Ma Songde, Vice Minister of Science and Technology, told the People's Daily on Monday that an advanced central processor unit (CPU) has been created and entered the market.

Beijing University Micro-processor Research and Development Center (MPRC) carried out the CPU R&D project under the leadership of Professor Cheng Xu.

A national expert team has since appraised Prof. Cheng's product, the MPRC-863 CPU, as "safe, reliable and highly cost-effective." No further details have been made known at this time.