ZHAO Jindong, director of IHB, signed a cooperation agreement withToru Shinohara,director general of the Lake Biwa Museum, March 24, 2015.

In order to renew their formal collaborative academic relationship, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IHB) signed a cooperation agreement with the Lake Biwa Museum, Japan on March 24, 2015 to promote the development of research and other museum activities on both sides.    

The agreement mainly focuses on the exchange of researchers and other museum staff; cooperation in joint research projects, joint symposia and special exhibitions; exchange of techniques and professional expertise; exchange of publications, information and specimens and exchange or cooperation in other museum activities.  

IHB maintains a good relationship with Lake Biwa Museum. Ever since it was established in the last century, researchers from Lake Biwa Museum have visited IHB several times. In September 2009, IHB Prof. HE Shunping visited Lake Biwa Museum and signed a 5-year agreement between IHB and Lake Biwa Museum.    

Lake Biwa is the largest freshwater lake in Japan, located in Shinga Prefecture, northeast of the former capital city of Kyoto. Lake Biwa Museum, located in Kusatsu, Shiga Prefecture, devotes its studies on the relationship between Lakes and people, focusing on Lake Biwa and changes that have taken place during its long history. The museum, which is Japan’s important fish breeding and conservation center, houses one of the largest freshwater aquariums in Japan, displaying many of the endemic species from Lake Biwa.  

Both sides exchanged gifts

A group photo of the people attending the signing ceremony, March 24, 2015.