04 October 2017
Professor Marian Scott, OBE, FRSE, and Vice-President (International) of the Royal Society of Edinburgh has been part of the science delegation to China which was led by Jocelyn Bell Burnell. The Scottish scientists met with presidents and other influential individuals from leading national academies and related bodies in China and visited several research institute. Professor Scott wrote about the visit: "From our conversations with them and others, it is apparent that the Chinese see many areas where collaboration and partnerships would be beneficial, for example in space science, big data, renewable energy, robotics, sustainable cities, cultural heritage, plant genetics and food security and medical science."
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