On November 13th to 14th, the Asian University Presidents Forum was opened ceremoniously in Guangzhou, China, with the theme of Higher Education and Regional Economic Development in Asia . Presidents from nearly 100 universities in Asian countries and regions, such as India, Korea, Japan, Singapore, Thailand, Syria and Kazakhstan, etc, attended the forum and made speeches on the role of university in talent-training, technological development and regional economic development.
During the forum, Prof. Zhou Jialun met the presidents of sister universities of Tongji. The goal of the forum was to strengthen the network of collaboration among the Asian universities and to promote the regional development building a prosperous and harmonious Asia.