On 30 July 2017, H.E. Mme. Yang Xiuping, Secretary-General of ASEAN-China Centre (ACC), met with Ms. Che Yi, Vice President of Sanya University, in Guiyang. Mr. Zhang Xuehai, Deputy Director of Information and Public Relations Division of ACC, attended the meeting.

Vice President Che stated that Sanya University always upholds its motto, let students better go to society, and actively echoes the call of mass entrepreneurship and mass innovation so as to advance the integration of industries and education, and cooperation between universities and enterprises, which have achieved notable progress in personnel training. In 2015, the university was awarded by the Ministry of Education of China annual top 50 universities with exemplary job-obtainer graduates. This year, the university was also awarded top 50 universities with exemplary entrepreneurship and innovation. Thus, Sanya University has become the only university in Hainan and one of the few universities in China that were granted both awards.

Vice President Che thanked ACC for its strong support to the university’s foreign exchanges and cooperation. She stated that in April this year, ACC and Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) co-organized 4th ASEAN study trip to the university, and brought a great opportunity to the university to expand its exchanges and cooperation with its ASEAN counterparts. This year, the university is planning to organize a forum on China-ASEAN private higher education institutions development and cooperation, for which, the university looks forward to the continued support from ACC.

Secretary-General Yang commended the development of the university and achievements made by the university in education exchanges and cooperation with ASEAN countries. She stated that ACC puts promoting education exchanges and cooperation as one of its priorities, and would continue to serve as a bridge and bond to maintain close contacts with all ASEAN and Chinese universities including Sanya University so as to build more platforms for exchange and cooperation between both sides, and promote the common development of both sides’ education to the benefit of the peoples.