1. Sino-France Origin International Associated Laboratory

Origin International Associated Laboratory (LIA )is an International  Associated Laboratory between China and France in Astronomy.

The LIA agreement has been signed the October 22th 2008 at Beijing. It may support exchanges of researchers (short and mid-term visits),  Sino-French meetings & workshops, and all collaborative activities between chinese and french researchers, including in instrumentation.  Allocations of post-doctoral and PhD grants are foreseen.Mutual long visits and co-PhD grants will be highly welcomed in the framework.

Chinese Institutes and Universities:

• The National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
• The Department of Astronomy of Peking University
• The Department of Astronomy of Nanjing University
• The Center for Astrophysics of the University of Science & Technology of China

French Institutes and Universities:

• The Centre national de la recherche scientifique
• The Observatoire de Paris
• The Université Paris-Diderot
• The Université Pierre et Marie Curie