BEIJING, April 27 (Xinhua) -- The following is a summary of published science and technology news of China.
COMMERCIAL SATELLITES
China launched its Long March-6 rocket on Tuesday, sending nine commercial satellites into space.
The satellites, including Qilu-1 and Qilu-4, have entered their planned orbits and will provide east China's Shandong Province with remote sensing services for land survey, urban construction, agriculture, forestry, energy, disaster prevention and reduction.
Other satellites onboard the rocket will be used to test technologies in satellite platform design, real-time imaging and observation, data acquisition and transmission, or to offer observations of small celestial bodies and remote sensing services.
INQUIRY SYSTEM FOR EU TRADEMARKS
China's National Intellectual Property Administration (NIPA) on Monday launched a registration-information inquiry system for trademarks registered in the European Union.
The system, named EUTMS, is the first official inquiry tool of international trademark information in China, and is capable of handling 100 active users simultaneously, according to Wang Peizhang, head of the administration's public service department.
PATENT INDUSTRIALIZATION
The industrialization transfer rate of China's effective patents stood at 34.7 percent in 2020, an annual survey issued by the National Intellectual Property Administration said on Monday.
For enterprise patentees, the patent industrialization rate is 44.9 percent. Enditem
