The U.S.-CHINA PHARMA: Innovative Strategies and Partnership Models for R&D Success was held in Philadelphia on May 23-24th, 2011. Numerous senior pharmaceutical and biotech leaders from US and China shared their best practices and strategies in leveraging partnerships, alliances, collaborations, out-sourcing, and in-licensing to improve productivity and contain costs in R&D projects. Dr. Wei Zhou, MD, Ph.D, co-chair of Academic Relationship of USCACA, served as the Conference Co-Chair, and helped facilitate the presentations and discussions on May 24th.