The Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Australian Institute of Science and Technology jointly organize five major thematic seminars

　　China News Agency, Beijing, June 28 (Reporter Sun Zifa) Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) on the 28th, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) jointly organized around the key areas of cooperation between the two sides through video Five academic seminars focusing on five major themes such as "Climate Change Impact".

　　According to the Bureau of International Cooperation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, from June 16 to 24, about 150 scientific researchers from China and Australia participated in the fields of “climate change impact”, “sustainable agriculture”, “health and biotechnology”, “nanotechnology and new Five seminars on the theme of "Energy Materials" "Marine Science and Blue Economy".

　　Experts from both China and Australia participated in the conference from the "drought forecast" to "improve the resilience of crops and livestock systems" to "infectious disease detection and drug and antibody development" "green hydrogen energy development, storage and use" "marine plastic waste end" We will share and exchange ideas with other new directions, and conduct in-depth discussions on the progress of project cooperation between the two organizations in the above-mentioned fields and future cooperation directions and models.

　　It is understood that since 2011, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and CSIRO have established a joint steering committee cooperation mechanism, jointly supported the holding of small seminars in the aforementioned priority areas, and jointly funded cooperative research projects, and the cooperation has achieved positive results. Due to the impact of the New Coronary Pneumonia epidemic in 2020, the two sides have fully communicated through the early stage, and held a series of seminars this year as scheduled through the network meeting, which not only maintained the long-term strategic cooperative relationship between the Chinese and Australian institutions, but also laid the foundation for the next joint solicitation of cooperation projects. . (Finish)