Revitalizing China's Intangible Cultural Heritage

Ancient Hand Warmer: a Hot Item

The hand warmer, a small, often square or round mini portable furnace filled with burning charcoal, with a hollow lid on top, is one of the innovative winter heating devices used in ancient China. Usually made of copper or enamel, the hand warmer could fit in the hand or be placed in the sleeve for heating, similar to the heating pads used today.

Chinese Scientists Make Breakthrough in fNIRS Imaging Technology

A research team from Beihang University (BUAA) has developed fNIRS brain imaging equipment with over 100-channels. Based on fNIRS imaging technology, an intelligent disease diagnosis and treatment model has also been established.

Spring's Embrace: A Journey to Heart of Innovation

Bringing Mangrove Forests Back to Life

China's 'Zhifei' Revolutionizes Smart Shipping

'Smart Mines' Herald One-Person Coal Mining

Biggest Cargo Carrier Tianzhou-7 Delivers Experiment Kits to Space Station

Oracle Bone Script: Signature of Ancient Chinese

Oracle bone inscriptions are the oldest form of Chinese characters engraved on turtle shells or animal bones. They were used for divination and recording events in the late Shang Dynasty (1400-1100 B.C.) They are the earliest known systematic and mature writing in China and even East Asia.

Ecological Monitoring Safeguards Beautiful China

China will establish an ecological quality monitoring network, and has identified the first batch of 55 National Ecological Quality Comprehensive Monitoring Stations

Harmony Between Railway Construction and Natural Protection

early 90 percent of the Huangshan-Nanchang section is elevated above lakes, plains, and hills. It passes through Poyang Lake, a habitat for Yangtze finless porpoises, Junshan Lake, a pollution-free aquatic products breeding base, and Jinxi Lake, a habitat of white swans. Protecting the beautiful ecological environment along the line has become an important task in the construction of the railway.

Warring States Period Bronze Lamp On Display

A Warring States Period Qin tripod-shaped bronze lamp was unearthed in 1974 in Pingliang, Gansu province, an important part of the Silk Road. The lamp is now on display in the Gansu Provincial Museum because of its unique scientific and historical value.

TJU Researchers Develop High-performance Hydrogen Fuel Cell

A team of researchers at Tianjin University (TJU) in north China, headed by Prof. Kui Jiao, has successfully developed a proton exchange membrane fuel cell with ultra-high power density, surpassing the performance of its mainstream counterparts by over 80 percent. The paper on the work was published in the international energy research journal Joule.

New Power Storage Tech Bolsters Green Future

Currently, China has established a complete energy storage industry chain, including batteries, inverters, and energy storage systems.

2023 Chinese Top 10 Sci-tech News

In 2023, China has made major original achievements in basic research with breakthroughs in key technologies while scientific and technological self-reliance has supported high-quality development.

Southwestern Natural Frontier for Ecological Research

World's Deepest, Largest Underground Lab Begins Operation

2023 World 5G Convention Seeks Deepening Industrial Applications

The opening ceremony of the 2023 World 5G Convention, themed "5G+ By All For All," was held in Zhengzhou, central China's Henan province, on December 6.

Water Technology Helps Build a Sustainable Future

Besides domestic projects, China is stepping up efforts in assisting global water infrastructure projects.

Wang Mang Caliper: A Mysterious Ancient Invention

One of the priceless exhibits at the National Museum of China in Beijing is a 2,000-year-old caliper unearthed in an Eastern Han tomb in Hanjiang, a county in Jiangsu province, east China. Almost identical to the calipers used today, it was named the Wang Mang caliper after its inventor Wang Mang (45 BC-23 AD), who was the emperor of the nAew Han dynasty, as well as a reformer and statesman.