The board of directors of China Isotope & Radiation Corporation and the Nuclear and Radiation Safety Center under the Ministry of Ecology and Environment (the ‘NSC’ entered into a radiation safety and environmental protection cooperation framework agreement. Pursuant to the agreement, both parties will jointly work on the declaration of cooperation projects in respect of radiation safety and environmental protection in order to capture various kinds of financial support from national and local governments as well as to support researches related to nuclear technology utilisation and radiation safety. Both parties could commence technological support and cooperation on nuclear technology utilisation and radiation safety as well as related fields, including but not limited to key technological researches on nuclear technology utilization and radiation safety, safety management and application of radiation sources, transportation of radioactive substances, monitoring of radiation environment, professional training, technological consultation and services, and popular science on nuclear technology utilisation and radiation safety. Both parties could organise regular personnel exchange and visit campaigns and formulate talent nurturing plans to facilitate mutual development. By proactively commencing personnel and technology exchange and organising trainings related to nuclear technology utilisation and radiation safety, both parties continuously enhance their safety and technology level while take the initiatives to explore other kinds of operation beneficial to the advancement of the technological level of the nuclear technology utilisation and radiation safety. As a public institution directly under the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, the NSC is the sole charity public institution specialising in safeguarding the monitoring and management technologies for nuclear safety and radiation environment in the PRC with the principal mission of providing comprehensive technological support and safeguards on safety monitoring of civil nuclear facilities and radiation environment in the PRC. The NSC is fully devoted to establish the " technology assessment center", the " technology research and development center", the "information exchange center" and the "talent nurturing base" in respect of nuclear and radiation safety, and has accomplished fruitful results in various aspects.