On Dec. 20, CAS President LU Yongxiang made an inspection tour of the construction site of the Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility in the southwest suburb of Shanghai.
On Dec. 20, CAS President LU Yongxiang made an inspection tour of the construction site of the Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility (dubbed Shanghai Light Source) in the southwest suburb of Shanghai. He examined the main structure and office building of the project and listened to the reports made by the CAS Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics and General Manager of the Project XU Hongjie and Vice General Manager and Vice Director of the Shanghai Construction and Transportation Bureau DING Hao.
President Lu was glad to see that the 1.2 billion yuan (or $150 million) Shanghai Light Source project is under smooth construction since it kicked off one year ago. He stressed the project is the largest mega-science facility ever built up so far by China for the purpose of scientific research and the largest cooperative undertaking between CAS and a local government. When completed in 2009, the third-generation synchrotron radiation light source will serve a group of various academic disciplines, providing a platform for upgrading China's capacities in original innovation and key technological development.
