摘要
On January 16 in Beijing, the president of the CAS, Prof. Zhou Guangzhao, met his US counterpart, Dr. Bruce Alberts, president of the US National Academy of Sciences. On behalf of the two sides, the two leaders signed a joint statement of sustainable development, signaling an important step forward in the field of S&T cooperation between the largest developing country and the largest developed country in today’s world. Three dominant themes were under discussion at the meeting of Chinese and US officers: challenges posed to scientists and research units in a drastically changing world; science & sustainable development constitute a vista in common for the