Preparations for the Sino-Russian Science and Technology Centre, a project between the Chinese and Russian governments for broad-based research, have been launched in Liaoning Province, Northeast China.

The centre, undertaken by the Shenyang Engineering College, Russia's Tomsk Polytechnic College and the Siberian branch of the Russia Academy of Sciences, will concentrate on research into aeronautics and astronautics, bio-engineering, energy, new materials, laser technology and environmental sciences.

Yao Jun, an official with the Shenyang Engineering College, said it will earmark up to 52 hectares of land for the construction of the centre, which is anticipated to be completed in 2005.

Work on establishing five institutes will begin later this year and 10 institutes will be formed by December 2005, with 500 million yuan (US$60 million) in funding from the Shenyang college.

Yao said the centre, to be jointly owned by the two sides, will co-operate with enterprises and institutions in the province and other parts of China to commercialize Russian technology.

The centre will also be open to the science and education communities of China, Russia and other countries, he said.

China also plans to invest 1 billion yuan (US$121 million) in establishing a high-tech industrial park catering to Russian technology in Shenyang, a major industrial base of China and not far from Russia's Far East region.

The centre plans to set up a Russian-Chinese science park in Russia in a bid to introduce Chinese high-technology, practical technology and products to Russia, said Yao.

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