From our correspondent — On the morning of May 12, Professor Gao Haiyang, Presidential Advisor and Director of the China-Thailand Cultural Center at Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi (RMUTT), Thailand, led a delegation of 18 faculty members including the Director of the Student Development Department and Dean of the Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, together with 59 students, to visit our university. President Liu Bo attended the welcome ceremony. Relevant heads from the Office of International Cooperation and Exchange, School of Mechanics and Civil Engineering, School of Humanities and Law and other units participated in the exchange event.
President Liu Bo extended a warm welcome to the delegation. After a brief review of the university’s history, he presented the remarkable achievements made in disciplinary development, scientific research and talent cultivation. He noted that the university features strengths in energy, mining and safety disciplines with coordinated development across science, engineering, humanities, law, economics and management. Upholding the philosophy of open education, CUMTB has established partnerships with over 100 universities worldwide and is a founding member of the Belt and Road University Alliance for Mining. China and Thailand are connected by mountains and rivers with close cultural bonds. The friendship of “China and Thailand as one family” endures through time. He hoped that more young Thai students will come to our university for study and exchanges in the future, and invited teachers and students of the delegation to join the upcoming International Summer School on Low-Carbon Energy and Sustainable Development to be held in early July.
Professor Gao Haiyang, Presidential Advisor and Director of the China-Thailand Cultural Center of RMUTT, and Mr. Kamron Yongsue, Director of the Student Development Department, delivered remarks in succession. They introduced RMUTT’s education and international cooperation activities and expressed their readiness to deepen exchanges and expand mutual visits in the future.
Student representatives of our university welcomed the guests by singing the song We Are Family, which received an enthusiastic response from the delegation. The visiting teachers and students also experienced traditional Chinese culture activities at the venue, including Peking Opera facial masks, traditional Chinese painting and calligraphy. They had relaxed yet in-depth discussions with our student representatives about academic life and campus culture in a warm and vibrant atmosphere.
Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi (RMUTT) is a key public national university directly under Thailand’s Ministry of Education. It comprises 12 faculties and has around 26,000 enrolled students. Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand is among its distinguished alumni. Originally founded as the Royal Institute of Technology (RIT) of Thailand, it became an independent public university in 2005 and is among the first batch of Thai higher education institutions recognized by China’s Ministry of Education.
