On October 25, in order to implement the Agreement on Jointly Strengthening the Construction of the International Innovation Alliance for Open Science between the BJAST and Elsevier, Zhang Shiyun, Secretary and Director of the Institute of Science and Technology Information, led a team to RELX Group to discuss cooperation and exchange views on open science index, journal cooperation, innovation platform construction, etc. Yin Pengling, the Data Strategic Development Officer and Senior Director of Public Affairs of RELX Group, and Ai Xingtao, the General Manager of Strategic Cooperation of Elsevier Publishing, received the team warmly.

The two sides reached specific strategic cooperation intentions around open science, data services and literature resources cooperation. By jointly building an open sharing innovation platform, the two sides aim to improve Beijing's original innovation ability, serve the construction of Beijing International Science and Technology Innovation Center, and contribute to building Beijing a global digital economy benchmark city and the capital development.