SHANGHAI Jiao Tong University yesterday launched its Tsung-Dao Lee Institute to mark the 90th birthday of one of the first Chinese Nobel laureates and to promote physics research and education.

The institute will concentrate on some of the fundamental challenges in understanding the extremes of the universe and support Shanghai’s aim to build a global innovation center for science and technology, the university said.

It will provide a platform for world-class scholars and scientists to communicate and cooperate with young scientists to cultivate future experts and it aims to produce a series of major research findings on human civilization and social development.