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Joint Conclusions of the 12th China-EU Joint Steering
Committee on S& T Cooperation
The 12th China-EU Joint Steering Committee on Science and Technology
Cooperation took place in Ministry of Science and Technology on 30th October, 2015
under the co-chairmanship of Chinese Vice Minister of Science and Technology Dr.
CAO Jianlin and European Commission Director General for Research and
Innovation Mr. Robert-Jan Smits. The meeting saw the participation of representatives
from Ministry of Science and Technology, the Chinese Academy of Agricultural
Sciences and Torch High Technology Industry Development Center on the Chinese
side, and from the European Commission Directorates General for Research and
Innovation and EU Delegation to China on the European side.
1. The meeting was opened by Vice Minister CAO Jianlin and DG Robert-Jan
Smits making speeches and welcoming all present to the 12th China-EU Joint
Steering Committee.
2. VM CAO and DG Smits introduced respectively the latest science, technology
and innovation (STI) policies both in China and the EU.
3. Both sides exchange ideas about the framework conditions of STI cooperation.
A. China-EU Co-funding Mechanism.
To implement the co-funding mechanism (CFM) agreed at the last Innovation
Cooperation Dialogue and endorsed by the J 7'h EU-China Summit, MOST on the
Chinese side and DG Research and Innovation on the EU side discussed and
approved the guidelines on application, evaluation, funding, and monitoring and
assessment of project proposals.
B. Reciprocal access to STI funding programmes
Both sides discussed the importance of improving access to respective ST/
programmes and adopted a joint roadmap on the promotion of participation rules
based on equal treatment, the regular exchange of data on actual participation