https://www.scmp.com/rss/523080/feed The latest news and top stories on Zhou Ming, the top engineer involved in Boeing 787 and Airbus A380 designs. Formerly global senior vice-president and chief engineer at Altair, he spearheaded the industrialisation of topology optimisation. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com SCMP SCMP Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest stories about scientists in China this year. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. After decades in the US, star Chinese mathematician couple returns home Mathematician Chen Min has left Purdue University’s maths department to join the Eastern Institute of Technology, Ningbo as a full-time faculty member, the latest Chinese academic to return home from the US. 2. Maths star Joshua Zahl leaves Canada for China after... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3336730/7-scientists-mathematicians-physicists-and-experts-who-moved-china-2025?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3336730/7-scientists-mathematicians-physicists-and-experts-who-moved-china-2025?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 24 Dec 2025 07:00:08 +0000 Shi Huang Shi Huang As China drafts its 15th five-year plan – the next entry in a line of expansive blueprints that have set the tone for the country’s development over more than seven decades – we explore what China will do in the field of science and technology, particularly regarding the introduction of scientific talent. For more stories in this ongoing series, click here. The appointment of Liu Jun, a former tenured Harvard statistician, as a “Xinghua distinguished chair professor” at Tsinghua University in... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3327579/snowball-effect-china-could-double-down-talent-build-strong-headwinds?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3327579/snowball-effect-china-could-double-down-talent-build-strong-headwinds?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 05 Oct 2025 14:15:42 +0000 SCMP SCMP We have put together stories from our coverage on science from the past two weeks to help you stay informed. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. China’s first high-speed jet drone makes every warship an aircraft carrier In an aviation tech breakthrough that could change naval warfare, Chinese aerospace engineers have unveiled what could be the world’s first high-speed vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) drone powered by a jet engine. The sleek,... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3323300/chinas-first-high-speed-jet-drone-top-aviation-engineer-leaves-us-7-science-highlights?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3323300/chinas-first-high-speed-jet-drone-top-aviation-engineer-leaves-us-7-science-highlights?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 27 Aug 2025 07:02:07 +0000 SCMP SCMP We have selected seven stories from this week’s news across Hong Kong, mainland China, the wider Asia region and beyond that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical issues. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. How the Philippines forced China to adjust historic mission to moon’s far side Chinese space engineers made small but deliberate changes to last year’s historic sample retrieval mission to the far side of the moon to avoid political... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/3322738/plane-software-mastermind-leaves-us-china-trump-top-mediator-scmps-7-highlights?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/3322738/plane-software-mastermind-leaves-us-china-trump-top-mediator-scmps-7-highlights?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:12:08 +0000 Shi Huang Shi Huang Zhou Ming, renowned as the mastermind behind key industrial software used in planes such as the Boeing 787 and Airbus A380, has left his leadership role at US-based global engineering giant Altair to return to China. An announcement on the website of the College of Engineering at the Eastern Institute of Technology in Ningbo said Zhou had joined as a chair professor and the first dean of the college in June and was already setting up a research team. Zhou also confirmed the move on his personal... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3322380/zhou-ming-top-engineer-involved-boeing-787-and-a380-design-leaves-us-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3322380/zhou-ming-top-engineer-involved-boeing-787-and-a380-design-leaves-us-china?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 19 Aug 2025 15:00:10 +0000