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2 Westminster Consultation on China Sir David King Chief Scientific Adviser to HM Government 20 June 2007 House of Commons, London

3 China-UK Year of Science, 2005 Flood and Coastal Defence UK and China partners in a study to assess China’s future needs for flooding defences Carbon capture UK China working on a groundbreaking feasibility study, £3.5m from the UK

4 World Science Citations, 1997-2001 Country% share of world publications % share of world citations Rank order USA34.9↓49.4↓1 EU1537.1↑39.3↑ UK9.4↑11.4↑2 GERMANY8.8↑10.0↑3 JAPAN9.3↑8.4↑4 FRANCE6.4↑6.9↑5 CANADA4.6↓5.3↓6 ITALY4.1↑4.4↑7 CHINA3.2↑1.6↑19 INDIA2.1↓0.9↑22 SOUTH AFRICA0.5-0.3↑29 IRAN0.13↑0.06↑30 Source: D.A. King, Nature, 430, p312, 2004

5 Percentage of world share of publications, 2004 Source: Adapted from P Zhou and Leydesdorff, ‘The emergence of China as a leading nation in science’ Research Policy 35, no1 (Feb 2006) China France Germany Japan Korea UK US EU-15 1995 2.05 6.09 7.62 8.65 0.79 8.88 33.54 34.36 1998 2.90 6.48 8.82 9.42 1.41 9.08 31.63 36.85 2001 4.30 6.33 8.68 9.52 2.01 8.90 31.01 36.55 2004 6.52 5.84 8.14 8.84 2.70 8.33 30.48 35.18

6 International Collaboration with China ’000sTotalUKGERUSA Clinical3.70.90.32.5 Health0.50.1 0.3 Biological Science 2.40.50.41.5 Environment1.30.30.20.8 Mathematics1.40.30.20.9 Physical Sciences 7.11.22.03.9 Engineering5.51.1 3.3 TOTAL21.94.44.313.2 China, Collaborative Output, 1996-2000 ’000sTotalUKGERUSA Clinical91.60.96.5 Health1.00.20.10.7 Biological Science 6.21.10.94.2 Environment3.50.60.52.4 Mathematics2.60.50.41.7 Physical Sciences 13.82.33.67.9 Engineering10.32.11.96.3 TOTAL46.48.48.329.7 China, Collaborative Output, 2001-2005

7 UK/China Joint Commission on Science and Technology, 2006 It was agreed to prioritise co-operation, including: –Clean and renewable energy –Climate change, environment and sustainable development –Infectious disease –Nano/and materials science –Biomedicine and the modernisation of traditional medicines

8 Global Science and Innovation Forum CSA

9 Future for UK-China Relations


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