Recently, the “Cross-Strait Tsinghua Universities” shared an exchange program with SUSTech which was a great success. Taiwan’s Xinzu “Tsinghua University” academician Xie Xiaochen, special advisor to President Li Huaxia, Academic Students Office representative Chen Zhaorong and Tsinghua Shenzhen Graduate School University Council secretary Liang Dawei, and representatives from Tsinghua University of Beijing, Tsinghua University of Taiwan Xinzu and SUSTech, as well as a total of seventy students visited the university as part of the exchange.

Attending the meeting for the talks were SUSTech Vice President and Dean of Graduate School Tang Tao, Director of the Residential College Han Wei, Chair of the Department of Mathematics Xia Zhihong, Chair of the Department of Mechanical Rong Yiming and the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Institute Vice President Luo Lin. SUSTech’s top student representatives guided the visiting teachers and students around the campus, library, and teaching facilities after which the meeting started off with Tang Tao who, on behalf of SUSTech’s teachers and students, welcomed the visiting guests and gave a brief introduction of the university’s current status.

Tang Tao’s welcome speech

Xie Xiaochen followed with a speech on the origins of Tsinghua University in Xinzu, and shared with the teachers and students its humanistic vision for education.

Han Wei introduced SUSTech’s great achievements and rapid development to the audience, and her wonderful speech was responded to by waves of applause and enthusiasm.

Han Wei about the history of the development of the South Branch

Xie Xiaochen and Tang Tao exchange trinkets

After the talks, the group was led by the SUSTech students to visit the teachers and undergraduates around the campus, library and teaching facilities to show them what SUSTech’s daily life looks like.

Visiting teachers and students touring SUSTech’s Analysis and Testing center

Developing closer ties between the universities would help to strengthen all parties and provide a better understanding of each other. Shenzhen being such a quickly developing city built on experimental reforms, SUSTech is truly founded in that same image and the teachers and students on both sides of the “Tsinghua University” expressed admiration for the humanistic approach and talent training. Cross-strait teachers and students plan to share, exchange and explore further the friendship established during this partnership and look forward to building closer ties with each other.

Contributions: Graduate School

Edited by: Jeremy Welburn