Gyeonggi Province Resumes University Exchange with Shandong Province After Six Years

Gyeonggi Province has resumed university exchanges with Shandong Province, China, after six years.

Gyeonggi Province announced that it held the 9th Gyeonggi Province-Shandong Province University Exchange Council Meeting in Jinan, Shandong Province, China, over two days on the 21st and 22nd. Through this event, university exchanges between the two regions, which had been suspended due to COVID-19, have resumed.

The participating universities from Gyeonggi Province included Kyonggi University, Korea National University of Transportation, Jangan University, CHA University, and Korea Polytechnic University. From China, eight universities participated, including Shandong Normal University, Shandong University of Finance and Economics, and Shandong Second Medical University.

Gyeonggi Province held a university exchange council meeting with eight universities from Shandong Province, China, on the 21st and 22nd, and is taking a commemorative photo afterward. Provided by Gyeonggi Province

Gyeonggi Province plans to use this council meeting as an opportunity to establish a sustainable cooperation system by regularizing the exchange council, promoting joint research projects between universities, and operating exchange programs for young people.

Hong Seongdeok, Director of Lifelong Education at Gyeonggi Province, said, "This exchange council is significant as it marks the full-scale resumption of inter-university exchanges that had been suspended due to COVID-19," and added, "We will thoroughly prepare for the 10th meeting to be held in Gyeonggi Province next year and establish ourselves as a center for international educational cooperation."

From 2012 to 2019, Gyeonggi Province and Shandong Province held a total of eight university exchange council meetings, maintaining a cooperative relationship. At each event, 100 to 300 participants from universities in both regions took part, engaging in university visits and cultural experience programs.

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