09-02-20 Toronto-based Xanadu announced the release of the world’s first publicly available photonic quantum computing platform. Applicants can access 8, 12, and soon 24 qubit machines over the cloud.
The launch of the “Jilin-1 吉林一号 ” high-division 02C satellite by a Qizhou-1A carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre was abnormal and the mission was lost. The specific causes are being further investigated and analysed.
Huawei unveils updated Harmony OS on Thursday – a self-developed operating system widely seen as alternative to Google Android – and gave its direct response to US escalated crackdown on its technology & supply chain. All Huawei Smartphones Will Support Harmony OS in 2021 Amid Android Ban.
Huawei released testing version of its updated self-developed operating system HarmonyOS 2.0 to developers, and it is scheduled to release a version for mobile phone in December, Yu noted. “HarmonyOS will be used in smartphones in next year,” he said.
The development is considered the Chinese tech giant’s direct response to the expanded ban from the Trump administration as the tech cold war between the US and China heats up and poses a severe threat to the global supply chain, particularly as September 15, the deadline for cutting off the supply of chipsets to Huawei looms.
Foreign Minister Wang Yi announced in Beijing a global data security initiative《全球数据安全倡议》 on Tuesday outlining principles that should be followed in areas from personal information to espionage.
China’s initiative has eight key points including not using technology to impair other countries’ critical infrastructure or steal data, and making sure service providers don’t install backdoors in their products and illegally obtain user data.
Wang also said the initiative looks to put an end to activities that “infringe upon personal information” and oppose using technology to conduct mass surveillance against other states.
Companies should also respect the laws of host countries and stop coercing domestic firms to store data generated overseas in their own territory, the initiative added.
Anyone signing up to the pledge should also respect the sovereignty, jurisdiction and governance of data of other states and avoid asking companies or individuals located in other countries to provide data without permission.
At the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre 太原卫星发射中心 , China successfully launched the Gaofen 11-02 高分十一号02星 into a predetermined orbit using the Long March 4B launch vehicle, and the launch was a complete success. GAO-11-02 is an optical remote sensing satellite with a ground resolution of up to sub-metre, which is mainly used in such fields as land census, urban planning, land titling, road network design, crop yield estimation, disaster prevention and mitigation, and can provide information security for the construction of the “Belt and Road”.
On September 4, Shenzhen Maxphotonics Co., Ltd. (Chuangxin Laser) and Shandong Jinan Bodor Laser Co. reported that the 40kW multimode continuous laser sets the record of the highest power of the same kind of industrial laser cutting, equipped with a single module 6kW also simultaneously break the highest record of the domestic industrial utility single mode. https://play.yunxi.tv/livestream/flash?id=e757e5ed77e143e594280206f72e9558#/
China successfully launched a reusable experimental spacecraft with a Long March-2F carrier rocket from the Jiuquan 酒泉 Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China on Friday. The spacecraft will return to Earth after some time in orbit, designed for peaceful use of space.
9-6-20 After flying in orbit for two days, China’s reusable spacecraft, which was launched from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on Friday, successfully returned to its designated landing site on Sunday.
China National Nuclear Power Co., a unit of China National Nuclear Corp., said fuel loading started at the Fuqing No. 5 reactor 福清核电5号 , the first to use the domestic technology 华龙一号(原称ACP-1000), on Sept. 4 after securing an operating license from the nation’s Ministry of Ecology & Environment.