In the evening of 17th November, the Launching Ceremony of Tongji Alumni Association in France was held at Mines ParisTech. President Pei Gang, Vice President Dong Qi attended the ceremony. Other distinguished guests included Mr. Dai Tianhua, First Secretary of the Education Department of Chinese Embassy in France, President of Paristech, Director of ENSI Bourges, Vice President of University Paris I, Vice President of Ecole Polytechnique, Director of International Cooperation of ESPCI ParisTech, Director of development of USTL, the representative from ENPC Fund and other French major companies like Michelin, PSA Peugeot Citroën and Thales. More than 200 alumni and representatives from other universities’ alumni association also attended.

At the Ceremony, Pei awarded the association flag and Dong hit to open the website of Tongji Alumni Association in France. Meanwhile, the Association presented Tongji University with a souvenir album to express their best wishes to Tongji.