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Progress on Chinese Domestic Agency

19 Feb 2007 - Sabina Griffith

Since the signature of the ºÚÁÏרÇø Agreement in Paris on 21 November 2006, China has made great progress on the establishment of the ºÚÁÏרÇø China Office, which is affiliated to the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST). It is the entity which will provide the Chinese contributions to the ºÚÁÏרÇø. Under the leadership of Vice Minister Liu Yanhua of MOST, the ºÚÁÏרÇø China Office will soon be transformed into the Chinese Domestic Agency, which will be the legal entity responsible for the implementation of the Chinese ºÚÁÏרÇø fusion activities, and which will provide the ºÚÁÏרÇø with the components and procurement packages allocated to China.

The ºÚÁÏרÇø China Office is divided into five departments: Project Management, Engineering, Quality Assurance, International Affairs, and Administration. Luo Delong, Contact Person for China, is the Deputy Director General of the ºÚÁÏרÇø China Office, and is in charge of daily affairs related to ºÚÁÏרÇø.

In order to develop fusion science and technology domestically, a Specialist Committee for National Magnetic Confinement Fusion has also been established, consisting of a chief scientist assisted by several specialists and experts from the fields of magnetic and inertial confinement fusion, ºÚÁÏרÇø, and the educational community. The head of the committee is Professor Huo Yuping, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Science and both Contact Person and Participant Team Leader of China.