A team led by Deborah Terry, president of the University of Queensland (UQ), visited Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU) on March 31.

A team led by Deborah Terry, president of the UQ, visits BFSU on March 31. [Photo/bfsu.edu.cn]

Yang Dan, president of BFSU and deputy secretary of the CPC BFSU committee, renewed the Memorandum of Understanding on BFSU-UQ Cooperation with Terry during their meeting.

Yang Dan, president of BFSU and deputy secretary of the CPC BFSU committee, speaks at the meeting. [Photo/bfsu.edu.cn]

Yang extended a warm welcome and briefed the team on the development of BFSU and its International Business School in disciplinary building, talent training and international cooperation in recent years.

The UQ is among the top 100 universities in the world, a famous higher research institution and a reliable partner of BFSU, Yang said.

Since their cooperation in 2005, the two universities have joined hands in exchange programs for teachers and students, joint training projects and overseas education bases, Yang noted, adding that he hopes that the meeting will deepen bilateral ties and increase dialogues in Sino-foreign cooperative education, mutual visits, internships, and regional and country studies to promote cultural exchanges between China and Australia, and perhaps across the world.

Deborah Terry, president of the UQ, speaks at the meeting. [Photo/bfsu.edu.cn]

Terry briefed Yang on UQ’s academic development, international cooperation and recent progress and expressed the university’s willingness to collaborate with BFSU, improve cooperation quality and contribute to the friendly relations between China and Australia.

Officials from the UQ and BFSU pose for a group photo. [Photo/bfsu.edu.cn]