March 7, 2008: Professor Shen Dingli, Director of the CAS, Professor Ni Shixiong and Professor Wu Xinbo, Deputy-Director of the CAS, received the visiting delegation from the Ford Foundation, Mr. John Fitzgerald, the new chief representative, and Mr. Andrew Watson, the former chief representative. Both sides reviewed the bilateral cooperation over the past two decades. Delegates of the Ford Foundation learnt about recent developments of the center, and both sides expressed the hope to continue and strengthen the cooperative relationship.