China-ASEAN Cooperation in 2012
(GMT+08:00) 2012-11-23 10:21:02 cri
IV. Science and Technology,
Environmental Protection, and
Intellectual Property Rights
Science and Technology
The year 2012 is the year of China-ASEAN science and technological cooperation. China and ASEAN held a host of activities themed on science and technology.
On May 18, the seventh meeting of China-ASEAN Joint Science and Technology Committee was held in Myanmar's capital city Naypyidaw. On September 22, the first China-ASEAN science and technology ministers meeting was held in Nanning, Guangxi. Chinese Science and Technology Minister Wan Gang, science ministers of the ten ASEAN countries, and senior officials of the ASEAN Secretariat attended the meeting. The China-ASEAN Science and Technology Partnership Program was formally launched in Nanning on the same day. The project of jointly building a platform for sharing resources satellite data, the first project under the science and technology partnership program, was also launched. The workshop on science and technology policy and management for ASEAN countries and the China-ASEAN Forum were held in China in October and November respectively.
Environmental Protection
In 2012, China and ASEAN actively implemented the China-ASEAN Environmental Protection Cooperation Strategy, drew up the Action Plan of China-ASEAN Environmental Cooperation, and carried out such activities as policy dialogue, capacity building and research on regional environmental cooperation.
Implementing the China-ASEAN Green Ambassador Plan
The plan aims at, through seminars and exchanges, improving the environment management ability of government decision-makers, enhancing the environmental awareness of the public, promoting exchanges between the youth of the two sides in the field of environmental protection, and advancing innovation of environmental friendly technology.
The China-ASEAN Youth Seminar on Green Development was held in Beijing between May 22 and 24, 2012. The China-ASEAN workshop on green economy and environment management was held in Beijing from July 15 to 21, 2012.
Implementing the China-ASEAN Cooperation Plan of Biological Diversity and Ecological Protection
On September 18, 2012, the China-ASEAN seminar on the practice of biological diversity protection was held in Beijing, where participants exchanged views and shared experience on the successful practice of protecting biological diversity.
Intellectual Property Rights
In 2012, China and ASEAN have conducted extensive and in-depth exchanges and cooperation in intellectual property rights (IPR).
In order to promote China-ASEAN dialogue on IPR development at the global, regional and national levels and implement the Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the People's Republic of China and Governments of the Member Countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations on Intellectual Property Rights Cooperation, China hosted the 2012 China-ASEAN Seminar on the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights, Traditional Knowledge and Genetic Resources in Beijing from September 10 to 12. Participating IPR officials, experts and scholars from China and ASEAN countries discussed the protection of traditional knowledge and genetic resources and expressed desire for closer cooperation in this field.
V. Information and Communication
Technology and Civil Aviation
Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
China and ASEAN have carried out steady exchanges and cooperation in ICT since the beginning of the year.
China participated in the working group meeting of China-ASEAN ICT senior officials meeting in March and the roundtable meeting of China-ASEAN telecommunications regulatory council in July, and exchanged views with other parties over ICT development and regulation policy and ICT cooperation projects between China and ASEAN.
In January, the China-ASEAN training course on broadband communications technology and application was held in Shenzhen. In June, the China-ASEAN seminar on IT-application in SMEs was held in Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province. In September, the China-ASEAN seminar on distance education and the China-ASEAN seminar on broadband wireless mobile communications technology and application were held in Nanning and Beijing respectively.
China plans to host the China-ASEAN training course on cloud computing technology and application and China-ASEAN seminar on cyber security in the year. Representatives from competent ICT authorities of ASEAN countries and the ASEAN Secretariat will be invited. These activities have helped the exchange of experience and capacity building on information development and cyber security between the two sides.
Civil Aviation
The two sides held the sixth working group meeting on China-ASEAN regional air services arrangement in 2012 to continue consultation on further expanding China-ASEAN regional air transport arrangement.
The sixth working group meeting between the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) and ASEAN on regional air transport arrangement was held in Kunming, Yunnan Province from September 10 to 14, 2012. Participants had consultations on the second protocol to the China-ASEAN Air Transport Agreement (CAATA) which concerns the fifth freedom traffic rights between China and ASEAN and those between the two and a third country.
China will host the China-ASEAN seminar on the management of civil aviation operation safety in Yunnan in November and train 20 management professionals in civil aviation safety for ASEAN countries.
China will also host the China-ASEAN seminar on airport and airspace capacity assessment in Tianjin within this year and train 20 management professionals in air traffic for ASEAN countries.
The 11th China-ASEAN transport ministers meeting and senior officials meeting will be held in Indonesia in November. The Civil Aviation Administration of China will attend the meeting and report on the civil aviation cooperation between China and ASEAN over the past year and the latest developments.
