Beijing, Paris strengthen nuclear engineering cooperation with launch of institute

ZHUHAI, Guangdong - In a major step to strengthen nuclear engineering cooperation, China launched a nuclear engineering and technology institute with France on Wednesday.

The institute, based in Zhuhai, a coastal city in South China's Guangdong province, is a joint project between the Guangzhou-based Sun Yat-sen University and five higher learning institutes from France, led by the Grenoble Institute of Technology.

"The institute was planned to meet the needs of China's fast-growing nuclear industry and French civil nuclear-related enterprises," said Xu Ningsheng, president of Sun Yat-sen University.