INTRODUCTION TO CAS AND ITS COOPERATION WITH EU COUNTRIES

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INTRODUCTION TO CAS AND ITS COOPERATION WITH EU
COUNTRIES
XU Ang Chinese Academy of Sciences June 5, 2007

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Outline

• Introduction to CAS
• CAS International Cooperation
• Cooperation With EU Countries

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History Position

• Founded on Nov. 1, 1949
• Highest academic institution in natural sciences
  in China
• Most comprehensive RD center in natural sciences
  and high-tech development
• Highest national advisory body in S T

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Organizational Structure
Academic Divisions
Headquarters
President
Presidium of the Academic Divisions
Presidents Working Group Meetings
Bureau of Membership Affairs
Bureau of Basic Research Bureau of Life Science
and Biotech Bureau of Resources/Environment Bureau
of High-tech RD Bureau of Cooperation between
the Academy and Local Institutions
Office of General Affairs Bureau of Planning and
Strategy Bureau of Comprehensive Planning Bureau
of Personnel and Education Bureau of Capital
Construction Bureau of International
Cooperation Bureau of Supervision and
Auditing Bureau of Veteran Cadres Affairs
Executive Committee of the Presidium
Division of Mathematics Physics Division of
Chemistry Division of Biology Medical
Sciences Division of Earth Sciences Division of
Technological Sciences Division of Information
Sciences
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Research Development

• Total staff 43,162, of which 13,058 senior and
  30,104 other ST professionals
• Plus 35,000 visiting scholars, post-doctors, and
  graduates
• 12 branches
• 89 institutes
• 687 Members, including 41 foreign
• Graduate School of CAS and USTC
• 9 supporting institutions (tech and docu)
• CAS Holdings Co., 10 major Co. 490 others

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Distribution of Institutes
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Knowledge Innovation Program

• 1998 State Council approved CAS proposal of
  Knowledge Innovation Program (KIP), mandating CAS
  to implement the Pilot Project of KIP (PPKIP)
• Aim of KIP to establish National Innovation
  System in cooperate with other research units
• Led to biggest institution restructuring and
  mechanism reform and progress in CAS

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Overall Goals of KIP

• By 2010, build CAS into
• A national knowledge innovation center in natural
  sciences and high-tech development with strong
  and sustainable ability targeting at national
  strategic needs and world frontiers of science.
• A base for scientific research, a base for
  training of advanced talents, and a base for
  development of national high-tech industry of
  international advanced level.
• A national knowledge pool, scientific think-tank
  and scientific talent base of international
  influence.

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Construction of 110 ST Innovation Clusters
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Financial resources

• Basic operation National budget for CAS
• Project-based MOST, NSFC, and other national
• agencies
• Contract-based industry, local governments
• International cooperation international
• organizations,
  foundations, and
• bilateral
  agreements
• Institutional funding/project funding 5
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• 50 of funding for CAS comes from competition

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14,516 ST papers are published in international
journal in 2004, increased by 147 compared to
1998.
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3578 papers were jointly issued by scientists
from CAS and abroad in 2004, increased by 120
compared to 1999
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Total number of applications for patents and of
grants in 2004 were respectively 3,546 and 2,034,
increased by 235 and 670 compared to 1998 .
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Mission of National Team in Science and
Technology
University
National
Research Center Research mode
Fundamental Research Strategic
Research Motivation Curiosity-driven
Mission-driven Research platform Most are
small project Big and small
projects Advantage Flexible and
Mobile Integrated efforts
Direction Free discovery
Request-oriented Investment mode
Short term Long
term Training Mode Fundamental
Professional Strategic plan
Relative Important Extremely Important
Challenge
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SCI Papers and Citations in 1998-2003
We are making progress, but there is still a long
way to go.
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Outline

• Introduction to CAS
• CAS International Cooperation
• Cooperation With EU Countries

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Always Consider Intl Cooperation as Important
Part of Our Research Effort

• Multi-level, full range intl cooperation and
  exchange
• Cooperation linkages with key scientific
  institutions, universities, and companies in over
  70 countries
• Good linkages with key intl scientific
  organizations
• Annual 22000 persons/times scholar exchange
• Cooperation with both developed and developing
  countries

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In 2004,number of personnel exchange reached
19,102 person time, increased by 142 compared to
1998
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274 international conferences were held in 2004,
increase by 380 compared to 1998.
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International Cooperation A Key Component of KIP
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Outline

• Introduction to CAS
• CAS International Cooperation
• Cooperation With EU Countries

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Europe is the birthplace of Industrial Revolution
and modern science technology, it has a very
competitive foundation in its overall scientific
research in the world.
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• CAS attaches a great strategic importance to
  its international ST cooperation with the
  European countries. According to different level
  of scientific capability development and
  different geographical regions, it is in the
  expectation of CAS to strengthen its
  collaboration with the following three so-called
  Strategic Blocks
• Germany, France, UK, and Italy
• Sweden, Finland, Denmark, and Norway
• EU Headquarters

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Cooperation on a Mutually Beneficial Basis

• There exists no direct conflict of interest,
  especially politically. Meanwhile, ST
  cooperation could strengthen the existing
  political, economical as well as cultural
  understanding and cooperation.
• China is abundant in its resources, huge markets
  and low-cost labor forces.
• As the nations highest academic institution in
  the field of natural sciences, CAS is rich in
  high quality scientific human resources.

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Foundation for Successful Cooperation

• A strong willingness to cooperate with each
  other, and the research result should be of
  complementary and mutual beneficial.
• The academic links between partners from each
  side are very close the PI for each side has
  been selected both the joint project and team
  members, from each side, for the cooperation are
  identified.
• The willingness to initiate the Joint
  PhD/Graduate Training Program.
• The funding for cooperation should be ensured
  from each side from either EU Framework Program,
  the governmental agreements, or the bilateral
  agreements.

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Existing Problems

• Limited funding from both sides, mainly for
  personnel exchanges or some high-level bilateral
  workshops.
• Differences in organizational operation and legal
  system etc may lead to a lack of united mechanism
  to make the cooperation work.
• A lack of understanding between two sides due to
  cultural and language differences.

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CAS Thoughts on Future Cooperation

• Focus on the important joint projects in priority
  fields with increased funding from both side
• Breakthroughs made on the establishment of joint
  labs or joint units
• Supports provided for the bilateral high-level
  workshops based on the existing and substantial
  joint projects
• Interest in the management and innovation
  policies from those large ST institutions, such
  as Max-Planck Society, CNRS, Royal Society of
  London, CNR and the Nordic countries etc
• In close accordance with the national and
  academys ST development mission, both bilateral
  and multilateral cooperation with the EU
  countries will be encouraged in an overall scale.

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Cooperation With Germany

• 1978 the bilateral governmental ST
  agreement signed.
• Forms joint research, joint lab, joint
  institute, joint training of
• PhD, young scientist group, and partner
  group etc.
• Areas basic research, renewable energy, space
  aeronautics,
• oceanology, advanced
  manufacturing, cultural heritage
• and environmental protection.
• Existing Partners Max Planck Society,
  Fraunhofer Society,
• Alexander von
  Humboldt Foundation, and
• BAYER etc.

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Cooperation With Germany
Cooperation Priorities With Germany

• Proposed Priority Areas
• Space science represented by astrology, and
  nanotechnology etc.
• Big science facilities
• Energy, Material Sciences
• Cutting-edge research such as Tibetan plateau,
  behavior science, particles, and bionics etc and
  some interdisciplinary sciences such as computing
  biology, bio-information etc
• Proposed Partners
• CAS
• Astronomical Observatories in Beijing,
  Shanghai, Nanjing and Yunnan, Institute of High
  Energy Physics, Shanghai Institute of Applied
  Physics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics,
  Lanzhou Insitute of Modern Physics, National
  Synchrontron Radiation Lab in Hefei, etc
• Germany
• Max-Planck Society of Germany and its related
  institutes, Bayer, University of Munich,
  University of Frankfurt, University of Hamburge,
  University of Sturgard etc

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Cooperation With France

• 1978 the bilateral governmental ST agreement
  signed.
• Existing Partners CNRS, Academie des
  Science,INSERM, CEA.
• Partners With Existing Cooperation
• CNRS,INRIA,CNES,INSERM,INRA,
• IFREMER,CEA, and Institut
  Pasteur.
• Forms joint research, joint lab, talent
  training, involvement of
• industries and private
  foundations, participation of FP
• programmes.

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Cooperation With France
Cooperation Priorities with France

• Proposed Priority Areas
• Space and aeronautics science and technology
• Nuclear energy technology
• Material science, IT
• Environmental science, Agricultural technology
• Proposed Partners
• CAS
• Institute of Automation(LIAMA), Shanghai
  Institutes for Biological Sciences (Shanghai
  Institute of Pasteur), Dalian Institute of
  Chemical Physics, National Astronomical
  Observatory, Wuhan Institute of Virology
• France
• CNRS, INSERM, INRIA, Pasteur Institute, CNES etc

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Cooperation With the UK

• 1978 the bilateral governmental ST agreement
  signed.
• Existing Partners RS, RCs, BP, Kue Garden and
  RSE, etc.
• Forms Joint research, high-level workshop, NN
  meeting, talent training , involvement of
  industries and private foundations, participation
  of FP programmes.
• Areas Covering all fields of natural sciences,
  especially life sciences, energy and basic
  sciences.

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Cooperation Priorities with the UK
Cooperation With the UK

• Proposed Priority Areas
• Basic Science e.g physics, nanotechnology,
  synchrontron radiation, radiation astrology and
  botanic science etc
• Life Science and biotechnology e.ginspection
  and prevention of emerging infectious diseases,
  stem cell etc
• Energy Technology e.g clean coal energy,
  biofuels etc
• Proposed Partners
• CAS
• Institute of Physics, SIBS, Dalian
  Institute of Chemical Physics, Shenyang Institute
  of Metal Research, Institute of Microbiology,
  Kuming Institute of Botany, Guangzhou Institute
  of Biomedicine and Health, Institute of Zoology,
  Astronomical Observatories in Beijing, Yunan and
  Nanjing.
• UK
• The Royal Society, Research Councils of UK,
  Top universities such as Cambridge, Oxford,
  Imperial College and other relevant universities,
  Botanical Gardens such as Kew, Edingburg etc. BP,
  AstraZeneca

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Cooperation With Italy

• 1978 the bilateral governmental ST agreement
  signed.
• Existing Partners CNR,INFN and MIUR
• Forms joint research,jointlab,high-level
  workshop, involvement of industries and
  private foundations, participation of FP
  programmes
• Areas Basic research, especially physics and big
  sciences.

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Cooperation With Italy
Cooperation Priorities with Italy
Proposed Priority Areas Physics, New Materials,
Environmental Monitoring, Earth Observation,
Cultural Heritage, Sustainable development, and
Space Technologies etc Proposed Partners CAS
Institute of High Energy Physics, Xian Institute
of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Shenyang Institute
of Metal Research, Institute of Remote Sensing
Application, Institute of History for Natural
Sciences Italy MIUR, CNR, INFN and relevant
universities, research institutes and
key laboratories.
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Cooperation With Nordic countries

• CAS and the Nordic countries have had a long
  history for scientific cooperation. Early in
  1978, we have signed our bilateral scientific
  cooperation agreement with the Royal Swedish
  Academy of Sciences. Up to now, the On-going
  scientific agreements signed between CAS and its
  Nordic Counterparts are the following
• These agreements are chiefly based on bilateral
  personnel exchanges between scientists,covering
  almost all research aspects of natural sciences.

• Letter of Intent Between CAS and Karolinska
  Institute, Sweden (signed in 2006)
• Agreement on Scientific Cooperation Between the
  Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and CAS.
  (renewed in 2005)
• MoU Between CAS and Lund University, Sweden.
  (signed in 2005)
• Agreement on Cooperation Between CAS and the
  Academy of Finland. (renewed in 2004)
• Letter of Understanding on the Exchange of
  Scientists Between the Danish Rectors Conference
  and CAS. (renewed in 2000)
• Agreement on Scientific Exchanges between the
  Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters and
  CAS (July 1998)

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Cooperation With Nordic countries

• Over the years, the Nordic countries have taken
  the lead to become the powers in the world with
  innovation-oriented and knowledge-based economy
  through increasing investment on the development
  of science and technology, promoting the
  construction of national innovation system with
  their own characteristics, and focusing on the
  development in the areas of high technology and
  rising industry, which impresses us most when
  Prof. LU Yongxiang, President of CAS, visited the
  Nordic countries in September 2005.

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Cooperation With Nordic countries

• In April 2006, CAS-Nordic Forum for Strategic
  ST Cooperation was held in Beijing, which is
  the official launch of CAS/Nordic Strategic
  Cooperation Block.
• CAS/Nordic ST Cooperation Foundation It is on
  a two-year base to support 10-15 joint projects
  from CAS side, with a funding of 200,000 RMB per
  project. The first 9 joint projects has been
  launched in March, 2007.
• In March 2007, the establishment of NN-CAS
  Research Foundation with two million US dollars
  donation from Novo Nordisk of Denmark to support
  joint research in the field of bio-phamacauticals
  and diabetes.
• In June, 2007, another donation of one million US
  dollars from Novo Nordisk to CAS to support
  protein science research and talent training.
• The 2nd CAS-Nordic Forum for Strategic ST
  Cooperation will be held in 2007 in Sweden in the
  purpose to identify the specific projects from
  both sides.
• The establishment of CAS-Nordic Center is now
  under discussion.

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Cooperation Priorities with Finland

• Proposed Priority Areas
• Information technology, biological sciences,
  neurosciences, mathematics, earth sciences,
  botany, medical sciences advanced
  interdisciplinary study.
• Proposed Partners
• Finland Academy of Finland, relevant
  universities or research institutions,
  enterprises and companies like Nokia etc.
• CASShanghai Institute of Microsystem and
  Information Technology, Institute of Acoustics,
  Institute of Automation, Institute of Physics,
  Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences,
  Institute of Biophysics, Institute of Remote
  Sensing Applications, Chengdu Institute of
  Biology, Shenyang Institute of Ecological
  Research, and Guangzhou Institute of Biomedicine
  and Health, etc.

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Cooperation Priorities With Sweden

• Proposed Priority Areas
• Medical science, information technology,
  nano-technology, mathematics, zoology, botany,
  eco-environment, molecular biology and big
  science projects etc.
• Proposed Partners
• Sweden The Royal Swedish Academy of
  Sciences, top universities such as Lund
  University etc, research enterprises or companies
  such as Ericsson etc.
• CAS Shanghai Institutes for Biological
  Sciences, Institute of Biophysics, Guangzhou
  Institute of Biomedicine and Health, Institute of
  Microbiology, University of Science and
  Technology of China, Shanghai Institute of
  Applied Physics, Shanghai Institute of
  Microsystem and Information Technology, Institute
  of Acoustics, Institute of Automation , Institute
  of Chemistry, Research Center for
  Eco-environmental Sciences and Academy of
  Mathematics and System Sciences, etc

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Cooperation Priorities With Denmark

• Proposed Priority Areas
• Life sciences population health, gene
  research, disease control prevention,
  neuroscience, environment energy,
  biotechnology, and material sciences,
  Agriculture, etc.
• Proposed Partners
• Denmark The Danish Rectors Conference,
  relevant universities such
• as Aarhus University and University of
  Southern Denmark, the Danish Association of Pig
  Breeding, and enterprises or companies e.g Novo
  Nordisk.
• CAS Beijing Institute of Genomics,
  Institute of Biophysics, Institute of
• Genetics and Developmental Biology,
  Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences,
  Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Research
  Center for Eco-environmental Sciences and Wuhan
  Institute of Virology etc.

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Cooperation Priorities With Norway

• Proposed Priority Areas
• Environment and natural resources (e.g water
  management and acid rain), global change,
  oceanology polar research, energy, material
  sciences and nano technology, and biological
  technology etc.
• Proposed Partners
• Norway Research Council of Norway,
  relevant universities such as University of Oslo
  and University of Bergen etc, Nansen Environment
  and Remote Sensing Center, enterprises or
  companies.
• CAS Institute of Atmospheric Physics,
  Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural
  Resources Research, Research Center of
  Eco-environmental Sciences, Institute of
  Oceanology, Guangzhou Institute of Energy
  Conversion.

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Cooperation With EU Headquarters

• In 1998 the bilateral governmental ST
  agreement signed in Brussels, which provides a
  brand new channel for cooperation in basic
  research and high-technology between China and EU
  countries.
• Based on the agreement, EU opens its overall
  Framework Programme to China and vice verse. And
  the IPR out of its joint research and development
  be shared by both sides.
• In 2001, EU-China ST Promotion Office was
  inaugurated in Beijing, which is affiliated to
  MOST.

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Cooperation With EU Headquarters

• Since 1998, China has become one of the
  largest non-EU country players participating the
  FP projects.
• In 5th FP about 82 projects with Chinese
  participation.
• In 6th FP about 104 projects with Chinese
  participation,totalling 9.60 million Euros for
  the Chinese partners.
• As there exists no official agreement between EU
  and CAS at present, our Academys cooperation
  with EU is chiefly through EU delegation in
  Beijing and MOST. However, CAS is the key player
  from China in the EU FP, e.g In 6th FP, CAS has
  successfully applied about 30 EU projects totally
  2.6 m Euros, accounting about 28 of the total
  Chinese projects.

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Cooperation Priorities with EU

• Promotion and participation of EU FP projects
  including the forthcoming 7th FP, with a focus on
  the areas such as IT, energy, new materials, life
  science, agriculture, environment and natural
  resources etc. For example, CAS-EU Workshop on
  Health was successfully held in Shanghai this
  April for the purpose of identifying topics of
  interest for deeper collaboration between Europe
  and China under FP7.
• Interest in the CO-REACH initiative.

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In the bilateral collaboration with European
countries, various ways of cooperation should be
encouraged based on the demands of different
disciplines and strengths in technology, talents
and resources
Forms of Cooperation

• For those joint projects of mutual interests, it
  is encouraged to apply for exchange funding
  through the existing bilateral scientific
  agreements.
• In new cooperation areas, it is encouraged to
  jointly organize high-level bilateral workshops
  or NN meetings in order to set up partnerships
  or joint projects.
• For substantial scientific cooperation, it is
  suggested to set up Scientist Group, Joint
  Center, Guest Laboratory, or Partner Institute,
  which should be operated by the strictly-selected
  PI, exchange of scientists and different
  disciplinary responsibilities.
• It is encouraged to apply for more EU Framework
  Program Projects out of bilateral cooperation.

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Talent Training

• Short-time visits of scientists
• Joint training of PhD/graduate students out of
  the existing bilateral projects
• The establishment of Junior Scientist Group and
  Young Partner Group out of the existing
  small-scale projects
• Targeted Training Courses jointly held by famous
  scientists from both sides
• It is encouraged to attract top foreign
  scientists and PI to do research and even hold
  long-term positions in CAS.

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Thank you!