On March 22, RUC Vice President YI Zhihong met with University of Turin (UNITO) Rector Professor Gianmaria Ajani. UNITO International Affairs (China) Rector Spokeswoman accompanied the visit. Both parties discussed topics of exchanges, in-depth cooperation, and development between the two universities.

RUC VP YI warmly welcomed Rector Professor Gianmaria Ajani to RUC. She briefly introduced RUC as an outstanding comprehensive humanities and social sciences research university. Over the years, RUC and UNITO have maintained close ties, especially in Legal Studies. Based on the previous foundation of cooperation, RUC wants to continue searching new avenues of cooperation, and hopes to rely on its strength in humanities and social sciences to promote arts management cooperation between the two universities.

Rector of UNITO Professor Gianmaria Ajani extended his thanks for the warm welcome, and spoke of the long standing history of UNITO, the broad sciences that the university offers, and the long history of cooperation between the two universities. In the future, he hopes that both universities can take the next steps toward developing art and cultural exchange, which would pave the way for more cross-cultural collaboration.

President of the National Grand Theater in Beijing, CHEN Pingbiao voiced his hope that both universities strengthen collaboration, so as to promote development of personnel training in cultural management.

After the meeting, RUC President LIU Wei and Rector Professor Gianmaria Ajani along with delegation engaged in in-depth discussion on different aspects of cooperation.

RUC Fine Arts Academy Dean DING Fang, RUC International Deputy Director LIU Yulin, among other distinguished fine arts and RUC representatives participated in the discussion.