From October 18^th to 24^th, Renmin University’s Executive Vice Chairman ZHANG Jianming led an RUC delegation to Chicago, Ottowa, and Toronto. Among their stops were the Chicago City Council Finance Committee, the University of Chicago, the University of Illinois, the University of Ottawa, Carleton University, and the University of Toronto. The goal of the trip was to promote RUC's Government Student Abroad Internship Program and academic collaboration with universities in the US and Canada. The first stop on their trip was Chicago, Illinois, where the delegates were received by United States Congressman, Danny K. Davis, former U.S. Senator, Adlai Stevenson III, and Chairman of the Chicago City Council Finance Committee, Edward M. Burke Alderman. They met with and held talks with several local government officials at the Chicago City Hall. In the last three years, the State of Illinois and the City of Chicago have supported nearly 20 student interns from Renmin University of China. State and city government officials noted that RUC’s student interns had proved bright and capable and that the program would be continued with more internship positions in the future. On October 21^st, the RUC delegates visited the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) before traveling on to visit Ottowa University and Carleton University in the Canadian capital on October 22^nd. The University of Ottawa, established in 1848, is the world’s largest bilingual university and aims to promote bilingualism and French instruction. RUC delegates spoke with representatives of the school on strengthening cooperation between the University of Ottowa and Renmin University’s Sino-French Institute. The delegation went on to visit Carleton University, with which RUC’s Business School enjoys a long-standing partnership.