Yang Bin visits Malaysia and Indonesia to promote Tsinghua University’s Global Strategy
From August 13th to 15th 2018, Yang Bin, the Vice President and Provost of Tsinghua University, led a delegation to Malaysia and Indonesia to visit local universities, governmental departments, enterprises and foundations with the aim of exchanging views on cooperation in talent cultivation and education between China and Malaysia and Indonesia, and to explore practical and effective modes of cooperation to make a greater contribution to people-to-people exchange and the development of friendship between China and Malaysia and Indonesia. Yuan Wei, the Secretary-general of the Tsinghua University Education Foundation, and Meng Bo, the Deputy Director of the Office of International Cooperation and Exchange at Tsinghua University, also participated in the visit.
On August 13th, Vice President Yang and the delegation visited the University of Malaya and met with the Vice President, Kamila Binti Ghazali. Yang Bin said that the University of Malaya is the university with the longest history in Malaysia, as well as one of the most important members of the “Asian Universities Alliance (AUA)”. He hoped that the two universities would continue to deepen their cooperation on its existing basis and cultivate talents for the development of the two countries and for China-Malaysia friendship in the future. Vice President Kamila said that the University of Malaya was willing to promote cooperation and exchanges with Tsinghua University and also continue to widen the opportunities for cooperation.
After the meeting, Vice President Yang and the delegation visited the Parliament of Malaysia and met with Teo Nie Ching, the Vice Minister of Education of Malaysia. Yang Bin introduced the goal of building a “Double First-Class” university, and the overall position of undertaking comprehensive reform and implementing Tsinghua’s global strategy. He said that Tsinghua University attaches great importance to cooperation with the countries on the route of “One Belt One Road”, and has also enhanced continuously its educational cooperation with Malaysia. Vice Minister Teo Nie Ching expressed that Malaysia highly valued cooperation with Chinese universities and supported Tsinghua University for its practical cooperation with the relevant institutions of Malaysia in talent cultivation, education and research.
During the visit, Yang Bin also met with Teresa Kok Suh Sim, the former Minister of Industry of Malaysia, and visited the United in Diversity (UID) Public Welfare Foundation of Indonesia. In addition, he held talks with Mari Elka Pangestu, the former Minister of Trade of Indonesia, and Chairwoman of the United in Diversity (UID) Public Welfare Foundation of Indonesia, and Cherie Nursalim, co-founder and Vice Chairwoman of the foundation.
On August 15th, Yang Bin attended the orientation meeting in preparation for the “Tsinghua University Southeast Asia Center” and met with Minister Agus Widjojo, the Governor of the National Resilience Institute of Indonesia, Ainun Na’im, the Secretary General of Ministry of Research, Technology, and Higher Education of Indonesia and other governmental officials.
