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Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The construction of Science and Innovation Center commenced on October 2. The commencement ceremony was attended by Prime Minister U.Khurelsukh, Minister of Education and Science L.Tsedevsuren, President of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences (MAS) D.Regdel, and other officials and scholars.
In his remarks at the ceremony, PM U.Khurelsukh said, “The Government deems that the country’s development will advance through science-based government policy. A historic development project kicks off on the threshold of the 100th anniversaries of the People’s Revolution and the establishment of modern scientific organization in Mongolia which fall next year”
The Science and Innovation Center development project is being implemented in accordance with the decisions made at the First State Congress of Scientific Workers in 2019 and the goals of the Government’s 2020-2024 Action Program such as those aimed at elevating scientific research, improving research outcomes, increasing the role of science in the country’s development, supporting research institutes and centers and research and innovation projects and encouraging startups.
The center worth MNT 94 billion will be built on a 4.8 ha area in the Botanical Garden located in 12th subdistrict of Bayanzurkh district until 2022. It will have laboratories, model workshop, office, library, conference hall, sports hall, repository, and museums of paleontology, archaeology, and astronomy where 3,300 scholars and workers of MAS institutes, universities, and other scientific organizations will carry out their researches.
The center will also open up an opportunity for joint research activities in biotechnology, nanotechnology, and information technology among research organizations and universities.
Published Date:2020-10-07