Chairman of the Board – Rector of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University Zhanseit Tuimebayev received a delegation headed by Xu Guixian, Head of the Foreign Affairs Office of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. At the meeting, the parties discussed issues on further development of cooperation and voiced a number of proposals.
The head of the university acquainted the honored guests with the achievements of the university and noted that systematic cooperation is conducted with Chinese universities.
"Today KazNU cooperates with 55 Chinese universities. Professors specially come to the university from China and regularly give lectures. The university has a Department of Chinese Studies and the Confucius Institute, which hosts many scientific conferences and meetings. The university implements 100 innovative projects developed by KazNU scientists. China is a model for us in the field of commercialization of innovative projects. Therefore, I believe that joint work is needed in this area and in the field of scientific research in general," the rector said.
At the end of the speech, Zhanseit Tuimebayev presented the book "100 innovative projects of KazNU" to the honored guests.
In turn, the head of the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Yu Guixiang, thanked the rector for the warm welcome and expressed support for all initiatives aimed at developing partnership.
At the end of the meeting, both sides agreed on the systematic implementation of these initiatives and exchanged memorable gifts.
Press Service of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University