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On November 21, L.I.S.T.E.N Science Space, an interactive hub to explore science beyond borders jointly built by the China Science and Technology Museum and the Sci-Bono Discovery Center of South Africa, opened to the public, marking new progress in sci-tech cooperation between China and South Africa.
An initiative of sci-tech cooperation on cross-border data flow among Lancang-Mekong countries was released during the Second Workshop on the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) Innovation Corridor Development held in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan province on November 11, injecting new impetus into the construction of this regional innovation corridor.
?"International cooperation has been very important, and will become more and more important in the future," Jean-Jacques Dordain, former director general of the European Space Agency (ESA), told Science and Technology Daily in an interview at the Roundtable for International Cooperation in Space Science in Beijing on November 21.
?The village of Midekin in Chad's Hadjer-Lamis Region looked festive. Villagers, local leaders and agricultural experts from China had gathered to celebrate a bumper harvest and the laughter of farmers mingling with the hum of harvesters reflected the cheerful and vibrant atmosphere.
On the afternoon of 28 October 2025, the Thematic Session on Digital Earth Supporting Sustainable Development was convened during the 2025 World Science and Technology Development Forum (WSTDF) in Beijing, aiming to respond to the growing global call for a paradigm shift in digital technologies, particularly at the frontier where big data and AI meet Earth sciences, to eliminate data and technology barriersand help narrow the remaining gaps in achieving the SDGs.
"We live in a world [where] we are interconnected and [with] more and more complex scientific challenges, therefore we need collaboration between scientists, especially know what the others are doing," Marcelo Knobel, executive director of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), UNESCO, told Science and Technology Daily in an exclusive interview. "So open science is fundamental for having access to the research done by everyone…International cooperation is an integral part of science."
Over several decades, Senegal and China have jointly built a partnership based on South-South cooperation and oriented towards common development, achieving fruitful results.
?The Belt and Road Green Innovation Conference (2025), hosted by China's Ministry of Ecology and Environment, sought to build global consensus on green development, deepen the integration of green investment and financing with green transformation, and inject new green momentum into high-quality development of Belt and Road cooperation.
Science, technology and innovation (STI) ministers and senior officials from G20 member states and invited countries gathered in Tshwane, South Africa, on September 23 for the G20 Research and Innovation Ministerial Meeting.
"I firmly believe that the number of new energy vehicles (NEVs) will continue to rise very dynamically in China, but also in other regions of the world," Hildegard Müller, president of the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA), told Science and Technology Daily in an interview during the 2025 World New Energy Vehicle Congress (WNEVC), held in Haikou, Hainan province in south China, from September 27 to 29.
On September 5, 2025, a Special Session on Digital Earth Technologies for Promoting Sustainable Development in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and South Pacific Island Countries (SPIC) was held at the Headquarters of the International Science and Technology Organizationsin Beijing, with more than 50 delegates fromUN DESA, and governments and institutions of SIDS and SPIC. Participants embracedcloser international collaborations and practical next stepsin Digital Earth to better harness geospatial technologies for monitoring the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs).
To support international dialogue on human rights and cooperation among countries on the basis of equality and mutual respect and to pool the strength of the Global South, the first China-Africa Human Rights Seminar was held in Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on August 22.
China and Myanmar took another step towards a new decade of deepening Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC), with the signing of the 2025 LMC Special Fund project cooperation agreement on August 5.
Robots throwing balls and AI used to solve logistics and transportation problems, were some of the entries battling it out for top honours at the 22nd Guangxi Adolescent AI and Robotics Competition and the Cross-Regional Invitational Tournament for Teenagers from ASEAN Countries.
?To mark the 50th anniversary of China-EU diplomatic relations and promote deeper scientific ties, China's Ministry of Science and Technology, in collaboration with the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and other related institutions, launched the "China-EU Young Scientists Exchange Program" on July 25 in Beijing.
?The 17th BRICS Summit was held in Rio de Janeiro from July 6 to 7, for the first time in its expanded format, focusing on Global South cooperation and partnerships for social, economic and environmental development. Science and technology-related topics like AI, climate change and health care are among the expanded BRICS' key aspects for further cooperation.
The ninth China-South Asia Expo in Kunming, Yunnan province in southwest China, concluded on June 24 with over 150 business contracts worth more than 8.4 billion RMB signed. The expo received more than 500,000 visits, making it a landmark platform for deepening cooperation between China and South Asian countries.
China is deepening its commitment to international scientific cooperation, guided by the principles of openness, mutual benefit, and shared progress. With science and technology playing a pivotal role in solving global challenges, China has sci-tech cooperation ties with over 160 countries and regions, has signed 119 intergovernmental sci-tech cooperation agreements, and participates in more than 200 international organizations and mechanisms.
?The second Belt and Road Conference on Science and Technology Exchange was held from June 10 to 12 in Chengdu, Sichuan province. It aims to foster multi-level, multi-field sci-tech exchange and cooperation mechanisms.
?Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory message to the 7th China-Russia Energy Business Forum in Beijing on November 25, sparking enthusiastic responses from various sectors in both countries.
Liang Wenfeng, founder and CEO of the Chinese AI firm DeepSeek, and "deep diver" Chinese geoscientist Du Mengran are on the annual "Nature's 10" list, which highlights 10 people at the heart of some of the biggest science stories of 2025.
