On March 30th, Education is Extraordinary Because of You -- 2018 Persons of the Year for Shanghai Education award ceremony was held at Shanghai Education Television Station. A name list of ten 2018 Persons/Groups of the Year for Shanghai Education was officially announced, among which was the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge research team from Tongji University.

On October 23, 2018, the 55-kilometer-long Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge was officially opened to public, a record-breaking moment in history. Behind this unique project known as Everest in Engineering were a large number of people from Tongji University who made great contributions to the construction of the bridge
