Aurore is a Sino-French community portal for science and university cooperation. It was created in 2009 by the Offices for Science and University of the Consulate-general of France in Shanghai, in partnership with the

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. The Portal was inaugurated on May 21, 2010 at the French pavilion of the Shanghai

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Presentation

Aurore is an exchange platform created to bring together scientific research stakeholders. It is also an interactive database for Sino-French cooperation in research and higher education. The Portal has been developed in partnership with the

. It covers the fields of sciences, technology, social sciences, and humanities. The portal is available without cost and allows all the stakeholders involved in scientific research to register, identify appropriate partners, and set up cooperative activities. Aurore's aim is to gather information on the cooperative activities of stakeholders, institutions, programs and research projects in

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

and

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

, in the field of science and technology. The platform also encourages the researchers to make contact and gather into thematic working groups or communities of practice. In the long term, Aurore aspires to become the display window of research and scientific cooperation between

and

. Numerous researchers, belonging to the highest institutions and schools in

(

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, Inserm,

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, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines,

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, Paristech,

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, INRA...) have already joined the platform.

Goals

The platform, which covers the fields of sciences, technologies, social sciences and humanities, has three main functions. Information
Aurore allows the identification of appropriate partners and the setting up of new cooperative activities, thanks to the network of research and teaching institutions in

and

. The Portal also gathers information on cooperative projects, participating institutions and researchers. Finally, Aurore provides a lot of useful information such as calendars of scientific events, calls for proposal announcements and availability of scholarships. Communication
Aurore aims to improve exchanges between French and Chinese researchers by publishing news about research and cooperation. The portal is also a true community network that is sustained by its members’ contribution. Cooperation
Aurore helps initiate contacts, animate research groups, and communicate more actively on projects. This platform aims to encourage researchers to build contacts and create thematic working groups.

Interface

Aurore is a Sino-French bilingual portal, that gathers the following subsections: News
This new tab gathers news about Sino-French research, in order to highlight the current cooperative activity.
It is made up of four sections. The Agenda section provides information about events related to scientific news ; the Channel section presents profiles of famous figures in scientific research. The News section refers to scientific articles published by institutions and research organizations. Finally, the members’ papers section refers to the database of all the articles published by members. Members
This tab provides an inventory of all the members registered on the platform, and allows users to have access to their respective profiles including membername, research field and specialty, institution, and contact information. 'Establishments'
This tab presents the registered institutions (address, detailed structure, fields of excellence, etc.). The establishments are registered according to two criteria: geography (national and local origin), and type (university, research institute, hospital). Co-operations
This tab describes the cooperative projects, and the associated members and institutions. Groups
This tab facilitates exchanges between scientific communities by creating and animating working groups and discussion groups. It truly illustrates the forum function of the portal.

Partnerships

The platform also relies on a network of partners : *

. *

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