Zibo deepens educational cooperation with Madagascar

A delegation led by Hajalalaina Aime Richard, president of the University of Fianarantsoa in Madagascar, visited Zibo, Shandong province. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

A delegation led by Hajalalaina Aime Richard, president of the University of Fianarantsoa in Madagascar, recently visited Zibo, Shandong province.

Cui Huanyong, vice-president of Shandong University of Technology (SDUT), gave a briefing on thedevelopment of SDUT andprevious cooperationeffortswith African universities. Hesaidthat the university attaches great importance to internationalizationand has set forth an international cooperation plan this year which includes partnering each college with a high-level foreign university to elevate the quality ofteaching and research.

Cui expressed his hope that both universities cancollaborate in areas such as agricultural breeding, renewable energy, and international Chinese education, as well aswork towards implementing and refining the outcomes of their cooperation.

Hajalalaina said that the University of Fianarantsoa highly values its partnershipwith SDUT. He said he hoped to build upon the existing foundation forcooperation between Zibo and Haute Matsiatra in areas such as agriculture, solar power generation, and international Chinese education. He also expressed a desiretohelpstudents studying Chinese and professional courses at SDUTenhance the internationalization and educational quality of the University of Fianarantsoa.

来源：chinadaily.com.cn