BEIJING, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- The following is a summary of published science and technology news of China:

REMOTE-SENSING SATELLITE

China helped Egypt send a remote-sensing satellite into orbit from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China Monday.

The satellite MISRSAT-2, launched by a Long March-2C carrier rocket at 12:10 p.m. (Beijing Time), will be used in Egypt's land and resource utilization, water conservancy, agriculture, and other fields.

The MISRSAT-2 is a landmark project of deep cooperation between China and Egypt in the field of aerospace high-tech, and is of milestone significance in aerospace cooperation between the two countries, according to the China National Space Administration.

OFFSHORE WIND POWER RESEARCH

The construction of China's first national offshore wind power research and test base started in the eastern province of Fujian, according to the State Grid Corporation of China.

The base, planned to be put into operation in 2024, is under joint investment and construction of several companies, including State Grid, China Huadian Corporation Ltd., and Power Construction Corporation of China.

Upon completion, the base will integrate functions of simulation analysis, operation testing, characteristic evaluation, and technology research and development, according to the State Grid Fujian Electric Power Co., Ltd.

MAMMALIAN MIDDLE EAR EVOLUTION

A new study shows that the middle ear structure of modern mammals began to evolve as early as the Cretaceous period.

Researchers from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences discovered an eutherian fossil, dating back about 120 million years, in northeast China's Liaoning Province. This fossil represents a "small mouse" with a body length of about 12 centimeters.

After restoration, analysis and research, the scientists concluded that the fossil was a new species of early eutherian, and found that its middle ear bone morphology included the external tympanic bone, the malleus bone, the incus bone and the stapes. They named it Microtherulum oneirodes. Enditem

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