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The Years of Belarus-China Cooperation in Science, Technology and Innovation have been launched
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23.08.2024

The official ceremony of the launch of events dedicated to the Years of Cooperation between Belarus and the People's Republic of China in Science, Technology and Innovation (2024-2025) was held in Minsk at the National Library.

"For decades, our countries have been strategic partners and iron brothers, demonstrating to the world community an example of strong, unbreakable friendship and mutual trust. First of all, this is the merit of the leaders of our countries. The joint statements adopted by the heads of state on the development of an all-weather and comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries in the new era describe the priorities and areas of cooperation both in bilateral relations and within the framework of regional associations, in a multilateral format. Constant strengthening of political interaction, mutual trust and firm support for each other are the cornerstone of the stable development of Belarusian-Chinese relations," said Chairman of the State Committee on Science and Technology Sergei Shlychkov.

Belarus and China have been developing cooperation in science and innovation since the early 1990s. "It is symbolic that diplomatic relations between Belarus and China were established on January 20, 1992, and just a few months later, an agreement on scientific and technical cooperation was signed between the governments of our countries. This fact shows that such cooperation was initially assigned one of the key roles in the relationship between Belarus and China. For both countries, innovative development is one of the main priorities. In this regard, the governments of our countries decided to declare 2024-2025 the Years of Cooperation between Belarus and China in Science, Technology and Innovation. I am confident that this event will give additional impetus to the development of bilateral scientific and technical cooperation and will make a significant contribution to the implementation of joint cooperation projects in various fields," the Chairman of the State Committee on Science and Technology said.

Yesterday, during a meeting between Prime Minister of Belarus Roman Golovchenko and Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China Li Qiang, an action plan was approved for holding the Years of Cooperation between Belarus and China in Science, Technology and Innovation. "The document covers a wide range of areas of bilateral cooperation and provides for holding joint scientific and technical events, creating and developing Belarusian-Chinese cooperation platforms, and implementing joint scientific and scientific and technical projects. I am convinced that holding the Years of Cooperation between Belarus and China in Science, Technology and Innovation will take our countries' relations in these areas to a new level," said Sergei Shlychkov.

Minister of Science and Technology of China Yin Hejun noted that the Years of Cooperation are of great importance for the scientific communities of Belarus and China. "I would like to congratulate everyone on this event and express my deep respect to my Belarusian colleagues. Chinese-Belarusian friendship has been and will be strong and long-lasting, our colleagues in the scientific and technical environment continue to work and implement joint plans. The signing of agreements contributes to the development of contacts between our scientific and technical specialists and enterprises. We must use this chance to continue joint scientific, technical and innovative work, use our potential, expand cooperation in education and training of talented youth, and create new platforms," ​​he said.

The plan for holding the Years of Cooperation between Belarus and China in Science, Technology and Innovation contains 89 events. 140 organizations (59 from the Belarusian side and 81 from the Chinese side) will be involved in implementing the plan's events, including leading scientific centers of the two countries, industry departments and their subordinate organizations, and large technology corporations.

The plan's activities are aimed primarily at developing scientific, technical and innovative cooperation between Belarus and China, activating mutual technology transfer and increasing the efficiency of implementing the results of scientific and technical activities in key sectors of the economy.

For example, in the ICT sphere, the plan provides for the development of cooperation between the Ministry of Communications and Informatization of Belarus and the Chinese corporations Huawei Technologies, ZTE and PhotonSpeak on issues of software development, expansion of cooperation in the field of information and communication technologies, including the use of 5G/6G technologies. From the Belarusian side, the High-Tech Park, the Great Stone Industrial Park, the Beltelecom and Promsvyaz enterprises will be involved in this work.

The Ministry of Industry of Belarus together with the Center for International Economic and Technical Cooperation of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China envisages the creation of a joint platform for the implementation of Chinese-Belarusian industrial cooperation. The results of the activities of this platform will be the search for partners, technology transfer, and the development of cooperation with Chinese companies in the supply of technological equipment.

The plan also provides for the creation in Minsk of a project office of the China Center for Technology Transfer of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization member states, the activities of which are supervised by the Ministry of Science and Technology of the PRC. The work of the office will facilitate both the attraction of advanced foreign technologies to Belarus and the commercialization of the results of the activities of Belarusian scientific and innovative organizations abroad.

The Ministry of Health of Belarus, together with the Center for International Exchange and Cooperation of the National Health Committee of China, will carry out interaction on the exchange of innovations and technologies in the field of medicine.

Belneftekhim Concern together with the Oil and Gas Resources Research Center of the China Geological Survey will cooperate in the field of exchanging technologies for geological research, exploration and development of oil and gas resources.

In addition, in order to increase the economic efficiency of joint activities, the State Committee on Science and Technology and the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China will hold a competition for flagship scientific and technical projects for 2025-2026 in the areas of information communication technologies, biotechnology and medicine, mechanical engineering, new materials and advanced manufacturing. Based on the results of this competition, it is planned to select three large-scale joint projects, the results of which should be the creation of advanced technologies and the organization of joint ventures or industrial technology centers based on them.