Speaker: Professor Xu Kuangdi, President of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, former mayor of Shanghai City (1995-2001), and former vice chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. The MIT China Forum is part of a broader MIT effort to look at new ways of fostering ties with China. The Forum was created by the MIT-Greater China Strategy Group, which is charged with identifying new initiatives and collaborations with China over the next 20 years.