The official send-off ceremony for the 7th
Russian-Chinese scientific expedition that will explore the Far Eastern seas
and the Pacific Ocean on the Academician
M.A. Lavrentyev research vessel will take place during the 5th
Eastern Economic Forum with the support of the Roscongress Foundation. The
event is scheduled to be attended by Russian Minister of Science and Higher
Education Mikhail Kotyukov, a delegation from the Chinese Ministry of Natural
Resources, and the leadership of the First Institute of Oceanography of the
Chinese Ministry of Natural Resources (FIO MNR).
The expedition is being organized by the Ilyichov
Pacific Oceanological Institute of the Far Eastern branch of the Russian
Academy of Sciences and the FIO MNR and will take place in accordance with the
work plans of the Russian-Chinese Centre for the Scientific Study of the Ocean
and Climate. The research will be carried out by young scientists from both
countries, who will hear lectures and receive training based on traditional and
the latest research methods during the expedition.
Russia and China have conducted joint research
expeditions since 2010 as part of cooperation in the research and use of the
oceans. The studies carried out during the seventh expedition will have
applicable significance for assessing the oil and gas resources of the Pacific
Ocean and predicting climate change in the region and will further strengthen
the leading role of Russian scientists in Pacific research.
The seventh Russian-Chinese expedition will kick off
during the year of the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic
relations between Russia and China and will serve as an important step in the
development of bilateral cooperation in scientific affairs.
The 5th Eastern Economic Forum will take
place in Vladivostok on 4–6 September.
