Zhang Junkuo, vice-minister of the Development Research Center of the State Council, met with a delegation promoting contacts with China from Germany's Hessen state, on Aug 27, where Zhang explained China's economic and social development policies and strategy and discussed ways to cooperate between China and Germany.

Hou Yongzhi，director-general of theDepartment of Development Strategy and Regional Economy of the DRC, and Zhao Jinping, director-general of the Research Department of Foreign Economic Relations were present at the meeting.