On October 24, 2016, Dr.Richard,dean of Confucius Institute of University of Szeged,vice chairman of EU and Sino-EU Culture and Tourism Development Committee of The Belt and Road, and Wang Longping, member of CPPCC in Shaanxi province, president of Shaanxi and Hungary Association visited XPU. Liu Jiangnan,Party secretary of theXPU, met theforeign guests in the VIP lounge of Jinhua campus.Leaders of College of Humanity and Science and International Office attended the meeting.

First, Mr.Liu expressed his sincere welcome to the foreign guests.He pointed out that XPU should participate in the "The Belt and Road" strategy actively, sizingthe opportunity and strengthening the cooperation and exchange to the universities and scientific research institution along the Belt and Road. Hungary is the first European country who signed The Belt and Road cooperation documents with China.University of Szeged is a famous university around the world.We hope that this meeting will be a starting point to develop exchanges and cooperation between two universities.And exchanges between teachers and scientific researches will be developed and achieve an all-round and multi-level cooperation.

Richard conveyed greetings on behalf of theUniversity of Szeged.He said that a well-developed cooperation relation has been established between two universities.We should seize the opportunity of "The Belt and Road" strategy,continuing to seek cooperation opportunities and developing cultural exchanges and cooperation in various forms.

Liu Jiangnan said thatwecan learn from the project of"Colorful China". Supported by the distinctive majors and traditional cultural programs,we can organize Culture and Art Festival together, promote cultural exchanges between two countries.He sincerely invites students of the University of Szeged to visit XPU.

After the meeting, the foreign guests visited the Cooperative Innovational Center for Technical Textiles of XPU.