Tsinghua President Qiu Yong Visits the U.S.

Tsinghua University President Qiu Yong visited Seattle from September 13th to 15th. During his visit, President Qiu paid a visit to the Microsoft Corporation and discussed Tsinghua’s further development with representatives from academic, technical and business circles. He later met with Bill Gates and discussed on issues related to the Global Innovation Exchange (GIX) and the Global Health Drug Discovery Institute (GHDDI). Yang Bin, Vice President and Provost of Tsinghua University, and Shi Zongkai, Vice Chairperson of the Tsinghua University Council and Vice President of the Tsinghua Alumni Association, attended the events.

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President Qiu Yong had a meeting with Mr. Gates on September 15th. During the meeting, he briefed Mr. Gates on the opening of the GIX building and the incoming second North American Tsinghua Alumni Convention. When it came to the GHDDI, a joint program between the university and the foundation, President Qiu expressed the hope that the two sides would seek more cooperative partners to promote R&D and innovation in health drugs. President Qiu said Tsinghua University greatly valued the cooperation with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and would continue to promote mutual personnel exchange and cooperation in research to tackle the global challenges in public health that were facing mankind.

Mr. Gates noted that Tsinghua University is a key cooperative partner for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He hoped that more collaboration could be built between Tsinghua University and the Foundation in the coming years.

President Qiu also paid a visit to the Microsoft Corporation on September 15th, where he had discussions with senior researchers at Microsoft. President Qiu expressed the hope that the university would continue to promote cooperation with Microsoft in talent education, joint research and researcher exchange.

Qiu Yong also met with Harry Shum, Executive Vice President of Microsoft and a foreign member of National Academy of Engineering (NAE) of the United States.

On September 14th, President Qiu briefed Tsinghua alumni on the university’s global strategy and its latest developments in teaching and international cooperation, and then heard suggestions from the alumni.

By Guo Lili