National Natural Science Foundation of China
The China Internet Information Center stated in a 2005 article that China had inter-governmental cooperative S&amp;T agreements with 96 nations, cooperative S&amp;T programs with 152 nations and regions, and participated in more than 1,000 international S&amp;T cooperative organizations. NGO international exchanges and cooperative activities had increased. The China Association for Science and Technology and related organizations as well as the National Natural Science Foundation of China participated in many cooperative international organizations. Chinese researchers held 281 leading posts on international organizations' expert committees and held 293 executive member-director or higher level positions.