A two-day Sino-Japanese Meeting onRare Earth which ended on November 1st,1990 in Beijing showed that more atten-tion will be payed on RE development,andRE will played an increasingly importantrole and be in great demand in the hi-tech industries.Governmental officials,industrialists,businessmen,experts from both sidesattended the meeting which was held inaccordance to the bilateral agreement.The Chinese delegation is headed byMr.Ye Qing,vice-minister of State Plan-