Lu Jianhua, Vice Director of the NSFC and Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, signs cooperation documents with Vincent U, President of the Administrative Committee of the FDCT.Vice Director of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (hereinafter “NSFC”) and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lu Jianhua, led a delegation to Macao and held a working assembly in the present day (twentieth) with Vincent U, President of the Administrative Committee of the Science and Technology Development Fund (hereinafter “FDCT”), throughout which three cooperation agreements have been signed. Both events will additional deepen collaborative improvement between the Mainland of China and Macao in areas equivalent to joint analysis funding, attracting worldwide scientific and technological abilities via Macao, and selling worldwide (regional) scientific and technological cooperation.
At the working assembly, Lu Jianhua said that the NSFC has all the time hooked up nice significance to scientific and technological cooperation and exchanges with Macao. To higher serve the general improvement of the nation and additional consolidate and broaden the optimistic outcomes of their long-term cooperation, each events, following pleasant consultations, have determined to renew the Memorandum of Understanding and two work plans. Moving ahead, each events will additional deepen pragmatic cooperation, totally leverage Macao’s distinctive benefits, concentrate on enhancing regional scientific and technological innovation capabilities, and collectively promote the event of a global science and expertise innovation middle within the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
Vincent U expressed gratitude to the NSFC for its sturdy assist of Macao’s scientific and technological improvement through the years. In specific, because the signing of their first cooperation settlement in 2016, the 2 sides have achieved optimistic leads to areas equivalent to joint analysis funding between the Mainland of China and Macao, co-organizing educational seminars, and conducting entrusted venture evaluations. These efforts have established a high-level cooperation mechanism and created an environment friendly trade platform for researchers from universities in each the Mainland of China and Macao. The renewed cooperation paperwork have been additional optimized to meet the evolving wants of collaborative improvement and cowl a broader vary of areas. By leveraging Macao’s benefits and options, equivalent to its worldwide community, the initiative goals to “make the most of Macao’s strengths to serve the country’s needs” and higher combine with the general nationwide improvement technique.
Since the signing of their first cooperation settlement, the NSFC and the FDCT have achieved exceptional leads to their collaboration. In phrases of joint analysis funding, they’ve supported 133 collaborative analysis tasks between the Mainland of China and Macao, with the NSFC contributing a complete of RMB 210 million. In educational trade, the 2 sides have collectively organized 9 seminars, bringing collectively greater than 300 consultants from the Mainland of China and Macao for discussions and exchanges. With the deepening of sensible cooperation and developments within the scientific and technological panorama, each events, after thorough consultations, have carried out essential optimizations and updates to the scope of their collaboration, finally reaching a consensus to renew the settlement. Looking forward, they may additional broaden the scope of their cooperation, collectively assist the internet hosting of high-level worldwide educational conferences in Macao, entice numerous worldwide scientific and technological abilities to Macao, and advance worldwide (regional) scientific and technological cooperation to new heights.