On occasion of the visit of the Big Data Bio-informatics delegation from the Netherlands, the Institute of Vegetables and Flower, the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences has organized a workshop on “Challenges and future of Bioinformatics: sharing insights from the Dutch and Chinese perspective”. From both side, researchers from knowledge institutes as well as industry have presented their research works …
‘Big Data’ Bio-Informatics mission to China
From the 17th of March a Bio-informatic mission from the Netherlands will go to China. A short summary on this mission. The introduction of genomics and novel insights in plant genetics and plant breeding resulted in quantum leaps, especially when it comes to breeding agricultural and vegetable crops. The development time of new and improved crop varieties has nowadays been …
Cloud computing symposium in Hong Kong
On March 30, Cyberport, Hong Kong’s ICT hub, will play host to government, academic and industry experts in the field of cloud computing for the Next Generation Information Technology and Standard Symposium. Mainland China’s market for cloud computing services is expected to attain RMB 94.9 billion this year. As one of the seven strategic emerging industries, the government is pouring …
JSTP China – Netherlands Workshop
Live from the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research (IGSNRR). A Sino-Dutch workshop on agriculture and food: ’How to feed the world?’ is taking place right now.The workshop is part of the JSTP Call 2011-2012 for Joint Research projects. The workshop is being held to contribute towards solutions for sustainable and safe food productions, innovative food systems and …
Sino-Dutch offshore wind seminar held
On Monday 27 February a Sino-Dutch platform meeting in the field of offshore wind was held in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province in China. During the platform meeting, Dutch and Chinese policy makers, companies and experts shared their views on the development of offshore wind. Opening speeches were given by the Dutch Ambassador Mr. Rudolf Bekink and the Deputy Director General of …
No. 1 Document first time on Agricultural S&T Innovation
According to this year’s No 1 document issued by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the State Council on Wednesday, China will boost development of agricultural technology to ensure the quality and safety of agricultural products. This So-called No 1 document is released by the central authorities at the beginning of each year to address …
Zhongguancun: Silicon Valley in Beijing?
China’s internet population is the largest in the world. On top of that the country is experiencing rapid economic growth. Those two aspects together with an abundance of highly skilled IT-graduates create opportunities for online entrepreneurship. Especially in the Zhongguancun area in Beijing many examples can be found of successful IT companies and startups. Having a good network, understanding the …
Opportunities for Dutch companies with expansion of Hong Kong Science Park
Our colleagues from the Netherlands Consulate-General in Hong Kong report about the planned Phase Three expansion of the Hong Kong Science Park, which offers infrastructure and support facilities like shared laboratories for high-tech technology enterprises and talents. The park, operational since 2002, has developed into a hotspot for hi-tech in Hong Kong and will be expanded with more R&D offices, …
New Sino-Dutch Research Call on Agriculture and Food
New joint research projects and seminars between China and the Netherlands will be funded under the second phase of the Joint Scientific Thematic Research Programme (JSTP). After a three year pilot, the second phase of JSTP was launched earlier this year during a festive reception in Beijing which was opened by Mr. Halbe Zijlstra, State Secretary of Education, Culture and …
Shenzhen Eco-City Project kicks off with expert meeting
The Shenzhen municipal government has the ambition to develop the Longgang district in a world leading eco-city. TU Delft, TNO and several other dutch companies and institutes cooperated together with Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen Graduate school to come up with an eco-city master plan. The main goal of the project is to develop a new city covering 250 square …