China National Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd. (Sinopharm) and MSD announced on Sept 28 that they had reached an agreement on import and distribution in China of a kind of anti-COVID-19 oral drug.
Construction of the second phase of the Meizhou Pumped Storage Power Station kicked off on Sept 19. The project is the first of its kind to start construction in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area during China's 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25) period.
CSCEC has contributed to drug rehabilitation in the Philippines.
China lifted off a solar exploration satellite into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China on Oct 9, furthering the country's scientific endeavor to unravel the secrets of the Sun.
Haiji One, Asia's first deepwater jacket independently designed and built by China National Offshore Oil Corporation, was put into operation on Oct 3.
China launched a Long March-6 carrier rocket from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in North China's Shanxi Province on Sept 27, sending three satellites into selected orbit.
The C919, China's first homegrown large jetliner, has obtained the type certificate, a milestone step on its journey to market operation.
China successfully launched two test satellites from a launch platform in the Yellow Sea on Oct 7.