On 13 December, a senior delegation from the Shanghai Education Committee, visited The Sino-British College (SBC). Mr Yang Weiren, Director of Shanghai Education Committee International Office, was accompanied by: Wang Jianhua, Director of Shanghai Education Evaluation Institute; Huangpei, investigator of Shanghai Education Committee International Office; Gong Siyi, Vice Chancellor of Shanghai University; Lihong, Director of the International Affairs Office, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics; Li Xinwan, Secretary of the Party Committee, University of Michigan, University of Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute; Shi Weiming, Officer, Shanghai Education Evaluation Institute. Members of USST and SBC executive team met with the officials on their arrival, including Professor Tian Weifeng, Vice-President of USST and Dean of SBC, Professor Ma Xiaoting, Director of the International Affairs Office of USST, Professor John Wilson, Principal and CEO of SBC, Dr Liu Bin, Secretary of the Joint General Party Branch and Deputy Director of Campus Management Committee, USST, Professor Linda Liu, Vice-Dean of SBC and the representatives from SBC administrative team attended this conference.
On behalf of SBC, Professor John Wilson extended a warm welcome to the officials. Then Dr Liu Bin gave a presentation on Party Building and Ideological and Political Work in SBC and Professor Linda Liu gave a brief introduction on the establishment and recent development of SBC. Following the presentation, in-depth discussions were held on the running of Party Building methods in the Colleges, student management and quality of teaching, etc. After the conference, Professor Linda Liu invited the officials to experience the SBC campus and view the facilities.
Mr Yang Weiren highly recognised the efforts made by SBC in offering a truly international learning environment to students and kindly advised on certain aspects of its strategic plans.
