Tongji University actively engaged in the Global Universities Partnership on Environment and Sustainable Development -- Our Executive Vice President Wu Jiang led a team to visit the United Nations Environment Program and the UN-HABITAT.

On 25-28 September, Executive Vice President of Tongji University Prof. Wu Jiang led a delegation to visit UN Environment and UN-HABITAT. Representatives from the UN Environment Ecology Division, Africa Division, Science Division, Policy Division, Law Division, Asia Pacific Regional Office, UN Environment -Danish Technical University Partnership, UN Environment Global Resource Information System had a meeting with the Tongji delegation, inclusively discussing the strategic planning and vision of Global Universities Partnership on Environment and Sustainability (GUPES). At the meeting, Professor Wu, as the Executive Vice President of Tongji University and also the President of GUPES, shared Tongji University's long-standing support for GUPES and the progress of GUPES over the past five years and hoped to build GUPES into a global platform for research and technology transfer with the continued support of UN Environment’s divisions. The UN Environment expressed their appreciation and gratitude to support of Tongji as a strategic partner, and hope that Tongji University will continue to play a leading role in the development of GUPES.

During the visit, Prof. Wu held talks with UN-HABITAT representatives to discuss the progress of the current Eco-town Guideline project and the African Water Report. Prof. Wu introduced the advantages of Tongji on city planning and environmental fields, he discussed the possibility for Tongji to be more engaged in international collaborations via the platform of UN-HABITAT and hoped that, based on existing training programs for African mayors, all-round cooperation in scientific research, international cooperation, and personnel exchange would be carried out. This year, Tongji University has seconded seven interns and one staff member to work in the UN Environment and UN-HABITAT.

In addition, on 26 September, Tongji University renewed a memorandum of cooperation with the Nairobi Water Company. Based on the first two phases of cooperation supported by the China-Africa-UN Environment Programme, Tongji will continue to work to enhance the efficiency of drinking water supply and wastewater treatment in Nairobi, improve the capacity building in water resources management and provide water treatment technology in Kenya and East Africa.

On 27 September, Prof. Wu led the delegation to visit the Technical University of Mombasa. Prof. Laila Abubakar, the executive president of the Technical University of Mombasa, received the group of guests and held a talk. After the meeting, Prof. Wu attended a College Deans' Conference organized by the Technical University of Mombasa. The Executive Vice President, Vice President, Deans from the College of Computer Science, Engineering, Economics, Environment and Health, Applied Technology, as well as Mathematics and Physics attended the meeting. Prof.  Abubakar hosted the conference. He made a report about the Technical University of Mombasa at first and introduced the basic conditions and the progress that the university has made in its four years of existence to the group from Tongji. Prof. Wu also delivered a report for the president and deans who attended the meeting and introduced the ideas and experience about education.

Prof. Liu Jianxiong, Chair of Council of the College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Prof. Li Fengting, Executive Deputy Dean of the UN Environment-Tongji Institute of Environment for Sustainable Development (IESD), Vice Dean of the College of Environment Science and Engineering, Dr. Wang Ying, Dean Assistant of IESD, and Ms. Sun Jie, Deputy Director of the Office of IESD have also attended the visit.