Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences (SARI-CAS) signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement with Shanghai Hongkou District Government on June 18, 2015. Hongkou District Party Committee Secretary Wu Qing, District Deputy Secretary and Chief Executive Cao Liqiang, Deputy Chief Li Guohua, President of CAS Shanghai branch Zhu Zhiyuan, Party Secretary and Vice President of SARI Sun Yuhan, Vice President Jiang Biao and Huang Weiguang attended the event. 

Vice President Huang Weiguang and Deputy Chief Mr. Liguohua signed the Strategic Cooperation Agreement on behalf of SARI and Hongkou District. Two sides will further strengthen cooperation in science, healthcare, culture and education, and promote the industrialization of scientific and technological achievements and regional economic development by the construction of innovative platform for innovation and entrepreneurship. 

President Zhu Zhiyuan introduced the overall situation of CAS Shanghai branch at the meeting and pointed out that scientific and technological achievements need platform to realize application. Hongkou District has a great advantage in terms of location, financial market and policy support. He hoped that more technologies from CAS institutes could be introduced into Hongkou to benefit technology innovation in Shanghai. 

Party Committee Secretary Wu Qing commented that he was confident of this collaboration. Hongkou district will continue to exploit its current resources to provide platforms for cooperation and make contribution to the construction of Shanghai Science and Technology Innovation Center.