On August 18, Professor Man-Chung Tang, member of the United States National Academy of Engineering, foreign member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and international famous bridge architect, paid a visit to the Bauing Group to discuss strategic cooperation, accompanied by Professor Li Daxi, chairman of the Chinese Association for Science and Business, USA and senior consultant of the Bauing Group, at the invitation of Gu Shaoming, chairman of the board of Bauing Group.

▲ Professor Man-Chung Tang, member of the United States National Academy of Engineering, foreign member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and international famous bridge architect, paid a visit to the Bauing Art Gallery

In November 2015, Academician Man-Chung Tang was invited to visit the “Bauing Culture Forum” and to give a lecture, themed as “Innovation”, during the 50th anniversary of the founding of Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, and forged a deep friendship with the Bauing Group. Academician Man-Chung Tang has successively presided over and participated in the design, construction and supervision of hundreds of long-span bridges, among which a number of bridges set the world records in the span at the completion of the projects. Man-Chung’s designs can be found in all continents of the world and have been hailed by the industry as “the sun never sets on a Dr. Tang bridge”. Man-Chung’s representative designs are as follows: “Knie Bridge” (1965) and “Neuenkamp Bridge” (1967) in Germany, the longest span cable-stayed bridges in the world; “Pine Valley Creek Bridge” (1975), the first long-span prestressed concrete bridge in the United States; and world-renowned Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge in China.

▲ Academician Man-Chung Tang paid a visit to the “Bauing Culture Forum” and gave a lecture, themed as “Innovation”, in November 2015

Academician Man-Chung Tang is also chairman of the board of T.Y.Lin International. T.Y.Lin International is a world-renowned engineering consulting group and is a world leader in bridge and transportation infrastructure. The Group was founded in 1954, headquartered in San Francisco, USA. The main institutions have reached throughout the United States, Southeast Asia, China, etc.

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Gu Shaoming, chairman of the board of Bauing Group, and Academician Man-Chung Tang carried out in-depth exchanges on the cooperation with the Belt and Road countries. “Bauing Group and T.Y.Lin International have many opportunities for cooperation. The two sides have established companies in Southeast Asian countries and are engaged in infrastructure construction business. Academician Man-Chung Tang and T.Y.Lin International have a high degree of international brand influence, especially in architectural design and bridge design. The two sides have a wide scope for cooperation, and we look forward to opening up a new situation of mutual benefit and win-win situation.”, said Chairman Gu Shaoming.

▲ Gu Shaoming, chairman of the board of Bauing Group, expected to carry out in-depth cooperation with Academician Man-Chung Tang in the markets of the Belt and Road countries

Academician Man-Chung Tang highly acknowledged the suggestions of Chairman Gu Shaoming. “I am very optimistic about the future cooperation between the two sides since I met Chairman Gu Shaoming and had an understanding of Bauing Group in November 2015. I will offer Bauing Group the most professional schemes, working together to carry out the infrastructure construction in the Belt and Road countries. Let us join hands to develop a layout plan.”, said Man-Chung Tang.

▲ Professor Man-Chung Tang, member of the United States National Academy of Engineering, foreign member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and international famous bridge architect, is very optimistic about the future cooperation between the two sides

The participants in this exchange are as follows: Professor Li Daxi, chairman of the Chinese Association for Science and Business, USA and senior consultant of the Bauing Group; Yu Shaoqian, chairman of the Supervisory Committee of Bauing Decoration; Gu Pu, vice president of Bauing Group; and London Wu, assistant to the president of Bauing Group and general manager of the International Business Division.

▲ Professor Li Daxi, chairman of the Chinese Association for Science and Business, USA and senior consultant of the Bauing Group

▲ Yu Shaoqian, chairman of the Supervisory Committee of Bauing Decoration

▲ Gu Pu, vice president of Bauing Group

▲ Chairman Gu Shaoming gave Charity: Water - the calligraphy work of Zhou Guocheng, chairman of the Guangzhou Municipal Artist Association - to Academician Man-Chung Tang as a present