From September 18 to 26, a delegation led by MAI Junhong, Deputy Secretary of the CPC SCUT Committee, visited Greece, Sweden, and Switzerland to seek new cooperative opportunities and enhance teaching and research cooperation with European Academia.
How is South China University of Technology (SCUT) contributing to building China into an education powerhouse? In recent years, SCUT has advanced the mutually reinforcing strategies of internationalization at home and two-way internationalization
Recently, Zhou Li, Deputy Director-General of the Department of International Cooperation and Exchange of Ministry of Education, visited South China University of Technology (SCUT) to gain an in-depth understanding of the university’s progress in internationalization efforts.
The Ministry of Education of China and the Ministry of Higher Education and Research of France jointly held the first Sino-French Education Development Forum in Paris on June 21st.
On June 13th,the New Zealand company Pokeno East and a SCUT alumnus Wu Jiandong donated the right to use a 450-mu mixed-use land in New Zealand to the South China University of Technology (SCUT). Zhang Xichun, the Chancellor of SCUT, signed adonation memorandum of understanding with Wu Jiandong on behalf of the university.
On the morning of June 13th local time, Chinese Premier of the State Council Li Qiang began his official visit to New Zealand at the invitation. As a significant accompanying event to this visit, on the 14th, China and New Zealand jointly organized the China-New Zealand Education Development Forum.
From May 26th to June 1st, Li Weiqing, Vice President of South China University of Technology (SCUT), was invited to lead a delegation to visit New Zealand and Australia, participating in multiple bilateral exchange activities including the Sixth New Zealand-China Higher Education Forum, the Australia-China University Presidents Forum, and the China-Victoria Universities’ Dialogue.
Recently, Zhang Xichun, the Chancellor of South China University of Technology (SCUT), was invited to lead a delegation to visit several overseas universities in Australia, New Zealand, and Malaysia to further support the opening up of high-level education and fully leverage the demonstration effect of the innovation model of “Internationalization at Home.”
On May 14th, Liu Xiaoyi, Director General of the Education, Science, Culture and Public Health Committee of Guangdong Provincial People’s Congress, along with his delegation, visited the South China University of Technology (SCUT) to investigate the cooperation and exchange of higher education in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA).
To deepen strategic cooperation in education, science and technology, and humanities with countries ofthe Belt and Road Initiative, actively respond to and implement the consensus reached by the leaders of China and Singapore, further consolidate and develop theChina-ASEAN comprehensive strategic partnership, Zhang Xichun, Chancellor of SCUT, was invited to lead a delegation to visit Singapore and Thailand recently.