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China & Netherlands renew joint science program
China and the Netherlands renewed a scientific research program on Thursday to address scientific challenges brought on by climate change, energy security and food safety.
Through peer evaluation, "Food and Agriculture" has been selected as the key cooperative area for 2012.
The three-year Joint Scientific Thematic Research Program (JSTRP) was established in 2009 after the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) signed Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) with the Dutch government in a bid to enhance scientific cooperation between the institutions of the two countries.
Halbe Zijlstra, state secretary of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science of the Netherlands, said, "China and the Netherlands will extend the program by another three years, since the interim evaluation shows the program is the right way to intensify relations between Chinese and Dutch researchers."
Lu Yonglong, chief of the Bureau of International Cooperation under CAS, said, "The projects included in the JSTRP are very practical and give full play to the comparative advantages of both sides."
The first phase of the JSTRP subsidizes projects of environmental recovery and bio-mass energy development.
Cooperative projects already underway include water resource management on the Pearl River and the Rhine, the two countries' major water sources closely linked to people's survival and development.
Also, Lu said the JSTRP was unique because it provided "many chances for doctoral students to participate."
"It could serve as a platform for the potential young scientists of the two countries to brainstorm with each other and share their innovative ideas," Lu said.
China has intensified its governmental cooperation in science and technology with European countries in recent years.
China's State Councilor Liu Yandong on Sunday encouraged the country's scientists to enhance cooperation with their foreign counterparts to make more scientific innovations.
Statistics from China's Science Ministry shows that China has built scientific cooperation relations with 152 countries and regions, and dispatched 141 science diplomats to 46 countries.
China, Netherlands renew joint science program
China and the Netherlands renewed a scientific research program on Thursday to address scientific challenges brought on by climate change, energy security and food safety.
Through peer evaluation, "Food and Agriculture" has been selected as the key cooperative area for 2012.
The three-year Joint Scientific Thematic Research Program (JSTRP) was established in 2009 after the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) signed Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) with the Dutch government in a bid to enhance scientific cooperation between the institutions of the two countries.
Halbe Zijlstra, state secretary of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science of the Netherlands, said, "China and the Netherlands will extend the program by another three years, since the interim evaluation shows the program is the right way to intensify relations between Chinese and Dutch researchers."
Lu Yonglong, chief of the Bureau of International Cooperation under CAS, said, "The projects included in the JSTRP are very practical and give full play to the comparative advantages of both sides."
The first phase of the JSTRP subsidizes projects of environmental recovery and bio-mass energy development.
Cooperative projects already underway include water resource management on the Pearl River and the Rhine, the two countries' major water sources closely linked to people's survival and development.
Also, Lu said the JSTRP was unique because it provided "many chances for doctoral students to participate."
"It could serve as a platform for the potential young scientists of the two countries to brainstorm with each other and share their innovative ideas," Lu said.
China has intensified its governmental cooperation in science and technology with European countries in recent years.
China's State Councilor Liu Yandong on Sunday encouraged the country's scientists to enhance cooperation with their foreign counterparts to make more scientific innovations.
Statistics from China's Science Ministry shows that China has built scientific cooperation relations with 152 countries and regions, and dispatched 141 science diplomats to 46 countries.
China, Netherlands renew joint science program
