Follow Hong Kong Investment Immigration and Hong Kong News: The inauguration ceremony of the Meng Minwei Technology Building at Tsinghua University was held on the 6th. This is another new building named after the same individual, following the completion of the Meng Minwei Concert Hall.
The Meng Minwei Technology Building was constructed with funds donated by Meng Minwei, a Tsinghua alumnus and founder of the Hong Kong Xinxing Group, who was concerned about the development of his alma mater in its new century and decided to contribute during his illness. The building has now been completed, but the elder gentleman passed away in July 2010, leaving the attendees of the ceremony feeling nostalgic.
The building is located in the new research building complex in the eastern area of Tsinghua University, covering an area of 8,700 square meters, with a total construction area of 45,450 square meters. The building has ten floors above ground, with a construction area of 30,070 square meters, and three underground levels, with a construction area of 15,380 square meters. The building height is 45 meters, and the main structural system employs a flexible frame structure.
Jiang Shengyao, Vice President of Tsinghua University and Chairman of the Education Foundation, stated that the building will serve as a teaching and research facility for the School of Aerospace Engineering, the Earth Science Center, the Combustion Center, and the Institute of Cross-Information Research, further enhancing the university's teaching and research hardware facilities, and promoting interdisciplinary integration and technological innovation.
The building was designed by the Beijing Architectural Design and Research Institute, featuring a north-south oriented slab-type main structure, combined with public academic spaces, corridor communication spaces, and courtyard spaces on the west side, separating the inner courtyard from the external road on the east side, making the building not only a base for teaching and research but also a venue for academic and research exchanges.
Born in 1927 in Panyu County, Guangdong Province, Meng Minwei studied at the Department of Aeronautics at Tsinghua University in 1946 and later founded the Hong Kong Xinxing Group. In 1984, he established the "Xinxing Education and Charity Fund," which has donated over HKD 1.1 billion worldwide to support various projects in education, healthcare, sports, cultural arts, scientific research, and social services. Since 1993, the fund has donated over RMB 300 million to support multiple projects at Tsinghua University.