Vice President Shen Wenqing Met with NSERC President

On 13 October, 2008. NSFC Vice President Prof. Shen Wenqing met with a Canadian delegation, which consists of Dr. Suzanna Fortier, President of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council （NSERC）, Dr. Martin Godbout, President of Genome Canada, Dr. Paul Hebert, Professor of University of Guelph and Dr. Christian Burks, President and CEO of Ontario Genomics Institute. Both sides exchanged the latest progress on new developments of each organization.     

NSFC Life Science Delegation Visits France Successfully

At the invitation of INRA (Institut National de la Recheche Agronomique) and CNRS (Le Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), the NSFC life science delegation headed by Prof. Zhu Zuoyan, Vice President of NSFC, paid a visit to France from Nov. 18 to 29, 2003.     

The MOU between NSFC and TRF Signed in Chengdu

On September 15, 2008, Prof. Shen Wenqing, Vice President of NSFC, met with Dr. Piyawat Boon long, Director General of Thailand Research Fund （TRF） in Chengdu, and attended the ceremony of MOU exchanging. This means that the formal cooperative relationship between NSFC and TRF has been established and from now on, both sides will jointly support the cooperation between scientists from the two countries in the fields of natural science.     

Prof. Zhu Daoben pays a working visit to Belgium and Poland

NSFC delegation, headed by Prof. Zhu Daoben, Vice President, paid a visit to Belgium and Poland from May 11 to 19. In Belgium, Prof. Zhu and his delegation held a meeting with Prof. Dr. Maurice Pensaert, Secretary General,and Dr. Benno Hinnekint, Director, Flanders Foundation for Scientific Research (FWO). During the talk, both sides exchanged the information about the latest development of the two organizations and their international activities,     

Vice President Shen Wenqing Met with IFREMER Delegation

Prof. Shen Wenqing, Vice President of NSFC, met with President of French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea （IFREMER） on November 18, 2008. Prof. Han Jianguo, Director General of International Cooperation Bureau and Prof. Chai Yucheng, Deputy Director of the Earth Science Department also attended the meeting.     

Vice President Sun Jiaguang Visited Japan and Germany on International Evaluation

From May 13 to 22, 2008, NSFC Vice President Prof. Sun Jiaguang led a 6-member delegation on international evaluation to Japanese Society for Science Promotion （JSPS） and German Research Foundation （DFG）. They conducted wide range and in-depth discussions with leaders and relevant staff in the two organizations on the background, organization, preparation, process and impact of international evaluation on science funding agencies. The delegation was warmly received by JSPS Executive Director Prof. Izawa, DFG Vice President Prof. Ferdi Schueth and Secretary General Dr. Dorothee Dzwonnek. During their visit in Japan, they also paid a visit to Tokyo University of Technology and held talks with its Vice President and visited the super computer center of the university. Other members of the delegation came from the Bureaus of Planning, Policy, Finance and International Cooperation.     

Vice President Shen Yan Meets with CSIR Director General

On November 11,2008, Professor Shen Yan, Vice President of NSFC met with a CSIR delegation headed by its Director General, Professor S K Brahmachari, who came to China to participate in ＂Academic, Research institution ＆ National Innovation systems symposium＂. They discussed issues of cooperation between two organizations.     

NSFC President Attended the 6th Meeting of Heads of Research Councils in Asia

On November 6, 2008, the 6th Meeting of Heads of Research Councils in Asia was held in Jeju, Korea. NSFC President Prof. Chen Yiyu headed a 4-member delegation to attend the meeting. His counterparts, Mr. Hyung Chul Moon, Acting Chairman and CEO of Korea Science and Engineering Foundation （KOSEF） and Prof. Motoyuki Ono, President of Japan Society for Promotion of Science （JSPS） also headed their delegations at their presence. In the meeting, three organizations presented their own latest sci ence and technology policies and had an active discussion on topics of mutual interests.     

Prof. Zhu Zuoyan meets with Ms. Flach

On June 25, Prof. Zhu Zuoyan, Vice President of NSFC, met with a German delegation led by Ms. Flach, Chair-man of the Commission of Education, Science and Technology, the German Federal Parliament. The meeting started with a brief introduction of the NSFC, especially its cooperation with Germany from the Chinese side, and was fol-lowed by a heated discussion on issues concerning peer review, budget and distribution,     

President Chen Yiyu Met with Omi

On April 24, 2008, Prof. Chen Yiyu, NSFC President, met with the delegation headed by Mr. Kouji OMI, Member of the Japanese Lower House of Representatives at Beijing Hotel. Mr. Omi briefed the 5th Science and Technology in Society Forum to be held in Kyoto in October 2008 and formally invited Prof. Chen to attend the Forum. Prof. Chen expressed his interests to the Forum and had a discussion on the topics of the Forum.     

Top Heads Met at China-US Computer Science Leadership Summit

NSFC Vice President Sun J iaguang, heading a delegation composed of computer science professionals and NSFC staff, attended the Second China-US Computer Science Leadership Summit held in the U. S. A. from July 9 to 13, 2008, which was jointly sponsored by NSFC and NSF. NSF attached great importance to the summit and its Director, Dr. Arden L. Bement, attended the summit. When talking with Prof. Sun, Dr. Bement expressed his hope for the further consolidation of the cooperative relationship between NSF and NSFC and the substantial enhancement of the collaboration and exchanges between scientists from the U. S. A. and China. They also delivered speeches at the opening ceremony.     

President Chen Yiyu Visits Taiwan Province

At the invitation of the K. T. Li Foundation for the Development of Science and Technology, a NSFC delegation of 6 members led by its President, Prof. Chen Yiyu, visited Taiwan, China from June 12 to 18, 2008.     

Prof. Sun Jiaguang attended the 11^th Sino-US Joint Commission Meeting on Scientific and Technological Cooperation

Oct. 10-18, 2004, NSFC delegation headed by Prof. Sun Jiaguang, Vice President of NSFC visited the United States of America. They attended the 11 th Sino-US Joint Commission Meeting on Scientific and Technological Coop-eration, and visited NSF, University of Washington, the Boeing Company and Microsoft. The participants of the meet-ing included high-ranking officials from the U.S. and Chinese overnments. Dr. John Marburger,     

Vice President Shen Wenqing Met with ANR President

On November 19, 2008, Prof. Shen Wenqing, NSFC Vice President, met with Dr. Jacques Stern, the visiting President of the French National Research Agency （ANR）. The Attendees from NSFC were Mr. Zhang Zhaotian, Deputy Director-general, and Mr. Liu Ke, Director of Division from the Department of Information Sciences, and Mr. Lu Rongkai, Director of Division of the Bureau of International. The meeting was followed by a lunch at NSFC.     

NSFC Delegation Visits Northern European Countries

A NSFC delegation headed by Prof. Li Zhuqi, Vice President, paid a visit to Northern Europe from August 19 to August 31, 2003. The delegation visited the Research Council of Norway, the Academy of Finland, the Swedish Research Council, the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research, the Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning, some international organizations, universities and research institutes.     

NSFC President Chen Yiyu Met with RFBR President

NSFC President Prof. Chen Yiyu met with President of Russian Foundation for Basic Research （RF- BR）, Prof. Vladislav Ya. Panchinko and Prof. Vladimir Kovalev, Director of Department of International Relations of RFBR on November 22, 2008. Both leaders briefed the latest developments of respective organization and discussed the issues of science fund management, strategies and priorities of disciplines, etc. , and expressed satisfactory regarding the friendly and fruitful cooperative relations that have been established between NSFC and RFBR since long. Consensus was reached to further explore possibilities to foster collaborations between young scientists by holding joint workshops on specific topics with common interest.     

A successful visit to the United Kingdom

At the invita-tion of the Royal Society, the NSFC life science dele-gation headed by Prof. Zhu Zuoyan,Vice President of NSFC, paid a suc-cessful visit to the United Kingdom from Sept. 28 toOct. 8, 2004.     

Vice President He Minghong Met with NSF Inspector General

NSFC Vice President, Prof. He Minghong met with Dr. Tina Boesz, Inspector General of the US National Science Foundation on 29 October, 2008. In-depth discussions were carried out on new progresses in both organizations on financial auditing and countermeasures on scientific misconducts.     

NSFC Presidents met with Nobel Laureate Prof. Yang Zhenning

February 23, 2004, Prof Chen Yiyu President of NSFC, Prof. Zhu Zuoyan Vice President of NSFC and Prof. Shi Changxu, Member ofCAS, met with Prof. Yang Zhenning, American Chinese Nobel Prize Laureate.     

A NSFC delegation visited the Bioversity International

On 13 November 2008, a NSFC delegation headed by Professor Wang Jie, Vice President of NSFC, paid a visit to the Bioversity International in Italy. The Bioversity International is one of the 15 centers under the Consultative Group on International Agriculture Research（CGIAR）.