Professor Kazuo Oike, President of Kyoto University, visited Tsinghua on August 3. Tsinghua President Gu Binglin met and had a friendly talk with professor Oike.

President Gu introduced the development of Tsinghua University to the guests and the two sides discussed the cooperation in the future.

After the meeting, professor Oike paid visits to the Center for Advanced Studies and the Analysis Center.

Tsinghua University and Kyoto University have been in good relations for a long time. Now the two universities are taking the lead in a Sino-Japanese Core University Program on “urban environment.” Eight Japanese universities including University of Tokyo and Six universities in China such as Peking University took part in the program.

Kyoto University was founded in 1897. It is the second university being established in Japan.

Reported by Li Han