Yunnan University hosts international academic forums of S&SE Asian UN

Secretariat of South and Southeast Asian University Network (Yunnan University) held the network's first International Academic Forum on Nov 23-24. [Photo/ynu.edu.cn]

The International Academic Forums of the South and Southeast Asian University Network, organized by the secretariat of the Network, took place in Kunming, from Nov 23 to 24.

At the opening ceremony, Prof. Hu Jinming, Executive Secretary General of the Network and Vice President of Yunnan University, delivered a speech.

Prof. Dr. Zahid Anwar, Vice President of the University of Peshawar in Pakistan, spoke on behalf of member universities of the Network. Soe Soe Aung, Pro-Rector of Naypyitaw State University in Myanmar, made a speech as a representative from Parallel Forums. Prof. Mohammad Bulbul Ashraf Siddiqi, Director of the Confucius Institute at North South University in Bangladesh, spoke as a representative of distinguished Ambassadors of the Network.

The Network's Senior Program Officer also presented a five-year work report of the Network.

Representatives from universities in China and South and Southeast Asian countries – including Zhou Aoying, Vice President of East China Normal University, Ni Lar Myint Htoo, President of the National Management College in Myanmar, Lu Qiao, Vice President of Zhaotong University, and Qi Bin, Vice President of Krirk University in Thailand – attended the opening ceremony.

Representatives from various disciplines in China and South and Southeast Asian countries, and students and teachers from Yunnan University also participated in the forum.

At the opening ceremony, representatives from Yangon University of Foreign Languages in Myanmar, Abdul Rahman University of Management and Technology in Malaysia, the School of Journalism and Communication at Yunnan University in China, the School of Journalism and Information Communication at Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China, and the Yunnan University Education Foundation jointly signed cooperation agreements.

The signing ceremony is held at the forum. [Photo/ynu.edu.cn]

The signed agreements would support collaboration and exchange among member universities in big data and communication strategy research, "language + professional" combination talent training, and regional country studies. Among them, the South and Southeast Asian International Innovation Talent Training Project received a donation of 600,000 yuan.

The forum featured six academic forums with 177 experts and scholars from 12 countries, including China, Malaysia, Singapore, Nepal, Thailand, Myanmar, Bangladesh, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Laos, Pakistan, and Cambodia.

Discussions centered around ecosystem management in the new era, international communication, food security, language communication cooperation, regional country studies, and training emerging engineering talents.

The Forum of Theory and Practice of International and Area Studies under the New Situation, one of the six academic forums, is underway in Kunming. [Photo/ynu.edu.cn]