UTAR participates in ANSO General Conference 2025 and 4th ANSO General Assembly in Beijing

UTAR President Ir Prof Dato’ Dr Ewe Hong Tat attended the ANSO General Conference 2025: Science & Innovation for a Sustainable Future held from 28 to 29 October 2025, followed by the 4th ANSO General Assembly from 30 to 31 October 2025, at the Friendship Hotel in Beijing, China.

Organised by the Alliance of International Science Organizations (ANSO), the conference was centred on the theme Scientific Innovation for a Sustainable Future. The grand scientific event brought together leaders of research institutions, academicians, experts, and university representatives from around the world to discuss international scientific cooperation and promote the high-quality development of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).

As a non-profit and non-governmental international scientific organisation established in 2018, ANSO has remained committed to building an open, inclusive, and mutually beneficial platform for global cooperation. The conference served as a major initiative by ANSO to foster scientific and technological exchanges among countries and regions involved in the BRI. It also reflected ANSO’s continuous efforts to advance the building of a community with a shared future for humankind, demonstrating the organisation’s growing influence and cohesion in international scientific collaboration.

The opening of ANSO General Conference 2025: Science & Innovation for a Sustainable Future

During the conference, Prof Dato’ Ewe discussed sustainable development with Prof Gretchen Kalonji, Dean of the Sichuan University–Hong Kong Polytechnic University Institute for Disaster Management and Reconstruction. Prof Kalonji previously served as the Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences at UNESCO.

From left: Prof Gretchen Kalonji and Prof Dato’ Ewe

The 4th ANSO General Assembly reviewed and approved the ANSO Progress Report and endorsed new ANSO Membership Applications, marking another milestone in ANSO’s ongoing development.

At the Assembly, Prof Dato’ Ewe presented UTAR’s institutional profile and shared future collaboration plans with ANSO members. He highlighted UTAR’s ongoing partnerships with BRI partners, which included joint research projects, ANSO fellowships, cultural activities, joint laboratories, as well as student and staff mobility programmes.

The 4th ANSO General Assembly

During the event, Prof Dato’ Ewe also met with distinguished leaders from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), including Prof He Hongping, Vice President of CAS and a member of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Leading Group of CAS, as well as Prof Liu Weidong, Director-General of the Bureau of International Cooperation, CAS, and a Professor of Economic Geography.

The ANSO General Conference and General Assembly once again demonstrated ANSO’s commitment to promoting international scientific and technological collaboration for sustainable global development.