On Jan 14-15, invited by Prof. Muhammad Iqbal Choudhary, the Director of International Center for Chemistry and Biological Sciences (ICCBS) in University of Karachi, Pakistan, Prof. GONG Peng, the Deputy Director General and other 5 research fellow from Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) paid a visit to ICCBS. Prof. Atta-Rahman, the Chairman of the United Nations Committee on Science, Technology and Innovation, President of the Network of Academies of Science of Islamic Countries, Foreign Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and the Professor Emeritus of University of Karachi, and Prof. Choudhary met the WIV delegation.

During the visit, the scientists held active discussions on the bilateral cooperation in research on rapid molecular diagnostics of viral infections, drug discovery developments and vaccines, molecular virology, genomics and computational research for virology, infectious diseases surveillance, and prevention and control of emerging viral diseases along the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor under the “Belt and Road” Initiative. It was agreed that WIV and ICCBS will try to build the joint research unit, organize the bilateral annual meeting, and strengthen the personnel training and students’ cultivation in the future.