Beijing, Safar 7, 1438, Nov 7, 2016, SPA -- President of King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Prince Dr. Turki bin Saud bin Mohammed met here today with the Minister of Science and Technology of China Wan Gang. The meeting came on the sidelines of his participation in the activities of the Ministerial Meeting of Ministers of Science, Technology and Innovation of Group of Twenty (G20) Member Countries being hosted by the People's Republic of China. During the meeting, the two sides stressed the importance of boosting cooperation between the two countries in various areas of promising technologies, such as water, energy, biotechnology, space and aviation, with the need to expand this cooperation significantly to include areas of innovation and technology, as well as the establishment of small and medium-sized companies in the two countries through Saudi-Chinese Joint Center for Technology Transfer recently built at King Abdulaziz city for Science and Technology in implementation of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 and the National Transformation Program 2020. --SPA 12:10 LOCAL TIME 09:10 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w