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Director-General Barabaschi visits China
18 Sep 2023
During his first visit to China as the head of the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Project, Director-General Pietro Barabaschi met with members of government, leaders in innovation, and the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ China team.
Chinese Minister of Science and Technology Wang Zhigang met with °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Director-General Pietro Barabaschi on 9 September 2023.
On 9 September 2023, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Director-General Pietro Barabaschi and °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Deputy Director-General for Corporate, Luo Delong, were received at the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) by Minister Wang Zhigang.
"The Chinese government has always attached great importance to and deeply participated in °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ," said the Minister, after hearing updates on the project. "MOST will continue to strengthen cooperation with all °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Members to jointly respond to challenges and jointly promote the successful realization of °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ's goals."
The °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Director-General expressed appreciation for China's collaboration and contributions, saying that he "looked forward to further expanding and deepening" collaboration at all levels. He also made a particular plea for attracting young talent to work at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ.
On 10 September, Director-General Pietro Barabaschi spoke at the Pujiang Innovation Forum, an annual event that aims to build a platform for international exchange on innovation and development.
Director-General Pietro Barabaschi was also invited to speak at the , which reunited world thought leaders and actors in innovation around the theme of stimulating interaction between governments, industry, universities and research institutions from 7 to 9 September in Shanghai. The °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Director-General presented °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ's role within the mega science ecosystem of fusion to illustrate the importance of global cooperation in innovation.
Standing with Director-General Barabaschi is °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ China Deputy Director-General Yang Xuemei (third from left, front row), acting °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ China Deputy Director-General Qian Xiaoyong (fourth from right), °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Organization Deputy Director-General, Corporate, Luo Delong (third from right) and °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ China team members.
A third stop on the China visit was the China International Nuclear Fusion Energy Program Execution Center (°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ China). Since China joined the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Project in 2003, the Chinese Domestic Agency has managed Chinese commitments to the project, as well as promote domestic nuclear fusion energy research and development and advance multilateral cooperation. During a working meeting, the parties discussed the closer integration of the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Organization and the Domestic Agencies, current activities to re-baseline the project, and progress and challenges.
See the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ China website .