863

863 is a large-scale Chinese hi-tech R&D program. It is an umbrella for over 4,500 chinese projects including:
* Supercomputering - 10 Million Megaflops and up.
* Rice genome; also rice suitable for growing in space;
* Drugs preventing early pregnancy, virus based anti-cancer treatment, hepatitis B vaccination - all at clinical trials stage.
* Semi-conductor based lighting - presumed to be an extension of semiconductor lasers.
* Process improvements for silicon wafer fabrication.
* Use of superconducting cable in the national grid
* Medical robots perform 607 brain surgery operations (as of end 2004).
== Links ==
* Official site of 863, English
* China: Very Hungry for Hi-Tech Power - Newsweek: International Editions, MSNBC.com
* Results of 863, 2004
* Brief information, in Russian
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