Top scientists to show China's science power

17:07, September 07, 2012

China will demonstrate its leading edge scientific researches and activities at anupcoming international academic event, the organizer disclosed at a press conferenceheld on Friday in Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).

The special section will be staged on the second day of the General Conference andthe General Meeting of the Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) which is going toopen on Sept. 18 in China’s Tianjin.

According the agenda released by organizer, six Chinese scientists representing theforefront of China’s scientific development will introduce the advances in their areas ofexpertise, including Ouyang Ziyuan, China's chief scientist on lunar explorationprogram.

"Science and Sustainability" is the subject of TWAS’s general meeting this year. This isthe third time for a Chinese city to hold TWAS’s most important event of the year, whichcomes in the context that the outlook of global economy recovery still remains bleak.

"It means the past development model is outdated and it’s the time for people to pick upthe attention to the power of science in the sustainable development," said CaoJinghua, vice director of CAS’s international bureau.

Besides Chinese scientists, more than 400 scientific heavyweights will attend themeeting. Nobel Prize winner Samuel Chao Chung Ting is invited as special guest todeliver a speech.

Organizer expects the meeting will further promote the scientific cooperation and talentdevelopment among developing countries and also hopes China’s role in technologicalinnovation will be lift in the developing countries.

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