On March 23rd, DRC Vice President Li Jiange met with Mr. William McDonough, Merrill Lynch Group Vice Managing Director of the Board, Ex-CEO and Chairman of Federal Reserve, and Mme. Ren Keying, Chairman of Merrill Lynch Investment Bank, Greater China. Both parties discussed about the situation of international capital market in 2007. Mme. Sun Lanlan, Director General of DRC’s International Cooperation Department, was present at the meeting.