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April 2011 RESEARCH AND INNOVATION HIGHLIGHTS IN CHINA 1 Please email [email protected] if you think any other colleagues would be interested in receiving this newsletter or if you wish to unsubscribe from the distribution list. IN THIS ISSUE EDITORIAL .................................................................................................................................................................1 EU-CHINA R&I EVENTS ........................................................................................................................................1 FIRST SINO -EU SYMPOSIUM ON NANOTECHNOLOGY IN CONSUMER PRODUCTS ......................................................1 HEALTH PROJECT OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED ................................................................................................................1 PRESENTATION OF THE 12 TH FIVE -YEAR PLAN AT THE EU DELEGATION ..................................................................1 EC COMMISSIONER FOR RESEARCH AND INNOVATION TO VISIT CHINA ...................................................................2 POLICIES AND PAPERS .........................................................................................................................................2 CHINA 'S TOP POLITICAL STRESSES INDIGENOUS INNOVATION ...................................................................................2 ADVISERS WANT FOOD SAFETY LAWS TO BE BETTER ENFORCED...............................................................................2 CHINA TO IMPLEMENT NEW INTERNET REGULATION : MIIT......................................................................................2 INSTITUTE FOR ENGINEERING STRATEGIES ...............................................................................................................2 NDRC PUBLISHES NEW INDUSTRY RESTRUCTURING PLAN .......................................................................................3 CHINA DRAFTING SPECIAL LAW ON CLIMATE CHANGE ..............................................................................................3 JAPAN NUCLEAR CRISIS PROMPTS 'URGENT ' DRAFTING OF NEW LAW .........................................................................3 VOICES AND OPINIONS.........................................................................................................................................3 60% THINK LOW OF EXPERTS AND SCHOLARS ...........................................................................................................3 VICE -PREMIER URGES TOUGH ACTION IN IPR CASES ................................................................................................4 STRATEGIES OF INNOVATION ....................................................................................................................................4 PEOPLE OF THE MONTH......................................................................................................................................4 CHINESE PRESIDENT INSPECTS TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY ON EVE OF CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY ..............................4 TSINGHUA MARKS CENTURY OF LEARNING ...............................................................................................................5 TSINGHUA 'S PERFORMANCE AMAZING: PRINCETON 'S REPRESENTATIVE ...................................................................5 TSINGHUA 'S FOREIGN ACADEMIC CONNECTION ........................................................................................................5 PAST BOASTS QUIETLY FORGOTTEN AT TSINGHUA 'S CENTENNIAL PARTY .................................................................6 1 Disclaimer: Research and Innovation Highlights in China is a monthly press review compiled by the Science, Technology and Environment Section of the EU Delegation to China with the aim to feature the highlights on China's research and innovation developments. The EU Delegation to China cannot authorise the reproduction of news items taken from other publications. Anyone wishing to reproduce articles is advised to contact the originating source of the relevant news item. The information contained in this publication is intended only for the internal consumption of the addressees on the distribution list. It should not be taken in any way to reflect the views of the European Commission, nor is the EU Delegation to China responsible for the authenticity of the selected content. NOBEL PRIZE WINNER IN PHYSICS PROF . KLAUS VON KLITZING AWARDED CAS EINSTEIN PROFESSOR .................6 TOP CHINESE SCIENTISTS HONORED WITH NAMING OF MINOR PLANETS .................................................................6 SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES ......................................................................................................................................6 HEALTH ....................................................................................................................................................................6 New Mode for Regulating Innate Immune Response ..........................................................................................6 FOOD , AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES , BIOTECHNOLOGY ...........................................................................................7 Scientists sequence genome of crested ibis .........................................................................................................7 China's agriculture sector faces rising costs in 2011: think tank .......................................................................7 Human Lactoferrin Producing Goat Cloned.......................................................................................................7 Tsinghua University establishes Center for Structural Biology..........................................................................7 China mulls new health food regulation .............................................................................................................7 Optimal Algorithm for Molecular Evolution Study .............................................................................................8 INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES ..............................................................................................8 China to boost integrated circuit sector as "state strategy"................................................................................8 China's Huawei sales up 24 pct in 2010 thanks to overseas expansion: annual report......................................8 Home Made PCRAM Chip ..................................................................................................................................8 First Superconducting Substation in World ........................................................................................................8 Earth System Simulator.......................................................................................................................................9 China's New Body Scanner Debuts, Promises Privacy.......................................................................................9 China Develops Phase-change RAM ..................................................................................................................9 China to improve rural broadband coverage over next five years......................................................................9 Huawei starts manufacturing in India.................................................................................................................9 Supercomputing Environment.............................................................................................................................9 NANOSCIENCES , NANOTECHNOLOGIES , MATERIALS AND NEW PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES ...............................10 Nanofiltration for Better Energy Storage..........................................................................................................10 Mental Liquid Radiator for High Power LED Developed by TIPC,CAS..........................................................10 New and Simple Method for High-throughput Fabrication of Ultranarrow Graphene Nanoribbons ..............10 ENVIRONMENT (INCLUDING CLIMATE CHANGE ) .....................................................................................................11 Study lays out roadmap for environment ..........................................................................................................11 190 million Chinese drinking polluted water ....................................................................................................11 'Grave situation' threatens coastal areas..........................................................................................................11 ENERGY ..................................................................................................................................................................11 National lab for clean energy to open...............................................................................................................11 Ministry unveils geothermal power plan...........................................................................................................11 China to build 100 new-energy model cities .....................................................................................................12 Indonesia, China to strengthen co-op on renewable energy.............................................................................12 Turning Waste Heat