British scientific journal "Nature" has noted¹ China's achievements in aerospace², genetic³ engineering, and climate change in a report released last Friday regarding science events that shaped the year 2016.

英国科学期刊《自然》上周五公布了一份关于影响2016年的科学事件的报告，肯定了中国在航天、基因工程和气候变化等领域取得的成果。

The journal lists a series of achievements China made in the aerospace sector⁴ while the US, Europe, and Japan suffered errors and failures in several space missions.

该期刊列出了中国在航天领域取得的一系列的成果，而美国、欧洲和日本则在一些太空任务中遭遇了失误和失败。

China launched the world's first quantum satellite in August and powerful new heavy-lift rocket Long March 5 in November.

8月，中国发射了世界首颗量子卫星。11月，中国发射了新一代大推力重型运载火箭长征五号。

Its Five-hundred-meter Aperture⁵ Spherical⁶ radio Telescope, the world's largest radio telescope, was put into use in September.

中国的500米孔径球面射电望远镜--世界上最大的射电望远镜于9月启用。

It also highlights the two Chinese astronauts who spent one month aboard the Tiangong II space laboratory, in China's longest manned mission in October and November.

10月至11月间，中国两名航天员在天宫二号空间实验室过了一个月，创造了中国航天员太空驻留时间新纪录。

In genetic engineering, a patient with lung cancer in China became the first person in the world to be treated with cells edited using CRISPR-Cas9, reports the journal, saying more application of the genome-editing tool is expected in the US and China next year.

在基因工程领域，杂志称，中国一名肺癌患者成为世界上首个接受采用CRISPR–Cas9编辑过的细胞治疗的人，明年美国和中国会有更多基于这一基因编辑工具的临床应用。

The journal also recognizes the positive role of China in the implementation⁷ of the Paris Agreement.

此外，该期刊还肯定了中国在《巴黎协定》的生效一事中起到的积极作用。

China signed the international climate agreement on Earth Day, April 22nd, 2016, and its top legislature ratified⁸ the agreement in September.

中国于2016年4月22日地球日签署了该国际气候协议，最高立法机关在九月份批准了这项协议。