On the morning of August 23, 2011, Wu Zhen, Deputy Commissioner of the State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA), met with the visiting delegation headed by Dr. Yoshinobu Hirayama, Councilor for Pharmaceutical Affairs of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare of Japan (MHLW). Both parties discussed issues such as further strengthening and implementing exchanges and cooperation under the framework of the Memorandum of Understanding, and reached common understanding on relevant issues. The Japanese delegation visited the Center for Drug Evaluation of SFDA in the afternoon.