On August 16, 2016, SUSTech received Professor Chris Rudd, Provost of the University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC), and Professor Yao Shujie, Director of Nottingham Confucius Institute and Deputy Director of the Inclusive Finance Research Centre. President Chen Shiyi and Vice President Tang Tao met with the guests and exchanged ideas with them on topics like school-running mode, personnel training and discipline construction.
On behalf of SUSTech, President Chen Shiyi conveyed sincere welcome to the two professors. Then he introduced the development planning of SUSTech to the guests in terms of its mission and goal, discipline development, personnel training, etc. Chen expressed his sincere wish for exchanges and cooperation with UNNC. He hopes that, in the future, the two universities could gain a better understanding of each other and facilitate cooperation on diverse fronts.
Prof. Chris Rudd thanked SUSTech for its gracious hospitality and also hopes the two universities could explore more collaborative opportunities in various aspects, step up communication and exchanges, and effectively push forward cooperation.
Their talk has laid a solid foundation for partnership. Both sides expect strengthened communications and extensive collaborations in the future.
During their stay, the UNNC guests also visited SUSTech’s sand table of campus planning and construction.
