在内蒙古当医生时的高向东觉得上海很陌生，离自己太遥远。他没有想到自己有一天会走进上海，走进华东师范大学读硕士、读博士，并负责学生工作；没有想到自己会在人口学研究上拓开一片天空；更没有想到他能用自己的力量为蒙汉团结共建搭起一座虹桥。 Shanghai is a stranger to Shanghai when working as a doctor in Inner Mongolia and far away from home. He did not think he would one day walk into Shanghai and go to East China Normal University to read a master’s degree and a doctoral degree and be in charge of student work. He did not think he would open up a sky in the study of demography. He even realized that he could use his own strength For the Mongolian Han build a Hongqiao unity.