the local forestry bureau. […]
Read More →MIL-OSI China: Rare animals emerging in NW China amid reforestation
Source: China State Council Information Office 2 A number of rare species, including golden pheasants, have been spotted in a nature reserve in Yan’an, Shannxi province, reports thepaper.cn. This follows an earlier discovery of the largest-ever population of the North China Leopard in the Ziwuling Forest Area in Yan’an. Researchers are also reporting sightings of […]
Read More →MIL-OSI China: China’s 1st accelerator-based BNCT facility to be used in 2019
Source: China State Council Information Office 2 China’s first accelerator-based boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) equipment is expected to be used for radiation treatment in 2019, its developers said. The equipment was jointly developed by Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics and several companies. It is currently in the test phase. BNCT is a targeted […]
Read More →MIL-OSI China: China lowers antibiotics usage in 2017
Source: China State Council Information Office 2 The use of antibiotics in China dropped to 7.7 percent in outpatient services and 36.8 percent in inpatient services in 2017, according to the country’s medical authority. Guo Yanhong from the National Health Commission said that China has been improving its clinical drug use, and the overall situation […]
Read More →MIL-OSI China: More overseas Chinese professionals returning home
Source: China State Council Information Office 2 More experienced overseas-trained Chinese professionals are returning to China as the country’s tech-oriented economic transition offers abundant career development opportunities, a recent report showed. The percentage of overseas Chinese professionals aged between 30 and 40 years old among the total returned overseas Chinese talent, or “haigui,” rose from […]
Read More →MIL-OSI China: China to see 15 blood donators in every 1,000 people in 2020
Source: China State Council Information Office 2 China will further promote public blood donations and expects to see 15 blood donors in every 1,000 people by 2020, according to the National Health Commission. “The clinical use of blood will 100 percent come from voluntary blood donations in 2020,” Zhou Changqiang, an official from the commission, […]
Read More →MIL-OSI China: China working on drones to assist firefighters
Source: China State Council Information Office 2 Chinese scientists and engineers are designing drones to help firefighters rescue trapped people, especially in high-rise building fires. Developed by China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT), the drones can quickly fly into a building via doors or windows, search for trapped people and plan rescue routes. When […]
Read More →MIL-OSI China: Yunnan talent fair draws global job seekers to China’s SW
Source: China State Council Information Office 2 A series of agreements have been signed at an international talent exchange conference in southwest China’s Yunnan Province. The agreements focus on cooperation in education, medicine and scientific research, according to the organizer of the 3th Yunnan International Talent Exchange Conference. The four-day conference, which concluded on Thursday […]
Read More →MIL-OSI China: 59-year-old cycles from Shanghai to Nepal
Source: China State Council Information Office 2 A 59-year-old man, along with his team from the city of Huzhou, have completed 5,855-km-long ride on bike from Shanghai to Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, in 74 days, reports Huzhoufabu, a news app of the Huzhou municipal government. 59-year-old Zhu Honglin rides on a bike from Shanghai to Nepal’s […]
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