NUPT: World s First ITU University

Party Secretary Professor Min Chunfa Attends the Ceremony

The recently concluded 18^th ITU plenary conference decided to invite universities and research institutes to participate in ITU s activities as academic members. NJUPT became the world s first ITU university.
Party Secretary Professor Min Chunfa headed a delegation on a visit to ITU headquarters on January 14, 2011, and was warmly welcomed by Mr. Zhao Houlin, the newly reelected Deputy Secretary-General of ITU, together with other ITU executives. A ceremony was held in the afternoon to present ITU academic membership to five universities, i.e. NJUPT, Tsinghua University, Waseda University and two universities from Tunisia. Professor Min Chunfa spoke in the ceremony and expressed NJUPT s determination to make more contributions to the international community of telecommunications.