We are pleased to announce the official launch of the Sino-French Association of Ocean Sciences.
The association has now been formally declared and published in France, marking an important step in the development of a long-term platform dedicated to Sino-French academic exchange and cooperation in ocean sciences.
The association is committed to promoting scientific and educational activities in the field of ocean sciences, encouraging exchanges among researchers, doctoral candidates, students and institutions in China and France, supporting the dissemination of marine scientific culture, and raising awareness of marine environmental protection.
It also aims to foster connections between innovation ecosystems in ocean sciences in both countries and to facilitate future collaboration in research, education and outreach, in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
We sincerely thank all members, partners and supporters who have contributed to this initiative. More activities, seminars, academic exchanges and public outreach projects will be announced on our website soon.

Association Franco-Chinoise des Sciences de l’Océan has been officially created
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[img:https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yutongzhangsci/AFCSO/refs/heads/main/lulu_embassy.jpg] On March 24th, we had the chance to take part in the visit of the Science and Technology delegation from the French Embassy in China to the Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IOCAS) in Qingdao, led by Xavier Antoine, Hélène Berges and Aïman Lavallard-Fadlane. The meeting brought together researchers and people involved in Franco-Chinese cooperation in marine sciences. On this occasion, we were pleased to present our initiative, the “Association Franco-Chinoise des Sciences de l’Océan”. This project aims to strengthen exchanges between young French and Chinese researchers by promoting collaboration, mobility, and the sharing of experiences between the two scientific communities. The presentation sparked strong interest and positive feedback from the embassy representatives. The discussions highlighted how relevant this initiative is in the current context of scientific cooperation between France and China, and opened up encouraging perspectives for its future development. More broadly, the day was also a great opportunity to exchange on existing collaborations between French and Chinese institutions, in particular between IOCAS (China) and the MIO (Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography, France). We warmly thank the French Embassy in China as well as all the IOCAS teams for their welcome and support, which help foster new dynamics of cooperation, especially for early-career researchers.
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