The 16th International Conference on Embedded Wireless Systems and Networks, EWSN 2019, was held in Beijing. Prof. Dr. Jianming Wei’s group, the Safety and Emergency Laboratory from the Intelligence Information Communication Technology Research and Development Center, SARI, took part in the EWSN 2019 Dependability Competition and won the first place in “Data Collection” Category with their DeCoT+.

The 18th Conference of the Science Council of Asia was successfully held from December 5-7,in Tokyo, Japan. During the event, Mr. Wang Xi, Member of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Vice President of China Association for Science and Technology, officially assumed office as the President of Science Council of Asia for a two-year term starting from December 2018.

A Belt and Road international science organisations alliance was launched on Sunday in Beijing with the aim of tackling major scientific challenges such as climate change.

Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences (“SARI”) jointly organized the 2018 (First) China International Low Carbon Technology Expo (the “Expo”) at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Center from April 22 to 26 and held the International Symposium on Low Carbon Energy System (the “Symposium”) on April 24.

China-EU Green and Smart Energy Cooperation Symposium was held from April 23-24 in CAS Shanghai branch. The Symposium was hosted by Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and Joint Research Center (JRC) of European Commission, and organized by Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences (SARI-CAS).

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) announced that it has set up an innovation center in Bangkok named CAS Innovation Cooperation Center (Bangkok) in order to promote scientific and technological cooperation between China, Thailand and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on December 8, 2017.

SHANGHAI'S ambition to be a global innovation and science hub took a giant stride on September 26 with the unveiling of Zhangjiang Lab.Several national-level major science facilities in Zhangjiang including Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility ( SSRF ) and National Center for Protein Science ( NCPSS ) will be integrated into SARI to make the lab better serve the science community.

“Gaoke Cup” Student Innovation and Practice Project- International Summer Camp, which was co-organized by Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences (SARI) and ShanghaiTech University (ShanghaiTech) was successfully held from July 22nd to July 29th, 2017.

On July 20th 2017, Launch Ceremony of CAS-NEDO Energy Efficiency Demonstration Project was held in Shanghai.

The 15th International Conference on Carbon Dioxide Utilization(ICCDU XV） was held from July 18th to July 21st 2017 at conference hall of ShanghaiTech University.

Professor Wang Xi, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), was named President of Shanghai Advanced Research Institute on May 2, 2017.

April 24-25, the African Railway Economy Belt Seminar was successfully held in Shanghai, jointly hosted by Shanghai Advanced Research Institute(SARI) and the Sino-Africa Joint Research Center.