A delegation of U.S. Embassy in Beijing, headed by Mr. Michael Woolsey, the Agricultural Minister Counselor of U.S. Embassy, visited IGDB in the afternoon of April 29. Dr. Weicai Yang, the Deputy Director, hosted their visit. Dr. Jinghua Cao, the Deputy Director of the Bureau of International Cooperation of CAS, and scientists from the Center for Genome Biology and the Center for Molecular Agrobiology of the institute attended the discussion on biotechnology.