WEEKLY REVIEW (October 14 - October 20)
New Record for Third-Generation Hybrid Rice Annual Yield
Developed by the late Yuan Longping and his team, the hybrid rice planted in Central China's Hunan province yielded over 1,600 kg per mu (about 0.067 hectares) in two growing seasons in one year, breaking the record made in 2020.
Largest Gas Storage Cluster in North China Starts Operation
With a capacity of 10.03 billion cubic meters, the largest underground natural gas storage cluster in north China officially began operation on October 18.
130th Canton Fair Opens with Smart Products
Themed "Canton Fair, Global Share," the 130th China Import and Export Fair (Canton Fair) was held from October 15 to October 19 in Guangzhou, Guangdong province. The Fair attracted around 8,000 companies from many fields.
FAST Creates New Record of Detecting 1,652 Independent Bursts
Using Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST) in Guizhou province, China, an international team of researchers detected 1,652 independent fast radio bursts in 59.5 hours over 47 days from a source about 3 billion light years away. The findings are published in the journal Nature on October 13.