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