The Officers of INTECOL are delighted to learn that Dr. Rusong Wang, a member of the Board, has been elected to serve as the New President of the Ecological Society of China from 2004 to 2008. The Officers and other Board members most warmly congratulate him on this honour, and we wish him and the Ecological Society of China every success. We very much look forward to a continuing close co-operation between the Ecological Society of China and INTECOL in the coming years.