China has always opposed unilateral sanctions and long-arm jurisdiction without the international law basis and the U.N. Security Council mandate, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said on Monday.
China's Foreign Ministry announced countermeasures on Wednesday to sanction 12 U.S. defense industry companies, in response to sanctions against Chinese companies.
"China has always opposed unilateral sanctions and long-arm jurisdiction that have no basis in international law or mandate from the U.N. Security Council. We will continue to take all necessary measures to safeguard our legitimate and lawful rights and interests. China urges the U.S. side to reflect deeply, face up to its responsibility for the outbreak and escalation of the Ukraine crisis, stop smearing and pressuring [other countries], and stop arbitrarily imposing illegal unilateral sanctions," said Mao.
In response to a question about whether this is China's response to the U.S. officials' participation in the so-called "inauguration ceremony" of the leader of the Taiwan region, Mao said no country should ever dream of crossing the red line on the Taiwan question without paying a price.
"The Taiwan question is the very core of China's core interests and the first red line that must not be crossed in the China-U.S. relationship. No country, organization or individual should ever underestimate the firm resolve, strong will and great capability of the Chinese government and people to defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity, and should ever dream of crossing the red line on the Taiwan question without paying a price," said the spokeswoman.
China urges US to stop arbitrary, illegal unilateral sanctions: spokeswoman
China’s first intelligent field plant phenotype precision identification platform went into operation recently in Sanya City, south China’s Hainan Province, which is a milestone in the country’s development of intelligent breeding.
The phenotype of a plant is a term used to describe observable characteristics of the plant, such as its appearance, and some inherent physiological characteristics, such as resistance to drought and diseases.
In an experimental field of the National Nanfan Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, a large piece of equipment is moving across the field. The equipment, called the field plant phenotype precision identification platform, can move according to the preset track and can be remotely controlled. While moving, the equipment can scan the plants with its six sensors, just like a CT machine for plants.
"The ultimate goal is to achieve high-throughput, large-scale, efficient and precise collection of germplasm resources, which can be four to five times higher than the efficiency of the traditional manual collection," said Jin Xiuliang, a researcher at the institute.
Although the equipment looks simple from the outside, it contains six high-precision image acquisition devices such as multi-spectral, thermal infrared, and chlorophyll fluorescence devices. Data can be collected at fixed times and points according to experimental needs, and the collection of a germplasm material can be completed within 30 seconds.
After the data collected through this platform is transmitted to the data analysis center, researchers can more quickly and accurately screen out germplasm resources with excellent traits, laying the foundation for subsequent crop breeding.
"The plant phenotype identification facility at the National Nanfan Research Institute is a milestone in the field of crop science in China. It can greatly enhance the independent innovation capabilities of germplasm innovation, gene mining, and variety breeding, and enhance the international competitiveness of China's seed industry," said Li Huihui, vice president of the institute.
China makes major progress in smart crop breeding
