{"id":40727,"date":"2024-10-01T15:00:51","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T13:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/?p=40727"},"modified":"2024-10-01T16:31:50","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T14:31:50","slug":"wfeo-president-elect-seng-chuan-tans-visit-to-the-singapore-embassy-and-the-china-association-for-science-and-technology-cast-headquarters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wfeo-president-elect-seng-chuan-tans-visit-to-the-singapore-embassy-and-the-china-association-for-science-and-technology-cast-headquarters\/","title":{"rendered":"WFEO President Elect Seng Chuan Tan&#8217;s visit to the Singapore Embassy and the China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) Headquarters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Seng-Chuan-Tan-visit-to-CAST.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-40746\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Seng-Chuan-Tan-visit-to-CAST.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Seng-Chuan-Tan-visit-to-CAST-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Seng-Chuan-Tan-visit-to-CAST-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Seng-Chuan-Tan-visit-to-CAST-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wfeo-participation-at-the-world-robot-conference-2024\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">his participation in the World Robot Conference 2024<\/a> held in Beijing, China, from 21 to 22 August 2024, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/executive-board\/#Seng_Chuan_Tan\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Seng Chuan Tan<\/a>, WFEO President-Elect and Emeritus President of The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ies.org.sg\/Home\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Institution of Engineers, Singapore (IES)<\/a>, visited the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.sg\/beijing\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Singapore Embassy<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/english.cast.org.cn\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">China Association for Science and Technology (CAST)<\/a> Headquarters in Beijing on 23 August 2024.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Seng-Chuan-Tan-visit-to-CAST-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-40751\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Seng-Chuan-Tan-visit-to-CAST-2.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Seng-Chuan-Tan-visit-to-CAST-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Seng-Chuan-Tan-visit-to-CAST-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Seng-Chuan-Tan-visit-to-CAST-2-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><br \/>\n<i>WFEO President-Elect Seng Chuan Tan and Dr. Luo Hui, CAST Executive Secretary and Director General of the Department of International Affairs<\/i><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nDuring this visit, he had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Peter Tan, Singapore\u2019s Ambassador to Beijing, alongside his foreign affairs team, and the CAST delegation led by Dr. Luo Hui, Executive Secretary and Director General of the Department of International Affairs, and Mr. Sun Xiaojun, Director General of the China Centre for International Science and Technology Exchange.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting with CAST officials, which included WFEO representatives and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/executive-council\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">members of the Executive Council<\/a> Mr. Ling Wen, Chair of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/committee-engineering-and-the-environment\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WFEO Engineering and Environment Committee<\/a>, and Ms. He Jing, National Member Representative, was marked by insightful discussions on potential collaborations. <\/p>\n<p>Key topics included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Introduction of IES and WFEO<\/li>\n<li>Invitation to the inauguration event of Er. Tan\u2019s WFEO Presidency<\/li>\n<li>Areas of focus during Er. Tan\u2019s Presidency<\/li>\n<li>Strengthening collaboration with China on climate action and capacity building<\/li>\n<li>Exploring partnerships with the Singapore Embassy and Singapore Chamber of Commerce (SingCham) to promote engineering services<\/li>\n<li>Promotion of World Engineering Day (WED) 2025<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Seng-Chuan-Tan-visit-to-Singapore-embassy-1.jpe\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Seng-Chuan-Tan-visit-to-Singapore-embassy-1.jpe\" alt=\"\" width=\"933\" height=\"1134\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-40757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Seng-Chuan-Tan-visit-to-Singapore-embassy-1.jpe 933w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Seng-Chuan-Tan-visit-to-Singapore-embassy-1-247x300.jpe 247w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Seng-Chuan-Tan-visit-to-Singapore-embassy-1-842x1024.jpe 842w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Seng-Chuan-Tan-visit-to-Singapore-embassy-1-768x933.jpe 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 933px) 100vw, 933px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>WFEO President-Elect Seng Chuan Tan and Mr. Peter Tan, Singapore\u2019s Ambassador to Beijing<\/i><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Seng-Chuan-Tan-visit-to-Singapore-embassy-2.jpe\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Seng-Chuan-Tan-visit-to-Singapore-embassy-2.jpe\" alt=\"\" width=\"1382\" height=\"1194\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-40756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Seng-Chuan-Tan-visit-to-Singapore-embassy-2.jpe 1382w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Seng-Chuan-Tan-visit-to-Singapore-embassy-2-300x259.jpe 300w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Seng-Chuan-Tan-visit-to-Singapore-embassy-2-1024x885.jpe 1024w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Seng-Chuan-Tan-visit-to-Singapore-embassy-2-768x664.jpe 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1382px) 100vw, 1382px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>WFEO President-Elect Seng Chuan Tan with Mr. Peter Tan and his foreign affairs team at the Singapore\u2019s Ambassador to Beijing<\/i><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\nFollowing his participation in the World Robot Conference 2024 held in Beijing, China, from 21 to 22 August 2024, Seng Chuan Tan, WFEO President-Elect and Emeritus President of The Institution of Engineers, Singapore (IES), visited the Singapore Embassy and the China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) Headquarters in Beijing on 23 August 2024.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>WFEO President-Elect Seng Chuan Tan and Dr. Luo Hui, CAST Executive Secretary and Director General of the Department of International Affairs<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nDuring &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[85],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-event-report"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - 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