CAE President Zhou Ji Signed Agreements with Xinjiang Autonomous Region for Collaboration

CAE President Zhou Ji signed agreements for future collaboration with Mr. Nu er Baikeli, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee for Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and Chairman of the Autonomous Region, and Mr. Hua Shifei, Commander of XPCC (Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps) respectively on August 30, 2010. The Agreements stated that CAE would establish stable and longlasting cooperative relationship in science and technology areas with Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and XPCC and also specified the priorities and tasks for both sides while having strategic cooperation.

CAE has enjoyed sound cooperative relationship with Xinjiang for a long time, and a number of Members have been to Xinjiang, making contributions to the scientific and technological advancements of the autonomous region. At present, Xinjiang is undergoing a crucial phase featuring great construction, openingup and development, which made it an event of significant practical value to sign such agreements for collaboration.

The agreements will help to make full use of the academician resources, ensure the social stability and leapforward development of Xinjiang, invite and train highlevel innovative personnel, and enhance the capability for local research academies and institutes to develop themselves and achieve independent innovation.

In accordance with the newlysigned agreements, CAE will provide consultation, assessment and intellectual support for hot and tough strategic issues concerning engineering science and technology and economic development by taking advantage of the multidisciplinary, interdepartmental and crossindustries features of CAE.

CAE also promises to provide consultation for governments at all levels in Xinjiang, institutions of higher learning, research institutes, innovation platform and the innovation union for integration of Enterprises, Universities and Research Institutes when requested, helping Xinjiang to recruit and train a team of highlevel personnel who can play leading roles in the future, so as to accelerate the promotion of the scientific and technological innovation.

The agreements also stated that both sides would make joint efforts to make Academician Activity Center a better place, and CAE should provide policy guidance and support for openstyle Academician Working Stations built in hightech parks, hightech enterprises or major scientific and technological platforms.

Both sides will also strive to conduct more studies into cooperation and accelerate the transformation of S&T achievements, according to the demands of the regional and industrial developments, aiming at carrying out a major national S&T project in Xinjiang or a major national S&T platform building project.

(Bu Yang Li, Zhang Guizhen and Zhao Yao, September 2010; translated by Liu Chang)