On May 7th -8th of 2009, Vice Premier WANG Qishan and European Commission Trade Commissioner Catherine Ashton co-chaired the second China-EU High Level Economic and Trade Dialogue at the EU Headquarters in Brussels. ZHANG Laiwu， Vice-Minister of Science and Technology attended the Dialogue, and delivered a speech entitled “Win-win Cooperation and S&T Innovation Provide New Impetus to Reviving Global Economy ”.

According to ZHANG, S&T support plays an irreplaceab role in terms of making a major breakthrough in economic development or responding to economic crisis. Chinese government adopted a series of major initiatives to cope with global financial crisis, including Key Technologies R&D Program. He pointed out that tackling the current financial crisis requires closer international cooperation. He also highlighted that through a diverse mechanism, positive progress has been made in such priority fields as energy, environment, information, satellite navigation, and health. Led by innovation, China-EU S&T cooperation also promoted economic and trade cooperation.y Prof.CHEN Xianhui alone has published 3 articles in Nature, and 9 in Physical Review Letters.