The Australian ARC Centre for Particle Physics at the Terascale (CoEPP) and the Chinese Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP) have signed a memorandum of understanding to establish scientific exchange, collaboration and co-operation between the two organizations, at a ceremony held in Beijing yesterday. "Today we established the formal collaboration. It will benefit to the development of high energy physics in both countries, especially to the future large science facilities," says IHEP director Yifang Wang. The agreement hopes to encourage scientists from both institutions to share their expertise and collaborate on a number of initiatives, with a special focus on the planned Circular Electron Positron Collider (CEPC). "This formalization of a partnership with IHEP is a great step for Australia. We share a great many research interests and I look forward to many years of successful collaboration with our colleagues at IHEP," adds CoEPP director Geoffrey Taylor.

Source: Physics World

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