On October 22, 2009, SNNU Vice President Zhang Jianxiang met with the visiting Dr. Mitsuo Kono, the director of the International Exchange Center from Chuo University of Japan, and its Chinese project manager Ms. Atsuko Ekami. The two sides talked about matters as deepening cooperation and expanding the fields of communication between the two universities.
The 2 parties agreed to push forward the academic exchanges between teachers of the two universities , to further the academic multi-disciplinary cooperation , to promote a variety of students cultural exchange ,and to the close contact going so as to share resources in scientific research and in hosting academic conferences, etc. (trans. Li Jinchao)