On September 25, 2013, Dr Xavier LITAUDON, on behalf of the Commission of Atomic Energy (CEA, France), conducted a visit to Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ASIPP) with his other six colleagues aiming to have a cooperative communication with ASIPP. Dr Yuntao Song, Xianzu Gong and Yanping Zhao, on behalf of ASIPP, actively organized and participated in this cooperative conference. 

During this conference, the two parties conducted a series of discussion about the three main projects in AL, namely Articulated Inspection Arm (AIA), Long pulse ICRH antennas and Joint Task Force on Long duration plasma operation(experiments & modeling). All these cooperative projects are conducive to receive abundant progress in the fusion field for both sides. 

As the first visit of IRFM to ASIPP since they have signed the agreement of creating an associated laboratory (AL) in July, 2013, this conference has established an explicit research purpose and formulated a detailed project schedule. Besides, an active discussion about relevant technical issues has been accomplished among all the attendees. 

This conference is regarded as a milestone since the AL has been established and deemed to exert a function of guidance for the following specific project-implementation.

 

In the course of the conference