Translator: Zhu Ying Text and Photos by Yu Jingliang

On the afternoon of October 9, Professor Zhihong Huang, Vice-Chancellor of the University of York, UK, and Dr. Ling Wang led a delegation to visit our university. Vice-President Zhang Hongxia extended a warm welcome to the guests. Both sides held an exchange forum in the multi-functional conference room on the third floor of the Industry-Education Building, where they engaged in in-depth discussions on advancing joint talent training, faculty and student exchanges, and expanding scientific research cooperation between the two universities.

On behalf of the university, Zhang Hongxia first extended a warm welcome to the delegation from the University of York. She noted that cooperation between the two institutions has continued to deepen since they established contact last year. In June this year, during our university’s delegation visit to the University of York, the two sides officially signed a cooperation agreement. In July, 17 faculty members and students from our university participated in a 20-day overseas study programme for outstanding university students of Hubei Province at the University of York. Zhang Hongxia expressed her expectation for broader and deeper cooperation in areas including joint talent training, faculty development, and international scientific research and innovation focusing on new-energy intelligent connected vehicle technologies.

Both sides agreed to take this forum as an opportunity to further strengthen communication, accelerate project implementation and achieve mutually beneficial and win-win outcomes.

The forum was presided over by Fang Peng, Deputy Director of the Office of International Cooperation and Exchange. Relevant heads from the School of Optoelectronic Engineering, the School of Artificial Intelligence and the School of Intelligent Connected Vehicles attended the forum. (Reviewed by: Fang Peng)