New Collaboration Agreement
Stephen E. Straus, M.D., Director of NCCAM, is pictured below with three colleagues from the People's Republic of China who, with NCCAM, signed a Letter of Intent on International Collaboration in Complementary, Alternative, and Traditional Medicine Research. Signed on April 19, 2006, the agreement will foster research collaboration and communication between the United States and China (at levels from individual researchers to large institutions) to advance the scientific discipline of traditional medicine research.
![Pictured are (L to R) Dr. Zhixiang Shen, Director, Department of International Collaboration, State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine; Dr. Straus; Mr. Hong Sun, Deputy Director General, Department of Social Development, Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology; and Dr. Hongxin Cao, President, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences.](images/china.jpg)
Pictured are (L to R) Dr. Zhixiang Shen, Director, Department of International Collaboration, State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine; Dr. Straus; Mr. Hong Sun, Deputy Director General, Department of Social Development, Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology; and Dr. Hongxin Cao, President, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences.