THE opening ceremony of the Techong Scientists Forum 2024 was held on 6 December in Techong, Yunnan Province, People’s Republic of China, was attended by a Myanmar delegation led by Dr Aung Zeya, Deputy Minister for Science and Technology.
The forum was organized by the Yunnan Provincial Government and the China Academy of Science and Technology under the theme “Science Global Innovation and the Mission of Scientists-Empowering High-Quality Development,” and was attended by provincial party chiefs and senior officials, science and technology officials from South and Southeast Asian countries, rectors and scientists from top international universities, young scientists, entrepreneurs, and guests.
The forum featured discussions by renowned scholars in Chinese and international science and technology, including Professor George Smoot, winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics.
During the forum, the Deputy Minister discussed and answered questions regarding sectors of cooperation and work plans for the development of scientific and technological innovation of Yunnan Central Broadcasting and Television Headquarters, digital transformation, and AI technology.
He visited Chenguang Biotech Group, which applies biotechnology to produce food and pharmaceutical products from chrysanthemum, chilli, jute, and grape seed raw materials, and Huayu Bio Tech Group, which has been researching biotechnology since 1993 and has been producing vaccines for foot-and-mouth disease and swine flu since 2022. They discussed research collaboration and technological sharing with the Biotechnology Research Centre of the Ministry of Science and Technology.
In the evening, the Deputy Minister visited a traditional medicine manufacturing company and viewed round the biotechnological research on cockroaches since 1994, the ability to produce medicines, cardiac medicines, skin drugs, etc., the research activities, the compilation of papers, the acquisition of seven patents, and the cooperation with entrepreneurs in Myitkyina. — MNA/TKO
