France's Prime Minister, Jean-Marc Ayrault, gave a speech on Sino-French cooperation at the 19th Sino-French Economic Seminar.

Zhang Junkuo, the vice-minister of the Development Research Center of the State Council, met with a Cuban delegation, on Oct 25

Zhang Junkuo, the vice-minister of the Development Research Center of the State Council, met with a delegation promoting contacts with China from Germany’s Hessen state

A group Development Strategy and Regional Economy Dep't of the Development Research Center of the State Council, led by Zhang Junkuo, director –general of the department, visited the city of Changbaishan, Jilin province, May 25-28, 200.

The Research Department of Rural Economy of the Development Research Center conducted a seminar on new rural construction

Zhang Junkuo, Hou Yongzhi, and other researchers did a survey of Baotou's economic and social development, in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, Dec 22-24, 2005, to understand the problems related to it.

Vice director Zhang Junkuo led a study group to Xibaipo in Hebei province.