Shanghai Advanced Research Institute (SARI) launched an interdisciplinary cooperation initiative, signing the Charter of the China-Italy Interdisciplinary Center in Beijing during the 14^th China-Italy Innovation Cooperation Week and hosting a Shanghai Theme Day event the China-Italy Interdisciplinary Forum.

At the opening ceremony in Beijing on November 13^th, SARI Vice President Wei Wei signed the charter with President Luigi Fiorentino of Italy’s National Biodiversity Future Center and Prof. Enrico Allaria from Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste to establish the China-Italy Interdisciplinary Center, witnessed by Chinese Minister of Science and Technology Yin Hejun and Italian Minister of University and Research Anna Maria Bernini.

The collaboration was further strenghtened at the Shanghai Theme Day from November 16^th to 18^th, where SARI convened the China-Italy Interdisciplinary Forum. The event was attended by SARI President Huang Zhengren, Vice Chair Huang Hong from the Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission, the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), as well as the Italian Consulate General in Shanghai.

During the opening of the Forum, the unveiling ceremony of the China-Italy Interdisciplinary Center was held, with the Center jointly unveiled by President Huang Zhengren, Vice President Wei Wei, Chief Legal Officer of NBFC Jean Paul de Jorio and Prof. Enrico Allaria of Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste with other representatives from Italian partner institutions.

The forum fostered in-depth dialogues on three key areas: "Large-scale Research Facilities and Life Health Applications," "Energy and Environment Based on Large-scale Facilities," and "Biodiversity and Smart Cities.", bringing together around 60 participants from institutions including SARI, Ruijin Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, the University of Genoa and Anton Dohrn Zoological Station.

The China-Italy Interdisciplinary Center, established by SARI with Italian partners under CAS support, will focus on interdisciplinary fields such as large-scale science facilities, AI-driven research, low-carbon energy technologies, and biodiversity conservation.