On June 5, the first Committee Meeting of 2012 Pujiang Innovation Forum was held in Beijing. Tongji President Pei Gang is named Deputy Director of the organizing committee. Tongji Vice President Jiang Changjun as Deputy Secretary of the Forum attended the meeting and signed the cooperation MOU on behalf of Tongji University.

Initiated in 2008, Pujiang Innovation Forum is jointly organized by the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Municipal Government of Shanghai. Tongji University is one of the Forum’s partners. Themed on innovation, with the view of international insight and Chinese characteristics, the forum serves as a platform to promote exchange in innovation, dissemination of advanced ideas, contention of academic thoughts, interaction among government departments, enterprises, universities and research institutes, and release of new policies.