Foreign Representatives Attending the 1st China University
Scientific and Technological Achievement Fair Visited HZU
2017-6-26
On the afternoon of June 24th, as led by Mr. Jiang Bing, the CEO of ACL China, and
staff from Huizhou Foreign Affairs and Overseas Chinese Affairs Bureau, part of the
foreign representatives who attended the 1st China University Scientific and
Technological Achievement Fair visited HZU. The visitors included Peter Morris,
Deputy Head of School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society; Andy
Sierakowski, Chairman of International Technology Transfer Network; and Mark Van
Allen, President of UConn Ventures, Inc..
All guests firstly visited the Alumni Garden. Vice President of HZU, Luo Chuanshan,
introduced the history of HZU, faculty and student size, course structure,
distinguished features of talent cultivation, local service and University
infrastructure plan. He said that the University is enjoying unprecedented
development opportunities: transformation development and co-construction by
provincial and municipal government. With increasingly emphasis being put on the
development of science and engineering subjects and Industry-University
Cooperation, the University has made thoughtful plans to further enhance
collaborative innovation involving international universities, enterprises and
industries, hoping that more cooperative projects can be conducted with high-
standard international universities.
Subsequently, the guests visited Glorious Sun Guangdong School of Fashion. Led
and guided by the dean of the School, guests visited the Work of Excellence
Exhibition Hall, Woven Technology Room, Flat Knitting Research Center, Student
E-Commerce Center and T-shirt Collaborative Innovation Center. The Dean
elaborated on the University-Enterprise Joint Running Program, course structure,
and features of international cooperation, which were given high appreciation by
the delegation. The School also gave a T-shirt designed by students to every visitor
as a souvenir.
After visitation, Peter Morris said that two universities are in fact discussing specific
cooperation programs after HZU’s previous visit to Herriot Watt University, and his
visitation this time deepened his understanding of HZU’s strength of fashion
design. He also said that he would give detailed feedback to the faculty concerned
in his home university and facilitate the future cooperation between two
universities. Andy Sierakowski expressed his appreciation of HZU’s idea and practice
of application-oriented talent cultivation. He said that through cooperating with
enterprises in talent cultivation, graduates can be equipped with practical skills
and creative thinking. Finally, Mark Van Allen said that HZU is a beautiful university
with splendid view and comprehensive subjects and majors, which is a suitable
place to study.