On November 30th, the signing ceremony on Memorandum of Understanding was held online between Tianjin Chengjian University (TCU) and Umeå University (UmU) of Sweden. TCU President LI Zhongxian, Vice PresidentWANG Zhongliang met with UmU President Hans Adolfsson. Executive Director of International Cooperation Office and Dean of School of Energy and Safety Engineering from TCU, Deans of the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology and Department of Applied Physics and Electronics from UmU attended the meeting andwitnessed the virtual signing ceremony.

President Adolfsson firstly introduced UmU and emphasized that academic exchange may go beyond borders and the pandemic shall not stopinter national cooperation. He hoped two universities could play the role aseducational institutions and jointly provide academic support to tackle social challenges.

President LI Zhongxian briefly introduced TCU. Heunderlined UmU is the first partner that TCU had established in Sweden, and expectedthe two universities could carry out extensive, in-depth, and achieve win-wincooperation in the fields of cultural exchanges between China and Sweden.

Vice President WANG Zhongliang expressed his wish that thetwo universities could explore more cooperation modes on the basis of the Memorandum of Understanding and promote the implementation of the joint coorperation in the near future. Later on, the two universities held the virtual signing ceremony and representatives from relevant office and schools discussed future working planand finally reached consensus.

Founded in1965, UmU is the fifth oldest comprehensive university of Sweden. It is locatedin Umeå, capital city of Västerbottens län in north central part of Sweden. UmeåInstitute of Design ranks first in the Red Dot Design Rankings among theuniversities in Americas and Europe. The “Red Dot Award” is also commonly knownas the “Oscar” in the field of industrial design.