Tokamak record

China broke the record after the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) achieved a plasma temperature of 120 million degrees Celsius for 101 seconds and 160 million degrees Celsius for 20 seconds, a major step toward the test running of the fusion reactor.

实验成功后的EAST控制大厅场景 新华社记者周牧 摄

Great loss for humanity

Yuan Longping, a prestigious agronomist and a recipient of the Medal of the Republic, China’s highest state honor, passed away on May 22, at the age of 91.

Humanitarian emergency aid to Palestine

5-21-21 China will provide a $1m cash transfer to Palestine as humanitarian emergency aid, $1 million to the UN relief and works agency for Palestine refugees in the Near East, and 200,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses.

Hualong-One Karachi unit 2

The first overseas reactor project of China’s homegrown Hualong-One nuclear reactors technology, Hualong-One Karachi unit 2, has officially entered commercial operation in Pakistan on Friday, after 69 months of construction.

China to offer $3b to developing countries for COVID-19 response

The Global Health Summit was a special event in Rome and organized by Italy, the G20 Presidency of 2021, and the European Commission. 

Xi said China has already supplied 300 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to the world and will provide more, and China is fully implementing the G20 Debt Service Suspension Initiative for Poorest Countries and has so far put off debt repayments exceeding $1.3 billion, the highest deferral among G20 members.

China has provided $2 billion in assistance for the COVID-19 response and economic and social recovery in developing countries, and have sent medical supplies to more than 150 countries and 13 international organizations, providing more than 280 billion masks, 3.4 billion protective suits and 4 billion testing kits to the world.

China supports its vaccine companies in transferring technologies to other developing countries and carrying out joint production with them. 

China will provide an additional $3 billion in international aid over the next three years to support COVID-19 response and economic and social recovery in other developing countries. 

Earthquakes

A 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit Madoi county in NW China’s Qinghai at 2:04 am (Beijing Time) Saturday.

One was killed and six others injured in the 6.4 magnitude earthquake that has hit Yangbi of Dali in S China’s Yunnan province on Fri evening.