On September 20, John Dunn, president of the University of Southern Illinois, visited NENU together with four people. President Liu Yichun met with the delegation. Director Zhang Jingping of International Cooperation and Exchange, president Lu Kangyin of the Academy of Economics and Management, Secretary Fang Guozhong of the Party Committee, and relevant persons of the Academy of Economics and Management and the International Cooperation and Exchange Department all kept company with.
During the talks, Liu Yichun first warmly welcomed John Dunn's first visit, reviewed the history of cooperation between the two universities, and highly affirmed the 36-year cooperation between each other. Subsequently, Liu Yichun introduced the scale of NENU, international exchanges and the construction of 'double first-class'. He said that under the background of China's ever-increasing demands for Sino-foreign cooperation in running schools, Sino-foreign cooperation in running schools is moving towards a more standardized direction. Through the visit of the delegation of the University of South Illinois, the two universities will more effectively promote the overall development of Sino-foreign cooperation in running schools.
John Dunn introduced the history and running condition of the University of South Illinois. He said that South Illinois University and the School of Economics and Management of NENU have maintained close cooperation, which laid the foundation for future cooperation between the two universities. He believed that with the joint efforts of the two universities, the cooperation projects between the two universities would be better and better. After the talks, the two universities renewed the agreement on cooperation between Chinese and foreign cooperation in running schools in Accounting.
Prior to the talks, the delegation held close consultations with the School of Economics and Management of NENU on the next step of cooperation, and met with the students of the Sino-foreign cooperative school-running projects of the two universities. John Dunn spoke highly of the students' performance of NENU.
(From News Center, translated by Liu Wei, revised by Chen Yanxu)