They are (from left) Shanghai Municipal People's Congress (SMPC) deputy director-general Hu Chengyun, Shanghai Media Group president Wang Jianjun, SMPC committee member Zhang Lili, University of Otago director international Simon Chu (partly obscured), SMPC standing committee secretary-general Yao Haitong, SMPC standing committee chairwoman Yin Yicui, Enterprise Dunedin director John Christie, University of Otago deputy vice-chancellor external engagement Prof Helen Nicholson, University of Otago pro vice-chancellor humanities Prof Tony Ballantyne, SMPC foreign affairs office director-general Jing Ying, SMPC education, science culture and public health committee member Chen Baoping and Huangpu District foreign affairs office staff member Xu Yihui (obscured).
The delegation visited the university while in the city to re-sign the sister city memorandum of understanding between Dunedin and Shanghai.
