Dr. Eike Lehmann, president of VDI- The Association of Engineers , visited Tsinghua University on Nov. 1. Tsinghua president Gu Binglin met and talk with Dr. Lehmann.

During their talk, president Gu gave a brief introduction of Tsinghua University . He said he hoped that more collaborations could be built between Tsinghua and German universities. Prof. Zheng Li, deputy chair of Department of Industrial Engineering introduced the Tsinghua-RWTH Aachen cooperation. The two sides discussed possibilities of further cooperation.

VDI-The Association of Engineers is a financially independent and politically unaffiliated, non-profit organization of 126,000 engineers and natural scientists. More than 12,000 of these members work for the VDI in an honorary capacity. Established in 1856, the VDI is today the largest engineering association in Western Europe .

Reported by Li Han