President Hou Jianguo attended the 16th Annual Meeting of AEARU

The 16th Annual Meeting of the Association of East Asian Research Universities (AEARU) was held at Tsinghua University on October 28th 2010. Presidents or vice presidents from all 17 member universities gathered to discuss and share ideas on future research and educational issues. This is the first time for AEARU annual meeting being held in Beijing.

The university leaders discussed AEARU issues and exchanged ideas on future research topics and ways of enhancing undergraduate education. USTC's president Hou Jianguo and vice-president Chen Chusheng attended this meeting and introduced some new practices in USTC, such as "Class for Sci-Tech Talents" and International exchanging programs for students.

AEARU is a regional organization founded in January 1996 with the goals of providing a forum for the presidents of leading research-oriented universities in East Asia and of carrying out mutual exchanges between the major universities in the region. Currently, the members include Tsinghua University - Bejing, Peking University, Fudan University, Nanjing University, University of Science and Technology of China(USTC), Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Taiwan University, Tsing Hua University - Hsinchu, the University of Tokyo, Kyoto University, Osaka University, Tohoku University, Tokyo Institute of Technology, University of Tsukuba, Seoul National University, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, and Pohang University of Science and Technology.

(News Center of USTC)