On June 4th Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Croatia to PR China, Professor Ante Simonić and Scientific Director of OIKON-Ltd., Institute for Applied Ecology, Croatia, Dr. Zdravko Špirić visited IHEP. Dr. Špirić is the top Croatian Official of PHIME, a project of the EU 6th Framework Programme (FP6). Scientists from Croatia and China are now jointly applying for more Sino-Croatian governmental collaborations.

　　CAS Academician Chai zhifang extended warm welcome to Ambassador Simonić and Dr. Špirić. At the meeting, both sides shared the research progress at IHEP and in the circle of environment, human health and petroleum industry. Ambassador Simonić expressed that he was more than happy to support the collaboration between China and Croatia in the future. The foreign guests visited CAS Key Laboratory of Nuclear Analysis Techniques and CAS Key Laboratory of Biological Activities of Nanoscale Materials.

　　June 5 is the World Environment Day (WED), which was established by the UN General Assembly in 1972. The theme for WED 2009 is “Your Planet Needs You-Unite to Combat Climate Change”. The China theme of 2009 World Environment Day released by Ministry of Environment is “Reducing Pollution: Time for Action”. This visit is one of the registered events in celebrating the WED at IHEP.