First webinar series which were produced in the framework of Dragon-Star plus project

1. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020
research, and innovation programme under grant agreement n°645775
Dr Chungui Lu 陆春贵 博士
英国，诺丁汉大学，生物科学学院
School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham
27th May 2015
China-EU or China-UK collaboration in Food,
Agriculture, and Biotechnology

2. UK – World’s most productive
research nation
英国 - 世界上最具有生产力的研究国家
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%
13% world most-cited papers
12% world citations
9% world research publication
5% world research spending
1% world population 數列1
數列2
UK percentage
The world
• UK has broadly-based strengths: citation share is world #2 in many areas.
英国有广泛基础的优点： 引文份额是世界许多地区的 #2。
• UK is maintaining its position as new science nations arise.
英国维持其新科学国家出现的地位。

3. UK: World class R&D
英国：世界级研发
Up2Humanities
Level5Engineering
Level5Physical sciences
Level4Mathematics
Level2Health and Medical
Up2Clinical
Up2Business
Level2Social sciences
Level2Environmental science
UP2Bioscience (Food, Agri, Biotech)
TREND (2000-2014)WORLD RANKRESEARCH FIELD

4. The UK Research System
英国研究系统
艺术和人文科学研究理事
会
科学和技术设施理事会
生物技术和生物科学研究理事
会
工 程 和 自 然 科 学 研 究 理 事 会
自 然 环 境 研 究 理 事 会
医 学 研 究 理 事 会
经济与社会科学研究理
事会

5. Core Values of Research Councils
研究理事会的核心价值
• Independence – Funding decisions are made by
researchers, not politicians or civil servants
(Haldane Principle 1919).
• Excellence – Funding decisions emerge from
competitions using open peer review.

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10000
15000
20000
25000
30000
35000
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100000
200000
300000
400000
500000
1 2 3
數列1
數列2
China – fastest rising research
nation in history
中国 —上升最快的研究国家
• Citation also have nearly 4-fold increase
• China has overtaken Japan in citations per gross spend on R&D
• UK is the 2nd largest partner of China in joint publications
China’s output of
Scientific publications
1998 2008 2013
China’s world ranking for
scientific publications
Agri & Biosci
Year 1998#15
#6
#2
Year 2002
Year 2013
Data from NESTA & SJR: SCImago Journal & Country Rank

7. UK-China R&D Cooperation:
Political and Thematic Priorities
英国-中国 R&D 合作： 政治和专题优先事项
JUNE 2014 : CHINA-UK SUMMIT
> Premier Keqiang and Prime Minister David Cameron agreed to increase
R&D cooperation between China and the UK (approved £53m co-funded
programmes
JUNE 2014: CHINA-UK JOINT COMMISSION FOR R&D
> Priority themes for R&D cooperation agreed
> Renewable Energy (climate change)
> Healthy Populations
> Food safety and security
> Innovation cooperation (UK’s Technology Strategy Board)
… Mechanisms now being agreed between UK Research Councils and Chinese
funders (MOST, CAS, NSFC + OTHERS) to support joint research

8. UK-China Engagement
Beijing
RCUK, UKTI, British Council
DfID, Climate & Energy
Scotland Office,
Economics,
political , UKBA5 staff
National and North China
Innovation, Health
Food and agriculture
Space, S&I policy &
management
Shanghai
UKTI, Climate & Energy
British Council
East China
Stem cells, TCM, Applied
Sciences and Nanotech
Chongqing
UKTI, British Council
Climate & Energy
Wales Office
West China
Water
Guangzhou
UKTI, Climate & Energy
British Council
South China
Climate & Energy
Environment

9. UK-China Collaboration-Support
中英合作支持
EU AND UK RESEARCH: OPEN FOR COLLABORATION
> Horizon 2020 (https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/)
> Research Council funding (www.rcuk.ac.uk or www.rcuk.cn)
RANGE OF (2-WAY) MOBILITY/EXCHANGE SCHEMES
http://euraxessfunds.britishcouncil.org/Search.aspx/Index
> Research Councils/institutes (e.g. BBSRC:
http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/funding/internationalfunding/isis.aspx)
> Universities: British Council www.britishcouncil.org or Direct
> Royal Society (Newton Fellowships) and Royal Academy of
Engineering: http://royalsociety.org / http://www.raeng.org.uk/
> EU International Fellowships / Marie Curie Actions
> British Embassy/British Consulate Generals workshops and
seminars: http://ukinchina.fco.gov.uk/en/about-us/working-with-
china/science-innovation-network/

10. RCUK China Strategy
英国研究理事会的中国战略
• Make collaborations more visible.
• Develop a coherent and sustainable package of
support -
 individual travel funding
 young researcher links
 ‘best with best’ research group links
 joint research projects supported by both sides
• Make UK/China support systems more user-friendly!

11. Recent funding support from UK/China
funding bodies
最近从中英资助机构的资金支持
UK China£47 million
• RCUK & NSFC: £4m UK-China partnership fund in 2013
• RCUK & Chinese Ministry of Sci and Tech: £3m for Innovation & Technology
• RCUK & CAS, £250k UK-China Partnering award
• BBSRC UK-China Partnering Award: £2m for building new links with Chinese
scientists
• NERC & NSFC just launched £3m to fund UK-based researchers and NSFC have a
budget of 60m RMB to Chinese researcher

12. UK-China Agri-Science
英国-中国 农业科学
• “Impact of Climate Change on Chinese Agriculture”
(www.china-climate-adapt.org)
• SAIN – Sustainable Agriculture Innovation network
• “Advanced Wheat Breeding” RCUK Summer School
• “Translational Plant Science” RCUK Summer School
• “Wild Plant Germ Plasm Bank” – CAS Kunming/Kew
• Big potential for UK-China multi-disciplinary research on
sustainable agriculture
• Individual Institute in UK joint research with China
Rothamstead Research – long term links with China, incl. Joint Lab with
Huazhong UST
University of Nottingham, joint molecular crop breeding centre with
Zhejiang university,

13. Individual Institute in UK joint research
with China
英国与中国联合研究个体研究所
£1.6m
University College London
(UCL) has established a joint
biomass energy laboratory
with Tianguan Group in
Nanyang, Henan.
This project is for Low Carbon City Development with a further project designed to
enhance collaboration with a potential extra £500k of Chinese funding.
joint workshops in China on best practice in biofuel in technology transfer

14. Individual Institute in UK joint research
with China
英国与中国联合研究个体研究所
£600k of
Chinese funding for
the development of
the UK/China
Geospatial
Engineering Centre at
University of
Nottingham
Geospatial technology plays a huge role in food security, through field
management, improving crop quality, traceability and assurance and
environmental impacts.

15. Projects I involved with Chinese Institutes
与中国科研机构合作的项目
£280k
Funded by UK-China Fellowships for
Excellence Programme on sustainable urban
agriculture through innovative vertical
farming and Chinese Academy of Agricultural
Sciences (CAAS)
Organised an International Conference on
Vertical Farming and Urban Agriculture 2014

16. Projects I involved with Chinese Institutes
与中国科研机构的合作项目
£125k
Development of markers of
nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) in
rice
水稻高效利用氮肥遗传标记基因研
究和开发
Funded by ICUK and Joint with
Zhejiang University
Identified genes promoting high NUE by transcriptomic analysis
通过基因芯片表达分析,发现与氮高效利用相关的基因
Two BBSRC China Partnering Awards on Nitrogen Use efficiency in rice and pig feed
efficiency joint with Zhejiang University and Hua Zhong Agricultural University

17. Projects I involved with Chinese Institutes
与中国科研机构的合作项目
• A global interdisciplinary training network to address key questions in
plant development for food security
• Training young/new researchers with skills to enable them to address
these questions through workshops and seminar.
£100k
For training Chinese
researchers at Shanghai Jiao
Tong University, including
root architecture,
male reproduction and crop
fertility.

18. Conclusions
结论
• International collaboration is essential for maintaining the
quality of the research
• Possible Collaboration Models
- Governmental initiatives: BBSRC, RCUK, Newton,
NNFS Fund & China-UK Joint Innovation Research
- University partnership arrangements in research
- Mutual interests-driven collaboration among scientists
- Join publications of research results
• Some challenges

19. THANK YOU & QUESTIONS
Chungui Lu
Head of Centre for Urban Agriculture, University of
Nottingham, UK
E-mail: Chungui.Lu@nottingham.ac.uk
Phone: +86 10 5192 4432