DLOU Signs Cooperation Agreement with Admiral Makarov State University of Maritime and Inland Shipping

On October 17^th, 2019, to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China and the establishment of diplomatic ties between China and Russia, the 6th China-Russia Jiaotong University Presidents Forum sponsored by the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries and organized by Beijing Union University was inaugurated in the Great Hall of the People. Ji Bingxuan, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, attended the ceremony and delivered a speech. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Maxim Akimov, Federal Council President Matvienko, and Minister of Transport and Communications of the Russian Federation Tietrich sent congratulatory letters respectively. Nearly 300 people including university presidents from more than 60 universities in China and Russia attended the conference, and Vice President of Dalian Ocean University (DLOU), Prof. Zhang Guochen, attended the forum.

Under the theme of “Joining Hands for a New Era, Building a Community”, the forum discussed how to further promote China-Russia integrated cooperation in the field of transportation. As an important ocean university in the field of maritime transportation, DLOU was invited to join the Union of Presidents of China-Russia Jiaotong University. At the forum, DLOU and Admiral Makarov State University of Maritime and Inland Shipping had talks on specific cooperation projects, and signed a framework agreement for cooperation.