More than 20 officials-all directors and deputy directors of science and technology institutes in China-visited ICTP on 16 July. Trieste was one of their main stops in a three-week tour of scientific institutions in Europe. The officials were eager to learn more about the management of ICTP and the Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS). Presentations by ICTP director, K.R. Sreenivasan, and TWAS executive director, Mohamed H.A. Hassan, were followed by a lengthy question-and-answer period.