Institute of Archaeology (CASS) and Russian Academy of Sciences Siberian Branch's Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography Sign Agreement for Establishing Cooperative Framework

    The Institute of Archaeology (CASS) and visiting academics from the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences' Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, signed an agreement to establish a cooperative framework at the Institute of Archaeology (CASS) on March 10th, 2009. The signing ceremony was presided over by Chen Xingcan, Deputy Director of the Institute of Archaeology (CASS) and was followed by a brief celebration ceremony. 
    Wang Wei, Director of the Institute of Archaeology (CASS) and academician Anatolii P. Derevianko, Chairman of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography at the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, both signed the agreement. Professor Yang Yang, Director of the Bureau of International Cooperation （CASS）, Yang Zhiguo and Jin Zhe, Section Chief and Deputy Section Chief of the Foreign Affairs Bureau Eurasia Section (CASS), attended the signing ceremony. Secretary Qi Zhaoye, Deputy Director Bai Yunxiang and over twenty directors from the Institute of Archaeology's various departments and research centres were also present at the ceremony. Russian scholars participating in the signing ceremony included academic Viacheslav Ivanovich Molodin, Deputy Chairman of the Insitute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and researcher Komissarov Sergei.
    This cooperative framework agreement will include visits by scholars from both countries, an academic exchange programme for university students and researchers, the exchange of academic publications and data, and research activities for scholars from the two countries, such as collaborative research and seminars. The agreement is an excellent starting point for academic cooperation between Chinese and Russian archaeologists. 
    The visiting academicians Derevianko and Molodin are renowned scholars within Russian archaeological circles. After the ceremony, Derevianko and Molodin took the opportunity to present academic papers.
Translated by Kelly McGuire