On December 25, Nie Xiaowei, director of the secretariat of GSF, and his colleagues visited the Xinjiang Branch of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Chen Xi, Secretary of the Leading Party Group of the Xinjiang Branch of the CAS, Xiao Wenjiao, Academician of the CAS Member and President of the Xinjiang Branch, extended a warm welcome to Nie Xiaowei and his entourage.

Secretary Chen Xi introduced the achievements of the Xinjiang Branch in serving the major needs of the country and local regions, such as the pursuit of major scientific and technological tasks, the construction of innovation platforms, the promotion of scientific and technological achievements, and international exchanges and cooperation. Nie Xiaowei introduced the achievements and experience in the brand construction of GSF, the construction of the International Science and Technology Innovation Center in the Great Bay Area, and the dissemination and display of scientific achievements.

Both sides had in-depth exchanges on how to better fulfill the mission of the main force of the national strategic scientific and technological force, deepen the "four-side cooperation" mechanism, and play the supporting and leading role of scientific and technological innovation in the fields of ecological environment, energy and mineral resources, biological medicine, etc., and expressed that they would strengthen exchanges and cooperation in enhancing the influence of the scientific and technological cooperation platform, transfer and transformation of innovation achievements, and construction of think tanks, etc., to help build the core area of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the Great Bay Area, and better support the Belt and Road Initiative.