Not long ago,IPv6-CJ, a cooperative project between China and Japan to work on the next generation Internet, reported its progresses at Tsinghua University. Representatives from China State Development and Reform Commission and Japan Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry attended the meeting.

According to a briefing, IPv6-CJ has achieved preliminary progresses in network testing, system configuration, applications, and standardization. The steady cooperation and exchanges between two nations in IPv6 technologies and associated industrialization have accelerated the combination of industries, universities, and research institutes, in the fields of Internet technology, and the combination of network and applications. The cooperation also spurs up China?痵 development of its next generation Internet, and helps to bring out more talents for the endeavor.

IPv6-CJ, a project co-sponsored by China State Development and Reform Commission and Japan Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, is jointly implemented by China Education and Research Network (CERNET) and Communications and Information network Association of Japan (CIAJ), with the participation of more than 20 R&D institutes from both countries. The project, made up of four components covering network testing, system configuration, applications, and standardization, is implemented through 20 sub-projects. The sub-projects are mainly designed to establish an experimental high speed IPv6 network linking Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou, set up a high speed connection with the experimental IPv6 network in Japan, develop key technologies for IPv6, core systems and associated facilities, develop IPv6 intermediate components and typical applications, test and evaluate experimental networks and associated systems, and lay down IPv6 standards. Started from January 2002, the China-Japan experimental IPv6 network completed its construction and was put into operation in March 2005.