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Liu Fei, chief representative in China, ASTM International, attended the 2011 annual meeting of the Materials Technology Institute Asia Technical Advisory Committee in Shanghai, China, in September 2011. Liu Fei met with over 60 technical engineers from more than 30 companies. His presentation focused on ASTM activities in the Asia Pacific region, including the memorandum of understanding program, training, standards application and the participation of Asia Pacific countries in the ASTM standardization process. MTI participants expressed interest in further communication and technical training from ASTM. MTI has more than 50 multinational member companies, most of which are familiar with ASTM and use ASTM standards. Shown from left to right are: Liu Fei, ASTM; Henry Ye, chairman of MTI AsiaTAC and DuPont materials consultant; Emory Ford, associate director of MTI; Albrecht Girgensohn, vice chairman of MTI AsiaTAC and head of mechanical integrity, Bayer; and Jesse Chen, associate director of MTI.