On December 9, Neil Ravenscroft, vice president of the Royal Agricultural University of the UK and a group of 10 people visited Qingdao Agricultural University. Shan Liandai, deputy secretary of the Party committee, met with the guests. The two sides had a discussion in the conference room of the academic hall to discuss the joint establishment of a Chinese foreign cooperative school.

Shan Lianyu extended a warm welcome to the Royal Agricultural University of England, and introduced the development process of the University, professional settings and other relevant information. Shan Liandai said that the cooperation between the two universities is of great significance to the discipline construction, academic exchange and talent cultivation of both sides. Since the establishment of the cooperation relationship in June 2018, the two sides have continuously strengthened in-depth exchanges. Our delegation visited the Royal Agricultural University of England twice to discuss cooperation matters. The discipline settings of both sides are similar, which has a good prospect for cooperation in the fields of Agronomy, Veterinary Medicine, etc. It is hoped that the two sides will continue to strengthen ties in major selection, course matching, personnel setting, etc., and speed up personnel training and multi-disciplinary, high-level cooperative research.

Neil Ravenscroft introduced the running history and advantageous disciplines of the Royal Agricultural University of the UK. He said that the internationalization development strategy of the Royal Agricultural University of the UK is very consistent with the Qingdao Agricultural University. He praised the achievements of Qingdao Agricultural University in recent years in the fields of Agronomy, food and other disciplines research and science and technology promotion. He hoped to promote the in-depth cooperation between the two universities and realize the cooperation between the two sides to share and exchange resources in the fields of educational institutions and related disciplines.

After the meeting, Neil Ravenscroft made a special report for our teachers and students.