The delegation of Kupala University pays a working visit to the People's Republic of China

The delegation includes Rector of the Yanka Kupala State University Iryna Kiturka, Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs Liavontsi Paulau and Senior Lecturer of the Department of Translation and Intercultural Communication Wang Tao. The program of the visit is rich, many strategic meetings are planned, which will further strengthen the ties between Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno and higher educational institutions of China.

The visit began at the Embassy of the Republic of Belarus in the People's Republic of China, where a discussion of promising areas of cooperation took place, and a meeting was organized with representatives of the Charitable Foundation for the Support of  Education and Development of Talented Students. The Belarusian-Chinese conference on education was held with the support of the foundation. The event was attended by a delegation of Yanka Kupala State University of  Grodno headed by Rector Iryna Kiturka and representatives of educational institutions of the People's Republic of China. During the event, the parties discussed the further development of interuniversity cooperation, signed a number of agreements on cooperation in the educational field and witnessed the opening of a branch of the Association of Chinese Graduates of  Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno in Beijing.

By the way, the Beijing Charitable Foundation for the support of education and development of talented students has been a partner of Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno in the People's Republic of China in the academic, scientific and cultural spheres since the beginning of 2020. The cooperation provides for the exchange of experience in the organization of the educational process, the organization and conduct of joint scientific research, the exchange of scientists and teachers, advertising and information and consulting activities on the territory of the People's Republic of China in order to popularize educational and other services provided by Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno.

The visit will last today, June 14, and a number of meetings are scheduled for June 15. According to the Education Internationalization Centre of  Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno, currently Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno implements an active international policy within the framework of 200 agreements with foreign institutions and organizations from 30 countries, including 9 organizations of the People's Republic of China, cooperation with which was established back in 2001, when the first cooperation agreement was signed with the Chinese South Central University of Economics and Law. To this end, the university implements a Strategy for the development of cooperation with China in the field of education, which is an integral part of the overall strategy of the university – the strategy of advanced development.