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This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research, and innovation programme under grant agreement n°645775
Dr Chungui Lu 陆春贵 博士
英国，诺丁汉大学，生物科学学院
School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham
27th May 2015
China-EU or China-UK collaboration in Food, Agriculture, and Biotechnology
UK – World’s most productive research nation
英国 - 世界上最具有生产力的研究国家
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13% world most-cited papers
12% world citations
9% world research publication
5% world research spending
1% world population 數列1
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UK percentage
The world
• UK has broadly-based strengths: citation share is world #2 in many areas. 英国有广泛基础的优点： 引文份额是世界许多地区的 #2。 • UK is maintaining its position as new science nations arise. 英国维持其新科学国家出现的地位。
UK: World class R&D 英国：世界级研发
Up 2 Humanities
Level 5 Engineering
Level 5 Physical sciences
Level 4 Mathematics
Level 2 Health and Medical
Up 2 Clinical
Up 2 Business
Level 2 Social sciences
Level 2 Environmental science
UP 2 Bioscience (Food, Agri, Biotech)
TREND (2000-2014) WORLD RANK RESEARCH FIELD
The UK Research System 英国研究系统
艺术和人文科学研究理事会
科学和技术设施理事会
生物技术和生物科学研究理事会
工 程 和 自 然 科 学 研 究 理 事 会
自 然 环 境 研 究 理 事 会
医 学 研 究 理 事 会
经济与社会科学研究理事会
Core Values of Research Councils 研究理事会的核心价值
• Independence – Funding decisions are made by researchers, not politicians or civil servants (Haldane Principle 1919).
• Excellence – Funding decisions emerge from competitions using open peer review.
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China – fastest rising research nation in history
中国 —上升最快的研究国家
• Citation also have nearly 4-fold increase
• China has overtaken Japan in citations per gross spend on R&D
• UK is the 2nd largest partner of China in joint publications
China’s output of Scientific publications
1998 2008 2013
China’s world ranking for scientific publications
Agri & Biosci
Year 1998 #15
#6
#2
Year 2002
Year 2013
Data from NESTA & SJR: SCImago Journal & Country Rank
UK-China R&D Cooperation: Political and Thematic Priorities 英国-中国 R&D 合作： 政治和专题优先事项
JUNE 2014 : CHINA-UK SUMMIT > Premier Keqiang and Prime Minister David Cameron agreed to increase R&D cooperation between China and the UK (approved £53m co-funded programmes
JUNE 2014: CHINA-UK JOINT COMMISSION FOR R&D
> Priority themes for R&D cooperation agreed > Renewable Energy (climate change)
> Healthy Populations > Food safety and security
> Innovation cooperation (UK’s Technology Strategy Board)
… Mechanisms now being agreed between UK Research Councils and Chinese funders (MOST, CAS, NSFC + OTHERS) to support joint research
UK-China Engagement
Beijing RCUK, UKTI, British Council DfID, Climate & Energy Scotland Office, Economics, political , UKBA5 staff National and North China Innovation, Health Food and agriculture Space, S&I policy & management
Shanghai UKTI, Climate & Energy British Council East China Stem cells, TCM, Applied Sciences and Nanotech
Chongqing UKTI, British Council Climate & Energy Wales Office West China Water
Guangzhou UKTI, Climate & Energy British Council South China Climate & Energy Environment
UK-China Collaboration-Support 中英合作支持 EU AND UK RESEARCH: OPEN FOR COLLABORATION
> Horizon 2020 (https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/)
> Research Council funding (www.rcuk.ac.uk or www.rcuk.cn)
RANGE OF (2-WAY) MOBILITY/EXCHANGE SCHEMES
http://euraxessfunds.britishcouncil.org/Search.aspx/Index
> Research Councils/institutes (e.g. BBSRC:
http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/funding/internationalfunding/isis.aspx)
> Universities: British Council www.britishcouncil.org or Direct
> Royal Society (Newton Fellowships) and Royal Academy of
Engineering: http://royalsociety.org / http://www.raeng.org.uk/
> EU International Fellowships / Marie Curie Actions
> British Embassy/British Consulate Generals workshops and
seminars: http://ukinchina.fco.gov.uk/en/about-us/working-with-
china/science-innovation-network/
RCUK China Strategy 英国研究理事会的中国战略
• Make collaborations more visible.
• Develop a coherent and sustainable package of support -
individual travel funding young researcher links ‘best with best’ research group links joint research projects supported by both sides
• Make UK/China support systems more user-friendly!
Recent funding support from UK/China funding bodies
最近从中英资助机构的资金支持
UK
China
£47 million
• RCUK & NSFC: £4m UK-China partnership fund in 2013
• RCUK & Chinese Ministry of Sci and Tech: £3m for Innovation & Technology
• RCUK & CAS, £250k UK-China Partnering award
• BBSRC UK-China Partnering Award: £2m for building new links with Chinese scientists
• NERC & NSFC just launched £3m to fund UK-based researchers and NSFC have a budget of 60m RMB to Chinese researcher
UK-China Agri-Science 英国-中国 农业科学
• “Impact of Climate Change on Chinese Agriculture” (www.china-climate-adapt.org)
• SAIN – Sustainable Agriculture Innovation network
• “Advanced Wheat Breeding” RCUK Summer School
• “Translational Plant Science” RCUK Summer School
• “Wild Plant Germ Plasm Bank” – CAS Kunming/Kew
• Big potential for UK-China multi-disciplinary research on sustainable agriculture
• Individual Institute in UK joint research with China Rothamstead Research – long term links with China, incl. Joint Lab with Huazhong UST University of Nottingham, joint molecular crop breeding centre with Zhejiang university,
Individual Institute in UK joint research with China
英国与中国联合研究个体研究所
£1.6m University College London (UCL) has established a joint biomass energy laboratory with Tianguan Group in Nanyang, Henan.
This project is for Low Carbon City Development with a further project designed to enhance collaboration with a potential extra £500k of Chinese funding. joint workshops in China on best practice in biofuel in technology transfer
Individual Institute in UK joint research with China
英国与中国联合研究个体研究所
£600k of
Chinese funding for the development of the UK/China Geospatial Engineering Centre at University of Nottingham
Geospatial technology plays a huge role in food security, through field management, improving crop quality, traceability and assurance and environmental impacts.
Projects I involved with Chinese Institutes 与中国科研机构合作的项目
£280k Funded by UK-China Fellowships for Excellence Programme on sustainable urban agriculture through innovative vertical farming and Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS)
Organised an International Conference on Vertical Farming and Urban Agriculture 2014
Projects I involved with Chinese Institutes 与中国科研机构的合作项目
£125k Development of markers of nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) in rice 水稻高效利用氮肥遗传标记基因研究和开发 Funded by ICUK and Joint with Zhejiang University
Identified genes promoting high NUE by transcriptomic analysis
通过基因芯片表达分析,发现与氮高效利用相关的基因 Two BBSRC China Partnering Awards on Nitrogen Use efficiency in rice and pig feed efficiency joint with Zhejiang University and Hua Zhong Agricultural University
Projects I involved with Chinese Institutes 与中国科研机构的合作项目
• A global interdisciplinary training network to address key questions in plant development for food security
• Training young/new researchers with skills to enable them to address these questions through workshops and seminar.
£100k For training Chinese researchers at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, including root architecture, male reproduction and crop fertility.
Conclusions 结论
• International collaboration is essential for maintaining the quality of the research
• Possible Collaboration Models
- Governmental initiatives: BBSRC, RCUK, Newton,
NNFS Fund & China-UK Joint Innovation Research
- University partnership arrangements in research
- Mutual interests-driven collaboration among scientists
- Join publications of research results
• Some challenges
THANK YOU & QUESTIONS
Chungui Lu Head of Centre for Urban Agriculture, University of
Nottingham, UK
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: +86 10 5192 4432
