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Russian-Chinese Joint Research Center on Space Weather

In 2000, the Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics SB RAS and the Center for Space Science and Applied Research of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CSSAR CAS, since 2010 known as the National Space Science Center CAS or NSSC CAS) jointly established the Russian-Chinese Joint Research Center on Space Weather. The Agreement for Scientific Cooperation between the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences signed on October 13, 1999 and the Agreement for Joint Research in Solar-Terrestrial Physics between CSSAR CAS and ISTP SB RAS concluded on November 2, 2000 served as the basis for creating the Joint Research Center.

Award by President Xi Jinping. For the Chinese side, The founder and first co-director of the Center from the Russian side is Gely A. Zherebtsov, Academician of RAS. Recognized for his contributions to international scientific and technological collaboration, he was honored with the prestigious 2012 CAS Award for International Scientific Cooperation. Also, he received the International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Award of the People's Republic of China in 2013. In 2015, Zherebtsov was personally presented with the Chinese Government Friendship the Center’s initial co-director was Professor Wu Ji, who later was elected a Foreign Member of RAS in 2022. Today, the leadership of the Center is shared by Corresponding Member of RAS Andrey V. Medvedev—Director of ISTP SB RAS—and Academician Wang Chi—Director of NSSC CAS.

As part of the Center’s activities, cooperation is carried out with leading institutions of CAS and several educational organizations in China (NSSC CAS, National Astronomical Observatories CAS, China Research Institute of Radiowave Propagation, Institute of Space Sciences (Shandong University), Yunnan Observatories CAS, Aerospace Information Research Institute CAS, etc.). The results of scientific collaborations are regularly reported at the Russian-Chinese workshops on space weather, alternately hosted by the Russian and Chinese sides.

Research areas

1. Solar activity related to solar disturbances;
2. Propagation of solar disturbances through the solar corona and interplanetary space;
3. Dynamic processes at different spatial and temporal scales which are associated with disturbances in geospace;
4. Propagation of disturbances from high to middle and low latitudes of the Earth’s ionosphere and atmosphere;
5. Diagnostics of geospace and forecasting principles;
6. Coupling between geospace and the Earth’s atmosphere;
7. Global space weather system and its response to external impacts.

Main objectives

  • Assessing the scientific and practical significance of joint projects and facilitating their implementation;
  • Arranging exchange programs for scientists involved in joint projects;
  • Organizing joint conferences and workshops on relevant areas of scientific research.

Results

Every two years, Russia and China alternately host workshops. Within the framework of these workshops, project leaders deliver scientific reports presenting the results of their research. Over the course of the Center's operation, 15 workshops on space weather were held:

  • The 1st Russian-Chinese Workshop on Solar-Terrestrial Physics and Its Applications, December 14–19, 2000, Irkutsk, Russia.
  • The 2nd Chinese-Russian Workshop on Space Weather, September 14–15, 2001, Beijing, China.
  • The 3rd Russian-Chinese Workshop on Space Weather, June 19–21, 2002, Irkutsk, Russia.
  • Session of the 4th Chinese-Russian Workshop on Space Weather was held as a special section of the 10th Conference on Space Physics of the Chinese Society of Space Research on October 18–19, 2003 in Shanghai, China.
  • The 5th Russian-Chinese Workshop on Space Weather, October 14–17, 2004, Irkutsk, Russia.
  • The 6th Chinese-Russian Workshop on Space Weather, October 12–16, 2005, Qingdao, China.
  • The 7th Russian-Chinese Workshop on Space Weather was held together with the Baikal Young Scientists’ International School on Fundamental Physics (BSFP-2006), September 11–17, 2006, Irkutsk, Russia.
  • The 8th Chinese-Russian Workshop on Space Weather, September 23–25, 2007, Beijing, China.
  • The 9th Russian-Chinese Workshop on Space Weather, June 22–27, 2009, Irkutsk, Russia.
  • The 10th Chinese-Russian Workshop on Space Weather, November 1–2, 2010, Beijing, China.
  • The 11th Russian-Chinese Workshop on Space Weather, September 3–8, 2012, Irkutsk, Russia.
  • The 12th Chinese-Russian Workshop on Space Weather, August 25–29, 2014, Zhengxiangbaiqi, China.
  • The 13th Russian-Chinese Workshop on Space Weather, August 15–19, 2016, Yakutsk, Russia.
  • The 14th Chinese-Russian Workshop on Space Weather, November 5–9, 2018, Haikou, China.
  • The 15th Russian-Chinese Workshop on Space Weather, September 9–13, 2024, Irkutsk, Russia.

Over the years of the Center operation, Russian and Chinese colleagues achieved many important results in studying physical processes in geospace. More than 350 scientific papers and three joint monographs were published.

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