In the morning of May 13th, the opening ceremony of 2018 World-Class Universities Expo in Xi’an was held in Xi’an Jiaotong University. Secretary of Xi’an Municipal Committee Wang Yongkang, secretary of the party committee of XJTU Zhang Maizeng, President of XJTU Wang Shuguo and others leaders attended the ceremony. The opening ceremony was hosted by Vice President of XJTU Xi Guang and there were representatives of 87 universities from 26 different countries attended the Expo.
Secretary of Municipal Committee Wang Yongkang, on behalf of Xi’an Municipal Committee and Xi’an Municipal Government, expressed sincerely congratulations to the Expo. He said Xi’an Municipal Government will promote univerities’ communication and support foreign students’ innovation with the best resource and best service. The silk road is not only a long road for commercial and business, but also a long road to unite friendship with countries along. Hope that the UASR will be the bond of cummunication between universities around the world in literature, technology and education.
The President of XJTU Wang Shuguo expressed that the youth is the future of the world, UASR will keep the principal of opening and cummunication, promoting the communication between youth from all around the world. Hoping all universities could have more cooperation in region of educaiton and research with the platform created by UASR.
During the opening ceremony, international students from XJTU performed An Sai Waist Drum, students from Art Club of XJTU performed Acapella, students from Kyrgyzstan performed traditional dance, which deeply impressed the representatives all around the world.
Then Wang Yongkang, Zhang Maizeng, Wang Shuguo and other senior leaders announced the open of the Expo with putting golden powders on the screen.
After ceremony, Wang Yongkang, with the company of Wang Shuguo and Zhang Maizeng, visited all universities’ seats and asking the development of other universities.
During the Expo, representatives from Malaysia Education Department and MIPT showed great interest to IKCEST Silk Road Training Program and expressed the hope of further cooperation.They also hoped that the communication platform of educationcan be built together, promoting the relationship between different universities.
During the exhibition, Professor Qian Buyue, on behalf of IKCEST Silk Road Training Base, were invited to attend The 4th UASR Committee Meeting, reported the detail and future plan of Silk Road Training Program to 18 permenant university members’ president and vice president, including HIT, PolyU, BMSTU, KazNU, NU, POLIMI, NRUMPE, UL, UNSW, NUST, Busan University, ESE, UWS, Benha University and so on.
