Cyprus immigration focus on life in Cyprus: At the invitation of the Cyprus Ministry of Energy, Commerce, Industry and Tourism, Minister of Science and Technology Wan Gang visited Cyprus from September 12 to 14, 2015. He held talks with Minister of Energy, Commerce, Industry and Tourism Yiorgos Lakkotrypis and signed the Agreement on Scientific and Technological Innovation Cooperation between the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Government of the Republic of Cyprus.
On the morning of September 14, Minister Wan Gang visited the Ministry of Energy, Commerce, Industry and Tourism and held talks with Minister Lakkotrypis. During the talks, the two sides exchanged information on scientific and technological innovation in China and Cyprus and shared views on strengthening bilateral cooperation. Both sides agreed to launch an intergovernmental cooperation mechanism for scientific and technological innovation, promote pragmatic cooperation in priority areas such as energy storage, renewable energy, information and communication technology, and agriculture and food, explore industry-university-research innovation cooperation in science and technology parks, and welcomed Cyprus's participation in the new joint research and innovation funding mechanism between China and the European Union.
Following the talks, the ministers of China and Cyprus jointly signed the Agreement on Scientific and Technological Innovation Cooperation between the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Government of the Republic of Cyprus. This agreement is the first intergovernmental agreement on scientific and technological innovation cooperation signed between China and Cyprus. Under this agreement, the two sides will establish a joint committee for scientific and technological innovation cooperation to promote various collaborations, including joint scientific and technological innovation projects, industry-university-research cooperation, information exchange, personnel visits, and youth innovation and entrepreneurship. This provides an intergovernmental framework for comprehensively planning scientific and technological innovation cooperation between the two countries and launching a long-term, stable cooperation mechanism. Minister Wan Gang and Minister Lakkotrypis expressed their hope that China and Cyprus would work together to advance scientific and technological innovation cooperation to serve the economic and social development and improve the living standards of the people in both countries. Chinese Ambassador to Cyprus Liu Xinsheng, Counselor Wang Yaping, Director-General of the Department of Innovation and Development of the Ministry of Science and Technology Xu Jing, Deputy Director-General of the Department of International Cooperation Chen Jiachang, and senior officials from the Cyprus Ministry of Energy, Commerce, Industry and Tourism attended the signing ceremony.
During his visit to Cyprus, Minister Wan Gang also visited the University of Cyprus and the Cyprus University of Technology, held talks with the presidents of both universities, and expressed his welcome for Cypriot universities to come to China for exchanges and cooperation, to strengthen joint research, industry-university-research application cooperation, and talent exchange and training, and to actively participate in future intergovernmental cooperation between China and Cyprus.