100 tln yuan

China’s GDP topped 100 tln yuan for first time, reaching 101.59 tln yuan with 2.3% y-o-y expansion in 2020, said NBS official on Mon. It is estimated to account for 17% of global total for the year, with China expected to become only major economy with positive growth in 2020.

The largest two-dimensional map of the universe ever released, including 2 billion objects

1-14-21, National Astronomical Observatory Beijing-Arizona BASS survey team and the Dark Energy Spectral Survey DESI International Collaboration Project team jointly released the latest giant two-dimensional sky map of the universe. This is the largest cosmic sky map obtained by human measurement so far. 200 researchers from all over the world have spent 6 years on joint observation and data analysis, covering 20,000 square degrees of the sky, which is about half the area of the whole celestial sphere, accommodating 10 trillion digital pixels and containing 2 billion celestial objects.

China’s quantum communication network

China’s hack-proof quantum communication technology is “primarily ready” for practical use after a 4,600km (2,858 mile) network was put through two years of experimental service, researchers announced.
When fully developed, quantum communication can be applied in fields such as finance, defence, government administration and electronic information, according to scientists. This network consisted of the Micius satellite – the world’s first quantum communication satellite launched in 2016 – and more than 700 optical fibres covering 2,000km and connecting 32 nodes across four provinces and three municipalities in China. It was completed in 2017 and has realised communication up to a distance of 4,600km.

MoU on internet security

China, Indonesia sign MoU on internet security, the first-of-its-kind set to break a Washington-led blockade against Beijing.

Who shouldn’t take the vaccine

哪些人不适合接种新冠疫苗?今天下午,在北京市新型冠状病毒肺炎疫情防控工作第200场新闻发布会上,北京市疾病预防控制中心副主任庞星火介绍,不适合接种的人群包括孕妇、哺乳期妇女,正处在发热、感染等疾病急性期、患免疫缺陷或免疫紊乱的人群以及严重的肝肾疾病、药物不可控制的高血压、糖尿病并发症、恶性肿瘤患者等人员。所有接种人员在接种前要详细阅读知情同意书,身体不适可暂缓接种。不在18岁至59岁接种年龄段范围的人员,需要等待进一步临床试验数据披露,明确是否后续能够接种。

China’s first new coronavirus vaccine conditionally marketed

The State Council released on the 31st, the new inactivated coronavirus vaccine of Sinopharm Group China Biological has been approved by the State Drug Administration for conditional marketing, the protection effectiveness meets the requirements of the World Health Organization and the relevant standards of the State Drug Administration, and will be provided free of charge to all Chinese people in the future. As I predicted 8 months ago.