On March 14, 2011, Mr. XU Lin, standing committee of Shanghai Municipal Party Committee and Party Committee Secretary of Pudong New District and Mr. PENG Song, party committee member and deputy district governor of Pudong new district paid a visit to SARI and held a meeting with scientists in SARI. Mr. WANG Jianyu, Secretary and Vice President of CAS Shanghai Branch, Mr. HUA Renchang, Chief Director of the construction of CAS Pudong Science and Technology Park, Prof. FENG Songlin, President of SARI and Prof. SUN Yuhan, Vice President of SARI jointly received the delegation.

The delegation first visited the construction site of New Technology Base in Pudong Science and Technology Park. Mr. XU Lin appreciated the construction progress and proposed expectations for the second-phase construction. Then, a meeting, host by Mr. WANG Jianyu, was held between the delegation and scientists of SARI. Prof. FENG Songlin reported SARI's progress and Prof. HUA Renchang introduced the construction progress of Pudong Science and Technology Park. The presenting parties conducted in-depth discussion about academy-locality cooperation in terms of progress been made, experience to be learnt, problems to be tackled and solutions.
Leaders from the following also took part in the meeting: Pudong New District Party Committee Office, Development and Reform Committee, Commission of Economy and Information Technology, Science and Technology Committee, Construction and Transportation Committee, Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, Environmental Protection and Health Administration, Planning and Land Administration, Zhangjiang Hi-tech Park Administrative Committee and Zhangjiang Group, etc.