From April 24th to 25th, 2018, Satellite Application and International Cooperation Seminar was held in Harbin. It was supported by Earth Observation System and Data Centre, CNSA and organized by Institute of Geography Science and Natural Resources Research, CAS, RCSSTEAP and Harbin Institute of Technology. The theme of this seminar was the ‘Belt and Road’ as a driver for economic and social sustainable development. It aimed to promote the development of satellite application and industry integration, building a brand of China’s remote sensing application gradually. More than one hundred (100) experts and international student representatives from twenty-one (21) countries were invited to attend.

More than ten (10) experts from UNOOSA, World Health Organization (WHO), Maastricht University, Earth Observation System and Data Center, CNSA, China Academy of Sciences (CAS), National Disaster Reduction Center of China, APSCO, China Satellite Communications, Co., Ltd., Harbin Institute of Technology made wonderful reports. They elaborated on how to better promote the development of the “Belt and Road” initiative and the internationalization of space science and technology applications from the perspectives of high-level earth observation data, global health cooperation, scientific and technological disaster reduction, international education, etc. Mr. Weng Jingnong, Executive Director of the Centre, made a report on Introduction of Regional Centre for Space Science Technology Education in Asia and the Pacific (China) (Affiliated to the United Nations). In addition, representatives also demonstrated the status, needs, plans of different countries in the field of space technology applications and global health, which facilitated exchanges among the countries.