On November 4th of 2008, a delegation led by Tora Aasland, ministry of Research and High Education of Norway, paid a visit to RCEES. Professor Jiang Guibin, deputy Director of RCEES, Lv Yonglong, Director of Bureau of International Co-operation, CAS, met with the delegation members. Delegation also visited the Sino-Norwegian Centre for Interdisciplinary Environmental Research located at RCEES.