In the evening of November 4th, Professor Zhou Jailun, Chairman of University Council of Tongji University met Mrs. Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development, Transportation and Housing of the Republic of France during her official visit in Shanghai. Both said highly of the existent Sino-French cooperation between Tongji and the Ministry, especially the educational cooperation with its two affiliate schools (Ecole des Ponts ParisTech and ENTPE), and of the annual Forum THNS.

After the meeting, Prof. Zhou and Kosciusko-Morizet signed the letter of intent on the Project of Sino-French Engineering School of Tongji University in the domain of sustainable development.