On July 25, French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault visited Yonsei with a delegation of French government officials and policymakers.  Accompanying the Prime Minister were Minister for Higher Education and Research, Geneviève Fioraso, Minister for Economic Regeneration, Fleur Pellerin, Minister for Veterans Affairs, Kader Arif, Minister for French Nationals Abroad, Hélène Conway-Mouret, as well as several deputies from the French National Assembly.
During their visit, the French delegation, which also included business leaders and journalists, toured the Air Liquide-Yonsei Joint Research Center (ALYC).  Following a cooperative agreement between Air Liquide and Yonsei’s School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, the Air Liquide Korea Branch Research Institute and the Air Liquide-Yonsei Joint Research Center were established in April of 2012.