On December 10th, a delegation led by Ambassador of France to Chinavisited Institut Pasteur of Shanghai, CAS (hereafter referred to as the “IPS”). The delegation members included Mr. Laurent BILI -Ambassador of France to China, Mr. Benoit Guidée - Consul General of France in Shanghai, Mr. Gaétan MESSIN - Scientific Attaché’s Deputy from the Consulate General of Shanghai andMrs. Sarah MAESEN - Scientific Attaché’s Deputy from the Consulate General of Shanghai. Mr. Xiaofeng LU - Senior Manager of European Office on behalf of Bureau of International Cooperation Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mrs. Hong HUANG - Director of Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (Shanghai Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs) attended and gave short talks. The meeting was hosted by Prof. Hong TANG- Director General at IPS, and Prof. Fernando ARENZANA - Co-director for Scientific Research at IPS, Mr. Shengli SI - Secretary of the CPC at IPS, Mr. Fengwei CHEN- Secretary General and Discipline at IPS, research representatives, and the heads of the departments as well as the student representatives at IPS attended the meeting.
Prof. Hong TANG expressed warm welcome to the delegation and briefly introduced the development history, organizational structure, international research team, and educational exchanges of the Institute. Fernando ARENZANA made a detailed introduction on China-Africa Rainbow Project, Fengxian New Park, Pasteurien College in Suzhou and the Center for Microbes, Development and Health at IPS etc.. Xiaofeng LU and Hong HUANG acknowledged IPS’s active efforts and achievement in international exchange cooperation and talent service respectively. Ambassador Laurent BILI hopes and supports that the Shanghai Pasteur Institute, as a model of Sino-French science and technology cooperation, to achieve better development.
The delegation then visited the laboratories of Dimitri LAVILLETTE mainly on Arbovirus Research Unit and Parag Kundu on Stem Cell Biology and Microbiology, and learned well about the research progress of the Institute through in-depth exchanges with many researchers and students.
Group photoghphy at IPS Building
