China – U.S. Roundtable on Scientific Data: Summary of Success Stories Paul F. Uhlir U.S. CODATA, National Academy of Sciences And LI Jianhui Chinese CODATA, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Success Stories of China – U.S. Scientific Data Cooperation Phase 1: China–U.S. cooperation on scientific data policy, Meetings in: 2000 (2) in Washington and Beijing 2002 in Washington 2003 in Beijing 2004 in Beijing 2005 in Beijing Results:  Major support of China Scientific Data Sharing Program, MOST  Publication of Strategies for Open Access and Archiving of Scientific Data in China (National Academies Press, 2006)  Formation of China – U.S. Roundtable on Scientific Data Cooperation

Success Stories of China – U.S. Scientific Data Cooperation Phase 2: Implementation of China – U.S. Roundtable on Scientific Data Cooperation Four subject areas: health and biomedical data; environmental and geospatial data; cyber-infrastructure data applications, and scientific data policy. Bilateral activities focused on the following tasks:  Provide a unique bilateral forum for government, academic, and private- sector stakeholders in the United States and China to discuss and address scientific data practices and policies, pursuant to a mutually agreed agenda.  Serve as a catalyst and coordinating body for bilateral cooperation on scientific data practices and policies at the Academy and national level in each country, with appropriate recognition and representation of other thematically related bilateral and international activities.

Success Stories of China – U.S. Scientific Data Cooperation Five Roundtable meetings held: 2006 in Beijing (in conjunction with the 20 th CODATA Conference) 2007 in Washington, DC (with 3 side workshops) 2009 in Qingdao 2010 in Irvine, CA 2011 in Beijing (in conjunction with the 45 th CODATA Celebration)

Success Stories of China – U.S. Scientific Data Cooperation Successes of the bilateral Roundtable:  Increase in exchange of real-time seismological data  Identification of data sets available on full and open basis through the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS)  Providing greater access to disaster data on a real-time basis  Establishment of the International Biomedical Data Sharing Platform in China  Support of the “Healthy China 2020” Program

Success Stories of China – U.S. Scientific Data Cooperation Successes of the bilateral Roundtable (continued):  Memorandum of Understanding between the CAS Computer Network and Information Center (CNIC) and the U.S. National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)  Memorandum of Understanding between CNIC and the United States Geological Survey (USGS)

Success Stories of China – U.S. Scientific Data Cooperation Phase 3: China – U.S. Scientific Data Cooperation Project Series  Proposal for bilateral China – U.S. agreement on biomedical data cooperation  Proposals for two new CODATA Task Groups: (1) Biomedical Data Integration and Knowledgebase, and (2) Improving Global Management and Sharing of Data and Information in Microbiology  Collaboration on data attribution and citation practices  Joint meetings on improved management of data-intensive eScience