On 15 April, Madam Pauline van der Meer Mohr, president of the Erasmus University Rotterdam formalized the cooperation with Tsinghua University. After a pleasant meeting with Tsinghua vice president Yuan Si, both university leaders signed a Memorandum of Understanding for educational and research cooperation. The signing ceremony was witnessed by Deputy Ambassador André Driessen and Science Attaché David Pho from …
The long breath of afforestation
Poorly managed croplands induce soil erosion, diminish biodiversity and jeopardize the availability of natural resources. The resulting drought during dry seasons and floods during raining seasons are costly downsides of excessive farming, which itself becomes furthermore unprofitable by its own consequences. Since 1999, the central Chinese government has imposed a program to reverse deforestation for farming purposes. This program, the …
EU-CHINA RESEARCH AND INNOVATION PARTNERSHIP (ECRIP): 4 Million Euros to fund mobility of EU Researchers to China
The European Commission just released a new major programme ‘EU-CHINA RESEARCH AND INNOVATION PARTNERSHIP (ECRIP)’ to fund specifically mobility of European researchers to China. The objective of this programme is to create, strengthen and intensify the EU-China Research & Innovation (RI) partnerships by supporting the mobility of EU researchers to China and strengthening people-to-people contacts, from both the public and …
World’s first thorium-fuelled facility in China
The Center for Thorium Molten Salt Reactor System, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics has been told by the Chinese government that the deadline to develop an industrial reactor using thorium molten salt technology has been brought forward by 15 years. They no longer have 25 years to develop this reactor, but only 10. A team of 430 scientists and engineers, …
Minister Bussemaker opens first Xperience Holland Day at Tsinghua University
On March 25th, the Dutch Minister of Education, Culture and Science, Jet Bussemaker inaugurated the first Xperience Holland Day at Tsinghua University in Beijing during her three day visit to China. Organised by the Netherlands Embassy, Nuffic-Neso office in Beijing and Tsinghua University, the Xperience Holland Day is a series of activities at the Tsinghua campus ranging from Study in …
Dutch Minister Bussemaker renewed four agreements with Chinese Ministries and Science Academies
Dutch Minister of Education, Culture and Science, Jet Bussemaker, visited Beijing from 24-26 March and successfully renewed the framework for education, cultural and scientific cooperation with China. A large education and science delegation accompanied the Dutch Minister consisting of the main umbrella organisations representing vocational schools, universities of applied sciences, research universities and scientific research institutes in the Netherlands. In …
TU Delft hosts Urban Systems and Environment workshop
Yesterday the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) hosted the first day of the Urban Systems and Environment workshop as part of its ongoing collaboration with the South China University of Technology in Guangzhou. The two universities established a joint research centre in November 2012, and have organized workshops on a regular basis to discuss project results. This edition is …
Soil pollution, challenging ambitions
One fifth of the human population lives in China, while its soil only accounts for 7% of the world’s arable land. In the last few decades, 2.5% of this soil has become too polluted for agriculture, according to official reports. Water safety poses a related problem: according to official numbers, 10% of water resources are highly polluted. Studies around 2007 …
TNO to help Shenzhen build a smart(er) city
On March 24 the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research, better known as TNO, signed a contract with the Shenzhen Municipal Design & Research Institute Co. (SMDRI), to assist the Municipality of Shenzhen in building a green, efficient and smart ecocity. TNO has included TU Delft and Kuiper Compagnons in the Dutch consortium for an integrated approach in the development …
Aero engines experts gather in Chengdu
The 2014 edition of the China Aerospace Propulsion Technology Summit (CAPTS) is set to take place in Chengdu on May 28-29. As a major design and production base of three core components of Chinese high bypass aero engines, Chengdu will play host to global experts from aero engine companies and research institutes to exchange insights and expertise. Among the experts …