China and Russia will boost cooperation in high-tech research and
development, it was announced in Harbin, provincial capital of
China's northern Heilongjiang province on Thursday.
Priorities for cooperation will include applied chemistry,
biotechnology, genetic engineering, new materials, machinery and
electronics and machinery.
A
bilateral committee on science cooperation, which is under the
Joint Commission for the Regular Meetings of Heads of Government of
China and Russia, convened to discuss in a deep-going way possible
cooperation between the two countries' national research
institutes, and former military technology.
The Chinese and Russian governments also plan to invest US$4
million each to build a science and technology park in Moscow in
the next three years.
The park is expected to boost joint researches and uses for the
latest high technology.
(
July 5, 2002)