On May ,4^th the Framework Agreement on Strategic Cooperation between APFNet and Beijing Forestry University (BFU) was signed by Mr. Lu De, Executive Director of APFNet, and Mr. Wang Hongyuan, the Chancellor of BFU. According to the Agreement, the two sides, taking their own advantages and resources, will strengthen cooperation on areas of forestry education, demonstration project, capacity buildings, scientific research, exchange of scholars and so forth.