On June 9th of 2009, WAN Gang, Minister of Science and Technology,  met with visiting James Tobin, Executive Vice-President Magna International Inc.

Mr. Tobin introduced Magna’s efforts in electric vehicle R&D, and expressed his willingness to cooperate with Chinese counterparts in this regard. According to WAN, MOST has launched clean energy vehicle demonstration campaign in 10 cities, to support promotion and use of electric vehicles first in public transport, taxi, civil service and postal departments in pilot cities. WAN welcomed the cooperation between Magna and Chinese counterparts to jointly promote the development of energy-efficient and new-energy vehicle industry, contributing to the energy conservation, emission reduction and environmental protection.