ASRTU Summit – First Results

12:46, July 12, 2018

The opening ceremony of the fourth Summit of the Association of Sino-Russian Technical Universities (ASRTU) took place in Ural Federal University on Tuesday

The summit attracted around 300 Russian and Chinese universities’ representatives. According to UrFU Rector Victor Koksharov, there are significant aspects, which differ this summit from the previous three. First, this year’s ASRTU Summit is incorporated into the V China-Russia Expo, which is held as a part of the international industrial trade fare “Innoprom”. Second, this is the first summit to take place in Russia: the previous ones were held in China. The summit program includes the Rectors’ Forum, ASRTU Universities Coordinators Congress and the scientific conference on alternative energy.

Reportedly, Russian and Chinese universities will establish the Association for Scientific-Technical Cooperation of the two countries. A corresponding declaration was signed by the Vice President of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the President of the Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences Valeriy Charushin and the President of Heilongjiang Provincial Academy of Social Sciences Guo Chunjing. 156 Chinese and 44 Russian universities have already applied for membership in the Association.

The second declaration (“Ekaterinburg Dialogue”) was signed by the Rector of Bauman Moscow State Technical University Anatoliy Alexandrov and Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Vice President of Harbin Institute of Technology Nan-Qi Ren (co-chairs of the Russian and the Chinese party of ASRTU, respectively). According to the declaration, 60 members of ASRTU will work towards strengthening academic and educational ties and increasing the rates of student exchange by 100 000 students.

The documents were signed on July 10 on the International Industrial Trade Fair “Innoprom” during the First Russia-China “Eurasian Bridge” Transregional Forum.

Another remarkable event was the signing of the strategic agreement between ASRTU and the Russian branch of Huawei Company by the Rector of Bauman Moscow State Technical University Anatoliy Alexandrov and the Deputy Director of HR Department at Huawei Russia Alexandr Isaev.

As part of the agreement, the students of Ural Federal University and other ASRTU member universities will pass internships in one of the largest Chinese telecommunications companies – Huawei.