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To create a good cultural atmosphere on the campus, and develop an international perspective for the teachers and students of our university, the ‘Sino - Swiss Migration and Cultural Events’ was successfully held at the Changping campus on March 9, 2011 co-hosted by our university and the Embassy of Switzerland. The theme for this event was based on ‘Immigration and Cultural Integration’ and included a ‘Sino – Swiss seminar on immigration law’ (‘Swiss and Chinese Migration Law Seminar’), a slide show, a photo competition and other activities.
The Chairman of the Uniersity Council Shi Yajun and the Vice President of CUPL Gao Huanyue, met at 10:00 am with the Swiss ambassador to China, Blaise Godet and the representatives of The University of Lucerne, Switzerland, along with his delegation in the VIP room of the administration building. Shi Yajun warmly welcomed the ambassador and the representative of The University of Lucerne on behalf of our university and he also delivered a brief and basic introduction of our position in education, features, advantages and the outstanding achievements of international education in recent years at our university.
Blaise Godet, in thanking Shi Yajun and Gao Huanyue for their warm reception, expressed wishes for the further strengthening of Sino-Swiss culture, education and science and technology exchanges. Shi Yajun and Blaise Godet both spoke of their great pleasure at seeing the ‘Swiss and Chinese Migration Cultural Events’ being held at our university and they hoped that both our university and the Swiss university would have even stronger exchanges and cooperation in various areas such as teaching, research, personnel and so on.
An opening ceremony for the event was held by the two parties in the library at 10:30 am.
Shi Yajun, Blaise Godet and the Dean of the School of Law of The University of Lucerne, Professor Aebi-Muller Regina all presented speeches and the first prize winner of the ‘Immigration and Cultural Integration’ photography exhibition, a student of our university, Dong Rui, delivered a speech on his thoughts on winning the prize. The opening ceremony was conducted by Gao Huanyue. After the opening ceremony, the leaders of CUPL and the teachers and students as well as our visitors all showed a great interest in the photographic exhibition.
In the afternoon, the ‘Sino – Swiss seminar on immigration law’ was held at the International Exchange Center. Those who had been invited to attend the seminar were from Peking University, The University of Hong Kong, The Beijing Polytechnic University, The University of Lucerne, Switzerland, and the relevant professors and experts of the School of International Law and Research Centre. The seminar was conducted by Professor Li Juqian. |
