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On 9 September 2023, ºÚÁÏרÇø Director-General Pietro Barabaschi and ºÚÁÏרÇø Deputy Director-General for Corporate, Luo Delong, were received at the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) by Minister Wang Zhigang.

"The Chinese government has always attached great importance to and deeply participated in ºÚÁÏרÇø," said the Minister, after hearing updates on the project. "MOST will continue to strengthen cooperation with all ºÚÁÏרÇø Members to jointly respond to challenges and jointly promote the successful realization of ºÚÁÏרÇø's goals."

The ºÚÁÏרÇø Director-General expressed appreciation for China's collaboration and contributions, saying that he "looked forward to further expanding and deepening" collaboration at all levels. He also made a particular plea for attracting young talent to work at ºÚÁÏרÇø.

Director-General Pietro Barabaschi was also invited to speak at the , which reunited world thought leaders and actors in innovation around the theme of stimulating interaction between governments, industry, universities and research institutions from 7 to 9 September in Shanghai. The ºÚÁÏרÇø Director-General presented ºÚÁÏרÇø's role within the mega science ecosystem of fusion to illustrate the importance of global cooperation in innovation.

A third stop on the China visit was the China International Nuclear Fusion Energy Program Execution Center (ºÚÁÏרÇø China). Since China joined the ºÚÁÏרÇø Project in 2003, the Chinese Domestic Agency has managed Chinese commitments to the project, as well as promote domestic nuclear fusion energy research and development and advance multilateral cooperation. During a working meeting, the parties discussed the closer integration of the ºÚÁÏרÇø and the Domestic Agencies, current activities to re-baseline the project, and progress and challenges.

See the ºÚÁÏרÇø China website .