BEIJING, July 16 (Xinhua) -- The following is a summary of published science and technology news of China:
NUCLEAR POWER UNIT EXPORT
China has exported a new nuclear power unit to Pakistan, according to the China National Nuclear Corporation.
Unit 5 of the Chashma Nuclear Power Plant (C-5) broke ground recently, marking another milestone in nuclear energy cooperation between China and Pakistan.
It is the third one-million-kilowatt-class unit of Hualong One, China's self-developed third-generation nuclear power technology, and the seventh nuclear power unit exported from China to Pakistan.
SPECIALTY LIGHT SOURCE PROJECT
Heraeus, a German technology company, has started constructing a specialty light source project with a total investment of 100 million yuan (14 million U.S. dollars) in Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province.
The main products of the project in the China-Germany Equipment Manufacturing Industrial Park include photonics-based solutions from infrared to ultraviolet, which are applied in fields such as environmental protection, electronics, automotive, new energy, and semiconductor.
POWER BATTERY INSTALLED CAPACITY
The installed capacity of power batteries in China climbed 16.5 percent in June 2023 compared with the previous month, buoyed by the sound development of the country's new-energy vehicle (NEV) market, industry data showed.
During the period, the installed capacity of power batteries totaled 32.9 gigawatt-hours (GWh), increasing by 21.8 percent year on year, data from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers revealed. ■
