On May 21, the 3rd China-Uzbekistan Local Cooperation Forum, together with the 10th Silk Road International Exposition & China East-West Cooperation, Investment and Trade Fair, kicked off in Xi'an.

During the events, delegations from the Tashkent University of Architecture and Civil Engineering and the Kyrgyz State Technical University visited our university and held in-depth discussions with representatives from the School of Civil Engineering, Interdisciplinary Innovation Research Institute, School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, and School of Management. At the Education Cooperation Exhibition of the Silk Road International Exposition, our university conducted friendly negotiations with participating Uzbek universities including Karshi State Technical University, Termez State University of Engineering and Agrotechnology, and Andijan State University. The Uzbek institutions expressed a strong willingness to join the Silk Road International University Alliance of Architectural Science and Technology initiated by our university.

At the Sub-forum on China-Uzbekistan Science, Technology, Innovation and Green Development, Chen Rong, Vice President of our university, signed a cooperation agreement with Sanjar Mardov, Vice President of the Tashkent University of Architecture and Civil Engineering, laying a solid foundation for bilateral collaboration in discipline development and textbook compilation.

To date, the Alliance comprises 65 universities from 28 countries. Over the past three years, it has built a practical and efficient exchange platform for partners along the Silk Road in scientific and technological cooperation, talent cultivation and discipline co-construction, effectively promoting mutually beneficial exchanges and coordinated development among universities in the region. Going forward, the Alliance will further improve its multilateral cooperation mechanisms, deepen educational exchanges and scientific research collaboration with universities in Uzbekistan and other countries along the Silk Road, and strive to forge a Silk Road academic community featuring joint education, resource sharing and win-win development in the field of architectural science and technology.