China News Service, Xiamen, April 6 (Reporter Yan Xu and Yang Fushan) The reporter learned from Xiamen University on the 6th that the "21st Century Maritime Silk Road" university alliance has added new members and Buenos Aires Institute of Technology has joined the alliance. .
The "21st Century Maritime Silk Road" University Alliance Council was held at Xiamen University on the afternoon of the 5th.
The board of directors held during the 100th anniversary of Xiamen University is an important working meeting since the establishment of the alliance. More than 60 presidents and representatives from 36 universities of the alliance participated online and offline.
The council announced that Zhang Rong, president of Xiamen University, was re-elected as chairman of the alliance.
Zhang Rong suggested that the alliance aims at the needs of the times, and rides the "cooperation boat" that leads technological progress and responds to global challenges; adheres to openness and integration, and builds a "cooperation bridge" that promotes internationalization and high-level talent training; perfects the exchange mechanism, In the era of the epidemic, we will discuss and build a shared "door of cooperation".
The "21st Century Maritime Silk Road" university alliance was jointly initiated and established by well-known universities in the countries along the "21st Century Maritime Silk Road". Since the alliance secretariat settled in Xiamen University in December 2017, it has established a comprehensive coverage of countries and countries along the "Maritime Silk Road". A high-end platform for regional higher education international exchanges and cooperation.
At present, the alliance has a total of 66 universities and colleges in 20 countries and regions along the "Haisi".
Zhang Rong revealed that Xiamen University will host the Silk Road International Industry-University-Research Cooperation Conference in the second half of the year.
He said that Xiamen University is willing to actively cooperate with member universities in the fields of marine scientific research, climate change, meteorological disasters, and the protection of cultural heritage along the Maritime Silk Road.
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