Lan Leslie, vice chancellor of Cambridge University, has said that the world is facing an assortment of challenges which need wisdoms from various origins to tackle and Chinese wisdom can help the world to tackle such knotty issues as low-carbon energy.

China initiated in 2004 and is now leading the study of the Human Liver Proteome Project under the Human Proteome Project, or HPP.

HPP is another full-length international research project after the 13-year Human Genome Project (HGP) which was completed in 2003.

This is the very first time for Chinese scientists and researchers to lead the implementation of major projects of international technological cooperation.

China is cooperating with the rest of the world not only in research studies, but also in the application of research results.

Brazil and China have been cooperating since 1988 in building three Earth Resources Satellites, two of which are still in orbit," said Thirso Vilela, director of the satellite and applications and development of the Brazilian Space Agency who is on the China-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite (CBERS) project.

The images and data sent back by these satellites serve not only Brazil and China but other countries as well, with information concerning agriculture, the environment, territory and disaster management.

These satellites have played an important role in monitoring the deforestation in the Amazon and the earthquake rescue and relief efforts in China.

Vilela said the two countries have also been offering free information services to African countries.

The CBERS cooperation project has set an example to the world that the developing countries can accomplish a high-tech project through cooperation, which is providing useful information to human society, Vilela said.

(Xinhua News Agency March 8, 2010)