China has cooperated through science and technology programs
with 152 countries and regions, signed inter-governmental sci-tech
cooperation agreements with 96 countries and joined more than 1,000
international sci-tech cooperation organizations.?
Non-governmental, international sci-tech cooperation and exchanges
have also increased. The China Association for Science and
Technology and affiliated organizations have joined 244
international scientific and technological organizations; in
international scientific and technological organizations, 293
Chinese researchers hold the posts of executive member or director
of the executive councils or boards of directors or higher posts,
281 hold leading posts on expert committees of international
organizations; and 253 CAS scientists hold posts in international
scientific organizations. The China National Science Foundation has
concluded cooperative agreements and memoranda with counterpart
organizations in 36 countries.
The International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Award
of the People's Republic of China is a national science and
technology award established by the State Council. It is granted to
foreign scientists, engineers, managers, or organizations that have
made important contributions to China's bilateral or multilateral
scientific and technological cooperation. By the end of 2005, 40
foreign experts had won the award.
