The grand award ceremony of the Chinese Government Friendship Award was held in the Great Hall of the People in the afternoon on September 29. Claude Esling, an honorary professor of Northeastern University (NEU), received the “2014 Chinese Government Friendship Award”, the top award from the Chinese government for foreign experts who come toChinato work. Ma Kai, the vice prime minister of the State Council of China, attended the ceremony and presented the award to the receivers.
Ma Kai, the vice prime minister of the State Council of China, presented the award to Professor Claude Esling.
Li Keqiang, prime minister of the State Council, cordially met the foreign experts who received the “2014 Chinese Government Friendship Award” and their relatives in the Great Hall of the People in the afternoon on September 30. The foreign experts and their relatives were also invited to the Banquet of the 65thAnniversary of the Founding of the People’s Republic of China afterwards.
the Certificate of Friendship
Professor Claude Esling, once the vice president of Metz University of France (combined with other universities, it has developed intoLorraineUniversity), has cooperated with Professor Zuo Liang and Professor Zhao Xiang from NEU for over 20 years. Professor Claude Esling has come to NEU to work for a certain period of time every year since he was appointed as an honorary professor of NEU in 1993. After he was appointed as the “Overseas Experts in Academics” in the “Discipline Innovation and Talent-Introduction Base for Electromagnetic Metallurgy and High-Intensity Magnetic Field Materials Preparation” in the Discipline Innovation and Talent-Introduction Plan Project for Chinese Institutions of Higher Learning (“111Plan” Project) in 2007, he has come to NEU to work for more than two months every year. He centered his research interests on the alloy phase diagram in high-intensity magnetic field, the study of solid state transformation and recrystallization, and materials preparation technology controlled by high-intensity magnetic field.
