12-13 Dec 2016, Leipzig--Prof. Peng from IWHR visits UFZ
Prof. Peng ist visiting VISLAB
On 13th December 2014, Prof. Peng from the China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (IWHR) visited UFZ.
On the meeting, Lars Bilke from department of Environmental Informatics has introduced the three-dimensional Visualization Centre (VISLAB) and its applications in Chaohu. Prof. Peng admired the VISLAB and the 3D-technology. Prof. Shao introduced UFZ and the department. Erik Nixdorf talked about EU-Project "SUSTAIN H20" and his groundwater models.
Delegation from Ministry of Science and Technology of China was visiting the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
The delegation from Ministry of Science and Technology of China (MOST) led by Mr. YANG Zhe visited UFZ on 12th and 13th Jan. 2016. A new cooperation agreement has been signed by both UFZ and Tongji University. Sino-German collaboration projects in the area of clean water and renewable energies have been presented and intensively discussed.
The cooperation agreement between UFZ and TONGJI University (Prof. DAI) has been renewed in the context of the 13. Five years plan of China. Foto: RCEIS UFZ
On 12th January 2016, the joint cooperation agreement between UFZ and Tongji University has been renewed under the new challenges of the 13th FYP. The joint research agenda is to continue the development of Urban Catchments concepts for integrated water management of lake cities in the North-China plain such as Chaohu.
Delegation visit of the Ministry of Science and Technology (Mr. YANG, Deputy General Director) to discuss strategic cooperation between China and Germany in environmental science and technology, Leipzig. Foto: RCEIS UFZ
On 13th January 2016, the MoST delegation was warmly welcomed by Prof. Georg Teutsch, the Scientific Director of UFZ, who has given a general introduction to major research topics at UFZ and the importance of s strategic cooperation with China in Environmental Science and Technology.
The recently published general BMBF-China Strategy will be the basis for the development of a corresponding UFZ-China Strategy in Environmental Science and Technology. More details about the BMBF CLIENT project “Managing Water Resources for Urban Catchments” (www.ufz.de/urbancatchments) has been introduced during a workshop in the UFZ Visualization Centre (VISLAB) afterwards. “Urban Catchments” is part of the “Innovation Cluster – Major Water” (http://sino-german-major-water.net/de/ ) within the German-Chinese cooperation of the Major-Water Program in China. Prof. Olaf Kolditz, as the project coordinator, gave an overall introduction to the project and its current status. Dr. Karsten Rink has shown the status of the Environmental Information System for the Chao-Lake Urban Catchment built with scientific modeling platform OpenGeoSys (www.opengeosys.org) (see Fig. 2, fotography by O. Kolditz). The project partners from TU Dresden (Prof. Thomas Berendonk) and industries (Dr. Frank Neubert) have presented the progress of Work Packages B (System Lake) and D (Monitoring and Software Development). Furthermore, Ursula Schmitz introduced the international affairs at UFZ with focus on China. The Centre for Advanced Water Research (CAWR) by UFZ and TU Dresden is a key player in the Sino-German cooperation in water science. Dr. Cui Chen presented the history, background, ongoing projects and future activities within the Sino-German Network RCEIS (Research Centre for Environmental Information Science, www.ufz.de/rceis ), which is funded by the Helmholtz Association and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in the frame of the Helmholtz International Research Network (HIRN) and (PIFI) CAS President’s International Fellowship Initiative. Prof. Haibing Shao (UFZ and TU Freiberg) reported about the Sino-German Geothermal Research Centre which has been recently proposed by China Academy of Sciences (Institute of Geology and Geophysics) and several Helmholtz Centres (UFZ, GFZ KIT) with University partners. Finally, the participants discussed the challenges and opportunities of the Sino-German collaboration within the 13th FYP (2016-2020). Both the Chinese and German parties see a huge potential in the collaboration which should be properly organized at a strategic level to foster successful cooperation with visible impact on both societies.
SPD-Member from Saxony Landtag visiting UFZ
SPD-Member from Saxony Landtag visiting UFZ. Foto: RCEIS UFZ
On 10th February 2016, Simone Lang visited UFZ to be informed about the research activities of the Helmholtz Centre.
Ms. Lang is a member of the Saxony State Parliament and speaker for environmental policy, consumer protection and policies for senior citizens. The contact with Ms. Lang was established during the delegation of the Minister of State Thomas Schmidt (Saxon State Ministry for Environment and Agriculture) in October 2015.
Hubei is the partner province of Saxony, which also has scientific contacts with the UFZ. In the conversation, Dr. Chen and Prof. Kolditz informed Ms. Lang about the activities of the UFZ and China in environmental research.
In the VISLAB, Ms. Lang was given an impression of the current state of the environmental information system for the city of Chaohu, which is located in Hubei’s neighboring province Anhui. In May, another delegation of the Saxon Minister of Economy Martin Dulig (Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour and Transport) is planned.
