On April 1, Prof. Marcelo Knobel, Executive Director of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), visited University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS). Wang Yanfen, Executive Vice President, and Lin Xiao, Vice President of UCAS, met with Prof. Marcelo Knobel at the Yuquanlu Campus.
Wang Yanfen met with Prof. Marcelo Knobel
Wang Yanfen extended a warm welcome to Prof. Marcelo Knobel. She fully recognized his achievements since assuming the office of TWAS Executive Director, as well as contributions to promoting cooperation and exchange among developing countries. She then reviewed the history of cooperation between UCAS and TWAS, highlighting the close collaboration in high-level international talent cultivation and personnel exchange.
Prof. Marcelo Knobel expressed gratitude to UCAS for the long-term in-depth cooperation with TWAS and its associated organizations. He highly commended UCAS for cultivating international scientific talents through the implementation of CAS-ANSO-TWAS/UNESCO Scholarship Program. He hopes that UCAS will continue to train young talents in developing countries, actively participate in the development of the Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD), and strengthen support for young women scientists from developing countries.
The two sides engaged in discussions on promoting global South-South cooperation to address climate change, advancing sustainable development, and expanding talent training for developing countries.
Prior to the meeting, Prof. Marcelo Knobel held a discussion with 11 international students of UCAS awarded with the CAS-ANSO-TWAS/UNESCO Scholarship Program, a sub-programme under the Belt and Road Alliance for International Science Organization Scholarships (ANSO). They exchanged views on the implementation of the scholarship program, cross-cultural exchange activities, and research progress.
Prof. Marcelo Knobel discussed with scholarship awardees
The representative from the Bureau of International Cooperation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, attended the meeting.
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TWAS was founded in 1983 by Nobel laureate in Physics, Professor Abdus Salam, headquartered in Trieste, Italy. It is a non-governmental, non-political, and non-profit international scientific organization dedicated to supporting and promoting scientific research in developing countries. TWAS comprises two subsidiary bodies: the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) and OWSD. Since 2014, UCAS has successively cultivated international students through CAS-TWAS Scholarship Program and the ANSO-CAS-TWAS/UNESCO Scholarship Program.
Author: Office for International Cooperation and Exchanges
