A Delegation of La Rioja, Argentina Visited HZU
2017-11-23
On 20th, November, led by Ruben Eduardo, director of La Rioja Planning and
Industry Department of Argentina and Luis Agost, director of Regional Integration
and International Cooperation Department of Argentina, a group of nine
representatives visited HZU and were warmly received by President Peng Yong.
Accompanied by President Peng Yonghong, the director of International Affairs
Department and other staff of HZU, the delegation walked through the arch of
Fenghu Academy and climbed up Alum Mountain, from where the delegation
enjoyed the view of HZU campus. President Peng introduced the status quo of HZU
to the delegation, emphasizing that HZU is now facing two unprecedented
opportunities: Joint Construction and Transformation Development, and striving
for building HZU as a high level application-oriented university with distinguished
features of science and engineering subjects. He also introduced the delegation
recent achievements in education internationalization and university-enterprise
collaborative talent cultivation.
Subsequently, the delegation visited the Collaborative Innovation Center of School
of Information Science and Technology, and laboratories of School of Electronic
Information and Electrical Engineering. They listened carefully to the introduction
with regard to how the Collaborative Innovation Center operates and what
achievements have gained thus far. During their visit, they also talked with several
experts from National Technical University of Ukraine who were conducing
collaborative research with HZU counterparts, experiencing rich international
atmosphere at HZU. The delegation then had an in-depth discussion with President
Peng and other representatives of HZU.
Having finished visit and discussion, the delegation expressed their sincere gratitude
for considerate reception, showed high appreciation of HZU’s beautiful campus,
advanced teaching facilities and innovative talent cultivation ideas. They are willing
to connect universities in Argentina with HZU to promote cooperation programs
suchas students exchange, visiting scholars and collaborative research, meanwhile,
seeking possibilities of building more university-enterprise collaborative innovation
centers.
La Rioja Province’s coming to Huizhou this time not only responds to the call of
“Belt and Road” Initiative, but also promotes understanding and communication in
areas of economy, commerce and education. The delegation’s visit to HZU also
opensa new channel for the University’s internationalization.