On the afternoon of September 12, British Consul-General in Guangzhou Sarah Mann and her delegation visited CSU. Li Zhihong, Vice President of CSU, and heads of the Department of Scientific Research, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Office of International Cooperation and Exchanges, Dundee International Institute, and School of International Education, attended the meeting.

Li Zhihong expressed his gratitude to the British Consulate General in Guangzhou for the attention given to CSU’s educational cooperation with British universities. He briefly introduced the advantages of higher education resources in Hunan Province, and CSU’s history, scale, academic discipline characteristics, internationalization strategy, and educational cooperation with British universities. He said that CSU will continue to deepen the existing cooperation with British universities, strengthen talent cultivation and scientific research cooperation with more leading British universities, and continuously expand cooperation areas, so as to make new contributions to promoting Sino-British educational and cultural exchanges.

Sarah Mann expressed her gratitude for CSU’s warm reception and highly recognized CSU’s achievements in cooperation with British universities. She expressed hopes that in future cooperation, both sides will align their respective advantageous disciplines, enhance the diversity of cooperation between CSU and British universities, combine university education with industrial development needs, and further promote Sino-British friendship and cultural exchanges through educational exchanges and cooperation.

During the meeting, the two sides carried out in-depth exchanges and reached a new consensus on further expanding overseas study channels for CSU students, deepening joint education between Chinese and foreign universities, enhancing research cooperation in humanities and social sciences, promoting industry-university-research cooperation and transformation of scientific research achievements.

(First reviewer: Zhao Yunyi Second reviewer: Han Yan Third reviewer: Li Yin)

Source: Office of International Cooperation and Exchanges Author: Wen Ning

Original article link: https://news.csu.edu.cn/info/1006/159401.htm