On the morning of May 11th,Mr.Michael Hardman, Vice-President of the University of Utah, led a high-level delegationto visitSichuan University. Vice President Yan Shijing met with the guestsaccompanied byrelevant personnel of SCU.

During this meeting,Prof.Yan Shijing said that bothsides arehistoricallyfamous universities; the Confucius Institute founded by both universities hasa good momentum of development, presenting a bigger room of cooperation in the future. He hoped that the two universitiescouldfurtherunderpinthe exchange of practicalcurriculum, innovate the joint training model of students,broaden thecooperation areas and establishafriendly, stable and sustainable development relationship.

Mr.Michael Hardman said that Sichuan Universityis an important partner of the University of Utah; the teachers and students of the University of Utahunderline the needto establish close ties with Sichuan University.TheUniversity of Utah has a strong strength in library construction.He hoped that the two universitiescouldfurther strengthen exchanges and establish cooperation relations in more fields in the future.