On the afternoon of May 27, a delegation from the Center for Education and Digital Innovation of the Education Department of Galicia Autonomous Region of Spain visited our university. The delegation included Director Ángel Rodríguez Sánchez, Ms. Lorena Barbeito Barciela, Ms. María Luisa Triñanes López, and Mr. Fernando de Castro Miguel. Vice President Wang Feng attended the exchange meeting, which was presided over by Zhang Bing, Director of the Office of International Exchange and Cooperation.
Vice President Wang Feng’s Address
Vice President Wang Feng reviewed the history of cooperation between our university and Spanish universities. He stated that Sino-Spanish people-to-people and cultural exchanges are not only a core topic of dialogue between the two governments, but also an important practice of China’s high-level opening-up in education. Building upon the existing cooperation foundation between Beijing University of Chemical Technology and Spanish institutions such as the University of Santiago de Compostela, Wang Feng proposed deepening cooperation along three dimensions: establishing mechanisms for faculty-student exchanges and joint training programs, building interdisciplinary joint research platforms based on disciplinary strengths, and establishing regular mechanisms for people-to-people dialogue. These measures aim to ensure the sustainable development of cooperation between Beijing University of Chemical Technology and Spanish universities.
The Meeting Scene
Director Ángel Rodríguez Sánchez expressed gratitude for the warm reception and highly praised our university’s teaching facilities. He introduced an overview of the Center for Education and Digital Innovation of the Education Department of Galicia Autonomous Region and expressed hope that this visit would further strengthen educational cooperation between Beijing University of Chemical Technology and Galicia Autonomous Region of Spain, providing more opportunities for international exchange and cooperation for students from both countries.
Group Photo of Meeting Participants
Delegation’s Visit to Changping Campus
Delegation’s Visit to Advanced Innovation Center
Subsequently, both parties conducted in-depth exchanges on topics such as technology-enabled international cooperation in education and reached consensus on promoting further educational and research cooperation between Beijing University of Chemical Technology and universities under the jurisdiction of the Galicia Autonomous Region. Participants in the meeting included Feng Jianghong, Deputy Director of the Office of International Exchange and Cooperation; Du Zengzhi, Deputy Director of the Academic Affairs Office; Liu Guangqing, Executive Dean of the Belt and Road Global Cooperation Research Institute; and faculty representatives from the College of Chemical Engineering, College of Mathematics and Physics, and College of Arts and Law. The visiting delegation also toured our university’s Changping Campus and the Advanced Innovation Center at the Chaoyang Campus.