China and Pakistan are to establish a joint research centre in October to promote the study of Earth sciences and sci-tech exchanges.
An official in charge of the centre’s preparatory work said on Friday during the 2023 China International Fair for Trade in Services.
Hong Tianhua said the China-Pakistan Joint Research Centre on Earth Sciences would be established in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, in October.
It would serve as a high-level scientific and technological innovation platform between the two countries to promote sci-tech cooperation and talent cultivation.
The centre is being initiated by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan.
It would also be supported by the Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment under the CAS and Quaid-i-Azam University in Pakistan.
Its establishment would also involve CAS-affiliated institutes and other Chinese research institutions, as well as universities in Pakistan, such as the University of Peshawar.
The centre would carry out joint research in four areas: natural disaster and risk management; geological structures and tectonic activities; climate change and environmental effects; and resources, environment and green development.
The centre would also serve as a matchmaker for the investment and technologies of Chinese and Pakistani enterprises and institutions.
“We hope to build a high-level platform for sci-tech cooperation between the two countries, and gradually extend it to neighbouring countries to provide sci-tech and human resources support.
“The support will be for the construction of the Belt and Road Initiative and the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor,’’ he said. (Xinhua/NAN). READ ALSO:
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