On 17th – 19th of October the Institute of Oceanology CAS has conducted the China-Russia Bilateral Workshop “Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystems in a Changing Ocean: toward Sustainable Development Goals”, where the ceremonial signing of Memorandum on establishment Laboratory was held. There were two Directors’ signatures Wang Fan and Igor Yu. Dolmatov, and also heads of the future Laboratory: Prof. Sun Xiaoxia and Deputy Director for International Cooperation of the Center Dr. Konstantin A. Lutaenko.

Priority goals include as follows:

• Joint scientific surveys in the wide range of the marine biology and ecology problems;
• Mutual exchanging by our knowledge, experience and modern research methods;
• Obtaining new scientific knowledge for the decision making for an effective marine ecosystems management;
• The promotion of the issue to attract the attention of the governmental and intergovernmental organizations to the hot problems of the marine ecosystems changing under the environmental fluctuations both at the local and global scales.

The scientific research activity between Institute of Oceanology Chinese Academy of Sciences (IO CAS) and A.V. Zhirmunsky National Scientific Center of Marine Biology Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences (NSCMB FEB RAS) is regulated with Memorandum between centers, all bilateral workshops are conducted with an Agreement of cooperation.