On March 23th, DRC Vice President Mr. Li Jiange met with Mr. OIKAWA Kozo, Chairman of Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI), who was attending China Development Forum 2008 in Beijing. RIETI is a leading policy research institute in Japan, having established communication and cooperation with a number of research departments and institutes of DRC. Mr. Zhang Xiaoji, Director General of Research Department of Foreign Economic Relations, and Mme. Sun Lanlan, Director General of International Cooperation Department of DRC, attended the meeting.