Manufacturing

Rumors are flying in China’s aerospace community ahead of the Zhuhai air show next month.

People speculate that Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China, or Comac, might unveil some of the initial orders for its coming commercial jetliner that is being designed to compete with Boeing Co.’s B737 and Airbus’s A320.

Aerospace industry insiders say rumors have it that Shanghai-based Comac may announce during the air show in southern China, scheduled for Nov. 16 through Nov. 21, that Air China, China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines, as well as maybe Hainan Airlines, have placed orders for the new aircraft—the Comac C919.

An unmanned train using the APM (Automated People Mover) system is on trial operation in the tunnel of Chigang Pagoda Station in Guangzhou, capital of South China's Guangdong province on Oct 21, 2010. The first APM train in Guangdong will be put into use in November, which will run for 18 hours a day and charge 2 yuan per trip at all its nine stations. Passengers will need to transfer from a subway train to this transportation system, since the railways between the APM train and the subway are different.

China successfully launched the "SinoSat-6" satellite for radio and television live broadcast at 12:14 a.m.Sunday from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province.

The satellite was carried on the Long March 3B rocket which took the SinoSat-6 into a geostationary transfer orbit 26 minutes after the launch.

In order to solve the endless traffic jams inside Beijing downtown, a brand new concept public transport vehicle been put on the table.

This new bus will run at the speed of 60-80 KM,  it allows sedan or other vehicles (less than 2 meters high) drive under it, even when it park in bus stops.