MINSK — A center for science and technology cooperation was inaugurated on Dec 23 in the China-Belarus Great Stone Industrial Park, located 25 km from Minsk.

As the park's first comprehensive platform for innovative entrepreneurship and science and technology cooperation, the China-Belarus Science and Technology Center will house research laboratories, incubation and acceleration zones for startups, a testing and small-scale production center, and a demonstration hall for scientific and technical developments.

The five-story building with a total area of about 19,000 square meters was built with technical and economic assistance from China.

The center has selected a group of participants who will help startups and can obtain consulting, legal and accounting support.