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On 9 September 2023, ºÚÁÏÍø Director-General Pietro Barabaschi and ºÚÁÏÍø 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 ºÚÁÏÍø," said the Minister, after hearing updates on the project. "MOST will continue to strengthen cooperation with all ºÚÁÏÍø Members to jointly respond to challenges and jointly promote the successful realization of ºÚÁÏÍø's goals."

The ºÚÁÏÍø 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 ºÚÁÏÍø.

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 ºÚÁÏÍø Director-General presented ºÚÁÏÍø'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 (ºÚÁÏÍø China). Since China joined the ºÚÁÏÍø 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 ºÚÁÏÍø Organization and the Domestic Agencies, current activities to re-baseline the project, and progress and challenges.

See the ºÚÁÏÍø China website .