An international seminar was held in Nanjing on May 17^th, 2014 for the launch of the first experiments in future network test-bed. 

Morethan 200 representatives attended this seminar. 80 prospective research projectson future networks will carry on tests through the facilities, which will helpaccelerate R&D and industrialization for core technologies of futurenetworks, and provide a powerful support for China to build an independent,controllable, and secure network environment.

Overallstrategic cooperation agreements, regarding technology research, resourcesharing and industrialization, have been reached between FNII and some researchinstitutions from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan during this seminar.