Carlos-Andres Palma (1st L) talks with colleagues in a lab in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 29, 2018. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)
BEIJING, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) -- Scientific collaboration between China and Germany has been intensifying steadily, with a key Sino-German research platform yielding significant achievements, according to the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) on Thursday.
Over the past 25 years, the Sino-German Center for Research Promotion has invested approximately 830 million yuan (about 117 million U.S. dollars), supported more than 1,370 high-quality collaborative projects, generated over 4,800 high-level academic publications, and cultivated a talent pool with global vision for the field of science.
The data was released at a conference marking the center's 25th anniversary in Beijing. Over 130 representatives from the two countries, including university presidents and researchers, attended the two-day conference.
The center was established in Beijing in 2000, co-founded by the NSFC and the German Research Foundation, each of which covers half of the center's budget. It aims to promote cooperation between scientists in China and in Germany, focusing on research in the natural, life, management and engineering sciences. The center has built a collaborative network of more than 20,000 scientists.
NSFC Director Dou Xiankang said that NSFC will expand the scope of this cooperation, establish the center as a strategic hub for basic research cooperation, and promote in-depth exchange and collaborative innovation between scientists from the two countries.
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