On the afternoon of October 15, a university delegation from six countries including Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador and El Salvador visited Shanghai Ocean University and held an exchange meeting in Room 109, Marine Science and Technology Building. JIANG Min, Vice President of the University, together with representatives from relevant functional departments and colleges, as well as Latin American student representatives studying at the university, attended the meeting. The session was chaired by ZHU Zhanghua, Deputy Director of the International Exchange Office and Director of the International Student Office.

 Vice President JIANG Min delivered a welcome address, extending a warm welcome to the delegation and expressing gratitude to the Latin American Center of the International Chinese Language Education Foundation (CLEC) for its long-standing efforts in advancing China-Latin America educational exchanges. She briefly introduced the university’s “Double First-Class” initiative development, distinctive disciplines and research platforms. Noting the shared cultural roots and close people-to-people bonds between China and Latin America, JIANG Min expressed the hope that this visit would mark a new starting point for inter-university cooperation.

 Carlos Fernando Mena, Vice President of Universidad San Francisco de Quito in Ecuador and head of the delegation, spoke on behalf of the Latin American university delegation. He presented an overview of the educational undertakings of the universities in the delegation and voiced a strong desire to carry out in-depth educational cooperation with Shanghai Ocean University. Members of the delegation introduced the strong disciplines of their respective institutions and engaged in in-depth discussions with representatives from our university’s participating schools and departments on topics including student exchange, joint training, academic visits by faculty, and research collaboration.

 At the meeting, SHI Jiayi, Admissions Officer of the International Student Office, introduced the university’s programs for international students coming to China and answered questions raised by the foreign delegates regarding admission. CHU Wenhua, Vice Dean of the College of Marine Living Resource Sciences and Management; WANG Fang, Dean of the College of Engineering Science and Technology; CAO Shouqi, Party Secretary of the College of Information Technology; and LIU Haiwei, Deputy Party Secretary of the College of Foreign Languages, delivered remarks respectively in light of their colleges’disciplinary strengths. All parties held thorough consultations on student exchange, joint training, faculty academic exchanges, research collaboration, language and cultural communication, and reached a number of preliminary cooperation intentions.

 This exchange event was planned and organized by the Latin America and Caribbean Center of the Center for Language Education and Cooperation (CLEC), and undertaken by the College of Foreign Languages of Shanghai Ocean University. Affiliated to the Center for Language Education and Cooperation of the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China, the Latin America and Caribbean Center of CLEC is committed to providing quality services for people in Latin America and the Caribbean to learn Chinese and understand China, and building a friendly platform to facilitate educational and cultural exchanges and cooperation between China and countries in the Latin American and Caribbean region. This visit further broadens channels for our university’s cooperation with Latin American higher education institutions, effectively advances the university’s internationalization drive, and deepens two-way scientific, educational and people-to-people exchanges between China and Latin America. Following the meeting, all participants took a group photo.

Source:Study at SHOU