UPS met with the Chinese Ministry of Science

UPS, martes 1 octubre 2019
Representative who attended the meeting
Representative who attended the meeting

 

On September 23rd, in the city of Quito, Universidad Politecnica Salesiana (UPS) was invited to take part in the 3rd Bilateral Commission for Scientific and Technical Cooperation that Ecuador has with China in the field of Higher Education.

After an evaluation, carried out by the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology, of scientific publications that have had the highest impact; the results demonstrated that the highest impact publications are the ones written by our university's Industrial Technologies Research and Development Group (GIDTEC for its acronym in Spanish).

Therefore, the Ecuadorian Secretariat of Higher Education, Science and Technology (SENESCYT for its acronym in Spanish) asked the university to participate in a meeting to discuss topics related to higher education, scholarships, international studies, the environment, agriculture and technology.

The meeting was attended by Huang Wei, vice minister of the Chinese Science and Technology Ministry; representatives of SENESCYT, Chuan Li who works in the Business and Technology University of Chongqing, China and the following representatives from out university: Bernardo Salgado, Head of the International Relations Department; Belen Soriano, representative of the Foundation "Jovenes por un Ecuador major"; Vinicio Sanchez, Mariela Cerrada and Diego Cabrera, UPS professors-researchers. 

The overall aim of the meeting was to encourage an exchange of science and research between China and Ecuador to favor the development of science, technology and innovation.