| The scientific expedition to china, carried out by the Civic Museum of Natural History in November 2003 was co-financed by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in collaboration with the Science and Technology Department and the Guizhou Normal University in Guiyang. The expedition forms part of the Sino-Italian co-operation project on the study of the quality of the main karstic aquifers and hypogean environments in order to establish the opportunity for their correct usage. Fourteen Italian specialists of diverse disciplines have collaborated with some scholars of Guiyang University, carrying out research in the County of Qianxi. |
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