The tech and inventions that show why China is the best in the world
Daniel Coughlin
15 October 2019
Scientific and technological breakthroughs that will blow your mind
China National Space Administration/AFP/Getty
World's first qualified robot doctor
Courtesy iFlytek
World's largest floating solar power plant
Courtesy Three Gorges Corporation
World's first passenger drone
Courtesy Ehang via YouTube
World’s first operational drone-delivery programme
Shao Rui/Xinhua News Agency/PA
World's largest single-dish radio telescope
STR/AFP/Getty
World's largest waste-to-energy plant
Courtesy SHL
World's first monkey clones
Courtesy Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Institute of Neuroscience
World's first robot-staffed bank
Fang Zhe/Xinhua News Agency/PA
World's first quantum satellite and unhackable computer network
STR/AFP/Getty
World's first lung regeneration therapy
Natali_ Mis/Shutterstock
World's first trackless smart train and virtual railway
Xue Yuge/Xinhua News Agency/PA
World's first battleship-mounted railgun
Courtesy @AndrewTear/Weibo
World's first solar expressway
Zhu Zheng/Xinhua News Agency/PA
World's first forest city
Courtesy Stefano Boeri Architetti
World’s first intelligent oil tanker
STR/AFP/Getty
World’s first 4K virtual reality headset
Courtesy iQIYI
World's first third-generation AP1000 nuclear reactor
Oleg Alexandrov/Wikimedia Commons
World’s first 3D-printed electric car
Courtesy Polymaker/XEV
World's first fully electric cargo ship
Courtesy Guangzhou Shipyard International
World's first automated dental implant
Courtesy Air Force Medical Hospital
World's first AI teaching assistant
Courtesy NetDragon
World’s first AI news anchor
Courtesy Xinhua News
World's first amphibious drone
Courtesy UVS Intelligence System
World's first city air purifier
Courtesy Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Institute of Earth Environment
World's first ultrafast 3D microscope
CI Photos/Shutterstock
World's first electric bus fleet
@urban dweller / YouTube
World's most sensitive dark matter probe
Courtesy CNS
World's first landing on the far side of the moon
China National Space Administration/AFP/Getty
World’s first ‘artificial sun’
Amanda Carden/Shutterstock
World's first digital currency to be recognised as legal tender
Shan_shan/Shutterstock
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