By Li Han, Tsinghua News Center

A delegation led by Dr. Horst Seehofer, Bavarian Minister-President, visited Tsinghua on April 26. During their visit, the members of the delegation attended the signing ceremony of the Tsinghua University - Technische Universitaet Muenchen Joint Research Institute for Advanced Power Sources for Electric Vehicles (IAPS).

Tsinghua University Council Chairman Hu Heping had a discussion with Dr. Seehofer prior to the ceremony. Dr. Michael Friedrich Wilhelm Schaefer, the German Ambassador for China, Prof. Wolfgang A. Herrmann, the President of Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Bavarian senior officers, and Tsinghua Vice President Kang Kejun were also present at the discussion.

Professor Herrmann and Chairman Hu later signed the Agreement for Establishing the Joint Research Institute. It is planned that experts from the two universities will first carry out research on projects involving power management, safety and long lifetime of Li-Ion batteries, alternative electricity storage, fuel production and conversion, DAFC  200 ℃–300 ℃, and interface phenomena in power sources.

(Photo by Cui Kai)