The 2015 IHEP-KEK Annual Cooperative Meeting took place at the Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP) on November 27, 2015.

Prof. WANG Yifang, Director of IHEP, heading the Chinese delegation, opened the meeting by warmly welcoming the KEK guests. He said he was very happy to see KEK friends again to advance this cooperation and then he reported the IHEP status and collaborations with Japan. Dr. YAMAUCHI Masanori, Director-General of High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK) expressed once again his appreciation to attend this meeting as new Director-General appointed this April.

In the meeting, both sides reported on their various scientific activities over the past year in the fields of particle and nuclear physics, material science and accelerators, and discussed at great length on how to further strengthen the cooperation between the two organizations. Special topics discussions on CSNS, J-PARC and neutrino physics programs were followed. Two sides decided to strengthen the collaboration on the ILC and CEPC and neutrino physics programs.

It is agreed that the next cooperative meeting will be held at KEK in spring of 2017.

2015 KEK-IHEP Annual Cooperative Meeting held at IHEP （image by IHEP）