From January 29 to February 2, 2024, in order to advance the construction of the Kazakhstan Campus of Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU) and accelerate the implementation of the outcomes of the China-Central Asia Summit, Vice President of NPU Zhang Yanning and the International Cooperation Office, accompanied by the Party Secretary of the SCS, Li Chunke, and Professor Zhang Yu, led a delegation to Kazakhstan for a multi-dimensional visit and exchange.
On the morning of January 30th, Li Chunke and Zhang Yu attended an exchange symposium between the university delegation and the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University. On the afternoon of January 30th, Li Chunke accompanied Zhang Yanning to visit the Chinese Consulate General in Almaty and had exchanges and discussions with Vice Consul General Zhonghua on the enrollment and training work at the Kazakhstan Campus; later,they visited Huawei Kazakhstan branch and had discussions on student development. Zhang Yu, along with representatives from the School of Materials Science and the School of Electronic Information, held talks with the head of the International Cooperation Office of the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University and representatives from relevant colleges on the follow-up joint doctoral training and new semester enrollment plan between the two sides.
On the morning of January 31, the university held a symposium with Al-Farabi Kazakh National University and China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, and signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Tripartite Cooperation. In the future, the three parties will leverage their respective strengths and rely on the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Big Data Research Center to jointly advance work in key areas such as big data and artificial intelligence technology and their application research, digital technology talent cultivation and achievement commercialization, and high-level seminars in the digital field.
On the afternoon of January 31, Zhang Yanning, along with Li Chunke, investigated the campus to get a deep understanding of the daily work of the campus. Next, they visited the Kazakhstan Institute of Transportation and Logistics and exchanged opinions with President Saltanat Amirgarieva on campus enrollment and talent development cooperation. They also held discussions with relevant leaders of NFC Kazakhstan and CCECC Kazakhstan on talent development and teaching laboratory construction. Zhang Yu had in-depth communication with the recruited students from the School of Computer Science at the campus, learning about their current learning situation, and raising suggestions and expectations for their upcoming computer major courses in the new semester.
On the morning of February 1, Li Chunke and Zhang Yu continued to stay in Kazakhstan and to attend the 2024 Digital Almaty International Forum and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Digital Forum series of activities on behalf of NPU. The Shanghai Cooperation Organization Digital Forum was proposed by Kazakhstani President Tokayev at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Member State Leaders Summit on July 4, 2023. During the forum, Zhang Yu was invited as a guest of the "China Sub Forum: China's Experience in Digital Innovation and Industrial Transformation" to deliver a keynote speech, introducing new methods to improve the efficiency of smartphone communication energy. He explained that while intelligent technology is developing rapidly, it is also necessary to pay attention to and strengthen the basic research on key technologies for green and sustainable development and their achievement transformation.
The exchange and visit to Kazakhstan this time has yielded fruitful results, achieving multiple goals such as high-level academic presentations, doctoral training program discussions, post admission communication with international students from Kazakhstan, and investigations on Chinese funded enterprises. This has laid a solid foundation for promoting the continuous construction of the Kazakhstan Campus of Northwestern Polytechnical University and fully implementing the achievements of the China-Central Asia Summit. In the future, SCS will continuously optimize its training program, select the best mentors, and build a distinctive brand of the school, continuing to contribute to the establishment of a first-class branch campus in Kazakhstan.
(Reviewed by Guo Bin)
