BEIJING, June 10 (Xinhua) -- The following is a summary of published science and technology news of China.

SHENZHOU-12

The combination of the Shenzhou-12 manned spaceship and a Long March-2F carrier rocket has been transferred to the launching area, the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) said Wednesday.

The facilities and equipment at the launch site are in good condition, and various pre-launch function checks and joint tests will be carried out as planned, said the CMSA.

DINOSAUR SPECIES

The discovery of 114 dinosaur footprint fossils, found in rocks in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, has been confirmed by scientists as traces left by pterosaurs 135 million years ago.

The dinosaur footprint site, only covering an area of 0.3 square meters, is located in the Wuerhe region in the Junggar Basin, where scientists from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have discovered 57 manus tracks and 57 pes tracks since 2006, indicating the trackmakers were quadrupedal.

SEMI-SUBMERSIBLE ENERGY FACILITY

Deep Sea No.1, a 100,000-metric-tonne deep-water semi-submersible oil production and storage facility, will start production in late June, the China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) Ltd. announced Tuesday.

The energy station, independently developed and built by the CNOOC, is located at Lingshui 17-2 gas field some 150 km off the island province of Hainan. Enditem

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