Date: Jan 25th, 2007
Author: CAS English News
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Some 565 members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering voted on January 10 in Beijing for the top 10 most significant developments in science and technology in China and the world last year.
China's 10 most important developments in science and technology in 2006:
1. Significant achievements in Next Generation Internet (NGI) technology
China recorded a series of significant developments in its Demonstration Project for Next Generation Internet (NGI), which was launched three years ago. It has succeeded in completing and stably running the world's first and largest pure IPv6 Internet.
2. Largest natural gas field discovered in northeast Sichuan
China Petroleum and Chemical Cooperation announced on April 3 that it had discovered the largest and most abundant marine facies natural gas field in northeast Sichuan Province, Puguang Gas Field.
3. China builds first full superconducting experimental Tokamak fusion device
China independently developed the world's first full superconducting non-circular experimental advanced superconducting Tokamak device (EAST). The first test on September 28 lasted for nearly three seconds, and generated an electrical current of 200 kiloamperes.
4. Chemical Reaction Resonance at Quantum resolution
Yang Xueming, a researcher at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, together with his colleagues, for the first time observed the resonance phenomenon of a full quantum state resolved chemical reaction (fluorine and hydrogen), and successfully confirmed the process using a theoretical model, answering a 30-year-old question in the international community and significantly improving the depth and precision of chemical reaction studies.
5. First "green corridor" in Taklamakan Desert completed
China National Petroleum Corporation Tarim Oilfield Company, the CAS Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, the CAS Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute and the Daqing Oilfield Construction Design and Research Institute spent 14 years constructing the 436-kilometer-long "Protection and Ecological Project of Tarim Desert Highway," the longest "green corridor" to cross a desert in the world.
6. First round-the-world oceanic expedition successful
After 297 days, "Ocean No. 1" research vessel concluded China's first round-the-world oceanic scientific expedition on January 22.
7. Significant progress made in vaccine for Hepatitis B
The Third Military Medical University recently completed Phase I of a clinical study into a vaccine for Hepatitis B. Phase II is currently underway. This is the first clinical trial of the antigens vaccine.
8. Crucial breakthrough in renovation of electron positron collider
On November 18, a Beijing electron positron collider project team reported stable operation of a beam storage ring and linear accelerator, a significant milestone in successfully fulfilling the targets of the BEPC II Project.
9. China fulfills quantum teleportation of two-particle system
China Science and Technology University research team, led by Professor Pan Jianwei, recently successfully completed the world's first quantum teleportation of a two-particle system, and for the first time realized the manipulation of a six-photon entangled state.
10. Remote Sensing Satellite-1 successfully launched
On April 27, China successfully launched the Long March 4-B rocket at Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, which later sent Remote Sensing Satellite-1 into orbit. (People's Daily online)
