The Workshop on Integrated Multidisciplinary Research for Marine Sustainable Development between China and Russia held in Xiamen
The Workshop on Integrated Multidisciplinary Research for Marine Sustainable Development between China and Russia was successfully held both online and offline in East China's Fujian province on Nov 13.
Experts and representatives from the Pacific Oceanological Institute of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (POI FEB RAS), the Scientific and Research Institute of Maritime Spatial Planning Ermak NorthWest, the International Centre for Social and Economic Research "Leontief Centre", the Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources of the PRC, Xiamen University, the National Ocean Technology Center, and APEC Marine Sustainable Development Center attended the event.
Under the guidance of Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of Natural Resources of the PRC, the workshop was sponsored by the Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources of the PRC, and APEC Marine Sustainable Development Center, and co-sponsored by the Administrative Center for China's Agenda 21, the Chinese Secretariat of the BRICS Working Group on Ocean and Polar Science and Technology, and Xiamen Marine International Cooperation Center.
Themed “Integrated Multidisciplinary Research for Marine Sustainable Development between China and Russia”, the workshop was the first meeting since the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding on Integrated Multidisciplinary Research for Marine Sustainable Development (MOU)on Nov 1st.
The event was aimed at further exploring the potential for the signing parties to carry out practical cooperation and ensure the effective implementation of the items of the MOU.
The sponsor said the workshop could help promote the exchange and cooperation in ocean research between China and Russia under the framework of "BRICS and Ocean", enhancing the cooperation between two countries in marine spacial planning and other areas under the framework of APEC.