Technology Support and Bri

cas: The Chinese Academy of Sciences CAS has provided technology support worth 1.8 billion yuan 268 million for the BRI construction in the past six years, CAS President Bai Chunli told a press conference on Friday, according to Global Times China. Technological cooperation is a vital part of the BRI. The academy has developed more than 100 projects in the sector and set up nine overseas science and education centers in areas such as Africa, South America, Central Asia and South Asia, Bai said, noting that a 10th center is being planned. With the further advancement of the BRI, which aims to improve infrastructure, greater efforts are expected in technology cooperation for the initiative's comprehensive development. The CAS helped set up a water resource center and typhoon forecasting system for Sri Lanka, Bai said. Trade and investment activities are the starting point for cooperation along the BRI routes, and with the initiative's advancement, many countries will want to work with Chinese participants in technology, said Bai Ming, deputy director of the Ministry of Commerce s International Market Research Institute. We also established an ecological and environmental research center in Central Asia, committed to protecting the local environment and ecological system, he said. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.