Mr. Liikanen is visiting China at the invitation of Mr Xu Guanghua, Chinese Minister of Science and Technology. During his stay in Beijing (13-17 April), Mr. Liikanen inaugurated the EU-China Forum on Information Society, wh
ich constitutes the largest ever event on scientific and technological co-operation between the EU and China. With mor
e than 700 European participants and 400 Chinese delegates, the Forum included a conference, an exhibition on European IT, and a co-operation agora to stimulate business to busi
...[+++]ness contacts.