6th China-Sri Lanka Joint Workshop on Monsoon Climate and Marine Environmental Resources
6th China-Sri Lanka Joint Workshop on Monsoon Climate and Marine Environmental Resources was successfully concluded on 9th March 2021. The conference was conducted virtually and in person at the locations, China Sri Lanka Joint Center for Education and Research (CSL CER), University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka and Ramada Pearl Hotel, Guangzhou, China. The conference was hosted by the South China Sea Institute of Oceanology (SCSIO), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and CSL CER of the University of Ruhuna.
Leading contributors of this workshop were the scholars and officials attached to the University of Ruhuna, the National Aquatic Resources Research and Development Agency (NARA), Department of Meteorology, Bureau of International Cooperation of CAS, the South China Sea Institute of Oceanology (SCSIO) of CAS, the Alliance of International Science Organization (ANSO), the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS), Institute of Acoustics of CAS, South China Botanical Garden of CAS, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences of CAS, the University of Western Australia and the University of Malaya, Malaysia.
The inaugural session of the workshop held at the CSL CER was graced by the presence of the Vice Chancellor and Deputy Vice Chancellor of the University of Ruhuna, Dean of the Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences & Technology and Dean of the Faculty of Science and Heads of the Departments of Faculty of FMST.
Ms Priyangika Dharmasena Consulate General of Sri Lanka in Guangzhou, Director General of the South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Prof. Lijuan Long and the Director of the CSL CER Prof Changsheng Zhang, Co-director of the CSL CER Prof. Tilak P D Gamage addressed the inaugural session. Scientists from China and Sri Lanka have shown a great interest in carrying out substantive cooperation of this nature under the platform of the CSL CER in future
