Teachers and students from four Chinese and Russian universities held an opening ceremony of the Spring School Russia and China Workshop 2025 on March 27 in the city of Irkutsk, which is located near Lake Baikal in southern Siberia.

The workshop is an event under the series of SRIAATU exchanges jointly held by the College of Architecture and Shaanxi Belt and Road Joint Laboratory on Green Building of Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology (XAUAT) as well as Moscow State University of Civil Engineering (MGSU).

As the third of its kind since its launch in March, 2024, this year’s workshop enjoys a greater influence with the participation of over 60 teachers and students from XAUAT, MGSU, China’s Chang’an University (CHU) and Russia’s Irkutsk National Research Technical University (INRTU).

Head of INRTU winter workshop Tania Trubnikova chairs the ceremony.

INRTU Rector Mikhali Kornyakov delivers remarks.

XAUAT Professor Li Yueyan delivers remarks.

CHU Professor He Wenfang delivers remarks.

MGSU representative Irina Teplova delivers remarks.

XAUAT representative Wu Guanyu reports on the preliminary work of the workshop.

Group photo of XAUAT and CHU teams

With the site of the workshop near Lake Baikal, the students will have exchanges and research on urban and architectural design in the cold region under five topics, namely, Olympics, science & education, medical care, culture and AI technology.

AI Technology Team

Olympics Team

Medical Care Team

Science & Education Team

Culture Team