On August 27th, College Forum Hamburg-Shanghai “Science Parks-Attractors from Excellence, Talents and Innovation” was held at ShanghaiTech University. President Jiang Mianheng congratulated the organizers on the success of the forum and met with Hamburg Mayor Peter Tschentscher, State Secretary Dr. Annette Tabbara, Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron (DESY) Administrative Director Dr. Christian Haringa, DESY Directorates' Office Head Frank Lehnerm, who attended the forum. Vice President Zhu Zhiyuan and Vice Provost Jiang Ge joined the meeting.
President Jiang introduced the mission and vision of ShanghaiTech and discussed the construction of large-scale facilities and science park with Mayor Tschentscher. He said that Germany's research ecology and system was worth learning from. He also stated that ShanghaiTech should establish close cooperation with German institutions in the area of large-scale science facilities, and that ShanghaiTech could learn from the design concept from the Science City Bahrenfeld.
Mayor Tschentscher agreed with President Jiang. He told President Jiang that the city of Hamburg had put a lot of resources to build the science city, and that in the future research collaboration between DESY and science facilities in Zhangjiang could be intensified. Mayor Tschentscher appreciated President Jiang’s interest in Science Park Behrenfeld and invited him to visit Hamburg in the near future.
More than 50 members from the mayor’s delegation, and over 30 scientists and leaders from Shanghai government, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, CAS and ShanghaiTech participated in the forum. ShanghaiTech Vice President Li Ruxin delivered a talk about building large-scale scientific facilities in Zhangjiang Hitech Park, and Vice President & Provost Yin Jie presented the overview of ShanghaiTech and its role in contributing to the development of Zhangjiang Science City. Vice President Zhu Zhiyuan chaired the forum.
