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"Trust that the deep blue will meet you halfway"

"When every single instrument came back intact, it felt like the ocean had returned a favor," said Zhang, now a principal investigator at the South China Sea Institute of Oceanology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Oct 13, 2026 Learn more

Unlikely Journey of China's Dinosaur Whisperer

In his school days, Xu Xing dreamed of becoming a martial-arts monk, an economist and even a coder. Dinosaurs were nowhere in his plans. But now, the 57-year-old is known as China's Dinosaur Whisperer, a scientist whose decades of digging have rewritten how humans understand these prehistoric giants.

Sep 20, 2026 Learn more

Chinese Scientist Spends 20 Years Mitigating Geohazards in Pakistan

Cui Peng, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), has long dedicated himself to geohazard mitigation research spanning China and Pakistan.

Aug 19, 2026 Learn more

CHEN Liquan, Founding Father of China's Battery Industry

Chen Liquan, laureate of China's top sci-tech award for the year 2025 as announced in Beijing on Wednesday, is recognized as the nation's founding father of solid-state ionics and a pioneer in lithium battery research.

Jul 09, 2026 Learn more

Redefining Cold: A Woman Who Gave China a Cryogenic Temperature Ruler

Cryogenic temperatures are defined as those below 120K (-153.15°C), but scientist Gao Bo's research reaches even further into the extreme, focusing on temperatures below 24.5561K (-248.5939°C). Measurement technologies at this range provide critical support for frontier scientific research, major scientific facilities, deep-space exploration, and the development of green energy.

Jul 03, 2026 Learn more

A Satellite Maker's Lesson on Delivering Innovation

From one satellite built in a decade to hundreds rolling off an assembly line. In this episode of Pledges in Action, we meet CPC member and satellite-maker Hu Haiying, whose team is rethinking how satellites are made: scaling up production to support China's growing space ambitions.

Jul 01, 2026 Learn more