On April 17, the inauguration ceremony for the Zhejiang-Belarus Joint Laboratory for Intelligent Image Computing, along with the 10th China-Belarus Academic Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Computer Vision, was held at Zhejiang Shuren University. Attendees included Professor Sergei Abramenko, Academician of the European Academy of Sciences and Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus and the Belarusian Academy of Engineering; Alexander Tuzikov, Corresponding Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus and Belarusian Director of the Joint Laboratory, as well as Li Lu, President of Zhejiang Shuren University, and Vice Presidents Ye Shiping and Chen Jun.

The joint laboratory was jointly inaugurated by President Li Lu, Academician Sergei Abramenko, Director Alexander Tuzikov, and Director Chen Chaoxiang. Vice President Chen Jun presented the letter of appointment to Director Tuzikov as the Belarusian Director of the Joint Laboratory. Chen Chaoxiang, Chinese Director of the Joint Laboratory, and Tuzikov, Belarusian Director, delivered speeches expressing confidence and vision for deepening cooperation between both parties in scientific research, talent cultivation, and technology transfer through the Zhejiang-Belarus Joint Laboratory for Intelligent Image Computing.

President Li Lu noted in his address that over the past decade, the university has achieved fruitful outcomes in scientific innovation and talent development in collaboration with a number of Belarusian universities and research institutions. He emphasized that the establishment of the Joint Laboratory represents an important step for the university in supporting the science and technology cooperation strategy of the national “Belt and Road Initiative” and will significantly advance cutting-edge research and industrial applications in intelligent image computing.

The Joint Laboratory was established jointly by Zhejiang Shuren University and the United Institute of Informatics Problems of the Belarusian National Academy of Sciences, with its origins dating back to the collaboration between the two teams in 2016. Over the past ten years, both parties have successively set up institutions such as the China-Belarus Image Processing Research Center and got the approval of a provincial-level international science and technology cooperation base. The laboratory focuses on intelligent computing technologies for multi-source remote sensing, multimodal medical, and multi-aspect surveillance imaging, dedicated to promoting innovative development in smart cities, smart agriculture, and smart security. Currently, the laboratory brings together 45 researchers, including 10 high-level international talents, has undertaken over 20 national and provincial cooperative projects, and has published over 150 high-level academic papers.

Following the inauguration ceremony, the 10th China-Belarus Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Computer Vision was held. Experts and scholars from both parties delivered nine high-level academic presentations on cutting-edge topics such as in-orbit remote sensing image analysis and multi-agent computer vision platforms.

This forum marks a new level of cooperation between China and Belarus in intelligent image computing. In the future, both parties will leverage the Joint Laboratory as a platform to deepen collaborative research, joint graduate training, and international academic exchanges, striving to build an innovation hub with global influence.