Mr. Guenther H. Oettinger, Energy Commissioner of European Commission Visits Tongji

On the afternoon of July 5th, President Prof. Pei Gang met with the EU delegation led by Energy Commissioner of European Commission Mr. Guenther H. Oettinger, accompanied by some officials of EU Delegation to China and EU Chamber of Commerce in China. Prof. Pei Gang extended warm welcome to EU guests, made a briefing on Tongji University, especially the international relations with European partners, including the international exchange & cooperation with EU.

Mr. Guenther H. Oettinger thanked for the warm welcome, expressed that Tongji is well known in Europe, hoping that China will not copy the industrialization process of Europe, and pay attention to the development of science and technology, economize energy and reduce emissions, focus on sustainable development, develop new technologies, new energy, and new materials.

After the meeting, the EU delegation visited the site of the project Train the trainers undertaken by our School of Materials Science and Engineering with the financial support from EU.