SSTU is a participant of the VIII Forum of the Volga-Yangtze Association
The VIII Volga-Yangtze Forum of the Association of Universities of the Volga Federal District (RF) and provinces of the Upper and Middle reaches of the Yangtze River (PRC) has started its work in Kazan.
The VIII Volga-Yangtze Forum of the Association of Universities of the Volga Federal District (RF) and provinces of the Upper and Middle reaches of the Yangtze River (PRC) has started its work in Kazan. Representatives of higher educational institutions of the Volga Federal District and provinces of the upper and middle reaches of the Yangtze River of the People's Republic of China took part in the Volga-Yangtze University Forum.
The Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Volga Federal District Igor Komarov, Deputy Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China Zhang Guoqing, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Marat Khusnullin, President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov addressed the participants of the forum with welcoming speech.
Tatiana Kasaeva, Vice-Rector for International Relations at Yuri Gagarin State Technical University, made a presentation on the university's international activities, in which she emphasized the importance and prospects of mutual partnership in the educational field, expanding scientific cooperation, and developing mobility programs with China. This year, the SSTU is preparing to implement new forms of cooperation with universities of the People's Republic of China.
During the event, representatives of more than 30 Russian and Chinese universities, members of the Volga-Yangtze University Association, shared their experience in implementing joint Russian-Chinese initiatives and projects, and discussed prospects and areas for further cooperation in the field of education.
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It is significant that a number of the forum's guests from China had previously visited SSTU. In August 2024, SSTU was one of the venues hosting the IX Russian-Chinese Youth Forum in the Volga-Yangtze format. It was visited by more than 300 representatives of students aged 18 to 35 from universities in the Volga Federal District and the provinces of Anhui, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Jiangxi and the central city of Chongqing (PRC). Within the framework of the forum, a large 600-square-meter mural was created on the Cosmonauts Embankment in Saratov. The author of the sketch according to the results of the competition was a student of SSTU Elizaveta Zaitseva. Students from the Volga Federal District and students from Chinese provinces located on the Yangtze River participated in its creation. The length of the mural was 150 meters, and this number is not accidental. 2024 marked the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Russia. And it is precisely of this length (75 meters) that the waves of the two great rivers Volga and Yangtze, symbolically depicted as two girls on the mural.
The photos were provided by the press service of the Directorate of International Programs.
