BEIJING, July 8 (Xinhua) — The following is a summary of published science and technology news of China.

SCI-TECH JOURNALS

China has published a total of 5,071 sci-tech journals covering various fields and seen greater academic influence globally, according to a report released by the China Association for Science and Technology.

The report showed that by the end of 2021, China had 4,482 Chinese-language sci-tech journals, 420 sci-tech journals published in English and 169 sci-tech journals using a combination of Chinese and English.

There were 1,570 journals in the field of basic science, 2,271 in technical science and 1,152 in medical science, according to the report.

SF AIRLINES

A new air cargo route was launched on Friday linking Ezhou, central China’s Hubei Province, with Frankfurt, Germany, announced SF Airlines, China’s largest air cargo carrier in fleet size.

On early Friday morning, a B747-400 freighter took off at Ezhou Huahu Airport, China’s first cargo-focused airport. It marked the launching of the second air route connecting the airport with Europe, said SF Airlines.

Two round-trip cargo flights are scheduled for this route every week, with around 400 tonnes of air express capacity.

MOON’S VOLCANIC ACTIVITY

Chinese researchers have studied the lunar samples brought back by the Chang’e-5 mission and found surges in volcanic activity on the moon about two billion years ago, offering a window into the moon’s late-stage evolution.

The study, conducted mainly by a research team at the Institute of Geology and Geophysics under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, was published recently in the journal of Nature Communications.

At the end of 2020, China’s Chang’e-5 mission retrieved samples from the moon weighing about 1,731 grams, which were the first lunar samples in the world in over 40 years.