Chinese astronaut Yang Liwei, center, receives an Award from President of the Sino American Aviation Heritage Foundation Jeffrey B. Greene, left, as US astronauts, Charles F. Bolden, second left background, Charles M. Duke, second right, and Mae C. Jemison, right, and a Chinese official look on during a baquet at Diayoutai for the Dupont U.S. Astronaut's China tour in Beijing Monday July 25, 2005.

Both Chinese and US counterparts expressed their wish to further their technological and human resources cooperation . (AP Photo/Elizabeth Dalziel)