China rises high in science and technology sky

'The gap between China and the world's advanced scientific powers has been shortened, some areas of science and technology are classified as advanced in the world'. Mr. Tu Hoa Binh, deputy director of the Division of Strategic Research and Research under the Ministry of Science and Technology of China, made such an assessment in the recently published ' Science and Technology Power of China' Report. 9 past.

In recent years, China (China) has continuously reaped achievements in the field of science and technology (Science and Technology) that are paid attention to by the world. From 2002 up to now, each year, the country has gained more than 20,000 achievements in the fields of energy, agriculture, environmental protection . making the science and technology force constantly improve. With 35 million people working in the fields of Science and Technology, China currently leads the world in science and technology personnel.

The world's tallest railway connects Qinghai province in northwest China with Tibet's capital Lhasa.(Photo: Adventure)

Not to mention, China had 1.4 million scientific research and development experts last year, ranking second in the world after the United States. Regarding the number of articles published in specialized scientific journals, Chinese scientists now rank 5th, behind only the US, UK, Germany and Japan. Last year, China entered the top four most patent countries in the world with South Korea, Japan and the United States. In addition to 200 state-managed laboratories, by the end of 2006, China had 150,000 enterprises operating in the field of Science and Technology. Two decades ago, this number was only 7,000.

With the successful launch of the second manned spacecraft ' Shenzhou 6' (2005), the history of China's space science and technology achieved many ' firsts '. It was the first time that many astronauts had been working for many days, first deploying a space science experiment with the participation of people, first launching environmental control and assurance systems. life insurance in the spacecraft compartment . Recently, the Chinese space science and technology announced that it will launch the first moon exploration satellite this year.

In addition, in the last 5 years, China has also completed key projects, including Thanh Hai - Tibet railway, South - North water works, Tam Hop dam . Implementation Each project is a remarkable one in China's history of Science and Technology. In the field of agriculture, China has also achieved a number of important agricultural engineering achievements such as creating super hybrid rice and super hybrid corn.

In terms of energy , Chinese scientists have made significant progress in oil exploration, researched and built synchronous equipment used in large-scale coal liquefaction, technology to exploit and utilize energy. other quantities ., laying the basis for adjusting energy structures and ensuring energy safety. In addition, in the field of environment as well as natural disaster prevention and mitigation, China has key technical breakthroughs in environmental monitoring, air pollution control, and construction. system of monitoring and forecasting natural disasters about meteorology, earthquakes, floods .

In the field of health , China has gained an important breakthrough in techniques to prevent serious diseases such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, HIV / AIDS, hepatitis, SARS . In 2005, China researched and manufactured Successfully created vaccines that weaken the H5N1 avian influenza and H5N2 toxins. China has also made outstanding progress in terms of research into manufacturing western medicines, modernizing Oriental medicine and Oriental medicine .

With a successful space trip with the Shenzhou 6 ship, two astronauts Phi Tuan Long (left) and Hanh Hai Thang named themselves in the history of the Chinese space science and technology industry. (Photo: The Age)

Analyzing the causes of the above achievements, Mr. Mai Vinh Hong, Director of the Department of Regulatory Policy and Institutional Reform of China Ministry of Science and Technology, said that the development of China 's Science and Technology has been accumulated. tell. China has a system of complete scientific fields that are not popular in the world today; has accumulated the most powerful KH-CN resources in the world. A yearly increase in scientific research funding is also an important factor to promote scientific and technological career. Last year, China's budget for scientific research and development amounted to US $ 58 billion, accounting for 1.42% of GDP, the fifth highest in the world.

The 17th Chinese Communist Party Congress, held in Beijing in the middle of this month, will continue to introduce new directions that have important implications for China's S&T development. The Chinese Science and Technology Department predicts that the country's science and technology career will step into a new era of development.

China is about to send people to the Moon

The director of the US Aeronautics Agency (NASA) Michael Griffin recently warned of the possibility that China will send people to the Moon before the United States takes people back to the planet, just as the former Soviet Union had been ahead of the US in Put satellites and people in space.

According to NASA Director, nearly 50 years have passed since the Soviet Union's Sputnik became the world's first artificial satellite, the world again taking on a new race with the aim of bringing people back to the Moon and in this race, China will go to the Moon before America.So far, China has successfully carried out two manned space flights using their self-made boosters and is eager to soon land on the Moon.Meanwhile, NASA set a deadline of 2020 to bring people back to the Moon.Mr. Joan Johnson-Freese, Director of the Security Department of the Naval War University said that the United States has a superior technology advantage and can completely bring people back to the Moon faster than China but 'lack of political will. , leading to a lack of resources to do this. '

Four years ago, China became the third country in the world to send people into orbit.Now China aims to build its own space station around the earth orbit and plans to send people to the Moon in the next 10-15 years.

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