The 1996 Qiu Shi Prizes Awarded
A ceremony was recently held by the Qiu Shi Foundation awarding Qiu Shi Prizes for Outstanding Scientists, Groups with Outstanding Achievements and Outstanding Young Scholars.

The 1996 Prize for Outstanding Scientists, an award of 1 million RMB, went to Prof. Wang Zhenyi, a leukemia pathologist. He was the first to succeed in the world in the induction, differentiation and treatment of acute premyelocytic leukemia with all trans retinoic acid.

The Prizes for Groups with Outstanding Achievements were awarded to two teams, each receiving 1 million RMB. One team, including Zhu Dayuan, Xu Xingxiang, Liu Xu, Li Ying, Li Guoqiao, Zhou Weishan, Gu Haoming, Liang Juzhong, Tu Youyou and Wei Zhenxing, won a prize for their contribution to the work on Qinghaosu and its derivative. The other team, including Wang Wencai, Zhu Hongfu, Li Xiwin, Wu Zhengyi, Zhang Guangxue, Zheng Zuoxin, Rao Qinzhi and Zeng Chengkui, won a prize for their contribution to research on biology in China.

The prizes for Outstanding Young Scholars went to 20 young scientists. They are: Ma Zhiming, Long Yiming, Chen Mufa, Hong Jiaye and Peng Shige in mathematics; Wang Enge, Zhu Yongyuan, Li Guoqiang, Hou Xiaoyuan and Liu Weiping in physics; Feng Shouhua, Bao Xinhe, Li Jinghai, Yan Chunhua and Jiang Biao in chemistry; Liu Jin, Yu Long, Li Lin ,Cao Keli, and Gui Jianfang in biomedicine. They each won an award of US$ 10,000 for 4 successive years.

HeLiangHeLi Foundation Award Announced
The 1996 HeLiangHeLi Foundation Award has been announced. Three scientists, namely Wang Yinglai, a biochemist, Zhu Guangya, a nuclear physicist, and Hou Xiangling, an oil refining expert, have won "HeLiangHeLi Foundation Science and Technology Achievements Award". They have been conferred award certificates and been awarded 1,000,000 Hong Kong dollars each. Another 50 scientists, including Zhou Yuling, Jiang Boju Feng Duan, Zhen Zheming and Huang Zhuqia, have won "HeLiangHeLi Foundation Science and Technology Progress AwardĦħand been conferred award certificates and awarded 100,000 Hong Kong dollars each.

Prof. Ting Given Honorary Professorship
Prof. Samuel Chao Chung Ting was given the title of honorary professor of the CAS Center for Space Science and Applied Research at a seminar on the afternoon of September 6. The plan led by Prof. Ting to study the structure of matters, antimatter and missing mass in space using a magnetic spectrometer has been formally ratified by DOE and NASA. This will be the first scientific experiment aiming at probing matter, antimatter and missing mass in outer space using a magnetic spectrometer.

The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer Experiment is a large-scale international cooperative project involving physicists from 37 research institutions of 10 countries or regions, including the United States, Russia and China. The Nd-Fe-B permanent magnet to be made by the CAS Institute of Electric Engineering will be used for the spectrometer. The anticoincidence counter made by the Institute of High Energy Physics will be used to eliminate the measurement background, and the testing result meets physical requirements.

CCAST Aged Ten
Scientists from China's scientific and technological circle got together in November to warmly celebrate the 10th anniversary of the founding of the China Center of Advanced Science and Technology (CCAST) and the Beijing Modern Physics Research Center.

Founded by Prof. T. D. Lee in October 1986 in Beijing, CCAST is a non-governmental research organization. It aims to create better research environment and establish links between research institutions and scientists both at home and abroad in a bid to encourage Chinese scientists to achieve world-level research results.

During the celebration, reviews were made about the past 10 years' achievements of the two centers. And high credits were given to Prof. Lee for his leadership and dedication to the centers as well as his great contribution to the development of science and education in China.


Yangbajing Station Ranks Among the Top in the World
Situated in an advantageous geographical position in Tibet -- the roof of the earth, the Yangbajing Cosmic Ray Observation Station has formed its distinctive features in ground cosmic ray studies. It has extended the cosmic ray atmospheric shower array technique and the extra-high energy zone downward by one order of magnitude. It has first detected the ( ray stream upper limit of nucleus of over 50 high-energy celestial bodies in the Galaxy and 15 active galaxies. It has produced the first solar shadow map of cosmic rays, and determined the shift of solar shadow with respect to the position of the sun.

The Station has also detected the "knee-structure" of spectra of extra-high energy cosmic rays with the highest energy-determination precision so far and the greatest amount of data. The experimental data from the Station shows 1013eV extra-high energy ( bursts. After the second phase extension project in 1995 the detector array was raised four times, and its event output rate and "Cronin quality index" now rank the first in the world. This year, the extended array will be further enlarged. An addition of 90 detectors will make the array physically denser to lower the detecting threshold energy and improve its (- astronomical detecting ability. The addition of 80 m2 high mountain emulsion chambers to the array will improve research on the composition of extra-high energy cosmic rays and the determination of energy spectra.

First Success in Synthesizing Am-235
A team headed by Guo Junsheng, a senior research fellow from the Institute of Modern Physics, has for the first time in the world succeeded in synthesizing and identifying a new nuclide, Am-235. This brings China's research and synthesis in new nuclides into another important nuclear area -- trans-uranium neutron-deficient nuclides. A paper describing the achievement has been accepted by Zeitschrift fur Physik.

The experiment was conducted on a proton linac in the Institute of High Energy Physics, using 35 MeV protons to bombard Pu-238 targets. The reactant was collected with helium nozzles and capillary transport. After the fission fragments were removed by means of fast chemical separation, Am was separated from the remnants and then made into samples. Measurement of about 100 samples confirms that Am-235 was synthesized, with a half life of (15( 5) min..

Since Chinese scientists first synthesized a new nuclide in the early 1990s, they have filled in eight gaps on the nuclide chart.


Gem Fs Laser Device
A multiple wavelength titanium gem fs laser device has been developed by the State Key Laboratory of Transient Optics at the Xi'an Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics.

Quantum theoretical study of the operational behavior of the device was conducted during the design process. This yielded useful results. The device can generate two or three kinds of synchronous tuning fs laser pulses with different wavelengths, raising the resolution of the super-fast time resolving spectral apparatus to <100 fs.

Development of New CD Storage Techniques
Four years' efforts of six research institutes such as the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics and the Shanghai Institute of Metallurgy have made several notable achievements in their "High-Efficiency CD-Storage Technique" project. Among the successes are:
-- development of a high efficiency short-wave light storage material,
-- production of 5.25-inch multi-function direct-rewriteable CD,
-- direct-rewritable magnetic CD,
-- recordable laser CD, and
-- dynamic monitoring and displaying devices of multi-function direct- rewriteable CD.

Stellar Interference Measurement
One of CAS's key projects during the Eighth Five-Year Plan period, the "High Spatial Resolution Technique and Its Application in Optics and Astronomy -- Stellar Interference Technique" project has made much headway. With the experimental equipment based on this technique, interference fringes were obtained with He-Ne laser and Xenon lamp as the light sources.

This is the result of five years' joint efforts by the Nanjing Astronomical Instrument Research Center, the Shaanxi Observatory and other institutions. Experts of the project team made reference to the results of light interference measurement by domestic and foreign scientists and successfully applied this technique to the observation of stars with astronomical telescopes. They succeeded in sharpening the angular resolution of the telescopes by two orders of magnitude.

A Small Ultra-Intense Laser Device
An experimental fs and TW-level ultra-short, ultra-intense laser device has been developed by the Laboratory of High-light Optics at the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics.

The system is stable and reliable, and can be installed on a worktable of 9.2 m2. It can generate high-purity beams (M2<2). The main indices are: output laser pulse-width of 45 fs; output energy>120mJ; output power >2TW, and 10 Hz repetition frequency.

China's First Laser Molecular Beam Epitaxy Device
China's first laser molecular beam epitaxy device (LMBE) has been developed by the Institute of Physics. Optical films and superconducting films have been made for the first time with this device. The LMBE combines traditional nuclear beam epitaxy and laser deposition, and is suitable for making high melting-point films, superconducting oxide films and optical crystal films.


Drought and Flood Forecasts More Dependable
A team of scientists from 16 institutions, headed by CAS Member Prof. Zeng Qingcun, have finished work on the "Study on Climatic Dynamics and Climatic Forecasting Theory" project. In March every year for the past five years, they have presented to the State their reports of drought and flood forecast. These reports have received great attention.

Basic research: The scientists have carried out thorough studies on the relationship of drought and flood in China to monsoon variation, and the remote warm-pool seawater temperature; the relationship between ground temperature anomalies and precipitation anomalies in China; the continual anomaly of atmospheric circulation; and the characteristics and effects of low-frequency oscillation. Numerical simulation: They have designed their own atmosphere-ocean and atmosphere-continental surface coupling model. Their report on the simulation of the effects of CO2 increase on climatic change has been submitted to and included in the 1992 and 1995 documents for assessment by IPCC. Forecasting: They have established an extra-seasonal IAPGCM forecasting system and have Obtained encouraging forecast results. They have proposed new concepts and new research methods in climatic theory.

Monsoon Experiment To Be Launched
At a recent experts meeting, the South China Sea Monsoon Experiment (SCSMEX) has been appraised and approved as a "National Scaling Project-A". Organized jointly by Chinese and American scientists, SCSMEX is the first international cooperative experimental project in atmospheric science and oceanography that is directed by Chinese scientists. This project plays an important role in the Global Energy and Water Experiment (GEWEX), the GEWEX Asian Monsoon Experiment (GAME), and the Climate Variability Predictability Program (CLIVAR). SCSMEX will provide better understanding of the principal processes responsible for the onset and maintenance of the monsoon over Southeast Asia and South China, leading to enhanced predictions. Many countries and regions are therefore interested in participating in this project.

The project will tackle the following tasks: understanding the features and mechanisms for the onset of the SCS monsoon and its influences on weather and climate; understanding the air-sea interaction during the SCS summer monsoon period and the important role of the ocean in the onset of the SCS monsoon; improving the understanding of the impact of the SCS monsoon on the atmospheric circulation and climate in East Asia and the rest of the world; studying the responses of the SCS to monsoon circulation; designing numerical models to simulate monsoon activities and exploring the predictability of the SCS monsoon activities; developing a 4-dimensional data assimilation system; and carrying out field experiments on the SCS monsoon (SCSMEX observation).

Serial Atlas of China Seas
Compiled by Prof. Liu Guangding, a Member of CAS, the Serial Atlas of Geology and Geophysics of China Seas and Adjacent Areas has been published. This monumental work is the first systematic description of the marine geology and geophysics of China. It consists of nine types of maps: topographic maps, geomorphologic maps, space gravity anomaly maps, Boggier gravity anomaly maps, plans of magnetic force anomaly sections, geodynamics maps, geological maps, geotectonic maps, and Cenozoic Basin Distribution maps. For convenience of publication the scale has been adjusted from 1:2,000,000 to 1:5,000,000. It also includes an atlas reflecting the intermediate process in 42 types and monographs of 0.6 million Chinese characters.


New Graduate School To Be Set Up
A graduate school is to be established according to an agreement signed recently by Shanghai University and the CAS Shanghai Branch. The two sides now have 17 post-doc training stations, 37 doctoral training stations, some 50 CAS Members and more than 700 professors. It is to be a high-level comprehensive institution covering science, engineering, literature, history, economics, and law.

New Chairman of Two Top Journals of CAS
According to a CAS resolution, Prof. Zhou Guangahao, President of CAS, is to concurrently hold the post as chairman of the editorial committee of two top journals, Science in China and Chinese Science Bulletin.

The two journals both started publication in the 1950s. Sponsored by CAS, they are comprehensive academic journals of natural sciences, reporting current important developments in scientific research in China.

Ecosystem Network Gets Computer Support
Through a strict international bidding procedure and after intense competition with a dozen powerful domestic and foreign companies, the Legend Computer Group has won the right for procurement of computer equipment and peripheral facilities for the China Ecosystem Research Network project. The deal involves 3.55 million US dollars. The network, which is composed of 29 field stations in agriculture, forestry, grasslands, lakes and oceans, 4 research centers on moisture, soil, atmosphere and biology, and one comprehensive research center, will be ready for use at the end of 1998.


Sino-Japanese College Exchange Program Bears Fruit
The fourth working meeting of the Sino-Japanese university group academic exchange program was held in Hangzhou late this summer. The University of Science and Technology of China and the University of Tokyo have enjoyed good cooperative relations since the beginning of the eighties. The signing of The Memorandum of Understanding for Academic Exchanges of Sino-Japanese Key University Groups by CAS and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science in 1994 heralded a new phase in their exchange and cooperation. Three other key universities on either side have also participated in the above meeting and are helping to implement the memorandum. Substantive achievements have been made in such areas as environmental safety, physical properties of materials, advanced production engineering, electronics and information, and energy and communications.

Remote Sensing Application Flying High
1996 marks the tenth year of the cooperative study on petroleum and gas resources in the Tarim Basin in Xinjiang, carried out jointly by the CAS Institute of Remote Sensing Application and the Japan Natural Resources Observation and Analysis Center. With airborne data acquired through a 71-channel high resolution imaging spectrometer developed by the Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics and with satellite data, the geological investigation of the northwest rim of the Tarim Basin has been very fruitful. It has demonstrated that the hyperspectral technique is very effective for mineral exploration and stratigraphic identification.

The Institute of Remote Sensing Application has excelled in air- and satellite-borne remote sensing. Microwave remote sensing technology is a sub-discipline that has developed hand-in-hand with remote sensing applications. The Institute has been part of the GlobeSAR program sponsored by the Canadian Remote Sensing Center. It has acquired rich radar data and analytical results through a scientific experiment in Zhaoqing, Guaodong Province, in which a Canadian plane used synthetic aperture radar for measurements, the first such flight ever made by a foreign plane in China.

In 1994 the Institute participated in the shuttle imaging radar project (SIR-C/X-SAR) supervised by NASA. They carried out simultaneous observations from three different platforms. The project made great progress in developing the theoretical research of remote sensing in China and identified the layout of sections of the Great Wall in Ningxia and Shaanxi areas, which were constructed in the Ming or even the Sui dynasties and had long been buried under sand.

Joint Efforts to Subdue Deserts
Starting early May this year, a group of 7 scientists trekked deep into the trackless deserts of northern Mali, braving scorching heat of up to 45 degrees Celsius. They are desert-control specialists of CAS's Lanzhou Institute of Desert Research, performing a task assigned in the exchange of notes by the Chinese and Malian governments. Seeking to fight the severe drought and desertification, Mali, a country in the Sahel region of Africa, has mapped out a state program called Green Screen. Entrusted by the two governments, CAS scientists have since 1988 been sharing their experience and expertise with their Malian counterparts. Their latest mission is rewarding in that the data and information they have collected will, with the approval and support of the Malian Government, lead to the establishment of two demonstration zones and one experimental station for desert control. Techniques of comprehensive development of agriculture, forestry and animal husbandry are to be applied, especially the techniques of plant stabilization of sand land and desertified land.

Operational Research Prize Goes to Chinese Scholars
Professor Zhang Xiangsun, Director of the Institute of Applied Mathematics, and Associate Professor Cui Jinchuan from the same institute were awarded the First Prize of Operational Research in Development at the 14th Symposium of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies held in Ottawa late this summer. This is the first time that Chinese scholars have won the first prize of the Federation. The Award of OR in Development is designed to promote creativeness in the integration of theory and practice in developing countries. Profs. Zhang and Cui received the prize for their paper A Project Evaluation System in the State Economic Information System of China -- An Operations Research Practice in Public Sectors.

Space Geodynamics Project Initiated
In accordance with IAG/IUGG (International Association of Geodesy/ International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics) Resolution #4 of 1995, the First Workshop on Asia-Pacific Space Geodynamics (APSG) was held in Shanghai this summer with the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory as the local organizer. Ninety-five scientists from nine countries and regions made presentations and reached consensus through discussion about general research objectives, special research groups, technique working groups and an organizational structure for the project. The APSG Project will focus on lithospheric plate motions, crustal deformations and sea-level changes, and at the same time will enrich people's understanding of geoscientific and environmental issues of the Asia-Pacific region. Studies of serious natural hazards will provide basic information for prediction and mitigation of earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and sea immersions.

World Bank Credit Projects
Mr. Halsey L. Beemer, Senior General Educator of the World Bank, visited China in late September to inspect the achievements and progress of the Chinese Key Studies Development Project (KSDP) jointly sponsored and implemented by CAS and the State Education Commission. KSDP (Academy portion) is the first project that CAS has undertaken with World Bank credit. The project has been designed to conduct top-notch research by concentrating talent and combining education with science and technology. New technology, methodology and equipment are applied with a view to expedite scientific and technological progress and national economic development. KSDP consists of 20 key laboratories and a demonstration computer network (NCFC) scattered in 9 different provinces and municipalities throughout China. The achievements scored under the project have been gratifying. All of the key labs have been approved by the State as national key labs open to the national and international communities. 361 master degree applicants and 325 doctoral degree applicants have been enrolled, and most of them have accomplished their degree goals. 639 papers have been published in local magazines and 339 papers in international magazines or conference proceedings. Quite a few research results have been put to use in the national economy.

A second CAS project supported by the World Bank is the Chinese Environment Technical Assistance (Academy portion), which is composed of two parts: the Chinese Ecological Research Network and the Biodiversity Research Information Management. The program will help establish ecological stations and disciplinary centers collecting and analyzing data on meteorology, hydrology, pedology, forestry, the atmosphere and other areas. World Bank officials and visitors at large have all spoken highly of these projects.

High Energy Physics Cooperation Crowned with Success
The 17th Meeting of the PRC/US Joint Committee on High Energy Physics was held in Beijing November 7 - 8, 1996 to decide on the PRC/US collaborative program for the next year (November 1996 - November 1997).

The Implementing Accord of the PRC/US Collaboration on High Energy Physics, the first of its kind under the agreement between the two governments was officially signed on January 31, 1979. Most of the ensuing 16 meetings concentrated on the construction of the 2.2 - 2.8 GeV Beijing Electron Positron Collider (BEPC). Chinese scientists and engineers and their American colleagues, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the US Department of Energy all made major contributions to the project. Particular mention should be made of Prof. T. D. Lee and Prof. W.K.H. Panofsky, who backed the project with great enthusiasm and a high sense of responsibility. These various parties share the credit for the completion of BEPC within budget and on schedule, and for the successful upgrading of the BEPC and BES.

The significance of the timely completion of BEPC goes far beyond the project itself. It has not only yielded industrial spin-offs in China, but has also provided an important tool for Chinese scientists to do physics experiments. The precise measurement of the mass of the ( lepton at the BEPC is one of the most important results achieved in physics internationally in recent years. The accuracy of the measurement was improved by a factor of 10 compared with previous measurements and, what is more important, it corrected the central value by 7.1 MeV/c2. This value plays a key role in understanding whether lepton universality holds.

Now the PRC/US collaboration on high energy physics has widened its scope from the field of accelerator construction to include physics experiments as well. Collaborative efforts have undergone a dramatic change from one-way to two-way traffic.

Briefs
*Peat Project - The Sino-Japanese Cooperative Project on Peat was approved by JICA (Japanese International Cooperation Agency) and SSTC on May 16th. Under the project the CAS Xinjiang Institute of Biology, Pedology and Psammology will be granted 50 million yen worth of research equipment. In late August JICA officials visited the Institute to make preparations for implementing the project.

*Hashiguchi Award - The Hashiguchi Foundation award ceremony was held in Beijing on June 5th. Prof. Ge Tingsui, Member of CAS and Prof. Zhou Benlian were presented with awards.

*Joint Lab of New Materials £­ A cooperation deal was signed in Beijing on July 15 by Prof. Lu Yongxiang, Vice President of CAS and Prof. Cheng Yiu-Chung, Vice Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong. The Joint Lab on New Materials will be established in the University of Hong Kong with the participation of CAS's Institutes of Physics, of Semiconductors and of Photosensitivity Materials. Projects will be established to study technologically advanced materials, organic and organometallic materials, and biomedical materials.

*Chinese Scholars Met - Profs. Lu Yongxiang and Xu Zhihong, vice presidents of CAS met with members of the Delegation of ACSE (Association of Chinese Scientists and Engineers Visiting in the US) on July 17. Also present were directors-general of CAS professional bureaus. Measures on how to fully tap the intellectual resources of Chinese scholars visiting the United States were discussed.

*IAU Gathering -- IAU Colloquium No. 159, co-sponsored by the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, USTC and the Ohio State University, was successfully convened in Shanghai last June. In all, 160 scientists attended, with 120 coming from 24 foreign countries. The topic discussed was Emission Lines of Active Galaxy Nuclei--New Methods and New Techniques.

*Space Assembly Attended £­ The Chinese Delegation of Space Science headed by Prof. Yan Yixun, Vice President of CAS, attended the 31st General Assembly of the International Space Research Council held in Birmingham,UK.

*Visit to Oceania £­ A delegation headed by Prof. Yan Yixun, Vice President of CAS, visited Australia and New Zealand in early September. Among the delegation members were officials of the State Commission of Economy and Trade. The mission aims to study mechanisms of technology transfer used in these countries and to learn their experience of integration between research and industry.

*Cooperation Discussed - Dr. Vic Russo, China Program Director of the United Technologies Research Center, recently explored possible avenues for cooperation with CAS officials.

*Greenhouse Effects Symposium - The Eighth Symposium of China (CAS)-US (DOE) Joint Study of Greenhouse Effects was convened in Beijing in mid- August. A group of 13 American specialists headed by Dr. R. M. Riches attended. Representing the Chinese side were scientists from the Bureau of Natural Resources and the Environment and the Institutes of Geography and of Atmospheric Physics.

*Software Donation - Specialists of the US Cheyenne Company and the CAS Institute of Software held talks in New Century Hotel, Beijing on August 26. After the talks an agreement was signed whereby Cheyenne will donate $500,000 worth of software (ABC Server for Netware) to the Institute.

*Northeast Asia Symposium - The International Symposium on Natural Resources, the Environment and Sustained Development of Northeast Asia and Adjacent Areas was held in Shenyang late August with the CAS Shenyang Institute of Applied Ecology as a co-sponsor. The gathering decided that an action committee composed of specialists from China, Russia, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, the USA, Canada and Mongolia be set up.

*Seabuckthorn Training Course - A training course will be conducted on seabuckthorn with the support of ICIMOD in November this year. The course is sponsored by the International Center for Research and Training on Seabuckthorn (ICRTS), which was established at the International Workshop on Seabuckthorn (IWS'95) in Beijing last year.

*Zhou Tours Europe - Prof. Zhou Guangzhao, President of CAS, visited three European countries from mid-September to early October. In Sweden Zhou participated in the 22nd Assembly of IUPAP, in Germany he called at MPG, and in Britain he and his entourage visited the Royal Society to further develop cooperative ties.

*RIKEN Ties Strengthened - Prof. Akito Arima, President of the Japanese Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN) visited the Lanzhou Institute of Modern Physics and some CAS institutes in Shanghai in early September. Prof. Zhou Guangzhao met with Prof. Akito Arima and both sides exchanged views on further collaboration in such fields as accelerator science and life sciences. *China-Korea Symposium - The 3rd China-Korea Symposium on Ion Beam Modification and Thin Film Materials was held in Shanghai on August 23-25. The event was co-sponsored by the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation, NNSFC and CAS, with the Shanghai Institute of Ceramics and the Shanghai Institute of Metallurgy as local organizers. Papers presented focused on thin film synthesis by ion beam assisted deposition, surface modification of metals and other materials by direct ion implantation, MEVVA source ion implantation, plasma source ion implantation and double-glow discharge surface alloying. Pilot projects of application of ion beam technology were included in the program of the symposium as well.

*NEC-CAS Symposium - A symposium jointly sponsored by NEC and CAS was held on October 14-15 at the Beijing New Century Hotel. The event covered such areas as C&C and materials. It was hoped that fresh cooperative projects might grow out of face-to-face exchange of views by experts of the two sides in addition to the existing collaboration in the NEC-CAS Software Institute Co. Ltd..

*"Marriage" of UNILEVER and CAS - The Unilever Institute has been jointly established by Unilever, a transnational company, and two CAS institutes, the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry and the Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, where the new institute will be based. Making full use of the available resources of both sides, the Institute will conduct strategic research among other things.1