President Zhang Jie Met with Qualified Talents Online 

President Zhang Jie presided over SJTU’s first online conference for high-level overseas talents at Minhang Campus, SJTU, and Munich, Germany at 5 pm Beijing Time (11 am Munich Time) on April 24. The online conference was held to strengthen the talent workforce construction at SJTU by bringing in qualified talents from overseas.

President Zhang Jie had scheduled to hold the face-to-face conferences in Berlin and Munich during his visit to Germany from April 19 to 24 at the invitation of Chinese Embassy and Consulate in Germany and related groups. However, the Icelandic volcano ash halted flights across Europe, impeding the visit. Considering the great significance of the conference in bringing in talents from abroad, as well as the strong will of the talents in Germany to join SJTU and serve the motherland, President Zhang Jie put forward the idea of an online conference, which was strongly approved by Chinese Consulate-general in Munich and Association of Chinese Students in Germany. The conference convened as scheduled.