I spent couple weeks in China, funded through the joint Royal Society of Chemistry / (Chinese) State Administration for Foreign Experts Affairs [RSC-SAFEA] programme. My trip (covering North, South and East China) consisted of visits to Beijing (International Symposium on Environment and Health (ISEH) at Peking University), Xiamen (where I visited Xiamen University) and Hangzhou (Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, ZAAS). During the visit, I gave research seminars at the two visiting institutions (Xiamen University and ZAAS) and presented one poster in the conference (ISEH). Also I had research talks with existing and potential collaborators. We discussed about some joint PhD student programmes, proposals for joint research projects (e.g. joint research funding from Royal Society and National Natural Science Foundation of China (NNSFC) etc.) and joint papers published. Actually, in August 2014, I was told that my Overseas Scholars Joint Grant with Xiamen University was successfully awarded by NNSFC. I also took the opportunity for some holidays with my family and friends in China.
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