From November 7-9, 2016, Prof. Peng Yinghong led an SJTU delegation to visit The University of Sydney (USYD) and the University of New South Wales (UNSW). Archie Johnston of USYD and Grainne Moran of UNSW warmly greeted the delegation on behalf of the universities respectively.

Archie Johnston, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering of USYD, and Grainne Moran, Vice-Chancellor of UNSW, extended their welcome to the delegation and introduced the history and latest development of the two universities respectively. Archie said that SJTU and USYD have already cooperated extensively in many subjects, of which the Translational Medicine Alliance is the most convincing achievement and he hopes that both sides can enhance their cooperation in the future. Grainne said that UNSW attaches great importance to the cooperation with SJTU, and the two sides have been cooperating for many years in terms of student exchange and research cooperation, hoping that this visit can further promote bilateral cooperation in translational medicine. Professor Peng Yinghong expressed his sincere gratitude to the leaders of the two universities for their reception and wished that the universities would further strengthen their cooperation based on existing achievements, especially in translational medicine.

During this visit, the SJTU delegation visited Charles Perkins Centre and School of Engineering & IT at USYD, and Mark Wainwright Analytical Centre, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, and Confucius Institute at UNSW. The heads of the research institutes introduced the latest situation of each center and laboratory correspondingly. Prof. Peng Yinghong also introduced the current situation of the development of SJTU and the construction of the National Facility for Translational Medicine (Shanghai) in detail. Then, both sides further discussed their future cooperation in related fields.