"USTB and the World" Forum Held Successfully

On April 21^st, the "USTB and the World" forum was held in celebration of the 60^th Anniversary of the university. The event took place at the Lecture Hall in the USTB library. More than 100 guests attended, including over 40 university presidents and representatives from 11 countries and regions, distinguished guests as well as students and faculty from USTB. The forum was aimed at strengthening the school’s existing friendships and building new relations with overseas universities with the intentions of expanding USTB’s international influence.

Prof. Luo Weidong, Chancellor of USTB, and Prof. Xu Jinwu, President of USTB, welcomed all attendees, thanking them for the help and support that they have shown in the past 60 years, and expressed their optimism for a bright future of international cooperation and collaboration. 

At the opening ceremony, Prof. Zhang Yue, Vice President of USTB, extended his best regards to all of the distinguished guests and presented an overview of the modern trends in higher education. Prof. Zhang expressed his wish for an all-round discussion between the guests over the theme of today's forum: "Cooperation, Innovation and Development,” with the objectives being to share the achievements and experiences in the globalization of universities, the cultivation of students and the contribution of universities to their respective national economies. Prof. Zhang said he saw this as an ideal opportunity for the academic community to brainstorm on ways to encourage student innovation in the global environment, to best develop research-oriented universities and to adapt to the continuous development of national economies, thus creating a more open and free academic atmosphere in the process.

After the opening ceremony, Prof. Zhu Hongmin, Assistant President of USTB, and Prof. Wang Ge, Director of the International Office, hosted while speeches delivered by the following guests: Prof. Si-chen Lee, President of National Taiwan University, Prof. Malcolm Hormer, Vice President of the University of Dundee, Prof. Leehter Yao, President of National Taipei University of Technology, Prof. Luke Chan, Vice President of McMaster University, Prof. Eden Woon, Vice President of the Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Prof. Er Meng Hwa, Vice President of Nanyang Technological University, Prof. Tai ChangHsien, Vice President of National Pingtung University of Science and Technology and Prof. Dieter Senk, Dean of the Department of Metallurgy of RWTH Aachen University.

Discussions in the speeches and at the tables were centered around four major topics, namely the globalization of universities, the construction of high-level research-oriented universities, the cultivation of innovative students with global visions and the role of universities in national economies. 

To demonstrate the distinguishing features of these foreign universities and USTB’s international cooperative programs, the university arranged an exhibition outside of its library dubbed “USTB and the World”.  The exhibition was fitting as the world was well represented at the conference, with attendees coming from the Americas, Europe and numerous locations across Asia. 

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