Last Saturday, the Netherlands Embassy hosted the Awarding Ceremony for Scholarship winner of the Orange Tulip Scholarship (OTS) Programme which was organized by Neso China and NOST China for the fifth consecutive year. This year’s ceremony was held for over 30 OTS recipients and their relatives who attend the event at the Netherlands Embassy in Beijing. After his word of …
Big Data Summit in Beijing
Last Friday (June 14) NOST went to the 2013 Innovation Summit on Big Data, which was held at the Beijing International Convention Center. When datasets become too large to be stored and analyzed by traditional database-management tools and software, these datasets and the technologies surrounding them are nowadays referred to as ‘Big Data’. The topic attracted quite a crowd, but …
More Chinese Research Papers Published in Nature Journals
The Nature Publishing Index 2012 (NPI) China was released by Nature Asia last month. The NPI measures the output of research articles from nations and institutions in terms of publications in the 18 Nature-branded primary research journals in 2012. The index showed China’s growing importance in world science and listed 4 institutions in the world top 100. The total number …
Dutch geo-info exploring China
Have a look at this interesting report (in Dutch only) on the Dutch geo-information mission that visited China earlier this year. Main finding: “The visit gives reason for cautious optimism. China offers opportunities for partnerships. The Dutch geo-info sector should focus on joint activities of between science, education, and industry. Collaboration can lead to new combinations of hardware and software, …
Dutch Innovators in Science & Technology 2013
Last Friday evening 8 speakers gave outstanding performances at the Dutch Innovators in Science & Technology (DIST2013) event in Shanghai. The evening was excellently moderated by Professor Mark Greeven of Zhejiang University. If you couldn’t be there on Friday, this is what you missed out on: Levien de Legé, ECN. ‘Real cheap solar energy’ Sander van Deventer, uniQure / Forbion. …
Dutch Innovators in Science & Technology
The Netherlands Consulate in Shanghai is organizing many events in the days before Queen’s day and after the investiture (coronation) of the new King. You can find them all on DutchDays.cn. One of these events is organized by us, the Netherlands Office for Science & Technology. Dutch Innovators in Science & Technology (DIST2013) is a science popularization event taking place …
China plans to build 100 new humanities and social science key research bases
The Chinese Ministry of Education (MOE) recently announced the 2013 development plan of the key humanities and social sciences research bases. Between 2012 and 2015, MOE plans on building 100 key research bases and 20 social science laboratories on themes like economics, society, politics, diplomatic relations, law and national defense. To implement the “Action Plan for Education in the 21st …
China’s bio-engineered-based materials
The story about China’s need for resources and materials is nothing new, but the country’s approach to create biomaterials and organic fibers on the other hand is. GMO as solution to increase and optimize output of wood and bamboo plantations is now commonly used in China. Asia Pulp & Paper workers classify 3-month-old Acacias in Dingan, northeast of Hainan province, …
World’s cleanest, most efficient, lightweight, and lowest cost internal combustion engine
Zhongding Power and EcoMotors yesterday announced a commercial agreement to produce the opoc® engine, a breakthrough technology that has the potential to be the world’s cleanest, most efficient, lightweight, and lowest cost internal combustion engine. One of the largest automotive component conglomerates in China, Zhongding will finance and construct the first opoc® plant in the Anhui Province. The plant represents …
Hong Kong PolyU and China Academy of Space Technology set up joint lab
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has just signed an agreement with the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) to set up a joint laboratory in Mechanics and Space Environment Engineering. This follows other agreements for a joint laboratory in Precision Engineering for Space Applications and collaboration on the development of a space tool to collect lunar rock samples. Through …