Between October 16 and October 20, 2016, Prof. Shi Yajun, CUPL Council Chair led a delegation to National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Management University and the Embassy of the P.R.C. in Singapore.
During the visit, Prof. Shi Yajun and his delegation met with Prof. Huang Zaixian, Vice President of National University of Singapore, Prof. Wang Shaoyan, Deputy Dean of the School of Law of the National University of Singapore, Prof. Yu Minghua, Vice President of Nanyang Technological University, Prof. Liuhong, Dean of the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences of Nanyang Technological University, Prof. Arnoud De Meyer, President of Singapore Management University, Prof. James T. H. Tang, Special Advisor to the President and Dean of the School of Social Sciences, Singapore Management University, Prof. Yeo Tiong Min, Dean of the School of Law, Singapore Management University, Prof. Tan Swee Liang, Director of Center for Teaching Excellence, School of Economics, Prof. Chenshu, Director of East Asia Affairs Office of Singapore Management University and experts and professors from other colleges and universities.
During these meetings, Prof. Shi Yajun introduced the unique role and advantages of CUPL in the nation’s higher education field as one of the “211 project” and “985 project”universities as well as a member of the “2011 project”. Prof. Shi Yajun also described the platform resources and academic advantages of CUPL’s teaching and scientific research institutions involved in foreign cooperation and communication. In this regard, Prof. Shi Yajun particularly mentioned the School of Political Science and Public Administration, China-EU School of Law, Collaborative Innovation Center of Judicial Civilization, College of Comparative Law Studies, National Institute on Governance and others. CUPL’s prior international communication mainly focused on the EU, American nations and East and North Asia countries, such as Japan and South Korea. There is little cooperation with universities and colleges in Singapore. With this background, the visit, on the one hand, provided an opportunity to establish cooperation with the world top universities such as Nanyang Technological University and Singapore Management University through the Belt and Road Initiative. The visit also sought to improve the width and depth of the cooperation with National University of Singapore. On the other hand, the visit was an opportunity to learn and study from these universities to advance disciplined development. The development would further broaden CUPL’s view in the next step toward building a “double first-rate” construction.
In the talk, presidents from the three universities spoke highly of the contributions that CUPL has made, and expressed their sincere wishes to establish wide and in-depth cooperation with our university. CUPL will sign an inter-college cooperation agreement with National University of Singapore to deepen legal cooperation and promote cooperation in a range of academic disciplines including: political science, public administration, sociology, economics and business administration and so on. CUPL also reached agreement with Nanyang Technological University to launch cooperation in a double degree program and faculty training in the humanities and social sciences. In addition, our university reached a major consensus with Singapore Management University on promoting comprehensive cooperation in student and teacher exchanges and disciplinary research.
Prof. Shi Yajun and his delegation also visited the Embassy of the P.R.C. in Singapore and other institutions.
