3rd CISCE: Advanced Technologies in Beijing - China

3rd CISCE: Advanced Technologies in Beijing - China

A helium compressor is pictured at the Innovation Chain area of the third China International Supply Chain Expo (CISCE) in Beijing, capital of China, July 17, 2025. Themed on "Connecting the World for a Shared Future," the expo, hosted by the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, kicked off in Beijing on Wednesday. Held from July 16 to 20, the 2025 CISCE gathered more than 650 companies and institutions from 75 countries, regions and international organizations, along with over 500 of their upstream and downstream partners. Photo by Ren Chao/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Olympic Cauldron

Olympic Cauldron

FRANCE. PARIS (75) 3RD ARRONDISSEMENT. FRIDAY 20 JUNE 2025. ONE YEAR AFTER THE START OF THE PARIS OLYMPICS, THE OLYMPIC CAULDRON (CREATED BY DESIGNER MATHIEU LEHANNEUR AND WHOSE BALLOON WAS DESIGNED BY THE AEROPHILE COMPANY) IS BACK IN THE TUILERIES GARDENS. THE HELIUM BALLOON WILL ONCE AGAIN BE VISIBLE IN THE SKIES ABOVE THE CAPITAL BETWEEN 21 JUNE AND 14 SEPTEMBER 2025. Photo by Christophe Lepetit/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

Dismantling The Olympic Cauldron - Paris

Dismantling The Olympic Cauldron - Paris

Work to remove the Olympic cauldron for the Paris 2024 Games began at the Jardin des Tuileries in Paris, France on September 16, 2024. Deflating the balloon is expected to take at least five days. The helium will be recovered and reused. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Dismantling The Olympic Cauldron - Paris

Dismantling The Olympic Cauldron - Paris

Work to remove the Olympic cauldron for the Paris 2024 Games began at the Jardin des Tuileries in Paris, France on September 16, 2024. Deflating the balloon is expected to take at least five days. The helium will be recovered and reused. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Dismantling The Olympic Cauldron - Paris

Dismantling The Olympic Cauldron - Paris

Work to remove the Olympic cauldron for the Paris 2024 Games began at the Jardin des Tuileries in Paris, France on September 16, 2024. Deflating the balloon is expected to take at least five days. The helium will be recovered and reused. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Dismantling The Olympic Cauldron - Paris

Dismantling The Olympic Cauldron - Paris

Work to remove the Olympic cauldron for the Paris 2024 Games began at the Jardin des Tuileries in Paris, France on September 16, 2024. Deflating the balloon is expected to take at least five days. The helium will be recovered and reused. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Dismantling The Olympic Cauldron - Paris

Dismantling The Olympic Cauldron - Paris

Work to remove the Olympic cauldron for the Paris 2024 Games began at the Jardin des Tuileries in Paris, France on September 16, 2024. Deflating the balloon is expected to take at least five days. The helium will be recovered and reused. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Dismantling The Olympic Cauldron - Paris

Dismantling The Olympic Cauldron - Paris

Work to remove the Olympic cauldron for the Paris 2024 Games began at the Jardin des Tuileries in Paris, France on September 16, 2024. Deflating the balloon is expected to take at least five days. The helium will be recovered and reused. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Dismantling The Olympic Cauldron - Paris

Dismantling The Olympic Cauldron - Paris

Work to remove the Olympic cauldron for the Paris 2024 Games began at the Jardin des Tuileries in Paris, France on September 16, 2024. Deflating the balloon is expected to take at least five days. The helium will be recovered and reused. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Dismantling The Olympic Cauldron - Paris

Dismantling The Olympic Cauldron - Paris

Work to remove the Olympic cauldron for the Paris 2024 Games began at the Jardin des Tuileries in Paris, France on September 16, 2024. Deflating the balloon is expected to take at least five days. The helium will be recovered and reused. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Dismantling The Olympic Cauldron - Paris

Dismantling The Olympic Cauldron - Paris

Work to remove the Olympic cauldron for the Paris 2024 Games began at the Jardin des Tuileries in Paris, France on September 16, 2024. Deflating the balloon is expected to take at least five days. The helium will be recovered and reused. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Dismantling The Olympic Cauldron - Paris

Dismantling The Olympic Cauldron - Paris

Work to remove the Olympic cauldron for the Paris 2024 Games began at the Jardin des Tuileries in Paris, France on September 16, 2024. Deflating the balloon is expected to take at least five days. The helium will be recovered and reused. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Dismantling The Olympic Cauldron - Paris

Dismantling The Olympic Cauldron - Paris

Work to remove the Olympic cauldron for the Paris 2024 Games began at the Jardin des Tuileries in Paris, France on September 16, 2024. Deflating the balloon is expected to take at least five days. The helium will be recovered and reused. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Dismantling The Olympic Cauldron - Paris

Dismantling The Olympic Cauldron - Paris

Work to remove the Olympic cauldron for the Paris 2024 Games began at the Jardin des Tuileries in Paris, France on September 16, 2024. Deflating the balloon is expected to take at least five days. The helium will be recovered and reused. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Dismantling The Olympic Cauldron - Paris

Dismantling The Olympic Cauldron - Paris

Work to remove the Olympic cauldron for the Paris 2024 Games began at the Jardin des Tuileries in Paris, France on September 16, 2024. Deflating the balloon is expected to take at least five days. The helium will be recovered and reused. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Dismantling The Olympic Cauldron - Paris

Dismantling The Olympic Cauldron - Paris

Work to remove the Olympic cauldron for the Paris 2024 Games began at the Jardin des Tuileries in Paris, France on September 16, 2024. Deflating the balloon is expected to take at least five days. The helium will be recovered and reused. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Dismantling The Olympic Cauldron - Paris

Dismantling The Olympic Cauldron - Paris

Work to remove the Olympic cauldron for the Paris 2024 Games began at the Jardin des Tuileries in Paris, France on September 16, 2024. Deflating the balloon is expected to take at least five days. The helium will be recovered and reused. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Dismantling The Olympic Cauldron - Paris

Dismantling The Olympic Cauldron - Paris

Work to remove the Olympic cauldron for the Paris 2024 Games began at the Jardin des Tuileries in Paris, France on September 16, 2024. Deflating the balloon is expected to take at least five days. The helium will be recovered and reused. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Dismantling The Olympic Cauldron - Paris

Dismantling The Olympic Cauldron - Paris

Work to remove the Olympic cauldron for the Paris 2024 Games began at the Jardin des Tuileries in Paris, France on September 16, 2024. Deflating the balloon is expected to take at least five days. The helium will be recovered and reused. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Dismantling The Olympic Cauldron - Paris

Dismantling The Olympic Cauldron - Paris

Work to remove the Olympic cauldron for the Paris 2024 Games began at the Jardin des Tuileries in Paris, France on September 16, 2024. Deflating the balloon is expected to take at least five days. The helium will be recovered and reused. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Dismantling The Olympic Cauldron - Paris

Dismantling The Olympic Cauldron - Paris

Work to remove the Olympic cauldron for the Paris 2024 Games began at the Jardin des Tuileries in Paris, France on September 16, 2024. Deflating the balloon is expected to take at least five days. The helium will be recovered and reused. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Dismantling The Olympic Cauldron - Paris

Dismantling The Olympic Cauldron - Paris

Work to remove the Olympic cauldron for the Paris 2024 Games began at the Jardin des Tuileries in Paris, France on September 16, 2024. Deflating the balloon is expected to take at least five days. The helium will be recovered and reused. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Dismantling The Olympic Cauldron - Paris

Dismantling The Olympic Cauldron - Paris

Work to remove the Olympic cauldron for the Paris 2024 Games began at the Jardin des Tuileries in Paris, France on September 16, 2024. Deflating the balloon is expected to take at least five days. The helium will be recovered and reused. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

30th China International Medical Instruments and Equipment Exhibition in Beijing

30th China International Medical Instruments and Equipment Exhibition in Beijing

BEIJING, CHINA - AUGUST 9, 2024 - Visitors visit a "liquid-helium-free magnetic resonance" device at the 30th China International Medical Instruments and Equipment Exhibition in Beijing, China, August 9, 2024.

30th China International Medical Instruments and Equipment Exhibition in Beijing

30th China International Medical Instruments and Equipment Exhibition in Beijing

BEIJING, CHINA - AUGUST 9, 2024 - Visitors visit the "Liquid helium-free superconducting magnetic resonance for Compound Operating Room" equipment at the 30th China International Medical Instruments and Equipment Exhibition in Beijing, China, August 9, 2024.

XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(240629) -- BEIJING, June 29, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Tourists take a ride of the SEOUL DAL balloon in Seoul, South Korea, June 28, 2024. A tethered helium moon-shaped balloon named "SEOUL DAL" was launched at Yeouido Park in Seoul on Friday. Tourists can take a ride of the balloon for a view of the city from above the ground. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Yao Qilin)

SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-TOURISM-BALLOON

SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-TOURISM-BALLOON

(240628) -- SEOUL, June 28, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Tourists prepare to board the SEOUL DAL balloon in Seoul, South Korea, June 28, 2024. A tethered helium moon-shaped balloon named "SEOUL DAL" was launched at Yeouido Park in Seoul on Friday. Tourists can take a ride of the balloon for a view of the city from above the ground. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Yao Qilin)

SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-TOURISM-BALLOON

SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-TOURISM-BALLOON

(240628) -- SEOUL, June 28, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A night view of Seoul is seen from the SEOUL DAL balloon in Seoul, South Korea, June 28, 2024. A tethered helium moon-shaped balloon named "SEOUL DAL" was launched at Yeouido Park in Seoul on Friday. Tourists can take a ride of the balloon for a view of the city from above the ground. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Yao Qilin)

SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-TOURISM-BALLOON

SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-TOURISM-BALLOON

(240628) -- SEOUL, June 28, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Tourists take a ride of the SEOUL DAL balloon in Seoul, South Korea, June 28, 2024. A tethered helium moon-shaped balloon named "SEOUL DAL" was launched at Yeouido Park in Seoul on Friday. Tourists can take a ride of the balloon for a view of the city from above the ground. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Yao Qilin)

SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-TOURISM-BALLOON

SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-TOURISM-BALLOON

(240628) -- SEOUL, June 28, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Tourists take a ride of the SEOUL DAL balloon in Seoul, South Korea, June 28, 2024. A tethered helium moon-shaped balloon named "SEOUL DAL" was launched at Yeouido Park in Seoul on Friday. Tourists can take a ride of the balloon for a view of the city from above the ground. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Yao Qilin)

SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-TOURISM-BALLOON

SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-TOURISM-BALLOON

(240628) -- SEOUL, June 28, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Tourists look at the SEOUL DAL balloon in Seoul, South Korea, June 28, 2024. A tethered helium moon-shaped balloon named "SEOUL DAL" was launched at Yeouido Park in Seoul on Friday. Tourists can take a ride of the balloon for a view of the city from above the ground. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Yao Qilin)

SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-TOURISM-BALLOON

SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-TOURISM-BALLOON

(240628) -- SEOUL, June 28, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Tourists board the SEOUL DAL balloon in Seoul, South Korea, June 28, 2024. A tethered helium moon-shaped balloon named "SEOUL DAL" was launched at Yeouido Park in Seoul on Friday. Tourists can take a ride of the balloon for a view of the city from above the ground. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Yao Qilin)

SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-TOURISM-BALLOON

SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-TOURISM-BALLOON

(240628) -- SEOUL, June 28, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Tourists take a ride of the SEOUL DAL balloon in Seoul, South Korea, June 28, 2024. A tethered helium moon-shaped balloon named "SEOUL DAL" was launched at Yeouido Park in Seoul on Friday. Tourists can take a ride of the balloon for a view of the city from above the ground. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Yao Qilin)

SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-TOURISM-BALLOON

SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-TOURISM-BALLOON

(240628) -- SEOUL, June 28, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A night view of Seoul is seen from the SEOUL DAL balloon in Seoul, South Korea, June 28, 2024. A tethered helium moon-shaped balloon named "SEOUL DAL" was launched at Yeouido Park in Seoul on Friday. Tourists can take a ride of the balloon for a view of the city from above the ground. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Yao Qilin)

2024 Beijing Science and Technology Week

2024 Beijing Science and Technology Week

BEIJING, CHINA - MAY 25, 2024 - Visitors visit a model of "large hydrogen helium cryogenic equipment" during the 2024 Beijing Science and Technology Activity Week in Beijing, China, May 25, 2024.

China's company produces high-purity liquid helium with home-grown technology

STORY: China's company produces high-purity liquid helium with home-grown technology DATELINE: May 31, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:52 LOCATION: YINCHUAN, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the liquid helium production 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): FAN YONGSHENG, Helium extraction engineer of Ningxia Deep Combustion Zhongyuan Natural Gas Co., Ltd. 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): LEI CHENGLI, Engineer, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, CAS STORYLINE: A Chinese company in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region managed to produce high-purity liquid helium with home-grown technology. China is stepping up efforts in liquid helium production. The country mainly relies on imports to meet domestic demand for helium gas. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): FAN YONGSHENG, Helium extraction engineer of Ningxia Deep Combustion Zhongyuan Natural Gas Co., Ltd. "We worked with the Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) to (develop this project).

Illustration 30 kmph - Paris

Illustration 30 kmph - Paris

The Ballon Generali is a tethered helium balloon, used as tourist attraction and as an air quality awareness tool. Installed in Paris since 1999 in the Parc André-Citroën,. Paris, France, September 14th, 2021. Photo by Daniel Derajinski/ABACAPRESS.COM

Promise Me This; Zavet (2007)

Promise Me This; Zavet (2007)

Emir Kusturica Characters: Director Film: Promise Me This; Zavet (2007) Director: Emir Kusturica 26 May 2007 Date: 26 May 2007

Helium balloon sets off from Japan to North America

Helium balloon sets off from Japan to North America

A helium balloon carrying Troy Bradley of the United States and Leonid Tiukhtyaev of Russia leaves a ground in Saga, western Japan, in the early morning of Jan. 25, 2015, for a 9,600-kilometer journey to North America. The team is aiming for the balloon, which is 46 meters in length, 31 meters in width and weighs 669 kilograms, to cross the Pacific Ocean in five to seven days. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Helium balloon sets off from Japan to North America

Helium balloon sets off from Japan to North America

Pilots Troy Bradley of the United States (R) and Leonid Tiukhtyaev of Russia wave in the early morning of Jan. 25, 2015, as they leave a ground in Saga, western Japan, by helium balloon in a bid to reach North America in five to seven days. The balloon is 46 meters in length, 31 meters in width and weighs 669 kilograms. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Helium Balloons Sprays Pesticides In Suqian City

Helium Balloons Sprays Pesticides In Suqian City

A professional crop service team sprays pesticides on 10000 mu of late rice with helium balloons, Suqian City, Jiangsu Province, China, October 20, 2020.

Helium Balloons Sprays Pesticides In Suqian City

Helium Balloons Sprays Pesticides In Suqian City

A professional crop service team sprays pesticides on 10000 mu of late rice with helium balloons, Suqian City, Jiangsu Province, China, October 20, 2020.

Helium Balloons Sprays Pesticides In Suqian City

Helium Balloons Sprays Pesticides In Suqian City

A professional crop service team sprays pesticides on 10000 mu of late rice with helium balloons, Suqian City, Jiangsu Province, China, October 20, 2020.

Helium Balloons Sprays Pesticides In Suqian City

Helium Balloons Sprays Pesticides In Suqian City

A professional crop service team sprays pesticides on 10000 mu of late rice with helium balloons, Suqian City, Jiangsu Province, China, October 20, 2020.

Ig Nobel's Acoustics prize winner

Ig Nobel's Acoustics prize winner

Screenshot image shows an international research team, the winner of the Ig Nobel's Acoustics prize, attending the award ceremony held online on Sept. 17, 2020. They won the spoof prize for their study that discovered an alligator's pitch rises after it inhales helium-enriched air.

Ig Nobel's Acoustics prize winner

Ig Nobel's Acoustics prize winner

Screenshot image shows Japanese scientist Takeshi Nishimura, an associate professor at Kyoto University, as he appears on the Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony held online on Sept. 17, 2020. An international research team, including Nishimura, won the Acoustics prize of the spoof awards for their study that discovered an alligator's pitch rises after it inhales helium-enriched air.

Unmanned airship makes world's 1st flight into stratosphere

Unmanned airship makes world's 1st flight into stratosphere

MITO, Japan - An unmanned airship filled with air and helium stands ready to be flown into the stratosphere at the National Aerospace Laboratory of Japan (NAL) in Hitachi, Ibaraki Prefecture on Aug. 4. A Japanese research team successfully sent the airship into the stratosphere later in the day, marking the world's first such flight to the level. It collected air samples at an altitude of 16.4 km and returned after a flight of one hour and 54 minutes. (Kyodo)