On the morning of the 17th March, Wu Yuchen, the communist party secretary of Taiyuan University of Technology (TYUT) and Wu Douqing, the vice-president of TYUT met with Roland Stein, the president of Écoles Nationales Supérieures d'Art (ESLAP) and the executive headmaster of ESLAP. Directors from the college of art, the college of textile engineering, the college of international education exchange, administrators and the international cooperation department attended the meeting.
During the meeting, Mr. Wu introduced TYUT’s “double first-rate” construction, and the idea of running an internationalized school. He highlighted the benefits that can be gained from mutual exchange in painting, calligraphy, fashion showcasing and fashion design. He also expressed the hope for further cooperation between the two institutions in terms of teacher and student exchanges, discipline construction and the joint cultivation of new talent.
Mr. Stein conveyed his confidence in achieving deeper cooperation in new fields, with new techniques and reaching new heights under the principle of being truthful, practical and bringing mutual benefit.
Vice-president of TYUT Mr. Wu recalled his pleasant visit to ESLAP at the beginning of the year and expressed his gratitude for the learning opportunity provided by ESLAP, which improved our teachers and students’ attainment in art and culture.
ESLAP is a world leading art academy which was founded in 1949. In 2014 it signed an agreement to co-operate with TYUT in areas of academic research and in the training of future talent. 9 students majoring in art at ESLAP will conduct a three-month studentship in the college of art here at TYUT, funded by the China-EU credit scholarship program.
During the meeting, intentions were detailed and plans were negotiated for the various fields of the current cooperative programs.