Yunnan Provincial People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries

With the strong support of directors of various units, the Provincial Association for Friendship with Foreign Affairs will release a series of excellent work cases for directors of some units, aiming to show and share the practical experience and exploration results of directors of various units, promote mutual learning and mutual learning, and promote the work of the council continuously to open up new situations and write new chapters through typical guidance, demonstration and leading the way, and point-to-face, to ensure that the implementation of the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important speech during his inspection of Yunnan is effective.

In recent years, the Yunnan Provincial Department of Science and Technology has thoroughly implemented the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important speech during his inspection of Yunnan, actively served and integrated into the national “Belt and Road” construction. In accordance with the requirements of the provincial party committee and the provincial government on scientific and technological innovation, with the construction of the South Asia and Southeast Asia Science and Technology Innovation Center as the focus, giving full play to the location advantages, and in accordance with the “national needs and Yunnan can”, it has taken the lead in launching and implementing the selection of international science and technology commissioners in the country, carrying out scientific and technological services, organizing academic exchanges, and implementing joint research and development overseas, playing a positive role in promoting the improvement of the scientific and technological level of South Asia and Southeast Asia countries.

International science and technology commissioner guides farmers to grow castor in Myanmar

1. Vivid practice of high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road"

The joint construction of the "Belt and Road" is a major innovation in promoting the building of a community with a shared future for mankind and benefiting the development of people of all countries. Scientific and technological cooperation is an important part of the cooperation in jointly building the "Belt and Road". The Yunnan Provincial Department of Science and Technology has long planned the selection of international science and technology commissioners, which is a specific measure to implement China's scientific and technological innovation action plan, one of the eight actions to support the high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road". Up to now, a total of 228 international science and technology commissioners have been selected to carry out scientific and technological cooperation in 16 countries jointly built by the Belt and Road Initiative, driving the planting of more than 300,000 mu of rice, more than 80,000 mu of corn, more than 60,000 mu of cassava, more than 150,000 mu of castor and safflower, more than 70,000 mu of rubber, 150,000 pigs per year, and 12 million poultry annually, driving the promotion of 200,000 mu of overseas pulp raw material forests, effectively promoting local economic and social development. Yunnan has carefully selected international science and technology commissioners, and has established more than 60 international joint laboratories, science and technology demonstration parks, demonstration bases, and technical test stations overseas to achieve "hard connectivity" of scientific research platforms; formulated standards for agricultural product inspection and quarantine, engineering quality testing, livestock and poultry breeding and other standards for Laos, Myanmar and other countries to promote the "soft connectivity" of technical standards; carried out technical training and scientific and technological guidance services overseas, helping scientific and technological personnel in Southeast Asian and Southeast Asian countries to improve their scientific research level, spread the "Silk Road Spirit" with peaceful cooperation, openness and inclusiveness, mutual learning, mutual benefit and win-win as the core, and promote the "heart-to-heart communication" of scientific and technological talents. Carry out international science and technology commissioners through systematic work, and contribute scientific and technological humanistic strength to the high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road".

2. Explore new paths to serve the country's overall diplomacy

Yunnan has selected international science and technology commissioners to give full play to and expand the advantages of selected scientific and technological workers in various fields in neighboring countries with wide networks, smooth information and diverse channels, and act as "civil science and technology diplomats", and to match scientific and technological exchanges and cooperation between government departments, research institutes, universities, enterprises and enterprises in the province to carry out scientific and technological exchanges and cooperation with South and Southeast Asian countries, tell China's stories well in the local science and technology community, and expand new paths and methods for scientific and technological diplomacy. In recent years, Yunnan International Science and Technology Commissioners have made full use of their own advantages and combined with local advantages and characteristics to assist more than 20 enterprises in the province in South Asia and Southeast Asian countries to establish more than 30 technology-based enterprises in the fields of agricultural planting, animal husbandry, building materials, energy, etc.; Yunnan Agriculture and Forestry Investment Co., Ltd. cooperates with the Lao Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry to build the Lao Rubber Industry Research Institute, and Yunnan Southwest Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Group Co., Ltd. has sent technical and managerial personnel to carry out scientific and technological assistance activities overseas all year round; in 2020, the Yunnan Provincial Department of Science and Technology through the International Science and Technology Commissioner, donated two batches of more than 20,000 urgently needed epidemic prevention materials to the Myanmar and Laos science and technology departments through the International Science and Technology Commissioner. The work carried out by Yunnan International Science and Technology Commissioners in South Asia and Southeast Asian countries has been recognized by local people and has been reported by mainstream media in local countries many times. It has been highly praised by government authorities such as Myanmar, Laos, Malaysia, and Cambodia, and has established a good image of China's foreign science and technology diplomacy.

International science and technology commissioner guides farmers to carry out coffee cultivation management in Laos

3. Important tool for building a science and technology innovation center for Southeast Asia

When General Secretary Xi Jinping visited Yunnan, he asked Yunnan to "strive to become our radiation center for South Asia and Southeast Asia." Yunnan Province keeps in mind the instructions and forges forward, accelerates the construction of my country's science and technology innovation centers for South Asia and Southeast Asia, and continuously enhances its influence, radiation and driving force on regional science and technology. As an important tool for the construction of the Science and Technology Innovation Center in South Asia and Southeast Asia, we systematically plan the work of international science and technology commissioners and do our best to provide services and guarantees in terms of policies, funds, benefits, etc. Support international science and technology commissioners to focus on the scientific and technological needs of neighboring countries in terms of economic and social development, focus on the advantageous areas of Yunnan Province such as agricultural and economic crop planting, livestock and poultry breeding, flower and medicinal materials planting, energy, construction, telemedicine, electronic information, etc., promote the transfer of advanced and applicable technology and the output of new products (crop varieties), and successfully demonstrate and transfer more than 100 domestic mature varieties, technologies and achievements to the outside world, effectively helping local scientific and technological progress and people's income increase and development. Chen Yubao International Science and Technology Commissioner selected from Yunnan Normal University has achieved remarkable results in promoting renewable energy development and utilization in Laos. He has been praised by Laos Minister of Science and Technology Powankan Ondala many times and won the "Major Science and Technology Achievement Award" in Laos. The legal person International Science and Technology Commissioner Yunnan Southwest Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Group Co., Ltd. has developed a total of 39 new high-quality livestock and poultry feed varieties suitable for the local area in Vietnam, making it the largest pig industry enterprise in central Vietnam. Yunnan International Science and Technology Commissioner trained railway officials from six countries, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, Cambodia and Malaysia, and promoted the "China solution" of a community with shared future with railway connectivity as its hub, which was very popular with student representatives from all countries.

Yunnan has selected international science and technology commissioners to South Asia and Southeast Asian countries to carry out scientific and technological cooperation, leverage large levers with small incisions, build a bridge of scientific and technological exchanges and cooperation with neighboring countries, and promote regional people-to-people communication through scientific and technological communication and cultural communication, providing strong support for the radiation center facing Southeast Asia and South Asia.