On October 10, Philippe Mauguin, CEO of the French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE), led a delegation to the Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences (AIRCAS) in Beijing.

The Fifth International Forum on Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals (FBAS 2025) opened in Beijing on September 6, spotlighting the debut of cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) large models designed to advance the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The three-day event brings together more than 700 participants from nearly 50 countries and 17 international organizations to accelerate global cooperation on sustainable development through digital innovation.

A special session on Digital Earth Technologies for Promoting Sustainable Development in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and South Pacific Island Countries (SPIC) was held at the International Science and Technology Organizations Headquarters in Beijing on September 5, 2025.

TAN Seng Chuan, President-Elect of the World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO), visited the International Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals (CBAS) on August 13, 2025. He was accompanied by Prof. Gretchen Kalonji, PIFI Expert and Special Advisor to CBAS.

The Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), in collaboration with the National Earth Observation Data Center (NODA), successfully held the Third International Training Workshop on Space Technology for Global Challenges (STGC) from July 14 to 20, 2025.

The China Exchange Program for Young International (CEP), hosted by Prof. LIU Qinhuo from the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), has successfully concluded. The program brought together three early-career researchers from Ghana and Pakistan for in-depth academic and cultural exchanges, focusing on Earth observation and ecosystem monitoring under the frameworks of the Global Ecosystems and Environment Observation Analysis Research Cooperation (GEOARC) and the Asia-Oceania Group on Earth Observations (AOGEO).