International Links Enhancing International Collaboration and Exchange As a national-level basic research center, Academia Sinica stays abreast of the latest research and developments by engaging in exchange and collaboration with leading academic institutions worldwide, as well as sharing cuttingedge scientific knowledge and techniques. In 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Academia Sinica actively participated in a number of global epidemic prevention cooperative measures, holding video conferences with government agencies and research institutions in Europe, North America, and Asia. In addition to sharing our progress in research on rapid testing and vaccine R&D, we also discussed international cooperative strategies for epidemic prevention. A total of 663 cooperative agreements have been signed with 547 research institutions in 54 countries (regions) to establish comprehensive academic connections worldwide, including partners such as NASA, the National Institutes of Health, University of Illinois, and the University of California, San Francisco in the US; Kyoto University and Kobe University in Japan; the Indian Institutes of Technology; Mahidol University in Thailand; and Hebrew University in Israel. In the future, Academia Sinica will continue to broaden international links and strengthen scholarly connections to lead efforts in the development of domestic research to enable Taiwan to exert greater influence in its principal fields.
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