From June 12 to 13, the second Liaoning International Friendship Cities Conference was held in Shenyang. During the conference, Viternnikov, Chairman of the Legislative Assembly of Irkutsk Legislative Assembly in Russia, led a delegation on a visit to Liaoning University. Yu Miaojie, President of the University met with the guests at the Pube Campus. Vice President Huo Chunhui participated in the meeting.
Yu Miaojie extended a warm welcome to Veternikov and his delegation, providing a brief overview of the university’s history, disciplinary strengths and recent developments. He particularly emphasized that Liaoning University places high importance on international exchanges and cooperation, maintaining long-standing, close, and productive collaborative relations with Russian universities, especially Irkutsk State University. He expressed the hope that this visit would serve as an opportunity to further deepen the friendship between the two sides, advance practical cooperation between Chinese and Russian universities in education, humanities, and other fields and jointly promote mutual learning among civilizations and people-to-people connectivity.
Veternikov introduced the main functions of the Legislative Assembly and its work in promoting educational and cultural exchanges. He expressed that he felt deeply honored and delighted to attend the second Liaoning International Friendship Cities Conference in Liaoning, deliver a speech at the conference, and visit Liaoning University. He hoped this visit would serve as an opportunity to further consolidate the friendly relations between both sides, expand practical cooperation in key areas such as culture and education, and inject new momentum into the high-quality development of cooperation between China and Russia.
After the meeting, Huo Chunhui accompanied the guests on a tour of several teaching and research facilities at Pube Campus, including the Comprehensive Liberal Arts Laboratory Center, the Comprehensive Practical Training Center for Legal Education, the Smart Economy Virtual Simulation Training Center and the Scenario-based Mechanism Laboratory. He introduced the university’s distinctive features and achievements in such areas as the new liberal arts, practical legal teaching, digital economy talent cultivation and interdisciplinary scientific research.
Veternikov was accompanied by Tikusarova, Deputy Chairman of the Irkutsk Legislative Assembly, Peretolchin, Chairman of the Committee on State Construction and Local Self-Government of the Irkutsk Legislative Assembly, Poboykin, Chairman of the Committee on Construction and Roads of the Irkutsk Legislative Assembly, Lenshina, Director of the Office of the Irkutsk Legislative Assembly, Naumkin, Head of the Information Bureau of the Office of the Irkutsk Legislative Assembly, Selyodkina, Head of the Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation Department of the Office of the Irkutsk Legislative Assembly, Trifanov, Head of the Material Support Division of the Administrative Management Department of the Office of the Irkutsk Legislative Assembly, and Baranovsky, First-Class Engineer of the Media Department of the Office of the Irkutsk Legislative Assembly.