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"Public Science Day"
Held by CAS in Beijing The Chinese Academy of Sciences held a "Public
Science Day" activity in the Zhongguancun, Olympic Village and adjacent
suburban areas in Beijing from 15 to 16 May. A total of 22 Beijing based
CAS institutes opened to the public, among them there were a number of
national key laboratories, the National Astronomical Observatory, the
Nano-Science Center, the Computer Network Information Center, the Documentation
and Information Center, the Paleontology Museum, and the Botanic Garden
etc. CAS Guangzhou Natural Gas Hydrate
Research Center Founded The CAS Guangzhou Natural Gas Hydrate Research
Center was formally inaugurated on the afternoon of 11 May, with Mianheng
Jiang, Vice-President of CAS presiding over the ceremony. Formed on the
basis of CAS Guangzhou Geochemistry Institute and the South China Sea
Institute of Oceanology, and supported by the CAS Guangzhou Institute
of Energy Conversion, the CAS Guangzhou Natural Gas Hydrate Research Center
is aimed at effectively integrating the trans-disciplinary and multi-institutional
research forces of CAS to make research into the basic theory and key
techniques for prospecting and exploration of natural gas hydrate. Qinling Giant Panda Field Research
Base Established by the Zoological Institute and the Foping Protection
Zone The "Qinling
Giant Panda Field Research Base", a cooperation project between the
CAS Institute of Zoology and the Foping National Nature Protection Zone,
was officially launched on 26 April 2004. Agreement on Cooperation and
Exchanges Signed between the Physics Institute and Japan National Materials
Institute The Institute of Physics, CAS and Japan National
Materials Institute signed an Agreement on Cooperation and Exchanges on
26 May. According to the Agreement, the two sides will launch long-term
cooperation aimed at the advanced materials science and technology. The
cooperation will cover among others such fields including the nano materials,
nano-microfabrication, superconductive and magnetic materials, theoretical
and calculative materials as well as other basic research fields related
with the materials science. In addition the agreement specified that in
the future cooperation the two sides will encourage and promote direct
exchanges and cooperation between the researchers of the two sides, exchange
of information, holding academic seminars and international conferences
jointly, implementing cooperative project together and exchanging visiting
scholars etc. At the same time the two sides will support the cooperation
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