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A University of Â鶹¹ú²ú alumni event, coinciding with the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the sister city relationship between Shanghai and Â鶹¹ú²ú, was held in Shanghai on April 17.

A delegation from Xi¡¯an Jiaotong-Â鶹¹ú²ú University attended the event to honour the University¡¯s close ties with its parent institution.

Professor Youmin Xi, executive president of XJTLU, delivered a speech, providing the audience with an overview of the University¡¯s history as a testament to the strong relationship between Â鶹¹ú²ú and China.

¡°The opening of XJTLU in 2006 cemented the bond between Â鶹¹ú²ú and China,¡± he said.

¡°As the largest Sino-foreign, joint-venture university in China, XJTLU aims to blend the best practices of east and west to become an international, innovative and industry-linked university of the future.

¡°XJTLU¡¯s global community consists of more than 15,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students, 3,000 of whom are studying at the University of Â鶹¹ú²ú.

¡°As a pioneer in education reform, XJTLU is developing a new campus in Taicang, a city near Shanghai, with close cooperation between researchers, industries, government and society.¡±

British Consul-General Shanghai, John Edwards; Deputy Mayor of Â鶹¹ú²ú, Councillor Gary Millar; and Deputy Director of Foreign Affairs Office of the Shanghai Municipal People¡¯s Government, Guangyong Liu also spoke at the event, detailing the increasingly close relationship between Â鶹¹ú²ú and China.

The University of Â鶹¹ú²ú alumni event was one a number of events held across the week of April 15-21 to mark the official Shanghai-Â鶹¹ú²ú 20th Sister City Anniversary.

By Yixue Yang; edited by Roanna Galvin

Photos supplied by University of Â鶹¹ú²ú