China published a report last Wednesday detailing policies and efforts that have been made over the past year in facing up to the challenges of global climate change. The report, titled China’s Policies and Actions for Addressing Climate Change (2012), was released before the United Nations Climate Change Conference, which will be held from Nov. 26 to Dec. 7 in …
CIGS solar cells research in China
A research team led by Xiao Xudong of the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences had announced their major breakthrough in the development of CIGS solar cells with high conversion efficiency of 18.7%. This research is supported by ‘National Science and Technology Major Project’ and in cooperation with the Chinese University of HongKong. 18.7% was achieved with …
H2O12 water conference in Guangzhou
Just six more days to go before the H2O12 water conference takes place in Guangzhou. This conference is jointly organised by the Netherlands Consulate-General in Guangzhou and Sun Yat-sen University, South China’s leading university. H2O12 will explore water challenges facing coastal cities in the 21st century with experts from China and the Netherlands. The Dutch line-up of speakers features representatives …
BrainBridge – Philips, Zhejiang University, TU Eindhoven
A little over a week ago Philips and TU Eindhoven came to Zhejiang University in Hangzhou for their annual board meeting of the Brain Bridge program. The ‘Brain Bridge’ (BB) Program has been initiated in November 2005 through a tri-party international cooperation among the European host (TU/e: Technical University of Eindhoven, the Netherlands), Philips Research, and the return host (ZJU: …
Successful entry for AkzoNobel mTA Technology in Chinese industry
AkzoNobel Industrial Chemicals and Hunan Xiangheng Salt Chemical Co., Ltd. have entered into a supply agreement to implement AkzoNobel’s mTA Technology. The first customer who will switch to mTA salt completely is Guangxi Liuhua Chlor-Alkali Co., Ltd. Representatives of both companies confirmed the first commercial production of mTA salt at the signing ceremony which took place on November 6, during …
China sets High-speed railway target
China will have established a high-speed railway network covering almost all cities by 2015. The State Council issued a plan for building a comprehensive transportation network during the 2011-2015 period. According to the plan, construction of the high-speed railway network should be completed by the end of 2015, with a total operating length of more than 40,000 kilometers. China will …
9th International IP Forum held in Shanghai
The theme of the forum held on 8 November was “Intellectual Property and Soft Power of Cities”. Following an important subject of the Chinese policy of the National Patent Development Strategy (2011 – 2020) which aims: “10 Model cities that can comprehensively utilize the patent system and have excellent intellectual property market environment” During the forum most attention was drawn …
TUDelft opens 3 research centres in China
TU Delft opened a new research centre in China today. It is a collaboration with Wuhan University in the fields of Geo-information, Geodesy and Remote Sensing. This is the first of three new collaborations in China to be launched by TU Delft this week. The other projects are a centre for Water research (Nanjing) and another for Urban Systems & …
Fokker inks deal at Airshow China in Zhuhai
Using the biggest airshow in China as its stage, Fokker Technologies has signed a contract with Chinese commercial aircraft manufacturer COMAC. To be precise, the contract involves the Fokker Elmo business unit and COMAC subsidiary Shanghai Aircraft Design and Research Institute (SADRI) for cooperation on the Electrical Wiring and Interconnection System (EWIS) of the ARJ21 regional jet (pictured). For Fokker, …
Pujiang Innovation Forum held last weekend in Shanghai
Initiated in 2008, the ‘Pujiang Innovation Forum’ is annually jointly organized by the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) and the Municipal Government of Shanghai. Current chair is Mr. Xu Guanhua, the former minister of MOST, member of the Standing Committee of CPPCC, director of the Education, Science, Culture, Healthcare and Sports Subcommittee, and academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences. …