Joaquim NASSAR: recipient of Shanghai’s first unified work permit for foreigners
Joaquim NASSAR, the French dean of The SJTU–ParisTech Elite Institute of Technology is the first to receive Shanghai’s first unified work permit for foreigners. He says, “I am not surprised to see Shanghai becoming the first city to put forward the convenient foreigner’s work permit.” For him, Shanghai is the perfect city where cultures of home and abroad are merged.
An overseas returnee behind China’s aerospace ambition
A Tsinghua and Cornell University graduate, Jun Xu once participated in the development of China’s homemade ARJ21 jet and led a team of 500 people doing technical R&D for the C919, China’s first domestically-built passenger jetliner. Claiming himself to be simply one of China’s aviation workers, Dr. Xu remains modest and stays true to his original aspiration.
Satoshi Murata: progressing with China’s steel industry
Baosteel is not only the epitome of China's reform and opening up but also an example of Sino-Japanese cooperation. Nippon Steel& Sumitomo Metal Corporation (NSSMC) is a key part of this story. Head of NSSMC Shanghai Representative Office, Satoshi Murata, was sent to Shanghai 3 years ago. Though he has not experienced the 40-year story himself, he is more than familiar with the friendship between NSSMC and Baosteel.
World Expo Representative: How Expo 2010 has transformed Shanghai
Dimitri Kerkentzes, Deputy Secretary General of BIE is an old friend of the Expo 2010. During the Expo, he spent seven months as a BIE representative to Shanghai. He is affectionately called Xiao Di by his Chinese friends here. Standing at the museum, the Expo eight years ago still remains strong in his mind.
Chief architect of Shanghai Tower draws up blueprint for Shanghai
Marshall Strabala is Shanghai Tower's chief architect. It is the high-rise buidling that has made him the designer behind the world's most beautiful skyscraper. Also, because of this building, his name is inseparable from Shanghai. He can now blurt out the Chinese word “Shanghai Zhongxin” easily.
French shipbuilding CEO wants to give back to China
Claude Maillot is the Chief Executive for Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore North Asia Zone and China. A romantic and polite gentleman he has been based here in Shanghai for the last five years.