On the afternoon of December 27th, a comprehensive cooperation agreement between Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) and the Institute 38 of China Eletricity Company Technology (CECT Division 38) was signed in SJTU, which simultaneously marked as the ceremony for inviting Academician Wu Manqing as Chair Professor in SJTU.

CECT Division 38 director, and China Academy of Engineering Academician Wuman Qing, deputy director Wu Jian Qi, Luo Jian, Assistant Chief Engineer, and some leaders in  other departments showed up in the ceremony. SJTU President Zhang Jie; SEIEE Research Institute Director and Deputy Director of Research Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Yu Wenxian; Deputy Director of Technology and Equipment Research Institute, Zhou Wei, executive vice Director Sun Bao De,  and some representatives from Human Resources Department and other departments also joined the ceremony.  

President Zhang Jie warmly welcomed the Academician Wu Manqing and his colleagues’ visiting. He generally introduced Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and the cooperation between school and the national strategic enterprises in research, academic and industry, and also congratulated the Academician Wu to join SJTU and the signing of this agreement. He proposed his expectation to pacing hand in hand to the aim of world-class school and enterprises. Mr. Sun De Bao also introduced the advanced technology of SJTU and its equipment situation.

President Zhang Jie and Academician Wu Manqing both signed the comprehensive cooperation agreement and inaugurated the Joint Research Centre for the advanced sensing technology. Yu Wenxian and Luo Jian, on behalf of the two sides, signed the first batch of joint scientific research projects.

Wu Manqing showed his grateful thanks to SJTU for its warm hospitality and trust. He expressed the hope that the two sides will strengthen cooperation and lay a solid foundation for cooperation, from the angle of CECT to explore cooperation mechanisms for both first-class building. Academician Wu Manqing also invited President Zhang Jie to led a return visit 38.

Accompanied by some leaders, Wu and his party visited the Shanghai Jiaotong University School History Exhibition and Telecommunications Institute Laboratory site exchange on the progress of work.