BEIJING, Jan. 15 (China Space News) — China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) and China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) signed a strategic cooperation agreement in Beijing recently.  CASC President Lei Fanpei and  CNPC Chairman Wang Yilin had a meeting before the signing ceremony.

According to the agreement, CASC and CNPC will collaborate in petroleum and petrochemical equipment, information technology, energy conservation and environmental protection, and technical research and development, and explore new approaches and patterns for the integrative development of the aerospace industry and the oil industry.