1. Chinese National Committee for CODATA: Mission and development National Delegate: Prof. Zhihong Xu

2. Background China joined CODATA in 1984, establishing Chinese National Committee for CODATA (CODATA-China for short) Chinese Academy of Sciences as the National Member Ministry of Science and Technology Ministry of Education Ministry of Chemical Industry National Standard Committee State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping Institute of Measurement Chinese Science Association National Science Foundation ……

3. Background Former President Zhou Guangzhao (1984-1991) Former President Hu Qiheng (1992-1996) Current President Chen Yiyu (1997-) Current and Former Presidents

4. Background CODATA-China set up a full-time Secretariat at Computer Network Information Center. Organize domestic data Investigation, Cooperation, and Exchange Hold domestic and International Academic Conference Organize surveys for domestic data resources ……

5. Background (Name list) President Chen Yiyu(NSFC, CAS) Vice president:Yan Baoping(CNIC) National dellegate: Xu Zhihong Secretary general ： Xiao Yun(CNIC) Member: Cao Yongsheng (agricultural science) Chen Ji Sheng (Academician of CAE) Gui Wenzhuang (director of high tech.,CAS) Guo Huadong (director of foreign affairs, CAS ） Liu Zhiyong （ vice director of information, Science, NSFC ） Ma Juncai (professor, CAS) Oyang Hua (professor, CAS ） Shao Liqing （ director inspector, MOST) Soon Ling (Department of Information Science) Wang Qiming (economic specialist, State Development Planning Commision) Yuan Haibo(NSFC) Zhang Xianen(MOST) Zhang Xiaozhong (professor of Tsinghua University) Zhu Jinning (CAST,director of foreign affairs)

6. LOGO On the basis of the logo of International CODATA, we designed the logo for Chinese National Committee for CODATA.

7. Activities and Achievement From the beginning of Eighty of last century, we began to prepare to join CODATA. And in the meanwhile the CAS started its scientific database making project. National planning Commission and Science & Technology Commission support us. Based on the database work started, CAS on behalf of China applied to enter into the international CODATA and pay attention to the data organization work.

8. Mission 1. Organize and link Domestic interdisciplinary data sharing 2. Organize to join International scientific data work and activities 3. Help and push data exchange, cooperation and sharing work in scientific research

9. Mission Help the scientists to know the importance of data accumulation and sharing, help scientists to join the sharing policy making Organize the investigation work of domestic data, to push the corporation and exchanging work Organize the academic activities of scientific data, to give consultant to scientists to find their needed data To promote the data logging, assembly, standardize, computer treatment. Help to set up the computer platform for data processing Help to organize the data evaluation, database processing, data quality control work Help to organize national scale database and database system setting up, promote and encourage the sharing of database system

10. Activity Forms For each year we host once Chinese CODATA conference Organize domestic specialists to join CODATA work, including International CODATA activities Organize domestic scientific data and database conference Help to publish some books, papers in the field of scientific data Organize Chinese scholars to join International CODATA Conference Help the data maker to publish their data books or papers Help to organize some data and database setting up project

11. For each year we organize the enlarge Chinese CODATA committee, to exchange the data and database work (example ) Help to push the database maker to put their data and database onto the Internet (Setup website, example) Activities and Achievement

12. http://www.codata.cn Activities and Achievement

13. Work Groups Chinese CODATA Secretariat Fundamental Constants Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Material Properties Environment Atomic and Molecular Data Geoscience Biological Macromolecules Mechanical and Structure Design Nuclear Data Gas Hydrates Nano Materials Bioinfomatics

14. Activities and achievements Published some academic works

15. Activities and achievements Made three surveys of Scientific Data- distribution and Data-serving on Internet, with support from MOST Apr. 1993 Jul. 1993 Nov. 1993 Played an active role in the program of “ National Scientific Data-sharing Platform ” ever since 1999

16. Activities and Achievement Began to coordinate the project of “ CODATA-China Physics and Chemistry Database ” sponsored by MOST from 2001 http://dc.codata.cn

17. Activities and Achievement Organized numbers of domestic scientists and researchers to attend the International CODATA Conference

18. Activities and Achievement Hold 13 th CODATA International Academic Conference in 1992

19. Activities and Achievement Hold 13 th CODATA International Academic Conference in 1992

20. Activities and Achievement In 2000 China CODATA and USA CODATA organized twice conferences to exchange scientific information In 2000 March USA CODATA hosted a meeting in Washington,D.C.) and in 2000 December Chinese CODATA hosted a same meeting in Beijing. On those meeting we both introduced a lot of working experiences, discussed a series of measures to set up cooperation. We selected several fields e.g. nature sciences, environment science, and earth science etc., in which some items had been set up and the feasibility of those items had been studied.

21. Activities and Achievement Feb. 28th-Mar. 1 st of 2003, President of CODATA Shuichi Iwata being with us.

22. Activities and Achievement Successfully held regional meeting of “ methane hydrate working group ” in 2004

23. Activities and Achievement Began to edit “ Nuclide Guide ” series, copies in Chinese, English and Russian will be published in Aug. 2004.

24. Development for CODATA-China Intensify international exchange and cooperation Closely follow international S & T data work frontier Promote the interdisciplinary data work sharing Help and support developing countries data work Science Technology Society Promote Push S & T data to help the science and national economy To promote the development of S & T and the progress of society

25. Development for CODATA-China Promoting international collaboration Continue contributing to International CODATA Broadcast CODATA activities with its website: http://www.codata.cn, providing links to and introduce websites of important scientific databases http://www.codata.cn Bring in latest trends for better constructing, dealing and utilizing data Push forward worldwide data sharing and application Serve its function as a platform for international collaboration about Science and Technology

26. Development for CODATA-China Trace international trends for scientific research, thus to provide timely scientific data support Bring in international data resources based on latest research trends Play a more active role in initiating and joining international task groups Initiate domestic task groups, promoting frontier research work

27. Development for CODATA-China Advocate interdisciplinary data construction, sharing and application. Actively participate in building up the National basic platform Organize exchanges and discussions on scientific data construction, as well as relevant technologies, standards, models and application. Initiate researches for establishing scientific data sharing policies and data evaluation system Make efforts on getting more financial support from the country

28. Development for CODATA-China Support and encourage the establishment of scientific databases and their relevant tasks in developing countries Scientific Data sharing Provide technical support for database construction and application Train more talented person Bilateral collaboration and exchange

29. Development for CODATA-China Promote applications of scientific data on scientific research, national policy-making, national economic development, etc. Provide support and consulting service on scientific data. Push forward application of scientific data in various industries and practice. Organize exemplary application of scientific data in various fields with great importance.

30. Development for CODATA-China This year 2004 is the 20th annual to enter CODATA, and there are many results in the field of scientific data activities. The most important contribution for Chinese CODATA is to set up constant and tight connections with our counterparts throughout the world. With the 21 century coming, the requirements to scientific information will be more and more. We are sure data sharing policy will be implemented both in our country and also the developed countries. In the meanwhile, our scientific data workers will face challenges both from the computer technology development and social requirements. We fully understand what it means. Chinese CODATA will be growing up simultaneously.

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