His Excellency Mr. Sun Rongmin, Ambassador of the People's Republic of China and Mrs. Zhang Yuyue, the China Embassy Attaché visited the National institute of biology (NIB), on Friday 25th of February 2011, upon the invitation of the Prof. Dr. Tamara Lah Turnšek, Director of the NIB.

The meeting was, besides the Director and the Guests from the China Embassy attended also the Heads of the Units of the National Institute of Biology, was devoted to the presentations of research of the NIB scientists, their integration in the international area and to the presentation of the existing long term cooperation with the Chinese scientists and institutions. Cooperation between the Republic of Slovenia and the People's Republic of China in the field of natural and environmental sciences has been already running for several years. Some bilateral projects, financed by the Slovenian Research Agency have already been implemented. The results of those cooperation are joint scientific papers, exchange of established researchers and students, and professional training. Participants of the meeting agreed that this kind of scientific cooperation between the two countries are important and support their further strengthening. They agreed to consolidate science cooperation also in other fields of NIB’s activities in the future and to especially promote the exchange of young researchers between the two countries.

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