U.S.-China Seminar in Science Policy, Research and Education

9986117RATCHFORDT他的奖项支持在未来十年内开展的一系列科学政策研讨会、论坛和相关活动的初步活动和规划，这些研讨会、论坛和相关活动将建立在美利坚合众国国家科学基金会和中国国家自然科学基金会之间富有成效的长期关系的经验基础上。该系列的主要目标将是探索对科学和工程在21世纪无国界的知识经济中的生命力具有重大影响的问题。协调委员会将负责一系列活动的组织和实施。将考虑成立一个代表两国主要政府和非政府科学机构的咨询委员会，提供战略指导。这项建议包括头三年的规划和监督，以及该系列计划的前两个活动参与者的旅费。该系列活动的第一个活动将于1999年10月在北京举行，其主题是将研究的产生、传播和应用联系起来。这一主题也可以作为整个长达十年的系列活动的指导原则，包括拟议中的美国-中国科学论坛，将于2000年3月或4月在华盛顿特区举行，届时将由杰出的中国科学家和工程师发表演讲，并与同样杰出的美国科学家进行讨论。1999年10月在北京举行的研讨会将讨论的具体议题包括：1)以知识为基础的科学政策；2)科学和工程的人力资源；3)科学和技术的数据；4)研究和开发的性质变化。参加这次研讨会的将包括来自两国主要政府研究和开发机构的代表，以及来自工业界和学术界的专家。结果将包括：(1)研讨会的书面和电子记录，包括可由两国单独和联合处理的建议，以及(2)对系列后续活动的建议。协调委员会将根据这些结果，制定一份最终的活动时间表，作为双边科学政策合作的基础，并为加强特定科学和工程领域的伙伴关系奠定基础。这些活动的共同主席是乔治梅森大学国家技术和法律中心杰出客座教授J.Thomas Ratchford博士和中国科学院政策与管理研究所所长徐伟轩博士。

9986117RATCHFORDThis award supports the initial activities and planning of a series of science policy seminars, forums and related events over the next decade that will build on the experience gained from the productive, long-standing relationship between the National Science Foundation of the United States of America (NSF) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). The principal objective of the series will be to explore issues with significant implications for the vitality of science and engineering in the borderless, knowledge-based economy of the 21~ century. A Coordinating Committee will be responsible for the organization and implementation of the series of events. Consideration will be given to the establishment of an Advisory Board representing leading government and nongovemment scientific institutions in the two countries to provide strategic guidance. This proposal covers planning and oversight for the first three years and travel costs for participants in the first two events planned in the series.The theme of the first event in the series, to be held in Beijing in October 1999, is Linking the Production, Dissemination, and Application of Research. This theme could also serve as a guiding principle for the entire decade- long series of events-including a proposed U.S.-China Science Forum, in Washington, DC, in March or April 2000 featuring presentations by distinguished Chinese scientists and engineers and discussions with similarly distinguished American scientists. Specific topics to be considered at the October 1999 Beijing seminar will include: 1) Knowledge-Based Science Policy; 2) Human Resources for Science and Engineering; 3) Data for Science and Technology; and 4) Changing Character of R&D. Participants in this seminar will include representatives from key government R&D agencies in the two countries, as well as experts from the industrial and academic sectors. Outcomes would include: (1) a written and electronic record of the seminar, including recommendations that could be addressed individually and jointly by two countries, and (2) suggestions for subsequent events in the series.Based on these outcomes, the Coordinating Committee will develop a definitive schedule of events as a basis for bilateral science policy cooperation, and a foundation for strengthened partnership in specific areas of science and engineering. The cochairs for these events are Dr. J. Thomas Ratchford, Distinguished Visiting Progfessor, National Center for Technology and the Law, George Mason University, and Dr. Xu Weixuan, Director of the Institute of Policy and Management, Chinese Academy of Sciences.