Commemorative Event for 30-Year JSPS-CAS Partnership

Prof. Ono offering remarks

On 15 September in Tokyo, an event attended by some 60 researchers and others from Japan and China was held to celebrate the 30^th anniversary of JSPS-CAS (Chinese Academy of Sciences) research exchange. In 1979, the year following the signing of the Japan-China Treaty of Peace and Friendship, CAS, China’s largest national research institution, and JSPS, Japan’s core research-promotion institution, concluded an agreement to carry out a program of research exchange and cooperation. Over the ensuing 30 years, the JSPS-CAS partnership has supported researchers from the two countries via collaborations under the Core University Program and through scientist exchanges and joint research projects.

At the ceremony held in the morning, JSPS president Prof. Motoyuki Ono and CAS deputy secretary-general Prof. Tieniu Tan offered remarks, followed by congratulatory messages by representatives of Japan’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Japan. Next, Dr. Hiroshi Komiyama, chairman, Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc., delivered a keynote speech titled “Role of Japan & China in Sustainable Development.” Reports were then given on the achievements of Sino-Japanese exchange and on the results of the Core University Program.

In the afternoon, a symposium entitled “Energy and Environmental Resolution 2009” was held. Presentations were given by leading Japanese and Chinese specialists on environment and energy issues, and a discussion was advanced on the current state of these issues in the two countries and future vistas.

- Asian Program Division