On October 12, a delegation led by Academician Keith Nugent, Vice President of La Trobe University (Australia), visited our university. Academician Keith Nugent was employed as a visiting professor of our university and signed an inter-university cooperative agreement with our university on behalf of La Trobe University. President Ying Yibin met with Academician Keith Nugent; vice president Fang Wei presided over the signing ceremony; the persons in charge of the School Office, Personnel Division, International Office and School of Sciences attended the ceremony.

At the signing ceremony, President Ying Yibin extended his sincere welcome to the delegation led by Academician Keith Nugent for their arrival and reviewed the exchanges and cooperation between La Trobe University and our university in the past. He said with the establishment of the "111" base and the deepening of internationalization of our university, the cooperation between the two parties would certainly witness a better prospect. Academician Keith Nugent said he was honored to work on such a beautiful campus and looked forward to new breakthroughs and progress in academic exchanges and scientific research in the future. President Ying Yibin issued academician Keith Nugent with a letter of appointment for his employment as visiting professor. The two parties signed an inter-university agreement and posed for a picture together.

Besides, Academician Keith Nugent and his delegation held talks with the representatives from the School of Sciences, and discussed how to carry out in-depth cooperation. They also visited the laboratory.