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Shenyang zone expands high-tech offerings By HAO NAN | China Daily Global | Updated: 2021-04-13 00:00 Area now includes major innovative resources and related service platforms
The Shenyang High-Tech Zone in Northeast China s Liaoning province is building itself into a regional birthplace of innovative technologies, a pilot area for new and old kinetic energy conversion and a demonstration zone for the development of strategic emerging industries, senior officials said.
The zone was established in 1988 and then approved by the State Council in 1991 to become one of the national high-tech industrial development zones.
Zhang Shuwei, a member of the zone s Party working committee, said the Shenyang High-Tech Zone prioritizes high technology and innovation in its development. It has witnessed remarkable improvements in its capacity to innovate
China s autonomous submersible scripts new diving record of 7,709 meters ecns.cn - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ecns.cn Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
2021-04-02 08:30:30 GMT2021-04-02 16:30:30(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
HARBIN, April 2 (Xinhua) A full-ocean depth autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) developed by China s Harbin Engineering University (HEU) dived to a depth of 7,709 meters in a recent deep-sea trial, setting a new record for the country s autonomous submersibles, the Science and Technology Daily reported Friday.
The AUV, named Wukong, had carried out the third phase deep-sea trial of the HEU Key Research Program on Full Ocean Depth AUV in February and March, and returned to Qingdao in east China s Shandong Province on Thursday.
In its last dive on March 21, Wukong reached the designed depth above the seafloor and cruised for three hours and 15 minutes, taking 1,543 pictures and shooting 144 minutes of video footage. It reached the maximum depth of 7,709 meters, only second to the record set by Russian AUV Vityaz-D.
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