Zhang Laiming took a team to survey the "One Belt and One Road" issues.

DRC Vice-Minister Zhang Laiming attended a "Welfare System Integration and Sustainable Development" seminar, in Beijing, on June 11.

A seminar on the "Rise of Metropolitan Regions: Experiences and Policy Implications", was held in Beijing, on May 28-29.

The president of the Rand Corp, Michael Rich visited the State Council's Development Research Center upon invitation, for a meeting chaired by Zhang Laiming, vice-minister of the center.

American economist Jeremy Rifkin delivered a speech on his new book The Third Industrial Revolution at the Development Research Center of the State Council (DRC) on Sept 9.

The DRC and the British Embassy in China jointly held the seminar on China's public hospital financing and doctors' salary system reform," in Beijing.

Zhang Laiming, vice-minister of the Development Research Center of the State Council, attended a meeting convened by the Zhongshan municipal Party committee to learn about the content of the Third Plenary Session of the 18th Communist Party of China Central Committee.