Dr.BruceE.Rittmann,AcademicianofNationalAcademyofEngineeringintheUS,DirectorofEnvironmentalBiologyTechnologyCenterofArizonaStateUniversity,andSHNUSpecialProfessor,wasinvitedtovisitSHNUandwasreceivedbySHNUVicePresidentLiYe.Bothsidesdiscussedpossibilitiesofpromotingthedevelopmentofenvironmentalsciencesandengineeringconstructionandfoundingacooperativeresearchcenter.ProfessorRittmanndeliveredanacademicreportPryingOpentheBlackBoxforteachersandstudentsofSHNUEnvironmentalSciencesandEngineeringmajors.Af

OnMarch21st,AndreaNolan,PresidentofEdinburghNapierUniversity(ENU),visitedSHNUandwasreceivedbySHNUPresidentZhuZiqiang.ThevisitorsalsoincludeJoeZhou,directorofENUDepartmentofInternationalAffairs,andCarinaLiao,DirectorofENUChineseAffairs.TheSHNUPresidentZhuintroducedaboutthelatestdevelopmentofSHNUintermsofdisciplinesconstruction,talentscultivation,high-endscientificandresearchresultsandinternationalcooperationprograms.Bothsidesdiscussedthepossibilitiesofpromotingcooperationinpostgraduates’exchanges

The5thSHNUandNagoyaUniversityLanguageandCulturalExchangesConferencewasheldatSHNUConferenceCenterandwasattendedbyover30scholarsfromSHNU,NagoyaUniversityandShanghaiUniversityofFinanceandEconomics.ThemedSino-JapaneseLanguageandCulturalResearchandEducation,theconferenceattractedparticipantstodiscussanddelivertheiropinionsontherelevanttopic.Theconferencehasanincreasinginfluenceinrecentyears.

The3rdroundofEngland-ShanghaiMathTeachersExchangeProgramswerestartedatSHNUConferenceCenteronNovember26th.ItwasattendedbyPaulKett,representativefromMinistryofEducationoftheUK,LiYongzhi,ViceDirectorfromShanghaiMunicipalEducationCommission,andabout86primaryandmiddleschoolmathteachersfromtheUKSHNUPresidentZhuZiqiangwelcomedteachersfromtheUKandhopedthattheycouldexchangemorewithmathteachersofShanghaimiddleandprimaryschools.TheSino-BritishTeacherExchangeProgram,initiatedsince2014,hasfulfilledawin-winsi

TheGraduationCeremonyofConfuciusInstitute(CI)atUniversityofBotswanaandChineseTalentShowcametoasuccessonNovember16th.ItwasalsoattendedbyrepresentativesfromChineseEmbassyinBotswana,Sino-AfricanCulturalArtsExchangeAssociation,andSHNUCollegeofHumanitiesandSocialSciences.Afteraseriesofartsshow,includingshortplays,songs,dances,martialarts,chorussinging,andpoemrecitals,thegraduationceremonywasheldand27graduateswereconferredcertificatesandflowersfromthedeansofCIatUniversityofBotswana.Thesegraduatesweree

OnNovember17thand18th,theInternationalSymposiumonOutstandingGlobalCitiesandRegionalInnovationwasheldatSHNUConferenceCenterandattendedJapanRitsumeikanUniversity,NaraPrefecturalUniversity,EastChinaNormalUniversity,ShanghaiJiaotongUniversity,TongjiUniversity,andJiangnanUniversity,etc.TheSHNUrepresentativehopedthatmorein-depthexchangesanddiscussionswouldcenteronpoliciesandsuggestionstoestablishShanghaiasaglobalcityandscientificinnovationcenter.Speechesweredeliveredfromvariousexperts,concerningsustai

SincelastNovember,aseriesofoverseasuniversitiesandeducationgroupshavevisitedSHNUandtriedtoexplorenewcooperationopportunitieswithSHNU.OnNovember14th,SHNUrepresentativevisitedKyungpookNationalUniversityofSouthKoreaanddiscussedstudentsexchangeprogramwhichmightkickoffnextyear.OnNovember13th,visitorsfromMARAUniversityofTechnologyinMalaysiaarrivedatSHNUanddeliveredacademicreportsonMalaysianTourismandSustainableTourismofShanghaiChongmingIsland.OnNovember13th,ateamofMacaustudentsandtheirparentsledbyMaca

OnOctober30th,JoséLujánAlcaraz,PresidentofUniversityofMurcia(UMU,Spain),visitedSHNUwithfiveothermembers,includingtheVicePresidentofUMinchargeofinternationalaffairs.ThevisitorswerereceivedbySHNUVicePresidentJiangMingjun,amongotherrepresentativesfromSHNU.Bothsideshopedthatthisvisitcouldprobethecooperationpotentialofthetwouniversitiesandenhancemutualunderstandingandtrustsoastosignaframeworkagreementinthenearfuture.Afterthat,suchissueswerediscussed,includingstudentsexchange,ChineseorSpanishlanguagee

TheSHNUCollegeofFineArtsandUCM-UniversidadComplutensedeMadrid(Spain)cosponsoredtoholdanartsshowtopromotetheexchangesofeasternandwesternculturesandarts.ItwasattendedbySHNUVicePresidentJiangMingjun,DeanofUCMCollegeofFineArts,ChairmanofSpanishCCACOSino-westernCulturalArtsExchangeCenter,amongotherteachersandstudentsrepresentatives.Theshowincludes53works(34fromSpanishteachersand19fromChineseteachers),informsofpainting,photographyandstatues.ItwouldlastfromOctober30thtillNovember9th.Foundedin1499,theUC

TheSHNUHaishangArtsGroupstagedthreeartshowsatConfuciusInstituteofFukuyamaUniversity,andFukuyamaHeiseiUniversityonOctober13thtill15th.Italsomarksthe40thanniversaryofSino-JapanesePeaceProtocolandthe10thanniversaryofCIofFukuyamaUniversity.Theshowincludedfolkmusicsymphony,Pekingoperasongs,dancingshows,erhuandflutesolos.ThethreepublicshowspromotedtheinfluencesofCIofFukuyamaUniversityandSHNUinlocalJapanbynotonlydisplayingtheuniqueattractionoftraditionalChineseculture,butalsoenhancingtheunderstandingof