Beijing, 28 April 2025 – The ANSO Secretariat welcomed the visit of Prof. Avid Budeebazar, Vice President of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences (MAS) – an ANSO Governing Board (GB) member, at its Beijing office to strengthen ties between the two organizations.
Deputy Executive Directors Dr. Zhang Shizhuan and Dr. Yi Zhijun held the meeting with Prof. Budeebazar. Dr. Zhang gave an update on ANSO programs and activities. He thought highly of MAS’s active role as a founding and GB member of ANSO.
Prof. Budeebazar expressed appreciations for the opportunities that ANSO provided for international collaboration in science, technology, innovation, and capacity building (STIC), and reaffirmed MAS’s continued commitment and engagement in ANSO programs. He believed that international exchanges and collaboration facilitated by ANSO programs would benefit both Mongolia and China, and all parties involved.
The meeting also discussed the opportunity of collaboration regarding the joint proposal of a side event during the COP17 of UNCCD in Mongolia in 2026.
Ms. Feng Jingyuan, Program Officer of the ANSO Secretariat, and Dr. Saijilahu from the China-Mongolia Belt & Road Joint Laboratory of Zoonosis, Tongliao Center for Disease Control and Prevention, joined the meeting.