[{"bbox": [173, 165, 1133, 220], "category": "List-item", "text": "1.2 Improved availability and quality of advisory services on China's role in the digital and technological domain for EU policy-making."}, {"bbox": [173, 230, 1133, 284], "category": "List-item", "text": "1.3 A structured, operational and sustainable network of EU experts and researchers specialising in China's role in the digital and technological domain is established."}, {"bbox": [86, 326, 367, 353], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.2 Indicative Activities"}, {"bbox": [96, 371, 1133, 532], "category": "Text", "text": "This Action will support the development a **network of experts and researchers** (including from academic institutions, think-tanks, research centres, law firms, consulting firms, or other companies) from several EU Member States. This should include European experts of different backgrounds and EU nationalities, with undisputed expertise on China's digital and technological developments (on issues such as microelectronics, telecom networks, artificial intelligence, data and cloud, cybersecurity, platforms, media and content, standardisation). A significant portion of such experts should have a good understanding of Mandarin Chinese."}, {"bbox": [96, 557, 625, 584], "category": "Text", "text": "These experts will be involved in the following activities:"}, {"bbox": [96, 610, 377, 637], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**For the Specific Objective 1:**"}, {"bbox": [134, 651, 1133, 811], "category": "List-item", "text": "* **Studies and reports:** The network, in close cooperation with the EU Delegation to China and the relevant European Commission services, will conduct i) large in-depth studies and regular monitoring tools, focusing on specific aspects of China's digital and tech developments and their implications for the EU, primarily aimed at policymakers; ii) regular ad-hoc reports upon specific requests. At least one report should be focused on gender-related issues (e.g., gender-based online hate speech in China, presence of female professionals in China's digital economy etc.)."}, {"bbox": [134, 824, 1133, 904], "category": "List-item", "text": "* **Ad hoc analyses and advice:** The network will provide ad-hoc analyses, advice, and support to the EU (Delegation and Member States) and the relevant Commission services via punctual meetings, calls, video-calls, emails etc. on the aspects covered by the action."}, {"bbox": [134, 917, 1133, 1051], "category": "List-item", "text": "* **Fact-finding missions in third countries:** The network will organise every year one fact-finding mission to one third country/region. The country/region will be selected in close cooperation with the EU Delegation, Member States and the relevant Commission services. The mission will include field visits, interviews and various contacts and research activities and be followed by a report discussing its main findings and implications."}, {"bbox": [96, 1077, 377, 1104], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**For the Specific Objective 2:**"}, {"bbox": [134, 1117, 1133, 1304], "category": "List-item", "text": "* **Outreach, communication, events, training:** The network is expected to become a reference for expertise on China's digital and tech. Appropriate attention and resources to outreach, communication, and promotion activities will be given vis-à-vis EU policymakers, academia, companies, specific professional categories, etc. Communication tools could include a corporate identity, a website and social media profiles. Other outreach and communication activities may be considered such as seminars and webinars, publications, videos, podcasts as well as an annual conference, as appropriate and within the limits of the risks related to confidentiality as identified below."}, {"bbox": [134, 1317, 1133, 1425], "category": "List-item", "text": "* **Mentoring programme/traineeship:** The network will select two young researchers per year with a proven knowledge and interest for digital and tech in China for a mentoring/traineeship programme. Such programme will include their participation and contribution to activities within this action. The selected researchers should also be supported in their integration into the community of digital China experts."}, {"bbox": [86, 1466, 311, 1496], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.3 Mainstreaming"}, {"bbox": [96, 1511, 541, 1538], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**Environmental Protection & Climate Change**"}, {"bbox": [96, 1564, 970, 1619], "category": "Text", "text": "**Outcomes of the SEA screening** (relevant for budget support and strategic-level interventions)\nThis is not applicable for this action."}, {"bbox": [1038, 1682, 1143, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 7 of 17"}]