CAS, EU to further cooperation in life sciences
On Dec. 21, CAS Vice President CHEN Zhu held talks with Dr. Octavi Quintana-Trías, director of Health at the European Commission's Directorate General of Research in Beijing.
During the meeting, Dr. Quintana-Trías said that the past years have witnessed the active involvement of CAS scientists in the application of the European Commission (EU) Framework Programs for Research and Technological Development, and he would like to see more CAS researchers making proposals for the life science programs in the Sixth Framework Programs that will be initiated during the period from Dec. 22, 2005 to March 12, 2006. He also gave a briefing on the Seventh EU Framework Programs to be started at the end of next year.
Prof. Chen appreciated the generous support of Dr. Quintana-Trías to the Sino-European cooperation during the outbreak of the deadly disease of SARS. He assured the EU official that CAS would encourage its researchers to actively participate in Sino-European collaboration and the EU Framework Programs.
The two sides also made discussions on cooperative research in such fields as newly emerging diseases, traditional Chinese medicine and alternative medicine.
