The 15th anniversary in celebration of the operation of New Euro-Asia Continental Bridge and the Forum on Cooperation and Development of Modern Material Circulation for New Euro-Asia Continental Bridge was held solemnly in Lianyungang city on 1 December 2007. Vice Minister of Commerce Yi Xiaozhun attended and addressed the anniversary, accompanied by Mr. Wang Yue, Director General of CICETE. Mr. Yi Xiaozhun chaired the working meeting of New Euro-Asia Continental Bridge coordinative mechanism and discussed the establishing of a inter-city networking cooperative mechanism and the initiative of the third phase of New Euro-Asia Continental Bridge program funded by UNDP.