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Overall Strategic Cooperation Agreement Signed between CAS and SINOPEC


On April 10, 2012, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and China Petrochemical Corporation (Sinopec Group) signed an overall strategic cooperation agreement and held the first steering committee meeting in Beijing. President of CAS Prof. BAI Chunli, former Vice President of CAS Prof. JIANG Mianheng, Vice President of CAS Prof. YIN Hejun, President of Sinopec Mr. FU Chengyu, General Manager of Sinopec Mr. WANG Tianpu and Senior Vice President Mr. DAI Houliang attended the signing ceremony,
On behalf of CAS and Sinopec, President BAI and President FU signed the overall strategic cooperation agreement. The two parties also signed the working instructions of deepening the strategic collaboration and held the first steering committee meeting, during which the two parties decided to seek and undertake national major special science and technology projects of the following six fields: beam line station, thorium-based molten salt nuclear energy system, coal chemical industry and hydrogen production, sensor monitoring and protection of pipeline corrosion, carbon fiber and electric vehicles. Co-chiefs or project leaders will be in charge of the implemention of such projects and steering committee offices will be established under the steering committee, in which CAS's office will be set up in SARI.

2012-04-12 more+

Prof. JIANG Mianheng Met with Sony EVP


On March 22, 2012, a delegation led by Mr. Kubota Akira, Sony Corporation EVP and Sony China Chairman, paid a visit to SARI and attended the 2nd council meeting of SARI-SONY Image and Video Processing Joint Lab. Prof. JIANG Mianheng, President of CAS Shanghai Branch, received Mr. Kubota Akira and held a meeting with the SONY delegation.
Prof. JIANG extended a warm welcome to the delegation and congratulations on the achievements made by the joint lab. He pointed out that SONY is a world-renowned company and SARI is committed to becoming a world-class scientific and educational institution. The joint R&D activities fit well with the developing directions of both sides. He hoped that the two parties would enhance communication and cooperation to advance the technology in related areas through multi-level strategic partnership.
Mr. Kubota Akira introduced SONY and its development strategy in China. He expressed that SONY attaches great importance to Chinese market and vigorously seeks to establish cooperation with Chinese scientific research institutions. In the meanwhile, SONY is willing to undertake its social responsibilities through public welfare projects. The achievements made by SARI-SONY joint lab further shows the bright collaboration future for both sides in broader areas and it is hoped that this partnership would be enhanced through follow-up joint research projects. 
Co-Chairs of the Steering Committee of the Joint Lab Prof. FENG Songlin, President of SARI and Mr. Hori Masao, Deputy President of SONY Technology Development Group and members of the Technical Committee summarized the research progress of the Joint Lab, discussed the details in future projects, and provided constructive guidance for the direction of next-step research. 

2012-03-31 more+

Shanghai Jiao Tong University and SARI Signed Strategic Collaboration Agreement


  On March 2, 2012, the strategic collaboration agreement signing ceremony between Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Shanghai Advanced Research Institute (SARI) of Chinese Academy of Sciences, was held in Minhang Campus of Jiao Tong University. Mr. Zhang Jie, President of Jiao Tong University, and Mr. Feng Songlin, President of SARI, signed the agreement on behalf of the two parties. Ms. Yuan Wen, Deputy Director of Shanghai Municipal Education Commission, Mr. Ming Ju, Infrastructure Department of Science and Technology Division of Ministry of Education, Mr. Lin Zhongqin, Executive Vice President of Jiao Tong University, Mr. Huang Zhen, Vice President of Jiao Tong University, and leaders from Department of Science and Technology, Department of International Cooperation and General Office of SARI attended the signing ceremony. 
  Mr. Zhang Jie and Mr. Feng Songlin addressed during the ceremony, saying that the signing of this strategic collaboration agreement is an important measure for following the guideline of national education and science and technology plan between Universities and Institutes, and for improving independent innovation capability. It is agreed that both sides would launch overall cooperation in five research areas, namely, physics, energy, information, life science and management, building a long-term collaboration mechanism, and advancing the effective exploration of “collaborative innovation”. 
  Mr. Chen Xiaoyuan, Director of Center for Solar Energy Research and Development of SARI, Mr. Xu Xuemin, President Assistant of Jiao Tong University and Biomedical Engineering College, Mr. Zhou Lin, Director of Antai College of Economics and Management, Mr. Mao Junfa, School of Electronic, Information and Electrical Engineering and Mr. Chen Xianfeng from the Department of Physics, attended the ceremony and shared their views regarding the future collaboration projects. 

2012-03-13 more+

Sinopec Delegation Visited SARI


A delegation led by Mr. XIE Zaiku, Director of Technology Development of China Petrochemical Corporation (Sinopec Group) visited SARI on March.3rd. Prof. SUN Yuhan, Vice President of SARI received the delegation, accompanied by directors from Academy-Locality Cooperation Department, Science&Technology Department, International Cooperation Department and other researchers related.
Two parties held a meeting about the working rules of strengthening comprehensive strategic cooperation between China Petrochemical Corporation and Chinese Academy of Sciences and reached agreement to carry out strategic cooperation featuring multi-range and multi-level.

2012-03-06 more+

Vice President of SARI Sun Yuhan Paid a Visit to Shenhua Group


On Feburary 20, 2012, Professor Sun Yuhan, Vice President of Shanghai Advanced Research Institute (SARI), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and Professor Wei Wei, Director Assistant of Institute of Coal Chemistry, CAS, paid a visit to Shenhua Group, and was warmly received by Dr. Zhang Yuzhuo, Managing Director and Vice Chairman of Shenhua Group, and Dr. Wu Xiuzhang, Chief Engineer of Shenhua Group and Chairman of Shenhua Coal to Liquid and Chemical Company Ltd. A meeting was held and consensus was reached regarding the “three plus one” collaboration directions and the collaboration model. It is agreed that every party will focus on its own advantages, by leveraging the platform of SARI and the long strategic partnership between Shenhua and CAS, the Parties will jointly establish an open R&D platform and apply national major projects together.
Shenhua Group, as a state-owned enterprise (“SOE”) established upon approval by the State Council in October 1995, is a key SOE under direct supervision by the central government. It is a large coal-based integrated energy enterprise with businesses of coal, power generation, railway transport, port, shipping, coal liquefaction and chemicals, and runs a complete supply chain covering production, transportation and trade. It is also the largest and most modernized coal company in China and the largest coal supplier in the world, ranked among the World’s Top 500. Its main business scope includes running of state-owned assets authorized by the State Council; development of resources products (such as coal); investment and management in such sectors as electric power generation, thermal power generation, port, railway transport, shipping, coal-toliquids and coal-to-chemicals; and planning, organization, coordination and management of production and operation of the subsidiaries of the Shenhua Group in the above-mentioned sectors.

2012-03-05 more+

SARI and Weihai Municipal Government Signed A Strategic Cooperation Agreement

The signing ceremony of the Locality-Academy Strategic Alliance Cooperative Agreement between Weihai Municipal Government and Shanghai Advanced Research Institute (SARI), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), was held in Weihai on February 11th 2012, hosted by Deputy Mayor of Weihai Mr. Dong jinyou. Ms. Zhang Hui, Mayor of Weihai, Mr. Xu Lianxin, Deputy Mayor, Mr. Tuan Guliang, CEO of Northern Electronic Group Co., Ltd., a large-scale state-owned company, and Mr. Feng Songlin, head of SARI preparation group, etc. were present at the ceremony.
Mayor Zhang Hui expressed her good wishes to the all-round strategic cooperation between the two sides in her speech, hoping SARI and Northern Electronic Group would provide other enterprises in Weihai, traditional enterprises in particular, with intellectual and technical support and transform their research results into productivity in Weihai so as to make Weihai a “role model city” of SARI’s locality-academy cooperation practice. Mr. Feng Songlin indicated that SARI would take the collaboration with Northern Electronic Group as a breakthrough and carry out each joint project in a down-to-earth way, making contributions to Weihai’s economic and social development and its smart city construction.

After the two sides signed the Locality-Academy Strategic Alliance Cooperative Agreement, Northern Electronic Group signed another cooperative agreement with Sensing Application Technology R&D Center of SARI to jointly set up Weihai Center, a branch office of the latter in Weihai, which will focus on the research of key technologies, products, systems, solutions, and business models based on sensor networks.

Leaders from eleven municipal commissions and bureaus of Weihai, such as Development and Reform Commission, Economic and Information Commission, Bureau of Science and Technology, State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, Bureau of Finance and so on, along with the members of the joint coordination leading group of Weihai Municipal Locality-Academy Cooperation and the principal persons from Weihai High-tech Development Zone, Northern Electronic Group and the related divisions of SARI, attended the signing ceremony. 

2012-02-16 more+