Chinese telecom giant ZTE is again the company that is globally applying for the most patent cooperation treaty (PCT) patents, according to the statistics of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). Another well-known Chinese multinational is ranking 4th in WIPO’s list, namely Huawei. The first Dutch company in the PCT ranking is Philips. Philips with its 9th place is contributing …
Dutch space delegation touches down in Beijing
Last week Beijing played host to the International Astronautical Congress (IAC). Over 3000 representatives from all over the world, including space agency heads and executives from industry and institutes, gathered for 64th edition of this yearly congress and industry exhibition. The Netherlands had a substantial presence at the IAC with a delegation led by the director of the Netherlands Space …
Science and Visual Arts Exhibition in Northeast China curated by Dutch Professor
On September 17th, the opening ceremony of “RONG” International Science and Visual Arts Exhibition was held at He’s Art Gallery. The exhibition is organised by the private He University and Qipanshan Bureau of Cultural Industry in Shenyang. Prof. Wei He, the President of He University, Prof. Bart M. ter Haar Romeny from Eindhoven University of Technology Department of Biomedical Engineering, …
Dutch law firm Houthoff Buruma enhances academic exchange with CUPL
On September 12th, prof. Xiang Gao, director of the College of Comparative Law of China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL) and Jaap Bosman, Marketing Director of Dutch law firm Houthoff Buruma signed a Memorandum of Understanding on international collaboration in academic exchange. Science Attaché of the Netherlands Embassy David Pho attended the signing ceremony. Under the agreement, Houthoff …
Infographic for China’s Urbanisation
Here is an infographic for China’s Urbanisation produced by the EU-funded Dragon-STAR project. China’s urbanisation over the past three decades is a massive phenomenon of scale and speed. In the 1980’s, there were less than 200 million of “urban” population. However, by 2011, 700 million (half of the total population) live in urban areas, while the figure is expected to …
International Summer School for IC Technology Exchange and High Talent a great success!
After last year’s summer school on SSL technologies in Changzhou, this year’s summer school on IC Technologies in Xi’an is successfully finished. Ambassador Aart Jacobi & Mayor Dong Jun (董军) of Xi’an The International Summer school for IC Technology Exchange and High Talent took place from 19- 24 August in Xi’an, China. With the support of the Ministry of Economic …
CAS supports 5 new centres of excellence for joint research with developing countries
The Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) invested US$6.5 million over the next three years in five CAS-TWAS (The World Academy of Science) Centres of Excellence accommodated within institutes of CAS. The funding will support joint research projects to build scientific strength and drive innovation in the developing world. The TWAS is the international science academy that aims to promote scientific …
‘Automated vehicles’ – TNO Automotive Safety Solutions – DIST 2013
Martijn Tideman uses his 10 minutes at DIST 2013 to talk about a future in which everyone will have a chauffeur … a digital chauffeur, making driving decisions based on sensors and software. Martijn, who’s working at TASS, explains to the audience that these driverless cars might not be perfect, but that one of the goals is that we will …
University of Groningen enhances collaboration with BUCT
On 8th August, a delegation from University of Groningen (RUG), led by RUG president Prof. Sibrand Poppema, visited the Beijing University of Chemical Technology (BUCT). Prof. Folkert Kuipers, head of Medical School and vice president of University Medical Centre, Ms. Xuefei-Knoester Cao, Senior Policy Advisor and Director of Groningen Confucius Institute joined the delegation to discuss collaboration possibilities with BUCT. …
Nano satellites – ISIS – DIST 2013
ISIS – Innovative Solutions In Space was founded in 2006 as a spin-off from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. One of its co-founders Abe Bonnema was going to speak at DIST 2013. But because our event coincided with their satellite launch that had piggybacked on a Chinese Long March 2D rocket earlier that day in Jiuquan in the …