·China-Korea
China-Korea Introduction

Implementing Arrangement between the Ministry of S&T of the PRC (MOST) and the Ministry of Education, S&T of the Republic of Korea (MEST) for cooperation in the area of fusion energy research and related fields are signed between Prof. WAN Gang, Minister of MOST, and Prof. Lee Juho, Minister of MEST, on 23 November, 2011 during the 11th CN-KO Joint S&T committee meeting in Beijing. Both parties recognized the mutual benefits obtained from the research cooperation of plasma science and fusion research. While the cooperative activities through their implementing organizations, the ITER CN-DA and the National Fusion Research Institute (NFRI).

Implementing Arrangement between the Ministry of S&T of the PRC (MOST) and the Ministry of Education, S&T of the Republic of Korea (MEST) for cooperation in the area of fusion energy research and related fields are signed between Prof. WAN Gang, Minister of MOST, and Prof. Lee Juho, Minister of MEST, on 23 November, 2011 during the 11th CN-KO Joint S&T committee meeting in Beijing.

Forms of cooperative activities, based on the Implementing Arrangement, may include:

 Conduct of joint or cooperative projects and programs through advanced fusion research devices of both Parties, such as EAST (ASIPP), HL-2A (SWIP) and  KSTAR (NFRI);

 Exchange of technical information, data and experience;

 Exchange of technical and managerial personnel for short term assignments;

 Exchange of equipment, materials and instrumentation;

 Collaborative or consultative visits, joint conferences, seminars or workshops; and such other forms of cooperation as the Parties may agree to.

A joint coordinating committee shall be set up by the two parties to promote and manage the cooperative activities contemplate by this Implementing Arrangement. This committee shall consist of an equal number of members of each Party.

The two parties may invite each of their organizations to participate in cooperative activities under this Implementing Arrangement. Such organizations in China may include, but not limit to, the Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Science (ASIPP) and the Southwestern Institute of Physics (SWIP), while such organizations in the Republic of Korea may include, but are not limit to, the National Fusion Research Institute (NFRI).

The first Joint committee meeting, scheduled preliminarily in 2012, will be held in July 2013 in China, after consultation each several times for fix of the meeting, taking account of both governmental re-election.