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

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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.

A new species of Fordiophyton (Sonerileae, Melastomataceae) from Yunnan, China

金平分水岭国家级自然保护区发现了野牡丹科异药花属的一个新物种, 科学家们详细描述了该物种的形态、生长环境等,并基于ITS序列对其进行了系统发育分析。该物种具四数花和8个二型雄蕊,药隔基部鼓起但无距。上述形态特征及系统发育分析结果皆显示,这种植物为野牡丹科异药花属的成员。形态观察及比较显示,该种植物的叶片生于植株基部,茎短但具明显的节间,叶柄被长柔毛,无翅,具伞形花序,不同于异药花属所有已知物种的性状组合,因此认为它代表了一个未被描述的物种,遂取名金平异药花。

Long March-8 makes successful maiden flight

China’s new generation medium-sized launch vehicle Long March-8 made a successful maiden flight from the tropical island province of Hainan in South China on Tuesday, sending five satellites into designated orbit at the same time. 
The 50.3-meter-long Long March-8 has a 3.35-meter-diameter core stage and two 2.25-meter-diameter side boosters. Weighing 356 tons at launch, it has a 480-ton take-off thrust and is capable of sending payloads weighing more than 4.5 tons into the SSO 700 kilometers above the ground.
A rocket engine needs to be throttleable to achieve zero velocity at the same time as it reaches the ground, which is a core technological requirement for building a reusable launch vehicle system.
This technology was tested for the first time in the Long March-8 maiden flight, which is also an experimental flight for the new rocket type, paving the way for further study and development for the reusable rocket system.