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Le CNRS En Chine La Vie Des Laboratoires Le CNRS en Chine La vie des laboratoires www.cnrs.fr No23 Automne 2016 Cahier spécial: innovation qu’en est-il en Chine? Bureau du CNRS en Chine Editorial par Cathie Vix-Guterl Les TGIR en Chine L’Université UCAS Quand la Grande Bleue Médaille de l’innovation CNRS (2016) fréquente la Mer Jaune Editorial CNRS Dépasser les frontières No23 Automne 2016 Bureau du CNRS en Chine Editorial Editorial Chine-France : des convergences, y compris avec le CNRS Sommaire “ Le potentiel scientifique et A titre d’exemple, l’institut euro-chinois pour les énergies propres et renouvelables à Wuhan qui technologique de la Chine monte s’appuie sur un consortium d’universités et d’écoles Editorial p. 2-3 indiscutablement en puissance ” composé de 7 membres européens et 3 membres chinois coordonné par ParisTech est un bel exemple Actualités p. 4-9 de réussite. • LIA NanoBioCatEchem : c’est lancé ! • NICST 2016 : mais de quoi s’agit-il ? Ce projet a pour mission d’aider la Chine à mettre en par Cathie Vix-Guterl1 entre autres, de l’aménagement du territoire, de • Matériaux avancés et chimie verte l’urbanisme, de l’environnement, de l’énergie, des place des activités managériales et technologiques Médaille de l’innovation • Colloque du projet européen MEDIUM du CNRS (2016) transports pour la réalisation de leur projet de visant à réduire la consommation de carburants développement urbain durable. fossiles et des émissions de CO2 en favorisant l’utilisation des énergies renouvelables et en Projets p. 10-22 La Chine mise à fond sur l’innovation A titre d’exemple, le célèbre architecte français, Denis améliorant l’efficacité énergétique. Dans ce cadre, les • Le LIA VIRHOST Laming, réalisateur du Futuroscope de Poitiers et co- étudiants, cadres et ingénieurs chinois bénéficient • La linguistique formelle et la Chine C’est un plaisir pour moi d’apporter un témoignage auteur d’un livre sur la complexité aux éditions CNRS d’un enseignement et d’une expertise de très haut • Quand la Grande Bleue fréquente la Mer Jaune dans ce magazine consacré à la coopération des a été retenu pour réaliser le centre d’exposition de niveau de professeurs européens. • Mission mathématiques : Pékin - Grenoble chercheurs du CNRS avec leurs homologues chinois. la planification de la ville durable ; bâtiment à très A la lecture de ce numéro, nous constatons déjà que basse consommation. Par ailleurs, de grands groupes Découverte p. 23-39 les échanges franco-chinois sont riches et variés. Ils ou des PME-PMI français se sont ainsi installés • La recherche en SHS : financement et organisation concernent aussi bien la recherche fondamentale que et développés dans cette région ; entreprises qui “ Le CNRS apparaît comme un la recherche à finalité industrielle et s’inscrivent de s’appuient encore très largement sur des structures partenaire convoité des universités • Le CEFC en 2016 plus en plus fermement dans un triptyque recherche- académiques françaises pour leurs développements chinoises • Les TGIR en Chine innovation- formation. scientifiques et technologiques. ” Cahier spécial innovation p. 40-55 Ce numéro souligne également que le potentiel Les universités chinoises à la manœuvre Ainsi, il ressort de ces contacts que de nombreux • L’innovation à Shenzhen scientifique et technologique de la Chine monte Au cours de mes visites dans trois universités de la points de convergence existent avec le CNRS. • BCBDI : un institut de pointe à Shenzhen indiscutablement en puissance à l’image de son province du Hubei, j’ai eu l’opportunité d’échanger Il apparaît comme un partenaire convoité des • Entrepreneuriat : ChinPass développement urbain et économique. universités. La Chine mise indiscutablement à avec les dirigeants de ces universités et des groupes de • 25 ans de coopération en productique Cette montée en puissance, je l’ai constatée lors d’une recherche. Les universités chinoises ont des ambitions fond sur l’innovation et l’entreprenariat pour son récente mission à Wuhan. Cette province accueillait tout en se donnant les moyens de se positionner dans développement et sa croissance. L’innovation Programmes p. 56-63 le 3ème forum franco-chinois sur la ville durable au la compétition mondiale. Collaborer avec des grands se positionne ainsi de plus en plus au cœur des • l’Université de la CAS (UCAS) préoccupations des chercheurs et des pouvoirs cours duquel j’ai présenté la politique d’innovation organismes de recherche français tel que le CNRS est • Des bourses au profit des étudiants mongols de la France et ses performances au niveau mondial. ainsi une de leurs priorités. Leur objectif : atteindre les publics chinois et ce cahier du magazine en meilleurs standards internationaux. montre bien les tendances. Avec son énorme • Lauréats CNRS - K.C. Wong 2016 Décloisonnement entre la recherche publique et privée marché, sa croissance à 7% et sa forte appétence Les universités de rang 1 n’hésitent pas à lancer des A l’instar de ce qui a été fait en France depuis plus pour l’entrepreneuriat, des complémentarités et actions incitatives richement dotées pour, entre Couverture : Le détecteur de de 20 ans pour décloisonner et renforcer les liens opportunités de collaborations existent, à nous de autres, attirer les meilleurs talents, développer des particules ALICE dans l’aimant entre la recherche publique et les entreprises, de les saisir. programmes internationaux de haut niveau ou L3, ouvert pour une période de nombreuses actions sont lancées dans cette région maintenance. Il mesure 16 m de mettre en place des structures ou des plateformes Certes, la France reste aux yeux des chinois le pays pour promouvoir ce rapprochement public-privé hauteur sur 26 m de longueur. du romantisme mais elle s’impose de plus en plus soutenu par des investissements gouvernementaux d’innovation. Certains aspects comme la valorisation UMR6533 - CERN - IN2P3 comme un partenaire privilégié pour accompagner la ou privés très conséquents. Cette province n’a pas des brevets/technologies, l’entrepreneuriat, le Physique subatomique financement du développement technologique, le Chine dans sa croissance. hésité à faire appel aux talents français spécialistes, © Cyril FRESILLON/LHC/CNRS Photothèque développement de marchés ont d’ailleurs déjà une forte composante internationale. 1Directrice de recherche CNRS, Directrice de l’Institut de Science Pour activer les liens internet figurant dans ce numéro (e-mails et sites Web), consulter la version électronique du magazine sur: des Matériaux de Mulhouse (IS2M, UMR 7361), Directrice de http://www.ambafrance-cn.org/Le-magazine-du-bureau-Le-CNRS-en-Chine l’Institut Carnot MICA 2 3 Actualités CNRS Dépasser les frontières No23 Automne 2016 Bureau du CNRS en Chine Actualités Actualités LIA NanoBioCatEchem : c’est lancé ! NICST 2016 : mais de quoi s’agit-il ? par le bureau du CNRS en Chine par le bureau du CNRS en Chine La formalisation de ce LIA a déjà eu lieu il y a quelques L’acronyme « NICST » est peu été soumis. Dans la pratique, il abordera des thèmes semaines. Néanmoins, les autorités de l’Université évocateur, il cache pourtant proches et sera conduit par Y. Ducq (Bordeaux, de Xiamen et le CNRS tenaient à lancer publiquement une formidable entreprise de UMR 5218), en liaison avec le Limos et Alain Quillot ce projet en mettant en présence l’ensemble des collaboration bilatérale qui couvre l’ensemble du qui a piloté le LIA entre 2012 et 2016. La réunion a partenaires et responsables. C’était l’objet de cette continuum éducation-recherche-innovation. également été l’occasion d’en savoir davantage sur les rencontre du 20 juillet 2016. Les participants ne s’y sont pas trompés, ils étaient réflexions en France et en Chine sur le génie industriel A cette occasion, un double jeu de plaques a été plus d’une centaine à cette réunion de haut niveau du futur (ex. Systèmes produits-services MDSEA, dévoilé par le Président de l’Université de Xiamen, qui s’est tenue le 16 juillet 2016 à l’Université de interopérabilité). Ce sujet est abordé dans l’article de notre collègue (voir p.51-54), ZHU Chongshi, et le Pr Christian Amatore, initiateur technologie de Harbin (HIT). Organisée et animée G. Doumeingts également intervenant lors de cette réunion. du LIA. NanoBioCatEchem n’est pas tout à fait de bout en bout par le Pr XU Xiaofei, qui a donné la poursuite de XIAMENS qui a donné lieu à des toute la mesure de son talent d’orateur à l’occasion résultats remarquables (plus de 30 publications à de plusieurs interventions pointues sur des sujets Les 10 ans de NICST (2016) facteur d’impact 3) puisqu’il s’agit d’un LIA avec des différents, la réunion marquait un point d’étape dans 5th China-France International Workshop on thèmes renouvelés et un périmètre de collaboration les relations partenariales qu’entretient HIT depuis New Information Communication Sciences and 1 qui inclut l’Université de Wuhan , en la personne 10 ans avec Clermont-Ferrand (LIMOS, UMR 6158) et, Technology for Sustainable Development du Pr DANG Daiwan, présent lors de la cérémonie. plus récemment, avec Bordeaux (UMR, UMR 5218). Du côté chinois, le LIA sera donc copiloté par ce Avec certains chercheurs de Clermont, les échanges dernier ainsi que par le collègue académicien de ont même débuté en 1997, c’est dire la solidité des Pour mémoire, le NanoBioCatEchem aborde plusieurs liens qui unissent les partenaires. C. Amatore, le Pr TIAN Zhongqun de l’Université de domaines de la physicochimie électrochimique et Xiamen. Pour la partie française, c’est le Pr Philippe électroanalytique, à l’intersection des nanosciences, Ces liens sont à la fois denses et multiples, en plus de Hapiot (Université de Rennes, UMR 6226) qui est le de la nanocatalyse et de la biologie sur cellules se développer dans un excellent climat, d’où la très responsable du LIA.
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