From 14 to 21 October 2024, a delegation from the Institute of Metals Research of the Chinese Academy of Sciences visited the Physical-technical institute of the NAS of Belarus.

At the meetings the Institute was represented by Director V.G. Zalessky, Deputy Director for Research I.P. Smyaglikov, Deputy Director for Production V.V. Petrenko, Head of the Department of Materials Science and Foundry and Deformation Technologies A.T. Volochko, and Main Researcher of the Laboratory of High Pressure and Special Alloys B.B. Hina.

The participants of the Chinese delegation discussed with the authorities of PTI NAS of Belarus the prospects of cooperation in the field of creation of new materials for electric transport and medicine.
During the dialogue the parties agreed to establish a joint laboratory.