(Xinhua)10:06, August 05, 2019
BEIJING, Aug. 4 — The following are the highlights of Chinas key technology news from the past week:
MICRO LUNAR ORBITER
Chinas micro lunar orbiter Longjiang-2 has crashed into the Moon under ground control after it completed its mission, according to the Lunar Exploration and Space Program Center of the China National Space Administration.
The micro satellite crashed into a predetermined area on the far side of the Moon at 10:20 p.m. on July 31 (Beijing Time).
SEABORNE ROCKET LAUNCH
China plans to start the construction of a homeport for seaborne rocket launches in Yantai, east Chinas Shandong Province, this year, according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASTC).
The project aims to make seaborne rocket launches a frequent occurrence, said CASTC.
ROBOT WRITER
China Science Daily announced Thursday that it had used software to automatically generate news stories about the latest discoveries from the worlds leading science journals.
The robot science reporter, called Xiaoke, was co-created by the newspaper and researchers from Peking University in about half a year.
DIAGNOSTIC TECH
A new diagnostic technology developed by Chinese scientists for improving coronary heart disease treatment has received market approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, according to Chinas .
The technology, called Quantitative Flow Ratio measurement system, was jointly developed by Pulse Medical Imaging Technology (Shanghai) Co and a group of researchers with Shanghai Jiaotong University.