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When a dozen scientists gathered in Beijing in early April for a discussion on the Meridian Project, they knew that new opportunities were beckoning.
The Meridian Project is a space-monitoring initiative proposed by Chinese scientists. Under it, an interdisciplinary survey of the space environment is to be conducted over regions along the 120th meridian east and the 60th meridian west, which together form a circle around the globe. In China, a number of monitoring stations along the longitude of 120 degrees east and the latitude of 30 degrees north have been in operation since 2012, providing support for space programs including manned missions.
Wei Fengsi, a space physicist with the National Space Science Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences （CAS）, suggested in 2002 that China should take the lead in international research on the circle.
In March this year, the Central Government released a plan for developing China-led international mega science and engineering projects. Wei and other participants proposed the Meridian Project as a candidate.
“The time is now ripe for an international mega science program based on the Meridian Project. The program will focus on issues of common concern to countries and regions along the circle,” Wei said, according to an online report of the China Science Daily.
Chinese scientists have discussed this proposal with their peers from Russia, Australia and other countries on the meridian route, and have received positive feedback.
Plans are in place to create three to five mega science projects by 2020, and another six to 10 by 2035, the newly released document says. According to experts, the government’s plan will give impetus to China’s scientifi c innovation, though managing complex international research programs may pose multiple challenges.
Concept
The idea for mega science projects was first put forward in the 1950s as developments which would involve huge investment, multiple scientifi c disciplines, expensive equipment and complicated experiments, and which would only be possible through international cooperation, said Ye Dongbai, head of the Department of International Cooperation of the Ministry of Science and Technology.
The Ocean Drilling Program （ODP）, which evolved from the Deep Sea Drilling Project that lasted from 1968 to 1983, was an example of one such mega science project. Funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and 22 international partners, the program started in 1985 to explore and study the composition and structure of the Earth’s ocean basins. ODP contributed greatly to scientific understanding of the Earth’s history, climate change, plate tectonics, natural resources and hazards, the evolution of life, and the extraordinary ecosystems it helped to discover deep below the seafloor. In 2004, ODP transformed into the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program of which China is an of-fi cial member.
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