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Non-fossil Energy Dominates Total Installed Capacity

The installed capacity by non-fossil fuels power resources has surpassed that of fossil fuels, making up 50.9 percent of China's total installed capacity, according to Yang Yinkai, vice chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission, on June 11.

Chlorinated Waste Plastics Upcycled into Value-added Products

Scientists from the Shanghai Institute of Ceramics at CAS managed to convert chlorinated waste plastics into additional valuable products, realizing efficient and harmless upcycling. The products can be used in many fields such as new types of energy storage, medical equipment and wearable devices. The research results were published in Nature Reviews Methods Primers on June 8.

Elastic Ceramic Plastic Created

Scientists from Zhejiang University invented a new material called elastic ceramic plastic by interpenetrating molecular-scale organic and inorganic ionic compounds. This new material exhibits ceramic-like hardness and strength, rubber-like deformability and resilience, and plastic-like mouldability. The result was published in the journal Nature on June 8.

China Builds Largest Earthquake Early Warning System

China has built the world's largest earthquake early warning system, cutting down the time of reporting earthquake information from a minute to a few seconds when an earthquake occurs, said Min Yiren, head of the China Earthquake Administration on June 8.