First ISSI-BJ Board of Trustees Meeting Successfully Held

On April 3, 2014, the first International Space Science Institute-Beijing (ISSI-BJ) Board of Trustees (BoT) Meeting was held at ISSI-BJ. Five board members of ISSI-BJ, Professor WU Ji and WANG Chi from National Space Science Center of Chinese Academy of Sciences (NSSC, CAS), Professor Raphael Rodrigo from International Space Science Institute in Bern (ISSI), Professor CAO Jinghua from the Bureau of International Cooperation of Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Professor Roger Bonnet as an individual member from international space science community, attended the meeting. Prof. WU Ji, Director-General of NSSC, CAS, chaired the meeting. 

Prof. Maurizio Falanga, Executive Director of ISSI-BJ, presented the Implementation and Operation Report of ISSI-BJ; Prof. Dong Xiaolong, Administrative Director of ISSI-BJ, presented the Financial report of ISSI-BJ. The board approved these two reports.

The board members discussed the Regulations of the Board of Trustees of ISSI-BJ and made according modifications after extensive discussion. The board approved this document. 

The board discussed the issue of sponsorship solicitation from potential agencies, and agreed to extend the sponsorship to make ISSI-BJ more visible in the international space community.

Prof. CAO Jinghua, ISSI-BJ BoT member and Deputy Director-General of Bureau of International Cooperation of Chinese Academy of Sciences, as the main funding provider of ISSI-BJ for the first two years, expressed his satisfaction for the progresses and achievements of ISSI-BJ and intention of supporting ISSI-BJ for  ongoing work of ISSI-BJ. 

After the meeting, the first annual dinner of ISSI-BJ was held. Representatives and guests from government departments, research institutes, universities, industry and Swiss embassy attended the activities.