The work of the future Kazakh-Chinese Earthquake Research Center has been launched in Almaty

 The opening ceremony of the building of the future Kazakh-Chinese Joint Earthquake Research Center took place in Almaty. The event was attended by the Minister of Emergency Situations, Lieutenant General Genghis Arinov, Mayor of Almaty Darkhan Satybaldy, Consul General of the People's Republic of China in Almaty Su Fangqiu, representatives of the Institute of Geophysics of the Earthquake Administration of the People's Republic of China, government agencies, the scientific community and invited guests.

  The opening of the building became an important stage in the development of Kazakh-Chinese cooperation in the field of seismic safety. The Kazakh side has created the necessary infrastructure for the functioning of the future joint Center. In order to consistently develop bilateral scientific cooperation until the conclusion of an intergovernmental agreement on the establishment of a Kazakh-Chinese joint Earthquake Research Center, an Earthquake Research Center has been established within the structure of the National Scientific Center for Seismology, which includes three specialized laboratories.

  The functional purpose of these laboratories corresponds to the planned model of the future joint Center, which will allow joint scientific research to begin at the current stage. For these purposes, scientific organizations of Kazakhstan and China signed a Memorandum of Understanding between the National Scientific Center for Seismological Observations and Research LLP of the Ministry and the Institute of Geophysics of the Earthquake Administration of the People's Republic of China on scientific and technical cooperation in the field of geophysics and seismology.

  During the event, the Ministry of Emergency Situations awarded departmental awards to representatives of organizations and employees of emergency situations for their significant contribution to the development of the civil protection system and the implementation of this project.

  The implementation of the joint project will become a new stage of scientific cooperation between Kazakhstan and China. It is expected that the research results will make a significant contribution to the development of modern methods for monitoring and forecasting seismic activity, as well as to improving the level of seismic safety in the two countries.