In May, 2025 VIII Forum of Russian-Chinese University Alliance of the Volga Federal District and the Upper and Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River was held in Kazan, which was aimed at expanding exchanges in the fields of education, science and culture.
The Forum was attended by Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Volga Federal District Mr. Igor Komarov and Deputy Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China Mr. Zhang Guoqing. They called University Alliance ''Volga-Yangtze'' a promising expert platform and an effective driver for development of student, academic, scientific and technical cooperation between universities.
The co-chairs of University Alliance ''Volga-Yangtze'' NNSTU Rector Prof. Sergey Dmitriev and Rector of Sichuan University Prof. Wang Jinsong noted its importance for strengthening Russian-Chinese relations and emphasized that it provides for development of strategic cooperation in a number of areas, including science, education and youth policy.
The Forum participants included numerous representatives of Russian and Chinese universities discussed joint educational programs, academic mobility, internationalization of higher education, transformation of specialist training in the context of digitalization, as well as new vectors for development of inter-university humanitarian partnership. Due to successful performances the annual Forum again became a fruitful base for exchange of experience between Russian and Chinese colleagues.
