NSFC President Chen Yiyu met with Dr.Francis Collins,Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Beijing on October 14,2010 and signed a MoU of cooperation in medical research between the two agencies. Prof.Chen welcomed Dr.Collins’ visit to NSFC and pointed out that the recently increasing communication and exchanges between the two agencies have paved a solid foundation for substantial collaboration. Especially since the establishment of NSFC’s Department of Health Sciences in 2009,a new platform for effective support to basic research in medical sciences is now in place.Prof.Chen further mentioned that to address diseases threatening the mankind,establishing partnership between the two agencies is an action that conforms to the trend of the times.
