On April 16, 2016, the 14th Conference on International Exchange of Professionals kicked off in Shenzhen City. During the opening ceremony, the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs (SAFEA) held the certificate presentation ceremony for the State Specially Recruited Expert from the “Thousand Foreign Talents Program”. YIN Weimin, China's Minister of Human Resources and Social Security, conferred the certificates for the 20 foreign experts who have been selected into the fifth group of “Thousand Foreign Talents Program”, including Prof. Poh Chiang Andrew LOH from BJTU.

In the afternoon, the SAFEA organized the forum on the “Thousand Foreign Talents Program”. The foreign experts introduced the scientific research, student cultivation and personal lives, including Prof. Poh Chiang Andrew LOH. ZHANG Jianguo, Administrator of SAFEA, pointed out that they would further improve the advice mechanism for the foreign experts and the working network of foreign expert advisory boards in the future. He hoped that the SAFEA would further pay close attentions to the economic and social development of China.