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The High Energy Photon Source (HEPS), China's flagship synchrotron radiation facility, is scheduled to commence trial operations by the end of 2025, according to the project team. The HEPS is expected to become a fourth-generation synchrotron radiation facility, featuring the…

China's independently-developed Wing Loong unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has successfully conducted typhoon warning reconnaissance for the first time in the country, the Aviation Industry Corporation of China said on Wednesday.

Three astronauts who took part in the Shenzhou-19 crewed mission were on Wednesday awarded medals for their services to China's space endeavors. Cai Xuzhe was honored with a second-class aerospace achievement medal. Song Lingdong and Wang Haoze received third-class aerospace…

China National Nuclear Corporation has announced that it had finished the preliminary design of the country's first fourth-generation 1-million-kilowatt commercial fast reactor, called CFR1000.

A China-Russia joint marine scientific expedition was officially launched on Tuesday in Russia's Far Eastern city of Vladivostok. The expedition team, comprising 25 scientists -- five from China and 20 from Russia -- will conduct comprehensive environmental research in selected…

The world's first unmanned aircraft docking system was recently launched in Lanzhou, northwest China’s Gansu Province. Fully automated, the system manages 86 jet bridges at Lanzhou Zhongchuan International Airport, improving operational efficiency and minimizing human error.

Chinese and Israeli scientists have developed a painless wearable device that monitors blood sugar and adjusts diabetes medication in real time. The patch uses microneedles to track glucose and metformin drug levels under the skin, and can be connected to a smartphone app that…

China's Synergetic Extreme Condition User Facility (SECUF), a Beijing-based comprehensive research infrastructure that integrates extreme experimental conditions, opens global user applications twice a year and has provided over 350,000 hours of experimental services to both…

Sci-fi becomes reality! Meet the world's first-ever 24/7 humanoid robot that can autonomously switch its own batteries. The China-developed robot can complete the swap in just three minutes, enabling round-the-clock operation capability.

China's first Mars sample-return mission, Tianwen-3, is scheduled for launch around 2028, with the goal of returning no less than 500 grams of Martian samples to Earth by around 2031, according to the mission's chief scientist in a recently published article in Nature Astronomy,…

A Shanghai-based Chinese tech startup delivered a tonne-class electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft on Tuesday, which boasts a maximum takeoff weight of 2 tonnes and will be used in low-altitude logistics, emergency response, and other fields.

A Chinese orchid species declared extinct has been rediscovered in the wild in Yunnan Province, SW China, marking a landmark breakthrough in biodiversity conservation, according to scientists.

In the first half of 2025, 10,900 new entities were established in the digital economy and its core industries in Beijing city, marking a YOY surge of 53.92%, with the digital technology application sector accounting for 62.51% of the total, local authorities said.

China is exploring the use of advanced technologies such as smart bionic hands and guide robots to improve the well-being of people with disabilities, ensuring that scientific and technological progress benefits this community, Zhou Changkui, chairperson of the Board of Executive…

The world's first 80,000-tonne oceangoing aquaculture factory ship with a seawater circulation system was delivered Sunday in north China's Qinhuangdao, marking a breakthrough in the development of China's deep-sea and distant-water aquaculture equipment. The Chinese-built…

China's Kenli 10-2 oilfield has put into operation its phase I development in Bohai Sea, marking the start of production at the country’s largest offshore shallow lithologic oilfield with proven geological reserves exceeding 100 million tonnes, its operator said on Tuesday. The…

In a world first, Chinese doctors have successfully performed an intercontinental, ultra-long-distance remote liver cancer resection from France on an 80-year-old patient 10,000 kilometers away in east China's Hangzhou. The operation utilizing a homegrown remote surgery robot was…

China's first domestically produced A320 Level 5 Flight Training Device (FTD) was delivered on Friday. Equipped with an ultra-wide-angle virtual image collimated visual system, the device can simulate 300 different system failure scenarios, marking a breakthrough in domestic…

China had more than 1.12 billion internet users as of June 2025, with an internet penetration rate of 79.7%, representing a 1.1% increase from December 2024, according to a report released by the China Internet Network Information Center on Monday.

German auto giant BMW is set to establish its first information technology (IT) research and development center in China, marking a significant expansion of the company's digital capabilities. The new entity will be located in Jianye District of Nanjing, E China's Jiangsu…