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NANNING, China, Sept. 27, 2021 /Xinhua=KYODO JBN/--

From September 9 to 13, the 9th Forum on China-ASEAN Technology Transfer and

Collaborative Innovation was inaugurated in Nanning. The China-ASEAN Technology

Trading Platform and the Innovation Space for China-ASEAN Science and

Technology Talents were officially launched at the conference.

In recent years, the Department of Science and Technology of Guangxi has made

full use of the geographical advantage of Guangxi, i.e. being adjacent to ASEAN

countries, implemented "the Belt and Road" Science, Technology and Innovation

Action Plan, strengthened the construction of China-ASEAN Technology Transfer

Center (hereinafter referred to as "CATTC"), strived to open up a new situation

in cooperation in scientific and technological innovation between Guangxi and

ASEAN.

Under the guidance of the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Department of

Science and Technology of Guangxi has pioneered a new mode of technology

transfer, helped CATTC to establish inter-governmental bilateral technology

transfer mechanisms with 9 ASEAN countries including Thailand, Laos and

Cambodia, set up joint technology transfer working groups with 7 ASEAN

countries, and established a China-ASEAN technology transfer cooperation

network covering 10 ASEAN countries and some countries of the Belt and Road

Initiative with more than 2,600 members, which has given a strong boost to the

cooperation between China and ASEAN countries in scientific and technological

innovation.

The Department of Science and Technology of Guangxi has actively cooperated

with universities and institutes at home and abroad to establish innovation

platforms such as China-ASEAN Technology Transfer Center Bangkok Innovation

Center, Guangxi Nanyang Scientific and Technological Innovation Center, and

China-ASEAN Regional Innovation Center for Big Earth Data to serve the

innovation-driven development strategy of Guangxi; promoted the sharing

mechanism of domestic and international scientific and technological innovation

resources under the new dual-cycle pattern, helped science and technology

enterprises, universities and institutes of Guangxi to establish 20 joint

laboratories or innovation centers in 9 ASEAN countries and carried out

cooperation with countries of "the Belt and Road" Initiative, especially ASEAN

countries, in scientific and technological innovation; and helped with the

establishment of 12 agricultural science and technology parks in ASEAN

countries, encouraged China's competitive production capacity to "go global"

through the China-Thailand Traditional Medicine Research Center and the

China-Malaysia Joint Beidou Application Laboratory, etc., and promoted the

application of advanced technological achievements in modern agriculture, new

energy, traditional medicine, food processing, electronic information and

chemical engineering in ASEAN countries to drive the local development in

science, technology and economy.

To cope with regional development problems, the Department of Science and

Technology of Guangxi has actively promoted the joint research, development and

promotion of key generic technologies between the scientific research

institutions and enterprises of Guangxi and ASEAN countries. For example, it

has helped Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Chinese Academy of Sciences

and Mahidol University of Thailand to carry out "Research on Anti-Novel

Coronavirus Drugs Based on Chinese and Thai Natural Medicinal Materials",

completed the drug combination regimen for the treatment of COVID-19, analyzed

and obtained the world's first three-dimensional structure of the novel

coronavirus protein, providing strong support for the further development of

new anti-SARS-CoV-2 drugs; and helped China-ASEAN Information Harbor Co., Ltd.

connect with the telecommunication enterprises in the Philippines to enhance

the development of the smart city, cloud computing, big data and the Internet

of Things in the Philippines.

Source: The Department of Science and Technology of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous

Region

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