China, EU to Enhance Sci-Tech CooperationChina and the European Union will cement a partnership in science and technology research, said an official of the Ministry of Science and Technology.Wang Shaoqi, head of the ministry's international cooperation department, said at the on-going China-Norway international seminar on polar regions that consultations are being held between China and the European Union for potential cooperation in diverse sectors including biotech, space, material technology, energy, the environment and basic research. Trond Giske, Norwegian minister of education, research and church affairs, said Norway is willing to enhance cooperation with China in polar research. He spoke highly of the cooperation between the two sides in their conjugate observation of the space environment. Scientists attending the seminar discussed a proposal for the Sino-Norwegian joint research through China's Zhongshan Station in the South Pole and Norway's Svalbard Island, as well as other issues on aero-physics, sea ice physics, polar light and the ionized layers over polar regions. The five-day seminar, which opened Monday in Shanghai, is an important part of Sino-EU cooperation in science and technology sectors and has attracted nearly 100 scientists from China, Norway, the United States and Sweden. |
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