Blueprint predicts major scientific breakthroughs

时间：2007-04-28 01:37:11

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Apr.27 - China is expected to master key biotechnologies before 2010 and become a world leader in the field, a top science official said Thursday.

 

It will also make breakthroughs in 20 bottleneck1 technologies relating to oil and gas prospecting2 and drilling while developing a digital database to help find more oil resources, Vice-Minister of Science and Technology Liu Yanhua said.

 

The ambitious goals were set in the nation's blueprint3 for science development in areas of social progress, such as the environment, health, resource and public safety, during the 11th Five-Year Plan (2006-10). The blueprint was released yesterday by the Ministry4 of Science and Technology (MOST), at the opening ceremony of its two-day national science and social development convention.

 

More reserves of metal resources will be built before 2010 and the total amount of usable metal resources is expected to grow by between 1.5 and 2 billion tons, according to the blueprint.

 

"The focus is on the exploration of rare metals," Liu said.

 

Technologies for prospecting and developing oil and gas resources in the deep water in the South China Sea will be introduced, as well as those for monitoring the marine5 environment in China's exclusive economic zone, which extends to a distance of 200 nautical6 miles, 370 km, out from its coast, and other important sea areas.

 

"The current situation of low-level usage of marine resources will change," Liu said.

 

In the field of environmental protection, breakthroughs are expected to be made in 10 to 15 crucial technologies relating to ecological7 restoration for rivers and lakes, and in 30 technologies on urban air-condition monitoring and soil pollution control, the blueprint said.

 

Also yesterday, the ministry launched its third project for social progress, entitled the "Regional Sustainable Development Science Promotion8 Act." It follows the Spark Plan, which began in 1986 and the Torch Plan of 1988, which greatly promoted processes in the agricultural science and hi-tech industries.

 

During the 10th Five-Year Plan (2001-05), more than 24,000 scientific discoveries were made and 3,000 of them have been patented, Liu said.

 

Among the most important achievements were the invention of 22 new medicines, including seven chemical, seven biochemical and eight traditional Chinese medicines.

 

There were also breakthroughs in seawater desalting and in developing the offshore9 oil reserve in Bohai Bay. Facilities each producing 10,000 tons of fresh water per day are being set up in East China's Shandong Province, while new technologies in offshore drilling are helping10 to make Bohai Bay the third largest oil production base in East China.

 

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1 bottleneck uRfyN     
n.瓶颈口，交通易阻的狭口；妨生产流程的一环
参考例句：
  • The transportation bottleneck has blocked the movement of the cargo.运输的困难阻塞了货物的流通。
  • China's strained railroads already become a bottleneck for the economy.中国紧张的铁路运输已经成为经济增长的瓶颈。
2 prospecting kkZzpG     
n.探矿
参考例句：
  • The prospecting team ploughed their way through the snow. 探险队排雪前进。
  • The prospecting team has traversed the length and breadth of the land. 勘探队踏遍了祖国的山山水水。
3 blueprint 6Rky6     
n.蓝图，设计图，计划；vt.制成蓝图，计划
参考例句：
  • All the machine parts on a blueprint must answer each other.设计图上所有的机器部件都应互相配合。
  • The documents contain a blueprint for a nuclear device.文件内附有一张核装置的设计蓝图。
4 ministry kD5x2     
n.(政府的)部；牧师
参考例句：
  • They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
  • We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
5 marine 77Izo     
adj.海的；海生的；航海的；海事的；n.水兵
参考例句：
  • Marine creatures are those which live in the sea. 海洋生物是生存在海里的生物。
  • When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。
6 nautical q5azx     
adj.海上的，航海的，船员的
参考例句：
  • A nautical mile is 1,852 meters.一海里等于1852米。
  • It is 206 nautical miles from our present location.距离我们现在的位置有206海里。
7 ecological IrRxX     
adj.生态的，生态学的
参考例句：
  • The region has been declared an ecological disaster zone.这个地区已经宣布为生态灾难区。
  • Each animal has its ecological niche.每种动物都有自己的生态位.
8 promotion eRLxn     
n.提升，晋级；促销，宣传
参考例句：
  • The teacher conferred with the principal about Dick's promotion.教师与校长商谈了迪克的升级问题。
  • The clerk was given a promotion and an increase in salary.那个职员升了级，加了薪。
9 offshore FIux8     
adj.海面的，吹向海面的；adv.向海面
参考例句：
  • A big program of oil exploration has begun offshore.一个大规模的石油勘探计划正在近海展开。
  • A gentle current carried them slowly offshore.和缓的潮流慢慢地把他们带离了海岸。
10 helping 2rGzDc     
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的
参考例句：
  • The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
  • By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

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