The Russian Delegation of Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR) headed by the president of RFBR, Dr. Vladislav Ya. Panchenko, paid a visit to SIOM on June 7, 2011. The director of SIOM, Prof. Ruxin Li met with the delegation at SIOM honored-guest meeting room.

Alexander Sharov, the director of Bureau of International Co-operation of RFBR introduced the RFBR including its main objectives, its supporting research fields and the international collaboration activities, etc. Director Ruxin Li gave a brief introduction on SIOM such as the key research fields and the international cooperation, etc. On the common interested research fields between RFBR and SIOM, Prof. Ruxin had deep discussions with Dr. Vladislav Ya. Panchenko.

After the meeting, the delegation visited the State Key Laboratory of High field Laser Physics and the National Laboratory for High Power Laser Physics at SIOM.