On April 12, Tsinghua-Daimler Joint Research Center for Sustainable Transportation and Mercedes-Benz jointly launched the " SAFE ROADS China " event at Tsinghua University. Bin Yang, Vice President of Tsinghua University, and Mr. Hubertus Troska, a member of the board of directors of Daimler AG and CEO of Daimler in Greater China, attended the event and delivered speeches.

Before the ceremony, Bin Yang met with Mr. Hubertus Troska and his party. The two sides exchanged views on school-enterprise cooperation, teaching, research, and talent training.

Bin Yang said that the Tsinghua-Daimler Joint Research Center for Sustainable Transportation is a successful example of international cooperation and school-enterprise cooperation in Tsinghua. He hoped that the research center can continue to promote the integration of production, teaching and research in the transportation area, innovate in cooperation modes, create more remarkable results in academic research, results development, and talent training, as well as make more contribution to smart cities, intelligent transportation, autonomous driving, and safe travel. He also emphasized that Tsinghua University enrolled undergraduates in traffic engineering for the first time in 2017 in order to foster more high-level professionals in transportation disciplines for national construction and enterprise development.

Hubertus Troska said that Daimler Group had always attached great importance to the development of automotive safety technology. Daimler Group is committed to bringing more advanced and smarter technologies and products to its customers. He hoped to deepen the cooperation with Tsinghua University through the Mercedes-Benz " SAFE ROADS China " event and work together for the goal of safe travel and get new achievements.