Mine accident kills 11

ELEVEN people were killed in a coal mine accident that occurred Tuesday afternoon in Shuangyashan City, Northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, according to the mining company.

According to an initial investigation, the accident that occurred at around 2:40 p.m. at the Shuangyang coal mine of Heilongjiang Longmay Shuangyashan Mining Co. Ltd. was caused by rock burst.

The search and rescue work has been completed, and a further investigation into the cause of the accident is under way.

Book donation

CHINA’S petrochemical giant Sinopec donated more than 500 books to Egyptian Chinese University (ECU) on Tuesday.

These books, which are in Chinese, Arabic, Chinese-Arabic, and Chinese-English, cover traditional Chinese medicine, Chinese culture, finance, economics, management, online marketing, and Chinese language teaching.

2023 research fronts

CHINA on Tuesday released reports on research hotspots and emerging frontiers in 2023 and selected 128 research frontiers that have performed actively or developed rapidly within this year.

Titled “2023 Research Fronts” and “Research Front 2023: Active Fields, Leading Countries/Regions,” the two reports were jointly issued by the Institutes of Science and Development and the National Science Library, both under the Chinese Academy of Sciences.