On the morning of August 17th, Her Excellency Sun Haiyan, the new Chinese Ambassador to Singapore, visited the SJTU ASIA-PACIFIC Graduate Institute, accompanied by the Counsellor of Education Department Kang Kai and the secretary Zhai Yinglin. Lim Khiang Wee, Executive Director of the National Research Foundation of Singapore (Prime Minister's Office); Peng Yinghong, Dean and Professor of SJTU ASIA-PACIFIC Graduate Institute; Meng Jia, Vice Dean; Xi Junfang, Director of Antai Center; Tong Yen Wah, Head of the National University of Singapore; and He Yiliang, Professor of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, etc. attended the meeting.

Sun Hai Yan met with Lim Khiang Wee, Executive Director of CREATE, to understand more about the overview of Singapore's outstanding research and technology enterprise park program. They believed that the Singapore government provided a good example and platform for large-scale international scientific research cooperation and highly supported scientific research cooperation between Chinese and Singaporean institutions.

Peng Yinghong reported to H.E. Sun Haiyan about the history of the SJTU ASIA-PACIFIC Graduate Institute and the development status of talent training, academic research, cooperation, and exchange. The SJTU ASIA-PACIFIC Graduate Institute is the only independently established institute by a Chinese university in Singapore. Based on 30 years of postgraduate education and ten years of scientific research cooperation, Shanghai Jiao Tong University opened a new chapter after being registered in Singapore. Under the complicated global situation and the challenges of the pandemic, with the guidance and support of the university, the institute has been steadily developing for three years. Currently hosting more than 100 students, the institute has also developed cooperative relationship with Singaporean universities, government, and enterprises, and is nowexploring more collaborative opportunities in Southeast Asia. Additionally, the institute has made breakthroughs and found application for key technologies of kitchen waste recycling and the suppression of cyanobacteria outbreak. Practical solutions are also provided for urban governance in both Shanghai and Singapore. H.E. Sun Haiyan visited the experimental facilities and working space of the E2S2 project and met with SJTU Ph.D. students and researchers.

Sun Haiyan expressed her high expectations for the SJTU ASIA-PACIFIC Graduate Institute and affirmed the good operation and successful results of its large-scale international cooperative research projects. She also hopes the institute will continue to further enhance its research ability, cultivate more outstanding talents, and promote concrete international cooperation.