Implementation regulation of PRC - EU Cooperation
under
the Framework of National Basic Research Program
( DRAFT )
According to the "Agreement for Scientific and Technological Cooperation
between the Government of the People's Republic of China and the European
Community", the European Community opens all the activities of research,
technological development and demonstration in the First Activity of the
Framework Program under Article 130g of the Treaty establishing the European
Community for the Chinese participation, and the Ministry of Science and
Technology of the People's Republic of China opens the National Basic Research
Program for the European participation. This implementation regulation is
established to encourage and promote the cooperation between the Chinese and
the European scientists under the framework of National Basic Research Program.
Article 1 Principles
Cooperative activities under the framework of National Basic Research Program
shall be conducted on the basis of the following principles:
(a) efficient cooperation based on mutual benefit and interest;
(b) be subject to the Agreement for Scientific and Technological Cooperation
between the Government of the People's Republic of China and the European
Community.
Article 2 Forms of cooperative activities
The cooperative activities under the frame of National Basic Research Program
include following aspects:
(a) joint proposals to participate the call for proposals of the Program and
other joint research under the frame of the Program;
(b) visit and exchange of scientists and technical experts;
(c) joint organization of scientific seminars, symposia and workshops related
to the content of research projects and the projects administration of the
Program;
(d) exchanges and sharing of the equipment and materials;
(e) exchanges and sharing of information on practices, laws, regulations and
Program;
(f) other joint activities.
Article 3 Procedures
1. submit joint proposals to participate the call for proposals and other joint
research project under the frame of the Program:
(a) The Ministry of Science and Technology will formulate and publish the major
domains opened for call for proposals (guidance of projects) either regularly
or irregularly. The Delegation of the European Commission in Beijing will get
the guidance and relevant information in 20 days after the publication of the
guidance;
(b) Each proposal should have European scientists from at least two research
entities in at least two Member States and Chinese scientists from at least two
independent research entities. The proposal must be concluded on the basis of
the guidance for proposes.
(c) The proposal must be signed by all the partners and submitted to the
Ministry of Science and Technology by one of the Chinese partner before the
deadline. The proposal must be submitted in Chinese and English versions.
(d) All proposals needed to pass an expert evaluation. The evaluation criteria
will be the same towards the joint proposals and the proposals with only
Chinese participation. The Department of Basic Research of MOST will inform the
participants if a project defence is necessary.
(e) The proposals passed the evaluation will be submitted to the council of
program for further examination and discussion. The council of program will
submit to the MOST a list of proposals for final approval. The approved
proposals will be implemented according to its work program. The Chinese
partners need to sign a project contact with MOST. The Department of Basic
Research of the MOST will inform all proposes the results of evaluation.
(f) The proposals must indicate: the research domain, the names of Chinese and
European proposes, institutions, communicated numbers, the Chinese and European
coordinators. The content of proposal should include: background, actual
situation and tendency of the research, description and objectives of the work,
general research plan, divide of work among participants, actual work condition
and facilities, research team, budget, etc.
(g) The cooperation contract between the Chinese partners and the European
partners must be submitted to the chief scientist of the project, the
Department of Basic Research and the Department of International Cooperation of
MOST. The progress report of the cooperation also needed to be handled in time.
2. Points (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) of article 2 in this regulation are fully
encouraged. Point (a) in this article would be better to be implemented
together with other points in this article.
3. In order to facilitate the cooperation between the Chinese and European
scientists, the Department of Basic Research and the Department of
International Cooperation of MOST will provide the list of projects and chief
scientists of projects.
Article 4 Resource
(a) Cooperative activities shall be subject to the availability of appropriated
fund and personnel. The costs incurred by the participants to cooperative
activities will not lead to any transfer of funds from one side to the other.
(b) Each side will provide its own research fund for the cooperative project.
Article 5 Scope of Validity
(a) Cooperative activities shall be subject to the "Agreement for Scientific
and Technological Cooperation between the Government of the People's Republic
of China and the European Community" and to the applicable regulations and
procedures. The validity of this regulation will be ended when the Agreement is
terminated.
(b) Any problem occurred in the implementation of this regulation will be
settled between the Department of Basic Research and the Department of
International Cooperation of MOST and the relevant scientists.
(c) The Chinese institutions and scientists who participate the cooperation
under this regulation shall be subject to a series of relevant regulations.
(d) The Ministry of Science and Technology holds the right of the explanation
of this regulation.
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