On Nov. 1st, Prof. Pei Gang, the President of Tongji University, gave a keynote address at the opening ceremony of Academic Impact Conference in Shanghai.
Co-organized by Tongji University, Academic Impact Conference was hosted by Ministry of Education, PRC and the United Nations. It attracted more than 160 participants from universities, institutions and enterprises from China, the Republic of Korea and the United States. Mr. Ban Ki-Moon, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Dr. HAO Ping, the Vice Minister of Education, Mr. Shen Xiaoming, the Vice Mayor of Shanghai, and other UN delegation members attended the opening ceremony.
Before the opening ceremony, Prof. Pei Gang joined the meeting with the UN delegation, Dr. Hao Ping and Mr. Shen Xiaoming. The conference was a part of Academic Impact program launched by the UN.