ZHANG Xian'en, Director General of the Department of Basic Research of MOST, delivered a speech entitled "Status of Chinese Science and Technology " while attending the DEMOS Forum recently in London on behalf of the leaders of MOST. He mainly briefed the forum on the status of S&T development in China, the Outline of the National Medium and Long-term S&T Development Plan and opportunities of international cooperation and answered relevant questions. His report was the first conference report arranged by the organizer for a foreign speaker, which fully reflected the importance and attention attached by the British to the S&T development of China.