On June 13, Vice President Yan Linping met with a group of 14 Albanian rectors at Yan'an Road Campus. Relevant persons in charge of International Cooperation Department, International Education Center, College of Foreign Languages and College of Humanities participated in the meeting.
Yan Linping welcomed the delegation of Albanian colleges and universities. He introduced DHU's schooling characteristics and breakthrough achievements in key areas such as smart textiles, green materials, aerospace composites and so on. He said that the university upholds the concept of open school running, actively expands international cooperation, establishes cooperative relations with more than 200 universities around the world, and carries out educational cooperation projects in many places such as Kenya. He also expressed his affirmation of the achievements of Albanian universities in cultural exchanges and academic research. He expects the two sides to carry out multi-level cooperation in the fields of talent cultivation, scientific research and innovation, cultural exchanges, etc., and promote China-Albania educational cooperation to a new level.
Artan Hoxha, Rector of Universiteti i Tiranës and Akli Fundo, Rector of Universiteti Politeknik i Tiranës introduced the number of students, specialties and international cooperation respectively. They said that both universities have common ground with Donghua University in many specialties, and they hope to sign a memorandum of understanding with Donghua University to cooperate in the field of engineering.
The two sides had an in-depth discussion on many directions of cooperation, such as student exchange, mutual visits of professors and joint scientific research, and reached a preliminary consensus. The Albanian Rectors' Delegation consists of Artan Hoxha, Rector of the University of Tirana, Akli Fundo, Rector of Tirana Polytechnic University, Erion Malaj, Director of Confucius Institute, University of Tirana, and dean of Faculty of History and Linguistics, dean of Faculty of Foreign Languages, dean of Faculty of Law, dean of Faculty of Economics, and dean of Faculty of Law. They visited the Center for Sino-Foreign Language Exchanges and Cooperation of the Ministry of Education, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Foreign Languages Teaching and Research Publishing House and Donghua University.
