First Secretary and Head of the Beijing Science and Innovation Network
Part of6th July 2016 Beijing, China
Tomorrow is my last day in the China Science and Innovation Network. It’s been fun. It’s been hard work. It’s been a privilege. Here’s a look back at some of the highlights from an amazing team during my three years in what might just have been the best job in the Foreign Office. December 2013: During the […]
30th March 2016 Beijing, China
The British Embassy’s Be Y♀urself campaign has been running throughout the month of March, recognising the achievements of women in society and in the economy. So it makes sense to reflect on the contribution of women to science in China. Here in the Science and Innovation Team in Beijing, we rub shoulders with successful women […]
19th January 2016 Beijing, China
Within UKTI, the Advanced Manufacturing and Transport team have responsibility for the Space sector and we work very closely with the SIN team in this and other areas of technological innovation. Last weekend I and my colleague Li Qian accepted the invitation from China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC – a subsidiary of China Aerospace […]
14th December 2015 Beijing, China
Science and Innovation should be fun. Too often in the Embassy my team becomes engulfed in all sorts of not-so-fun activities like policy briefings and project admin. So when an opportunity came along to accompany a delegation of British robotics experts to Beijing’s World Robot Conference, we jumped at the chance. In the interests of […]
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3rd November 2015 Beijing, China
Much of what we do in the Science and Innovation Network in China (and perhaps globally) produces short and medium term eye-catching results: our tech partnering missions generate collaborations and multi-million pound contracts ; our GREAT promotional events attract large audiences from across China; we’re racking up the number of joint centres and joint laboratories […]