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EURAXESS LINKS CHINA NEWSLETTER 3 February 2010European Commission, Delegation of the European Union to China

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EUROPEAN COMMISSIONEUROPEAN UNION DELEGATION TO CHINA

EURAXESS LINKS CHINA NEWSLETTERIssue 3

February 2010

This edition ofEURAXESS Links China Newsletterprovides you the now usual informationon EU-China major S&T contacts, announcements and calls from the EU or from China andopen to European researchers. You will hence learn about the launch of the FP863 project, aninteresting support action under to boost EU-China collaboration in the ICT field throughcreating co-funding tools for future joint projects.

In this edition, we also announce the coming conference promoting EU-China researchcollaboration as well as the EURAXESS Links China network to be held in Sun Yat Sen

University, Guangzhou, on March 15. This event will be part of the 25th

anniversary of SunYat Sen University School of Business but is open to all researchers, European and Chinese,interested in EU-China cooperation and in learning more about how to benefit from thenetworking tool that is EURAXESS Links China. EURAXESS Links China will also bepromoted in Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Chinese University onMarch 16. You can find more details on these events on EURAXESS Links China website.

Besides the kinds of information already enclosed in the previous editions of this newsletter,the present edition inaugurates a new section featuring articles written and sent to us byreaders of the newsletters and members of the EURAXESS Links China network. This section,called Researchers Voices, offers the possibility for every one of you to share outcomesof your work, be it in research or in project management, and provides the opportunity for the

readers to get a glimpse of the sheer diversity of EU-China research exchanges. We thankvery much the authors of this editions articles and are calling again for articles to bepublished in the next March edition (send articles [email protected] of April).

This month In Focus article sheds some light on the new China-Africa Science andTechnology Partnership Program, launched in November 2009, and its likely implicationsfor the European Unions own S&T cooperation policy towards African countries.

As for the previous editions, the S&T Highlights from the Media conclude the newsletter bylisting the main scientific news covered by the Chinese media during the past month.Following a topic addressed in the January edition, i.e. mobility of researchers, China topleadership in the person of Premier Wen Jia Bao, expressed its wish to attract more foreigntop researchers and expert in order to help with China's modernization drive. More
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controversial, genetically-modified (GM) food and the debate on its safety has been givenintense coverage by the Chinese media in February. Other S&T news featured include furtherexpansion of Chinas high-speed railway, reports on the evolution of the gap between rich andpoor in China and new measures taken on the environmental front.

This is the third edition of the EURAXESS Links China Newsletter. The creation of theResearchers Voicessection reflects our dedication to making this publication not only aninstrument to spread information in one way only, but much more a platform for exchanginginformation as well as experiences among people who share common interests and,sometimes, common challenges. It is therefore our wish, for this year of the Tiger, to see eachof you take advantage of this newsletter, and more generally of the EURAXESS network, toget the information you are looking for and to spread the information you want to promote.

I hope you will find the content of this edition useful or, if not, that you will let us know in orderto achieve what we all want: a better communication for as Shanghai World Expo iscoming a better life.

Best wishes,

Georges PapageorgiouHead of the S&T Section of theEU Delegation to China

About this newsletter

EURAXESS LINKS CHINA NEWSLETTER is a monthly electronic newsletter that providesinformation of specific interest to European researchers in China.

The information contained in this publication is intended for personal use only. It should not betaken in any way to reflect the views of the European Commission, nor is the Delegation of theEuropean Union to China responsible for the authenticity of the selected content.

Please email [email protected] for any comments on this newsletter or ifyou think any other colleagues would be interested in receiving this newsletter, or if you wishto unsubscribe.

Editor: Jacques de Soyres, Information Officer of EURAXESS Links China
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CONTENTS

MAJOR EU-CHINA S&T CONTACTS AND RELATIONS........................................................ 6Launch of FP863 project (FP7 International Cooperation project) ............................6

IN FOCUS ..................................................................................................................... 7

China-Africa Science & Technology Partnership: Towards a reconfiguration of theinternational S&T cooperation world map?.................................................................7

RESEARCHERS VOICES................................................................................................. 9

New strategy for insect pest control in China .............................................................9Capacity Building on Sustainable Development: the Sino-Italian Case Study ......10

Academy of Finland promotes research with China.................................................12Light and Love Tour : One Hundred Thousand Energy Efficient Lamps Donated toDingxi City.....................................................................................................................15

CALLS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS...................................................................................... 16

EURAXESS Links China Announcements..................................................................16Forthcoming event : "EU-China S&T cooperation, opportunities for researchers"Information Conference in Sun Yat Sen University, Guangzhou, 15 March...........16EURAXESS Links China presentation in Hong Kong University of Science andTechnology ...................................................................................................................16Information session at Institute of Policy and Management (CAS).........................16

EU announcements.......................................................................................................16Global Soils threatened: EU, USA and China join forces in research.....................16New Publication: Aeronautics and Air Transport Research ....................................17European Space Agency and MoST cooperation in Dragon Programme.............17The first networking event of the STF Programme ...................................................17China international announcements ...........................................................................17MoST annual list of international scientific events in China released ....................17Member states China Annoucements ......................................................................18The Freiburg University, the Freiburg Alumni-Club in China and the Furtwangenschool are holding an alumni-seminar on Environmental Management at theTongJi University in Shanghai, 20-23 May.................................................................18Calls................................................................................................................................18

973 Programme and State Large-scale S&T Programme call for proposalspublished.......................................................................................................................18Civil Law Initiative China 2010 Phd Awards............................................................19UK-China Research Projects in Carbon Capture and Storage Technologies - Callfor Proposals ................................................................................................................ 19UK Energy Research Centre 2010 Summer School call for nominations ...............19Call for Tenders: Monitoring human resources policies and practices in researchand assessing the impact of the 'scientific visa' package .......................................20Open calls under FP7 and Euratom.............................................................................21

COMING EVENTS ......................................................................................................... 22

S&T HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE MEDIA............................................................................... 24


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Policies and Papers ......................................................................................................24No timetable for green taxation: official.....................................................................24Patent Information for Major Industries .....................................................................24China issues rules on maritime wind energy projects with stress onenvironmental protection ............................................................................................24

China Fifth in PCT Applications..................................................................................25People of the Month ......................................................................................................25Premier Wen welcomes more foreign experts to work in China..............................25Voices and Opinions.....................................................................................................25Debate on GM food continues.....................................................................................25Caution on GM crops ...................................................................................................27Govt 'has an open mind' on GM food.........................................................................27China faces food security challenges: legislator ......................................................28Scientific Activities .......................................................................................................28Health.............................................................................................................................28

Huge challenges for China in overseas TCM market ................................................28Short Memory Not a Passive Decay ............................................................................28

Top Ten TCM Events in 2009.........................................................................................29New Psoriasis Susceptibility Loci Found .....................................................................29Magnesium Enhances Learning and Memory ............................................................30Scientists Use Light Beams to Prick Mystery of Acupuncture ..................................30Diseases Tracing Signal Molecules..............................................................................30New Approach Betrays Cancer Metastasis .................................................................30

Food, agriculture and fisheries, biotechnology ........................................................31No GM grain seeds for mass cultivation: ministry ......................................................31Large Animal DNA to Sequence ...................................................................................31Bats Dark Vision Unveiled.............................................................................................31First Inbred Line Pig Cloned ..........................................................................................32Chinese experts: No evidence yet to show GM food unsafe ....................................32

Tea Tree Genome Sequenced ......................................................................................32Information and communication technologies..........................................................32

Shanghai launches China's first Internet of Things center........................................32More Digital Cities ...........................................................................................................33Robot Lab Approved .......................................................................................................33China Telecom joins GSM Association ........................................................................33Strategic Alliances for Memory Industry.......................................................................34Huawei opens research, development center in Turkey ...........................................34

Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies.34Superconductivity Found in One-Atomic-Layer..........................................................34Strong Crystal Size Effects on Deformation Twinning ...............................................34

Finest Carbon Nanotube Synthesized.........................................................................35

Water Collection Fiber....................................................................................................35Advanced Residue Removing Technique ....................................................................35

Environment (including climate change) ...................................................................35Demand rising for weather modification ......................................................................35New Tide Station in Antarctic .........................................................................................36ADB to fund study on climate change in NE Asia.......................................................36China issues first national census of pollution sources .............................................36Water Cooling Unit Approved ........................................................................................37

Energy ...........................................................................................................................37Solar Parabolic Trough Power System ........................................................................37China plans to build national renewable energy center: report ................................ 37

Transport (including aeronautics) ..............................................................................37China works on C919 jumbo jet design .......................................................................38


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Zhengzhou-Xi'an high-speed train starts operation ...................................................38China launches three modes LNG vessels .................................................................38China's High-Speed Railways Hit 3,300 km................................................................38

Socioeconomic sciences and the Humanities...........................................................39China's increasing Internet activity moves society forward ......................................39

Income gap not as big as earlier thought....................................................................39

China to draft new poverty reduction guidelines for next decade ............................39Space.............................................................................................................................40

China to put Tiangong-1 into space next year............................................................40China plans to launch second lunar probe in October...............................................40Lunar Satellites Laser Eye ............................................................................................40New Marine Satellite .......................................................................................................41

People............................................................................................................................41Ceremony for the PhD Cotutelle Program between ICT/CAS and USYD ..............41

Research infrastructures.............................................................................................41Light Field Based Quantum State Study ......................................................................41The CAS Key Laboratory of Photobiology Unveiled ..................................................42

China sets up permanent tide-examination station in Antarctica .............................42


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Major EU-China S&T contactsand relations

Launch of FP863 project (FP7International Cooperation project)

The FP863 project cofounded by theEuropean Commission under FP7 andMinistry of Science and Technology (MoST)had its kick-off event on March 1st inBeiHang University, Beijing.

The main objective of the FP863 project isto contribute to a better articulation offunding instruments between EU and Chinato lay down the conditions for bilateral callson common ICT research priorities.The FP863 project engages ICT policydialogue by involving embassies ofmembers' states (France, Germany, Spain,and Austria), the ISTAG and 863 MoSTsprogram representatives, as well as officialrepresentatives of Chinas Ministry ofScience and Technology with the aim to:

Harmonize research throughidentification of common ICTpriorities

Implement in China the concept andapproach of an Europeantechnology Platform (ETP)

Structure a process leading tobilateral calls and co-fundedprojects

Investigate tangible joint projectopportunities

The main outcomes are:Collaboration roadmap on common

ICT research priorities based onthe shared vision of 863 and FP7

programs, ETP researchagendas, Future Internet andbilateral cooperation agreementbetween China and EU members'

statesGuidelines and action plan to

enable effective implementationof bilateral calls leading toco-funded projects.

Increased synergies withCapacities (Inter,nationalCooperation) and PeopleSpecific Programmes of FP7,and related activities in EUMember States as a way to fostermore fluid exchange of ideas,

people and resourcesCollaborative bilingual portal and

two international conferencestargeting EU and China researchcommunities to improve mutualunderstanding and establishpersonal relationships

A similar to FP863 project approach wasadopted in the past within the field ofaeronautics,between EU and China.: Thesupport action called AeroChina and later

AeroChina2, were launched within FP6and FP7. AeroChina resulted in the settingup of a scheme for coordinated calls withjointly identified topics and joint evaluationof the proposals by the EuropeanCommission and the Chinese Ministry ofIndustry and Information Technology(MIIT). The first coordinated call in the fieldof aeronautics was published in July 2009and is expected to lead to a number ofco-funded projects by FP7 and MIIT tostart later this year.


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In Focus

China-Africa Science & Technology Partnership: Towards a reconfiguration of theinternational S&T cooperation world map?

The need to take Chinas presence in Africa into account when defining the European Unionsstrategy towards this continent has been increasingly acknowledged by the Europeanleadership, as testified by several official documents released in the past few years1. In thisperspective, the launch of the China Africa Science and Technology Partnership Program inNovember last year, would be considered in the EUs thinking about its strategy towardsAfrica (as well as towards China itself) in the field of science and technology.

The growing interactions between China and Africa have gotten the international communitys

attention for some time already. Chinese investment on the African continent is rising and theSino-African exchanges are being more and more institutionalized. As a new step in thisinstitutionalization process as well as a new development in Sino-African cooperation, thelaunch of the China Africa Science and Technology Partnership Program (CASTEP) hasbeen announced by Premier Wen JiaBao at the opening ceremony of the Fourth MinisterialMeeting of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in Sharm El-Sheikh on November 8, 2009.

Effectively launched on 25 November 2009 in Beijing, this program is managed by theMinistry of Science and Technology (MoST) for an initial duration of 3 years. While thepresentation documents of the CASTEP program emphasize the importance of S&T inbuilding bilateral partnerships of mutual benefits and reciprocity, the content and structure ofthe program appears to serve in priority the development of African S&T and research

capacities.

The development of African countries by giving full scope to the role of Science andTechnology in this development is set as the ultimate goal of the program, which hencefocuses on S&T capacity building and applicable technologies related to peoples livelihood.

Under CASTEP, China intends to collaborate with African countries to carry out S&T policyand management studies in order to improve these countries own national S&T systems.China will also offer technical services and guidance by sending scientists and engineers,organize training courses and workshops targeted at the needs of African countries, supportAfrican researchers to study or work in China as well as the establishment of joint labs, and

finally, implement full dimension demonstrations of applicable technologies in Africancountries in order to support Chinese technologies to be transferred. Regarding the funding ofthe program, it will come from the Chinese government for the most part while industries aswell as international organizations might be secondary sources of funding.

The fact that the CASTEP launch ceremony in Beijing also included a donation of equipmentto African researchers and was hence entitled CASTEP launch ceremony and donation ofequipment to African researchers seems to indicate that the structural emphasis of theprogram on support to Africas research system is explicitly assumed.

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CASTEPs implementation is of strategic importance, as illustrated by the Sino-African eventsorganized in Cairo in December 2009, less than a month after the official launch of theprogram. While Wan Gang, Minister of Science and Technology, was taking part in theRound Table on Sino-African Science and Technology Cooperation to discuss CASTEP withrepresentatives of over 20 African countries, the Chinese S&T and Innovative TechnologicalProducts Exhibition was opening the same day, on December 3. The 3-days exhibition, forwhich Chinese companies had been invited by MoST to display demonstration material,attracted around 10 000 visitors and resulted in the signature of more than 100 contracts for atotal amount of over 200 million US Dollars.

Besides requiring companies participating in the exhibition to bring demonstration samples oftheir technological products, the notice published by MoST prior to the event also indicatedvery clearly its objectives:

- Show and demonstrate Chinas level of technological innovation and scientificresearch power;

- Provide an opportunity for Chinese innovative technology and products to enterEgypt and Africa;

- In the context of the global financial crisis make some progress in the opening ofthe international market for Chinese companies and in particular the small andmedium ones. (source:http://www.ctp.gov.cn/notice/notice1/200906/10413.html)

These objectives can be seen as a good summary of the possible strategic importance ofCASTEP. While the scientific interest in cooperating with Africa and its role as a motivation inthe setting up of CASTEP should not be neglected, the creation of such a program isobviously an illustration of how S&T international cooperation can serve broader externalpolicy purposes. Hence the launch of CASTEP could also be analyzed in terms of its possibleimpact on Europes own external policies (including S&T policies), both towards Africa andtowards China itself.

The scientific relations between the European Union and Africa have developed in the past 26years since the first Science and Technology for Development Programme in 1983. DuringFP6 period (2002-2006), teams from 51 of the 53 African countries filed 3,888 applications forparticipation in collaborative research projects and 873 of these applications were successfuland received about 93 million Euros in funding. The figures for the two first years of FP7indicate a further progress in African participation.

These scientific exchanges and collaborations are strategically oriented by the 8thPartnership within the Joint EU/Africa Strategys Action plan approved at the EU-AfricaSummit in Lisbon on 8-9 December 2007, which covers science, information society andspace. According to this partnership, priority in EU-Africa S&T cooperation should go toreinforcing the African Science and Technology basis and its research systems both in terms

of production and use of knowledge and in terms of institutional S&T policy capability2. Thefact that China has made S&T capacity building, including in policy making, an importantcomponent of its own partnership with Africa, could hence prove to be influential in theimplementation of the EUs strategy.

But more than this apparent similarities in the strategies adopted, which could potentiallyresult in competition situations, the fact that China, through a program such as CASTEPwhich emphasizes knowledge transfer from China to other countries mainly on Chinesefunding, positions itself as a donor on the international scene, might ask the question of itsperception as a developing country in the field of S&T.

2Scientific and Technological Cooperation between Africa and the European Union: Past Achievements and

Future Prospects, European Commission, Directorate General for Research, Directorate D Internationalcooperation, General Information, 2009
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Researchers voices

Articles featured in this section have been sent to us by members of the readerscommunity for publication in the newsletter.

We welcome your articles for the next edition, be it scientific articles or information onresearch and S&T programs in China.

Please send the articles [email protected]

New strategy for insect pest control in China

ByJean-Francois Picimbon, AvHFunctional Genomics & Proteomics of Chemical EcologyMicrobiology, Plant Transgenesis and Insect ControlRen cai Professor and Head,High Tech Research CenterShandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences11, Sang Yuan Road, Jinan, 250100, P.R. ChinaTel: 0086-531-83179499Fax: [email protected]

Plans for more sustainable Agriculture have been proposed in China through increased

national and international academic exchanges in the field of insect control and proteinbiotechnology for plant protection. The unified network of knowledge and expertise is ready tohelp solve the insect problem, e.g. find the remedy against diseases of plants and animalstransmitted by insects and protect crops from aphids, beetles, flies, locusts, moths and allother devastator insect squads. This Europe-Asia network is also ready to help find a remedyagainst mosquito-transmitted human diseases such as epidemic dengue, malaria,shikungunyaand yellow fever.

The new laboratory at the Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Jinan, "FunctionalGenomics and Proteomics of Chemical Ecology, together with North-Central-East Europeanand Pacific Asian collaborators, aims to new generation of protein engineering and drugdesign for insect pest control and thereby not only plant but also human health protection.

The proposed project uses the potential provided by odorant-binding proteins from the insectantennae as new target sites for species-specific insect management. The main goal is toidentify the behavioral chemicals detected by insect pests and gain an understanding of themolecular basis of chemical reception at the periphery of sensory neurons. The project aimsat synthesizing new chemical analogues (Odorant Receptor Suppressing Agents) through thehigh definite resolution of the functional structure of sensory binding proteins, and ultimately,the resolution of the supra-molecular receptor complex underlying olfaction (Picimbon, 2004;Picimbon and Regnault-Roger, 2008). Specific objectives address biotechnologicalapplications of new ligand discovery and sensory proteins engineering with analysis ofbehavioral and physiological effects on insect pests from Europe, Asia and internationally.

Small wan-like proteins with ability to bind pheromones and plant-odour volatiles, highlyabundant in the antennal sensillumlymph cavity in which the dendrites of sensory receptorsare bathed, have been discovered at the interface between the external environment and the
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neurobiological system of insects (Vogt and Riddiford, 1981). Odorant-binding proteins (OBPs)have been extensively studied over the past thirty years. These proteins mediate receptionand solubilisation of hydrophobic odorant molecules at the periphery of sensory receptorneurons. Therefore, they may represent new targets for insect pest management byinterfering specifically with odorant reception. Pheromone analogues are currently employedin insect pest management with possible negative secondary effects. The new laboratory inSAAS proposes to study the molecular basis of olfaction and in particular the functionalproperties of specific OBPs not only for increasing fundamental knowledge in Neuroscienceson molecular mechanisms of sensory systems but also for developing new odorant analogueswith molecular properties compatible with olfaction inhibition. This may represent a newextremely efficient and safe environment strategy to control insect pests.

Picimbon, J.F. 2004. Synthesis of odorant reception-suppressing agents Odorant-Binding Proteins(OBPs) and Chemosensory

Proteins (CSPs) : Molecular targets for pest management. In: Biopesticides of Plant Origin (PhilogneB. , Regnault-Roger, C. and Vincent, C. , eds. ), Lavoisier Tech and Doc, Paris.

Picimbon, J.F. and Regnault-Roger, C. 2008. Composs smiochimiques volatils, phytoprotection etolfaction : cibles molculaires de la lutte intgre. Chapter 20 In: Biopesticides dorigine vgtale, Eds:C. Regnault-Roger, B. Philogne, and C. Vincent , Lavoisier Tech and Doc, Paris, France.Vogt, R.G and Riddiford, L.M. 1981. Pheromone binding and inactivation by moth antennae. Nature293, 161-163.

Capacity Building on Sustainable Development: the Sino-Italian Case Study

ByAlessandra FornettiDirector, TEN Center, Venice International University

Isola di San Servolo30100 VeneziaTel. +39 041 2719525Fax +39 041 27194510www.univiu.org/research/tenwww.etcprogram.org

andIlda ManninoResearch and Training CoordinatorTEN Center, Venice International University

China is currently facing important challenges for its development. On one side this country

represents today one of the worlds main manufacturing center and is becoming the mainmarket as number of population. On the other side the rapid growth of industry, the increaseof urban population and the upgrading of consumer demand has been bringing to naturalresource depletion, pollution issues and other environmental pressures that can also affectthe economic growth itself of the country.

These issues can impact not only on China and its development, but also on the rest of theworld, due to the global character of some of the environmental issues, i.e. the link betweenenergy consumption and climate change, as well as the strict economic relationship amongcountries. This means that Chinas capacity to manage environmental issues will haveimpacts on the rest of the world as well.

In particular, building the capacity of Chinese civil servants to develop and implement soundenvironmental policies, of the private companies and researchers to innovate in a sustainable
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way and spread the knowledge, of the media to inform the large community becomes onefundamental goal both for China and other countries.This need has been strongly perceived by the Chinese government as demonstrated, in thelast decades, by its increasing attention to capacity building for environmental protection andsustainable development, primarily through the introduction of new legislation on theenvironment and development at different levels. As well as by the other countries that, alsoon the momentum of the Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development, in thelast years launched bilateral cooperation projects on capacity building for sustainabledevelopment.

Among them the Sino-Italian Advanced Training Program has been offering Capacity Buildingactivities since 2003 to promote and foster sustainable development among Chinese decisionmakers and experts involved in the process of policy making. The Program, developed withinthe broader Sino-Italian Cooperation Program for Environmental Protection of the ItalianMinistry for the Environment, Land and Sea, is managed by the Venice InternationalUniversity (VIU), an international consortium of higher education institutions located on theisland of San Servolo in the Venice lagoon. The success and importance of the Training

Program for both Chinese and Italian Governments is represented by the continuity of theProgram which has been going on for the last 7 years, the 5000 Chinese participants whohave been attending the courses among them is the current Vice Minister of the ChineseMinistry of Environmental Protection, Mr. Li Ganjie and the Chinese partners institutions,namely the Ministry of Environmental Protection, the Ministry of Science and Technology, theNational Development and Reform Commission, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences,and the Municipalities of Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin.

The Program aims at fostering the dialogue and the exchange of knowledge on SustainableDevelopment and Environmental Management among the two countries through thearrangement of different two-week training sessions in Italy and in China, conceived asstudy-tours with lecturing sessions by Italian and international experts selected from the

academia and research centers, workshops and site visits to private and public companies.The presentation of case studies, discussion among participants and experts, the transfer oftechnology and the network building among Chinese and Italian civil servants, experts and theentrepreneurial community are at the basis of the Sino-Italian capacity building activity.

The agendas of the training sessions are designed according to the topics and prioritiesindicated by the Chinese partners who are also in charge of selecting the participants of thedelegations. The indications received by the Chinese partners highlight the priorities for theChinese Government, with a particular emphasis to the need of developing policies andeconomic tools to handle and prevent environmental emergency. The Energy issue, includingthe promotion of renewables and efficiency, Pollution Monitoring, Water and WasteManagement, Sustainable Urban Development and Eco-building are the topics on which the

Chinese partners have been focusing in the 7 years of the Program. This year, ClimateChange, Low Carbon Economy and Environmental Impact Assessment are emerging as thenew hot topics for China.

Recently, the VIU, CASS, the Italian Ministry for the Environment and Monserrate havedeveloped a new tool for further promoting the capacity building experience of the AdvancedTraining Program, namely the distance-learning program which allows to simultaneouslyreaching a greater number of beneficiaries dislocated in remote areas of China, throughItalian and Chinese lecturers broadcasting live from Beijing and Milan to classrooms inselected locations.

The Program has created an international network of experts in Sustainable Developmentwhich has led to strengthen research and exchange activities at academic level and todevelop the cooperation between the academia, the business sector of private companies,


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and policy makers involved in the promotion of technological innovation for sustainabledevelopment in the common effort of developing a green economy to face the issue ofGlobalization and Sustainability.

Academy of Finland promotes research with China

By Terhi LoukiainenPhotos: Mika Tirronen and Nina DoddAcademy of FinlandVilhonvuorenkatu 6P.O. Box 99FI-00501 Helsinki, Finlandhttp://www.aka.fi/engContact : Aino Laine (Ms), M.A., Science Adviser, [email protected]

At present, the Academy of Finlands most active cooperation with China focuses on theNational Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). The Academy and the NSFC open ajoint call annually in a field that is separately agreed each year. Our most recent call was inthe field of computational sciences and signal processing, and was arranged in 2009; within it,we funded four projects. At present, we have 12 ongoing jointly funded projects with China.The Academy provides funding to the Finnish researchers in these projects to a total of some3.9 million euros, Programme Manager Mika Tirronen of the Academy of Finland explains.

In addition to this, the Academy is also involved in agreement-based research fundingcollaboration with two other research funding organisations in China, the Chinese Academy of

Sciences (CAS) and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS). The Academy hasfurther arranged joint seminars with the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (SASS).

The Academy has a programme for researcher mobility with the NSFC, CAS and CASS. Atotal of 64 Finnish researchers visited China in 20052009 with funding from theseprogrammes, while 85 Chinese researchers visited Finland. There has been a steady level ofinterest in the mobility programme.

Cooperation within comparative law

Tirronen says that cooperation is underway in several different areas. For instance, in autumn2009, the Academy and CASS held a joint seminar in Beijing on comparative law.

Cooperation will continue in the form of a seminar to be held in Finland. Considerablelegislative reforms are being prepared in China, and Finnish researchers now have anopportunity to work closely with the leading Chinese legislation experts who are activelyinvolved in drafting the new legislation.

The Academy has also actively participated in the cooperation networks between theEuropean Union and China. Since 2005, the Academy has been a member of CO-ReachERA-Net, a cooperation network between Europe and China, and a joint call in the field ofsocial science research was opened through it in 2008.

The call contributed to the networking of Chinese and European researchers within 14

projects. The CO-Reach secretariat is now drafting an application to the Commission for threemore years of funding. If the network is given additional funding, it will be able to fund actualjoint projects in the coming years."
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Joint projects with China are in progress in a number of fields, including neuroscience,ecology, energy research, communications and computational sciences. Research on climatechange may be a future area for research collaboration.

Cooperation brings up new research topics

China is a rising power in terms of both economics and science and takes on increasingprominence in global competition every year. China has a clear aim of attaining a positionamong the worlds leading science nations within the next decades. Indications of this aiminclude the countrys considerable investments in science and active efforts to attract Chinesetop scientists to return from working abroad. Its vital to give Finnish researchersopportunities to work with the best Chinese universities and research teams. The contactsthat are built can give Finnish researchers access to research subjects and equipment thatmight otherwise be out of reach, says Tirronen.

Tirronen also points to the importance of attracting talented Chinese researchers to Finnishuniversities. The resulting professional and social ties are important in view of research

collaboration later on. A researcher who returns home to China can prove to be a valuablecontact and even act as something of a goodwill ambassador for the Finnish researchcommunity.

From the Academys point of view, the most important aspect is to create and maintain agood working relationship with Chinese research funding agencies. Good contacts will allowus to open various joint calls, through which Finnish and Chinese research teams can applyfor funding for genuine joint projects in various disciplines, Tirronen says.

Researchers stand to gain from research collaboration

Recently, new opportunities have emerged for researchers from outside China: research infields such as the history of China and its social and cultural traditions is opening up andoffers a multitude of interesting research topics for researchers from the western world.Examples of subjects that are particularly interesting in connection with China includeeconomics, law, political science, social welfare, world views, migration, communications,cultural heritage, labour market trends and regulation, climate change mitigation and relatedgovernance, and environmental research.

According to Tirronen, the growing international engagement in science in China has perhapsbeen the most striking in the biosciences and in natural sciences. The best universities inChina and the research institutes of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have rapidly risentowards the top in international comparisons. In areas such as nanoresearch and particle

physics, China is already near the leading edge and ongoing investments in researchinfrastructure such as particle accelerators will continue to raise the standard of researcheven further in the coming years. Like many of their colleagues in other fields, Chineseresearchers working abroad in biomedicine have been eager to return. If these trendscontinue, science in China has a bright future to look forward to.

Good experiences so far

The experiences weve had so far of working with China have been positive on the whole: thefeedback from Finnish researchers is good and people feel that research collaboration withChina is important. Researchers are eager to participate in joint seminars and joint calls withChina. Many Finnish researchers have contacts with Chinese research teams, and weve hada good number of applications in the joint calls weve arranged. We also have positiveexperiences of Chinese students coming to Finland. Actually the worst bottleneck in recruiting


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students is how to identify the best candidates. There is a lot of interest, but when it comes toresearch work, its extremely important that people have good recommendations, previousexperience and language skills.

One of the challenges has been how to interest young Finnish researchers in working atuniversities and research institutions in China. Cultural and social studies are a natural focusof interest, but China also has excellent research environments to offer in natural sciences.

The management of the Academy of Finlandvisited the NSFC in Beijing. From left:Academy Vice President Riitta Mustonen,Professor Han Jianguo, Director-General ofthe NSFCs Bureau of InternationalCooperation, Academy President MarkkuMattila, Professor Shen Wen-Qing, VicePresident of the NSFC, and Science AdvisorSuvipivikki Mikola of the Academy ofFinland.

New millennium brings new forms of cooperation

The first cooperation agreement between the Academy of Finland and China was signed withthe Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in 1981 but in the 1980s, cooperation consistedexclusively of a researcher mobility programme. In a different political climate, the programmeoffered Finnish researchers an opportunity to go to China, while Chinese researchers had anopportunity to come to Finland. In the 1990s, the Academy started similar researcher mobilityprogrammes with the NSFC and CASS.

Cooperation entered a new phase at the start of the new millennium. In 2002, the Academyopened its first joint call with the NSFC. The call concerned the Academys Centres of

Excellence in research and the State Key Laboratories funded by the NSFC, and a total offour joint projects were funded. The call was a success and received a great deal of positivefeedback from Finnish researchers, and the Academy decided to continue with this form ofcooperation. In 2005, a research programme on neuroscience (NEURO) was launched, as a joint funding effort with the NSFC and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).Since then, joint calls have been opened every year together with Chinese research fundingagencies. The researcher mobility programmes are also still in operation, with active visitsfrom Finland to China and vice versa.

New joint calls

In the coming years, the Academy plans to continue to open new joint calls with Chinese

research funding agencies annually. The topics for the calls will be decided separately foreach year, a process in which the Academys Research Councils play a crucial role. Theresearcher mobility programmes will continue in their present form and the aim is to arrange joint seminars, too, especially in fields where the Academy has an ongoing researchprogramme.

At present, the Academy is preparing a joint seminar with the NSFC and the DeutscheForschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) on mathematics, specifically research on inversion problems.If the funding negotiations proceed according to plan, a joint call on this topic may be openedin late 2010 or early 2011.

According to Tirronen, the Academys good working relationship with research fundingagencies in China has attracted some attention on European forums: The NEURO researchprogramme, which is a joint funding effort between China, Finland and Canada, has been


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held up in a number of contexts as an example of a good multilateral research programmewith China. Multilateral programmes like this are still nonexistent in Europe; the programmesthat there have been have focused entirely on funding for researcher mobility and jointseminars. The Academy will continue to cultivate its ties with China, building on the sharedsuccesses we have had so far.

This article is also available on internet at :http://www.aka.fi/en-gb/A/Academy-of-Finland/The-Academy/Academy-news/Academy-of-Finland-promotes-research-with-China-/

Light and Love Tour : One Hundred Thousand Energy Efficient Lamps Donated toDingxi City

ByMs Liu ShiJun, Programme Manager, Energy & Environment Team, UNDP China

On December 18, 2009, the " Light and Love tour One Hundred Thousand Energy EfficientLamps Donated to Dingxi City donation ceremony was held in Nei Guanying town AndingDistrict of Dingxi City, Gansu Province.

The donation of one hundred thousand of energy efficient lamps are jointly provided by theUNDP/GEF/NDRC Project Phasing-out of Incandescent Lamps & Energy Saving LampsPromotion (PILESLAMP), a joint initiative of UNDP China, National Development and ReformCommission (NDRC) and Ministry of Finance, Zhejiang Yankon Group Co.,Ltd and Philips(China) Investment Co., Ltd. The lamps will be sent to 27520 households and 215 schools inrural areas of Anding district of Dingxi city. Dingxi City is one of the most poverty-stricken areain China and lighting conditions are relatively outdated. The utilization of the lamps will save

4.35 million kwh electricity annually.

In 2008, the Chinese government launched a policy of promoting energy-saving lamps (ESLs)through financial subsidies. The financial subsidies are 50% for household users and 30% forbulker users. In recent two years, 180 million pcs of ESLs have been promoted nationwide. Tofurther promote the utilization of energy saving lamps in China, UNDP China and NDRC,with support from GEF and Ministry of Finance, jointed developed the project PILESLAMP. Itwill promote the sustainable development of energy efficiency lamps in China through thetransformation of the local lighting products market and the phasing-out of incandescent lampproduction and sale, technology development and policy study. On July 24, 2009, the signingceremony of the project document was held in Diaoyutai Hotel in Beijing, with more than 200

participants attended. Mr. Ban Ki-noon, Secretary General of UN, Mr. Xie Zhenhua, ViceChairman of NDRC and Mr. Li Yong, Vice Minister of MOF were present.

In this cold winter season, the Light and Love Tour does not only pass the concept of energysaving to the Dingxi people, but also bring them more comfortable and brighter conditions. Wefeel very warm. Mr. Yang Zixing, Secretary General of Dingxi City said.
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Calls and announcements

EURAXESSLINKS CHINA ANNOUNCEMENTS

Forthcoming event : "EU-China S&T

cooperation, opportunities for

researchers" Information Conference in

Sun Yat Sen University, Guangzhou, 15

March

During this afternoon event hosted within the

25th anniversary celebrations of the Sun Yat

Sen University School of Business, Mr

Georges Papageorgiou, Minister Counselor

for Science and Technology, EU delegation

to China, will present the European

Framework Programme for Research and

Development (2007-2013) and the

opportunities offered for international

cooperation.

His presentation will be followed by an

introduction of the EURAXESS Links China

researchers network by Mr Jacques de

Soyres, information officer for this network.Researchers of the Guangdong area are

cordially invited to attend this event which

could be a good opportunity to meet fellow

researchers interested in EU-China

cooperation!

Download the program of this eventhere

(for Chinese version clickhere).

EURAXESS Links China presentation in

Hong Kong University of Science and

Technology

A presentation of EURAXESS Links China

will be held on March 16 in HKUST by the

networks information officer, Mr Jacques de

Soyres.

Information session at Institute of Policy

and Management (CAS)

On February 9, Ms Jessica Mitchell from theS&T section of the EU delegation in Beijing

and Mr Jacques de Soyres, information

officer for EURAXESS Links China, visited

the CAS Institute of Policy and Management

(Beijing) on the invitation of Mr MU

RongPing, director of the institute, and Mrs

Ulrike Tagscherer, associate professor and

project manager for international

cooperation. Ms Mitchell introduced FP7

and its international collaboration schemes

while Mr Jacques de Soyres introduced

EURAXESS Links China and the

opportunities for greater interactions withEuropean research and researchers this

new network can provide to Chinese

researchers and research institutions.

Learn more about IPM institute by visiting its

website athttp://english.ipm.cas.cn/

EU ANNOUNCEMENTS

Global Soils threatened: EU, USA and

China join forces in research

Scientists from Europe, USA and China

have established a network of field research

stations to study the valuable services that

soils provide to humanity. The Soiltrec

project will find out how to protect soil

against the threats posed by climate change,

and increasing food and energy demand

from a growing human population. The

project is coordinated by the University of

Sheffield and brings together 15 partners

including universities, research

organisations and the European

Commission's Joint Research Centre.

The European Commission will invest 7

million over the next 5 years to support

scientific research in the EU and China.
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Find more information about this project on

the European Commissions webpage and

on theSoiltrec webpage.

New Publication: Aeronautics and Air

Transport Research

7th Framework Programme 2007-2013 -

Aeronautics and Air Transport Research -

Project Synopses: Volume 1 / Calls 2007 &

2008

In this book, the Aeronautics Unit of the

Directorate-General for Research provides a

description of more than 80 projects funded

in the first two Calls for Proposals of the

Seventh Framework Programme in the field

of Aeronautics and Air Transport.

You can download the bookhere.

European Space Agency and MoST

cooperation in Dragon Programme

The Dragon Programme is a cooperation

between ESA and the Ministry of Science

and Technology (MOST) of the P.R. China.

The 1st Dragon Programme commenced in

2004 and was completed in April 2008. The

2nd Dragon Programme will last for four

years and formally commenced at the 2008

Beijing Symposium. Dragon 2 focuses on

exploitation of ESA, TPM and Chinese EO

data for science and applications

development in land, ocean and

atmospheric applications. The Programmebrings together joint Sino-European teams

to investigate 25 thematic projects.

The 2010 Mid Term Results Symposium will

take place from 17 to 21 May in Guilin, P.R.

China and will bring together the joint

Sino-European teams after 2 years to report

on their results.

Details on theESA website.

The first networking event of the STF

Programme

The 1st networking event of the EU-Science

and Technology Fellowship Programme

was held in Beijing on March 4 and 5 atBeijing University.

This was the first opportunity for the Fellows

of the 1st intake to get back together again,

following the start of their practical research

period. These two days gave them an

opportunity to talk about the way their

institution conducts research in China. It

was interesting to see the differences in how

the Fellows were accepted by their Chinese

counterparts, and how teams were

co-operating with varying degrees of

intensity.

The objective of the STF programme is to

promote the mobility of young researchers,

and in particular the mobility to China, and

to increase the level of cooperation between

European and Chinese research institutions.

The Fellows of the current intake are the

European ambassadors in the area ofscience and technology, and it is hoped that

during this period of 18 months of research

they will be able to lay solid foundations for

relationships between them and their

Chinese counterparts that will last

throughout their working life.

The next networking event which will be

held in Nanjing on April 22 and 23

CHINA INTERNATIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

MoST annual list of international

scientific events in China released

The department of international cooperation

of MoST has released its annual list of

international scientific events to be hold in

China in 2010

You can access the list (information inChinese and English for most events) by
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clicking on the two links (1st and 2nd semester)

at the bottom ofthis webpage

MEMBER STATES

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NNOUCEMENTS

The Freiburg University, the Freiburg

Alumni-Club in China and the

Furtwangen school are holding an

alumni-seminar on Environmental

Management at the TongJi University in

Shanghai, 20-23 May.

The University of Freiburg, the Freiburg

Alumni Club in China and the Furtwangen

University are organising an AlumniSeminar on Environmental

management from the 20th to the 23rd of

May, 2010 at the Tongji University Shanghai,

China. Freiburg alumni are invited to

participate in this seminar in China. In

conjunction with the seminar, an opening

celebration for the alumni we be held the

20th of May, at 6 pm at the stand of the city

of Freiburg, Expo Shanghai.

More information at

http://www.daad.org.cn/news9.htm.

CALLS

973 Programme and State Large-scale

S&T Programme call for proposals

published

On 19 January, 2010, MOST published at itswebsite the call for proposals (guidelines for

applications) for the priorities of the 973

Programme and the State Large-scale

S&T Programmein 2010.

The call covers the following areas:

Agriculture

Energy

InformationResource and Environment

Population and health

Materials

Interdisciplinary

Major frontier fields

Protein research(within this area, research related to

Topic 4 - Proteomics research

related to major physiological and

pathological processes will be

conducted "based on the EU-China

S&T Cooperation Agreement for

cooperation in FP7", which means

that it should collaborate closely with

the resulting project from the

FP7-ERANET-2010-RTD HEALTH.2010.1.1-3 callfor proposals (closed on 19 January

2010). It is indicated that the study

will be entrusted to "Key Research

Base".

Quantum Control

Nano research

Growth and reproductive research

Applications will be submitted online, period

for submission from 8 March 08:00 to 22

March 17:00. Details on submission

procedures will be published late February.

It is indicated in Paragraph 4 (application for

collaborative projects with the EU) of the

Guidelines for Applications that

applications of research institutes in the

EU member states should be submitted

through Chinese applicants, and they

should join at least two Chinese partners

not affiliated to the same entity. Abstract

in English and joint application agreement

signed by partners should also be submitted.

Selected proposals will be launched in 2011.

Fund allocated comprises three categories:

A >30 million yuan; B 15-30 million yuan; C

10-15 million yuan.

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Civil Law Initiative China 2010 Phd

Awards

La Fondation pour le Droit Continental

(Civil Law Initiative) promotes and supports

high-quality research aiming at fostering

cooperation between Chinas Legal System

and Civil Lawsystems in theworld, especially

French Law and the development of Civil

Law in the current context of legal and

economic globalization.

From 2010 onwards, Civil Law Initiative will

attribute PHD awards to 2 outstanding

dissertations in the following categories: Comparative Law between Chinese and

French Law or Chinese Law and other Civil

Law systems

Civil Law systems and globalization of Law

The best prize will be rewarded 3500 (or

the equivalent in RMB).

The second prize will be rewarded 2000

(or the equivalent in RMB).

Applicants from all nationalities are welcome

provided that:

-Chinese nationals must have conducted

their research in a Civil Law country for a

period of at least three months.

-Other nationals must have conducted

research in China for a period of at least

three months.

Deadline for applications is April 1st,

2010.

More details on this award program,eligibility criteria and application

procedure, click here.

UK-China Research Projects in Carbon

Capture and Storage Technologies - Call

for Proposals

The Research Councils UK Energy

Programme, led by EPSRC has identified

China as a priority country for international

collaboration. This activity follows on from

two previous calls for collaborative research

with China in Renewables and Cleaner

Fossil Fuels. This call is issued in

partnership with the Natural Science

Foundation of China (NSFC).

The Energy Programme is bringing together

engineers and scientists from many areas to

tackle the research challenges involved in

creating new energy technologies and

understanding their social, economic and

environmental implications. EPSRC leads

the Energy Programme, in which BBSRC,

ESRC, EPSRC, NERC and STFC worktogether to develop and deliver energy

research and training within a common

strategic framework, using a whole systems

approach. Carbon capture and storage is

one of the priority areas of the Energy

Programme.

This call aims at encouraging new and

innovative UK-China collaborative projects

focusing on carbon capture and storage

(CCS) technologies. Funds of up to 2

million from the Energy Programme/EPSRC

and matching equivalent resources from the

Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)

are available to support high quality projects

in this call.

Closing date: 4pm Thursday 15 April

2010.More details (in Chinese) on NSFC website :

http://www.nsfc.gov.cn/Portal0/InfoModule_

396/29409.htm

UK Energy Research Centre 2010

Summer School call for nominations

The UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC)

is holding its sixth annual Energy Summer

School from 20-25 June 2010 at the

University of Warwick in the English
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Midlands. There will be 100 places available

for UK and international students.

The School has been specifically designed

to give first and second year PhD students

an understanding of energy systems as a

whole and of pathways to low-carbon and

resilient energy systems. We welcome

applications from those engaged in

energy-related research including technical,

physical, social, economic, environmental

and business aspects of energy and energy

systems.

UKERC would now like you to nominate

students to attend. There is no charge for

registered research students to attend theSchool; UKERC will provide

accommodation and all meals and materials

for activities. The School is conducted in

English, and as it is highly interactive a good

standard of comprehension and spoken

English is essential.

The deadline for nominations is 17:00

London time on Wednesday 7th April

2010.

For more information and access to

nomination forms, visit

http://www.cmcgraphics.co.uk/ukenergy/su

mmerschool10_hosted.htm.

Call for Tenders: Monitoring human

resources policies and practices in

research and assessing the impact of the

'scientific visa' package

The European Commission Directorate

General for Research has extended the

time-limit for submission of tenders to 5

March 2010.

Information about this call and related

documents can be found on the Research

Directorate-General webpage.
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OPEN CALLS UNDER FP7AND EURATOM

(regularly updated list available onEURAXESS Links China website)

The following calls for proposals are currently open under thePeopleprogram

Call for proposals Launched Deadline

Marie Curie Reintegration Grants 9 October 20097 September

2010

Marie Curie International Research Staff Exchange

Scheme (IRSES)25 November 2009 25 March 2010

The following calls are currently open under theIdeasprogram

European Research Councils Advanced Grant :

Discipline Proposal deadline

Life Sciences 17 March 2010

Social Sciences and Humanities 07 April 2010

The following calls are open under theCooperationprogram

Information and Communication Technologies / 2 Open calls

Joint Technology Initiatives (Annex IV-SP1) / 3 Open calls

The following calls are open under theCapacitiesprogram

Science in Society / 1 Open call

The following calls are open under theEuratomprogram

Nuclear Fission and Radiation Protection / 1 Open call
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Coming events

Field Date Location Title (click for more details)

EURAXESS 15 March

Guangzhou

(Guangdong)

EU-China S&T cooperation, opportunities

for researchers Information Conference in

Sun Yat Sen University

([email protected])

EURAXESS 16 March Hong Kong

International cooperation under EU research

programs and EURAXESS Links China, Hong

Kong University of Science and Technology

([email protected])

Nuclear

energy 23-26 March Beijing

11th

China International Nuclear Industry

ExhibitionComputer

sciences27-29 March

Shenyang

(Liaoning)

The 2nd IEEE International Conference on

Advanced Computer Control(ICACC 2010)

Photonics 28-31 March Shanghai Focus on Microscopy

Medicine 8-12 April Shanghai26th International Congress of Radiology

(ICR 2010)

Environmental

S&T

20-25 AprilTaipei

(Taiwan)

EPICOH-MEDICHEM 2010

Medicine 15-17 May Beijing

BIT Life Sciences' 1st Annual World

Congress of Immunodiseases and Therapy

2010(WCIT-2010)

Space 17-21 MayGuilin

(Guangxi)

2010 Dragon 2 Midterm Results

SymposiumHydraulic

Engineering19-21 July Lhasa (Tibet)

The 2nd International Workshop on Energy

and Water Cycle over the Tibetan Plateau and

High-elevations

Hydraulic

Engineering21-23 July Lhasa (Tibet)

The Fourth International Workshop on

Catchment-scale Hydrological Modeling and

Data Assimilation

Management

Science23-25 July

Sanya

(Hainan)

IEEE The 2nd International Conference on

Advanced Management Science (ICAMS

2010)

Medicine 4-10 AugustNanchang

(Jiangxi)

Symposium for Chinese Neuroscientists

Worldwide 2010 (SCNW 2010)

Mathematics 20-24 AugustJiuzhaigou

(Sichuan)

The 9th International Symposium on

Operations Research and Its Applications

(ISORA 2010)
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Chemical

engineering23-25 August

Taiyuan

(Shanxi)

The 8th International Symposium on Gas

Cleaning at High Temperatures

Chemical

engineering7-10 Septembre Dalian

2nd Asia Pacific Conference on Ionic

Liquids and Green Processes (2nd APCIL)

Medicine 16-20 September Beijing25th congress of the Asia-Pacific Academy of

Ophthalmology

Biology,

Computer

science

17-20 SeptemberWuxi

(Jiangsu)

2010 International Conference on Life System

Modeling and Simulation

Hydraulic

Engineering11-15 October Shanghai

9th International Conference on

Hydrodynamics

Medicine 7-9 December ShanghaiBITs 2nd Annual International Congress of

Cardiology
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S&T highlights from the media3

POLICIES AND PAPERS

No timetable for green taxation: official

The government still has no timetable to levy the environmental tax so far, Vice-Minister of

Environmental Protection Pan Yue said at the annul session of the CPPCC. "The ministries of

finance, taxation and environmental protection have worked closely to speed up the progress,

but the new tax is not likely be imposed very soon and will not aggravate enterprises'

burden," said Pan, who is also a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's

Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). An environmental tax plan jointly proposed by

the three ministries has been submitted to the State Council for final review. If the plan isadopted, one or two provinces are expected to be named to pilot green taxation this year.

The tax would join a series of other measures, including bank loans, securities and insurance,

as part of a policy package to boost the green economy, experts said. (Source: China Daily)

Patent Information for Major Industries

A patent information platform, developed by State Intellectual Property Office, was

inaugurated on February 25, 2010 to provide patent information search for major industries.

The platform has the latest and most comprehensive patent information of public good

industries, including steel, auto, ship, petrochemicals, textile, light industry, non-ferrousmetals, electronics and information, and logistics. The new platform has collected patent

information from the United States, Japan, the UK, France, Germany, Switzerland, the

Republic of Korea, Australia, the World Intellectual Property Organization, European Patent

Office, African Regional Intellectual Property Organization, in addition to the patent data on

BRICs and emerging economies in Southeast Asia. The patent entries collected by the

platform have reached 33.37 million in number, covering ten major industries. (Further details

in source:MOST)

China issues rules on maritime wind energy projects with stress on environmental

protection

China has issued regulations on the development and construction of offshore wind power

projects in a bid to promote reasonable use of sea space and resources and better protect

oceanic environment. The regulations were jointly issued by the National Energy

Administration and the State Oceanic Administration (SOA). The rules specify procedures

and requirements for the planning of offshore wind energy developments, the authorization of

3 With the aim to feature information on China's S&T developments, the Delegation of the European Union to China cannot authorise the

reproduction of news items taken from other publications, nor is it responsible for the authenticity of the selected content. Anyone wishing

to reproduce articles is advised to contact the originating source of the relevant news item.
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such projects, the application and approval of the use of sea space, and construction

verification, among others. (Further details in source:Global Times)

China Fifth in PCT Applications

Statistics published on February 8, 2010 by the World Intellectual Property Organization

(WIPO) show that China filed 7,946 PCT applications in 2009, or 29.7% up compared with2008, making China sit in 5th place in the world. In 2009, WIPO received 155,900 PCT

applications, or 4.5% down compared with the preceding year. Affected by economic crisis,

the United States, Germany, and the UK have seen noticeably declined PCT applications,

though China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea have kept a sustained ascending trend. In

2009, the United States sat in first place for PCT applications, at 45,790, with an 11.4%

decline compared with the preceding year, followed by Japan, Germany, the Republic of

Korea, and China. (Source:MOST)

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