School President Yang Yongping Met with the Minister-counsellor for Education and Research from the Australian Embassy in China

Publishing time:2017-11-22    Viewer:

On November 14^th, Mr. Yang Yongping, the president of North China Electric Power University (NCEPU), met with Ms. Katherine Vickers, the Minister-counsellor for Education and Research from the Australian Embassy in China.

President Yang said that NCEPU has always attached great importance to communications and cooperation with Australian universities and colleges. Two NCEPU staff members used to work in the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Australia. Many teachers conducted academic exchanges with Australian universities and colleges. Professor Yang Qixun, the first academician of China Engineering Academy in NCEPU, acquired his doctorate in the University of New South Wales. During the past decade, there were more than 100 undergraduates from NCEPU going to the University of Queensland to participate in the joint education program. Meanwhile, NCEPU has well rounded communications and cooperation with the University of New South Wales, the University of Western Australia, the University of Sydney and the University of Adelaide in the areas of scientific research and teaching. In September, NCEPU was included in the list of the “first-class discipline” program issued by the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China. Standing on the new starting point, it is essential for NCEPU to communicate and cooperate with universities overseas in an effort to build a world topnotch discipline. In the disciplines of Energy and Electric Science and Engineering, Environmental Science and Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, NCEPU has a lot of academic directions in common with Australian universities and colleges. NCEPU will promote joint laboratory with the University of Western Australia, carry out joint education programs for undergraduate and postgraduate with the University of New South Wales, and conduct high-level scientific research cooperation with Australian universities which have the similar disciplines. All kinds of cooperation will provide more opportunities for teachers and students of NCEPU to study in Australia. Last but not the least, many thanks to Ms. Vickers for introducing the education programs in Australia and the Endeavour Scholarships and Fellowships of Australia Awards to the teachers and students of NCEPU. It is believed that Ms. Vickers’s arrival will promote scientific research cooperation and cultural exchanges between China and Australia.

Ms. Vickers thanked President Yang’s hospitality. On the 45^th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations between Australia and China, the Embassy of Australia is looking for influential figures and their stories who make a positive contribution to China-Australia exchanges. Ms. Vickers said that Academician Yang Qixun was the typical figure for promoting China-Australia exchanges and his contributions should be appreciated. Both of the Chinese government and the Australian government are always supporting communications and cooperation of scholars and students between two countries, and establishing several Scientific Research Fund Programs and Scholarship Programs. For example the Endeavour Scholarships and Fellowships, teachers and students who are going to Australia for further study can apply for this scholarship. The engineering disciplines in NCEPU is very attracting to Australian students. At the same time, Australian scholars are attracted to favorable working environment and advanced experimental equipment provided by NCEPU. It is believed that there will be more Australian scholars and students working and studying in NCEPU in the future. NCEPU will have further communications and cooperation with Australian universities and colleges in the disciplines of engineering and humanities and social sciences.

      [Translator:  Lv Binxi Proof-reader: Li Xin]