Belarusian, Chinese defense ministries sign military technical cooperation memorandum

    Belarusian-Chinese joint projects in science and technology have been growing in terms of number and scale, Chairman of the Belarusian State Committee for Science and Technology Aleksandr Shumilin said at the opening of the Belarusian-Chinese forum "Innovation Hub: New Tracks for Interstate Entrepreneurship", BelTA learned from the press service of the State Committee for Science and Technology. Currently, scientists from both countries are successfully implementing projects in the field of microelectronics, optical and laser technologies, biotechnologies and new materials. "While promoting cooperation in science and technology, we focus on setting up joint subjects of innovation infrastructure to facilitate commercialization of research and development results. These include the Belarusian-Chinese Technopark in Changchun, the Chinese-Belarusian Innovation Center for Industrial Technologies in the Great Stone Industrial Park, and the Chinese-Belarusian Innovation Center for the Commercialization of R&D results. Currently, we are exploring a possibility of setting up an appropriate entity with the city of Shanghai,” Aleksandr Shumilin noted.