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The IUSTC was initiated in September 2018, and its members reviewed the past three year's work, presented the prospects for future cooperation, and discussed how to better facilitate international sci-tech cooperation with the help of multi-media during this year's annual conference.
Speaking at the conference, the head of S&T Daily hoped that IUSTC would be committed to telling stories of sci-tech innovation, and promoting sci-tech cooperation and cultural exchanges. He also announced Xu Zhilong, editor-in-chief of S&T Daily, as the new chairman of IUSTC.
Xu reviewed three achievements of cooperation among IUSTC members at the conference. First, the increasing exchange of manuscripts and information of interview. Second, providing a platform for communication and cooperation. Third, jointly developing think tank initiatives.
Xu introduced the Weekly Edition of S&T Daily. Launched on July 1, 2021, the Weekly Edition covers contemporary topics related to science and technology, such as climate change, tracing the source of novel coronavirus, and the digital economy. In addition, the Weekly Edition keeps up with the cutting edge of sci-tech development and offers professional analysis.
IUSTC members, including representatives from Sputnik News Agency and Radio, PR Newswire, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Clarivate and International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), presented their congratulations at the opening ceremony, summarized their past sci-tech cooperation, especially with S&T Daily and looked forward to more exchanges among IUSTC members.
To help promote the spread of scientific and technological information, the IUSTC Secretariat issued four working initiatives for IUSTC members.
In addition, a report titled Science and Technology in Supporting Global Efforts to Achieve Carbon Neutrality-Global technology development report 2021 climate change was released on the conference by S&T Daily, and supported by the data from Clarivate.
The report is a fundamental study of global climate change over the past 20 years, putting forward relevant suggestions for international cooperation on climate change.