German Federal President Dr. Christian Wulff Meets President Pei Gang

On October 8th, Dr. Christian Wulff, Federal President of Germany, Honorary Doctorate of Tongji University, met Tongji University delegation led by President Pei Gang. Dr. Jiang Feng, Minister Counselor of Education Office of the Embassy of China in Germany, also attended the meeting.

Dr. Wulff spoke highly of the fruitful Sino-German cooperation in science, technology and education. He recalled his two impressive visits to Tongji University, and appreciated the positive role of Tongji University in the Sino-German exchange, and committed to give continuous support the cooperation between Tongji University and German universities, research institutions and enterprises.

President Pei Gang expressed his gratitude to Dr. Wulff for his long-term support to Tongji University. He said that Tongji University had a good tradition of Germany cooperation. In recent years, Tongji University has developed cooperative relations with German partners in different levels in the fields of language and culture, environmental protection, mechanical manufacturing, new energy development via Sino-German cooperative platforms in Tongji University such as International Education College, German Language Department, Sino-German College for Graduate Studies, Sino-German College of Applied Engineering, Sino-German Vocational Education Institution, Research Institute of Federal Republic of Germany and German Academic Center. For Tongji University, one of the purposes is to attract more German students to continue their study in Chinese universities including Tongji University through the international cooperation platforms. When it came to the future cooperation, President Pei expressed his hopes of promoting engineering education reform in Tongji University by learning from advanced and successful experience in engineering talents cultivation in Germany. And also he expressed his hope of establishing the first Fraunhofer Institute in Tongji University.

President Pei Gang warmly welcomed President Wulff to visit Tongji campus again as its Honorary Doctorate. Dr. Wulff readily accepted the invitation and expressed the hope of coming in the next spring.

After the meeting, President Pei Gang had an intensive discussion with the Ministerial Director of the Federal President, to strengthen scientific and technological cooperation between China and Germany.