MOST Vice Minister WANG Weizhong headed a delegation to the 4th China-Mexico Permanent Commission (SMPC) Meeting in Mexico from Jul. 28 to 31. VM WANG co-chaired the S&T Commission Meeting with the Director-General of the Department of International Cooperation of the Mexican Foreign Ministry. Mexican President Felipe Calderon met with the Chinese delegation.

Established in 2004, SMPC is a high-level mechanism for both governments to conduct discussions and negotiations in various fields. There are four sub-division workgroups: politics, economics and trade, science and technology, and culture and education.