From January 3rd to 9th, a group of special guests--8 students from the State University of New York (SUNY) paid a one-week visit to SWPU. During their staying, they attended the Chinese Language and Culture classes, talking about the college life, studies and interests with SWPU students, looking around the campus and visiting the history museum of SWPU, taking photos, learning Taiji and Chinese Calligraphy, enjoying Chinese tea, going shopping for Chinese handicraft, and visiting some Chinese historical museums and water irrigation system
After the earthquake in 2008, SUNY invited 150 students from the earthquake-stricken areas for a one-year free study at different colleges, SUNY, 7 students of SWPU joined the program.