Remote-sensing satellite No. 33
China successfully launched remote-sensing satellite No. 33 on a Long March 4C carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China late Sunday. The mission also launched a micro-nano technology test satellite.
Changqing Oilfield exceeds 60 million tons
The yearly oil and gas equivalent weight of PetroChina’s Changqing Oilfield 中国石油长庆油田 exceeds 60 million tons, creating the highest annual output of domestic oil & gas fields, which sets a milestone of a super-large oil & gas field with yearly output of 60 million tons in China.
Low temperature plasma disinfection technology
Scientists in NE China’s Liaoning made a breakthrough on low temperature plasma disinfection technology amid a rise in imported cold chain food threats. Lab tests show 99.99% of the COVID19 virus is eliminated.
China adopts Yangtze River conservation law
Chinese lawmakers Saturday voted to adopt a Yangtze River conservation law at a Standing Committee session of the National People’s Congress, the country’s top legislature. The law, China’s first legislation on a specific river basin, will take effect on March 1, 2021.
Pingtan strait bridge
12-26-20 China’s first combined highway and railway cross-sea bridge, the Pingtan strait bridge, comes into use on Sat, after 7 years of construction overcoming obstacles including weather, hydrology and geology, ending the lack of railways on Pingtan island in E China’s Fujian Province.
Nuclear astrophysical accelerator
12-26-20 The world’s strongest nuclear astrophysical accelerator was initiated in the deepest underground laboratory in the world, 2,400 meters underground, in Jinping, China on Saturday.