Mr. CHENG Jinpei signed a Procurement Arrangement on toroidal field magnets on behalf of China with ITER Director General Kaname Ikeda in Aomori, north of Japan on the afternoon of June 16th, 2008. Since China took part in the ITER initiative, the agreement is the first of its kind signed between the Chinese government and the ITER organization according to in-kind contributions and the general schedule of ITER.