Milestones
2020
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8 January 2020 |
| Second meeting of the SJTU-APGI steering committee |
| March – April 2020 |
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Provision of advice, assistance and protection items such as masks, to fellow exchange and visiting students from SJTU in Singapore amidst the COVID-19 global pandemic |
| June 2020 |
| Launch of SJTU-APGI website and social media accounts on Facebook and LinkedIn |
| 1 July 2020 |
| Third meeting of the SJTU-APGI steering committee and annual director’s board meeting for 2019-2020 were held |
| 10 September 2020 |
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“High efficiency management system for food waste integration with Nano-Catalysis Purification” was granted approval as a project under the Shanghai 2020 “Science and Technology Innovation Action Plan – International Science and Technology Cooperation Programme” |
| 18 October 2020 |
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Welcome ceremony of the 2020 cohort of MBA students which included a teacher-student meeting session and a Q&A session where issues and concerns, especially those regarding the ongoing pandemic, were addressed |
| November 2020 |
| Successful completion of audit and tax declaration for the institute’s first fiscal year |
| 11 December 2020 |
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Official launch of the ‘Joint Laboratory for Energy and Environmental Sustainability Solutions for Megacities’, approved as part of the Belt and Road Joint Laboratory Initiative, at the second meeting of the Shanghai-Singapore Comprehensive Cooperation Council held virtually |
2019
| March to July 2019 |
| SJTU held several high-level meetings involving relevant divisions to prepare for the establishment of SJTU-APGI |
| 25 June 2019 |
| Officially registered in Singapore as a public company limited by guarantee |
| 28 July 2019 |
| First meeting of the Steering Committee in which SJTU-APGI’s charter and three-year plan was approved |
| 28 August 2019 |
| Site inspection by the Committee for Private Education (CPE) |
| 26 September 2019 |
| Officially registered as a Private Education Institution with CPE |
| 20 – 22 October 2019 |
| SJTU Vice President, Prof. Mao Junfa visited Singapore and launched AI+Ageing workshop by both SJTU and NUS |
| 11 – 14 November 2019 |
| SJTU delegation attended meetings with proposed Honourary Directors |
| 28 November 2019 |
| Official opening ceremony of SJTU-APGI, graced by Party Secretary of SJTU, Prof. Jiang Sixian, as well as fellow delegates |
| 6 December 2019 |
| The first Antai Asia-Pacific Forum was held |
| 6 December 2019 |
| Vice President, Prof. Huang Zhen attended the CREATE Managing Committee meeting |
| 30 December 2019 |
| China's Minister of Science and Technology Wang Zhigang visited CREATE to sign cooperation agreement on Science, Technology and Innovation between Singapore and China |