By Li Han

Staff Writer of the Tsinghua News Center

Tsinghua-University of Sydney Day, a major communication event between Tsinghua University and the University of Sydney, was held November 7.

Tsinghua University Vice President Kang Kejun had a talk with Professor John Hearn, Deputy Vice Chancellor of the University of Sydney, at the formal meeting of senior executives from both universities. Vice President Kang noted that Tsinghua and the University of Sydney in recent years have been trying to enhance cooperation between the two. He hoped the one-day event could further promote mutual understanding and more exchange and communication of faculty of the two universities.

Professor Hearn stressed that the University of Sydney attaches great importance to the academic partnership with Tsinghua in research and teaching and would explore ways to expand such dynamic relations in the future.

The Tsinghua-University of Sydney Day features a Sydney-Tsinghua Friendship Debate and some parallel workshops. The workshops especially provide opportunities for professors from both universities to communicate directly in such fields as Chinese archaeology, translation, sociology, economics, and nanotechnology.

(Photo by Guo Haijun)