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On June 11, the Second Belt and Road Science and Technology Exchange Conference "Belt and Road" Youth Scientific and Technological Exchange Conference was held in Chengdu, Sichuan. The forum is themed "Focus on sustainable development and work together to meet global challenges". It brings together more than 100 young scientists and scholars from countries jointly built by the "Belt and Road" to jointly discuss cooperation in scientific and technological innovation and contribute wisdom and strength to the high-quality development of the "Belt and Road".

The forum is co-organized by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the People's Government of Sichuan Province, and the People's Government of Chongqing Municipality, and hosted by the Secretariat of the "Belt and Road" International Scientific Organizations Alliance (ANSO), the Sichuan Provincial Department of Science and Technology, the Office of the Talent Work Leading Group of the Communist Party of China, the Institute of Aerospace Information Innovation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Wuhan Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Chengdu Branch of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Chengdu Institute of Mountain Disasters and Environment of the Ministry of Water Resources, the Chengdu Institute of Biology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Sichuan Talent Development Group, and the Chengdu Talent Development Group. It aims to build an open, inclusive and interconnected exchange and cooperation platform to promote in-depth cooperation among young scientists in the field of sustainable development.

Attendant guests

At the forum, He Hongping, Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Vice Chairman of the "Belt and Road" International Scientific Organizations Alliance (ANSO), Jin Lei, member of the Standing Committee of the Sichuan Provincial Party Committee and Minister of Organization Department, M. Qasim Jan, a foreign academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, former president of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences and former vice chairman of ANSO, Chairman of the ANSO, Chairman of the National Science and Technology Development Agency of Thailand, and other experts, scholars and guests from the Institute of Water Issues, Hydropower and Ecology of the National Academy of Sciences, Tajikistan, and other experts, scholars and guests delivered speeches one after another.

Cui Peng gave the keynote report on "Silk Road: Disasters, Risks and Management"

Cui Peng, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a researcher at the Chengdu Institute of Mountain Disasters and Environment of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Ministry of Water Resources, made a keynote speech with the title "Silk Road: Disasters, Risks and Management", focused on the current status and assessment of natural disasters, future challenges and risk prevention and control of countries jointly built by the "Belt and Road" and conducted an in-depth analysis.

"Kenya Botanical Chronicle" Volume 4 (Orchidaceae) Released

Introduction to "Land Cover Map Album of Five Central Asian Countries"

As a result released, the Wuhan Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences released the 4th volume of the Kenyan Botanical Chronicle (Orchidaceae). The book was compiled and researched by more than 180 scientific researchers from more than 20 scientific research institutions in China and Kenya. Volume 4 (Orchidaceae) was published in June this year, recording more than 300 Kenya orchidaceae plants, which is an important milestone in China-Korean scientific research cooperation. The Institute of Xinjiang Breeding Areas of the Chinese Academy of Sciences released the "Land Cover Map of Five Central Asian Countries". The map is divided into 8 themes and shows the changes in land cover of the five Central Asian countries since 1990. It is of great significance to the protection, planning and sustainable development of relevant countries in the "Belt and Road" co-construction.

Ethiopian Agricultural Research Institute gives a special report

During the special report, experts and scholars such as Wan Tao from the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Jon from the Institute of Water Issues, Hydropower and Ecology of the National Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan, shared their research results on the regional national crop geographic monitoring and evaluation, biodiversity conservation and sustainable development of Africa, Central Asia agricultural drought monitoring and evaluation and mitigation plan, and contributed youth wisdom and strength to the high-quality development of the "Belt and Road" in terms of biodiversity conservation, modern agricultural development, etc.

Roundtable discussion

During the roundtable discussion session, experts, scholars, international students from many countries such as China, Pakistan, Egypt, Myanmar, Nepal, Croatia, Kazakhstan, Nigeria, Rwanda, etc. had in-depth exchanges on issues such as scientific and technological cooperation to promote the shared security and sustainable development of the "Belt and Road" and academic growth and cultural exchanges in cross-cultural contexts. Dider, a Rwandan student, said: "This forum has benefited me a lot, strengthened my academic research direction, and hopes to contribute to China-Africa cooperation in the future."

"From agricultural science and technology to ecological and environmental protection, from poverty reduction cooperation to artificial intelligence, China and the Belt and Road Initiative have more and more exchanges and more extensive cooperation areas, vividly interpreting the theme of the conference's "The Road to Co-construction and Innovation Promotes Cooperation and Development." Li Li, a researcher at the Chongqing Institute of Green Intelligent Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said in his comments that as a transnational friendly ambassador, we hope that more young scientists and international students who jointly build countries will go to Sichuan and Chongqing and go deep into Chongqing to explore more new possibilities for scientific and technological innovation cooperation.

Photo provided by Chen Li, a reporter from Upstream News, Chongqing Science and Technology Bureau