Signing of the Agreement on the Establishment of the Chinese-Belarusian Association of Universities

On November 21, 2023, an agreement was signed in Minsk on the creation of a Chinese-Belarusian association of universities. The Agreement was signed at the National Library, where the 1st Forum of Rectors of Higher Education Establishments of Belarus and China was held. The plenary session was attended by First Deputy Minister of Education Alexander Bakhanovich and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to Belarus Xie Xiaoyong.

First Deputy Minister of Education Alexander Bakhanovich stressed that the signed Agreement will make it possible to develop new joint educational programmes, train scientific personnel, and most importantly - "to go to the creation of joint associations of universities with high-tech enterprises of our countries, by order of which scientific research, development work and commercialization of our university scientists for the economy will be realized." The association includes more than 80 universities in Belarus and China.

The plenary session was attended by rectors of universities from both countries.  Vitaly Velikanov represented the Belarusian State Agricultural Academy. Among the participants of the forum there was also the Chinese partner of the academy - Northwestern University of Agriculture and Forestry, led by its Rector Fang Yuling. The forum also included sectional meetings, university visits and bilateral meetings.

Adapted from BelTA.

S.A. Noskova