Newsletter Spring 2014
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SICHUAN UNIVERSITY NEWSLETTER SPRING 2014 President Xie Heads a Delegation Visiting P02 Three Belgian Universities Professor Zhang Xingdong Elected a Foreign P05 Associate of the National Academy of Engineering The 3rd International Study Weeks P07 to Raise the Curtain Sichuan University Wins Four Prizes from P13 the 2013 Annual National Science and Technology Award CONTENTS 02 Spotlight President Xie Heads a Delegation Visiting Three Belgian Universities ........... 02 05 Feature Professor Zhang Xingdong Elected as a Foreign Associate of National Academy of Engineering .................................................................... 05 Zhang Xingdong: From “A Weird Idea” to “An Epoch-making Medical Discovery” ............................................................ 05 07 University Immersion Program The 3rd International Study Weeks to Raise the Curtain .................................. 07 10 Outreach SCU Delegates Visit University of Washington (Seattle) and Stanford University .............................................................................................10 Sichuan University 11 Academics NEWSLETTER Sichuan University Researcher and His Partner Published Paper on Science ...11 SPRING 2014 Duan Yixiang Research Team Develops A High-end Instrument with Global Competitiveness —— The first Domestic Portable LIBS of China .......11 Sichuan University West China Hospital Performs TAVI, The Sichuan University Newsletter is Using the First Smart Positioning Transapical Aortic Valve provided by the International Office of System Independently Developed by China .................................................... 12 Sichuan University. We aim to share the latest news and events happening on our campus with faculty members, students, and alumni of the University, as well as friends 13 Honors and Awards around the world. Any suggestions and Sichuan University Wins Four Prizes from the 2013 Annual National questions are welcomed from our readers. Science and Technology Award ......................................................................... 13 Contact Us Address: No. 24, South Section 1, Yihuan Road Research Team Headed by Prof. Liu Lunxu of West China Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610065, China SCU Wins First Prize of 2013 Chinese Medical Science and Technology Award ........ 13 Phone: +86-28-85403116 Fax: +86-28-85403260 Email: [email protected] 14 Brief News Newsletter Online The Newsletter is also available online at: 15 Campus http://www.scu.edu.cn/en/index.htm Theme Activities for the Women’s Day —— Charming Girl and Beautiful Life .............................................................. 15 S potlight President Xie Heads a Delegation Visiting Three Belgian Universities n the occasion of a state visit the Chinese President Xi Jin- O ping made to the EU headquar- ters and Belgium, Dr. Xie Heping, the President of Sichuan University (SCU), Vice President Yan Shijing, and Profes- sor Shi Yan, Director of the European Studies Center, SCU, paid a visit to Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), the College of Europe in Bruges, and Ghent University (UGhent) in an attempt to get more actively involved in exchange programs established through the EU- China High-Level People-to-People Dialogue (HPD) and expand the scope and depth of high-level exchanges and cooperation between SCU and promi- nent universities in Europe. A series of agreements for cooperation and co- sponsored development programs were signed, yielding the most satisfactory results in international exchange. SCU-VUB Partnership for Building Brus- sels Academy for China-European Studies In the morning of March 31, 2014,President Xie Heping and the other members of the delegation vis- ited VUB. A grand welcoming and agreement-signing ceremony was held, in honor of the Chinese delegation headed by the presidents of SCU, Ren- min University of China, and Fudan University, in an auditorium on the VUB campus. The Chinese and Euro- pean guests bore witness to a ceremony in which the three Chinese presidents signed with VUB a memorandum for partnership in the construction of the 02 Sichuan University Newsletter SPRING 2014 joint Brussels Academy for China-Euro- studies centers of the three Chinese between the two sides, especially in pean Studies (BACES). universities had all received the special research in European issues and China- The three Chinese universities and honor of Jean Monnet Center of Excel- EU relationship, and enhance under- VUB have joined hands to establish lence, and that the three centers had standing and mutual trust between the BACES, which will be based on the exhibited great strength in European EU and China. VUB campus. BACES will provide a studies. The establishment of a strategic China-European Studies Center is new academic platform to promote partnership between the three Chinese the first overseas research institution of cooperation between China and the EU universities and the College of Europe Sichuan University. in research, training, joint academic would promote academic cooperation programs, faculty and student exchange programs, social service and consul- tancy for government. President Xie Heping announced the launch of a tripartite student exchange program involving Sichuan University, VUB and Congo University in the Dem- ocratic Republic of Congo. In the afternoon, President Xie Heping attended a signing ceremony held at the Ministry of Foreign Af- fairs of Belgium. Chinese President Xi Jinping and King Philippe of Belgium also attended the ceremony, bearing witness to the signing of a series of cooperation agreements between the two countries. Strategic Partnership between SCU and the College of Europe On April 1, 2014, the Chinese Presi- dent Xi Jinping delivered a speech at the College of Europe in Bruges, Bel- gium. On the same day, the College of Europe announced the launch of a China-European Studies Center and signed a strategic partnership agree- ment with SCU, Renmin University of China, and Fudan University. SCU President XieHeping, Dr. Chen Yulu, the President of Renmin University of China, Dr. Yang Luliang, President of Fudan University, and Dr. Jörg Monar, the Rector of the College of Europe, at- tended the signing ceremony. Rector Monar said that the European 03 Sichuan University Newsletter S potlight Renewal of SCU-UGhent Memorandum of Cooperation On April 1st, 2014, after attending President Xi Jinping’s address at the College of Europe, a delegation of Sichuan University led by President Xie Heping visited UGhent. During a meeting with Rector Anne De Paepe, the Memorandum of Understanding between the two schools was renewed. The European Studies Center and the West China Center of Medicine, SCU both have had long-standing co- operation with UGhent. SCU signed agreements with UGhent and VUB in August and September, 2009, entering new partnerships in the implementa- tion of Erasmus Mundus Programs. During the meeting, the two presi- dents made brief introduction of their respective schools and talked about the success the two schools had ac- complished in international exchanges and cooperation, recalling the history of cooperation between the two sides, and hoping to reinforce cooperation between them. They said that the two schools should take the initiative to explore for new ways to expand and intensify cooperation on the basis of existing collaborative activities. On be- half of SCU, President Xie Heping gave 2011. Then, in 2012, the European Studies mus Mundus Program. SCU has been re- thanks to UGhent for having sent20 Center at SCU was appointed as the only ceiving support from the Erasmus Mundus plus students and professors to par- Asian coordinator of the Erasmus Program Program for four year from 2010 to 2013. ticipate in the activities of SCU’s 2013 (European Community Action Scheme for Since late 2009, SCU has participated in University Immersion Program. He the Mobility of University Students), a seven exchange programs. Using grants extended a new invitation that UGhent European Union (EU) student exchange from the Erasmus Mundus Program, SCU students and faculty members were to program established in 1987.The European has been able to send over 100 students participate in the 2014 University Im- Studies Center co-manages and coordi- and teachers to European institutions, mersion Program at SCU. nates, together with EU, the cooperation while accepting 11 European exchange between Asian countries and the EU. SCU teachers and students, for academic and Background information signed agreements with Ghent University visiting programs. SCU has implemented The European Union awarded the and Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) in more Erasmus programs, involving more honor of Jean Monnet Center of Excellence August and September, 2009, starting a participants in the exchange programs, to the European Studies Center, SCU in partnership in implementing the EU Eras- than any other university in China. 04 Sichuan University Newsletter F eature Professor Zhang Xingdong Elected as a Foreign Associate of National Academy of Engineering he National Academy of Engineer- ing (NAE) of the U.S. announced T the election of 67 new members and 11 new foreign associates on Febru- ary 6, 2014. Zhang Xingdong, the only Chinese citizen of the 11 foreign associ- ates, was elected for his contributions to musculoskeletal medical therapies and biomaterial product development. Zhang Xingdong is a professor at Si- chuan University and serves as the presi- dent of Chinese Society for Biomateri- als. He studied