3rd China-Romania Science and Technology Seminar (CRSTS 2018)

Abstract

FOREWORDAfter the establishment of the People’s Republic of China, Romania was among the first countries in the world to have developed diplomatic relations with China (October 5th, 1949) and, in the following decades, the political, economic and cultural relations between the two countries have continuously evolved, being based on friendship, confidence and reciprocal support. Thousands of cooperation projects in almost all sectors of industry, agriculture, education, science, culture etc. were implemented for the benefit of China and Romania. Whilst the post-1989 changes in the Romanian society partially affected the intensity of this fruitful cooperation, more and more Romanian decision-makers and representatives of the business sector, the academia, as well as of the scientific and cultural life have recently understood that reviving the cooperation with China should be a priority. And not only because of the tremendous economic and technological development of China nowadays, but also because of the long-lasting friendship and trust between the two countries.In recent years, Transilvania University of Brasov has been at the forefront of the academic and scientific cooperation between Romania and China. The establishment of the Confucius Institute in 2012, in partnership with Shenyang Jianzhu University, represented the impulse for a new stage of intensive cooperation between the two universities and also between the two countries. Hundreds of staff and student mobility exchanges, the participation in scientific events in China and Romania, the establishment of new cooperation partnerships in Beijing, Tianjin, Hunan province etc., the establishment of a Chinese language Bachelor’s study programme, the implementation of an international joint laboratory project and a “111” project, and the active involvement in the “16+1 cooperation” in the field of forestry and education are only a few examples of this excellent cooperation in recent years. Our university is fully committed to the further development of the academic and scientific cooperation between Romania and China, and we are convinced that the approaching of the 70th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China and 100 years of modern Romania, will represent the beginning of a new stage of intensive cooperation between the two countries for the benefit of our peoples.List of committees are available in this pdf.