NAS of Belarus in 2025-2026 concluded more than 20 agreements with scientific organizations and universities of China

For the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, the last two years have been a time of fruitful and intensive joint work with Chinese colleagues, Alexey Trukhanov, Deputy Chairman of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, said at the sixth meeting of the Commission for Scientific and Technical Cooperation of the Belarusian-Chinese Intergovernmental Committee, which is taking place in the Chinese city of Xi'an. This sb.bu reported in the press service of the Academy of Sciences.

Alexey Trukhanov noted that in 2025-2026, the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus signed more than 20 bilateral agreements with leading Chinese scientific organizations and universities, including an agreement on scientific and technical cooperation with the Chinese Academy of Sciences and an action plan to intensify cooperation until 2030.

- These documents lay a solid foundation for further cooperation, covering the entire cycle – from joint research to the commercialization of developments.

According to Alexey Trukhanov, more than 20 joint Belarusian-Chinese research centers and laboratories are actively developing and functioning today. Among them is the representative office of the NAS of Belarus in China, opened in 2025, and the joint laboratory “Intelligent sensing in extreme conditions”. Work continues on the establishment of new joint structures. Dozens of joint scientific and technical projects are also being successfully implemented through competitions of the State Committee for Science and Technology of Belarus and the Ministry of Science and Technology of the PRC, as well as the Belarusian Republican Foundation for Basic Research and the National Natural Science Foundation of the PRC. In addition, in 2026, the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus and the Academy of Sciences of Guangdong Province announced a new joint competition of research projects.

- The agreements reached will give a steady impetus to the Belarusian-Chinese scientific and technical partnership and will contribute to deepening cooperation in priority areas such as artificial intelligence, aerospace technologies, new materials, biotechnology and medicine, concluded Alexey Trukhanov. NAS of Belarus signs roadmap of cooperation with St. Petersburg branch of Russian Academy of Sciences