A delegation led by Kang Kejun, Vice President of Tsinghua University visited several Japanese partner enterprises including Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), Toshiba and Hitachi from August 29th to September 2nd 2011. The Tsinghua delegation visited research institutes and production sites of the Japanese partners and had discussions with senior R&D management personnel.
At MHI, Vice President Yoshiaki Tsukuda met with Kang Kejun and Ni Weidou, Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering and professor of the Dept. of Thermal Engineering of Tsinghua, and set a high value on R&D cooperation with Tsinghua over the years. At the Takasago Manufacturing and Nagasaki Institute, the Tsinghua delegation visited labs focused on research areas including aerodynamics, combustion technology, assembly of nuclear turbines, steam turbines, and gas turbines. They also visited production sites for integrated gasification combined cycle power generation systems and lithium ion batteries.
During the visit to Hitachi, the Tsinghua delegation listened to an introduction of several areas including smart grid technology, variable frequency drives, beam curing systems, nano-printing, and friction stir welding.
At Toshiba, President Norio Sasaki had a meeting with Kang Kejun. They exchanged their views on how to deepen mutual R&D cooperation via the platform of the Tsinghua-Toshiba Energy and Environment Research Center. At manufacturing sites of the Toshiba Fuchu Factory, Akira Sudo, CTO of Toshiba, introduced Toshiba’s technology on solar power generation, elevators, and electric railways to the Tsinghua delegation.
