On May 5th, MOST and the Sichuan provincial government held 2nd ministerial-provincial work consultation in Chengdu. The two sides determined to jointly promote the work in five areas: integrated S&T activities in the urban and rural areas, guidance to innovative enterprises, development and industrialization of new vanadium-titanium materials, R&D of the 800MN large die forging hydraulic press, protection of Ruoergai water retention lands and the research on modern water-saving agriculture technology.