CAS-CSIRO (Chinese Academy of Sciences and Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Joint Steering Committee Meeting (JSCM) 2014 was held at Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, China. Dr. Jinghai Li, vice director of CAS, and Mr. Craig Roy, vice CEO of CSIRO co-chaired the meeting.
Dr. Lixin Zhang, vice director of Institute of Botany (IBCAS), extended a warm welcome to the delegation and gave a brief introduction on the history, people and researches of IBCAS. Dr. Jinghai Li delivered the opening remarks and introduced CAS reform plans, 135 strategies and innovation 2020. Mr. Craig Roy introduced the reform plan and measures carried out in CSIRO. Both of them agreed that reform is a tendency, and the two organizations can learn from each other to push the development of science and technology in the two countries.
During the two-day’s meeting, both parties made reflections on collaboration in the fields of sustainable agriculture, climate change, nanotechnology and new energy materials, and health science in 2013-2014. Based on the good cooperation in last year, they agreed to continue supporting the relative projects in 2014-2015. They discussed science and technology investment trends and strategy in China and Australia too.
CAS-CSIRO (Chinese Academy of Sciences and Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Joint Steering Committee Meeting (JSCM) 2014 was held at Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, China. Dr. Jinghai Li, vice director of CAS, and Mr. Craig Roy, vice CEO of CSIRO co-chaired the meeting.
Dr. Lixin Zhang, vice director of Institute of Botany (IBCAS), extended a warm welcome to the delegation and gave a brief introduction on the history, people and researches of IBCAS. Dr. Jinghai Li delivered the opening remarks and introduced CAS reform plans, 135 strategies and innovation 2020. Mr. Craig Roy introduced the reform plan and measures carried out in CSIRO. Both of them agreed that reform is a tendency, and the two organizations can learn from each other to push the development of science and technology in the two countries.
During the two-day’s meeting, both parties made reflections on collaboration in the fields of sustainable agriculture, climate change, nanotechnology and new energy materials, and health science in 2013-2014. Based on the good cooperation in last year, they agreed to continue supporting the relative projects in 2014-2015. They discussed science and technology investment trends and strategy in China and Australia too.