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The National Committee of Experts for Magnetic Confinement Nuclear Fusion has been set up by ministry of Science and Technology. It has totally 17 members headed by Prof.Xianjue Peng. Two of them, Prof. Li Jiangang and Prof. Wu Songtao are from ASIPP.
The main function of this committee is to give scientific and technological suggestion to national MCF researches which including ITER program.
ITER program is aimed at testing the scientific and technical feasibility of magnetic confinement fusion. Last November, China has signed the Convention on Jointly Implementing the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor Plan and Establishing an International Fusion Energy Organization and the Convention on the International Fusion Energy Organization's Privilege and Exemption in Jointly Implementing the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor Plan. They were approved at the meeting of the Standing Committee of the 10th China National People's Congress on August 31st this year (Wang Yuan reports)