China News Service, Chengdu, June 12 (Reporter Sun Zifa Wang Liwen) As one of the important activities of the Second Belt and Road Science and Technology Exchange Conference, the Second Belt and Road Science and Technology Ministers' Meeting was held in Chengdu, Sichuan during the conference, and Yin Hejun, Minister of Science and Technology of China, presided over the meeting.

Yin Hejun revealed that the Chinese government has signed bilateral intergovernmental scientific and technological cooperation agreements with more than 80 countries jointly built the "Belt and Road" and launched the construction of more than 70 "Belt and Road" joint laboratories and 10 international technology transfer centers, actively carried out scientific and technological cultural exchanges and scientific and technological park cooperation actions, organized and implemented special cooperation plans such as sustainable development technology, spatial information technology, scientific and technological poverty reduction, innovation and entrepreneurship, and injected a steady stream of innovation impetus into the high-quality development of the "Belt and Road".

The second "Belt and Road" Ministerial Meeting on Science and Technology Innovation was held in the form of a roundtable meeting. Photo provided by the Ministry of Science and Technology

Yin Hejun pointed out that China has always adhered to open science and technology cooperation to benefit mankind, and has proposed the "International Science and Technology Cooperation Initiative" and the "Open Science International Cooperation Initiative" to the international community, giving full play to the role of platforms such as jointly building the "Belt and Road", and working with countries around the world to create an open, fair, just and non-discriminatory international scientific and technological development environment, and jointly respond to global challenges such as climate change, food security, and energy security.

China will always uphold the concept of openness, inclusiveness, mutual benefit and sharing of international science and technology cooperation, work with all parties to continuously deepen the cooperation in scientific and technological innovation of the "Belt and Road", jointly carry out joint research in cutting-edge fields, weave a tight innovation partnership network, promote technology transfer and innovation and entrepreneurship, launch special cooperation plans in the fields of artificial intelligence, traditional Chinese medicine, etc., jointly implement the international large scientific plan, promote the improvement of the global science and technology governance system, and work together to build an innovation-driven, open and inclusive, common prosperity, fairness, fairness, and universal sustainable "Belt and Road" science and technology innovation community, so that scientific and technological innovation can better empower the joint construction of the country's economic and social development.

At the second "Belt and Road" Science and Technology Innovation Ministers' Meeting, ministers and ministerial representatives from 41 countries jointly building the "Belt and Road" attended and spoke. Chen Jiachang, Vice Minister of Science and Technology of China, introduced the relevant contents of the "Chengdu Declaration on Jointly Building the Belt and Road Initiative for Science and Technology Innovation Community".

Delegates at the 2nd Belt and Road Initiative Science and Technology Innovation Ministers' Meeting took a photo. Photo provided by the Ministry of Science and Technology

The ministers of science and technology innovation from various countries attended the meeting focused on in-depth exchanges on topics such as tapping new potential and new paradigms of scientific and technological cooperation and building a "Belt and Road" science and technology innovation community, and exchanged extensive opinions on issues such as deepening exchanges and cooperation in key areas such as artificial intelligence, spatial information, green and low-carbon, and life and health, and improving the global science and technology governance system, and jointly embarking on a new journey of scientific and technological innovation cooperation in the "Belt and Road". (over)