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Huawei Proprietary Chips to Return in H2 of This Year

Huawei will have a big move in the second half of the year. Its self-developed chips may start to emerge and chips named Ascend, Kunpeng, Tiangang and Balong will all return.

Self-Driving Business of Alibaba’s DAMO Academy Merged into Cainiao

On May 13, Alibaba's research institute DAMO Academy was reported to be undergoing a major organizational restructuring. The autonomous driving laboratory, which has long been unable to generate profits, will be merged into Cainiao, the logistics arm of Alibaba.

China’s Tianzhou-6 Cargo Spacecraft Successfully Launched

At 21:22 on May 10 Beijing time, the Long March 7 Y7 carrier rocket carrying the Tianzhou-6 cargo spacecraft was ignited and launched at China's Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site.

Alibaba Cloud Tests Integration of Qianwen Large-Scale Model into Industrial Robots

Alibaba Cloud engineers are experimenting with integrating the Qianwen large-scale model into industrial robots.

China to Build International Lunar Research Station By 2040

On April 25, Wu Weiren, chief designer of the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program and dean of the Deep Space Exploration Laboratory, introduced China's construction plan for the International Lunar Research Station.

Tencent’s Self-Developed Chip Canghai Enters Mass Production

On April 17, Tencent Cloud announced that its self-developed video transcoding chip named Canghai had won all eight top scores in two categories at the latest MSU Video Codecs Comparison.

Nieng Yan Appointed As Academic Committee Member of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences

On April 15, Nieng Yan, a Chinese structural biologist and the Shirley M. Tilghman Professor of Molecular Biology at Princeton University, was elected as a member of Academic Advisory Committee of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences.

Chinese Scientist Nieng Yan Assigned as Director of Shenzhen Bay Laboratory

Well known Chinese structural biologist Nieng Yan was appointed as the director of Shenzhen Bay Laboratory on March 22.

Chinese BCI Startup NeuroXess Secures Round-A Financing

NeuroXess, a brain-computer interface (BCI) company based in Shanghai, announced on December 28 that it has completed round-A financing worth several hundred million yuan.

Chinese Genomics Researcher Yunlong Cao Named in Nature’s 10 List

Nature, one of the world's top science journals, released its "Nature's 10" list of 2022 on December 14. Chinese genomics researcher Yunlong (Richard) Cao was named in the list. He helped track the evolution of the novel coronavirus and predicted some mutations that led to a new variant.

Chinese Research Team Devises Method for Hydrogen Generation Directly From Seawater

On November 30, a Chinese research team published a paper entitled "A membrane-based seawater electron for hydrogen generation" in Nature, which has solved an important problem of hydrogen production by direct electrolysis of seawater.

Chinese Gene-Editing Scientist He Jiankui Sets Up Beijing Lab Following Prison Release

He Jiankui, a Chinese scientist who announced in 2018 the successful birth of the world's first genetically-edited babies, declared the establishment of a new laboratory in Beijing, where he plans to engage in scientific research on gene therapy for rare genetic diseases.

UC Berkeley Professor Yi Ma to Leave US for University of Hong Kong

Yi Ma, a Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley, announced that "Starting in Jan. 1, I will serve as the director of a new Institute of Data Science of Hong Kong University."