President Qiu Yong meets Breakthrough Prize Foundation’s Founder and Director of Operations
On March 27th, President Qiu received Mr. Yuri Milner, one of the founders of the Breakthrough Prize Foundation, and its Director of Operations, Mr. Leonid Solovyev, at Gongziting in Tsinghua University. The two sides exchanged views on potential future cooperation between Tsinghua and the Breakthrough Prize Foundation.
Qiu welcomed Mr. Milner for his first visit to Tsinghua and noted that Breakthrough Prizes are becoming increasingly important and well-known. He is proud that one Tsinghua alumnus, Qi Xiaoliang, currently Associate Professor from the Physics Department of Stanford University, has been awarded the New Horizons in Physics Prize 2016 by the Foundation.
Qiu noted that Tsinghua attaches great importance to innovation and the quality of its development. As Tsinghua is in a transitional phase, linking its past with its future, he believes Tsinghua will become more international and innovative, and further strengthen its collaboration with overseas partners. Qiu briefly introduced Tsinghua’s Global Strategy, as well as the establishment of GIX, the launching of the China-Italy Design Innovation Hub, and the two interdisciplinary labs founded last year. TusPark (Tsinghua University Science Park) testifies to the strong connection between academia and entrepreneurship. He also made the point that the university aims to recruit more top scholars and young talents from around the world to work and study at Tsinghua.
Qiu hopes the Breakthrough Foundation could be involved in the future to support scientific research and businesses conducted by people from the Tsinghua community.
Mr. Milner introduced the Breakthrough Prizes, stressing their aim of increasing publicity for accomplished scientists and further promoting the importance of the fundamental sciences. He hopes that in the future the Foundation could have opportunities to cooperate with Tsinghua in various ways.
The Breakthrough Prizes honor achievements in Fundamental Physics, Life Sciences and Mathematics.
Writer: Zhu Lvhe
