Deputy Vice Chancellor of Malaysia’s Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP) Nor Hisham Hamid led a delegation to Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology (XAUAT) on October 16. Vice President of XAUAT Chen Rong met with him at the meeting hall of the administrative building.Heads of the XAUAT International Relations Office, School of Civil Engineering, School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering and School of Metallurgical Engineering attended the meeting.

Chen Rong extended a warm welcome to the delegation and sincere thanks to UTP for its active response and support to the SRIAATU. He briefed the delegation on the main achievements of XAUAT in recent years and the cooperation under the SRIAATU framework since its establishment.As this year marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of China-Malaysia diplomatic relations and the Year of China-Malaysia Friendship, Chen hoped the two universities will build on SRIAATU cooperation and take this meeting as an opportunity to establish an inter-school exchange mechanism for a closer partnership.He hoped the two sides will work together to leverage their strengths in the fields of industry, academia and research and promote cooperation in talent cultivation, scientific research, mutual visits of teachers and students, cultural exchanges and other areas, so as to jointly inject new impetus into China-Malaysia educational cooperation in the new era and make greater contributions to building a closer China-Malaysia community with a shared future.

Nor Hisham Hamid thanked XAUAT for its warm hospitality, and conveyed the greetings of Deputy Vice Chancellor Mohd Shahir Liew, who visited XAUAT last year.He said, UTP regards XAUAT as one of the most important partners and role models to learn from. He looked forward to the two universities learning from each other on the SRIAATU platform and gradually expanding cooperation from student exchanges to teacher exchanges and scientific research, so as to continuously deepen their cooperation.

After the meeting, Nor Hisham Hamid and his delegation held discussions with the School of Civil Engineering and attended the “My University” Freshmen Gala.