A visit of a Chinese delegation

News, 29 June 2015

On 18-20 June 2015, a delegation of the Institute of Plasma Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Hefei (China) consisting of Professor J. Bee, Professor J. Zhao and Zh. Dong, headed by IPP Deputy Director Doctor Song Yuntao arrived to Dubna in the frames of a visit on development of cooperation between JINR and the IPP.

It should be noted that for some members of the Chinese delegation this was not the first visit to Dubna.Excursions to basic facilities of VBLHEP, DLNP and FLNR were organized for the guests. During the short but very productive visit, at a meeting between the JINR Directorate and the delegation of the IPP of Hefei, the parties discussed the current state of the NICA scientific mega-project, which is being implemented at JINR. The meeting was attended by JINR Vice-Director R. Lednický, JINR Chief Engineer G.D. Shirkov, VBLHEP Director V.D. Kekelidze and Head of the International Cooperation Department D.V. Kamanin.This visit expanded interests of cooperation and special attention was focused on construction of new superconducting accelerators for medical purposes. Approval of a supplement to the Memorandum of cooperation which concerns joint developments in the fields of accelerators for proton therapy and other medical applications was one of the results of the meeting. Scientists of the Institute of Plasma Physics were actively interested in technology of cancer treatment with proton beams which is used at JINR and possibilities that will be opened with joint development of the newest accelerators in the frames of future cooperation. At the meeting at the JINR Directorate a possibility to organize the China-JINR Forum similar to the just finished Forum with Brazil, and the Forum India-JINR which was held last year was discussed. The guests from Hefei positively appraised the idea of holding such a Forum, and their possible participation in its organization. Both sides highly appreciated the potential for further cooperation between the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research and the Institute of Plasma Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.