China, COMSTECH discuss expanding science cooperation for OIC states
China and the OIC’s science body COMSTECH discussed expanding cooperation in science, technology, and health during a meeting in Islamabad. COMSTECH Coordinator General Muhammad Iqbal Choudhary and Chinese Embassy Minister-Counsellor Xu Hangtian reviewed ongoing joint projects, including training programmes with Chinese institutions and a biomedical AI certificate course for researchers from OIC countries. They also explored new initiatives such as a COMSTECH-Zhejiang joint laboratory, a possible OIC-COMSTECH office in Beijing, and expanded academic training links, while also discussing an upcoming April visit by a 27-member Chinese delegation.
ISLAMABAD, Mar 15 China and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation’s (OIC) science body COMSTECH discussed expanding cooperation in science, technology and health during a meeting in Islamabad.
Muhammad Iqbal Choudhary, coordinator general of COMSTECH, met Xu Hangtian, minister-counsellor at the Chinese Embassy in Pakistan, to review ongoing projects and discuss possible new initiatives involving universities, research institutes and training programmes for OIC member states, according to a Gwadar Pro’s report on Sunday.
The two sides reviewed existing cooperation with Chinese institutions, including COMSTECH-HUCM training programmes and a 19-day certificate course on applied biomedical artificial intelligence organised with Ningbo University for researchers from OIC countries.
The meeting also covered plans for a proposed COMSTECH-Zhejiang joint laboratory, a possible OIC-COMSTECH office in Beijing and further training links with Chinese institutions, including Xinjiang Medical University.
Two sides discussed an upcoming April visit by a 27-member Chinese delegation.
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