DOI:
https://doi.org/10.3974/geodp.2021.03.14
CSTR: https://cstr.escience.org.cn/CSTR:20146.99.2021.03.14
2021
WSIS Prize (e-Science, Champion) to
Project on COVID-19 Data and Knowledge Hub
Ma, J.1 Yi, H. Y2 W, H.3 Liu, C.4
1. China
Association for Science and Technology (CAST), Beijing 100875, China;
2. Secretariat of United Nations
Consultative Committee on Life Science and Human Health, China Association for
Science and Technology (CCLH/CAST), Beijing 100875, China;
3. Secretariat of Consultative Committee on
UN Information Technology, China Association for Science and Technology
(CCIT/CAST), Beijing 100875, China;
4. Institute of Geographic Sciences and
Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
The
celebration online meeting of 2021 WSIS (World Summit on Information Society)
Prize was held on May 18. The project on COVID-19 Data and Knowledge Hub,
jointly supported by China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) and
Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese
Academy of Sciences (IGSNRR/CAS) was awarded 2021 WSIS Prize (e-Science, Champion). The WSIS was held
in Geneva in 2003 and Tunis in 2005 organized by the United Nations. The Summit
is a global multi-stakeholder exchange platform to promote the sustainable
development of the global information society, jointly organized by the
Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations (UNDESA), the
International Telecommunication Union (ITU), United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), The United Nations Development
Program (UNDP) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
(UNCTAD). The WSIS Prize has been awarded since 2012, which reco gnizes successful
projects and cases of the use of information and
communication technologies for sustainable development. WSIS Prize has
18 categories, covering areas such as information and communication infrastructure,
information access and capacity building. There are 18 Winers and 72 Champions
among 1,270 projects submitted from 89 countries in the world in 2021.
On 31 January
2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia
Outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). The Consultant
Committee on Information and Communication Technology for the United Nations (CCIT)
and the Consultant Committee on Life Sciences and Human Health (CCLH) for the
United Nations of China Association for Science and Technology (CAST), jointly
launched the project on COVID-19 Knowledge and Data Hub as the quick respond to
PHEIC. The project team is consists of three sub-groups. The steering group is
led by Prof. Gong, K., Chairman of CCIT with members includes Prof. Liang, X.
F., CCLH secretary-general, and Prof. Liu, C., CCIT member and Prof. of
IGSNRR/CAS. The content group is let by Prof. Liang, X. F. and Mrs. Yi, H. Y.,
Chief of CCLH Secretariat. The technical group is led by Prof. Liu, C. for the
operational daily services on COVID-19 Knowledge and Data Hub, integrating to
the services of Global Change Research Data Publishing & Repository
(GCdataPR).
More than hundred
of contributors jointed the project, they were from Chinese Preventive Medicine
Association, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Academy
of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College (CAMS & PUMC), Tsinghua
Changgeng Hospital, Beijing Ditan Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical
Sciences, Chinese Medical Journal Network, the Institute of Medical Information
(IMI) & Library, National Science Library/Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute
of Microbiology/ Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geographic Science
and Natural Resources Research/Chinese Academy of Sciences, The Geographical
Society of China (GSC), Nankai University, Liaoning Normal University, Beijing University
of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Institute of Atmospheric Physics/Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Fujian Normal University, etc.
The COVID-19
Knowledge and Data Hub was launched on 5 February 2020 for internal test in
both Chinese and English. It was openly available to all in earlier of March
2020. In September of the same year, the project outcome was on display on the
exhibition of the World Information Summit Forum (WSIS). With big data,
artificial intelligence and related digital technologies, the Hub has
encouraged more than 170 scientific and technological journals to participate
in the construction of the WHO’s COVID-19 database, and timely display the
research results of China’s scientific and technological community. By May
2021, there were 1,313 epidemic reports and 276,868 academic articles and 876 datasets
at the Hub services. Visitors were from 97 countries of the world.
China Association
for Science and Technology (CAST) was granted Special Consultative Status by
the United Nations Economic and Social Council in July 2004. By giving full
play to the advantages of the China science and technology community, CAST gathers
the wisdom and strength of it with the Special Consultative Status to United
Nations serves as a working platform, to deeply participate in global science
and technology governance, contribute Chinese wisdom, and strive to build the Community
with a shared future for mankind. The Global Change Research Data Publishing &
Repository (GCdataPR) was launched online in June 2014. It is the full member
of World Data System (WDS) of the International Science Council (ISC). It is
committed to sharing scientific data with the whole society to promote
environmental protection and sustainable development. It was award the 2018 WSIS
Prize (e-Science, Champion).