On Nov. 28, the kick-off meeting of the
Sino-German Centre for Water And healTh researCH (WATCH) initiated by CWEG and
co-built by RWTH-Aachen University successfully opened in Beijing. Professors
Kai Reimers, Yao Gang and Dr. Elmar Dorgeloh of RWTH-Aachen University, CWEG
Vice President Shao Yanqing, and Dr. Pang Hongtao, Deputy General Manager of
Beijing Technology R&D Center under CWEG, were in attendance.

The
WATCH is one of the first international science and technology cooperation
projects funded by the Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission, and
the only international joint laboratory with water as the theme. At the
kick-off meeting, Shao Yanqing extended warm welcome and appreciation to German
representatives. According to Shao, CWEG has all long placed a high value on
the innovation and R&D of water treatment technology and
industry-university-research cooperation with the aim of building its core
competitiveness. He hoped that the parties can step up collaboration to build
the WATCH into a world-class joint laboratory in the field of water
environment.

Speaking on behalf of the German party,
Professor Kai Reimers expressed his congratulation and appreciation on the
launch of this Sino-German joint laboratory, and said he was honored to work
with CWEG to explore and innovate water environment management technology. He
also hoped that in the future, the parties can continuously promote laboratory
construction, industrial transformation and application leveraging CWEG’s
outstanding R&D and innovation strength, in an effort to build the
laboratory into a high-level transnational industry-university-research
institution integrating education, research with economic production.