Invited by the Bureau of International Cooperation, CAS, former US Vice President Al Gore came to Beijing on October, 10, 2005. Now professor in several universities in US, Mr. Gore is always concerned about global climate change.

Shortly after his arrival in the capital airport, he delivered a speech in CAS graduate school on global climate change and human adaptation to it. During his two plus hours speech, which was presided over by Vice President of CAS, Prof Chen Zhu, audience got constantly inspired by the scientific insight into various causations of climate change, its possible results on the entire living environment, and human reaction to it.

In the afternoon, former Vice Premier of PRC, Li Lanqing, and CAS President, Lu Yongxiang officially received him in Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, where they exchanged notes on global environment.