President of Azerbaijan Technical University Visited USST

On the morning of September 10, a four-member delegation from Azerbaijan Technical University, led by President Vilayat Valiyev and Vice President Fariz Mammadov, visited our university. USST President Zhu Xinyuan and Vice President Cai Yonglian met with the guests. Relevant officials from the Party and President Office, International Affairs Office, and other departments attended the meeting, which was chaired by Vice President Cai Yonglian.
On behalf of USST, President Zhu Xinyuan extended a warm welcome to the delegation from Azerbaijan Technical University and provided an overview of our university's profile. He noted that China and Azerbaijan are important partners, recalling Vice President Mammadov's visit to USST in June this year, during which preliminary discussions were held on potential collaborations in disciplines such as mechanical engineering, materials science, information technology, and automation control. He expressed USST's willingness to leverage this meeting as an opportunity to actively advance substantive cooperation in joint research, talent cultivation, and faculty/student exchanges, thereby injecting new vitality into friendly exchanges between China and Azerbaijan.
President Valiev expressed gratitude for the warm reception and introduced Azerbaijan Technical University's basic profile and disciplinary strengths. He emphasized that Azerbaijan Technical University highly values its partnership with USST and looks forward to deepening collaboration in joint cultivating programs and faculty/student exchanges. He extended an invitation for a return visit by the USST delegation to further advance academic exchanges between Chinese and Azerbaijani universities, contributing wisdom to Sino-Azerbaijani cooperation in science, technology, and education.
Subsequently, witnessed by representatives from both parties, Zhu Xinyuan and Valiyev signed a Memorandum of Understanding. Following the signing ceremony, the two parties engaged in in-depth discussions on topics including scientific research collaboration, talent cultivation, and faculty/student exchanges, reaching multiple cooperative agreements.
After the meeting, the Azerbaijan delegation toured USST's gymnasium and the terahertz technology laboratory at the School of Optical-Electrical and Computer Engineering.