The China Association for Science and Technology announced that the 2026 Open Cooperation Month will be held in October, with about 70 activities covering 11 domestic regions and multiple overseas countries.

China News Service, Beijing, September 23 (Reporter Sun Zifa) The China Association for Science and Technology held a press conference in Beijing on September 22 and announced that the 2026 Open Cooperation Month will be held in October. It aims to anchor China's historical position of accelerating its transformation from a global science and technology participant and contributor to a pioneer and leader, proactively build an international open cooperation platform, and deeply participate in global science and technology governance.

The general theme of the China Association for Science and Technology’s Open Cooperation Month in 2026 is “Science and technology carry the world, and humanities help the future”, and the annual theme is “Innovation Sources, Shaping Ecology”. The China Association for Science and Technology has established an Open Cooperation Month Organizing Committee Office, which will work with international science and technology organizations, local governments, national societies and local science and technology associations established in China.

The 2026 Open Cooperation Month will include about 70 activities in 3 sections, including comprehensive international science and technology conferences, professional high-level academic conferences, and exemplary humanistic exchange mechanisms, which will be implemented in Beijing (Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei), Shanghai (Yangtze River Delta), and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area International Science and Technology The innovation center and 11 domestic provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) including the Chengdu-Chongqing Region, Wuhan, and Xi'an Regional Science and Technology Innovation Center, as well as several overseas countries such as Kazakhstan, organize Chinese science and technology workers to communicate with the international science and technology community to seek common development and discuss the future.

Comprehensive international science and technology conferences include the International Science Council Mid-term General Meeting and Beijing Science Dialogue, the World Science and Technology and Development Forum and the World's Top Scientists Forum. The conferences focused on topics such as "Science in a Complex World: Science for a Better Future", "Co-evolution: Shaping the New Ecosystem of Future Industries", "Paradigm Change: The Next Decade of Scientific Breakthroughs" and other topics to conduct dialogue and build consensus. It is planned to release the results of the International Science Council Mid-Term General Meeting and Beijing Science Dialogue "Beijing Declaration", "2026 Science and Technology Foresight", and the 2026 World Top Scientists Forum Declaration.

In terms of professional high-level academic conferences, more than 30 high-level international scientific and technological academic conferences have been selected and held in the fields of new energy, materials science, space science, chemistry, earth science, life science, artificial intelligence, brain science, integrated circuits, quantum technology, etc., focusing on the cutting-edge directions of the disciplines and key industrial issues, and bringing together well-known Chinese and foreign experts and young talents. , continue to carry out high-level and serialized professional seminars, produce a number of high-quality research reports and academic papers, display a number of the latest technologies and products in this field, release a number of technical standards and rule initiatives, bring together a group of outstanding scientists and young scholars who are devoted to international scientific and technological cooperation, and create a gravitational field for the collision of wisdom and source of innovation in the international scientific and technological community.

In terms of exemplary science and technology and cultural exchange mechanisms, more than 30 bilateral institutional non-governmental science and technology and cultural exchange activities in key regions such as China-Central Asia, China-ASEAN, China-Russia, China and the United States have been held continuously, and the World Young Scientists Summit has been highlighted. Give full play to the role of the main channel for non-governmental scientific and cultural exchanges, focus on the people-to-people bonds, conceptual identity, and emotional fusion between Chinese and foreign young scholars, engineers, and other groups, build a communication and dialogue platform with a deep integration of science and technology and culture, guide them to learn from each other, and conduct joint research, adapt to the profoundly adjusted international landscape with a spirit of unity, enhance open trust and cooperation in the international science and technology community with a win-win mentality, work together to promote the common values ​​of all mankind, and create an open, fair, just, and non-discriminatory international science and technology development environment.

According to the China Association for Science and Technology, the first "Open Cooperation Month" in 2025 held 63 activities, setting up a cross-border, interdisciplinary, and cross-cultural dialogue and cooperation platform for more than 20,000 Chinese and foreign people in science and technology, education, and business circles from more than 110 countries and regions.

The 2026 Open Cooperation Month mainly includes three aspects: first, adapting to the trend of global scientific and technological cooperation and open innovation, and strengthening the function of innovation source; second, adhering to the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind, deepening scientific and cultural exchanges and cooperation; third, deeply participating in global scientific and technological governance, increasing the participation and influence of all parties in the formulation of international rules. (over)