China's top scientific development in 2006 has been the
breakthrough in next generation Internet which can significantly
reduce the nation's dependence on foreign hi-tech companies,
according to Chinese academicians.
The annual list of the "Top Ten Scientific Events" for 2006 was
unveiled in Beijing on Sunday. Voting is by 565 scientists from the
Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of
Engineering.
Last September China announced its CERNET2 (China Education and
Research Network 2) had linked 25 universities in 20 cities through
the Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6).
It can replace the widely-used Ipv4 network and offers unlimited
Internet addresses, more advanced security and simpler
administration, the experts said. They called it progress with
strategic significance by ending reliance on foreign technologies
in Internet development.
The other events listed in the top-ten include the discovery of
a large natural gas field in southwestern Sichuan, the development of a full
superconducting experimental Tokamak fusion system, the observation
of Feshbach Resonace in the F+H2->HF+H Reaction, the creation of
forests in the Taklimakan desert, the return of the oceanic science
exploration vessel "Dayang Yihao (Ocean No. 1)", the research into
a Hepatitis B vaccine, a breakthrough in the electron-positron
accelerator, the realization of quantum teleportation of a
two-particle composite system and the launch of a remote sensing
satellite.
(Xinhua News Agency January 22, 2007)