24 September 2012
China joined with ASEAN Member States on Saturday to launch a co-operative science and technology plan on the side lines of the ninth China-ASEAN Expo in Nanning, capital of China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Under the plan, key areas of co-operation would include development of national science strategies, planning and management of major scientific programmes, disaster prevention, information technology and space technology. The two sides also initiated their first co-operative programme under the plan, under which a satellite data platform based on Chinese satellite data resources would be shared with ASEAN countries to help forecast farm output, monitor the environment and anticipate natural disasters.
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