On Sept. 11 afternoon, Liao Yuqun, the director of IHNS, met with visiting Ph.D. Paul U. Unschuld, the president of International Society for the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in East Asia and his entourage. Ph.D. Paul U. Unschuld expressed appreciation for Liao Yuqun’s hospitality and convinced that the ISHEASTM is willing to further strengthen the scientific and technological cooperation with IHNS in history of science and technology. Subsequently, Ph.D. Paul U. Unschuld gave the report about history of the German encounter with Chinese medicine from its beginnings in the 17th century to the present.