BEIJING, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- The following is a summary of published science and technology news of China.
DELIVERY FROM EARTH
China's Shenzhou-19 crew aboard the orbiting Tiangong space station received a shipment of supplies from Earth on Saturday, after the Tianzhou-8 cargo spacecraft successfully docked with the space station.
At 8:26 a.m., astronaut Cai Xuzhe opened the hatch of Tianzhou-8 and entered the cargo ship.
OFFSHORE WIND POWER
China had built and connected 39.1 million kilowatts of offshore wind power to its national grid by the third quarter of 2024, ranking first globally, according to a conference on offshore wind power industrial chain cooperation.
China has formed relatively complete technological and industrial chains of offshore wind power, covering design, manufacturing, construction, operations and maintenance, according to the conference held Saturday in Beihai, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
INNOVATIVE DRUGS
Chinese authorities have approved 113 domestically developed innovative drugs for market entry since 2021, with the scale of the market now at 100 billion yuan (about 13.89 billion U.S. dollars), a conference in Shanghai revealed on Saturday.
According to a report released during the ongoing China Pharmaceutical Industry Development Conference, 165 innovative devices have been approved in the medical device sector during China's 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025) period. Many of these devices incorporate cutting-edge technologies, including deep learning, magnetic levitation and magnetic resonance monitoring. Enditem