On March 4th, 2008, Deputy Secretary-general WANG Zhixue, MOST met with the US delegation led by Mr. Manish Bapna, Managing Director & CEO of World Resources Institute（WRI）. They exchanged ideas on such issues as energy, environment, climate change, etc. 

WANG welcomed Mr. Bapna and stressed that China hoped to strengthen the cooperation with the US and other countries from around the world in the fields of energy, environment and climate change, and that the Ministry of Science and Technology of China was willing to establish long-term partnership with WRI. 

Mr. Bapna provided a complete introduction to the current scientific research focus and major achievements of WRI. He particularly pointed out that his visit was aimed at establishing long-term partnerships in China on the basis of improved mutual understanding.