On March 5^th, 2015, RUC’s Vice-President, Professor Wang Liming, met with Professor Gary Smith, Vice-President of Australia’s Deakin University. Head of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Professor Matthew Clarke, also met with the delegates. Upon the recommendation of Renmin University, Professor Smith was appointed foreign expert under the 2015 Leading Foreign Experts Program and will be working at Renmin as visiting professor this coming fall semester. Vice-President Wang Yiming congratulated Professor Smith on the appointment, welcoming him to China and offering his best wishes for the Lunar New Year to him and all the students and faculty of Deakin University. Both parties introduced the state of affairs and distinguishing traits of their respective institutions, expressing the hope that cooperation, including student and faculty exchanges, might be strengthened. Director of RUC’s Talent Development Office, GuoHonglin, and Director of the Australia Research Center, Zhang Yongxian, also accompanied the delegation.