President Zhang Jie Led SJTU Delegation to Visit Japan
At the invitation of Tohoku University and AIST (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology), President Zhang Jie led a delegation to visit Japan from February 27 to March 2, 2012.
President Zhang Jie first visited Tohoku University and had talks with President Akihisa Inoue and Vice President Kitamura. They reviewed the SJTU-Tohoku academic exchanges and cooperation projects since the inter-university agreement was signed. The joint education on materials science and high-level research-oriented student cultivation were also discussed.
Afterwards, SJTU delegation went to Tokyo and had a meeting with Mr. HIRANO, President of National Institution for Academic Degrees and University Evaluation (NIAD-UE) and SJTU Honorary Doctor, and Mr. Kato, President of NGK. President Zhang Jie then went to AIST and held talks with Mr. Nomaguchi, Director-General of Department of Production and Research. The two sides decided to take this opportunity to carry out technical cooperation and academic exchanges.
When visiting SMC Chairman Mr. Takada, Zhang Jie introduced to him the operation of "SMC Morningstar Scholars Innovation Fund" in 2011, and thanked for his long-time support to SJTU education. Mr. Takada expressed his continuous support and thanked SJTU for helping Japan with the post-earthquake reconstruction.
During the visit, President Zhang was also invited to visit NF Corporation, and expressed thanks for its donation of testing equipments to SJTU. He also paid a visit to the municipal government of Yokohama and Yokohama Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
The delegation was composed of Zhang Weimin, Chief of Division of International Cooperation and Exchange, Ma Lei, the Secretary-General of Educational Development Foundation, Wu Yixiong, Dean of School of Materials Science and Engineering(SMSE), and leaders and experts from SMSE, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Center for Systems Biomedicine and School of Environmental Science and Engineering.