On March 2, 2012, the strategic collaboration agreement signing ceremony between Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Shanghai Advanced Research Institute (SARI) of Chinese Academy of Sciences, was held in Minhang Campus of Jiao Tong University. Mr. Zhang Jie, President of Jiao Tong University, and Mr. Feng Songlin, President of SARI, signed the agreement on behalf of the two parties. Ms. Yuan Wen, Deputy Director of Shanghai Municipal Education Commission, Mr. Ming Ju, Infrastructure Department of Science and Technology Division of Ministry of Education, Mr. Lin Zhongqin, Executive Vice President of Jiao Tong University, Mr. Huang Zhen, Vice President of Jiao Tong University, and leaders from Department of Science and Technology, Department of International Cooperation and General Office of SARI attended the signing ceremony. 

Mr. Zhang Jie and Mr. Feng Songlin addressed during the ceremony, saying that the signing of this strategic collaboration agreement is an important measure for following the guideline of national education and science and technology plan between Universities and Institutes, and for improving independent innovation capability. It is agreed that both sides would launch overall cooperation in five research areas, namely, physics, energy, information, life science and management, building a long-term collaboration mechanism, and advancing the effective exploration of “collaborative innovation”. 

Mr. Chen Xiaoyuan, Director of Center for Solar Energy Research and Development of SARI, Mr. Xu Xuemin, President Assistant of Jiao Tong University and Biomedical Engineering College, Mr. Zhou Lin, Director of Antai College of Economics and Management, Mr. Mao Junfa, School of Electronic, Information and Electrical Engineering and Mr. Chen Xianfeng from the Department of Physics, attended the ceremony and shared their views regarding the future collaboration projects.