3 stycznia 2018 r. Narodowe Centrum Badań i Rozwoju wraz z Ministerstwem Nauki i Technologii Chińskiej Republiki Ludowej (MOST) ogłosiły otwarcie pierwszego konkursu na wspólne projekty badawcze w następujących obszarach:
- Engineering and technical fields, including mechanical engineering, instrumentation technology, power and electrical engineering, mining engineering, metallurgical engineering and technology;
- Energy science and technology, including the development of new energy, clean coal utilization, renewable energy utilization;
- Material science, including bio-materials, nano-materials;
- Environmental science and technology, including environmental protection engineering, water resource management; preventing pollution and deforestation;
- Food science and technology, including food processing technology and food safety;
- Medicine, including health and medical technology; medical technologies engineering including medical biotechnology, diagnostics and therapy civilization diseases, personalized medicine; new medicines;
- Information and communication technologies (ICT);
- Space research;
- Unmanned aerial vehicle technologies (UAV).
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