BEIJING - China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have launched joint laboratory program to enhance innovation cooperation, Ministry of Science and Technology said Thursday.Wang Zhigang, the minister, said that China has built a series of excellent joint laboratories and promoted the opening of China's national laboratories to ASEAN countries.Wang made the remarks at the opening ceremony of 2018 ASEAN-China Year of Innovation, at the China-ASEAN Innovation Forum held in Beijing Thursday.Joint laboratories include the China-Indonesia joint laboratory for high temperature gas cooled reactors, the China-Thailand railway system joint research center, the China-Laos joint laboratory for new and renewable energy, and the China-Myanmar joint laboratory for radar and satellite communications, Wang said."Chinese innovation needs ASEAN, and ASEAN innovation needs China," he said.China has cooperated with 158 countries and regions in science and technology projects and participated in more than 200 sci-tech international organizations."China will further promote openness and cooperation in science and technology innovation in a broader range and at a deeper level," Wang said.China is willing to synergize the Belt and Road Initiative with ASEAN's development plan to build a community with a shared future for China and ASEAN, Wang said.The innovation year and the forum were organized by China's Ministry of Science and Technology, Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the ASEAN Secretariat. design your own rubber bracelet onlinerubber band braceletsfibromyalgia bracelet siliconewhere can i buy yellow wristbandscoloured wristbands for events
International Olympic Committee delegation headed by Thomas Bach arrives in Pyongyang, in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang March 29, 2018. [Photo/Agencies] PYONGYANG - President of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach arrived here on Thursday on a three-day visit to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). He was received at the airport by DPRK Sports Minister Kim Il Guk and officials from the DPRK National Olympic Committee. Bach's schedule in DPRK has not been made known, but local officials say the visit is purely linked with sports cooperation. Bach has previously praised the DPRK and South Korea for their efforts at detente and peace-making during the PyeongChang Winter Olympics last month.
