On May 16th, 2008, Minister WAN Gang met the delegation headed by Mr. Michael Leavitt, US Secretary of Health and Human Services.

The two sides reviewed the activities under MOST-HHS cooperation documents, including the Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in Health and Medical Science and the Letter of Intent on International Cooperation in Complementary, Alternative and Traditional Medicine Research. They agreed to further strengthen the China-US S&T cooperation in traditional Chinese medicine under the framework of the International TCM Scientific and Technological Cooperation Program. The China National Center for Biotechnology Development, MOST and National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases, NIH will sign an implementation plan next month to carry out joint research in the areas of common interest and concern.