On June 21, the first Sino-French Education Development Forum, co-organized by The Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China and the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research, was held in Paris, France to jointly discuss the grand plan for Sino-French education development. Minister of Education of China, Huai Jinpeng, and Minister of Higher Education and Research of France, Sylvie Retailleau, both attended the forum and delivered speeches.
The forum focused on two major topics; “Two-sided Student Exchange between China and France” chaired by Benjamin Lebouchet, Deputy Director General of Higher Education and Employment at the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research and “Climate Change and Sustainable Development of Education” chaired by Chen Jie, Vice Minister of Education of China. During the round-table conference of the second topic, Vice President of Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Su Haijia, introduced the new future of China-France green energy chemical cooperation, focusing on new initiatives in China-France higher education cooperation, comprehensive new layouts in China-France cooperation, new measures in China-France industry-academia-research collaboration, and new paths to China-France innovative talent cultivation. Guest speakers at the round-table forum on this topic included Michel Eddi, a senior representative of the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research, Jean-Manuel Brologan from Grenoble Institute of Technology, and Jiao Nianzhi, a professor from Xiamen University and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Su Haijia Attends the 2024 Sino-French Education Development Forum and Delivers a Report
Su Haijia Exchanges Ideas with Christian Lerminiaux, President of Paris’ Technical Institute of Chemistry (Chimie ParisTech - PSL)
Su Haijia also attended the parallel session three on “Digital Economy, Industrial Transformation, and Engineering Education” at Lycée Louis-le-Grand. During the roundtable discussion, Su Haijia elaborated on new paradigms for engineering education in the face of new challenges and new forms of collaborative innovation in engineering education, exploring the empowerment of practical teaching through digital technology for the cultivation of outstanding engineering professionals. Participants in this roundtable included Patrick Soyer, Global Campus Relations Director of Airbus Group, Vincent Croquette, President of ESPCI Paris, Alexandre Caminada, President of Polytech Nice Sophia, Nicolas Cazalis, Vice President of Ecole Nationale de l'Aviation Civile, Abraham Louis Fingerhut, Guangci Professor at Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, and other Chinese and French education and industry representatives. The roundtable was moderated by Gérard Creuzet, a member of the French Academy of Technologies. Following the meeting, Su Haijia discussed French preparatory mathematics teaching methods and China-France mathematical research collaboration with Laurent Lafforgue, a Fields Medalist and member of the French Academy of Sciences.
Su Haijia Attends Parallel Session Three “Digital Economy, Industrial Transformation, and Engineering Education” at the 2024 China-France Education Development Forum
Su Haijia Exchanged Ideas with Fields Medalist Laurent Lafforgue
Su Haijia attended the launch event of the initiative to expand European youth exchange with China, jointly organized by the Chinese Ministry of Education, the Chinese Embassy in France, and the Chinese Mission to the EU. The initiative aims to send over 10,000 French students to China for study over the next three years, as well as double the number of European youth participating in Sino-European exchange programs. Christian Lerminiaux, President of Chimie ParisTech and Chairman of ParisTech, delivered a speech as a representative of higher education institutions, mentioning his recent attendance at the first graduation ceremony of the Paris Curie Engineer School of Beijing University of Chemical Technology and expressing his expectations and prospects for the future of Sino-French cooperative education. Su Haijia also exchanged recent developments of the university with Chinese Ambassador to France Lu Shaye. In addition, Su Haijia visited the exhibition of “100 years of academic exchanges between China and France & Achievements of Sino-French Cooperation in Education” that traces the historical evolution of Sino-French educational cooperation and exchanged the ideas with staff of the Chinese Embassy in France about future plans of sending students to France as well as sharing information of BUCT students’ work and life in France.
Christian Lerminiaux, President of Chimie ParisTech and Chairman of ParisTech, Speaks at the Launch Event of the Initiative.
Su Haijia Exchanges Recent University Developments With Chinese Ambassador To France Lu Shaye
100 Years of Academic Exchanges Between China and France & Achievements of Sino-French Cooperation in Education.
2024 marks the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between China and France. During his visit to France in May, President Xi Jinping proposed accelerating mutual exchanges between China and France in humanities fields, taking the China–France Year of Culture and Tourism as an opportunity to promote cooperation in education, sports, film, youth, and local exchanges. The series of activities during Vice President Su’s visit to France is a concrete implementation of the China-France exchange and cooperation initiatives and consensus. The visit has enhanced BUCT’s influence in Sino-French education and scientific research cooperation, and in the future, we will continue to focus on deepening and broadening the cooperation with France in high-level talent cultivation in chemical engineering between China and France, building platforms for China-France scientific research cooperation and development and fostering new drivers for high-quality international cooperation, cultivate new paradigms for international talent cultivation and write a new chapter of “Open BUCT.”