On the afternoon of the 29^th, a video conference on Sino-foreign cooperation was held at R1501 conference room of Xuhui Campus between Ecole Hoteliere de Lausanne (EHL) and Shanghai Business School (SBS).

Olivier Roux, EHL Business Director, Juan perellon, Chief Academic Certification Officer, Chen Weicheng, Senior Consultant(responsible for academic certification programs in Asia Pacific region), Bao Chen, Chief Director of Greater China, Feng Guanlu, Director of Greater China attended the meeting through video links. Consultant Jean Baptiste.BERGUERAND and assistant consultant Liang Chenqian attended the meeting on the spot. SBS leaders Tang Haiyan, Lao Xiaoyun, He Ying and Chen Jianfeng, and Director Xu Yingying of SBS Party Committee Office and President Office, Jiang Hong, Dean of the Faculty of Hotel Management, Xiong Ping’an, Director of the Teaching Affairs Office, Yuan Mingyu, Director of the Financial Office, Shao Xiaoping, Director of the HR Office and Yang Bing, Deputy Director of the International Exchange Office, were also present at the meeting.

(Video Conference Site)

At the meeting, President Tang introduced the progress of team cooperation between the two universities in the early stage, discussed the procedures of jointly applying for Sino-foreign cooperative school-running programs and SBS’s joining in EHL Certification Scheme-Associate Membership, especially put forward five ideas on the problems encountered in the early stage of cooperation. Olivier Roux, EHL business director, made a clear reply to President Tang's questions, and the two sides reached a consensus to prepare for further cooperation between the two sides and the subsequent on-site inspection in the future.

Drafted by: Zhang Xiaoxiao

Photos by: Zhong Wei, Bing Zhenhua

Reviewed by: Yang Bing