On July 1, approximately 100 graduate students from China and Switzerland took part in a cross-cultural event for the purpose of engaging more institutions in inspiring young students to explore the unknown. The two astronauts who were chosen to interact with the students were well-suited for the assignment.
Jing Haipeng, head of the Chinese astronaut corps, is the first Chinese astronaut to have flown on three Shenzhou missions. Claude Nicollier is the first Swiss astronaut and flew four Space Shuttle missions, two of which involved servicing the Hubble Space Telescope.
The interaction was part of the Sino-Swiss Space Science and Technology Cooperation Online Meeting, which was co-sponsored by China Science and Technology Exchange Center and the Swiss Museum of Transport.
The two sides also signed a memorandum to set up a stable exchange and cooperation mechanism, build a platform for the exchange of scientific research institutions and personnel and encourage more entities of scientific research and innovation to participate in Sino-Swiss cooperation.
In 2017 Claude Nicollier had delivered a video presentation to the Krafft Ehricke 100th Anniversary event in Munich, sponsored by the Schiller Institute. (https://larouchepub.com/eiw/public/2017/eirv44n14-20170407/05-09_4414.pdf)
