On March 21st, Academician Xie Heping, President of SCU, met with the delegation headed by Mr. Jorge Heine, Ambassador of theRepublicofChiletoChinaat the VIP Hall of theMingdeBuilding(AdministrativeBuilding) in Wangjiang Campus of SCU. Prof. Yan Shijing, vice-president of SCU, and other related officers also attended the meeting.
President Xie highlighted the development of Spanish discipline construction and Spanish teaching research in SCU. He expressed the willingness of SCU to undertake the responsibility and mission of promoting friendly exchanges and deepening the friendship between both countries. He hoped that the visit of Ambassador Jorge Heine could provide an opportunity to strengthen the cooperation and exchanges in the fields such as the reciprocal exchanger of teachers and students, the talent cultivation and scientific research, thus fueling the mutual development of culture and education in bothChileandChina.
Ambassador Jorge Heine expressed gratitude to the warm reception of SCU. He saidChilewas the first country in South America that established diplomatic relationship withChina. The friendly relationship between both countries and their people maintain a good momentum. In recent years, the economic and trade cooperation, and the cultural and scientific exchanges are on a rising path. SCU is a comprehensive university with long history, profound cultural deposits and abundant teaching achievements, he noted, adding that his visit to SCU is expected to propel the multi-field and in-depth cooperation betweenChileandChinain the fields such as language learning and talent cultivation. This could establish a good platform for educational and cultural exchanges and cooperation, thus enhancing the friendship between the people inChileandChina.
Before the meeting, Ambassador Jorge Heine had a discussion with the teachers and students of theCenterofLatin America Studiesand gave a keynote speech titled The Relationship between Asia andLatin America.
