NASA Chief Meets Top Chinese Officials

[BG-Science]

Beijing (AFP) Sep 23, 2006 - NASA chief Michael Griffin met with top Chinese space officials here Sunday and toured facilities during the first visit to China by a US space agency head, his staff said. Griffin, who arrived here Saturday on a six-day visit to China, held talks Sunday with his Chinese counterpart Sun Laiyan, head of the China National Space Administration. Earlier he toured the Chinese Academy of Space Technology and met with its president Yuan Jiayun.