On September 17th, Prof. Lothar Willmitzer, Academician of German Academy of Sciences, the founding director of the Plant Physiology Institute of Max Planck Institute and the founder of the International Metabonomics, visited ZZU, accompanied by Chen Jihui, President of the Shenzhen Alumni Association, and Jia Haixia, Chairman of the Board of Supervisors. President Academician Liu Jiongtian, Vice President Wu Hongyang met with visitors.

President Liu introduced the development of the school, wishing that ZZU will carry out substantive cooperation with Prof. Lothar Willmitzer and Max Planck Institute to expand the scope of exchanges and cooperation between ZZU and German scientific research institutions and researchers. He stressed that the school will provide support for cooperation between the two sides, hoping that the cooperation between the two sides will take effect soon.（translator Song Gencheng）