Recently, Tongji University Shen Rongfang Scholarship Award Ceremony 2019 and Shanghai Cooperation Innovation and Development Forum was held in SEM. Professor Shen Rongfang, former Dean of Tongji SEM, Professor Fan Bonai, Deputy Dean of the Institute of Public Policy, Zhejiang University, Shi Derong, Director and Chief Investment Officer of Guokai Ronghua Industrial Investment Fund Management Co., Ltd., Liu Xinyi, President of Shanghai International Group and Peng Mingshan, President of Aston Martin in China, attended the event. Lei Xinghui, Vice President of Tongji University, Shi Qian, Deputy Secretary of CPC (in charge of work) and Deputy Dean of Tongji SEM, Zhou Bin, Secretary of CPC General Branch of student community, Wu Boning, Director of the Alumni and Corporate Relations Office, as well as alumni from all over the country and the award-winning students in 2017, 2018 and 2019 participated in the event together.

Professor Shen delivered a speech at the event. He thanked the alumni for coming from all over the country to attend the meeting, noting that the Alumni Association could not exist without the support and help of the alumni. He also expressed his sincere gratitude to the alumni tutors and judges who have worked hard in the reviewing process. Lei Xinghui introduced the development of alumni work of Tongji University, and thanked all alumni for their devotion to the alma mater and their supervision for the students. Shi Qian introduced the current development and achievements of Tongji SEM, and expressed his gratitude to the alumni for their support for the development of the school. Shi Derong thanked all the alumni presented. As representatives of Shen Rongfang Alumni Association, Luo Jiaming and Fan Bonai gave a speech respectively.

The representative of the award-winning students also delivered a speech, saying that they would adhere to the spirit of “helping and standing with each other”, working harder in their future study and life.

The event ended successfully in a warm atmosphere. The guests speakers said they hope that Shen Rongfang scholarship would continue to be inherited and enriched, contributing to the “Double First-class” construction and discipline development of Tongji University.

(provided by the Alumni and Corporate Relations Office)

Brief Introduction of Tongji University Shen Rongfang Scholarship

Mr. Shen is the forerunner of operational research of China’s engineering universities and the chief editor of Operational Research, a textbook for Chinese university students. He once served as the Director of the Department of Management Engineering, Dean of the SEM, Deputy Director of Shanghai Disaster Prevention and Relief Institute and the Director of System Engineering Research Office. Mr. Shen is also the Deputy Director (for three consecutive terms) of the Supervisory Committee of Management Science and Engineering Majors of the State Education Commission (now the Ministry of Education of the State Council) and a member of the evaluation group of management discipline of the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council (the third term). He served as the first Chairman of the Board of Directors of Chinese Ergonomics Society and the first Chinese director of the Board of Directors of the International Ergonomics Association.

“Tongji University Shen Rongfang Scholarship” is established by Shen Rongfang and his alumni in response to the call of the CPC, the University and the School, striving to do their best for the construction of “double first-class” and contribute to the cultivation of talents. Students receiving the scholarship are excellent both morally and academically, love public welfare and have a high sense of social responsibility. Meanwhile, the scholarship invites Shen Rongfang’s alumni as well as people who are keen on the cause of scholarship to serve as off-campus tutors. The tutors are all top-notch talents from different walks of life. Cooperating with the University, they will guide and help our students to cultivate top talents.