New pact will focuson science, technology

Science and technology for sustainable development will be the focus of a new agreement between Chinese and German scientists.

China's Science and Technology Minister Wan Gang and Germany's Education and Research Minister Annette Schavan signed the agreement yesterday to mark the 30th anniversary of the Agreement on Scientific and Technological Cooperation between the countries.

The 1978 pact was signed in Bonn, Germany and "opened a new chapter in Sino-German science and technology cooperation and communication," Wan said.