On 27th May, Professor Timothy W. Tong, president of Hong Kong Polytechnic University, led a delegation together with Prof. Yuen Tsang Woon-ki, Angelina, Vice president of Hongkong PolyU visited Tongji for a meeting with Professor Pei Gang, Tongji President for signing the collaboration agreements on joint Master and PhD programmes for enhancing the link between Tongji and PolyU. Both sides agree to expand the collaboration in the fields of mechanical engineering, civil engineering, software engineering and design. Meanwhile, Prof. Tong was awarded “Tongji Honorary Professorship”.

Besides, witnessed by Prof. Pei Gang and Prof Tong, an agreement on “Monitoring of Structural Behavior for Shanghai Tower” was signed by Tongji University, Hongkong PolyU Technology & Consultancy Company Limited (PTeC) and Tongji Architectural Design & Research Institute.