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Ethiopia and China signed a Memorandum of Understanding which established a cooperative business Council. Representatives of the Ethiopian Chamber of Commerce and Sectoral Associations and the China Council for the Promotion International Trade held business and investment deliberations at the time.

The Memorandum of Understanding is aimed at strengthening general trade and investment relationships between the two countries according to Junyedi Basha, Vice President of the ECCSA.

The two countries have had trade relationship since antiquity when both had influential civilizations and the cordial relationships founded then still persist according to Junyedi.

Ethiopia Intellectual Property Office (EIPO) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with its Chinese counterpart, State Intellectual Property Office of the Peoples’ Republic of China (SIPO), The Ethiopian Herald reported.

The Ethiopian Academy of Sciences officially launched on Thursday, June 20, 2013. The Ethiopian Ministry of Science and Technology has pledged to provide the necessary support to the Academy.

Dassie Dalke, Minister of Science and Technology, said at the launching conference, the Academy would create a huge potential to undertake problem solving researches and advance science and technology.

The National Accreditation Office of Ethiopia is ready to raise awareness in the agricultural, health and industrial sectors according to Araya Fesseha Director General of the ENAO.

Accreditation is a new concept in Ethiopia and requires aggressive promotion to raise awareness amongst stakeholders he said.

The accreditation office has conducted training events in Addis Ababa, and the Amahra and Tigray regional states said Araya. Further training will be done in Dire Dawa, Oromia, and the South regional state.

Ethiopia Airlines took delivery of the first ever B-787 Dreamliner full flight simulator in Africa. The installation as well as the build-up of the full flight Simulator is being carried out at Addis Ababa and the first simulator training is scheduled to be carried out on March, 2015.