On the morning of October 28, Vice President Peng Xiaolin had a friendly meeting with Zhuang Lizhang, Director of International Affairs Office of University of Stirling, UK. Jayne Donaldson, Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences and Sport, Elizabeth Robertson, Manager at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, and other representatives from the University of Stirling were present.
Peng Xiaolin introduced the history of Chengdu University, its internationalization strategy in recent years, and the cultivation of students. She mentioned that it is in line with the development goal and orientation of Chengdu University to train international talent and serve the local community. At present, the university is planning its development with international standards and world vision, promoting the opening of education to the outside world in an all-round way, making every effort to deepen production and education integration and science and education integration, and effectively integrating talent training into the industrial chain and innovation chain. The Chengdu government is making great efforts to build "Three Cities and Three Capitals", hoping to build Chengdu into a world-famous cultural city with unique humanistic charm. Chengdu University attaches great importance to the education and development of culture and sports and the cultural industry, and aims to export more outstanding international talents for urban construction by training talents in big data and network new media.
Zhuang Lizhang introduced the basic situation of the University of Stirling, mentioning that Stirling is building a sports and fitness center while actively cooperating with the Forbidden City Research Center and Terracotta Army Research Center in China to further accelerate the international development process. He is looking forward to more cooperation with Chengdu University in the future.
After the meeting, Zhuang Lizhang and his group visited the library, the College of Chinese & ASEAN Arts, and the Innovation and Entrepreneurship College, and held in-depth discussions on China-UK cooperation programs with the College of Physical Education, the College of Tourism and Culture Industry, the College of Literature and Journalism, and the College of Information Science and Engineering.
The representatives of the University of Stirling hoped to exchange with Chengdu University on the advantageous disciplines and development goals of both sides, and work with Chengdu University to establish a Sino-UK cooperation institute themed on "sports", combing the construction of the Athletes' Village for the 31st FISU Summer World University Games Chengdu 2021 and Chengdu as a "famous sports event city".
Heads from the Office of International Cooperation and Exchange, College of Physical Education, College of Tourism and Culture Industry, College of Literature and Journalism, and College of Information Science and Engineering attended the exchange.
