Oct. 18th-26th, the delegation led by Prof. Yan Shijing, Vice President of Sichuan University, visited several colleges and institutions of Poland and Czech, including the University of Warsaw, Poland, Prague Institute of International Relations under Czech Foreign Ministry, Institute of New Silk Road Prague, and the City University of Prague, etc.
In early October, our university has signed a cooperation agreement on co-building the Centre for Poland and Central Europe Issues Studies and the Centre for International Relations Studies. On Oct. 13, Jarosław Gowin, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Science of Poland, paid a visit to the SCU for the launching ceremony of the “Centre”, and inaugurated it personally. During the visit to the University of Warsaw, the Delegation reached a number of consensuses on promoting and implementing the construction of the “Centre” and boosting the two University’s all-round cooperation, with Prof. Jolanta Choinska-Mika and Prof. Maciej Duszxzyk, Vice Presidents of the University of Warsaw (in charge of international affairs, and scientific research respectively), and relevant officials of Warsaw University’s Institute of International Relations, Institute of Polish Language and Culture as well as Institute of Economics, etc.
Sichuan Province and Czech Republic have maintained a good partnership for a long time. On the 24thday of this October, Vice President Yan Shijing had a friendly talk with Dean Kohut, Adviser to the President of the Czech Republic, former Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, and founder of the Institute of New Silk Road Prague. The two sides had in-depth discussions on the proposed cooperation. They both agreed to sign the “Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation between SCU and Institute of New Silk Road” by the end of this year.
During their stay in Czech, the Delegation visited Czech Foreign Ministry's Institute of International Relations, and introduced relevant situations and features of the SCU’s international relations studies. Both parties are willing to conduct cooperation and exchanges on multiple research topics. During the visit, Vice President Yan had talks with Prof. Petr Vyhanek, Vice President of the City University of Prague, covering cooperation affairs between the two universities, and both sides agreed to promote student exchanges in diversified forms.
Relevant officials of the SCU’s International Office, Institute of International Relations, Intensive Language Training Center, and School of Overseas Education participated in the above-mentioned activities.
