East China Alumni Association (ECAA) of SOE, Tsinghua University was founded in Shanghai on March 19th , 2011. Zhang Quan, alumnus 1982 and Director of Shanghai Environmental Protection Bureau was appointed as the first president of ECAA of SOE. Guo Liang, Secretary general of Tsinghua Alumni Association, ZHANG Suxin, executive vice president of Shanghai Alumni Association, JING Wenyong, the first dean of the former Department of Environment,  YU Gang, dean of SOE, DU Pengfei, secretary of Party Committee of SOE and other leaders were presented at the inaugural ceremony. More than 100 alumnus of SOE, old and new, attended the meeting.       

  YU Gang introduced the development of SOE in recent years to alumnus presenting at the meeting. He hoped alumus of East China could continue to pay attention to and support the development of SOE, and invited East China alumnus to participate in the process of developing SOE into a top international environment institution. After that, GUO Liang, ZHANG Suxin, ZHANG Quan delivered speeches respectively. They congratulated to the establishment of ECAA, and hoped the ECAA could become an extension platform for the lifelong education process of SOE, a supporting platform for assisting the undertakings of alumnus of SOE, and a service plamform of emotional exchange, business cooperation and communication.