Pakistan and China have refreshed commitment to continue cooperation in fields of science and technology under the agreement on Scientific & Technological Cooperation, says a press release.
High-level scientists' delegation led by Parvez Butt, Secretary, Ministry of Science and Technology visited China and held meetings with senior scientists of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. Jing Long Industry and Commerce Group, State Oceanographic Commission, Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Ministry of Science and Technology. The delegation also visited a poly-silicon factory at Luoyang in Henan province.
A programme has been mutually agreed for jointly setting up a pilot plant for the production of Photovoltaic Solar Cells from poly silicon in Pakistan. MoUs for cooperation in the fields of herbal medicine and oceanography was also finalised and signed during the visit.
The MoU between Pakistan Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (PCSIR) and Institute of Chinese Materia Medica (ICMM) pertains to government of Pakistan Institute of Traditional Medicines at Peshawar whereas the MoU between National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), Karachi, Pakistan and the Chinese Antarctica and Arctic Administration (CAAA), Beijing pertains to a 5-years programme of cooperation in the field of oceanography, organising of joint expeditions to Antarctica and availing of technical guidance/advice from China to meet the pre-requisites and avail benefits from accession to the Antarctic Treaty.
Besides facilitating collaboration in the technological fields the closer understanding reached in the relevant fields would also be instrumental in further strengthening of friendly relations between the peoples of the two countries.
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