Beijing International Trade Tower’s Exhibition Hall, Beijing, Oct. 21, 2007: On behalf of President Liu Xianrong, Vice President Jiang Hongxin, and Jose Antonio Cobacho Gómez, Rector of Murcia University, Spain held a signing ceremony for the two universities’ academic exchange agreement. A close and friendly conversation was continued after the ceremony. The delegates from Murcia University including Vice Chancellor in charge of international affairs, General Secretary, Director of International Relation, and Director of OIEC of HNU attended the ceremony. The European Commission’s Delegation in China and the Exhibition Organizer also sent representatives to witness the signing ceremony.

Murcia University, founded in 1912, is located in Murcia City, southeast of Spain. It is the largest public comprehensive university in Murcia Region. This University consists of 3 colleges, 16 departments, 6 vocational schools and 7 research centers, with over 28000 students studying there, in which there are over 1000 international students.

The year of 2007 is set as the Year of Spain in China. In order to promote the friendship and cooperation between the two universities and countries, President Gómez leading the delegation took his first visit to China for the 2007 China International Education Exhibition. Vice President Jiang, on behalf of President Liu Xiangrong of HNU, went to Beijing to meet with President Gómez and signed the academic exchange agreement. According to the agreement, the two universities will cooperate with each other in academic exchange and faculty exchange, Murcia University will also help HNU to establish a Spanish Teaching Center, dispatching two or more Spanish teachers every year to teach Spanish at HNU. The detailed programs are to be carried out by next September.