President Li Wei signed a memorandum of understanding with Mark Lowcok, permanent secretary for the Department for International Development, UK, on establishing a relationship of partnership on Jan 13. They also initiated a knowledge partnership development program on the same day. Both parties would conduct exchanges, summarize the experience of China's development, help the world gain a better understanding of China and promote developing countries' poverty relief efforts. Present at the signing ceremony were Zhang Junkuo, Vice-President of DRC; Long Guoqiang, director-general of DRC's General Office; Cheng Guoqiang, director-general of DRC's International Cooperation Department; Gong Sen, director-general of DRC's Institute for Public Administration and Human Resources; Zhang Shaogang, director of the Department of International Trade Relations at the Ministry of Commerce; and Yang Yingming, vice-director of the Department of International Financial Cooperation at the Ministry of Finance.

President Li Wei (R) meets with Mark Lowcok (L), permanent secretary for the Department for International Development.

President Li Wei signs a memorandum of understanding with Mark Lowcok, permanent secretary for the Department for International Development, UK, on establishing a relationship of partnership on Jan 13.

President Li Wei signs a memorandum of understanding with Mark Lowcok, permanent secretary for the Department for International Development, UK, on establishing a relationship of partnership on Jan 13.

President Li Wei has a meeting with Mark Lowcok, permanent secretary for the Department for International Development.