On May 25, 2026, the implementation plan demonstration meeting of the strategic scientific and technological innovation cooperation project of the national key R & D plan "Construction and Cooperative Research of the International Cooperation Center for Scientific Data in Central Asia-South Asia Cold and Drought Regions" was held in Lanzhou in an "online + offline" manner. Successfully held. A total of about 50 people attended the meeting, including the National Science and Technology Foundation Platform Center, the Gansu Province Department of Science and Technology, the International Mountain Comprehensive Development Center, relevant leaders of the project undertaking units, expert groups and project team members. The expert group of the project implementation plan demonstration meeting consists of 11 experts from the National Science and Technology Basic Conditions Platform Center, the Chengdu Institute of Mountain Disaster and Environment of the Ministry of Water Resources of China Academy of Sciences, the Northwest Institute of Ecological and Environmental Resources of China Academy of Sciences, the National Space Science Center of China Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou University, China Polar Research Center, and the Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics of China Academy of Sciences. Researcher Zou Ziming served as the leader of the expert group. At the meeting, Vice President Zhang Mingyi delivered a welcome speech on behalf of the unit, expressing gratitude to the National Science and Technology Infrastructure Platform Center and the Gansu Province Department of Science and Technology for their long-term attention and support. He pointed out that Northwest Research Institute will fully support the construction of International Cooperation Center for Scientific Data in Central Asia-South Asia Cold and Drought Region and provide guarantee services for the high-quality implementation of national strategic scientific and technological innovation cooperation projects. Researcher Zhang Yaonan, the project leader, reported the implementation scheme in detail from the aspects of research objectives, research contents, key problems to be solved, implementation scheme, expected results and schedule arrangement. Senior engineer Kang Jianfang, Researcher Wang Weisheng, Researcher Nie Yong and Senior Engineer Li Hongxing, the project leader, reported the project implementation scheme respectively. The expert group fully affirmed the project and project implementation plan, and put forward constructive opinions and suggestions on specific details. Experts at the meeting fully affirmed the project positioning and international cooperation value, emphasized that this project is an important starting point for cross-border scientific data cooperation in cold and arid regions of Central Asia and South Asia, and is of great significance for improving regional data governance system and enhancing China's international scientific and technological cooperation. The project team stated that it will fully absorb the opinions of the expert group, further optimize and improve the implementation plan, give full play to the advantages of each unit, work together, coordinate research, steadily advance the implementation of the project, and complete various task indicators of the project with high quality as planned. The project is led by the Northwest Institute of Ecology, Environment and Resources of the China Academy of Sciences, and is jointly carried out by the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography of the China Academy of Sciences, the Chengdu Institute of Mountain Disasters and Environment of the Ministry of Water Resources of the China Academy of Sciences, the Computer Network Information Center of the China Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen University of Technology, and Zhongke Xingtu Co., Ltd. jointly carried out. The project focuses on the core scientific and technological problems of scientific data cooperation in cold and arid regions of Central Asia and South Asia, and systematically carries out research work such as cross-border data governance and international cooperation platform construction.