The Symposium on the Second Phase of the Dragon Program was organized by MOST and European Space Agency (ESA) from May 18 to 23 in Guangxi Autonomous Region. The purpose of the event was to showcase the achievements in the second phase of the Dragon Program and facilitate cooperation between China and Europe.

Vice Minister CAO Jianlin of MOST, Dr. Stephen Briggs, ESA’s Head of Science, Applications, and Future Technologies Department, and Mr. CHEN Dake, Director-General of Guangxi Science and Technology Department were present at the opening ceremony. VM CAO highly commended the achievements made in the Dragon Program and said that MOST would continue its support to the program by encouraging more scientists from China and Europe to participate in the cooperation.