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Vice Minister visits University

[ China UniNews Vol. 4, No. 4  November 2006 ]

China’s Vice Minister for Science and Technology, Professor Cheng Jinpei, was a guest of the University of Melbourne early in November.

Professor Cheng (centre), accompanied by seven officials from the Chinese Government, met with the University’s Deputy Vice Chancellor (International) Professor Frank Larkins (left), and the Dean of Science, Professor Peter Rathjen. Professor Rathjen is one of Australia’s leading stem-cell scientists, a particular interest of the Vice Minister, who is also interested in nanotechnology and biochemistry. While at Melbourne the delegation toured the University’s Bio21 Institute. Professor Cheng is a graduate of Nankai University, and a former vice president, and professor of Organic Chemistry there.