Day: September 7, 2022

Chen and fellow Shenzhou-14 crew member Liu Yang completed all six-hour-long extravehicular tasks on Friday (September 2), marking the fifth spacewalk outside China’s space station and the first out of the newly-launched Wentian lab module.

Since 2020, China has successfully carried out a series of flight mission, including the space station core module Tianhe, the Shenzhou-12 and Shenzhou-13 manned spacecraft, and the Tianzhou-2 and Tianzhou-3 cargo spacecraft, achieving remarkable progress in China’s space program.

Not only in aerospace, for the past decade, Chinese scientists are striving for breakthroughs in core technologies echoing President Xi Jinping’s call for resolute efforts to achieve breakthroughs in core technologies in key fields.

On Tuesday, Xi stressed improving a new system for mobilizing the resources nationwide to the core technologies research and development (R&D) while presiding over the 27th meeting of the Central Commission for Comprehensively Deepening Reform.

China should optimize the allocation of innovation resources based on the country’s strategic needs, strengthen the country’s strategic scientific and technological strength, greatly improve the systematic ability to tackle key scientific and technological problems, and cultivate competitive advantages and seize the strategic initiative in a number of important areas, Xi noted.

Mastering core technologies

“Core technologies cannot be purchased, or obtained by asking a favor from others or by begging,” Xi said during an inspection tour at Xi’an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics in 2015.

Since 2012, the Chinese president has highlighted the importance of scientific innovation and mastering core technology. Inspired by Xi, a large number of core technologies have made breakthroughs, making great strides toward the grand goal of China becoming a global leading power in science and technology.

The R&D in core technologies addresses major national needs. Cutting-edge solutions supported the implementation of major infrastructure projects such as the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge and the Sichuan-Tibet Railway. The clean and efficient utilization of seabed oil and gas resources and coal, as well as the development of new-generation nuclear technologies, are vital to guaranteeing national energy security.

During COVID-19 epidemic, China has achieved a number of breakthroughs in vaccines, drugs and testing reagents. The number of approved new Class-I drugs in China has increased from five before 2012 to the current 79.

There are also a number of achievements with global influence. For instance, China has made the world’s first observation of the three-dimensional quantum Hall effect and the controlled folding of graphene with atomic-level precision, and developed the world’s first heterogeneous fusion brain-like computing chip “Tianji.”

Opening wider to the world

Last year, China announced to open its Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), the world’s largest filled-aperture and most sensitive radio telescope, to all scientists. Till June, the FAST has provided observation service to 27 scientific projects in 14 countries around the world.

The opening of FAST is one of the examples demonstrating that China is seriously expanding the circle of friends in science and technology.

Addressing a meeting conflating the general assemblies of the members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), and the national congress of the China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) last year, Xi has called on Chinese sci-tech workers to promote openness, trust and cooperation with the international sci-tech community, actively participate in solving the major challenges facing mankind, and strive to promote the achievements of science and technology innovation to benefit more countries and people.

According to the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology, China has built cooperative relations in the sci-tech field with 161 countries and regions, signed 115 intergovernmental agreements and joined more than 200 international organizations and multilateral mechanisms.

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Despite the diversity of Rashid Al Khalifa’s oeuvre in terms of style and medium, there is an undercurrent that flows through decades of creative work, driven by Rashid’s desire to develop and evolve. In many respects, the stylistic transitions that define certain periods, reflect the changing landscape of Bahrain and the passages of Rashid’s life.

Rashid Al Khalifa’s style of work has undergone a significant evolution over the years with the surroundings that have long inspired him but if we are to truly understand the essence of his oeuvre, we find that he has undergone a very conscious journey. Rashid has always aimed to express the fundamentality of life, through the contrasts he has regularly observed in his immediate environment, as well as the colours and light reflected in a land that he treasures.

“I am grateful to be exhibiting in Vaduz for the second time this year, and to have the opportunity to present this selection of works that define certain periods of my artistic career. I often draw on aspects of my heritage, culture and surroundings and I am so pleased to share my most personal work in a country with such a rich culture and amongst a people with whom I was previously so warmly received.” said the artist Rashid Al Khalifa.

Born in 1952, Rashid Al Khalifa studied Art and Design at Hastings College of Art and Design, Sussex, England. Beginning his artistic career focusing on landscape painting, his oeuvre is by and large defined by changes in style, which parallel changes in his life and environment. Figurative, ephemeral oil paintings from the ’80s, transformed into abstract forms in the ’90s, leading to Rashid’s experimentation with other materials and surfaces, such as his characteristic ‘convex canvas’. In the 2000s, Rashid began to abstract his work to a greater extent, removing details and adapting various textures on the surface. Aluminium became the focus of his work from 2010 onwards, first by employing glossy lacquer paint on its smooth façade, and then focusing on enamel, which lead to a much more minimalistic approach to his work. First by employing glossy lacquer paint on its smooth façade, and then focusing on enamel, which lead to a much more minimalistic approach to his work.

Rashid Al Khalifa has exhibited in numerous international exhibitions, art fairs and biennales, including: Rashid Al Khalifa, Opera Gallery, Dubai, UAE (2021); Tesselate, Mario Mauroner Gallery, Vienna, Austria (2021); Transverse Wave, me Collectors Room, Berlin, Germany (2019), Penumbra, Saatchi Gallery, London (2018); Moscow Biennale, Moscow, Russia (2019); Contemporary Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey (2019, 2021); SCOPE, Miami Beach, Miami, USA (2021); to name a few.

A prominent artist and respected collector, HE Shaikh Rashid bin Khalifa Al Khalifa currently serves as Chairman of the newly established Arts Council in Bahrain. He has long been regarded a patron and ardent supporter of the arts, and in 2020, established the RAK Art Foundation with the intention of providing a platform as well as offering opportunities to emerging artists and creatives, as well as making his collection of international contemporary art (on display throughout the grounds of the Foundation), accessible the public.

“I am delighted and honoured to have had the opportunity to exhibit the fascinating work of HE Shaikh Rashid bin Khalifa Al Khalifa. It is through this exhibition that we are able to gain insight into the rich and multi-layered history and culture of Bahrain, which in many ways, mirrors our own. I hope that through this exhibition, we will grow to better understand one another and learn from each other. We are so grateful to His Excellency Shaikh Rashid Al Khalifa for this opportunity.” Expressed Rainer Vollkommer, Director of the Liechtenstein NationalMuseum.

Dating back to 1438, the three buildings that now house the Liechtenstein National Museum consist of 42 exhibit rooms which display the museum’s permanent collection and special exhibitions. Encompassing archaeology, history & religion, daily-life in Liechtenstein and the natural environment, the Liechtenstein National Museum aims to present the rich and diverse history of the principality. Visitors gain insight into the local population, the Princely House, daily life and the history of Liechtenstein. The Museum organizes public and private guided tours, activities for children and families and educational programs.

The exhibition will remain open until October 16th 2022.

Liechtenstein NationalMuseum, Prof. Dr. Rainer Vollkommer, Director, Städtle 43, Postfach 1216, 9490 Vaduz, Principality Liechtenstein
P +423 239 68 20, info@landesmuseum.li, www.landesmuseum.li

rashidalkhalifa.com | rakartfoundation.com
For Press enquiries, please contact: Ms. Svetlana Prodanova Media Consultant, RAK Art Foundation svetlana@intelhot.com.bh | +973 36609983

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Liechtenstein NationalMuseum, Stadtle 43,
FL-9490 Vaduz
September 8th-October 16th, 2022

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