The Xuelong, a Chinese icebreaker, embarked on the country’s 29th Antarctic expedition on Monday from Guangzhou in South China’s Guangdong province.
Experts said that if half of the lighting devices nationwide were LEDs, China could save power equivalent to the annual electricity output of two and a half Three Gorges Dam, Xinhua News Agency reported.
Hebei province has passed its first regulation that seeks to halt public disclosure of personal information.
The US-based IT giant Dell Corp will place greater emphasis on enterprise solutions in the Chinese market next year to transfer from a hardware company to a solution provider, company executives said on Monday.
Employees at Shenzhen's newly opened Apple store cheer and give presents to customers as they enter the store on Nov 3, 2012. Apple opened its 7th store on the Chinese mainland in the southern boomtown of Shenzhen on Nov 3. Apple fans were enthusiastic about the new store, forming long lines before its opening. Some customers had to wait for half an hour before they could enter the store.
Red Hat Inc, the No 1 Linux developer in the United States, is considering investing more in its research and development and sales team in China, said the company's President and Chief Executive Officer Jim Whitehurst.
Kingsoft Co Ltd, one of China's oldest software developers, is determined to turn itself into an Internet company although the transition won't be "smooth", said Zhang Hongjiang, its CEO.
China's advanced technology industry has been manufacturing more products for civilian use, Minister of Science and Technology Wan Gang said Saturday.
Suez Environment, a world leading water and waste service company, is to build a new research and development center in Chongqing in an aim to better support the city in environmental protection services.
The National Oceanography Center was established on Friday in Xiamen, Fujian province, to accelerate the development of marine technology and innovation.
The 7th China (Beijing) International Student Animation Festival ended on Wednesday night at the Communication University of China.
China has chosen a landing spot for its third lunar exploration mission, which will be launched next year, the China National Space Administration said on Oct 29.