巴塞羅那航空航天協(xié)會(huì)主席格勞瑞爾·加西亞·庫爾拉多(Gloria Garcia Cuadrado)表示航空航天是知識創(chuàng)新經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展的戰(zhàn)略性部門,代表了一種強(qiáng)大的經(jīng)濟(jì)推動(dòng)力。在詳細(xì)的介紹了巴塞羅那的航空航天事業(yè)的發(fā)展情況后,她表示巴塞羅那是航空航天企業(yè)的首選城市,因?yàn)榘腿_那和加泰羅尼亞已建立起作為航空航天企業(yè)的競爭性軸線,具備堅(jiān)實(shí)的基礎(chǔ)和優(yōu)越的條件。創(chuàng)建于2000年的巴塞羅那航空航天協(xié)會(huì)(BAIE)由70個(gè)成員組成,包括行政管理中心、培訓(xùn)中心、技術(shù)研發(fā)中心和工業(yè)中心等,其中65%的BAIE成員為航空航天企業(yè),協(xié)會(huì)使巴塞羅那具有了獨(dú)特的優(yōu)勢。

出席研討會(huì)的上海航天技術(shù)研究院專家表示,上海和巴塞羅那的航空航天事業(yè)存在一些相同之處,比如都需要政府扶持、長期投資、做航空航天配套項(xiàng)目等。巴塞羅那擁有城市人口160萬人,航空航天的研發(fā)人員超過了6萬,這是一個(gè)相對比較高的比例。巴塞羅那航空航天事業(yè)在10年中發(fā)展迅猛,雙方在科技、培訓(xùn)、設(shè)計(jì)等方面值得加大交流。

The Barcelona Aeronautics and Space Association is seeking closer cooperation with Shanghai, which contributes significantly to Chinese aerospace projects, one of the association's top officials said yesterday at a forum at the World Expo.

Gloria Garcia Cuadrado, director of the association, said developments are still at an early stage but that both sides "have a culture of open-mindedness and hard work."

Shanghai can improve skills ranging from design, engineering and airport planning in cooperation with Barcelona - a key aerospace equipment manufacturing base for the European Union.

Zhang Jingpei, a senior engineer with the local astronautical society, said China excels at plane and aircraft assembly while Spain has many advantages in designing human-oriented aircraft cabins.

Another important part of the cooperation involves training Chinese pilots in Barcelona, officials said.

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