On June 28, Vice-President Zou Jinwen from Zhongnan University of Economics and Law paid a visit to the Executive Vice President NAKAMURA Tamotsu (Director of the Institute for Promoting International Partnerships).

Their meeting was also attended by the following people from Zhongnan University of Economics and Law: Shi Zhilei (Dean), Chen Yaqi (Secretary), Yuan Yuan (Director of the Japanese Language Division), Zhang Ran (Student counsellor), and from Kobe University: Professor NAKAZAWA Minato (Director, Asia & Oceania Division), Professor INOUE Noriyuki (Graduate School of Law).

Executive Vice President NAKAMURA first welcomed the visitors. Vice-President Zou Jinwen expressed his hope for a joint research platform in Central China and a double degree program for exchange students. He expressed his intention to promote further academic collaboration between Zhongnan University of Economics and Law and Kobe University.

It is hoped that this visit will allow us to promote cooperation between the two universities.

(Global Engagement Division)