Chinese vice premier meets foreign representatives attending International Science Council meeting

Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, meets with foreign representatives attending the 2026 International Science Council (ISC) Midterm Members' Meeting and Beijing Science Dialogue in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 21, 2026. (Xinhua/Liu Weibing)

BEIJING, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang met with foreign representatives attending the 2026 International Science Council (ISC) Midterm Members' Meeting and Beijing Science Dialogue in Beijing on Wednesday.

Ding, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said science and technology are the common wealth of humanity, and openness and cooperation are the inevitable choice for scientific and technological innovation.

China stands ready to work with all parties to promote academic exchanges, tackle frontier scientific and technological challenges, produce scientific outcomes that benefit all, and jointly advance global science and technology, Ding said.

ISC president Peter Gluckman and other foreign speakers commended China's achievements in scientific and technological innovation and expressed support for openness and cooperation, so that science can truly become a global public good and further contribute to human progress.