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Recent Chinese wins in Science and Technology 🧵

✈️ C919 - Commercial use of first domestically produced narrow body jet
Now flying 2 routes
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China's first two C919 aircrafts begin operating on Shanghai-Chengdu routes starting August 4

Two of China's first self-developed aircraft C919 models both began servicing routes for China Easte...

✈️ ARJ21 - The domestically produced regional jet is continues to scale. COMAC has delivered over 100 ARJ21 jets and serviced more than 6M customers
This year, the jet is being used by it's first international customer - TranNusa in Indonesia.
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TransNusa Praises COMAC ARJ21 And Eyes Future C919 Operations

The airline's CEO is pleased with the COMAC regional jet's performance.

✈️ The WS-15 Turbofan engine is being massed produced and used in the J-20 stealth fighter jet, replacing the previous Russian produced engines.
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China’s J-20 Gets Another Upgrade

Updates on the 5th-gen fighter’s WS-15 engine, new variants, and fleet size, and what it all means f...

🚢 Adora Magic City - First domestically produced cruise ship is launched
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Adora Magic City: China's first homegrown large cruise ship to undock in Shanghai

China's groundbreaking cruise ship, Adora Magic City, the world's first domestically made large crui...

🚢 LNG Carrier - Chinese shipyards have been gaining market share over the leader, South Korea. CSSC received 49 orders for LNG carriers in 2022, raising its global market share from less than 7% in 2021 to 30%.
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Country's shipbuilders chart new waters

Chen Jun, general manager of a State-owned shipbuilding corporation's subsidiary in Shanghai, sought...

🚢 Invar Steel - Chinese steel makers can now produce Invar Steel, the most critical material for the manufacture of LNG ships, used in the membrane.
Not even South Korea can produce this, having to import it from France.
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In the world, only China and France can make Invar steel, which is the most difficult material to weld. France has monopolized for 40 years. - iNEWS

A sheet of A4 paper has a thickness of 0.088 mm, and the thickness of Invar steel is only 0.7 mm. Th...

⚕️ MRI Imaging Machine - Domestic companies like Shanghai United Imaging are mass producing 1.5T and 3T MRI machines, taking market share from GE, Seimens and Phillips which have traditionally dominated the market.
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China achieves mass production of domestic MRI instrument, breaking foreign tech blockade

China's domestically developed magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) instrument has been successfully dev...

🤖 China robot density overtakes US at 332 robots per 10k workers in 2021.
On track to exceed Japan and Germany in the next couple of years.
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China overtakes USA in robot density

China’s massive investment in industrial robotics has put the country in the top ranking of robot de...

🖵📱 OLED and LCD displays - China has scaled up OLED production aggressively in the past few years.
They have now exceeded the old leader Korea in OLED production. 5 years ago Korean makers had over 95% market share.
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China's first two C919 aircrafts begin operating on Shanghai-Chengdu routes starting August 4

TransNusa Praises COMAC ARJ21 And Eyes Future C919 Operations