The European Commission will invest heavily in building a healthier, more environmentally friendly a

The European Commission has adopted the main work programme of "European horizon" for the period 2021-2022, which outlines the objectives and specific thematic areas for a total investment of 14.7 billion euros. Novel coronavirus pneumonia will help accelerate the EU's green and digital transformation and will help Europe to recover from the new crown pneumonia epidemic and enhance the EU's ability to withstand future crises. These funds will support European researchers through scholarships, training and exchanges to build a more connected and efficient European Innovation Ecosystem and create a world-class research infrastructure. In addition, they will encourage participation across Europe and around the world, while strengthening the field of European research.

European horizon has achieved results in climate neutrality and digital leadership. about 5.8 billion euros will be invested in research and innovation to ensure the completion of the European Green agreement and the EU's commitment to make the EU the world's first climate neutral continent by 2050. These funds will support projects to advance climate change science and develop solutions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to climate change. The core goal of the plan is to make this decade the digital decade in Europe and lay the foundation for new digital enterprises, even in the future, which also means that investment in this field will increase significantly. From 2021 to 2022, the development of nuclear six core digital technology will be supported by about 4 billion euro. In addition, novel coronavirus pneumonia will be directed at the total investment of about 1 billion 900 million euros, helping to repair the direct economic and social losses caused by the new crown pneumonia epidemic.

International cooperation in research and innovation is crucial to addressing global challenges and to enabling Europe to access resources, knowledge, scientific achievements, value chains and markets for development in other parts of the world. The EU's goal is to provide solutions to global challenges and promote global responses on the basis of multilateralism, openness and reciprocity. The European horizon is open to the world by default. The European horizon work plan for 2021-2022 includes specific actions to support and strengthen cooperation through multilateral initiatives in the areas of biodiversity and climate protection, environmental observation, marine research or global health. In addition, the accession of non EU countries to eurohorizon will expand the geographical scope of the whole program and provide more opportunities for researchers, scientists, companies, institutions or other interested institutions to participate, with conditions generally the same as those of Member States.

Source: Linyi Council for the promotion of international trade