The updated advancements of inertial confinement fusion program in China

The recent achievements of ICF research in China are reviewed. The constructions of laser facilities of SG-III and SG-IIUP are completed in this year and the full energy output operation will be in 2014. The target physics studies involving numerical simulations of a new ignition scheme, which is proposed to enhance implosion velocity and suppress hydrodynamic instability and distortion at interface between hot spot and main fuel, and experimental results (a few selected examples) are presented. (paper)