At 8:00 a.m. Beijing time on September 30, 2022, an online exchange  meeting between our university and the Federal University of Pernambuco  (UFPE) in Brazil was successfully held. He Ying, Vice President of Shanghai Business School, attended the exchange meeting, which was hosted by Chen Wei, Executive Vice Dean of International Education College of SBS. Guests attending the exchange meeting included Carol Leandro, Vice President of UFPE, Roberto Guerra, Dean of the School of Innovation Studies of UFPE, Madson Góis Diniz, Director of the International Relations Department of UFPE, Liu Bin, Director of the International Exchange Office of SBS, Zhang Kaixuan, Deputy Director (in charge of work) of the Graduate Division of SBS, Dai Ying, Vice Dean of International Education College of SBS,  and two trainee representatives of the Seminar on Regional Development  and Planning for the Municipality of Recife, Brazil organized by the  MOFCOM International Business Officials Training Base (Shanghai),  Francisco Luiz dos Santos, Professor of UFRPE, and Giovani Savio de  Andrade Oliveira, Director of the Foreign Affairs Office (Former) in  Recife, Brazil.

Vice President He Ying delivered an opening speech on behalf of  our university, introducing the development history, organization,  scale, characteristics and achievements, and highlighting the  internationalization of SBS from three aspects: student exchange,  faculty exchange and research cooperation. She looked forward to the  online exchange meeting with UFPE as an opportunity to further deepen the exchange and cooperation between the two universities.

Madson Góis Diniz, Director of the International Relations Department of UFPE, introduced the university’s  organizational structure, development history, faculties and  departments, the scale of teachers and students, and international  exchanges and cooperation. Carol Leandro, Vice President introduced the number of graduate programs, types of programs, and international cooperation in graduate programs. She said that UFPE attaches  great importance to foreign exchange and looks forward to cooperation  in this field. Roberto Guerra, Dean of the School of Innovation Studies  of UFPE, introduced the research situation of the innovation and  entrepreneurship program and expressed his expectation of cooperation.

Focusing on student and teacher exchanges and research cooperation, our university responded to the proposals of UFPE to conduct exchanges on a semester or academic year basis, to enroll our students in UFPE's online courses, to conduct joint undergraduate and graduate studies, and to reserve places for graduate students of our university and other BRICS universities.

Two trainee representatives of the Seminar on Regional  Development and Planning for the Municipality of Recife, Francisco Luiz  dos Santos, Professor of UFRPE, and Giovani Savio de Andrade Oliveira,  Director of the Foreign Affairs Office (Former) in Recife, Brazil,  shared their ideas and suggestions on how to promote cooperation between  universities in Brazil and China.

According to the representative, UFPE was established in 1827 and has  three campuses with a history of nearly 200 years. The university has 13  schools including the School of Law, the School of Philosophy, and the  School of Engineering. The university has 43,375 students, including  10,687 undergraduates and 12,697 master's and doctoral students. The  university has 2,834 professors, 79.8% of whom have doctorates, and  4,184 administrative staff. The university has 105 undergraduate majors  and 199 postgraduate majors; 90 master's degrees and 53 doctoral  degrees.

The MOFCOM International Business Officials Training Base (Shanghai) of our university took the opportunity of holding the Seminar on Regional Development and Planning for the Municipality of Recife, and actively  expanded exchanges and cooperation with Brazilian universities. On the  basis of the successful online exchange meeting between our university,  the University of Pernambuco and the Federal Agricultural University of  Pernambuco in Brazil, this online exchange will continue to exert  the spillover effect of foreign aid training and contribute to the  international education cooperation and internationalization of the  university.

Written by: Zhou Dejiang

Photos by: Chen Xiaoye

Reviewed by: Chen Wei