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A.V. Zhirmunsky National Scientific Center of Marine Biology Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences (NSCMB FEB RAS) has taken part in the "China-Russian Symposium on Conservation and Sustainable Utilization of the Fisheries Resources in the Sino-Russian Far East Area" in Dalian, People’s Republic of China.

The Symposium is focused on actual problems arising under the conditions of global climate change in the Far Eastern Region. The event is organized by Dalian Ocean University. In April, 2023 the NSCMB FEB RAS and Dalian Ocean University signed a Memorandum on scientific cooperation for five years with the further auto prolongation.

The first part of the Symposium begins with Dr. S.I. Maslennikov’s presentation, the Head of the Center for Aquaculture and Coastal Bioresources in the NSCMB FEB RAS.

There are the NSCMB FEB RAS online participants with their talks: the NSCMB FEB RAS Director, the RAS Corresponding Member I.Yu. Dolmatov with the presentation "Sea cucumbers as a source of biologically active substances"; Scientific Head of Laboratory of Comparative Cytology, Dr. Marina G. Eliseikina with "The new bacilliform virus that causes milky hemolymph syndrome in Chinoecetes bairdi (Rathbun, 1924)"; Deputy Director for Science Dr. Tatyana Yu. Orlova with the lecture "Environmental change and its adverse effects on marine microorganisms-risks to food safety in East Asia".

From the 20th to 29th of October, 2023 Shenzhen MSU-BIT University has organized the second "NAUKA 0+" Science and Culture Festival, Shenzhen, China.

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 In connection with termination of the Memorandum on cooperation between A.V. Zhirmunsky National Scientific Center of Marine Biology, (NSCMB FEB RAS) and the South China Sea Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (SCSIO CAS), appointment of the new Director of the Center, and on invitation of the SCSIO CAS management, delegation of the NSCMB FEB RAS on the 20th – 23rd of October visited SCSIO in Guangzhou (China, Guangdong Province). The delegation included: the Scientific Supervisor of the Center (President), Academician of RAS Andrey Vladimirovich Adrianov; Director of the Center, Corr. Member of RAS Igor Yuryevich Dolmatov; Deputy Director for Science, PhD. Tatyana Yuryevna Orlova; and Deputy Director for International Cooperation, PhD. Konstantin Anatolyevich Lutaenko.

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On 17th – 19th of October the Institute of Oceanology CAS has conducted the China-Russia Bilateral Workshop “Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystems in a Changing Ocean: toward Sustainable Development Goals”, where the ceremonial signing of Memorandum on establishment Laboratory was held. There were two Directors’ signatures Wang Fan and Igor Yu. Dolmatov, and also heads of the future Laboratory: Prof. Sun Xiaoxia and Deputy Director for International Cooperation of the Center Dr. Konstantin A. Lutaenko.

Priority goals include as follows:

• Joint scientific surveys in the wide range of the marine biology and ecology problems;
• Mutual exchanging by our knowledge, experience and modern research methods;
• Obtaining new scientific knowledge for the decision making for an effective marine ecosystems management;
• The promotion of the issue to attract the attention of the governmental and intergovernmental organizations to the hot problems of the marine ecosystems changing under the environmental fluctuations both at the local and global scales.

The scientific research activity between Institute of Oceanology Chinese Academy of Sciences (IO CAS) and A.V. Zhirmunsky National Scientific Center of Marine Biology Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences (NSCMB FEB RAS) is regulated with Memorandum between centers, all bilateral workshops are conducted with an Agreement of cooperation.

On the 17th -19th of October 2023 Qingdao (China) welcomed a long-awaited conference - the sixth China-Russia Bilateral Workshop, which was organized between the Institute of Oceanology Chinese Academy of Sciences (IO CAS) and the A.V. Zhirmunsky National Scientific Center of Marine Biology Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences (NSCMB FEB RAS). The long-awaited conference of the two major Institutes for studying ocean biology was interrupted by pandemic (Covid-19) and administrative instability during the last few years. During this time the Corr. Member of RAS Igor Yu. Dolmatov was elected Director of NSCMB FEB RAS after approval of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation. Igor Yu. Dolmatov set a goal before the International Department to bring the cooperation to a new level and to achieve significant breakthrough in cooperation with scientific and educational institutions of China. The previous joint workshop between the IO CAS and the NSCMB FEB RAS was held in 2019 (the first one was in 2007, all workshops are conducted according to the Cooperation Agreement).

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On the 15th of September, the NSCMB FEB RAS held a working online-meeting with Sanya Institute of Deep-Sea Science and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences (SIDSSE CAS) on the topic "Joint cruise and mutual cooperation".

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On the 23rd of August, the joint online-conference with the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata (IISER-Kolkata) and Satyabama Institute of Science and Technology (SIST) was held in A.V. Zhirmunsky National Scientific Center of Marine Biology FEB RAS, Vladivostok.

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