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Jun 25, 2024 · Two scientists received the State Pre-eminent Science and Technology Award: satellite-imaging expert Li Deren, from Wuhan University; and quantum physicist Xue Qikun, who is president of the ...
May 13, 2024 · Scientists in China have developed a 504-qubit quantum computing chip that will be made available to researchers worldwide via a new quantum computing cloud platform.
Mar 2, 2023 · China has a "stunning lead" in 37 out of 44 critical and emerging technologies as Western democracies lose a global competition for research output, a security think tank said on Thursday...
Aug 9, 2023 · In 2022, China surpassed the United States as the leading nation in the Earth and environmental sciences (E&E) in the Nature Index, owing, in no small part, to the funding and resources the ...
- Chris Woolston
- Ministry Reshuffle
- Slow Progress
- Downside of Self-Reliance
At the latest meetings, officials announced that Wang Zhigang, the current minister for science and technology, who has reached retirement age for government ministers, will retain his position for now. But researchers say it could be a temporary decision. Meanwhile, state councillor Xiao Jie said the party would establish a new permanent body call...
There are hints that Xi and other party leaders might not be satisfied with the pace of research progress, says Scott Moore, a political scientist who manages global research programmes at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. The ministry reforms are “a sign that progress has not been as significant as was hoped”, he says. Wang called on...
China’s emphasis on home-grown technology raises questions about its openness to collaboration, says researchers. Some are concerned that no country can achieve self-reliance in the current global economy. “It’s pretty unrealistic to expect different countries to be able to develop totally sovereign technological bases,” says Moore. Jing says the i...
- Smriti Mallapaty
May 26, 2021 · China sets lofty goals as it vies for global dominance in the highly competitive fields of quantum science, space exploration and nanocatalysis. By. Hepeng Jia, Sian Powell & Kevin...
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