BEIJING, June 22 (Xinhua) — The following is a summary of published science and technology news of China. NEW ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITE
China on Saturday launched an astronomical satellite, the result of nearly 20 years of hard work between Chinese and French scientists, to capture gamma-ray bursts which flicker like fireworks in the farthest reaches of the universe.
The satellite, the Space-based Multi-band Variable Object Monitor (SVOM), was launched by a Long March-2C rocket at 3:00 p.m. (Beijing Time) from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China’s Sichuan Province, according to the China National Space Administration.
NATURE INDEX
The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has topped the Nature Index 2024 Research Leaders rankings, with six Chinese universities also ranking among the top 10, according to the CAS website.
Nature Index’s 2024 Research Leaders, previously known as the Annual Tables, has ranked the leading institutions and countries in the field of natural and health sciences based on their output in Nature Index journals in 2023.
CAS ranked first globally in chemistry, physical sciences, and earth and environmental sciences, and second in biological sciences.
SCI-TECH PUBLISHING
The ongoing 30th Beijing International Book Fair is seeing increased cooperation between domestic and foreign publishing institutions to facilitate the international dissemination of China’s scientific research and academic achievements.
Springer Nature and the Beijing-based World Publishing Corporation (WPC) signed a strategic partnership framework agreement at the fair on Friday, pledging to strengthen two-way copyright cooperation involving multiple disciplines.
The WPC is a professional sci-tech publishing house under the China Publishing Group. Previously, cooperation between the two publishers mainly involved introducing Springer Nature’s English-language publications to the Chinese market.
