Rewriting the rulebook on EU-China scientific cooperation

In his current role at Tampere University’s Faculty of Management and Business, Yuzhuo Cai researches the interactions between higher education and society, specifically within the context of EU-China cooperation. He holds prestigious editorial roles, including as Editor-in-Chief of Triple Helix, Co-Editor of the Journal of Studies in International Education and Associate Editor of the Journal of the Knowledge Economy. With two decades of experience at HEG, Cai previously also served as the acting professor of the unit. Having authored over 140 academic publications, his latest includes “Towards a new model of EU-China innovation cooperation: Bridging missing links between international university collaboration and international industry collaboration”, published in Technovation.

In her current position, Liang Linlin is responsible for communication, media relations and research on China-EU trade and business relations at the CCCEU. She has also coordinated and worked as an editor for the chamber’s annual flagship reports. Prior to joining the CCCEU, Liang covered China’s foreign affairs in Beijing and EU business and trade in Brussels for the Xinhua News Agency. Previously, she also worked as an advisor, providing consultancy services to various organisations, including the international business association ChinaEU.

In her current role at the European Commission, Maria Cristina Russo holds responsibility for developing and implementing the EU international strategy for international cooperation in research and innovation and the international dimension of the Horizon programme. She has worked at the European Commission for over two decades and previously served as a member of the Cabinet of former European commissioner for research, science and innovation, Philippe Busquin. She also served as head of unit in the Secretariat-General of the European Commission, before being appointed to her current position.

In his current position at the Directorate-General for Health of the Tuscany Region, Gianni D’Errico works within the Office for the valorisation of health research (UVaR). He is also a coordinator and partner of several international projects, including ICPerMed, Sino-EU PerMed, Regions4PerMed, ERA PerMed, TRANSCAN-3, AI4Diag and MammoScreen. Prior to this, D’Errico served as European funding officer at the Lombardy Foundation for Biomedical Research. He has also held research manager roles within various health and biotech companies, including Novartis, Sandoz, Lek, Merck and Millipore, and managed R&D projects within the European Commission’s seventh Framework Programme.