TEHRAN – The head of the Organization for the Development of International Cooperation in Science and Technology, Hossein Roozbeh, and Chinese Ambassador to Iran Cong Peiwu have explored the avenues for the enlargement of scientific and technological collaborations between the 2 nations.
The officers met on Wednesday following Peiwu’s go to to Tehran department of Iran House of Innovation and Technology (iHiT), Mehr information company reported.
Having visited the iHiT in Tehran, the Chinese official stated, “Iran possesses a magnificent civilization and is home to intelligent people who have made great achievements. The country’s history of technology development is glorious. Today, we are proud to witness Iran’s rapid technological advances in the modern era. China and Iran are two great civilizations with long histories, and the two countries have great potentials for fostering scientific cooperation.”
Referring to Iran’s Vice President for Science, Technology, and Knowledge-Based Economy, Hossein Afshin’s, current go to to China and the nation’s open method to worldwide cooperation, the official stated we consider there are a lot of potential avenues for enhancing partnerships between the 2 nations.
For his half Roozbeh pressured the necessity for selling and accelerating scientific cooperation between Iran and China, highlighting that the 2 nations have a long-standing historical past of scientific, technological, financial and commerce collaborations.
Iran’s science and expertise ecosystem has made vital progress in recent times, with greater than ten thousand knowledge-based corporations working within the nation. The contributions of the highly-skilled and gifted workforce have created main alternatives for the event of joint cooperation, he stated.
Referring to the memorandum of understandings (MOUs) singed by Afshin and Ding Zhisheng, the Vice Premier of the People’s Republic of China, on the sidelines of the 2nd Belt and Road Conference on Science and Technology Exchange in June, the official introduced Iran’s full readiness to implement the made agreements.
Underscoring china’s notable capabilities in synthetic intelligence (AI), and Iran’s progress within the subject, Roozbeh stated the 2 nations partnerships in AI will result in invaluable achievements to the area and the world.
The official went on to say that the institution of BRI (Belt and Road initiative) LabsNet will play an important position within the enlargement of scientific interactions at worldwide scale.
The two nations have additionally agreed on exchanging researchers, younger scientists, and elites in addition to collaborating in every county’s exhibition. The collaborations embrace joint efforts in expertise, well being and drugs, atmosphere, agriculture sectors.
The official additionally famous that Iran will inaugurate the primary iHiT in China inside subsequent few months.
*****China fascinated by growing scientific co-op with Iran
The 2nd Belt and Road Conference on Science and Technology Exchange befell in Chengdu, the capital of southwest China’s Sichuan Province, from June 10 to 12.
Zhisheng met Afshin on the sidelines of the three-day convention. He voiced China’s willingness to spice up scientific and technological cooperation with Iran inside the framework of the BRI.
Referring to the achieved agreements between the 2 nations, the Chinese official stated China is prepared to successfully implement the Iran-China strategic partnership and promote high-quality cooperation inside the framework of the BRI. “We seek to further develop the capacity for cooperation in science and technology between the two sides to bring more tangible benefits to the people of both countries,” IRNA quoted Zhisheng as saying.
For his half, Afshin stated Iran is fascinated by enhancing ties with China to attain breakthroughs in main scientific and technological cooperation.
China and Iran formally outlined their bilateral relations as a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership (CSP) in early 2016, when President Xi Jinping paid a go to to Iran. The strategic relationship has seen sturdy growth since then.
Iran has demonstrated its full help for China in varied points, from these associated to China’s core nationwide pursuits and main worldwide agendas proposed by China, such because the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). China has additionally strongly supported Iran’s reputable quest on many points. China supported Iran’s reputable place on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Iran’s place on ladies’s rights, and membership within the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and BRICS.
Addressing the second convention, Afshin proposed six strategic plans to spice up technological ties alongside the Silk Road. The six proposals are based mostly on nationwide capacities, operational experiences, and a region-oriented perspective, IRNA reported.
The first plan targeted on the institution of BRI (Belt and Road Initiative)-TechMatch platform to adapt reasonably priced and indigenize applied sciences to the wants of growing nations.
The institution of a regional middle in Tehran for future research and monitoring expertise for member states within the BRI was the second suggestion.
The third suggestion concerned launching a BRI LabsNet. To guarantee high-quality expertise alternate and supply reasonably priced expertise, Iran proposes launching a multinational community of specialised laboratories to check and consider tools and applied sciences produced in nations of the BRI, which is a step in direction of enhancing mutual belief and facilitating technological commerce.
Implementing a regional technological abilities coaching program specializing in youth in nations of the BRI was the fourth offered plan.
Developing a technological cooperation constitution for the nations of the BRI with a deal with ethics, information governance, and honest expertise switch was the final proposal.
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