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UNU/IIST has continued to develop its good relations with China, in particular with Macao. On 1 February the Chief Executive of the Macao SAR Government awarded Professor Zhou Chaochen an Honourable Certificate for his outstanding contribution to Macao society. In August, the Macao SAR Government invited Professor Zhou Chaochen to serve on the Macao Science and Technology Committee as an ex-officio member.

In early May with support from Mr. Qian Qishen, Vice Premier of China, the long pending issue for Chinese personnel of UNU/IIST to travel between Macao and the Mainland of China was at last resolved.

The UNU/IIST local project, Information Center of Macao, continued, and in January the Macao Foundation agreed to contribute USD 44250 as the annual expense of the project. See section *.

The CUE Initiative will be a basis for future collaborative research in computing between scientists from China, the USA and Europe. UNU/IIST is the host for the inaugural workshop in October (see section *) and expects to play an important future role in this initiative.

UNU/IIST jointly organised the International Conference on Formal Engineering Methods in Shanghai during 21-25 October: He Jifing is co-chair of the conference, and Chris George is co-chair of the Programme Committee. UNU/IIST also sponsors the International Symposium on Future Software Technology which is held in China each year, this year in Wuhan in October.

UNU/IIST continues to have good relations with the universities in Macao, particularly the University of Macao. with which we have a joint project (section *), and whose MSc course some of our fellows currently attend. Our internet connection is also through the University of Macao, and they are always willing to supply us with technical advice. (In 2003 we plan to upgrade our internet connection, which means it will go directly through the local ISP.)

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