On December 23rd 2019, the “2019 JLU International Expert Symposium on International Collaboration in Scientific Research” was held in Dingxin Library. JLU President Zhang Xi, Vice President Zheng Weitao, Vice President Zhao Hongwei, 21 representatives of JLU international faculty members and more than 60 representatives from colleges and schools, administrative departments attended the symposium.

President Zhang Xi appreciated the rigorous & pragmatic working attitudes and vigorous & diverse teaching styles of the international faculty members, which deeply impressed JLU faculty members and students. He expressed the gratitude to the international faculty members for their great contribution to the university development and the student education. Coming from different cultural backgrounds, international experts greatly enhanced JLU cultural diversity and broadened the horizons of faculty members and students, and helped to improve education level. Since no one can be the expert of all fields, cooperation in research and academic study will be the efficient way to solve challenging problems. He hoped that this symposium would help to collect experts’ opinions on international cooperation and to attract more renowned experts from home and abroad to Jilin University.

5 international experts delivered speeches respectively. From the perspective of their own work, they shared opinions and principles on international academic cooperation, introduced research achievements and experience drawn from previous cooperation, and provided suggestions on further promoting international cooperation at JLU.

Representatives had productive discussions on various topics, such as international research collaborations, high-level talents cultivation, international partnership networking, improvement of capacity on international communication and cooperation, policy-making in international cooperation and effective countermeasures at JLU, etc.